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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-07-05

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granting her rephew's discharge IN IN,
frst nlace. ave felt that YOU needed
the boy. But we're only the iIrst sieve
here. After we have passed upon
cases our attorney every board you
know. has lawyer assigned IN the
prcvost marshal's place goes over
Them ard sits out those IN when ne
fscis that the law has been defeated
and sends them down for the speciGl
sideration of the district board.
That's the second sieve. ana your
nsnbew's case was caught here. Then
ali the discharged and exempted cases
which the attorney doesn't single onI
for particular attention are put thropgn
the district board anyway, Dut theS
are ant 70 be affirmed without ques,
tion. The higher board has reversed
otr decision and we must revoke your
nephew's discharge
"That means he must 90 49,, ,.
ayes. Here is the notice when mas
;ust come TO us. You see, III M
attempt TO justify what in THIS part!.cui-
lar instance seemed unjustihaoIe' a.
though YOU may have stood IN INC
place Of mother, you really areH /
one. Of course" ,,.io.sl,
"No." she shook her head hopeiessIy'
"T'm not his mother. But We zone AZ
,ssr Iike one as could. And by TINS
time feel like one. We'll eHcuSe 'ho ho
FOR bo,hering you, Miss anu III, S|v
turned and went htte uhsIe"u''
out Of the Office.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

The pine board table fairly creaked
with its weight of good things. The
cook was a young soldier of Dutch and
Italian parentage, whose brothers are
all fighting with the Allies at the front.
from the dinner, he also serves
his country well.
Through the windows hung with gay
little cretonne curtains We could See
across the way the barracks Of the
enlisted men, which resembled nothing
so much as a glorihed Noah's Ark
minus the animals one Of hundreds
Of other arks on the reservation hous-
ing 10000 souls, and caught glimpse 8
Of the men eating, the Captain said,
n dinner as good rs our. strap
ping young Irishman in sweater ami
khaki trousers and leggins, hatless,
flung himself out Of the door
opposite and down the steps, a huge
piece of pic in one hand and a plate
Of turkey bones in the other, an
dashed toward the incinerator pur-
sued b. brcht-eyed little Italian wh1
bounded over the ground like an Al
nine goat as he cleverly balanced his
dish on the tips Of his fingers.
A burst Of music, Johnny Get
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2 naturaized citizen, will have the
cherished privilege Of keeping an IN
yand cousin. shes nearer than any
sister," he protested to the board
"She's all the kin / got in the world
like I'm all she's got. Any healthy
mans as good for the army as ! am
but nobody else is any good TO her;
Shed Just die" He shook his blond
head slowly, in q sort of stunned amaze
that cousinship was outside the limits
OF valid grounds OF release.
II was cases like these that kept
tho susceptible eyes Of the clerk near
est the door a-waterng. And me
mothers oh. the mothers. But on the
heels Of some hcroism Spartanly main
taipcd under the last turn OF the
screw came comedy. The physician OF
Izzie Yarmolinsky, in a fair ho~inS
hand, makes grave affidavit that ms
patient suffers from st. Fides' dance.
perpetual motionl" chortles the vol
untcor clerk. who speaks fourteen Ian
puages. and the strain on the sym
pathics is relieved in the gale that
follows.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

that he il in the draft. Can't some
thing be dono?'
The evidence WAS hardly conclusive
for "hideOus franked envelopes were
coming daily 20 white-haired members
Of the community. but being woman
the clerk nearest the door knew thaL
there were certain emotional condl-
tions in which it is quite useless to
offer reason. So she said only: The
notices VIII be sent iE plain stamped
euvelopes." and placed "A dime and d
penci!lod note i'm "A folder Of the file
OF the bad eases, the women lived
IN TO their reputation q being worse
man the meg. One could sympathiZe
with a husband who pleaded 20 be re-
leased for support OF his totally de
penIeut wife. picturlng frail little
creature left frightened and helpless
before the bogies of Loneliness and
High Prices--until Mrs. lrnitsky her
,clf appeared.
"A horse OF n different color" muir
INJURED a voice from the desk next be-
yond. and the implied comparison
seemed q delicate tribute to the strap
ping woman who burst simultaneously
INTO the loom and voeiterous youp.
Before the clerk nearest the door could
rrotec; herself her hand had been
kissed. her knees clasped and her aid
solicited. r, >.
aoi. OF! Vat shall make? J didn';
ASS here so long ! speak yet English.
Ind work. can't do H." walled the
disheyelled woman as she rose. she
stood abandoned to her grief, without
pretence of making her woe more seem
liz by putting back her disordered hair
or wiping her eyes end nose. -.
Ever Try for .ob az a stead call
,pe >" lrritably asked the llngulst Il.
haunted the recruiting Offices and reg
rlarly spent the weei-ends IN W asp as
wopId accent him. 80 he hadn't much
patienee with the Stacker disposition.
"Why not, Mrs. Irnitsky?' the elefH
fastened 10 ask. you look strong
"Strong! She could push motor trueN
with the energy she's using 10 pei
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Italian Name
Costs a Half Hour

But that sort OF error was easily
lighted. Ii was when Pietro On Maria,
who made his mark and was written
down by a registrar with lit.le chilog-
raphy and less Italian as =. ID. Maria,
called for his red ink' rumber. and
The whole Office force spent half an
hour Of perspiring pursuit through the
D's and elsewhere. that the laugh al
the naturalness of the mistake was a
little forced.
But not until the afidavits began to
pour in was the sea Of human nature
at its food. All the women OF the
world who have married men younger
than themselves stood, in the person OF
one suppliant, o. the little outer oiice
and begged with 2 humility quite for
cign 20 her usual spirited mien that
all communications from the board be
sent her husband in plain stamped en-
yelopes.
His mind is the mind OF sayant,
years older than his body" she need
lessly defended herself, her slender.
suede -gloved hands nervously clasping
and unclasping her gold mesh bag. AT
,hirty"-the clerks all knew he was
twenty-seven, for he had done n good
deal Of writing in the toils-"at thirty
he has morscomprehension Of life than
most men ever attain. My friends sup.
pose MIN 70 be al least my age. X
these hideous franked envelopes come
to the apartment every one will know
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

Transferred" the one word freighted
with a meaning which brings sorrow
akin 70 death into many homes; for
who can tell how many will return
who are passing the milestones on the
road TO France" =,
ReveiIle had sounded. The word had
bson passed and many women arrived
ar the hostess house from the train
that left New York before dsybreak'
From my window I saw the troops
passing envelcped in the mist thS'
softened and besutihed the dreary
treeless spaces. Along the line OF
march silent groups Of women and
men in civilian clothes. The regimen
tai band was playing "Thsre's Long,
Long Trail" Suddenly the music
stopped and above the sound OF tramp
ing feet a cry rang out--a little gray
haired woman ran forward and clung
desperately to the arm OF stalwaf'
trooper who locked scarcely more than
a boy. The long line wsyered for an
instant, and swung out OF step, then
Forward, march" The fog descended
shutting cut tho scene. Not only for
the young and happy. but for such as
these, the hostess house stretches ou'
its sheltering arms.
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Private Thyn reports his return
from pass Thanksgiving night

Private F. . professional rat
catcher from West Street, New York,
bunks mex. to Private T -, an under
grad from Columbia. We have solid
comfort steam heat in our quarters
and plcnty TO eat, even what to US Is
luxury provided at the hostess houses.
yet the problem of transportation not
only outside but within the camp is
problem still unsolved. The taxi man
remains lord Of all he surveys, and the
WELL" and he grinned sarces-
tically. Speaking of raw material" he
continued, Il asked Nc, an Irish
bartender now in my company, Were
you cut drilling to-day? Yis, sor,'
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

dav scene in the W. c. A. Hostess HouseSoli Comfort
Not soldier in sight who didn't have Thanksgiving turkey

Your Cum through the open door,
pounded out untirinely on a wheezy
piano. Then Hail, Hail, the Gang g
All Here" mngling anonymously
with the strains of Musetta's match
less love song floating out upon the
air from Major Valiant's yictrola. \
door slammed, cutting US Off from fur
ther glimpses Of scenes filled with in
tense human interest. BEYOND, high
on the hill which geographically
speaking rises like the ridge pole OF
a tent in relation to the company
streets aud barracks, and Upton Boule-
ward. which encirclcs the camp, could
be seen Divisional Headquarters, Gen.
cral Bells hogse and the observation
tower, where day and night sentry,
argus-cyed, rs silhouctted against the
sly.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
The Case of the
Genteel Woman

However, IL was easier 20 be tolerant
OF stupid Mrs. Grnltsky's meal-ucke'
idea OF matrimony than with the pride
OF woman who had come from gen
cratiors OF college-bred ancestors
gentlewoman," as she bitterly declared
herself. Il wish ! Ycrcn't-the system
Is made for clods without senslbilitles,"
she painted. "If | had no ideals Of Nv
ING of what was due one of our race,
| shouldn't be the broken reed ! am
20. day And the hatefullest part OF ~
is this forced uneoverlng OF the Sc
crets that I've guarded during all my
bcy's life, and would have guarded WIN
my own. Just think Of having 10 tell
that board, every man OF whGm kno~t
people ! know. how I've scrimped ana
saved TO give my boy what everybody
thought he got FOX the asking!
"There isn't better dressed man
on the avenue than he Is, and why
Because I've made ugly, sordld econ
ouies 20 get him the best or every
thir0. because I've shaved at home, Sc
cretiy. when people thought was en-
ioviry mvself az. the theatre or away
Visiting. Visiting! | don't know what
IL means, You have to have friends
10 visit, and I've never had money
enough 10 make friends. or 10 Hee?
them. But hes had the best % every
thinc. No one knew, all these ears,
that We weren't rich. And now, u nc
goes to war, what do | get out o. u.
Where's my reward FOR all my endless,
incredible lAhor?'
The best Of everything, and the son
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Soldiers Not on Leave
for City Dinners Ate
Their Turkey Amid
Music and
Frolic
Bv Frances Fisher Byers

CAMP UPTON, l. l., Dec High
u.A., and shadows solid comfort to-
.s,b,r with Spartan severity; every
.so,slity, many occupations and pro-
1'.,;o,s scientists, lawyers, novelists,
,,.,.sorercn, rat catchers and bar
..-5,~-trsgedy and comedy, the su-
-. and the ridiculous-all in one
.-.,t melting pot Camp Upton
Here in Long Island is the second
,.-rest city where they are busy re-
ling Americans; hundred descrip-
nan. might be written about the can
..,r,ept and each one would be vitally
Different.
thanksgiving Day $4,000 men went
.,t of camp Those who we're left
ro,ls sam provided for bounafully,
T,r,s days before, sitting in Divisional
headquarters, heard Captain SANDY"
richardson, the gsnisl and efficient in
..llirence ofcer, talking over the tele-
,hose "lm sorry, Mrs, ---, to re
me, but 5000 Of our men have al
-,,Sy accepted invitations for Thanks
.;v;,r dinner. II We find that any are
r-,yoyi6ed for at the last moment we
,..r Be very glad to notify you, and
:, certainly appreciate Your interest
il TIE camp
Wen From Far Away
Get Special Notice
By thursday morning the Young
Mems Christian Association, the Young
Vonen's Christian Association, the
E,iehts Of Columbus and the Commits
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first Holiday Finds Joy and Abundance Within Camp Upton
All Roads Led to
Hostess House, Where
Visitors Thronged to
See Their Boys
in Service

camps big, brown shingled house
with white trimmings. in the midst OF
what seems 10 the visitor acres and
acres Of mud. All roads lead to IL.
Thither come not only tie men them
selves by hundreds daily and far into
the evening. but their wives. their sis
ters, sweethearts and friends. Here
the tired mother brings her children
and rests and drinks a cup Of tea
while Miss Ring, Mrs. Moody or Miss
Cook telephones Dsddy's commanding
officer TO send him over to the hostess
house as soon as he can be released
from duty.
The huge room with its wide FIRE
places, tables laden with flowers, books
and magazines and its deep cushioned
chairs is always well filed. Evenings
and holidays il Is crowded, although no
one is ever turned away. The gres;
stone chimney built in the centre Of
the house divides the room. On one
side the cafeteria, the little tables ard
lunch counter in charge Of Mrs. Mitch
ell, Miss Mcclellan, a Vasssr girl,
and Miss Mckay, a Cornell graduate.
On tie other side the living and reeep-
ton room, with its little writing desks.
piano and freside settles.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
There Were Those
Who Chafed To Be OF

The Office force got 70 know not
only those who hung back, but those
who champed the bit and paved the
earth in their impstience TO be on.
"I've pitched oop me tob--whin can
I be goin' 2" queries one. And DO
I 90 in the next batch ?" asks . native
son, as he teeters like young Hermes
on the sill; and is gone like shot AZ
the big news, tossing back over his
shoulder an exultant THANK you-a
lotn
Shyie Plotkin-eyen the linguist
finally gave up guessing what his
"Christian" name really wss-eame
straight to the office after his hrst
visit TO the encsmpment st Van Cort-
Isndt Park. 1T is all the time band.
playing and dancing on the grass"
he reported, his childlike blue eyes
shining and his crinkled blond hair
fairly erect with excitement. you
send me soon, no!" A. the answer,
given with Q pang for the innocence
% the lad, cherubic grin wreathed
the pink and white face. "Ah, I am
glat.r be besmed.
"My wife wouldn't let me get my
discharge. Her folks were all in the
Civil War and my father helped whip
the Spaniards. He's too old TO 90 nov.
Pm the only boy, and | thought II
was Up 20 me-"
Another man. who was waiting.
thrust his aAidayits across the desk;
his jaw set az the speakers words.
81 hate like the dickens TO give these
in.' he muttered 10 the clerk. "but the
wife is sickly this fall. Maybe By
the next draft"
Yes, Exemption Board work. while
= dreadful drain on the sympathicJ,
is a rather liberal cduestion In human
nature.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
By the Clerk Nearest the Door

NaAN N~fNeA -
OWTING in the draft is apt to
- make ono water at the eyes. To
~ break the contacts Of lifetime
without making irremediable woundsis
task for omiscience-an not all
local or even district boards are so
gifted.
The first draft taught a good deal to
The men higher up. One important
lesson was that certain relations, even
beyond the recognized limits of the
Rules and Regulations, were as moral
ly binding as that between mother and
son or between husband and wife.
To illustrate: the mother OF one
iegisirsnt became insane at his birth
'nd his aunt brought him up. And
Oh. he was such a hard child 10
raise always siling and being given
W by the doctors. But / did it--there
wasn't any one else 20 do II. HIS
father was worse than dead have 10
sy it II he was my own brother" the
little old aunt explained when sne
cane one day to the local board once
to see II she could find out how the
dis,rie, board had decided the case.
'Jinmied be angry II he knew l came
but ] couldn't seem to wait. Does ne
have 10 go?
She was poorly dressed and worn
sa' before her time with work for the
eoy who was 20 be taken from her
laN a. he WAS beginning 20 repay hes
'eeis Of years OF care.
.ieuding her faded eyes was the tell
tle tlm which betrayed that she
sseslen't long be going about unguided.
she listened tremulously while the
vera oxplSined that the local board
Aad perhaps exceeded It's instructions In
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he answered. Il joined the parade for

he answered. Il joined the parade for
a few minutes
"The regiment Of darkies we have
here, the 18th Infantry, adds a good
bit of color to the life Of Upton IN
more ways than one" broke in Lieu
tenant c.. II happened to be up
there on one of their company streets
and heard one darky call out, Hey,
Jones! You all come and stand re-
treat Jones was playing African
golf-or in common parlance, shooting
craps-behind some garbage barrels
and didn't respond as a soldier should.
'Ah, say, you -- lazy niggah,' went
on the other, pleadingly, come on;
it'll only take u minute
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
A Case Of Badly
Mixed Exemptions

One gutter all the epithet deserves
capitals set forth two diseases OF
which men seldom boast, capped them
with fat foot and lung trouble, and put
the button Oh the cap by claiming that
he had conscientious scruples against
fghting. Later he wrote the board OF
letter Of inquiry: He was a member, OF
a certain religious sect; did they be-
lieve. officially. in war? If not, he
didn't II is hardly necessary TO say,
in passing. that a case like this was
ant 20 swerve the board from its aim
OF strictly judicial temper.
Many OF the aliens seemed 20 be re-
lated 10 all the East side and 10 claim
70 be supporting most Of 1t; small won
der that some suffered from fiscal dis
ability In any crowd is taken Tor
granted the faithful group which. when
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

Of such a mother. The clerk was IN
terrupted in her attempt 20 recohclle
the birth and breeding OF the lacy with
her innate coarseness by the quiet en-
trance of a plainly dressed girl IN her
early twenties.
II came 20 say that my HUSBAND
wants TO withdraw his claim OF DIS.
charge on the ground Of my support: |
came in his place so that he neednt
lose time from work" She profered q
rote.
The clerk received il doubtfuily.
There had been too many eases IN whieh
an adventurous husband had been more
willing 20 face German FIRE than the
continued care OF his family. The
board had had no end o. trouble with
tho weeping and Heretofore unssus-
Uected wives who had 20 be helped TO
make out afidayits "in respect Of hus-
hanas who had failed TO claim discharge
for themselves Here was woman
who was perhaps ignorantly throwing
away q mans protection when she
needed il most. "Are you sure you
could take care of yourself without
Inn ." she asked. "Or maybe you have
..so,rcas ~ vour own 2"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

be men "who are a long distance from
their homes"
Those Of Us who elected in war time
TO cat our turkey in an army camp
gathered in :he officers mess IN tho
Headquarters of the supply train. that
branch OF the service without which
no battles can be fought or won, for
"food. not bullets. will win the war
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
New Rules Will
Make Things Different

Under the new draft rules jimmie
Nolan will be left 70 care ior hIs VII
out foster-mothcr, although She - ,';,S
an. -" nrtl FL Of Class T. which IS
90 be made M Of men, "ithoui. 80. e." -
dependents or par'icuia. us;n,"L .a,,., Lsve
make them valuable econo'nic'i. ;s
been called out enNi M hshod "' Thor
called, too, the yehow-'nn,0ii'' b;r,s.lf
Olsen, who proudly de''areu
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
All Roads Lead
To Solid Comfort

"High lights and. shadows, comedy
and tragedy, we have it all here" said
Mrs. Pirnie, the gracious hostess OF
"Solid Comfort as the enlisted men
at Upton have named the Y. ". c. A.
headquarters. II stands alone, not far
from the railroad terminal within the
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

asked TO specify whether father or
mother. wife or child is solely Deepen.
dent. answers "Ycs.' The number o.
"corpses" in which men had seen SER
vice was about up TO expectation, and
indicated a mortality higher than the
official reports have shown.
One registrar saddled all his weekly
reeistrants with "izzical defecture.
Another. likewise with more zeal than
education. classed all his white men
as CircassilnS.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
SeIact;no Men. WinnoWs and Sits Emotion

low" grunted the linguist--"and.y you
have no children" persisted the clerk
Didn't you work before you were mar
ried?"
Mrs. Irnitsky stopped wailing 20
listen, but she still displayed her golc
molars in smazement now. "Sure
work before | get married, but sooner
| get over il. What for ! get married
IL | work. after?"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
The Undergraduate
Meets a Specialist

Camp Upton can only be described
truthfully by superlatives. Here all
extremes meet" said our genial host,
Lieutenant G. "Wc have the I'M
ished product and the raw material.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Had Never Worked,
But Would Not Shirk

The look in the steady young eyes
was thst which Klpling's "two strong
men" recognize in each others.
Though they come from the ends OF
the earth" -.
'T haven't any MONEY OF my own. II
that's what you mean by resources.
AND never worked. outside my fathers
house and ny husband's. But I'd be
ashamed II I wasn't worth nay keep.
somehow- and IL Tom couldn't 90 what
hc thinks he ought because he's
married. Oh. yes. ! oxpec, baby. But
I'm strong. And I've seen the way ne
looked whca thc fellows talked about
going
The clerk looked With respect into
the pale, determined young face.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Many Stay to
See Men OFF

Officially the house Is open oil day
and until midnight, but dawn often
reveals weary little groups OF wives
and mothers asleep in arm chairs or
patiently watching and wakeful, listen
ing for the first bugle call FOR revellle'
which means for them not glad good
morning" but long farewell when
their men are going South.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Sent a Map TO
Show the Way

The letter included a map drawn N
pen and ink showing the location Of
the writer's residence in reference 10
transportation facilities with a note,
naive but sincere, Il guess the above
diagram will be illuminating. We don't
want 10 take a chance on their not
getting here The signature was
good Scotch name.
Another wrote: "Please give an in
yiistion 10 take Thanksgiving dinner at
our house 70 several lonesome. home
giek boys. Come TO think Of II, have
you any ono there from the Kansas
State University? ] am a graduate and
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Mrs Purnie, hostess Of the Y. ".
c. A. Hostess House

sion on Training Camp Activities, those
great organizations consecrsted 70 the
welfare Of the army and navy, reported
that provision had been made for eight
thousand more soldiers in New York,
Brooklyn and the smaller suburban
towns on the national holiday,
The spirit Of the people toward the
boys IN blue and Khaki is epitomized
10 a letter 20 William +. Hirsh, gen
cral secretary of the Y. ". c. A. at
Camp Upton, one of hundreds Of like
character received. MY family and J
will be happy TO have three young men
from your camp on Thanksgiving Day,
10 dine with us and otherwise partake
Of our hospitality and also that they
may receive our heartfelt greeting 10
toe valiant defenders of our homes,
cur country and our flag"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

would be glad 10 meet some of the men
who might be old classmatss."
Also: "Have you any soldiers from
South Dakota? Mrs. - and J
would be glad 20 entertain four, espe-
cially If they are South Dakota Uni
versity men, Of which college both my
wife and were alumni" Many OF the
letters stipulated that the guests must
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
is Emotions Of Wives and Mothers

"There's the woman whose boy will
have the best OF everything she said
10 herself.