Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 9

I "iw? 1 I- ,1 TtJfiSDAY; SEPTEMBER 1919. At tKe end of a cfe fully refreshing, invigorating. dull we. eppetito for the evening meal. Excellent i with the.

noon lunch, too. Try at Older a case sent HYDE PARK PLANT I The U. S. of A. Produces over S5 I I ot wheat each y4ar7 which Is about one fifth of 55 Worlds Supply.

S5 1 AMERICANS 1 5 Eat 375 pounds of bread and wheat products per person per S3 year. Other countries average BOO pounds per person per year. aS HOME POLKS BAKE MORE BREAD: Its the niost nourishing, most lu-althful and most economical food ytfu can eat. ARROW BRAND FLOUR is Guaranteed. SPARKS MILLING COMPANY.

WOOD RIVER Shortage of Material Tho Lebovlts! milMIng on the corner of Firsthand Ferguson avenue Is being held up owing to a shortage ot the white brloks which they are using decorating it. This building whel completed will be one of the finest In the downtown district. The A. 0. Burnett Drug Store which IB Bearing completion, ontittier handsome structure, is delayed, waiting first for one thing and then another.

Last week there were two large Iron posts which had been expected for some days, failed to arrive, thus causing much delay In the work. Odd Fellows Meet. The regular meeting for Odd Fellows will be held at their hair tonight. There will be an Initiation of candidates. There IB a drive on now tor membership, and all those who take tho degrees to the third will on November 19 have their faro paid by the lodge here to Springfield where they take the third degree.

Fosterburg Orchestra Failed to Arrive. The revival of the Baptist Tabernacle Is well attended. A rumor--that the Fosterburg orchestra would furnish special music Monday evening, brought a attendance 'than usual out, but for reasons unavoidable, the out-of-town visitors were not present. Schuler Surprised. The Ladies' Aid of the Evangelical Church will enjoy a party at the home of Schuler this afternoon.

We understand it's a surprise but as It will be over and the good dames who planned It at home when this appears in the paper tonight, we feel It's all right to tell you about it. There will all 'kinds of to eat, and some other good things, too, but that's the surprise. Club 'Wodnefday Nlflht The Woman's Club wilt have, regular mooting Wednesday evening, September 10. A full attendance is desired. 4 Ladles of United Tonight- a ALTON DRUG CO, East Broadway.

iiiiiiiiiiiitiiii Watch For 8ig Opening The Sale the Entire Town Is About Wednesday's: papers will carry the news. i WATCH! WATT! It Will Pay You! BIG DIVIDENDS I Manufacturers Outlet 1 Hippodrome Building. 1 Will 8ew. The ladies of the United Brethren Church will sew Wednesday all day in basement. Notes.

Mrs. George Bearcy Is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. gam Williams 'and Mrs, Katie tJhle and Charles Durrell wlK attend trie excursion on.

the St. Paul tonight. Harry Legate and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Edsall were week end visitors at the home ot Mr.

and Mrs. Will Edsall. Charles Shook of the Standard Oil Is In Chicago for a few days this week. Mrs. A.

C. Barr and Mrs. M. F. Manning are visiting friends in St.

Louis this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Bell were the guests of Alton friends Sunday. Mrs.

H. L. Goldberg and little son, Lee, are spending the week in O'Fallon. Mrs. Charles Shook is in Alton today visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs.

A. P. Edsall. Mrs. Cleora Foster of East Alton will visit friends here this evening.

H. E. Paul is improving nicely at present, Miss Lena Gotler who has been spending the week end with St. Louis friends returned home Monday. Parties desiring to rent costumes for masquerade party Friday evening may call A.

G. Burnett before 10 p. m. Tuesday. Mr.

and Mrs. John Halloran motored down from Alton and last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Halloran. Misses 'Gertrude Stewart, Elva Dawson and Kathleen Halloran went to Alton today to begin their studies at the.

Ursuline Academy. Rev. L. G. Goode who has been attending conference ot the United Brethren Church in Decatur, has returned home.

The White Hussar Band visited Wood Rlver last night and entertained us with some good music. While they were playing parties distributed bills of the moonlight excursion to be given this on the steamer St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs.

James Chessen were St. Louis week end visitors. Clifford, the little grandson of Mr. and Baxter, who had his arm. injured last week, is getting along very nicely.

Mrs. Dr. W. Tonklnson who has been visiting friends In Elsah has returned to her home. Chris Mayford is driving a new Ford car.

Mrs. George McCullflm returned "BAYER CROSS" ON GENUINE ASPIRIN ''Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be genuine tuust bo marked with the safety "Buyer Cross." Ahwys buy aa unbroken Bayer package which contains proper directions to safely relieve Head- jche, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Colds and pain. Handy tin boxes of It eon but few at drug packages also. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Monoacetiwcidestar'of Salicylicocld. V.

S. Fiaiurt Service, TOUGH MEAT AND FOWL If you buy tough cut of beefttesk and want to it tender, covet it (or Koun with vinegar or juice and olive oil and then broil or fry it. You will be lurprited at the difference. A little vinegar in the water in which a fowl or a piece of mutton ia being boiled will aerve the tame purpose end a daih of vinegar in a kettle of boiled fish removes the strong taite that so objectionable. TO CLEAR MUDDY WATER Stir in powdered tablespoonful to every four gallons and when it settles, draw off the clear water which may be utctl for washing, cooking and even for drinking as the alum practically no taste.

THE CARE OF THE LAMP WICK If your lamp smokes or smells unpleasantly, your wick may need a bath. If that is the case, boil the wick in vinegar, then dry it in the sun and you will have a clearer light and no smoke or odor. WHEN PULLING THREADS IN LINEN Make a good lather of soap and water and brush over the linen where the threads are to be pulled, using a shaving brush or some other soft brush. Let it dry. The threads can then be pulled out easily and the task of" hemstitching reduced by about a third.

A SIMPLE DEODORANT If a room is filled with an unpleasant odor, it may be dissipated by allowing a piece of dried orange peel to smould- er on a red hot iron or an old shovel. unpleasant odor will disappear and a very fragrant one remain in its place. By JOE PENN'INGTON TO PREVENT LEATHER FROM CRACKING Add a drop of neat's-foot'oil to the blacking or use the neet's foot oil on damp boots and shoes and the leather will not crack as the shoe dries. THE CORRECT WAY TO WATER PALMS If they are kept indoors 1 is to sponge the leaves once a week with lukewarm water to which a little milk has been added. Then set the plant for.

two hours in lukewarm water deep enough to completely cover the pot. TO POLISH PATENT LEATHER Remove all dust and apply mixture of. one part linseed oil to two parts cream well mixed and applied with a bit of flannel. The shoe should then be rubbed briskly with a piece of dry flannel. SAGGING CANE SEATS In chairs may be tightened by washing in very hot soapsuds and leaving to dry in the open air.

BOOKSHELVES Perfumed olive oil sprinkled on bookshelves will prevent mold on books. MUDSTAINS May be removed from black cloth by rubbing with a raw potato WINDOW WASHING Is made easier if a little turpentine or alcohol put in the water as this hdos to polish the glast. from Staunton Monday. says ker brother is very ill. Rev.

Hansdn was a visitor at St. Joseph's Hospital'--today. Mrs. Hwyer of Penning avenue Is an Alton visitor I6day. Spiders One of the many qvmjnt superstitions of the sixteenth century was that "Spiders be true signs of great stores Of The saying In this way: "When a passage to Cathay (the China of today) was being sought by the Northwest, a man brought home a stone which was pronounced to be gold, and caused such a ferment that several vessels were fitted out for the express purpose of collecting gold.

Froblsher, In 1577, found In one of the Islands on which he landed, similar stones, and an enormous number of spiders." The Violin Bow. The shape of the present bow dates from the end of the eighteenth century when F. Tourte changed It from the bow shape as Its name It should be from 27 to 80 Inches long and contain from 180 to 150 hnlrs which are drawn tight by the nut. The stick Is generally of snakewood, or lancewood. Father of the Typewriter.

Just 100 years ago. Christopher Latham gholes, the "Father of the Typewriter," wns born In Pennsylvania. serving as collector of customs, he became Interested with two other Inventors In the problem of making a machine that would write letters and words. A letter written on one of the early machines attracted the'nttentlon of a capitalist, who provided funds, and, Mr. Sholcs continued improving the model until at last the first practical typewriter was put on the market.

Big Girl for That. That tooth was certainly annoying. Miss the primary room teacher of the school, put her finger Into her mouth to discover the' Oftuse of this annoyance. a bright- faced little pupil, noting the act suddenly asked: "Teacher, how old are you?" Choosing to ignore his Impertinence she made no answer. He was not to however.

With on expression of'scorn he said: "I know you're over twenty, and Just think I still sucking your finger." Dally Thought. Superstition Is senseless fear of 0SK THREE CENTS OF TMONKY-TAKK BOTH YOUK GROCER' AND HK FULL SIXH BAR OF THE BEST NAPTHA SOAP MADE. 1 forjcwttsru) coupon Hive theMarera full PLEASE jNOTEfOUALITY wUSRE COMPANY; tndliSiO ALLV GROCERS ALiTTHAf Rf WOtlLO AOMlf) But Old VermonUr Old Unbend Slight. ly When Visitor Presented Hit "Credentials." Representative Prank Green of VeTs mont, who makes the best after-dinner speech of any man In congress, and does not like because It Interfered with his train of serious thought, has brought a new Vermont story to town. It Is bnsed on the care with Which fellow Vermonters take strangers InW their nrrns.

While ambling around the state during the recent recess Green Visited a town where several of his were born. Finally he cnme up In front of village store and encountering one of the oldest Inhabitants he tried to start conversation. "Looks as though It might rain," Green suggested. The oldest Inhabitant's "response wns quick glance. "Who are you, young man?" he asked.

"Oh," Green responded, "I'm yonnn Green. My grandfather used to rim the quarry out yonder. My grandfather, too, was born In these imrts." "Is that so?" "Yes," Green continued. "I hnd a lot relatives b6m too. One of my uncles ran the livers stable for years, a cousin was In the furniture business, one of, my was the champion brend taker of the county for six consecutive years, and I don't how many of my folks' took other-high honors hereabouts." The resident was Impressed.

Look' Ing Green over carefully and observing that the young fellow appeared to be telling the truth, the old man agreed: "Well, young man, It may New Tork Times. WHEN JIMMY BRITT LAUGHED Sportsman Who Had Bantered Him on Looking Old Got Considerable of a Jolt. Jimmy Britt, the ImmnctiJately dressed lightweight champion, used to tell story about Eugene Corrt, the English referee. "One day in the Strand," so the story ran, "Cprri came up to me and said: 'Britt 1 you've mndo a lot of money out of boxing, haven't 'Tea, 1 said 'I said Corrl. 'why don't you quit? You're beginning to show signs of what you pugilist on tho down grade.

Jimmy, my boy, you're beginning to look "Well, after that speech Corri took me to lunch nt the Savoy. While we were lunching nice-looking couple at a near-by table kept looking at us continually, and finally we heard the young lady soy as she nodded toward Corrl: "'Who is thiit a her escort ani swered. "'Gracious 1' said the young lady. 'What a brutal fact he has I 1 1 salU her escort. To Judge from his looks he must be about the foulest fighter in the a little later we heard the young lady ask: "78 he "'Yes; oh, Said net escort.

That handsome, gentlemanly Ifttla fellow with him Is his son. 1 To Teach Marksmanship. Students in educational Institutions In all parts of the United States ore to hove nn opportunity to graduate as lixpert riflemen from a government training school next summer. Those who take the special course will get certificates conferring upoh them the authority to teach others. Tlie director of civilian marksmanship plans, as monns of encouraging marksmanship ns sport, to extend a Invitation to representatives of nil student foodies to enroll for Instruction In connection with Uie national mutches of 1910, congress of rlflo and pistol naval civil-, will bo held under the mis- pices of Hie navy department on tho rlflo range at Caldwoll, N.

fow mllsa from New York, during August. invention Much Worth. The special oxyacctyleno blowpipe applied by French engineers to cutting steel under water Is claimed to have greatly simplified (lie salvage of torpedoed vessels. A blowplpo is mounted In small diving boll, from the water Is expelled lij compressed air, anil the blowpipa pressures of air and acetylene, greatet than under ordinary conditions, are rogulnted according to the depth at which tho work Is being done. In trials made, ship's have been cut under 27 feet of water.

Refilling the use of the apparatus on sunken vessels, It can be employed In repair- Ing locks, and probably In otltor underwater work. Soldiers Feel Wounds They inflict, Dr. Arthur Itucilonultl ot Washington, honorary president of the Intor- national congress of criminal uutlu-o- pology, tells In tho Medical Record some of tho oddities noticed In nor- vous sold let's. For Instance: One "who bayonets another In tho ffice may develop hysturlcnl tlo In his own fnce; one buyouetlng oupinios In tho nbrlouHMi uiiiy hiivo nbdoiiilnnl contructurea In himself. Hysterlrtil blindness miiy follow from seeing horrible sights; hyuterlccU doufuegs svhvii the cries of the wouiulud uru untiuar- 4 that some of those.