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New-York tribune., 1918-10-27

scene is laid in the Land of
the Shades. The Shades them

TIME scene is laid in the Land of
the Shades. The Shades them
selves walk about in the dim
twilight amid the pale shrubbery and
up and down the neatly laid pathways
Of the Elysian Fields. The dead of all
countries and of all ages group them
selves spontaneously, according to their
professional affinites. And they talk
and gossip, having nothing better to do.
Plutarch, who takes pleasure in asso-
ciating with the illustrious, and espe-
cially with the sovereigns, watches the
dead who arrive. He volunteers to act
as their guide. He presents the latest
arrivals to the older inhabitants of Ely
SUM. That has been his pastime for
centuries, and his great amusement is
to see the astonishment of the new
comers on finding how little the heroes
of the past correspond to the ideas of
them which are now current on earth.
He notices an elderly gentleman who
has recently appeared and who is walk
ing about with a melancholy air, quite
alone. Plutarch approaches the
stranger
Count Zeppelin, if I am not mis-
taken? | am Plutarch."
"Delighted to know you. l used to
translate your works when ! was at col
lege. I had dreamed of being written
about by you
Plutarch makes chilly bow, but
doesn't answer. So the Count con-
tinues:
"Will you explain to me what is the
matter with all these people here? They
avoid me as if l were one Of the unjust,
and when | go toward them they turn
their backs, whispering: He is the man
who murdered Sleep"
perhaps that is because of the night
raids on sleeping cities. There are
some contrarious spirits here who dis
approve of that innovation, and some
even who think it criminal But let me
introduce you to a man, to king, who
passes, just as you do. for a man who
murdered sleep. Seigneur Macbeth, |
present to you Count zeppelin.n
New-York tribune., 1918-10-27

nightly dances conducted by the girls of
Barnard College on the Gould boathouse
where 10th Street hits the Hudson
River:
II met a dame down there one night.
She was awfully nice to me. l had
great time until I had to leave at g. The
next day, when | met her on the street,
she high-toned me-
1t seems that introductions under
Barnards auspices are purely imper-
sonal. The acquaintance is valid only
for the period of the emergency on the
houseboat. Once off the recreational
canteen, the soldier is a stranger again.
By the paevailing academic code of ethics
it would have been gross breach of eti-
quette for the Barnard girl to have
spoken to the soldier she met the night
before.
These are the little proprieties one
learns to respect on Morningside
Heights. Military life has taught the
natives other little things, such as de-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-27

plots of Serbia against tranquil Aus
trla, the perfidy Of Belgium, England
dragging Europe to its ruin. You will
fill the Lusitania gradually, but success
fully, with munitions and cannon.
Under your pens President Wilson will
become a speculator plunging into an
evil enterprise. From your inkwells
Euith Cavell will issue perfectly black
ened, incarnating in some melodrama
or tragedy the treacherous figure of
spy. who pours poison in the cup of
noble staathalter and who is punished
appropriately in the last act You your
self, Won Zeppelin, will assume the form
Of winged archangel, flying above
wicked cities. Under your fire. falling
from the sky, London will be a Sodom
and Paris a Gomorrah And the Sci
gneur Zeppelin will hardly be dstin-
guishabe from st. Michael himself"
TIE German count, insensible to Plu-
tarch's irony, listened with sat- isfaction
and saw ahead of him glorious future.
To draw him cut of his dream the king
laid a hand ON his shoulder
But should Germany be beaten you
will remain c, ,sctly what you are, br: =.
gard of the night, who turks in the
shadows and murders sleep"
Like Macbeth" answers the count,
wrathfuEy.
like the Macbeth of Shakespeare
Yes. my boy"
Il have slam nobody personally"
But you were proud to give your
name to the thing which slays 1t bears
that name. 1t will send it down to his
tory blood red. Keep it, Zeppelin"
Voices of the murdered from afar off
mount in circle:
Zeppelin. Zeppelin, Zeppelin."
Hear those who have died through
you. Their children remain on earth.
When the grandchildren of your grand.
children go anywhere and people hear
their name-your name-they will
stand apart in horror. Out, damned
spot.' All the perfumes of Arabia will
not sweeten that name. Co."
And Macbeth turns his back for the
last time.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-27

as semi-weekly post newspaper. Most
of it's staff is in G Company, quartered
in the old Speyer School for Nurses
near 128th Street.
And G Company, incidentally, though
furthest removed from the campus
proper, ranks high in feminine estima-
tion. They have the grandest floor for
dancing, on which they're really going
to have a dance before long. And they
have as commanding officer Lieutenant
Cortlandt Van Wrinkle, post entertain
ment officer.
Moreover, the lieutenant and his COM
pany are sponsoring Christmas week
review for Broadway which, it is as
sured, will knock the spots off "Yip, Zip,
Yaphank," and "Biff, Bang" and the
other service shows that have lured New
Workers. from professional performances
to S. r. o. houses.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-27

The director Of dirigibles extends his
hand. The King of Scotland, whose
face is hard and severe, looks at the
hand offered to him. He knits his eye
brows and turns his back. Then only
the count notices that the head of this
monarch, so widely known as an assas-
sin, is circled with vague aureole, like
those which the martyrs wear.
what" he exclaims. "He who
basely murdered sleep!"
Under the sting of that insult King
Macbeth turns around. But he is tran
quill. One would say that he is about to
smile. Yet he doesn't smile, and with
voice very grave and calm he says:
keep that title for yourself young
man. never killed a sleeping man.
never assassinated my sovereign. Learn
your history better. Loyalty on the
field of battle conquered the enemy of
my race Sword in hand l won my
crown. In killing the man who sought
to steal the legitimate inheritance of
Gruoch, my wife, l avenged an ances-
tor dethroned; I avenged brother
assassinated; l avenged the death of
my own father had right on my side
as we'll as force / was the lawful SOW
ereign, and was a great king, powerful
outside my kingdom and wise inside it.
I protected the weak and repressed the
rapacity of the barons, just as Louis
the Great, Louis the Eleventh and Rich
elieu did, after me- in France. was a
pious king, and the Pope in Rome testi-
fed to that fact in our time. During
New-York tribune., 1918-10-27

the seventeen years of my reign Scot
land was prosperous. The chroniclers
attested that, both in Latin prose and
in rhymes"
The German, still skeptical, replies in
sneering tone:
Cali these virtues have left no i'm
preston behind them on our planet"
"He tells the truth, nevertheless" !"
puts in Plutarch.
Then Macbeth continues:
II committed only one wrong. That
was to let myself be conquered in the
end and to be killed in battle. The son
of my old adversary defeated my SOL
diers and erected throne upon my
tomb. His victorious house reigned; !;
and since it reigned it wrote history. In
order to legitimatize it's presence on the
royal dais it appeared prudent to it to
blacken my memory. 1t charged me
with all sorts of crimes. Five hundred
years have sufficed to attach to my name
all the characteristics of a monster. To
Wake IneHn i've forever great poet
came along. Since then there have been
two Macbeths-the one whom God made,
who is dead, and the one whom Shakes
peare fashioned, who survives"
"Such is the power of genius" says
Plutarch, pluming himself. what we
write outlives what was"
Macbeth shrugs his shoulders.
'Be silent, foolish shade! There is
a higher question here than the one
which SO appeals to your vanity. | am
showing this German that one must not
New-York tribune., 1918-10-27
read in an overseas service newspaper.

IcdQ IN an overseas service newspaper,
81 stood in line to join, and now
| stand in line for mess;
stand in line for everything
| get, almost, l guess.
And when [ do go back again,
When old Bill's dream has burst,
I'll stand in line to kiss my girl,
Perhaps-and that's the worst"
On top Of these come the additional
troubles brought on by influenza. A
sergeant stationed at Kent Hall tells of
his disgust at being sent to bed at 10
and then being awakened at II to gargle
his throat
Grabbing? Columbia has it's quota.
Wherever two or three uniformed men
are gathered together there is bound to
be grabbing. The subject matter varies.
Take the plant of the perfectly nice
rookie who had been down to one of the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-27

corum becoming at sundown when the
flag is hauled down.
Retreat is an impressive military cere-
mony anywhere. But at Columbia it is
especially so. Just before in the even
ing 116th Street is closed to traffic from
Broadway to Amsterdam Avenue
All the military units at the post line
up between the library and South Field.
AS Old Glory is brought down from the
tall fiagpole on the campus the military
band near Kent Hall strikes up "The
Star-Spangled Banner"
Civilians emerging from the subway
rush at the 116th Street station find =
new world here. Sentries block all east
ward traffic. Hats come off, and all is
quiet until the last strains of The nation
al anthem have died away When the
last military unit has marched off to
mess the neighbors talk it over:
"How well they marched tonight,
Can't you just notice the improvement
over a week ago?"
And they're getting better every
week. Even in ten days. sixty of the S.
A. L. {. men had done so well as to
warrant their being graduated to CEN
trail officers training camps.
Major Herbert G. Earnshaw, u. S.
A, is proud Of his command.
After eight months of service abroad,
during which he participated in the
battle of Chateau Therry, it fell to the
lot of Major Earnshaw to return to
America as one of the 200 officers as
signed to colleges and universities.
Perhaps the most picturesque group
on the campus are the Y. NJ. c. A. men.
Every morning you may see two hundred
and fifty of them out for a workout on
South Field. Men in the thirties forties
and tifties, they are in training to be
of cheer to the fighting men across the
ocean.
The banker from Kalamazoo, the
hardware merchant from Oskaloosa, the
clergyman from Sapulpa-bearded or
bald-there they are, running around in
well, B. V. ID. describes the costume
adequately.
There they are, playing "leap-frog,"
now on their backs, legs and arms in
the air. in a game of ''turtle-tag"; now
sprlntlng round the cinder track. With
all the enthusiasm of youth, these COM
paratlvely old men are hardening up for
the struggle.
Their physical exercises over, you can
! hear them almost any evening at AM
sterdam Avenue and 116th Street in
their attack on French. 1t is a collective
vocal attack-enough to strike fear into
any Boche that might hear it. Like the
steam exhaust from locomotive lust
gathering momentum, there issue from
Hamilton Hall the slowly accelerating
sounds:
h--~-nuh uh-----say----pah
uh--nuh-say-p
uh--nuh-say--pah
Juh- -nuh-say- pah.
Juhnuhssypahl"
Sometimes, just before TAPS" thew
vary their vocalization. The staid house
holder, away up on the eighth floor OF
an apartment house, may hear snatche.
of song waited up through the night
And there below on the corner, trying |,
out on the neighbors, is a SQUAD of "Y'
men harmonizing Good Night, Ladies
or some of the same old songs they'll
soon be singing with artillery in com
petition.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-27
By Edmond Haraucourt
Translated by William L. Mcpherson
Copyright, 1918. New York Tribune 1nc)

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New-York tribune., 1918-10-27
By Glendon Allvine

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tablets marking battles of
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
The KNIGHTS Of Columbus Army Fund.

The campaign inaugurated by the
National Council of the Knights of
Columbus several months ago for the
war fund of three million dollars will
begin next week. The money will be
used to provide for the amusement
and entertainment not only for Catho--
lie soldiers and sailors, but those OF
any faith. The spiritual welfare of
the Catholic will be most zealously
guarded.
The number of Catholic soldiers and
sailors is more than one-third OF the
whole, far more than the Catholic pro-
portion of population, and the showing
made by the Y. NJ. c. A. should be an
example to the Catholics to work hard
to raise the fund. The sum of $3.50
is the minimum amount asked for JEFF
ferson county. The western counties
of the State have raised over $40, 900.
The government, on account of the
Knights wonderful work along the
Mexican border, entrusted the spiri-
tual and moral guidance to the
Knights of Columbus, not for its lndl-
vidual members but as the best fitted
society of the church. Contributions
to the fund here can be mailed or
handed to ]. C. Ford, Charles Town,
and DR.. w. E. Dittmeyer, Harpers
Ferry.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
Coal Trains Every Hour Out Of
Brunswick.

Word has been received from Bruins
wick that coal trains made up of from
60 to 70 cars were being sent East
from the yards every hour day and
night. The trains are carrying on an
ave age of 1920 tons of coal and as
fast as one starts out another is made
ready to leave on the hour. The same
activity, it was said, is in progress in
sending empty trains west.
Everything in the way of traffic has
been made secondary to the movement
of coal. AS rapidly as the Western
trains arrive they are arranged in the
yard to be pushed East. Locomotives
stand in readiness to move the trains
and old railroad employees say they
have never seen such activity in the
way of moving coal.
Railroad employees at Brunswick
have received notice that they have
been drafted into the service of the
Government. The notices are official
documents from Secretary McAdoo,
and it imparts the information that in
creased wages will be allowed just as
soon as the Government can complete
details and get the same into the
hands of the various railroad officials.
Forty per cent. increase is to be al
lowed the employees who now make
the smaller wages. Other increases
will be allowed in proportion to the
pay now being received.
The notices also contain the infor-
nation that when an employee desires
to. leave the employment of the rail-
road his resignation must first be act
ed upon by the Government. The no.
tees have been received by trackmen
hostlers, machinists, trainmen and
practically everyone in the employ Of
the railroad.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
Personal Mention.

Mr.. John Birkett was in Roanoke
Va, last week.
Mrs.. Sallie Harlan, of Martinsburg
is visiting relatives here.
Miss Margaret Alexander, of Balti-
more has been the guest Of relatives
here.
Mr.. Nicholas Starry is quite i'll with
pneumonia at the home of Mr.. w. B.
Davis.
Mr.. NELL Anderson left last Friday
Tor Pitcairn, Pa, where he will be en-
ployed.
Miss Mamie Cooper, of Winchester.
Va, is the guest of Mrs. Theodore
Brown.
Mrs. w. 7. Whiting is taking treat
ment in a sanitarium at Binghamp-
ton, N. Y.
Mrs. w. T. Whiting went to New
York on Thursday to take medical
treatment.
Mrs. Bette O'Bryan, of Norton, Va.
is visiting the family of her son, Mr..
J. w. O'Bryan.
Mrs. J. w. Irwin was called to Edin-
burg, Va, by the illness of Mr.. Irwin
mother last week.
Mrs. Mollie Blackwell, of Fauquier
county, Va, is a guest of Mrs. Logan
Shut at Kabletown.
Mr.. A. V. Carney, of Cumberland,
Md, has been spending several days
with his parents here.
Mrs. Edith GRAPHICAL and son Wal
bert, of Winchester, Va, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Ford.
Mr.. Charles E. Haines, of Montreal,
Canada, spent day or two with his
aunts, the Misses Holmes.
Mr.. Warren H. Rissler returned
Saturday from visit of four days
among relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Blackboard, of
Bardane, have gone to Washington to
hear Billy Sunday and will spend sew
eral days with friends.
Messrs. Howard Shrek, William
Lee Brown, and Geo. M. B. Gordon
have been at their respective homes
here on furlough from Camp Lee.
Capt. Geo. B. Goetz and Mr.. w. w.
Lloyd, who have been in the govern
ment service at Jeffersonville, India
ma, have been at their homes in Ran
son.
Mr.. George w. Propst, Station Mas
ter at the Union Station in Washing
ton, was up to see his mother at Hall
town yesterday, and gave us very
pleasant call.
Mr. J. M. Trapnell left for Pass-a-
grille, Florida, on Tuesday, having
been called there because of the i'll
ness of his little daughter, Louise.
Mrs. Trapnell and the children have
been in Florida for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Hoover came up
from Washington on Tuesday to spend
some days with their daughter, Mrs.
R. c. Smithson. Mr.. Hoover is re-
from the effects of injuries
sustained in an automobile accident in
on Friday of last week.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
Marsteller's for shoes. mems anc
MuItord Slough,
For Thrush Il Slough.

Marsteller's for shoes, mems and
boys for work, dress or play.
A car load OF Cotton Seed Aell just re-
oeivei. c. F. Wall Co
All knsco Films bought Of MiIler's
PAa4 macy will be developed free of
charge. This offer good until May L.
Gail TO see w. ahp, BIrIs when ia need
of plumbing and hea ing outfits.
Had you not better lay in supply of
b an for your sheep and lamts.
Send your soldier boy a Parker
Fountain Pen, buy it of
Miller's Pharmacy.
Two car loads of Cotton Seed Meal
on hand. Ten to twenty tons avail
able for immediate delivery.
C. F. WALL co.
One pound Ryzou Baking Powder and
$l.OO Cook Book. for SIC. at Renner's.
All Soldier Camps have Victrolas,
send them some Victor Records.
Miller's Pharmacy.
Time 10 buy some tcnics and ondition
powders FOR yonr stock. &. +. Wal Go.
Supply your wants now if you would
save money for your suit or overcoat
next fall, they will be fifty per cent
higher. See Marsteller.
Ginghams-pl,in plni aud faucy in a
good line OF coor>. s. H. Lands.
Let MilIer's Pharmacy fill your pre-
scriptions.
See W. Ralph turns when in need of
roofrg and sro ting, he does the best wor k.
The horse. cattle, sheep and hog drug
store G. f. Wall Co.
Louisine Paper and Envelopes at
Miller's Pharmacy.
Have you a sweet tooth? Buy your
Candies of Miller's Pharmacy.
Coming fresh supply of horse. cattle
and poultry pawdera O. F. Wall 70.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
Not FORGOTTEN.

We take this method of thanking
the twelve contributors of $500 to
our recent appeal and especially do we
appreciate the action of these public
spirited folks, since we know they
have given so literally for other pur-
poses and whose names are withheld
by request.
Had all answered to whom the ap-
peal was made as did the twelve, we
should have cause for great rejoicing
as it would have meant the elimina-
ton of our debt.
We hope the delay is not to be con-
strued as refusal, since the amount
asked is small and could not impov-
erish though if given would mean so
much to US.
Still hoping for the needed assis-
lance and with the assurance of our
hearty appreciation, we are
Respectfully,
The POwhatan Band.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
HarpeTS Ferry and Bolivar.

Miss Bess Lane who is spending
the winter in Miami, Florida, writes
to her grandmother, Mrs. F. A. Cham
bers that the Episcopal Church she at
tended Christmas morning at Z was
beautifully trimmed with roses and
palms. She has knit a number of
sweaters for the Florida soldiers at
Camp Wheeler, Ca, and the Guild is
still at work on them as they will be
ordered to France soon.
The high cost of living is pinching
US more and more every day. There
seems to be greed with people now
adays. Corn is over $500 a barrel.
| do not think such prices prevailed
during the war between the states,
sugar and coffee was not to be had so
we showed our patriotism by drinking
wheat coffee without sugar. 1t was
good with cream, some persons pre-
erred rye to wheat. 1t was a good
deal of trouble to prepare and ground
like coffee.
Mrs. Meta H. Mathews, of Balti-
more, Nd, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
F. A. Chambers.
Hiss Maud Burbank, teacher, and
f Ids, from Washington, D. c., spent
the school holiday at the cottage she
unts here.
Mrs. Forrest Buckles, of near Hall
town, was at the parental home dur
ing the holidays.
Miss Callie Ayrs, of Baltimore, Md.
is visiting Mrs. Minor Nichols.
Mr.. Anthony Busey, the oldest citi-
zen of this place has gone to be cared
for at the County Infirmary. He lived
alone and has no relatives. He came
to Harpers Ferry many years ago
from Bavaria.
James w. Riley died in the North
ern section of Loudoun county in De-
cember, at his home near Harpers
Ferry, aged 72 years. He was Con-
rederate soldier of Mosby's Brigade.
After the war, he opened the ferry
across the Shenandoah river at Har-
pers Ferry and when the bridge was
built spanning that stream he was
a stakeholder and served as toll keep
er until few days before his death
His wife, several daughters and one
brother survive. The remains were
inferred in the M. E. Church yard at
Ebenezer.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
Anniversary Of the Birth Of Lee And
Jackson Observed In Charles Town.

The birthday anniversary of Generals
Lee and Jackson, the unrivaled lead
ers of the armies of Northern Virginia
and of the Shenandoah, were COM
memorated under the auspices of Law
son Bolts Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, at the Court
House in Charles Town last night.
Col. r. P. Chew presided, and after
prayer and a few fitting remarks by
Rev. J. S. Alfriend, in appropriate
language introduced the speaker of
the evening, Hon. r. Gray Williams,
of Winchester.
Mr.. Williams address was an elo
quent and able one, and he portrayed
the mastery achievements and ster-
ling christian character and qualities
OF these brilliant leaders of the Con-
federacy in a vivid manner.
The choir rendered various southern
songs. which were much enjoyed by
those present.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
Transfers Of Real Estate.

R. E. Boyd to James E. Willingham,
house and lot at Summit Point,
formerly owned by r. c. Anderson;
also lot adjoining the property of
James A. Myers, on the east side of
the pike from Summit Point to Berry
Vile, consideration $1,000.
H. S. Woolley to John Twyman, lot
% in block S3, Ransom, the only con-
sideration being the assumption of a
lien on the property by the purchaser.
N. w. Myers to Geo. w. Myers, an
undivided interest in a farm of 173
acres near Uvilla for $4,000.
b John Macarthur to Clarence w.
Thomas, lot on Madison street, Boil
var, for $75.
Emma Anderson to Clarence E. An
derson and Virginia T. Packet, house
and lot in Ransom, the lot being num-
bered II in block lab, consideration
1925.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-22
Miss Mary Ware Dies Near MyeTstOWr.

Miss Mary E. Ware died at the
home of her brother, Mr.. John Ware,
near Myerstown, yesterday morning,
aged IA years. She was lady of fine
christian character, and was life
long member of the Methodist Church.
She is survived by three brothers,
Messrs. John T. and B. F. Ware, of
the county, and Mr.. James Ware, of
Clarke county. Funeral services will
be held Wednesday morning at IL
o'clock at her late residence. Inter
ment in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles
Town.