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II in WMlmnr i .. fr f .J ,j ir From the Kea urosr Mews JJuiietin he following quotations will bring good cheer to those whose relatives filP In the Cnprlnr No better advice could be given to soldiers In camp or about to leave for camp than this: "Tell your troubles to the Red Cross field director." In every camp and cantonment there is an official Red Cross representative whose sole business Is to cater to the needs of enlisted men. If n soldier is worried about his family back home this Red Cross man Will see that the problem is solved sat- - . ,-.uuu kuiiiui Mine 10 nis relatives g rwl in --. r-v 2. J t . . .family, the Red Cross man will nr- -ena ro it ror mm. In short, the Red Cross bureau of military relief Is organized to help en listed men In every way and the Red Cross Is eager to have the men use this service. The Red Cross Held director can be found at Red Cross headquarters In side the camp cantonment. No mat ter what the soldier or sailor's prob lem may be, h will do well to consult this representative. One reason the American people re cently gave $170,000,000 to the Red Cross was to continue this service and enlisted men should avail themselves of It freely. The families of soldiers and sailors also should appeal to their local Red Sturdy Suits for First impressions of - the new fall suits leave a sense of their sturdiness and easy lines In the mind before the eye begins to sum up all the details that pronounce them the creations of this season. Dark mixtures, plain cloths with soft finish and the attri bute of warmth In their appear ance at least In browns, blues, greens and grays, appear popular In the showings In the same order as they are mentioned here. Browi in several warm and several dark shades has been chosen for street and for formal suits, with such persistence that It may displace navy blue which has had a phenomenal vogue. Browns and mix tures in brown and gray seem some Low to associate themselves In tfte mind with khaki and In a few of the new models the styles are very dis tinctly of military origin. In ordinary street suits many of the new coats are semlflttlng, with a loose, narrow belt of the fabric, defining a high waistline. There are some new double-breasted models In which the lapped-over fronts are trimmed away In several novel ways.. On both single and double-breasted styles necks are high and coats button up to the top of the collar which Is more than tall enough to reach the chin. Sometimes the collars are of the turn-over variety, but oftener they are straight and wrinkle when they are buttoned up close about the throat. Patch pockets and medium-sized bone buttons, that match the cloth In the suit in color, appear with such frequency that they may be considered features of the new styles. Collars aTe not always of the same material as the coat, for velvet and fur are used In many of them. A practical and pretty suit for the follege girl who must now be outfitted vith a wardrobe for fall, Is shown in . - . ?. i &MMIinMnMiNMMta "mmmm Cross chapters for help In auy situa tion. The help always is confidential. There will be no publicity. Camp service has grown to be one of the largest phases of Red Cross work. To Indicate the volume of this work It may be stated that up to April 30, 1918, the Red Cross had distributed 1,822,900 sweaters, G41.971 mufflers, 023,972 wristlets, 454,509 helmets, 1,392,352 pairs of socks. The work for the families enlisted men by the home service department has been equally Impressive. To. June 15 service had been given In some form to 202,302 families and $2,054,827 had been expended In this relief work. There are now 20,096 home service workers in the United States under Red Cross supervision. Then there Is the canteen service with more than 700 units ready'to meet troop trains to giv refreshments to the men, or to' take care of those who become sick en route. The convalescent houses are nearlng completion in all camps to afford en listed men a bright, cheerful environ ment for their hours of convalescence. Provision is made for entertainment and social diversions, which are pow erful aids In the convalescent stage. The communication service of the Red Cross keeps families of enlisted men Informed of their welfare both here and abroad, If the men are sick, wounded or captured and unable to keep up correspondence. the College Girl the picture. It is a double-breasted model In a dark mixture, with plain brown velvet turn-over collar that but tons up about the throat. Its belt fastens with a buckle covered with the material, and Its buttons match the cloth in color. The coat Is even In length all around and somewhat longer than those of the past season. The skirt Is plain, ankle length and wide enough for comfortable walking. 3t Fur Used Less. In the new suits for fall the absence of fur trimmings is notable. This Is partly on account of the very high prices of furs now and partly because women are at present wearing all sorts of long stoles, capes and coatees of fur over their suits and dresses. It Is thought this fad will carry into the coming fall and winter, and now In these days of thought for conservation of materials, all these little Items are considered by the manufacturers. Colored Felt Hats. The milliners have brought out col ored felt hats for summer as a sub stitute for straw. They are In bril liant and neutral tones, and are heaped with gorgeous flowers. It Is the advent of the trimmed hat, which all milliners have ardently desired. New Waistcoats. The prettiest of the new waistcoats or little sleeveless bodices that are so much worn with street suits f.re made In slip-on fashion, with no front elos ing. This design gives the makers t chance for decidedly attractive effects in the way of tucks and frills and ruf flings on the front. ; ' TELLTVVINS' AGES Freaks Concerned Only as to How Much They Will Get at Each Meal. New Ycrk. A search for physicians qualified to render judgment on the ages of Luclo and Simpllco Godino, Samar twins, on exhibition In a freak circus at Coney Island, has been start ed by counsel for James Dunlavey, fehovv proprietor, who is charged with exhibiting children under sixteen years of age. The twins are one of a dozen freaks of their sort known in medical annals, having separate heada and feet and being joined back to back. Four physicians who were put on the stand in the proceedings declared their total inability to decide the aatter of age. , Their testimony es timated them anywhere between eleven and eighteen years, but all ultl- Lucio Did Most of the Talking. mately confessed they were not quali fied to make a definite statement. The twins are interested but some what difficult witnesses. They were brought Into the courtroom, and not being able to sit jointly in the witness chair, were given a straight-backed chair without arms. Lucio's legs hung off one side, Slmplico's off the other. Alternately, as if by a well-established signal arrangement, they took turns looking at the magistrate and the wit nesses, in order not to dump each out of the chair. Between looks they faced blandly in opposite directions. Quite unexpectedly the hearing de veloped Into a complaint against the food that the Samars have had since the Children's society took charge of them. It appeared that they had had no meat, no potatoes and no rice. Lucto did most of the talking. Speak ing for himself he thought it was ter ribly bad treatment. He said he liked nothing better than a batch of ham and eggs for breakfast, a couple of chops for dinner and a fine roast or stew for supper, not to mention plenty of vegetables and a dash of Worces tershire over all. To most of these thing3 Simplico nodded assent. There are things that Simplico likes to eat that Lucio doesn't, like a good whif of cabbage or soft custard pie. And twins such as Lucio and Simplico are in no position to fight it out. They were united In their preference for beef. The case will be heard again, when the defense expects to produce a doc tor who knows all about the 12 Siam ese twins of medical record and will deduce their ages for the puzzled court. MAN GETS $2 REWARD FOR RETURNING $3,000 Marysville, Cal. Compliment- ing him for his honesty and giv ing him $2 in cash, Mrs, Ebert of Shasta county re' rewarded D. Davis of thl. for returning her purse co ine $3,000 and much vai jewelry. CLIMBS HIGH WHILE A Father Finds His Ten-Yea Clinging to Peak of Roof. Mount Carmel, Pa. Hearlni . rr on tne nousetop, iiarry .uc an investigation and was st; see his ten-year-old son Haroj ing to the peak of the roof. liecessary to get a ladder to; the lad from the building. Lucas, a victim of somnambul left his bed. climbed through window to the water spouting and pulled himself up to the steep, slop ing roof, a feat he would have been unable to accomplish if awake. Beads In Child's Ear. New Orleans, La. Physicians at the Charity hospital recently had some difficulty in extracting three beads from the ear of five-year-old Alice Buckley of No. 2419 Banks street. The child said that she was at play and jammed the bends into one of her ears. Try as she might, she could not get them out again, and they sank decp-ir, necessitating medlcui attention. I Vi Motorman's Goldenrod Almost Caused Trouble WASHINGTON. It is right early In the season for goldenrod, but there are always pioneers. One blossom, anyhow, must have started In to bloom ahead of official fall weddings, for a motorman had it stuck in his cap as he breezed his car toward the capl- toi the other afternoon. The yellow of it caught the inter est of an oldish couple, who smiled at each other, the way comrades do when some trifle recalls associations that belong to both. Also, the sprig passed Its talk-value on to a couple of young fellows, one of whom must have had experiences to go by: "His girl gave him that." His companion, being a trifle younger and therefore a whole lot wiser, knew better. "Betcher he stuck it there to make her believe his other girl gave it to him. ne knows how to make 'era jealous, all right. Oh, say, ole man, did I show you the postcard Lll sent me from Colonial Beach? It's a dandy." The other responded with" a suddenness which implied his right to be considered when LIl's favors were being passed around. "Let's look." The younger fellow fumbled in his pockets and then remarked with mad dening nonchalance that he must have left it in his other coat. "Your other coat huh." That was every word he uttered, but take it from dear Mercutlo enough Is always enough. There was no other coat. The two foolish youngsters, Lord love them, grinned over the show down, and that was all there was to it, unless unless you have a memory of your own for goldenrod all fringed around a cool spring, with big trees overhead, the old Chesapeake swishing in and out across the beach and dear live things flashing In the air and chirping in the bushes and crawling under roots and everything. Read This and Learn Proper Name for Grapefruit HE IS a nice man from 'way down south in Dixie. And he has a room in the home of an equally nice woman, who is helping to win the war. With a kindly thoughtfulness which is one of the reasons that make people nice, he brought the woman a bag of i proper name." And you couldn't ask a b"etter reason, could you, seeing that pomelo neither looks nor tastes like a grape? If you notice, few discoverers get the immortality due them in the matter of names, whether it be a Columbus, who founded a continent, or a Pomelo, who provided It with something new in fruit but don't worry. It is just one of the little kinks in human nature that will be straightened out as soon as the well-known millennium comes our way. Mrs. Frank Leslie, formerly of New York and now of heaven, was a prominent promoter of the popularity of pomelo in the North, and frankly conceded her share in renaming the fruit for the reason, as she explained, "the big balls grow In clusters like grapes." In the present "wisdom to which she has attained, Mrs. Leslie doubtless realizes the entire foolishness of robbing a man of what you might literally call the fruit of his labor we have to go to heaven to see things like that. Also, grapefruit tastes better when you call it pomelo. Try it once. And the Women Simply Couldn't See Him at All ARE Washington women gallant? Now, I don't propose to answer that question. All I want to do is set forth something I saw happen on a street car the other afternoon, and leave It to you to answer the question as you will. The car was one of these middoor affairs in which Innocent pas sengers are packed to the tune of "Plenty of room up front." He was an inoffensive-looking man with a large bundle in his arms. The bundle, wrapped In paper and tied with string, had all the seeming of a windmill. In reality it was an electric fan, as was apparent to prying eyes from the fact that a bit of the brass blade had penetrated the wrapper. Now an electric fan is pretty heavy. And when two hands are required to hold and guard it that leaves few hands to hang onto straps with. And there aren't any straps on these cars, anyway. The best you can do is grab .the back of a seat, or let your closely packed neighbors of the moment hold you up by mere juxtaposition. ,t tiiuwws occupied r lit and for the looking jdone, to walk lnce i&fen2 2kiL-5 less OI Hie wunu-um mil mat jivupic good, honest, everyday people object to being made over by patterns not of their own choosing. For days and weeks growing Into months he has cheer fully accepted their reformatory raids, but you know about that last straw the other morning he settled them with a masculine protest which he doubt less considered original, but which Socrates got in ahead of him, and no tell ing how many others in eons gone "before. "That's the worst of yoc ?ood women. You never know when to let go." For that time, anyway, the crusaders went down in defeat, but all the same, brothers, what sort of a world would this be for you and for all of us if cood women should leurn to let go? LET5 (Wii SHOULD fruit the other day. It was a bulgy bag filled with yel low balls that the woman accepted as grapefruit. But it wasn't grapefruit. The man said so, and he knew. "Dowa home, where . this fruit grows, we call it pomelo, in honor of the man who introduced it into this country from the far East. We have always called it pomelo, and we al ways shall, because pomelo is its by a woman. ,ieir arduous shopping of the afternoon. ,iese twenty-some years, he told me afterward, giving It to women In the street cars, the tables would be turned. thought, "will see what difficulty I am having I pity on me. Surely one of them will be sport h her seat." "sport." out the windows. but the World Needs It to work In the early days of car crushes going and coming without missing a day. crusading zeal of the reformer, and with the loftiest intentions In the world are making life raspy for friends who pre fer to ride. "It Is so much healthier, don't you know, and look at what we save. If you would only take the trouble to rise a bit earlier all it requires is will power and all that and more. ' But there are always others. One of them is a man in the same office, whom the crusaders have known years enough to nag into salvation, regard CROSS FEVERISH HURRY, MOTHER1 REMOVE PON SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS. GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIG3 AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR CONSTIPATED. Look at the tongue, mother ! If coated, it Is a sure sign that your lit tle one's stomach, liver and bowels needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at once. When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu rally, or Is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a teaspoonf ul of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless "fruit laxative;" they love its delicious taste, and It always makes them feel splendid Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that It Is made by the "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt. Adv. CANT ALL BE COLLEGE MEN Pithy Remark Credited by Andrew Carnegie to Self-Made Man With Limited Education. Andrew Carnegie, complimented one day at his Scottish castle on his gifts to the cause of education, said to a young lady: "There's nothing so pathetic as the self-made man who Is conscious of his lack of education, fhese poor fellows seem to think that everybody is edu cated but themselves. "Once, in a smart New York res taurant, I heard a man with a diamond horseshoe pin say hoarsely to a waiter : " 'Shove over that there chande lier.' " it isn't a chandelier, sir,' said the waiter, as he obeyed, it's a cruet.' "The man with the diamonds blushed brick red. " 'Well, never mind what she Is ; shove her over,' he said. 'We ain't all been to college.' " Lemon Juice For Freckles Girls! Make beauty lotion at home fcr a few cents. Try Itl Squeeze the juice of two lemons Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complex ion whitener, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands and see how freckles, sunburn and tan disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. Yes I It Is harmless. Adv. Missed the Kaiser. A negro from Louisiana supposed when he ?iached the training camp that he was already "at the front." "Say, boss," he asked an officer, "where's dat feller day calls the kai ser? I'se been here six weeks an' I alu' seen him." Exchange. Fiery Red iPimples. A hot bath with Cutlcura Soap followed by an application of Cutlura Oint ment to distressing eczemas, etc., proves their wonderful properties. For free samples address "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston." At druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv. Its Fault. "Is your new automobile all right?" "It's pretty fafr, but It will shy at horses." Yes, Luke, we know that every mar ried man has a grievance and so has his wife until she becomes a widow, YB Granulated Eyelids, CPliiin Eye inflamed by expo sure lOJUli. uuaiunu miiu ,....",.1,1., rV,t,mA Ku Murlnit tgrt tyeBemedy. No Smarting, just Eye Comfort. At Your Drugglsti or by mail 60c per Bottle. For Booh ol the Eye free writs h-u Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicane.
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