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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15

Il was living very merrily on Middle Earth
As merry as maid may be
Till the Gray Magician came along the
road
And flung his cobweb cloak on me:
And I wish the Gray Magician had been
swung to an oak
Or drowned in the deep green sea
Before he brushed my face with his cob
web cloak
And stole the Middle Earth from me-"
The "Whiie Companion" is said to
have come TO soldiers at the Marine, and
it is certain that if Miss Widdemer had
been among them she would have been
selected. This is why We are sorry that
she can't go to war.
THE OLD ROAD TO PARADISE. By
MARGARET WIDDEMEE. Henry Holt & Co.
1925
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
Poems by Margaret Widdemer

IT l. too bad that Margaret Widdrmer
can't 90 10 war. She would have
sLch beautiful things TO say about it, as
ypu can see from such poems as The Oh
Road 10 Paradise, from which her new
collection of poetry takes It's name Her
earlier book of poems, Factories, was one
that would have made us remember her
even if the poems which have been APP
pearing since had not kept her in our
minds
When The Old Road to Paradise was
published at Eastertime year and a hal;
ago it became one of the most popular Of
the war poems, and now we know that it
was only one of many as beautiful. Al
though the poem is so well known, we
quote the first verse for those WHO have
not seen it:
"0urs is a sad Eastcrtide,
And scarlet spring,
But high up at Heaven-Gatc
All the saints sing,
Glad for the great companies
Returning TO their King
Miss Widdemer has fairylile way Of
writing; nil the whispers and secrets of
fauns come sounding through her songs,
and Yet she is as mature as if she had
lived on earth three times as long us she
has. There is nothing Of the free-versi-
ficr about her, probably because her
thoughts come in songs and wouldn't he
made into prose or word pictures or what
ever you choose 10 call ii even if she
wished them 70.
The last poem in the book, Warning. Is
one that makes an especially deep I'M
preston, and we quote the final stanza:
Now when We take breath from songs at
last 10 be what the rest call dead,
They'll sigh 'ah, noble the songs they
made, and noble the Jess they said
And they will inscribe on our monument
regret that our day is done
Bat We will be off in an excellent place.
and having most excellent fun
In Factories Miss Widdemcr was con
cerned with her unfortunate sisters. II
had more serious tone. although this
can hardly be called gay. Let us say that
while before she was Il sad earth woman
she Is now a fairy who has somehow felt
the stress of life. Though there are com
paratiyely few poems which show this.
their influence seems to pcrmeate th,-
book, making it a thing apart from oldi-
nary verse. There arc solemn poems. like
Discovery:
within my mirror could see
Last night as l gazed steadfastly
An old, strange thing look out at me:
''Ihe smile my grandame used 10 wear;
Line on proud line it faced me there . d.
had not known it meant Despair.
Here one is not especially conscious of
the strange and mystical quality which has
come into her work, but that she feels il
herself we see in such verses as The
Gray Magician, two stanzas of which are
given:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15

Professor Charles J. Galpin, director Of
country life work al the Wisconsin Col
lege Of Agriculture and author Of Rural
Life, a textbook just published by the
Century Company, as a young teacher
once lest the art Of sleep. He bought a
farm in the sand barrens and lived among
the jewellers of "The Skins" who were
sulr-marginals- people whose tools
had broken handles, whose wagons were
toggled up with hay wire, whose horses
were blind in one eye, whose children
greedily whitfield INV potatoes between
meals, whose eyes would not close in sleep.
1t took Galpin three years TO dig sleep
ont of "The Skins" All of
which we report, liking il but uncertain
what some of it means.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15

FURTHER INDISJRETIONS. By 4
WoM,v OF No IYrogTAHcE. J.. p. Dut-
ton X Go. -.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
Humorous Letter

Cincinopolis, Septober the tweed
From your mothers cousin on your
fathers side:
AS | have nothing to do and wishing
not to do it, l tout 1 would take mine
pen und bottle of ink in mine hand und
typewrite you a few ladders. Please ex-
cuse dis led pencil. We are all well at
present except my brudder: he vas kick
ed in the surburbans by a mule last night.
The mule is not expected to live. Your
rich Aunt who dies of population Of the
heart when you vas here is still dead and
doing nicely. Hoping dis will find you
the same After she died they found
fifteen thousand dollars SeWed up in an
old hustle she left behind, so you are no
longer a poor man but Dutchman, also
you are still an oTfant, the only relation
you have living is an Uncle who was
killed in the last war. Your brudder Buil
went to work dis morning. The job will
last six months: he may get out before
on good behavior. AS you wrote last
winter for brudder Jim's heavy overcoat
thought / would take the time to send It.
| am sending it by Adams express, as the
buttons weigh SO much / cut them OFT,
you will find them in the right hand pock-
ct going in. The coat is in perfect con-.
dition but Is faded to green, and If you
don't mind just put new collar on it ana
as for the pockets they are all right but
you will find them slightly torn, the one
to the left is exceedingly worn. We are
having one swell time at home. mother,
father and the eleven kids have the
mumps. l saw your little daughter yes
terday, she looks Just like you but other
wise she is all O. X. so l wouldn't worry
if | were you because you know that can
not be helped. She was just crazy to
see me- l think she will get over 1t but
viii never be the same l will close as
my ink is all.
Very truly,
Fritz Humble Bundle Borea Horea Hau-
min Dauphin Stein.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

The writer is one Of a staff of au-
thors whose work for the past few months
has been the writing of newspaper and
magazine articles regarding welfare work
for the soldiers with particular reference
TO the Army Y. NJ. G.. A. There are a
million l<haki-clad men. who have severed
themselves from home, friends, and all
that has heretofore made life worth while,
that they may fit themselves ito go over
the top on the she'll scared fields of
France The mobilization of these men
brought ringing challenge to the civil
ian population of America-this fragmen-
tary creed is a brief but sincere tribute
to the people of Augusta for the answer
they have given.
Opportunity for observation in ma
iority of the camps and environments
which dot the country today gives author
lily for the statement that the spirit of Au-
gusta stands unsurpassed Because that
spirit is what it is, Augustus achieve
nent stands alone.
luxurious limousine purred smoothly
alorg the road toward town. Its occu-
pant was a well-known woman of wealth
and social position. AS the big machine
who were waiting for a packed trolley
car or a crowded jitney to take them
to town it stopped.
"Come on. boysi Ride in with me,
won't your" called the elderly lady within.
Without any hesitation diseeraible to
the naked eye, they came.
Another lady whose home is a palatiai
one, was seated in an Augusta church
Tier eyes were busy picking out soldiers
who sat alone. AS soon as the service
was over she hurried on a round of the
men she had selected A cheery smile
"a jolly Rreetipg-and the lonesome-loo1
irg young soldiers were swept dazed!y
into an auto and whisked off to Sunday
dinrer In a priyate homei On a white
tableclothl China dishes! A lady-lilIe
mother serving it! "O-o-oh, boy!'
These two trfling incidents-tvDical Of
thousands-are highly nutritive, They are
considerably more "meaty'' than a book
full of abstract aduIation about Augusta,
fer they ncarnate her spirit Boston,
Washington Norfolk, Louisville and even
some towns technically larger than Au-
eusta could furnish more mouth-filling
figures to show what they had done for
the soldiers around them. but they can
rot match the spirit, ard hence the re-
suits, which glcrfy this little Georgia
town The succulent statistic is oftener
specious than really significant. Figures
can revrr Indicate all that the love and
h0snita1ity lavtShed by Augusta her
adopted sons has meant to them.
az personally know of literally dozens
IF families whose resources are none too
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
THE EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS.

There's a swiftly moving rambler,
She is known throughout the land
From the shady dells of Jersey,
To Calls golden strand;
She's a sparkling gem of beauty
In her golden coaches dressed
Hark she now approaches
TITS the Empire State Express.
I can see her headlight cleaning
AS she dashes round the bend,
Comes sweeping down the valley,
Comes gliding through the glen,
Her string of golden coaches
Is material of the best
She's q roaring streak of thunder,
Called the Empire State Express. e
All cities in New York State
Are left within her wake,
She also makes connections
With that famous chain of lakes;
She's a dream of golden splendor,
AS she rolls on toward the west;
She's a marvellous, moving wonder
Called the Empire State Express,
There are many famous ramblers
And / have rode most all;
There's "Old Glory on the c.. and A
And that Wabash Cannon Bal"
There's a night owl on the S. p,
She's the fastest in the west,
But she cannot beat the rambler
Called the Empire State Express.
Some day, if luck is with me,
l am going back again.
To the pine-clad hills of New YORK
State.
And I'll ride that famous train.
To a cottage amongst the Catskills,
It's the place 1 love the best;
So here's three cheers for old New
York State
And the Empire State Express.
Henry D. Cox, Headquarters Co
109th U. S. Infantry.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

Son nv street +" said a prominent Dust
ness man, 81 see soldiers leaving ma
ioritv of the homes around me almost
every evening. after having been enter
tanned for dinner and the evening
TO those who know the real heart of
the soldier these things speak III louder
tones than the clink of any NUMBER OF
dollars. After but one day in Augusta
there comes to the stranger in her midst
the consciousness of an overwhelming de-
sire on the part of people to give all that
real friendliness could to the men who are
offering their all for us who are at nome.
There is no need for extended mention
of the efforts of the churches, the news
papers, and the various organizations OF
men and women to prove the point
Whether it has been giving them dances
taking them to dinner. or industriouslY
darning their socks, Augustus lndiVid-
uals and societies have been Johnny-on-
the-spot for the soldier
little. Unless they be shot through and
through with real love and interest any
or all of them would loom as small as
flea on flatcar. When that spirit IS
woven into the warp and wool of the
things that are done they become vita
and pulsng with power and meaning. 1t
il when thinking in these terms that Au-
gusta bulks large as town that is not
doing its bit, but its all
Those meals and evenings in your home
mean more to Jack and Tom and Harry
of the Pennsylvania National Guard than
gold cuspidors or luxurious lounging
chairs He would rather have your whole
hearted friendship than lace curtains on
the Y NJ. c. A windows. He would
not trade the snirit he has found here for
the most sumptuous clubhouse all your
money could provide.
when you write about what Augusta
has done for the soldiers go the limit and
I'll back you" stated General Secretary
Tomlinson, of the Army Y M. G. A., and
there is no man anywhere who knows
the heart of the Pennsylvania troops as
does this same mann
From your limited resources you have
given more than your few share of dol
lars But to this particular wanderer
on the face of the earth it means far
more to say that from your inexhaustible
store of hospitality and friendship you
have poured out that which can never
be measured in terms of dollars or what
they can buy.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

And my heart goes over The sea
with the footsore, dusty but dauntless
men
OF the L s. Infantry
It's the biggest hike they ever took
And the end is far away.
Where the quick and the dead together
sleep
In the dngouts scooped in the clay
But the first ones up and over the top
In the battle front viii be
The olive drab and the slanting steel
OF the L. S. Infantry
-MINNA IRVING
In the New York Sun
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
TIE INFANTRY.

Give my love to the rank ana file
OF the regular army men.
Who can march ali q Z and march all
night,
And win a battle then.
The seasoned soldiers hard as nails,
For the good right army of Uncle sam
Is the u. S. Infantry.
It's a long red road that the boys must go
Where the bombs and the bullets ny.
But the starry flag is their charge to keep
Aloft in the sunlight Sky!
So my spirit follows tno gueTdons gay
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02
A Tribute To Augusta
BY Thomas Burts Staff Writer for the Publicity Bureau
of the National War Work Council

large for their own needs" remarked a
resident to the writer. But without ex-
ception they are entertaining from four
to twenty soldiers week in their
homes"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-02

con my street" said a prominent bust
ness man, 81 see soldiers leaving ma
iority of the homes around me almost
every evening, after having been enter
tanned for dinner and the evening.
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Opportunity for observation in a ma
iority of the camps and environments
which dot the country today gives author
ity for the statement that the spirit of Au-
gusta stands unsurpassed. Because that
spirit is what it is, Augustus achieve
mont stands alone.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-10
Wills OF FOUR LOCAL
DECEDENTS ARE filed
F. K. Gilbert Leaves Cash Bequests,
Residue to His Son Archibald.

Four wills of local decedents we're
fled yesterday. with Registrar OF
Wills Tanner Grove Karl Gilbert.
who died here May 1 last, left several
cash bequeaths for considerable
amounts.
To his son, Ray Gilbert, he gave
81 900; a like amount to Emma Dean
Powell, who is the widow of John w.
Powell, "in loving remembrance of
her great kindness to me in time OF
need, while Anna Botsford Com
stock Of Ithaca, N. Y. is left another
$1,000 without restriction. but in
tended for purposes which she fuzzy
understands"
The residue Of the estate is left TO
Archibald Marvine Gilbert, a son of
the decedent residing at Boise. Idaho.
and Vernon Bailey. Of this city. En-
ma Gilbert Loomis, a sister. Is left
all the family paintings.
William Evans Harley. formerly OF
North Coventry. Pa, who died in
Washington April 60. leaves S12.G0O to
his wife. and the residue of his es-
tate TO his wife and daughter. Mrs.
Bessie Harley Milans. share and
share alike.
Frederick Schult. who died at the
Soldiers Home April %. left most of
his property to a sister I'm Germany.
Lorenz Stelzer. sr.. and wife of this
city. receive the personal property,
except 500 each to Lorenz Stelzer, jr.,
and his sister Paulina.
Everything was left to her mother.
Frances Z. Weeks. by Fannie 4.
Meeks. who died here February "a
The Washington herald., 1918-05-10
Bread Price PROBE
Investigator Named
Frank J. Scott Will Help Board to
Reach Decision.

Frank J. Scott was chosen off,
cial Investigator at q meeting yes
terday afternoon of the committee
selected to decide whether or not
bakers of the District shall raise
their prices.
Clarence J. Wilson. District food
administrator, Commissioner Louis
w. Brownlow. Frank J. Scott, Fed
eral Trade Commission. and ]. W.
Sullivan, Council of National De-
fense, comprise the personnel of the
committee, which. after making a
thorough investigation, will report
to the Federal Trade Commission.
The bakers will not be permitted
to increase their prices until after
the investigation has been complet-
ed.
Bakers declare the rate increase
Is essential to their business, while
Hoover says the present price is
sufficient.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-10
GASOLINE EQUIVALENT
CHEAP, SAYS MAKER
Product Will Be Tested by U. S
Government.

Government tests will be made
within a few days at Pittsburgh,
laboratories Ia of a new substitute for
gasoline. which tho inventor, DR..
Louis Clement, says can be manu-
factured for eight cents a gallon.
A quantity Of the new combus-
tible was prepared at the labora-
tories Of the Department of the In
terror here yesterday and sent to
the governments Pennsylvania ex-
perimental station.
Many inventors in recent months
have claimed that they had hit upon
a gasoline substitute. None of them
have been able to prove their
claims. and government experts
have become skeptical that a pow
erful explosive gas can be made
more cheaply than the gasoline re-
fined from oil. DR.. Clement ex-
presses great faith in his discovery
and will be in Pittsburgh when the
tests are made.
1t is understood that the ma
terials- entering into the prepara-
The Washington herald., 1918-05-10
CASHIER ARRESTED
AFTER USING CAMERA
Eric Schuman's Innocence Declared
by Congressman.

A German name and a camera
are dangerous things for a stranger
to carry around New York. Eric
Schuman and William Rhodes have
had this fact forcibly impressed
upon them. Schuman had the name
and Rhodes supplied the cameraI
Two Representatives and other per-
sonages are now busy trying to
convince the Federal authorities that
they are not enemy spies.
Both young men are natives OF
Rolla. Mo. Rhodes has been en-
ployed in the Office OF the Second
Assistant Postmaster General for
several months. Schuman came to
Washington about a month ago IN
the hope of getting a position In
the army which would enable him
to see immediate service in France.
He was unable to connect with the
job.
Schuman had been a teller in the
First National Bank at Rolla. When
he found he couldn't go to France
he obtained a position in q Wash
ington bank. Last week he receiv-
ed a telegram informing him that
he had been elected cashier of his
former bank at Rolla. Having
never seen gay Broadway, he in
duced his friend Rhodes to join
him for a trip to New York on his
way back to Missouri. He was ar
rested when using the camera near
shipyard.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-10
CHURCH LIBERTY MEAL
IS PROVING POPULAR

The liberty dinners and lunch
cons at the New York avenue Pres
byterian Church are relieving war
workers dining and lunching prob
lens as well as filing the Golfers
OF the women's organizations of
the church.
Home cooked meals are being
greatly appreciated, and the only
fault found with them is that the
service win be for a few days only.
Today and tomorrow from IL to 2
o'clock, luncheon will again be serv-
ed The ladies who are the man.
ayers in chief are Mrs. Harvey s.
irwin, Mrs. Wallace Radeliff, Mrs.
HAIRY McVade and Miss Elizabeth
Schaaf
The Washington herald., 1918-05-10
Sly Shots at the Solons.
~ THE OBSERVER.

Hurrah! We are to have Q pas
sage at arms between T. r. and P.
NJ. G. Burleson. No betting allow
ed. Of course. but we can have our
opinions as to what happens.
The New York World apparently
failed again in debating the course
of the nation. for the Senate man
ayers went ahead and chose Sena-
tor Hitchcock for the Foreign Re-
lations chairmanship.
Incidentally. the World commit
ted the monumental blunder of
conceding Hughes election after It
was found that New York had gone
for him.
1t is gratifying to get good news
about our men in Europe. particu-
larly their numbers, but we will
not rest content until We know
there is not q comeback.
Senators Hoke Smith and p. C..
Knox will increase the dignity and
luster OF the Military Committee,
and will not detract from the store
Of loyalty which that body pos
sesses.
Mr.. Bryan used the word skunk"
in connection with Anti-Saloon
League Superintendent Anderson's
charge that W. ]. is o menace to
| the prohibition cause in New York
He must have been riled up, don't
you think?
Good morning. will suffrage be
UP or down by night-or can you
tell from where you sit? The wom-
en- OF the cause are working hard
a bit harder. we hear. than those
who oppose it.
The farmers of the nation are
loyal. and they're working hard for
victory in the Great Cause. They
ask for cooperation. not conces-
sions, and some members of Con-
gress say they're entitled to what
they ask for.
The decision not to allow our
men in France to vote in the fall
election will bar thousands and
thousands of voters, but we hope
they'll be back by next election.
They'll express themselves, them
II this country had no Congress
how could the people express them
selves? Direct participation in
government is impossible, and next
to 1t is the representative system.
which seems to be the only avail
able. safe system to which we can
subscribe.
And as long as the people elect
representatives to Congress those
representatives will, on the whole,
do the things the people approve.
Else these Representatives would
not return often.
Arthur Mullen, long ana lank
Democratic National Committeeman
from Western State, was seen on
the streets yesterday. He may
possibly call on Vance Mccormick
before the week Is over. we are
told.
How would you like to have been
In the strangers gallery in the
house Of commons yesterday
Would you have thought Of home
and the House Of Representatives.
Senator wadsworth performed
his duty as Senator and sent up
to the Vice Presidents desk copies
of pro-suffrage resolutions from his
State. Brayoi
We think some ear sliould be Civ
on N ConHr0no - Whn& The R1uxh-
The Washington herald., 1918-05-10
BILL WOULD SIMPLIFY
TAX SALES PROCEDURE

In order to do away with the
mass of red tape attending a sale
or redemption of property that has
been seized in the District for its
taxes, Senator Smith, of Maryland.
introduced in the Senate yesterday
a bill permitting the owner of such
property to make application for
it's redemption up to the time for
the courts to decree its sale. The
method in vogue now is slow. The
owner of property seized to be sold
to pay taxes now has practically
no appeal after the property goes
under the hammer.
To prevent persons from de-
ferring attempts to redeem their
property the bill provides that the
courts may set aside their regular
business and decree a sale at
once. The entire bill is intended
to do away with long delays and
red tape.