davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

bought like piece of furniture, or an
overcoat, on whim, and cheaply. Her
pulses uuickened momentarily as she
thrilled at an appreciation Of the revfr-
rnt chivalry Of Clyde Norton. Sh" was
not thinking of n husband, not even OF
a steady beau, but, looking ahead, she
had her ideal, and Ezra did not ELL it..
The young people of Woodville were
thrown a good deal together of late.
The war was the one regnant theme
of interest and excitement, and the 10y
nj little town was not backward in
demonstrating it's patriotism. There
were home guard, Red Cross, protection,
defense and all kinds of societies form
ed, while the eligible young men Of
the place organized to drill, prepara-
tory to moving to the front when the
call came.
1t came, the call, Clyde Norton vol
unteered, half hundred with him.
Ezra waited for the draft. In the
meantime none was more eloquent as
to devotion to the cause. 1t was In
money contributions to the ladies' So
cieties that Ezra shone. Policy or lib
erality. he fairly overdid himself. In
private life, however, along with his
close chum and toady, Ned Wheaton.
Ezra was a covering. crestfallen era
ven, filled with anxieties and fears.
IT can't enlist, I'm not made for war
fare" he told Ned pathetically.
There's a way out" suggested Ned.
what Is itr'
"Get married"
They'll call me Stacker"
"Let them. What do you care, II 1t
keeps you tout, Of service"
Thenceforward Ezra studiousiy. Sc
riously courted Esther. He made little
progress. Somehow, the clever young
lady, while all smiles and full Of pretty
winning ways, evaded any opportunity
where he Iaight declare his unbounded
love.
Ezra was quite Frustrated the day he
had to register for the draft. Then
ensued to him the soul sickening sus-
pense Of awaiting the announcement
Of the,draft numbers. Ned rushed into
their room one afternoon waving a
city newspaper.
"Just got 1t at the train" he an
uo,inced. ~Ffrst 1900 numbers drawn"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
KIDNAPPED YEARS
AGO, FINDS MOTHER
Boy Now Nineteen Years Old,
Was Taken by Father
When Infant.

Portland, -RalphlStewart. nine
teen years old of this city. kidnapped
by his father when one month old, and
who had lost all trace of his mother
since that time. has been restored to
his mothers arms after years OF
searching.
Young Stewart was taken from his
cradle shortly after he was born and
placed in public home by his father.
His mother was III at the time, and
when she recovered she could lind no
trace of her baby. As the boy grew
older he learned the story of his early
childhood and started u search for his
mother.
The search was conducted from the
office OF the Juvenile court here under
The direction Of William Spencer.
Stewart brought his story TO Spencer
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

mnnds barked by smoke-begrimed of.
ficers-and the gallant Eighteenth
went into action again.
Three weeks later a TRANSPORT
brought Private Smelling back to Can
ada. sOrely wounded. For weeks he
lay on a hospital cot at London, Ont,
but he never complained Of the pains.
He was far more concerned at the
length OF time before he would be on
his feet again.
ave Got TO Find Her.s
"1've got to get out Of here and get
70 work." he explained to newspaper
reporter one day. "You see, I've got to
find that Red Rose Girl. even II have
TO search the world for her."
1t made a nice little newspaper
story, and evidently 1t was widely
read. For a week later there came to
Private Smelling on his hospital cot q
package, from Miss Carolyn ID. 8. r..
New Paltz, N. T.. q. 8. A." according
to the fine handwriting In ono corner.
Puzzled. the wounded man removed
the wrapper. 1t was a photograph. He
turned back the cover. and gazed into
the eyes Of the Red Rose Girl. For
fifteen minutes his eyes never left her
face, then shyly attempting to hida
behind the photographers stamp. he
found these three simp'e words:
IL sm waiting"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
Chinese Ambulance.

One Of the reasons why the people
of the Occident are generally disposed
to agree with Bret Harte that 1.-The
heather Chinee is peculiar" Is their
unusual method Of handling the sick.
For instance, their ambulance Is GER
tainly strange conveyance. 1t IL
Of wicker basketry Of the same type
as that used for carrying pigs and
poultry to market. Crude as this type
OF conveyance seems, no rubber-tired
automobile could travel With less JOLT
ing. The carriers work In relays. going
slowly and resting at interyals.-PopH
lar Science Monthly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
Kidnapped by His Father.

several years ago and at that time Il
picture of the boy and his story We're
published in Portland paper. This
brought the first clue to the loEg-losr
parent.
T.. C. Carson of Seattle, who read
the story. remembered the facts and
communicated with Portland. and
through his friends. who had been ac-
quanted with the boys mother years
before. the woman was traced 10 the
little town of Rockport, Wash.
The mothers name is now Mrs. +,
J. Melville.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

district
app No he did not Indignantly
that wanted present?
not( replacing smles).
placed table The
reped
I'm training for this fighting business
awearing
LONG
he
led in
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
ROMANCE FOLLOWS
IN WAKE OF WAR
One Red Rose Made World OF
Difference to Cana
dian Soldier.
MUST FIND THE GIVER
Crimson Flower Parting Gift Of In
known Maid Who Is Waiting Some
where-Task May Not Be
So Difficult.

London. Ont.-War is not all horror.
1t is often beautiful. Therefore it is
fitting that you should know the story
Of the Red Rose Girl.
Canadu famed with war. Recruits
were hurrying through the streets to
training camps. Came the departure
to far-aWay France. Some would come
back. maybe. And others? Well, war
would bring many sorrows To the
shores of Canada-:iud dig many II
grave in Frances fair valleys.
The troops were passing in last re-
view through the streets of London
Ontario. Visitors focked to the city
to give them godSpced. And the khaki
clnd soldiers trAmped through the
streets midst tears and cheers
Private Stanley Smelling, Eighteenth
Western Ontario battalion, swung
along in the ranks. There had been
none to say g"odby tn him. Eth, well.
il was easicr-or best. maybe, he
unused.
Then 4 girl leaned from the tonneau
OF big black touring ear. She
brushed Il ros" against her lipS-a big
red roSe-and tossed 1t to Private
| Smelling
Bring it back-to me- she mnr-
! INJURED. and"
His hui cam" OFF, and in her deep
! gray eyes he read the unspoken mos
| sage.
t,n ISsiy
At the Front.
PARKWAY France. 1t was at st. Eloi
| Cannon hooIued II prelude Shrapnel
screamed. Mines lnoscd death under
! the feet of the enemy. And the n4n OF
| the gallant Eighteenth Ontario stamped
| impaticntly and wondered dmly if IL
mine would tear the earth from under
| them next. Then rifles beat death
| tattoo and the order came to move for
ward
| That night. lying in his trench-a
! conquered German trench - Private
| Smelling locked at his faded rose and
! Thought of the peaceful world back
! across the waters.
Il wonder il | ever will live through
! this hell to find the Red Rose Girl
! he asked himself.
| The Canadian troops moved on
| toward Yprrs. The shrill cries of battle.
! the screams of dying men. hoarSe con-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

Tor he maintenance relief
prison practically
n
released
he
with dollars
quickly and when his funds become naturally
rOkOu
nE take MN inf" the oaniznton thereby
he
mat MS immediate
1T the psSib"
he promptly notifies
In the
young thereby
credit without clubs
until they oed
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

q pocket of his trousers and asked II
he could get needle and thread to
sew them up. He explained that they
had been burned in his pocket by q
cigarette.
He Glanced TO approach very
motherly sort OF q person, and the two
managed TO have a glorious time. Mrs.
f. q. Mullant Sewed the holes in the
pocket. then the soldier asked to have
the buttons on his shirt fastened more
securely. and as last request pointed
woefully to the insignia on his sleeve,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
UKULELE WINS HEART
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS

New Yosk.-Many swains
wooed Rosie O'Brien in vain:
her heart was not to be had for
the asking. That Is. until Jo-
seph Gonsalves came out OF the
West with n ukulele from which
he extracted music that would
have melted any heart.
The strains of the ukulele
lured Rosie from home and she
was not to be found until her
mother remembered Gonsalves
with his luke" Police traced
the two to an apartment house.
but 1t was too late. The pair
were married.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

edges the buger of the Michigan
having
of the
at is
explained aTologetlcay,
haven't
cit
either he announced as he glanced around the
Waco aren't where you'll not need q
cater?' said
butw
having doubt
bis plCadngs
mendng done the soldier sat down and alike
Of further rewarded by the g oil
swcater and q
E. Michigan state chairman of the
fellow is frank enough 10 come III as" " o
nxc, we're take chance
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

federal building with small bundle
nnder his arm and smile on his face.
About six feet two, muscular ana al
together about as happy prospect
for 4 Sammy as any recruiting officer
could wish, he fairly radiated good
humor about the room while clerks
were busting off the desks preparatory
to the days work.
Someone asked If anything could
he done for him. Again he smiled. A
big hand dived into Overalls pocket
Ind hronrht forth q notice that the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
EMBRYO Soldier Brought His 0veraIIs Along
Al0nq

ANsAs the arrival of the members OF the
He the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
Soldier Went to Right Place to Get Mending Done

nETRoT-Arey as little boy mother have his pat"rn
Knockers mnded
National LagMe loE Monmns Ssryca hrustns @
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
MlKfnsn
iro DON
WRIST
hkrsAEs

.ncers detractng from their man
moss held hand to halt north
hnd line Of trucks but some
sticks Are
going nightsk for the swngger sck Wen ooK
covering side gshouse districts az ngn Win n w
waiting
the When they put that rule into effect
retired ofo enough 1or guess
vaha all thssene wrinkles" : !
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
Gotham Cops "Threatened' With Wrist Watches

Anew New York policemen Blessed memories
~ Rhnender what the force going to
Vast excitement has been caused police
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

circles By reason OF this rumor'
which seems to have originated In the
Tenderloin.
ut won't be 90 bad for some Of
these here rookies," said one big.
bury policeman, survivor of the
paimy days Of ,:..Bts. Bin. pevery, the
'best police chief New York ever had"
''since they have got more o. less
used to that sort Of thing. But what
are US fellows who remember the cops
as they were In the old days going to
dor He was reminded that all army
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

Boy Confessed to Eight Buroiaries.
vincland, N. J.-William Holt, Is
years old. confessed to eight burglaries
committed during the past three
months. after he had been caught on
one OF the Jobs
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17

pears to he nothing more serious than
Perhaps the most novel club in New
York Is the Rodgers Loyal club in
nf between three and four hundred
men and boys between the ages Of six
teen and thirty. every one of whom
has done time in the reformatories for
offenses sufficiently serious tn bring
them into the clutches Of the police
This club was organized by Henri S.
Rodgers, the chief parole agent of this
city. The members of this unusual
association chip in - cents a month
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-17
GALES of GOTHAM
and l|7(I d dc: 1oh e
New York Clubs Aim Is Reformation Of Feons


Nv with lli'ni
he
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

and chop enough liver for q cupful,
mix it with an equal quantity of
crumbs soaked in milk; add table
spoonful of softened butter, a little
salt and pepper, cloves and powdered
parsley, then three beaten eggs. Cook
until thick. Make into balls, drop into
a kettle of boiling water and cook half
an hour; drain and serve with parsley
as a garnish.
Sauerbraten.-COver a piece of beef
stew with vinegar and let stand two
days, drain and lard it with strips of
salt pork, sprinkle with spices and
fry in drippings. When well
Drowned all over, put into a pot with
lemon rind, two each Of sliced car
rOts and leeks and add a little hot
water. Simmer until the meat is ten
der then strain. Thicker the liquor
left with flour and add enough lemon
juice or vinegar to make it tart. Serve
the meat with Sauerkraut.
Potato SaIad.-Chop one onion and
sprinkle with salt; let stand an hour.
Boil in their jackets two large pota-
toes, peel and slice while hot. Alter
nate the hot sliced potato and the
onion in a salad bowl, sprinkling with.
parsley, pepper and dry mustard. Pour
over the whole a tablespoonful of hot
goose grease or olive oil. Add two and
a half tablespoonfuls of water mixed
with one and a half tablespoonful of
vinegar and teaspoonful of sugar.
Serve warm.
Beet Fritters.-Mash five cooked
beets, mix with four eggs, beaten,
three tablespOonfuls Of cream and two
tabIespoonfus of flour, the grated rind
of a lemon, nutmeg and sugar to taste.
Mix and shape into fritters and saute
in butter. Garnish with fruit.
Chopped Ham and Corn Patties.-
Take half cupful of corn, three cup
fuls of chopped ham, one well beaten
egg, fry after making into patties, in
hot ham fat. Season with salt if need
ed and a dash of pepper.
Parsley as garnish and flavor for
chopped meat, buttered potatoes, fish
sauces, as well as soups.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
EIiza's Ambition,

"Im eatin' my peck o trouble an no
mistake" exclaimed Mrs. Skewer to
her friend. Mrs. Dobbs. "WOt wiz
Jimmie jest 'ad measles, an my husband
down why skyatticker. I've got quite
enough worry wivout Eliza wantin' to
leave 'ome."
"You don't mean to say so" ex-
claimed Mrs. Dobbs, sympatheically.
Does she want to go out to serviceW
Service No, that she don'tw re-
piled Mrs. Skewer "She's got quite
different idea in 'er cad"
Factory" suggested her friend.
mo, it amt the factory she's after
may as well tell you, she's perspir-
Ing to the stage. That's wot she is 7"
emphatically exclaimed Mrs. Skewer,
IAN / won't have it"-London Tit
Bits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
orqot the Umbrella.

One of Chauncey Mitchell Depew's
best stories is the story of the spot
ted dog, which as a boy he bought
from II local dog dealer. The next
morning it was raining he says, "and
| took the dog out into the woods, but
the rain was too much for him. 1t
washed the spots off. l trotted the dog
back to the dealer.
"Look at this animal said. The
spots have all washed off
"'Great guns, boy" he replied, there
was an umbrella went with that dog.
Didn't you get the umbrella 2"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

brown sugar, one teaSpOOnful each of
soda and salt. Mix well and bake In
moderate oven one and a quarter
hours.
Another good bran bread: Take two
cupfuls of bran, two cupfuls of flour,
two cupfuls of sour milk, one cupful
of brown sugar, one cupful of raisins,
one teaspoonful of soda, and one-half
teaspoonful of salt. After sitting the
flour into a basin, add the bran and
other dry ingredients. Mix the soda
with the sour milk and pour this into
the dry ingredients, turn when well
blended into a well-greased pan and
bake in hot oven one hour.
Fruit Bran Muffns.-Take two table
spOOnfuls of molasses, one pint of milk,
one cupful of bran One-fourth of a
cupful of walnut meats, one cupful of
entire wheat flour, one teaspoonful of
salt, three teaspOonfuls of baking
powder and one-half cupful of raisins.
Mix the mOlasses, bran, milk, flour,
salt and baking powder, nut meats and
raisins cut in pieces. Bake in a hot
oven in muffin tins for 30 minutes.
Bran rangeade.-Take a fourth of
a cupful of bran and cover with two
cupfuls of cold water; let it stand over
night, Strain, chill and add the juice
Of an orange and serve.
Bran Gems.-Take a cupful each of
bran and graham flour, add seven
Fights of a cup of milk, one teaspoon
full Of salt, one tablespoonful Of sugar,
three teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and four tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter. Mix the bran and other dry In
gradients together, add the melted but
ter, turn into buttered muffin pal. and
bake in hot oven 90 to 80 minutes.
Bran Biscut.-Take half cupful
each of bran and -four, teaspoonful
Of baking powder, one teaspoonful of
melted butter, little salt and mix to
make a dough to roll. Cut in rounds
and bake in a moderate oven.
Nu... }NA,l m,ep
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

This frock of gray jersey has organ
die ruffIes at neck and wrists. Pockets
are braided with gray silk. The but
tons are silver and the belt of blue
suede.
was the one that rules whatever the
French do in dress: which is to make
the best of the human figure and give
it as good an outline as art and nature
combined can produce.
Today 1t is exceedingly difficult to
make an American woman appear in
her shirt sleeves in public; in the pri-
vacy of her own home, yes; but even
there she finds a one-piece frock far
more artistic than q cloth skirt with
a separate white blouse. 1t is because
she has discovered, after many years,
that the figure looks infinitely better
and more graceful with a long line
reaching from neck to hips, that she
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
Eminently Practical.

at is no use trying to get away from
the solemn fact that the woman of to-
day Is a most practical and resourceful
creature said the man who has
known few.
"What makes you think 500" friend
asked.
THE unsentimental attitude of girl
know. / told her that she had in
splred some of my best poems. She
didn't say word about the poems, but
she wrote to my publishers for per-
centage on the royalties"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
WOMEN TURN TO
ONE=PlECE GOWN

wears a sweater constantly in the
house. She has begun to feel that the
waistline should be obliterated at all
costs.
In this frame of mind she naturally
turns to the gown cut in one piece,
hanging in long line. 1t allows her to
comfort herself with the thought that
even if her waist is too thick in front
and her skirt rides, these deficiencies
are covered up by the frOck or coat
that, charitably trifie too high in the
waistband, passed them by without re-
vealing them to the onlooker.
Long Line Under the Arms.
So insistent have the women be-
come upon hiding the waist, except
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
AnsWe ed.

"Pa, what is a fund of informa-
tion?" asked the kid who could ask a
thousand dollars worth of questions
per fiscal month.
"Oh, it's merely little collection
taken up occasionally to provide the
benighted heather with school books
and other superfuous paraphernalia,"
pa.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
From Bibles 70 Guns

War brings many curious changes.
a few months ago the American Bible
society sent to Panama a fine power
boat, the Goodwill, for the use of it's
new Bible house there in supplying
Bibles to the vessels that pass through
the canal. Now the boat, mounting a
gun, is in the government patrol serv-
ice.-YOuth's Companion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
Adopt 1t Chiefly Because of Grow.
ing Aversion to Marked
WaiStIine.
FINALLY ADOPT FRENCH IDEA
Americans, After Years of Opposition,
Decide That Feminine as Well as
Masculine ShrtsIeeves
Should BE Hidden.

New YOrk.-Thcre is no doubt that
the increasing popularity of wooden
jersey has solved several problems of
Importance for many women. 1t has
been difficult to find suitable COM
promise between serge and muslin for
warm weather. When that weave
known as jersey made its appearance
in sweaters, it was greeted with en-
thusiasm, for there We're undOubted
disadvantages in the knitted garment
on hot days and there has come about
such a rooted aversion to the marked
waistline, or, rather, the admission of
it by leaving it uncovered, that every
woman, slim or stout, desires sack
of some kind to drop from shoulders
to hips. In jersey one-piece frOcks
they find the right substitute for the
skirt and separate blouse.
The French have always been the
strongest opponents of that keenlE
drawn division of the skirt from the
bodice, and even after they adopted
the AnglO-SaXon coat and skirt made
of mannish suitings, severely built,
they did not remove the jacket in the
house,
In those days we were in the habit
of laughing at them and showing at
all times Il rather cOntemptuOus atti-
tude toward their abuse, as we said,
of the type of apparel we had made
famous. When Americans in Par is
went about on hot days without a
coat, wearing dark skirt and white
lingerie blouse, the little midinettes
at the noon hour were wont to turn
and laugh in that provocative manner
We thought they We're ignorant of
the proper way to treat coat suit. We
hated to hear that laugh of derisiOn
intended for "women who turned out
on the streets in their ShirtSleeveS,
which even the French workman did
not do" as they put it, but we acted
in a like contemptuOuS manner, and
each side thought it had drawn blood,
as it We're.
When Americans turned into the tea
places where there was dancing after
five o'clock and found women dancing
with their jackets on, we wondered
how they stood the discomfort of it,
and we Immediately took off our coats
to show deliberately embroidered chif-
fOn blOuses which we thought very
suitable indeeds Evidently the Parish
enne did not think so, from the uplift-
ed eyebrows that greeted the costume.
But America is usually tOplOfty at first
and initiative in the end. The several
seasons of amused derisiOn on the
part of the French for the woman in
shirtsleeves finally began to have its
effect and sensitive souls began to
keep on their coats in public places.
Covering the Shirt Sleeves.
Then the Americans went over
Fundamentally to the French idea that
woman, as well as q man, must hide
her white shirt sleeves. 1t was found
ed, you see, on the right artistic idea
as well as on good taste. The control
ling reason behind the French attitude
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
New Lanquaue in Maxine.

A new language is in the making in
France, where the French and English
troops have developed a peculiar Ian
guage, known only to themselves,
which answers all their common needs
The words nonplus the official inter-
prefers, but an English soldier with
no French ut all can ask French sol
der with no English at all for vir-
tually anything he wants-and gets it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

Cabbage With Sausage.
r. move the out e r
leaves of q hard head of
cabbage and cut out the
center, filing it with
well-seasoned, uncooked
sausage. Tie up and drop
into boiling water to
cook for an hour. Serve
sliced hot or cold.
liver Balls parhnil
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08

How easy it is for one benevolent
being to diffuse pleasure around him
and how truly is a kind heart foun-
tain of gladness making everything
in its vicinity to freshen into smiles.
Washington Irving.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-08
Back to Ewes Style.

Mother Eve wore fig leaves"
"Just So" responded the modiste.
And | have always thought some
thing chic could be turned out along
these lines today"