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The Twin City star., 1918-05-11

ginning" she said in French, II had
three sons. They hurried of to set
their uniforms and rifles. Then
waited. One day our soldiers came
pouring into the town. They hal been
driven back by the Germans. Many
were injured. I took as many as ]
could in my house and made coffee for
them. You see my house was better
before 1t was struck by shells.
"While I was making coffee a big
shell struck this house and killed
some of the soldiers. Another one had
both legs taken off. helped them all
I could, but they went away and the
Germans came. They are cruel, but am
old, so am alive. Then our boys came
again and made my house hospital.
It was struck twice more and / was
hurt little. too. but not much. don't
want to leave. I have lived here all
my life and here is where shall die"
The eyes of the old lady glowed un-
der the spell Of a thought she had not
yet expressed.
"A French general came and thank
ed me for what did for our soldiers"
she said. "Then, long after. he wrote
me letter saying I was brave wom-
an and had brave sons. I have the
letter you may see It,"
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PICKETT HAD LOVE OF ALL
the Respect Of the Soldiers Of
r.s Both Armies.

He had the sweetest and the tender
est of natures, and no man was more
beloved of men, women and children of
every degree and station than the high
toned, chivalrous man. the peerless sol
dier, Gen. George e. Pickett. The SOL
diers of both armies alike hold his
name in reverence; and so modest was
he withal that in his report of the bat
tie Of Gettysburg, the grandest charge
ever made In the annals Of any his
tory, he, In his unselfishness and devo-
ton to his soldiers and freedom from
personal ambition, gives all the credit,
all the glory, all the honor of the
charge to my men, my brave vir-
ginians," as he called the soldiers of
his dear old division. In the grand
unity Of truth he gave TO them all their
dues, and in silence tempered with
mercy the errors Of others.-Richmond
Dispatch.
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PATHETIC FIGURE
AMONG WAR RUINS

seen away up on the brow Of the hill
looking down on the German-held terri
tory. One does not need glasses to see
1t. She trudges along shell swept roads
when 1t Is necessary, as it often is.
"A shell may hit me-yes, perhaps,
sometime. But we all have our work
to do"
Waves of deadly gas swept over the
stricken group Of ruins from time to
time. La Dame Indomitable has her
mask. An officer gave it to her. It is
the best. The officers see that she gets
the best. Her two American artillery
officers hurry to their billets when the
gas drifts into the village. They have
nothing to do there. They just 60 to
make sure that their hostess is safe. I
had a cup Of chocolate with her in her
house and learned her story. I do not
think she ever told it before.
Thanked by General.
"When the war was just at the be-
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WORK OF THE YIN. c.. A.

both In the United States and In
France. At the present time there are
2,200 Y. M. @. A. workers with the ex-
peditionary forces in France and Eng
land and 5000 other workers in Ameri-
can camps.
The Y. NJ. C. A. has been asked by
General Pershing to take over the en-
tire canteen system with the American
army in France. and this will require
the services Of more than 5000 volun-
teer workers alone. An effort is now
being made to secure at least 1000
business and professional men of high
standing who will go to France for all
sorts of Y. NJ. c. A. service before
July 1.
! 1t is estimated that 100000 feet of
film are being exhibited weekly to the
soldiers at home and abroad. A re-
cent shipment OF athletic equipment
for the troops In France consisted of
70.eS0 baseballs, 1900 bats, 10000
gloves and mitts, boxing gloves, volley
halls and various other kinds of apa-
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Lone, Aged Woman Is Sole lnhab-
liant Left in French VII
Iage.
NAMED La Dame INDoMITABLE
All Who Survived Hun Carnival OF
Rage and Rapine Which Swept
the Place, Left Long, Long
Auo.

American Army Headquarters in
France.-In the charred village they
call her La Dame Indomitable. Not a
bad name for her, either. There is a
great gun in the French army called
Indomitable. The enemy has trained
its heavy weapons on this giant cylin-
der of destruction, but old Indomitable
still belches its deadly hail upon the
Huns, and so the old lady Of - was
named after this famous gun, writes
Don Martin in the New York Herald.
l saw her the other day in the recon-
structed ruins of her once comfortable
house. Two artillery offioers-Ameri-
can-have billets with her. She takes
care of their rooms, shines their boots
and leggings and puts on button now
and then when they know nothing
about it.
Then, when she is not busy at home,
she washes dishes for the Salvation
Army canteen or performs more labori-
GUS service, for all Of which she re-
ceives ten cents an hour. That Is
enough. She doesn't need much. She
begins her daily routine at FIVE in the
morning and finishes at seven in the
evening. Then she walks two miles
to shop to get her allowance Of
bread, and after ten o'clock, when her
boys" are in bed and asleep, she
throws herself on a bed of boxes and
old clothes, with one blanket for COW
ering, and sleeps.
Villages Only Inhabitant.
La Dame Indomitable is the only in
habitant left In the village. It Is no
place for women. Children-all who
survive the Hun carnival of rage and
rapine-left long, long ago. The old
folks dragged weary way from the
humble, aged stone buildings in which
they and their ancestors had lived for
many generatiOns-yes, for hundreds
of years. Soldiers occupied the town.
Then the Germans came. Three times
the quaint village was taken and re-
taken. The gaunt remnants Of the
old dwellings could tell frightful stor-
les Of slaughter and magnificent tales
of valor. So can La Dame Indomit-
able. But she says little. She just
works. She wants to help France. Of
ficers told her a long time ago she
could 60 anywhere she wished. Even
the grandeurs of Paris were pictured
to her in the hope that she might be
lured from the abode Of danger in
which she resides.
p,,t univ cho,IJ cho
mo. I'm. not DID," she says. "Tm
only sixty-fve or maybe seventy. I'm
a strong woman yet, but when I carry
water this long, long distance and then
walk to the bOulangerie for bread some
times my heart beats too fast maybe,
but that's ALL" .
So there she stays. She has been
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Farmer Kills Wild Cats.

Live Oaks. Cal.-Wing, a farmer
near here, recently killed two large
wild cats along the Feather river
while engaged in hunting jack rab-
bits. One Of the wild cats raced up
a tree and started to show fight when
Wing discovered It A shot brought
it to the ground. Its cries Of rage
and pain brought its mate to the
scene, and Wing dispatched the sec.
ond cat with shot from his gun.
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Spends $4,000, 900 a Month in
Ministering to Soldiers.
Two Thousand Workers Are With Ex-
peditionary Forces and 5000
In American Camps.

Washington.-In its work of minis
tering to the social, rccrcational and
religious welfare of the boys and young
men os this city and county who have
enlisted in the National army. the Y.
NJ. C. A. Is now expeadir. Il total Of
$5.000.0OO month. These. together
with other interesting fgurcs on the
scope of the work arc contained In a
bulletin just received from the Nation
nj war work council.
According to the statement OF the
council, tho "hOrae" side Of sr:ny camp
life ia being raaintaincd among The
hundreds Of Thousands Of soldier boys
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was keeping the records. Here Merker
gave his name and address, whereat
the young woman who had accosted
him studied him curiously from the
corner Of her eye, and just then an
other girl fluttered up saying breath
lessly:
"Oh, Adele, how splendid, you have
another one!" and the woman who
kept the records said precisely: eyes,
this makes nineteen for Miss Aldrich."
Whereas Merker turned impulsively
to the brown-eyed one, took her by
the arm and drew her away from the
desk.
"You recognized my name and were
never going to make yourself known?"
he accosted.
She flushed and gave him a fleeting
look. 81 wanted to be sure" she
said.
"And now that you're sure?" he ask
ed quizzically.
She had recovered her poise and
with her head little on one side she
laughed saucily. "Why, / don't know.
I'm sure. Except of course I should
thank you for mailing my letter."
'You've done that" he reminded her.
swell, what more can I doT she
asked daringly. "You don't expect me
toto kiss you, do you?"
Merker laughed in spite of himself.
'Let me tell you this, young lady; that
letter started something but it's not
going to finish it. I'm coming to
see you."
"When?" she dared him.
Thursday night" he said promptly.
wont be home Thursday.
'Friday night, then"
She shook her head.
saturday. then"
Again she shook her head, and Just
then someone called her and she turn.
ed from him with little challenge In
her eyes and was gone.
Nerker fastened OF to keep his ap-
polntment and later in the afternoon
while he was eagerly returning to the
seation hoping TO see the brown-eyed
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
English Boy Defeats Germany's
SuperfIyer voss in Des-
perate Battle.
DOWNS y BEFORE DEATH
Lieutenant Arthur Rhys Davids Said
to Be One of the Three Elect
Among Bravest of British
Airmen.

London.-When Voss, the intrepid
German airman, was brought down
there was considerable demand that
the name of the British airman who
accomplished the feat should be re-
vealed. He was Lieut.. Arthur Rhys
Davids, an Eton boy Of twenty. In
the official Gazette 1t is stated that
among his other feats he brought
down nine enemy aircraft in nine
weeks.
But after much anxiety the boys
father, Prof. Rhys Davids, and his
mother, both Oriental scholars of. dis
tinction, no longer have any doubt
that their son, missing since last De-
cember, Is dead. ....
In their home on Chipstead Downs
the parents and sisters mourn the
brave and daring boy, said to be one
Of three very elect among the bravest
of British, airmen.
Arthur Rhys Davids, after doing
brilliantly at Summerfeld, where, a
kings scholar, he won Balliol exhi-
bition and the Newcastle scholarship,
took his commission in the Royal Fly
ing corps in the autumn Of 1916, leav-
ing his civil service ambitions until
after the war.
Brought Down Twenty-Five Germans.
Young Davids had been good at
sports and he took to flying as though
born to it. He won the M. G. with the
bar and the D. S. o. after five months
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M aking
Romance
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
(NID
By INES MACDONALD

Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
Merker was hurrying through the
crowded New York streets on his way
to the railway station to buy his ticket
for home. He stood waiting for a car
and just as it drew up he saw an un-
stamped letter lying in the street. He
stopped and picked it up, slipping it
into his pocket as he boarded the car
with the intention of mailing 1t when
he reached the station. However, 1t
slipped his mind and not until the next
day did he discover 1t again.
1t was addressed to Miss Adele AID
rich, 142O Parkway, Bushton, N. j., in
what was evidently girls handwrit-
ing. Merker studied the address for a
moment thoughtfully, and then, with a
grin, he took out his fountain pen and
wrote on the back in small script:
'Letter found at 2Sth and Broadway,
Monday, December 18th. 2:30 p. m.
Sorry 1t was delayed in mailing" and
signed his name and address. Then on
his way to the restaurant he dropped
the letter in box and promptly forgot
1t again.
Three weeks later he retuned to
New York, and among the dozen letters
that had accumulated in his mail box
during his absence was one addressed
In q strange feminine hand postmark-
ed Bushton, N. J. On the face of 1t,
1t was a prim little note of thanks for
his courtesy in mailing her letter that
he had found, but between the lines
danced a dare-a challenge to romance
and the great adventure. He answered
the note in kind, and then few days
later had occasion to go to Bushton
while the Red Cross drive was on, and
in the station dozen or so Red Cross
workers fitted about soliciting the
crowds that came from the trains.
Suddenly Merker was looking down
into a pair of brown eyes and he hesi
tated.
\"Have you joined" she began,
with little dimple wavering south
east of the left corner Of her pink
mouth.
II have" he laughed, "but I'll join
again" ..
She smiled her thanks and led the
way over to table where woman
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
The one Announcements.

II do not feel that have really seen
Hamlet played" nused Mr.. Storming.
ton Barnes.
"But you have played the part your
SELF"
my dear fellow, I could not watch
myself act, could ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26
ALSATIANS IN HUN
RANKS REJOICE As
They ARE TAKEN

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Aug 25-Among
the prisoners taken in today's and
and last nights fighting are many
Saxons. The officers among these.
In comparison with the PruSsianS
who apparently care not for such
thines, as soon as they got 10 the
cages, stripped themselves ana
asked for water with which 10
battle fror the,r .pturned shr9pnel
helmets. Alsati1ns also appeared
in the prison cages. Happier
men than these II would be hard 10
nd anywhc 3. They fell on their
aptors, embraced them and spoke
in French Of being liberated"
They pulled pictures of their faith
crs, dressed in the French uniform
Of 1870 com hidden pockets and
exhibited them proudly. They said
that all the A'satians had been
placed in German regiments.
1T goes hard with US il we are
caught deserving" said one youth.
III It Is ever found out that any
'od, deserts his family is punished,
and even his female relatives arc
sent to dig in the front line and
other trenches"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26

Copyright, 1918, by the New York TImes
city TimEpD
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 2s.-The scar
city Of tobacco IN Germany has led
to the introduction OF a standard cigaret
and the clgaret smoker Of the father
land is loud in his condemnation Of it
Il costs nearly a penny and is put up
IN packages OF various sizes and is
"Germany's strength.
Vorwaerts DESCRIBES the sensation
caused by smoking this anything but
fragrant weed, when one lights this
one feels at once that Gerhany's
strength must be Tremendous to stand
such awful stuff. If one inhales the
smoke then the first feelings OF sea
sickness set in. II the paper be re-
moved a grayish mixture of substances
is seen and the smell is like that of a
musty cellar in which there is a shoe
makers workshs<&
A slightly better oigaret is also made.
but in order TO obtain twenty Of that
kind the smoker must purchase forty
Of "Germany's strength
Turkey and Bulgaria, adds the Vor-
waerts. have both had a good tobacco
harvest and il is suggested that those
allies might prove themselves brilliant
seconds by coming TO Germany's aid
with smokable cigarcts which would
help us TO keep our spirits up in many
a serious hour.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26
Reyee1a1ions
0AWi1e
or HRe1e O1,yXCor
How MAdge Swept Lillian "on Her
Feet"
N6ek CdTrXOorz

How MAdge Swept Lillian "on Her
Feet"
DAILIGHT was breaking when Lii
Ian returned to the room where
she had left Marian in my arms
he child was no longer there, how
ever, but rolled up in almost a ball al
the foot Of the bed.
When ! had FIRST substituted myself
for her mother. Marian had burrOwcd
into my arms and body like a fuzzy.
home,lck kitten, never waking. And she
had lain quietly enough for almost an
hour. Then, TO my dismay-for | had
such fear Of her waking to the old ter
for and grlef-shc had begun to wrig-
gle away from me. | had feared 10
dctaln her, m fact, even 10 move. and
after TWO or three essays, all the time
sound asleep, she had reached her
present resting place. MoyinR cauti-
ouSly, ! had drawn a coycrlct over her.
inch by inch, and then had lain quietly
watching her and waiting for her
mothers return.
Lllllan's quick eyes spicd her as soon
as she entered the room, and | saw a
look Of relief flash into her eyes, which
had been filled with torturing anxiety
Shell be all right now she said IN
a low tone when Marian curls mp
like that she is safe 10 sleep soundly
for hours. VIII YOU please come into
the other room"
! knew the tidingS Lillian brought
even as | followed her into the white
and crimson living room. but I didn't
ask a single question Lillian was in a
most pcrturbed mood. and ! knew bet
ter than to bother her.
Lillian Is Pertutbed.
We'll, its all over, Madge." she said
at last, turning to me, and ! was sur
prlsed 10 see that there were traces Of
tears on her face. Surely she owed no
grief TO the poor old creature upstairs
the mother of her first husband, who
by her cowardice and weak sentiment
for her son Had caused Lillian so much
misery Then ! recalled the many in
stances | had known of my friends
royal soul, and wondered no longer.
] here simply was no room in Lillian
Underwood's being for petty resentment.
Poor old soul" she unused, How
she adored Marian, and how the child
loved her! I'm at my wits end what
TO do, Madgc." Her voice became STAG
cato, worried. when that baby wakes
|
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and finds her grandmother gone for
cyer-l'm so afraid
Her voice broke, and / saw that for
perhaps the first time m her lie she
was unable 10 arrive al one Ji her quick.
unctring decisions. Thankful. indeed.
was ! that ] had cut the G0rdian knot.
although ! feared Lillian might be dis
pleased when | should tell her how !
had taken affairs into my own hands.
There was no use DELAYING the reyc-
lation. however. ! took my courage IN
both hands and spoke quietly get with
a certain emphasis.
why tell her"
Lillian looked quickly, shrcwdly at
me.
"Iou mean get her away from the
house as soon a, she waacu,, I've
thought Of that. bu, I'm sure she won't
go without demanding 10 see her grand
mother. And while Marian rs obedient
in most thing, ! simply cannot manage
her IN n OF her emotional outbrusts.
such as she must have had before We
came IN last night
"But ] think Robert S~ayarin could"
! returned quietly Don't sou rcmcm-
Der how We used 10 smtlc al Marian's
intense admiration for him last win
tcr,'
Robert Sayarinw Lillian demanded
iereri'hly. Have you taken leave Of
your senses, Madgel'
"Slt down, please" ! pulled a chair
forward Tor Ipr "3rd IVI ,,fl ,,,, III
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S

III apathy in
TO intense
egorts. from
Ague, says
Dutch
SHOW an
)lng. a lead
a~rnexations
les" and who.
enough to be-
ar AIMS outside
Ger fighting for
HofYaine," the
its sheer ex-
Is going on. II
|glaeis Of a fort
We stand alone
expect from any
JIG Of ,b. Nie,,e
|ague, whose en-
Fious German vie.
bticeable, thinks il
Germans may be
e II Marshal Foch
n time to gain .
the Hindenbure
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26
COM MISSION FIXES GIN
PRICE AT 80 CENTS

Prices for ginning cotton as fixed by
the corporation commission Saturday
are the same as in Texas and Arkansas,
being 80 cents per hundred pounds of
seed cotton and 50 cents per hundred
for the so-called "bollies." The price
fixed for bagginR and tying was Sis,
or the rate asked by the ginners. Rep
resentatives of the g%inners told the cor
poration commission at the hearing on
the price fixing question that they ex-
pected TO make no profit this year, but
were willing to break even and share
the farmers misfortune of drouth-in-
jured crops. Many stated that they
could not break ever at the prices fixed.
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tsris. EqnsHs III. okls-
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26

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Hun Standard
Smoke Makes
En- Seasick
'%6ermany'S Strength" Cigaret
Called Awful Stuff,
By George Renvick

copyright, 1918 BY the New York Times.
the Chicago Tribune ana tho Oklahoma
City TlmlpD
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26

They will be herc"-I consulted my
watch-"in two hours. Now ! want you
10 go rnlo that room with Marian and
sleep for an hour and a half m prom
isc 20 call you on the minute. That
Will give you half an hour for-drc,,.
ing -' ! almost said "prccning." lu,
bt back the word in time. and IN the
mean time IN go down into the kitchen
and get them somcthing 10 sat
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26
STRUCTS MEN
eAFT AGE LlMITS

10 will be included in the
Z limits will meet at 7:4S
ht IN the-irst block west
|fty Kitchen on West First
Drili practice. Captain Or
of the Oklahoma national
|tbe instructor. The purpose
trucNqA iSM,8Fepafe enough
p b., nblDndia' the places OF
d issiq06 Sf6fWs when new
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26
Contagious Diseases Few.

The municipal weekly morbidity re-
port for the week ending August "a
shows no contagious diseases what
ever. This is a very unusual feature in
these reports which come from the
city health office. Leo Menten, secre-
tary Of the city board OF health, says
that this is the first time In five years
a weekly report has failed to show
some contagious disease.
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"But-Bettyr Lillian ..id uaes,ssil.

ly.
IN attend to Betty" I retorted de-
cidedly Come, now. to bed you 60"
She stepped forward impulsively,
caught my hands and kissed mS
You're a brick, Madse." she Vtd. II
don't know where this sudden cock
,urenc,s OF yours has come from. but
rs very becoming-and valuable Keep
II up Copyright
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CRESCENT COLLEGE

JUNIOR c0iLr1s ~
rifisl 9Th Superior ,chools
Of Music. Ar crpr.sicu
Household Ans. Bvsine,s.
Child Welfare Fcar y,ass
hish rhcol. 10 F.srs col
lsss Accredited relations
9Th ali univ,rsris. %
siris, 10 tssehsur 10
rtsies rvprsnteo pass
session. individual sttsn-
tim sna nar~unsl scnfnr4
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-26

Our Daily Birthday Party.
Ohio 3. Rosenbaum, one of the new
brigadier- generals of the national
army, born in Virginia, ~ years ago
today.
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I'm tssesen 10 NJ mari 4 the ossfta sspa-
vfpd MILITARY and physich usinius daily sctn
natural nethch smsised
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-02
RAILROAD MEN, READ!
YOUR BROTHER SPEAKS

CT was afflicted with what the doc
tors said we're Karic0se Ulcers. and IN b.
on about five weeks ago j had them Tor
about year and five months.
"With all the treatments prescribed
by several doctors I received little ben
Ell ID. and they kept spreading. gave me
much distress and caused me 20 quit
work
II was induced by brother brakeman
20 try PetersOns Ointment. and after !
had used TWO IJXes j saw the wonderful
results You can tell suffering ones
troubled with ugly. painful and horrld
ulcers thar your ointment Is cure for
them when everything else falls. as I
have tried about everything
Thanking you many times over 7 AN
your happy friend. Chas j Heyser. Bat
lie Greek Mich. - BleuWO0d.'
Il know and dozens of people write
me-" says Peterson. .tAlt Peterson +
ointment also cures eczema. pimples.
bIackheads old sores. salt rheum. piles
and all skin disease. and all druggists
sell q big box for 30 cents Adv.