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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19
"CoLLEGE WoMAN'S
PLATTsBURG"

American college women are an
swering the Governments call to wal
service by enrolling for training at
the College Woman's Plattsburg"
to open at Vassar College in June.
Established under the auspices of
the Council of National Defense and
the Red Cross, the Training Camp
for Nurses at Vassar College will be
designed to prepare women to fill the
gaps in the nursing profession left by
the drafting of American nurses for
service at home and abroad.
The grounds, buildings, and equip
ment of the college were offered to
the Government for use during the
summer to train students in the
theory of nursing. The Red Cross
accepted the offer on behalf of the
Government, and appropriated from
its general fund the sum of $4,000
to cover the operating expenses of
the school,
The course of study is being ar.
ranged by the experts of the Ma
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19
RIGHT OF WAY FOR UNCLE SAM

This is all that we need to know
about the laws of war as they con.
Germ women in their home: Give I'm
Gle Sam and his army the right of
way; employ no unnecessary labor,
whether you can afford it or not;
don't waste; buy what you need
when you need it, make things lasts
1 longer; save and lend your savings
! to the government so that the war,
well fought, may be over the sooner!
! 1t is not much really. Yet it is the
complete answer to the puzzling
question, Why not business as usual,
and it contains in it's spirit the an
sWer to that even more puzzling,
though less financially important
question, Why not pleasure as usual?
Recreation is not luxury; art is
not luxury Give the war the right
of way and take all the pleasure that
life affords after that. 1t is again
just a question of priority in time
and money. If you can not free your
maid for war service and at the same
time leave your home to go to CON
cert, do without the concert: if you
cannot buy your share of Thrift
Stamps and pay the price asked for
seats at good play. don't go to the
play until the managers reduce their
prices Whatever the evil gifts
which war carries in her hands she
bring one good one, the best possible
cure for boredom. which is work for
lido hands to do.
TO thousands of American women
whose leisure was burden because
they did not understand the priorities
of peace the work of war is itself a
recreation that takes the place of
dancing and cards and restaurants.
And the work of war which is done
in the home, the quiet unostenta-
tous freeing of materials and labor.
is as important war work as nurs-
ing or Red Cross service. Measure
your time as you do your money;
leave a margin for companionship
and recreation-and then add the gift
Of your leisure to the loan of your
savings. Your country needs them
J R, Isaacs, in Good
Housekeeping. 4,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19
Man Doing His Duty

For two years suffered agoniz-
ing pains in my stomach, belching up
sour and bitter fluids and gas. Ton
que always coated. Doctors were un-
able to help me. The first dose OF
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy made me
feel 100 per cent better, and l am now
feeling better than at any time in
my life. I deem it my duty to advise
other sufferers" 1t is simple, harm
less preparation that removes the ca
tarrhal mucus from the intestinal
tract and allays the inflammation
which causes practically all stomach
liver and intestinal ailments, includ-
ing appendicitis. One dose will con-
vince or money refunded
For sale by Henley & Henley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19

truthfulness. Women are SIX lncne'
shorter than men; they weigh MI!
nounds less. Therefore, in SO far as
mere brute power is concerned, Il
takes three women to equal two men
The only difficulty, then, that We
would encounter in filling the places
Of the men at war is in finding three
women for each two men. TO my
mind that is not particularly difficult
There are, of course, limitations
which cannot be disregarded, and
these we must observe, In so far as
skill is concerned in all kinds OF
labor, believe that women acquire
it as rapidly as men. There is no
question of the fact that, in so far
as actual accomplishment is possible
men are better suited to do heavy
work than women, but women can
do it and do it we'll When it comes
10 the endurance of hardships and
fatigue woman it quite mans equal
in fact, | think she is less complain
ing under stress than man. Her mus
cles are not so large as those of
man, they are quite as flexible and
enduring in their efforts Hence, in
my opinion, there is no industry in
the country whose doors should not
be wide open to women
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19

The grower of food products this
year must play safe. No risks can be
taken, Somebody must raise every
thing we eat. Are you in position to
do your share? 1t is never too late
to begin to do the right thing. Last
year American boys and girls raised
and canned millions of packages of
food, The children can be taught to
be farmers.
Plenty of information is available,
says the State Marketing Bureau. The
L. S. government has ready for free
distribution some three hundred bull
letins on subjects relating to planting
tending, gathering, grading and mar
keting crops. Information about Flor
ida crops and conditions can be had
from the State Experiment station at
Gainesville.
There is food shortage in this
country due in part to unusual eli
matte conditions the past winter was
the most severe in many years. large
quantities of products were frozen in
the north and gardens and crops in
the Gulf region seriously injured.
besides there is shortage of labor.
and then since the war started our ex-
ports Of foods have nearly doubled
A fundamental cause too of orr nat
ural weakness in the matter of falling
food supplies is the transition of this
country from an agricultural people
tc a manufacturing and office-inhabit- ,
ing one. Our national defenses have
been weakened by the withdrawal Of /
people from the land to the city, and !
becoming consumers instead of pro.
ducers.
Even before the war our production
OF field crops and meats was NOT
Keeping pace with our growth in non.
ulation, There has been a large do.
crease in the per capita number of
all kinds of animals In Europe the
decrease has been very great and II
viii take a long time to get things
pack to normal even after the war
ends and nobody knows when the
war is to end If the war continues
much longer the stress will be felt
more and more in America. II l. time
10 slow down in personal eynendi-
ures and practice economy. and if we
don't, the government will stem in
ma compel it. The average Ameri-
IAN is an independent person and
toes not like restraint in eating in
thinking, and amusements, but If will
'ome if the war lasts much ,onyor
n Europe the people are living nv
'ule and on prescribed rations Of food
md wearing apparel is becomi,,
'lainer and hard to get. Slow down
'radually, and get used to II
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19

Camp Wheeler, Ca, April 49, Con-
trary to expectations, not more than
q hundred of the three hundred and
twenty-one enlisted men sent to
Leon Springs, Texas, last January to
the officers training camp will re.
ceive commissions. Approximately
two hundred of the men appointed to
the training camp have already re.
turned to Camp Wheeler from time
to time, it was learned today and
tare now back in line as privates.
They are men who were busted" by
the training camp officers
1t is said that the training camp
was filled with approximately $500
men at the opening, but less than
half this number were left to finish
the course. AS the men began to
fail in their examinations, they were
ordered back to the camp from which
they came, and as the result, not
more than a hundred Camp Wheeler
men were left at the wind-up These
men are still in Texas, it is said,
taking additional training, but they
will be back within the next ten
days.
Immediately upon their arrival at
Camp Wheeler, they will receive
commissions, it has been announced
at divisional headquarters Many Of
the soldiers from the Dixie Division
are back at their usual places. The
men who attended the training camp
from this division say the officers
in charge of the camp were frank
to tell them not many more officers
were needed and only those who
made the highest per centages each
week were retained
Major W. P. Wheeler, formerly of
121 infantry, but recently made COM
mander of the 10th machine gun
battalion, following his graduation
from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, has been
made division machine gun officer.
In this capacity, he will act as in !
spector-instructor of all machine gun
units of the division, including the
machine gun schools.
Regimental Sergeant Major Henry
P. Ansley, of headquarters troop, a
Savannah boy, has been appointed
army field clerk at 500 per month
and will remain at headquarters of
this division. He will be discharged
from his troop in order to accept the
appointment.
Col. Lytle Brown, division engi- /,
neer, of Nashville, Tenn, who is
now making an inspection of the
national camps of the southeastern
department, has been promoted to
the rank of brigadier general. He
has been a member of this division
since its organization last fall.
Officers at division headquarters {
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19
PRAYER OF A SOLDIER
N FRANCE

My shoulders ache beneath my pack
(Lie easier, Cross, upon His back.
| march with feet that burn and
smart,
TREAD, Holy Feet, upon my heart. }
Men shout at me who may not speak
tThey scourged Thy back and smote
Thy cheeky
may not lift hand to clear
My eyes of salty drops that scar
CIhen shall my tickle soul forget
my Agony of Bloody Sweat?)
My rife hand is stiff and numb
OFrom Thy pierced palm red rivers
Gomez
LORD, Thou didst suffer more for mo
man all the hosts of land and sea,
so let me render back again
IhiS millionth of thy gift. Amen.
by Joyce Kilmer, Private 1e5th In.
iahtry' American Expeditionary For.
ces' Good Housekeeping.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19
ARE WOMEN PHYSICALLY Frr2

Women are now being urged to
take the place of men as farm Iab.
orers, Are they strong enough 70
do the work." is the question often
raised. DR., Harvey W. WILEY an
swers it in the current Good uouso
keeping. He says in part:
Women are not physically cam.
bic Of doing much of the hard worl,
that men do. This is too self.av;
dent to warrant any opposition to its
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19

~ ACRES truck land sacrificed As.
sumo balance I owe on this land
and 10 acres is yours. Cultivated
Two years. fenced, with two houses.
Just outside city limits Tno,,;no
qulck II interested. Address &C..
care Telegram
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24
com,ne-A DANGEROUS GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

Get ready for another and insidious
Hun offensive. As the tolls close about
germany we may expect a campaign
OF mush hearted appeal for peace
terms that will modify or abrogate the
present determination Of America TO
make no peace that does not bind
-Germany.to decency for a century. 1t
Will come from different sources some
shrewd and calculating others deceived
or lacking wisdom and determination,
from the paid agents Of Germany,
from such writer's as Arnold Bennett
whose novels have given him the ear
of = class of readers, from pulpits that
sob frst and think afterward, from
the press that was German when
It dared and will be again when 1t
dares, from business interests willing
to buy peace with mortgage on the
future. from weak and ttrnid and
thoughtless from the Weakened de-
lenders, of the group system here
Always the bait of an early peace will
be dangled before the faces Of the
American people anxiously waiting for
the return Of their loved ones from
war 1t will be an offensive not the
less determined because it is insidious
and more dangerous than an attack in
force on the west front.
we must brace ourselves to repulse
any and all pleas wherever and from
whom they may come that would leave
the breath Of life in the superman.
tunker element Of German govern
ment. That element is as dangerous
to the world as a mad dog in August
on the crowded streets. When this war
is ended it must be with a crushing
defeat to Germany as Germany exists.
The welcome If welcome is finally ex-
tended to Germany must and shall
be to a new Germany.
The offensive will start when the
tunker strategists deem favorable. It
will be Differed and manned. It will
gather behind it an odd lot of camp
followers. some sincere and silly.
others with Interior detectives, hard
boiled and half-baked. insolent and
sycoophantic. demanding and pleading,
No chance will be overlooked. .'Eri-
ciency' in propaganda will run true to
type and training.
II should be met with wall of
denial hard as adamant. The world
peace earned and purchased as it must
be. must be complete and permanent.
And it can not be 50 unless the bar
oarian philosophy and the barbarians
it has created are crushed beyond ris-
ing again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24

they are needed when they reach the
military az they will be ready. If not
no time has been thrown away. If the
ekigencies Of this war force call for
men under 81 years Of age those young
men will still be more nearly ready
than now and the lads Of II, 1S and
10 years need not feel that they are
slackers il they stay in college pro-
vided they are enlisted and subject to
call and are training for war. They
can feel that the war department will
call them when they are needed and
that pursuit Of their college course can
be continued until the command comes
10 march to the 'front.'.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24
USING rue colLEeEs FOR War.

Before the Uni1ed States entered this
war and when there was much talk Of
the necessity for military training and
universal military service in this
country the Times-Republican pro-
posed that the high schools and COLI
leges of the various states be used as
nucleus for military schools SO as to
permit young men to pursue their
educational preparation for peaceful
occupation without interruption or loss
of time and still prepare themselves
for military duty as we'll. It seemed
then, before we were in the war, that
we should not destroy one or two
years in a young mans life to prepare
him for war that might never come.
None had come for fifty years. This
one did come but it may never DO re-
peated, hence the glad hand of well
come is extended to the secretary Of
war for the new plan Of military train
ing in the colleges which he has re-
Gently promulgated. Beginning next
September such a plan is to be in
augurated by the war department.
Military instruction under officers
and non-commissioned officers Of the
army win be provided in every tneu-
tuition Of college grade, which enrolls
for the instruction 100 or more able
bodied students over the age Of
eighteen. The necessary military
equipment will. 20 far as possible. b
provided by the government. There
VIII be created a military training
unit in each institution. Enlistment
will be purely voluntary but an stu
dents over the age Of eighteen Wal be
encouraged to enlist. The enlistment
will constitute the student q member
Of the army Of the United States, liable
to active duty at the call Of the pseei-
dent. 1t will however, be the policy
OF the government not to call the
members OF the training units to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24
Masonic Mesdnxs
Waters Always y1sIeoms,

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and a. M-special communication Fri
day. July 2s, - pm. Work In hrst
degree. b =. EngiiIh. w. =: John w.
Wels. secretary.
0teNET CHAPTER. Ma - r. A. ~.
Special cnnvocatfcn Monday evening.
July -. Marx Afasterst degree, Z: 80
O'Clock. Ira Davenport n. p. John w.
Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King So'o-
mon Council Ne. q, n. = Q. M Mon
day. July ~. 1918, 500 p. N Regular
buseneaa j II FoFbes. recorder: George
oresoey. Z n.
otatsd conclavs, 81. AIdsmar Com
mandssy, No. 50. K. u, Tuesday. July
- 3 p. ii. Regular business ]. b.
fedesick. commander: I. Z. ForbeA
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER, ne. ". Q. z.
Special meeting Wednesday eve
ming, July 90. for Initiation. 3 o'clock
Hrs. Archer waiton. SECRETARY: Mrs.
Con Wiley. W. n.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24
[By David cory.]


well, you'd better not fall asleep
too often" said Billy Bunny to Uncle
lsullfrog, for the Millers Boy is
around all day with his gum and then
he told the old gentleman frog just
what he had told Woody Chunk and
Mickey Mink in the story before tlris.
Goodness me-" said Uncle Bullfrog,
it's too bad there's trouble every
where. Now I sit here all day and
bother no one. Why should that pesky
s1iller's Boy annoy ne?' And just then
o. big fly came by and Uncle Bullfrog
swallowed nim before he could get
away.
Well after that the little rabbit
said good by and hoped OF by him
self, and after while not 50 veay
long, q1e came to the railroad bridge,
end just then 4 train of cars came by,
elnd there at the window in pullman
car was dear Uncle LUCKY, Mr.. Lucky
Lefthindfoot, the old gentleman rab-
bit uncle OF Billy Bunny, you know
Stop the tfain,' he cried. and then
ale jumped up and pulled the bellcord,
slnd of course he train came to a. stop
with big bump.
"Who pulled the bellrope?' asked
the conductor, who was big bull
dog with a brass collar all studded
with nails.
II did, said Uncle Lucky my
nephew, Billy Bunny, is back there at
the bridge. want him to get aboard"
And, oh dear me! l would hate to tell
you what that angry bulldog said And
I'm sure he would have done some
thing dreadful to dear Uncle Lucky il
sdl Of a sudden the kind Yellow Dog
Tramp, who had been taking free
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24
Billy Bunny and His Friends
ride on the end Of the last car. hadn't
come in and sung this song:

ride on the end Of the last car. hadn't
come in and sung this song:
Don't touch dear Mr. Lefthndfoot,
He's president of the bank
At Rabbitylle, u. s.. A.,
And bought a fighting tank,
Which he gave to the Rabbdtville
regiment
To help fight the Hun.
So don't you touch him, and don't you
dare
To even give Uncle Lucky a scare!"
And when the bulldog conductor
heard that, he bowed very low and
wouldn't even punch Uncle Lucky's
ticket, for ne didn't want TO hurt any
thing that belonged to the dear old
gentleman rabbit.
Well. while all this was going on.
Billy Bunny had time to catch up to
the train, and then he hoped aboard
and sat down by his dear uncle. And
then the brakeman rang the bell and
away went the train as fast as 1t
could to make up for lost time
And after a while. and many a mile,
and many a smile from the other pas
sengers. the train came TO Hareville.
u. s. A., where lots of Jack Rabbits
got out, for they lived there, you
know. I'VE don't want to stop here. "
said Uncle Lncly, after he had looked
out of the window; lets go on and
on till we come to the end Of the line.s
So they both leaned back and read q
book called BILLY Bunny and His
Friends" which the newsboy sold
them for ten carrot cents, and in the
next story if the train isn't late I'll
tell You what happened when they
reached Turnip Hill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24
Topics II the Times

Those ranks Of men who marched
away today for war should suggest to
women that the Red Cross training
schools lack students and that the
army needs nurses.
The best dressed men in the world
are the boys in the olive drab suits
Step along lively boys. Every day
that the fellows over there get in
makes just 80 much farther to go to
catch German.
Secretary Baker will ask congress
to raise the draft age. It could be
tilted from four to nine years to good
advantage but the IS year old lads
should have time to develop.
Some suspicion exists that Kerensky
10 again somewhat short Of funds.
sss
Next thing we know the watch on
the Rhine will quit ticking.
They may have started toward Paris
and the channel ports with the goose
step but any old step that covers
ground backward seems good enough
in the last few days.
Watch and see how badly we miss
professional baseball.
80
The preparations are for a war of
indefinite length but that doesn't mean
that the war isn't going to end some
sweet day within a year or SO. The
reason it is going to end sooner is be-
case we have quit specializing on when
1t viii end and are going about the
'bsiness of winning 1t whether it takea
six months or six years.
President Wilson Is keeping out Of
the eight in New York state politics.
Seems like he'd need somebody there
quite as much as in Wisconsin or
Michigan.
Russia will receive Red Cross re-
lief just as soon as that distracted
country will permit the sending Of
supplies. A cargo Of food, clothing and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24
RIPPING RHYMES
i. Bv Wait Mason,
RESTRICTED.


instead--bu nothing
thankful
slice 1t
hloyalm
beef and wheat that Germany fall; matter
at ALL like
said to Make sacrifice! If
Teuton halt
salt I'm eating things that
With
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-24

medicine is ready to be shipped under
the supervision OF the American Red
Cross and in g manner that will not
antagonize any faction in Russia Latest
reports from Russia indicate wide
spread starvation and disease. Unless
relief of some kind is sent into the
country the next winter will be far
worse than anything known SO far in
this war 1t is believed that the Red
Cross can win an entrance as an agent
Of mercy.