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Evening star., 1916-08-13
SOLDIERS OF EUROPE EAT
10000 TONS OF FOOD A DAY

kitchen. In all the armies are field
ovens for baking bread. and portable
kltchens for preparing the ration in the
form of stews. soups or hash. or in
Whatever other way appears best for
the health, comfort and spirits of tho
men.
tion. issued to men when they are to be-
sent on duty which may keep them
away from the field kitchen. The men
carry this ration in their haversack A
great deal of thought has been expend-
ed on these rations. so that a soldier
will have the greatest nourishment in
food of the least weight and bulk. In
some armies this emergency ration
equipment. just does his first-aid
packet The British emergency ration
is cake weighing eight ounces. which
is made of chocolate, desiccated eggs
to support a man for twenty-four
hours. Dried peas and a preparation for
pea soup are also used in the British
army for emergency rations and are
used when light, quick marches are to
be made.
The French emergency ration IL made
of concentrated meats and peas and
can be very easily made into soup.
The German emergency ration. called
erbwurst. contains a mixture of pea.
meal, fat bacon. herbs. onions. etc, put
up in the form of small sausagee
The Russian soldier is a hearty
troops of other nations because he
thrives on bread and stews. The stews
are made of everything that il fur.
nished by the government-meat,
beans, rice and fresh vegetables and
fresh meat when they can be obtained
from the district in which the troops
are operating.
The British soldier eats more meat
and sugar than other soldiers having
an allowance of twelve ounces of fresh
meat and an ounce and a half sugar
daily. Jams and other sweets are fs-
sued literally to British troops In the
field.
wires or through the air about hungry
soldiers in the European armies. but
men conversant with military matters
know that these armies hghtinE AZ
as much. perhaps more food, than
called for in the field ration of peace
times.
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,.ei.i Correspondence Of The Star.

Special CoFrespondance Of The Star.
LONDON. August 3. 1916.
- VERY year there Is published
H. hero a list of eminent persons
to whom, or to their widows or
S other dependents in the cases of
those who have passed away. civil list
pensions have been granted. These
psnsions. which are paid by the state.
are swarded to the recipients. in the
language Of the ofYicial announcement.
in consideration Of the services they
have rendered to literature" or art or
science. as the case may be. "and OF
their straitened circumstances" or.
"of their inadequate means of support"
a. II Is sometimes alternatively
phrased.
Almost invariably the publication Of
this list furnishes number Of sur
pPises-reveals q number OF hitherto
undrsamed Of tragedies. We find in it
the names of men or women world
famous in their own particular branch
Of art or field of knowledge. celebrities
whom any one Of the public would have
supposed must have been able to make
ample provision for their declining
years Though not all of them are old.
p3blicly proclaimed as being in re-
dIced or straitened circumstances-as
This years list Is no exception in the
matter Of surprises to the common rule.
We ind in IL with amazement the
names Of William H. MaIlock. the
author Of "Is Life Worth Living?"; J.
Comyns Carr. the dramatist. who put
Madame Sans Gene" into English: Lady
Murray. whose late husband. Sir James
Murray. was for many years the liber-
ally paid editor Of the New English
Dictionary" and Of Mrs. Amy Bullen.
widow Of tho author Of The Cruise Of
the Caehelot" and other sea tales.
Another we'll known name in the list
Of ten is that of William H. Davies the
tramp poet" while among the. to the
general public, less familiar ones are
those Of DR.. Thomas Ross. the authori-
ty on the history of architecture. will
liam Biscombe Gardner. OF lithographic
fame and DR.. George Cunningham.
author Of many renowned works on
dentistry.
fAis civil list charity is not vast in
Evening star., 1916-08-13
A Case of Necessity.

IT, X-PRESIDENT TAFT was con.
Ia graduated. at New Haven lunch
con. on the work he has done in the
cause of peace.
Let me tell you" said Mr.. Taft.
smiling. IAN appropriate story.
why is it, fat man was once ask
ed, that you fat chaps are always SO
good-natured?'
I'VE have to be- the fat man replied.
You see, we can neither fight nor
run"
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Societies to Care for Graves of German

= ULES for Erecting Memorials to Dead
\ Warriors-Tomb Must Be Instantly
Recognizable as That of German Soldier
Original Grave Markers Preserved
terials for Permanent Headstones Are
Individual to Part of Country Where Grave
Is Located-Members of Societies Visit
Battlefields.
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Marry in Haste.

MFRS. BERRY WALL, who is summers
1V0 ing at San Sebastien- the Spanish
watering place favored by King Alfonso
and the Spanish court. said at lunch-
con:
Il approve Of the European marriage
de conference.-the marriage based on
common sense
These love matches!
These marriages where a girl loses
her head and elopes with a clerk or
bookkeeperi
Marry in haste, they say, and repent
at leisure. but the victims Of such mar
riages are so hard put to it to gain their
daily bread that they don't have any
leisure
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6HHE mighty work of serving ammu-
milton to the hungry, fast firing
guns of the battling armies In
Europe is a subject that thrills the vast
newspaper-reading population of Ameri-
ca. but the service of food to the war
ring troops is one of the stupendous
tasks imposed by the war, but lacking
the spectacular element, this subject
does not attract as much attention as
the service of shell. shrapnel, rifle and
machine gun cartridges, trench mortar
bombs and hand grenades.
No one knows how many soldiers are
in the field in Europe today, but for the
sake of illustration. setting that num-
ber down as 10000, 900. the daily con-
sumption of food by that number of
troops is roughly 10000 tons. The col
lection, dispatch. distribution and prep
aration of this food is colossal work
which the ordinary civilian finds 1t dlf-
ficult to comprehend.
When the war opened the ration of
the British army-and ration means the
soldiers allowance of food for one day
or three meals+was twelve ounces of
meat, twenty four ounces of bread, six
teen ounces of potatoes, eight ounces of
fresh vegetables when they can be pro-
cured, three and a half ounces of milk.
quarter of an ounce each of tea, coffee
and salt.
The French ration consists of thirty
two ounces of bread, nine and three
halfsounces of fresh vegetables and one
ounce of sugar, a cup of coffee and
half a pint of red wine If that be OBJ
tainable.
The field ration of the German army
was twenty-six ounces of fresh bread
or seventeen ounces of biscuit, thirteen
ounces of raw meat. fresh or salted, or
seven ounces of smoked beef, pork,
mutton, bacon or meat sausage, four
ounces of rice or eight ounces of pulse
or -four. or fifty-two ounces of pota-
toes, coffee or tea, sugar and salt.
These rations are prepared in the
Evening star., 1916-08-13
SERUMS MAKE THE BITE
OF A SERPENT HARMl. .ESS

dN EFFORTS from the military mobi
Tx iization camps in the desert dis
tricts along the border state that
some Of the soldiers have been stung
by scorpions. but that no great physi-
cal harm has been done the victims
outside Of the pain inflicted.
The scorpion and the tarantula are
numerous In that region and their pres
snee must be reckoned with. AS
warning to some of the soldiers and as
defensive measures against tarantulas
and scorpions. the following sugges-
tiens or rules have been issued in one.
and presumably a number of the camps,
for the guidance of the troops: Mark
= circle around your tent with kero-
sene. then burn the grass. Shake out
your shoes and all clothing on arising
in the morning. This means shake. not
cropping with your fingers. Do not roll
on your cot at night. Do not let the
ends of your blanket trail on the
ground while sleeping. Keep your tent
scrupulousiy clean at all times
In the case Of poison injected into
the human system by various insects
and reptiles valuable results have fol-
loved the cutting Of the wound SO as
TO allow free bleeding and then wash
Tag the injured part with q solution Of
pssmanganate Of potash. This was
followed by the British in India. but
within recent years great strides have
been made In the development of anti
toxins for snake bite and many remark
Evening star., 1916-08-13

of the untiring efforts OF the memorial
committee, will lie unsung, unmarked
But they will always be remembered
in the Heimat. The German people do
not forget their dead.
Evening star., 1916-08-13

its extent. An annual sum Of $4,000 is
devoted to it, The result is that civil
list pension rarely aggregates more
than $3.50 II it reaches that sum.
which few do. The highest one this
years is 81 900. The next highest is ESQ.
and there are three of only $3.50 and
one Of only $3.50. A mere pittance. this
last, awarded to the daughter of
British surgeon. famous in his time, a
former president. in fact. Of the Royal
College of Surgeons Uhe late Thomas
Bryant). "in consideration of her mad
equate means of support"
At famous No. 10 Downing street,
the official residence of the prime min
lister in his capacity of first lord of
the treasury. a high government official
described the history of the civil list
pensions to the writer and talked of
the mode of procedure in granting
them.
The rule is" he sad. that the can
didate for a pension must be both dis
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The work of the committee has been
very extensive in Eastern Prussia and
in parts of Belgium. The barbed wire
Enclosures hurriedly put up by soldiers
to protect the dead, have been taken
down and replaced by hedges, fences
and stone walls. Paths have been laid
out, so that the visitors do not tread
on the graves. Trees, bushes and hardy
flowers have been planted, and the ivy
vine which covers every grave in the
Vaterland, has been started to grow.
The materials chosen for the perma-
nent head stones have been something
individual to the part of the country
where the grave lies. In Eastern Prus-
sia, for instance, the perishable wooden
crosses have been replaced by granite
ones. made from granite from the East
ern Prussia quarries, and in Flanders
MANY of the new crosses have been
made from iron from the mines near
Liege.
The memorial committee held an ex-
hibition in Berlin and all kinds of fin
ished memorials, as well as designs,
were shown. Also, there were many
Evening star., 1916-08-13
A RUSSIAN BURYING GROUND.

tally wounded in the Serbia campaign,
and when he lay dying the oberarzt
asked II there wasn't something that he
could do for him. some wish that he
could carry out. The boy, just eighteen
years old, answered: Herr doctor,
there is just one thing I want. I come
from Brechtesgaden. the garden spot
of the world. and 1 want to be buried
there in the old graveyard at the en-
trance OF the salt mine" His wish was
carried out.
Every German soldier. no matter
where he has found his last resting
place, will have some kind Of an en-
blem, some tablet to his memory, so
that he as an individual will not be
forgotten.
In Germany there already have been
formed committees and societies to
take care Of the supervising and the
making of tombs for soldiers graves.
Their idea Is that every monument
erected shall be dignified. simple en-
blem, worthy of the heroic dead. These
societies are the same as the ones
which take care of all the problems OF
public art. and many designs of SOL
diers' monuments have been drawn and
pamphlets issued. so that all classes
may know the kind of tombs recon-
mended by the committee.
Evening star., 1916-08-13
J. COMYNS CARR,
A famous dramatist, who is compelled
to accept state charity.

ing seen and searched in the hay for
notebook, and had to leave without
it. Such was the great price l set on
my work. being thoroughly conscious
that in that part of the world the
farmer would have shot me on sight
If he had seen me near his barn.
Yes. l believe there was one finished
poem among those fragments: it was
called To a Sparrow ! had been
sitting in the park in Boston, watch
ing and feeding the sparrows, when
it had occurred to me what a fine
poem could be written on that partic-
ular bird.
After those idle six years of wander
ing in America | worked my passage
start the literary life in real earnest.
! had about fI2o saved from small
income which | had not touched. But
when | settled in England | began to
run wild, and seeing my money going
fast made up my mind to go to the
klondike, which was then being boom
ed. When | reached Montreal | started
at once to steal rides across the Cana
dian continent. but in boarding a fast
moving train | lost my hold and fell,
my right foot being taken off at the
ankle. There was nothing to do now
but to return again to England and
settle down and do the best | could in
the way of gaining recognition as
writer"
The years that followed were lean
years. indeed, for Davies. A grand
mother had left him legacy amount
ing to about $3.50 a week. and this he
either lived on saved as the result of
his varied activities decided.
Several times he said Il let my
income stand and hawked pins. needles
and laces through the country so as to
get money to publish a small book of
verse, for | was continually writing
sonnets, poems. tragedies, comedies and
epics. all of which are now destroyed"
For while he ''grindled." too, which
is the slang name for singing hymns in
a whining voice in the streets. and for
a considerable time he was ION the down.
right. e., beggar.
X
Eventually" he said, Il had bril-
liant idea. which was to mortgage my
income and publish my book at once.
which l did. But when the book was
sent to the papers found that I could
not wait for reviews as L had no
money to live on and no more courage
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In spite of all his fine dreams, how
ever. Davies wandered off to America
and there spent six years. leading the
life of a real hobo" The only real
work he ever did was a bit of casual
fruit picking and occasionally, by way
of varying the monotony. he made a
trip across the Atlantic in cattle
ship.
Il wrote very little in those six
years." he said, only a few notes and
odd verses. However, / must have set
good price on those fragments, see
ing that I risked my life for their
sake. 1 had slept one night in barn
in Michigan. and when / got up the
next morning-to be away early before
any one camel discovered, when half
mile from the barn, that my note
book was gone. which I remembered
to have been in my possession when
lay down. AS soon as l became aware
of this was almost distracted, and at
once made my way back. But. al
though l reached the barn without be-
Evening star., 1916-08-13

THE LATE SIR JAMES MURRAY,
Whose widow has just been granted
n civil list pension. Sir James was
the editor of the "New English Die
tiOnary,. to which many American
scholars contributed.
to go on tramp. So + sent various
copies to well known men, with very
gratifying results These men assisted
me at once. some of them reviewing
my book, which they paid me for, and
others buying it and sending me kind
letters"
Another name which 1t is surprising
Evening star., 1916-08-13

d'Erlander's house in Piccadilly the
other day for the benefit of war fund
the man who once padded the hoof
through the United States. stealing
rides on freight trains and sleeping IN
barns and who later sang in the streets
here and begged, was there among the
rest, and when it came his turn to read
simply knocked the spots off of w. b.
Yeats. Sir Henry Newbolt. Hilaire Bel
loc owen Seaman and all the other re-
nowned bards who contributed to the
program.
This is the second civil list pension
that has been bestowed upon w. h
Davies, the first having come to him
in 1911. He then received $50 and now
receives d similar sum, Which means
that from now on, apart from receipts
from his literary work, he VIII nave
an income from the state of $500. HIS
first pension enabled him to leave his
dirgy lodging house in Southwark.
where he was herded with the down
and-outs," and take small cottage
on the outskirts of Sevenoaks. and
here he still lives and writes his verse,
his essays and his occasional novels
at such times he is not tramping
though not hobo fashion, as of yore
through the countryside In spite
of the fact that one of his legs is
an artificial one. he can still con-
trive to cover seven or eight miles a
day with fair comfort.
Sitting there in his little shack at
Sevenoaks the tramp poet talked
about his experiences in America and
his picturesque career generally. He
is little man, obviously lame, with
swarthiness of skin that suggests
that he must have bit of gypsy blood
in him, a thing that would account for
his love of "the open road" He was
clad in an old tweed suit, the same
one in which, with cap to match, he
recently entered the portals of Baron
ess d'Erlangers house to recite his
own lays to the elite of society
At thirteen he was apprenticed to
firm of picture-frame makers in New
ark. Monmouthshire. and at this time
his one enthusiasm was painting.
Then. one day." he said. "a boy friend
of mine began to tell me about Byron,
rowed the copy at once. and from the
reading of that book to the present
day l have never lost my enthusiasm
for poetry. After 1 had read Byron L
became borrower at the public
library and for months and months
read nothing but poetry of the very
best. | also began to write poetry as
well as read it, All the time, too, i
was continually acting the life Of a
poet, taking country walks, dreaming
at stiles and watching the clouds-and.
always alone. When / was an appren-
tice of fifteen years of age l went by
train for nearly twenty miles to see
how a certain old ruin looked by
when it Is known that / had worked hard
all that day and had to rise early the
next morning and walk two miles to
my work, having to be there at
o'clock"
Evening star., 1916-08-13

These societies have been ordered by
the ministers of war and education to
visit the battlefields of Eastern Prus-
sia and France in order to inspect the
soldiers tombs which have been erect
ed there. The committee has. after
much consideration, laid down certain
Evening star., 1916-08-13

These rations are prepared in the
field kitchens and served to men, as at
the call to mess, they file past the
Evening star., 1916-08-13

that the designs of the tombs, espe-
cially in the home district, should be
left until after the war. when there will
be more time for creating memorials of
beauty.
Evening star., 1916-08-13

LONDON. August 8. 1915.
VERY year there Is published
here a list Of eminent persons
to whom. or to their widows or
other dependents in the cases of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
HENHOUSE FIRE
LOOKS LIKE WORK
OF INCENDIARY

The alarm of fire was sounded at
about 2 O'Clock Tuesday morning. The
blaze proved to be in a hen house on
the premises of Frank Annis, 96 Gen.
trail street. The fire was very evident
ly of incendiary origin as broken
bottle which smelled strongly of kero-
sene was found in the house The blaze
started in the southwest corner near
the barn, and was well under way
when found
man. apparently considerably ex-
cited, and who could not be identified,
aroused the inmates of the building
numbered 718 Water street and noti-
fiedtied them of the fire. and it was
from here that the department was
appraised of the fire. Mr.. Annis stated
that he had on a previous occasion
found a board near where the fire of
Tuesday morning occurred and near
1t a bottle containing a small amount
of kerosene. 1t is believed that both
fires were started by the same man
and an investigation is being made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
NATIONAL HOME

Officer Of the day. Capt. Hugh Doyle.
Samuel G. Winch. late Co. H. 32nd
Mass. Inf, a former member, has re-
ported for re-admission.
Michael Sweeney of Salem, late Co.
c, Sth Mass. Inf. has been admitted
to the Home.
Burroughs were granted Tuesday to
Patrick D. Friel to Old Town and Mel
son Holmes to Manchester, N. H.
Frank M. Early and Joseph M. Nc
Govern Of Co. B, have been admitted
to the hospital.
The moving picture program for
Wednesday evening will be Douglass
Fairbanks in THE Lamb" a five-reel
Triangle feature and Chester Conklin
and Mack Swain in Saved by Wire
less" a two-reel keystone comedy.
At the meeting Of Cutler Post, No
4S. G. A. r.. held Monday evening the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Patrick Hayes. comman-
der; George D. Herriott. S. v. c.: Mi
chael Kelly. J. v. c.; Charles M. Saw
yer, surgeon; Charles J. Newton,
chaplain; Oakman F. Glidden, quarter
master; Albert S. Greey, officer Of the
guard, and Daniel Shea, officer Of the
day. Delegates were Frederick Ficke
and Albert S. Gerry, and alternates,
Daniel Shea and Charles M. Sawyer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06

The Misses Wells entertained the Mary
Kelton Drummer Chapter, d. A. r.. Fri
day afternoon, Dec. /, in a most delight
full manner and every moment was thor
oughly enjoyed by the members present
After the business of the hour was dis
posed of the program as announced was
followed. The roll call was responded to
by anecdotes Of the sea and bits of poetry
by famous authors on the same subject:
The paper on "Hallowell Sea Captains
written and read by Mrs. Kate Berry was
one of the finest ever read before the
chapter and was highly appreciated by
the members. Miss Nye gave a reading
from Captain January" which all en-
joyed. Music was furnished by the sing
ing Of patriotic songs by the chapter.
with Miss Wells at the piano. The social
hour followed and delicious refreshments
were served by the hostesses. The Amer
lean flag was much in evidence and each
one present carried home small silk one
as a souvenir.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
ODD ITEMS OF INTEREST

A process has been perfected ir,
France for applying colors to glass by
heat, so that stained glass windows can
be made without fastening many pieces
OF glass Of different hues together.
AS an addition to the Bertillon sys-
TEN OF Identification an Omaha dentist
has perfected a way to register the
ridges OF upper gums. which. he says
never change and are different in every
individual
After fifteen years Of experimenting
a Dresden engineer has succeeded in
perfccting a rocket carrying a camera
which 1t passes. 1t is returned to the
ground by parachute.
Russia is said to be the only warrin.
nation whose people are actually grow
ing more prosperous during the con-
fict. prohibition answering for part Of
the change and the forced development
Of new industries explaining the rest
Of it,
A portable electric radiator, In ap-
pearance like steam radiator. which
has been invented. Is composed Of I.
"iSH feSiS'A"Se eoii' oupiHei ecu III ali
Insulating, nonfreezine liquid which
cfrculates when electricity is turned
INTO and heats TIE coil.
The optical device. recently invented.
designed to heir women choose dresses
without mistaking the colors, could
well be abetted by tiny automatic
monograph. trained to repeat. incess-
antly, tie exact numerals of hubby'S
salary.-Springfield Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-06
Cipriano Mccormick

A pretty. quiet wedding occurred at
81 Water street, at the home of Mrs.
E. l.. Allen, last evening, at 5 o'clock,
when Giovanni Cipriano and Jennie b.
Mccormick were united in marriage by
the Rev. w. H. Brokenshire of the To-
cal Methodist church. The couple was
attended by l.. w. Jones and Mrs. E..
L. Allen, both of Hallowell. The groom
was attired in the conventional black,
while the bride was robed in slate col
ored silk, trimmed with white lace.
The single ring service was employed.
Mr.. Cipriano is well and favorably
known here, having been a resident of
the city for the past seven years. and
at present is the proprietor of res
taurant on Water street. Although the
bride has resided in Hallowell for but
two years, she has won many friends.
all of whom will unite in wishing her
and her husband long years of happi-
ness.