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The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
MOTHERS.

Mothers! Don't they never change?
Don't the everlastin' range
OF the fieetin' years efface
Nary habit, way ner trace
Mas have had-or them that's good
Since the start o. Motherhood?
When ma puts our tykes Z bed,
Tucks 'em IN from heels T. cad.
Law. have { Lam an laff-
More in tears than fun, by alf-
Hearin' mother storm ava
Like my mother used e say:
'Didju wash yer feetT'
Runnin'- by 10,
Better than a circus showl
Blamedest noise you ever see
ma, can't SIS unbutton meP'
Mother. itch my skeeter bitesf"
'Tsu va Ike { snuff the lights
An fist sock 'em into bed
Heels first mebbe. 'stid o. head!
Ma, though, amt a bit distressed,
Somehow gets 'em all undressed-
Sorted, too-and then she'll say
I rcck'lect twas mothers way:
Hang up yer clothesr'
Gathers 'em around her knee
(Air't II strange how you an me
Treasure things for years an years,
Through a life OF work an tears
All 7 II Ahnug Io" the hLdEh
Chuaurn have viii bring 'em back
Has 'em say their prayers an makes
Peace amongst EN-; then she takes
Bottle down from pantry shelf
ShuddeTs, like as not. herself!
Tells 'em in her sternest way
Like my mother used Z say:
Take yer bonesetr
Mothers changin'? Not a BIT
An here's the livin' proof of IT,
Right before my very sight
Smell an hearin' every night
An from out the other room
Through the dusky evenin' gloom
souiethin' strikes my list'nin' ear,
Briagtn' days Of Boyhood near
Mothers kiss. as sweet t them
AS the kiss at Bethlehem
Hear her whisper, turnin' way,
Like my mother used Z say:
Goodnight. goodnight"
John D. Wells. In the Buffalo Eyenini
News
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
Wars Human Incidents
WAITING TO GO HOME

their sleeping quarters, into vast impro-
vised kitchens and dining-rooms. into
sewing rooms and workrooms of various
kinds. into milk kitchens for babies and
into baby hospitals. and we were on our
way to the sChoolrooms and the little
chapel which was gaily decorated with
pink pictures Of freaks and had once
housed a snake charner. a giant. a dwarf
and a tatooed man.
The little old woman was sitting on a
bench In the sun. She was neatly dressed
in a rusty old black suit and a rather
dilapidated but carefully adjusted bonnet
She wore black cotton gloves and her
hands were folded sedately in her lap
Beside her on the bench was a small
black satchel and a bundle done up in a
piece OF checked muslin. She sat very
still but seemed. at the same time. to be
strangely alert, as though she were wait
ing for some one momentarily expected.
Sending the old lady away?" asked
the superintendent.
NO." he replied, she is going away.
She has been going away every day now
for two years. She is waiting for the
boat to Belgium and she doesn't intend
to miss it. We don't pay any attention to
her any more; let her do just as she
pleases And she isn't crazy, either. She
is less trouble than any one else on the
place. She gets up every morning and
makes her bed and cleans up in scru-
pulous kind of way that means finality
for her, packs her few belongings. puts
on her hat and gloves and comes out
here to sit down and wait II It is bad
weather she gets under shelter like q
sensible person, but always she Just
waits-waits to go home. 1t is exactly
like spending two years in a railway
station"
And that seems to me to be the most
tragic thing 1 have seen in the European
war zones. That old woman peTsonified
for me the waiting thousands of grief
numbed women who will one day hear
the long-waited-for call "All aboardr'-
the sad-eyed thousands who will go back
to desolation and waste where homes
were in the happy times; go back to look
in new graveylrds for the names of men
whose hearts were once their homes-the
only homes indispensable to their happI-
nesL-New York World.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
Today's Events

Concert by Monday Morning Music Club, ball
room New Willard T. N.
Meeting Central Labor Union. iZ25 G street
northwest p m.
MEETING Kentucky women in Washington, apart,
mcuts Nrs. {. c. McChcTd. New Willard. 36 p N.
Address The Soul Of France" Mrs Charles
Bieler. Church Of the Covenant SO p. m
Card rarty. StonewAn JEckson Chapter. No. %,
United Daughters Of COnfederacy, lS2 Vermont ave
nue. p. m.
address by Raymond E Swing. ot Chicago Daily
News on Germany aud Berlin conditions. NHtionil
Press Club. $50 p. II.
card marty National American Woman Suffrage
headquarters, Is9s Rhode Island avenue northwest,
p. m
Junior LeSEue meeting. National American Woman
Suffrage headquarters, 4s ?. m.
Testimonial dinner TO Col Myron N. Parker
University Club, p. N.
Concert by United States Soldiers home Band.
bard stand. p. m,
Meeting Of Randall Highlands Citizens AssociA-
tion, United States Realty Company Offices. Penn
sylvania avenue southeast p. m.
Afternoon tea National American Woman Sur
frage Association. lSS Rhode Island avenue north
west IS 2. N.
versity Of South Carolina, auditorium. CASTOR
RummSge sale for Working Girls F-ms. Vs o
street northwest.
Concert by United States Marine Band. United
States Marine BGHacSS. 2So p. m.
Banquet Of freshman class Catholic University,
Raleigh, 2. m.
Masonic Business session. KGIlpolis Grotto Mys
tic Order Of Yelled Prnrhets
ODD FelIoWS--Cnion Lodee, No. u Beacon, No.
Is. and LznRdon, No. $.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

y,-,er the world is held in the grip OF
.raca6y So aIl-embracing and over
,TbernninC that the shutters OF ones mih9
lose before it as before attem Pteo
rIimpses into infinity it is ditncull m
deed to select a single incident Oh on on
observation and to laoel IL
tragic" ,..,n. b,Ief,v
.ha rDost tragic thing I have witnessed
q, tho european war zones my thougnIs
Ea.tanad upon a trail of tragedy Whlcn
IA mo far afield-through the loaIn-
o1,,a ,oIseries of the typhus epidemic IN
Serhla. 10 Constantinople during tne ga ga
lie of Gaulpoli and while the oePot "a
tion and massacre Of Armenlans MaS
horror at its climax; into supiiinL ll-e
5iso star at sea; through the packed nos
49, =, rrsy-pt and Malta; on TO the
pL,Las+r,, wastes of devastated France
20 tbe nitiful strip of sand Where the
- ~ the Belgians clings to the last
- ~ his respoiled and strangled couh-
a.. and into the camps Of the terrlneo
on.s Who fled. Then my thoughtS
Oansed before one little old womah-A
Belgian. .-. sbouId
II half a million strangers snou.t ,St
,o,,,a 10 New York we would no oouot
ohIo N take care OF them' but II
49,, sbould all come at once ana un-
evnectedlv we should, at least, nave 70
80 sneeial arrangements for them and
as England did for the Belgians-prop-
NJ, We would open every available smell
ter for their accommodation. ~
The Crystal Palace, a papier mache'
nine board, tinsel, glass and sKy,olue
paint temple Of midsummer HaG Uill,ar
ponar,,a the principal camp for Belgian
es,1aaes In London It Is furnished with
sorriseWheels switchback railways.
obntes and all such paraphernalia OF
SrivoIitv and 1t has wide sanded courts
,1itb fountains-fountains now ory-
.bicb seem to be revealing with kind
of thirsty, arid protest the secrets OF
their colorfuI and cunningly oe'lseu
basins. "a chase
sandsd courts with the superintendent
when I saw the little old woman. Ihere
we're more than three thousand refugees
there at that time and had peepeo INTO
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

TO HAPPYLAND.
Down with all things melancholicl
Spring was made for Joyous frolie.
Music greets US. everywhere.
Flowers fragrant scent the air.
Lawns for dancing feet are spread.
Skies are smiling overhead.
sunlit yistas lure the eye
into golden prospects nigh.
Sense OF buoyant youth renewed
stirs the heart to gratitude. .
wherefore Brothers let's be jollyl
FIing away all melancholy,
And with Nature hand in hand
HE US on to Happyland!
tOopyrght. lstI)
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
St. Louis Lawyer Again
Makes Anti-Wilson Speech

st. Louis. Mo-, April 2s.-Kurt Won Rep
pert, a lawyer, who a year ago caused
a rumpus in the German-American ALI
ance in st. Louis by calling President
Wilson IAN ape" showed in a speech be-
fore the club that he still entertained pro-
German sentiments. At a regular meeting
of the German-American Alliance he BIT
terly attacked President Wilson and Con-
gress for the 500 100000 loan to the Brit
ish.
Henry A. Kersting, associate city coun-
selor, sought to place the alliance on rec
ord as discountenancing Won Reppert's
remarks by moving that the German
American Alliance pass a resolution
pledging loyalty to the President.
The motion failed to receive a second.
The hall was silent for several minutes
after Kersting made his motion
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

The conception Of the league of
nations is certainly not marked by
sentimentality alone There has been
more action in the past week toward
shipping, food, naval and financial
control and military str .egy than
ever before in the history of the
world.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

The Washington Monument win make
an admirable beaupole II some OF these
garden enthusiasts win get busy and
train few pumpkin vines up against
the pile OF marble. the rest OF US VIII
stand under it next September and catch
the yellow bombs In our hats Nothing
like having a hanging garden and a
monumental crop.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

Buy a Liberty Bond" will be the
watchword of the next few months.
Il is a fine way for those who can
not 60 into the trenches to do their
bit. The Washington Herald is go
ing to furnish convenient means for
those who wish to buy. Watch The
Herald for particulars.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

Germany is suffering from q lack OF
fats Sad. sad story. Fat chance OF
getting any. All the grease IL being
used TO slide the army home towards
Berlin, via Unter Den Hinden. d wacht
am Der siegfried line is becoming a
slippery proposition for some OF the fat
head advisers OF Herr Wilhelm.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

France and England at the tomb
of Washington. Just an excursion
Of few hours, but the actt / cement
ing of friendship between .he three
greatest nations OF the world.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

Sink all U-boats, convert Erin and
raise record crops, urges Lloyd
George. Outside of that England has
nothing to do.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
Things Not Generally Known.

You should always eat your breakfast
on an empty stomach.
Navy beans should not have too much
watering.
Fast days are days you go slow on
eating.
Now IL some bird will come along and
bottle some OF the asphyEistinE gas that
has been escaping at the Capitol for the
last three weeks. and send 1t TO the
trenches in France. We shall have won
the first scrimmage
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
Th.y,r. No CraIIer than Others.

Mr.. McClurg. OF the bug publishing
house Of A c. McClurE and Company,
Chicago. and Mrs. McCIurg are smOng
the Asis's passengers.-From the Japan
Advertiser. Tokyo.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

for wears in Congress, should elimi-
nate themselves under the stress OF
national danger a mighty benefit will
fou n the lot of the American people.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

1t seems very strange that one of
these recent volunteer farmers has
not yet published a book on "Agri-
cultural Efficiency"
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

The most effective method toward
eliminating ante-war marriages is
that Of a Pennsylvania pastor who
refuses to marry slackers.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

The Clarksburg Exponent tell US
that F. c. Griffith, of Glen Falls, is
intereste' in making his farm produce
more. Such remarkable display Of
interest.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

Kentucky Phone Girl Wins Car
ncgic Hero Medal" says a headline
Those phone jobs are very trying, but
we never supposed they required he
roic timber.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

Our cub reporter says he would like
to be the selector when consumption
begins working.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

If Germany had used volunteers
there would be no need for the United
States to resort to conscription.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
OPEN LETTER TO PRExY WILSON

OEGN LhEIbh To FhEAN WILSON,
Oh, Woody. dear, and did We hear
The noise that's going roundf
We are rising by ten thousands
And we're ploughin' Of the ground!
We are droppin' In the corn and beans,
We are plantin' wheat for all.
We are mobilizin' turnips, too,
An answerin' the call!
Your Auntie Sam is maxim jam
For all the boys to eat,
And when she gets her dander up,
You know she can't be beat!
She's bossin' all the folks about
The farms no home at ALL
It's just a mobiliEin' camp
For answerin' the call!
So, Woody, dear ye need not fear,
The country's comm strong.
You can hear the factories whistles,
You can hear the dummy's gong,
You can hear the crops a-sproutin',
You can hear the seedlings say,
We're pushing up for freedom, too,
Wen DO our bit todAy!r
Your Uncle Sam says Here I am
We're marching everywhere;
We are plantin' beets an oayonets.
o, we've hayseeds in our hair!
But we're nlarcin' to the music
Of lasting peace for all
With our reapers and our mUEkets
We are answering the call!
"A. c.. in Chicago Tribune.
Gabe Harkin seq:
speakin' Of contests. who'd a'thunl
that the hui world woud be racin' itSeli
plantin' murphiesf
The feIer who used to be a peepin'
Tom, now has a periscope
The State Of Missouri owes the country
at large an apology. What for? II yoJ
have been watching Congress for thu
last ninety days you needn't ask
There may be a shortage OF tin. but
by the Great Jumping Peanuts. there's
no shortage OF tin-horn politicians, with
tin ears and plenty Of brass in theii
physiognomy.
Now II YOU want to be a real patriot
lay OF that sfter-theater feed at mid
night The nights no time to eat, any
how, ceptin' for owls.
What happens when the Hessian fy
meets the American army worm? Bet
ter cover up the eyes OF the potato and
pad the ears of the corn.
why the Editor Hid in the Coal Bin
The Guest Day meeting OF the Cary
Club will be held at the home Of Mrs
l. A. Frazee tomorrow afternoon. Mrs
De Marchus Brown, Of indianapolis, will
lecture on William Butler Meats and
the Garlic Revival l'-ConnorsviIl Qnd
E,xar,iper
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
Lnpanned EnEIIsh.

pan tailor publishes the glad news
that Respectable ladies and gentlemen
are invited to come in and have a ft''
A furrier advertises: "Furs made out Of
your skins and ours" transfer COM
pany with a highly developed sense OF
CONNIE ercial candor displays this one:
Baggage sent in every direction"
-HiE. in Chicago Tribune.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

How about that Delaware peach
crop? Almost time for it to undergo
its annual ruin.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

What's those funny noises heard At
the Riding and Hunt Club the other
night? Oh. that was the busted susper-
der buttons and trousers seams Of the
Plattshurgers unbending in their efforts
to do the soosestep.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

Mayor Thompson. Of Chicago, has re-
fused to invite Gen. Joffre to that city
Unfortunately, they have no referendum
and recall in Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
Aproro, Of Nutshell News.

The American press humorists are
going to plant a chestnut tree in Contra
Park. New York City.
THE SKIPPER.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
AMhSnIENTS

Belasco-'The Blue Paradise" s.N p m.
New NationSI-"The yellow Jacket," - p N.
Foh's-New Poll Players. in The Ondereu'
Man" s:l5 .. m.
b. F. keith's-Nsudeville 2l5 and sl5 p. m.
observation-disclosures, ISIS and sl5 ,. m.
Cosn6s-vmdcvine I2s0 to 80 D. N
Loew's ColUmbia-PhotoplSys. 1880 a. m. 4
II p. m.
stand-Photoplays II a. m 10 II .. N
GArden-PhotaplAyA u q N. 70 u ,. ~
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
New York, Day by Day
ny o. o. MCINTYRE.

New York, April g.
1t was Easter morning.
And l was al fun
OF Easter eEgs
And looking for trouble
Out on the Sidewalk.
I ran into a fellow.
With a lot Of bundles.
And upset him.
And it made him mad
And he called me
A oock-eyed. IoOse-ea-s1
Asiatic ant-eatsr.
Whatever that Is.
And determined
To call hB blun-
So said: is that sor'
Then I t4ed-
To cross the street.
And a taxi tried.
To hit me.
In the pistol pocket
And the driver stopped
And ran.
And he started.
And I stopped.
And we zig-zagEed
Back and forth.
Until crossed.
The danger Zone
And reached the curb.
And he yelled at me.
How DO you Ike the city~
He thought I didn't
Live here or anything.
And I went on my Wild way.
With blood in my eyes
And little dogs barked
As passed by.
And I went down to a club.
And got in a billiard game
With Charlie somervine
And he beat me six games
And while he wasn't looking
I tore the tip OF his cuA
And raced out
And into a popcorn store
And bought lot OF POP corn
And crunched It
Between my teeth
And by this time.
The eject OF the Easter egrx
Had died down.
So ! hired a low-neck hack
And said. Home James"
Like ! had
Ten or twelve dollars.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o. The YEAR.

Elnt prtahng Of an original poem, writes aal2
Ger Ths Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30
TO HAPPYLAND.

By John KendrIek BaAgH
The Washington herald., 1917-04-30

The Guest Day meeting Of the Carr
Club will be held at the home Of Mrs
L A. Frazee tomorrow afternoon. Mrs
De Marchus Brown, Of Indianapolis, will
lecture on William Butler Meats and
the Garlic Revival."-Connorsville Qnd
Examiner
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19


CLAEEMORE. okla, Aug. Is
Mr. and Mrs W l.. Gnchrist ot this
city celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary today having on this
date reached the fftioth milestone of
their married life,
A half century ago Miss Phillia
stone. then a young lady of I years
of age, and William II. Gilchrist wa"
was in his twenty second year, stood
before a minister Of the gospel at
Snow Prairie. Branch county. Micn,.
gan. the brides home and the Ccre-
mony was said which made them man
and wife. MIR. Gilchrists home wa-
llillsdale. Mich.
For a half century they have rvso-
lutely. side by side. bravcd the sor-
rows and disappointmonts OF life. and
IN turn cnioyed the blessings received.
Seven children were born to tnetr
union. four Of whom are now living,
William Edward GilChrist age 4S;
Miss Jessie Gilchrist. age a.. 10y mar
riaCe now Mrs. Jessie Hoch, J w
Gilchrist. age 81. an OF Clarcmore,
and Miss Pearl Giichrist. axe 81. 10y
marriage now Mrs. Pearl Story re
siding with her family at Sano
Springs.
Prior to his marriage Mr.. Gilchr,s,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
A Limerick Limousinc.

Yesterday afternoon a laborer em-
ployed in the work OF rebuilding a
store fell and was slightly injured, says
the New York Herald. There was an
ambulance call 60 the Harlem hos
piial and in answer TO a siErai flash
Policeman Downing went to the scene
Of the accident.
He subsequently called Lieutenant
Meehun at the station house 10 report
that the accident was trivial one.
ITS nothing" he explained, "a man
lost his balance and fell over Linn
erick limousine
All the afternoon the lieutenant was
Policeman DoWning
came in off post at o'clock.
What did that hospital case tall
over today" asked the lieutenant
oh a wheelbarrow!" explained the
policeman.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19

And don't bank on salvation to make
YOU immune from immutable law, but
pray that you may have strength from
above to live righteously from thus
Gay on and gface to humbly suffer in
the body the wages of what service
you may have rendered the devil IN
days gone by The Lord takes mo
pleasure in the death of the wicked"
but those are things you like the sub
Jects Of Zedekiah, have brought upon
yourself.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19

over plum colOred crepe meteor
using the old sleeves with a deep cuff
OF poplin. or it may have self sleeves
with "a cuff of silk TO match the deep
revere collar. Sand Colored broad
cloth collar and cuffs would make an
effective color combination with n
flat vest Of Georgette crepe the same
shade. The edge of the collar and
cuffs are finished with "A flat band Of
silk. A gilt buckle holds the fullness
of the coat at the front. A silk k-cov-
cred buckle may be used.
Tho tabs of this coat would look
well braided If you wish to put the
time and expense on this additional
trimming. Such "a frock win be found
dressy enough for formal wear. Pur-
pie velvet is one of the most pleasing
fabrics in the world, and "a coatee
of this, If you can afford ii, will be
strikinEly lovely
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
STANDS GREAT PRESSURE
Subjected to Strain beyond Ordinary
Comprehension.

Modern hieh-power guns could nOt
he pui.t without steel strong enough
10 resist the enormous pressure TO
which they are subjected. How rre.,,
these prcssurcs are Is beyond com
prehcnsiou, says the Wall street Jour
nal.
At each discharge Of a gun. in t-c
case Of field pieces. FOR less than
threc-tenths OF second the pressure
exceeds twenty tons 10 the square
Inch. and the speed OF the proiCCtilc
leaving the mu1zle is more than . 500
feet a second. The energy developed
is placed at about 100000 root.
pounds. In other words, considering
the cannon n motor working during
an exceedingly short time. its rating
is about 20,r00,0o0 horse power.
Not only must the metal hc able TO
resist these strains time after time.
Out to do SO under uneavorahle ,u...
ditions, such as high temperatures
produced 10y the explosives. Ana nor
only must the metal of the gun be
as strong as this, but 1t is the same
with that OF the shell. The shell Of
a French as" supports pressure
estimated at Il tons, the work of the
device that takes up the recoil
reaches about 2 tons to the square
inch. and the mount ncutralizcs az
each discharge about two tons
IL has been possible TO test in the
machine shops the pieces OF a battery
that has fired several thousand shots
and 80 show that they have suffered
not the slightest reformation.
Let's co Down and see u.
Georgette-W What is Annette Keller
man upueuriur iu7