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side by side. might have the same
privilege!
The wild thought flashed across
monsieur's mind that, since he and
madame were the late-comers, they
would feel it their duty, and pleasure,
to take the rear seats, but any at
tempt at another shift would have
brought on a riot from the surround
ing sufferers, SO it was allowed to &c
at that, with everybody contented.
All, those movies!
The first treat to unreel before our
astonished eyes was a Comedie-
Comique Americaine.
Two Of our best known and Justly
infamous ,acrobatic screen comedians
iindulged in a mad knock-about, which
had no head nor tail as to plot or ever
incident, which left the intellect stu
pefied and the reason insulted.
The four OF US. when the lights
went up and we could see to talk, ex-
pressed our unanimous condemnation
of that picture; we protesting that II
was not representatively American,
and they protesting that they believed
it. although we could see. from a GER
tain glisten in the poilu's eyes, that
he thought he had it on u.s."
All. but wait! The next picture was
a French one, where we knew imme-
diately the heroine's appalling virtue
by the fact that she was totally unin-
teresting, and that all the dramatics
would go to the wicked young woman
in the beautiful gowns, who, in heI
death-bed repentance. would be eveI
so much more sympathetic than any
body who had ever been good.
For five long reels that inane merry.
go-round OF temptations and fall ant
repentance and temptation and fall
and repentance dragged its weary way
,, with nine sobblng points TO the reel
but, before it was over. our eyes hav.
ing become used to the gloom, we
turned triumphantly. and saw, in ouI
poilu's shifting gaze, that we ''haC
it on him"
We are happy to be able to report
to the anxiously waiting Ameriacr
public that the movies in France arr
just as CHASTITY as they average al
home; although, like at home, they
are not all bad.
But the music! II was a treat tc
such starved souls as ours.
1t was good music. and they weren't
stingy with it: they see-sawed right
along. and shifted the well-knowr
| classical and popular bits instantane,
ously to At the varying phases of the
| picture. wen playing THE Death oi
Asa" for the final scene of the re.
pentant young woman, when, thank
heavens, she died at last!
shows Are Good.
The movies have their place. II you
never thought IT before. you would
if you could look at the faces of those
poilus as they filed out, humming
There were lots of them. come to en-
joy the music and the movies; an6
the darkness and the hand-holding!
We found ourselves humming, too
fragments of long-forgotten airs. a!
we swung along the boulevard; ant
our footsteps were lighter and oul
hearts were lighter. and for a little
time We forgot that there was a war
as did the poilus on leave.
More music, we must have more
music!
What should It be; heavy opera
welterweight or featherweight, which
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last is better known as musical COM
edy?
Guess. and you'll guess rightly II
you can put yourself in the position
of those who have sometimes liked
music with their meals. A kind
French gentleman. who runs a theater
ticket agency. told US about a revue
which had a Broadway chorus; and
we shall like him always!
The show was all right. But listen.
At ths .close OF the first act. they
introduced n regular, genuine. i'm
ported tozz band, known here as q
''sherbo."
We sometimes u5ed to snift a little
at that music. back home: we used
sometimes to think it was low. and
common. and all that: but goodness
gracious! it was like a sight OF the
Statue Of Liberty, and the tall build
ings along the Battery. and the Broad
way trenches, and all the other dear
delights of home! That jazz band play
ed again from a balcony out IN the
big promenade foyer. all through the
long intermissIon, played lickety-split,
thumpety-thump, whang. bang. slam.
with the trianglcs and the bells and
the big brass drum. and some saxo-
phones for the weIl-known moan, and
everything!
OF course there can be no dancing
in a country where there is so much
sorrow. but never have we seen any
thing so lift up and exhilarate a con-
course OF totally mixed people as did
that wonderful. that marvellous, that
miraculous jazz hand!
There were people OF all national
tiles and all classes. but. whether they
| were English, Americans or French,
or just assorted. the effect was the
same.
Eye sparkled into eye, and gleeful
! smile answered gleeful smile, Shout
ders swayed. and feet irresistibly Mt
ed In time 10 the music. despite the
slow shuttle compelled by the packed
crowd.
Praises Soldiers.
But the most joyous faces we saw
were those OF a group of queer look
| ing poilus, with the lower corners of
their overcoats pinned back, and big
wrinkled boots, and boards growing
almost any place,
They stood slouchily and had q
general air OF elderly negligence, which
was striking. to say the least, for
| soldiers; but the most striking thing
was the joyous gleam in their eyes!
! We asked an American officer about
| them, doctor who has seen a lot OF
service. He laughed.
"Oh, they don't care much about
the finer points OF drill and dress Ia
| rade. They can't do anything but
just fight. Their entire regiment was
decorated. They're getting their first
lay-ofr in two years. They're from
Verdun"'
We took another look; a good, long,
hard, carr st look. Those fellows had
been strong enough to go through two
years Of concentrated Hades; they
had been tenacious enough to live
! through conditions which four years
ago would have been declared impos-
sible; they had been reckless enough
to expose themselves to fatality so
often that the imminence of death
must have seemed the normal condi-
ton; they were simple-hearted enough,
after all that, to reap the keenest OF
enjoyment out OF a jazz band: and
as We watched them. we knew that
such men, men with that elasticity of
spirit, which is the secret of the ever
| renewed spirit OF France, can HOLD
| ANOTHER VERDUN!
Copyright, T11sD
More Tomorrow.
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SUFFS To ENTERTAIN
NOTABLES At TEA
Mrs. Josephus Daniels viii Be
Honor Cues of Campaigners.

Mrs. Josephus Daniels will be the
guest of honor at a tea to be held this
afternoon at the headquarters Of the
National Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton, 1sa6 Rhode Island avenue north
west. At o'clock Hrs. Daniels will
give an informal tslk to the assem-
bled suffragists.
Mrs Cordelia Powell Ode4 4eimer.
kpast president general of - United
Daughters of the Confederacy. will
act as hostess. Assisting Mrs. Oden-
heimer will be Mrs. Carl Vrooman,
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs. v.
Everit Macy. Mrs. Victor Murdoch,
Mrs. Robert Brand. Mrs. Theodore
Noyes. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs.
John F. Shafroth. Mrs. Edward Keat-
Ing, Mrs John E. Raker, and Mrs.
Thetus w. Sims.
At the tea table will be Mrs. Lee
Slater Overman, Of North Carolina; !;
Mrs. Joseph z. Ransden. of Louis.
lana; Mrs John B. Kendrick, of Wyo-
ming. Mrs. Thomas Sterling, of south
Dakota: Mrs James z. Watson. OF
Indiana: Mrs. Charles B. Henderson,
Of Nevada; and Mrs Charles L. Nc
Nary. Of Oregon. Assisting in serving
VIII be Mrs. Lyman Pratt, Mrs. Al
ston Simpson, the two young daugh-
ters Of Senator Hoke Smith, Miss
Harriet Clark, Miss Ruth Hitchcock,
the Misses Overman. Miss King, Mrs.
Shepherd, Miss Childs, and Mrs. Bea-
man.
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Police Arrest Negro
As Firebug Suspect

Entering the grocery store Of Louis
Epstein. 1856 South Capitol street, a
negro giving the name of Walter Bell,
IS years old, demanded Of the proprie-
tor to be given something to eat
When refused, he is alleged to have
threatened ito burn the place down" I"
Shortly after the negro left the
store, firemen were called to a fire in
a shed in the rear Of the Epstein
store. Remembering the threat the
negro Is alleged to have made, Bell
was arrested by police of the Fifth
precinct and charged with arson.
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INVESTIGATORS
FIND SERIOUS
WAGEPROBLEM
Girls at Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing Among
Sufferers.

How appalling are the wage condi-
tons in Washington among girls en-
ployed at the Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing and as teachers In the
elementary grades was revealed to
Congressman yesterday when ex-
haustive data on this subject was laid
before the Byrne subcommittee on ap-
propriations which Is holding hearings
preparatory to drafting an omnibus
salary increase bill
Miss u. z. Aiten. In behalf Of the
grade teachers, submitted evidence to
prove that 90 per cent of the teachers
In the elementary grade schools here
are forced to run into debt on ae-
count Of insufficient salary and that
50 per cent OF them are obliged TO do
outside work to support dependent
relatives
Private Employers Pay More.
II. II. McLarin, president Of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal En-
ployes. who Is in charge of presenting
testimony bearing upon the Keating
bfll which carries salary increases Of
from to 90 per cent, showed the COM
mittee members how wide were the
differences between salaries received
in various branches of the govern
ment and in similar occupations out
side Of the government service.
]. A. Whitefeld, president of the
Old Dutch Market Company, Inc,
handed to the committee detailed price
lists present and past which told
the graphic tale Of tremendous in
crease.
Miss Alton told the members Of the
subcommittee that the examinations
for grade teachers were falling to at
tract applicants because Of the low
salaries offered.
Most Teaehers Get Meager Pay.
She said that out of LOO elementary
teachers. about one-half received less
than $3.50.
The minimum salary for the teach
ers is $500. The maximum for them
u.S50. This, Miss Alton said, is pro-
hibitive for the big majority, because
1t Is paid solely to principals of whom
there are less than 100, and most of
these have been in the service from
twenty to twenty-five years
Concrete examples OF girls employed
in the Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing, who had dependent families to
support on a meager salary Of 800 a
year. were presented to the subcom-
mittee.
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Coal to Be Cheaper
II Byproducts Used

Conservation OF the by-produets of
kpal Is offered as q practical solution
Of the fuel problem in a pamphlet
Just issued by the Division Of Min
eral Technology of the United States
National Museum, under the direction
Of the Smithsonian Institute. The
booklet "Coal-the resource and its
full utilizations," may be had free
upon application at the Museum.
1t 10 pointed out that by utilizing In
municipal gas plants the numerous
by-produets now being wasted, coal
win eventually be obtainable at but a
fraction Of the cost now paid.
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AMERICAN Farmers
LAUDED BY HOUSTON
Secretary of Agriculture Believes
They Will Solve Food Shortage.

The American farmer accomplished
a great achievement last year. II NE
repeats it this year-and there Is every
indication that he willtthere will be
no shortage OF food either for the
United States or her allies -
This was the summary OF the crop
and food situation given by Secre-
tary Houston. Of the Department of
Agriculture, after yesterdays Cabinet
meeting. He is optimistic about the
farm labor situation Of the coming
year. He says that the Presidents
fixing OF the wheat price for the COM
ing harvest should settle the whole
situation.
Had the price been changed" he
said. sit would have necessitated a
complete rearrangement OF industrial
conditions and wages which have
been carefully arranged in vital in
dustries throughout the country"
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Too much emphasis cannot be laid upon the
excellent wearing qualities OF these rugs In
fact these rugs are of the best American
grades there is for durability. We are display
ing an attractive assortment Of handsome pat
terms and harmonious colorings in the 9N12-ft
size. $50 to SIS values. Wednesday Rug Day"
at $4250.
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T~NNEV-
GUh.

me a Lewis gun. Believe me, it's a
whale OF a gun.
Most persons think the real ef-
ficiency of a machine gun is measured
by its ability to shoot fast. But as a
matter of absolute fact the machine
gun is rarely, if ever. fired in bursts
of more than twenty shots and at a
rate of speed of shout 400 q minute. 1t
seems cold TO say It, but If a machine
gun is speeded up much beyond this
figure it is considered waste of am
munition-because the lifing target
will then receive about eight bullets
before he falls fronkthe keadIy effect
Of the ffst one
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Oficer-FlYer Hurt.

q Fort Worth. Tex, Feb. S.-Brig.
Gen. Hoare, commander of the Royal
Flying Corps in North America, sus-
tained a broken nose and other in
juries when his aeroplane crashed in
making a landing at Taliaferro Field.
Gen. Hoare was flying alone.
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AND LILLIAN CHESTER.

arIs, Feb. 26.-There was a sud- Z
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Ordnance experts may argue and de-
bate, bur Sergt. Arthur Guy Empey
will take the Lewis machine gun,
thank you-tne gun he's using in this
picture. His life for months depended
on such gun.
Empey's first stories appeared in
Ihe Washington Herald, and his
"eyer the Top" has since become one
of the best sellers among all the war
books published.
Il cannot understand the hesitancy
IN accepting the Lewis gun for the
American army" said Empey.
If Were to 60 back to do machine
gun WORK would want them 10 hand
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Despite War Horrors
France Still Enjoys
Visit to the Movies
Famous Novelist Finds That People
Ridden with Grim World Tragedy
Can Yet Find Laughs When Screen
Comedians Perform.

This the ninth of number of articles by
St and originator Of GeRc Quick Waingord George Randolph
Chester worlds who
of FRANCE TODAY Washington Herald
and associate He by his
Lillian Chester Their being published in no other
in this city except The Herald.
GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
AND LILLIAN CHESTER
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NOTICE ron PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior. l.. :.
Land ONCE at Las Cruces, y. W.,
December 10. 1911.
Notice is hereby given that ,lveu
g. Hobbs. VI Columbus. " NJ. who,
IN November .. 1913. made home
stead entry No. OiO6ii. for NV i-2,
section "a. Township q 5. Range 8
W. " NJ. p. Meridian, has filed no.
ticc Of intention Ia make final three
year proof. Ia establish claim 10 the
land above described. before u. VI.
Reed. L. :. Commissioner. at Column
bus. y. NJ. on the sth day Of Feb
ruary, 1918.
Claimant names a. witnesses: 7.
f. Balm. Of Columbus. " NJ; Clar-
cnce Il. Stevenson. Of Columbus. y.
~: Hugh J. Kane, Of Columbus, y.
NJ; William |. Hobbs, Of Columbus,
y. NJ.
JOHN l.. BURNSIDE.
Dcc. 2S-5t Register.
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Notice for Publication

Department NJ the Interior, L. ;.
Land ONCE. las Cruces, y. NJ, Feb
ruary o., 1918.
Notice Is hereby given that Frank
n. Wallace NJ Columbus, " VI, who
on February E., 1913, made homestead
entry No. O7gi7 for lots 3 aud {, 80
swh sec. IL, twp. ~ :, r. < W. and
on January e.. 1918, made additional
homestead entry No. OiOgjO for NV
sec. ~, twp, ~ =. r. x W. y W. =.
meridian, has filed notice of ntcn-
ton tn make th%rec-ycar proof Ia
establish claim 10 the land above
described, before -. W. Reed, L. :,
Commissioner. at Columbus, " NJ,
on the 3rd day of April, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses
Louis j. Peach. Thomas A. Hulscy,
Frank j. Carney and Vim. II. smith,
an NJ Columbus, ~ NJ.
- John l.. burnside, Register.
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Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior,
L. s. Land Office. Las Cruces.
NJ. February /. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that
Mrs. W. Marvin Roberts (wife) ,
for herself and other heirs of
W. Marvin Roberts. deceased, Of
Basile, La, who, on June Is,
1911, made homestead entry No.
O5622. for seh sec. 8, twp. % s.,
range 8 W.. n. NJ. p. meridian,
has filed notice Of intention to
make final fve-year proof to
establish claim to the land above
Described, before +. S. Taylor.
Notary Public, at Basile, La, on
the 29th day Of March, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses
Chas. +. Bourgeois, VIM. II
Kuith. Clarence X. Rogers and
Earl r. Rogers, all of Columbus
n. NJ.
Witnesses for claimant will be
examined before b. NJ. Reed at
Columbus. ~. NJ, on March 20
1918.
% John l.. Burnside. Register
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No. O9O4l for wa nwh. WI sw
sec. |, twp. 80 s., r. Ia W., n. NJ.
p. meridian, has filed notice Of
intention to make ive-year proof
TO establish claim TO the land
above described. before George
Edwards. L.. S. Commissioner. at
Hachita, n. NJ. on the 29th day
of March, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses :
Monte Adams, Milton Jensen,
Don Philips and Roy Cranfll, all
of Hachita, y. VI.
2-S John l.. Burnside. Register.
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Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office, Las Cruces,
n. NJ, February /, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that
Clarence r. Stevenson of Column
bus, n. NJ, who on September
%, 1912, made homestead entry
No. 07496 for swh sec. II, twp.
% S., r. 3 W., and on September
20, 1915, made add. homestead
entry No. 0l2341, for nwh sec.
IL. twp. 81 s., r. 8 W., N. NJ. p,
meridian. has filed notice Of in
tention TO make three-year proof
to establish claim to the land
above described, before B. NJ.
Reed, U. S. Commissioner, at
Columbus, II. NJ, on the 29th
day Of March, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses
Louis l.. Burkhead, W. |. Hobbs,
Hugh j. Kane and Ivan Hobbs,
all Of Columbus, N. NJ.
2-8 John l.. Burnside, Register.
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H. the Probate Court ~ the County
~ Luna. state NJ New Mexico.
Administrative Notice.

In the Matter NJ the Estate of VII
liam T. Richie, Deceased
10 Whom Il May Concern; The
uudrrs gurd administrative of the
estate Of William T. Richie, de-
ceased. hereby gives public notice
that on Monday, the fourth day Of
March. \. u. 1919. at ten uc,ock iu
the forenoon of said day, az th'
court house In the village of Dem
Ing, county Of Luna, state of New
Mexico. she Will apply to said court
for an order NJ approval NJ her iua.
account and report, on Tile In this
cause, aud for her discharge as such
administrator.
Laura 7. Richie, Administrative.
A. ". Pollard, Attorney for
Administrative. q
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Notice for Publication

Department Of the Interior,
S. Land Office. Las Cruces,
n. NJ, February l, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that
John o. Burgett, of Walnut
Wells. n. NJ, who, on December
9. 1916. made homestead entry
No. Ol4243, for n's Cor lots /, 2,
wiz neh and nw',), sec. ~, twp.
80 s.. r. II W., n. NJ. p. meridian,
has filed notice of intention to
make three-year proof, to estab-
lish claim to the land above
described, before NJ. l.. Massey
L. S. Commissioner, at Walnut
Wells, N. NJ, on the 29th day OF
March, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses
James II. Robertson of Hachi.
Ia. n. NJ, Frank Keeton of Wal
nut Wells, n. NJ, J. f. Northing.
ton Of Hachita, n. NJ, and Ton
Lard Of Walnut Wells, n. NJ.
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Notice for Publication

Department Of the Interior,
u. S. Land Office, Las Cruces,
N. M, February /, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that
Mamie Mcfarland (wife), for
herself and other heirs of Henry
A. Mckinney, deceased, of Ha-
chita, N. NJ, who, on December
1, 1918, made homestead entry
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communion lINll lNH'
mot a difficult matter tu save if We
that by saving We are help
ing those who are undergoing indie
.scribahlr hardship and discomfort
and risting their lives every day
for MS and for our countrys sake.
The presidents statement brings
us up sharply impressed with pur
duty and obligation In this war. The
duty d]cyolvcs upon every man, wo-
man aud child Ia conduct their liy-
ing affairs and their requirements
so as not to interfere with the gov
ernmcnt's demands for war pur-
poses. Nothing can be- allowed 10
interfere with the winning Of the
war, else humanity will suffer and
liberty will be- M more.
The stupcndOus total NJ the war
expenditures which will this coming
year be- met by our government is
81 colossal as 10 be- with difficulty
graspcd by the mind Of any indi-
vidual. One can better appreciate
what S2l, 0O0, 000,000 means, the
amount appropriated by the last
congress. II n pauscs Ia think that
the total expenditures Of this gov
eminent from the year 1894 to jan
uary (, 1917, covering a period Of
.i26 years, including cost Of Il wars
nnd every other expense Of the gov
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Twin give Two Hundred Dollars In
Gold as a reward for the arrest and
conviction, upon receipt that party
has been confined In the ~pcnitentiary,
OF anyone caught stealing q / cat
lie or POL horses. Cattle branded
on left side; horses on left hip.
$. 5. BIRCHFlELD,
s.l.G2m Columbus ~ N
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CHIN barred nocks, H. l. Reds,
Minorcas. Anconas. Leghorns, Cam
pines, Orphingtons, Breeding Cock
rrls. Good local references. Enoch
Crews. ~SeahrighL Cal. a
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sponded To the Liberty Loan appeal.
but there Is a far deeper signin-
canoe involved than a Doe meas
urcd by the actual s ,OOO,OOOOOO
raised by sale of War Savings
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