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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
, Editor Is Appreciative.
Camp Shelby

(Camp Shelby)
AS an Englishman would say, it's q
"nawsty' thing to be sick.
But If. according TO one Of his Gym
ical friends. 1t was "predestined and
foreordained'' that the editor of
Trench and Camp should be taken
sick a couple Of weeks ago he be-
lieved 1t was also ''predestined and
care Of in the officers ward at the
base hospital in Camp Shelby.
He wishes to say that the service
rendered him In the oficers' ward by
doctors. nurses and orderlies could not
have been improved upon. There was
personal element in 1t that means
much to a sick man.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
OFFICERS WED rapidly.
S1Sth Infantry Furnishes Many
Chances for Bridal Presents

Weddings among officers of the
S15th Infantry have come in punches
OF late, and the bestowal Of presents
was big tax on some of the officers
with slim pocketbooks.
One of the first to tie up was Lieut..
Fansler of Company M ana late OF
Wayne, Pa. Then came Lieut.. Ed
ward Eyler OF Company E and Thur
mont, Md. Lieut. Morrow Sheppard
and Lieut.. McKeon of Company III
got married about the same time.
Then the wind-up came with the
wedding of Lieut.. Lafean, who VIII
be Col. Rosenbaum's aid when the
later assumes his new Office of briga-
der general.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
"snap Out Of It."

The announcement that Amer
lea has 100000 soldiers in
France, that more will be sent
TO Italy and that Russia will
probably be provided with mill
tary assistance to reconstruct
her scattered warriors into an
empowering army brings
courage and satisfaction to ali.
Allies in the cause of freedom
salute the young Army of virile
Americans, than whom there is
none better. They smile at the
prospect of final victory, but
they do not pretend to say that
the battle will be Short or easy,
for they have come to feel the
power of the Prussian war lords
and know that every advance
hAs been won by hard work and
heavy losses.
But the news of Me presence
ef "a real Army of the u. S. A. IN
Europe will spur on those in this
country who are getting ready
to add to the total of this force
and to provide reinforcements
for those who fall in battle.
Snap out of it'll"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
True American Spirit.
Camp Pike.)

B. T. Pest. who was athletic direc-
tor at the Y. n. c. A. building, Fort
Roots. during that period Of the first
oficers' training camp. and who is now
in France. did not hesitate when he
heard a major say: Yes, he's a Hun.
but we are Americans; go back and
get him."
The major was referring to a wound
ed German soldier who was lying on
the battlefield, crying for water.
IT win lead the way" Pezt declared,
and accompanied By Q lieutenant he
crnpf theouEA 3 ehAll-besDakterea land
and rescued he xeuten.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14

Ministers Among Them Pellerm
Ceremony for Soldier.

Clergymen connected with the TX =
work here were kept busy last weak
marrying men in the service who
could not get away to have the ceFe-
mony performed elsewhere.
In several instances. the brides came
hundreds Of miles unaccompanfed
that they might be Joined in holy
wedlock to the men OF their choice.
In other cases. the regulation or near
regulation bridal party was brought
along. In nearly every case there
was no honeymoon.
Secretary Wilson at O-Y performed
three weddings. as follows: FRED
Kingholfer, Baltimore, and Jennie
Haczmarck. Baltimore; William Shep-
pard Sparks and Ella Zehrbach. both
Of Cumberland; Edgar A. Laird and
Pauline Stulz. both of Philadelphia.
Secretary Schweikert of G-Y was
the officiating minister at the we'd
dings of Andrew Brumbaugh Of
Greensboro, Md, and Mary X. Chris
tian Of Philadelphia, and Charles W..
Anderson and Ethel +. Ashton. both
of Berwick. Pa.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
OFFICERS CLUB OPEN.
New Hut Contracted for at BASE
HOSPITAL.

The Officers Club of the 'sY' was
thrown open for use Monday ana
afforded an excellent meeting place
for those men who had not had the
opportunity of mingling with their
fellow officers in other Organisations.
1t is located beside the administers
ton building and is Complete in tn
arrangements for the comfort ana
quiet entertaining -of those of7cern
who wish to use it. They may use IL
for the reception OF their friends. men
and women. who come to visit them.
Plans have been drawn and con-
tracts awarded for q new 'Y" hut &c
the base hospital. This will be Dro-
vided with social room, "gym' and
quarters for secretaries, and Will be
so by 80 feet in dimensions It H. to
be on the concrete road near ere
engine house.
The new remount station "Y's has
been open several weeks, under the
supervision of Secretary wilson.
Counting the base hospital hut. this
will be the eleventh, hut in the camp,
not including the main auditorium
and administration building near the
loop.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
Pershing 0. KS Gas Masks.

The following statement is authorized
by the chief of staff:
With reference to statements that
have been published in American news
papers to the effect that the gas masks
at present in use by the American ex-
peditionary~ forces give practically no
protection against mustard gas the War
Department desires to- announce that
that our gas masks are ineffective, he
stating in his cables to the War Depart
ment that he has received no informa-
ton that any box respirator of English
or American manufacture has been PEN
etrated in the field"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
A Bad Egg.


(Camp Gr0nt.)
Pat. having breakfast in q city
hotel the other morning. had two eggs
put before him. He found one OF those
very bad. and pushed 1t away from
him with an air Of disgust. Then the
attentive waiter appeared and asked:
Egg bad, sir?'
Rotten! snapped Pat.
Sorry. SIR" said the waiter. shall
open the other one?
"Begob, We won't" was the en-
phatic reply. "but ye'll open the
winda, IL We place"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
'TEueh and Camp Elsewhere
what we Eat.


(Camp Grant.)
We're eating rye bread at our house,
With corn bread on the side;
We've cornmeal mush at breakfast
time,
At noon we have 1t fried.
We eat no wheat, we eat no meat,
And wei soon form the abit
OF eating carrots every day,
Just like . dOggOne rabbit.
w. L. Burnard, York, Neb.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
Three Commanders in Half q Day.
Camp Taylor)

Yesterday morning at the beginning
Of the working day Col. Houle was
commander at Camp Zachary Taylor.
A couple of hours later Col. F. e.
Johnston returned from Camp Sher-
man, at Chillicothe, Ohio, and assumed
command. Very shortly after this
Gen. Fred T. Austin appeared on the
scene and automatically took charge
Maj. Elarth was kept guessing as to
just whose name to sign to outgoing
orders, and it is said he always took
q peep in the commanders Office before
presuming to sign same.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14

yoEella. clarinetist in the band of
The s11th F. A.. who was soloist at Is
years OF age for one of the largst
Italian bands in the United States,
has been promoted to a sergeantcy.
Others advanced in the regiment
we're: HeadQuarters. to be corporal.
N0rbst: Battery c, to be corporal,
HteeQberger; Battery A. to be SER
E5ank. Jenkins to be corporal, Hfll,
EonnaH Winters and LAbar: Battery
~ - h1 corporal Miller WalkeR
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
Power Always the Same.

II follow no rule and do not con-
slider myself infaliib.e. True, in read
ing the hand like to touch it occa-
sionally. I have dons this in cases
where the hand was by no means an
inviting one, either. My belief is this
that whether one uses cards, ands
tea leaves. crystals, science Of num-
bers or what not. the real power is
exactly the same. Those who use
numbers do not always agree with me
on this, and so / do NOT lrguc. / Just
hold to my own opinion in silence.
Il do not enjoy reading for skeptics,
or, rather, the sneering kind. An
honest doubter I do not mind. It is
very seldom find a hand that inter-
ests me. In speaking Of this 1 read
the hand of some one at Camp Meade,
not long ago, and all the while felt
the impelling force of clear-cut truth.
"As regards automatic writing. an
other handle of the same force, for
not always is one able to do both,
there is much to be said. Some peo-
pie believe that that is done through
a spirit or control of which the writer
is but the medium. have one friend
who says she writes for a certain
control for whom she has a name.
Some think writing is done by the
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
Chocolate and Cigarettes Daily.

Trucks leave the sand-pit headqhar-
tiers for canteens located under trees. or
behind rocks. When they arrive the
rush Of the soldiers resembles q run on
a bank. All the supplies thus taken to-
the front are distributed free. Every,
man gets chocolate and cigarettes daily.
men are serving in the hospitals
at the front day and night, and the
American officers are high in their
praise, declaring they have made a
wonderful place FOR themselves with the.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
Siney From Piney.
(Anoaf and Ashore

(Anoat and Ashore.)
Inere once was COB named Siney
Who came to the I'd from Piney;
Then for change. did q hitch ON the range
TO improve his aim ON a Heinie.''
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
BROADER GENERAL VISITS
MRS. CAMPBELL, ''SICIC" READER
General Declares She Gave Intelligent An
swer to Every Question Asked Mentally.
Automatic - Writer Explains Work.

Not long ago a well known general
in Meade Endorsed the work Of Mrs.
Donald Campbell. SIS Madison avenue,
New York city, automatic writer"
whom he visited. near here, saying
"she gave an intelligent answer to
every questionN asked"
Mrs. Campbell writes out answers
Automatically" to questions that are
put to her mentally, not orally. Her
work has been so remarkable that 1t
has become almost uncanny. Friends
and relatives of soldiers going abroad
might try her experiments. which she
describes as follows:
"It il most hattering to be asked
my opinion upon the subject of 'sicic'
development. for I am neither a pro-
fessional fortune teller nor a scien-
tific student of the matter. can only
give you my personal opinion and tell
you my personal experience.
II have told fortunes in a make-be-
lieve sort Of way for several years,
and 1t Is only by chance that l be-
came convinced that my prophecies
and character readings were not hap
hazard.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14

Soldiers going overseas remember
gratefully the excellent service and
many books they received ct the Camp
Library while - training.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14

Schreiner's 1.-THE Iron Ration" is an
accurate picture of warning Germany
from the inside. 1t can be found at
the Camp Library.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14
Man Said She Was Right.

OsSe>A 0S@GA4Ss
Zone evening while sitting at
writing table in a quiet corner a man
to whom had just been introduced
came up and for no reason that know
of I offered to tel his fortune, using
blank envelopes. OF course. thought
I was making up what was telling
him until he, to use his own words,
said: Who gave you this dope on
me? For you have 1t right enough
OF course. nobody had told me a thing.
either by cards or hand. Both serve
as a means of concentration merely.
''No one card or color stands for any
one thing for me. The ten Of spades
Is as likely to stand for a diamond
mine as for death. The two Of dia-
monds may meal a broken heart or q
business combine.
Occasionally see description Of
q certain person or persons. but this
is infreQuent. have no cxtraordi.
nary mental attitudes or vision.
feel no impulse nor guiding force.
Indeed. the nearest word that ex-
presses it Decentralization. And yet
/ know 1t is more thar that, for one
cannot Imagine correctly nine times
out OF ten regarding perfect strangers.
ers. -.
''Now and then find person whose
fortune / cannot tell. VINO awakens no
thrill in my 'sicic'' ynnse whatever.
This I will say, prefer 10 tell an in
telligent persons fortune than a stu
pid persons. get into rapport with
such more quickly. Sometimes / read
CHARACTER only, sometimes the pas:
and again the future, Or a combina-
ton Of all three.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14

BE ever ready to do your
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
A LUCKY RECOLLECTION.

Experiment is one Of the best aids
to teaching, for the average man Is
more certain of thing which he has
tried himself A case in point is that
mentioned by the Philadelphia Bullet
in A man was working on the side
Of steeply sloping roof, when sud
denly his foot slipped on a patch Of
ice, and he began TO slide slowly down
toward the edge.
As he Slid he clutched with tense
fingers at the tin. But it was smooth.
1t offered him no hold. And his speed
gradually but surely increased. AS, in
sitting posture, like tObogganist,
the man continued his deadly slide,
he began to pray in loud angulshed
voice
Memory, as if in answer TO his
prayer flashed across his brain the
words, spread OUT
The man instantly lay fiat on his
back, spreading arms and legs to their
tot di+rlNt iiuhlAIS hihlONIl 40
as possible like a stariish,
His speed at once decreased The
additional friction surface acted like
a brake. A few feet from the edge OF
the roof he came to anchor.
Help, he then shouted. But the
slight movement Of shouting acted
like push, and he slipped down a
few inches more.
Help, And again he slid a little
But this lime help came. a rope was
thrown, and the man climbed back to
safety. lie wiped the dews of terror
from his brow.
MY boss in my apprentice days" he
said told me if | ever started sliding
down a roof slope to spread out and il
would stop me. didn't believe him
but he was right"
The man smiled and sighed, musine
on his long-dpad boss" Then be
crawlcd back to his dangerous work
on the steep slope of the roof.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
SAL ONE WITH THEDA
IN TITLE ROLE HERE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

A Encouragement in bookings brings
to the Gayety Theatre, Sept. 2t-2S,
"Salome,' new spectacular hlm Of
fering OF much promise. according to
reports from the East. The prOduc-
ton is declared to have been six
months in the making AT the William
Fox studios in southern California,
and, with the picturesque locale in
which The action transpires to inspire
the director, is said to be OF surpass-
ing beauty in its scenic aspects. The
story. which has inspired writer's like
Oscar Wilde. Herman Sutermann,
Gustaye Flaubert and stephen Phil
lips, composers ike jules Massenet
and Richard Strauss and several
painters and etchers Of world renown
should provide that arehartlticer OF
the animated screen, THETA Bara
with plentiful chances to display the
wiles and whims OF the type she has
/ made famous in cameraland.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
WELFARE BUREAU
OPEN TOMORROW

The child welfare bureau in the
College Building will be open tomor.
row afternoon at $3.50 for regular in.
spection and examination Since this
station has been kept open more than
200 Ottawa children who were de.
fective have been found The station
will be opened each Friday afternoon
during the winter for examination and
inspection.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
City and Vicinity
News

Lincoln Bundy of StreatOr visited
friends in Ottawa last evening.
Mr.. Comerford and daughter Name,
of Minooka were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Kammerer in South Of
tawa yesterday
Miss Katherine Kelly OF Chicago
was in Ottawa yesterday to attend
the funeral of Peter Boyle.
Miss Gertrude Harris OF East Main
street has gone to Chigpgo for a
visit with friends.
Miss Lnella Barth visited with
| friends in Marseilles yesterday.
Miss Helen Mayo has returned
home after spending the past several
days in Hobart, Ind.
Mrs. Florence StraWn Farrell. went
to La Sale this afternoon for shor,
visit
| William McAlpine. who has been
confined TO his home in South Ottawa
| by illness during the past week. II
able to be up and around.
Joseph c. Gooinetter transacted
business in Chicago today.
Mr.. and Mrs. James White have
gone to their home in Edgewood
Iowa, after visit at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. W j. Kerrigan, corner " es
Main and Clay streets.
Rev Carl Stackman went to Chi
cago yesterday on a short visit
Miss Alice Taylor Of Centralia i
the guest of her cousin. Miss kathe
rine O'Brien, in this city.
Lieut.. Emmett Kelly left this morn
ing for Urbana where he will become
! an instructor in the students Arm.
Training Camp
Eugene Schaefer. OIL Ottawa ave
nue., attended the Boltz funeral il
Earlvile today.
! Miss Gartie Lannigan OF Chicag
has returned ZONE after visit wit
friends ana relatives in this city.
Mrs. Clara f. Soldering of Peori
arrived in Ottawa this afternoon for
short visit with her daughter, Mrs
George H. Woolbert, on East Mai
street.
Mrs. NJ " Smith has gone TO Ha
vana for a visit with friends
Mr.. and Mrs Seymour of Elein ar
visiting at the home OF their daugf
ter. Mrs. NJ. ~ Waterman, on Pos
street.
Miss ROwena Kereste of Washinl
ton street is patient al Ryburn Nj
mortal Hospital, where she underwear
an opera ion for appendicitis thi
morning,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
OTTER CREEK YOUTH
INFLUENZA VICTIM

Harry lsermann. aged Is years, a
prominent young man from otter
Creek Township AMI son of ex-Repre.
sentative and Mrs. William ID. lser-
mann, died this morning at 4 O'Clock
1t the army training camp at Nortn-
western University, Evanston. after
a short illness OF Spanish influenza.
Mr.. lsarmann had only been in camp
a little more than month, and wa
taking special training as carpenter,
fer limited service army work.
He was we'll known in this city, am
his many friends here We're greatly
grieyed when they learned of his I'M
timely demise. 1t is supposed he had
only been sick for a few days, as TIT
first any of his relatives knew of hiF
illness was when his parents received
a message from the base hospital yes
'erday informing them that their son
was delirious and calling for his
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. lsermann lef.
al once for Evanston, arriving there
last evening.
The remains will be shipped back
to the family home near Streator iol
burial
Mr. lsermann was nephew OF {
w. e. Lindemann, Henry Lindemanl
and Mrs, John Ludwig, all OF thil
city.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
Eiu.1tinu Doors.

All the doors should swing high
enough from the floor to clear any
rugs placed near them. And they
should be placed so that they will not
jam against one another. | know Of
two doors in Il house thai persist IN
locking knobs just as two angry bulls
lock horns in mortal cOmba,--or is 1t
deer that do this? And when these
doors are In that position, You can't
get out but have to back out, 20
around another way, and separate
them. We don't intend having any
doors like that In this house.-Harry
l.. Shumway, In the House Beautiful.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
Cheese Easily DlGested.

Contrary to opinion held by many
people, cheddar or "stDre" cheese Is
not unusually indigestiblc or constipat-
ing. Extensive digestion experiments
conducted by the Department Of ugri.
culture have demonstrated that more
than % per cent Of the protein in
cheese is digestcd and that 90 per cent
If its energy is available. one per
son who ate cheese as the chief source
of protein and energy eating nm aver
age Of 9.27 ounces daily for more than
two years, did n fair amount Of mus
cular work and remained in good
health
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
WANTS WEED Sewers
TRACED TO THEIR LAIR

County Attorney Elmer Roberts re.
ceived communication from a La
Sale County farmer yesterday. ask
Ing for sleuths to be sent out to do
some detective work. As the county
attorney is not supplied With force
OF detectives, he will be unable to
comply with the request, unless some
one volunteers to fill the post and
track down the offenders, who have
unscrupulously been sowing weeds. .
The letter. which speaks best for
itself, reads:
Hon. County Attorney.
Ottawa, III,
Dear Sir
i rent to ------- my farm owned
Dy me In - township. Under
our lease said tenant was to keep
said land clean and free from weeds
said tenant did not keep the land
clean and free from weeds and I wish
you could send in a body of detectives
and about said weeds and tend to said
tenant. | also wish that you would
have said detectives find the parties
that SOW those weeds and willows
each year on said farm. and tend tc
said parties and make them pull said
willows out. am to get one hall
the straw on said land and | wish
you would notify said tenant by re
turn mail to divide said straw.
sent him word by two party and he
did not come
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
ARREST YOUTH FOR
SHOOTING AUTO DRIVER

Accused Of shooting John Heusel
Lostant farmer, Louis Alleman, aged
q, was brought to Ottawa by deputy
sheriifs yesterday and taken before
Judge koenig for preliminary hear
ing. Alleman's father, Leonard Ale
man, furnished $5,oQg bonds for the
youths release until Oct. ., when the
hearing will be held. Heusel was shot
from ambush while driving his auto
mobile last sunday He is in the La
Sale hospital in a serious condition
as a result of his wounds.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
Unnecessary Risk.

Brother Philander," said I to our
head deacon the other day, "don't you
believe Il man can get to heaven with.
out even dropping cent into the con.
tribution boxY ST suppose So" an.
swered old Philander, "and when you
are sick with typhoid fever or any
other disease you can doctor yourself.
You are taking the chances. '--Osborne
Farmer.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
The Good Done Unto Us.

We, speak much of the duty Of do
ing good to others, but too often we
forget to count the good that others
are continually doing To us. lnton-
tionally or unintcntionolly, IN kind
ness, in seltiShneSs, in carelessneSs,
they press upon Us on every hand, and
our lives are shaped ana nodded by
those about us. Even the unreason-
able and unCOngenial--Where We fancy
the benefit is al Of our hestowlng-
may be wonderful teachers of sanity
and patience.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
II DIE OF SPANISH
GRIP AT GREAT LAKES

Chicago, Sept 26.- Although the
pidemic of Spanish influence which
has been raging at Great Lakes, Fort
Sheridan and in north shore Chicago
suburbs is said 10 be on the wane,
the dease continued to take toll yes
terday, and officials are bending
every effort to end its rayagas.
At Great Lakes the death toll yes
terday was II; az Fort Sheridan. >;
a Waukeean. VIII ere 1000 cases are
reported among the civilian popula
ton, ); at Evanston. 4; at Camp
Grant, 2; in Chicago, /.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26
That's How IT'S Done.

A black mammy's recipes for her
cakes: "Why sure, honey, I'll tell you
jess how to do II. Yo.. takes us much
meal as you wants, mix in some flour
an three or four ags. put In milk
'nough to make 1t thick as It oughter
be; don't forglt pinch or two o salt
and n good-sized lump o butter; drop
In II little sugar, too; den fll de little
pans an put Fem In dc oven .
till dey's done, honey"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26

Sooner or later one is measured
with the rule that is straight and true,
There is one thing that we AL find
hard to learn, but once learned life is
very much simpler and easier to live
contention does not help matters Of
any kind. Constant 0g1resSiVeneSs,
frequent complaining, daily defending
of ones position wears away patience
and places one in an atmosphere of
antagonsm which invariably reacts.