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New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

and gone On the warpath, and for eight hours,
long hours, with one eye on the clock, did
wash dishes on my first day in camp. One
less noble than J. I am convinced, would have
shed tears into that cold well where enthusi-
asm was drowned. The canteen was iull OF
kind souls, however, and on the thru day
one such suggested that if one stood on
something soft it mtigated the effects OF
dshwsshng Mind you, they really were
kind souls. but just as busy at cooking and
cake cutting and tin opening and stoking the
fires as ! was at doing the char. Such occu-
pations sound very "swsnk,' no doubt but,
like dishwashing, they run amuck in the war
zone They are accomplished at lightning
speed amid mad searchings for the Ratchet or
the tin opener and frantic shouts from the bar
TO hurry up with that Jam TO get on" with
the cake
THE TEMPERAMENT OF TIE COOK.
In the kitchen things run according to the
temperament of the cook; if She be serene
and cool she rises above the demands on
her; if she be conscientious or temperamenta
she is such a devil driven underling as our
chief cook chose TO call herself in demand
from every quarter. The nature OF the cook
ing done would not tax any womans intelli-
eence: coffee-tinncd-turn into boiling wa
ter. tea. boiled eggs, gclatines custards, cocoa
ginger beer, lemonade. ices-all arc made in
the kitchen. Everything else comes out from
England. perhaps on time perhaps three days
late
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
CONFIDENTIAL TONNES.

You become very policeman for receiving
troubles and condolences. / remember Ca
madam from Winnipeg who had been 'gassed"
be had all the naivete OF the Western Ameri-
can-but he was only ore OF many Canadians
in my. souvenirs. as have penchant for the
sons Of the rolling T."
Private Wilson shows you the tattoo on his
arm that says Love True and tells you how
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

and change 10 make II those fifty men served
meant lull afterward But it only means
fifty more to serve before their train pulls out
Two or three girls only keep things going on
each shift there. and the idee fxe is, OF course
10 keep your head
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

duty in the canteen
Outside the war zone, people wonder since
the workers arc not paid and women are clam
oring for "a bit to 90, why they DON'T have
more out from England to Tighten the hours
and work for all, but there IS just the rub.
Orders come in from the oommandant Tor list
Of those employed and their hours. They are
kept down to the minimum, as the va- -one
is already bit congested aud women st their
most useful are none too welcome there.
certain amount OF work, th5t can be done sit
ting down is given to each girl, and this is not
the least pleasant JOB One thousand rolls
day are cut and spread with jam. minced ham,
beef or eggs, and loaf after loaf Of hard French
bread is cut and buttered. Very blistering
work this. but it means sitting on the veranda
with the Tommies gathered round and five or
six survivors Of Mons or Neuve Chapelle tell
you as many versions OF the same story. The
little donkey who is called the Duchess Of -
for obvious reasons, is tied to post by the
step; she brings the bread in great panniers
over he- back and was cor,mandeered 10 save
the orderly's time which means, OF course, that
our orderly spends most OF his time down the
road persuading the lady with sticks and blows
to change her mind and deliver the bread. Il
is fearful faux pas or a court martial or some
thing OF the sort to go out without puttees---
even to chase donkey-so the orderly is US
ually sprawling on the kitchen floor, winding
up his legs for sortic.
THE DREADED MEASLES.
Our life was not without its excitenents
and dangers. Measles! We measled Can
tinieres are always suspect as possible victims
of the dreaded measles and, ot course, one
of us came down with ;t--the day OF which
disaster looms bright as any scarlet fever
holiday did in schooldays. We had been
worked for week by the withdrawal of three
or four workers, and then the measles came,
and after it a sanitary officer 70 the buf-
fet closed under his very eye, fumigation 10
begin Immediately, ard all workers in quar-
antne for sixteen days All eats 70 the scrap
heap, and then and there began such giving
away OF cakes and sandwiches as will be
long remembered in the British army. The
loaves and fishes were nothing 10 il, and as for
the scrapp;ng, the Boston Tea Party pales
beside it. II was sad 10 see all the pink
ice cream go, but the Tommies were there
end gathered it up in their hands there must
have been plague Of appendicitis in camp
the next day. Faithful friends encountered
out Of bounds assured us that we were not
forgotten during the sixteen days quarantine.
We're fair lost till ye come back lady.
There's one lad up yon road and mother lad
up t'other, just tweedlin' t thumbs What's
to do without ye? Eth"
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

into them, combining the sociability OF the
pub" with the innocent joys Of Sunday even
ings at home.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF OILCLOTH.
was all for hasty breakfast then and
every morning in July and August did I rise
from the table and hurry in to invent Some
new way of cleaning the oilcloth front of the
bar. Whether it is better 70 kneel and rise
and kneel again. or to kneel and crawl along
the front OF TO stand with feet and head both
on the floor, or 10 hang over the counter and
manage it that way. The second method is
the least perilous, or would be if our orderly
were more Of an adept with the broom at
corners and edges.
And the Dutch Cleanser Neither it nor
the Gold Dust Twins nor Vim will stick on
d shiny, vertical surface. They accumulate
on the floor. which was never my job. There
again the attention OF the orderly is called
and by o'clock the orderly IS exceeding
wroth with ladies and their experiments. Per
haps the front OF bars being clean dirty is
OF no interest to any one who is reading this
in the hope Of finding out the sense of can
teens. anyway and while my experience with
it may be Of little use to me in future life,
still 1 shall never be able to look on an oil
cloth front, be it clean or dirty, without being
strongly emotonnes
THE SOFTEST BAR ON RECORD.
By o'clock we had muddlod the tea and
cocoa and coffee on to the bar, for, mind you'
our bar was the softest Oh record-thrown to-
gether enough sandwiches TO start with, and
were ready for the first onward rush OF khaki
/ dare 10 say rnuddied because this canteen,
so inconceivably lter-skelter, is far and
ayav the most successful that ! have seen;
its popularity the most justified and its use
fulness the most apparent. 1t is unofficial,
though. OF course, under supervision, and at
Christmas time was nothing but stove with
a nut built round it, with hot dishes and warm
clothes to distribute to the 100 men working
there then.
Now it has two branches-one at a rail
way terminus, where the men have only time
to rush in between trains get something to
cat and perhaps carry it away to eat Ell route.
There are twenty-four working hours in
the DAY in that buffet, with shifts OF ten
or twelve and more, and never ceasing sem
sation OF trains to be caught
KEEP YOUR HEAD"
Being detailed there for week was an
interesting change from the base canteen,
which Immediately appeared, in retrospect, So
cial, leisurely and immaculate. night OF it
would have tried the nerves OF war horse,
with soldiers, French and English, rushing in
and taking anything, even raw egg, rather
than go away hungry. Straight down from
the trenches, they were sometimes so COW
cred and caked with mud as to be unrecog-
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in
Woman Cake uGer-T Tommies GalamM
III EInaso

a girl in Liverpool knows what that means.
Private OMslly shows you the best Bible
made; it is by inches. With beautiful coored
illustrations. ard he reads it every night; his
paris! priest gave L 20 him at the train when
he came away. Sergeant Major Gilling has
photograph Of the beauty he could have mar
ried if he'd wanted to- and comes in every day
to report her progress or his in the campaign.
An old habtue Sins . bottle OF ginger ale off
the counter into the pocket OF a newly arrived
Scottie and calls your attention to the theft,
sure OF making a hit with his perennial joke.
FIVE CUSTARDS AT ONE SITTING.
Speed is greatly retarded by the classic
tongues that one heard only to risunder
stand. Lincolnshire. Devon, Yorkshire, PEN
orth' OF porridge is always handed cut after
demand, in purest Welsh, for ices. When you
have asked six times for repetition, you feel
that il is up to you to hand out something or
other, with explanations OF how your cap in
terferes with your hearing. Payday brings an
other stumbling block; there is continuous
presentation OF hve-franc notes for a penny
purchase. How they eat on pay-day There
was one blue-eyed Jock. about seventeen,
whom we called our war baby; he ate his FIVE
franc note at the rate Of five custards at one
blow five hideous. marbed custard cake things
that only bepuddinged Britisher could face,
and when his pay was eaten up, sat around
looking the great unemployed until his next
FIVE francs put him onto his job again.
During the lulls in business, when we should
have been glad of the chance to sit down and
read the war news-which is the last thing that
interests you in the war zope-or to collect the
bowls and glasses from the tables and veranda,
we were usually intensely bored ard longed for
the rush that we had become experts at han
ding. The men left the canteen at the call TO
dinner. or tea from the camp; but it interfered
little with their appetite. as they hurried back
70 begin all over again. or so it seemed from
the crowds that came and went all day and
evening.
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THE VERSATILE BARNARD.

All. that life on the bar! What an educa-
tonl The quick exactness OF a cash girl,
the suavity Of mstre dhotcl. the savoir
paire of political hostess, the deliberateness
Of Childs' waitress As for change, admit
that laid awake many night counting g-French
money into English and back into FRENCH
taking threepenoe out OF five franc note or
fifty contines out Of half crown, having II
poor head for "hggers," but when IT came to
sublime. calm and absolute deliberateness' N
week had ali TIE other barmaids beaten.
You get a tremendous ego, find, from these
vocations that you take to so kindly alter
they have been thrust upon you and each OF
us had her own opinions about who was
queen CT the bar.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
THE PURSUIT OF THE PIANO.

The piano was the supreme attraction:
worn and oyerworked thing, with 4 raucous
voice. rs sure as Q o'clock arrived the first
man in went straight to the piano and the
keys ratified without pause until closing hour.
After few days of it the workers could prob
ably not have told whether the piano had been
going or not, so incessant and monotonous
was the racket from it.
Sometimes it was one Tommie giving an
other lessons in Chop Sticks; sometimes one
who had played at cinema in the Edgewarc
Road. and he would probably do thirty-six
hours running. stopping only at the bugle's call.
There was one Jock who could play, and there
were many more opera voices there than ever
get behind the footiehts so when this Jock
was at the piano and there were voices that
pleased him. il rade never TO be forgotten
evening. From behind the bar. wet and shin
ing, the low lamps. the five or six hundred
Scotties and Tommies dim in the smoke of the
hundreds of woodbines with songs OF the
north--"Pul Oar for Charlie" or The
Bonnie, Bonnie Braes" or perhaps My Old
Kentucky Home"-it was worth doing that oil
cloth front every morning to be part of it.
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SPRING CLEANING AT THE BAR.

There were critical moments in the bar,
when, for instance, gentleman Tommie---
quite duck out OF water there unless he had
his own group OF pals-chanced in and there
was no dry, clean glass for him, for dipping
wss all there was time for in the rush. and
there were hours o: delirium when the news
would come that Sir John French was
in camp inspecting. To the business as
usual was added then a spring cleaning, in
side and out, that left US wellnigh dead on
field OF honor for the sccumula,ions of dirt
in such a place are inconceivabe. It must
be poor manager who can't make money in
buffet such as this one. Tea, coffee. cocoa,
beef sandwiches cold drinks, cakes, for one
penny; ham or egg sandwiches, ices, gelatines,
tuppenoe; cigarettes and chocolates at usual
prices The till requires emptying three or
four times day. and the proceeds are turned
into fund for an after-the-war institution.
Tommy has plenty OF money 70 spend, and the
system OF standing treat is a hard and fast
one. II may be "pen'orth O ices fer i'm an
twapen'orth fer me-" but it is sure TO be
squared of.
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BEFORE S A. H.

Nv > YOU are more sympathetic with hungry
- Tor a DAYS work lies behind you, such
!, would put TO shame a siavey. At @ a. m.
"a were haled out of a sleep that last night
,.v r,ckoned your last you got into the old
:, and loosest shoes IN the line and hobbled
WITH repsntant haste over the cobbles, then
,s-ough the sand and hard grass Of fields,
,alins yourself together long enough to get
sy bathing parade with dignity and set foot
!, last in an empty and tchong hut where
Il. ragged ends OF yesterdays rushing bust
rs,s have yet 10 be gathered up.
Others have l;nped in, and the orderly and
Il. char are always there. half drowned in
ssl.r and dishpan. The orderly and the char
f.. the only paid workers and begin their age
.srg Misunderstanding Of French and English
Il : and. in a war Of words. complain as
s-ly paid worker dsres complain; sweep
y the sggshells, the bottles any corks, the
rrsyng checkers and playing cards, stack up
fountains OF clean tea bowls and glasses and
l..f the field for the expert, technical skill
thu we the volunteers bring TO bear or clean
hg the Csrteen
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HAzING THE RECRUITS.

Newcomers are put TO charring lest they
think tie adventure too splendid aad oharr'ng
in canteen is very settling, even TO the high
determination Of new recruit And IN your
greenness and ncwncss you are considered
capable Of chsrring effectively, just as IN the
last stages Of your development as can
tinere you are considered experienced enough
20 ST, ike a queen on a box Of oleomargarine
cutting cakes The fact that you may have
come from a sphere OF cutting cake and per-
haps have charring for a cherished ambition
after lectures and practical demonstrations
from really superior charwoman, is over
looked
One night early in my career ] was called
from the dish pan 20 cut cake, at moment
when the rush al the bar had involved the
usual cake cutter-an unfortunate moment. tor
it was that one when our chief OF stan chose
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
WHAT A CANTEEN IS.


Canteen is a vague term that means little
to American stay-at-homes, save chat it is
fat. where tea is. or water, and where once
something else was, and truly the term covers
growing multitude Of energies directed TO
nSsusing the thirst and hunger Of the soldier
Y this wsr. j, may mean q counter set up on
The platform ar London station. where Tom
ny gets his last cup Of tea before leaving
England or his first on returning; or it may
ts something travelling up and down the line
On -four wheels dispensing penny soup; or,
rors vital buffet set up in a way station
i;ai the front, where the workers go into the
hospital trains and feed the wounded Ike ba-
As
Son. are neat and well ordered structures,
Were gentlemen Tommies may write letters
peace and cleanliness and even godliness,
i'' Christian workers, interested in souls
'ihs' than in sandwiches, are attached; 9th
IL Ike ours bare shell OF wooden hut in
waste Of canvas and sand, are the hanging
places Tor as many Tomnlies as can crowd
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
By Florence b0rRiey

~ AzAN day. miss.
az Sorry not open
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

into them, combining the sociability Of the
pub" with the innocent joys Of Sunday even
ings at home
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-09

cause they can 90 the Work cheaper
than anybody else on earth, they had
no difficulty in plucking this fat bust
ness from the envious American toy
manufacturers.
They overcame the worldwide
shortage of coal tar dyes by resort
ing to vegetable dye Of their own
manufacture and they even adopted
the German system of farming" out
the toys among hundreds of families,
in piece work style.
The cheapness of making toys by
this system permits the Japanese to
make and sell all varieties of toys in
this country at big pront in spite of
a 10 per cent duty.
But you wouldn't know the toys
had been made in Japan instead of
Germany unless you looked at the
label. There's nothing Japanese"
about them.
Military toys predominant, perfect
little models of machine guns and of
big howitzers. Toy warships this
year are all painted regular battle
ship gray" even the airships and
imitation war automobiles are paint
ed the same color.
The Japs are awfully clever as
wood carvers and they have had no
trouble turning out all sorts of wood
en- toys this year that are, if any
thing, even better than the German
product of former years.
And the dolls! They don't wear
funny looking kimonos, not a bit of
it. They are all decked out, both
boy and girl dolls, in snappy "Amer-
lean style clothes" The Japs call it
High Collar" style.
The Japs are always affable with
the result that wherever possible they
have stuck an American flag on the
toys that they are shipping to this
country.
They have even carried this form
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-09


The very Small Person of 2 or 8
or so has not been overlooked by the
clever people who design smart
fashions.
What could be smarter than this
little dress of rose colored chambrey
made with a white waist. The waist
is buttoned to the skirt and the wide
belt hides the buttons The cuffs and
the collar are of rose chambrey and
the shocking is in rose color. Of
course, brown or dark blue would
be more practical color, but if you
want the Small Person to look sweet
and pretty then rose is the color to
choose.
'Tis better to be disappointed in
love than in marriage.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-10-15
WEEKS OFFERINGS AT
THE THORLEY THEATRE

For the week opening October IS,
the Thorley Theatre offers most en-
tertaining repertoire of motion pic
ture plays, as follows:
Monday night-In the Land of the
Head Hunters. This is Mr.. Curtis
noted production, on which he spent
3 years of time and $4,000 cash. 1t
is a feature no patron of the photo
play can afford to miss.
Tuesday-A Gentleman from Mis-
sissippi. An exceptionally strong
drama.
Wednesday-The New Exploits of
Elaine.
Thursday-Special program by the
Pathe Ferese company.
Friday-Special offering by the
General Film Company.
Saturday-A strong program by the
Mutual Company.
You cannot afford to miss one of
these splendid programs.-Adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-10-15
LOCAL JOTTINGS.

A lot of the nimrods of Cedar City
piled into buggies and wagons yes
terday, equipped with camp outfits
provisions, saddle horses and guns
bent upon being in the deer country
for the opening of the season this
morning. We expect that very few
deer will survive the day in Iron
county.
John II. Fife, the local agent for
Ford automobiles, is seriously con-
sidering the taking out Of an agency
for another make Of cars as well as
retaining the Ford agency. Not be-
cause Fords do not sell well, but be-
cause he has so much trouble and los
es so many sales through being un-
eble to get sufficient cars to supply his
territory. There is no use talking,
this is an automobile age.
The surprise Of the week in social
circles was the announcement that J.
NJ. B. Higbee had been quietly mar
ried at Salt Lake City during con
ference week to a lady from indie
pendence, Mo-, with whom Mr.. Hig.
bee became acquainted while residing
there. Particulars are lacking, but
it is expected that Mr.. Higbee will
shortly return here, when we will
make him "fess up"
James Bulloch is back from the
L. d. s. Hospital, where he went with
the expectation of undergoing a sur
gical operation. On careful exami-
nation his trouble was diagnosed to
be some kind of growth on the
bladder, and the outlook for an oper-
alton was not deemed promising, so
was not performed Jim is up and
around, and states that he is feeling
very much better than he did few
weeks since. He says without any
equivocation that he is going to get
well, which is strong point in his
favor
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-10-15
SALE OF EsTRAY ANIMAL.

State of Utah, County of Iron, City
Of Cedar.
/ have in my possession the follow
ing described estray animal, which II
not claimed and taken away, will be
sold at public auction to the highest
cash bidder at the city pound in &C.
dar City, on Monday, the 25th day of
October, 1915, at the hour of 2 o.
clock, p. M:
One old bay saddle horse, some
white in the forehead and on left hind
leg; shod all around; branded on left
thigh with wagon wrench and bar I'M
der it.
Said estray was taken up by city
marshal in said Cedar City on the
18th day of October, 1915.
w. ID. LEIGH,
Poundkeeper for Cedar City
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-10-15
BRANCH A. C. NOTES.

The editorial staff for the Student
has been chosen, and they are busy
getting out the first issue of the pa
per, which will appear the last of
this month.
The student body gave their first
chapel last Tuesday. One of the
schools orators, Leonard Bowen,
talked on "The True Student" May
Lyman sang and Mamie Jones gave
an instrumental selection.
"The Orioles, the first number of
the Lyceum course, will be given in
the B. A. c. auditorium on Tuesday
evening, November LIST. This will be
very good number, consisting of
vocal and instrumental music, whist
ling and reading.
The Teachers reception, given last
Friday night, was a splendid affair.
II was attended by large crowd of
the towns people and students. Be-
sides dancing, the program consisted
a vocal selection by Mr.. Knudsen
nd welcome address by Principal
Homer.
The students are all enthusiastic
with the spirit of the election which
is being held at the school this week.
Both parties have held their rallies,
which were very successful. The pro-
grams were excellent, showing that
there are a number of good orators
and songsters in the school this year.
The election will be held this afternoon
and the returns will be read at the
ball this evening in the auditorium.