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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
The Observer Is Forced to Pose as a Literary Critic

nu s hsvs ss ssss ss ss ssna ss
it. Certainly something in the
q air made the Observer balmy, or
he never would have done it.
This is what he did: He deliberately
permitted a number of young poets and
song writer's to try their 1918 models on
him when he might easily have shot
himself. They tested him almost to the
point where he screamed Justify for the
police, and today the Observer is sad and
dreary- There may be balm in Gilead,
but he is not certain of it. Nor of any
thing else. for all that
Without attempting to shift the blame,
for the Observer already has taken that,
he viii say the blonde at his boarding
house was in measure responsible for his
difficulties. She caught sight of picture
that the Observer had taken of himself
once when he was working on a stock
yards paper, and thought he was a literary
gent, and that settled it. The victim in
that picture was sitting with his left
forehnger on a throbbing temple and his
freshly sharpened pencil poised in his
right hand above blank paper as if to
write. Hence she thought the Observer
was a writing person, and she said:
do you write?"
He admitted that in moments of great
stress he ground out obituary poetry.
Then she continued:
II am SO happy. because one of the girls
who works in kitchen utensils at the store
Is a member of a literary club and she
wants some one to criticise its work.
Plainly the Observer was in trap. He
sought desperately to extricate himself.
"oh, of course he said, II never could
think Of criticising anything young ladies'
did. even if it were only writing"
1t was a punk lie. of course. but it was
the first thing that popped into his head.
And. like unarmed man who is at
tackled. he grasped the first weapon.
The blonde was not feazed in the
slightest degree. She smiled in su-
perior manner and then simply hog
tied the Observer.
"Oh. you needn't worry about that.
she said MY friend is the only girl
in the club; the other members are
men. They just took her in because
she owns a typewriter and knows the
brother of a man who is in the cir
culation department of New York
paper. They thought her influence
might help them get their stuff pub
lished- But it hasn't. and now they
want some one to criticise it, I'll send
them around SOON.
With that threat she~SAee from the
table and dashed for her room. The
Observer emitted a low moan.
II won't be home nights until Thurs
day" he shouted.
They can come afternoons, she re-
piled.
TN never be home afternoons again.
he continued
They'll see you Thursday night in
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service will be given consideration. This
means that every applicant must have
graduated from a training school for
nurses giving a thorough professional
cal.
The professional and mental examina-
ton of applicants for the corps will be
in writing. and will ordinarily take the
form of requiring from the candidates
short essays or papers on practical
professional subjects selected by the
superintendent. Accepted applicants for
service in the nursing corps will be ap-
pointed for three years, or for the term
of the emergency. They Will be as
sanitary formations in the United
States or abroad, and on transports. &C
cording to the needs of the service.
Usually the Army nurses first assign
ment will be to station in the United
states. to afford her an opportunity to
become acquainted with military
When called into active service, re-
serve nurses will be subject to all the,
established rules and regulations for
the government of the nursing corps,
and will receive pay and allowances of
nurses on the regular list. The salary
of the Army Corps nurse is at present
$50 a month for the period of the first
three years for service in the United
States, and $50 a month If sent abroad.
A bill is now before Congress to In
crease the salary.
The section of the bill relating to the
increase is as follows:
THAT the annual rate Of pay Of the Nurse
the Army shall Be as foiiowS: Superintendent.
400; assistant directors. 800; chief nurses,
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your room," she replied. darting
through a doorway and bangin the door
after her.
The next few days were nightmares.
Why under the sun. the Observer asked
himself. did he admit that he ever
had written anything-even his name
on a hotel register. There seemed to
be no answer to the query except that
he was just plain dumb. The blonde
smiled joyously at the thought OF his
misery and thanked him over ard over
again for his kindness in volunteer
ing" to help struggling writer's get
their footing.
Congress passed no laws and the SUI
preme Court handed down no injunc-
tions against amateur writers being
permitted to run at large. SO they came
on Thursday night. Most Of the mem
bers of the club got inside the OBJ
servers room. and those that couldn't
get in waited in the hall. Most of them
wore capes like Senator Vardaman af-
fects. and carried rolls Of paper under
their arms.
.'Won't you sit DOWN." the Observer
asked.
"oh, no. thank you,'' the leader said.
1--WE accepted an invitation like that
last week and the critic ran out on
US before We could, regain our feet"
Fire when you are ready" the OBJ
server said
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poa Derby Holmes Writes of the Life of Soldier the Bill

ut a franc q head the banker hoeo4
out francs and the winner gets eagne.
It is really quite exciting, as yOu
may get all but one number covessa
to come. Usually when you get as
close as that and sweat over q number
for ten minutes somebody else gets
hi: 1st sers .r. W ,ss visnsr o.es
'ouse and the rest oilers EN-"
Some Of the nicknames for the ON.
ferent numbers remind one OF the elAne
Of the crap shooter For insssnSs:
click" is S. Top of the house" u 90
Other games are crowned ana ao~
Choir" which is a dice game, and "pon.
toon." which Is s card game me si hn,f.
Most of these are mildly discouraged
by the authorities, house" being the
exception. But in any estaminet IN
billet town you'll ma one or Al or
winner usually spends his winning
for beer, so the money all goes the
same way. game or no game.
When there are no games on there 10
usually a sing-song going. We had .
merry young nuisance in our platoon
named Rolfe, who had a voice like
frog and who used to insist upon sing.
ing on all occasions.s Roine would
climb on the table in the estaminet and
sing numerous unprintable verses OF
his own standby entitled "Oh. What q
Merry Plyce Is Hengland." The only
redeeming feature OF this song was me
chorus, Wnicn eVerynooy Wono SosE
out and winch went IKE tnis'
Cheer. ye beggas. cheer!
Britannia rules the wave! "
Ard times. short times
Nevern come agyne.
Ehoutin' out at III top o yer iunsss y,
D the Germany armyi
Oh. wot a lovely plyce is Hengiand!
Our ten days en- repos at Petite Saens
came to an end all too soon.
on the last day we lined I'D for our
official "bawth"
= az
Petite saens was a coal-minine town.
Ia, $4,000 n,,. r,,,,.
Ine mines were sun operaeeu, ous ouiS
at night-this to avoid shelling from
the boche long-distance artillery, which
.. EN-, c.n.h,e a, sena,r0 shells ana
hitting the mark at eighteen miies--
The water system OF the town depended
,,non ,ha nrnn;no anparatus of thu
~ 49,. ~.
mines. every morning early oehofo enS
pressure was OF, all hands would turn
....,a
hyorahes. we were as eieA" -
be and fairly free OF "cooties" at the
end Of a week. but official red tape de-
.s 49,. 90 th,o,oh an .uthors
inahoeo 'hae 81
lied securing.
On the last day we lined up for this
at dawn before an old warehouse which
had been fitted with crude showers.
We were turned in twenty in a batch
ourselves all over and rinse on. was
in the last lot and had just lathered
up good and plenty when the water.
went dead II you want to reach tno
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The leader then explained that on
the principle of saving the best for
the last. authors would read in the
order of their number of reflections.
The first man to read said that he
had received tho manuscript Of his
Spring Song back twenty-one timea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

Ny heart is light. my hope ia bright.
I feel all right. !.
The reason why you ask me. and IN tell yeu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

Cheer. ye beggars. cheer!
Britannia rules the wave! "
Ard times, short times
Never'n come agyne.
Ehoutin' out at tn top o. yer lungBs
D the Germany armyi
Oh. wot q lovely plyce is Hengland!
Our ten days en- repos at Petite Saeno
came to an end all too soon.
On the last day We lined up for our
official ''bawth.''
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After the excitement of lodging shells
and bullets in the front trenches life in
billets seems dull. Tommy has too
much time to get into mischief. 1t was
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-01-08
HELP WANTED-FENGALE

COUNTER GIRL wASTED-GtrI fol
counter work at B. & o. Rest House
Day work. Call General Foreman
office: ask for ar. Donaldson
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FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

s.rts and abandoned its test on the 5.
L P:lls farm. In the same district.
l. :. White x Co. are due in the sand
2; . test on the riggs Brothers: farm
On Grass run. Ten Mile district. Har
r!sLn county. Randolph & De1nson
nave started to drill a test on the AMOS
Maxwell farm. On Meadow run,
washington district, Jackson county
tie United Fuel Gas company has tn
Zig completed for lis test on the L. c.
KpottS farm O. Elk Fork in the
same district, C. /. Cabot is ready -
star a test on the ,irginia Caste farm
On Little creek. Spencer district.
Roane county. the Pure Gas company
IS due in the sand on the Mary NJ.
c. eenleaf heirs farm. On Millers rIL:
IN the same district the Ohio Fuel Oil
company and Goff & Heck have made
lie location for est on the Jemima
Newton farm. On Reedv creek, Cur
It's district, G. L. Cabot is rigging up
a: { second test on TIL c. c. Wilson
tam. Oh Frozen Camp On, Wa hing
~. district. jackson county. TIL: JEl-
tee Fuel Gas company Is drilling ?
.sst on the Notwithstanding farm
on Straight Fork Duval district, Lin
ecu county. the South Penn Oil COO
ranv has started 20 drill 30. S on he
N:ert HIM farm.
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standardization is nice way
Of saving national uniform"
A director of Wool Textile produc-
ton has been appointed, and he al
ready proposes to cut down the nun
Der OF weayes and patterns and to put
IN the market only few standardized
Cloths. They are to be al Of one type,
with a very few patterns. These are
&c be furnished to the manufacturer OF
mems clothes and ladies' suits and
cloaks at fixed prices.
He is to sell to the retailer at fixed
price, and the retailer must sell to
the consumer at fixed price also. In
this way Britain proposes to pat all OF
her civilians il warm well made $l2
suits.
The next step to olive Grab for the
whole population is not far of. AND
Why not? In II past whole nations
cave worn a national costume and have
made an artistic as well as an indus
trial success OF it.
Even today. when the impressario
Of an opera company tries to trick out
is chorus in ire most effective style
Ie has to so 20 the peasant girls OF the
Tyrol or Swift arlaud to get his ideas.
and these were national or tribal Uni
forms.
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Especial Dispatch to West virsintan)
WASHINGTON, Jan. s--'Modern
wares are found by whole nations, not
armies"
This thresdbare commonplace may
soon assume q very definite meaning
to the folks back home. Already there
are soldiers, daancIers and business
men Who are asking the question:
Ell nations now fight wars. why not
lot the whole nation fight in Uniform
Ike the men at the front?"
When one considers the industrial
and transportation activity OF a mod
ern nation necessary for dressing the
peopIe-IargeIy the better hair to be
EOre-and that a large per cent. OF this
effort is due to the production OF the
iuyfsfs di4efent patterns and kinds
Of cloths, garments and shoes, 1t is not
hard 70 see the force behind the idea
Of a national MISUNDERSTANDING
clothes for the men, women and chill
dren back Of the lines
II the WIZ lasts long enough the
change Is bound to cone-stmply De-
cause Il VIII have to come.
whether It will last long enough to
ering about complete uniformity OF
costume Is doubtful. but the move
ment is already under way
The clothing trades have heard the
first whisper Of the revolution IN tue
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on and Gas,

On the South Fork of Hughes river,
Southeast district. Doddridge county.
W. We, the Carter OH company has
drilled No. Is ON the ". B. Maxwell
farm into the salt sand 1t Is showing
for a producer from that level. Drill
ias has been suspended to make test
and Il not - good as indicated it will
he drilled 70 the lower saLcs. On Liza
ron. New Milton district the SwisheI
On. ronpauy,s test on the Ionu Max
ven farm - drifting at 1000 feet
Gu Mud Lax run. Clay district, Hae.
Tzson county. the Hope Natural Gas
company has drilled a test on the n l.
Lowe taEm into the salt sand. A fair
Sae pTeoSGfO vac developed IN that for
nation. It VII not be drilled deeper
at .uis time, OF until after the gas pres
sure 6lB subsidized. On Owens Fork.
SI4SDBon dlseFtct, the same company IS
down 1870 8eet at its deep test on the
IS. o. Con farm. This well has reached
3 greater depth than any other pre-
yiauaiy drilled in West Virginia. bar
|eiue accidents, no limit has been fixed
az which this well viii be drilled. ThcS
anticipate going to depth OF 5000 fee:
nd Sc the going Is good at that depSL
u not stop.
q ln the river front In Washington dis
HIeGSantS county, the Orchard
paGy. has drilled through al
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drafted for the biggest insurance Job
-. AS one OF the two new assistant
secretaries Of the treasury appointed
bv the president. Love has general
supervision over the governments 1n-
surance OF soldiers
Lover served one term as life In
suraace commissioner Of Texas and
knows the insurance game from the
inside.
One drafted Love went to work.
He has two boys in the army and a
daughter in Red Cross Service IN
Loves first war service was the
negotiation OF deal by which seven
irterned Austrian ships were sold 10
an American syndicate. and b. them
turned over to the government with
out profit. Austria vas at that time
not our enemy and the ships could
rot be seized. or course Germany did
not want them put to work for the
American government and the deal
required some pretty foxy work.
rom owe is one OF those fellows
that Charles Edward Russell dubbed
soldiers OF the common good some
wears ago. Having made pretty good
pile for himself in early life. Love
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word Standardization"
This Is the master word Of war. Ap-
piled to automobiles 1t has proved the
magic formula for success in time OK
peace. Applied to afrplanes it may win
the war for America. Applied TO
clothes-weI. business is certainly go
ing 20 be anything but usual.
Will milady stand for it? A few
years ago one would have been inclined
to say-"Yes. when the sun goes out.
The war has changed all that. Wo-
men are fighting in mems uniforms IN
Russia. Won;Sa are working in men s
cy erals in thousands OF munitions fac
tories. Women are ringing up fares on
street cars and wiping engines In rali-
road yards They are struggling foT
the privilege of wearing the Red Cross
nurse's uniform.
Germany has successfully elimlnat-
ed the woman's dearest privilege
shopping. Bargain sales are forbidden
and one must wear old clothes until the
police decide that they can be worn no
longer.
France has struggled to hold on to
Ter great dressmaking industry for its
after.the-war value. but the leather
shortage has driven France to uniform
footwear. Only one kind of shoe can
be made in France - the national
toot''-deSigned to save leather and la
Dor. 1t Is not thing OF beauty, but all
France is wearing it.
Britain has started on the road to
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TC ASSTFIED ADVERTISING
ONE CENT A CASH WITH 0ttsse
LOST AND POUND
WITH o8psR

LoST-Ten $4,000 postal certificates
Saturday. Finde- return TO Boz
$3.50 West VirEinian Office. 1-T-2t-SzSS
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New York

NEW YORK. Jan. s.-The sluggish
course Of the stock market doubtless
resulted mainly from advers" weather
conditions. which materially reduced
business with important Western and
southwestern cenfcrs.
Happenings over the week ind re
ceived favorable Iterpretatle in the
main, especially the war aims OF
Great Britain as defined by Lloyd
George. AdvIces ,egardira the Rus
sian situation also offered Trash en-.
couragement.
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Pittsburgh

- TTTTsBBRGH, Jan. s.-Stocks on
the Pittsburgh Exchange were lsdesS
-:SS; erday. The trading was dull ano
the range very narrow. only II issues
tcsng dealt In. OF these only two al
v.nccd. SIX were stationary. VIZ y"
G:Iss Machine common advanced
point, while the preferred fell II a
h.=.t point. Electric rose Is. while MI
S;-ssfa lost 2 cents and Pittsburgh
;srone dropped 5 cents Sales TO- the
cav amounted to only $3.50 shares, OF
which 2,40o were the coppers.
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Summary.
Grain and Produce

CHICAGO. Jan. 8. - Storm condi-
lions affecting the railroads tended
yesterday to uphold the corn market.
Prices closed steady. at the same as
Saturdays finish to &c OF, with Janu-
aSy S1.37H. and May $1.255s. Oats
gained Z to &c. and provisions 15c
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ratIro.ds ma insurance eomRsREeS
behave themselves In Texas 80.
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ROOMS TO RENT
FARMS FOR SALE

I OR sALE-Quick. 911. acre farm,
100000. Slx-room house and out
buildings. Free mail delivery. Good
road, s miles 10 city. Cumberland
:auo. Lime stone soil Plenty good
water. Only reason for selling my
wife died and ny mother too Old TO do
the work. Near school, store and
church. Box go Cumberland, Nd
12-l1-26t-3192
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sueAR cARoS IN FlNpLAY.

FNDLAY. Ohio. jan &-ResRnfpg
today Findlay srocerS save - e4eR
OF their customers a sugar cara en-
titlfng each family 70 two PoEeGS OF
SUGAR per month. NJ purchase Of sus-
ar can be made without presentation OF
a card which Is punched each time the
allotted amount is bought.
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HOUSES FOR SALE

FOR SALE-6-roon. o1use, soed eeiiari
located on JacFscn and Clayton
streets. Rivesville " Va. John Col
Inns. l'7'St'a2Sl
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has been principally occupied for a
number Of years in making public
service corporations. gas companies.
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FOR SALE Or RE&T-ModeTu sIx
room house. G. c. Powell. phone
1855. 12-4-tf-Si1z.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-09-06

Author Of 'sThe Iron Trail,'s 1.-THE
Spoilers.' s'f1eart Of the sunset" Etc.
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MWSg9QG|
[A|RY1All |
zuzEPPA, THE MONKEY.
y hAM 0luAneQ|l@

"Zuzeppa." said Daddy, twas a mon
key who had come from Africa. He
lived in the zoo, where there were
many other monkeys. He swung on
his bars, ate good meals, made up
faces, did tricks and kissed the keeper.
Everyone liked him and he liked ev-
eryone.
I'm fact he enjoyed nothing more
n visits to the zoo Of children and
grown-ups. He would like it best
WREN they stood before his cage so he
could sit down and put his hands
through the wires and shake q how-do-
you-do with them.
"Then he would 60 flying off to
swing, or turn a somersault or some
sort Of a trick, and when the people
laughed he was absolutely delighted.
~ wanted to be as smart as any
monkey here he would say to him
self, and by his ways the keeper knew
he wanted to be taught tricks.
"'You'd like to learn to do q number
Of smart things, eh %Zuzeppa?' asked
the keeper, and the monkey gave him
a little hug and a kiss as though to
say, oh, please teach me, keeper
1.-THE keeper understood and began
teaching Zuzeppa all sorts of wonder
full tricks. Wen have a special per-
Torrance for you to give the keeper
said one day.
"And for that special performance
the monkey practiced SO very, very
hard. And the keeper was patient and
showed the monkey how to do different
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when l heard what happened, I tried
to find the girl, but Weyler was con-
centrating the paciAcos BY the time,
and there was nobody left In the Yu-
muri i: It was q desert"
Then You don't know positively that
she that she"
swat. There IL no doubt that the
boy was killed, but Of Rosa's fate /
can only form my own opinion. How.
ever. one Of Esteban's men Joined my
troops later, and I not only learned
something about the girl. but also why
Esteban had been so r~elentlessly pur-
sued. It was all Cobo's doings. You
have heard Of the fellow1 NOT Well
you WILL" The speakers tone was elo-
quent Of hatred. HE IL worse than
the worst of them-a monsterl He
had seen Miss Varona. She was Z
beautiful girl ...
"Go on" whispered the lover.
II discovered that she didn't at frst
obey Weyler's ediet. She and the two
negroes-they were former slaves Of
her father, / believe-took refuge In
the Pan de Hatanxas. Later on, Co
bo's men made . raid and-killed .
great many Some few escaped into
the high ravines. but Miss varona was
not one Of them. Out Of regard for
Esteban ! made careful search. but I
could ind no trace Of her"
"And yet you don't know what hap
penedf" O'Reilly ventured. you're
not sure1"
mo, but I ten you again Cobo's men
take no prtsonerA When I heard about
that raid I gave up looking for her."
sThis1Cobo,"-the Americans voice
shook In spite Of his effort to hold Il
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favored ones who had berths sought
them. while their less fortunate COM
panions stretched out wherever they
could find a place.
Johnnie O'Reilly was elated Al
ready he could see the hills Of Cuba
dosing behind their purple wells; In
fancy he felt the fierce white heat from
cl0Se-walled streets, and scented the
odors Of ''mangly" swamps. He heard
the ceaseless signing Of the royal
palms. How he had hungered FOR It
ale how he had ragged at his delaysl
i had seemed 20 small q matter to
return; It had seemed % easy to seek
out Rosa and to save herl Yet the
days had grown into weeks; the weeks
had aged into months. Well, he had
done his besti 10 had never rested
from the moment Of Rosa's, FIRST ap-
peal Her enemies had foiled him
once but there would be no turning
back this time-rather 3 firing squad
q . dungeon IN CAbanas than that