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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
Movies.

"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles
Dickens, and VIM. Farnum as Sidney
Carton, was the bill at the Reynolds
Theatre Wednesday evenin. Unlike
all other Dickens stories there are no
finger prints of the Dickens style in
this work. 1t is undoubtedly mas
rerpiece, and the photoplay by VIM.
Fox is a wonderfully faithful por-
traiture of the story. Works like
these are indeed uplifting, quite a
contrast to the sensational and emo
tional screen slime. Dickens has in
terlinked with the French revolution
some strong characters in story of
wonderful human interest. 1t was
said to be by the famous Bob Inger-
soil the greatest work of fiction, in
his judgment, he ever read. Sidney
Carton, lawyer and genius in his
profession, but a derelict in the hab-
it of strong drink, thru his love for
a good woman is stirred to the sac
rifice of his life to save her and her
loved ones, and he goes calmly to the
guillotine as the aristocrat Eyre
monde, saying: ut is far better
thing that l do than l have ever
done and a far better rest l go to
than l have ever known"
The tale of Two Cities may not
be the best story ever written, but
there are some characters created by
Dickens that will live long after
others are forgotten, and Sidney
Carton stands out among these as
one of the most heroic. Who will
ever forget Little Nell. One of the
peers of England was one day found
weeping, and being asked why his
tears, he replied Little Nell is
dead" He had just finished reading
the story of the "Old Curiosity
Shop"
We have with us sometimes the
Uriah Keeps and Pecksniffs, the
Ralph Nickelbys, but, thank good
ness, we have more of the Cherryble
brothers, the Tom Pinches, the Agnes
Wickfields, the Mark Tapleys, the
Esther Summersons, and dozens of
others whom Dickens has made the
essence of the best in human char
acter
A large audience saw the tale of
Two Cities"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
The Shadows We Cast.

1.-THE Shadows We Cast" will be
the subject of the sermon at the
First Christian Church next Lords
day morning. The minister is es-
pecially anxious that every member
of the church will hear this sermon.
There is sure to be something for
each one in it.
Don's forget to come to our Bible
study at 10 a. m. sharp. The studies
for the next three months will deal
with Christian living and character.
They will be most helpful to all.
The young peoples meeting will
help you to better appreciate the
sermon at night Besides you will
be doing much good in encouraging
them.
You are always welcome.
]. RANDALL FARRIS, Minister.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
Our Expectation of Silver.

Sixty-four million silver dollars
have been melted into bullion by the
United States Treasury, most of
which has been exported to India.
Fifty-eight million dollars of silver
certificates have been withdrawn
from circulation and destroyed as
the silver on which they were Sc
cured was melted down. The Treas
ury still holds 426,OOO,0 900 silver
dollars, against which 1896, OOO, 200
in silver certificates are outstanding.
New Federal reserve bank notes of
the denominations of 81 and 50 are
being issued to replace the silver
certificates withdrawn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
Mailing Hospital Notes.

Mrs. Jessie Bell, of Hickman, I'M
derwent a very serious operation
Sunday. Her condition is very ia
vorable.
Mrs. G.. S. West has returned to
Hickman after an operation for gall
stones.
Mr.. Pratt Jennings was operated
on Wednesday for fractured wrist
and dislocated elbow joint. Patient
doing nicely.
Mrs. Sallie B. Miller, of Hornbeak,
was operated on for complicated
trouble. She is reported as doing
nicely.
Miss Efie Isbell, of Cayce, KY,
is in the hospital for an appendicitis
operation.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
SALEM.

Rev. G. T. Sellars will fill his
regular appointment at this place
next Sunday afternoon at $3.50
o'colck.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Craw-
ford last week. girl.
Miss Erma Hudson, of Union City,
spent few days this week with Miss
Varene Logan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Caldwell and
little son. MILFORD Harris, of Clay
ton, spent Saturday night with Mrs.
CaldwelTs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
T. Harris.
Mrs. Rosa Logan was a visitor in
Union City last Sunday in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Hen
shaw, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clogs were the Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Corum and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Harris at
tended the flag service at Shady
Grove Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Roberts and
family spent the Fourth at Reelfoot
Lake.
Mr.. Jay Hinshaw, of Hayti, Mo-,
is visitor in this community with
old-time friends
Mr.. Eugene Ferguson is, reported
very sick with fever at this writing.
Children and grandchildren of Mr..
and Mrs. H. l. Houser gathered at
their home last Sunday and surprised
them with basket dinner in honor
of Mrs. Houser's birthday.
You can hear the latest records at
Harpole- Walker Furniture Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12

SURGEONS agree that in cases of
Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds,
the FIRST TREATMENT is most i'm
portant When an EFFICIENT an
tiseptic is applied promptly, there is
no danger of infection and the
wound begins to heal at once. For
use on man or beast, BOROZONE is
the IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEAL
ING AGENT. Buy it now and be
ready for an emergency. Price Use,
soc. $1.00 and $3.50. Sold by Oliver
Drug Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
Death of Baby.

The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. M. L..
Pitzer sympathize with them deeply
in the loss of their six-months-old
baby boy, whose death took place
Wednesday morning, July 10, 1918,
at 1880 o'clock. Funeral was con-
Quoted from the residence Wednes-
day afternoon by Rev. ]. r. Farris.
Remains were inferred at East View
Cemetery.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12

Doing hard work in a bent or
STOPPING position puts stitch in the
back that is painful. If the muscles
have become strained, you can't get
rid of it without help. The great
penetrating power of BILLIARDS.
SNOW EMINENT will appeal to
you most strongly at such times, be-
cause it is the very thing you need.
Price Csc. soc and 800 per bottle.
Sold by Oliver Drug Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
Always a Way.

"a New York scissors grinder
complains that the authorities won't
let him blow his horn"
He'd better put his outfit in a
jitncy car. Then he can blow his
horn as much as, he likes"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
Red Cross Benefit.

Editors Commercial: Please an
nounce thru your paper that the w
C. T. U. will have an ice cream sup
per next Saturday night, July 10, al
the schoolhouse at Mount Pelia. The
proceeds will be used for Red Cross
and other war relief work.
BLANCHE CALLICOTT,
Cor. See.
Martin, Tenn, r. F. D. z.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
Trying 1t Out.

"Why did the Kaiser fire syou?"
For making a speech which was
not we'll received"
Tough luck, kamerad."
"All the more since it was one he
wrote himself"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
Marriage Licenses.

Rolly Mcbride and Sudie Golf.
Roy Dean and Lula Crawford.
P. B. Slower and Lille McCollom.
F. o. Owens and Annie Darnell.
Porter Pierce and Alma Bobb.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
500 Party.

500 Party.
Mrs. John Waddell entertained
Tuesday afternoon with 500 hun
dred party for Miss Elizabeth Dantz-
Ter, who is a popular Mississippi Wis
itor here.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12

You can hear the latest records at
Harpole- Walker Furniture Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
A la Hoover.

Mrs. Sue Majors Logan entertain.
ed on Friday, complimentary to the
Misses Steel and their guest, Miss
Martha Herring, of Union City
Tenn. After assembling the guests
were each asked to write answers as
to what they would do in case of va
rious emergencies, for example
what would you do if -- the
hostess failed to serve you any re,
freshments?" One answer to this
was Il would eat afterwards. The
hostess did not fail in this instance
for the refreshments were delicious
abundant and yet adhered strictly tc
all of Mr.. Hoover's mandates and
were a very pleasant conclusion OF
a most delightful entertainment
Mansfield (La.) Enterprise.
The Washington times., 1918-12-22


my skin is Of no moro value than
yours"
Queen Elizabeth made frequent trips to
England to see her children. usually going
there BY aeropIane.
After the war had been going on for
three years the two boys. who were grow
ing big. were brought back to Belgium.
dressed in military uniforms and remained
with their parents.
1t is q curious fact that before the war
Queen Elizabeth was very delicate wo-
man, often on the point Of breaking down
under the ordinary routine Of court life.
In 1913 she did suffer a nervous break
down and had to go to Switzerland for q
rest cure.
Under the hardships and excitement Of
war she has grown much stronger and has
shown herself able to meet every strain.
Life in a tumble down villa has proved
much healthier than life in the magnih-
cent royal palace at Brussels.
When the collapse of the German army
began In October last the Queen followed
right on the heels of the retreating IN
vaders, In order TO help the Belgian civil
ians who had suffered so dreadfully under
the Huns. The King was in actual COM
mand of the Belgian army, between Ypres
and Dixmude, that broke the German line.
At this period he could see little Of his
wife, who few about to every spot behind
the lines where her services were needed
The German retirement from Ostend
was a great event for the Belgians, be-
cause 1t meant that the Germans were
going to abandon the entire Belgian coast
While the Germans were still in the out
skirts Of the town the Queen entered Os-
tend harbor on the British destroyer
Termagant.
The Germans still had the harbor under
artillery fre and the British destroyer and
her companions were In fact in danger Of
being sunk and were forced to retire tenn
porarily. The pressure against the Ger
mans on the land side was kept mp and
they were forced to run. Back went the
brave Queen on her little destroyer.
The coast north Of Ostend and the coun-
try a few miles in the interior remained
In possession Of the Germans for more
than a week after this. The Queen. Of
course, was in constant danger from shell
fire, but she had become used to II after
four and a quarter years.
Her nrst thought in Ostend was to care
for the poor women and children there
who had been subject to the unspeakable
tyrannies OF the German Admiral Schroe-
der and his subordinates.
Two weeks later she made her triumph
ant entry on horseback into Bruges. the
first large Belgian city to be evacuated by
the Germans. This ancient city was a
headquarters Of the German submarine
pirates, who piloted their craft through
the canal which communicates with the
North Sea at Ostend. Their brutalities
and debaucheries, the curious inscriptions
they left on the walls Of their headQuar-
ters have been described In dispatches.
The reception Of Queen Elizabeth by
the people Of this oppressed city was as
touching as any Of the sights Of this i'm
mense war. Poor women, whose sons and
daughters had been torn from them, broke
into tears as they called down heavens
blessing on the brave Queen who had been
faithful to them In all their troubles
The Washington times., 1918-12-22

The Queen walked daily on the neigh.
boring sand dunes, watching the fighting
aviators and the battles at sea, and wait
ing for the liberation of Belgium.
King Albert's kingdom was, in fact, re-
duced to a strip of sand. THE king Of a
ridge of sand which he has made more
glorious than any throne in Europe" the
Belgian poet Maeterlinck called him.
The Queens chief interest in life at La
Panne was the management Of her hos
pital for Belgian wounded, called Lam
bulance de rocean." 1t was installed in
what had formerly been the chief hotel
of this seaside resort.
Queen Elizabeth is thoroughly quail.
fed doctor. She began her medical edu-
cation under her father, Duke Carl Theo-
der of Bavaria, who was noted as an
ocuIist and performed 1900 operations for
cataract in addition to other work. Queen
Elizabeth took her medical degree at Leip
zig University shortly before h }r mar
riage. Afterward she continued her medi-
cal studies at Brussels.
1000 wounded. Funds for its maintenance
were collected all over the world. The
Queen contributed largely to its support
by pawning her family jewels in England
for $250,000. Its chief surgeon was DR..
Antoine Depage, whose wife came to
America to solicit subscriptions. She lost
her life while returning on the Lusitania.
Queen Elizabeth worked in this hospital
daily. taking care that everything was 60
ing well and making notes of new supplies
needed. Restoration of badly manned pa
tients, who had lost legs, arms, eyes and
other essential organs, was a great fea-
ture of this hospital. Most wonderful re-
suits were obtained.
A patient with one wooden leg was
taught to put down his artificial leg with
the same pressure as the natural one. To
insure this he was told to walk on little
platform which registered the force of
each footprint. II the artificial leg came
down too hard, it showed he was using it
like a crutch and that would upset the
balance Of his body. The experts trained
him to correct this
Artificial limbs Of remarkable lightness
and strength were made at the hospital
So well was this industry developed that
the former patients built up a very profit
able trade in artificial limbs
Another diversion was established for
making surgical instruments, and this
helped to make the hospital self-support-
ing.
Near the beach was a pavilion in which
Danish masseuses helped injured men to
recover the use Of. their muscles. In Sum-
mer the patients basked in the sunshine
on the beach, which greatly helped their
Every bed in the hospital was supplied
with gas mask, for the institution had
several times been gassed by the Germans. .
The doctors noted with satisfaction that
gas was a valuable exterminator OF rats
and vermin.
One OF the many patients was a poor
woman Of La Panne who had lost both
legs through a German aviator's bomb,
which had also killed her three children.
The Queen was, of course, subject to the
same risks as these poor people.
Many tales are told of the kindly per-
'onal interest shown by the Queen in her
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always abundant She is known as first
class cook, and before the war had given
lessons in cooking.
She made regular visits to the trenches
near Newport and to other places along
the line occupied by the Belgians. She
would seat herself on a sand bag and cheer
the men up by talking to them
Your Majesty is in great danger here, !"
remarked Belgian officer during one Of
these excursions. "a shell is likely to
drop here any moment"
"Oh, they won't hit me-" said the Queen
cheerfully. Il am too small"
In this exposure Of herself to danger
the Queen was following the example set
by her husband, who, when asked to keep
away from the firing line BY a Belgian
officer, said:
The Washington times., 1918-12-22

-HERE is no Queen in Europe who
has won a stronger place In the
! affections Of her people than Eliz-
abeth, Queen Of the Belgians.
No revolution threatens her. No Red
Guards" will disturb the security Of her
self or her family. Even If Socialist
government were established the people
would surely keep the King and Queen at
the head Of the State.
Why has the Queen of the Belgians es-
pecially won lasting place in the affec-
tions Of her people? Because she has
stayed with them in all their miseries.
Because she has given all her jewels for
the relief of the homeless. Because she
has nursed her wounded countrymen with
great skill. Because she has lived through
out the war in a humble house on the last
strip of Belgian soil that was not con-
quered by the Germans.
Perhaps the strangest fact of all about
the Queen is that she is Of German birth.
She was the Duchess Elizabeth Of Bavaria,
member Of branch Of the Bavarian royal
family. So thoroughly has Queen Eliza
beth identified herself with Belgian ma
tional life that the Belgians have quite
forgotten that she came from the race that
caused all their miseries.
When the Germans broke into Belgium
In August, 1914, in spite of the solemn pro-
tests Of King Albert, the Queen deter
mined to remain with the Belgian army in
k6Afw -k- k4 IL HA-
palace in Brussels until the Germans had
reached the suburbs of the city, and then
she retreated with the army.
"As long as one square foot of Belgian
soil is left, will stay on it." declared the
Queen, and right well did she carry out
this brave resolution.
Her three children, too young to be ex-
posed to the horrors Of war when it was
possible to save them, she sent to Eng
land. Her Oldest son, Prince Leopold, was
then thirteen years old. Prince Charles
was eleven and Princess Marie Jose eight
When the battle lines had become al
most fixed after the first great onrush Of
the Germans and their subsequent defeat
at the Marne, there remained of Belgian
soil in Belgian possession a triangular
strip, twenty miles long on the North Sea
and about fifty miles at its greatest depth.
The twenty-mile coast strip ran from
Nieuport in Belgium to the French border.
This patch Of territory was too small to
be the seat Of a government. The Belgian
Government was, therefore, moved to the
French port Of Havre. But this was much
too far from Belgium to suit Queen Eliza
beth.
She made her home at Nieuport, in Bel
GUM, within range of the German big
guns. Her house was actually at La
Panne, fishing village and seaside resort
near Nieuport II was a wretched-looking
modern villa of red and yellow brick of
the kind that middle-class Belgians used
to keep for their Summer vacations. Her
house was one Of row OF six, all exactly
alike. The others we're occupied by mill
tary officers, members Of the Kings and
Queens household and 30 forth. The SIM
ilarity between the houses made It impos-
sible for German aviator TO pick out the
one occupied by the Queen.
The houses were almost on the sea
sands. The sand blowing from the dunes
obliterated the lawns and gardens culti-
waited by the former occupants Of the
villas.
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patients. One day she noticed
a convalescent soldier looking
gloomy
Can l do anything to make
you more cheerful?" asked
the Queen.
well, your Majesty" said
the soldier, 81 have never felt
the same since | lost my old
pipe in the shell explosion"
The Queen inquired further,
learned that the pipe had a
bowl like a monkeys head and
held half an ounce of tobacco.
She had one made as nearly
like the old one as possible and
gave it to the soldier.
An American woman who
was invited to visit the Queen
and look about the hospital has
described her surroundings.
The furniture of the villa was
of the sort you find in a Sum-
mer place you rent ready fur
nished. The windows fitted
badly and ratified in the north
wind. A hideous marble bust
occupied a corner of the parlor
and by the wall was a very
small cottage piano.
The Queen wore a simple
The Washington times., 1918-12-22

A Pretty Unpublished
Snapshot Of the Three
Children of Queen
Elizabeth (on the
Right With Two
Little Belgian Chill
dren ION the Left.)
The Washington times., 1918-12-22

cues, very much like a nurses uniform
She is described as very charming, al
though she has irregular features, which in
her photographs detract from her appear
ance. Her hair is golden, her eyes large
Copyright. 1918. by Star Company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-28
THE NEXT CONGRESS.

Speaking OF the congressional
elections next fall, Elihu Root say ;
There are probably 20 or 80 con
gressional districts in this country
where there is a loyal ma jority, but
where there is so large a disloyal
minority that a division OF the loyal
majority may let pro-German IN,
In every one of those districts
Democrats and Republicans and all
loyal men should get together and
agree upon the loyal man OF one
party or the other who is the SureSt
to carry the district, and TO unite
on him without regard to party.
There is one great, single pre-
dominant qualification for an cleo
ton to the next congress, and that
is loyal heart. The one important
thing is to put men in congress who
will represent the driving power OF
the American people for the win
ming OF the war don't care
whether a man is a Democrat or a
Republican or a Progressive or a
Socialist or Prohibitionist, as long
as he has a loyal heart. Otherwise
it is treason to send him to CON
gress.'
That's exactly the way the public
feels about it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-28
WOMEN IN TAMMANY HALL.

For the first time in the history
of Tammany Hall, women have been
admitted to that ancient and check
cred organization. At a meeting
the other day there were J2 women
elected as members of Tamm4ny's S
executive committee. Hencefoft!,
IT is announced, women are 20 be
on the same basis as men in every
Tammany district in New York City
and in the councils OF the Wigwam.
The organization will be divided
between men and women on an abb
solutely equal numerical basis.
That first scx-equality meeting at
Tammany Hall was a pleasant oc-
casion. Boss Murphy was all
smiles. His henchmen beamed al
liability. Every one of those sup
posedly willy politicians did his best
to make the women feel as if they
really belonged Their motions and
speeches were listened to with re-
spect. Male speakers told them
proudly Of the part the organiza
tion had played in the enactment of
legislation favorable to women and
children. An influential leader
discoursed on the working of the
party machinery.
Anybody would have thought
that Tammany had yearned always
for feminine participation in its
general scheme of humanitarian Ell
fort and political uplift. Ard no
woman was so impolite as to re-
mind the men that Tammanv had
fought woman suffrage tooth and
nail-until it become inevitable
That's always the way. Old in
s,itutions, good or bad, generally
yield gracefully when the hour OF
fate strikes. Tammany will no
longer be the same old Tammany.
The tiger won't change his stripes
all at once. But we NAV say with
out hesitation that henceforth there
will be less secrecy in that body.
And the women little by little will
make their influence felt along lines
that practical" male politicians
have ignored as long as ;hey could.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-28
CONCLUSIVE PROOF.

The influence of Prince LichnoW-
sky's expose OF the German war
conspiracy has been as marked in
America as anywhere else. To
great numbers of German-Amer-
leans it has been the final, conclu-
sive refutation of the German claim
that England was responsible Tor
the war A good example is found
in the open confession published
by the Milwaukee Germania-tler-
old, a newspaper which was long a
steadfaSt defender OF Germany.
"We, too" sadly admits the Ger
mania Herold, have time and time
again repeated the assertion to our
readers that English statesmen,
Jealous OF Germany's success i'll the
world markets. attempted to encir-
Gle it. The Lichnowsky memoran
dunn and Won .lagow admission
have made that view ridiculous.
An honest reading OF that re-
markable document written by an
honest German diplomat should
convince any intelligent German
citizen of the guilt OF the Berlin
government and the innocence OF
the allied powers. The New York
World suggests that the federal
Committee on Public Information
furnish an authentic copy to all the
German language newspapers i'll the
country to place before their read
ers. Are they willing to print it?