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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
ELDER WOOES CABARET SINGER
TO GET COLOR FOR HIS BOOK

GA
you nnmber Of things j have wanted
to tell Eou for several weeks with no
one around but we two. Will 4 never
get this chance When I get back
froll the east Unjust have it. Goodby,
grille. with love, ss..s.
5 s-s.. y =. b. BENNETT
While the elder would not comment
on this letter, he reafirmed that all
would be cieared up In tinle hat his
book. Social nj enaces,' K was being
pushed 20 compilation. and, that when
| 1t was on Il e8 ma rEet people would
understand why he had associated
with the girl.
| When decided TO write this book
several mouths ago 4 planned to go
to Chicago and gather my material
first hand =, 8 said Elder Trout. The
book is TO be written in clean lam
gnage and will betup1i fitting.
When I started out E decided not
to tell anycne OF m plans while gath
ering my material, IS s
A member OF the Sunday school
board who would not permit his
name 10 sbe= used disclosed some OF
the details of the whole affair when
informed that elder Trout maintained
his innocence. MI E.5s5 y
Did heEtell you about the automo-
mile trips With a certain young. wo-
man p he asked. '.Di d he tell you his
wife didn't even know OF his trips ?
Did he mention q photograph Of the
young woman with her arms about
him in a Chicago beer garden? Did he
say he had bought pllimes and other
articles Of clothing for this young
woman aud had written letters to
her?
did he mention the cocktails he
i had purchased for her2''
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

girl knew her fifty -year-o1d adrnirer.
She says that sometimes she received
no fewer than five letters aNday. all
Of them breathing tenderest passion.
The girls lawyer would give out
only one OF these letters for publIca-
ton. The others will follow at the
proper time they say Here is the
letter:
Dear Florence Sweetheart, this is
Just 10 tell YOU low much enjoyed
the time last night Our dinner at
Collins and the time spent in the Yer
non were TO me the most enjoyable OF
any time we have been together.
Florence. yon are so sweet and pleas
ant that it hlunts me like a dream
Buf. better, it was not a dream. 1t
was real.
Sure. we did not get back at 10
O'Clock, but NC were so good and hap
py all the time. and hope no one
scolded you for not returning earlier.
Oh, yes. a. M. is earlier than 10 p.
m See2
Alone, Alone, All Alone.
Here are
MY THOUGHTS OF THEE.
Alone! Alone. All, all alone!
Alone with my thoughts and thee.
No tongue can speak nor fancy seek
The thoughts that come to me-
Alone! With the lilies at my feet!
NO sweeter they than thee
In my hearts thought that knoweth
naught
But trust in the bliss to be.
Alone With the moonlight shining
full
On eyes that, Love enthrone
If love fail me, ah-better DO
That were ever alone!
N. ID. r.
'sFlorence. j am so anxious 70 tell
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
sAHd She Now Threatens BID
Damage Suit 5for Defama-
tlon0f Character.

1 CHICAGO. April O.-Blder i. R.
Trout. OF the Brethren church. vas
gathering local coloraso rapidly while
aUtomobiHng anu celebrating through
Chlcago's zones OF gayety with Miss
1 Florence Maxwell, a cabaret singer
several months ago that he did not
4 nave tine 70 make cnplous and com
plete notes of all he saw.
~ ne had done so the suspicious of
the members OF the Brethren Sunday
school board might not have been
aroused as to the real purpose Of his
exploits
But Elder Trout was unable to pro
duce the notes as evidence. and as =
result ne is no longer Sunday school
editor OF the Teachers monthly Of,
1.-THE Brethren Publishing company 81
tAg1n, general secretary or the Breth-
rem Sunday school board and pastor.
lof the Brethren church at I4anmark.
III. post he had held for fifteen
| years.
AL, these positions he has lost, and
ito make matters worse the pretty ca
baret singer has threa tened to sue him
/ for $4,000 for defamation Of charac-
ter because the elder says he asso-
GATED with her. not for the pleasure
4 and up1ft of her company, but Just
| 10 get q few more facts concerning
the underworld. Size asserts that he
I Wooed her passionate1y for five years,
and estransed her froma young ply.
sician to whom she says she was en-.
gagged
Miss Maxweil's attorneys have been
shown a trunkfu1 of letters addressed
to the girl in the former pastors
han writing All are signed IN r.
Bennett for it was as such that the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Eye Witness Describes
Fighting IL Champagne

cavalry, and of 4EmanoenEreg general
". . It lin fact, the training ground
of the great military..cen1er of the
Chalons and French troops have
doubtless been exercised over this
ground in every branch of military
operation, except that In which they
are engaged att the present nom ent.
What commander training his
men over this ground, could have Inn
imagined that the area from Perthes-
lez-Hurlus TO Beausejour Farm would
become two fortress lines. developed
and improved for four months: or
that he would have to carry out a n
attack modelled on the same system
as that employed in the last great
siege undertaken by Frenh troops,
that of sebastopo1 in 1915? Yet
this Is what is being lone. Every
day an attack is made on trench,
on the edge of one of the little woods.
or to gain ground in one Of them !;
every day the ground gained has to
be Stransformeds SO as to give protec-
ton to its new occupants and means
OF access to their supports: every
night, and on many days, the enemy's
counter attacks have to be repulsed.
Every attack has to be prepared BY
a violent and accurate artillery fire !;
itgmay be said that a trench has to be
morally captured by gun fire before
. 1t can be actually sliced by the in
fantry Once in the new trench. the
men have to work with their en-
trenching tools, without exposing
themselves. and wait for a counter
attack, doing what damage they can
to the enemy with hand grenades
and machine guns. Thus the amount
Of rife ire is very small: it is war
OF explosives and bayonots.
Up to the present, the French
have made steady and continuous
progress; and their success may be
best judged from the fact that they
have not been forced back on any.
day, behind the line they held infthe
morning, despite innumerable coun-
ter attacks. And this is not merely
a question Of ground, but one OF in.
creasing moral ssuperiortty;. for it is
IN the unsuccessful counter attacks
that losses are heavy; and these and:
the sense of failure effect the morale,
Of an army sooner or later VIII the.
French push through the line2 Will
a hole be made. or1is he enemy like.
a badge who digs hinselfBin rather;
faster than YOU can dig him out i
cannot tell; it would indeed be an as
tonishfng measure Of success for
first attempt, and the enemy may re-
squire great deal more hammerlng
at many points before he has def Y
nitely had enough at any point. But
these operations have brought the.
day closer, and turn our thoughts to
the time when we shall be able to
move forward; and one finds the
5cavalrymen wond eriEfs whether per
hapsf they too will get their chance,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Tests
FOR TEACHERS
Recent Examination Embraced
Some Difficult Questions
to Answer.

CHARLESTON. Apr. 10 80 he board
of examiners, who are going to pass
on the examination papers OF apph-
cants for school teachers certificates,
started to work this week in the
chamber Of the house of delegates at
the state house. The work will con-
tinue for some time, as probably more
persons tried to qualify for certif1-
Gates than ever in tile past.
Those Who comprise the board OF
examiners are: Superintendent III. E..
IBrookover. MorgnEtown; Principal
George i. Stewart, Lewiston; Super
In int r. ". Thrush, Keyser; SUI
lperintendent j. w Greene, Hamlin:
/ Miss Mary Fravel, Poca; fH. Cooper
l#Herndon; w. z. Cunlpston. Ripley:
Principal Ralph S. Beckner. Grifiths-
vile; Clarence Roby, Greenland: :
Superintendent a. p. Morrison, OF
Clarksbnrsi Il. FL. Carder, Barnshaw:: v
It'll. a. Slower. Cullnden; Orval HILL,
Cairo: Miss Maud Waugh, Kanamha
Head; NJ. y. Sharps. Grantsville: Rus
sell III. Bell. Clay: Miss -Eva5L. Steers.
eR3l1mlontri 2. s. Knott, Shepherds
town. # 4
N More than 5000 took examinations
in the state,and this large amount or
manuscript will have to be read and
graded by the board now in session.
Each applicant for certificate was
examined on tile following ten sub
Jects: c..thograrhy. reading. penman-
ship, arithmetic, English gramm ar. and
language. physiology and hygiene.
United States and West Virginia his
tory. geography. civil government.
agriculture, theory and art OF teach
ing
Many Manuscripts.
Taking it for granted that a paper
on each subject was turned in by the
5000 persons who took the examine
lion it means that the examining
board must read and correct about so. -
Goo manuscripts.
The examination was a rigid one
when one considers the easy examine
lions ofsyears ago One of the exam
liners. in speaking Of the list of ques-
lions, said
There are many college men could
not pass the examination. and when
one looks at the list it does seem for
n1idable. For instance. here are some
of#the questions asked:
Outline a lesson you would give
On rural lie In Ireland
scrub COW gives 4 4 pounds Of
milk "a. day. and "a VI ersey FcpW gives
pounds a day. II he milk of the
scrub is PIPER cent but ter Fat and that
Of the ~ ersey 4F12 spers cent butter
fat. and butter sci is for 20 cents the
year round find the return or eathcow
"a year. assuming / that the cost OF
feeding the same for each. ''
Explain how the temperature Of
the body Ii intained.'' sss--i5s
What is the work Of plant roots
Give Illustrations Of the exercise
OF federal, state and local government
in your county |. . ssss s8
Three Grad les of Cert ficates.
Esss These are d few Of the many ques-
tons asked 4. bit they tend to show
the varied subjects or which lSnGsl =
edge is necessary. In case one pass.
5ess one of three classes OF caEti hcates.
are given. the highest average en-.
titHng one to lfench in the state as
long as they live. This ertIhcate en-s
titles the holder to a minimum sal
AIRY OF $50 $as mont n. lvht1e mini-ll
mum salary for q number three Ger
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Tells Of origin Of
Corner Drug Store

the civil authorities to free them from
this unfair competition and in 1916
the Elector Max Joseph of Bavaria is
sued a mandate prohibiting the dis
pensing OF medicines in religious
houses without certain limits. Tt was
ordered that the religious houses
should close their shops in towns and
within circuit Of two hours dis
tance where apothecaries carried on
their business F#
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
z. IS: TO
Try AMERICAN
MATCH WOOD.
Sample Shipment Now Being
Arraigned by Government
Forest Service.

WASHINGTON, April 10. Ameri-
can manufacturers Of match wood
may find market for their product
in Brazil, il al sample shipment now
being arranged by the United States
forest service proves suitable to the
Brazilian match manufacturers whose
ordinary supply OF Russian aspen has
been cut of by the European war Ass
1t is regarded as an excellent oppor-
tunity for the Introduction OF North
American forest products into South
America, the forest service is trying
to- enlist the cooperation Of private
lumber concerns, who are reaching
out for export business
The Brazilian match factories, az
cording to cablegram from d ira
cling agent OF the department. OF com
merce. have ,been$using annually about
700, 600 feet OF Russian aspen and
have been forced by the war to SEEK
a substitute. On the agents recon-
Mendation Of American match woods
aArequest has been made to the forest
service for samples ofiWestern while
pine. sugar pine, cottonwood and bass
wood, eight bolts of each, u feet. 33 s
inches long and le to 90 inches
diamete 5 E 5 ss assszssss
The national forests contain largo
supplies Of both sugar and western
white pine suitable for the manltfa
3ture OF matches, and used TOR this
purpose In the United States. III has
been difficult, however to make mp
sampl lies of these woods for the reason:
that the forest service has ID 1 IL nsis
which can be used to pay stailruadA
portation charges from the west
to New York or to prepay ocean
freight asrrequired by the steamshf
companies. The necessity. to 8 trans
portEthe samples across the continent:
instead OF sending them direct to sRfoa
Janeiro from San Francisco Or Port
land. is due to present Shipping con-
ditions on the west coast. sSsI
That the Brazilian manuf ctnrersS
have agreed 70 pay frei ana Gus
toms charges. however. has enconraR
ed a Memphis concern to promise To-
furnish cottonwood sampl les ne
forest service is trying TO get into
touch with other irns which could
furnish the pine and basswoods
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

reforms that were destined to find
echo around the world In the early
SOS the firm had esta blished for
its workmen a sick-aid and pension
fund. from which the German en-
pire was to draw the inspiration that
led to the esta blishment of state
insurance system.
The firm has alwayssremained the
personal property Of the 8hrupp fam
Ivy It is owned today by Bertha
Krupp. who, in 1906. married the
Prussian diplomat. formerly attach
ed to the embassy at Washin gton,
DR.. Gustav Won Boh1en and Halbach.
Just before Bertha Krupp took over
thestworks they were organized for
administration purposes into a joint
stock company. III but four shares
sof $3.50 seachsWere taken over by ISIS
EkIrupp. The firm capital was placed
at 5000. 900. IA N En- n. NJ
The Krnpp steel works now en-
ploys more than "A 5. 900 men in Es-
sen alone. The firm has one of the
most highly developed social service
systems in existence anywhere It
maintains clubs .3co-operative stores:
hospitals. general and maternity.
boarding houses, pension. accident,
and sick benefitsfunds. best es5 being
partner with its elnp1 Dyes IN a NUM-
Der Of her social IN erta kings. The
$krupps make all manners OF things
OF steel. but-and this mainly con-
sstltutes fhair world srennwn- q
5krupp gunshops have unique sup
port from Its rganizatio They
have made and unmade maps and
empires. Bertha Krupp is known
in her Fatherland as the Cannon
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
GERM|.A Am MONEY
IN Russian Banks viii Draw Inter:
est While War Rages.

BlE1RiEyIN, April 10 German bank
ers who had large balances MI Rus
sian banks when war 1brok e out will
moi; no even lose the interest on heir
money y AZ co1nmiss ion appointed by
t ne. russian finan ice niniste TO decide
on the matter. has cent ruled that
the banks there are to let the Interest
on this money accumulate tin after
the war. VIII en- both prin clpal and in.
terest are to be repaid. 81
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
st. Louis Professor Says They
Began in Monasteries of
Middle AGES.

ST. LOUIS, Apr. The corner
drug store had its origin in the mon
asteries of the middle ages. accord
ing to DR.. Leo Suppan OF this city,
assistant instructor in chemistry at
the st. Louis College Of Pharmacy,
who has been tracing the genea1ogy
Of the apothecary shop. He gave the
results OF his research to the St Louis
Medical History Club at recent
meeting.
lie found that the early monster
les contained a pharmaceutical lab
oratcly and dispensing departm ent OF
some kind. The title apothecarius
lapothecary), he said, appeared to
have been used as a very early date
as equivalent to armarius, keeper OF
the medicine chest. At the bottom or
a deed drawn in 967 is the signature
OF certain Solomon, Monk, who
appended to his name the ord apoth-
ecarlus. Physician pharmacists seem
to have held high stations in the mon
astic houses and were men of learn
Ing and great ministrative ability
The monasteries possessed gard ems in
which medicinal plants were cultivat-
ed. 81 s5 "A r
Every monastery DR. Suppan
said, possessed its own formulary
OF collection of recipes for medica-
ments Of various sorts and it is as
tonlshlng how vast number of these
has come down to later lges. They
We're copied more or less literally
from the ancient writer's and were ac-
companied by prayers or 11lbrics
where prayers were to be said while
the medicine was supposed to be talk
ing effect: suspect that many Of
these recipes were embodied in the
household medicine books which W ere
SO popular 4 in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, and some Of
which survive at the present day in
out or the war corners of Europe
The monastic apothecaries seem. 10
have had lit all their own way until
about the twelfth century. A law.
promulgated by Emperor Frederick
II In s1!241 undertook to adjust the
relations betwensph ysicians and apotll-
ecaries and made the calling or the
latter a distinct branch or medicine.
The quarrel between the apothe-
carries and religious houses became
acute when, soon after their found
ing in 1884, the Jesuits established
pharmacies in their houses Medi-
.cines WeFe given away or sold at low.
prices from the houses OF the order.
The secular apothecaries objected
bitterly and the superiors issued or
ders forhidding all commercial trans.
actions in Jesuit hofises. as,
The apothecaries finally appealed to
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

tifcafe is $40 at mon h. Nh q
In eaRi4g ot the sdi fficult ques-
IONS one Of the exanin efs said that
mango the pupils will answer nearly:
all the questions and that the average
teacher knows emo re now Y thanq Plato
and A1istot tie ever dreamed was true
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-09-03

4 should like to have Mrs. DESMOND
AZ my friend, not as my housekeepex. {"
said his wife simply.
by iove, and that's Just what
should like" he cried.
There is but one way, you know"
"She must be one or the other, Ell p
Precisely" she said with firmness.
in my country, James. the wives Of
best friends haven't the same moral
standing that they appear to have in
yours, oh, don't scowl so! Shall !
tell you that do not mean to reflect
on Mrs. Desmond's virtue-or discre-
ton? Far from 1t. II she is to be my
friend. she cannot be your housekeep-
er. That's the point. Has she any
means of her own? Can She"
She has small income, and an an
nuity which | took out for her soon
after her poor husbands death. We
were the closest of friends"
Il understand, James. You are very
generous and very loyal. l quite un-
derstand. Losing her position here,
then, will not be a hardship"
NO" said he soberly.
Il am quite competent, James," she
said brightly. you will not miss her,
am sure"
Are you laughing at me, darling?"
She gave him one of her searching,
unfathomable glances, and then smiled
with roguish mlrth.
isn't 1t your mission in life to
amuse and entertain met"
II love you. Yvonne-Good God, how
! love you'll" he cried abruptly. His
eyes burnt with sudden fame of pas
sion as he bent over her. His face
quivered; his whole being tingled with
the fierce spasm of an uncomfortable
desire to crush the warm, adorable
body to his breast in the supreme
ecstasy OF possession.
She surrendered herself to his pas
sionate embrace. A little later, she
withdrew herself from his arms, her
lips still quivering with the fierceness
Of his kisses. Her eyes, dark with
wonder and perplexity, regarded his
TRANSPORTED face for long. tense
moment.
is this love, James," she whis-
pered. rs this the real, true lover"
What else, in heavens name, can It
be?" he cried. He was sitting upon
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-09-03

. summer night with the moon ana
stars"
"But how desolate It looks today,
with the dead vines and the coIorless
stonesl Ughl"
She dropped the curtains. The soft
warm glow Of the room came back and
she sighed with relief. Il hate things
that are dead" she said.
At the sound of soft tread and the
gentle rustic Of draperies, they turned.
Ranjab. the Hindu, was crossing the
room toward the small door which
gave entrance to his closet. He paused
for an instant before the image of
Buddha. but did not drop to his knees
as all devout Buddhists do. Mrs.
Brood's hand fell lightly upon Lydia's
arm. The man turned toward them a
second or two later. His dark, hand
some face was hard set and emotion
less as he bowed low to the new mis-
tress of the house. The fingers closed
tightly on Lydia's arm. Then he
smiled upon the girl, glad smile of
devotion. His swarthy face was trans
figured. A moment later he unlocked
his door and passed into the other
room. The key turned in the lock
with slight rasp.
Il do not like that man." said Mrs.
Brood. Her voice was low and her
eyes were fixed steadily on the closed
door.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-09-03

"Tou VIII Not Miss Her, am Sure"
the arm OF her chair, looking down at
the singulariy pallid face.
But should love have the power to
brighten one?"
brighten, my darlipg?"
"Oh. II is not you who are fright
ened," she cried. "You are the man.
But I-ah. am only the woman"
He stared. What an odd way to
put It. dear" Then he drew back,
struck by the curious CLEAN Of mock
cry In her eyes.
was 1t like this twenty-five years
ago?" she asked.
He managed to smile. Are you
jealousl"
Tell me about her"
His face hardened. Some other
time. not now"
you have never told me her
name"
He faced her, his eyes as cold as
steel. 81 may as well tell you now,
Yvonne. that her name is never men,
toned In this house."
She seemed to shrink down farther
In the chair.
"why?" she asked, an insistent note
In her voice.
1T isn't necessary TO explain" He
walked away from her to the window,
and stood looking out over the bleak
little courtyard. Neither spoke for
many minutes. and yet he knew that
her questioning gaze was upon him
and that when he turned to her again
she would ask still another question.
He tried to think Of something to say
that would turn her away from this
hated subject.
Isn't it time for you to dress. dear
est! The Cummings live pretty far up
north and the going win be bad with
Fifth avenue piled up with snow-g
Doesn't Frederic ever mention his
mothers nsme?" came the question
that he feared before ii was uttered.
Il am not certain that he knows her
name" said he levelly. The knuekles
OF bis hands. clenched tightly behind
his back. we're white. He has never
heard me utter Il"
she looked at him darkly. There
was something in her eyes that caused
him to shift his own steady gaze IN
comfortably. He could not have en-
plained what ii was. but it gave him q
curiously uneasy feeling. as Of i'm
pSuding peril. Il was not unlike tAs
Sue>x. iaasylicabls though definite