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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25

great spectacle that the day had In
store and her own wonderful part In 1t.
For Madge, though twenty, had had
few breaks In the monotony Of her life
with her old maiden aunt and older
grandmother. Now, though she knew
none of the boys In Company b, she
looked forward with thrill to the fact
that she was one Of the fifty pretty
girls who bad been selected to wait
on them at table, OF her own volltlon,
she was also one Of the two hundred
housewives who had volunteered to
make apple pies for the six hundred
boys who were expected 70 eat them.
She walked very gingerly from her
graldmothes's cottage on the outskirts
Of the town, hoping and half expecting
to meet someone she knew with an
automobile who would transport her
and her pies safely to their destina-
ton. She even thought she might
meet q neighbor walking toward town
empty handed who would relieve her
Of the burden Of one Of the pies. But
no such luck befell her. The only per-
son who appeared on the road that
led to town was man in the khaki
uniform Of Company B. Madge would
have liked to ask the man In uniform
to help her with one pie, for 1t was
slipping In her hand, and the string
that tied It was loosenlng.
OF course, her impulse to ask the
man In khaki for assistance was only
feeting, for Madge had been warned
against these men. Though her grand
mother had consented reluctantly that
Madge help walt on them at the ban
quet, she had warned her emphatically
not to smile at them, even If they
smiled at her. Her aunt warned her
especially not to speak to them, ex-
cept, Of course, as It was necessary In
waiting On them, and then but briefly.
But the pie was slipping, and when
the tall, well-bullt man In khaki stood
beside her with outstretched hands to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
ARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY Is, 1918.
PARIS MODELS n WAR TlMEo
Those for Whose Services Greet
Artists Once Fought Are Now
Working for Mere Pittance.

On the professional models Of Paris
the misery of the war has weighed
most heavily. That is apparent In the
studios of the younger artists. While
in former times they could afford
only elderly models of more or less
faded beauty, they are now engagln.
for pittance famous models for
whose services great artists once over
bid each other. Six francs day is all
these models get for eight hours OF
hard posing, with short rest period
at the end of each hour, writes Nine.
acknowledgement In Cartoons Mag
azine. True, there Is taken up for
them cornet-a collection which gets
its name from the paper scoop into
which the coins are thrown-8, 10 or
~ francs, according to the generosity
of the students; but In times like
these, 1t doesn't go any too far.
A pupil of the Julian academy.
speaking of a certain model, told me-
t'the poor girl certainly must have
starved; she has lost at least 20
bounds; she had magnificent phys
tque and gloriously tinted skin. Now
Che Is flabby and her complexion Is
gray, yet we use her out Of pity"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
Little
Pie Lady
"
BY JANE OSBORN

Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa4
per Syndicate.)
When Company B left Stantown you
might have supposed the greatest pro-
cession Of the war was that of the
khaki-clad young men of Company B,
with their splendid band playing, as
they marched, IA the glorious autumn
sunlight, through the main street of
that old town. True enough, it was a
spectacle for which farming folk from
the adjoining county, and perhaps
some folk from larger cities, as WE'LL
journeyed to old Stantown. But
other companies just as splendidly
drilled and equipped as Company Il
had left other old towns, just as proud
as Stantown; so there was nothing ex-
actly unique in that procession.
The really remarkable procession
was the procession Of the pie-laden
ladies of old Stantown through the
main streets an hour or so earlier than
the marching Of Company D. AS last
farewell to the boys of Company B,
feast was to be spread oh rough linz
provtsed board tables In the larger
hall In tho town. Though. q caterer had
been summoned to supply the main
courses Of this feast, 1t had been deA
clded that the ladies of Stantown, for
generations noted for their crisp, de-
llclous apple pies, should contribute
the sweet course OF the banquet.
And so the pies came, They were
baked bright and early the day of the
banquet, and scarcely had they cooled
before they were on their way in the
hands Of their houseYifely bakers,
maids or children to the hall where
they we're later to be- deyoured. TO
carry one pie Is comparatively easy,
even when It Is still warm, But to
carry two, or even three, pies requires
caution and q Epgerllness Of gait that
could not fall to mark Its possessor
that morning as q pie contributor.
Most Of the pies were delivered at the
hall without mishap, but here and
there q scattering Of crisp pie dough
and apples that sent up a tempting,
savory fragrance, even in its ruin,
showed where tnlshaps had occurred.
Two belated pies were carried In the
outstretched hands Of Madge Maddox,
crisp and sweet Ii holiday white, and
flushed wifi the excitement Of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
Had Too Many Pets.

The exact reason why man refuf !
to live with or support his lawful wi =,
was set forth In the domestic relation
court In New York. II will never re-
turn home" explained the recrei y
husband, "as long rs my wife keeps
pets. She's got a turtle. two parrots, n
canary, two cats and fox terrier, cni
1t amt no place to live" "IIe needp't
come If he don't want to; no one ca9re
and no one asked him to-" said &
helpmate. "What I want Is three Do
lars week from him and no CONVEX %
ton. gave away all the pets hrd
Cuckoo, the pup, and I'd keep him q
my husband talked forever. He's ! ~
ter company than some people | XII ''
anyway-swears less, eats less, ra!
only banks when there's something "a
bark about"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
The Workers,

In an article on how labor can a!d
in the war, advising longer hours, In
creased production, etc, the Industri Il
Economist says: according to tl;r
census there are at present about 30
100000 workers in the United State
including all over the age Of ten II
figures submitted by the secretary ct
the American Federation Of Lab
some time ago show about 1916
persons working on an eight-h0ur H..
sis In the United States, and of IL,
number 475,000 were either feder'
state, county or municipal employe,
Since that time the number Of thu.
working on an eight-hour basis h
increased, and today there Is mi
mum Of 100000 workers opcral,
on an eight-hour basis. and these
100000 workers are probably the o.
who will be very directly concern
with producing that which the govo
ment needs through the various f
tories, mills, mines, etc, through -
the country"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
DUMMY AS WREsTLERS' AID
Invention Designed to Give Athletes
Practice as Nearly as Possible Like
That With Living Opponents.

william p. Armstrong Of Washington
has invented wrestling dummy which
will find favor with wrestling teams.
At the present time there Is no gym
nasium apparatus available with which
wrestlers can practice. With the dunn
my Illustrated they can go through
many Of the movements they would
assume In tackllng and throwing liy-
ing opponent, says the Popular Science
Monthly.
The figure Is shaped so that no pro-
trudlng points will lnjure the one
practicing with 1t. The head portion
of the figure Is nearly round, the arr I
are stubbed, and the base, although
heavy, Is padded and upholstered. Tie
entire body consists Of n canvas suit
fitted over raw cotton, excelsior, hnir
or any other yielding material. The de-
vice is supported on an upright board
embedded securely in the base of heayy
wood.
In order to throw the figure to IT,
floor the wrestler must secure hO'd
on 1t and exert considerable force b ID
fore 1t will yield. The dummy Is Hight
enough to be used at home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
Fish hy the Shovelful.

There is a fish Of the smelt fam
which, according to DIR. David St'tr
Jordan, is reducing the cost Of liyn;
on the Pacific coast and might pro- f.
ably be shipped. In the spring III
beaches about the mouth OF the ca
lumbla river are fairly lined with ..;.
fish, which come there to spawn. They
may be literally shoveled out Of ,.,e
water, and sell at to cents a pounh
Although then in poor condition the"
are excellent food. being full Of nv T.,
digestible oil. 1t is said that II a wlc'.
is placed in one of these fish It will
burn like a candle.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
FOR Said.

One double house. FIVE rooms in each
house, town water and sewage, located in
Rockville, Md.
Two houses near and adjoining said
town, one of six rooms. newly built, one
acre of land. splendid water, shade and
fruit; and one four-room house, five
eighths of an acre of land.
These properties are near churches,
school. steam and electric roads and we'll
located. Good investments.
Apply to
B0UIC & B0UIC. Attorneys,
For estate Of Samuel English, deceased.
ian Aft
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
FARM WANTED

Large farm on which man could make
living. Send full description, including
size, quality of soil, number of acres in
cultivation, number Of acres of pasture or
meadow. fencing. roads. exact location.
Party wants to rent with privilege Of buy
ing on terms.
have a number of houses in Wash
ington and Takoma Park that could be
exchanged for small farms. Send me
descriptions of your farms if for exchange.
One party has half-acre lot in the town
Of Takoma Park, Md, unmortgaged, price
$500. will give as part payment on small
farm.
would be glad to send you my complete
list of properties for sale or exchange.
J. S. FRASER.
Takoma Park Md.
Phone-Col 4368w
sep 8-3m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
Visitor Took No Chances.

The ways Of "great city evidently
were very new to him as he stood on
the curb on Main street north from the
Union station and gnzcd across the
street at line Of brilliantly lighted
windows. Several times he ventured
n foot to the pavement, and then drew
It back. A city man who was observ-
Ing him apparently looked friendly, for
the stranger suddenly approached him.
"Say," he asked, edo they allow
fellow to cross the street anywhere he
wants to, or does he have to go to one
Of them crOsslngsT" City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
For sale.

Registered Shorthorn Bulls for sale, sired
by Rustic Lad, No. 374296, out Of heavy
milking cows. These are the large, erowthy,
dual-purpose kind. fit to head any herd.
Also few choice females for sale.
These cattle must be seen to be appre-
ciated. Inspection invited.
BENTON G. RAY,
North West Farm,
r. F. d. Silver Spring, Md.
feb OTIS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners,
Rockville. Md, Sept. q. 1916.
Ordered this day that the Muncaster Mill
Road from the State Road at Norbeck to the
improved road near Griffith gate. be closed
to public travel until further notice. The
object OF closing this road is to reconstruct
same. and all persons are hereby warned
that they travel said road at their own
risk.
JOHN r. LEWIS. Pres't
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk
sep 29-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
EvADE RIGID FOOD CONTROL.
Food 10 Bought In Germany surreptl-
tlously In Violation OF Auto
cratic RulInus

Even the autocratic food control Of
Germany has been powerless to pre-
vent surreptltious sales, according to
semi-ofiicial reports reaching the Unit.
cd States food administration. Illegal
sales of butter are being made In Ger
many at prices ranging from SL76 to
S2.26 a pound. Eggs sold contrary to
the German food regulations are
bringing 10 to 10 cents apiece. accord
ing to these reports. And bacon OF
ham 10 bringing from S225 to S8.25 L
pound.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners,
Rockville, Nd, June 81. 1915.
Ordered this day by the Board Of County
Commissioners that the New Cut Road,
leading from the Brookeville pike, near
Forest Glen. to the Colesville pike, near
Four Corners, be closed to public travel
until further notice. The object Of closing
this road is to repair bridges on same, and
all persons are hereby warned that they
travel this road at their own risk.
JOHN r. LEWIS, Prest.
BERRY E. CLARK, Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
READY FOR DELIVERY,

Fruit trees, berry plants, California privet
and other hedging plants, roses and other
nursery stock.
Quality the very best and prices right.
Before you place your order, write 10
ROCK CREEK NURSERY.
Rockville, Md.
R.F. ID. No. 3.
oct 20-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
AEoNEY TO LOAN.

M $4,000 in sums
Of $500 and upward on real estate In
Montgomery county.
PRESTON B. RAY,
Washington Loan and Trust Building.
ian l3-u Washington, D. c.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
For solo.

Having rented my farm, have for sale
on my premises. at Grifton, all implements
and stock, among which is my team, sew
eral good general-purpose horses and two
Highland Duke driving horses.
j. W. BENSON,
aug 31-lm Route !, Brookeville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
THI
GAlTHERSBURG GARAGE,
&C. WATERS & SOn, Projectors.
THH

Expert mechanics In repair department.
Prompt and courteous service.
Garry full line Of tires. tubes and access
series.
Charging Of storage batteries a special
feature.
Buick and Oakland agency and service
station.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
Fo r. . a E II

A number of young work horses and
mares, including a young driving horse.
Inquire Of VIM. L. Beall, tenant Of Bouic
farm, near Veirs' mill, two and a-half
miles from Rockville, Md, or c. N. Bouic,
Rockville, Md.
oct 8-4t
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
For Sale or Rent

For sale or rent, cheap, house and store
and IS acres Of land. situated four miles
from Poolesville and three miles from
Seneca, MONTGOMERY county, Md. A good
business stand. Apply to
H. KOHLHOSS.
apr 8-2m Poolesville. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
Why Shortage Exists.

The three great sugar producing cen
tsrs OF the world are Germany, the
West and East Indies. German sugar
Is, Of course, used at home. The East
Indian sugar Is unavailable because Of
the ship shortage.
While U boats made big inroads on
the worlds shipping, France and Italy
ceased to be self sustaining In sugar
manufacture. England In the mean
time was cut off from German sugar
100000 tons year-because Of the
war. The result has been that the al
lied nations have been forced to turn
to America and the West Indies for
their sugar.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
A Valuable Farm For Sale

Farm of 1922 acres, about 8 miles from
Germantown Station. in Montgomery coun-
ty, Maryland, improved by good, ten-room
frame dwelling house and fair outbuild-
ines, in good state of cultivation. Prac-
tically all Of the land is tillable. Apply to
BOWIE F. WATERS.
nov 14-tf Rockville. Mo-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
Effect on Military Situation.

American sugar stocks could be FIJI
ed to normal very soon II ships could
be sent to Javn, where 100000 tons OF
sugar Is waiting for shipment. But
the shipping situation Is so acute that
the nation cannot spare the eleven
ships needed to transport this sugar.
It would take the boats one year to
haul 100000 tons. In the same time
they could be used for transporting
100000 soldiers to France.
The food administration believes
that the American public WIN diminish
Its sugar consumption by 10 or Is pei
cent. when 1t IL made clear that such
sugar saving is patriotic act and
when It Is understood that there are
plenty Of sweeteners available TO take
the place of sugar, such as honey or
corn syrup.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-01-25
SUGAR CONTROL
SAVED MILLIONS
American Consumer Profited by
$4,000, 0O0-French Stu
alton Helped.
HOME PRICE HELD AT 9 CENTS.
This Nations Sugar supply Reduced
to Seventy Per Cent. Of Normal.
Java Stocks Unavailable.

Sugar control has saved the Amer
lean public $1s0,000,000, Herbert Hoov-
err, United States food administrators.
declared the other day.
He pointed out that sugar was sell
ing for IL cents a pound last August
and that 1t would have advanced to 20
cents pound, with the world short
age as stimulus, had not the food
administration secured the co-opera-
ton Of the refiners and wholesalers
and fixed sugar price that today en-
ables housewives to buy sugar at from
81 to cents pound.
EVERY cent raise in sugar from
September to January means $751;
100000 to the American consumer"
Mr.. Hoover said Numbers Of gen
tlemen will tell you that 20 cent sugar
would have prevailed and the public
robbed Of $780, 100000 this year II we
had not taken these actions" Later
Mr.. Hoover called attention to the fnct
that uncontrolled sugar advanced to
SO cents pound during the Civil War,
France Got Our Sugar.
Today the American public has been
allotted 70 per cent. of Its normal sup
ply. Before the war the average an
nual household consumption here was
IS pounds a person. In England the
annual consumption during the war Is
"a pounds, and in France each person
Is allotted little over one pound
month.
"In August the French government
found itself unable to maintain even
this ration" Mr.. Hoover declared.
IAN appeal was made to America.
France needed 100000 tons, We
agreed to AL this demand and up to
December had shipped S5,426 tons. In
the meantime an appeal was made to
the American public to reduce Its sug-
ar consumption, and requests were
made to distributors to supply the
confectionery and sweet drinks trade
with 80 per cent. OF normal supply.
This has been generally followed, al
though such regulations were volun
tary, as the food administration had
no authority to Impose them"
Domestic Price 10 sNa to Q Cents.
Retail grocers throughout the coun-
try are supposed to take profit Of no
more than 90 cents hundred--half
cent pound-on sugar. BY reason OF
food administration regulations, bind
Ing rehners and wholesalers, the re-
taller is able today to buy sugar at
from to Sh cents pound. This
enables him to sell to the housewife at
8M to o cents pound.
There have been some violations of
the sugar rulings Mr.. Hoover said
recently: "Sales Of sugar from 10 to
20 cents per pound have been reported
and followed up vigorously and stop.
ped and is evidence Itself OF the prices
at which consumers would have been
mulct had we not interviewed. We have
forfeited wholesalers licenses In az
gravated cases, and we have issued
warnings to first offenders In a great
many instances through our local ad-
illustrators"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-28
ENTREATS ENGLAND
TO FULFILL PROMISE
And Give Ireland Home Rule, Sir Horace
Plunkett, Chairman of Irish Con-
vention, Makes an
Appeal

London, Aug. 27-t Correspondence of
the Associated Press Urging the Brit
ish government to fulfill its promise of
home rule for Ireland Sir Horace Plum.
kett, who was chairman Of the Irish
convention asserts in a statement that
"the average Englishman still wants the
political question settled-frstly, as an
obligation of honor; secondly, because
he is convinced that her admitted politi-
cal grievance stands in the way of Ire
lands cooperation in the war.
There are two further compelling
reasons widely felt, especially in Liberal
and labor circles, for a just, and even a
generous, settlement" continued Sir
Horace. First, it is felt that the infu-
ence Of England at the peace conference
will be seriously impaired If our small
nationality is knocking at the door de-
handing the application of itself of the
principles for which the allies profess
to be fighting
Secondly, even those who are not con.
verified to any Of the big schemes Of
evolution now coming to be recognized
As an essential part of reconstruction
after the war, are determined that there
must not be an unsettled Irish question
obstructing the course Of democratic leg
islation.
Il have NOT the slightest doubt that
complete analysis Of British opinion
upon the present Irish situation would
reveal an infinite variety Of views upon
details, but an almost unanimous deter
minatiun that this blot on British states
manship shall be Immediately removed.
Coming to outside opinion upon the
Irish question, | shall speak only of that
which know-the opinion Of the United
States. II il not true, that, since the
American people came into the war, they
have ceased TO care about home rule.
The only change | can discover in their
opinion about Ireland is that they now
condemn utterly those Irish extremists
who have since 1911, been made the
tools Of Prussian intrigue.
Il know also that large body Of
American opinion holds 1t to be Ire-
lands duty-and incidentally the best
way to ensure the concession Of what
Americans regard as her democratic
rights--to fight whole heartedly on the
side Of the allies no matter what griev-
ances against Britain she may have or
may remember.
But neither the war nor Ireland's at.
titude thereto Is held to justify the post
ponement OF home rule. As a most com
petent American authority, in letter
Just received, says: The average man,
who knows very little about details,
thinks some form of home rule the only
solution, and cannot see why it is not
applied Immediately"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-28
N'''1glI!n,!.>z z:!!@:>'
F. H. Rogers &
Company

barrassment and to save his army from
capture. Marshal Foch evidently has not
driven at any one place with purpose
TO break through the German line, or
even to make as deep salient as it
would be possible to make. He first
closed up the salient which the German
crown prince had driven into the allies
line and then he turned his efforts into
driving successive salients of moderate
depth into the German line at various
points on front of approximately 100
miles. AT no point has he continued the
attack so far as to permit the Germans
to work the pincers movement on him,
but Immediately on reaching far enough
to make fair-size salient he has pro-
ceeded to strike at new point some
distance removed, and after penetrating
at the second place he has started a
drive elsewhere. The result has been a
contour Of opposing lines which might be
represented roughly by the teeth Of a
saw. Then followed the pressure against
the German salient thus formed in order
to hatten it out, either by retirement OF
the Germans or by their defeat in battle
Many square miles Of territory have thus
been gained without seriously endanger-
ing any part of the allied armies by
crowding it into a comparatively narrow
salient such as that where the German
crown prince jammed, it is estimated
half q million men, His refusal to keep
driving ahead at one particular point has
brought forth the taunt of the German
press that Foch's attempts to break
through the German line were failure
But Foeh refuses to be drawn into trap
of that sort. On that matter his strate.
gy seems to be sound. The time may
come when it may appear tactical to
strive to break through at one certain
spot but not now.