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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-04
Lincoln Couple Wed.

The marriage of Miss Helen
Humpe of Lincoln to Capt. Harri
son Gayer, recently returned from a
years service in France, took place
Wednesday afternoon in Lincoln.
Captain Gayer and his bride spent a
short time in Omaha, leaving We'd
nesday evening for Camp Lee, Va,
where Captain Gayer will be sta
toned.
The young officer is the proud
possessor of the Croix de Guerre
bestowed on him while in France.
Mrs. Gayer is a graduate of the Uni
versity OF Nebraska and member
of the Alpha ri Delta sorority and
Captain Gayer, who is also uni
versity graduate, is a member OF the
Alpha Sigma fraternity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-04
Organ Recital.

Organ Recital.
An organ recital will be giver
Sunday afternoon by Miss Winifret
Traynor at St. Cecilia's cathedral
Miss Traynor will be assisted by
Miss Madge West, violinist.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-04

lesque in Omaha. Jack Pearl, Fran
ces Farr and Al Hitler are the prin-
cipals.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-04
CHAPTER v.
The Aerial Coaster.

GENERAL SWALLOW looked
II at Peggy in surprise.
~ MY gracious, if Id known
you were Princess Peggy I'd have
been flirting with you long ago." he
JerI,~a1
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washington. She's a cold old bird"
Actors and actresses you know, say the
capital Is the coolest place in the country.
That statement, by the way. has been
he made a fiiv Of a monologue in a late
unlamented minstrel show.
Still, as the Observer rode along on
the car, he felt that the worst was
yet to come. There would be an awful
crowd at the door. he just knew. and he
might lose his purse, OF something
maybe his temper.
Again he was wrong. There was no
crowd. The police guarding the doors
were not gruf. Nobody was pushed.
Take any door, they said, and the OBJ
server reflected that one probably was
as bad as the other, the place probably
being jammed to suffocation. So he
opened the first door in sight, and the
open. He found. to his surprise, that
there was an outer and an inner wall.
Not a bad scheme at all: right COM
Portable this cold weather.
Take any door," another kindly
policeman said, and the Observer swung
inside.
Would you believe that he still was
comfortable and that the building con-
tanned 10000 persons, perhaps. and all
Of them seemed comfortable. too? And
that he found a seat without bit OF
discomfort and settled down into the
crowd as naturally as frog into a
pond?
At first the Observer tried to hold
his breath. He always had done that
in church. It seemed to be the right
thing to do. But after Q minute he
cast q sidelong glance about and found
that every one else was. breathing
naturally. 20 he let out his lungs. It
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The Observer Observes Billy Sunday at the Tabernacle

successful If he were not Leaving the
question Of the good he does entirely
aside. he has to have something to at
tract The first requisite to making con-
versions Is having some one to convert.
and Bill gets the crowd. Otherwise he
would have failed long ago.
To be truthful. the Observer did not
think he was going to enjoy the show
much. It was going to be. he calculated.
something like going to a circus or
street fair. A great deal Of stepping on
toes and jostling and standing up and all
Of that you know. Not bad show. per-
So when he climbed on a car marked
Direct to Billy Sunday Tabernacle" half
an hour before the meeting started. and
found seat right away. he was sur
prised. All the way down to the Taber-
nacle he found plenty of room
"Ah, hal" he remarked, "Bill is falling
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brigade happened to come this way they
suffered from heavy shellflre.
Upon receipt Of the first two or
three of these reports wae put it down
As a strange coincidence. but when the
nth report of this nature reached US 1t
was evident to US that a spy was at
work. and that in some mysterious
way the information of the movements
Of our troops was communicated by
him to the enemy.
Myself and another bloke. who had
been working with me for the last two
weeks. were assigned to the task Of
discovering and apprehending this spy.
To us 1t seemed an impossible job, as
there were no clues to work upon. AS
is usual. our general. "Old Pepper"
called us In. and said:
laxe Of s.: 90 get HIM (''' W.
"'Foolishly. ! butted in and asked
for further information. got 1t. all
right. With q lowering look which
made me tremble. he roared.
"'"Go and dig up your own clues
What are you with the intelligence de-
partment for? Intelligence depart
ment! It ought to be called the BRAIN
less department il you two are a SAM
pie Of the rest"
Somehow or other we didn't stop to
argue with ''Old Pepper"
At this point Sailor Bill butted in:
'Hlime me. he's just like an admiral
we had in our Navy. this old Pepper
A chorus Of "oh. shut up. you're in
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the steps, landed plump on an ordinary
Kitchen chair and began to smile and give
the crowd the once-over. He didn't look
a pit as though he intended to hand US
This bird will hand them the hot
stun, the gentleman who previously
had lost his teeth confided
was half inclined to agree with him.
Billy clasped his Bible in one hand.
ieaned out over the edge Of the pulpit
., md grinned at US. It was the irst
time preacher ever grinned at the
grinned right back at Bill. And then
Bill began to talk. He told how the
collections were taken, just how much
he got out of them and how much the
local committee received and every
thing else that all Of us wanted to
know He certainly did seem right
human. as anybody does when he tells
you his innermost secrets. Then he
got to talking about our bodily COM
forts,
"of course. you're going to have to
cough and shuttle your feet some dur
ing these meetings. and that's all
right" he said. lust go ahead and
clear your throats and shufIie. But
close your lips and hold a handker-
chief to your lips when you clear your
When you want to shuff1e your feet,
just shuttle them, for it won't disturb
me a bit, the floor being shavings.
I'VE are trying to keep the Taber-
nacle warm. and we want every one
to come here and be comfortable. Come
in and get warm any time. especially
you soldiers. We want everybody to
feel at home here"
Well, folks. 1t was just the chance I'd
been waiting for nigh on to a quarter
of century of church-g going, / reckon.
A real opportunity to clear my throat
and stretch my legs in church with
out being called down. and SO ! did
both to my hearts content.
After l had stretched little bit and
was feeling mighty comfortable,
looked around. and. right near me. was
my friend, Bill Hall, and his wife, cas-
ing their feet and arms just like was.
So. feeling free and easy. / slid over
on the bench and whispered-yes, you
can whisper. too, in Billy's meetings
and l said:
How is it that Sunday gets away
with this?"
The look that Mrs. Hall gave me
would have frozen up town pump as
tight as a snare drum.
why. you foolish man." she said.
HE makes them feel at home. of
course"
And II that isn't the answer, I don't
know what 1t is. If you doubt it. con-
slider for a moment the places you like
to go most-to your friends, neighbors,
clubs, business houses. any place. Isn't
it the place that gives you the honey"
feeling that has the call?
THE OBSERVER.
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Capt. Gwymemer Avenged
BY a Brother Aviator

chevalier Of the Order OF the Belgian
Crown and the Belgian war cross.
Guynemer's last night in Paris was
the sth Of September. Just three Cd, days ~:
He was in Paris hotel elevator.
accompanied by his physician. He was
Ill. pale and somewhat emaciated; yet
his sparkling black eyes were fever
anticipation as his vision fell upon
young girl who passed from the ele-
vator into the corridor in front OF him.
She had been heard to whisper: He
him along behind US like an ordinary
mortal
I'VE were attracted to him by the red
rosette that stood out from his child
like breast, for he was as slim and as
willowy as maiden of his own age:
Along by the side Of this emblem OF
glory. resting on a war cross ribbon
horizontally placed about his body.
were tiny palms. too numerous to count
This same beautiful girl. in lowest OF
her voice was that tone which reveals
deeply felt sentiment possessed and
nourished only by the real and true
woman, and which expresses at once
both tenderness and admiration.
"Guynemer! Hardly had the name been
pronounced when all conversation sud
denly ceased. even the 'garcon' forget
ting the proper manipulation of his
'guidon' and his 'ascenseur' stopped
midway between two floors.
while thus detained we listened:
The Doctor assure you that you
need rest: you should be persuaded to
take 1t.
'Guynemer Gin precise tones)-Useless.
! should refuse
"How young! What determination
In his voice! Why did he not follow
the advice of the physician?
who knows? Perhaps in his ear
was whispered by the inaudible voice
Of an invisible angel, Such q man
should not die in his bed"
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should be Of wool and knit to the size
of the wearer. There is no danger Of an
oversupply. The following letter from
Gen. Henry g. Sharpe. written especially
to point out a soldiers needs. fully ex-
plains the point:
Mrs. a. L. Scott. Fort Myer. Va.
My Dear Mrs. Scott: Referring to your call
the other day in reference to the desire Of vari-
organisati lions to knit useful garments for the
use Of the soldiers abroad. It II suggested that
such articles as toQues. gloves and socks be
knitted.
1t 10 my opinion that toques would be the most
servtceable article which could be given to the
troops, and would seem to be Of such easy con-
struction that they could be turned out in rather
large quantities,
Such Of these articles as are knitted could be
turned over by the Organisations to the various
depots. like New York. Boston, San Francisco,
Chicago and st. Louis, the quartermasters to give
receipts therefor, reports to be made later Of
the quantity on hand, when shipping instructions
will be given to have them sent to France for
issue to the troops In the trenches. Assuring you
Of our appreciation Of the efforts Of the ladies'
In looking after the comfort Of the soldiers
am, yours sincerely,
HENRY G, SHARPE,
Quarterma1ter General,
Now. these toques, gloves and socks
here mentioned as needed by the troops
in general, are equally desirable for
the individual soldier. SO they are al
ways. welcomed. The stockings should
be of wool, of mixed grayish color.
Of the size to at the man to whom sent.
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seemed very strange. Once. when a
boy, he had sighed in church and
deacon had thumped him on the head
with a window stick. This seemed SO
different.
Yet it was church, and the Observer
did not feel any too free. He held
himself in check in a great many ways.
For instance. he kept his feet still. The
same deacon once raped twice on a
certain dome when certain feet were
shuffled.
Suddenly short, dark haired man with
a barrel-shaped chest and a figure that
seemed to scream. II once was a whale
Of a plowboy." stepped forward on the
would you believe your eyes. he thereupon
produced a slip-horn from somewhere be-
hind the tail Of his coat and played a dog
goned good piece on it. Applause and
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What to Send Soldiers in This Country and in France

scissors, buttons, safety pins, linen
thread in white and olive colors and
self-threading needles. This little pack
is useful when a man has to do his
own mending.
Reading matter. such as tho feature"
sections of the Sunday papers and
magazines. is enjoyed. It is a good
plan to clip from successive copies of
a weekly the chapters of a serial story
and sew or glue together SO as to form
one complete novel. By taking all
advertisements from magazines and
cutting stories completely out, the
bulk Of reading matter In reduced
wonderfully. Games of the small,
compact kind. such as cards and DOM
inoes. are amusing to the men In the
camp or trench. Puzzles. easily made
by cutting cardboard pictures into ir-
regular shapes are liked.
Some of the articles Of clothing that
while supplied regularly by the War
Department, can be duplicated with
benefit to the soldier, are sweaters.
stockings. gloves and toques. which
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WE HAD SOLVED THE PROBLEM.

seem to mind it; Just carried on with
their farming and business as usual.
1--WE decided to mako a thorough
search Of all houses, barns and build
ings for concealed wires, and did SO, but
with barren results Nothing suspicious
was found. This search wasted five
days and we were In desperation.
Watch and question as we would. not
single clue came to light.
During this time two large bodies
Of troops had passed through. and
each time they were heavily shelled
with dire results.
ION the sixth night Of our assign
mept, utterly disgusted. I. being in
charge. had decided to chuck up the
whole business and report back to ''old
Pepper" that We had made mess out
of the investigation. My partner plead
ed with mo to stick it out couple OF
days more, and after he gave me a
vivid description of what ''Old Pepper"
would hand out to US. decided to stick
1t out for six months, II necessary. To
celebrate this decision my side-kicker
offered to blow to several rounds Of
drinks. Now this fellow had never,
during my acquaintance with him. Of
fered to spend a ha'penny. SO l quickly
accepted his offer and We went to the
neaIest estaminet.
"'Sitting around q long table. drink
ing French beer and smoking ciga-
rettes, was a crowd OF soldiers, laugh
Ing. joking. arguing and telling stories.
1--WE sat down at the end OF the
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Giving Herself Away.

MISS ELSIE DE WOLFE was dis
svS cussing in Paris a novel about
New York high life
'aThe authors ignorance Of high life
Is stupendous." she said. HE gives his
Ignorance away as badly as the widow.
"A widow was about to sell OF her
household possessions As she went
over her china and silver and rugs q
host OF memories rose to her mind, and,
coming finally to a boz of pearl-han-
died knives she burst into tears.
can't let these gop she walled.
They've been fn poor dear Georges
mouth too ofteuys
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table, and In low tone tried to work
impossible theories as to how tho spy,
If there was one-by this time we were
doubtful-could get the information
back to the German batteries.
Right across from us were two
soldiers arguing about farming. Sud
denly my side-kicker pinched me on the
knee and whispered:
"''Iisten to what those two fellows
across the table from us are saying:
1t sounds good
"I listened for about a minute and
then paid no further attention. AT that
time farming in no way interested me.
I wanted to catch that spy. and started
devising impossible theories as to the
ways and means of doing so. At last
I gave up in disgust. My partner was
still attentively listening to the two
across the table from US. Another poke
in the knee from my partner and was
all attention. One of the fellows across
the way was talking:
"'''Well. don't see why this French
b1ighter should change horses in his
plow every afternoon. I've watched
him for several days. Now, in the
morning he uses two grays, and then
about 2 in the afternoon he either
hooks up two blacks or gray and a
black. French ways may be different,
but this frog-eater Is very partial to
the colors of his team. He works the
grays in the morning and then changes
them in the afternoon. Now. figure
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A Language Hoarder.
nj AIRY LAUDER said in one Of his
HN Pad Crass arnaa ls ix, Chia.a.

MI AIRY LAUDER said in one Of his
~ Red Cross appeals in Chicago:
Give generously. Give lavishly. Give
wastefully. Don't be like the Scotch.
1--WE Scotch are supposed to be thrifty
even of speech. There's a story about q
PEBBLES couple. who had a boy that
they believed to be a mute, for up to
his tenth year he never said word.
''One day his father and he were at
work in the hay field. and, getting
thirsty, they made their way toward q
jug of cold tea.
''The father took the jug and began
to drink. AS he gulped the tea down
slowly. the thirsty boy said:
Make hastev
The father put down the jug In
establishment.
"why. Tam he said. you're tallkin.i
Why didn't ye never speak aforel
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~APT. GUYNEMER was brought
IL down by Lieut.. Wissemann, who.
In consequence OF this wonderful
achievement, wrote to his parents:
II have nothing further to fear. now
that have vanQuished Guynemer."
Wissenann's delusions were Of but
short duration. for only a few days
later. fifteen at most. another French
ace" Lieut.. Fonck. brought. in turn.
the German aviator to earth. The COM
radesof Fonck. the Journalist Jacques
Mortano, gives the following details OF
the tragic adventure:
"Fonck was executing an air cruise
at a height of $4,000 feet. Suddenly
spying a "Rumpler" of the new model,
he precipitously made to meet it. The
boche. without apparent ceremony.
opened fire. This, however. was with
out success. Fonck, operating and
maneavering by turns and glides. .ap-
as IL staggering). thus preventing the
enemy 'mitrailleur from forcing him
into : his line Of aim. When Fonck
found himself in favorable position,
somewhat under and back of the enemy
machine, he fired a rafa1e of ten shots.
Wissemann was instantly killed.
1.-The observer was thrown out of the
carlingue and dropped through the air
distance Of 1880 feet, passing, on
his voyage to earth, within less than
ninety feet of Fonck like a rapidly de-
scending stone. The Rumpler turned
herself over and came down with fold
ed. wings in a vertical line and struck
on her back. It was the most frightful
of falls, and Guynemer was well
avenged.
"Fonck landed near his victims and
hurried to the mass Of debris under
which was buried the dead boche. who
had died with a bullet in the head, and
who. Judging from his new decora-
tions, had been promoted to the rank
Of captain as reward for having
killed Guynemer"
This notable air feat on the part Of
Fonck was accomplished on the 30th
of September. The avenger of Guyne-
mer has brought down In battle with
the enemy fifteen avions, five of them
having been shot down in six days
time. As proof of his wonderful abil-
fty in the execution Of aerial warfare,
he has never fired more than tent shots
in landing an enemy machine, nor has
he ever brought back with him the
traces of battle, not one ball ever hav-
ing grazed his war plane. His breast
glitters with the French 'medaille mil
itaire," the "croix de guerre," with
eight palms (and two more coming),
the military cross and the English
military medal. Fonck being the only
Frenchman possessing these two Ie-
wards for bravery. the cross Of the
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"do their bit" work to make as comfort
able as possible those Tar Prom their
homes, fighting the battle Of democracy
in a strange land. Every society. every
kind OF organization. should aid In
this effort and send the things gath
cred direct to the Red Cross, whose
vast system is amply provided with
means for shipping quickly and safely
all received.
Let every woman remember her own.
And let tho memory not stop there, but
reach out to the weary or sick men.
her loved ones comrades in arms.
American lads who will SO much enjoy
the simple things sent from the land
Of their loyalty.
Evening star., 1918-01-20

Mt was not with the determination to
sit in the scornsrs seat that the
Observer went to his first BIN Sun
q day meeting. He went primarily to
learn Just how Billy got away with 1t.
That Is the plain fact Of the case. And
he believes he discovered the secret il 1t
is q secret. It probably Is not. -
Starting to the Tabernacle, the Observer
decided that II he did not learn the rock
bottom truth about why Billy is success
full he at least would be entertained.
Above all things, Bill IL q good show.
You cannot deny that He could not be
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it out for yourself. He starts work
with the two grays about O'Clock in
the morning; works the two beggars
s1patsh sp s rSen he sticks sseks them sa in 0 ths
stable, lays Off for two hours. and n,
the afternoon about o'clock the new
relay OF animals comes on and works
up TIL o'clock. Now. anybody with
any brains In their nappers knows that
that is no way to keep horses in con-
dition. working one team over six hours
and the other team only two hours.
know, because we have been farmers
in our family back In Blighty for
generations"
"I was all excitement. and a great
hope surged through me that at last
we had fallen on the clue that we were
looking for. Restraining my eagerness
as much as possible. I addressed the
fellow who had Just spoken:
"''WelI, mate, 1 don't like to intrude
into your conversation, but I've also
been farmer all my life. and I don't
see anything so queer in the actions Of
this French farmer"
there might be reason for this
blighter doing this. but can't figure
ahead"
~ answered: We'll. perhaps II you
can give little more details about it.
it would be easy enough to explain.
Who is the farmer. and where Is his
farm locatedT
and informed me that the farmer was
plowing a field on hill about 500
yards west of the church at the point
where our troops were being shelled.
Buying a round OF drinks. nudged
my partner and he came in on the con-
versation. The two Of US. by adroit
questioning, got the exact location of
the field and description OF the
farmer.
I was going to turn in. and left. My
partner soon followed me. Upon
reaching our billet we outlined our
plan. We decided that next morning
scout around the field to see II there
": Sure % enough. along one edge Of the
field ran q thick hedge. We secreted
ourselves in this and waited for devel-
".At about In the morning the
farmer appeared. driving two grays.
which he hooked to the plow and car
ried on with his work. To US there ap-
peared nothing suspicious in his ac-
At noon he unlocked the horses and
went home. We remained in hiding.
afraid to leave. because we wanted to
take no chances of being seen by the
farmer. We had forgotten to bring ra-
tions with US. SO it was a miserable
wait until o'clock. at which time the
farmer reappeared, driving two blacks.
which he hitched to the plow and car
ried on until o'clock. and then
knocked of for the day. That night
troops came through and, as usual. were
shelled.
Next morning. at dayhreak. we
again took our stations in the hedge.
this time bringing rations with US.
The farmer used the same grays in
the morning. but in the afternoon he
appeared with q black and a gray, and
again knocked off around 4 o'clock. No
troops came through that night and
there was no shelling.
Next day, the farmer repeated the
previous days actions-two grays ii
the morning and a black and a gray in
the afternoon, no troops, no she1ling.
I'VE were pretty sure that We hat
him, but this arresting q spy on slim
evidence is a ticklish matter. We didn't
want to make a mess of the affair, OIL
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the Army now" cut off Bilrs story.
We knew Sailor Bill. If he ever got
started talking navy. nothing short OF
a gas attack could stop him.
Sailor Bill. with an indignant glance
around the circle. relapsed into silence.
Curly wallace exclaimed:
ITO ell with your admiral: do you
want to hear this story? II you do.
shut up and let me tell 1t"
GO on. Curly: never mind: he's
harmless" calculated Happy Hough-
ton.
Curly carried on with:
Getting our packs and drawing
three days rations, we started hiking
1t for the village of B.. We arrived
there about 4 in the afternoon. and
after putting our packs and rations in
an old barn. which we intended to use
as our billet during our stay in the viii
lage, we left on general tour OF In
spection.
"There were about 500 civilians In
the place, who preferred to brave the
dangers of shell fire, as there was a
rich harvest to be reaped from the sale
Of farm produce, beer and wines to the
troops billeted all around. Two es-
taminets (French saloons) were still
open and did thriving business.
Occasionally she'll would burst in
the village, but the civilians did not