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please help US serve these things y
said, although we really had three
cSnteen girls for each table.
But OF them all, she was the star
waitress. She wore a white cotton
dress and she had a white chiffon
veil bound tight around her turban.
OF course 1t doated out dramatically
as she walked. That veil was mis-
take, one way. It set her outside the
social pale, as 1t were. war widow
wells are tSbooed in this town, no
matter what their color, by our patri-
otic maideus.
And Oh, Boy! She was fetching:
There wasn't man IN the crowd that
missed her beauty, either.
Evan Palmer knew that she had
been a cabaret dancer at BarnEby's.
could see. I happened to be going
toward his table when he galvanized
the men with the news.
And so in vast defiance Of them all,
end seemingly Just by chance, fell
into step with Mary Tkoman. AS we
stopped at Evans table, introduced
the girl to the men in the circle.
They came to their feet, and gIancing
down the lengthy line of tables, /
toc.l note that the other men were
all devoutly wishing that instead Of
passing the pie, would bring Mary
Thonan along and introduce her.
But NO! She had hit one man
pretty hard and there was no sense
In sacrificing the crowd to her. He
who had been snitten was redhaired
and f1eckleG gentleman from Menta-
na- In his eyes was the pathetic
alteration of a lost st. Bernard once
found and fed.
It struck me that there is actually
such a thing as love at first sight,
and that here was man who had
come down with all Of the symptoms.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11
Evening Chat

Speaking OF mans taste IN select.
ing presents for his girl, 1 believe
~ safely say that the majority OF
them understands the job. I saw the
nrett.s5t trtrg this morning - al the
world. know girl In the city who has
a sailor lover far away on ship He
didn't have to go but he writes to her
GI could not love you so much, GEAR.
loved I not hoEcr more!" Much
arafnst the wishes Of his parents and
erie1ds. he threw down his books one
day and enlisted IN the navy BE
said- HEoh. folks, you don't understand
no man with any red blood can keep
ont If IL nov!' The little ledy Of his
heart did not object to his going az
ali and before he started he asked II
she would marry him This girl
lrnow is an unusually sensible one
verv o1,iet and calm about the major
ftv of her opinions She thought LOT
some time and finally decided a8a1nst
such a hazardous undertaking. why
shoZ1ld We she said, at VIII WorLy
Won more to know that may pc Ielt
IL trouble ard sorrow than lot you !3
to remember me Just as l am! III
20 right along as I am ana you 20
right along on that ship. -
sT002T ON QlH4 NSSA4O q
snecieI delivery. There was no specl-
al need Of the special delivery but
vonth doesn't like to wait when II
has something to say and this tiny t14ys
love 1--we case in the world, contained a
message ru which must be delivered
INST as soon as possible. One days
delay means lot to the little love
RI bow It shone against the blue
velvet vel :. It looked just ike smile
something like tear. and very much
ike a bit of sunshine II you had
seen the light which came to the girls
S eSas when she first saw it smiling up
at her. you would have said just as
I eid.-"There is nothing in the world
like love!" Just now the love OF a
sailor or a soldier for girl is espscl-
s i1.vS interesting. Were 1t not for these
loves low our country would not mean so
much. Love makes fighting the
strong big thing it is.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11

Gan summers, we're at Sam smyth's
last Saturday
E. P. Haun ana three dauehters,
I,anra. Meatie and Bessie. and George
stevens, we're visiting friends in Graf
IN MS May Keener. and two daush-
4erg. Ethel and Myrtle, and Ellen and
opal smyth were at G. ". Stevens
Sund1y-
Mrs: Emma. Summers and daughter,
Can, were at Luther McDaniel's one
day last week =
Mrs. Sim smyth was visiting her
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11

stones from wholesale canning fac
tories, but it needs the stones from
the millions OF bushels Of peaches
eaten and canned by private citizens.
When putting up peaches carefully
save all the stones, and save even
the few from fruit sliced for supper.
Collect them IN a paper bag ana car
~ them downtown for Uacle Sans
Here's a picture OF one such bar
Ireland of a peach contributing her
collection OF pits!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11
Bv BIppY BYE,

Saving peach stones is an essen
tisl Industry"
Uncle Sam Is setting great red, white
and blue barrels around on the pub.
lie streets OF his biggest cities and
inviting everybody to chip in peach
pits
Uncle Sam wants peach pits, be
cause, when properly prepared they
make a poison-proof filter for use n
gas masks. And SO, indirectly. peach
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11
TWENTY-FIRsT
CHAPTER
Tbs Queen Of smlIes' Makes A n eNN Conquest


GOOD morning, Miss Thomas" ]
said, opening the door Of her car.
''WIu you please run down to the
market house-you know Was5on'e
delicatessen stall-and buy his whole
stock Of cooked meats-and maybe
other substantials, too? And bring
them all back with you? Oh. but
DON'T get any baked beans
You're In a hurry, guess" she Eep!t-
ed, and she swung away from the euro
way to the market before some won.
en- I know would have finished ask.
ing silly questions. She got the idea
the first tine it was put to her, which
b a test OF intelligence, Bob says.
Very soon we sawacreeping,sw sway.
ing line OF khaki hooded trucks
come over the crest Of the hill and
drop down into the valley. They
brought. the war awfully close. I
eorld have sobbed as watched, them
come on and on. They seemed like
links IN chain which was to tie the
quiet folks OF peaceful Bridgeport to
the noise and the blood OF Bapaune.
I thought didn't have time for
tears, but a few of them cYept down
my nose when the first truck stopped
aud Evan Palmer tried ii hug his wife
and his mother at the came time.
Mary Thomas is Certainly young
person of quick action As soon as
Evan and his SO comrades seated al
the tables, Mary arrived with $52,S7
worth Of fried chicken, spiced tongue
baked ham, summer sausage and hard
boiled eggs. She brought it all pack.
ed somehow into her IavenGar lined
coupe. / know / would have Rugged
any other girl.
+ After the last ham had been retri
we'd by a boy scout. Miss Thomas
turned to 30, but stopped her
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11

This summer I went away on a
short vacation. suppose saw more
Cel;ghtful things than I have ever
seem In my lifetime before. This was
70 doubt due to the fact that 1 have
reached the place where things inter
est me mo-e than happenings Still
life has become especially appealing
to me. We all grow tired OF human
voices because they are the shortest:
lived thing in the world The magnf-
icent trees have lived years before we
came and viii go on living long AFTER
we are dead; so Il stands to reason
| that they have messages for US much
more interesting than messages OF
, any othe~ kind Doesn't everybody
! ike shadcwy, winding roadwaysE
followed one for miles and found my
self on the edge Of a woods Just 1ul!
of big trees. Through these WOODS
came upon water lily lake nesting
in the shade and the shadow j stay
ed for some time reading and occasi-
oaalIy swapping a picture ToWaIo
sundown / heard some queer SOUNDS
1fIro this: s"WhI-whL-whi." and tEe1
q soft sound like Chuck" 1 got up
and walked in the direction OF the
sound. It took me very nearly an
Jorr TO discover the source Of this
weird noise ,,:-s
belongs % the pessimiStic crowd OF
! folks. It is a queer, shadowy bro
! that sleeps all day in woods ana
doesn't come out before sundoWn ana
then is as soft about it as the snyest
creature in the world. AS 1t grew
/ tWili9ht I could hear the vigorous
fhree words quite plainly, each added
moment making them palmer. At
the end OF each three-%ord-sonS came
| q sham +Chuck." you had TO listen
sharoIy to hear It. I always felt
this bird had spoiled his career by self
pity. He seems to say, poor Will
Gpoor WILL whip poor Will, maybe
he did deserve a whipping-aad then
at the end OF each sentence he says
sob. chuck It ALI" Just as though
he were disguised with himself! But
| couldn't seem to get away from him
| self. It Is a job sometimes to gel
| away from ourselves and into some
awav from ourselves, what pleas
nre sometimes It, would be to get OUT
OF ourselves, and into somebody else
INST for change. We could
then get slant on Life that was diff
| ferent.
size Of robin. He doesn't stand out
boldly but nattens himself against
the bark Of a tree so you can hardly
see him at al. Why he should be sc
selfretiring, can't imagine! Often
! you may 6p6 him resting on a rock
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11
WHITE DAY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Musgrave and
children Of McConkey, were at Frank
Stevens last Sunday.
Miss Belle Summers and little niece
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11

apple pie for tea, with apples at 9
shining pound. ratoaed sugar ana
mighty little butter to be had. that
tenant French much better than his
nredecessors. IN the white kitchen
Betty reached up for the pie
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-11
First Time Shown
BIouses

There is an added
pleasure In wear
ing a new autumn
blouse if you know
that it was chosen
from this selection
of approved modes,
with their many
novel treatments of
collars and sleeves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
By Fred Hawthorne

The great question that has been
worrying the lawn tennis followers
of this country for several weeks,
namely: "Will Ichiya Kumagae, of
Japan, win the national champion
ship at Forest Hills?" will be much
nearer solution, perhaps, after the
match on the West Side Tennis Club
courts at $3.50 o'clock this after
noon, when Kumagae faces William
I. Tilden, I'd, Of Philadelphia, in the
semi-final round of the annual ma
tional tourney.
Should the tall Tilden vanuuish
the mighty little foreigner to-day, it
will definitely and finally answer the
question, but if the japanese takes
the measure of the American, it will
fall to Robert Lindley Murray, the
California Meteor" to save the ma
tional singles title for America, for
he will meet the winner for the
championship tomorrow afternoon.
While the Tilden- Kumagae match
will be the big feature on the Forest
Hills courts this afternoon, there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02

Sporting Events
For Labor Day

ATHLETICS - Playground
and A. A. u. games, auspices of
Mayors Committee of Women on
National Defence, at Chelsea
Park, Mahanttan, Macomb's Dam
Park, The Bronx; Astoria Field,
Long Island City; Curtis Field,
Staten Island, and Betsy Head
Park, Brooklyn. Caledonian Club
games, Juniper Park, Maspeth,
Long Island; Jersey Harrier
games, Bayonne, N. j.
BASEBALL-Boston VS.. New
York American League, at Polo
Grounds, two games, beginning
at / p. m.
RAClNG-Opcning of autumn
meeting at Belmont Park, Bel
mont Park Handicap, Broadhol-
low Stespleehase, Tomboy Stakes
and three other races.
GOLF-Red Cross matches at
the various clubs of the metro
politan district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Japanese Star Faces Big Test
For Title on West Side Courts

are other events scheduled that
should provide the gallery with
plenty to enthuse over. At 1890
o'clock the special mixed doubles
tournament will sta TT, with Miss
Molla Bjurstedt, national woman
champion, paired with Frederick B.
Alexander, famous internationalist,
meeting Miss Eleanor Goss, runner
up for the national indoor and out
door titles, and Lieutenant s. How
ard Voshell, national indoor cham
pion.
At o'clock another semi final
round match in the mixed doubles
will be staged, with the contending
combinations made up of Mrs.
George w. Wightman, former ma
tional woman champion, and Ma
thaniel w. Niles, of Boston, and
Miss Marion Zinderstein, holder,
with Miss Goss, of the women's ma
tional doubles championship, paired
with Walter Merrill Hall, Middle
States champion. The winning pairs
in these matches will meet in the
final round tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Many Default
In Matches of
K. Of c. Golf

The four sixteens who qualified in
the tournament which is being played
over the public links at Forest Park,
for the benefit of the Knights of Co.
lumbus, competed yesterday in the first
and second rounds of match play. 1t
is an eighteen-hole course of 5,473
yards in length, with a par of II and
a boyle of 70. 1t is very exacting
course and requires great accuracy to
avoid difficulty. Par is seldom equalled
on all the holes in single round.
Many of the matches went by de-
fault owing to other pressing engage
ments some of the players had, who
took the time to compete in the quail
flying round on account of it's good
cause. There were two defaults in the
first sixteen, but no less than three Of
the matches in that division were car
ried to the eighteenth green. The
same thing occurred in the second six
teen, in addition to which one of the
other matches was carried to the nine
teenth hole.
In fact, S. W. Handley, who won
from Charles Miller at the nineteenth
hole in the first round, had another
hard match with E. B. Curtis in the
second round, who carried him to the
home green.
In the third sixteen E. Sauza had
two extra hole matches. He beat F. c.
Vanderpool in the first round by / up
in nineteen holes and w. E. Morrison
in the second round by the same mar
gin, while it required twenty holes to
be played before Pell Thompson van
quished A. Ernst. The semi-finals and
finals in all the divisions will be played
to-day, when there will also be an
eighteen-hole medal play handicap.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
New York Boys
LoseOnly Two
Games Events

Members of the local Hungarian
American Athletic Club swamped their
rivals from many other cities Of the
country in the annual outdoor national
track and field championships of the
Experimentation Athletic Associa-
ton held at Astoria Field, Long Island
City, yesterday.
The boys from the metropolitan dis
trict scored an overwhelming total of
10 points--more than three times the
number of the team from Cleveland.
Youngstown. Ohio, scored Is; Chicago,
10, and New Brunswick, N. j.. l.
In their sweeping victory the New
York boys ran roughshod over their
rivals in the fight for the individual
titles. Of the twelve contests decided
only Cleveland and Chicago victories
in two events prevented clean score
of twelve championships for the local
men.
The superiority of the "Mets" men
vas Vas. evident Ey in many Of the races
half mile by is yards. coming back
with victory in the four-mile race
by more than half mile. However,
the individual star was John Bartsch,
New York, who captured three events.
The summary follows:
TRACK EVENTS
loo-Yard Dash-Won by John Bartsh. New
York; Paul Molchsnvi. Youngstown. second; Alex
Nile wnk0won BY NJ FeSst. New New York; l. l.
t vass Nf% ms YORK second A. Gardou New York
York i. stsphsn ysreeslk; YOUNGSTOWN; second
go Yard Run-Won by John Bartsch. New York
c cau ,hia xosnssSxn F.
Four-Mile Run-won by A. w. Feher. New
York: b. Bernstein. New York. second; ]. Hajdu
Youngstown, third; F. Macy. New Brunswick
4.o;Y.Id Rup-Won BY Alexander schwsrtS
chanyi, Youngstown. third Time o5s
80 fes nshe oy ef Nsay VIII
SO feet, second: al Schuszler, New York, with 81
feet inches. third.
:, isvelin throw-Won by A /; Schuszer. New
land. with l2l feet inches. second; F. Berliner
Discus throM-Won by J. Jeenfy. New YORK.
with ss feet lo,4 inches: John Bartsch New York
So feet inch third
:, Running high jump-.won by John Bartsch. New
with feet. second; a. L. schllszler. New Yora
with feet, third
Running bropi jump-won by F Mayer Chi
cage with 20 feet; John Bartsch. New York. with
Pole vault--Won by w, S. Nyerges Cleveland
with VIII, vault s,h Of feet INCHES j. Kiss Yoangs
schusaler with vault of s. feet. third
r Chicago 49, Rev
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Standards Win Flag
In Ship Yards League

The Standard baseball team of Staten
Island clinched the Shipyard League
pennant yesterday when Ed Reulbach' s.
Submarines from Newark failed to put
in an appearance at Alaska Park, Staten
Island. After Marty Walsh, brother of
the famous Ed, pitched three balls. over
the plate Jimmy Johnston Inns the forn,e
to the Standards, 8 to O.
The Standard team finished the sea-
son with a record of thirteen won and
two lost. The Morse Dry Dock Club of
Brooklyn finished second with twelve
won and two lost. The Standard team
will meet the Harlan Club, winner of
Grounds on Sunday in the second game
of the "Shipyards' world series" The
first game will be played in Philadcl-
phia on Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Se1vice Men S7Ceeb Card in
Track and Field Games

when Cornelius Shaughnessy and James
Dobbins, both of the Federal Rendez-
vous, respectively, won the 35O-yard
scratch run and the shot-put event
Shaughneasy defeated select field,
which included James O'Brien, Pelham
Bay, holder of two indoor champion
shlps. O'Brien was penalzed yards
oehlnd scratch, but was unequal to the
task. Shaughnessy, a front runner. led
practlcaily all the way, winning by 6
yards. with William Speer, unattached.
second and O'Brien third.
ne r5y GIsncd dssh (sssratcHw0p By G Teach
s. secoSs Rosn ns1fS Gls ns,ss% 4 S c
'Ai loo-y. 15m dash S0 thana,c.0,-won nv ~
y g ysFd; ,S,5 ssc01a s%i Pelham ' BAY ~
R.y '?ss'ssW'q III 1e'f r e Ms
Aqisy. Pelham Bay (55 yards]. third Tine,
Mornngside A. c. 90 seconds NJ. Grueberx tss Mn
A attached W g. ssc0nds sse9nd Seh
7'4s. walkers 'iO seconds third Time
coward run (noviees,-won by W Rosenberg.
e f. Campbell. Federal Rendezvous third. Tins.
sss'is p sS ss sn'osn
1aohsa ssc0ad JAMS 1Bsie Pelham Bay
Two mile run handicap BY William
sp U Aona Gu0 az Er
Pastime A. c; ITO yardsj. third Time. 9:59 So
IN. Running high jump (handicapl-,Won by G..
Irefry. lr.. American Walkers 20 inches) with
fee. feet inches: ". Boston, Alpha Club ..l21s
Pastime a.. G. (6 inches). with feet third
Putting i2,pound shot (handlcaplWon by J..
DO, Feders Rendezvous 70 feeD With 81
with 40 feet 9ls inches. second; John Torocco.
unat1t rs Is feet). With 40 feet inhes third.
4O0-yard run tscratch. closed to enlisted men)
Won BY W. Gordon. Pelham Bay; John Nc
Auley. Pelham Bay. second: Joseph Giorgo. Pei
ham Bay. third. No time taken,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Spencer Beats
Kramer in Bike
Race at Newark

Arthur Spencer, the Toronto boy
won the Criterion Stakes, a three-cor-
nered match race, from Frank Kramer
and Bob Spears at the Velodrome, in
Newark, yesterday afternoon. By TAX
ing first place he annexed $4O0, and in
a mile match against ALT Grenda he
won another $500. Kramer finished
second and Srsar: was third.
Kramsr wan the first heat CT Tx
match, but SPENCER took the tes. Two.
i'm winning the opening heat Kramer
rode the last eighth mile in l. .~5 sec
onds, eQualling the worlds record for
the distance. He had to ride around
Spears and Spencer to win, but did it
with grim determination and battled
every inch of the way to the tape.
In the next two heats it looked as if
Spears and i Spencer were teaming
against him. They appeared to work
against "Big Steve" in the first heat
try and only seemed to be out there tc
get in the way of Kramer.
Spencer easily rode by Spears in the
second heat on the last lap, and ar
eighth of a mile from home chopped
down Kramer erd took the lead. He
cut down on Kramer so hard he slowed
him up, and Kramer could just chase
Spencer home. The last eighth mile
was ridden in IL 3-5 seconds. Spencer
rode around Kramer a lap and one-hali
from home in the third heat and
Kramer could not get around him any
more, just following him in in hot
pace, in which the last eighth was
again ridden in II 3-5 seconds.
SnoorS al OWoI ro,>, I,Io coo.I
winning the fve-mile open, the last
race on the card, in which he rode
around the field on the last lap anc
won easily, carrying Eddie Madden into
second place. Alf Grenda, John Bedel
and Reggie Mcnamara followed Madden
home. Mcnamara won the Australian
pursuit race. John Bedell took the
Glass B invitation for professionals.
The summarizes:
=, One third bird Mile Handicap fAmateurl-won b,
Bay View Wheelmen $50 yards. third T. C. Dendi
s5 John Flaws. Bay View @heemen mi FINISHED
first but was disqualified for taking the pole from
Reginald inshl Mcnamara, Australia: Alfred BRENDA
sss thpms ou xF 5as s Mas a
I1ryinston afth William ,Haney San Francisco
s1 si aS n''f"fs @lS ss b,
Louis Kali New York Williams Williams. New
York York second Walter Schroeder Newark third
One Mile Invitation. Glass REPRESENTATIVE
ark. second; Floyd Krebs. Newark. third; File
Fem. Bristol. Conn. fourth; Time, 2:lo IS.
Arthur Spencer. Toronto: Frank L. Kramer. Eas
0.ange second; Robert Spears. Australia. third
third. Time, 2:45 Is. Last eighth mile. OIL %
Second heat won BY Spencer, Kramer second. Spear
third Time, $50 As. Last eighth mile OIL IS
Third heat by Spencer. Kramer second, Spear.
third Time 2;5s ~ Last eighth mile. on 81, IS
by Gus Lang Bay View Wheelmen; Earl Thompson
Los Angeles. second: E. {. Bend. Acme Wheelmen
third: William Keller, Bay View Wheelmen. fourth
Time. ell 3-5
One Mile Match Race Profession aNwon by
second me @ Last esh mile
6, Five Nile Open tProfessionall-Wo by Rober
Alfred Grenda Australia third: John Bedcll. Iyn-
brook !. l.: fourth; Reginald Mcnamara. Aus
tralia, fifth: William Hanley San Francisco. sixth
Time 10 % 2-5.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Paid Stewards Solution of Problem

TIE Jockey Club and its
the big job they They evidently
attention to the sharp practices which sang
hush scandals surrounding the which
ports the Whole institution of racing What
fearless men to administer existing rules The inter
ed but they certainly fearless The problem
however 1t would who has closely
the seasons to paid stewards
There enough competent with
honestly and compeently.
Racing dying of dry of the
their
starts should start at the for dust has
Baseball oons disregarded the handwriting With the
the worlds baseball memory
The soons of their
And who
Certainly not public hoodwinked
act if racing o be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-02
Ty Cobb Pitches in
Game Against Sisler

ST. LOUIS, Sept. with Ty Cobb
pitching against George Sisler in the
last inning of the second game of a
double-header Detroit and St. Louis
closed the baseball season to-day. De-
troit won the first game by hitting
Davenport hard and taking advantage
of errors by the local infelders.
st. Louis won the second game, 6 to
2, prohting by Detroit's infield errors
After this game Was clinched Cobb ex-
changed places with Cunningham. Sis
Ter, the first man to face the Detroit
star, hit for two bases, but Cobb, with
the assistance of his teammates, man
aged to pull through the inning, yield
ing one run and three hits.
The scores.