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CHAPTER XVI.
Captured by the Moewe.

Captured by the Moewe.
When the tugs had cast OF and aftel
a while we had dropped u pilot,
said to myself: Nov we are off, ant
it's the States for me-end of thu
IIne-fnr as we go-IF-" But thu
@ff" did not look very big to me
though I could see II with the naket
eye all right.
/ got up about four o'clock the mex
morning, which was Sunday. Decem
Der 10. 1916-a date l do not think
will ever forget.
AS soon as / was dressed / went
down to the f~orecastle peak and from
there into the paint locker, where ]
found some rope. Then back again on
deck, and made myself a hammock
which I rugged up on the boat deck
figuring that I would have a nice sur
bath. as the weather had at last
turned clear.
AS soon as I had the hammock
strung / went down to the baker and
had q nice chat with him-and stole q
few hot buns, which was what l was
really after--and away to the galley
for breakfast. l was almost exactly
amidshlps, sitting on an old orange
box. L had not been there long when
Old Chips. the ships carpenter. stuck
his head In the door and sang out,
"Ship on the ~starboard bow" / did
not pay any attention to him. because
ships on the starboard bow were
no novelty to me. or on the port
either. Chips was not crazy about
looking at her. either, for he came In
and sat on another box and began
scoifing. He said ne thought she was
a tramp and that she flew the British
fiiaE astern.
1 ate all I could get hold OF and went
Out ON deck. l stepped out OF the gal
ley Just Ia time to see the fun. The
ship was just opposite as when away
went our wireless and some OF the
boats on the starboard side, and then,
boom BOOM and we heard the report
Of the guns. ! heard the shrapnel
whizzing around us just as l had many
a time before. ! jumped back in the
galley and Chips and the cook were
shaking SO hard they made the pan:
rattle.
When the firing stopped I went NJ
10 the boat deck. / had on all of m,
clothing, but instead OF shoes | WA,
wearing a pair Of wooden clogs. TIL,
men and boys were crazy--rushIns
around the deck and knocking eacl
other down. and everybody getting II
everybody efses why. VIZ lowered on
Jacobs ladders. but some OF the mel
and boys were already In the water
Why they jumped / do not know.
Then the German raider Moew,
headed right In toward us and ]
thought she was going to ram us. bui
she backed water about thirty yards
aHF@ She lowered a iifeboat and Il
made for the George. passing oul
men In the water as they came ant
crashing them on the head with boat
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pieces mounted astern. The guns were
mounted on an elevator and when the
time came they ran the elevator up
until the guns were on a level with the
poop deck, but otherwise they were
out Of sight from other ships.
For our first meal they slung a big
feed bag half full of ship biscuit
hardtack-to us and some dlxies of
tea. After this festival we began
roaming up and down the deck again.
because 1t was the only way to keep
warm. I guess we looked like some
Of the advertisements In magazines.
where they show a whole family sit
ting around a Christmas tree In their
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A-ATTnOT pIdlt drops, piaCIDk O-ll. KunS.
B-Forecastle peak.
C-Ammunition hold.
D-Torpedo tube rails.
E~-Torpedo tubes.
Poop deck.
GAIT wheelhouse.
H-Deck house.
Holds.
K-Disappearing guns aft. counted on
elevator.
L-Sea gates.
underwear and telling each other that
Whosis Unions-the Roomy Kind
were just what they wanted from
Sanity. Only we did not have any
Christmas tree to sit around. We must
have looked funny, though. and / would
have had a good laugh If I had not
been sc cold.
We could not 20 to sleep because
the decks were wet. nor could we sit
down with any comfort for the same
reason. Besides, we thought we might
buck up against q British or q French
cruiser at any minute and most Of us
thought we would stay up ard get an
| eye full before we started for Davy's
well-known locker.
About two bells the following morn
Ing the Mocwe's engines began to
groan and shake her up a bit and we
could hear the blades jump out Of the
water every once In a while and tear
away. She went ahead In this way for
some time and we were hoping she
was trying to get away from a cruiser
and some of US were pulling for the
cruiser to win and others hoping the
Moewe would get her heels clear and
keep us from getting ours.
The Huns were running up and down
the deck yelling like wild men and
one Of our men began to yell too. He
was delirious and after he yelled a
bit he jumped up AND made a pass at
the sentry. who shot at him but
missed. The shot missed me too. but
not very much. Then they dragged
the dellrious man up on deck and Lord
knows what they did with him, because
we never saw him again. But we did
not hear any sound that they might
have made in shooting him.
Then the Huns began Smelling and
they kept 1t up for some time.
Then they ordered us up on deck
to see the ship they had BEEN firing at
and when we came up the companion
way they were just bringing the other
ships skipper aboard. 1t was the
French collier st. Theodore, hove to
or the starboard side with a prize
crew from the Moewe aboard and wig
wagging to the raider.
Then the Huns began shouting and
they rousted us below deck again. The
place where we had been was filled
with smoke. from what or why 1 do
not know, but 1t was almost impos-
sible to breathe In 1t. When the
smoke cleared up q bit the Marathon
started agein. for we were still In our
underwear only. Cne Of the boys had
asked Fritz for clothing and Fritz said
the English had tough enough skins
and they did not need clothing. Then
he said; swat until you see what our
German winters are like"
The following morning the engines
began to tear away again and the
guns started firing. After a while the
firing stopped and the engines too, and
after an hour they had the old man
of the Yarrowdale aboard. She was Q
British ship chartered by the French
and hound for Brest and Liverpool
with a very valuable cargo aboard
airplnnes. ammunition. food and auto
mobiles.
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More than $3,500.000.0 900 has peeu
collected in internal revenue taxes, In
Guiding income and e~xcess-pronts
taxes. for the fiscal year. This ex-
ceeds by over S100.O00.000 the esd
mates made 4 few months ara. and By
over $200.000.O00 the estimates made
a year ago when the revenue measures
were passed By congress.
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COMETIMES ! wonder IL there were
~ sketches given to you every day
illustrating the new bag If II would be
possible to give you any kind of an idea
of the variety of handbags that are
shown here in the shops. for sometimes
I get bewildered as to just the right Sc
lection to give you to help you keep
informed on the output
II would seem that any sort of ma
terial may he used with propriety for a
handbag. and beads everywhere and any
where, for not only are the all-bead bags
very good. but bags that have beads for
handles or where beads are sewed on
in geometriCal design are considered as
smart.
Speaking Of heads sewed on reminds
me of a most unusual bag | saw yes
terday. You. doubtless, well remember
the crochet purses tnat were fashion,
able many years ago-saddle-bag purses,
they were called, believe This par
ticular bag was on that order but very
large. Each bag was about six inches
wide and eight deep, so that the entire
thing with the band between measured
about twenty inches in length. The ma
teral was white tricollett, and small
black beads were sewed on the silk to
form squares. The rings were black bone.
This is a bag that any woman who
has any ingenuity could easily copy.
The saddle-bsg purses are really very
good, and have seen many which were
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Wants to Be a Nurse

!. % rae Editor Of Woman Pdoe'
near Madam am constant reaaer oi
= ,ro,,r p.per and would like you TO answer
a. urestions for me. You have heIped
ofksrp 90 much hope you can help me.
~ - 4 young sirl. past eighteen. l went TO
oknS. eSrf.th grade in scnool. Since then
& x.ve 6een working at typirg and telephone
cSserating but I do not feel contenteu.
& Ssnf to take up nursing or hrst aidIsoHe
srins where l can be around the SICK Tor
ssksess The only time | am happy, am
noor 50 could not pay to learn as ! nav
"a nay board Where could go, ana nave
Z cnoush education? | am naturally OF uuiet
dinporition. with strong nerves. nave nsNss
been sick in my life. ] am not siraio ,i @ o,
snvtbine including hard work II you can
ssir me i shall always consider you a
friend shall forward my address you
wish. Thanking YOU - r. i'
without high school education you
eould not be aegular nurse, but you car
fake q course in elementary hygiene az
S fhe instruction department OF the AmeII-
= enc Red Cross at Els South Nineteentn n
7 <5reef and become nurses a'de your
& 11aooeftfon and constitution seem TO DC
n. <SS rlwht kind for this position, and as
<f< <3uraAGs aides are very much needed now
I, 4 ~ sure you would be able to take up
y {17S work. II is hard and takes patience
Sod 4 willing disposition, but II you are
16f afraid of that you viii do very Wen
- IL / hope you will take this up ano
4 &nvo success at IL, for II you are moi
~ I3ffo6ed where you are you can never
# ~ happy or successful. So go DO the
s 1IoFh you like. and am sure you VIII dc
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Must Work to Help Mother

To the Editor OF WomuH's Page:
Dear Madam-Ny mother is not rich and
I am fifteen and would gladly go 10 work to
help her. but there is nothing open for
young girl TO do here.
But I can knit and crochet. could knit
the Ike but they do not buy those things in
the stores here. and I do not know of any
other place to sell them But 7 must do
some thing to help her.
You have helped so many who are poor,
and feel sure you can tell me some way TO
ONE WHO WANTS WORK.
why don't you send sample of your
crocheting to the Woman's Exchange,
ia South Seventeenth street, in this
city? II il is well done and they can sell
things like that they will sell it for you
on commission and you can make a good
deal by steady work. DO your friends
know that you can do this kind OF work /?
Lots of girls have made money by knit
ting into a sweater the wool that some
buster girl has not the time to make up
Tell some friend who is going to be mar
rieS that you will make the yokes for
her nightgowns or make some of the
lace for her trousseau IL she will pay
you half of what she would pay for them
dainty she will recommend you to others,
who will ask you to do II for them. You
might do the first one for nothing more
| than the promise OF recommenda tion.
| You might also crochet trimming for
| baby clothes and edging for bureau
| scarfs or table covers in ecru thread Ad-
| vertise in the town paper that you will
| do this kind Of work and / am sure that
you will have patrons.
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"HEN a man goes off to camp
wv there are many novel things to
impress him, but there is one feature
of the new life that makes an extreme
lmpression--the many different classes
Of men that are brought together. 1t
IL Interesting to read the first letter
home that comes from the boy who
has Just gone off to war.
Here is one, for example, written
On route:
Zone fellow name1 Jones. who is a
typical roughneck, but with great
line Of talk, has gone up to the en-
gineer and asked if the train has st.
vitus dance or what. He is so funny
he gets away with anything. Then fel-
lows go to bed in the upper berth
lying crosswise in the berth with their
feet hanging out. There is much waV-
Ing Of arms and shouting as we pass
every town, but the comedy of the
whole trip is the quick banter back
and forth between the witty members
Of the car.
I'VE are great collection. Just now,
looking around. see an actor, Ger.
tined public accountant. the manager
Of a five and ten cent store, plumber
and the superintendent of spinning
mill. In the next car there is man
who is one of the familiar well-dressed
chaps. and he keeps it up now as if he
was going to Atlantic City on a week
end instead of off to war. The spirit
Of Fellowship is good. Just a few mo.
ments ago l said it was a blamed out
rage that missed the Red Cross
nurse who was passing out sandwiches
at the last station. and no sooner said
It than was offered one by a fellow
who was probably a bellboy before the
draft. Every ones cigarettes belong
to the other fellow and we are all
equal"
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Alice Kent and the DAYS Work
The Story of Business Girl Who Would Not Fail
By MARTHA KELLER
fCopyrioht. 1918. bU tho T'rb'ic I~d1cr Corrrruj

Good enough" was his reioinder.
When you begin talking in that strain.
BY the way. Alice" here he turned to
mo, Mrs. FrcriaNd will he glad to see
you right away. SO suppose you start
on ahead and will oveitake you before
y"T haze r"no far"
s.' ou' f~or1 tho library and walked
7r'' '.ra F"neland bone Won
dering meanwhile why the principal had
f.r- .., .'urs bth O., my cJhNhulng
iu s'bopL i;'cailinC my misintsrpreta-
ton Of The MHHley's supper invitation in
the fall, I kept cautionins myself not to
expect anything definite, but he pre-
pared to act on any suggestion of Pro,
fessor Freeland, who having observed
the unfortunate effects of my stay at
Mrs. Warrington's. would not he likely
to advise a similar eXpedient. However.
whCn he overlook me he gave no hint
of any plan for the future. but said
"Now tell me, If you will just what you
had in mind in preparing the Press ad-
vertisement. Had you given up all no
tion Of attending school,"
oh, no, | meant to graduate. il it
took years and years. But when | was
teaching in Hiliston 7 had to work so
hard to keep ahead of the big boys in
arithmetic. and SO much visiting around
in the district was expected of the
schoclma'am that | couldn't keep up
with my class here. If / had had the
time ! could have managed everything
except geometry, but even with eternity
in front of me, by myself ] would nave
made a mess of that. ! was in debt
when | went to Hillston, and, after pay
ing what ] owed on receiving the school
saIary and buying few things in order
to be presentable. | could only afford to
board for fortnight. By that time |
calculated | would ne even with senior
work. but | wasn't. Even il could find
a place to work for my board and go
to school, that doesn't seem to allow any
time for studying, and 50. as ! was for
ever falling back Il had to postpone
the idea Of graduating and try to md
job"
To say all this had been difficult. and
when | finished tears lay very near the
surface. but the principal replied in a
matter-of-faCt tone. which was just what
| needed TO steady me, Thank you,
Alice | unds srstand"
By this time we had reached the
house. Professor Freeland let US in
with his latch key, ushered me into the
library, which was unoccupied, and
murmuring, Excuse me while | hunt up
my wife" stepped softly from the room.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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crochet ed--one of purple silk with steel
beads crocheted in to form the bag part,
and fancy chrochet stitch for the ham
die was particularly lovely.
Certainly the bags which the artist
has sketched for you today are quite
out of the ordinary. The bag at the
upper left has n center of Batik Silk
bordered by black satin, silk tassel is
attached at the lower portion of the
bag. and two strings or beads compose
the handle.
The bag below has a pane, on either
side of the bag of Japanese embroidery
in the brilliant colorings. The edges are
of coral-colored silk gathered to the
panel Here. again. beads are used to
form the handle.
Al the right is bag made of rows or
gray ribbon, gathered and held to the
foundation. While this bag is novel. 1t
is not one that should be chosen by the
woman whose choice in bags is confined
to one bag season, because the cut is
bit eccentric
Copyright. 1918, by Florence Rose)
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"U' with Apologies
to Rudyard Kipling)

If you can sit up three whole
nights to travel
And smile with unwashed face at
If you can go without gramme
of butter
And drink your coffee cold, with
out a damn"
If you can wait for trains for
hours at starting
And at arrival still keep on your
smile.
If you can watch the "cocher"
queer the motor
While you stand helpless to assist,
the while.
If you can eat the same old fruits
and cheeses
While you are longing for an apple
Or go for months without an ice.
cream soda,
Although you try to find one on
the sly.
II you can bear to hear whole
crowds of people
Converse in tongues you do not
understand
Or. sit and hear about the German
triumphs
And not be tempted to display
your hand.
II you can spend mint on rotten
cooking
And not get blue or homesick. just
speck.
Then you're fitted, be you man or
woman,
To play the war game" "over
there" by heck!
| Written by an American Red
Cross girl in headquarters at
Florence.
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Haze You an Automobile?

WASHINGTON, n. C.--Have you an
auto? Will you help pick the fruit?
This Bryn Mawr plan of saving the war
garden crop is urged on every COM
munity by the National War Garden
Commission today, following a confer
ence between Mrs. Andrew Wright
Crawford, of Bryn Mawr. Pa. and p. s.
Ridsdale, the secretary of the commits
sion.
Bryn Mawr's plan is ~rmply service
as outlined by Mrs. Crawford. The
women volunteer to pick fruit or help
harvest the garden crop and. what is
more. they will get 1t from the point of
production to the cannery or market by
auto.
Mrs. Crawford is the chairman of the
committee that Is conducting this drive,
and il is real drive. for IT is driving
autos for the most part. Scores of
women along what is known as the
Main Line out of Philadelphia are help
ing her.
Volunteer pickers are sent out on
schedule wherever they are welcome. ac-
cording to Mrs. Crawford's plan. Then
women come along in their machines and
get the crop to market or cannery. thus
bringing about complete utilization OF
the surplus. Canneries are notified that
certain loads are coming and everything
moves on schedule so the crop may be
put up while fresh.
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LNXNI
to the principals injunc-
~ ton. on entering the reading room

LXXVI
HBED1ENT to the principals inJunc-
" ton. on entering the reading room
! picked UP a weekly magazine which
aimed to be amusing. but in this in
stance didn't hit the mark. Presently
Miss Sagar, the assistant librarian whom
had first met while working in the
library soon after my arrival in Bel
lngton, spied me idly turning the pages
of the periodical and came over to the
table where ! sat.
Miss Sugars pepper-and.sllt hair was
parted in the middle, neatly waved
carefully spread out, pulled down over
the ears. and then caught up in a knot
at the back of the well-shspcd head.
She always dressed in black, and on
one wrist wore heavy metal bracelet
fastened by diminutive paddock, which
rurnor said had, once for all, been
placed upon her wrist by the sailor
lover who soon afterward was lost at
sea. But despite the ever-present brace
let and the romantic associations 1t was
supposed to signify, there was nothing
In the lady's manner TO indicate that she
lived in the past: on the contrary. she
brsstled with present-day activities. was
always on the watch to help somebody
look up references, and would tramp for
miles around the library searching for
the especial book which would best meet
4 students need. Her kindly eyes peered
out inquiringly from behind thick spec
tacles, whose frames impressed you as
being much too large Tor her thin dell
looked up with a smile of welcome, and
she lost no time in asking me. Have
you decided on the topic for your grad
mating essay?'
| uwhy, no." said /; and the thought
'flashed over me that, except for Pro-
feesor Freeland's Intervention, by now
everything connected with commence
ment day in my case would have been
Indefinitely postponed. ITO tell you the
truth, Miss Sagar. I'm all AT sea"
"Weil. you'd better hurry up and get
n life preserver on" she laughed Let
me know as soon as you make up your
mind so can be sure to put aside the
books you want. l always warn the
eeniors to take time by the forelock--
for It is the easiest way of handling the
old rascal-but ] can't get them to think
20. And every spring II is as much as
/ can do to get the graduating essays
handed in on time. For years I've been
telling superintendent Orson that by
arirhts the school board should pay me
. salary All. professor as the prin'
cipai appeared in the doorway, and a1te
= Quick glance around the room Joined
i1n. I'm advising this young lady 10
start on her senior theme
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iFTED? ARE WOMEN EVER DEMOCRATIC? "TI
The Heart Hunters
BY MARY DOUGLASS
Author Of Hunting a Husband"
fCopyrisht
XVII
I Meet Mr.. Hammond

A KNOCK at the door.
n Mr. Hammond is waiting. Miss
James"
Alice James raised herself on her ell
bow You're going. Prudence" she
said, using my name for the first time.
| nodded miseraby. She had never
been shy. She could not understand.
"iou'll do" said Alice, don't firt too
wildy!'
If she only knew--knew how I dread
ed meeting her Mr.. Hammond.
Isn't your headache any better?" I
asked
oh, don't want to see him tonight.
He would bore me. Turn out the light,
please, when you go down"
7 wrnt down the stairs quickly.
little reception rooms I saw man sit
tinE alone hope he would not see
how nervous I was
Are you Mr. Hammond?"
The tall figure rose slowly. He took
my cold hand in his
And YOU"
II am Alice .Iamess roommate"
On, yes Is she coming down."
She has a headache" 7 stumbled
a shade of disappointment showed
on his careless face
formally
Alice had expected me to entertain"
her friend. And here he was going off
AZ once He caught the look on my
face. His own crinkled with laughter.
II isr as bad as that" he cried
Edyly "lerhaps you'rl do. Alice has
hecn wanting an apartment. I've found
lust the thing for her--furnished and
good location. You might look ii over
with me You can tell her.
"lll he glad to- I answered. Any
thirg to get out of the room and forget
now serious | was. few up the stairs
to put on my things How different this
known. His Vigorous personality in
| fected me. But he could never like my
! Kind Of girl-little. quiet. shy, not even
very pretty.
thought all this as pulled my
| best gloves out of the bureau drawer.
| pinned on my hat there in the dark of
the room. while Alice slept lightly
downstairs. again. he was waiting
for me.
! You did do that quickly" laughed
Joe Hammond. mot Ike most girls. are
YOU" How long have you known Alice
James,"
"oh. I've just met her. I'm her
new roommate"
We We're out on the quiet streets.
felt happy. taking long steps to keep ur
with this vigorous man
"AliCe James is a personality. Not
the regular thing in girls" he explained
/ | had begun to realize that already.
We had come to the apartment TT
get the key. You wait here" he com.
manded.
"Ill have TO explain several things tc
your wife" said the little dried-up land
lord. Joe Hammond's eyes twinklec
with laughter The color stained m,
cheeks
We had reached the fourth floor
You poke around" he said. I'll smok.
a pipe in the sitting room"
| walked through the bright little
room. With its gay chintz and II.
wicker furniture. il would make tn,
dearest home in the world for severa
bachelor girls
Ready asked Mr.. Hammond
. YES ! answered I hated to leay,
the cunning, bright rooms.
Tomorrow-To Keep Expenses Down.