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Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE
Small Girls Efforts to "Fudge" on un.
fortunate Remark Could Not Be
Called Successful.

A number of women were discussing
Liberty bonds one afternoon in II neigh
bor's house. Almost unnoticed little
neighbor girl had entered. At this
point in the discussion she exclaimed:
"Well, my aunt says she might just
as well buy Liberty bond as to be
taxedw
Her remark caused good bit of
comment. One guest, who has II son in
the service became very indignant,
and exclaimed:
"The idea! Buying bond to es-
cape taxation! That's patriotism for
you! That makes me tircd-anyhody
as able as she Is 10 buy bonds. or any
thing"
With that last remark the speaker
"haw" out Of the house.
The little girl, beholding the strife
and bad feeling she had stirred up,
tried to fudge" on her remark, eX-
planning that 1t wasn't her aunt who
made the remark, but some other wom
an. The neghbor women held her to
her first remark, and were making 1t
pretty "warn" for the little girl, when
she finally burst out with:
"Well, you don't know how much 1t
costs my aunt to live; and how much
its costs her to take that trip to Nj
agara Falls,"
The laugh with which the women
greeted this innocent remark was suf-
ficient to send the loyal and innocent
girl running from the room. Truly, her
Zines had not fallen in pleasant
places" that Afternoon.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
WAR WORK

In the call of the government for the
people of the United States to do their
bit for their country by planting food
to be used to reduce the high cost OF
living and to help feed our allies, one
of the first to respond to the call was
Mrs. Frank Nanderlip, wife of the
president of the City National bank.
New York city. Mrs. Vanderip is the
leader of the Woman Suffrage party in
WestcheSter, where the beautiful home
of the Vanderlips is situated. Early in
the spring the grounds around the vast
estate were planted to potatoes. Neigh
boring Suffragists helped In the work,
Mrs. Vanderlip spending a certain por-
tion of each day in the work of the
garden. The picture taken shows
Mrs. Nanderlip at work with the cult
vator in one of the potato patches.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
Luxury Market Hard Hit.

"Don't try to sell luXurics in New
Zealand" This is the advice United
Stutes Consul General WinSlow gives
American merchants in commerce
report.
No. New Zealand is not pinchcd
for money. Its wallet IS we'll filled.
"There Is no particular necessity for
retrenchmcnt," az the consul puts 1t,
but the public IL opposed to the pur-
chase of luxuries, especially luXurics
that have to be imported, thereby us
ing tonnage needed to head off the
U-boats.
Trinidad, too, and the whole of the
British West Indies. is abStaining from
use Of imported goods. This has caused
the population to change It's whole
menu, for many fooLStuffs were for
merly imported. Now the people eat
homegrown plants that only the anil
mails ate before. They like the new
diet so well they say they will never
again import any staple food except
cornmeal
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
1880 MILES OF MOVIE
FILMS FOR SOLDIERS
Used Each Week in Army Y. N. :.
A. Screen Entertainments
at Home and Abroad.

More than 1,480 miles of moving pic
ture flms-approximately, 9,OOO.OOO
feet-are being used each week In
army Y. Nj. c. A. screen entertain.
mentS for soldiers at home and abroad
according to compilation received
here today from the National War
Work council of the Y. NJ e.. A. II Is
shown that on an average there Is one
moving lheater to each unit Of 1000
or 5000 fighting men.
This total Is divided into what are
called programs, which average tive
reels or 5000 feet There are some
circuits where II program will he con.
stnntly in Use for thirteen weeks. At
many camps and ran,nunents in the
central military department, rs well as
At Great Lakes training station and
the chain of aviation fields. prugrnm
frequently stays for more than II week.
being exhibited In the Y. NJ. &. A. huts
ana camp theatcrs.
Every reel shown to the soldier hnys
Is censored before exhibiting. but there
Is .pta N herolsm found in every reel
hesideS subjects that INSURE hc
thoughts and those that appeal to sen
timent
While every Y. NJ G. A. hut In this
country has It's motion picture nppn-
ratus and operators the Community
Motion Picture bureau, through which
the Y. NJ G.. A. Is handling It's screen
entertainment business has organized
a chain Of movie thrntcrS on the ives.
tern front from ipres to Lorraine.
These entertainments are hrine sup.
plemrnted by musicaies and lheatri.
Gals.
The Y. NJ. e, A Is now recrni'in.
large force of motion picture operators
for service overseas. Men of draft n-r
who cannot satisfy their desire In en-
ter the combat sections of the nations
service because of pronounced diSahil-
ity will be considered by the y. NJ 4.
\. for service not far from where the
shells are exploding and the Nhrapnrl
Is shrieking. Any Ean over the draft
age will be accepted on proof of his
qualifications.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11

The lover Of Il beautiful garden must
spare corner, or strip of ground, for
the hardy bulbs which come up from
year to year with very little care, ex-
cepting the general care every flower
lover gives her plants, such az keep
ing the weeds down. fertilizing the
ground in the fall and loosening the
earth in the springtime.
find the Roman hyaclnth will in
crease from year to year, If left in the
ground.
My crocuses are planted in the lawn
and are done blooming before the
moving machine is run over that part
of the grass.
I have some hard, Old-fashioned
white tulips, the double kind, and
these, with few of the cottage gar
den tulips of brilliant colorings make
a gay showing all through May.
Scilla Siberica is very satisfactory,
being one of the first brightblue flow
ers to greet us, for it comes In crocus
time. Then there Is the Scilla cam
panuata, or Spanish bluebell. These
bulbs, grown in masses with snow
drops, grape and feathered hyacinths,
are charming in effect.
The Sternbergia lutia Is bulb which
gives up its blossoms in September
often extending into the latter part
Of November A clump of them Is
very striking, the flowers being pure,
golden-yellow in color.
The most satisfactory bulb of all Is
the flcur de lys, iris or flags, the mar
cissi and the daffodils. The ground In
which they are planted should not be
fertiliZed, as this causes the bulbs to
run to leaf and give but scanty BIOS
SONS.
Once in three years, in the fall, the
daffodls, the narcis&, the tleur de lys
need separating, and If grown in long
rows of each flower the effect is beau
tiful and gratifying.
A great show can be made of groups
of iris. There are several species OF
this gorgeous flower, and each species
has many varieties-there is the Span
ish, Japan and German iris, and sever.
al new varieties and novelties.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11

Old fields which have been allowed
to grow up in bricrs and brush are
often very hard to reclean. When the
filth Is taken off, such weeds as saSSa
fras, greenbriers and wire briers keep
sprouting, but if all such brush anu
briers are hacked down in August -and
September and burned as soon as they
get dry and the land pastured with the
sheep and cattle they will soon die out
and the roots rot.
If sassafras and green briers are
grubbed out they will sprout as long rs
the ground is stirred, but neither of
them can stand pasturing without
breaking the ground after they have
been hacked down and burned over.
Many patches Of grcenbiers will burn
when dry without going to the trouble
of cutting them, and in such cases 1t
saves labor by setting them on fire
TO kill them and burn the old briers out
of the way.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
Neck Of the House.

The "directory" man had called, and
asked the housewife for the name of
the occupant.
"Mary Jane Smith," was the reply.
".Widow or spinster" he asked,
briefly; then, noting the sudden glare
In her eye, he added, hastily: "If you
are married, it's your husbands name
] want, as he will, of course, be the
head of the house"
"Oh. he will, will he" exclaimed
the woman, with some asperity. "Weil,
If he's the head, then Tn the neck am
a heads a helpless sort O. thing If 1t
hasn't neck to wag It,"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
C0ALED0 AN0 TOLEDO
Woman Found After She Lett Train
II Was Wrong Place.

coaledo nnd Toledo sound very
much the same to the ordinary ear. \
confusion of the names caused n Won-
I'm to arrive in Toledo when Sh" should
have arrived in Coalrdu. aud the Siu"u-
lar part of the story is that she did not
discover her mistake until she began
To look around for her reIntiveS. who
pro. Used to meet her in Cunlcdo.
"What place Is lhis? she asked OF
II bystnnder ut the depot.
This is Toledo nInduni,' replied the
bystander.
as this Coos bayY she asked wnv.
ing her hand toward the lordlS faqu.
Ina.
mo, ma'anl," replied the iti..en;
"this is Yaquina buy"
II don't understand it" she explained.
~ asked the agent to give me ticket
for Coaledo. and here ! am in Toledo.
That agent is due for a piece Of my
mind when | get back"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
A MISCCE.

Sir f. e. Smith told Il queue stor!
at Washington luncheon.
''rhcre are so many queues In Eng
Mnd now," he said that one is apt
to get mixed up.
"A young American soldier passed
-four hours in a very long queue the
other day. His spirits were superb.
He amused everybody with his quips
and sallies. But he uttered low cry
of dsmay when his turn ut last came,
and girl thrust small greasy packet
in his hand. saying:
"'No tea today, but here's O nice
half-ounce of margarine
"'Well, I'll be jiggered! said the
American. is this or amt IT the gal
lery entrance to the Frvolity the
aterT"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
LjttIe Profit in Salt,

A recent investigation by the bu-
reNu Of mines proves that salt fam
Inc in the United States is unlikely,
says the Popular Science Monthly. AT
the same time 1t was established that
owing to the low price Of salt and the
abundance of its supply there is but
little profit in the salt industry, al
though the American salt works have
supplied in recent years practically
all the salt consumed in the United
States. What pity-for the prof.
teers-salt Is not used in munitions!
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11

A scientific investigation Of "trrnch
fever" the disease which Is causing IN
alarming wastage of man power III
the armies, is being conducted 10y the
American Red Cross through mrd'rn'
officers Of the American exp diti"narN
force ut II British base hospital.
SiX.y enlisted men, all New Eng
lunders of the United States SAM
tnry corps volunteered as subjects t"f
experimentation These men are Srrv
ing in detachmpntS either nS hosts 10
normal or infected body insects or
haye RECEIVED injections of blood taken
from soldiers known tu be suffering
from trench fever,
Trench fever was unknown 10 IN"
medical profession before the pres
cnt war. and there is Stll little lnf"r
nation of value I'm regard to 1t: the
microscope has not yet detected the
organism which causes it. Eat among
the British troops at the front II l.
Mt the head of all the fevcrS and Is
second in the list of those which cause
the greatest Wnslagc. 1t has chuS'd
almost one-rhird Of all the sickness IN
some of the armies In TIA" n"id in
northern France, One division alone
during one year averaged 800 cases
n month. Although II disuhleS Il sol
dler for from six to eight weeks. II Is
not fatal and II leaves no p"rlnnn'n
disabilities. But the extended absence
of the sufferer makes the dis'aS"
alnrmingly destructive of man power.
Call for Volunteers.
II was with the approval OF Genera
porShng that call for volunteers r"I
experimentation was made. In trans
mitting the names Of th" sixty chosen
TIE divisional chief surgeon Wrut" to
the chicf surgeon Of the American "X'
pcditionary forces Ell Is Il subject of
some pride in this divi S'"n u'at prac-
tically all o' the men Of the Ca" llnn
drcd and First. One Hundred and sec.
und and one Hundred and Fourth
field hospitals md the one IInNdr"'
and FIRST one Hundred and second
one Hundred and Third and ON" Hun
drcd ana Fourth ambulance companies.
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Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
"Gun Without a Peer"

What the Scientific American calls
"a gun without ,n"r" is the new
L2O millimeter mobile howitzer built
hy the Creusot wor-s for the French
army. 1t is mounted on IA railroad
carriage and fires a shell 20.l7 inches
in diameter 1t Is a fort wrecker, and
Une shell from II is said to have suf-
feed to reduce For Malmason, on
which the Germans lad spent so much
time and labor, to a pile of dust and
debris.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
How He Knew.

Officer examining German prison.
er)-So you knew there were Amerl-
cans in the trenches opposite you, did
you? How did ynn come to find out?
G. P.-Dot voss eesy, Herr Oberst
1t yoss all quiet dere for n long times,
und damn, Won morgen, We heard SOM
notify shaut aut, "You -w Dem
We knew dere vOss Americans dere.-
Stars and Stripes.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
Chance Q. ScCne.

"po you tl'nk Josh viii be glad to
yet back to the old p!HceT asked Mrs.
CorntOSScl
I'm sure hr will" replied her hus'
band "WlHl I've r,Yid about NO uian'S
land makes me th;Nk n sight of plain.
right satisfactory and SUn,hin'."
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
Simple Menu.

"You don't appear to object to these
food restrictions"
81 don't see any restrictions worth
mentioning" replied Mr.. Cumrox. IL
have been for years wishing | could
sit down In the best restaurants and
order cornbread and cabbage and pota-
toes right out loud"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
Cockney Repartee.

Some of the senior boys from a
yauxhall schools literary class were
taken to the old Vic to see The Mer-
chant of Venice"
When Shylock, I'm the court scene,
was urgently demanding his pound Of
flesh. bright cockney boy, in cage
tones, cried out to the judge.
"Iii, you! Ask him for his meat
card !"-7I.ondon Tit Bits.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
Encore.

Hotel PrOprietor-Did you enjoy the
cornet playing in the next room to
yours last night?
Guest (savagely)-Enjoy it should
say not. spent half the night pound.
ing on the wall to make the idiot stop.
Proprietor-Why, Jones told me this
morning you applnuded every one of
his pieces and he was going to send
for some more music right away so
that he could play for you again.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
Raise Hens to Save Meat.

X. ii. wilkins, poultry husbandnan
of the United States department of az.
riculture. has appealed to every pa.
triotic person in ST. Louis to conserve
red meat by raising hens in their back
yards. This will greatly aid the fight
ing men, he stated.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
TWO LIVE ON S12 A MONTH
Came to Husband. Civil War Veteran,
In Form OF Pension.

IN FORM OF HenSlOn.
w. J. Daniel city humane officer OF
Muncic. Ind, in his rounds recently
discovered an aged man and wife, the
former eighty-five years old and the
latter seventy-eight, who are living on
an income of $40 month, which
comes to them in the form Of pen
sion. Ont of this sum they must pay
rent. The man Is veteran of the
Civil war. The two said that until
prices of neccssaries became so high
they managed to get along fairly well,
but that now they have much difficulty
in existing. The humane officer say
to it that they were provided with coal
and proper clothing and food. They
have no near relatives.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
Try It.

puggS-YeS. / helped my wife to re-
ducC all right.
NuggS--llOW did YOU do II
Duggs-Touk her to high-priccd res
taurnntS where everything was so high
she cOuldnt afford To eat.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
PANSIES

pansieS Sown I'm midsummer will
come into bloom late in the season
when the weather is cool and give
some very fine flowers.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11
SEEKING ORIGIN
OF TRENCH fever
Sixty Men Volunteer as Subjects
for Experimentation.
WAS UNKNOWN PRIOR TO WAR

While Disease DisabIes a Man for
From Six to Eight Weeks, 1t is Not
Fatal-Little of Value i5 Known OF
AiIment and Microscope Has Not
Yet Detected the Organism Which
Causes It.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-07-11

War joins hands Of Canadian ami
American women. Mrs, lillian llUuSrr
section Of the American W"ulnn'> cllh
In Cnnadn. Mrs. Furdy'S section made
600 garments ANA lnnunfrnhle socks
during the club months. and sent them,
together with many other patrrl>, ~
the Royal Canadian regiment. witch
was composed HIm">, Wh"i|N ~ Anr'rl.
cans settled in WvStrrn tHUaha ANA
which. although greatly 'irll"l"! "irIN
in the war. WAS again recruited from
the same group Of settlers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15
WENT TO BED WEALTHY,
PAUPER WHEN He AWOKE
w. a. King, Widely Known as
"Snake King" Tells Of Expert
ences in Mexico.

The experiences OF an American
citizen in revolution-racked Mexico.
in which between two suns he fell
from a position Of wealth and aflu-
ence to poverty, are told by W. A.
King, importer of snakes and wild
animals from that cactus country.
Widely known as the Snake King. /"
he makes his headquarters in Browns
vile, Tex, where he is prominent in
Masonic circles. He was in Wash
ington a few days ago on business
with the federal government.
II lived for q number of years in
Mexico" he said, land am one of the
Americans who can really appreciate
the genuine freedom of our nation.
I had unique experience there just
before Pershing invaded that country
on his hunt for Villa.
by the Villa bandits and anarchists.
/ had in my personal possession more
than 100000 of the Villa pesos, and
from the point of view of the Mexi-
cans that sum of money made me a
millionaire of influence.
Il went to bed one night with my
wealth strapped around me in
money belt. I awakened the next
morning and found that military
and political break had taken place
between Villa and Carranza and
was a pauper.
'"The 100000 in pesos were worth
less. I did not have the price of a
cup Of coffee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15
URGES INTERNATIONAL
WATERWAY IN THE U. S.
Hon. Richard Haroourt Suggests
Huge Canal From Quebec to
Middle West.

The construction Of an International
to the far west Of the United States
is strongly advocated by Hon. Rich
ard Harcourt, for thirty years q dis
tinguished member of the Canadian
ministry. in a letter to his friend,
Elijah E. Knott Of this city.
The letter In part as transmitted to
The Star says:
Canada and the United States have
had 100 years Of unbroken peace, and
an international boundary line of
more than 5000 miles without sin
gle policeman; we will have another
armies Of both countries are now
fighting side by side thousands of
miles from their homes against a
common enemy, having the same shib-
boleths Of truth, honor. sanctity of
treaties. popular rule. protection Of
small nations. etc. Is not this worth
concentrating?
And in some large way. England
and France will have their channel
tunnel ere long. and an army of
of it working for a common victory
of peace over natural obstacles and
providing closer communication be-
tween two great friendly powers.
How best can we commemorate this
remarkable oneness Of large aims
uniting uninterruptedly for whole
century the United States ana Can
ada?
May I indicate one way? A water
way from Quebec tidewater through
to your middle west, more ample and
capacious than any vet dreamed Of;
a continuation of the Atlantic water
way unbroken from Liverpool to your
far west.
Our present canal enlargement
scheme, suspended during the war, is
great improvement on any we have
as. yet undertaken. Broaden this
whole water course, as concerns the
allies; provide an enlarged canal
scheme with larger locks, admitting
the largest merchant boats af1oat.
Cannot your statesmen and ours
work out plan of common owner
ship, and carry through at joint ex-
oense an engineering enterprise un-
aqualed in magnitude and CONNER
:ial usefulness the whole world over?
The allied trade thus enlarged with
Greatly increased facilities, each one
of their own merchant marine Gall
honor to it because of it's unique and
splendid service during this worlds
crisis) becoming shuttle in the al
lies loom.
IF you think well of this idea has
lily and candidly expressed, will you
not follow it up and render service
worthy Of the best endeavors of en-
lightened industrial leadership. The
Suez canal has played great part in
world wide commercial development
This scheme would worthily rival it
that it would give employment to a
| small army of returned soldiers
| though only an incident, is not at this
! juncture unimportant."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15
EXPRESS STRIKE ENDED.
Adjustment Made Through Labor
Branch of Rail Administration.

RICHMOND, Va, November l5.-An-
nouncement has been made that a sat
isfactory adjustment was made We'd
nesday evening between the American
Railway Express, the United States
Railroad Administration and H. A.
Berry, general chairman Of the ex-
press division Of the Brotherhood
Of Railway Clerks. through Concilia-
tor j. A. Moffit Of the labor depart
ment of the railroad administration,
whereupon Mr.. Berry ordered back to
work all express employees who went
out on strike.
The striking employees in the af-
fected territory have all been ordered
by the board of wages and working
conditions of the United States gov
eminent to appear in Washington No
vember Is for the purpose of adjust
ing all matters to their welfare. Tke
employees went on strike Monday
night The local strikers returned to
work this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15

outstanding contracts and recon-
mendations are being formulated to
cover the industrial rehabilitation in
yolyed in the. cessation of work on
guns, shells and equipment.
Considerable reduction, however. can
be effected rapidly, officials said. as
many contractors already have pre-
pared for after-the-war business and
need only a short time to get started
on that work. In other cases, where
plants have been completely trans
posed for war orders and will virtual
~ have to be rebuilt, the task will be
more complicated. A uniform pro-
cedure, such as blanket cancellation
orders, therefore, seems impossible to
many officials. who predict that each
case will continue to be treated in
diyidually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15
Splendid Two-Page Colored Map in This We

This fine double-page Map is printed in two eolors
and presents the Scene Of the Western Battle
Line" 1t shows all territory from London to the
River Rhine, including all of Belgium, Luxembourg,
Western Germany, and Northern France. The
famous Hindenburg line as it existed before March
man advance this year in the big drives Of March,
April May and June and the present line Of battle.
where the Allied armies driving the GerrGns
back, including the terrain contiguous to Sedan,
where the American doughboys have just won one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-15
TO CELEBRATE KAIsEK,s rAI1.
Socialists in Chicago Win Listen 70
Victor Berger and Others,

CHICAGO. November 16.-SociAliots
here have called q mass meeting for
next Sunday to celebrate the down.
fall Of the German emperor.
The list Of speakers includes sev.
eral under indictment for violation
Of the espionage act. among them be-
ing Victor L. Berger. Representatives
elect, of Milwaukee, Wis.
The announcement says that ad-
dresses will be made In seven Ian.
.yuages.