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Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
To supply Maryland And virginia
With Farm Labor.

The establishment of a special farm
service section to provide war emergency
farm labor for the farms Of Maryland and
Virginia has been announced by the United
States Employment Service Of the Depart
ment Of Labor.
The section will be located at the Dis
trict Employment Service Headquarters at
l4l0 Pennsylvania Avenue, and will be
in charge of Marion r. Watts.
All farmers of this section and all per-
sons desiring farm employment are asked
by the employment service to register their
applications for help or jobs at the Penn
sylvania Avenue office. Hundreds Of high
school boys and men in Washington city,
the employment service says, can be used
during the summer on nearby farms.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
Public SCHOOL Activities.

The Home and School Association of
Ounce Orchard met February 28th at
7:30 o'clock at the school. The boys and
girls gave an exhibition Of their regular
school work before their parents and
friends. We had singing. recitations. arith-
metc drills, history drills, geography work
and reading lessons. Carlton Howard. one
Of our fourth grade boys. beautifully re-
cited MY Flag and Your Flag" while
Frank Howard. little first grade boy. told
the story Of Jack and the Bean Stalk"
with much zest and fervor. Miss Esther
Heeter sang a solo and played the organ
for us. After the children finished their
recitations Miss Bessie told story called
I'm Going Too." which all enjoyed
The meeting was then opened to the
patrons and Mr.. Burroughs gave an excel
lent talk on his school days and the greater
advantages we have today than he had
when boy. Mr.. Rice also spoke upon
the school and It's work.
The patrons seemed much pleased with
our work. JESSIE HEETER,
Sixth Grade.
FAIRLAND SCHOOL.
Last Friday morning six OF the pupils of
Fairland school met at the school house to
take a survey Of the farms in our neigh
borhood in order to find the labor needs
for the following year. We left the school
house about half past nine and visited
every farm in our school district We met
with splendid results, and returned about
2:30. tired but happy knowing full well
we had done something for our Govern
ment. which needs our help so much.
ANNIE EDWARDS. 7th Grade.
CLARKsBURG SCHOOL NOTEs.
A spool Of thread entertained our sew
ing class. Our little sewing class was
called together one Thursday at half past
two. | had new spool Of thread which
told US many things. These are some OF
the things 1t told us II was nothing but
little cotton seed. was put under the
ground little while. came up and was
Green. ] grew and grew and grew until
was very large. After time was gath
cred and put with many other pieces OF
cotton. was put into machine which
took me from my seeds. Twas taken away
to another place where was put into an
other machine and went very fast on a
broad strap until was taken of. was
taken away from there and put on the spool
which am on now. was packed in box
with many other spools Of thread and
shipped away to a storekeeper. was there
awhile when heard little girl ask for
spool Of thread and the storekeeper gave
her myself"
We all sewed away and were listening
to the story it was telling US. We we're
making clothes for the poor children who
did not have any clothes, and making all
kinds Of things we could think Of to help
the poor soldiers. As we were using the
last piece Of cotton of the spool II said, Il
have come here to help win this war and
am doing all ! can to help. ! hope will
make some little boy or girl or soldier elad.''
And so ii did. The spool Of cotton made
many a stitch to help to keep our soldiers
and poor children warm and happy
MABEL, 5th Grade.
RED Cross AT CLAcETTsylLLE.
The members Of the Junior Red Cross
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
On March 9Th the A.YLIclnh Of

On March 9Th the A. Y. L. |. Club of
Germantown met with Mrs. Harry Boland
with good attendance and some visitors.
Responses to roll call were current events,
all responding with most interesting facts.
Our vice-president, Mrs. R. L. Hickerson,
read most excellent article on Belgium.
A short story was read by Mrs. Glen
boland. The rest of the time was given
to the transaction of business. Refresh
ments were then served by our hostess,
assisted by her young daughter, Miss
Marie. After our usual social time, we
adjourned to meet with Mrs. R. L. Waters
The military registrants in this county
who were married since May 18, 1917, and
who were placed in class by the local
draft board, probably will all be placed in
class by the district board at Annapolis
thus making them available for immediate
military service. In all these cases, of
which there are about seventy-five, appeals
were taken by the Government, and in
nearly every case so far passed upon by
the district board the local board has been
reversed. The district board takes the
position that the pay of the registrant,
added to the government allowance for the
wife in case he is called, is sufficient to
support the wife.
A bill has been prepared for introduction
in the Legislature which provides that the
Sheriff of this county shall receive a salary
of $1,000 instead of fees. The measure
allows seven deputies at $500 year each,
makes the salary of the jailer $500 year
and provides S5 cents day per man for
prisoners in the jail. The bill has the in
dorsement of the Judge of the Circuit
Court, the States Attorney. the members
of the bar and the County Commissioners,
and its prompt passage is understood to
be assured, If it becomes a law. it is ex-
pected to result in quite substantial saw
ing and in greater efficiency on the part
Of the sheriff and his deputies.
The Maryland State Conference. Daush-
ters of the American Revolution, was held
in Baltimore Thursday and Friday of last
week. at the Hotel Belvedere. Those at
tending from the Janet Montgomery Chap
ter, of this county. were Mrs. j. Frank
Wilson, Mrs. James H. Loughborough, Mrs.
William H. Talbot, Mrs. Henry L. Wells
and Mrs. Ernest L. Bullard. At the meet
ing held with Mrs. E. L. Bullard, in Rock
vile. the following delegates and alter
mates were elected to attend the Cont
mental Congress to be held in Washington
April 18th to Goth: Mrs. j. Frank Wilson,
Regent. and Mrs. A. R. Wingate delegates
first and second alternates. Mrs. James H.
Louehborough and Mrs. Ernest L. Bullard
extra alternates, Mrs. HarryC. Meem. Miss
Marie H. Talbot. Mrs. Eden ]. Hartshorne,
Miss Virginia Cr owley, Mrs. Henry L. Wells.
Mrs. W. H. J. Brown. Mrs. James A. Nell
son and Mrs. Edgar w. Moore.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
Religious Notices.

At st. Mary's Church, Barnesville. Holy
Thursday Mass at 8 A. M: Good Friday,
Stations at 7:30 P. M. Holy Saturday.
confessions in the afternoon and evening ;
Easter Sunday. Masses at 8 and 1890 A. M.
AT St. Roses Church. Chopper, Holy
Thursday, Mass at 8 A. NJ; Good Friday,
Stations at 8 P. M; Holy Saturday, con-
fessions in the evening; Easter Sunday
Masses at 8 and 10:30 A. M.
Rockville Christian Church, o. C. Barnes
minister, services Sunday, Bible School
10 A. NJ; preaching at II A. M. and 8 p
NJ: Christian Endeavor at Pm. Preach
ing every fourth Sunday at Hyattstown al
II A. M. and 8 p. NJ
Beginning on Monday evening, March
25th, there will be services at the Chris
tian Church, Rockville. every evening dur
ing the week. The Rev Preston A. Cave
Of Washington. will preach. A cordial in
vitation to attend these services is ex
tended to the public. Services will begir
promptly at 7:45 O'Clock.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
DOING THEIR DUTY
Scores Of Rockville Readers Are
Learning tho Duty Of the Kidneys.

Scores of Rockville Readers Are
Learning tho Duty Of the Kidneys.
To filter the blood il the kidneys
duty,
When they fail to do this the kid
neys are weak
Baclhche and other kidney ills may
follow.
Help the Kidneys do their work.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills-the test
oil kidney remedy.
Proof of their worth in the follow
ing:
Mrs. ]. J. Bottlemay, Gaithersburg.
Md, says: For the past year or so
] have been bothered by kidney
trouble I had pains through my
back and my kidneys acted unnatur-
ally. used Doan's Kidney Pills and
they helped me greatly. / still take
them whenever need them and they
relieve me-"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Bottlemay had. Foster M'lburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N Y.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22

League at Clagettsville school gave an en-
tertainment in the hall on the evening Of
March 9Th. The entertainment consisted
of songs. readings and tableaux. The
County Supervisor, Miss Gray, was present
and gave very instructive talk, After
which. she showed us number of very
interesting stereopticon views Of Europe.
A large crowd was present, and we wish
to express our thanks to the people for
their presence and liberal Offering.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
Notice 20 Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Montgomery county, Md, letters
of administration C. 7. A. on the personal
estate Of
CRlTTENDEN KING,
late of Montgomery county, deceased All
persons having claims against said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof. to the sub
scriber on or before the 18th day Of
August, 1918; otherwise they may, by law,
be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 18th day Of Feb
ruary, 1918.
MAGGIE F. KING,
feb 15-6t Administrative c. I. A.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE Is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of MONTGOMERY county, Md, letters
testamentary on the personal estate Of
WILLIAM A. WATERS,
late Of said county, deceased All persons
having claims against said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same. with
the vouchers thereof to the subscriber, on
or before the 18th day Of September. 1918 ;
otherwise they may, by law, be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment Given under
my hand this 18th day Of March, 1918.
RUFUS URIAH WATERS.
mar i5-6t Executor.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
"Humau Hearts" At seco Theatre.

Human Hearts" will be presented at the
Seco Theatre, Rockville, on Monday even
ing. March 25th. 1918. 1t is not a moving
picture show. but a clean, wholesome
comedy and appeals strongly to a large
class Of play lovers. Fine scenery, band
of music and orchestra.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
AMBITIOUS YOUNG WOMEN

WANTED TO FILL
PERMANENT POSITIONS IN THE
TELEPHONE DEPARTMENT,
Automatic Telegraph Department and
other branches Of the
WESTERN Union TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
Interesting work, with good salary to start
and regular advancement.
No experience necessary.
Apply
Room III. Kellogg Building. 1922 F st. N w.,
Washington. D. C.
mar l-3t
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22

In sad but loving remembrance Of our
darling baby, Ernest Porter Lowery son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Lowery, who de-
parted this life February II, 1918, aged 6
months. weeks and 2 days,
In Congressional cemetery lies
Our dear baby to-day,
Our hearts are sad and still we are weeping
When we think how suddenly little
Ernest passed away.
AS time goes on we miss him
More and more each day,
His gentle smile, his loving little face.
No one can ever fill his loved place.
Smiles may meet our faces.
Tears may dim our eyes,
But no one knows how our hearts have
ached
Since our darling baby died.
The midnight moon is beaming
Upon the sodded grave,
Where sleepeth. without dreaming.
Our little baby we could not save.
We had little Ernest once,
He was our darling pride,
We loved him well, perhaps too WE'LL
| For soon he slept and died.
love he lived.
In peace he died,
His life was asked.
But God denied.
BY FATHER AND MOTHER.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
Rich Land To Rent Or For
Sale.

have 1875 acres. in fine fields, Of extra
rich soil, to rent for the growing Of corn OF
oats this year, at $l8 per acre.
TERMS 800 cash on each field and
remainder nine months, note without in
terest, with endorser.
Also 1923 acres. beautifully located on
Great Falls Road, next to my orchards, for
sale during the next 80 days at only $125
per acre finest building site and location
in the county.
WILLIS MOORE,
Rockville, Md.
ian d-tm
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22

M To loan on first-class mort
cages on land at l-2 per cent.
j. ABBY HENDERSON, Attorney.
oct 15-u Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22

IN !. Robert Marshall, Clarks-
burg. Md. will be responsible for only any
debt contracted by myself.
ROBERT MARSHALL.
feb 22-3t
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22
In MenOriam.

In loving memory of our dear mother,
Ann E. c. Cashell. who entered into rest
one year ago to-day, March 2l, 1917.
Some day. perhaps. we shall understand,
When we meet again in the better land;
You don't know the sorrow to be left alone,
Till God sends message to your home.
Tis sad when He calls
For one or the other,
But the worst blow of all
Is when God calls for a mother.
By her daughter.
CLAUDINE C. HARRIsS.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1918-03-22

E. Emory, in the chair. The club is still
busily eneaeed in sewing and knitting for
the Red Cross. also working for the Social
Service League. There was application
made for three memberships in the Red
Cross through the club. A donation OF SIS
was voted to the Bethesda school library
The next meeting is to be held at the
home of Mrs. Walter E. Perry.
On Tuesday the Germantown High Schoo
base ball team played the DarnestowT
team at Germantown most exciting game
the former club showing marked ability
The boys from Jamestown seemed to hav'
quite little difficulty in hitting Dougla
Waters, the Germantown pitcher. Th'
score was to in favor of DarnestowI
at the beginning OF the 9th inning, wheI
Simper Waters made two-base hit AM
afterwards scored on Jones single hit. VIII
also scored the winning run on Hammon'
safe drive to the outfield. The final scor
was Germantown 8. Jamestown 6.
The grand jury for the present Marc
court, c. c. Waters. Of Germantown, fore
man, was organized Monday afternoon
and after sitting again throughout Tues
day asked to be discharged. All the busi
ness before this important body had bee
completed and the Court granted the re
quest. Practically the term Of the jur
consists Of one day, which. for brevit'
establishes a record for this county Tn
next shortest term was four daysin Marc
Of 1917. By reference to the jurys repo'
In this issue il will be observed that cor
siderable business was transacted.
The sun., 1918-10-13

the same. For one solution is human and
the other is mechanical, and one is made
possible by the existence Of the other.
The real test of construction lies less
in the mysteries of the story and the in
genuity with which they arc explained
than in the simplicity and naturalism and
probability of their exposure. That Is to
say: A solution may be really farfetched,
but if it is arrived at by an eminently SIM
pie and probable observation or deduction
the reader will be completely satisfied nine
times out of ten. It was the great defect
of the Sherlock Holmes stories, capti-
waiting as they were, that however likely
the explanations the means by which
Holmes reached them were frequently the
unlikeliest in the world. His observations
and deductions were too often those that
no detective on earth would make. Conse-
quently the reader had always to grant TO
Holmes the most extraordinary personal
attributes. OF course this can always be
done-but it is perpetual strain.
Here The Room With the Tassels scores
heavily--or rather its author does. We
do not say that her explanation of the Sc
eret of the house is particularly ingenious
or particularly probable, for obviously it
is neither; but about the probability OF
the way in which Zizi and Penny Wise,
the detective, got on the right track there
can be no two opinions. 1t was through
the simplest and most natural bit of OBJ
servation imaginable; and so the story Is
a triumph.
THE MYSTERY OF HARTLEY HOUSE.
BY CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND. George II.
Doran Company. $50.
THE ROOM WITH THE TASSELS. BY
CAROLYN WELLS. George Il. Doran Com
pany. $1.40.
The sun., 1918-10-13
BY EDWARD N. TEALL.

ID ENDERBY, coming into small
Ds legacy, tore himself away from his
job in a railroad freight office and set
himself up as Confidential Investiga-
tor. Irma Hamerton, a most lovely act
ress, took shine to him and gave him
the job of tracing her stolen pearls and
their abductor. 1t developed into hum
dinger of a case!
B. Enderby waded into it like hippo
potamus going into the Nile for his Satur-
day night additions, submerged like a u
soat and came up in the midst Of fleet Of
deteketuff destroyers and ended by sweep
ing clean the seas of Crime.
If There's Wit were story of Char
acter it might be discussed quite init
mately without invasion of the authors
right to the undulled attention of his
proper audience. But being a recital of
events, it cannot decently be subjected to
the process of specific analysis. Its
events are, however, go ramified and re-
ticulated, so radiculose and repulluiate-sn
their functioning as clues for the hireling
unraveller of mysteries that we can give
our word that a swift resume of the plot
may be made without pillaging the wealth
of counterpart wherewith the willing
reader is to be temporarily obfuscated.
If the writer Of mystery or detective
The sun., 1918-10-13
A House of Mystery and Room of HOrrO

mansion called Black Aspens, standing in
the Green Mountain region of Vermont.
The ghost of this house is derived from
the murder of little bit of man by
his great big Hessian OF wife, a murder
due TO the administration of prussic acid.
The house is haunted equally by ghost
with a skulls head and the odor of prus-
sic acid which, as the reader will recall,
is the odor of bitter almonds.
But this story which started so flip
PANTY develops swiftly into narrative
of the most blood curdling character with
a horrifying climax in the foretold and
simultaneous deaths of two members of
the spook hunting party. For the moment
sensation can go no further; the reader
has been quite stupefied with it and his
blood is nearly as CONCEALED as that of
the survivors of the tragedy. The mind
turns instinctively to the mystery Of these
two deaths, which were unquestionably
murders, but whether murders by q su-
pernatural being or by flesh and blood
criminal it seems impossible to find out.
Carolyn Wells never showed more skill
than in the way she exploits the distract
ing, the maddening enigma of these
deaths which seem so unmistakably to
have proceeded from the room with the
tassels, though they did not take place
there. And she shows quite equal skill
in the way she portrays the Intellectual
efforts of coroner and ordinary detective
to solve the mystery. But for real mven-
fveness the prize must be awarded to her
Creation of Iii. OF Iii we shall say
nothing-readers have a right not to have
surprises spoiled for them. Zizi is a nov
city as well as surprise. And the solu-
ton of the two deaths brings with it the
solution of the houses secret, which is not
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A Magnificent Villain! But Thieves
Wit" Could Not Save Him

the right shop 10 go to- Better read it
before the movie man gets his hooks
into it!
And so, passing blithely over the love
story and the startling adventures and the
tensely dramatic situations, there remains
this one observation to be made: That If
B. Enderby COMFORTS himself like this in
his first case it is positively dumfound-
ing to try to estimate the possibilities OF
his future professional career!
The publishers tell us that this is plu-
perfectly great time for serious" books
and We have no intention of uttering .
word against that sort Of reading for this
ultra-serious time. But we do maintain,
without fear of successful contradie-
tion," that-right now-sueh books rs
There's Wit have more right to existence
than ever before in our time
THIEVES WIT. By HUBERT FooTNEs.
George II. Doran Company. $50.
The sun., 1918-10-13

stories invents his tale backwards the
reader insists on being pumped right into
the middle Of il and carried-Oh, no, not
straight ahead to the solution or detection,
but led by ingeniously devious courses
to swift and satisfactory denouement.
The skein must be progressively snarled
and, most defiant of the unraveller just
before-lo, with def motion, the pres
tidigitator brings order out of chaos. Mr..
Footner, we think, juggles mighty
smoothly.
There must be several possibilities for
the final fixation of guilt; he supplies at
least three. We must be permitted to
guess and then, craftily rejecting the
first guess, TO guess again; and the truth
must be kept one guess ahead of us.
Sometimes it is the authors best trick
to lead us on to one guess after another
and then give US the desired and required
jolt by proving the first and discarded
guess to have been the right one What
does Mr.. Footner doi We leave you TO
guess. Was it the leading man in the
lovely lady's troupei They were in love
and doubt and difficulties. Or was it
the other actor man-dark and saturnine
enough TO disarm suspicion in this world
of unfaith in appearance? Or
We could dichotomize this story: Sher-
lock Holmes is one part, Nick Carter is the
other; that is to say, some pleasing bug
ger-muggery of mystifcation and some
rough and tumble which suits well the
deep American esteem of good melo-
drama with relieving intervals of bur
lesque. Such a mixture can be crudely
made ard often is. Not so often is it
compounded with artistic skill; but in
There's Wit, we say, it is. Remember,
Mr.. ,FOotner writes honestly, not to edify,
instruct, or anything else solemn; but to
please and tease, to amuse and bemuse-
TO drive dull care away. Any such I'M
dertaking requires some surrender, an
agreement TO abide by the rules of the
game. Detective stories score nine-tenths
of their failures by the authors derelic-
ton from duty and failure to fulfil his
part of the contract. We find no such de-
fault in Mr.. Footner. But we do not find
him proving such right as a superhuman
genius might enforce to exemption from
the requirement Of cooperation rendered
ungrudgingly by the reader. 1t takes
team work to put these stories across!
So there you are. You don't know,
from anything in this article, how this
particular game Of Fox and Geese is
played. But if its frankly confessed pur-
pose has been achieved and if you like
this particular kind Of literature, you do
at least understand that Mr.. Footner's is
~ - - - .i,rf -
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An Intricate Revelation.

Mr.. Raymond does indeed introduce into
his narrative considerable false clue
which will throw the reader effectively off
the scent in four cases out of five. He is
absolutely justified in this expedient since
the apparent clue is casual story told
to DIR. Nicholson (just the sort of thing
that would happen in reality, and since
the young doctor makes the mistake which
nearly every one would make of trying to
fit this explanation to the facts he has
instead Of seeing whether the facts he has
would admit of such an explanation.
The real story-involved, connected,
lucid and very naturally and beautifully
unfolding-begins about two-fifths of the
way through the book. 1t begins with
certain incidents which lead directly into
a series of events, of eliminating excite