davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

/ wonder II other women feel as I
do when their husband dies and leaves
them alone after ten years of married
life.
1t almost seems strange to me that
do not grieve more.
At times It comes over me that / am
thinking Of other things. that life
still holds out its challenge to me and
then 1 take myself TO task and won
der II am as hard hearted as seem
to be. Yesterday Donna Tenney came
TO see me. Donna still slings to her
widows weeds, and she told me that
she did SO because they are so be-
coming.
There is nothing that always brings
out the chivalry Of a man when he
secs a woman swathed in crepe" said
Mrs. Trent. who came in just as
Donna got out of the motor.
OF course you know. little book. by
this time that whatever Mrs. Trent
says IL is always the wrong thing so
far as i am concerned. Just then.
however. before 1 could voice the sar-
castle remarks that came to my lips,
Donna came in.
She was a picture with her beautiful
white hair framed in a black hat
lined with white. Her complexion was
like a girls and her smile was Of the
kind that showed she had retained her
illusions-and yet / thought as 1 looked
at her. Donna must have walked in
the Garden OF Gethsemane IL not up
the hill to Calvary" She saw the man
ln
woman. She must have known that
poor Kitty Malram was the one
woman who was all in all to Bill
Tenney. Kitty was so bright. so
pretty. so distracting. She was the
sparkling wine that bubbled over and
poor Donna the still water. And yet
1 wonder what would have been the
effect if Bill had been married to Kitty
and Donna had come along. Little
book, I'll wager that Bill would have
worshipped at the cooling spring OF
Donna's calm affection and pitied him
self for laying up a headache with
Kitty.
Mrs. Trent would stay and stay
and wanted so much TO ask
Donna many. many questions.
Mrs. Trent began to cry as she
Salu- Nnen looh at you t"o guns
in the very spring of life and real
ize what il will mean for you 10
walk alone all the rest of your
lives. my heart aches for you"
Donna fairly laughed in that old
woman's face. 'I don't know why
you should think that OF Msrgie
and me. Mrs. Trent" she said, you
did not live alone after Mr.. waver-
ly's death verey long. you will re-
member"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
Tuesdax. ApriI 23. 1918.

This is a most fortunate day I'm plan
etary rule, for Venus and Neptune
rule powerfully for good.
1t Is pre-emiently a time most propi-
tious for lovers and q lucky wedding
day.
Venus gives promise OF success to
hotelkeepers. jewellers and dealers in
women's clothing.
1t Is q favorable sway for public
entertainments of every sort and thea
ters should benefit.
There is a good sign for all who
depend on intuition and It should be
a most favorable time for men who
sway the multitude by the power OF
intellect.
A naval victory or success Is indi-
Gated. There should be inventions that
will be adapted to meet all perils
from submarines, IL the stars are read
Alright.
A woman will foresee some national
crisis and render great service TO her
country. the seers prophesy.
Warning is given that a strange de-
sire for amusement and luxury will
manifest itself among the wealthy In
this country at a time of sorrow on ac-
NodiN VI thc
the significance Of a scandal.
During this sway the use OF oil Is
especially beneficial.
The King OF Spain comes under a
threatening and adverse influence. The
Sun In Square to Jupiter in his horo-
scope indicates increased taxation and
much discomfort among his people.
A London astrologer forsees for the
"a
sible illness due to long nerve strain.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is have
the augury of a quiet year, but they
should avoid all worry.
Children born on this day are likely
to be visionary and romantic. These
subjects Of Taurus are often endowed
with extraordinary Gifts but thsy do
not seek public life.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
SAYS u. S. SHOULD
open EYES At once
Rep. Sisson Tells Citizens Meeting
Quick Action Needed.

America had just as we'll open
her hands. Unless we can get
troops over there now and keep
putting them over. the war may
last a great deal longer than we
think"
This was the way the war situ-
alton was presented to members
of the Mid-City Citizens Associ-
alton last night by Representative
Thomas U. Sisson. of Mississippi, in
an address urging the fullest sup
port to the Third Liberty Loan.
'If Germany wins this war" was
another statement Of the Repre-
sentative. her boundary line in
Russia will extend to the Ural
Mountains. embracing the most fer
tile and richest portions of that
empire"
Representative Sisson sketched
the progress of democracy in this
country from Revolutionary times
to the present, calling in France
by way of testifying to the inter-
national charms freedom had for
the peoples of the world.
Prefacing his remarks about the
liberty loan, Mr.. Sisson said:
mo man has the right to enjoy
the liberties of our country who
Is not willing to pay for them"
The address was preceded by a
report on improvements in the
neighborhood of the association re-
Gently taken up with the Engineer
Commissioner. A. J. priscoll. pres
idept Of the assoGistiop. presided.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
Expert Beeler Promises
Interest at 600 Per Cent
Transportation Expert Figures inconvenience
of Skip-stop System Will Bring Big
Benefits in Time Saving

Did any one say six hundred per
cent interest?
Just what a few extra steps taken
by the people of Washington will
do in the way of time saving both
for the individual and the general
public Is shown, in connection with
the skip-stop street car plan which
is to become effective tomorrow
throughout the District, by John A.
Beeler, who has worked out the
system for this city.
Good Investment.
Speaking of good investments"
says Mr.. Beeler. Il believe the
skip-stops can be shown to be the
best investment the District of Co.
lumbia ever made.
"The investment of each car rider
is going to be a half minute spent
in walking the average additional
distance to the new stopping place
of the street car. For this invest
ment, the return will be in the
shape OF Is per cent decrease in
the running time and a decrease in
the average time that you will have
to wait for car.
ITO get this in actual minutes
and seconds, each rider. after walk
ing half a minute longer. will for
an everage trip save three minutes
in the length of his trip"
Walks Himself.
This means that the return on the
investment made in the skip stop will
be 800 per cent
Mr. Beeler, by the way, believes in
walking himself, and practices what
he breaches.
He rarely rides in a motor car, for
he says he likes hiking better"
As for taking one of those un-
speakably crowded vehicles propelled
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
COURT PIANIST WILL
GIVE RECITAL TONIGHT

A recital under the auspices Of the
Washington Art Association, Of which
Mrs. Coralie F. Cook is president. will
be given by Mime. Marie Won Unschuld,
court pianist to her majesty, the late
Queen of Roumania, assisted by her
daughter Madeline. the 9-year-old
pianist, at Paul Laurence Dunbar High
School. at s o'clock tomorrow night
This recital has been pronounced by
a noted artist as "A musical education
in ITSELF" The admission will be free.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

steel through streets innumerabie Of
the District, perish the thought,
This reminds one of the distiller
who is a prohibitionist. He knows.
This is not prohibitionist propaganda.
be it noted. Again perish the
thought,
What Chart shows.
In this connection the expert
shows one of the numerous charts
he has prepared to suggest his pro-
posal for staggered" hours-an
exceedingly interesting chart
The chart shows darkness. black
twilight and dawn, gray: and day
light. white. The areas OF dark
ness. of course. vary with the sea-
sons. The year stretches its twelve
months across the width of the
chart.
Through the middle OF the chart
the white section. representing day
light-run parallel lines showing
the working hours of the people of
Washington. Nine a. m. till 5 D. m.
Is shown to be about the average
working day. and after 5 or s
o'clock. despite daylight saving, the
remaining white section of day
light is but a small one in compari-
son with the white section which
precedes the starting hour of .
O'Clock.
But II you talk to people about
starting work at s o'clock, which
would give so much more daylight
for enjoying the fresh air when
work is over. you know what they
will answer. They will laugh at
you.
We'll. I wish ] had a chance to
get out my golf sticks in the mid
die of the afternoon" the expert
sighed. and We all might if every
one would agree to start the days
work a little earlier
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
Soldier Shoots Self.

Scranton. Pa. April 22-George
Tukesbury. private attached to
Camp Meade, Nd, shot himself
through the heart today and died in
stantly. He feared arrest for having
overstayed his furiough. His nearest
relatives i've n springvills. Pa
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

The first operation for appendi-
citis was performed at st. Luke's
Hospital. Denver. Colo. in January.
1885.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

If you have work for a
HERALD CLASSIFIED AID
to do. get that work under way
promptly. The person for
whom your message may be in
tended is probably looking for
il now. If your message is de-
layed, it may be that this per-
son. will respond to one some
what like il, and when yours
appears il may not find, at
once, another person to whom
it would mean just the same
thing.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

Part Of the army of Madagascar
is cavalry mounted on Qksn.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23
HOROSCOPE.

The stars incline, but do not compel.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

Black Satin Cape,
large pointed collar.
finished with triple tss-
sci. lined with white
satin. atee front.
$4,000.
Navy Blue Serge Ca
In a variety Of styles
sports capes.
Third noor-G rtreet.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

Mrs. George Bass. secretary of the
national liberty loan committee. spent
the week k-end i'm Philadelphia. going
over to be present when Mrs. Wood
row Wilson reviewed the liberty Joan
parade on Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

Mrs. Newton d. Baker. who went UP
to Martinsburg on Saturday to sing
at a meeting in the interest Of the
junior auxiliary of the Red Cross. has
returned to town. Col. John Temple
Graves made an address at the sas,e
meeting.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-23

Nine. Luz Mendez. daughter of the
Minister of Guatemala. has return
ed to town after a short trip to
New York.
The marriage Of Nine. Mendez and
Paulo de Godoy. formerly of the
Brazilian Embassy staff, which was
set for April "a. will not take place
until the middle of May. Mr.. Godoy.
who has been in Brazil on leave,
was prevented by a change of sail
ing dates from reaching this coun-
try in time for the wedding to
be solemnized at the earlier date.
The Hon. Malcolm Arnold Robert
son. first assistant secretary of the
British Embassy. and Mrs. Robert
son are being congratulated on the
birth of a son., Donald Straun
Robertson. on Saturday, April 13,
Before her marriage, Mrs. Robert
son was Miss Gladys Ingalls,. She
is the daughter of Mrs. Melville L.
ingalls,.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
BUILDINGS WHILE YOU WAIT;
APPLY TO THE RED CROSS
Portable Houses Shipped to Any Part
of France on a Few Hours
Notice.

The American Red Cross in France
has established a record for home
building. A call came to Paris from
somewhere in France" for three bar
racks The Red Cross was told that
it would take The workmen at least
five days to erect one building. With
in that time the Red Cross workers
had all three buildings up and ready
for occupancy. They employed just
% men on the job.
Red Cross officials determined some
time ago to place ''in stock" number
of portable or demountable barracks
for immediate use wherever they
might be desired.
1t was discovered that Swiss man.
ufacturer had on hand As buildings
that were not needed by the Italian
army, for which they had been con-
structed
The Red Cross Immediately con-
tracted for the entire number, obtain
ed them and now can ship home for
40 people to any part of France on a
few hours notice and erect 1t in less
than two days. 1t has even supplied
the United States army with ten of
these buildings for immediate use.
The buildings are unique in con-
struction. Each weighs about five tons
and can be easily shipped in one
freight car. Unlike many demountable
or "knock-down" buildings, these are
absolutely rain and weather proof,
thus assuring adequate protection in
unreasonable weather to refugees, hos
,pital patients, etc.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
WHY WASTE ONES LIFETIME?
After All, as Lincoln Said, the World
Will Little Know Nor Long
Remember.

In an article in the American Maya
zine one man says to another who was
very sensitive and worried a great
deal:
"'Exactly,' he grunted. "A few years
ago they were live men like you and
me. They grew up and did their bust
ness and loved and married and died.
Some of them passed happily along
their way, believing the best of their
fellows, doing their jobs whole heart
eddy and well, spreading bit of sun
shine among the folks they came in
contact with, extracting every drop Of
sweetness from every single day. And
others went through, wrapped up in
side their own little selves, envying
their neighbors, fancying themselves
abused, worrying over trifles, always
on the lookout for sights, spelling a
full 90 per cent of their days through
their own pettiness. And a few days
pass, and they all are laid out here to-
gether. the men who laughed their way
through life and made others laugh a
little more, and the men who gnawed
their hearts out. All lying side by
side. never to live again.
"'Think Of the things that those
dead men worried about. What do
they amount to now? Think of the
good luck that they envied in other fell
lows. Who in the world remembers
it? They had one little lifetime to live,
and they spoiled it by over-sensitive-
ness and jealousy. Doesn't it strike
you as an awfully foolish way to waste
lifetime, when it's the only lifetime
that you will ever haveT"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
Unfair to Lay Individual Gases of
Thoughtlessness at the Door of
the Entire Sex.

An official of the New York Society
mails complains of 'crue women who
come to the meetings of the society
wearing aigrettes of the plumage of
birds that are obtained by the slaugh-
ter of the mother bird and the starva-
ton Of the brood"
On this solid foundation of fact one
might feel secure in concluding that
women are, as a sex, more cruel than
men.
All eyes have seen the women with
the bird on her hat. She wears this
particular badge of her cruelty where
it cannot escape being seen and for the
sole reason that it may be seen.
But is it not unfair to condemn wom
en- as utterly cruel because of this one
fault? After all, 1t is not so much a
fault as frailty. Women's vanity is
an overpOwering passion, and if they
must feed 1t upon the piumage of
slaughtered birds, are they any worse
than men who glut their greed upon
the fruits of others life-crushing toll?
Cruelty is really very infrequent
vice among women. Even bird-wearing
is far from being universal among
them. 1t is impossible not to remem-
Der that the whole structure Of the
movement on behalf Of humanity to all
creatures which has reached greater
proportions in this country than in any
other, is founded In the first instance
on the tender-heartedness of American
women. 1t would be interesting to
know how for the S. P. G. A. movement
would ever have progressed but for
the inspiration and enthusiasm that
have come from women.-Christian
uaraId
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
Knitting. Revived Art.

Knitting, as a handicraft, almost
universal among our grandmothers,
and now being revived by women all
over the world, received its death
blow from the invention of Isaac Wix-
an Lamb, who was born in Salem,
Mich. about 70 years ago.
Lambs invention of the knitting
machine, the first perfected apparat-
us of its kind, transformed the art of
knitting from a home occupation to
great manufacturing industry. His
machine is capable of producing more
than 80 varieties of knit goods and
makes 1000 loops minute at ordi-
nary speed, turning out both fiat and
tubular work. Later inventors have
worked improvements in the process.
AS one result of the war knitting
needles are again In vogue, and their
click may now be heard In the homes,
in the theaters, in the street cars and
every other place. In all probability,
however, home knitting will pass with
the years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
AMERICANS TO BE NO DRAG
ON ITALIAN GOVERNMENT.

In order that the personnel of the
Red Cross and the American ambu-
lance drivers and rolling canteen
workers shall not lie drag upon Italy
or the Italians the War Council has
appropriated the sum Of $16S,300 for
the purchase in this country Of six
months supply of gasoline and army
rations for 500 men per month for
period of six months. These supplies
will be shipped abroad.
This sum of money was set aside
for this purpose on the recommends
ton of Major Perkins, A. R. G. COM
missioner to Italy, who advised that
the American Red Cross should not
accept or buy any food or gasoline
from the Italian government for its
service in Italy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
viii You Help to Bring
Them Back?

Compared to their heroic sacrifice our part is but
small = that of providing the funds to keep them
equipped: build and the ships that will trans
port their food their Clothes their guns and their
ammunition. and to pay for these things
Yes. we. the people of this community will sup
port our boys.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
Goldsmith a Poor Physician.

There is a long list of men distin-
guished in various spheres of life, who
began their careers in medicine. One
of the most striking examples is that
of DR.. Oliver Goldsmith, though no.
body knows him by that title today.
AS medical man the creator Of ''The
Vicar of Wakefield" was held in such
low repute that his appointment as a
physician to the East India company
was revoked before he got the chance
to tamper with any ones ailments.
says the New York Telegraph. Even
when he presented himself at Sur
geons' hall as an applicant for the
humble position Of mate in a naval
hospital he failed to pass the exam
nation.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
Heart pumps 70 Gallons Every Hou

Heart Pumps 20 Gallons Every Hour.
The heart weighs only half pound,
and 1t must pump 70 gallons of blood
through the human system every hour,
or, as Joseph Jackson in the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger estimates, 1905
600 gallons each year.
1t has the power to propel the blood
through the arterial system at the
rate of e21 feet a minute and this
means that the blood requires about
81 seconds In an adult to make COM
pIete circuit of the blood vessels. Be-
ing pumped over and over again, the
blood travels a distance of 61,0o0 miles
In a year, or more than twice the cir
conference of the globe. The hurried
man abuses 1t so constantly that the
increase in deaths from heart dis
eases are enormous. The remedy is:
more exercise; less hurry; and more
careful eating.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

In Central America ten tons Of palm
nuts an hour are cracked by machine
including fast revolving drum wheel
into which the nuts are fed from hop
per. A force of 1900 pounds is re-
quired to crack the half-inch shells, but
the drum-wheel. making 800 revolu-
lions per minute, skaters each one in
to several pieces by hurting 1t two feet
on a tangent against the breaker blocks
continuously lining the inner surface of
the main drum shaped casting. The
wheel rotates on a vertical spindle.
The blocks defect the fragments down.
ward into discharge pipe, and air
from blowers separates the shells from
the useful portion of the nuts.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
Will You HELP Bring Back
The Boys of This Community?

And, remember these are our boys; those who are
and dear to US. They are doing their ALL.
They giving their ALL. They are prepared to
make the sacrifice that our homes our town.
nation may escape the ravages of the Hun.
We want them-one and ALTO come back
to
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
nlnnest BLOCK Of Jade Ever Found.

A bowlder of jade, or nephrite, is on
exhibition in the foyer of the New York
Museum of Natural History. This is
the largest block of jade ever found;
1t weighs 4,710 pounds, is seven feet
long. two feet wide and one foot thick.
The Scientific American says 1t Is
large enough to have furnished mate
rial for all the prehistoric objects Of
nephrite that have been found in Eu-
rope.
AS this huge block was dug from a
quarry In Germany, there Is no need
to suppose, as has been done. that pre-
historic man got his jade from China
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

Our boys. the boys from this town and this county
and this state fighting the Huns They are in
the trenches in France, they sailing the U-boat-
infested seas, they going "over the top in the
face of German cannon and machine gun fire.
Many. many more of our boys training and
will soon be in France, and are yet to be called
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

VIII you help to provide them with the things
they need with clothes and food and munitions that
they may complete quickly possible the terrible
task assigned them?
Will you support our boys while they are fighting
for us, fighting the German autocracy that seeks
destroy our ideals of liberty and justice?
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09

will do by bonds the Third Liberty buying all
these bonds by making such sacrifices necessary
do this. That will be support for Our Boys.
IRE F.