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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
BY ROY S. DURSTINE.

Paris.-Some day the story of what
American women have done over here
in France will be written. People
will hear, then, about the women who
are cooking and baking for the Amer
lean boys with their helmets and gas
masks on the shelf, next the baking
powder can. They will learn of the
casual herOines who see nothing re-
markable in making hot chocolate in
shacks where the rain and the snow
come in on them through fresh shell
holes in the roof.
One of the women people will hear
about will be Mrs. Clara Simmons.
She is as close to the front line
here as any woman is permitted to
go. For many days, during the active
fighting just over the hill from her,
she was the only woman in the entire
area. That didn't bother her at all.
The boys wanted hot chocolate, and
she could make it. SO there you are.
And there she was.
She Is a little bit of America, of
American wOmanhOod, dropped right
down in the middle of the fighting
zone. She looks more like home to
the boys than anything in the world,
except a letter. She has no pic
turesque ideas about carrying culture
and uplift to the soldiers. She's
there to work for them.
She works with a huge mixing bowl
full of pulverized chocolate, and seven
or eight open cans Of condensed milk
on the table. On the rickety stove
where the old fireplace used to be, a
great kettle of hot water is simmer
ing. She stirs and pours, and pours
and stirs, till the air of the little
shack is as fragrant as that Of 4
candy store at home.
A convoy of camions rumbles past
her door. They are almost at the end
Of their journey. German territory
isn't half a dozen kilometers away.
Mrs. Simmons knows that, of course
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
CHAIN HUNS TO GUNS

zone day we were lying in support
and were pretty tired, for we had been
in for a good many Gays. Our lieu
tenants came back from headquarters
and passed the word that for the last
three days the newspapers in France,
England and the States were full of
nothing but the United States marines.
We were so glad to hear that that
we felt like arising and strOlling into
Berlin.
81 suppose you are reading about
the marines successes and telling
everybody, L told you So 1 do not
like to brag, so l will only say that
there may be better fighting men in
the world, but up to date no one has
ever heard Of them. We have been
through some hard fighting lately
After the first four days the Germ
had to chain his men to the guns.
'Take off your hat to the Y. NJ. G. A.
If anyone tells you they are slackers,
hit him right on the nose. They were
up on the line with stretchers and
smokes"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26

and it's dark as the grave, and every
man, God bless him stands strong and
true, camOuflaging all his own feelings
for your sake and for the sake of what
he has back home, meatless days and
wheatless days, and Liberty bond cam
paigns seem cheap as your support of
him in such an hour.
"LOathe the BOche-preach against
him-wOrk against him, wherever he
is, ostracize him socially and CONNER
cially. Take no chance-even though
his reputation for loyalty has been a
long-standing one. The leopard cannot
change his spots-neither can the
BOche demon lose his horns. I'm beg
ging you nOw-aS the Boche are try
ing to murder us-to help wake every
one up to the fact that America must
realize what the world is facing over
here. Can't you see it-can't America
see it-how everything is hanging in
the balance? And I know that the
weight which shall cast it down is
when your lOathing for the Boche will
so burn in you as to make you count
nothing-cOnsider nothing-but his ex-
termination"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
Wears Gas Mask
Over Cook Stove

but she huns, under her breath, at
her work.
Even before the hot chocolate is
quite ready, the boys begin to arrive,
They come in tin hats with gas masks
hanging at their sides. Her own he'll
met and mask are on the shelf behind
her.
"Hot chocolate ready?" the first one
asks.
"All ready" she says, as she stirs
it with her long spoon. She fills one
of the tin cups from the mantelpiece.
"Um-m-m!" says the youngster.
That's good and thick. Give US a
package of cookies"
He takes his tin cup and his cookies
to an empty packing box in the cor
ner, sits down, and feasts slowly and
luxuriOusly. Another boy Is at the
board that serves as counter.
Gives the Home Touch.
Some Of the boys stop to gossip,
when the edge is taken off their
thirsts and hungers.
Remember Bill Johnson?" they ask
Mrs. Simmons. She does. He was
the boy who always took three cups
of chocolate.
"He won't any more for awhile"
they tell her. stopped one in the leg
last night.
"Oh, that's too bad!" she says, just
the way she would say it at home If
she heard that Johnnie had the
measles.
That's the thing about Mrs. Sim
mons and such women. She brings
to the boys q constant reminder Of
the women they have left behind, of
their mothers and their sisters and
their wives. She talks in the most
casual American way about things
that are neither casual nor American.
After the last Of her soldiers has
put on his tin hat and gone down
the hill into the valleys from which
they start for their Outposts, she be-
gins talking very simply about her
work.
There Is not a mother or wife or
sister Of any one of these boys who
wouldn't give all she has to be where
am today" she says. Just think
what privilege it is to talk to them,
and to see that they are well and
happy, and that their clothes are
whole. Women, you know, worry
most about their uncertainties. If
could only tell the people who are
worrying about these boys how husky
and cheerful their youngsters are
That's what would make them happy
Every time l get tired, 1 just think
how many thousands Of women would
be the happiest persons on earth If
they could be where l am. Oh, it's
great"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
Get New Kidneys !

The kidneys are the most overworked
organs of the human body, and when they
fail in their work of iiltering out and
throwing OFF the poisons developed in the
system, things begin to happen.
One of the first warnings is pain or stiff
ness in the lower part of the back; highly
colored urine; loss of appetite; indiges-
ton; irritation, or even stone in the blad-
der. These symptoms indicate condition
that may lead to that dreaded and fatal
malady, Bright's disease, for which there
is said to be no cure.
Do not delay a minute. At the first in
dication of trouble in the kidney, liver,
bladder or urinary organs start taking
Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules, and
save yourself before it is too late. Instant
treatment is necessary in kidney and blad-
der troubles. A delay is often fatal.
You can almost certainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules
For more than 200 years this famous prep
aration has been an unfailing remedy for
all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles.
1t is the pure, original HARLEM Oil your
great-grandmother used. About two cap
sules each day will keep you toned up and
feeling fine. Get it at any drug store. and
if it does not give you almost immediate
relief, your money will be refunded. Be
sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand.
None other genuine. In boxeA three
sizes.-Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26

Groves Tasteless chill Tonic
destroys the malarial germs which are transmitted
- the blood By the Malaria Mosquito Price 6Oc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26

LAIONIO pIOiHUtSb dppeIlIt HnU
aids digestion. / have used it with
beneficial results.'
Office workers and others who cit much are
martyrs to dyspepsia, belching. bad breath.
heartburn, poor appetite, bloat, and impair
ment OF general health. Are you, yourself. 3
sufferer? EATONIC will relieve you Just as
surely as it has benefited Judge Chambers and
thousands of others.
= Here's the secret: EATONIC drives the gas
out OF the body-and the Bloat Goes With I'll
1t is guaranteed to bring relief or you get your
money backl Costs only cent or two day 70
use it. Get box today from your druggist
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
They Don't Like the Marine
Brand of Fighting.
TDevil Dog" Tells in Letter Home of
Some Wonderful Cases of
Gameness.

ChicagO.-WOrd has been received
from Dana +. Thrasher, with the Sixth
regiment of the United States ma
rines, telling of the fighting on the
west front in France, in which his
regiment took part. The young ma
rine expresses deep admiration for his
fellow fighters and advises a blow in
the nose for the man who calls the Y.
NJ. c. A. men slackers.
Il have seen some wonderful cases
of gameness. We were lying in a
ravine one day when the Germ was
Smelling. An American fell down on
top of us with both legs shot off. All
he said was: I'm sorry to bother you
guys Can you beat It?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
Thirsty Thieves Busy,

Asheyllle, n. C.-Despite a watch
man and triplelocked safety" door,
thirsty thieves recently obtained 70
pint TASKS of contraband whisky from
the steel storage cage in the United
States marshars office here, leaving
no cleW.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
City Adopts War Orphan.

Carbonate. Ill.-The city of Car.
bOndale has adopted a French war
orphan. 1t viii be provided for from
city funds. 1t is believed to be the
first adoption OF its kind in Illinois.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
JUDGE DECIDES
STOMACH REMEDY
A GREAT SUCCESS
Commissioner of Mediation and Concil.
iation Board Tries EATONIC, the
Wonderful Stomach Remedy,
and Endorses IL.

Judge william L. Cham
bers, who uses EATONIC as
a remedy for loss of Ape
ate and indigestion. ia q
Commissioner of the U. 8.
Board of Mediation and
Cancellation. It is natural
for him to express himself
m guarded language, yet
there is no hesitation In his
pronomcement regarding
the value of EATONO.
= Writing from Washington,
d. o., TO the Eatonic Rem
edy Co he sava
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26

When a man wants to find fault he
Is willing to spend all his time look
ing for it If necessary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26

In the base of a new electric hand
lantern is a generator that is driven
by clock work so that it may receive
current away from a regular source
Of supply.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26

A man is fool to be Jealous of a
good woman, and he Is a fool to be
jealous of a worthless one.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26

"Spin yarn" so that it may be
woven into strong mental and moral
fabric.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
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FLIP OF COIN LEADS TO
DEATH OVER THERE

Wheeling, w. Va.-Edward F.
Bowman, nineteen, is dead In
France as the result Of a flip Of
a coin. Bowman enlisted In the
army in May, 1917, after he and
a friend had tossed a nickel to
determine which one would en-
ter the service. Bowman called
the turn and was a soldier a
few days later.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
TON|GHTS PARADE
BY ITALIAN COLONY.
Will Form at Market Space AT
6.45 P. M. Line Of March
Headed By Academy Band.
CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE.
Mayor And City Council, Sailors,
Soldiers, Marines And Civ
ilians In Line. Italian
Consul Expected.

Much interest centres in the parade
tonight in honor of Italys third an
niversary of her entrance in the war.
1t is expected the Italian Consul. Mr..
Schiaffino, of Baltimore, will be here.
He will be met by Instructor Vac
carielle, of the Naval Academy, and
will have a place of honor in the
parade.
The parade will form at Market
Space at 6.45 p. NJ, and will be head
ed by the Annapolis Police Force and
the Naval Academy Band.
In the line of march the formation
will be as follows:
Mayor and City Council, st. Johns
College battalion of cadets, United
States Marines from the Naval Acad-
emy, U. S. Sailors from the Naval
Academy, State Guard, Italian col
ony, and the three companies of the
City Volunteer Fire Department.
The line of march will proceed
from Market Space to Randall street,
to Prince George street, to Maryland
avenue, to State Circle, around left
of Circle down Francis street up Main
street around Church Circle to the
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
where the ceremonies will be held
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
TWO PLAYS AND
SOME SURPRISES.
Saturday Matinee And Night At
The Colonial For Benefit Of
The Red Cross.

No one can afford to miss the two
clever plays which will be given on
Saturday night at the Colonial Thea
ire for the benefit of the Red Cross.
AT Night All Cats Are Gray" is the
title of the clever sketch-which is
also bit sketchy, though with vein
OF sentiment running through it-writ-
ten by Lieut. Garland, U. S. A Lieut..
Garland is now stationed at a Mary
land post and will be present to see
the local Interpretation of his bril-
liant little play.
Last winter this play was given at
Camp Meade by the same players with
great success. There is one change in
the cast The part of "the Bobby" for
merly played by Mr.. Galloway will be
taken on Saturday by Lieut. G. b.
Hoey U. S. N
Suppressed Desires" the second
clever comedy to be given on Saturday
deals with the Freudian theory of the
meaning of dreams. and as the title
suggests, touches on "psycho-analysis
which dear little unsoohlstocated Ma
bel thinks has something TO do with
the war
1t is not a ten-pound look, but the
psyche analysis Look" which so
nearly causes the undoing of the
young married couple Did your wife
ever wake up in the night to find out
what you were dreaming about?
Mr. and Mrs. Boynton and Mrs.
Ralph Davis are we'll cast for the
parts they play in this mirth provok-
ing modern drama. Don't Miss seeing
ii or all the other features of Satur-
urday's performance, one of which is
to be somewhat of a surprise
Tickets for the matinee at 23O and
the evening performance at sis are
on sale daily at Feldmeyer's Drug
Store on Main street, and there will
also be a speial sale of them tonight
in the lobby of the Colonial Theatre,
by the prettiest girl in town. Go, see
who she is, buy your tickets for the
Saturday Show, and help the Red
Cross!
Prices for the evening are $3.50
and $1.0G on the main floor, and rs
and so cents in the balcony For the
matinee they are $100 and rs cents,
and 30 and 35 cents.
Profits all go to the Red Cross
fund.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
ST. JOHNS WEEK
BEGINS SUNDAY.
The One Hundred And Twenty
Sixth Annual Commencement
At Old Institution.

St. Johns June Week. put forward
some three or four weeks this year,
will be held in May. instead of the last
week in June.
The exercises attendant upon the
126th annual commencement will be-
gin on Sunday. On account of war
conditions. many of the st. Johns stu
dents having answered the call to col
ors. or joined the various training
camps. the exercises are considerably
shortened, and many of the usual fea-
lures, will be conspicuous by their alb
sence
The following is the complete pro-
garm:
Sunday, May 26-1100 A. M.-Bac-
calaureate Sermon in st. Anne's
Church. by Right Rev. Thomas J. Gar
land. ID. D., Suffragan Bishop of Penn
sylvania.
Monday, May 27-SOO p. m.-Ju-
nior Oratorical Contest and Dramatic
Club.
Tuesday, May 2S-11.SO a. m.-Pres-
entation of Glass Shield by Senior
Glass.
4.30 p. m.-Battalion Parade and Re
view
500 p. m.-Farewell Ball to Glass
of 1918.
Wednesday, May 29-1O.3O a. m.-
Graduation Exercises.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
Kill The Weeds.

weed has been defined as a plant
out of place But it is more. 1t is
pro-German, an enemy if not an alien
spy watching in every garden and
field TO take advantage of our food
crops, to sap their strength, to steal
their water and to cause their grain
TO be shrunken and shiveled because
of the lack of food. 1t is one of great
est causes of the Stacker fields. But
are the weeds not wit hus always? So
are our enemies, but the methods we
are now taking to eradicate a human
enemy will also be effective means to
curb the weed. They are nuisances
which can be fought in our own gar
dens and our fields. Instead of going
hundreds of miles TO fight them, all
that is necessary is intensive and ear
ly cultivation of the fields, or a few
hours each evening in the backyard
garden with the hoe. Kill the weeds /,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
BUILDINGS IN TOWN
FLY ITALIAN FLAG.
Colors Of Our Ally Flutter To
Breeze Over State House,
Mansion And Post Office.

In honor of the third anniversary of
Italy's entering the war against Ger
many, the Italian flag was flung to
the breeze over the State House and
the Executive Mansion, carrying out
the announcement contained in Gov
ernors Harrington's proclamation
calling on the people of the State to
similarly observe the day. The flag
of our ally when first put on the State
House dome was hoisted below the
U. S. flag, and its subsequent change
to a place Immediately beside and on
the level with the Stars and Stripes
caused some comment until it was
explained that this is the proper posi-
tion for the flag of another nation
when flying from the stame staff as
our own.
On the flag staff in front of the post
office on Church Circle there was also
displayed a large Italian flag, this be-
ing the largest single display of the
colors of the brave ally of civilization
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
SOME HOT BABY
CARRIAGE THIS
Latest In Vehicles For Dusky
Babe Makes Ford Look Like
A Thirtv-Cent Bit.

The latest, the very latest, thing in
wartime resourcefulness has appear
ed on the streets of Annapolis. 1t
was seen on the smooth-paved streets
of the Murray Hill section yesterday
afternoon. 1t was a Hooverized baby
carriage and calls vividly to mind the
story of the man who made Ford car
out of tin can, two spools and few
other odds and ends.
The vehicle itself? Well, you won't
believe it, but here it is any way.
Running gear was furnished by one,
just one, ordinary steel roller-skate,
upon which had, in some manner un-
known to the spectators been attached
a small dish-pan of metal. From the
heel of the skate, also attached there
in some unknown manner, was a long
handle made of a fence paling. The
outfit was completed by diminutive
darky at the pushing end of the said
handle, while it had for a passenger
a small-very small-pickaninny with
much crimped and kinked hair. There,
we knew you would not believe it!
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
WOMEN'S CLUB
TO ORGANIZE.
Important Meeting To Be Held
To Establish Permanent
Organization.

The meeting which is announced
elsewhere in this paper, promises to
be of great interest TO the women of
Anne Arundel County for whose ulti-
mate benefit the Women's Club is to
be organized.
The idea of having a Woman's Club
should attract every woman of An
Hapolis and the county, for though
there are various clubs and organiza-
tions in different parts of the county,
there is no one club which is intend
of the county.
The idea of having this Woman's
Club or Rest Room" originated with
Miss Mildred Brady, the former coun-
ty agent, and if the future of the club
is as bright a success as she hoped it
would, the all the members will sure
ly rise up and call her blessed"
At Tuesdays meeting an election of
officers will take place. Many of those
who have the interest of the club at
heart feel very strongly that the Pres
ident should be a county woman and
every woman present should have a
definite choice in her mind as to whom
she would like to see elected.
The question has been asked, us the
club organized for War Work. The
answer to this is emphatically mo"
That some War Work may be taken
up by the club after it is organized is
probable in these stirring times; but
the purpose and aim is the comfort,
recreation and sociability of the wo-
men of Anne Arundel county"
In connection with the club room
there will be a model kitchen which
will be the special province of the
new county agent, Mrs. Joshua Linth-
icum. In this room demonstrations
will be held, community canning will
be done, cooking lessons could be
given. 1t should add greatly 20 the
comfort and convenience of the coun-
ty women when they are IN town on
shopping expeditions
'At Home days with an attractive
tea table, where one could have a cup
of hot tea, would be most grateful af-
ter a long, cold ride.
1t might afford a wonderful opportu-
nifty for a Woman's Exchange.
1t is hoped every woman of Anne
Arundel county and Annapolis will
become members and join together to
make it a success. There is practical
ly no limit to such club
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
DINNER OF THE OLD
SOUTH RIVER CLUB.
Mr.. Frank A. Munroe The Serv-
ing Member. Five Well
Known Local Men Guests.

With Mr. Frank A. Munroe as the
serving member, the May dinner of
the old South River Club was held
yesterday afternoon. Although some
what warm in town, the day was ideal
in the country and the dinner proved
in every way most enjoyable affair
The invited guests included Pro-
fessor d. NJ. Garrison, of the Navy;
Lieutenant Commander John Bowers,
of the Navy; Mr.. w. ID. Brereton, of
Annapolis; Mr.. Douglas Turnbull, of
Baltimore, and Mr.. Wilson Hall, of
Davidsonville. The members present
besides Mr.. Munroe were DR.. d. Muir
ray ChestoA, DR.. N. E. B. Iglehart,
DR. James ID. Iglehart, Messrs. Ben
jamin Watkins, Sr., Charles Steuart,
Beall Worthington, Nevett Steele, AL
len B. Howard, L. Dorsey Gassaway,
Samuel Brooke, 0den B. Duckett, r.
T. Estep, Alexander Murray, Noble
Stockett and Franklin Weems.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
THE BLUE BIRD" A
REMARKABLE PHOTO.

When the famous Belgian author
wrote his masterpiece he little thought
that it would be immortalized in mo
tion pictures by an American organi-
cation. While the spirit of the poet
rambled in idyllic fields, and the glo-
rified pictures that were conceived in
his frequent mind were recorded with
his pen, the world had to be content
with the imaginary visions contured
by the cold type. Aircraft has visual
lied these poetical visions, and under
the direction of Maurice Torneur the
alegorical and symbolical epic is pre-
sented pictorially to civilization in a
language understandable by all. "The
Blue Bird is heralded as the most re-
markable Photo Spectavle of the year.
And it is production eevryone
should see.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-24
Home Wedding.

A pretty home wedding was solemn
lied last Saturday evening at 26 Corn
hill street, the contracting parties be-
ing Mr.. Joseph Prymek of this city
and Miss Marie Anna Smat, of New
York The groom is clarionettist in
the United States Naval Academy
Band Both he and his bride are ma
tives of Bohemia, but met each other
first in this country The marrigaC
ceremony was performed by the Rev
James l.. Smiley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sladecek and
little son were the only witnesses. Re.
freshments were served after the Ger.
emony The newly-wed couple will
make their home at No. German ST.
Germantown, Annapolis.