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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

pense of uniforms and equipment, and
they have learned that nearly all sug-
gestion that officers are not sufficient
ly paid comes from those who have
dependents upon them for support.
Congress. they argue. has made the
distinction in the matter of commu-
tation Of quarters between married
and unmarried officers. and they seem
to think that 1t might we'll take the
same attitude in regard to increased
pay, for the real burden Of high cost
Of living falls more heavily upon
the family than upon the officer who
receives so much at cost from the gov
eminent or at the cost of the gov
eminent. They argue that the Cana,
dian system of family relief to the
men with dependents and the family
allowances paid to the enlisted men
of the United States Army with de-
pendents through the war risk bureau
should be considered and that per-
haps the same principle applied to
better conditions for the officers with
families who feel heavily the general
advance in the cost of all necessities.
But, in any event, it Is certain that
in the near future a report will come
giving the views of the War De-
partment on this subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
Around the City

TIE looks as II he might be a
r. member OF the diplomatic
L corps, but he isn't-being a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

with her picture was following her around
the world.
In continuation Of this strange seek
and-miss journey of the young man from
Denver months passed. Having proceeded
too far to turn back, Tied" Young followed
the will-o '-the-wisp Of his snapshot" TO
nance on to India, to Suez and finally to
Athens.
At the capital Of Greece Mr.. Young was
once more only one steamer saiing-date be-
hind Miss Martin
The American girl and her friends took
passage for London on the steamer Zastruga
Midway Of the Mediterranean q German
submarine fired shot across the Zastrugs's
bow and, when the captain failed to stop his
ship, fred torpedo that struck the liner
smidships.
Miss Martin-separated in the excitement
from her friends-serambled into a hfeboat
with part of the crew. But the ifeboat was
too heavily loaded and it eapsized soon after
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

One evening in August, 1916, when "Ted' "
Young was over at the Stidger place for din
ner, one of the Stidger girls showed him
little album of snapshots she had taken while
on a camping trip with a party of young
friends during the previous month. The
prints showed the campers in various stages
of their outing among the lofty, snow-clad
peaks of the National Park. The scenes were
all ones that Young had been familiar with
from boyhood. Yet
Among those little snapshots one stood
sharply out from the rest, clutching the at
tention instantly and holding "Ted" Young
permanently.
It was the picture of a laughing, golden
haired girl IN rough camping attire, kneel-
ing beside clump Of rocks picking wild
berries.
The moment that "Ted" Young looked
into those clear, brown eyes that smiled up
at him from the kodak print, he knew that
his fate was sealed He loved that girl, and
must find and win her.
Miss Virginia Townsend Martin had de-
parted at the end of their camping trip, three
weeks previous, to go home to Texas and
thence almost Immediately to Honolulu.
That very night Theodore Parke Young
started for San Francisco, hoping to catch
the steamer on which he believed Miss Mar
tin might be taking passage to the Hawaiian
Islands. That, mind you, was at the close
Of August, 1916.
Arrived in the city by the Golden Gate,
the impetuous young millionaire met with
his first setback. Miss Martin had sailed on
a ship two weeks earlier. She was already
In Honolulu. And so Mr.. Young sailed away
after her.
1t was with very light heart that the
young man landed In Honolulu. Here his
travels were to end and his efforts at con-
quest begin.
He did not know at what hotel the girl
was stopping. So he began the rounds of
all the big tourist caravanseries Only to
find that Miss Virginia Townsend Martin was
the guest of an American family living per
manently in the islands
Mr. Young hurried off to this family And
there, again, the imp of iIl-luck lay in wait.
Miss Martin had been there, but she had IN
Copyril
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

"He searched the whole sOOrld over
To find fOur-Iegfed clover,
.Whick all the tOhiIe had grOu0R beside his
door,"
TOR ''four-leafed clover substitute
girl; add the sinking of her ship in the
Mediterranean by German torpedo,
and her rescue from the waves by German
submarine; add her final return almost to
his very door, still unconscious of his exist
ence though he had pursued her frantieally
clear around the world; add the inevitable
reward of such persistence, and you have the
synopsis Of 8 romance more thrilling than
has ever furnished the plot of a motion
picture
The heroine was Miss Virginia Townsend
Martin, a beautiful blonde society belle of
Denver, Colorado, and Forth Worth, Texas;
the hero is the young Colorado mining mil
hOnaire, TheOdore-simply ''Ted'' to his host
Of western companions-Parke Young, only
son and heir Of ''Lucky Ned" Young Of
Colorado and Nevada mining camps.
The most perverse imp of ill-luck logged
the hero's footsteps at every stage Of his
journey-causing him to miss, sometimes
only by a few hours, trains or ships on
which the girl Of his dreams took passage;
TO meet, just few hours too late, persons
with whom she had visited; to suffer the
miscarriage of his mail containing the ad-
dresses Of hotels where she would stay; and
finally to lose all track of her
fffra1' - Vor1ror 1ryar4 Tbaya
the death Of his father left him face to face
with the management of big fortune and
the varied activities that go with the opera
ton Of a chain Of prosperous mines.
At the end Of four years he was vice-presi-
dent of the corporation his father had
built up.
One of the few Injuries ''Ted' Young
permitted himself after he settled down to
I'll his parents shoes was a beautiful noun
tain estate-referred to by him, however,
simply as ''the ranch adjoining the Rocky
Mountain National Park. On one Of the
adjoining estates the Frederick Stidgers, Of
Texas, maintained a summer home
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

expeetedly encountered a party of friends
from Texas bound for the Orient. and she
had cut short her stay in Honolulu and gone
on with them to Japan-sailing from Yoke
hama on the very ship that brought Mr..
Young from the United States.
''Ted" Young bought a ticket for Yoke
hama-and kept on trying
After several weeks and approximately
1000 miles of travel, the young millionaire
arrived in the great Japanese port-with
the girl of his dreams holding two weeks
start of him. Here he found at once the
hotel where she and her friends had stayed,
but they had gone on to Tokyo and Kyoto
and other points about the islands.
Hot on their trail, Mr.. Young pressed on
ward. But when he progressed as far as
Nagasaki the trail had become virtually OBJ
liberated.
Meanwhile, Miss Martin was steaming on
her way to Singapore-Oblivious Of the fact
that young man who had fallen in love
. 1918. by the Star Company Great Britain Rights
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

being launched. She was rescued by sub
marine and placed on board ship bound for
Alexandria, Egypt.
In Athens ''Ted1 Young learned she fate
Of Miss Martins ship. In the course of a
couple Of weeks he also learned from sur
vivOr that the young woman had been saved
and taken aboard the submarine. Believing
she would be put aboard passing ship and
eventually landed at some Mediterranean
port, he remained In that region a consider
able time, making numerous telegrsphic IN
quiries. Hearing nothing reassuring, he
finally went on to Rome and, after some
weeks there, to London In a respondent
frame Of mind he remained In the English
capital until July, 1917, when he returned
to Denver.
Completely at odds with the world, the
young man could not buckle down to work,
so he went of alone to his deserted old log
cabin I'D in the mountains at Grand Lake
1t was several days after he arrived before
he plucked up courage even to let his old
friends, the Stidgers, know he was there.
One evening he strolled over 10 their place
for dinner.
Auu lAoEo, d TIC LdDACi was Hiss II gina
Townsend Martin in the hesh
Having fallen in love with the Grand
Lake country the previous Summer. the girl
had persuaded her father to purchase an
estate adjoining the Stidge- and Young
places, and she and her parents had been
there for nearly month and a half
Did "Ted" Young waste any time7 He
did NOT. Could Miss Townsend Withstand
the impetuosity of his love-making7 mol
Two months later-on September S, 1917
"a minister arrived from CRANKY, Colo, the
nearest railway station, and on the veranda
of the Martin home, overlooking the lake
and the mountains, Miss Virginia Martin be-
came Mrs. Theodore Young.
"Kswauneeche Lodge" was completed
early in December, and shortly before
Christmas Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Parke
Young shook the dust of Denver from their
feet and set off alone for ''home" where thess
two young people are now blissfully hOneys
incoming.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
4 Prophct without Honor

WHEN Robert NJ. La Toilette was first
wv hailed. before the bar Of public opinion
on the charge of disoyalty to his country,
his defense was that he represented the senti-
ment Of his own people; that he was the
spokesman of their deepest convictions and
that long he bore their commission he
would be true to the obligation which his
trust imposed. This was, indeed a severe
indictment of the people Of a great state
In effect. it passed full responsibility for the
indefensiblc actions of La Toilette to the
shoulders OF Wisconsin.
But Wisconsin refuses to assume that re-
sponsbility. 1t refuses to call its senior
Senator it's spokesman when he ceases to BIO
an American. It repudiates the man who has
misrepresented it, aud If the power Of recall
could be exercised, it no doubt would forth
with unclothe him MS its representative in the
Senate of the United States. Without that
power, Wisconsin has served notice upon the
country and upon the world that Robert NJ.
La Toilette is a false pretcnder; that he has
dsgraced the toga which he wears and the
people Of the State resent disloyalty which he
has imputed to them.
This action has been taken by the two
branches of the Wisconsin Legislature, the
duly elected representatives of the whole peo-
pie Of the State. First the State Senate. by
a vote of &c to 2. condemned him land all
others who have failed to support our govern
ment in matters vital to the winning OF the
war" This body denounced him and the
uttcrances Of any (which have tended to in
cite sedition among the people and to injure
Wisconsin's fair name before the free peoples
of the earth"
week later the lower house Of the Wis
consin Legislature, by vote of SO to 80,
arraigncd La Toilette in terms scarcely less
scathing. He was again condemned, and
along with him all others who have failed
to see the righteousness OF our nations
cause" La Toilette may answer that these
resolutions were passed by political enemies,
but he cannot say much of the resolution
adopted by a Republican conference held in
Milwaukee few days ago, participated in
by party associates of the Senator, which
directly accused him of failure to support his
government, and repusliated him not only as
Senator from Wisconsin, but as member
OF the Republican party.
Robert NJ. La Toilette therefore, is an
outcast. He has been dsowned by his State
and by his party, and yet he continues to hold
seat in the United States Senate. He still
has voice and vote in that body and
he still defes senatorial committee to
recommend the passage Of the pending reso-
luton ousting him from the powerful posi-
ton he now holds. The timidity of the
Senate in this matter is all astonishing thing
more so in the light of the action Of the peo-
pie or La Folette's own State.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
Aurora BorculIs,

Mrs. G. c. S.. 4Ashland.--Thc rosy light
you saw In the sky on the night OF
March z was the Aurora Borcalis. or
Northern lights. n luminous meteor OF
Northern sky. taking the form of
strcamers. arches patches, which
vary in shade considerably, being some
times smoky black or steel gray, and
let or fiery red. Sometimes the Sky is
entirely covered with brilliant corusca-
tons shooting up from the horizon.
converging in ~ quivcrinR blaze of
fcathery flame high i'll the sky. nearly
in the direction shown by the south
end of magnetic diDping-necdle. This
Is known as the corona. Auroral dis
plays arc most frequent and brilliant in
relatively high ATTITUDES. In America,
according to Professor LOOMS, the
latitude so and GO degrees north; but
in Europe and Asia the reg ion of great
est frequency lies between the parallels
of &c and 20 degrees. The aurora Is
rounds the pole closely coinciding with
the line OF equal dip. The belt begins
close to the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
extending from the North Cape east
to Point Barrow, thence south, passing
through Hudson Bay in latitude 60
then south TO Greenland. and obliquely
north again between tho Farce Island
and Iceland. In the zone of maximum
frequency over eighty auroras are seen
annually. Tho generally received theory
is that the aurora is due to tho ascent
OF positive electricity from tho inter-
tropical water surfaces. which flows
towards tho poles, waited by the higher
aerial currents. In the region OF the
comes In contact, in n highly rarched
atmosphere. with the terrestrial mega
tive electricity, which results in lu-
minous discharges of great brilliancy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
VOICE OF THE PEOPI F.

beth Cooke. have in my hands this
t At ,bo WIN I'm It's pictures and details.
July. 1916. the conditions were exactly
ne same--only three years more or
MIN ,i,, ana delnpidatio.. AT the present
''Htc IL Is Two years more Of germs
new. ! g TO tGcsc places. / have
names OF real estate men wlo are al
r To- rent these hove TO these
hcaith must be undermined by germs
ana germ carriers. IL there is such a
.nh,ns. i cannot hclo bei..g doubter
lnS less thar fire could cleanse then,
Ehahnot our 3oard Of health condemn
S dneSn Places ana have them burned
paced elsewn.re: The real estate men
gave as an excuse that they arc rem.
ing LOT citizens that own these hovcls.
10 sewerage. nothing hut outside
loiiets-conBider the conditions OF these
premises after the ice and snow. am
noi me only visitor who .xnows these
cohaitions. and ! would DO Glad 10 give
inc names OF some who are Willing -
Suos'hEtiate what / say. Or Flpnanan
u!d condemn several in Shockoc bottom
after my appeal TO him las, su.nmer
put ne rs Dowcrlcss unless the laws
back him up s q" No
From these houses come your labor
NAV ~ closely associated not only In
factory work. but In your own ho,pca
Chiy kind Providence has knnt ia
, , some horrible prague. Let us get
together on tho housing ~ ,hnyc nc
pie. war demands must no, t,Ite r.,
home. peop'e At
-, On November 4, 1916. Mr.. Dabney. OF
.he Chamber Of Commerce. said thai
plans Mad been perfected by the chan
Der OF Commerce WHEREBY - s5nn mo
,o,' pahy might offer houses at low rem
At - "aSe.tarrers. What has become
OF the perfected plans? Our warc
enrhsrs both white and coiored have
aa.nsoi,mteiy no homes ~ niodcrat. rents
am liics are hudhlcd together in order
~ r't a., .hcir ihcroasel expenses. sum
m"F ~ upon us. Are we going TO hrId
UP INC hands or the l:oard Of Heaithf
MRS. NORMAN V. RANDOLPH
NlchmoHd. Va. March S lolS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
Letters must give the nnme md ad-
drcHs of the writer. Name Will not be
published II writer 80 rcquestn.
A Voice From the Front.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--The following letter WAS writ
ten by my brother, who Is now In &C
tive service. TO 1tichmond member
or the Legislature:
MY Dear Senator:
II am heartily in favor OF the pas
sage of Senate bill No. go. which will
extend the advantage Of the University
OF Virginia TO women.
The plucky young women who teach
all day in lonely country schools for
pitifully small pay are. to my mind
enemy on the firing line. and 1t seems
to me contemplate to deny to them AN
equal chance with the men TO fit them
selves for the battle OF life.
Il am graduate OF the University
OF Virginia aid look to II with love
and reverence. and 1 90 not think ii
VIII be harmed in any way by the
entrance OF women into its lecture
halls. ON the contrary. the influence
of the Kind OF women who viii 80 there
viii he TO make the men more ,r:anl y
and more liberal in their views.
trust this bill VIII pass both houses.
"RANDOLPH T.. MASON"
Lieutenant Mason is in :. machine
gun battalion. He has written every
Richmond representative. b.speaking
their support OF the coordinate coll
ieSe bill. and has aske me TO let him
know what is done with il. his Inter
est in this piece of justice 10 VirSi ia
girls carrying over there"
LUCY r. MASON.
Richmond. Va. March i. 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
Books and Authors

Iish immediately the Following books: - E,ying
The Road Shat Led Home" by viii t. Inger,
SS St Long Ever AGo by Rupert Hughes and
'Ai"hefs biE Idea by Henry Irving Dodge.
nounced. the Princeton University Press viii
publish this spring the following titles: "a &c:
Yer ter k,G,mmerer; "FinamSing the War" by A. Bar.
W ,Tn Hepburn and The Let.e.s OF Is. Stuart
i I9l!. who joined the French flying corps, ana
plane December. 1917. ''''''
Hue I rocket manual recently published by the
1 Iaarvard University Press. The title is scarcely
pages and twenty lessons pronunciation. tho cs
anna for srra aaoon rsaSn 6ro the French
n Wmeh VIII be In everyday use tho front The
task the peeula OF ssisan tn f frS
Srd dsfs OF Mash the FEsneh army stationed Cam.
copies were called for in two months "u""Feu
rat;linE good story absolutely true IN ts
Piu.ure ,v OF life In ancient Rome. by Edward
h Wh1te will be published early next inon;h
Unwilling vestai.' and it viii deal with the lie re
inmucncn ~, t tsSais ious and political status and
,oa Virgins. Just as in Eel Supreme" Mr. White
ssoi story into xv eiGcs I'm ana ,horouFhy
% o. .nE IRE OF people and truthful and In
wea"es another thrilling and human story into
an equally graphic and colorful picture OF Ro-
notable institutions in ali the history of civil
"atioh standing out prominently in the fore
student Of the language, literature and lie Of
ancient Rome. made thorough study OF ali
Virgins when he was preparing to write tho
novel. and was indefatigable in his search for
the setting OF his tale vivid and true lie
'hinkS he has written novel that Is rafting
that, because it gives so true a picture. viii
DC just as readable 100 years hence as it is now
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
When II Is orer


(Jean Brooke Burt. in the OutlooIt.)
When it Is over and the great cause
Then you can say how hard 1t was
to go,
we two together underneath the sun,
Alone. on some far hill where sweet
winds blow.
But now there Is no time for talk.
just deeds
OF sacrifice. made glorious to US all.
We will he brave for one anothcr's
needs
Answering dry-eyed tho oountry's
We will be wise. my love. unto tho
When you must leave me. not forlorn.
1 know our hearts fame as one fire
and blend
Like mist that gathers at steamers
bow.
We have had days together, you and I;
Memories Of these lie fresh within
my heart.
So when the hour must como to say
good-by,
Remembering. will be brave to part.
When 1t is over. II you come to ma.
Your clear eyes kind with knowledge
of the fires
OF battle fields. God grant we two viii
Peace. and the waiting dreams of our
desires.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
Pity the City Man.


That fellow pity who lives in the city
And fronts on the racket OF cars:
lie backs alley. a cobblestone valley
Whose odors ascend to the stars.
Dead walls left and right of him. others In
sight OF him,
Rise just across cold street:
No blue is above him. Nature love him,
And only the bricks for his feet.
Himself Is his jailer. and paler and paler
He grows the sluggish days roll.
And wcarier and wearier. and drearier and
drcarier
The heavy weight hangs his soul!
No vioets bloom for him. woods have room
for him.
Birds have song for his ear.
And winter comes blightins and bitter and
biting.
And lonely and empty OF cheer.
o man OF INC city! the ;ailyard is pretty
And rolling. and smelly and green;
But you in your prison. your narrow cell risen
on cobbestoncs. what have you seen
Come out where there's living, where Nature is
giving
wondrous lawn party to-day!
Come out where the air is and no pain nor
is
Come out where the children can play!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
John Mccormack Pays u
Income I ak of 81 1000


OF New
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARNER.
Life's Omen Now.

Lies open now-tho merry spring
Comes hurryinE OH eager wing,
And In the woods the wintry scene
is taking on it's spots of green;
Buds sprinSing from the sap OF trees
Are calling for the warmer breeze,
And birds come from some Southern cline
Are looking to their mating time.
That lately frozen brook, set FREQ
From winters grip, sings merrily
AS ripping on it's dizzy chase,
Where trout in finny flashes race.
Its ribbons through the waking wood
EXhorting man that God Is good
That God Is good. that life is sweet
From hills TO where the rivers meet,
And everything in Nature calls
The open life through timbered halls!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
Interesting Health Queries
ANSWERED BY DIR. BRADY.
Copyright. 1917. National Newspaper Scrvice.)

Hot Water Enthusiastically tell me whether
the water in !; Kitchen hot-water Tank Is poison.
Gus or harmful IL one uses IL ior ai'iie"H Va
purposes. . ,, . - ~ i
before it entered the tank
chappcd Hands and Cracked skin in. indy
an(. cracking of the skin At the ends OF fingers
and about knuckles. H. NJ.
ali dissolved. teaspoonful of tragacanth powder.
three teaspocnfuis boric aid. Ten teaspoonfuis
two or three times day, after washing and be-
fore the skin Is quite dry.
Nine Thousand Dollars WORTH. Please
sgges m h for hea Eqoe Of 'orn o snGs schools
teacher. if she drinks only one cupful at break
fast each day. Wnsre can a the rlon
ventilation? a. Is II not true that a woman's
o oEGrs coTse from her dress? g. Should child
with simple sore throat he permitted to re,
m mean s attention? g. How may one aisnfect
purify a book which has been handled by a
what pediatrist is and what an orthspedist is
F. s.--several of these questions we have
discussed in school and the children await your
answer as eagerly as l. II there is any charge
Answerl: Dissolve twenty grains Of salt
cylic acid in half an ounce ounce Of fsxihle coodion
it ia Is rather benshcla we believe provided Il
boy some spruce sticks, unhleached muslin and
| screens to 1T the window frames. L. Yes It is
I not true. The corset Is the very thing that
Forty s. nc. the simple sore throat. @ %hen
| passed to the next child may become diphtheria
F.! purpor,ing to be cold" straight home G.
the is eer m s 2 TO
pedIatris, is physician, who limits his prac-
Ge to- OF an @
his practice to oeformities, joint and spinal dis