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The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
n r Keith,.-ynudeville.

The headline position in the bill at
B. F. Keith's Theater next week VIII
he Jointly occupied by the Four Nor
tons-Sam, Kitty, Martha and joe
in .oThen and Now" and Mckay and
Ardine in IAN in Fun" The Greater
Morgan Dancers will be held over,
making two weeks in Washington, an
unusual condition. Rae Eleanor Ball.
the violin virtu6so. is another promi-
nent inclusion. AL and Fannie Steu-
man will indulge in their new PIANO
capers." Others will be Walter weems,
Ed and Lew Miller. Burdella Pater-
son. the pipe organ recitals and tho
Hearst-Pathe news pictorial and war
section films.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
THE CURRENT WEEK.
ooSr, lied FROM PAGE TWO.

CONT. .,UED FROM PAGE TWO.
private showings witnessed by army
and government officials they are
said to have received the highest
sort of commendation.
WAR As It Really Is" is not a
photoplay and no attempt has been
made to weave a story around the
scenes which are actual photographs
Of the worlds greatest and grimmest
drama now being staged in the trenches
OF France. The pictures were taken
by Capt. Donald c. Thompson. the
daring photographer attached to the
stan of Leslie's Weekly. who un-
hesitatingly risked his life many times
in their making.
Great Falls Park.
The augmented Ladies' Orchestra
will feature at Great Falls Park
all this week an interesting pro-
gram of popular music at the con-
certs afternoon and evenings. Many
are enjoying the scenic beauty of
this popular resort these autumn
days. Dancing in the large and
attractively lighted pavilion over
looking the falls and the exhibition OF
moving pictures continue to be
among the free attractions pro-
vided by the management Fishing
and camera parties find most en-
joyable a day spent here, and there
is no more picturesque place near
the National Capital than this. the
long recognized natural play
ground" of the National Capital.
Today in the Chautauqua services
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
Poli's-"Shore Acres"

"Shore Acres" made famous by
James A. Herne. which for seasons
delighted the patrons of two dollar
houses throughout the country. will
be presented at Polls Theater at pop
ular prices. beginning next week.
One Of the big interest-compelling
situations in "Shore Acres" is the
fight In the lighthouse between Ma
thaniel Berry and his brother Martin.
The story bubbles with delightful
domestic incidents, and the turkey
dinner in the home of the Berrys with
Joyous children scamperjns about is
one of the most delightful scenes. The
play has been beautifully staged and
the presenting company is capable
one
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16

MANAGER SToDDARD TAYLOR the Bo neat has conditions by
designed Who US to msea.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
The German Tactics.

guns, in some of the holes. These
sometimes are Joined with other
Craters.
Cellars and villages and farm
houses, re-enforced concrete and
held by desperate men with machine
guns. and small concrete forts con-
Cealed in woods, are also favorite
centers of resistance. though most of
the latter are destroyed by lombard
ment before the British infantry ad-
vance.
The German idea in this fighting
is to sacrifice the men kept in the
forward areas, causing as great a
loss as possible to the attackers.
All available guns are then concen-
trated on the victorious allied
troops. tired after their efforts and
compelled to shelter themselves in
mud and water amid the destruc-
tion wrought by their own cannon,
and finally fresh German troops
hitherto held out of the line are
hurled against the last position.
There. in a nutshell. are the Ger
man tactics at present. They are
not Of a character to enthuse Ber-
I'm or the German troops. but they
are the best the German staff can
evolve to meet what has become a
desperate situation. One of the
most significant indications of the
present state of things in the Ger
man army is the fact, that troops
In the forward zones. the men who
have t. endure the pounding of the
British guns, are now kept strictly
isolated from the soldiers in the
ear. The destined victims are some
times given leave in large detach-
ments, taken to isolated towns, or
to a Eelgian sea side resort for
bathing but always kept away from
their cdnrades in reserve.
The tbject OF this Is to prevent
The bulk Of the German rank and
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The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
SOME BIRDS AND THEIR PREY
Thrush Has Been Known to Use
Stone as Slaughter Block on
Which to Break Snail Shells.

In districts where shelled snails
are abundant it is no rare thing to
come across a stone utilized as
slaughter block by some particular
thrush. Even If the bird is not
caught in the act, numerous broken
and empty shells scattered in the
neighborhood betray the place where
the mollusks have been done to death.
The method adopted by the thrush
is simply that of dropping snail from
a height time and again until the shell
is broken and the succulent body
within is exposed to the captor's beak.
But the anvil is sometimes made use
of in different way, and with a diff
ferent end in view. In the depths
of Highland birch wood an observer
came upon such a sacrificial stone, at
which a thrush was busily occupied.
Field glasses made evident that not
snail but a common black slug was
his captive. This he grasped by the
middle with his beak, dashing 1t re-
peatediy with resOunding smacks upon
the stone, whence it occasionally re-
bounded, only to be caught and ham,
mered once more.
Subsequent examination of the
stone revealed with what effect the
operation had been carried out. But
what of it's purpose? Here was no
shell to be broken. 1t may be that
the thrush simply wished to kill its
prey. but the fact that thrushes swal-
low wriggling worms without hesita-
ton renders this explanation improb-
able. 1t is more likely that the skin
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

go through life with a scarcely per-
ceptible limp, only their closest friends
knowing that they are legless. "Cor-
poral" James Tanner, former commits
siOner of pensions and commander in
chief of the G. A. R., would be an alb
solutely helpless cripple without arti-
ficial legs, having lost both Of his legs
nearly at the knees after three oper-
ations, yet with his artificial limbs he
moves about with perfect dignity.
General Dudley, also once commits
siOner of pensions, who had but one
leg, walked with only slight limp
and many times in Washington So
ciety gracefully guided a fair partner
through the maZes of the waltz in a
room full of dancers. United States
Senator M. G. Butler, Gen. Wade
Hampton, and many other men in pub
lie life have worn artificial legs unbe
known to most people, but what is
more remarkable, the best makes of
artificial limbs will be found in use by
the thousand by men engaged in hard
manual labor, coal miners, firemen,
horsemen, bicycle riders, house paint
ers, and even railroad engineers and
brakemen whose vOcatiOnS require the
display of no little agility, and doz-
ems of cases are on record where men
in all these walks of life have lost not
one but both legs.
The best artificial leg weighs from
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
A ScuIptorSs Error,

Whenever there is military parade
in Washington, D. O., and the soldiers
or others who have had military expe-
rience are in the vicinity Of the magni-
ficenta statue Of General Sherman,
which stands just south of the treas
ury, there is sure to be comment on
the blunder which the sculptor made
in connection with the equipment Of
the figures at the base Of the statue.
The blanket roll, which is properly
carried over the left shoulder by SOL
diers, is here shown over the right
shoulder, where, as even the small
boys know nowadays, it would inter-
fere with the gun.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Several North Stars.

In the known course of history there
have been several successive north
stars. When the great pyramid of
Cheops was built Alpha Draconis was
north star, and the Egyptian astron-
omers made northward, sloping pass
age several hundred feet long, from
place deep under the base of the py-
ramid straight through it's vast mass
Of masonry, and this served them as
an immense telescope tube, without
glass, for observing their sentinel In
the sky. The present North Star is
huge sun, between fifty and one hun
dred times brighter than ours.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

An artificial cork invented In Swe-
den is made of cork waste and a bind
ing paste.
Pet canaries in this country con-
sumed a total of 3,704,625 pounds Of
birdseed during the last year.
Last year there were shipped into
Los Angeles 100000 pounds of but
ter at "a cents a pound in carload lots.
The Puget Sound division of the
Northern Pacific railroad has adopted
the policy of employing women instead
of men wherever women are able to
do the work required.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

great DIS Jul OWA
Civil war, the vast number of COM
batants engaged in the great battles
of today has resulted in the loss Of
many tens of thousands of arms and
legs. No official figures have been
made public for any of the belligerent
nations, but it is estimated that at
least 175,OOO soldiers have recovered
from their wounds minus at least a
leg or an arm. While the various
trades of war are all doing booming
tries designed to overcome or anchor
ate the havoc Wrought by war are
equally busy. N1t the least interest
ing of these is the manufacturing of
artificial legs and arms.
Of the hundred or more American
artificial liinb factories everyone has
been surfeited with orders, some large
ones having been placed by the Eng
lish and French governments while
many private orders have been re-
ceived from soldiers themselves.
Large shipments are continually being
made abroad, the British blockade of
course restricting the sales to the SOL
diers of the allies. One pioneer Amer
lean firm has completely equipped fac
tories not only in six large American
cities, but has found 1t necessary to
establish branches in London and
Paris, all working night and day in an
endeavOr to meet the abnormal de-
mandS.
the crippled soldiers Of France should
depend for their best artificial limbs
upon the product Of American skill
constructed principally of English will
low, in spite of the fact that the faith
er of real surgery was a Frenchman,
Ambrose Pare. 1t is true that Hip
pocrates, the great Greek surgeon, who
lived 1000 years before Pare, per-
formed amputatiOns, but only a small
percentage of the patients survived the
shock Pare's greatest work came on
the battlefield some 300 years ago,
where he performed dozens Of opera
tiOns which advanced the knowledge
of surgery more than it had been for
warded since the beginning of time.
There he discovered that instead of
pouring boiling oil in gunshOt wounds,
as had invariably been the custom, a
much greater percentage of rapid re-
cOveries were made when the oil was
omitted and the patients were handled
carefully and cleanly, thus bringing
about the first step toward modern
antiseptic surgery. Yet while surgeons
from the Greeks down learned how to
cut off legs and arms without killing
people, but little was accomplished un-
til the present generation in replacing
the lost members. Egyptian hero
glyphics show one of the lesser known
of the PharaOs, who had suffered the
loss of his legs, struggling about with
blocks of wood held in his hands, not
unlike the street fakirs of today. Even
the crutch did not appear until the
fourteenth century, and the crude
wooden limb or "peg-leg" was invented
not until after the time of Pare.
The artificial limb of today is some
thing of a marvel Many men with a
leg off below or even above the knee
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
CONVERSATIONS

A plant in Germany converts 80 tons
of peat into nine tons Of coke, with
gas and tar as by-prOducts.
A new piano for travelling music
ians weighs but 100 pounds and can
be packed and shipped like trunk.
The increase in beet sugar produc-
ton in Sweden has almost caught up
with the nations demand for sugar
1t is estimated that Spain has de
veIoped not more than 8 per cent OF
It's available hvdro-electric power.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

confidence
Wilbur elected president Of his old university Leland
England and had him
board of directors And they the university
United States
his Doctor Wilbur
department
when the other calls
thought
than 80 without strain friction
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

will
ingtonan The
wounded Washington they will probably bring
isn't
know what her actually undergoing
American have their and be the of
talked
bodies
terribly talk and
shadow
Valley Forge
Of
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
When Money Talks.

"YOur candidate seems to have some
ability, but he murders the kings Eng
lish."
Don't let that worry you," answered
the practical politician. "He has a
bank roll that speaks half a dozen
languages fluently."
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
A Realistic Film

'This is a very realistic picture"
"Very," said the manager. "Would
you believe it, the first time we
showed this film eight young women
waited for half an hour after the show
to see the leading man come out Of
the alley behind the theater?'"
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

been receiving of nut nuts who literally
increased enough
guardians of the capitol In the last month about "a craks were seized oy
finally Hospital for the Insane
officer recently "evy large
But the situation
is official
States because the presidents life is
dangered by of the fanatics"
convinced that is what Sherman
Wahngtonf raise
President Wilson
information strictly confidential
behind
the observation CELL
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

two and quarter to four and half
pounds, q vastly different thing from
the solid "peg-leg," Moreover it is
perfectly hinged at the knee and arti-
culated at the foot. The cost of such
a leg is about $1OO, but it is guaran-
teed for five years. Such leg, which
must fit perfectly, cannot be turned
out like shoes by the million; each one
must be particularly, personally fitted.
Although machinery is used In limb
making, there is much exact hand
work necessary, for it is said that no
two amputations are exactly alike.
However, by making a plaster cast Of
the stump and giving exact measure
ments orders can be satisfactorily ham
died by mail.
The United States government al
lows its legless and armless veterans,
in addition to their pensions, new arti-
fetal limbs every three years, and
since European governments will
doubtless carry out similar policy, it
seems unfortunately true that arti-
fetal limb factories will be assured
of busy times for many long years to
come.
There is one man among the many
manufacturers of artificial limbs in
this country who can sympathiKe with
the unfortunate soldiers of the Euro
pean war who have lost an arm or
leg. He is Joseph E. Hanger of Wash
inptOn u q who owes his nroSant
success in life to the loss Of leg on
the battlefield during the Civil war.
Most men would have become discour-
aged to have to battle their way
through life handicapped in this way,
but, with keen insight to conditions
brought on by that terrible conflict.
Mr.. Hanger, after making his own ar
tificial leg, started into the business
in small way.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

OF the slug was too thick and coarse
to be palatable, and that the thrush
was simply endeavoring to dash out
the edible portions within, or that it
was attempting to render the tough
skin more tender by method analo-
gous to the domestic batting Of
steak"
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Smoke the Truth

"Look here, Finklestein, when 1
bought this suit you guaranteed salts
faction" growled the irate customer.
'Vell, veil, volts de madden of you!
I voS satisfied"
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Obvious Thind.

care the illustrations in papers and
magazines reduced in cOst?"
"NO; why should they be?"
aren't they furnished to cut
prices?"
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

3WH way through SCHOOI, duU IHCIueHt-
ally just about running the school at
the same time, according to reports.
Hoover got himself elected financial
manager of all athletics, with a small
salary for his work, and thus added
to his small income.
This was one time when contrasts
did not draw to each other. Neither
man was brilliant or flashy-both had
to dig for what they got, and neither
had time to go in for the fraternity
nroudS IInonnCniouSlu thnu formed q
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Friendship of Early Manhood Remains Unbroken

Ray Lyman Wilbur dgnifed senior in h
time Herbert c. Hoover
junior Both students earning their
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

paper correspondent.
Perhaps it is too womanly, but it
does seem to me that war is grave and
serious business. No one in Washing
ton seems to think that way. They
= take 1t as a matter of course.
"Wait until the first casualty list
comes in," an officer told me. He
seemed to think that would wake the
city up to the horrors of war, but am
beginning to doubt whether these men
and women who are carrying on the
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

TOdI WdI-
time Washington. The nuts constantly
keep the secret service men and the
metropolitan police worried and on the
jump.
Despite it's amusing features, the
problem is grimly serious, for in it al
ways turks the potential peril to the
president. Garfield and Mckinley were
murdered by cranks.
Since the United States entered
the great war, the psychopathic ward
Of tho Washington ASvlllm hospital has
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Presence of Cranks Worries Capital Officials

DIG big the world pesteed by crank 1t is the
this
anything known The flood Of crank constitutes
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
War Does Not Seem to Worry Washington People

NASHINGTONWe
w
thoughts
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

RTIFICIAL limb factor
les have been running at
double capacity since the
beginning of the great
war in Europe. AL
though modern surgery
has advanced to such a
degree that the percent
age of amputations now
necessary is not nearly as
Uroot oS dI1rino OI1r own
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Just an Incident Common in All Large Cities


in
wonders movie
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31
WILL SUPERlNTEND
SUBMARINE BUILDING

Mrs. William Hoge Of Lexington.
Mo-, accompanied By her little grand
SON Master Francis Chew who have
been visiting her brother Mr. S V.
Fiery WEST Burke street. were Joined
oday by the lads parents. Capt. and
Mrs Frank Chew Captain Chew a
prominent submarine commander. who
has had charge Of various andersen
boats OF the q S Navy has been de-
signared by the Department to take
charge OF the construction Of add
tionai craft Of TINS character that
viii be built at Seattle Washington
lie is now en- route to chat port.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31

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serlOus iuterua. sorlat
You need nefef hesitate.
Aol. 1t IS a doetor Dre-eap JAR.
1ss been USED By oyaqr l4trlo.
twenty yeags in the -rea Degt
affections. IL contains a3saut-.s aota=
ing That could inJlre Sue eaaefes4
SKIN. Every druggist sells esu0 9.4l-
ment ana resinol soap. Re.nial SOAP
sootaes tender skins and helps + ua1s
poor complications clear. {resh and ye.-
Yety aeea4 i Contains s.4leI
prescription
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31
WOMAN coUNTERFETTER

Mrs Hannah Mary Smith was ar
rested a Maple Grove. near Cham
bersburg, charged with passing ten
dollar counterfeit pieces by mall.
She acknowledged that she secured
the coin from her brother. Joe Meal
man. also under arrest The counter
Geits We're very poor.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31

a atA- U y -@+c5 J
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ealL.oi soap BIQ Is
simple appIlss-. .u
VI resin llUIIe5IG.
The sootA
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+4oa stops l1ehiug
As once alll s4r5I
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31

Former Mayor H. II. Baker. Of
Winchester stopped over in Martins
burg last night
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31

Cylinder records. 70 and 15c Play
them first and take your choice.
$50 " Queen St. / 25 If
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31

Mr. w G. Conley Of Hagerstown
was here on business.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31
NEVILLE GOES pRY

Another town in the Cumberland
Valley viii 90 dry" tomorrow. This
will be MELVILLE, Pa Judge Sadler.
in Carlisle yesterday, refused Ii
cense to Central Hotel. of MELVILLE
borough
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-01-31

Mrs Elizabeth Hurst Of Winches-
ter avenue, has bene quite sick.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-03
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHAILTOWN, IoWA FEBRUARY

Rapids, went to Ames Monday to at
tend the agricultural short course at
Iowa State College.
Miss Hannah McIlrath OF Grinnell,
visited Sunday with her sister Mrs. s.
f. Parker, and husband.
Mrs. James Drennen, who was visit
ing her daughters, Mesdaines J. w.
Doze and A. +. Ward for two weeks.
returned to her home at New Sharon
Monday.
Alfred Hill and family moved this
week from the Joseph Bender farm to
the Charles Robinson farm east Of
town.
Ell Willcutts has sold his property
on South Main street to j. c. Qujgley
for $500. Mr. Quigley and family will
move here March /,
Mrs. E. NJ. Hungerford. of Billings,
Mont, and sister Mrs. Lillian White,
of Des Moines. are visiting Mrs. Anna
Bancroft and other friends.
Miss Zoa Tight returned Thursday
evening from a two weeks visit with
relatives at Rhodes and Des Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Green are par
ents of an eight and one-half pound
son, born Monday evening.
Andrew McIlrath and James Parker
went Tuesday to Chicago with four
cars of stock belonging to- Parker Bros.
Elmer Moore went to Des Moines
Wednesday morning to visit relatives.
J. A. Ward, who has been confined
to his home several weeks with seri-
GUS attack of grip, is able to be up
and around the house.
Relatives here have received word of
the birth of daughter to Rev. and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-03
Community Lyeeum Course Patrons.

Because Of the illness of Senator
Frank j. Cannon the flfth number Of
the lyceum course Will be postponed
from February until later in the sea-
son. Notice will be given OF the sub
stitute date at the next number OF the
course on Feb. 81, when the Bohemian
orchestra will appear. ]. Sidney john
son, Secretary Committee.