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SIMPLY COULDN'T FIND SIZES
Elderly Lady Wasted One WhoiS
Afternoon, and Finally Gave
Up Task in Despair.

~Goshi I wish / was--not a Belgian
but a pole; not a native of Poland.
but a tall, slim willowy pole. that
could drape herself In the ready-made
dresses which the stores are selling
now, or. rather, offering for sale, for
II every one has my luck, not many
sales are made" said the matronly one
to her street car, companion.
~ am fair (gray). fat and forty (bust
measure), and the other day l went
downtown to buy a-wash dress, we
used to call them. now you ask for a
tub frock. Well, I asked for them and
that vas about all. One saieswoman
showed me what she called a simple
little Bingham Qtl looked like the ones
the nurses weary for S19.75, and anoth-
er which she said was OF better quality
for $25. I was prepared to pay the
price, but I didn't like the gowns. 1t
was the same way at the other stores.
Every thing that was attractive was
only In the smaller sizes
There was one simply made geor-
gette crepe that ! thought might be
becoming to my matronly style. but
when i inquired about 1t, 1t was a six
teen-year size. DO you have 1t In "a
sixty-year?' / asked, but the clerk ig-
nored my query.
II net numerous other women about
my build and age during the afternoon
at different stores-some of them so
often that We grew quite chummy, but
l don't suppose they Jared any better
than / did. / finally met n I knew
and I said to her: You might as well
go home. They don't make 'em for u.s.
II also looked for q small georgette
hat (they had been advertised), and
the clerk said: Yes. we have them, but
you wouldn't want one with fringe on
it. She was right. / wouldn't.
II shopped from IL o'clock to $50
and came home bearing with me the
two articles 1 had been able to find in
my size-a hair net AMI a belt. Really
a comfortable costume for hot weather.
but hardly suitable for a fat lady sixty
years old."-Indianapolis News.
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PershIno Of French Descent.

Some interesting associations may
easily be woven into a news item tell
ing about a celebration which recently
took place at Lacledes Mo. The town.
one of the oldest In the old South
west Of the United States. was naIaed
after Pierre Ligueste Laclade, a native
of Bion. France. founder of st. Louis,
Mo. Years ago a man named Pershing,
q descendant Of an emigrant who left
Alsace when 1t was a French province
settled In Laclede. His son, the pres.
emit Gen. Joseph Pershing, commander
OF the American expeditionary forces
In France. was born there. The ceIe'
bration referred to was, Of course
In honor Of General Pershing, and II
was one Of the most enthusiastic eyel
held In what used to be an Amos,
exclusively French section Of ths
country.
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other ex-navy gunners IN the States
that would serve with the French.
/ told them the country was full OF
good gunners and he wanted me to
write to all I knew and get them to
come over. He did not mean by this,
and neither do ], that there were not
good gunners In the French navy. be-
cause there were-lots of them. But
you IAN never have too many handy
boys with the guns and he vas very
anxious for me to get all / could. j
had no way of reaching the ex-garbies
/ did know, so I had to pass up this
opportunity to recruit by mail.
While we were in Brest I got per-
mission to go aboard a submarine
and a petty officer showed me around.
This was the first time / was In the
interior of q sub and I told the officer
thnt l would like to take a spin In the
tub myself. He introduced me to the
commander, but the petty officer said
he did not think they would let me
stay aboard. I showed the COM
mander my passport and talked to
him for a while, and he said he
would take me on their practice
cruise two days later If the Old Man
gave me written permission.
So I hot-footed II back to the Cas-
sard and while I did not promise that
1 would get any American gunners for
him In exchange for the written per-
mission. he was free to think that IL
he wanted to. 1t seems as though he
did take It. that way, for he gave me
a note to the sub commander and sent
him another note by messenger. I
wanted Murray to go too. but the Old
Man said one was enough.
SO, two days later. / went aboard
in the morning and had breakfast
with the sub crew and a good break
fast It was, too. After breakfast they
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-08-29

[A|Y 1M[11
IN HELPFUL DOG.
~ MARY GRAHANRQNNER

a-There are heroes Of many kinds"
said Daddy, 'brave men who fight for
liberty, firemen who do not fear burn
ing houses and who rescu people un-
der all sorts Of danger to themselves.
There are those who will go In the
water after people who have become
exhausted and who have not been able
to swim any and so have cried
for help. And this Is very dangerous
for the rescuer, as often these peo-
pie get nervous and so frightened that
they don't half realize what they are
doing and try to pull their rescuer
under the water In their efforts to grab
him. Z
"Then there are brave policemen and
many splendid, brave people In the
world, but besides people there r
many horses and dogs who do fine
things.
I'VE have all heard of the dogs who
have saved children from the water,
and of those who have saved people
from fires. In fact, sometimes, some
of us feel very much ashamed when
we think how fine are the creatures
who can't talk and understand and
know all we do.
"But they do know so much, espe-
cially dogs and horses, and yet there
are many, many others who show rs
all the time what a great. great deal
they do know.
"This evening l want to tell you Of
a dog who was helpful, very help
full.
"His master and his mistress and
all the friends of his master and mis-
tress were working very hard.
"They We're trying to raise money
for the Red Cross organization SO
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CHATTER Ix--contInued.


But there was a nurse there, who
took special interest In his case. and
she stayed up day and night for some
time and finally brought him through.
The case was very well known. and
everybody said she had performed a
miracle. He got better slowly.
Then a few weeks later. when he
was out Of danger and was able to
walk. and 1t wss only a question of
time before he would be released from
the hospital. this nurse was trans
ferred to another hospital. Everybody
knew her and liked her. and when she
went around to cay good-by. all the
men were sorry and gave her little
presents. and wanted her to write to
them. She was going 10 get a nurse
che knew tn the other hospital to turn
her letters into English, so that she
could write to me. I gave her a ring
i had made from a piece OF shell case.
but / guess she had hundreds of them
at that.
But this German doctor would not
say good-by to her. That would not
have made me sore, but II made this
French girl feel very bad, and she be-
gan to cry. One of the French officers
saw her and found out about the doc
tor, and the officer went up and spoke
to the German. Then the French Of
fcer left, and the German called to
the nurse and she went over to him
and stopped crying.
They talked for a little while. and
then she put out her hands al II she
was going to leave. He put out his
hands. too. and took hold Of hers. And
then he twisted her wrists and broke
them. We heard the snap.
There were men In that ward who
= SSsa 06 f00t since Gay
they came to the hospital. and one of
them was supposed to be dying, but It
lis an absolute fact that when we heard
her scream, there was not q man left
IN bed.
I need not tell you what we did to
the German. They did not need to
shoot him. after we got through with
MIN. They did shoot what vas left Of
MIN, to make sure. though. :
/ Now, / have heard people say that
II Is not the Germans we are fighting
but the kaiser and his system. Well,
1t may be true that some Of the Boche
soldiers would not do these things II
they did not have to: myself, / am not
40 sure.
But you take this doctor. Here he
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Probably you have not been over there,
and maybe you think we are not fight
Ing the German people, but only the
kaiser and his fiunkeys.
Well, nobody had better tell me that.
Because l have been there. and / have
seen this. And I know.
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took stations and the commander went
up on the structure amidships, which
was just under the coming tower. and
I ~squatted down on the deck beneath
the structure.
Then the gas engines started up
and made an awful racket and shook
the old tub from stem to stern. I
could tell that we had cut loose from
the dock and were moving. After a
while they shut of the gas engines
and started the motors and we began
to submerge. When we were all the
way under I leaked through the perl
scope and saw a Dutch merchantmen.
We stayed under about half an horr
and then came back to the surface.
One of the garbies was telling me
later on that this same sub had gone
out Of control a few weeks before
and kept diving and diving until she
struck bottom. I do not know how
many fathoms down 1t was, but 1t was
farther than any commander would
take a sub II he could help 1t. This
garby said they could hear the plates
cracking and II was a wonder that
they did not crumple up from the
pressure, but she weathered II, pres
sure button and all, and In a quarter
OF an hour was ON the surface. While
on the surface they sighted smoke,
| submerged again. and soon, over the
horizon came eight battleships, es-
corted by Zepps and destroyers.
They tested their tubes before they
got In range. Finally they let go. The
| FIRST shot missed, but after that they
got into 1t good and the garby said all
you could hear was the knocking Of
the detonated g~uncotton.
About i've minutes later they sight
| ed fIve d~estroyers. two on each bow,
ard one dead ahead. The sub steered
In at right angle xigzags and the de-
| stroyers stayed with their convoy. The
sub launched two t~orpedoes at less
than Z mile before diving. to get away
from the destroyers and the garby
said 1t least one Of them was hit.
These ships must have been some
OF the lucky ones that came down
| from the North sea. The garby said
he thought they were on the Dutch
coast at the time, but he was not
sure.
But this cruise that I was on vas
only q practice cruise and we did not
meet with any excitement IN the short
time that We were out.
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4 seven.TIme Winner.

The unique record of having been
torpedoed seven times Is held by VIII
liam Jessop. a s~eafarer of Hull. Eng
land. who is seventy-two years Of eye.
He Is still on the active list. "Youne
men," he said, shave sometimes re.
fused to sail with me, as they think
I shall be unlucky." Jessop is the old
est member Of the Ships Cook and
Stewards union in Hull. and general
ly sails as a cook or steward. During
the first year Of the war he was tor
pedoed three times. and the last four
ships on which he sailed were all lost.
His courage. however. remains undi-
minished. II will sign on to 60 any.
WHERE be declared.
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p X
Hell at oanipoII.

Uctt ~ 4dtftpotI.
After ! was discharged from the hos
pital, l was ordered to report to my
ship ut Brest for sea duty.
The boys aboard the Cassard gave
me a hearty welcome, especially MUIR
ray, who had come back after two
weeks In the trenches at Dixmude. 1
was glad to see them. too. for after all,
they were garbies. and I always feel
more at home with them than with SOL
diers. Then. II was pretty rough stuff
ut Dixmude, and after resting up at
the hospital. l was keen on going to
sea again.
The Cassard was In dry dock for re-
pairs after her last voyage to the Oar
danelles as convoy to the troopship
Duplex. Everything was being rushed
to get her out as soon as possible, and
crews were working day and night.
There were other ships there too-su-
perdreadnaughts. and dreadnaughts,
and hattleships. and arsnored cruisers,
all being overhauled. =
We received and placed guns of
newer design, filed the magazines with
the highest explosives known to naval
use, and generally made ready for a
hard job. Our magazines were filed
with shells for our big IL and 14-inch
guns. A 14-inch Shell can tear a hole
through the heaviest armor plate at
1900 yards, and will do more damage
than you would think.
Wbon ua had noolaI o.A k.A 100
a stores aboard. we dressed for ac-
tion-or rather, undressed. The decks
were clear; hatch covers bolted and
davits folded down; furniture. chests,
tables. chairs were sent ashore, and in
flammable gear, like our rope ham
mocks, went overheard. You could
not find a single wooden chair or table
In the ward room.
When the ship Is cleared for action,
a shell bursting inside cannot find
much to set afire. and II one bursts on
deck, there Is nothing to burn but the
wooden deck. and that Is covered with
steel plate.
Finally, we had roll calI-all men
present. Then we set sail for the
Dardanelles as escort to the Duplex.
which had on board territorial and
provincial French troops-Gascons,
Parislans. Normans. Indo- Chinese,
Spahis. Turcos--all kinds. When we
messed, we had to squat down on the
steel mess deck and eat from metal
plateA
There had been q notice posted be.
fere we left that the zeppelins had be
gun sea raids, and we kept q live eye
out for them. The news proved to be
a fake. though. and we did not see q
single cigar while we were out.
We made the trip to the Dardanelles
without sighting an enemy craft. keep
Ing In close touch with the Duplex
and busy every minute preparing fol
action.
/ was made gun captain and given
charge Of the starboard bow turret
mounting two 14-inch guns. / had my
men at gum practice daily. and by the
time We neared the ~Dardanelles, after
i've dayn, they were In pretty fail
shape.
II vas about 8 !. m, when We drew
near Cape Helles and took stations
for action. The Duplex was A front
Of ua The batteries on the cap<
opened up on .us. and IN 4 few min
utes later those At Kun Kaleh Joined
Az the Duplex made Tor .v~ beach
and ~nrpnarad m land hor froonu ~
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Harked Pleasantly at Them.

that a great deal of suffering could
be made less, and a great deal Of com
fort taken to thousands of people.
'The dog was a beautiful white
dog. He had a handsome head, and
such beautiful white fur that to look
at him any n would think that he
was simply a dog who liked to be
petted and spoiled. and that he was
selfish and enjoyed sitting on a vel
vet cushion, or going for a drive in
a beautiful motorcar.
THAT Is you might have thought all
that until you looked into his face.
For by the look In his eyes you could
tell In an instant how fine he was.
His eyes wer9 SO clear. so intelligent.
He looked at you wisely, as If he want
ed to know all he could, and wanted
to let you know that he tried to be
a good, sensible dog,
at wonder his master SAID one
day, If we couldn't give some work
to Whitley to dor
sand the other members of the fam
lily said:
.sWell, well all be so busy that
Whitley won't get a great deal Of at
te~ntion--that is we capt have so many
walks and romps- II would be nice II
he could help as In this work Of coli
lecting the money to help everybody
who Is suffering
"Now- Whitley barked and wagged
his tail. HIS eyes seemed to be try
ing to speak for him as he barked his
bow-wow-wow. He was trying Il say:
Let M work, too. I would like to
help. I want to be a useful dog
1T have al idea.' said his mas
tet.
"'WhatY the others all asked.
"'Wen have him collect too. He
con wear a harness across his back,
a nice light harness, and attached to
1t can be a Red Cross box. Then
he ear have q little bell attached to
his collar so that 1t will ring as he
runs along. Wen sec how much money
he q get In his box
"From al the talking Whitley knew
that something had happened and that
1t was aboat him. How pleased he
vast He barked for Joy.
'sThe very next day Whitley wore the
box. and not only did his bell ring a.
he ran along. but he went up to peo-
pie as they passed, barked pleasantly
at them and then shook his box. They
could e what was written on the
box. and too, they had read In the pa
per Of the work Whitley was doing.
Ahd almost everyone put money In
Whitey's little box.
aHe barked at people in the busi-
ness section and then he would run
down a where the great ships were
md get collections from the shipping
people.
~He knew when he had q good day,
for his box ratified merrily then with
lots and lots OF coins, and his master
was 80 proud Of him,
~ n several months Whitley, The
dog,t SOLICITED more thnn ave hon.
sand dollars 70 help grown people r
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GUNNER DEPEM. IN HOSPITAL, SEES UNUSUAL INSTANCE
or HUN FRlGHTFULNEsS.

synopss-Albert N Depew. author Of the story. tells Of his service
I'm the United States navy, during which he attained the rank of chief
petty officer, nrstdass gunner. The world war starts soon after he
receives his honorable discharge from the navy. and he leaves for
France with a determination to enlist. He joins the Foreign Legion and
Is assigned to the dreadnaught Cassard. where his craftsmanship wins
him high honors. Later he Is transferred to the land forces and sent to
the Flanders front. He gets his first experience In q front line trench
at Dixmude. He goes "oyer the top" and gets his first German In a
bayonet fight While on runner service. Depew Is caught In a Zeppelin
raid and has an exciting experience. In a fierce fight with the Ger
nan he Is wounded and Is sent to q hospital ~
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Having the hey TO succe4s = llttEs
-. aelsss yee q 4 80 ~ ksyhs'&
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
BEER MEASURE
AFFECTS MARKET
Chicago Corn Mart Closes Un-
settled and at Loss of
Cent and Eighth.

sArE0-A4AEA AtH1 - ~
CHICAGO, sept. Prohibition
of the manufacture OF beer, be-
ginning Dec. /, had a depressing
influence today on the corn mar
ket. Largely as "a result prices
closed unsettled, l. 10 lis net
lower with October $1.57 Is 10
S1.51 Ia and No. 4 S1.56 Is TO
S1.56 IL. oats finished Is 10 3-s
off and provisions varying from 10
cents decline to 25c advance.
An opinion became widespread
that barley when no longer taken
by brewers would be chiefly con-
sumed as feed, and would thus 10 a
considerable extent reduce the feed
ing demand for corn. Accordingly.
moderate price upturns which had
resulted from weekend evening up
of trades and from lightness Of re-
ceipts were more than counter
balanced. Predictions of a livelier
movement; Of corn TO primary cen
ters next week tended likewise TO
handicap the bulls and so too did
uncertainty i'm regard to what show
ing would ne made by the gov
eminent crop report on Monday.
Oats were governed almost en-
tirely by corn. Covering by shorts
rallied pork from a eve decline,
caused by the lack of support. High
er quotations on logs helped to
strengthen lard and ribs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
COMMERCIAL
Financial Questions and Answers
BY the Fna ncial Editor.
Russian Securities Not Hopeless.

Russian Securities Not Hopeless.
q. What in our opinion are the
ultimate prospects OF payment OF
principal and Interest OF the Rus
sian Internal bonds which sold
quite extensively in this country at
their time of issue.
A. They are speculative and we
expect some violent fluctuations in
them before the war is over. Even
If the present government" repu-
dates them, we hardly think that
Russia will be successful in main
tanning such an attitude. The bonds
are backed by the resources Of $780,
0OO.0 600 people and a country which
is quite undeveloped. The natural
resources of Russia can stand a
very large obligation and the allied
nations are interested in the finan-
cial condition of the country, as
well as its ability to meet its debt.
While We have not been recon-
mending a purchase of Russian Sc
curities, holders are justified in
sitting tight as developments re-
Gently are more favorable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
United Frnit,s PropertH.

@. In the early part of this year ]
purchased 100 shares of United
Fruit al 1892 per share. At no time
since I made this purchase has the
stock sold so high. Will you please
advise me your opinion Of the out
look? Would it be wise to sell and
take a loss, or would it better to
hold?
A. United Fruits small decline
should not occasion any alarm as
the asked price" is only four points
under your purchase price. The
stock sold at 1873 this year and as
high as 154 last year and 169 in
1915. Although the company has
been war prosperous, and earnings
are likely TO show some decrease
due to the heavy taxes the com
pany will have TO pay, the regular
dividend does not appear 10 be in
any danger. ever II no extra divi-
dends are near.
There is a revival OF activity in
the shipping stocks, and We expect
20 see a better market for such a
stock as United Fruit during the
next two or three months. We be-
Iieve you should hold your shares in
the meantime in the anticipation
hat you VIII be able 10 get better
prices when you desire 10 sell.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
\ War-Worker's Investment.

=. I have $50 shares of Wright
Martin com. bought on margin al
9 Is. Have offered my service for
Y. NJ. c. a. work overseas. Cannot
pay for stock outright before I go.
Would you hold or sell?
A. Wright Martin is a speculation.
but since o have offered your ser
vices overseas we do not consider
your investment in Wright-Martin.
upon margin. a conservative one.
You will not probably be here 10
take advantage Of higher prices
which may prevail, and We would
hardly guarantee that you can safe
" invest your funds in Wright
Martin for a year or two, with alb
sOlute safety.
1t has a future, and If you had
intended remaining in the L. S. 4.
We would have been prepared to
recommend that you hold your
stock. Better to sell out and invest
partly in Liberty bonds, and partly
I'm good pfd. stocks like Bethlehem
Steel 8 per cent pfd., Atchison pfd.,
Mexican Petroleum pfd., or Ameri-
can Wooden pfd.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-08
Bonds Selling I

g. \ party here saw in a daily
paper this statement: All foreign
bonds are sold fiat; that is without
accrued interest, as are many other
leading bonds in the New York mar
ket." We have had a controversy
over it resulting in a bet. VIII you
kindly advise me On both points?
A. Income bonds, adjustment
bonds, and others which do not pay
interest, such as Russian bonds, etc,
sell fiat"
Nearly all foreign bonds. includ-
ing Canadian, Japanese. Italian.
French, etc, together with all 9TH
ers which pay their interest. sell
with accrued interest in the New
York market.