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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-29

Mr. Arthur Smith ~ Bishop. who walk
c' forts miles. ~ Corpus Christi. IN order
*, enlist is of the sort of citizen that
lonll make the 7lackers hang their heads.
Mr. Smith was rejected on account oi ply
~ical disqualification. "A man with such
zeal for the country, and who is able
bodied enough to tramp forty miles should
be able 70 give a good acocunt Of himself
on the firing line, and it il to he regretted
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The Washington times., 1917-09-16
President Has Earned
Maynower Tnp.

Nobody grudges the President his
vacation. II ever a man has earned
one. he has It is the first time. If
memory serves, that President Wilson
has taken theSAIayhower up into New
England AEaters. though he has had
her in New York hsrbor before. And
it Is quite "a new experience for him
to be accompanied by an escort of
destroyers all the time.
As a matter OF fact, President Will
con has had q lot more fun out OF the
presidential yacht" than any OF his
predecessors. Roosevelt, out-of doors
man, and sportsman as he is, is no
yachtsman, which is strange when
one considers that his home is at
Oyster Bay. which is one OF the great
yachting centers of the sound.
The Colonel practically never used
the Mayhower. Even when he held
his great reviews of the feet of
Oyster Bay-greatly to the edification
OF his Long Island neighbors-she
was brought up there and held for
him like a horse at the mounting
block Mrs. Roosevelt and the chill
dren used her occasionally for little
Jaunts down the river, but that was
about all.
And it was very much the same
during the Taft administration. Taft
The Washington times., 1917-09-16
H.rrisA E~.as-

Her other son, LEROY Converse. u .
captain IN the regular army, and Il
stationed in Honolulu He - aasist-
ant to the chief OF ordnance a. the
Hawaiian departments and ~ doing
such splendid work that the powers
that be insist upon keeping him
there some time longer. He has =
charming little wife, OF whom Nra
Converse r. very fond. and Two ean-
ming ehfidran
The Washington times., 1917-09-16

He was wounded IN an engagement
In the lslands. and was yery near
death. In fact. the surgeons gave
him up. and prepared his grave, sven
to the detail OF a hsadstone With his
name thereon. Alec brought the head
stone home for a relic. after he re-
covered. He enlisted In Canada short
~ after the outbreak Of the world
var. Mrs. Converse has not heard
from her son for three months.
The Washington times., 1917-09-16
Three More Popular Society
Men Going Abroad.

Three more of our friends are OF
for France soon. susan-Mortimer
Clarke, Blake Gordon, and Dr. Harry
Kerr. Mortimer expects to go almost
any day now. and Blake before many
weeks have passed. All three of them
are going to do constructive instead
OF destructive work. Mortimer Clark
is going with a corps OF men to aid
In rebuilding the destroyed French
cities. He does not have to enlist,
but will serve under the engineer
corps. l think he is TO be a drafts
man. A friend of his. Dan Walker,
OF this city and San Francisco, is
going with the same unit but as q
stenographer. Though civilian ap-
pointees, they will wear uniforms.
Mortimer Is going to be generally
missed, and l don't know what the
Junior League will do without him.
When they gave their entertainment
last winter. Mortimer, with his artis-
tic ability and cleverness. was almost
indispensable in making the affair a
success. In fact. he is a prominent
The Washington times., 1917-09-16
Noted VISITORS
From EarOpe
Elockng Here

rhe L.erd chief 1astice q Rari..a
and Lady RsadiaEi vice Aaniral KEN.
ehak. 90 ne Russian natrs staI
di.tinguisAsd vssitors asek 70 wasA-
instoa. and atm thsir pressnes mass.
entertainink InterestIng n ,its a.
war times TIE rseeptiou whieh ths
Secretary sf ths Navy ana Nh.
DaaislS gave On THURSDAY ersniar
fer Admiral KolteAak. foIlowlnx ths
secretary's ainasr Ter the Ruuuian
aAyai nission. vas one of ths lareest
and most brilliant fanctloas IN ssns
weeks Ths dinner Eivsa " ths
Frsneh Ambassador and Mme. Jus- Z
ssrand. n. rardIeu's dinnsr a. the
MontEomsry coantrv Cha. and ths
several dinssrs IN honsr u ths JaD-
ansss mission alI ronblnsd to make
the weeks social proEran an anpres-
sive oae.
-
was intsrestsd to ruaa tks an
Eouneenent - ths saEaEsnsat ef
JeAa Enlotf Page. daashtef q Ma.
William Nelson Pare. of Riekmona.
to the Rev. clareaes Edward Buxf1..
of MadisonytlIs. KY son q a1r. and
Mrs. Anson Baxtsn. or Be1sfoa. n. n
Mlss Pags 10 TIE aauEhtsr q ess ,
late william Nelsoa Page. cousin q Z
rhonAs Nslsoa Pase. Ameriean an
bassador 10 Italy; and her father waa Z
aisO q eossIn of william Nslson PAea.
OF WashEaEtoa snd Anstsd. ". We, n
whose handsons daashtsr. Josephina :.
Page. yon doubtless rsmsmbsr. n >
6fst reaafng Of the annoancemsntT 7.
gave ne anlts thrEEI. for from tha Y
simfiarIty oe the names I thourhf for
a moment IL was Josephlna vac wan
engaged- The wedding Wff1 take
DlAee In Chatham. Va early h o.
toeef.
Mr.. ana Ma Pass-our Wuuam
Nelson PAgss-kre returning . Wanh-
lntton October IRON Ans4a1. ena
this time they Grs cou1ng - stnv.
breaking up their lsxely hons thofs
for good and all Tou know. hereto l|
fore, they have spent more tine q
Ansted than In Washingt0n They :.
have 4 handsoms house n Kaforama
road. Josephfne Page. we has been :
a. Ansted for soma WoekA wlTl resums
her art work this winter either IN T
Philadelphia where she sent the last
two winters, or tn New York. shs
win come TO Warrington only Tor o. >
TEAM H1Oz
The Washington times., 1917-09-16

and training English troops the
while. He saw service In the Philip.
pines several years ago. and did Soma
fine work there.
The Washington times., 1917-09-16
JEAN ELIOTS CHRONICLES OF SUMMER 7SOCIET
Cosby Letter
of Social Doings
in Washington

Dear Susan:
I'm lonely"
One can almost imagine Old Glory,
floating in solitude over the State
Department. saying it.
It's the first time, in months that
it has NOT had company. Since mid
April when the British Mission ar
rived there has been a constant sue
cession OF the flags OF our allies,
flying alongside of the Stars and
Stripes over the entrances OF the
State, War, and Navy buildlng-Brit-
ish, French, Italian, Belgian, Rus
sian in turn, and sometimes several
together floating serenely in the
light of liberty.
One by one they have been taken
down, as the missions have departed.
until finally OF late there has been
only the Japanese red and white be-
side our own. Since Thursday, when
Viscount Ishii and his associates left
for q week In Philadelphia and New
port, the Star-spangled Banner has
waved aione-though presumably the
MikGdo's ensign will resume its place
by the end OF the week when the
japanese return.
The CoIors Flying On
white House Mast.
Meanwhile for nearly week, there
has been no flag flying from the
great flagpols over the white House
none at alll Because. forsooth. the
President has been away for the
longest vacation he has allowed him
self this summer. And the flag fly
ing from the White House indicates
that the President is ''in residence .
There have been times before when
this custom has produced rather an
anomaly-aEs for instance on many
Fourths Of July when, because the
President was out of town, no flag
has flown from the Executive Man
sion, though every. foreign embassy
and legation in Washington put out
old Glory 70 celebrate Uncle SamH
birthday.
But now, when we are at war. when
almost every private residence and
business building in the city and in
all other cities, for that matter-are
flying the nag, showing their col
orss bheh All the leSaIlOhs ana EN-
bassies of our allies are flying our
flag and their own side by side. every
day in the week. it hits home that
there should be no Old Glory floating
over the White House. And the com
ment is very general that It should be
the Presidents personal fiag-the coat
of-arms on a blue ground-that indi.
Gates whether or not the President is
"in residence"
1t is recalled that for a while early
last winter the Presidents flag was
run up over the White House. and
hoated side by side with the national
nag. There was a little amused guy
ing" of the Democratic Admjnistra-
tons attempting the 'friIls'' Of roy
alty-ard the nag disappeared Oh,
no. indeed not because OF the "guy.
ing" it needed repairing-that was
all. But it has never come back, and
the situation last week certainly
proved that monsrchical friIls have
their uses
The Washington times., 1917-09-16

been severely wounded twice. and has
suffered from trench fever and she'll
shock. just now he is In England
from his last wounds
The Washington times., 1917-09-16
Harris 4 Ewing.

factor in most OF the amateur society
performances In Washington each
winter.
Mortimer Is not going to give up
his attractive apartment In the
Woodley. most interesting place,
which he decorated himself in Orien-
tai fashion. II Ia fun OF beautiful
things picked up on various trips
abroad: every detail is perfect, and
the whole is wonderfully effective.
He designed the settings for several
Of Mrs. Hsmmick's most successful
plays and pageants, and he is really q
very talented person.
Blake Gordon, who is the son OF VII
liam A. Gordon. Of Georgetown, Il going
with q unit Of professional men to do
sanitary engineering work. He has been
doing similar work for the District for
some time His brother. Erskine Cor
dony has also offered his services 10 his
country. He gave up a hne law prac-
tice to attend the arst Officers camp at
Fl @yer. He Is now q nrst lieutenant
In the national army.
Dr. Kerr is not going across for. some
months yet He offered his services as
soon as this country entered the war.
but the powers that be decided TO de-
tail him to the Rockefeller Institute In
New York for about six months before
allowing him to cross. They think that
he will be Of greater use In New York
for while. He IL crazy to 20 over, OF
course. ] am wondering what Wash
ington Is going to do without him. for
he is undoubtedly one Of the best sur
geons in town.
Or. Kerr has spent the greater part
OF the summer In New York taking a
special course in a medical school there.
He will return TO Washington Septem-
Der 3, when Mrs Kerr will Join him
here. She is at Seabright. NJ J., and
plans TO pass the winter in New York
with the doctor.
The Washington times., 1917-09-16

did not adopt Roosevslt's plan OF max
ing great functions Of the summer
maneuvers, and except for occasional
trips down 10 Hampton Roads, II Mrs.
Taft felt like watching the feet at
target practice, the Mayfower was
chihy used for occasional delightful
dinners and dances which her ofneerB
gave as she lay at anchor at the
navy yard.
The Washington times., 1917-09-16
WIlsOns Have Made
Regular Week End Trips.

RegulnR Week End Trips.
But the wilson's have had a lot Of
fun with her, and this summer Presi-
Dental weekend trips aboard the
Mayfiower have been almost as regu-
lar, IL not quite as. frequent, as the
Presidential golf games.
Apropos of golf ] heard a little tale
the other day which illustrates the
Presidents quick witt He and Mrs.
Wilson were making the round Of the
links one day at the Washington
Conntry Club, where he likes to play.
and they overlook Chief Justice J.
Harry Covington and q companion
Wont you go frst, Mr.. PresidentF'
Queried the justice. to which in a fash
came back the Presidents reply.
81 will, provided you will not put
me on record in the matter Of pre-
cedence OF the Executive and the
judiciary"
The story goes on TO the effect that
both the President and Mrs. Wilson
fooled their drives.
The Washington times., 1917-09-16
More Interesting
Newcomers.

NN"CoAnCEM.
Nowadays I am always running into
interesting strangers who have taken
up their abode in Washington, the last
TO attract my attention being Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Imboden. OF England. Mr.
and Mrs. Imboden are occupying the
residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. ID. r. Hewitt
at S745 Oliver street, Chevy Chase, for
the summer. They plan TO come 10
town for the winter and expect To be At
the Shoreham. They may take a house
later. but doubt II they can md one to
suit them, as furnished houses seem to
be very scarce. They were at the
Shoreham for several weeks before they
went to Chevy Chase, and Mr.. Imboden
has his headquarters there now. They
came to Washington from New York in
the spring
The Imbodens will give up their place
In the suburbs about October /, but will
take an extended automobile tour Of the
country before settling down for the
winter months. Mr.. and Mrs Imboden
have been In this country about three
years and expect 10 remain for the du.
ration OF the war. They are very anx-
lous TO get back TO England. Mrs. I'm.
boden is an American. but has lived In
London most OF her life. She was
Belle Greene. OF Virginia. and Is con
sidered a great beauty. She was always
the belle Of the season at White Sui.
phur Springs in the days OF hre girl
hood. Her brother. Frederick Stuart
Greene. OF Virginia and New York, has
Just entered the officers reserve CORDS
a. commissioned captain OF engineers.
He Is stationed on Long Island for the
time being
Mrs Imboden has been married twice.
Her first husband, also an Engllshman.
q Mr.. Peckham. died in England some
years ago. She has one child, Elliott
Peckham, a winsome young lady, who
will be a real addition 10 the younger
set in society this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hewitt left Washington
last spring when Mr.. Hewitt. who is
with one OF the departments. was or
dered West on business.
Mrs. Convene Awaits
Word From Son. Alec.
Mrs. George J.. Converse will be
back in town some time In October,
sitter spending several weeks at a
quiet spot on the lower Potomac. She
wanted 10 get away as far as pos
sIble from the "mRddinE crowd" in
order to rest and pull herself to-
Eether. She had worried herself al
mos I'll over her son, Alexander Con-
verse. who has been with the Can
years. Mrs. Converse was NettIe Jen-
kins. daughter OF the late Admiral
Jenkins. and wife OF Colonel Con
verse. u. 4. A,
Mrs. Converse 10 very proud of 4
Alec, and well she may be, fer hsl
has won numSreus hoASrL He has
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
Non-Coms. Will Train Rockies.

Training of the new contingent to
arrive at Camp Custer will be left for
time almost entirely in the hands
of the non-commissioned officers, most
of whom are recruits of two months
ago. The long delay in sending the
third quota has given the new men a
great deal OF training ahead. Many
of the brighter az better educated
ones have made the most Of their op-
portunities and progressed in remark.
able fashion. To these men the re-
cruits will be left for the school o.
the soldier. the school of the squad,
all the early physical drill and prelim.
mary instruction of every sort.
Two ends will be served by this.
The companies will not be retarded
SO much and the non-coms. will get ex-
perience as instructors. The better
ones will then be picked as candidates
for commissions and get work in hand.
ling Of recruits that will fit them to
be officers.
When the recruits are within hailing
distance of the rest of the company,
they will work with their comrades.
Two calls for men are already placed
against the next increment. The larg.
est is for Camp Pike, where 5000 men
will be sent to help make up a sort of
a rainbow national army division Most
of these men, IL not all, will come from
the new increment because the men al.
ready here have been pretty well pick
ed over.
Another small bunch, perhaps $50
will be assigned to the 409th supply
train. These men will be truck dri"-
ers, mechanics and other specialists
for the outfit.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
u. s. and State Trade Land.

Michigan has finally completed ar.
rangements by which 43,972.92 acres of
state land have been traded for an
equal acreage Of United States land.
Deeds are expected in few days
which will put the state into posses.
sion Of lands which have been sought
for years.
Both state and national governments
have owned tracts of land within par
cells owned by the other. The trade
now blocks out the holdings Of each,
doing away with conflicts.
The state acquires in Altoona, CISCO
da, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford,
Roscommon, Kalkaska, Luce, Mont
morency, Ogemaw and Presque Isle
counties.
Title to the biggest forest in the
state, located in Luce county, will be
vested in Michigan when the deed
comes.
Final details of paying the tax on
all state land to the county in which
1t is located were discussed at the
meeting. Payments will be made jan
uary /, and will add 100000 to the road
funds of the counties, chiefly in the
northern part of the state where state
lands are held.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
MICHIGAN ovERsU6scRIsED MIN.
IMuM LIBERTY QUOTA
BY $31 ,495,05o.
PERE MARQUETTE UNDER FIRE
Cancellation Of Trains Protested BY
q Number of Towns Hit BY
CurtaiIed Schedule.
Lansing.

Michigan's contribution to the ma.
tons war fund through subscription
to the second installment of the Lib
erty Loan was S106,045.050 according
to complete official tabulation.
This was s31. 495, $50 in excess Of the
minimum allotment of s74,55O 900.
The maximum allotment was 1924
100000. The campaigners of the state
did not stop to rest when they were
assured that the minimum had been
reached, but kept pegging away vigor.
ously at the task of narrowing the dis
lance to the maximum.
So far as the minimum quota was
concerned, all but few of the Michi-
gan counties went lover the top" and
1t is matter of record that the coun-
ties which made the most favorable
showings had the most effective organ
izations in the field. Some of the
counties failed to realize their early
expectations and the members Of the
state organization will try to discover
the why's and wherefores before an
other campaign is launched.
In some Of the districts which did
not measure up to expectations, the
weather proved big drawback to the
organizations work; in others success
was taken too much for granted, with
the result that the fight was not car
ried on as vigorously as it might have
been.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
CAMP CUSTER NOTES

All maneuvers and drills must
carried on within the limits of the
reservation. Every officer must secure
and study a map so that he will not
trespass on private property lying out
side of Camp Custer.
Harris J. Rubenstein, a private sol.
der, has been detailed by Captain
donated for the relief Of Belgians. A
farmhouse has been made headquarters
and several tons are stacked ready for
the day when a carload shall have
been received, when 1t will be shipped
east.
Red Cross ladies of Battle Creek,
working with army officers at Camp
Custer, have perfected q comfort kit
for soldiers with which, together with
the standard Red Cross knitted arti-
cles, every Calhoun county man at
Camp Custer will be supplied. The
county Red Cross chapter will under
write the enterprise and open the OPP
portunity to neighborhoods, townships
and civilian friends of soldiers to sup
ply individual soldiers at the whole
sale cost of the equipment.
IL he old saw, "a little knowledge
lie dangerous thing" could be changed
to too much knowledge is a danger
GUS thing" 1t would apply to Detroit
troops. There are so many expert au.
tomobile mechanics coming from there
that company commanders are peeved
at the rapid rate their companies are
being depleted by orders sending their
best men to other divisions which are
lacking that sort Of material Auto.
mobile men and dynamite men from
the copper country have poor show
to get much drilling-they are too val.
liable In their civilian line.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

Ii need but be mentioned. A batter
pudding similar to Yorkshire, but pre-
pared from cornmeal Is frequently
served with roast pork. Put cupful
Of milk, fourth Of a cupful Of corn
meal and half teaspoonful OF salt
In a double boiler until the milk and
meal has made thick mixture. Cool
and stir In two well-beaten eggs
Grease the gem pan well, allowing to
each pan a teaspOonful Of the fat
from the roast. Bake In moderate
oven. basting occasionally with the fat
from the roast.
Corn Mush With Fruit.-Wash rails
ins dates or figs, and dry In slow
oven. This softens the fruit and drys
1t on the outside. Add to the hot
mush and serve with sugar and cream.
There Is no limit to the amount OF
cheese to be added, and II needs no
butter or cream to season 1t.
Buttermiik cornmeai Mush.-White
cornmeal cooked In buttermilk makes
a dish which resembles a cottage
cheese In flavor. 1t may be eaten hot.
but Is especially palatable served cold
with cream. In cooking, allow one
part of cornmeal to six parts Of but
termilk and teaspoonful of salt to
each cupful Of cornmeal.
cornnneai Mush With Pork.-CoOk
a pound of lean pork, part meat, part
bone In little water until the meat
may be easily removed from the bones.
Remove the meat, cut In bits, cool the
broth and remove the fat. Reduce the
broth to quart, or add water to make
this amount and cook cupful OF
cornmeal In 1t. Add the finely chop
ped meat, and season well. Pack In
granite pan to cool. Cut in sli"es
to fry. Beef or any kind OF meat Lay
be used In place of pork.
A cupful of soaked, shredded Goldfish
added to mush and egg, and made into
balls. and fried In deep fat, takes the
place Of the potato In the balls. Use
two cupfuls Of mush to one Of Goldfish.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23

fed and happy. The average Ameri-
can breakfast Is simple one, which
is sensible, as few people are hungry
In the morning and hearty breakfast
Is unwise. 1t Is better far to par
take Of meal that has not overtaxed
the cook to prepare or the individual
to digest. "No dinner however beau
tifully cooked and served, no fine raj
ment however costly and becoming,
can ever atone, in the memory of man,
for the wild and untamed morning
which so often prevails in the Amer
lean household" says Olive Green.
The right kind Of breakfast begins the
day before as all good meals do
Corn meal mush fried In little fat
is going to be very popular among our
patriotic families, 1t Is most nourish-
Ing, and will take the place of bread
in q large measure. BY adding chop
ned meat to the mush before
molding II to cut In slices, 1t becomes
still more valuable as food.
There 10 no reason that the morn
ing meal should not be varied In Its
menu, as there are countless ways Of
serving tire common things in uncom-
mon ways. A hot bread will take the
place of the toast, waffles and griddle
cakes are digested by the active child
as we'll ss the older person, but are
not wholesome for those who take lit
tie exercise. When one feels slug
gish and stupid an hour or two after
eating breakfast 1t Is advisable to
eliminate the offending food. There
are those who insist upon meat and
potatoes for breakfast, and II the fam
lily are active enough to digest such
food well, there should be no reason to
change the habit, although we oil
know that meat once day is plenty
for health, and we will be richer In
purse as well as health to eat less of
the more expensive protein foods.
As most people enjoy and are able
to digest fruit well, dish Of season
able fruit Is always good beginning.
A Bit of bacon as an appetizer, and
some crisp, well-made toast to follow
a dish Of cereal. doughnut or
cooky or two will be sufficiently sat
isfying for most people. Eggs and