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NATIONS HONOR ROLL


Irethnu.
HOUSTON. Henry c.. Newry. Down Co.
v.LsHrE. Michael Ciooohons CK,.
Italy. t
,,nosr1No. Patsy. serst, collie sannits,
pcNre Nendo Prov. (WUl.
veil P%Tlnl Ha;o SIDs irssu.s "1ws,,
grille. vincenEo. canfcAttL Province
aE 81 vIEs rsEsRE Mariana. Amelia PrusiA
otIpn2lRlA. Nicola. s.n.ssuf.mi~ Prov.
pAASSSsI Hooii Ami.,o. Prov s.l.no.
pEEPPfFIASvERi, Lieersii. Prov. BsIiuno AL
ErRIcs FortureasL campeiio Psrusia
r,nT.Szo. sab,,ino. c.narps, Aquiia tx).
FiiIrpINi, Anthony p schessio umbria
clrTGiIANo cArmins. Pa ssieruo.
Ia BRuNA. Paois. Far. serssusa tK,.
LEPlANE. Peter, Inferiari. Prov. al
to SStic.1 Nicola, B.n.vsn,o. ront.l.n-
xSRiNo. y,e,Cylo. Rsr,o c.i.oriA. Prov.
ySRp d. Guido. Pervana orsndi. Provine.
oR AZ S"i BsnisminiO. Boiin. In c,.t.rn.
pkhnrtMBo, DOrniniok. Bari tpw.
PANcIoC1co o:,, Anis2 p%, St Giovanni IN
pAoLI. Bsrnardino. Arausta Del frouto
twu).
RIPANTI. Robt-. Macerata (Dp).
ROMANO, Jaa. Via Santo Eieoio, Borg
hetto (K).
Montenegro
t.lBUDovIcH, Savo. Nicsich Cw.
Poland.
KAsPoREvG. Joseph. Gordna co.
Portugal.
FERNoNpEs, Joaquin, Madeira Funchal Cd.
Russia
pRoBlCHEvsKI. Nitro. Gomelscogo Uezda
*.
knoll John, Yevaney. Telsh o.. %.
NTNosKY, Joe, Cyalkay Cw).
RCDIK. Mike. Fthon CWUl.
Scotland.
NAcKAY. Hector. sergt. Lower Laird
Turroble CW.
BUEpBERe. John A, Appiekcrna Cw-
No Address.
GEORGE. Frank. Dead Man Hi. veraun,
France (W).
LEROY Lawrence WU.
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to-day by the War Department. as

to-day by the War Department as
follows:
Lieutenant.
KINo. John Andrews, ChicsE
Enlisted Men.
zUCKERMAN, Harry, 30 Il. 7th st., Nsv.
York city.
FERRlERA. Demasic Hayward, Cal
01LBERT, Woolsey T., Phila dslphiA
BOWER, John w, Mansfield Ill.
HOWTON, Sanford r.. Adger, Ala.
KNAACk, Fred c., Cleveland.
WELLS, Gerge c., Roswell, N. NJ Il.
HICKMAN, Blair C.. Avis. Pa
STlNSON, Buster l., Choctaw, Okla
WARD, James g., IS Montgomery st.. Now
ark, n. J.
HEJDAK. Boieslaus, Milwaukee,
KRONENBERG. Max. 2lSe DAILY av-. Nov
KARTz. leonard r.. Lakeview Hsizhs-t
Paterson.
PELA, Louis. Is Mohawk av., Patersop.
PELOs0, Pasqunle. Sidney, n. Y,
WESTRUP Edward G.. San Francisco
The following enlisted men are 70
ported to have arrived in Londoni
WHITEHEAD Lee NJ, JEFFREY, Ky.
PETOCHEILI, James f., Pawtucket, N L
LILLY, william John. SOuthlngton. Conn.
Lieut.. John W. hvtz. Old Fort. N. C,
has arrived at Liv crool and Private Hd-
ward NJ. Roberts. Iroquois. s. D.. at Berne
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POLICE DEPART
MENT ORDERS

PENSIONS
The following members OF the foros
are relieved and dismissed and ere
awarded the following pension. To take
effect ~ +. NJ December Ai
SERGEANT.
Patrick McCice, No. 77o. 2Hd Pro. on
his s,o own "pGieati2}n. az '3Is per Annum
PATROLMAN.
To take effect !: Z. NJ December isi
sub Div B. on police Surgeons certlncats.
at $50 81 81 PEI, a"nun. Appointed De-
TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS.
LIEUTENANT.
owen Treanor 2lst Prec. to s6.h prso.
assigned az special duty officer IN adj
diiian 10 his othor dnties, for IS days
seHce Of Lieutenant o" vacation.
PATROLMEN.
Timothy J. shea, S9th Prec to rrSf-
nc p!v. .Suh-Div. Z. for 20 days from
From division Of National D.t.ne.
Especial war payroll. to precincts tn
dicated. for 20 days. from 1901 A. NJ,
revoked;
John J, Noonen, 26; Thomas Mcmahon,
az, Denis J. Mlhoney, IS. Mlchac, Brown.
ass gn.,d - moupted duty:
John I}a ,i NJ S Ing 81, Leo Russ ~
thot.sed. without pay:
PATROLMEN.
George u Mooney. 9sth Prec. for 1
DAY from t2:Ql y. NJ december 2s.
day fr55m l2:eI 4, II. December H.
James r, ,KGicher, s;th Prso., for l
John r. COLLINS, 63l Prec., for 1 day
from A. NJ. December IS
The following Application for. full pay
while On sick report Is approved;
PATROLMAN.
,g,t
I:o5 p November 80 10 noon De-
The following resignation hs. been 60
cepted.
Frances Mclaughlin. No. '6sI. Division
Sd N9 a. tko isftenI sGSe's wHT Pty
DEATHS
SERGEANT
Henry =. whtc, ". $40 sS,h Pree.,
dtoI suddenly at ass a. NJ Uecsmber
49, white poIform.nE -iSnai monitor duty
from his lat" residence. 2E7t valentine
avenue, Tie Hr"nN, and Laav q Mercy
Church. webster avenue near Fordhsm
tsTmeg, H'ly sepu'ehre Cemetery, New
PATRoLMEN.
Michael ponohue No. ais,, formerly
TO the United states Army, died from
pneumonia at II CITY Hail place. Man
haitian, December II, Funeral 10 A NJ.
December II from st Andrews Church,
Duane street Interment Calvary Gene.
terry.
PATRoLMEN
Officially reported by tho War Depart
mont killed IN action:
John i. Eulrrs, 80, ?6Ta formerly at
taCkel TO .oi rrsc, Killed October is
August J. Schuss.,r, 30. GSos. formerly
attached to 10th Free. Killed Septem-
Der -.
tached to 90ih PrNc., Killed October
William L. sheridan, No. Gsl7. formerly
attached to Goth Prcc,. killed October 1.
ham Bay, y. y. from Influenza:
Edmund II. Hanf No. 1913, died o.
tober iG formerly attached TO cgth Prse
Bernard Lynch, No. sll7. died October
10. formerly attached TO s7th Prec.
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DEAD" 8 TIMES, MAJOR LIVES.
Mrs. J. n. southam Notified That
Husband To in Hospital.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 16.-Major John
Ralston Southam. OF the 145th Infan-
try, for years Captain Of the Berea
Company of the old Fifth Ohio Regt-
ment. is alive, Notwithstanding that
he had been reported dead three
times.
Mrs. Ida Southam, his wife, was
notified by the War Department that
he IS IN a British hospital.
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Bay State Fuel Head Resigns

BosnN. Dec. 16.--James J. Storr0w
resigned to-day as State Fuel Ad-
ministrator, lie retains his position
as Federal Administrators.
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MORE AMERICANS RELEASED.
War Department includes New
Workers and Jerseymen in List.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-Names OF ad-
ditional American prisoners who have
arrived in France after release from
camps in Germany were announced
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AVERY, A, II. sergt., Pelzer (WS).
DREVARD, w. sergt,. Camden tWS).
FAULKNER, r., sergt., Lancaster twS).
FOSTER. J. J., Jr.. sergt, Chester (WSl.
GREEN. Moses, sergt, Georgetown (WS).
JONES, Nick, sergt,, Lugon (WSi
LIDE, Otto, sergt. Hartsyil!e tWSb,
LLOYD, Perry sergt., Oswego 'WSl,
McGRAW, Alex, sergt,, Columbia tWS).
SLIGH. Oliver. sergt.. Lexington (WS'.
ARCHIE, Mack, corp, Fort Mn ,wSl.
CLAYTON. Belvin, corp, Inmah ODD.
COBIE, c. NJ. corp. GreenviIle ODD.
GIBSON. Herman f.. corp, Norway (wS).
HARRIS. Frank. corp, Columbia tWS),
HARVIN, Asbury. corp, Rimini tWSl.
JACKSON, Sam, corp, Greenvine (wS).
MOBLEY, Law NJ. corp. Columbia CWsl.
MOORE, Arthur corp. Alendale (wsl.
PARROTT. James b.. corp. Clinton (WS).
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John
Doings Reported by Wireless
To John Kendrick Bangs

fondness for the flesh of the soldier OF
the confirmed cootie, and as general
nuisance Is comparable only 10 the
gnat.'
"And most convincing of ALL" said
Franklin, waxing enthuiastic over OAR
tivity by adopting as his motto and the
slogan Of his house the old saying,
Mite makes right"
**
Cali very interesting, all very enter
tanning" growled Frederick the Great,
'and all equally misleading. I'm not
saying much about my nephew, Bill
Hohenzollern, these days." he added
sadly. '"rhere are times when one is
not disposed to brag much about the
fruit on his family tree. There are
bad years, gentlemen, in all orchards.
have seen many rotten apple fall from
q mighty good tree-but in speaking OF
a Hohenzollern as an insect you over
look one important fact In your analogy,
and by overlooking 1t weaken your
structure to the topping point. That
fact is that Bill of Potsdam, as you call
him, can't fly"
SdA Ao' Adu6hSo 4$dPohSoA' "SAtS
Freddy my love, all have to say to
you on that score is just wait. Give
Bill time. I admit he hasn't done much
flying SO far. but If you will read the
newspapers and learn from them what
is going on today on the western front,
and then put your mind on what Is go
ing on in Russia. you will see that Bill
is about due for the greatest flight OF
all time, and that with the assistance Of
Haig and Pershing. Gen. Foch Is even
now making Bills wings flap with tho
thunderous roar Of lightning-bug on
mis- way homo from a four years indul-
gence in riotous conduct"
"Sure!" smiled Darwin. "And what Is
more, Freddy, when Bill finally gets go
ing you will find the analogy complete.
for your proud little nephew Of the
Wilhelmstrasse will be the most glorious
personification Of the greatest fee In
hopping for home with all the saltatory
vehemence Of an overforged entomology
ical mudlark who has bitten of more
than he can chew"
'All Of which proves to my mind"
said Confucius, "the truth Of what I
have been saying from the very begin
ming of this war. that the greatest mis-
take the allies have made has been in
fighting this war with gunpowder."
II don't quite get you. Con-" said
Napoleon. ''What would you have them
fight 1t with. Talcum POWDER"
''No-insect powder" said Confucius,
'insect powder and disinfectant. They
are the surest cure for the thing that
is unclean."
Copyright. 1913. BY Mcclure syndicate.)
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Potsdam. Brother Darwin, Is after all
nothing more than an inseclY
mot in form, Jonah, but in principle"
said Darwin. HE has all the instincts
Of your perfect insect and many of its
habits. He buxxes about q great many
things that he knows nothing about,
and with O persistence worthy Of bet
ter cause. Like the mosquito, he takes
. supreme pleasure ~ making nuisance
he has no sense Of decency in the mat
ter Of his intrusions upon the rights and
privileges Of otherA Like the common
variety Of house ny, he assumes that he
has divine right to pounce upon any
thing he takes q fancy to; to consume
as much Of 1t az he can gorge himself
with. and then swoop away, leaving the
rest OF Il UNIT for the consumption Of
others. who have q. greater right to It |;
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sion would be. II rivers were vodka
the Trotzkies might bathe."
II take exception to that one" said
Shakespeake because 1t 10 not ex-
actly true. You cannot have observe
ed the characteristic Of the original
Trotsky very carefully, Shem: or you
would not have advanced that sug.
gestion. II you had analysed Trot.
xky you would have observed that In
his career from the Bowery to the
Nevski Prospekt he has been accus.
toned to go straight to original
sources for his emoluments, and just
sian people ne jumped from the soap
box practically to the throne, SO II
rivers were vodka you'd Ana the
Trotxkies not bathing In the stream,
but 1t the fountain head Of those
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An chronological Discovery

pitched without, though he didn't say
without what--and how the dickens q
feller can tell which Is which stumps
me-
well. It is not important whether
Samson is stumped by the English
language or not" said Solomon.
1y That was not, as I,remember It,
the subject we started in to discuss.
Samson can tell which is which all
right when 1t comes to side-tracking
train of thought. He Is unerring
as a practitioner Of The gentle art Of
scattering. whether he uses the jaw
bone of an ass or his own. The point
is how we geniuses down here can
help the world Of today in the line Of
moro apt proverbs and quotations
than they have at their disposal now"
Sayings like "A Hun in the hand IL
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rivtrs. bottling their product for
their own benefit"
"Were there any TrotzkIes on the
ark?" queried Boswell
mot that know Of" said Noah.
1--WE had a pair Of weasels, a couple
Of hyenas, and the allotted ration of
rats. but we had no Trotzkies noted
on our manifest. The fact Is, 1t is my
impression that at the time Of the
deluge the Trotzkies were outsiders,
and are not, in point of fact, what
they claim to be-products Of what
we then called the submerged
classes"
you are in error there, Noah," said
Darwin. II am more than sorry to
find myself SO frequently in conflict in
the matter or origins with men like
yourself and Adam, whom I admire so
greatly. but the real truth is that the
upper world is populated at the present
time by two distinct families, one FAM
lily sprung from yourself and your sons
What your ark was as the original
doras box n %as to z, t Sse othen shaie-
speare. Milton. P. T. Barnum. Leon
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o be. Quite the contrary, Doc. I am
DOWN on tho contradictions OF the
6ough, Tor Instance. Bill Shakespeare
says that o bough 10 the limb OF .
.1ee, Milton tells mo that D bow 10
the. front end Of ship. and old Pop
Webster says that bow 70 the
physical gesture OF man who bends
himself forward as II he had q hinge
3n the small Of his hack a. q measure
Of courtesy, Then Shelley comes
along and assures me that q how q 8
thing Robih Hood used to shp6t with,
Willie Beau Brumrnell assures me that
II q necktie. and Grandfather Noah
asserts that they used to come In
OF = long rain. In the form OF an ark,
NhGving meanwhile described an ark
- ship that was pitched within, end
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and most Of all, like the house fly again,
tho spreader Of disease, who must be
swatted when and wherever seen IL the
world is to be a safe and sane place for
others to live in. He also is a prolific
breeder, whose little ones wax fat in
perfect fyhood by following to the last
degree the instinct and example of their
sire.
Again, like the ant, he is Industrious,
and at first glance gives a tremendous
impression Of an organized efficiency
that appears to be almost human, but in
reality is not SO, because it lacks the
qualities OF soul and of unselfish pur-
pose and at certain times, urged on by
q mad desire to overrun the boundaries
OF his ant hill and to descend in ire
sistible force upon the neighboring COM
munities, he swarmS forth in countless
numbers. bllghting everything in his
patch and leaving behind him a trial Of
death, desolation and complete ruin as
the net result Of his eruption.
\
HE has the sting Of the hornet. He
has the temper Of the wasp. He has
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THE GREATEST FLIGHT OF ALL TIME.

worth two in the bush." suggested
Dante.
You've caught the big idea, AL"
said Solomon, approvingly. '"There is
nothing very brilliant about that as q
saying, but 1t expresses very we'll my
notion OF the kid of thing we need"
II getcha, too. Solly." said Samson.
'Tm not as much Of low-brow as
you Eiffel Towers Of the interlect
would mako me out. can do that
stunt as well as any OF you once ]
get started. How would All is not
atvs that fiivvers' do for q starterT'
\
Il don't think you can start IT, said
Solomon. scornfully.
ut isn't much Of Q self starter"
said Shakespeare, kindly. but. just
the same it 10 pretty good for old
Samp. With million or two years
Of practice he'd do fairly good work"
'How would You can drive q boil.
shevik to water but you cannot make
him wash DOR asked Jonah. That
strikes me as whale Of q saying"
mot at all bad" said Solomon,
"And from what have seen Of the
leaders of the bolsheviktorian age It
has the supreme merit that all good
proverbs should have-that Of ex-
pressing an obvious truth"
(which leads me to observe" said
Shem. 'that in the line Of revised
proverbs aigood candidate for admis-
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thinking the Same thing myself Late
.ly. Your proverbs and mine have
served q mighty useful purpose In the
days gone by, especially in the copy
books Of youngsters learning to
write. but Is have looked them over
recently the most Of them seem to mo
to be somewhat antiquated. Take
that old phrase, "A stitch in time
saves nine." for instance. In the day
when . world could get excited over
. tailor. and the grand climacterlc OF
q mans life was when he finally at.
tained to q coat or q pair OF trousers
that wouldn't rip when he turned q
handspring or climbed up q syca-
more tree, that proverb was all right,
but IN times like these It IL. after all.
. rather footy saying
60
n don't know what you mean by
1coty." said Solomon. nut I infer
&rom what the critics would call your
context that you mean futile. or pos
sibly IDLE. and taking that view Of Il
I entirely agree with you"
II don't SEQ how . footy thing can
be q footless thing" said Samson. IA
centtpede q excessively footy. and 10
shersfore the very reverse Of foot
'One would hardly expect man OF
your caliber to be up ON the contra.
dictlons Of the English language"
said DR.. Johnson. with . coldly SUI
pertor glance At Samson.
I'm not up on them." said Samson,
and. what ID more, never pretended
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II never heard that BEFORE" said
Solomon. scratching his head after the
fashion of one perplexed with the over
whelming force Of new idea
mo. you haven't, Solly," said OAR
win, "but you are not to be blamed
for that, because it has never been
stated in terms before. The fact is.
It is little discovery Of my own. The
new truth Is that the prefix Pan in
the term Pan-Germany is not, as SO
many have mistakenly believed, de-
rived from the Greek word meaning
all. and in this case used to signify q
German uber allies, but is a corrup-
ton or abbreviation Of the word Pam
dora, or the gift Of Pan, the same be-
ing the gift Of deliverance to the pests
Of mankind. So as q matter Of exact
historical and genealogical fact the
compound Pan-Germany means the
Pest Of Germany, or a Germany
sprung from the box Of Pandora"
Ingenious. indeed" said Confucius,
"Gosh--yes!" said Jonah. 'Tn-
genious and interesting. And Bill Of
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Around the CITY.

"HE Legendary deity who gives
Everyman so many stones to
carry in his pack is unfair to
each Of US. We know 1t, by
the weight of the rocks we are called
on to lug while the other fellow
meaning every one we meet-frisks
along with mere pebbles. The injus-
tice Of It naturally makes US hop
ping. and there's no telling how sick
and tired we would get with our own
heavy affairs, II 1t were not for the
affairs of our neighbors.
Suppose. just for fun, that you were
adding your dear brains over a cou.
pie OF balky extremes that wouldn't
meet, and you were SO worked up over
1t you didn't know what to do-and
you had to nudge elbows with people
all day and half the nfght-al sorts
OF people you come across on the
along the streets and in cafes, and
the nke-you would find by the time
you got home that your hodge-podge
peeps into the lives Of others had
eased your special worry like plas-
ter soothes q pain. Each glimpse
course, but the principle that every
little helps holds good for the mind
as we'll as for the bank book. as one
woman found out after some snap
shots at life like these:
who has Just been killed at the front:
stood in the aisle of q car. ABOUND
her were seated four young soldiers
and 9 couple Of sailer boys. They did
not know.
~
THERE is an ancient brick house
facing park. As two people pass
ed 1t. the man said to the girl: "A wom-
an an lives Ives : in that house alone :,, except
day to buy meat for them"
THE quaver Of age was In her voice
: and its dimness in her eyes. But
the soul Of her was strong with the un-
dying youth Of faith: II tell you,
daughter, the reason tho allies are
winning this war is because Of the
-
CHE was q small woman in white
- embroidery and coral beads. When
the President and his party entered
dsnoe snd when the arose for
the second time at the first chord of
"The Star Spansled Banner she
stood with her hand on her heart.
Then. when the lights were lowered
and q scene from Americas Answer"
showed q group OF shou1der-bent
women mending soldier clothes-'"The
grandmothers Of France mothering
the sons of America, having lost their
own"-the woman of embro!deries
and coral stood up. with her hand on
her heart-alone.
A T tho Avenue entrance to the Capt.
toll there Is a lone tree growing
from the tagging with . circle of
greenery at its base. Thursday morn
ing bareheaded young woman sat on
Its little coping. sewing on something
white that looked like q baby's frock.
This 10 Greater washington in the
middle OF the greatest war. but to
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'::::: !: :: Il: :::
at the House Boat on tho
Styx. "it seems to me that
u behooves you. and Johnny Milton,
ana Bill Shakespeare. and myself to
get busy and produce q batch Of i'm
mortal sayings to At modern condi-
lions. The old proverbs and perti-
nent quotations in prose and poetry
are AL well enough, but q changed
world requires something more up to
date"
You said something that time. Sol
" returned Franklin 'T've been
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ardo da vinci, DR.. Johnson, Washing
ton and myself are descendants Of
yours; but the. Trotskies. the Goths,
terity Of the pests that were loosed
upon the world when Pandora's box
was opened"
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TWO women were going through .
government reservation where
buildings are sprouting UP by the
acre. The used-to-be greenery and
winding paths were Uttered over by
lumber and upturned grubbinge Of
raw earth, and the nearby trees
showed roots and ragged boles. And
other: ' WOMB" Sa'o unto 'ne
Look at 1t, will you-and a little
while ago they had signs up to keep
or the srass--huh!"
Thereupon the other woman. to show
how smart she was, answered.
"Cest lie guerre."
p. S.-French.
MAMIE LANCASTER.
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CHE is the Office pet. She said SO.
The other young woman accepted
the boast with the indifference which
you notice usually greets our self
praisements-people are SO aggra-
vating-and went on dabbing rouge
from the box on the dresser before
the mirror in theater primping
room, after the matinee.
office pets. You are about the forty
eleventh I've come across and I
haven't been here q month yet. But
you can count me out. got OF be-
cause had a day coming to me-
same as you. guess"
other girls wanted to get of and he
wouldn't lettem. But when asked
him he was as sweet as a peach"
"Oh. I see; he could spare you bet
ter than the others. You'll be out Of
a 59o .f frst thing thing you kncw"
expect me to 60 On the str street i! With Ath
you you gotta rub OF some Of that
paint. wouldn't be caught dead
looking like you do"
Don't worry. love; you'll never look
born to beauty like mine." and the
girl who was making up laughed out
with the graceless joyousness of
street kid. It was laughter that rec
ognixed the shortcomings of q snubby
nose and freckles and explained for
her, somehow. that painting was
new art and that she was dabbing
1t on with the same disregard to con-
sequences as the child who plays
with matches But the other took
her at her face value:
THE vanity Of some people," she
said. you certainly can speak for
yourself, can't you, kid?"
But the office pet was mistaken. Van.
ity does not speak for itself. It yells.
All of which would be too foolish to
conservation, except that 1t IL exactly
the way two girls went on the other
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08

the woman at work there seemed to
be only a shady tree and stitches
that meant home and love--and peace.
to the prosaio eye, but to him who
can put two and two together and
make Ave Of 1t, the worker might
have typihed the spirit Of coming
future when all women Of all coun-
tries may know the happy freedom
which permitted that one woman to
make a sewing room Of the National
Capital, as q wren dares to nest In q
cannon no longer at war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08

toll there Is q lone tree growing
from the tagging with . circle Of
greenery at its base. Thursday morn
Ing bareheaded young woman sat on
white that looked like q babys frock.
This 10 Greater washington in the
middle Of the greatest war, but to