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a delightful termination Of the Scot
fish Rite reunion which has been held
during tho past week. will hc the clab-
crate formal ball OF Thursday evening.
Tho Premier orchestra will play II dance
program especially arranged. and during
the intrrmissi"n at 1850 o'clock refresh
,n,nta will be served.
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hIeSsrS:


Miss Helen Hcrvty will be a charming
little hostess To the members OF her
club. on Friday evening at her homo on
North Broadway. There will be knit
ting. music and games for diversion, and
nj III" evenings close dainty rcfresh-
mcnts will DC partaken Of. There Will
be- present:
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All Day Sewing Postponed

Tho "aIl day sewing" Of the Kings
Daughters Of the Fourth street N. T..
church which was !" hnv" Icon held to-
dav nj the homo "r Mrs. Nm lIruuhaus.
has hcrn post rnn"d ON account Of th"
members being =" husily engaged In ih"
liberty loan CnnvnsS. Th'. next TrriI me-
Will he held on EnVrmh"r -.
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Recital Of woman's Club.

The first open recital Of the music de-
rart,mcni OF tho WOman's Club will be
held this afternoon at the Y. w. c. A. al
O'Clock. with Mrs Elsie Fischer kinchc-
lnc. dircctrcss. The delightful program
which has hccn arranged will be pre-
scnted by many OF Wheeling's artists.
Mrs. Frrda Lrincr Woolleuweber IS
chairman in charge.
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Mercantile Club Affair.

This evening In the Mercantile club
rooms. Will be- hold y card and dancing
marty which has been most deliberately
planned for by the members Of the
unlup"!n"nt committee.
Cards wll b. Enjoyed from to 1880
rciucn followed 10y dancing until IL
n'r!orn. laIIuw"ca details will rnchance
thc nttrnciivcncss or the affair.
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Literary Club To-day.

To-day at the Hotel Windsor, the
Woman's Literary club will hold meet
ing at o'clock. Mrs. Anna Bourne will
be hoard In n lectur" on "Tagore. the ORR
entail Mys;ic." Reports from the conven-
ton OF The Federation of Woman's Clubs
recently held IN Charleston. will be read.
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inE cards and reading newspapers, nut
tho. commander If the battery was I'M
willing that We should 5" with Such
peaceful impression Of his guns. tie
brought his MEN tn action witN w"Tu
or TWO and sent six shells sailing Al
the German hrs, line trenches for our
benefit. We left. half dcafcped bu:
del GIFTED
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n'Bricn. Miss Emily Shepherd and Mis-
Ituchael Roberts.
Those present were:
Misses:
No1l Murphy, Martha Patterson,
Agnes Burkhardt, Katherine Kerns,
Mary Glatzcr, 9larie Sheets
Clara stiles Freda Winters,
Mabel Williams, Grace Nixon,
Wildn Huntsberry. Margaret Nay,
Salina Huntsberry. Arpha Aud,
Edna Stiles Gladys Cutshaw,
Nell Stiles Amy Richards.
Agnes Carey. Margaret Naeglo.
Gertrude Moon. Ada Handler,
heSsrS:
Edward Patterson. Clarence Dickman,
Russell McMaSter. Richard Henry,
William Stiles, Victor Williams.
Fred Ioungman. Thirsty GOOD,
william Thomas, Clarence Amos.
Walter Braun. Lester LeSTelo,
KYLE n'C'onncu, Albert Smell.
Herbert RhodeckeT. G. K. Kline,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Gardner.
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Louise Rlool

Louise Bloomfield Helen Waller
Katherine Schoficld Mary Goodhue
E.llzabrth Marshall LYDIA Edwards
Mary Eliza Noyes Gertrude Connolly
Dorothy Holden
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door OF the newspaper office there sat
an old lady with Il lapful OF fancy work.
A shell come from over the hills. and IN
the seconds while II whistled and then
smashed the old lady threaded her
needle.
4 day later when some Of US were
willing to confess that OF all miserable
sounds the whistling OF shell vas the
meanest, we found curious kink IN the
brain Of every one.
It was the universal experience that
tho slightest bit Of cover, however in
adequate. gave a sense or safety out or
all proportion to its utility. Thus we all
felt much more uncomfortable" In the
SQUARE than when We stood in the ocm-
posing room of the newspaper. which
was shielded by the remains ~ glass
skylight- The same curious psych"ioSi-
cal twist can be found among soldiers at
the front. Again and again men Will b."
found taking apparcn; comfort In the
fact that half an inch OF tin roof protects
them from the shells OF the Germans.
Ono Is always taken from the cathe-
dray Of Rheims 10 tho wine cellars.
The children Of darkness arc Invariably
wiser than the children Of light. and tho
champagne merchants have not suffered
as the ,thurchmen have done. Their
business places have been knocked about
their heads. but their treasures are un-
foreground deep enough 10 defy the big
gest shells.
In the cellar Of a single company
which we visited there were lo.D00.0hO
quarts Of wine. Even the German inva-
sion at the beginning Of the war failed
to deplete this stock. Hundreds of pco-
pie live in these cellars. which are lald
out in avenues and streets. We came
first to New York. street with tier
upon tier Of wine bottles; then to Bos-
ton. then to Euenos Ayers. then to
Montreal. ono # the visitors OK
planned that the street named New York
contained the wine destined to he
shipped TO that city. while Bueucs
Ayers contained the consignment for
the Argentine capital, and so on.
We nodded acceptance OF the theory.
but the next wine-iRden street was
called Garnet ard the next was Jeanne
dare.
From the cellars we made journey
to a battery OF French 75s. 1t was a
peaceful military station. for 40 we'll
wore the guns concealed that they
seemed exempt from German fire. IN
spite OF the fact that they had been
in place for half year.
The men sat about underground play
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Comics of the following announcement
has been received by friends In the
city:
Harry Barrett Leslie
and
Edna McNIrchcu West
wish to announce their marriage OF
Saturday. the twentieth Of October
nineteen hundred ana seventeen
at tho residence Of 31i2 Melon street
Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Barrett Leslie
at Home
after November the first
233S W Montgomery Ave.
Philadelphia
Mrs. Leslie Is the youngest daughter
of Mr.. apd Mrs. Jess, l.. MCMcChen. Of
McMcchen W. Va. Mr.. Leslie who is n
resident If Philadelphia. Pa, IS engaged
In the banking business in that city.
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Luncheon at Mcclure.

At tho McI.urr hotel on saturday. Mrs.
William K. Cox of Wondlawr viii COM
pllrnrnt her visitors and thns" of Mrs.
Fred Cowl of Glrnwo"i with n luncheon
Al lao O'clock. Yellow and white
chrysuuth cmuIns viii adorn The table.
and The other appointments Of the
luncheon will BE- ui the same hucs
'rhoSn iuvi1td arc:
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M PREMIUM On EXCITEMENT IN
RUNNING RHEIMS NEWSPAPER

INK party who felt uncomfortable he was
unwilling to show 1t. for just outside the
door OF the newspaper office there sat
an old lady with Il lapfui OF fancy work.
A shell come from over the hills. and in
the seconds while 1t whistled and then
smashed the old lady threaded her
needle.
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For MrS. mckinley.

Mrs. Oscar Schm"Ichcl at her home
on Twcnty-tuur;h street entertained tue
mem bcrs ri hcr sewing club last eve
ming. coinplimcntins one OF the former
members, Mrs Anhr"w Mckinley. VINO
has been living IN California for the pas;
wear, and who with her husband has
recently returned 10 take up their resi-
dcncc here.
Sewing Offered pleasure for screra
honrs. und AT 1890 o'clock the guests
were invited t. the dtuing room where
AN elaborate luncheon was enjoyed. y
mound Of pink roses conferred the table
and the other details Of tho luncheon
wrre Of the same hue. Those present
were:
Misses
Alvcrda Jerome Evelyn conrad
Carolyn Carnahan Mary RAIDER
Helen Wenzcl
MrSdamcs--
Andrew McC;lnloy W Kennamond
Elmer Reck.r Ralph Stewart
Elmer kroskopf Harold Evans.
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NlSStS--
Clara Wilson Hannah Relic
Martha Wilkinson kHShl"y
EVA LscminE f.drA KING
Nirrinia Carnul hers isabelle lIa2lctt
Flora Scott susan l'thmnu
Ad6n Savage Cora Amos
Margaret Grihhlc Ida N"iiIwl
Helen lIy"r Alberta h"Hh
t.ullic Morgan Edna SturcLSS
Edna Hawkins Evelyn lnnc"r
Florence Coleman Lefty Coleman
Irene ryres
MrSdAmcS-
Frank kinChclOe Carl Sells
| Charles Block houiS MelIEer
John G. Williams =. \ Johnson
Loo. AMOS VIII Stumpp
George Rihbcc Willard Hubbard
| ". il. SiarkcY II. r.. Coleman
l.. W NJ Ernest 3. q. krmplc
! II T. Davis Rosa EtSSom
| Margaret ElaCk Edward bonu
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Announcement Mnde
Harry Barrett Leslie

Cnpiee of the following announcement
has been received by friends In the
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san,ors Ento-tntu rootbnll SQUAD.

The Seniors OF the 1917! Il class Of the
High; schoo! entertained the football
squad with q delightful dance n tho
Elks' club on Monday evening. Gump 3
orchestra furnished Il program or catchy
dance airs.
Tho committee in charge OF the pleas
ure was composed OF Misses Katherine
N.rvcy, NnrIo lIuucrl". Mcsrs. Maurice
Moore, Herbert Frederick.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-07-09

morning star And when
In
in aking purchase
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"WEDNESDAY TTUY Ilth
Spend Little and Save Lot tn
Ass. Wash fabrics offer Saving Opportunities Thee

in
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drink wine instead of beer They are
more lively in their disposition than
the Prussians. Saxons and Bavarians.
who are Of heavy and phlegmatic
nature,
The Bavarians are noted for their
proves RS beer drinkers, and 1t is not
at all unusual for prosperous burxhers
Of Munich TO dispose of thirty large
glasses of beer in a day. hence the
cures which exist all over Germany
and where the average German bust-
ness man spends part, at least, of his
annual vacation
GERMANS HEAVY EATERS
IN PEACE TIMES.
In peace times the Germans are
heavy eaters. AS some one saws. 1T
is not true that the Germans eat all
the time hut they eat all the time
except during seven periods OF the
day when they take their meals.
And It is fact that prosperous fner-
chants Of Berlin. before the war. had
seven meals n day; first breakfast
III a comfortably early hour. second
breakfast az about IL, OF perhaps q
glass Of milk. or perhaps glass OF
beer and sandwiches; a very heavy
lunch Of four or five courses with
wine and beer. coffee and cakes at
3: tea and sandwiches or sandwiches
and beer at about S; A strong dinner.
with several kinds Of wines. at about
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with so much fear that it will never
take practical sha pc.
In Bavaria, for example even the
comic newspa pers have for years ridi-
culed the Prussians and the house o.
hohenzollern The smashing defat by
Prussia of Austria and the allied
German states. Bavaria. saxony,
Hesse Hanover. etc. in 1866, and the
growth of Prussisnisn since then in
all of these coutries, keep the people
from any overt act, It is a question.
perhaps. as to how these countriee,
especially bavaria, would act in ca -
% the utter defeat Of Germany. But
at present they must be counted on
Only as faittFHI servants. in a milf
tarv way. - the German emperor
FIINATT AND
CONOJFRING GENIUS.
NoHtesQu5eu. the author of the
Esprit des Lois" SAYS, "All law
comes from ffIe soil" and it has been
claimed th4t residence in the hot C3i-
mate of the tropics in some measures
changes Anglo Saxon character II
{s. therefore. always well IN judging
ma tional character TO know something
Of the physical characteristics and
climate of the country which a ma
ton inhabits.
The heart Of modern Germany is
the great north central plain which
comprises virtually all Of the original
klnrdom Of Prussia, stretching north.
ward from the Saxon and Hart2
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m ountains to the North and Baltic
sea. 1t is from this dreary and in
fertile plain that for many centuries
conquering military races have poured
over Europe. The climate Is not as
cold in winter as that of the north
ern part of the United Sta ties There
is much rain. and the winter skies
are so dark that the absence OF the
sun must have some effect upon the
character of the people. The Saxons
inhabit a more mountainous country;
Wurttem berg and Baden are htilV;
Bavaria is a land of beauty, diversi 3.
fed with lovely lakes and mountains,
The soft outlines of the vine-covered
hills Of the Rhine valley have long
been the admiration of travellers
The inhabitants Of Prussia were
originally not Germaaic4 hut rather
Slavic in type. and, indeed tod@y i'm
the forest Of the River Spree on
which Berlin Is aituated, and only
about fifty miles from that city there
sttll dwell DESCENDANTS Of the original
Wendish Inhabitants OF the country
who speak the Wendish language.
The wet-nurses whose picturesque
dress Is SO noticeable on the streets
Of Berlin, all come from this Weudish
colony, which. has been preserved
through thn many years that have
swept over this part Of Germany be-
cause Of the refuge afforded in the
swamps and forests of this district.
The inhabitants OF the Rhine valley
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MYFOUR YEARSNGERAlANY"- AMBASSADOR GERARDS BOOB
CoutL of the
Germany, 5 lncapacfy TO Rule Other Peoples
Has Created Intemecine Difficulties in
Many Parts of Enpire-Poland and Al
SAGE Despise and Hate Prussidn Autocrdfs

Of g'oland which hos been incorporat-
GA IN Prussia Tor years Prussia has
alternately ee5otzei and oppressed the
FOL, and has made every endeavor
~ renl,.. the Polish Inhabitants with
German oo1ooi te \ commission has
hcpn esto hlished which buys estates
FROM Poles and soils them to Ger
mans This commission has the ROVER
~ condemninH tho land o. polas,
taking thes" lands from them by
force. compromising them at 2 rate
determined bv the commission and
settling Germans on the lands SO
seized This commission haq its head
qua rters in Posen The result has
NOT he~n successful All tho country
side surrounding noseu and the citv
itself IL dFvidcd into two factions BY
going % one hotel cr the other you
announce thaf Won are Nro-Gern1an
or urn- Polish Poles will NOT deal
fr ehofs kent a., Germans or IN SHOES
nn j0e= tho sfg7e arc i'I Polish.
e'hr sots Or Germans ~-hc raVe set
tied IN Poland under the protection
81 the comm scion ortec marry Polish
women TIL. lnvariaE,e result ~
these " 'xgd marriages. IS that the
children are catholics and Poles.
Polish deputies voting as Poles sit In
t'ta Trussian legislature and IN the
r"ichsta-. and n o portion of the old
KINGDOM 81 Poland ie made a sepsrte
country At the end Of this war il win
have the effect 81 making tho Poles in
Prussia wore restless and more ar
greesive than eyer
/ IN order To wir the s--npattieS Of
thu poIl'E the emperor caused royal
oaqF4a ha built wlthin racent wears
In the city NJ Fo~en and appointed
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stations through which nearly fl
thousand soldiers pass every day H&
the work OF the canteens can be don&
by women, and the staff will be buiit
around American women. Fifty have
recently been recruited in the United
States.
Ready for All Arrivals
For the needs of the American SOL
diers now in France. the Red Cross has
already made provision. Troops are re-
ceived a, large reception camps on the
French coast, and after several weeaa
of preliminary training are sent to per-
manent training camps just back Of ~
firing line
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laundries, and mending and disinfecting
rooms at these camps. The original
equipment will probably be SUI pied by
the French authorities. as is the case
with the heid cantcens, but the Red
Cross will. keep the stations going and
furnish the attendants,
Various appetiring foods which the
soldiers can buy to supplement camp
fare. tobacco and small articles will be
on sale, At all these cantcens returning
po,Ius can make themselves at home"
in true American fashion.
Committing to the Trenches
Another special need arises at the
junction points on the French railroads
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and the railroad stations in and about
Paris, Often there are no facilities for
getting food at places where the SOL
diers may have to wal, three orHspur
hours, or even over night The Red
Cross. by large-soale purchasing and
volunteer service, can sell hot meals and
miscellaneous foodstuffs al price 10
low that the soldiers can afford them.
and yet, enough above cost to provide
for maintenance and extension.
There ~ elesen Of thsas railroad
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gree of comfort the army itself affords
But in the trenches i, means food that
frequently must be eaten cold. 1t means
water sometimes carried for hours IN
the canvas canteen bottle II means
sleeping when one can. and Catching
2 smoke only when the gleam OF
f.latch cannot be seen across the parapet
OF the trenches,
TO give these uIen the cup OF cotd
wafer or hot soup. which frequently may
mean the difference between. spirited
fighting and sagging morale. is going to
be the business OF the Red Cross --Al
ready tho French Red Cross had begun
this serv) ce-which means. In practice.
the estaH ishment of stations close be-
hind ths krout-liue trenches where cold
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CIrt~rns sonnFI Srrcs
COMES OUT OF HOA1

Along the route of the troops the Red
Cross has established inhrmaries and
rest stations. each in charge of =
American trained nurse with IN 1seia|
ant. An inhrmary contains ten be11
stock of drugs. and necessary supg
Arrangement is made for TIE CO..
the seriously i'll at French -hoepitx
the neighborhood. Daily calls are
upon these patients ~ the uuss
her sttendaas. who carry rssdz
| -. tueesee epatseais.s -
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Y establishing cantec Tor every
= French and American army corps al
ia iroat in France, the American Red
SIS is seeking TO bring cheer ard
sur7furt to the soldiers in the trenches
,@Tnseives
IL Is 10 the trenches that the real
s.ardships OF war are found Behind the
.sssses. IN camp In the hospital and feiiei
sstions. always there are many willing
sat4ds extended TO make the soldiers lot
ssssssf. There are packages from the
relatives back home" recreation and
ESTABLISHMENT facilities provided By the
ked Csuss The Y. n c A. and other
sne;eA = sddifsea @. ~ S,sases T.
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very great
Wen troops leave the trenches to go
back to reserve posts or are sent home on
leave. generally they are mud stained.
germ-laden. covered with trench vermln.
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Bv JAMES w. GERARD

American Atnhasshdor NJ the German
Imperial Court. July ~, 1918,
IN February I. .9i5.
Copyright. Canada, 1917. - the Pub
lie Ledger COMPANY. ipternaiionai
copyright. 1917, hr the Pubic LED
ger Company All rights reserved
ANY Infringement will be orose-
cslfnd
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In cooperation with the Young Mems
Christian Associations of both France
and America--co-operation which does
not permit any duplication of effort
the Red Gross i installing shower baths,
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Hot Drinks by the Gallon

When our own men get into the
trenches they will find the service in tuh
operation and will share in It's benefits
The TYPICAL canteen Of this sorf is a
field kitchen in or near the second line
of trenches Generally it is from two to
FIVE miles behind the firing line Here
about lbs gallons of hot drinks--coffse,
tea, chocolate or bouillon--can be kept
at the proper heat in large thermos con-
tainers mounted on trucks.
A Red Csoss -eonvoysr and three
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drinks and no, can both be kept ready
for any poila who needs then1-when
Major Murphy. head OF the Red Cross
Commission to France, asked that
America might aid in the work.
To carry the work on a scale so that
every army corps at the front could BE
supplied with such = canteen. the War
Council has appropriated 100000
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CONTINUED on Sixth Page.)
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
1--WE Shall Neuer Again Be
Diuided or Wonder What
Stuff We Are Made or
President Wilson's Thanksgiving Proclamation

By the President of the United States of
1t has long the honoed in
fruitful
God for His blessings
peril because amidst the darkness
blessings
better than of mind and
We have been the
ourselves the Declaration
and with
selves In this day Of the revelation duty only
rights nation but defend the
the resolution and spirit o united
m A of
and We
especially
which those
light shines about The
spirit again
stuff
while
God that all humblene of
guidane that purpose of
that by His minds
strengthened; and that His liberty security peace
comadeship a
tionso o
Wilson president of States
hereby
land that ordinary occupations
God, the ruler of nations.
my
of the United States be affixed.
the District of Columbia this
WOODROW WILSON President
LANSING, Secretary of State.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-10
PEACE PACIFISTS ARE EXCORIATED
ASHIN HELPERS BY THE SWTTCHNIEN
Local Union Adopts Resolutions Commencing Proprietor
Howe Hall and Chief Armstrong for Preventing Meet
ing of to Government; Denver Too
Patriotic for ProGerman Advocates

Denver Local No. 50, Switchmen's
Union of North America does not hesi-
tate to openly eNcoriate those who
who seek to give aid to the enemy"
in the present national crisis. This
union holds its regular meetings in
Howe hall, 154S California street,
where the local branch of the National
Peace Council of Pacifists was last
week refused permission to meet. The
proprietor, Charles II. Howe, had de-
clined to rent the hall, but it was
later sub-let to inc Peace Council by
the Socialist party organization, which
has the place rented for weekly
meeting night.
When he learned of this Proprietor
Howe asked Chief of Police Armstrong
to stop. the meeting, so that when the
pacifists arrived, about twenty in num-
Der, they found entrance barred by a
Gordon of police. The Peace Council
has been refused the use of every hall
in Denver it has asked for up to date.
In voicing their condemnation Of the
Peoples Council for Democracy and
Terms of Peace, members Of the
Switchmcn's Union, in regular session,