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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03
She Would Help
TO Tighten Burden

Dear Miss Grey; Almost every
morning my husband tells me what
hhiftlcNs. worthless life I am liv.
ing. II has become such n bugbear
20 me that I am driven 90 distrac.
ton. We have two children and
employ maid TO help with the
housework Besides directing my
household and caring for ms chill.
drrn. give considerable time TO
educational and Red Cross work
do not consider that am frittering
my time away.
Before my marriage I held n good
position. could do IL again. but
do not like 20 leave the children
all day in the care of another. My
husband Is a selfish. grasping man.
To whom nothing appeals like en-.
pioyment in business. He has good
qualities. which magnify as much
al possible In order to make life
liyablc. find my happiness de-
ponds greatly on his good opinion
and az present he's badly out Of
pa,icnc. with me. Miss Grey. Just
want TO ask you. IL IL my duty. in
TINS Gay OF inc WNril tfFn. 10 nF~
vote my time 10 money getting in
stead Of lifting a little OF humanity's
buricur WIFE AND MOTHER.
a wife whose husband IL able
10 provide for his family should
not do any remunerauvc work.
unless 10 In no why intcrfcres
with her home duties. and IL 10
the work above ALI other which
gives her happiness. This is not
the fact in your case. You pre-
fer the work you are now en-
gagged IN. and nre entitled TO
make your choice. BESIDES. IL
you take "A business position. you
keep out so-ne girl who needs II.
Some women must do this out.
side work Your problem IL to
make your husband see that IL
is necessary. Persuade him to
attend some OF the mems patri-
ouc meetings. lie mirht there
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03
See That You Hare
Plentn of Osone

Dear Miss Grey: when I walk
in the morning. | find myself coy
cred with Precipitation. IL this goo'
for the health7 one OF my friend
says have bad blood what II
the cause OF this sweating
A wO0DsMAN SOMEWHERE
IN THE FORREST.
might swcats" usually come
from weakened state Of the
nyrt~rn This may come from
several causes. and only a phys.
clan after a thoro examination.
can tell the cause, First be sure.
however. that you have plenty OF
fresh air IN your sleeping room:
TINT - In no, too warm. and that
you are not too heavily covered.
Any Of these conditions. instead
OF ~ health. might cause the
preparation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03
Might Explain
Al the Facts

Dear Miss Grey; have been
catranged from tho man love be
cause Of remarks made by a glrl
whom | thought was a very dear
friend To both Of uH. However.
have just found this out. Because OF
this gossip | told him ! could no,
longer accept his attention. l know
now that II was not his fault. and
I believe he would like 10 be friends
with me again. In Il nay place 10
apologize To hlm7 MARY.
IL IN your privilege 90 explain
that you did not know all the
facts This IL not necessarily an
apology. The letter Implies you
were NJ fault. IL " always wise
to talk over such differences
with a friend and try to bring
about happier relations.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03

A Special Clearance Of many pieces of Used
Furniture to make room for several large lots now
arriving.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03
Gire Him Time
10 FORGET II

Dear Miss Grey; have accepted
the company Of a young man who
works where do. We had an en-.
gagcment for an evening not long
ago. but found could not leave
home I told him this two days be
fore tho date. and he said. AN right.
we'll cancel It," Since then he
scarcely speaks 90 me. II makes me
very unhappy when ! see him talk
ing 10 other girls, without giving
me an opportunity TO find out what
made him angry. what should do7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03

absorb more OF the spirit OF the
times. for he would learn that
men and women OF large ability
md possessions are giving their
time unselfishly TO the worlds
ncc'is. He would. in time. have
n feeling OF pride that you have
n part in such work
Keep on making your home
an attractive place. Please your
husband in every possible way.
But when your duty in this re-
spect is done. your leisure time
In your own. and YOU may &C
cupy IL as you think best.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03

Two carloads OF lettuce have ar
rived In Seattle 10 relieve the local
shortage. California head will sell
at s3.50 crate. and hot house ut
si.75.
Strawberries have suddenly nd.
vnnccd. Crates were selling s2.15
and 81 instead OF $3.50.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03

Should I leave this firm In orde
TO forget him. T. r..
That would be a foolish ming
90 do. Just 40 on as tho moth
Ing had happened. He viii for
get all about his Crouch ln time.
or. II he does not. you will know
that his friendship had little
fouuda ton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03

Invest in the THIRD LIB
,rvsvN vUsN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03
Observation-Disclosures IlfIIIIIIiIIIIH
!: Cynthia Grey's
] LETTERS
Son Must Obtain
He Oun Papers

Dear Miss Grey; our son was 4
years old when my husband took out
his frat citizenship papers. In 1891
lie is about 10 get his second papers
now. WIN that make his son n
citizen OF the United Statcs7
ANXIOUS MOTHER.
am sorry TO dlHappolnt you.
but as your Hon ia past ~ now.
he cannot be naturallxed by his
fathers citizenship, lie must
get papers OF his own.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03

In spite 81 er.osrna,s
eoosssssd Laboratory
oas1s dus 10 thu Var
siss manufacturers Il
Dr.. CsIslwsil's Syrup
psysir are sacrificing
thar p',<ts and ab~rb-
ing tho vss tssns. CD
that thisfsrnIy lexAtivs
may remain st the pso-
wss prscs a t0c and ~
. Isru~ bottie. 50 sA
by dIuuists fos 10 y~ars
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-03

Mile Suzy Dcpsy. one OF the mos,
beautiful women Of the Partisan
stage. n In prison IN France. charged
with being German spy. The case
recalls that OF another popular
French actress similarly accused
Matt Harl. who was executed. Mile.
Dcpsy's husband IN also under arrest
on a charge OF violating the espion.
age law. lie IL Emil CUTLER. former
~ manager OF Sam Mevey. the Amer.
lean prize fighter.
Putnam patriot., 1918-10-18

Tt amount to very much as yet. the fellow who went after mail tonight found your letter and few others among unclaimed mail and in Base Hospital No. 50. It is disgusting to know that things are done in such a way, when thefe is no real excuse for it. But it can't be helped and we have to take things as they come.
 Il have also received a letter from papa. His was dated July 31 and I received it on Sept. 4. He also tells about some letters on the way and you bet I'll be mighty glad to get them. His telling about the garden and all the good things you have been having makes my mouth water and only wish l could be with you to en- joy them.
 Papa inquired about my heavy shoes. Just before we left camp l got one pair of the right size and the other pair were size too large. Here we had to get some more shoes for the fellows and got my right size in the others. I haven't had bit of foot trouble and the shoes have been
Putnam patriot., 1918-10-18
SERGT. KENNETH SHARPE WRITES
 FROM HOSPITAL AT MESYE.S- -BII CY
TELLS OF HIS WORK AT THE LARGEST HOSPITAL IN THE WORLD, AND DESCRIBES MANY THINGS
 OF UNUSUAL INTEREST
Real American Trains Manned By U S. Soldiers Doughboys in France and American Movies Provide
 Entertainment.

The following letter from Sergt. kenseth C. Sharpe has just been re- ceived by his parents, Mir. and Mrs. c. Dwight Sharpe, School street. It is extremely interesting. and gives a detailed picture of the work that Sergt. Sharpe is doing:
 Mesves- Bulcy (Nievre) A. P. 0. 79s
 France
 My Dear Mother and Father:
 Ray and Corp. Rice have gone to Buley tonight so am alone here in the room. can write a great deal better when alone and quiet, so here goes, Only about half hour ago I received my second letter from you. It was written August and you told me about receiving my letter that wrote on the boat From what you say about sending more clippings from the Patriot, judge you have sent some before and that I haven't yet received that letter. That is just the way the mail is worked. Even right here in our own P. O. which has just started and where the mail does
Putnam patriot., 1918-10-18

ly. for I don't care much about going some nights We still manage to get chocolate once in a while. She is very good to us and saves it all, two or three cakes at time, for we fellows. She says that she doesn't have enough to sell to everybody, so she keeps It for us. We always get it very quiet ly, when no one is around, for she doesn't want the others to know that she has it.
 eI suppose everyone in the States is rejoicing at the great gains made by our boys at the front. If they con tinue as they have done, l believe things will come to an end very soon. We get the foreign edition of the New York Herald here, also the Daily Mail, and we change our front line on our map of France when it gives the map in the paper. We can hear the guns even here, so far from the front. We have sat outside the door several nights and heard the almost continu- ous dull thud It is very peculiar noise. almost ndescribable. We hear it and yet it seems we don't. can't explain it to you. They said that when the first troops came here, they could hear the guns quite plainly.
 We have been having a spell of
 Al sa .,.yf,,l If reminds me very much of Indiana. You take step and your footprint comes right along with you. Of course we have to clean of our shoes before going into any building or 1t would soon be a sight. We are be- ginning to get weather like Capt. Tayes and Capt. Sell told us about in the States. Real damp and chilly and quite cold in the evenings.
 "The fellows are all doing the same sort of work, some here and some there. We have heard rumors that the other squad may move out and go up nearer the front. Their captain, the sanitary officer here, received some sort of information about his going back with his own division. of course we all may move sometime, any time. Another wild rumor Is that soon most all of the work here will be done by men who have come here wounded or sick and are conyal- eseing. hardly think it probable"
Putnam patriot., 1918-10-18

Save to Buy, Buy to Keep" "Join the Fighting Fourth"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16
A. B. Alpirn, Young Russian Emigrant Builds Up Bus
ness Here Which Has Reached Immense Proper
tions, and Is Helping to Win the War by
Providing Metal for Shipbuilders.

steel. There are two marketable
grades, mixed and skinned iron.
Operates in Montana.
Railroad companies such as the
Burlington and Union Pacific seek
Mr.. Alpirn as buyer of their worn
out iron and steel. One of his busi-
ness transactions was a recent pur-
chase of mountain of steel and iron
machines and implements, the &C
cumulations Of years OF discard of the
Butte-Anaconda Mining company. He
paid 100000 for the scrap iron.
Other men go over the piles OF
metal and other articles of metal
which can be salvaged. Ali such
stuff as can be used finds ready
market, the demand being many times
greater than the supply, owing to the
curtailment of factory output because
of war conditions.
Galvanized iron, which, previous to
the war was so cheap that it could
not be marketed, can now be handled
here and shipped to the east at a
good profit.
Steel from the yards of the Alpirn
concern, salvaged from the farm yards
and country towns OF the agricultural
belt, is shipped to the shipyards at
Seattle where it is converted into
ships of war and commerce. So inn
portant is the local industry con-
sidered by Uncle Sam that the car
loads of scrap iron shipped out of
Omaha are given the right-of-way
over other more aristocratic freight
and because of being used in war
emergencies travel on schedules for
merely the prerogative of the trans
continental trains de luxe.
War Forces Business.
It has been due to the feverish in
dustry of the junk and scrap iron
dealers all over the country that the
shipbuilding industry of the nation
has been kept in running shape, be-
cause if they had to depend on the
raw iron product of the mines the
industry would have fallen down
long before. The salvage of iron all
over the country is great conserva-
tion move.
Related to the scrap iron activities
of Mr.. Alpirn is the reclamation plant
of the Western Smelling & Refining
company, Of which he is the president.
d. P. FEEDER, vice president and Fl. D.
Farwell, secretary.
Mr.. Alpirn was shipping tons Of
engine machinery and automobile
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16
OMAHA MAN STARTS WITH CAPITAL OF FIFTY
CENTS AND HAS MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY

bearings, tinfoiI, chinese tin, and lead
and solder foils to St. Louis and Chi
cago, there to be manufactured and
sent back to Omaha to be sold.
He realized at once an opportunity
to establish a manufacturing business
at this point which would save the
freights both ways and put Omaha in
position to more than successfully
compete with both of those cities.
This was in 1914, at the outbreak OF
the war. He organized his company
of himself, his son-in-law, Mr.. FEEDER,
and trusted employe, Mr.. Farwell
The smelling and refining plant was
put in, the equipment at the start
being housed in a building 30x40. The
business grew by leaps and bounds.
Today the firm is manufacturer of
babbitt, solder, type metal, and
jobber of spelter, antimony, block
tin and basic metals, with trade
territory covering every state in the
union and volume OF business ap-
proximating $l,000000 year.
Tin at Low Price.
The conditions brought about by
the war showed the wisdom of Mr..
Alpirn's foresight in establishing this
business. At the time the smelter
and refining plant was established.
tin had sunk to the lowest price in its
history when in October, 1914. it was
quoted at % 3-4 cents per pound.
compared with normal price of 40
cents per pound.
Since the Dutch embargo on tin,
the great supply OF this country hav-
ing come from the Dutch colonies of
Batavia and Java, the price has jump
ed to $l.10. The local plant of the
company is reclaiming tin and is per-
forming a very valuable economic
service for this country. ....
Ten tons of tinfoil is worked, up
every month in materials that mean
the reclamation of tin. This stuff is
shipped here from Maine to California
and from Minnesota to Mexico. The
product is marketed all
over the United States. The concern
is able to manufacture and market all
of its products at a smaller cost in
every item than the competing points
of Chicago and St. Louis.
Swamped With Business.
The demand is so great that the
company does not have to solicit
orders, but is fairly swamped. The
goods are shipped out
daily as produced and there is no re-
serve stock on hand.
A. B. Alpirn, whose genius has
made this immense industry the
reality of boyish dream, is most
aggressive business man in all that
relates to his project. He is a strong
character and possesses wonderful
No man in Omaha will cover
more ground in a day. and no man
has greater grasp on the details of his
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16

but he is inclined to have some feel
ings of regret when he contemplates
the quantity of fruit that these visitors
have appropriated since the straw
berry and cherry season came on.
The greater portion of Johnson's
acre is in strawberries and cherries.
When the strawberry season was at
its height the crowds divided their
time between leaning against the
fence, watching the balloons and pick
ing Johnson's berries. Now that
cherries are ripe. the crowds have
commenced dividing their time again.
They watch the balloons up in the
sky and then make a bee line for the
cherry trees. After filling up on cher
ries they return to their watch and
soon thereafter they ara back in the
cherry orchard, and so it goes the
whole day long.
The people who are gazing at bal
looms and picking Johnsons cherries
are not boys and girls, but most of
them are eminently respectable and
travel out from town in automobiles.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16
No Rest for Ministers of
Omaha These Hot Days;
It's War or Wheat Fields

Omaha ministers have adopted the
slogans, Back to the Farm" and
"All Aboard for France judging by
their plans for the vacation weeks
Some have not yet made any definite
arrangements as to the summer, but
of those who have few seen to have
made much provision for rest. They
appear to believe that variety will
provide plenty of recreation. A large
number say that, with so many going
to various branches of the service
and the consequent shortage OF min
listers, they will give up their vaca.
tions and work all summer.
John Calvert of the Benson Metho-
dist church has already gone to Eu-
rope as a Young Mems Christian
association secretary, his place being
taken in his absence by Garrett Jen-
sen. ]. H. Stitt of the McCabe Meth
odist church leaves for France on
June %. His pulpit will be supplied
until September, when regular pas
tor will be appointed for the re-
mainder OF the time. Charles Z. Cob
ley of the First Christian church is
leaving for France August l. to be
gone six months. His church will be
kept open, but no regular minister
appointed. Russell E. Watt OF the
Oak street Methodist church is leav.
ing for Great Lakes training sta
ton to enter the service as a yeo-
mar. There are a number of Omaha
ministers who have applications in
for Young Mems Christian associa-
ton secretarial work.
There will be quite farming con-
tingent. H. P. Hunter of the Dietz
Memorial Methodist church says his
plans are not yet complete, but he
expects to work in the Kansas wheat
fields. In the fall he will probaly en-
ter an officers training camp. Z, H.
jerks of First Presbyterian church
will leave about the middle of July
for Alberta, Canada. where he and his
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16

two sons own large farm. He goes
there every summer. N
In August A. F. Ernst of the Lowe
Avenue Presbyterian church will
leave for his old home in Illinois,
where his relatives own three farms.
c. w. Swihart of Grace Evangelical
Lutheran church will give up his
usual long, restful vacation. He is
holding himself in readiness to re-
spond to any call that may come to
him, either in France. the harvest
fields or elsewhere that men are
needed. Carl Worden of St. Mat
ihias Episcopal church will go to
Michigan to work on a farm belong
ing to his brother-in-law. r. H.
Chenoweth of the Jennings Metho-
dist church has a war garden to
which he will devote his time instead
Of going away for his usual vacation.
Many of the Omaha ministers are
in demand for lecturing, teaching or
conducting services in other localities
in the summer. ]. Frank Young of
Westminster Presbyterian church
will leave in July for Green Bay,
Wis, where he will attend a we'd
ding. From there he goes to Buffa-
10, Mimi, to conduct vesper services
for two weeks. w. H. Spence of
the Hanscom Park Methodist church
will spend July at Lake Okoboji.
where he will have supervision of
the Epworth League training school
there. ...
]. E. Flockhart of St. Andrews
Episcopal church will go to South
Dakota, where his father has charge
Of the Yankton Indian reservation.
Titus Lowe of the First Methodist
church, having only recently return
ed from France and having been
speaking in Omaha and through the
state almost constantly ever since,
feels that he needs real vacation.
With his family, he will take an over
land automobile trip to Pennsylvania,
frequent stops. starting Aug
nst and being gone about six weeks.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16
NORA NEAL
PI A NO

Faculty Member Sherwood School Of Music
Studio, 5l3 McCague Bldg. Phone Doug. 4S0l
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16
Collie Dog Star Disciple
Of Isaak Walton; Catches
TW0-Pound Bass at Carter

it went fishing. 1t would stand out in
the water and watch. Whepever a fish
would come within striking distance,
the dog would dive and about six
times out of 10 it would make a catch.
Early this spring the dog resumed
its fishing trips to the park lake and
was even more successful than last
fall. In fact, it seldom failed to land
several fish. This was pleasing to
Walker and so he concluded to give
the dog a chance to work in other
waters. Last week Walker and his
dog went to Carter lake to try their
luck and the dog was lucky so far as
gathering in fish was concerned. 1t
stalked the bank on the north side of
the lake and during one afternoon, by
diving, brought out a two-pound bass,
an enormous carp, turtle and three
pound pike. Walker admits that is
some FISH story, but is willing to make
an affidavit to its truthfulness.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16

1t is easy enough to teach dog to
suck eggs or catch chickens, but when
it comes to teaching one to fish and
actually land the fish, that's another
matter. This feat, however, has been
accomplished by B. G. Walker, who
lives on Kansas avenue, just south of
Miller park.
Walker is the owner of a collie,
which, according to Walker. knows
more than / do" At any rate, whether
or not the collie possesses more gen.
eral knowledge than Mr.. Walker, is
immaterial. Nevertheless, the dog can
catch fish.
Last summer. when the collie was a
pup, Walker FREQUENTLY took the ami
NAL over to the little lake in Miller
park, At place in the lake where
the water from the artesian we'll
flows in, hundreds of reddish gather.
On its visits the dog developed great
interest in watching the fish. Finally
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16
Two Million Fewer Babies
Are Born in GERMANY

London, June 15.-The first three
years of war reduced by over two
million the number of babies who
would have been born in Germany
had peace prevailed, says a report of
the British Local Government Board.
Some 40 percent fewer German babies
were born in 1916 than in 1918. The
infant death rate, which rose to an
abnormal height for a time after the
outbreak of war, appears to have
gradually returned to the pre-war
rate. The food difficulties have not
led to all excessive number of babies
dying, at least up till the end of 1916.
In the towns where the food shortage
was most acute, the death rate tended
TO fall
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16
Ford Owners Have Edge
On Rest of Us This Week

Every owner or driver of Ford car
or truck, their families and friends,
if the Ford will hold them all, will
be admitted free to new Krug park
Friday of this week.
Tickets are being given away at the
Ford plant, Sixteenth and Cunning
streets, and all Ford agencies and
branches inAhe city.
Arrangements have been made for
the parking of every car within the
park, where they can be guarded by
attendants, thus doing away with
danger of theft.
Several hundred Fords are expected
at the park Friday afternoon and
night.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16

business. From the time he started
out with 50 cents in his pocket to the
present, with millions for working
capital, he has stood for all that is
honorable in his dealing with his
fellows. 1t was this quality in him
that made him sought for by railroad
presidents, general managers, and
iron masters in their business deal
ings.
In private life Mr.. Alpirn is a
modest and retiring man, and while
he must naturally be proud of his
achievements he is rather reticent
about them.
He is one of the pioneers of wealth
conservation and reclamation in the
middle west apd because of his
breadth of view, his mastery of detail
and his great energy and executive
capacity, he has put Omaha on the
map as a producing center of ma
terials now very, much needed i'll the
war industries of the nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-16
zigzagging Ships Are
Hard for Enemv to Hit

London, June l5.-British subma-
rine commanders attest the value,
!. from their own experience in trailing
enemy warships, of the zigzagging
tactics used by allied shipping in
lodging Uboats. All agree that an
irregular course, coupled with speed,
makes fleeing vessel difficult tar
get. 5E