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middle of the room. with my Adrienne
in his arms, stood a captain of uhlans.
/ was prisoner I saw it all In
fash. She had betrayed me. Now I
knew why she had wanted no guard
posted. That wine we pledged our troth
in was drugged. What an Ass l had
BEEN
Il closed my eyes and pretended to be
asleep. They were talking in German.
Pretty soon the captain came over and
roughly shook me. / only grunted.
With an exclamation of disgust, he
called out in German. Two troopers
came in, and, lifting me by the should
ers and feet. carried me out into the
air. ] slightly opened my eyes, and saw
that ] was being carried out to tie
gate. where two horses were standing
with their reins thrown over a hitching
post. By the equipment / knew one of
the horses belonged to the captain.
while the other was the orderlys. The
two troopers dumped me down on the
road, one giving me a kick with his
boot. / was lying on my left side, and
by a certain hard pressure on my ribs !
knew they had neglected to search me.
A feeling of exultatiou rushed over me.
] would euchre them yet.
Fate worked into my hands. A hail
in German came from the stables. and
one of the troopers left to answer it.
The odds were even, one against one.
/ slowly turned over on my face, as if
IN sleep, and my fingers grasped the
butt of the automatic, but just then /
heard steps on the gravel walk. The
captain and Adrienne were coming to-
ward me.
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which account for their direct and eff
fective methods of operation. In the
west the women are looked upon as
the partners of the men in all civic
ventures. And again, on account of the
tremendously developed faculty for
teamwork which the western women
possess. the men are willing to work
with women to gain a common end.
These, I believe to be some of the
reasons for the effectiveness of the
work of the women OF the west, and
believe also that one of the by-prod-
ucts of the wars coming to this coun-
try is the breaking down of all bar
riers between social groups. This con-
dition. now developed in the west, will
in time permeate all sections of the
country"
Mrs. Bass bears the distinction Of
being the first woman campaign man
ager in the United States. She was
chairman Of the Wilson campaign com
mittees In twelve states where women
vote, and won ten of those states.
which were tine states which elected
President Wilson. She is proud of the
fact that she had the privilege of
wiring President Wilson the following
telegram at the close of his last cleo
ton: Il hand you herewith ten out of
twelve of the suffrage states.
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SOUVENIRS OF WASHINGTON


Der from the Mount Vernon estate for
conversion into souvenirs. A large num-
Der of Mount Vernon trees were con-
sumed in this way.
Mr.. Crutchett fitted up big building
with steam driven 1athes and other ma
chinery for converting this Mount Yer
non timber into canes, picture frames
and small pieces OF furniture. The canes
We're made after the model Of that which
Cen Washington carried. Each of the
articles was stamped. Warranted OF
Mount Vernon wood" and was accompa-
MED by a certificate of Col. Washington
ana the mayor of Washington.
MIR Crutchett was born in England and
came to Washington in 1872. He was that
kind of man usually called ''enterpris-
ing He was the promoter OF the plan
which resulted in putting a big gas lamp
on the dome of the Capitol, that low.
rounded dome which was superseded by
the present dome. He lived in frame
house at the northeast corner OF North
capitol and c streets. which was only
recently torn down in connection with the
extension of the Capitol grounds. The
house sat high above the level of the
streets, its garden being held in place by
a tali biuestone wall. 1t was IN 1866 that
peculiarly American Character and
made the agreement with Col. John A.
Washington.
Soon after the breaking out of the civil
war the factory building was taken pos
session of by the United States for mill
tary uses. The government paid to Mr..
Crutehett. during the term OF the war.
$4,000 FOR the use Of the building. and al
iowed MN also $l.200 to make needed re-
pairs Mr.. Crutchett alleged that this
was inadequate compensation and he ac-
cepted It under protest. He put in II claim
before the mixed Commission on Ameri-
can British claims for 4 balance Of sl2S,-
900 as damages. and In 1879, the commits
sion allowed him $I4, 900.
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chairmen of the liberty loan commit
tee will be members of the state exec
utive boards of the war savings GER
tiflcate committee, and as such have
charge of the organization of women
for the work. the aim bling the use of the
already existing liberty loan organiza-
ton for war savings certificate work be-
tween the liberty loan campaigns In
this connection it is important to note
that the state chairmen of the liberty
loan committees are also members of
the state executive committees of the
state units of the Council of National
Defense. thus making it possible for
the woman's liberty loan committee to
coordinate it's activities also with
the war savings certificate work
Mrs. Bass is western woman. and
she has all the vigor and directness of
the women of the west. A casual re-
mark on the part of her caller in re-
gard to the capability and effective
ness of the work of the western wom-
en- elicitied the following comment:
Doubtless it is partly the oppor-
tunities which have thrown women
into work by the side OF the men
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photo By Monfort & Monfort. Chicaso.i
another until the necessary number to
complete the purchase Of the bond has
been saved. The principal factor Sc
curing the investment is the small
amount OF the bond itself. IS. OF equal
Importance is the small denomination
of the thrift stamp. rs cents.
The fact that IL the purchaser has
SIS In hand he can buy his certificate
and have the interest compounded and
deducted in advance, will also be an in
centive to the small investor. We be-
iieve the tremendous success of the lib
erty bond sales and the interest shown
by those who have never before in
vested In government securities will
make for a success in the sale of these
SIS bonds that can hardly be measured.
THE organization planned for the
war savings certificate committee in
cludes a chairman in each state, with
a complete organization going into
every township, ward and precinct of
the cities. with six federal reserve dis
trict chairmen, to whom the state viii
report, thus making decentralized
working force, not too closely connect
ed with the Washington headquar-
ters."
There will be a close organization
connection between the national wo-
mans liberty loan COMMITTEES and the
war savings committee. In the form OF
organization adopted by the war saw
ings certificate COMMITTEES the state
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JET RETURNS TO FAVOR

1NASHION is once more turning to
If1 jet. More jet beads, buttons, ear
rings, brooches and the like are
coming into the market than have
been seen for half century. Jet was
once popular as dress trimmings and
jewelry. That was in the days when
every woman must have black silk
dress for Sunday and social festivities
and Jet as jewelry was almost as popu-
lar in its day as amethyst and garnet
were in theirs
The jet trade is long established
English industry. 1t is said that from
about 1850 to 1880 was the most -four
ishing period About 300 men and
boys were employed in, the let produce
ing industry. but changes in fashion
and the competition of German glass
imitation jet had almost put an end to
the English industry before the war.
The trade revived because the English
nation was thrown into mourning and
made demand for black ornaments.
and the supply of black glass orna-
ments from the Teutonic countries was
cut off.
Jet was used in the making of orna-
ments in prehistoric times. Articles
or personal adornment were among the
earliest inventions of man, and ages
before recorded history begins men and
'" oi.Sii !" eiS Swinging tOSetner pretty
shells and the bright feathers of birds
and wearing these things. In the warm
parts OF the world men and women
wore jewelry before they wore cloth
ing. and in the temperate and colder
regions they put OF jeweIry at about
the same time they covered their bodies
with the skins of wild beasts. In north
ern Europe jet ornament s-anpIets
buttons and trinkets-have been found
in the graves of men Of the bronze
age, and unshaped bits of Jet have been
found mingled with the implements
and bones of men of the stone age
Jet BEADS and rings were worn by the
Britons and many of the Celtic tribes
centuries before the coming of the .Ro-
mans.
1t was customary for many of the
early Christian monks of the British
Isles to tell their prayers on rosaries
OF Jet beads. This was strikinEiy the
case with the monks of whitby Abbey
for jet was easily obtained, in that part
OF the country. where it is found en-
bedded in hard shales. called jet rocks
Pieces OF jet were also to be picked up
on the seashore of Yorkshire. Though
Whitb! jet obtained the reputation Of
being the best. jet is found in restricted
areas in Spain, France and Germany
and in number of places in the United
States.
Jet has many curious properties. 1t
becomes electric through friction. and
because of this property 1t has often
been called black amber. It is very
closely related to coal, and Scotch
camel coal has sometimes been used
in making imitation jet objects 1t is
variety. OF Ignite. or anthracite, and.
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spoke to me in French. but I shook my
utes the servant returned, and Adrienne
she told me her name-called him to
her and said
Jean, go down in the wine cellar
and get some of that old port and give
it to the soldiers of England. Poor
boys it will warm them. She added
something in French could not under
stand. Then she added
Leave a bottle here for the sergeant
and me-
II protested against more wine for
the boys Her pleading overruled my
good judgment, and l consented. The
servant left to do her mission, and /
proposed Her answer was a kiss. /
was the happiest man in France.
Presently Jean returned, and, silent
ly placing a bottle and two glasses on
the table, Withdrew. We were alone.
She took the bottle, and, pouring out a
glass of wine. touched 1t TO her lips and
handed it to me, with this toast:
"Drink, my sergeant. Drink to our
betrothal. Drink to the honor of
France. Drink to the honor of Eng
land Drink to the confusion of our
enemies
II drank with my fool heart pound
ing against my ribs. Then blackness.
when j awoke, 1 was lying on the
settee, my head bursting with pain. The
gray dawn was filtering through the
curtained windows, and there, in the
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a LONG the streets of an early
~ morning jolted the cab on whose
q cushions a young woman sat
curled up, her head bent forward and
her arms relaxed.
We do not realize yet that cab is
a museum exhibit the relic of a past
which is always receding further and
further-a cab. that antiquity, almost
as full of charm as the sedan chair.
the vehicle of ladies in crinoline and
shawls. an obsolete equipage in the
depths of which. our epoch displays.
with so little sense of anachronism,
the too short skirts and modest hats
of the great war.
AS to Geo's skirt. of somber material.
is exposed only her ankle, and her hat.
of a deep, rich shade. was above all
things reasonable.
With what care she had chosen her
present toilettei With what patience,
with the aid of little combs, she had
gathered in knot the strands of her
short hair!
After the four months in which she.
as godmother, had been correspond
ing with her divorced husband. who
suspected no imposition. she felt to-
day her high spirits and audacity ooz-
ing away and giving place to the most
paIpitating terror.
After having done so much TO win
him back. was she not going to lose
him forever-that loyal good fellow,
that hero so misunderstood by her in
the DAYS of peace, whom she now de-
sired with all her heart to have back
again as her life's companion?
She opened for last time her little
bag to take out of it his letter of the
week preceding. She wished to read it
over in order to give herself new
courage.
The slight thrush of air caused by
the motion of the cab made the pages
futter in her trembling fingers.
"Godmother, at this moment. when ]
am about to. return from the front
for six days only want to ask you
very humbly to come to the station to
meet me. For four months ! have
borne with calnlness your irritating in
cognito. | know that | am going to
bear with calmness the long hours of
the trip which brings me to you. But
the minutes which 1t would take me
to go from the station to your street
could not endure those minutes.
That's the way it is You know very
we'll that that is always the way.
ITO see You. godmother. win you
please hold In your hand a red rose,
which you will lift above your head in
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opment of the habit of saving among
all our people. The appointment of the
war savings committee marks a defnie
step in that direction.
The main objection of those of small
means to the purchase of even the $50
liberty bonds was that they had to en-
ter into contract to pay certain
amount every week or month until the
bond was paid for. Under the war saw
ings certificate plan. the purchase of a
25-cent thrift stamp lays no obligation
upon the purchaser, although when
pasted on the thrift card it is an en-
couragement to add another and then
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--ACuTNC.TON ~, ho, a r.at
MN oH mas oeeh sreae
WV market for relics and souvenirs.
w Nearly everybody can remember
,,., o,;ns 80 -. ,,arhi. ~ witch fba
'ho" I"ipS % e'ie n'"' ois " ''s
Washington Monument is built were
piled high on all the souvenir stands.
,r, 80. ,, ~ oh
"ei '"ee
jects made of macerated paper winch
was once money. Some of these were
,.ha,o, ..vv,s sso mn, ar CONTAINS the
remains OF Sloe.ooV. ihese hsures
were rough estimates. and in some cases
perhaps. were altogether fanciful. Some
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H%E1HE thrift of the country
W will pay the expenses of
III the war" This was the
emphatic statement made
by Mrs. George Bass of Chicago, the
one woman honored by appointment to
membership in the war savings COM
mittee, in recent talk about her new
duties.
The war work of the women of the
country is being appreciated to the ex-
tent Of their receiving appointments
son the majority Of the national COM
mittees now forming in connection
with movements in which women play
n prominent part. Mrs. Bass. who had
done yeoman work as a member Of
the woman's liberty loan committee.
was chosen by Secretary McAdoo TO
take her place with the five male men,
bers Of the committee appointed to
launch the campaign which is to turn
n nation that has used its wealth
prodigally into one that has learned
TO save its dollars and its cents for
the very best purpose-that of lending
Ind world freedom.
Mrs. Bass special part in the work
sof the war savings committee is to in
struct the women of the country in
the nations war savings plans. She
is TO show them the advantage to
themselves, the thrift engendered in
the present and in the future genera
ton by following the scheme of war
savings outlined by the government,
and she is TO point out their duty not
only to themselves and their children
in the practice of thrift. but she Is to
direct them In their part of lending
their war savings to their government.
We expect to turn the forces of the
woman's liberty loan committee into
the war savings campaign" said Mrs
Bass, and we believe that IL this cam
paign be carried on in the spirit and
with the vision of the Secretary of the
Treasury and the chairman OF the war
savings committee. Frank A. Wander
lip, the thrift of the country will pay
the expenses of the war.
The women of this country are the
most highly organized part Of the coun-
try now. They have taken TO organiza-
tion and team work with most wonder
full aptitude. The result Is that this
network of splendid organization over
the country makes coordination OF
effort in launching any great move
ment such as the war savings plan 3
comparatively easy thing.
The experience of the national lib
erty loan committee in the two loar
drives has shown that the people ar,
slowly awakening not only to the
necessity for saving, but are coming t,
actually desire-it. We have been an ex
travagant nation, wastefui of our lands
our products and, in fact, all our re
sources. But that period has passed
never to return.
The call for conservation antedate,
the. war, but came largely as an appea
to the feelings. We fastened to sen,
our aid to stricken Belgium and tn
Red Cross work met hearty response
When we entered the war the necessit.
for a much more rigid conservation o
all our. resources became imperative
and has been made with the highes
authority behind it.
I'VE have no longer a pioneer coun
try with unlimited and practically un
believe that one of the benehcent by
products Of the war will be the devel
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Percy E. Spielman, who wrote an ar
ticle on jet. which appeared in the
Chemical News number of years age.
came to the conclusion that jet was
derived from one of the coniferous or
cone-bearing woods. which had been
sunk unnumbered ages ago in mud and
hardened into shale. The wood under
went decomposition different from
that sustained by woods that became
coal. Gas. bitunen and petroleum are
usually found in jet quarries. 1t has
been held in high enough regard and
cost to cause it to be counterfeited. and
glass. black onyx and chalcedony
stained black have been put on the
market as let
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A Useful Dodge.

MICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL said
V at a luncheon in Baltimore
We'll get rid of the submarine peril.
With ingenuity you can get rid of any
thing Remember thae housewife
"A housewife listened TO a neighbor
who complained that on Saturday
night, when she went out to do her
Sundays marketing. the shops were so
crowded she could hardly get waited
on. The housewife smiled and said.
It's easy if you know the dodge.
Next Saturday night just trot into your
grocer's and begin TO sample the goods
-nibble biscuit. take small bunch
of grapes. grab up a stick of chocolate.
try the cheese-and it's amazing how
soon the grocer'll wait on you and get
Won out"
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Little Willie BoIo.

THE German campaign of corruption
-Boloisn, as it has been called
led Representative Dupre to say. in
Baton Rouge:
This Boloism. this getting at us i'm
directly, is fiendish thing. 1t reminds
me of little Willie.
My sisters Teller kicked my dog
yesterday said Willie. but I'll get even
with him all right
How'll you get even" said whites
friend.
I'm goin' to- mix quinine, said
Willie. with my sisters lip rouge =
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Pacifist Rot.

10 EAVER WHITE of the War Trade
~ Board said in an after-dinn.r
speech:
The Russian ideaiists who talk OF
universal peace and disarmament at
this stage of the war are counting de-
struction for their country.
"Pacifsm may have been all right
once. Today it reminds me of the
mother who wrote to the schoolmaster
who wanted to teach his pupils how to
swim:
Please do not teach my boy SWIM
ming, as l do not wish him to be
drowned
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Geo, divorced wife. has voiunteed to
act as godmother TO poilus at the front,
and in that way has become, under an
assumed name, the correspondent of her
former husband. She knows who he is,
but has for four months successfully
preserved her own fncognito. He OBJ
tains furlough and asks the godnlother,
whose letters have thoroughly aroused
HIS interest and piaued his curiosity, TO
meet him at the railroad station in
Paris.
This is the story of their meeting,
told with the charm for which Mime
DeEtrue Madrus' short stories Of the
war are conspicuous. Nine. Madrus is
a poet as well as n writer of fiction,
and in her work there is always strain
of delicate Imagination aud poetic SEN
sibiIity.
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y Is q II y rs III n n as =:

stupefaction, resentment and JOY A
step backward marked his recoii from
past which he had wished to shut out
of his thoughts. But with that recoil
ne recovered his balance. And while
he grasped Geos two wrists with
gesture which still betrayed something
OF anger the red rose shed its petals
on their four hands-softly. as if To fiji
their future with fragrance
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THE RED ROSE---sy =: =: s1::: ,.,

larger in his uniform. he was gazing
into peoples eyes. embarrassing him
self and embarrassing others. Then
she became aware that he saw her. In
stinctively she lowered her head as he
pushed toward her.
When he was there she slowly let her
arm sink and lifted her face.
''Ah,' he said.
In that exclamation were mingled
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tering. At last 1 managed to blurt out
a stammering Thank you. miss
She showed us the way to the stables,
and stood in the door holding the lantern
so we could see to unsaddle. I was
fumbling around with the buckles, but
for the life of me couldn't get that
saddle off. One of the men. with a wink
and a broad grin, came over and helped
me. That grin got my goat, SO, on the
sly / kicked him on the shin. He let
out an explosive Damn After that
damn the silence was painful The
poor fellow felt like fool. ] was sorry
for him, even though I could have killed
him for his thoughtlessness. But our
embarrassment was short-lived. because
a silvery laugh came from behind the
lantern. laugh that was not loud. but
it echoed and re-echoed among the
rafters overhead. I can hear it right
now, Yank.
After the horses had been unsaddled
and fed the men looked appealingly at
me. I knew what they wanted-they
were dog tired and dying to hit the
hay. Just as / WAS about to ask per-
mission for them to turn in the angel
butted in with:
Poor, tired soldiers. sleepy and
hungry. Come right into the house
Jean has some supper and wine ready
for you
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Translated by william L. Mcpherson.
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.Blime me, get lis bloomin' napper
outa tn mud; e's chokin' to death Pass
me a bandage-tyke is b'yonet fer
spIfnt BIime me, is leg is smashed.
not ,arf hit h'aint. TIL rest o. you
biokes 'op it fer stretcher. 'Ello. 'e's
got ANOTHER one-quick. tourniquet,
the poor blokeN a-bleedin' to death.
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We stammered our thanks and fol-
lowed her into the house Ike a string
Of sheep. Yank, to me that meal was a
dream. She fitted around the table.
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Says Thrift of the United States Will Pay for War

MN HE thrift of the country
~ will pay the expenses of
the war" This was the
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smile. Give US that story of yours, or
else I'll go bughouse. You had better
get it off of your chest, because Tn
thinking that Fritz will soon be reply
inch shell ever hits this dugout they'll
need no wooden crosses for US, because
our names will appear under the cap
ton Missing"