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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
TWO MORE MEETINGS
FOR POLITICAL TALK
Clay Ward ActIves Expecting Big
Crowd 90 Receive Candidates At
City Auditorium.
FULToNfTEs AT LABOR HAIL.
Jefferson Ward TO Wind Up Campaign
In True East End Style AT Mass
Meeting Saturday Night--Campaign
Closes

As a grand finale to the heated
cam paign In Clay ward for council
manic honors, the City Auditorium
has been engaged by President Henry
Farmer. of The famous Clay ward ac-
tiVes' and that ancient and honorable
| organization Will entertain its MEM
bers and friends at mass meeting to
pe addressed by the candidates from
Clay ward for both common council
and the board of aldermen.
1t is expected that this meeting will
he marked by further argument be-
tween Alderman Lawrence Paul and
Candidate Gilbert X. Pollock These
aspirants for the honor started blue
streak through Binford High school
last Thursday night. Mr.. Pollock
charged Alderman Paul with passing
the report that he was an ayowed
street car candidate, and called for
an explanation. Mr.. Paul failed to
reply, but in his short speech
ironically referred to his competitor
as man with whom ne had little TO
do, even when he was a member Of
the lower branch Of council His in
timation was that the two did not walk
the same pathway.
Pollock W.. Paul.
Since it has become generally known
that Mr.. Paul did not deny having
passed the word around as claimed
by Mr.. Pollock. some adverse criticism
has been given the alderman. and it
was stated yesterday that mum Der
of HIS former adherents, who say
they believe In fair play. have de-
serted the Paul camp. This report
was spread broadcast around City
Hall and along politicians row.
The belief is that Mr.. Pollock ~ at
the meeting Friday night, viii again
charge Mr.. Paul with spreading what
he claims is a groundless report, Ge-
signed to injure his chances among
people who do not approve OF council
men aligning themselves with the pub
lie service corporations, And 1t is
said that a reply will be demanded
This may prove TO draw large
crowd to witness and hear The 'setto."
Ask Pertinent Questions.
At the Fulton meeting, 1t was said
yesterday the candidates will be
asked three questions. and that they
will be expected to give clear and con-
else replies The questions, It was
stated yesterday. will be:
What Is your position with reference
to charter changes
DO you favor five-ccnt straight
street car fare?
Do you favor sale of electric cur
rent by the city?
Around the replies TO these ques-
ttons may hinge the chances OF the
nomination of the various candidates
The campaign VIII wind up with n
meeting In Fulton Saturday night
Continued from First Page)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
Environment.

We are very much what others think
us. The reception our observations
meet with gives Us courage to proceed
or damps our efforts. A man In a wit
and philosopher in one place who
dares not open his mouth and Ia con.
sldered a blockhead In another. In
some companies nothing will go down
but coarse, practical jests, while the
finest remark or sarcasm would be dis.
regarded.--Haxlett-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
DID NOT GET FEET WET
IN SINKING OF TUSCANIA

Atlanta, GA, March 2s.--Court-
land s. Winn, Jr., survivor OF the tor
pedoed transport. Tuscania, son OF one
Of Atlantas former mayors. writes
that he did not even get his feet wet
when the boat was sunk by a Ger
man submarine. Owing TO censor
ship young Winn was not allowed 4
give any de4siis OF his experiences ex-
cept 10 say that he landed at an Irish
port and II now in England
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
Lennth Of Lohatsrs.

Whatever may be the excellent In
tent of the bill fled In the Massachu-
sets legislature reducing the length of
Holsters that may be legally taken from
0 TO g inches, the measure might we'll
be entitled bill to further the exter.
mtnation of the lobster. The lobster
Is rapidly disappearing, partly, at any
rate, because young and immature
specimens are permitted by law TO be
caught. The present 8 inches in this
state is shorter than the Maine law
allows--and that is none too LONG,
Boston Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
HURRY AWAY
P|MPLES, RASHES
WITH POSLAM

Don't let them remain TO blemish
and annoy any longer than 1t takes
Poslam TO heal them. And Poslam lis
best equipped to do the work because
It's healing powers are concentrated.
Apply Poslam AT highland leave
il on In the daytime too. when con-
venient. 1t acts quickly. You can
soon see benefits. Poslam Ia harmless.
SO effective is Poalam that q little
OF Il Will cover large surface. 1t
is its QUALITY. not the quantity OF
Il. that does the work
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write TO Emergency Laboratories, 2ss
West Attn St. New York city.
Posiam Soap, medicated with Pos
lam. brightens, beauties compilations.
ADV.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
GET EVIDENCE IN
RAID AT MUCK'S

Boston. Mass. March 26--Federaf
agents raided DR.. Karl Muck's home
IN Fenway this afternoon. It was ru-
mored they gained possession of pa
pers which win lead to more arrests
and more serious charges against the
leader of the Boston Symphony ors
chcstra, but the authorities were silent.
neither willing to deny nor confirm thie
report.
DR.. Muck. who was arrested yester.
Gay by agents OF the department Of
justice, is still confined in the East
Cambridge jail. Tho cnarge against
him is still enemy alien"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
OBITUARY
Mrs. Charlotte NJ. Ruffiu

The funeral of Mrs. Charlotte
Meade Ruftin. aged eighty-flv years,
was held yesterday morning at 1890
o'clock from Emanuel church, Han
over county. and her body was laid
to rest in old Blandford cemetery. Pc
tersburg. Surviving Mrs. Ruffin are
three daughters, Miss Jane Ruffin.
Mrs. II. f. Broaddus, of Hanover
county, and Mrs. Harrison H Chris
tian, OF Henrico county, and two sons,
Edwin r. Ruffin, of Norfolk. and Jw-
Ian ID. Rufin. Of Hanover county,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
ANSWERS QUESTIONABLE
WHILE ON BATTLE FRONT

Paterson, N, j., March "a CUES
tionnaire. duly answered, was re-
turned to the draft officials here from
the firing line in France
William Donlevy, of this city, en-
listed before receiving his question:
naire. il followed HIN to camp, across
the Atlantic, and to the firing line,
distance OF approximately =, 900 niies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27

less local thrusts on succeeding
sectors of the fifty mile front
was assuming a larger strategic
aspect. The directions of his
assaults began to give his OBJ
iectives definite shape. His Of.
fensive has developed into a ii.
santic pincer drive aimed al
Amiens, nerve center Of the
whole French railway and com
munication system and Com
piege, the key to Paris.
Roye and Noyon have ad-
naittedly fallen to the foe. The
former lies twenty-five miles
southeast of Amiens, the latter
ten miles northeast of Com
piegne.
This places the German
southern flank fifty six miles to
the northeast of Paris. To the
west of Noyon a fierce battle
ragged all day. Upon its out
come depends the fate Of the
French line as far as Rheims.
In their piercing effort at
Noyon the Germans are trying
to outflank that whole line. Pa
ris was able to announce Of
fioially this afternoon that the
French were firmly holding
the left bank of the Disc.
As the battle stood when the
day conmuniques we-9 issued
by the French and British war
Office, the Germans were held in
check on the line from west of
Roye to west of Noyon.
More than seventy divisions
are known to have been thus
far engaged, Field Marshal
Haig stated in his day bulletin.
The German aledgehammer as
saults were concentrated during the
greater part of the day against the
front from Chaulnes to Noyon-
twenty miles in a desperate attempt to
throw wedge between the French
and British. whose lines now Join be-
tween Chaulnes and west Of NesIe.
II IS too early TO say that the initial
driving power OF the German advance
Is spent, but four essential ractors
weigh heavily in favor OF the allies
at this stage Of the battle.
Huns Suffer Heavy Loss.
/. The Germans have suffered terri
bly, without SO far breaking through;
they are forced to draw on reserves
from other parts Of the west front;
their infantry is far ahead Of their
heavy guns and communications are
becoming increasingly difficult for
them in the devastated area through
which their advance has passed.
2. The allies are correspondingly
abort sning their communications with
their bases.
8. The allies are falling back upon
permanent defends where they held
arm for two years,
4. The great allied strategic reserve
under General Foch is fresh snd I'M
20 swing the balance Of battle 10 the
entente side.
BY late this evening the German adj
vance had reached it's greatest depth
west OF Rove. twenty-three miles.
since the drive started last Thursday.
There the spearhead of the German
centers wedge being battered and
elunted by the French forces which
two days ago rushed to the aide Of the
Tommies.
Meanwhile the battle to the north
of Bapaune. where Arras Is the main
German objective and where they
must push on or be threatened in the
Gank surged back and forth, German
troops newly brought up are storm
ing forward across thc corpses or their
fallen comrades. Many times they
we're beaten back by the tigerIke
counter leaps Of the British. and the
.atter's line receded only inch by inch
after they had exacted price.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
.Airrnen Have Bad Fall.

Houston. Tex, March 2s.--LAeuten-
ant n. II. Ison, flying with a student
aviator here today. fell with his ma
chine and was probably fatally injur-
ed. The name Of the student aviator
was not given out.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
SIN Fighting at Noyon.

Washington, March 2s.-News re-
ports that American soldiers were
nghtng shoulder TO shoulder with
British and French reserves in the
Sonme battle led Major General
March. acting chief OF staff, TO take
under consideration today the issu-
ance of daily report or official com
mut que OF the military activities OF
the expeditionary forces
h e American headquarters In
France have acted IN concert with the
British headquarters in making re-
ports OF the German drive.
As result no detaila of the part
played by the three engineer regi~
ments caught by the German left
flank at the Cro&at canal have been
received by the war department
Up TO this time General Pershing
has reported little not contained in
tho daily reports issued by General
Haig.
Army officers were not surprised
when told that American units were
used against the German left narK
and Indicated that THE will tend to
make General PershinEs reports in
the interest OF more intimate interest
TO the American public.
Washington. March 26.--AIiied and
German troops are still disputins pos
session OF Noyon and Nesie, accord
ing to a summary OF the latest DIT.
velopments IN the offensive received
here tonight from General Tasker II.
Bliss, chief OF staff of the American
army and American representative on
the %lter-allied war council
General Bliss said at the time he was
reporting the line Of tho British was
drawn sou1ewh hat east OF Albert and
Roye and that OF the French from
Chauines. past Noyon and thence east
ward along the South bank OF the
Disc
The line he reports" said General
March, els similar TO that carried in
the afternoon press dispatches with
the exception that he sAid that the
Germans were attacking the trenches
around Noyon and Nesie.'
! Reports tonight from the Tout sec
tor held by the Americans said Cen
erai March reported ali quiet
/ The text OF the message wac not
/ made public. Its receipt was an
uounced by General March as he left
the war department shortly before IL
o'clock tontsht. He was unable TO say
at what hour thn report was Aled al
Paris.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
THE WEATHER
Omitted States Weather Bureau
Department OF Agriculture


Local Temperature Yesterday.
IL noon temperature. So
T.. NJ temperature. Ga
+, Nj. temperature. ......... az
Maximum temperature to s 2. NJ. SO
Minimum temperature to s p. NJ. a.
Mean temperature ............ IS
Normal temperature -. .. SO
Deficiency in temperature yester-
Jay ..-................} a
Deficiency In temperature since
January Observation-Disclosures. 81
Local Rainfall
Rainfall last twelve hours O
Rainfall last twenty-four hours. o
Excess In rainfall since March l.. SO
Excess In rainfall since Jan. i...i.e5
Local Observation 3 Y. NJ. Yesterday
AehpotatuNe -s.+..... ~
Wind. direction ".
Wind, velocity ...............l.. IL
nsSthss $500. t....,s-.,....... Clear
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
GREAT DRIVE Of HUNS

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-27
PARIS FEELS CERTAIN

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20

doesn't. and in view OF this fact
how does any mother dare 10 take
chances For from the ranks OF the
so-oalled, and weIl-caued. spoiled
children comes the fretful. fractions.
screaming. unhappy babies. the SHY
self-conscious and uncontrolled kin
dergarten children. the irresponsible
scatter brains OF the public school
whose school life is one long series
of adjustments between parents and
teachers; those high school students
who arrive In college with no powers
OF work or concentration. the girl
who is boy crazy" the boy who
goes wrong From this class are re-
cruited those children wohm every
teacher knows who have perverted
ideas Of the facts Of life and bad
physical habits. those youths and
maidens whose lives are hlighted on
the threshold. those cases OF adolesc-
ents which furnish newspaper ar
ticles sometimes with large head
lines. II the light OF the fact that
these things are all about us how
does any mother dare 20 neglect
that all-important thing her child
everyday education
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20

plenty to the farm wife. the Y. W.
c. A. decided. without the added
responsibility for the care and good
health Of the college and high
school girls who volunteered 10
spend their vacations on the farm.
Consequently even their housing
and feeding were shifted TO the Land
Service committee. During their
leisure time a Blue Triangle leader
directs their recreation. Where
ever women have been recruited.
from New Jersey to Oregon, homes
are provided for them.
Near Redbank. y. J., 10 foreign
born mothers are living in a little
farm colony. In a roomy American
farmhouse contributed by a near
by farmer, three women appointed
by the Y. w. G. A. are supervising
queer household made up Of Poles.
Lithuanians, and Croats. There is a
cook who sends hearty lunches out
into the field promptly at ten
o'clock, and a Blue Triangle nurse
maid who is not sdismayed when
Polish and Lithuanian and Croat-
ian babies cry at the same time.
Some Of the women are picking
tomatoes for the canning factory.
Others are running a potato sort
ing machine at which they will
make $275 a day. They are filling
potato barrels at ten cents a barrel,
some of them 40 barrels a day,
many as high an average as a
hundred. To those women whose
husbands are employed in neigh
boring mUnition factories, their har-
vest labor is entirely a patriotic ser
vice. II is a mans work, and the
10 foreign-born mothers are very
distinctly TO be numbered among
the million and a half women of
the United States who are engaged
on war Orders"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20

sugar into his coffee and slipped the
beverage with the enjoyment Of a
sybarite.
1 have seen people burn brandy
over their demitasses many times.
but there was something about the
way Mr. Gordon did it. something in
the appearance of his long. slender,
white hands. the hands Of a diet
tante, that thrilled me with a sensa-
ton OF terror.
For the conviction was borne in
upon me that somewhere. somehow
I had seen this man bend over his
coffee in the same manner before.
/ told myself that the idea was
most preposterOus. or was sure that
never in my life before the morn
ing at the Sydenham hotel had
ever seen Mr.. Gordon. But the con
victions persisted in overwhelming
my reason and my common sense.
Those long. slender, nervous, white
hands We're as familiar TO me as
were Dicky's
There was something about the
mans whole personality that both
attracted anG repealed me With one
breath I Te't that I had n curious
sense Of liking and admiration for
hin, ard was proud OF tho interest
I'm we which ne had taken no pains
to conceal. The next YomentS real
terror and dislike Of him swept over
me-
waited with beating heart for
Hivl 20 finish his coffee r. seemed 10
me that I could hardly wait for him
10 speak For Z had a psychic pre-
sentiment that before he left the
table he would make known 20 us
the reason for his rude pursuit OF
me.
His first words confirmed my i'm
preston:
Il am afraid. Mrs. Graham he
said courteously. turning TO me. as
he finished his coffee. that I have
startled and alarmed vOu by my en-
deavOr 70 ascertain your identity
did not answer him. I aid not
wish 10 tell him that I had been
frightened. neither could / truthful
~ deny his assertion. And ! wished
that I had not evaded my mother
in-law's query concerning him.
He did not appear 10 heed my ST
lence, however. but went on rapidly:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20

1T is a very simple matter, after
ALL" he said. You see, you re-
semble so closely a very dear friend
of my youth; in fact, the dearest l
ever had that when I caught sight
of you the other day in the reception
room Of the SyGenham. IL seemed as
il her very self stood before me-"
There was a vibrant. haunting
note in his voice that told me better
than words that, whoever this wom-
an of his youth might have been.
her memory was something far more
TO him than of a mere friend.
Il could not rest until found out
your identity. and secured an intro
ductiou 20 you" he went on. You
will not be offended if I ask you one
or two rather personal questions,
viii your"
indeed, no." I returned mechan-
ically.
Mr. Gordon hesitated His suave
possession seemed to have de-
serted him. He swallowed hard
twice. and then asked nervously:
May I ask your name before you
were married, Mrs Graham? ."
Margaret Spencer" returned
steadily.
There was a cry Of astonishment
FROM Dicl5y. Mr.. Gordon had reeled
In his chair as if he were about 10
faint. then. with closed eyes and
white lips ne sat mouonless. grip
ping the table as If for support.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20
Ancient Egypt, the Source
of Mlady's Fashion

beads and finished off with fringes
OF beads.
As for outer garments. old sta
tutes show a sort OF plain cloak.
wrapped tightly about the figure.
sometimes clasped about the neck
by the hands of the wearer, again
thrown over one shoulder and held
up under the other arm.
Later on costumes became more
elaborate. In addition 70 the mar
row. sheath-like garment, women
adopted a long. loose robe Of linen
with fringed edges open down the
front Sometimes a sort Of shawl
like ARRANGEMENT of cloth. in many
folds. was wrapped about the
shoulders and upper arms Occa-
sionauy this ended i'm flowing pan
el at the back. AS the taste for
ornament grew. more embroidery
bead work, and fringes appeared
long sashes girdled the hips and
We're knotted in front with long.
richly ornamented ends hanging
down; oftentimes the full skirts
were looped and draped over these.
garments.
The hairdresslng Of these early
times is also interesting. WIGS were
exceedingly popular. through many
dynasties. for both men and women.
The women, however. in various in
stances, were rather more inclined
to let their own hair grow long,
r.r9 n rirrr IL with extreme eimp1f-
city nv hanging forelock over
each shoulder i'm front. and letting
the rest hang straight down I'm
back II appears from some old
statues. that they occasionally inter-
wove beads or some sort % pend
ant with these front side locks
which doubtless helped keep them
i'm place Then. too, they some
times wore a sort Of hllet. de
vice perhaps borrowed from the
Greeks. More elaborate headdresses
were also INDUCED IN. Some statues
show strange. almost conical affairs
upon their heads, which archaeolo-
gists say contained balls wet with
some fra grant oil which trickled
slowly through the hair and over
the neck and shoulders Perfumes
were said 20 be extremely popular
among these early people.
One who is interested IN the his
tory OF fashion can readily see how
many styles Of present day dress,
embroidered panels. sashes. drapery
and other details are copied from
these ancient styles
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20

are being sorted and corn husked at
a speed which drives the old neigh
borhood husking bees into obscurity
Every day the Young Women's
Christian association takes on a new
task in its effort to help American
women adjust themselves to the
war. This fall it is recruiting farm
labor. The object OF the Land Ser
vice committee of the Y. w c. A
was originally to care for girls while
they were on the farms, but this
fall the need for harvesters is so
urgent that the Blue Triangle has
responded TO the distress of the for
mers by organizing a farm helpers
employment bureau. Certain sea-
sonable occupations in which bust
ness. is lax in the fall are being in
vestigated with a view of shifting
excess labor to the farm.
Crop seasons bring burdens in