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The Washington herald., 1918-02-03

Gertrude Atherton h buslly en-
gagged in American war relife work
In France. Her new novel, The
white Moruing.y viii be ready some
time this month
Mary Roberts Rinehart is divid-
ing her time at Camp Sherman In as
sisting her husband. DR.. Stanley ~.
Rinehart, stationed there. and IN
working on a new novel which ehs
hopes TO announce soon
Irving Bachelor. author Of the
Light IN the Clearing" recently re-
turned from the war zone in France.
and is now giving a series OF leo
lures on conditions az he saw them
/ there.
Several hundred members Of Harper
& Brother5' family assembled on the
main floor Of the general ofiioes in
Franklin Square Tuesday afternoon.
and listened for over an hour TO
Lieut. e. NJ. Roberts, r. p. c, tell
fascinating stories Of actual war ex-
periences- His story In book win
5COh &c bAOhtAN OuN W ~
Brothers. Mr.. Roberts lectured be-
fore the National Geographic Society
here twice Friday.
|, Abraham Cahan, in a recent inter-
view. said of the hero of his novel.
The Rise OF David LevinslJy." which
the Harpers published q few weeks
ago: My David Leyinsky is not a sue
I cessful man. He Is a failure. He
makes millions. He has everything
money can buy. except happiness. He
Is a pathetic figure. And his Is a
tragedy OF capitalism.
The apple OF his wealth and business
success is Dead Sea Fruit, and turns
TO ashes at the lips That is the
| spirit, the damning spirit OF capital
( ism, that has destroyed American lit
erature, and We must recreate it."
Hugh Gfbson's book. "a Journal
From Our Legation in Belgium" now
In its fifth printing, has been trans
lated into French and will soon have
publication by one Of the large Pa
risian publishing houses.
William McFee. engineer and author
Of 'Casuals of the Sea" and Aliens"
/ to be published by Doubleday. Pare
and Company this month. who has
been doing transport service in the
Mediterranean since the beginning OF
the war. is now I'm London.
He had been there only FIVE davs
when he received a commission ~
Engineer Sub-Lieutensnt r. n. r.
! Therefore. Mr.. McFee has enlisted.
% TO speak, for the duration OF the
war, which he declares In a recent let
| ter TO an American friend Ito be very
! dimly in the future"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-03
aUEsTIONERs ANSWERED

Q. What is the national hymn ol
Russia? X. q.
A. God Protect the Czar.- =
The Washington herald., 1918-02-03

Q. Which American poet IS sad ts
have netted $500 a word for one Of hs
poems? R Heating
A. James Whitcomb Riley is said -
have obtained this rate on his CD,
brated poem, "An Old Sweetheart of
Mine"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-03

Hugh Gfbson's book. "A Journal
From Our Legation in Belgium" now
in its fifth printing, has been trans
lated into French and will soon have
publication by one Of the large Pa
rikian publishing houses
The Washington herald., 1918-02-03

Q. Who wrote The Greatest Thins
in the world2''
A. Henry Drummond was the au-
thor Of The Greatest Thing in the
World'-by which he meant love
.. Who said The setting OF a great
hope Is like the setting OF the sunTt
Bob J.
A. Henry wadsvorth LongielIow,
The Washington herald., 1918-02-03

CONTINUED ON rAGs NINE
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
Just as Easy.

Two commercial travellers, while on
q train on the Oregon Electric railway,
got into an argument over the action
of the automatic brake.
"It's the imitation Of the tube that
stops the train" declared the first tray
eler.
"Wrong, wrong!" shouted the second.
"It's the output of the exhaustion"
So they wrangled for an hour. Then,
when the train arrived at the station
they agreed to submit the matter for
settlement to the motorman. That gen.
tleman, leaning condescendingly from
the door of bis car, listened with an
attentive frown to the two travellers
statement of their argument. Then he
smiled. shook his head, and said:
"Well, gents, ye're both wrong about
the working of the vacuum brake. Yet
it's very simple and easy to under
stand. When we want to stop the
train we just turn this ere tap, and
then we fill the pipe with vacuum"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
zoo SNAKE SWALLOWS MATE
Boa GuIps Down Companion as Both
Are Endeavoring to Feast on the
Same Live Pigeon.

A snakes method of swallowing Is
almost automatic; the internal mech
anism begins it's work as soon as the
reptile takes the food into it's mouth.
In his book, "Of Distinguished AMI
mails" Mr.. III. Perry Robinson relates
an extraordinary incident that oc-
Cured few years ago at the London
geological gardens.
The attendants put some pigeons
into q cage occupied by two boas, one
ten feet long, the other foot shorter.
In the night the larger snake seized
q pigeon, and his mate unfortunately
selected the same bird. The tip of the
smaller boa's nose was drawn into the
mouth of the other together with the
pigeon, and after it the rest Of the
snake continued to go, although the
eater must have been surprised at the
almost intolerable length Of what 1t
had believed to be an ordinary pigeon.
The next morning only one Of the
snakes was visible. It's enormously
distended body no longer had the pow
er of coiling, but remained stretched
to its full length In a straight line, and
appeared to be at least three times its
normal circumference. It was almost
painful to see the frightened skin,
which had separated the scales all
over the middle of the body. Twenty
eight days later the snake had not only
digested its companion, but had re-
gained it's appetite as well as its nor
NAL size, and it Immediately swal'
lowed a pigeon put into it's den.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17

fully cold. But they soon grew to find
fault with even that. The hole would
persist in freezing UP and thus gave
them many miserable hour Of ice
chopping. The unknown builders of
the cabin had extended the side logs
so as to support a cache at the rear
In this was stored the bulk of the par
tvs provisions. Food there was, with
out stint, for three times the men who
were fated to live upon it. But the
most of it was of the kind which built
UP brain and sinew, but did not tickle
the palate. True, there was sugar in
plenty for two ordinary men, but these
two were little else than children
They early discovered the virtues of
hot water judiciously saturated with
sugar. and they prodigally swan their
f1apiacks and soaked their crusts in
the rich, white strip. Then coffee and
tea. and especially the dried fruits,
made disastrous inroads upon it. The
first words they had were over the
sugar question. And it is really seri-
GUS thing when two men wholly de-
pendent upon each other for company
begin to quarrel.
Weatherbee loved to discourse bla-
family on politics, while Cuthfert, who
had been prone to clip his coupons and
let the commonwealth jog on as best
it might, either ignored the subject or
delivered himself of startling epigrams.
But the clerk was too obtuse to appre-
ciate the clever shaping of thought,
and this waste of ammunition irritated
Cuthfert He had been used to blind
ing people by his brilliancy, and it
worked him quite a hardship, this
loss of an audience. He felt personal
ly aggrieved and unconsciously held
his muttonhead companion responsible
for it.
Save existence, they had nothing in
common-came in touch on no single
point. Weatherbee was clerk who
had known naught but clerlxing all his
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17

during one of these sane intervals the
chief bone of contention, the sugar, had
been divided equally between them.
They guarded their separate sacks,
stored up in the cache, with jealous
eyes, for there were but a few cupfuls
left, and they were totally devoid of
faith in each other. But one day Cuth-
fert made a mistake. Hardly able to
move, sick with pain, with his head
| swimming and eyes blinded, he crept
into the cache, sugar canister In hand,
and mistook Weatherbee's sack for his
own.
January had been born but a few
days when this occurred. The sun had
some time since passed its lowest
southern declination and at meridian
now threw Haunting streaks of yellow
light upon the northern sky. On the
day following his mistake with the
sugar bag Cuthfert found himself feel
ing better both In body and in spirit.
AS noOntime drew near and the day
frightened he dragged himself outside
to feast on the evanescent glow, which
was to him an earnest of the suns fu-
ture intentions. Weatherbee was also
feeling somewhat better and crawled
out beside him. They propped them
selves in the snow beneath the move
less wind vane and waited.
The stiffness Of death was about
them. In other climes when nature
falls into such moods there is q SUBJ
dued air Of expectancy, waiting for
some small voice to take up the broken
strain. Not so in the north. The two
men had lived seeming aeons in this
ghOstly peace. They could remember
ne song of the past; they could conjure
no song of the future. This unearthly
calm had always been-the tranquil
silence Of eternity.
Their eyes were fixed upon the
north Unseen. behind their ba cks, be-
hind the towering mountains to the
SOUTH the sun swept toward the zenith
of another sky than theirs. Sole spec
tators of the mighty canvas, they
watched the false dawn slowly grow
A faint fame began to glow and
shoulder. 1t deepened in intensity,
ringing the changes of reddish yellow,
purple and saffron. So bright did it
become that Cuthfert thought the sun
must surely be behind it-a miracle
the sun rising in the north Suddenly,
without warning and without fading
the canvas was swept clean. There
was no color in the sky. The light
had gone out of the day. They caught
their breaths in half sobs. But, 10.
the air was a-glint with particles of
scintillating frost, and there, to the
north the wind vane lay in vague
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
Profits In ShlpbuiIdinu.

The sale Of the schooner Glynn. tho
first ocean commerce carrier built
south of Newport News since the war
began, has brought out facts, says the
Manufacturers Record, showing the
remarkable profits to be made from
shipbuilding and the operation OF
freight ships under war conditions.
The company made profit Of 25 per
cent on the building of the vessel; her
purchaser, James S. Bradley, Jr., re-
ceived $4,000 freight for the voyage
to Italy with naval stores and then
sold her to French interests for 500 900.
After deducting S21, 800 for insurance,
Quitting and provisioning and the sal
aries and wages, the Glynn netted him
S45,5O0 in six months.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17

a fascinating thing, and in his dreams
they came to him from out of the cold
and Struggled into his blankets and
told him of their tolls and troubles ere
they died. He shrank away from the
clammy contact as they drew closer
and twined their frozen limbs about
him. and when they whispered in his
ear of things to come the cabin rang
with his frightened shrieks. Cuthfert
did not understand, for they no longer
spoke. and when thus awakened he
invariably grabbed for his revolver.
Then he would sit up in bed, shivering
nervously, with the weapon trained on
the unconscious dreamer. Cuthfert
deemed the man going mad and so
came to fear for his life.
What with the fear of the north, the
mental strain and the ravages of the
disease. the pair lost all semblance of
humanity, taking on the appearance
of wild beasts hunted and desperate.
Their cheeks and noses, as an after
math of the freezing, had turned black.
Their frozen toes had begun to drop
away at the first and second joints.
Every movement brought pain, but the
fire box was Unsuitable, wringing a
ransom of torture from their miserable
bodies. Day in, day out, it demanded
its food, veritable pound Of flesh,
and they dragged themselves into the
forest to chop wood on their knees.
Once, crawling thus in search Of dry
sticks, unknown to each other they
entered a thicket from opposite sides.
Suddenly, without warning, two peer
ing deaths heads confronted each 9th
err Suffering had so transformed them
that recognition was impossible. They
sprang to their feet, shrieking with
terror. and dashed away on their man.
gled stumps. and, falling at the cabin
door, they clawed and scratched like
demons till they discovered their mis-
take.
Occasionally they lapsed normal, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
PIPP AND ANDERSON ENLIST
TWO Star American League Players
Offer Services to Uncle Sam
to Fight Kaiser.

Walter Pipp, first baseman of the
New York Yankees, and Walter Ander-
son, pitcher Of the Philadelphia Ath-
letics, have enlisted in Uncle Sans
service. Pipp offered his services as
an expert craftsman, and Anderson en-
listed In the naval reserves. Anderson
will be shipped to the Great Lakes
Training station.
Pipp and Anderson are both products
of the Grand Rapids sand lots. Ander-
son is only twenty years old and last
year was his first in the big league and
his second in organized baseball.
II have no dependents and 1 don't
see why shouldn't serve" said Ander-
son. 81 don't like this idea of some one
asking for exemption for me-"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17

life; Cuthfert was master of arts, a
dabbler in oils and had written not q
little The one was lower class man
who considered himself gentleman.
and the other was a gentleman who
knew himself to be such. From this
it may be remarked that p man can
be a gentleman without possessing the
first instinct Of true comradsship. The
very presence Of either became per-
sonal affront to the other, and they
lapsed into sullen silences which in
creased in length and strength as the
days went by. Occasionally the flash
of an eye or the curl of lip got the
ignore wholly each other during these
mute periods. And great wonder
sprang up in the breast of each as to
how God had ever come to create the
other.
AS the sugar pile and other little lux
uries dwindled they began to be afraid
they were not getting their proper
shares and in order that they might
not be robbed they fell to gorging
themselves. The luXuries suffered In
this gluttonous contest, as did also the
men. In the absence of fresh vegeta-
bles and exercise their blood became
impoverished, and a loathsOme, pur-
plish rash crept over their bodies. Yet
they refused TO heed the warning.
Next their muscles and joints began
to swell, the flesh turning black, while
their mouths, gums and lips took en-
the color Of rich cream. Instead of
being drawn together by their misery,
each gloated over the others symp-
toms as the scurvy took its course.
They lost all regard for personal ap-
pearance and, for that matter, common
decency. The cabin became pigpen
and never once were the beds made or
fresh pine boughs laid underneath.
Yet they could not keep to their blank
cts, as they would have wished, for
the frost was memorable, and the fire
box consumed much fuel. The hair Of
their heads and faces grew long and
shaggy, while their garments would
have disguised a ragpicker But they
did not care. IDey were SICK, anu
there was no one to see. Besides, it
was very painful to move about.
To all this was added a new trouble
the fear of the north. This fear was
the joint child of the great cold and
the great silence and was born in the
darkness of December when the sun
dipped below the southern horizon for
good. 1t affected them according to
their natures. Weatherbee fell prey
to the grosser superstitions and did
his best to resurrect the spirits which
slept in the forgotten graves 1t was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
BELIEVE BRAIN IN STOMACH
Chinese Ignorant of the Anatomy of
Human Body-Subject of Mi
crobes Difficult to Teach.

Ignorance is responsible for the
guesswork of the Chinese about the
anatomy of the human body, Jean
Price writes In World Outlook. Moth
ing is known of the nervous system
or of the circulation of the blood, and
every organ except the brain is said
to have q pulse. The heart Is cOnsid-
cred to be the center of being, ana
therefore it must also be in the CEN
fer of the body" The Chinese also
believe that the brain is in the stOm-
ach. Perhaps that is the reason that
more than half the thought and con-
versation of the common people re-
lates to food!
1t is ignorance which makes moth
err chew her child's food, before put
ting it in the little ones month. 1t Is
ignorance which allows q mother to
wash the clothes in a green, stagnant
pool while the child at her side eager
ly drinks the same water. 1t Is ignOr-
ance which our mission doctors have
to fight when they suggest that wom-
en- should not use poisonous face
paint. should battle the baby at least
once before it is grown, should wash
the dishes once a month in clean wa
ter. This ignorance makes the SUBJ
iect of microbes more difficult 20 teach
than the English in which it is taught.
And, though it's hard to say, it is
ignorance which causes lover to
take water in which his body Is
washed and secretly mix it in the
drink of his loved one. But, then, that
is romance and we mustn't mention
germs in the same breath.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17

outline on the snow! A shadow! "A
shadow! 1t was exactly midday. They
ierked their heads hurriedly to the
south. A golden rim peeped over the
mountains snowy shoulder, smiled
upon them an instant, then dipped
from sight again.
There were tears in their eyes as
they sought each other. A strange
softening came over them. They felt
irresistibly drawn toward each other.
The sun was coming back again. 1t
would be with them tomorrow and the
next day and the next. And it would
stay longer every visit, and a time
would come when it would ride their
heaven day and night, never once drop
ping below the sky line There would
be no night. The ice locked winter
would be broken; the winds would
blow and the forests answer; the land
would battle in the blessed sunshine
and life renew. Hand in hand they
would quit this horrid dream and jour-
new back to the southland. They
lurched blindly forward, and their
hands NEITHER poor MANNED hands,
swollen and distorted beneath their
mittens.
But the promise was destined to re-
main unfulfilled. The northland is the
northland, and men work out their
souls by strange rules, which other
men who have not journeyed into far
countries cannot come to understand.
=
An hour later Cuthfert put pan of
bread into the oven and fell to specu-
lating on what the surgeons could do
with his feet when he got back. Home
did not seem so very far away now.
Weatherbee was rummaging in the
cache. OF q sudden he raised Whirl-
wind of blasphemy, which in turn
ceased with startling abruptness. The
other man had robbed his sugar sack.
Still, things might have happened diff
ferently had not the two dead men
come out from under the stones and
hushed the hot words in his throat.
They led him quite gently from the
cache, which he forgot to close That
consummation was reached; that some
thing they had whispered to him in
his dreams was about to happen. They
guided him gently, very gently, to the
woodpile where they put the ak in
his hands. Then they helped him
shove open the cabin door, and he felt
sure they shut it after him-at least
he heard it slam and the latch fall
sharply into place. And he knew they
were waiting just without, waiting for
him to do his task.
"Carter! / say, Carter!'
Percy Cuthfert was frightened at
the look on the clerks face, and he
made haste to put the table between
them.
Carter Weatherbee followed without
haste and without enthusiasm. There
was neither pity nor passion in his
face, but rather the patient, stOlid look
of one who has certain work to do and
goes about it methodically.
81 say, what's the matterT
The clerk lodged back, cutting off
his retreat to the door, but never open
ing his mouth.
81 say, Carter, 1 say, let's talk.
There's good chap"
The master of arts was thinking rap
idly now, shaping a skillful flank
movement on the bed where his Smith
& Wesson lay. Keeping his eyes on
the mailman, he rolled backward on
the bunk, at the same time clutching
the pistol.
"Carterr'
The powder flashed full in Weather
bees face, but he swung his weapon
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
BOWLING is IN LEAD
ExceIs All Other Sports in Total
Number of Participants.
Reports Furnish Positive Proof That
Pastime Has Now Surpassed All
Other Indoor Games Also
More Money Invested.
(By THOMAS G. JONES, Secretary At
lantic Coast Bowling Associatlon)

| (By THOMAS G. JONES, Secretary At
lantic Coast Bowling Association)
Reports from all sections of The
greatest bowling country In the world
the United States of America-fur-
nish positive proof that bowling has
now surpassed all other indoor ath-
letic games.
There is more money invested in the
| bowling game today than perhaps any
other, and the game has more actual
participants than any other sport or
game.
There has been an increasing inter-
est in all bowling associations annu-
al tournaments for the last seventeen
years, and the 1917-1S season is no
| exception, unless the exception is
larger increase than any previous sea-
son.
1 claim that with proper organia-
| ton we can and will within q short
time interest the great majority who
do not participate in recreation of any
kind, and with the continued support
| of the representative men now at the
head of our different associations, we
will make good our claim that bowl
ing Is no longer luxury, but Is now
considered q necessity.
We must all give more time to or
ganization. No game or sport or busl-
ness can be made q success without
proper organization-bowling is no ex-
ception. Every man who bowls ought
to be connected with a bowling asso-
| citation and assist in enforcing It's
rules.
We have been very successful here
In organizing, not onfy In the Atlantic
Coast Bowling association, but local
chapters in almost all of the eastern
cities. They have formulated rules
| and are enforcing them, preventing the
games or tournaments from being top
| heavy, eliminating from competition
| the so-called "star team" usually COM
posed of alley owners and managers.
Local leagues, as well as the annual
A. G. B. A. international tournaments,
are catering to the masses and not
| the few, and from present indications
| they will, and within few years, Sc
cure the support of the bowlers To-
| Gated in this territory. This will en-
able the association to hold annual
| tournaments that will test the capac-
fly of any building available, and we
still have the great Madison Square
| Garden.
We are slowly but surely uniting all
of the bowlers and with the continued
support of bowling journals and daily
press, we WILL within a few years
place bowling where 1t belongs-at
the head of all other athletic sports.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
HULSWITT TO PILOT JOPLIN
Former Major Lacquer Signed by John
Savage as Manager-Will Also
Play Third Base.

Rudy Hulswitt, former big Lacquer
and remembered by American associa-
ton fans as former Columbus Senator
player and manager, is going to man.
age the Joplin club of the Western
league next year. John Savage, secre-
tary of the Blues, who still owns the
joplin franchise, made the announce
men. Hulswitt will play third base for
the club.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
Correct.

Little Jim, did not know quite
SO much about scriptural history as he
ought to have known, but when
bis sister asked him, "Where was Sol
omon's temple?' he was rather angry
that she should think him unable to
answer a simple question like that.
Don't you think know anything?'
he asked.
"Well, whore was it, them" lis sis.
ter repeated.
And then he informed her: son the
side of his forehead, of course, the
same as other folks! Do you think
I am q dunce?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-01-17
Lieut.. pibble Injured.

Lieut.. Bob Dibble, unbeaten cham
Dion single sculler of Canada and the
United States, will return to Toronto.
Dibble enlisted In the Canadian army
and was injured, receiving a gunshot
wound in the hip, and has slight par
alysis from q fracture in his skull,
which has been pressing On nerve
cpntpr