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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

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DICK BEGINS HIS STORY


After the dedication which II
have already given to you, little
book. of mine, Dick said, II ex-
pect 1t is because | have been told
a most disheartening piece of
news that | am writing this some
what assinine thing. Perhaps.
dear Margie, 1t is also because II
have also known what great CON-
fort you have found in your little
book, is another reason why | am
going to try and write down my
side of our life's story. But this
manuscript, my dear, will be diff
ferent from yours because you
have always said that no eyes
but your own viii ever see your
little book and these pages, wife
o mine, are expressly written for
you.
Il expect | would never have
dreamed of doing this had not DR..
Virot told me this morning that IL
/ should live over six months Il
would be on stolen time.
1T rather pulls man up
short, to have the sentence of
death passed upon him. And I
think when a man gets his from
his physicians, 1t feels different
more sure even than when q
man receives his from a judge.
There must be more hope in q
mans heart, even tho an hour be-
fore he has stood before a stern
Judge in a black cap and heard
him pronounce his death sem
tenee, than in the heart Of a
man who has heard words Of the
same import from the plying and
kindly lips of a physician.
| Il have thought for a long time
that my life was not OF long dura-
ton. but to have that thought
confirmed and put into words aft
err a long physical examination by
a diagnotician in whom one has
the greatest confidence rather
shakes one up.
II do not believe l am afraid.
Margie, but | must confess I am
passing a sleepless night. It
seems so strange to project my
thoughts into the future few
months and see you with a babe
at your breast and know that
will not be there to look upon
your happiness.
| And. Margie, some way to-
night | am like a drowning man
all my life with you-for dear
est, | really did not live until you
came into my arms and home
is passing before me, and | see
my great mistakes and my little
successes.
AS you read this, Margie, |
expect at the end you will remem-
Der that quotation that was so
| often on your lips-I can't re-
member the exact words, but it
was about how everything in the
lives of all of us would go on
placidly if only the dead could
sometimes come back and be for
| given.
II used to think when you gave
the corerct quotation that 1t was
rather senseless, but now know
that the poet knew Just what he
was talking about, for the one
great thought, the one great
longing in my heart tonight, dear
wife, Is that l might be able to
creep into your arms after you
have read these pages and be for
given. For, when you read these
pages, aMrgie, will be gone out
of your life forever, and however
much l would like to do SO, l
cannot come back, even to be for
given by my generous-hearted
wife.
II have often wondered how
much Of our lives together you
have put down in your little
book.
You know you have never
told me IL your confessions, as
you call them, are historical, or
Observation-Disclosures they are
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other readers have to say on
the subject:
A friend of mine went into
the Oak theater a few nights
ago and one of the singers in
the chorus walked down into
the audience and put her face
right into his and sang the
song which was something on
the order of, wont You De
My Daddy" and made this
man the laughing stock of all
present.
Personally, I am opposed to
this sort of thing, and do not
think it should be allowed.
Some two or three weeks ago
when they were playing Joy
Island" and some of the COM
pany were supposed to be run
ming from the rear of the show
house to catch the boat, one of
the girls yelled to the man in
the role of captain and asked
him to wait until she kissed a
friend goodbye, and she act~
ally kissed me, as / was the
nearest to her.
Naturally, person feels
very much displeased over it.
and as soon as l could do so
without appearing too conspicu-
Gus got up and left the
house.
should like to hear the
views of others on this sub
ject. Yours truly,
BAWLED OUT.
In my opinion, theatrical
confessed great
lack of ability TO entertain when
It has to force unwilling auditors
into embarrassing roles after the
latter have paid good money to
see those ON the stage do the
acting.
Dear Miss Grey: Like most
married women, have my
troubles and wonder what
your advice would be in regard
to my most serious one.
My husband is personally I'M
clean, and for young man OF
20 1t seems unforgiveable. l
have tried in every manner to
entice him to clean up. He Is
q truck-driver and cannot be
expected to look like an office
man, but don't you think it is
asking little enough that he
wash his hands and face and
put on a clean shirt when his
work Is done, and on Sundays?
Instead, he cannot possibly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

be coaxed to shave more than
twice week, and when he does,
he begins to get out his para
phernalia when everyone else
is ready to retire, so we don't
even get the benefit of his
once or twice weekly shave.
He is exceedingly dark and
his whiskers are very dark and
bristly for boy of 23. He
wears his dirty jumper and
overalls home, throws them in
a corner, gives his face the
once-over with a towel and
then he is ready for his even
ing at home, and to play with
his nice clean baby.
l was in hopes when my
mother came to spend Christ
mas with us, he would change,
and he did for the first few
evenings. but no longer. Miss
Grey, it bad enough to be hu-
inflated before his folks, but
mine it Is even worse. l can
not stand it. He is actually
becoming repulsive to me, even
our baby will hardly go to
him. If he Is unclean now,
what will he be when he Is
older, and when our girl
grows up, will she be proud Of
her dad?
have talked, coaxed,
begged. cried, kept still and
kept myself and our home both
clean and dirty. Now what
else can | do?
DISCOURAGED.
Have you told him In a quiet,
womanIy way the things you have
Just confided to me: that his
uncleanliness is making him re-
pulsive to you; that it is making
you lose your love for him, and
that in time 1t will bring humilia-
ton and unhappiness to his
Too often husbands
and wives do not give each other
their whole-liearted confidence.
Perhaps you have omitted tell
ing your husband the very thing
that will change him-that your
LOVE is in the balance.
Surely, when he realizes this,
he will make a supreme effort to
be more careful about his person.
We all know that IL Is an effort
when a man comes home tired
and grimy to clean up, but he
owes 1t to himself as much -
those around him to do so. And
personally, I can find no excuse
for the man who does not, or will
not.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

TahOma club members will be
the guests of Mrs. Fred Hedge OF
Burton Monday. Those attend
ing will take the $3.50 boat and
return at $40 p. m.
The regular monthly board
meeting of the Woman's club
house will be held Tuesday morn
ing at the club house.
Mrs. p. G. Hubbell will enter
tain the women of Larchmont
guild Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
r. A. Weaver of Ellensburg. Mrs.
Hubbell's daughter, will assist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Foster
and family have returned from
California after spending the
winter in Santa Barbara.
The Temple workers will hold
their regular meeting Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Andrew Mikkelesen, 1916 So.
9Th street.
The regular meeting OF the
Musicians club will be held Mot
day evening at the Commercial
club. An interesting program Is
being planned by the COMMITTEES,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
Here and Elsewhere

American soldiers to the English
insession of war council.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shrimpton ap.
pointed deputy state sealer, first
woman in state to hold the posi-
ton.
DIR. Cozza, dentist, has moved
to 30S-12 Pantages Bldg. adv.
Gut down the high cost of My-
ing. Try q Lotus Annex Business
Mems Lunch, soc.
HOquiam gives double het
quota in Liberty loan.
Concrete steamer Faith, launch
ed at San Francisco, passes test
for speed.
Stop! Have you tried The Lotus
Cafes Special Club Breakfasts,
15c to Acc, or the Business Men 3
Lunch at SOC? II not, why not?
adv.
Madden Summers, American
consul at Moscow, dies.
Dame Fashion bans bright col.
ored bathing suits for this sum-
mer.
"a plank or q carload" Key.
stone Lbr. Co. Sash, doors, lum-
Der, shingles. adv.
Anti-Jewish riots reported to be
out in Russia.
Chi-Nanel for floors and wood
work. Palace Hardware Co.,
1911 Pacific ave. adv.
Teaching Of German In Califor,
mia schools abolished.
COMMERCIAL BINDERY q
PRINTING co. Main AZ. adv.
The following birth certificates
were registered Saturday: Born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Rossellini,
1922 Fawcett way, daughter,
April 20; Mr.. and Mrs. Chi is
Liner. South End gardens, daugn-
ter, April /.
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human documents, or heart
throbs. Sometimes l rather ex-
pect they are both.
"Mine, l am afraid, will not be
very analytical, for you know,
Margie, that it is only given to
the literary gent to be analyti-
cal, but someway I have all at
once become somewhat interest
ed in writing these memories as
1t were.
ct is very probable that they
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

Chicago grand jury recon-
mends prohibition of German
press in the U. S.
Rumania makes supplementary
economic treaty with the central
powers.
Racetracks and Coffee Cakes.
Duenwald's, 1112 Broadway. adv.
All Hoqmiam merchants requir-
ed to display the flag.
Lloyd George, British premier,
returning from visit to western
'front.' gives pleasing picture Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

will not be altogether truthful,
for l realize that l am writing all
these words just to make my
wife care for me as she once did.
1T is a selfish wish, l guess,
that makes me want to appear,
perhaps, better than l am, in your
eyes, dear.
But l am honestly going to
try and Just put myself down
without fear or favor"
ITO Be Continued.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

Colt mi Huns'w he 1t
Ata the would again;
grass will in Flanders The
kaiser stopped the Maneanoher of history little rope
that Aulla
SchrcckIchkeit had the effect then it
world the barbarian Perhaps that
thinking about the cathedral ut
Cologne.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
Doesn't Fit the Crime

Atty Gen. Sims claims to have the names of 3d.
600 New York men who subscribed to the German
or Austrian war bonds and an eastern newspaper
suggests that he punish them by publishing his list
Such punishment would be real genteel if these
men subscribed for such bonds, after our decara-
ton Of war on Germany, the U. s. government
should confiscate all the property they've got and
Jail them. Every time vile alien enemy is pun
ished by slap the wrist, of the folks 60 to
thinking of ropes and lampposts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

Dear Miss Grey: AS, I
presume, Is the case in the
majority of homes where The
Times is read, your depart
ment is always enjoyed by my
wife and self.
Your True Stories From
Life" which have been ap-
pearing in the paper lately are
very interesting, as are the
letters from your readers.
am going to ask your
opinion on the following and
would like also to hear what
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

The German for Holland because they
afraid England will violate its neutrality nd thus nike
Belgium at things
uelland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

Rose pleads guilty charge violating
TspionaRe other words tha& 0dnt
r>au what said--Ft Wayne Newa
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COMMERCIAL BINDERY q
PRINTING 90. Main AZ. adv.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
GIVEN INCREASED PAY.

Washington, Nov. 16.-Railroad
telegraphers' wages were advanced
by order of Director General McAdoo
today 10 cents per hour above the
rate prevailing last. January l, with a
minimum of 4S cents per hour re-
troactive is to be considered days
work and overtime will be paid at
the rate of time and a half.
This order. involving aggregate in
creases of about $50, 100000 a year,
applies to between 10000 and 10000
|employes including telegraphers, tele-
phone operators. egent-telegraphers,
agent-telephoners, towermen, lever
men tower and train directors, block
operators, and staffmen. 1t does not
Iapply to telephone switchboard oper-
ators. A separate wage order will be
issued next week applying to rail-
road agents who are not telegraphers.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
Swift & Company, u. S. A.

as vitro-cellose and may be made in
to glass like panes consists of light
metal lattice work coated with nonin-
fiammable film; and a similar mate
rial-''fiexible glass;" made by coat
ing muslin, gauze or fine metal cloth
with a flexible film-may be rolled
up when being transported.
Americas Honey Crop.
The honey crop of the United
States for 1918 having been placed
by the Department of Agriculture at
about 25O.0OO,0O0 pounds, the
American Botanist estimates that at
the necter of flowers does not become
honey until worked over and partly
evaporated, the bees must move as
much as 10000 tons of material to
produce this crop, exclusive of the
honey eaten by themselves. or this
product, about one-half is from the
hector of white clover, with two other
leguminous plants-alfalfa and sweet
clover as the next important
sources. A honey that can be recog-
nized is produced by few plants, in
Guiding cotton, Eastwood, tulip tree,
buckwheat, golden-rod and mountain
sage.
The Stag of British blast furnaces
contains 26 per cent of silica and 22
of alumina, and makes excellent
paving bricks of stony texture but
bricks from American Stag, which has
"a per cent of silica and IA of alumni
ma, are CLASSY and brittle. The Ameri-
can bricks quickly sOlidify in a thin
outer skin. In the process patented
by j. w. Shaw. a product of improved
texture is obtained by immersing the
hot bricks in red-hot sand, and cool
ing slowly for twelve 10 eighteen
hours. TO solidify the interior as rap
idly as the outside.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
DIVISION DOUBLES QUOTA.

Clothing for the Belgians,-that
call recently sent out from National
Red Cross headquarters at the re-
quest of the Commission for Relief
in Belgium, has been generously
answered.
The quota named for the Lake Di-
vision was 23S tons in all-79 for In
diana, 81 for Ohio, ~ for Kentucky.
And the total collection as this news
goes to press is S11 tons. One-third
of the chapter reports are not yet
in.
A letter from A. Arrowsmith, man
ager of the clothing campaign for the
Commission, wrote his appreciation
of the response made by the chapters,
saying:
1.-THE results of your assistance are
overwhelming, the clothing is being
received in such quantities that we
are working every night until 10
O'Clock even, to take IL in. II is a
most remarkable manifestation.
Red Cross General Manager Scott
writes to division managers in this
connection:
las there is need for all the gar
ments that can be collected, chapter
workers can be proud that the mini
mum quota set for chapters has been
exceeded"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
Rockport Amazed
By Sudden Action

The quick action of pure Lavoptik
eye wash is startling. A school boy
had eye strain so badly he could not
read A weeks use of Lavoptik sur
prised his teacher so much she used
it for her old mother. ONE WASH
showed benefit. A small bottle is
guaranteed to benefit EVERY CASE
weak, strained or inflamed eyes. The
QUICK result is astonishing. ALUMNI
mum eye cup FREE. Harrel Bros.
druggists at Rockport. 8
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
RED CROSS.

Eight French seaports boast Ameri-
can Red Cross warehouses.
They have Red Cross Home Service
even In San Juan, Porto Rico.
The A. r. c. War Council recently
voted $4,000 to the Serbian Red
Cross.
The American Red Cross numbers
10000 American Indians among It's
members.
Red Cross relief work In warning
countries necessitated shipment OF
1,l34,4O1 blankets.
In Havana. 1900 English-speaking
nerross asked permission to form a
RED loss auxilliary' They have
eonipped thir own workhoom'
.1Dnring September people hYiag
Ma7 different countries received
ov<r 1000 allotment checks. nome
IL. - sections are asked to explain
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
About CrOupe.

If your children are subject to
croupe, or IL you have reason to fear
their being attacked by this disease,
you should procure a bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and study
the directions for use, 50 that in case
OF an attack you will know exactly
what course to pursue. This IS a
fayorite and very successful remedy
FOR croupe, and 70 Is very important
that you observe the directions care
fully. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
WORLD OF SCIENCE.

Among the products to be obtained
from seaweed, in addition to potash
is alcohol. In his late experiments at
the Pasteur Institute in Paris. NJ
Kayser used Laminaria dlgitata, the
common weed tangle of our coasts,
and obtained nm average Of about six
quarts OF alcohol from each zoe
pounds Of seaweed- u rs believ
Chat this yield could be Increased
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22

with improved methods OF manu-
featuring, using higher pressures.
Reduced to ten per cent by evopora-
ton. The plunts we're then placed
for half an hour to an hour in water
containing from TO per cent of
sulphuric acid at 1872 degrees c., and,
after being neutralized to per cent
of acidity, the sugary liquid, with nj
trogenous material added in some
cases, was sprinkled with brewers
yeast. Fermentation quickly follow
ed, especially in the TASKS contain
ing the added heterogeneous material.
The alcohol was recovered from the
termented liquid in the usual way,
and the residue was available for ex-
traction of potash and other by-pro-
duets.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
Greatly Benefited by Chamberlain's
Tablets.

81 am thankful for the good have
received by using Chamberlain Tab
lets. About two years ago when |
began taking them l was suffering
a great deal from distress after eat
ing. and from headache and a tired,
languid feeling due to indigestion
and a torpid liver, Chamberlain S
Tablets corrected these disorders in a
short time, and, since taking two
bottles of them my health has been
good" writes Mrs. NJ. p. Harwood,
Auburn, New York. IN
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22

Irregular bowel movements lead to
chronic constipation and cOnstipat-
ed habit fills the system with impuri-
ties. Herbine is a great bowel regu-
lator. It puriles the system, Vita
lizes the blood and puts the digestive
organs in fine vigorous condition.
Price GO cents. Sold by Ohio Drug
Co. N
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22

this privilege TO the families Of for.
eign born soldiers who still have
parents "in the old country"
tn American Red Cross established
900 hospital beds on reconquered
ground within a few days after the
Germans had crossed the Vesle.
$50
At one station rest house in Italy,
the American Red Cross feeds 54,-
O0O soldiers a week in a mess hall
arranged to handle loco men in an
hour.
Red Cross roll call from December
10th TO 23rd this year. More than
22, 0OO. 900 answered "Here!" a year
ago! Let's make it unanimous this
year.
Red Cross Civilian Relief work in
France employs a staff Of 1000 per-
sons, maintains / civilian hospitals,
with a capacity OF 1900 beds, and
has reached in some way more than
100000 French people.
go
One ward of the Friends Hospital
at Dunkirk. affiligated with the A.
r.. c., contains ten nationalities-Bel-
gian, French. English, American,
Chinese. japanese, Moroccan, Italian,
Polish and German.
American aviators dropped A. r..
c. emergency rations of pressed beef,
matted milk tablets and other foods
into the front lines for our soldiers
who left army supply wagons behind
in their pursuit of the fleeing Hun.
Women who speak Czecho-Slovak,
Polish and Russian are being trained
by the Red Cross to do reconstruction
work in those countries. There are
about 20 doctors and 80 women
aurses in the Czech army of 10000
men.
Communication from Washington
has called the attention of the Lake
Division Civilian Relief Department
to the fact that questionnaires have
been sent to soldiers from some Home
Service sections regarding the sol
dier's rank, amount Of pay, allot-
ments to families and similar facts.
These are facts that no man is under
obligation to give to any Home Ser
vice section. The sending of such
out is wholly unau-
thorized and reprehensible.
A scheduled automobile service
keeps A. r. c. supplies moving with
out a halt through Italy.
All the men employed at the Lon
don A. II. c. Receiving and Distribut-
ing Service are disabled soldiers. q
Red Cross white bread has benefit
ed 1928 undernourished Italian
children. a
Their first square meal in years
that is the gift of the American Red
Cross to Italian prisoners when they
reach the Swiss border.
The American Red Cross has loan
ed 500 nurses to the British Army in
France.
"The war isn't all pleasure said
a wounded Yankee to his Red Cross
nurse. "but, gee, I'd hate not to be
in it,"
Russian refugee women operate
one of the four A r c. workrooms
in Paris which produce surgical dress
ings for emergency needs.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22

did you try the simple plan OF
counting sheep for your insomnia?"
"Yes, doctor, but ! made a mess
of it, counted ten thousand sheep,
put 'em on the ears and shipped 'em
TO market And when I'd got thru
counting the wad OF money l got for
them al the present prices il was time
10 get up. Transcript
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-11-22
Cheese Rubber.

The substitute material galalith of
the Germans is prepared by treating
casein with acids and salts to
make it insoluble, drying and adding
formaldehyde. Engalith is the name
given to a similar English product
that has been supplied for war pur-
poses and export. This is furnished
in rods, tubes and sheets of about
sixty different colors, and is made
into variety of articles formerly or
commonly produced from hard rub
Der. AS 1t is slightly microscopic, il
is not adapted for objects often wet
with water or acid, such as knife
handles, storage battery cells, bath
room tiles or basins, fountain pens
and tooth and nail brushes.
Tuberculosis i'm Cheese.
From their tests of more than $50
cheese samples, E. c. Schroeder and
c. w. Brett find that cream cheese
often carries a great number of tuber-
Gle facilli. making ii essential that
the cream and milk used should be
pasteurized or from COW proven
nontuberculous; and that cottage and
skinned milk Neufchatel cheese,
though more rarely infected, cannot
safely be made from raw milk. The
kinds of cheese requiring time TO
ripen. however, rarely or never con-
marketed.