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The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
UNITED Stalls
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
MISSISSIPPI DIVISION
BY HARPER LEiPER,
Public Information Director.

United States Pood administrators
Washington, d. {.
Mr.. p. M. Harding,
Federal Food Administrator,
Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Dear Mr.. Harding:
The extensive use
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ADfWFN Of suburban gardens
~STM for planting last year
~RS&Ns7NM proved of extreme
M Importance in in
ESW creasing the national
\EAAMssSssGW food supply.
49, Even with the car
shortage which has
developed during the last three
months and the total inability to move
the large reserves of potatoes and
beans, we have been saved from posi-
tive shortages throughout the country,
largely by virtue of the accumulated
household stores which are the results
Of home endeavor.
The food situation Of the word
must steadily degenerate as long as
the war lasts. 1t is, therefore, OF
prime Importance to add every item
to the total production. Furthermore.
our overtaxed railways, which must
continue to be overtaxed during the
whole course of the war will be great
ly relieved if we have a larger area
Of gardens planted than last season.
1t seems to me that the experience
Of last season indicates that aside
from a moderate planting of perish
able vegetables for immediate use,
the substantial part of such gardens
should be developed to potatoes and
beans. These two commodities can
be raised in practically all sections Of
the United States, are of the utmost
value from a food point of view, and
have the great advantage that they
a be preserved in the household
without artificial treatment.
In the Southen States particularly
we need the farmer to realize that If
he can increase his production of corn
and meat, and wherever possible
some wheat, as well as his produc-
ton of cotton, he will not only be in
creasing our national supply of food
but will render the South s~elf-sustain-
Ing in its foodstuffs; he will be feed
ing his WI family and help; he will
be contributing to make the South in
dependent In f%oodstuffs; he will have
enormously relieved our transporta-
ton burden next year. so that the
products of northern farmers can go
for export to our associates in the war.
Faithfully yours,
HERBERT HOOVER
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self upon his hitherto soft features.
Some day, he %pondered, I'll need this
lesson. Father always predicted that
something would happen before l took
my place in the world that would make
a man of me. And l guess it's come.
Then suddenly realizing that the
first lesson in working out a theory
was to take the most practical thing
at hand to begin on, he seized a sheet
Of paper and scrawled across it q lit
tie note to Anne.
"Dear Anne-Tm sorry that I took the
liberty of mistaking the attentions you
reciprocated, in the wrong light. l
apologize sincerely and trust that some
day when we meet again we can be
just as good friends as ever
"Very sincerely,
NORMAN"
He licked a stamp. quickly slid it into
the place on the envelope and has
tened down the stairs to the special
mail box in the corridor below. She
would get it early the next morning.
The following afternoon, when Nor
man sat in his study, his mind deep In
the intricacies of his Virgil, the phone
on his desk rang vehemently.
eyes, this is Norman Collingsby," ne
answered, abruptly, then hearing
Anne's voice he was about to succumb
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22

The extensive use
of suburban gardens
for planting last year
proved of extreme
Importance in In
~creasing the national
food supply.
Even with the car
shortage which has
The Tupelo journal., 1918-03-22
KNOWTHERU

Ignorance of the
rules and regula-
tons of the Food Adj
ministration is the
plea of many mer-
chants who have
been selling excess
sive quantities of
flour and sugar.
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none O. my funeral. but hope they
up the hairpins after it's all over"
Over on the houseboat 1t was quite
evident that the same fears that sug-
gested themselves to Charon had risen
up to vex the minds also Of some Of
the wiser and more experienced mem
bers of the club. T..
TN be glad when this queen of the
May business Is over. Socrates" said
Paris. anxiously, as he and the Greek
cast their ballots for the lady of their
choice. TITS a mighty risky proceed
ing. Socksy. and 1 ought to know, for
I've been through 1t. All the troubles
that befell me and my family came
from my foolishness in acting as q
Judge at an Olympian beauty show. and
awarding a prize to one woman. I gave
the apple to Venus and 1t made Juno
and Minerva SO mad they simply,wiped
the House Of Priam out OF existence"
Il know. Paris" replied Socrates shak-
ing his head sadly. I'VE ought never
have started this thing here tonight
know something about women myself
Xanthippe was a noble soul. but
All" said Paris. 'yes-bUt she was
only one woman. Socrates. l had to deal
with three"
Huh said Socrates. ."only one
woman. Ell? It's quite evident you never
met Eanthippc, Paris or you wouldn't
say that, Only one? My zeus Man-she
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wash; he couldn't iron; he couldn't
cook. II he ever sewed button on his
toga he located it eighteen miles from
its buttonhole, and absent-minded!
My. how absent-minded he was! I'd
send him out for a yeast cake. and he'd
come back q week later with q paper
of tacks in his hand and tell me that
was all they had in stock"
"And yet he has been handed down
to posterity as wise man." said Cath
crime Of Russia.
well. he was wise in a way" said
Xanthippe. "At least he was wiser
than I was. He married me, but II
married him."
ut always makes me laugh when peo-
plo talk about these men sages and
wizards anyhow said Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth had Sir Isaac Newton home
for lunch the other day, and while I
found him most charming gentleman,
he was terribly vain, and what do you
suppose he was vain about, girls?"
was always, doing that a stitch on the
back is worth two at the tailors," said
xanthippe.
ut was worse than that" laughed
Lady Macbeth. Actually the par man
was proud because he had discovered
that when an apple falls OF tree it
drops down instead of scooting OF like
a skyrocket into the empyrean. Why,
I thought I'd die when he told mo
about 1t. he was SO solemnly con-
WINGED that 1t was marvellous discov-
cry. It was only because I was his
hostess that restrained my impulse
to ask him what on earth the apple
could do but droD. never saw an. APP
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence ct The Star.
PARIS. March rs, 1918 (delayed).
- T is q story new. impassioned, pal
plating, no matter what you have
read-if can tell 1t. Paris is -un-
:. der pretty steady fire. Here and
there. not often. big "24o" shells fall on
the eastern edge of the capital. Today
1t began with half-hour intervals. Yes
tsrday 1t was every fifteen minutes in
the morning, falling of later to thirty.
forty-five, seventy minutes, then stop
ped at pm.
Boom! I pull out my watch. 1t is $50
am. The previous crash was at S:55.
Before that 1t was at S:25. 1t is said to
be q phenomenal 1ong-range piece of
Austrian invention, hidden in the forest
of ST., Gobain, seventy. miles from
Paris. It weighs ninety tons, needs
rest at intervals and is soon worn out.
The Germans must have several, be-
cause twenty-four shells fell yesterday,
while fifteen should be the extreme
limit Of such q cannon. Can they shift
them nearer?
Boom. 1t has taken me more than an
hour to write these lines. Louise, our
servant, comes running. Monsieur, it's
nearer!'
"How!" ask.
Monsieur. it must have fallen in CEN
Inside my room, doors shut, type
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pie skid like the hind wheels Of Ut.
riey taking a curve at forty miles. did
you, Mrs. Noah?"S
i've lived a many long year, my
DEAR, replied Mrs. Noah, land I've seen
many a queer thing in my day, but
I've never yet seen an apple auto
matically spring OF a tree and land in
the great dipper-no. nor never shall
neither II you want to know"
well, men have their weaknesses. Of
course" said Queen Elisabeth. but
after all I don't think 1t would be
good idea to suppress them altogether.
or to eliminate them from the general
scheme of life. They have their uses.
Fact Is rather like men. I've had all
kinds Of pets-monkies. parrots, dogs,
chameleons, canary birds and whatnot,
and really I think nice, well trained
man, that knows his place. and doesn't
have to be muzzled in hot weather. and
doesn't begin to yelp at am. makes
a very pleasant sort Of creature to have
aroung the place. They are more re-
sponsive to affection than cats. less
vain than peacocks. and not so noisy
as parrots and canaries. and you can
teach them all sorts OF cunning little
tricks"
you can II you have time" said
Xanthippe. "but after have Ted, sew
ed, darned. and washed Socrates. what
time did have to teach him tricks?"
"WelI, don't care. retorted Eliza
knows it."
well; I isnd them at least sndur-
able" said Portia, with q smile. And I
really don't: see how the; world could
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giles. I'll stare a search1ight out Of
countenance. Cleo. dear. but you-you
sparkle like a Louis Quatorze chande-
lier made of kohinoors in a naughty
world"
"Flatterer," giggled Cleopatra. soft
ly. tapping her conqueror on the wrist
with her pet Asp.
IS Socrates ,e,s SURROUNDED by 50 much
found supreme difficulty in making his
eyes behave. gazing first at Helen. next
at Portia. then at Aspasia and Cleo
patra; and SO on until he began be-
cause. of its constant twistings and
turnings. now this way, now that, to
feel short sharp shooting pains in his
neck. His ordeal was short-lived, how
ever. for xanthippe perceiving the old
gentleman's gyroscopic embarrassments
summoned him.
staccato tone. Come here to- me-"
Coming, mommer. coming" replied
the sage. gathering up his skirts and
tiptoeing in gingerly fashion across
the slippery floor.
You are making a most disgusting
exhibition of yourself. Socrates said
xanthtppe, getting your head turned
by every woman in this ROOM, Put
these on. and concentrate-on me-"
She handed the old gentleman a pair
of patent leather binders.
Naturally the ladies soon divided
themselves off into congenial groups,
as women are inclined to do. There
were the Junos. the Minervas and the
The White Stockings, the Blue
Stockings and the Peekaboos"
s The fis snd sr o1a1 posed In chilly
1earnedly. and seemed really not to be
there at all, while the third made
roguish eyes at and danced with all
corners Among the learned the SUBJ
tect of conversation was, as Is SO fire.
QueGtly the case, man.
, 1t was Portia who began It,
II read In an American newspaper
the other day." said she, that prom
inent suffragist has called for the abo-
lition of the male sex altogether. She
says man Is always a nuisance, and
only enthusiastically a convenience,
and that there isn't anything he does
anyhow that woman couldn't do
better"
She was right" said Xanthippe.
Perfectly right. I read that article
myself. and ! cut 1t out and pasted it
on Socrates mirror where he couldn't
help but see It,; Man? Well-one was
still. my dear" said Portia,, you
must admit that Socrates was won
derful thinker"
{ ~
Eyes. as a setter and a thinker he
was all right" said xanthippe. but
after all. what do these philosophers
amount to anyhow? Bromides, that's
what. I used to read some of Socrates
magazine articles to see what people
found SO interesting, and believe me, 1t
was just plain copybook stun such as
used to have to write out in the first
grade grammar. Stuff like-A bird In
the hand Is worth two in the bush. and
Ais not gold that fiitters, and q few
other fundamental truths like that, as
II everybody didn't know 'em already.
Yes. he was strong ON bromtdes. but
when It came to doing things around
the. house-wsll. was the SocrAtic
Hired Man. all right. He couldn't
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was a thousand of 'em, and sss Of 'em on
the war-path half the time"
well, anyhow" said Paris. Il think
we are taking awful chances choosing
all the women in hietory invited to be
present: think I'll hike for the
woods"
I think the thing to do" said Nero.
the midst Of EN-, and let 'em scramble
1885, and it'll be some scrimmage"
''You may retire. Nero" said Soc
rates. coldly. We're not going to
butcher, our wives to make a Roman
who suggested the thing anyway
asked Brigham Young. 1--WE got forty
seven wives here tonight. and lam wor-
"oh. Sir Walter Raleigh. as usual.
said Socrates. Hes as dotty as ever
on Queen Elizabeth, and 1 think he
thinks he can doctor the returns SO
that she'll win out" =
Good gracious" said Paris. "Eliza-
beth queen of the May? Lago di Garda.
but the man must be mad"
Meanwhile the ladies' were arriving
In large and animated numbers, and 1t
was admitted even by the most cynical
of woman haters that they made q
rarely lovely picture as they grouped
themselves about the brilliantly lighted
salon. Helen of Troy never looked
more beautiful, and as for Cleopatra.
dressed as she was almost wholly in
flashing gems of purest ray serene. 1t
was no, wonder that Antony teiephoned
home to his chauffeur to bring him his
blue goggles.
Whats the matter. dear?" said Cleo
patra, as the illustrious friend of Gaze
sar stood biinkingly before her. "Trou-
BILE with your eyes?"
Not yet" said Antony. but I would
have il 1t weren't for these blue Cog
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get on without them, and cannot see
eye to eye with the American lady who
wants prohibition amendment to the
Constitution abolishing them. I'd
rather see them regulated. Now the
Diana system always seemed an excel
lent one to me-. When a man Is incon-
venient to have around, turn him into
something else, just as Diana turned
Actaeon into Stag. and then when
you happen to need him. turn him back
into q man again"
Rather clever" said Queen Elizabeth.
IT shouldn't at all mind that--turn 'em
into horses or canary birds. and keep
them in e box stall or cage until
"Exactiy.'' said Portia. II think it
would be vurry. vurry nice"
1t was Just then that Sir Walter Ra.
leigh, as master of ceremonies, mount
ed the dais at the end Of the grand
salon. and tapping the presidential desk
with his gavel called the assembly to
order.
Ladies and gentlemen" said he. in
his best oratorfcal manner. cit has now
become my pleasant task on behalf of
the Associated Shades to announce the
result OF the balloting for the ONCE of
Queen of the May for the following year."
by Zeus, but he's a brave mani" NUT
tered Leonidas to Horatius. I'D rather
defend a thousand Thermopylaes then
take his plaza right now. Are the exits
cleara"
There were ten candidates for this
highest Of our honors.": said Sir wal
ter, :.as follows:
Mesdames Cleopatra, H.f,S
Helen Of Troy =.
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writer clacking. I scarcely heard IT..
Boom! Thunder. I heard that one! 1t
came out of time-only ten minutes
after the other. 1t seemed. on my soul,
to have exploded on our west Are they
falling beyond US today? Going over
our heads? Neuilly Is a western suburb
All day yesterday we were quite safe.
But now? 1 must know. Around the
corner is our great American Red Cross
Military Hospital No. 1, formerly our
famous Ambulance Hospital Of Neuilly.
Boom! Again! They're looming often
er," says Dewey. 1t is 10:45 am. will
time you the next time. I am back in
my room, writing.
I went for news to our hospital boys,
all American soldiers. It's only four
minutes, around the corner. Lined up
under the park-like trees are twenty
five beautiful American motor ambu-
lances. Our lads in khaki are in the
seats. standing about, chatting with
passersby, smoking. reading novels,
waiting for a wounded call from Paris,
which has not come yet. These am
balances stand at spaced distances in
the open avenue and the square in
front of the church. The church is
open, organ pealing, crowds of wor-
shippers coming and going all the morn
ing.
A clean, straight boy is reading "veri
of the Apes" on the front seat Of an
Boom! Another. 1t is
exactly IL am. That one was loud. 1t
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with American soldier boys lined up
beside their ambulances, just as again
today. in the shady open place and
streets.
Where are you from?'
From San Antonio. madame"
"They say the Germans have broken
the British front and get UP a long
range cannon only twenty miles away
from Paris. Is 1t true?'
Forget it. madame! Not a word Of
truth in 1t, madame. They're just boche
airplanes. Aging very high. at 1000
yards. and their pilots breathing oxy-
gen. Pity those Germans are such rob-
bers. cutttroats and false swearers.
Look me in the eye, young man"
said the ancient lady. Are you q novel
writer when not sfghting?"
mo. ma'am. But I've felt DISPOSE
tions.'
DO mot hesitate, young man. You
have a wonderful imagination"
So until the official "communique''
was issued not man. of our soldiers
or officers gave hint of the real fact of
a long-distancs cannon, bombardment
The allies communicates are honest and
frank. A special warning has been Is
sued against pessimist rumors Of the
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Salome,
Marie de Medicis.
Queen Elizabeth,
Xanthippe,
Betsey J. Noah.

Marie u9 M0QlClS,
Queen Elizabeth,
xanthippe.
Betsey J.. Noah,
Portia
and Lady Macbeth"
ed Socrates. "8ut il xanthippe isn't
elected I'm not going home for .
month";"
"For these candidates." continued RAJ
leigh. 1878 votes were cast. and It
gives me the greatest pleasure in the
world to announce that every lady on
the list is unanimously elected. each
polling the full 1873 votes, thus indi-
eating that 1t Is the opinion of the As.
ISOLATED Shades that with SO much love-
illness to choose from 1t were only Mt
ting that we should avail ourselves OF
all Of it. and that this year the May
should be ruled over by a committee Of
the whole. and not by on individual
But" cried Xanthippe, that's beg.
ging the question. Who's to be Queen?"
.'Oh. my Zeus!" moaned Socrates.
THAT" said Raleigh, with a gallant
bow. 'is for the committee Of the whole
to decide among themselves. In q case
like this the Associated Shades believe
unanimously in
VOTES FOR WOMEN"
Sir Walter descended from the .ros-
trum amid the cheers Of the gathering.
Some diplomat!. said Socrste
IT take Oft my hat to that lsd,"1sfd
Macchiavelli. "xle may have lost his
head. but he's kept his brains..
:. Copyright. 1918. ssg .MeCus sysaieshl ~
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cause Of the mysterious spaced explo-
sions. Many had guessed. All was diff
ferent from Gotha bombs, and why was
there no barrage? OF course. now we
understand. Why. the shells Gas we
hear from. all sides) are of moderate
size and force, incapable Of blowing UP
a house and of comparatively limited
capacity for damage. The big Gotha
torpedo" bombs are terrific.
Imagine eating meals! Our lunch had
been boiled beans. No meat. Nobody
wanted the tin Of monkey" opened.
Apple sauce, toast, tea, strawberry pre-
serves. There are meals that choke.
Dinner. p.m.. poached eggs. rice pud-
ding sweetened with ngs, tea
. At 8 p.m..r just as we are preparing
to go to bed. a new alarm. Sirens shrek
in Paris The Neuilly church bell booms
for fifteen minutes. The boche is max
ing US dread all beautiful things. church
bells now! TIL never hear them in the
future without a tightening Of the
heart. We hate moonlight. starlight.
beautiful, clear days Of sun. because
they mean a raid Of Gothas.
Lights again yelled. Again the rumors
and complaints on the stairway. It Is
hard on the children. Lone women. ht1s-
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seemed to have fallen on our west.)
Man, aren't you afraid" said. Ito
be reading novel?"
He winked. He chewed gum thought
fully. -.
"That seventy-mile, long-range can
non is a peach" he said. They must
have 1t hidden in some tunnel. Hope
we'll find it and put it out Of action
soon. There's some American airmen in
1as hunt n Mvs s sa st amt in 'n Doing 1E
any harm to Paris like cities Of the
rear, like Nancy and Dunkirk. Those
long-fange pieces always blowed them
selves out in three days. We haven't
hear there were ten killed and fifteen
wounded in all Paris yesterday"
Boom!
I jumped. It's loud in the open. It
seemed to jar the earth.
where's that?" asked. Did it fall
on our west? Was it near?"
Nav! Just like yesterday. They
can't shift those nieces like that. All
those shells are falling way cross Paris,
on the eastern section and suburbs.
D: c. Where are you from? This is a
bully book, 'Veri of the Apes about an
English lord who went big game hunt
ing in Africa and lost his young son.
who was brought up by a tribe of big
apes. There's four books in the series"
Now l am back home. In the janitors
lodge. on the ground floor, ten women
and children huddle. In the cellars,
which are pretty strong, are thirty
more. They have an oil stove down there.
chairs and tables. Some women lunched
down there yesterday. Every one is
asking questions. Nobody knows much.
There was a big barrage heard to the
northwest. near Poissy, at 7 o'clock this
morning." says the janitor. They say
it's German avions-not Gothas. but
war planes of the front-who try to slip
past the big battle on the British front.
They're painted tricolor to initiate
French machines. But we're wise to it
and waiting for them!''
Boom! Every fifteen minutes now,
In our fiat the iron shutters are closed,
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Celebrating Ladies' Night

60HE waters Of the styx sparkIed
with the golden light OF the
reflected illumination of the
houseboat. The famous craft
fairly coruscated with electric flashes.
They don't seem to be hooverizing
On their Juice over there tonight. Ger
~" said charon to his faithful dog, a.
he gazed at the brilliantly lit windows
ef the Associated Shades Wonder
what's doingr
Z heard somebody say it was Ladies.
night" barked Cerberus in coiloquial
eanine.: which language charon. after
many years Of propinquity to It,
Aad mastered sufficiently to be on
speaking terms with his three-headed
friend. They're soin' to crown one
Of 'em queen o. the May"
The Helicon you say" laughed
charon. Coin to pick one woman
out Of the lot to queen it over the
ssstr'
That's the big idea" yelped Ger
bsrus.
jumping Jupiter" CALCULATED Cha
ron. holding his hands aIoft what
oooos these immortals be! After all
those centuries Of scrutiny. not to say
study. OF tho fair sex they're going to
Try to pull 4 stunt like that. and think
they'll get away with It, Well. it's
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STERLING
- capital
FIRST,
expl0slOns-The of
n small power of destru =
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Copyright. 1918. by Underwood Underworld
front being broken and this Smelling
being possible at a comparatively short
distance. Say twenty miles.
In TIE magnificent afternoon, bright
sun, blue sky, tree foliage and blossoms
coming out, birds singing, the laughter
Of children and the chat Of women IN
the avenues of ,Neuilly-Paris made the
droning chorus to farther and farther
spaced explosions. Boom! 1t wac 1880
pm. Boom! Another at 2:05. Boom!
Another at 2:25 pm. The bright ave-
nues are full OF promenaders. Our boys
stand always beside their .ambulances
In the place. BoomI It: Is 3 pm. Also
1t is the last efell Of the day. Tara
tara! Tho welcome "breluque" Calls
clearly blown on. q trumpet by an
American soldier standing magnificent
in an open auto lorry careers through
the streets, In Neuilly-Paris the
Americans are the darlings Of the pop
ulation. =,
. ~
All this was yesterday afternoon. Life
was peaceful. with the evening papers
and the governments statement of a
German lone-dfstance gun as the real