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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14

Well fix you up with q cushy job
at brigade headquarters. pounding
typewriter"
The Irishman, with groan of dis
gust. addressing nobody In particu-
lar, sighed
"Out since Mons, and end up
worrin' a bloody typewriter at head
quarters. Stick me in skirts and
III go as manicurist"
The doctor, paying no attention to
this, remark, went to the next case
and soon left the ward.
AS soon as the door closed a string
of oaths came from the Irishman:
"Poundin' q typewriter at
headquarters; just like the bloody
British army; what in hell do |
know of those writin' machines?
Just my luck. Why couldn't that
s'pose, if I'd lost my bloody hands
they'd made a tightrope walker out
O. me. Win this war-what hopes?"
| The Tommies were eagerly ques-
t!oning each other:
| What did e sye to you?" "Are
you good for Blighty?" "He marked
England on my tag" What does
base hospital mean? Does it mean
that I'm to stick it out in this bloody
|
to Blighty?" etc.
| Pretty soon a stretcherbearer en-
tered, carrying little, oblong, green
box, which, we all knew, contained
| Woodbine cigarets. He was greeted
with a chorus of:
| Gimme a fag, mate; I'm all out
Come on, chum; don't forget me
That's a good fellow. Let's have
one"
Pretty soon every Tommy who
was able had a lighted flag between
his lips, and a sigh of content went
up as he inhaled deep drafts of the
smoke. L certainly enjoyed mine
The sergeant-major again en-
tered. The medical men came to at
tention. In crisp tones he ordered:
Get the convoy for England
ready. Look alive. the ambulances
are expected any minute"
The stretcherbearers entered
bustling about. and the ward was in
an uproar Then, outside, could be
heard the chugging engines of the
waiting ambulances.
AS each fortunate Tommy was
carried out the more unfortunate
ones, who were to be left behind al
the base hospital, bravely wished
MIN a Good luck, mate. Give my
regards to Trafalgar Square. BE
careful and don't lose your watch in
Petticoat Lane. Give 'er my love. y
-, AS / was carried through the door
the cold air sent shiver through
me, and my wounds began to pain,
The effect of the chloroform was
wearing off, Outside it was dark
and. confusion seemed to reign SUI
preme. Lanterns were flashing to
! and fro and long lines of stretchers
| could be seen moving toward the
ambulances.
was placed in the ambulance
with three others. A rasping noise
| as the gears were shifted, and with
J q Jerk the ambulance started. That
Jerk made me grind my teeth.
| But l was happy in the thought
| that at last I was on my way To
that longed-for heaven, Blighty,
(To be Continued)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
SOMEWHERE III FRANCE
WITH EMPEY

picking up flag ends" (cigaret
The sergeant-major left.
In about ten minutes the door
opened again and, with smar'
"shun" from the sergeant-maJor q
dead silence reigned in the waro
The medical men all came to atten-
ton, then the doctor entered, fol-
lowed by a clerk and r. A. M. Z.
sergeant. He stopped at each cot
carefully read the tag on the wound
ed man occupying 1t, passed a rev
remarks which the clerk 1otted doWI
on a pad of paper, and, as he lei'
each wounded soldier, he made a
cheering remark to him..
When he came to me he asked:
"Well, how are you feeling, my
lad ?" at the same time STOPPING
over my tag. .
"Humm-three rifle BULLETS; well,
my lucky fellow. it means England
could have kissed that doctor.
Then he passed to the Irishman
on my right. STOPPING over him.
he asked: o,
The Irishman answered.:
I'm damned sick, and L want
to get out of here; I want to get
ont of here. out of this draft. Ev-
cry tin minutes they're openin' and
a. shuttin' that door,"
The doctor, with a wink, turned
to the r. A. NJ. c. sergeant and said:
"Shrapnel, left foot, knee and
right breast. 1 see no reason why
this man won't be ready for duty
in a couple of days"
The Irishman, with a yell, an
swered:
<'Dooty, how in the hell can I do
dooty when can't walk?"
The doctor answered:
THAT will be all right, my lad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
By Arthur 'Guy Empey

turned inquiring looks in his direc-
ton. Answering these glances, he
read from the tag pinned to the
tunic of the patient:
Shell wound, left foot-amputa-
tion."
Then and there I knew that
had lost my prestige.
In a short while the form on the
stretcher began to humble. This
mumbling soon turned to singing;
that Tommy sure could sing! He
must have been q comedian in ci-
william life, because the Tommies
were soon roaring with laughter, so
was l, as much as my wounds
would permit. Harry Tate. the IA
nous English comedian, in his palm
lest date never had a more appreci-
ative audience. After a while the
singing ceased, and the Tommies
began conversing among them
selves. The main topic was
"Blighty-What Hopes?" Each one
was hoping his wound was serious
enough for him to be sent to Eng
land. The stretcherbearers were be-
ing pestered with questions as to
what chance the Tommies had of
reaching their coveted goal. I be-
lieve they all envied the man under
ether, because, with left foot miss
ing, he was sure to be sent to
Blighty
A sergeant-major of the Royal
Army Medical Corps entered the
ward. The medical men promptly
stood at attention, except one or two
who were taking care of serious
cases. The sergeant-major ordered:
Get this ward in shape. The M.
o. is coming through in five minutes
to inspect cases and clear out"
The medical men went from cot
to cot, carefully smoothing out
blankets, tucking in loose ends and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
(Continued)


The door at the other end of the
ward opened and two stretcher-
bearers entered, going in the direction
OF the dead man. Pretty soon they
left the ward, carrying a stretcher
on which was a still form, covered
with blanket. The Irishman on my
right was repeating to himself:
Poor bloke, poor bloke: he sure
done his bit, and it won't be long
before he'll be pushin' up the daisies
somewhere in France. And before
this war is over, there'll be lots more
In the same fix"
One of the Tommies, in an effort
to be brave, addressed Jones:
What's lis nyme, Mike? What
battalion is o from ?"
Jones answered:
James Collins, a lance corporal
out of the Royal Warwicks; FIVE ma
chine gun bullets through his right
lung-hemorrhage."
The door opened again and two
stretcherbearers entered, carving a
Tommy, his head lying fiat, and a
smell of ether pervaded the ward.
lie knew 1t was q case from the
Pictures Operating room). The
stretcherbearers placed him on the
right of the Irishman.
Jones now left me, and, getting
little white basin, went over to
the new arrival. The Tommies
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
Snyder Co. Safety Com.
Enlarges Its Membership

Middleburg, Pa. Jan. 14.-The
Public Safety Committee of Snyder
County has enlarged its membership,
ana ESQ names have been added
The county has been divided into
districts and each township and
borough in the county composes a
district. DR.. John /. Woodruff. of
Selinsgrove, is chairman of the
speakers union and DIR. Charles
Alkens, president of Susquehanna
University. is the county Chairman
A meeting will be held in the Court
house at Middleburg Saturday even
ing January 10, when Several speak
ers OF nationwide fame will deliver
addresses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
ACCIDENTS AT LEWTsTowN

LeWistown, Pa. Jan. 14.-Marga-
ret 2-year-old daughter of Mrs. II.
rlatZer, or feagertown, fell from
the porch at her home and frac-
tured her collarbone.
Charles Eager fell on one of fhe
east end streets of town and was
badly injured about the back and
shoulders. ''''N
James Krepps bruised a finger
some time ago and a felon formed
ana for two weeks he has suffered
severely.
II. S. Yeatter, of Ferguson VAL
icy, went to Philadelphia to consult
specialist about an injury that he
IeceIHeo seven years ago while
working on his farm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
BOY SEVERELY INJUREn

Annville, PA, Jan. 14.-Ray Sto-
ber, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sto.
ber of West Queen street, met. with
an accident while coasting at the
hill at Brands mill in West Queen
street. His sled struck a plank on
the bridge and threw him against
the bridge, causing severe injuries,
He will be confined to his home Tor
some time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
TELEPHONE co. OFFICERS

Middleburg, Pa, Jan. 14.-Stock-
holders of the Middleburg Sreal.
Valley Telephone Company held a
meeting in their offices over the Ma
tional Bank building yesterday and
elected the following officers and diI
rectors: President, Harold Nc
Clure; president, James Magee.
secretary, George w. WagenseiIer,
treasurer, John S. Kaufman; gen.
eral manager, Frank A. Ever. di-
rectors, George w. Wagenseller
John s. Kaufman, James Magee
Professor Thomas Sbamhech
Thomas Spigelmire and John w.
Kassinger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14

At the same time, an abun-
dance Of sugar was and still
is locked up in far-away Java,
as unavailable as unmined
gold-because ships cannot be
spared to transport it.
Every 5,OOO-ton ship which
can be saved by giving
England sugar from Cuba
means the release Of a ship
which can make three trips
and take a total Of 5000 SOL
diers from the United States
to France.
If we can save the Allies
from taking any Java sugar
in 1918, we will release for
transport purposes enough
ships to carry over to the
Western front and supply
about 100000 to 100000
soldiers.
At the same time, we will
also be giving the Allies the
necessary sugar. Therefore,
1t is to the interest Of the
common cause to save ships
and send soldiers.
The Franklin Sugar Re-
filming Company has put forth
every possible effort to keep
UP the supply Of sugar for the
United States, even in limited
quantities, and to stabilize
the price to the consumer.
In order to enable thewidest
possible distribution of sugar
so that all may have some
sugar-we distribute Franklin
Cane Sugars in convenient.
size packages.
These small unit cartons
and cotton bags enable gro
GERS to limit their sales SO that
waste and boarding may be
prevented.
It will be necessary for
grocers and consumers to
watch carefully their diStri-
button and purchases during
the approaching period Of re-
adjustment. The refineries
are now starting UP and sup
plies Of raw sugar coming for
ward, but it will take weeks,
and possibly months, for the
return Of normal conditions.
Housewives can cooperate
with this plan by. buying
these package sugars.
times It is our aim TO.
Of the public we serve.
Refining Company
ugar for eUery use"
wdered. Confectioners. Brown
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14

War has disturbed the
whole worlds sugar supply.
It has not only wiped out any
available surplus, but it has
put all nations on a hand-to-
mouth basis.
The European Allies were
the first to feel the pinch.
Before the war, enough sugar
was produced on the Con-
tinent to supply all Europe.
Today, two-thirdS Of this
Sugar-producing area is with
in the battle lines.
England, France and other
nations have had to turn
elsewhere for a supply Of this
indispensable food.
And they came to Cuba
the main source upon which
the United States depends for
its cane sugar. During 1917,
Cuba sold and shipped to
Europe nearly 100000 tons
Of raw suSar-one-third Of its
crop.
In addition to the normal
increase in the consumption
Of sugar as food in this coun-
try, the nationwide move
ment to save the fruit crop
last season greatly increased
its use.
But this increased con-
sumption Of sugar has been a
real factor in combating
waste. 1t enabled the Ameri-
can housewife to add to the
store Of the food Of the ma
ton at a time when fruits
and vegetables were plenti-
full and cheap.
The sugar is not only in the
fruit jar, but it has carried
into the pantrieS Of the coun-
try a vast supply Of fruit and
vegetables which would
otherwise have been lost.
Sugar itself is not only a food,
but it is also the great pre-
server Of other foods.
AS the demand for sugar
grew, both here and abroad,
Cuba's supply was exhausted
last fall. Every available
ton in Porto Rico and other
cane sugar countries was &C.
quired. But this was not
enough, and the shortage
came.
IN war time and at al
safeguard the interests
The Franklin Sugal
"a Franklin Cane
Granulated, Dainty LumpS, p
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
Sugar and Ships

In the interest Of the public it serves, the
Franklin Sugar Refining Company IS earnestly
supporting the Governments policy to regulate
the supply Of sugar SO that it shall be sufficient
and ourselves.
With the new crop Of cane sugar coming in,
the sugar situation is more favorable than It
was month ago. There will be sugar enough,
according to present indications, if extrava-
CANT use and waste are avoided.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-14
An Active Liver Means Health

If you want good health, a clear
complexion and freedom from Dizzi-
ness, Constipation, Biliousness, Head
aches and Indigestion, take DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. They drive out fer
menting and undigested foods and
give. quick relieve. 25c, all druggists.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-06-14
You Can Now Eat
Your Favorite GOD
Without Any Fear
Kramer Says: 'sEatonic' Rids Weak stonachs OF
Acids, Cas- Heartburn, Food Repeating
and Stomach Miseries

"EATONIC neutralizes the acids.
that form the painful gases, sweet
ems" the stomach, and gives the gastric
Juice a chance to do its work as 1t
should.
ITO promote appetite and aid diges-
ton, take EATONIC tablets-one or
two after each meal. They are per-
fectly harmless. Eat them just like
candy.
"For distress after eating; sour.
"gassy," acid stomach, vertigo, nausea
and belching, and that wretched,
puffed-up, 'lumpy" feeling, after over
eating; there is nothing to compare
with EATONIC Tablets"
All druggists sell EATONIC - Soc
for large box. Watch out for imita-
lions. The genuine bears the name
EATONIC on each tablet-guaranteed
to do all that is claimed; or If your
druggists don't carry EATONIC-send
to Eatonic Remedy Co., Chicago, Ill.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-06-14
BreadIess Meals Save Wheat.

How are you saving wheat? One
way is to serve breadless meals now
and then. Have you ever tried them?
Breadless meals need planning
ahead. You can't take just any menu
and take the bread out and expect the
family to like 1t. Bread has several
functions in the meal, and fully de-
serves the high opinion which we have
Of it. It is one Of our best foods for
fuel, furnishing carbohydrate in the,
form of starch and also bodybuilding
protein and mineral substances. But
if the meal contains enough other food
to furnish the starch and the protein
needed why not save the bread?
Try planning your meals so that
these wheat-saving dishes take the
place of the bread. Potatoes, sweet
boiled or rfced-rice, oven-fried corn
meal mush, hominy grits, large hon.
my, baked beans, lima beans, split
peas-all are good served as vege-
tables, with meat and gravy. 1t is not
necessary to serve more than one OF
these starchy foods at a meal, but
serving two Of them, for instance,
well-browned, crusty croQuettes or
fried mush (and these can be cooked
in the oven instead Of in the fat ket-
tle) in addition to potatoes or sweet
potatoes, makes the meal more tasty
for many Of US and is an easy way OF
securing variety. Aside from the
question Of economy and convenience
the important thing in such case Is
not the number of cereal foods served,
but the character of the meal as
whole, which must be truly varied and
not made up almost entirely of any
single type Of food. We must have
other kinds Of food In our diet in
abundance as well as starchy foods.
Therefore, in planning your bread
less meals make sure that you serve
an abundance Of fresh vegetables,
such as green cabbage, kale, turnip
| tops, onions, onion tops, dandelions
and other green's, asparagus, green
peas, tomatoes, spinach, carrots and
so on, choosing those which are in sea-
son and abundant in your garden or
your uldTkSC. WIFI Ndllcu LuCuA
| planned in the usual way, except that
the servings Of the starchy foods and
the vegetables are larger than usual
to make up for the bread, you can
have a breakfast, dinner or supper
which may be pleasing to the taste and
which will meet the body needs.
There are other food combinations
and dishes which you can take advan-
| tage of in planning the meals with
bread. For instance, you may prefer
to replace part of your usual allow
ance Of bread with q wheat-saving
dessert. These desserts furnish much
the same food materials as bread, but
in q different form: Rice pudding,
hominy pudding, Indian pudding, tGpi-
oca cream or fruit tapioca, cornstarch
pudding, baked bananas (use bananas
which are underripe, because they are
richer in starch than the ripe ones)
or gingerbread made from the wheat
| substitutes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-06-14
Dream of Perpetual Peace.

Returning in the early days of the
war from belligerent Germany,
through a mobilized Switzerland and a
partly mobilAed Italy. to an America
that was still unperturbed and unpre-
pared, 1 revisited the famous museum
of Naples" writes Munroe Smith in
Case and Comment.
'Tn one of the central, corridors I
noticed an ancient mural inscription,
which I had doubtless seen before
without approaching its Significance
an inscription of the time of Augustus
ITO perpetual peace
"Thus, even in warlike Rome, and
more than 10 centuries ago, after a
series of wars that had shaken the
then civilized world from the Alps to
the African deserts and from the Pill
lars of Hercules to the Nile, as after
every great war that has since devas-
tated Europe, mems minds were turn
ing with inextinguishable hope to the
vision of q warless future"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-06-14
Spying on Spies.

Spy spies on spy in Germany. The
German office holder, ex-Ambassador
Gerard writes in the London Times,
fears the spies of his rivals. 81 often
said to Germans holding high office
during the war: This strain is break
ing YOU down - all day in your Of
flee. Take an afternoon off and come
shooting with me- The invariable an
swer was, 4 cannot; the others would
learn it from their spies and would
spread the report that l neglect bust
ness" German spies are adopts at
opening bags, steaming letters-all the
old tricks. The easiest way to baffle
them, Mr.. Gerard says, is to write
nothing that cannot be published to
the world. "For a long time after the
beginning of the war I was too busy
to write the weekly report OF official
gossip usually sent home by diplomat
lists. I suppose the Germans searched
our courier bags for such report
vainly. Anyway, its absence finally
got on the nerves Of Zimmerman so
much that one day he blurted out.
Don't you ever write reports to your
goyernment?"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-06-14

| Housewife

It is quite correct nowadays to tip
your soup plate to be sure OF the last
drop.
Dry bread can be ground in the meat
chopper and used In place Of -four In
making gingerbread.
Nothing so good for a sprain as
bathing with very hot water, to which
turpentine has been added. an ounce to
a quart.
Apple jelly can be made at any time
through the winter, and is partfcu-
larly good in the children's school
sandwiches.
Turn a plate upside down in the
bottom Of any vessel in which you
are cooking any food a long time
The plate will prevent any possible
seorchlng.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-06-14
NOT LIKE OLD DAYS
Men of Middle Age Indulge in
Comparisons
Lack of Thrift In Rising Generation
Especially Subject of Comment
Finally Thoroughly Convinced
"The World Do Move"

Two plainly dressed, substantial
looking men of fifty or thereabouts
were discussing the high cost of liv-
ing, dying and every other old thing
while having their shoes polished in
q place Just off Herald square. One
was saying he couldn't figure how per-
sons of small earning capacity
were managing to keep body and
soul together. The other ventured the
opinion that the class of persons he
referred to were not entitled to the
sympathy they were getting because
their standard of living was out of
all proportion to their pay envelopes.
"When we were youngsters back in
the middle West" the second man
went on, eve considered ourselves
lucky if we got some plain schooling
and three fairly square meals day.
We had pennies where the average
boy in this town has dimes and quar-
tiers. After we came to New York
we waited until we were fairly well
established before we INDUCED in
even small luxuries., It Seems TO me
that smallzwage earners have lost all
sense of thrift" - ~,
Even as he spoke there came an IL
| lustration of his remarks in the per-
| son of a messenger boy, who climbed
| into the next seat and directed the
| Dootblack to polish his russell shoes
and put in new laces. After giving
| this order the boy bit a five-cent bar
of chocolate in half, took a cigarette
| from q ten-cent package, and then set
| tied down to read magazine that had
cost Is cents. The two men exchanged
amused chances.
"That boys shine and refreshments
and other things will cost him fifty
| five cents" said the man who had been
doing most of the talking. Honest,
I don't think 1 spent that much In
month when 1 was his age"
"Nor l." laughed the other. "And
| 1t was a great lark when we were
boys to shine our own shoes. When
we felt real wicked we smoked CHINA
mon cigarettes. A couple of cents
would buy enough material to provide
smokes for a whole crowd"
"And q five-cent thriller was passed
from one boy to another until all the
youngsters in town had read il" add
ed his friend.
They stole another look at the
young plutocrat, sighed deeply and
left the place shaking their heads.
Crossing the street in this contem-
plative mood, they barely escaped be-
ing knocked down by youth on mo-
torcycle.
"And we used to feel real reckless
on our velocipedes," unused one
New York Evening Telegram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-06-14
Medicine for the Boche.

The Woolwich arsenal film was evil
IDENTIFY planned BY a competent organ
Ter II gives an e extf eehipfe-
hensive picture of the work carried out
under war conditions, and is of spe-
cial interest from the way in which it
shows the whole of q complicated and
lengthy process, as, for instance, the
making of a 15-pounder cartridge
from the time when the molten brass
is run from the molds until the final
polishing of the finished case. Per-
haps the predominating impression on
the mind Of the present writer was the
magnificent work which is being done
by women of all ages in preparing med
icine for the Boche-London Globe.