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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
Supplies Free Entertainment for Soldiers in Training
Throughout the Country Jugglers and Former
Stars and Btuckface Comedians Are All Junbled
Together Programs.

A NY booking agency able to
n route over It's chain Of thea
tres such acts" as Miss Mar
garet Wilson. daughter Of the Presi-
dent OF the United States. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr, William II. Taft,
Nine Louise Homer and others on
the entertainment and educational
rosters Of the Eastern Department
Of the National War Work Council
OF the Y. NJ C. A, would proclaim
all over the world that 1t was the
biggest booking agency on earth
and handled the greatest talent"
obtainable. Yet the Red Triangle
has gone quietly ahead and in the
space OF half a year has built UP an
organization that sends 200 acts"
month to the training camps.
aviation fields. forts, navy yards,
battleships, etc. to entertain and
instruct our soldiers, sailors and
personnel to handle the bookings
has increased from two to fifteen,
three Of HON are volunteers.
ATTRACTIONS ARE VARIED
In the Y. NJ. G, A, booking OF.
fees roster of attractions appear
such other names az Charles s.
Whitman, governor Of New York,
the French military band recently
sent here ny the French govern.
ment, Augustus Thomas. dean OF
American dT amatists; Nicholas
Murray Butler. president of Co
lumbia; John G Hibben, president
Of Princeton; Miss Maude Powell
famous American violinist; Coun
tess Turc2nowicz, the National
Quartette the Orphens Four. John
"aseaeld Major Boehme, Bishop
Theodore s Henderson. Rabbi Ste,
ph6n S Wise. Ut. e. n sfattery
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Southern Railway system

Trains Leave R,enmond-AA,n-s
ktattoL. Schedule o00rss mot guaran.
ICED. For this 8outh-Baiiy. f:so A. n.
observation parior cafe car: s:ee r. n.
sieeping car to Atlanta: HIS r. n.
II press; alsepinR cars to Dat~<tlle anl
Ashsville open zee p ~: 1:So p. NJ
local for KsysvitlA. CnAss City end o..
eord--week dAy2
York River La>-Y 80 A -. ana a:iO
r. n. daily leeal to Went Point. sac
p. n. daily. except euueaS Steama.
Train connections for Baltim0rA
Trains Arrive Nichmoad-From The
eoush: TOO A. ~. 1:3S p. ~. S.3r =. ".
sativ: $40 4. ~. exr~pt sunday. From
vest Point: SEQ A. ~ and slS r. NJ,
daily S.esmer Train. e:<S A. w.. daily
once s07 K. Main II Phone AAa 3J1
except Monday.
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DR. John Watson, Bishop Luther B.
Wilson. S. S. Mcclure, Job Hedges,
Rev. Charles A. Eaton, Jack Rose.
E. NJ Beck and many others.
All departments of the Y. M.
c. A. corresponding to the military
departments OF the country, are
booking attractions for the camps
In their districts, but the Eastern
Department, being the centre of
things theatrical as well az the seat
of embarkation points, books by far
the greater number of attractions.
The camps here also serve as dog
towns on which the 'Y' can try
out the acts" that volunteer to go
to France. A vaudeville turn"
must first make good in that de-
partment before being sent abroad.
MUST AMUsE SOLDIERS
Clean. high class entertainment
has recently come to be regarded
as Il necessity for the man with the
colors II keeps him amused and
entertained in his leisure hours
that dangerous period between the
hour of five In the afternoon and
"taps'-and away from associa-
tons that might tend to undermine
his morals or his physical strength
It also keeps his morale up to a
high pitch and In this belief the
government has turned owe" to the
Red Triangle the task OF instruct
ing and entertaining the man ir
uniform as we'll as ministering tc
his spiritual needs when he makes
request for It
The monthly turn over" of this
booking office is 500 motion pic
lures. zoo religious speakers. IL;
entertainers and seventy.flve lee
turers Richard H. Edwards, Sec
Tetary for Activities and Walter NJ
Berry, his Associate Secretary. are
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
GET LOCAL ATMOSPHERE

las IT has no cracks or loose joints in
which Vermin may breed.
The rules of the shipping board pro-
vide that mattress and pillow with
covers, colored spread and sufficient
blankets shall be furnished by the
owners for each member of the crew ="
THE only responsibility of the sailor
IN connection with his bed is to keep
1t clean and see that his bedding Is
not lost
separate mcssrooms for the crew
and the firemon are required under
the rules. and both are provided wit h
"A clean. ventilated waShroom
with basins, and a bath An the new
ships turned out by the Emergency
Fleet corporation have excellent show
or bath facilities for freroom forces
and crew.
"Ail Hands on Deck" still Potent.
While the number and specific char
acter of tho rules and regulations UNI
der which the American sailor of to-
day works would have been beyond
the comprehension of the early Ameri-
can seafarer there are some basic
principles OF practice at sea that have
not been changed
1t is true today as il has always
been, that one order not subject to
modification is. "All hands on deck"
IN other words, any work required for
the safety of vessel. its cargo pas
Scngers or crew, must be done at any
time 1t is called for by the captain.
and is not affected by ordinary recu-
latlons governing hours and extra
compensation
Every deck officer and sailor. every
eA2lneer md fireman ana -eaaI-,ase-
or knows this. 1t IS the tirst rule of
service at sea, Therefore. when an
emergency call is sounded, when there
Is danger from storm or impenain.
collision, or any other condition threat
aHlng life and property. Jack is al
ways ready TO respond
1hus, the new working rules have
limit. where the time honorc1 laws
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
GLARS ART GEMS ARE
ARROGANTLY CLAIMED
BY GERMAN KAISER

The Hague. Oct. IA news agency
telegram from Berlin says that IN the
discussions between the German gov
eminent and the Soviet deputies at
Berlin account was taken in making
the agreements of Germany's desire
that the pictures which were formerly
removed from Cassel to the Petit
Hermitage at Petrograd and which
are now at Moscow, should be returned
to Germany.
According to Herr Macmillan Har-
den in the Zukunft, the pictures in
clude notably the Rembrandts, They
were sent to Paris soon after Jerome
Bonaparte's entry into Hesse, Napo-
leon gave them to Josephine. from
whom her children. Eugene, the Staff
halter of Silesia and Hortense Beau
harnais, Queen of Holland. received
them Eugene sold his pictures to
Alexander Pavlovitch.
There has never been any question
of their being returned until now that
Russia is defenseless. Even now they
are not claimed by the legal heirs of
the Hesse princes. but by the imperial
Germans and nv the royal Prussian
government They adorned the Cars
house for 1o2 years and have never
before been claimed by Germany,
Prussia or Hesse.
This only happens, says Herr Har-
den, now in the communistic repuh-
lies first year. when they who are
profiting by its impotence have taken
all kinds of movable and immovah Bile
pronerty from 1t, north. west and
south
-puy Liberty BoudsA-
purse .Iimfnieff with Chisei
Los Angeles Oct l2.---1t is not
often that chisel smoothes the rnatri-
monia1 path, but in this case II not
only started Pasquale Russo and his
bride on the sea Of welded bliss but
opened the hridegroom's recalcitrant
purse as we'll.
It happened In the marriage license
bureau. The clerk asked for So Pas
quale took OUT his purse. one of those
newfangled things with the comhi
nation knobs and lahored fifteen min
utes trying to open il while an anxious
crowd waited.
The work OF filing out the licenses
was resumed after man had been
summoned from the engine room He
opened the purse with A. gold chisel.
Belgian Girls Put to Work
Amsterdam. Oct. 1s-Authentic
news has been received that women
and girls are being deported from
Client for forced labor behind the
German front in France. They are
erploved on the transport Of timber.
and other material and reriace men
taerortees whose health has been
ruined by the hardships they have suf-
fered
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responsible for the building mp OF
the booking office and its success.
All Of the talent volunteer their
services and receive no pay. Many
pay all OF their expenses. others all
but their railway fare. The Red
Triangle. however. pays tho living
expenses Of most Of them.
GET LOCAL ATMOSPHERE
An entertainer booked on the
camp circuit is expected to do more
than Just give his act" The ~"
expects him to teach men in the
camps who are gifted unsteady or
histrionically some act which they
can do later to entertain their fell
low soldiers when the professional
actor can't reach them. The enter
tainers are encouraged to live with
the boys IA the camps. become sat
urated with camp local atmosphere
and learn Just what the boys like
most In the way Of entertainment.
The entertainers quickly become
imbued with the feeling that 1t Is
a privilege to minister to the
amusement OF the boys wearing
Uncle Sans uniforms, The "Y"
spirit OF service grips them.
The wishes and tastes Of the
men In camp are consulted. Every
month the camp Secretary fills out
on requisition blank such talent
as his camp needs for that month.
II the boys have liked a stage act
or a lecture especially and want
TO hear 1t again, the secretary notes
the request and the booking Office
does It's best to comply with It,
The camp Secretary has the right
TO reject any act booked for his
camp.
RESULTS CHECKED UP
The office keeps record OF
every act booked. The camp Sec
rotary reports back to Mr.. Richards
ON the quality OF each act, lecture
or sermon and whether the boys
were satisfied with it or not The
talent" also reports on the camp,
the service being done there and
on the audiences which hear their
programs The Secretary OF Ac-
tivities then picks out OF the re-
ports what the other person should
know and sends it to him. 1t has
been ascertained that lecturers and
entertainers are eager to learn what
they can do to please their hearers
} better and welcome suggestions
from the camp secretaries
An especially interesting feature
OF the work il booking entertainers.
etc, for the warships that arrive in
port. The Fleet Secretary gets
from the Navy Department the date
on which warship will arrive and
often before 1t anchors. entertain
} ers are ready to board tho vessel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
.SERB|ANS DRAW NEAR
THEIR OLD CAPITAL

London, Oct. 12.--Less than six miles
now separates the Scrbians from Nfsh'
their former capital. according to latest
word from the Balkan front.
Teuton resistance has stiffened. The
Serbs are believed to be in contact
Won Mackensens hastily reorganized
Austro German army. The latter are
along the Belgrade Sa-
loniki railway where sim fighting is
reported in progress.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
-Buy Liberty BOnds-
RECRUITING PIPER KAY
GOES TO ACTIVE DUTY

Chicago. Oct 12.-Pipe Major Kay.
of Chicago, whose kiltie band of s-r-
pers has caused the enlistment OF Ave
hattalions of men for the Canadian
and British armies, has left for the &C
tive service against the Germans
which he has urged upon thousands
of other men.
Three years ago George Kay was a
piper in the famed pipe band OF the
Argyle and Sutherland Highianders IN
Scotland. When he came to America
he brought his pipes. but left his uni
form. When the kaiser started the
war. Kay. a carpenter at once volun-
teered the services OF his pipe band to
the British Canadian recruiting mis-
sion. For nearly year Kay put every
ounce OF effort into recruiting and his
pipers have led all other cities In the
recruiting done.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
DEATH NOTICES

GcETT-D Died in Philadelphia, Octo-
ner II, at 20 \, NJ, MRS. RUTH
GILMAN DOGGETT wife OF w O
Doggett. Jr,. and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. ]. T.. Gilman. She leaves besides
her husband and parents, two sisters.
Mrs, Thomas Gemmell and Mrs. Har-
wood Gilman. of Richmond. also two
-hrothers. lieutenant Stuart-C.i!r, n.
stationed at Newport News and Ser
Seant Ntwill Gilman, now in France
The remains viii be brought to
Richmond for burial Funeral notice
later.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
DISHES WHICH THE FOOD
ADMINISTRATION EATS

menu for a church supper or big
club luncheon you will find these
recipes from the United States foo
administration cafeteria at Washing
ton very interesting There they
serve about seven hundred meals
every day. Each of the following
recipes makes enough for 100 por-
tons.
Polenta.
Six pounds, or ~ quarts corn
meal, 2 quarts water " cup fat. 6
pounds cheese. quarts tomato sauce,
cup salt.
Heat IL quarts of water to the boil
ing point, add the cornmeal and salt
Cook in a double boiler until very
thick. adding the fat just before
pouring into molds one inch deep
When cold cut the mush in desired
size and place in a dish leaving space
between the pieces.
Cover the top with a layer OF grated
cheese.
Pour thick highly seasoned
tomato sauce over the whole and
bake till the mush is heated through
Peanut Pnree.
Ten quarts milk. ounces corn
starch. 5 pounds peanut butter. one
third cup salt, onion.
Heat nine quarts of milk to the
boiling point.
Add the cornstareh mixed with one
quart cold milk.
Cook in a double boiler for thirty
minutes, stirring to prevent Jumping
Add the peanut butter, salt and
chopped onion.
Cook until smooth.
Gingerbread.
One cup or II ounces light syrup
10 ounces fat. Il ounces soda.
ounces salt ounce cinnamon,
ounce ginger. ~ ounce mace or all
spice, eggs. II quarts molasses
quarts buttermilk or SOUR milk. 1
pounds barley flour
Cream the fat and syrup.
Add spices salt, soda and cream
Add the eggs and beat in we'll
Add the molasses andNnix
Add the huttermilk and mix
Add the sifted -four and NIX.
Bake in sheet pans IN a moderate
aven.
Cake for Cottage Pudding.
Three pounds fat Il pounds sugar
quart or pounds light syrup, .
ounces soda. / II ounces salt. 10 eggs
, quarts milk, 4 ounces cream tartar.
} pounds wheat -four, pounds corn
or rice flour.
Cream thoroughly the fat and the
sugar
Add the soda and the salt.
Add alternately the syrup and the
eggs, Dreaming after each addition.
Add the milk and vanilla.
Add the fours sifted with the
cream of tartar.
Bake in a moderately hot oven
Maple Sauce for Pudding
Eight quarts milk. IA quarts or
3%s pounds maple syrup. ounces
salt. 2 ounces corn starch
Heat seven quarts OF the milk to
the boiling point in double boiler
Add the maple syrup and salt
Add carefully the cornstarch mixed
with one quart OF the cold water.
Cook for 20 minutes: stir to pre-
vent lum ping.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13

LEWlS~-Died Saturday at 3;1o P. NJ.
AT the residence of his parents, Ills
West Marshall street IRWIN S.
LEWIS, in his nineteenth year He
leaves father and mother, Mr. A. II.
and Mrs, :. X, Lewis and three broth
ers and one sister, Maurice, Arthur.
Howard and Helen.
The remains VIII be sent 10 sum
init Va. MONDAY over the Il, f.
d 4. IL. X
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
REAL ESTATE.
Successful and Reliable

Real Estate Men are the ones to
handle your Rents. Sales and Loans.
JOHN r. GODDIN's SONS,
90 North Ninth Street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
SHIPPING BOARD HAS LIBERAL WORK RULES
FUh CREWS OF THE NEW MERCHANT MARINE

by which officers and men alike are protected leave doubt Of
the compensation they shall
the
with the nkey's
n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13

of the sea prevail In times If COM
mon danger all rules are suspentaed ex-
cept the paramount rules OF self-pres-
crfaflon. and in such time the orders
of the captain are the law Of the shin
nNus~ 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
SUBMARINE CHASER
sunk BY EXPLOSION

Washington. Oct. 12.--United States
submarine chaser No. 2ls was sunk in
foreign waters on October .. as the re-
ment announced tonight.
One enlisted man was killed and
another is missing. One officer and
eight men were seriously injured. one
probably fatally.
The explosion occurred while the
submarine chaser was alongside sup.
ply ship taking aboad fuel. A hole
was blown in the port side and all the
forward part of the vessel was set on
FIRE. The fire was extnguished. but
the 219 sank about an hour after tho
explosion. the cause of which has not
been determined.
The following casualties are re-
ported:
Dead--Rice Bassett. quartermastsr.
Forest Hills, ~ Y.
Missing-HarIey Jerome Gilfllan,
engineman. wyoming. Ill.
The probably fatally injured:
Roy Hole en- Kerns. electrician
tradio). Berkeley. Cal.
Seriously injured:
Lieutenant Junior grade> Robert
Nudge Curtis, Chicago.
Harley Emerson Russell. chief ma
chinist's mate. San Francisco. Cal.
Albert Earl Cuddeback. machinists'
mate. West Burlington. Iowa
Robert Samuel wolford. quarterrnas-
ter. Cumberland. Md.
Harry Storer. seaman tscccnd CLASSY,
Bronx. N T.
Enoch Torgney johnson. machinists'
mate, Flasher. Md
David Anshuts Mott, electrician Des
Moines Iowa
Otto Clifford Kristen. quartermaster.
Santa Barbara. Cal.
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Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railroad

OIIeSdpcdkc u ONIO hA1NO8N
IN. Lou'vie West. 1900 p. $3.50 p
Main Line Local. $40 a. fy.fs =
James River Line, 1900 4. 4S:15 n.
~ News. NIX.
Old Point. 900 r.. si3:no n. s4.Nn =.
Newport News Local. 900 A.. ss;l5 ..
From Norfolk. Newport News. Old
Point. 1905 A.. 's;s5 p. 's:ss .. New
West. 'sf5 a.. $40 p Locals fs:sy
A.. e7:ss p. James River. ISIS q.
$40 ,.
sDAily. Except Sunday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13

BfRD--Died at her residence in Nor
rsville, n. O., MRS. CARL r. BYRD,
daughter of the late Mrs, Mary H.
Cartwright.
Services al the grave in Hollywood
THIS Sunday AFTERNOON at
O'Clock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20

failure. Every employe who Is dis
courteous TO the public or makes excuses
or statements OF the kind have described
Is helping these partisan or selfish interests
10 dtscredit government control OF rail
roads.
Recently the wages of railroad en-
ployes were largely increased involving
an addition to railroad operating cx-
penscs of more than 1000, 900 per
aunum. In order 10 meet this increase
the public has been called upon 10 pay
largely increased passenger and freight
rates. The people have accepted tins
new burden chcerfnlly and patriotlcally.
The least TINT every employe can do IN
return ~ To serve the public courtcously,
faithfully and efficiently.
"A great responsibility and duty rests
upon the railroad employees Of the United
States. Upon their loyalty, efficiency and
patriotism depends III large part Amer
ica = success aud the overthrow of the
kaiser and all that he represents let us
not fail to measure up to our duty and
the just demand of the public that rail
road service shall not only be efficient,
but that it always shall he courtcously
administered -
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
j, S. CONSULS MUL T|PLY
TO MEET WAR NEEDS
Force in Paris Eight Times Larger
Than in Pre- War
Times.

Paris, Aug 20 So great have been the
war demands upon the diplomatic and
consular services Of the United States m
France since America entered the conflict
that the embassy has had nearly to multi
ply eight times lts former strength, n
Paris and the consulates all over France
hnve doubled their forces. In addition
there havc been established IN Paris,
either in the embassy or IN close lialson
with il, branches Of the War Trade Board
the Hoover Food Bureau and the Commit
tee on Public Information
The working force at the embassy before
the war began was about 10, exclusive fo
secretaries and attaches Today II IS 50
About 20 clerks have had to be brought
over from Washington to take care of the
growing influx Of work
At the embassy IN pre-war times,
there were two attaches naval and
military Today the naval attacho has
four aides and clerical force Of about =
persons. while the military attache ~
surrounded hy five aides and from H. to -
clerical employees In addition q new
attaches post has been created, TINT of
scientific attnche, a post filled BY DR.
Frederick Durand He represents the
Board Of Inventions IN France and in
may bc used IN prosecuting the war slc-
! ccssfullv
The establishment N Paris Of a branch
Of the Bureau Of Public Information is
another event of recent occurrence Head
ed by .Ihmcs kerncy, the board employs a
staff Of American and French newspaper
men. who are both gathering and dis
seInnating information about events IN
France. and are making II dnlly clearer
to the French public just what America
is doing in the war This h'roau works IN
linlson with and not directly under. the
embassy
The War Trade Board, Paris branch, is
another now feature Headed bv vii
lam McFadden with Clarence Stctson ~
assistant, the board here is necessarily
active. carrying out thc directions ~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
BE POLITE, M 'ADOO
TELLS RA|LROADERS
Public BE Damned" Policy Won't
Go While United States is in
Control, He Says.

: Washington, Aug 10 Railroad em-
! ploycs were specifically ordered by Dlrcc-
! tori General McAdoo today To show cOur-
! tcsy in dealings with the public and to
/ cease cxctlsing train delays and other
errors with the plea that "t'nce Sam is
! running The railroads now.
! The public lie damned policy in no
! circumstances will he tolerated on the
/ railroads under government control, said
J the dircctor-gcncrals order, addressed
! to "al employees in the railroad service
! of the nltcd States
; The order follows
"Complants have reached me from
! time 10 time that employees are not treat
! ing the public with rs much Consdcra-
: ton and courtesy under government con-
I troll of the railroads rs under private con-
! troll | do not know how much courtesy
! was accorded the public under private
! control, and have no basis therefore for
{ accurate comparison. hope however,
; hat the reports of discourtesy under
government administration Of the rail
/ roads are incorrect or that they arr mt
! least confined To a relatively few cases
j Whatever may hc the merits of these
] complaints, they draw attention TO -
i question which IS of the utmost import
i ancc In the management of the railroads.
For many Years II was popularity
I believed that the public be damned
! polic1 WAS the policy of the railroads under
+ private control such u policy is IN
/ dcicnsihlc cthcr under private control
I or government control II would be partic-
ularly iadcicnsIbc under public control
+ when railroad employees arc the direct
servants of the public
/ The public hc damned policy in no
circumstances will he tolerated on the
railroads under government control. Every
! cmployc Of he railroad should take pride
in serving the puhhc courtcouslv and
cfhcicutly Courtesy costs nothing and
+ " hen il IS dispensed It makes friends Of
the public and adds to the sclf-rcspcct Of
I the rmpIoNr-
"AIN attention also has been called
/ to Il hc fact that employees sometimes have
offered a. IN excuse FIR their own short
couincs or rs a Justification for delayed
trains or other difficulties the statement
liat i ncc Sam j. running the RAIL
roads now or These are McAdoo $
I orders. etc Nothing could be more
I rrprchenshlc than statements of tins
character and nothing could be more
hurtlul to- the success of tic railroad
administration or to the welfare Of rail
road cmplnyes themselves No doubt
those Whu have niadc them have done 50
thouChtlc~-iv In most Instances, but the
/ harm IS Jl>t As great II a thing Of thus
sort Is douc thoughtlcsslv as If done
: deliberately
There are many people VITO for
( partisan or selfish purposes wish gaycrn-
mont operation q tbr railroads I" bc a