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The Washington times., 1917-07-27

Miss Ethel Irving tells an anus
ing story relative to the very pc
cuIiar views held IN some quarters
concerning the members OF the the
atrieal profession Once, when on
tour, all the hotels in \ town where
she was playing were full, and all
the best lodgings were also occu-
pied by farmers and their wives
owing to ItS being cattle show
week
Eventually she was glad to take
shelter for the night in the humble
abode Of . good lady who eked out
4 slender income gained through
taking IN washing and by letting
lodgings to all and sundry. The
iandlady proved to be q good sort.
however, and on leaving Miss Ir-
wing thanked her cordially for her
kindness and consideration Imag-
Inc the amused astonishment Of the
famous actTess when the good lady
looking up from her wash-tub. said,
with benign condescension:
That's all right, my dear. I'm
always good to theatricGls. for
never know what my own children
may come TO-"
Poole, the famous London tailor
was making holiday At Brighton.
ana one morning, on the pier. he
met one Of his noble customers.
GOOD morning. Mr.. Poole" said
the peer.
Good morning. my lord" replied
the tailor, who then passed on
Stay. Mr., Poole, I want TO show
you this coat" replied the GriSto-
erat 1T doesn't 1T me at all"
Poole was q man OF ready wit He
stopped, looked carefully at the
coat, and then. drawing q piece OF
chalk from his pocket, said:
Your hardship Is right: the coat
wants to be- taken IN here and let
out there. and shortened here and
The Washington times., 1917-07-27
By Jane Mclean.

~ IRIS did you know that
III Elsie had broken her en-
EagSmsnt?'
There was a howl OF derision
from the crowd Nonsense You
must be crazy. Where on earth did
you ever hear THAR
It's true You may be sure
wouldn't be telling It II It weren't"
How do you known
Her mother told my mother this
morning
The girls all fell to Eossipping.
What could have happenedI Ted
and Elsie had been SO well suited
Why, they had been friends from
childhood. and when they had nnally
become engaged every one had
thought II the most natural thing In
the world How strange II would
seem not to see them together, and
to think OF Ted Crofts unhampered
stirred more than one girls heart
Perhaps they've had q quarrel
and II will be patched up in day or
So" suggested one Of the girls.
The nrst speaker shook her head
Il don't think So" she said, thought
fully. 1T isn't like Elsie to break
an engagement for no reason other
than a quarrel"
What did her mother seem to
think about itT"
'T don't know. I couldn't learn
anything definite I'm telling you
girls all 1 know about the matter"
The truth Of the entire thing had
happened the eVeping before on the
veranda of the Howells residence.
As usual. Ted had como over to
see Elsie and they had settled them
selves on the veranda for q talk
Elsie was not happy She had
noticed that these talks had taken
the place OF other intimactes that
engaged couples generally think in
dfspensable. Ted had certainly
changed, and Elsie wondered vague
ly what had changed him
Ted" she said finally. summoning
up all her courage, what's the mat
ter with your
Ted started. why, nothing. FL
sie," he had said. flushing uncom-
fortably.
Elsie laughed and her laugh
helped to reassure him.
what makes you think there Isl"
he had parried.
Don't be foolish, Ted. Haven't
you known me long enough to tell
me the truth. Aren't we friendsT
The boy met her honest eyes with
his own filled with distress.
Don't, Elsie" he begged; "don'tr
Don't what?'' said the girl light
ly. Let's come to the point You've
The Washington times., 1917-07-27
HICTANER---"T "The Man Fish
Severac OpenLv Declares His LOUe for Mile. Moisette
By Jean De La Hire
What Has Gone Before.

FN,lh.rt a Ruddhist monk Of the TibStAn
Lama living IN an Isolated house on the
Island Of Cabrera In the MsditeTTansah,
longs to rule the world. Fulbert 10 alone
with Oxus master of the house, who has
made startling experiments In yivtsection.
Euibert learns that Oxus has succeeoed IN
producing q new kind OF ereature ~
inErafting the lungs Of a great nah In an
orlng outAng. Thsy decide to Try the
same experiment on q human being.
Oxus had expected his own wife, Bertha,
to give birth to . male child, but little
girl was born instead. rulbert, IN mon
astery In Spain, takes from Martha de
Bliguires her male infant born out OF
wedlock. The mother goes mad When the
child is torn from her breast.
Fulbert takes the child and journeys
back to Cabrera
Eighteen years pass. The scene shifts
to the French torpedo boat Cyclone, In
YiIlstranche Haroor. The comma nosr.
Lieut.. Louis de CiSsrat, is talking TO =
friend. Il u February !. CtserAt calls at
tent,on to q Newspaper article which tells
Of q visit Of q mysterious stranger TO the
palace Of The Kaissr THs .n haissr Y - eTm, ~.
Unknown" Similar proclAmAtions are
received by the rulers Of France. Bel
Efum, DNnmArk, Great Britain AustriAs
Russia, and Holland.
French squadron are summoned on beard
Admiral GermInet'I nsGship: The sd-
mirnl announces that the "OnknoWn mas
blown up q herman anu = INlllnA
ship, and has alfo destroyed Fort ChAV-
aganac, CheroourT.
Other forts and ships also are destroyed.
Fulbert and Oxus are then turned TO In
the story, being located on an Island On
the Arabian coast
''Hictaner" or the mAn-nsh, comes into
the chamber and talks TO Oxus and Fur
bert by means Of signals. Tha two monks
Fuibert and Oxus Disclose their secret
scheme to Severac, thus far ignorant OF II
Fulbert decides 70 allow 'Hictanor
Rreater freedom, and tell him he caa
leave the cavern IN which he has been
hidden for some time. whenever he wishes.
HictAner II overjoyed. and he IL then eK-
amined by Oxus to see that he IL In good
health.
Meanwhile Moisstte visits Martha de
BlIguires. mother Of Hictaner. brpt .
prisoner In the Cayerns. who oa'-s the
double tragedy Of her life. After leaving
her, hoisette goes out to the shore. where
she meets Hictaner. Later Sevsrao comes
to an understanding with Uxus and Fui-
bert.
The Washington times., 1917-07-27
. The Unlucky Number,

James," said q customer induiR-
emily and yet firmly. 81 ordered one
dozen oysters. Now, in my young
days one dozen comprised precisely
twelve. Why. then, have you brought
only elevenr'
James adjusted his serviette to
the required position on his forearm
and bowed elegantly. Sir" he said
calmly and evenly. 'our patrons do
not care TO sit thirteen at tAbleP'
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

in this book alone.
To be one human being means to
be monstrously mixed.
The clearest lights on persons are
smalls alient, personal facts and
items about them and their ways OF
life.
am old-fashioned In many OF
my tastes-in all my reading and
writing tastes. lido not like typewrit-
ers; they make fnger-tips callous
In q poor cause. And do not like
fountain pens, which some way
seem suitable only for business let
ters, forgeries, bookkeeping, and
crude, cursory love letters.
I like q glass of very hot water
and q dish OF preserved damson
plums on q sultry August day.
I wear hYe-and-a-half A-last
shoes; number twenty-one snug
whaleboae stays. and weigh l24
pounds
I love the sound OF the cllnking
of two clean, new clay pipes, one
upon the other.
The Washington times., 1917-07-27
Mary MacLane Writes of HeaUen
The Gifted Writer Says the Word Has "SOunds of
Finality as if All the Winds Had Stopped -
BLOUing FOreUer.'

The kiss OF q lover has an m
tense, comic use: the kiss Of
mother IL tender, fostering food;
the kiss Of q friend Is vantage; the
kiss Of q child is cool charm Of
snowhakss and green SpTingtim"
leaves.
don't want TO get into heaNeA.
I don't know what II is, but the
word has sounds OF nnality, as II
all winds, sweet. nervous, petal
ridden winds, had stopped blowing
forever.
There's . human efiuvium which
I feel from people which would
touch. wrap, enclose me In . harsh
vapor-a hslf-frozsn. half-stinging
worldly cloud.
So II IL finished and I have failed
because I am too cowardly and too
weak and too dishonest to write
certain bruised and self-accusing
places in my soul and in my heart
and in my mind which rightly come
in the scope OF this
More of these unique reflections
will appear here soon.
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

o1T C9undy -
patrioticAlly sug-
Essts that We re-
Train noh the
use Of meat At
least one day h
the week
But what can
I have on that
dayr' asks the
housewife
The Washington times., 1917-07-27
By Loretto C. Lynch.

. HE head Of very large pack
ing house In Chicago tssls a.
there u . meat shortage in
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

Here is another Installment Of
extracts from the book, "I, Mary
MacLane," by Mary McLane, who
pictures herself in the different
phases Of her moods with such IN
difference as to PUBLIC opinion:
The Washington times., 1917-07-27
For FUe Cents o. Person
Onion Omelet
By Jeanette Hardman,

By Jeanette Hardman,
~ HOP one small onion finely.
Melt two tablespoonfuls Of
butter In a stewpan; when
hot, put in the onion and fry It
without browning; then add a table,
spoonful Of chill sauce and cook
Unti..'ihe onion iH tender Beat four
eggs In . bowl with q fork until
the whites and yolks are thorough
" mixed. but they should not be
kEatax; asaaeR tAeH via salt and
The Washington times., 1917-07-27
By Mary MacLane.
This 1 write is a strange thing.

This 1 write Is a strange thing.
This write is so close to fact,
so far from 1t; so close to truth, so
far from II.
Ny mind lives like q witch in q
forest. weaving Its spells, reveling
in smooth, vivid adventure.
Every human friendship / form
throws me back more completely on
myself.
know my own human enchant-
ments, and they never fail me,
1t seems some way unlike God to
make each person a something all
OF cross-purpose.
My days are as silent as II I lived
The Washington times., 1917-07-27
Now Go On With the Story.

~ ULBERT and Oxus had both
u gone to their rooms. Moisette
passed out and Severac fol-
i lowed her. The young girl
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

More of these unique reflections
will appear here soon.
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

IN iris. did you know that
III Elsie had broken her en-
EaEsmentg'
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

My days are as silent as If lived
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

To Re C0ntinued TOmorrow.
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

like q glass of very hot water
and q dish OF preserved damson
plums on q sultry August day.
The Washington times., 1917-07-27

HOPE ON, HOPE EVER.
Hope on, hope ever; though
today be dark,
The sweet sunburst may smile
on thee tomorrow.
Gerald Massey.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Time to Fiaht Mice.

The time to fight mice Is when your
house is still rid of them. First make
a hard and fast rule that not crumb
of food is left exposed in kitchen,
pantry or cupboard. See also that in
the bedrooms of your home no waters
or other tasty bits are left where a
mouse might get them and thus find
encouragement to take up his perma-
nent abode there.
The next thing to do is to cut off the
means of entrance to your home, and
this Is done by seeing that there are
no loose passageways into the cellar
or open cavities in the wall or loose
woodwork. AS final resource y~l
will perhaps have to choose between
mouse trap and n cat. 1t NIL de
pends on your affinity for the feline
pet which you will do. But remember
that, whereas permitting mice to lodge
In your house was formely only an
act of slothful neglect, 1t Is now one
Of the crimes of wastefulness, OF
which no patriotic woman should bt
guilty.-Exchange.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
CHANGES IN DRAFTING SYSTEM
Nine Million Remaining Resistrants
viii Be Divided into Five Classes.

Washington.-A sweeping change
in the machinery of the selective
draft. based on division of the 9,O0O.-
900 remaining registrants into five
classes in order Of their eligibility for
military service. was announced by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Details of the plan, which has been
approved by President Wilson, are
not disclosed 1t is calculated. how
ever, to do away with virtually all the
complicated machinery of the first
draft. The plan was worked out at
conferences with local and district
board officials and approved by the
various state authorities.
Its chief features are that every reg
istered man will know his exact posi-
ton and be able to arrange his affairs
accordingly and that no man deemed
necessary in any important industry
or needed at home to support his fam
lily will be called to the colors unless
the military situation is desperate.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
His Enforced Absence.

A Columbus correspondent tells us
an anecdote in which the names musI
be suppressed, but which is none the
less true and moral, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
A state senator died during the ses-
sion, and committee was appointed
to accompany the body back to the old
home of the decedent. Two of the
committee met in the state house that
afternoon.
Are you going to take this trip?"
asked one.
"Yes. I can i'll afford the time, but
believe it to be my duty. Are you
going?"
"Yes, feel as you do. 1t will take
a whole day. but wouldn't feel right
Is l didn't go. VIII Senator X accom-
pany us?"
mo. He says he is too busy, and
besides he doesn't drink"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Japanese Temperature" Ghosts.

Ghost stories in Japan develop in
warm weather. High temperature has
raised ghost at one of the fashion
able baths in Kobe. About the middle
of June, Il woman died in the estab-
lishment. Two days later, another
woman was taken III at the same place
and died when taken home. She as
serted that while at the bath. being
entirely alone. her name was distinctly
called. This call was several times
repeated. This incident, with usual
eXaggerations, became known to the
patrons of the bath and custom almost
ceased. The bathhouse keeper has un-
dertaken to restore the damaged repu-
tatiOn of his establishment by employ
ing a street orator who delivers sew
eral lectures daily on the absurdity of
the ghost story. Thus far, his at
tempts to "lay the ghost" have been Of
no avail. Former customers do not
return.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Fuel Gas as Petrol Substitute.

The shortage of petrol, rs gasoline
is known abroad Occasioned by the
enormous quantities needed on the
battle fronts, has resulted, In England.
in the introduction of fuel alterna-
tive. In England the use OF mOtorcy-
cles for private use necessarily came
to a standstill when the gasoline be-
came acute. But it is reported that
motorcyclists there soon discovered
that coal gas would serve just as well.
A gas container in the form of n bal
loon is hoisted on steel supports
above the machine, giving the Whole
outfit the appearance of n zeppelin
pup.
They nre popularity termed balloon
bikes" and are said to operate much
more cheaply on coal gas than on g'isO-
line. The possibilities that might re-
suit from meeting between this new
contraption and good broudside gale
can only he imagined, but there would
undoubtedly be no lack of thrills.-Ex-
change.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
An Army Dentist.

A gunner of the Garrison artillery,
who had successfully passed n black
smiths course, was home on furlough,
bearing the hammer and pincers on
his arm, when he was accosted by Il
civilian, who asked what the decora-
ton was for.
"Oh," replied Tommy, I'm an army
dentist!"
II see," said the civilian. "Of course
the pincers are for extracting teeth
But what is the idea of the hammer?'
'Well, you see, it's like this. Some
OF the chaps are n bit nervous, so we
use the hammer to chlorofOrm them
with" was the reply.-London Tit
Bits.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
FOODS 80 PER CENT HIGHER.
Sugar Prices in England Have Been
TrebIed,

Trebled.
Ottawa, Ont-Beef and mutton in
England now exceed their prewar
prices by is pence per pound, says a
report published In the government
Labor Gazette. Butter and bacon are
now double their pre-war level. Milk
is 7S per cent higher than in July.
1914. These figures and the following
table Of per cent increases since the
war are contained in London dis
patch to the Ottawa agency of Reu-
ter's limited:
Beef, nearly 100; mutton. 81; import
ed beef, 1872; imported mutton. 1853;
bacon. no; fish, $50; sugar. 1870; but
ter, 80; cheese, 81: eggs, 100.
In the cost of all items usually en-
tering into the working class family,
includi 1g food, rent, clothing. fuel and
light, the increase has been nearly 50
per cent, allowing per cent for the
advances due to increased taxation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Get. % DAY OF PRAYER
FOR SUCCESS OF AMERICAN
ARMS IN THE WAR.
President Wilson Issues Proclamation
in Accordance With Resolution
Passed by Congress.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
shington.-President Wilson by
proclamation declared Sunday, Oct.
28, as a day of prayer for the success
of the American arms in the war, in
accordance with the recent resolution
of Congress. The Presidents procla-
nation is as follows:
Whereas, The Congress of the
United States by a concurrent resolu
ton adopted on the 4th day of the
present month of October, in view OF
the entrance of our nation into the
vast and awful war which now afflicts
the greater part of the world, has re-
quested me to set apart by official
proclamation day upon which our
people should be called upon to offer
concerted prayer to Almighty God for
His divine aid in the success of our
arms and,
Whereas, 1t behooves a great free
people, nurtured as we have been in
the eternal principles of justice and of
right: nation which has sought
from the earliest days of its existence
to be obedient to the divine teachings
which inspired it in the exercise of
its liberties, to turn always to the
Supreme Master and cast themselves
in faith at His feet praying for His
aid and succor in every hour of trial,
to the end that the great aims to
which our fathers dedicated our power
as people may not perish among
men, but be always asserted and de-
Tended with fresh ardor and devotion
and, through the divine blessing, set
at last upon enduring foundations for
the benefit of all the free peoples Of
the earth;
Now. therefore, I. Woodrow Will
son. President of the United States,
gladly responding to the wish ex-
pressed by the Congress, do appoin.
Oct. 28, being the last Sunday of the
present month, as day OF supplica-
tion and prayer for all the people of
the nation. honestly exhorting all my
countrymen to observe the appointed
day. according to their several faiths
in solemn prayer. that Gods blessings
may rest upon the high task which is
laid upon us, to the end that the cause
for which we give our lives and treas
ure may triumph and our efforts be
blessed with high achievement"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
v.oui outlaws to Seize supplie,.

Douglas, Aria force of 1900
Yaqui Indians is in the mountains near
Conchi, east of Cumpas, Sonora, await
ing the arrival of party of $50 Indians
from the border with a supply of arms
and ammunition, according to an
American mining man who reache
Douglas from that section late Satur
day. He said that about 400 Yaquis IN
the army of Gen. P. Elias Gales, gov.
ernor of Sonora, had deserted and are
on their wav to join the force in the
mountains.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Catarrhal Cough

Mr.. w. s. Brown, r. F. D. No. 4.
writes:
Peruna to all sufferers Of catarrh or
cough. In the year 1909, / took a
severe case of the Ia grippe. 1 then
took q bad cough. had taken all
kinds Of cough remedies but got no
relief. / then decided to try Peruna.
used five bottles. After taking five
bottles my cough stopped and my
catarrh was cured. My average
weight was 115 and now I weigh
14Sh. Any one suffering with ca
tarrh in any form I will advise them
to take Peruna."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
medicine I took.

medicine ! took. Every month since I
was . young girl had suffered with
cramps In my sides At periods and was
never regular. ! saw your advertise
ment in the Newspaper and the picture
Of . woman who had been saved from
IN operation and this picture was inn
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so sent my husband to the
drug store at once for q bottle Of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
believe me. l soon noticed change and
when had finished the third bottle l
was cured and never felt better" grant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure Mrs. THos. MCGoN-
lGAA. 34a2 Hartville Street. Phila.. Pa.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
War Declared on
Rats by u. S. Govt.

The government at Washington is pre-
pairing q campaign that should be effec-
tive in killing the rats that are SO destruc-
tive both to lives and property. a con-
servative estimate places the loss Of food
lion dollars annually. and in the present
scarcity Of food. this loss must be pre-,
vented. The most efficient way to XIII
the Rat" Is by the use of stearns Paste.
and thousands of dollars worth have been
bought by the government. Every house,
keeper troubled with rats. mice. reaches
or waterbugs should buy a small box of
this reliable exterminator for thirty.hve
cents, and stop further loss Of food IN
her home. Adv,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Kindness,

Private Simkins had returned from
the front to find that his girl had been
walking out with another young man,
and naturally asked her to explain her
frequent promenades in the town with
the gentleman.
"Well, dear" she replied. ut VAS
only kindness on his part. He t.oL
me down every day to the library to
see II you was killed."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
\ FOR SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch. Burn. Torture and Disng.
ure Use cutIcura-Trial Erss.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. They
usually afford immediate relief in itch
Ing, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruff
and most baby skin troubles. They
also tend to prevent little skin trou-
bles becoming great II used daily.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Only One. Who Haven't.

Willis-You're more of historical
scholar than thought you were. How
did you know that Assyria Media and
Carthage are dead nations?
Gillis-Well, 1 hadn't seen anything
in the papers about their declaring war
on Germany.-Judge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Wooden Bedsteads.

Furniture manufacturing has been
greatly stimulated in South Africa in
recent months. Because the steel tube
factories of England have been en-
gagged in making munitions the South
African furniture market shows many
wooden bedsteads.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
HOw's This ?

We offer 10000 for any case Of catA. .1rh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is t,k.
en- Internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the systeE~.
Sold by druggists for over forty yehrs
Price 75c Testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Save superannuated Oysters.

Polluted oysters may be purified, 1t
is claimed, by keeping short time in
water containing little calcium hypO-
chlorite. The oysters are not only
made perfectly safe and suitable food.
but the flavor Is not affected.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Melancholy Thoughts.

",The falling leaves fill me with mel
ancholy thoughts" said the poetic per-
son. "They used to have that effect
on me-" said the unpoetic person.
"What changed you?" II moved into
an apartment and don't have to rake
them any more"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Heard of an Office,

Il see Price has Joined the army"
Good! If he doesn't advance rap
idly. he'll be different from all the
other prices"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25

IN my eldo ana Deck
until I nearly went
|crazy. l went to
different doctors and
they all said 1 had
f0nnale trouble and
would not get any
relief until I would
be operated on. l
had suffered fort four
years before this
time, but l kept get
ting worse the more
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
Brig. Gen. Burton Dies.

George H. Burton, U. s. A.. retired,
died here after long illness.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-10-25
It Surely lG,

HE was rejected by the army doc
tors for physical reasons
"Well. that's better than being
thrown out for not being able to pass
the mental tests"