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am one of the customers who do not give
our relations, or lack of relations. be-
come pleasant.
But sooner or later am sure TO fall
Sooner or later in a weak moment |
give the brush boy a nickel. and | am his
slave from that time on.
But now, at last, have emancipatcd
myself from the brush boys thrall. though
| cannot say that my emancipation was
due to any courage Of my own. 1t was
really due primarily to the war.
Upon me, as upon every one, the war
laid need for economy, and when came
to look around to see where l could cut
down l struck my barber bill. OF course
l ought to shave myself, but l have never
learned how. Every other day / got
shaved, sometimes oftener; I suppose 1
got shaved a couple of hundred times a
year. With - cents to the shop, 10 cents
to the barber and 5 cents to the brush
boy, total 80 cents, 200 shavcs cost $50
year.
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said Nine. Robert, 81 cannot under
stand, unless that he has not so much con-
fidence in himself as commander. All,
but he is a fine soldier-so brave, and al
ways to be relied on, and so calm. He
got the Cross for his bravery at the
Chemin des Dames-it was a terrible
place, and a wonder it is that he ever
came out of it alive"
And now for Henri, who was 16 when
he went away. Henri was born in Mon
treal, but the family moved away from
the Canadian city when he was only 6, and
so it is that he is as much American as
French. He was studying at Horace
Mann School, which is an adjunct of
Teachers College, Columbia, and from the
very first he wanted to get into the thick
of the fight. He waited up there on
Morningside Heights to grow. Perhaps
his wish TO look like n man helped good
deal, for he shot up TO six feet by the
time he was 16, and although he is slight
he looks much older than he is
He managed to get across the ocean as
a member of the American Ambulance
Corps. He said he was 1S-and, after all,
was he not more than that in feelingl
The idea of doing service was always
with him, for all of his family and his
relatives were in the war. How could he
remain, for instance, when three cousins
were enlisted in the army and navy Of
France? 1t was his duty to make up a
trio for his mother, that her sister might
not have the advantage of her.
That was the way Henri felt about it.
For while he was at Neuilly undergoing
training. He had told the ambulance di-
rector that he was an expert driver. SO
he was, for he had studied the trade of
the chauffeur for three weeks, and what
he may have lacked in technical skill for
a while he made up in daring.
When there came a call for volunteers
to drive ambulanccs at Verdun Henri
Robert was among the first TO step for
ward.
"The conduct Of my boy at Verdun,"
said Nine. Robert, "was beautiful. The
copy of the citation which was sent to me
when the third Cross came shows how
worthily he acted--how fearless he was
in bringing in his wounded. Fifty hours
without sleep, but what did he care!
What does youth care? lie never tired
and paid no attention TO the danger. A
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DEING the mother of three winners
ID of the Cross of War prevents Mime.
Robert being 'desolee" every time she
wishes that the good God had made her a
man.
According to the catalogue of Horace
Mann school, she is an instructor there in
the French language and literature, but
to those who know her she is vibrant
part of the soul of France. The prosaic
city directory locates her in an apart
ment at No. HOS Amsterdam avenue, but
somewhere is a tome written in letters
swarm and golden which shows that she
brought heroes into the world to fight for
that fair land across the seas.
The other day she was standing before
a class of youths in khaki at Columbia
University, teaching irregular Gallo verbs
that were battle hymns, every one of
them. Her voice was vibrant as her lips
spoke the speech of the country that she
loves. And when she led in the singing of
the "Marseillaise" her eyes were like fire
and her face was as of one TRANSPORTED.
"a wonderful womanw said a uni
formed professor. "She could lead
cavalry charged"
Because she is like that, on the MANTLE
piece of her little suite where dwells
Nine. Marie Louise Robert, there is
long, leathern frame in which are three
ovals containing the portraits of her boys,
who have fought the Hun. And under
each picture is the ribbon of the Croix de
Guerre, sent over by each dutiful son
just as it was pinned on his breast by an
officer of the high command. Duplicates
will do for them, but for Madame, their
mother--the originals!
"About mel beg there be nothing"
said she. "All that did was to give them
birth-and for that | am very proud and
very thankful"
And yet-it was more than that, as
any one who sees Nine. Robert senses;
she reared these three knights of the new
chivalry and she educated them and made
them ready for life. She has been a
widow for eight years and before his death
her husband was long in poor health. SO
that upon her devolved the support of her
boys until they were old enough to earn
their own living.
In life she is a winner Of many vie
tories; when she talks Of Auguste and
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0N OF ask me-" said Mr.. Blinkinton,
L why l let my whiskers grow. 1
answer, TO escape the barber shop brush
boy.
Il don't object to tipping the barber.
or not one like mine Ny barber never
talks except upon real occasion. When
/ sit back in his chair know that am
to have twenty minutes of peace and
quiet. He knows how like TO be shaved
and he shaves me that way every time and
always perfectly.
Il love n good workman, whatever his
calling or profession, and | have never
known a man who did his level best and
kept on doing it 10 fail TO get on. NY
barber commands my respect and ad-
miration, and | tip him gladly.
"For skilled and careful and work
-manlike job requiring considerable time
] give TO the barber a dime; to the brush
boy for a more or less perfunctory job
that takes minute or two or less / am
supposed TO give nickel. l have met
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dul anu henTl you near lne VOICE OIL
indomitable France. 1t is very hard for
her to begin to tell about her sons, for
she thinks first of one and then of the
other and what they did, but we will start
with the eldest, of the aviation corps, one
of those fireflies of France who scorch
the Boehe Of nights.
Auguste is now % and has been in the
service of his country ever since the be-
ginning Of the war. He was living in
Montreal, whittier the family went first
after leaving Paris, where the father
had been notary. Auguste learned to
be an architectural draughtsman and was
doing very well and might have gone to
the Beaux Arts to become an architect
but for the war. He went gladly TO the
land of his people and was soon in the
infantry.
All the Roberts are fighters, and one
day in the Argonne, when all the officers
of his company fell, he took command
and bore himself so CALAMITY that after
the battle he received the Cross.
Much as he liked the infantry, he felt
that aviation was the service for him, and
when he qualified as pilot he did many
daring feats. He is one of the most ex-
pert Of bombers and many time has
sent hordes Of Huns seurrying for shelter.
Auguste was twice wounded, the first
time in the left hand. He was 1000 feet
up and six kilometers beyond the enemy
lines when shrapnel bullet from an
"Archie" barrage rendered one arm use
less. He got along with the other, how
ever, although he was bleeding profusely
and made the landing back of his own
lines safely. He was laid up for several
months, but when he got back he made up
for lost time. The second time he got
off with lighter wound, and according
10 last accounts this intrepid pilot is do
ing fine work. From one raid he returned
sole survivor of the squadron. He seems
10 lead a charmed life, despite the chances
that he is always eager TO take
What Auguste can do aloft, the second
son, Paul, who is now 26, can duplicate on
land. He is an expert machine gunner
and so skilful that he does not want TO
give up his highly useful calling. Twice
lie has refused commissions and gone back
10 polishing and oiling the companionablc
mitrailleuse.
why he does not become an officer
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BILLY. age thirteen: Chopping wood
for hour and 80 minutes and giving
money to Liberty loan fund"
Helen, aged twelve: One and one
fourth hours knitting one sock. One
half hour making newspaper candles"
Who will say Leigh, Billy and Helen
are not hard-working patriots7
Every morning the school sends q
parcel Of knitted work. pillows for the
wounded and other much-needed arti-
cles to the Red Cross headquarters.
Students Of q fashionable girls
school In Connecticut have pledged
themselves not to use sugar, or eat
bon bons while the war lasts.
A series of pamphlets containing war
lessons which will instruct the school
children in the aims and needs of the
United States Is to be distributed BY
the government. The first will deal
with types of social organization. BY
the experience Of the war 1t will be
shown how interdependent are mem
bers If a modern social group. The
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'"The urgent demands for the produc-
ton and proper distribution Of food
and other resources has made us aware
Of the close dependence Of individual
on individual and nation ON nation.
The effort to keep up social and indus
trial organizations, in spite Of the with
drawal of men for the army, has been
revealed to the extent to which modern
life has become complex and special
lied.
'These and other lessons Of the war
must be learned quickly II we are INTEL
ligently and successfully to defend our
institutions. When the war is over We
must apply the wisdom which we have
acquired in purging and enobling the
life Of the world.
"In these vital tasks of acquiring q
broader view of human possibilities
the common school must have q large
part. urge teachers and other school
officers to increase materially the time
and attention devoted to instruction
bearing directly on problems Of COM
munity and national ufe." s--.
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TO OUR BOYS IN SERVICE y! ~::sr ::: "..:r:: s.::'

Many Of you are In France already;
others ply strange new business on
waters beneath which treacherous iron
devils hunt human prey; the greater
part are making ready to 60 some
where "over there" to uphold the hon.
or Of our nation. Once 1t was your
dream to cross smiling oceans to gay
lands which stretched out beckoning
hands: now the hands that beckon
are bleeding and torn, and you are
shipped of secretly. suddenly. carrying
little except tho clothes ON your backs,
the laughter on your faces, and the
courage In your hearts. Winged and
followed by our prayers, our "Good
lucksi" our "God speeds our de-
votion, yes, our reverence. you set forth
on this greatest Of all crusades.
Yes, q crusade. You were born and
reared In a different era, an era Of
padding living and trivial interests /;
an era when comforts were good and
luxuries better: when making ones
pile In order to get ahead Of ones
neighbor was the goal toward which
large part Of mankind was selfishly,
uuSOASCAhSuAy cSAAsAASs A<AOASAA9 ASoS
you had read about 1t in books at
school. Odysseus, Richard the Lion
Hearted, Napoleon, had once given you
dreams and thrills. But heroism was
out of date in the sophisticated world
in which you were setting down to live
tame, sophisticated lives. Suddenly
this world burst into fame. Across
the seas the old era became over night
forgotten age. Uncountable heroes
are flashed into being and all in the
days work blew their souls out for
God, for homes, for country, in their
effort to stem the avalanche Of evil
which sought to overwhelm the earth.
The Crusaders of old were dreamers,
fighting for high sentiment and an
empty tomb. These later Crusaders
were at throat grips with the Giant
EVIL. broken loose with his legions
from hell organized, disciplined, con-
centrated. and hurled on the unsuspect.
ing, unorganixed, scattered, bewildered
forces Of Good,-forces never able to
grip him In an iron embrace and stain
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TRADE BRIEFS

Mirror glass Is needed In Peru.
Wrist watches are wanted in British
East Africa.
Suit hangers and trousers presses
are wanted In New Zealand.
Cottonseed oil and other vegetable
oils are In demand in Canada.
There II q market In Colombia for
general merchandise suitable for de-
partment stores. These supplies will
be purchased by q man who win visit
this country In the near future.
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A Chilean bank wishes to secure
agencies for various kinds of Ameri-
can merchandise needed in that coun-
try.
Spain presents a field for the sale
OF machines for turning wooden shoe
lasts and wooden heels for women's
shoes.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
presents an excellent market for
American shoes. There Ii also an op-
portunity to sell shoe machinery, in
the city. Shoes are now made almost
wholly BY hand In tAs local shops.
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said Judge Ben B. Lindsey, the famous
juvenile court Judge, when asked how
the children Of America could help win
the war.
'sWe are In the greatest war Of the
worlds history" said Secretary of the
Treasury william McAdoo In his mes
sage to the youth Of America, "and we
must win this war. We can and We
shall win. II the boys and girls Of
America say 70. and mean II, and feel
It, and live II, ~ the boys and girls Of
'76 felt and lived and helped.
The nation needs that sort Of boys
and girls today. Not to beat our
drums. nor to load our muskets, but to
start great work which must be done.
1t Is the part Of the boys and girls to-
day to give an example Of self-denial
and sacrifice, to teach fathers and
mothers. to teach the grown people Of
the nation that we still have in every
young heart the spirit Of '76 when the
boys led our soldiers into battle, and
the girls fought beside their fathers at
the cabin walls. The lesson is thrift
saving to the point of sacrince-self-
denial Of everything unnecessary"
Young America needs no urging to
do its part for victory. Reports from
the schools show that the youngsters
are making sacrifices and doing their
share Of war work with the spirit Of
the boys and girls Of 20.
In Greenwich. Conn, 10 q remarkable
school. 1t ID self-governing. the boys
and girls having equal voice in school
affairs with the faculty. Every Mon
day morning the children and teachers
hold q war council. Government poll
cies Of importance and reports Of the
nations needs are discussed. Letters
and messages Of human interest from
soldiers Of the allies and friends in
service are read and the Inspiration Of
brave deeds and patriotic self-denial
Is impressed upon the young minds.
Every member Of the council who
does at least one hour Of war work
daily Ii awarded q badge Of citizen
ship. The council owns q large and
businesslike gray book. in which II
recorded each citizens activities for
the day, and you will nnd such jottings
as these:
Leigh, age seven: Cutting ships for
pillow pads for the wounded. 80 min
utes. Knitting squares for comforts,
20 minutes. FASTING scrap-books for
soldiers, Is minutes: hour and min
utes.
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produced whisky She arrested and taken
violating
Washington has become literally dry has been that
striking Of the wartime
notes here Men who formerly poured nbans to the
Washington
prohibit
ccnsisnment
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tude, confound-the-Huns, apprehen-
sion. reverence, and still other things
which will get into our throats and
dim our eyes as we watch you march
gallantly away on your crusade.
Where will it end, we sadly ask our
selves7 You go out with your fine
young bodies, your good brain stun.
your sensitive hearts, because that is
the game for men and gentlemen to
play. Will you come back with all that
Is splendid in you crystallized by this
experience into vivid, honorable man
hood. or are there little consecrated
plots in France and Italy which you
Will make forever America? In the
lap Of the gods lies your scrolli II
isn't the goal that matters but how you
run! That American boy whose mans
heart drove him to France at the first
outbreak Of war and who splendidly
ran his race to its end beneath a white
cross in the soil hallowed by the blood
OF innumerable heroes, left behind
words for you from the heart of his
own experience. Listen to Alan See
ger!
A>otAAhS Uut SOOu Cdu come 10 I00
soldier. so he plays his part we'll. Come
out Of the ordeal safe and sound, he
has had an experience in the light Of
which all life thereafter will be three
times richer and more beautiful:
wounded. he will have the esteem and
admiration Of all men and the appro-
baton Of his own conscience: killed.
more than any other man he can face
the unknown without misgiving,-that
Is SO long as death comes upon him in
a moment Of courage and enthusiasm.
not Of faltering or Of fear"
You will not falter, our fighting men
from America! All that Is best in us
goes with You beyond the seas. Fight
for us also a little. we beg you, when
you fight for your homes, your coun-
try. and your God! Keep US In your
hearts as we keep you in ours, and
come back to us when the big lob Is
finished. clear eyed, clean hearted he
roes. ready to tackle that job of build
ing up a new and better tomorrow
above the ruins and chaos of todayl
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their eager daggers with his treacher-
Gus life blood.
Could You by any chance keep clear
Of such a nght7 We didn't raise our
American boys to be soldiers-or did
wei Are unseen hands these days
crowning our very commonplace brows
with laurel wreaths and pinning on our
breasts two huge Ms AZ our Disin-
guished Service Order? Makers of
Menl For this new nation Of ours
has had its ideals and its heroic e1-
amples to which we could point you,
and men we have tried to teach you
to be, sometimes spasmodically, some
times with white flame earnestness,-
men in outlook. men In practice,-and
In this strange new world which has
replaced the old, to be men at your age
today means to offer life and hopes
and dreams Willingly, gladly. for this
mans Job Of cleaning away the slime
the Hun has spread over the earth and
making it once more safe for decent
generations to come. II the war drags
out a weary length, NO boy with red
blood in his veins will want to face his
future unless he has girded himself
up as you have done to the splendid,
terrifying pitch Of heroism demanded
In this hour Of the worlds agony.
Many Of you could not wait, but
went out in the first white heat, tell
ing the lie which sealed you Canadians
and thrilled the hearts Of listening an
gels. When at last our American
shackles were broken. the rest of you
leaped into the ranks Of heroes at
grips with Appollyon. You have passed
beyond and above usl Your fathers
and mothers, your teachers at school
and college, used to scold and threat
en- and punish you; now you can hold
them up with the bayonet and shoot
them II they argue or disobey! We
used to shake our heads sadly and
fear some Of you would come to evil
ends; now you are all our heroes! We
may not tell you how we feel. We
greet you with a glad "Howdy?" and
speed you with gay "Good luck n
the while we try vigorously to choke
down that lump Of pride. regret. graft
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Nursing q Crouch,

Mr.. .Crimsonbeak-This paper says
that a woman should not nurse a
Crouch.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Oh. well, If she
marries one and he's sick, how can she
help It!
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eADe. SauIe gAVe MIN slHIie anu t1e
detective's inQuisitive nature was
aroused.
''what have you in the suitcaser'
he asked.
"Whlsky." she answered.
"What are you going to do with
ltr queried Evans.
''Sell Il: I've got eight quarts-you
want to buy oaer'
'Sure: how much q quartz asked
Evans. She told him s.. and the de-
tective handed her the money and she
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HIah Spots.

Bill-When he goes out for a rood
time he always hits the high spots,
doesn't he?
Ghl-Well, he sits in the top nal.
lery at the theater. II that's what Won
mean.
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lesson for the sew
enth and eigh tn
grades and the first
year Of high school
will describe the
life Of q colonial
family as an e1-
ample Of a fairly
Independent eco
nomic unit. The
lesson for the lower
grades will deal
with the things So
ciety makes and
uses.
The second PAM
phlet issued will
deal with produc
ton and conserva-
ton.
In a letter to
sc h DOL officials
President Wilson
ooid Ioot Ar0,,ot.
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hide
to Washington
Alsatan which French
him Fenchman, he
viii subjects
to d
timore
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WASHnXJTONE
SIDFI IGHT5 /
Arsn Enemies Must Avoid the District Of Columbia

~ 1AsHIN0roNAien enemies
lunbsa- Don't
Aed instantly Such the
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BootIegger Sadie Picked Wrong Man for Customer

NETEcrIvE
Sadie Patterson ooed Juggling suit
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Girls IuggIs Station Baggage in the Capital City

light
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uR1oyED uIRo1M mYR1NAfDo1As
SUlDNlS0lOM.
LESSON

QV = o. 9EILBRD, Acflng Daroce09 e
The Sunday School Couru Of tAo llooAy
D1blo Institute. Ch1eagal
l(csDys1sAt. 1913. Wesesra Nsvspapsp unsas.,
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100 pieces Of baggage. During rush
seasons they ''lift" 200 pieces per day.
Punching the checks, sending the suit
cases down the chute. they declare II
the most thrilling part Of the work.
Lots Of muscle and q sweet disposition
are the necessary qualities.
Miss Grace Witty and Misses
Mary L. and Ethel Simpson acted as
spokesmen for the group Of II girls.
"Do we like our work. they an
swered. sWe're lust crazy about It.
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We EnockA'
q
Simpson holds
carried that the couldn't the TAXI h
said
wnat
replied.
blue uniforms seafaring
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cases Of two aliens who deliberately
violated the law.
Assistant United States Attorney
Arth said. in talking to Frederick
Xander. an alien who left the city
December 10 only to come back agnin.
that his once has got tired Of warning
aliens that the exclusion act must be
obeyed to the letter and that NO ex.
cuses will be taken any more.
xander's act was deliberate vio-
latiop. the authorities say, and he was
The Dolores star., 1918-03-01

without efficient
. the
nval
civil
you 4 o Washingonr'
the applicant explained
said the under Texas and
examination"
applicant badly
6
The
E
returned
to him.
The oces which he
could not be About
Washington
this to do tho work he set out do
- afsovA
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Exasperations Of the Red Tape TangIe


definite and
badly government buildings government
Annt mora hnune1f for neN AFfY
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B1YSz d6|R 30 E5S>:
k4iSERL: Il: T.

HE boy and giri en-
cry Of the country
10 worth the services
Of half q million men
m fhA farin1-line -
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clerks.
The manner In which the govern
ment goes about getting Its help would
be source Of unending Joy to the ap-
plicant did It not fret him. The same
u true about buildings and In lesser
degree about homes.
Here II part Of an appeal which
tie civil service commission has sent
broadcast all over the United States:
Thousands Of workers are urgent