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The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

Noel stepped into the road in front o
the pony.
It's only l. doctor: Noel Duval
grandson to the Widow Marston." he
said, in a whisper Don't make any
noise, Was everything quiet at the
| village when you left"
Quite usual But what's the
matter. lad Why are you trembling
and painting so?"
They're going 70 attack the villa se
raiders from Canada You must le,
me have the POM, I'm all tired gu,
and l must get - the villa ge,"
For moment the doctor scrutlnized
| the boys face Then he got down
from the pony. I vas going to Far
mer Tonwelrs. who's down with his
| rheumatism again, but he shall wait.
| I wouldn't do this at every boys
word. but you look as if You know
what you're about. and will take
the cha nee
Already Noel had sprung 10 the sad
die and turned the pony hack toward
the village.
/ They had almost reached the out
| skirts of the little town when a man
on horseback rode into the middle Of
the road. and confronting Noel. or
dered him to stop. Noel thought he
| recognized the dress of the Canada n
| scouts. He bent low on the saddle
and struck the pony sharply. An in
stant later rifle bla zed in his face
| Then he realized that in some way
the white pony had got by the other
road. terrified by the rifles flash
The scouts pony was close behind
The white pony was running as it had
not done since it was a colt in lower
Canada. and had carried its habitant
master in many a race, and won them.
too. Noel was conscious Of a feeling
of exultation. for he saw that the scout
was losing ground. and started to wave
his hand in a derisive farewell The ef-
fort caused sharp pain to shoot through
his arm. and he found that his hand
and wrist were covered with blood. The
scouts bullet had torn its way through
the flesh OF his forearm
He grew very faint. and had to clutch
keep from falling. His weak arm had
served to hold the reins but 4. was good
for little else. He was 50 dizzy that he
could hardly see. and he only dimly
realized that he was close to the streams
of light coming from the windows Of the
village tavern. The sound of a gaIloping
horse brought several men to the tavern
door.
Raiders from Canada are coming,
They're close by" he gasped. then his
head swan round and he fell from the
saddle. After that there was much
shouting and hurrying to and fro. and
finally the beating of a drum and the
quick clang of the bell in the village
church. But Noel. stretched out on a
table in the tavern. was undisturbed by
al, the turmoil.
Even Congress heard of what had oc.
Cured that warm July night by the Ca
madam border and when the war was
ended. Noel Duval was remembered in
such substantial way that he was able
10 provide a good home for his mother
and the old Widow Marston and for lit
tie Ninette. and to keep poverty from
ever again pinching them.
One day in the autumn Noel. who was
now quite well of his wound was asked
20 come to the drill ground. Jacobus
BoonteT met him. and led him to where
the company Of boys were drawn up In
line. Noel Duval.' he said. I'VE ask
you if you will please be our captain
(Copyrieht by Harppr A Brotherp)
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17
The eProviing Of
Noel Duval
A Story Of the War Of 1872
BY FRANCIS sTERNE PALMER.

- HE summer of 1914 was a troubled
one for the people living in North
1 ern New York. English troops
were concentrating at points just
across the Canadian border. and there
were rumors that they would soon In
wade the States. The farmers were he
ing hastily drilled into militia companies
The boys shared the general excitement
and were also busy drilling.
Early one warm July evening in the
outskirts of one of the larger villages
near the Canadian border four persons
were sitting in the little lattice-covered
portico of cottage. One was Madam
Marston. an old lady. tall and straight
whose husband had been a captain in the
Revolutionary war On the other side OF
the portico sat her daughter. the Widow
Duval Close to her side was Noel Du-
val Z hoy Of about IS. whose left arm
hung withered and almost helpless at
his side And there was his little sister
NinGtte,
Mother" the boy was saying. "Abram
DONGS Uldut me very dHSiy tOUoS- t1c
said I was not an American because my
father was not. and because I have al
ways lived in Canada
His mother stroked the boys hair
soothlngly. "Blde your time. Noel" she
whispered. Your chance will come, and
IN the meantime keep guard over that
HuIck temper of yours
Noel got up and walked off down the
road toward the field where the boys
held their drills. This evening there had
come together about twenty boys, all of
whom lived on the nelghboring farms.
When they saw Noel coming iowa I'd
them the boys had Just finished one Q.
their evolutIons and were resting, lean
ing on the wooden staffs which served
them instead OF real muskets, Jacobus
Roonter. who vas captain, had real
sword-one that his cra andfather Ensign
the Revolution.
"CartaIn." >ald one Of the boys.
there comes Noel Duval You know. he
came here with his mother from Canada
only two months aEo. and thev live with
old Widow Marsron on her lltrle farm.
He only has 0De good arm. but today he
wanted to night Ahram Dodds for saying
.le was nor an American. Shall let
hirn loln the company I know he wants
to
Rroad-tacad Jacohus shook his head
grave!v
When Noel came up hs was treated in
So cool a wev that at hrst he felt very
angry. hut he remained and watched the
drill. IN spite Of the boys evident lnten-
ton to treat hIm as a n outsider.
Soon it got 50 dark that the boys had
10 stop drilling. They were LYING about
on the ground near the edge of the
woods when of sudden thirty or forty
men. each leading a pony. doomed out of
the dusk The startled hovs remained
quiet
Hello, What's this" exCla lined the
one who seemed the leader Here. YOU
little rascals don't You stir Not word
not move
The boys lay huddled on the ground
staring at the newcomers These, with
the exception of the leader. VINO wore
the uniform OF an English officer. were
all dressed IN deerskin suits with fur
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17
HIGH ART.

What do you call your picture. Mr..
Artist Man." said /.
' 'Tis called The Sleeping Bulldog" the
artist made reply.
Why. that is most peculiar" I cried.
no dog I see,'
''oh. not at all-the dog is in the dog
house." answered he.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

they would have ordered il they had ha,
the doing of il themselves
Old Tom with a black eye) sat at tn
head of the table. and after the caks
and the ice cream had been slaughtered
he told stories Of his own fighting days
under Grant. and as he closed he sal.
he had seen many battles. but none h&
cared more TO remember than the Bat
tie Of Brick Church
Copyright by Harp-r & RroAl
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-29
{ By~Tim Sul1ivan)

cts long way to Cuba, it's a
long way to 60"
That's how Mike Gibbons today
explained to me why he was not just
wild about talking up the PROPOSE
tion of fighting Eddie McGoorty over
the 25-round route at Havana, Cuba.
He's anxious, he slipped it to me, to
meet the Oshkosh boy at Hudson,
Wis, where it isn't SO far to walk
back p.
After Mike put Eddie away at the
Hudson meet, he says he is willing
to talk terms of war with Jimmy
Clabby again, this time over the 20
round route.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-29

A Rhode Island inventors drink
ing device consists of cup to be
placed under a faucet and telescop-
ing tube through which the contents
can be drawn into the mouth. = :.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-29
card for the fights at Hudson tha'
might.

S1i - III IHe H6nls ~ auusoH IndI
night. B.
Tommy Gibbons is having an aw-
full time because he has been too
fat When the first talk of the meet
with Billy Murray at 1853 pounds
was started, Tommy began to- work
off some Of the fat that his brother
Mike had slaboriously been trying to
put on him by milk and hens fruit.
But he found that changing his
weight either way was hard, and
for weeks he stayed clear away from
a scale. Then he sneaked up to one
the other day all alone and struck
it up to 1914. So now he claims to
be back in the class with the mid
dies. ...sss-> j. ~. Y.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-29

Mike Gibbons today let it be known
that he never did meet a boxer with
a cleaner way of taking defeat than
Jimmy Clabby. "Why, the average
pug will slip you song that sounds
like an alibi, when he is trOunced,"
said Gibbons. But Clabby just took
it as a clean defeat, because he was
not used to the 1O-round distance,
so I'm going to try to arrange to give
him a 2O-round co."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-29

There will be eight thousand per-
fectly good dollars laying around as
the purse when the annual tourna-
ISOLATION, will be held at Minneapolis,
Feb. II. This became known today
and was about as much of a surprise
as when the st. Louis crack bowling
team wrote for an entry in the tour
nament. This is the first time that
a "shoW me" team has. ever entered
this northwestern event.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-29

Billy Murray has arrived from San
Francisco, to train at Minneapolis
for his meet with Tommy Gibbons, in
the 158-pound class, Feb. Q. Mike
O'Dowd of St. Paul and Spike Kelley
of Chicago, are to go ten rounds at
14S pounds the same night. Fred
Fulton of Minneapolis, and Ben
Trimble of st. Paul, both Of whom
are in the heavyweight class, and
Young Gould of Hudson against Kid
Parsons of Kansas City, for six
rounds, at 145 pounds, complete the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-29

ooh, just a small consideration;
oh, we'll, say $1,000 a week." is all
that Mike Gibbons was offered for be-
coming Thespian according to his
near relatives today. Mike was
merely to go on the boards as the
worlds champion and tell how he
took from Jimmy Clabby's face that
smile that wasn't supposed to come
off at Milwaukee. The. offer includes
the Brother Tommy, and the two
brothers may take to the road as
soon as Tommy does his little job
with Fighting Billy Murray at Hud-
son, Feb. 2.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
BURNING AT SEA
FRENCH LINER rs IN FLAMES
OFF THE NOVA SCOTIA
COAST.
Are on Board-vessels
Rushing to Aid.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Halifax, n. S.-The French steamer
SAINT Anna is on FIRE at sea, accord
ing TO a wireless message received
by the Marine Department from the
Cape Race Station. The message
said; Steamer SAINT Anna is in dis
tress, on fire and in need of assist
ance. Position latitude 1923 north.
longitude 1870 west" Between 1900
and LOO Italian reservists are
aboard, according to a statement
given out by local agents of the line.
The SAINT Anna also carried a large
amount Of merchandise. The position
given is in the track of Transatlantic
liners. The majority Of the SAINT
Anna's passengers are Italian reserv-
lists returning TO their country to join
the colors; there is a large cabin list.
There are at least 20 Americans on
board, IL is said. The SAINT Anna was
under close guard at the Fabre Line
pier At Thirty-first street, Brooklyn.
while she was loading her cargo. Sc
crecy was maintained concerning the
cargo, and II was not known until the
day she left here that she was TAX.
ing the Italian reservists aboard.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
FIERCE SIX HOUR BATTLE
With Sixty Policemen Who Shower
Room With Lead.

San Francisco.-A thrilling six
hour battle between 60 policemen and
George Nelson. IS years old. for
eigner. wanted for completely in the
robbery last month of a Los Angeles
bank, ended at dawn when Nelson's
bullet-riddled body was found stretch
ed on a cot in a rooming house. The
police conducted the battle from an
upper window of the residence OF
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes. OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. across
the street. and from adjacent win
dows and housetops. A powerful
search light was placed in the win
dow Of another dwelling across the
street from Nelson's room. Shot.
guns. repeating rifles and revolvers
were used and hardly a square inch
OF Nelson's room escaped the raking
FIRE. The floor was Uttered with glass
and splinters Of wood and the walls
were riddled with shot.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
new PeTTICOAT IDEAS
ORGANIZE A FAvoRITE MATE.
RIAL OF THE SEASON.
Trimmings May BE a. Elaborate as
One oeslres-Polnt d'Esprit Much
Used for Lingerie Froeks-
Hsnd-Psinted Goods.

Organize is a favorite OF the sea-
son. and an ideal material for petit.
coats. Quantities OF little rufiles
edged with lace or footing, sometimes
picoted. or bound with very narrow
ribbon, are placed one above the
other to give fullness at the hem
Often old.fashioned putting is EN-
ployed between insets OF valen.
ciennes or filet lace. with a rufile at
the hem only. Deep Spanish flowers
OF net, striped vertically with lace.
make attractive petticoats. which
leave the hips plain. A new idea for
a net petticoat is to stripe the whole
thing horizontally with castings and
run pink ribbons in them. about
Ia inches wide. The castings open
at one side. and the ribbons
emerge and are tied In a knot and
two ends, which hang down one above
the other for the whole length Of the
skirt. The hem is a deep. plain one
The same idea was carried out in pale
pink batiste with white satin ribbons
Another new material, or old one
revived for lingerie skirts. is point
d'esprit Some frocks with gathered.
unrufiled skirts would be prettier
with unrufled petticoats under them.
and this has been provided for by
the makers A charming combina.
ton was white handkerchief linen and
white point desprit In graduated, al
ternate bands. The linen was hand
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
AUSTRIA is NEAR COLLAPSE
Returned Tourist Declares Country 10
Apathetic over War.

New York, Sept. 1I-"Austria on
the verge Of financial collapse. dis.
gusted at German high handedness,
horrifed at German atrocities and Sub,
marine attacks, is apathetic over the
outcome OF the war and looking for.
ward only to expression in the future,
no matter what its results may be"
This is the condition among Ger.
msny's allies. according to Professor
John Archer Silver. professor OF his.
tory at Hobart college. Geneva. ". V.
and a personal friend OF Ambassador
Penield
Professor Silver went TO Vienna last
July to be the guest OF the ambassa.
dor and has now returned He was
also in Vierna at the outbreak OF the
war. He compared the change OF con.
ditions in that time. Austria's money
has deprecated 40 per cent in value,
an American dollar now being worth
six crowns and So hellers as compared
to the normal four crowns, and 73
hellers.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
HOW HE WAS CURED OF MAKING
CURTAIN SPEECHES

In the September American Mag
azine Harry B. Smith writes some
inside information about the must
cal play. Mr.. Smith has written
over a hundred pieces. He and Reg
inald De Koven wrote Robin Hood.
out Of which Mr.. Smith made $685.
600. His article is full Of good stor-
les. Following is his story Of how
he was cured Of making curtain
speeches:
up 10 the time Of The High
wayman' the idea Of being called
before the curtain for a speech had
always given me the keenest plea
sure, just as il | had done some
thing very praiseworthy instead OF
writing a mere libretto. But now
| was discouraged in this nefarious
practice. When the piece was
produced in New York | made a few
ill-chosen remarks, in the course OF
which | stated that while The High
wayman' had been played in Phil
adelphia the actors knew that there
was only one real first highland
that was in New York.
The Philadelphia papers took
this up and said: Next time he
comes here with an opera We will
show him that there are other first
nights besides New York
True TO their word. when my
next Offering. The Fortune Teller,
vas presented in Philadelphia the
notices We received there effectually
cured me Of making curtain
speeches. Thereafter I wrote
speeches for the principal comedian
10 make in front Of the curtain, and
the comment then was that the
speeches were so good il was a pity
the comedian had not written the
libretto."
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
THE MAN WHO HAS REVOLUTION
ICED woMAN'S HATS

In the Interesting People" de-
partment OF the September Ameri-
can Magazine appears an article
about William butcher who has
done more than any other American
to awaken people 10 the cruelty and
stupidity Of slaughtering beautiful
and useful birds. He and other H.
nally succeeded in having laws pass
ed so far-reaching that they changed
the whole aspect Of millinery. In
the hard struggle Mr.. butcher sac
riflced his health. Following is an
extract from the article about him:
Nothing ever tired or discouraged
him. Ending a days work in his
office, he would jump on a train
10 go and do another harder days
work before midnight among the
Legislators at Albany. Politicians
lived in terror OF this bird crank
The aigrette trade, which he fought
from the first. spiked his guns when
il could with a paid lobby. He got
hard knocks and many defeats, but
in 1910 his efforts were crowned
with success when the Empire State
passed the plumage Law forbidding
the sale OF the white badge OF
cruelty
HE never wearied Of preaching
the great value of insectivorous
birds TO agriculture: yet the farm
ers and fruit growers OF the United
States probably never will realize
how much his labors benefited
them. He cared not a feathers
weight who got the glory for any
Of his work, so long as il was ac-
complished. Even the millinery
dealers and the game hog while
they fought his reforms, admitted
his unselflshness. There was moth
ing he would not do for anyone who
showed the slightest interest in his
hobby"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16

scalloped at each edge and en-
broidered With fat dots.
An inexpensive and practical idea
was the use Of fine white sateen, as
a shadowproof petticoat under sepa-
rate skirts OF semiopaQue materials.
One is safe in corduroy or golf cord.
but white serge, contrary TO expecta-
ton, proves to be disconcertingly
transparent. Pioue Is used for these
modesty-savers also. but pique has
such an annoying habit OF continuous
shrinking with each successive trip
to the laundry that sateen is q vel
come substitute. White georgette
crepe and white chiffon make ador-
able petticoats and require little trim
ming. A white chiffon one was plain
ly gathered from a hip yoke. at the
edge of which there was q casing run
with a threeinch pink ribbon tied in
q soft dropping bow In the back.
Another of crepe was pale yellow. in
three tiers OF knife plated ruffies, each
one beaded by a yellow ribbon run In
y
luxurious third was q fiounced affair
Of lowered net that looked as II 1t
had been painted by hand.
Hand-painted materials are not neg
lected. We have had many OF them
In soft tatieta. and they appear new
In chiffon. II Is a matter OF consider
able difficulty TO paint the latter sue
cessfully. so this material is naturally
rather an expensive one. Hand-paint-
ed hats are common. not only for gar.
den wear in brilliant colors on coarse
straw. but for afternoon gowns also
in grosgrain and tafeta. decorated in
pastel shades. which thin the hat with
out concealing any of its lines-a fash
ion OF the season.
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
Black SILK Bags.

There are many tempting bargains
in black silk handbags. Some OF the
bags sell for as little as a dollar each.
They are usually lined with gayly
figured silk and fitted with little
pockets on the inside to hold powder
pun. mirror and coin purse. The coin
purse is sometimes OF black silk some
times OF the material OF the lining.
Sometimes II closes with a metal
clasp. sometimes Il is made In enve-
lope shape and snaps shut with a ball
and socket OF diminutiye proportions.
Usually they are fitted with straps Of
silk for handles, sometimes with
cords. Some Of the bags are fitted
into gate tops Of metal
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
BABES ARE SOLD AT AUCTION.

Misunderstanding 10 information
from Bucharest 100000 Armenians
have been deported from Csesarea,
TreoiIond. ErIerum and other cities
in Asia Minor. TO the interior of Tur-
key. Hardly a third are arriving at
their destination. The women and
girls are sent TO Turkish harems. and
auction sales OF Armenian babies.
from one month TO two years old,
have taken place in constantinopls
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
i0s YEARS 0LD-AND STILL
PREACHING

In the Interesting People" de-
partment Of the September Ameri-
can Magazine appears an article
about Aunt Mary" Goddard who
is i05 years old and still a preach
ing elder" in the Quaker Church.
She lives in Brunswick, Maine, and
for more than seventy years has sat
on the facing seat" in Quaker
meeting-houses. exercising a quiet
influence for peace and good will,
Following is an extract from the ar
tIcle about her:
AS a preaching elder she has
labored among three generations.
From the families 10 which she has
been a minister Of the Spirit have
come men who have done things;
yet il is doubtful II any OF them
has really done as much as she
has.
There could hardly be a greater
contrast than that between Aunt
Mary's peaceful sunset and the
present European cataclysm. II is
perfectly conceivable that this war
with all its appalling destruction OF
human life may leave the nations
deadlocked, ready 10 fight again
when their strength is renewed
and that il may not really count for
SO much in the progress Of the race
as the quiet lives Of those who hold
10 the doctrines Of the Society Of
Friends"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
Wherein Does This Opportunity
Consist

First. the child. the student be-
cause Of lack of experience is help
less: a new world opens before II
with things countless to be learned
II is possessed Of faculties only
partially discovered. and yet to be
developed. As the child had to
learn to walk. 10 use its arms. its
hands. its feet to purpose, So II
has 10 learn To use the vastly greater
powers Of mind. that it may build
great structures. open new doors
in science. that men may walk in
the paths Of progress.
Second. the child is naturally
trustful and believing: that is to
say. simply. the child is willing to
be taught. Herein is the great OPP
portunity.
Finally. the child is a potential
force. Who can tell the untold pos
sibilities in the children that gather
around the home circle or that Ill
the school room. From childhood's
ranks steps forth every man, every
woman who ever attained distinc-
ton. honor or who ever rendered a
notable service to the world.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16

Buffalo, y. VA two-ton aerial
warship has been built. Seventy i've
foot planes will be attached 10 a
gray nsh-shaped hull and aviators
then will be ready 10 observe the FIRST
fight OF this formidable war machine.
II has been built for naval use and.
OF course. is . flying boat II has
twice the lifting and carrying power
OF the America, which was built for
the Wanamaker transatlantic fight.
Il will be driven by two motors devsl-
oping $50 horse power.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16
ARCHIBALD TO BE WATCHED


Continued from rage Oncl
Archibald ,se and or ar tne cases OF
aliens and American citizens said TO
he involved IN the Dumha disclosures.
as soon as the interests Of the state
department In these cases had been
disposed Of Tie said that the depart.
ment 81 iu-tice would make no move
until II was officially learned that the
diplomatic aspects OF the different
cases had cen dealt with TO the sat.
isfsction OF Secretary Lansing.