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Smyrna times., 1918-07-24
SMYRNA IN DRIVE THIS
WEEK FOR STUDENT NURSES
QUOTA FOR STATE is IO5 AND
EFFORT is MADE TO REACH 1T
Mrs. John P. Salisbury is Chairman
for Kent CountY-AppIicant Eligi-
BILE for Training Must be 10 to 35

for Kent CountY-AppIicants Eligi-
BILE for Training Must be 10 to 35
The Smyrna Red Cross Chapter is
endeavOring to do what it can in the
drive this week for the campaign for
a Student Nurse Reserve for the train
ing schools in both army and navy
hospitals. Nurses are needed now as
never before and nursing opens a
wonderful field of usefulness to women.
Any one desiring to give themselves to
this blessed work is urged by Miss Eu-
nice Anthony, president of the Smyrna
| Red Cross, to get in touch with Miss
| Marie T. Lockwood, Public Library
| Building, Phone I'LL, Wilmington
Delaware has been apportioned
105, as its quota in the u. S. Student
Nurses Reserve which began Monday
| and will continue for one week. It's
very simple thing that is asked of
the young women of this common
wealth--between the ages of 10 and
35 years to do just now. All that
is required is for them to register for
the service-either civilian or army
or both. Then they are to hold them
selves in readiness until April 10,
1919, subject to call to enter train
ing school for nurses Perhaps Some
may not be called, but that is hardly
likely, because with the large number
of nurses that have gone overseas. to
take care of our wounded soldiers and
sailors, the supply of trs.ined nurses
hss been woefuliy diminished. The
course of training will require from
two to three years. and during thi:
time tuition and living expenses with
cost of books Will be betrayed. A
the conclusion Of the course the nurse
will be in a position to make from
/ $40 to $500 per month. The wOrE
will primarily be in this country il
government hospitals, but those VIII,
would wish to be sent abroad will b
4 given that opportunity. Those VIII
enroll will be assigned to traini a
f schools as rapidly as there are vacan
= cies and the training will include bot
civilian and army hospitals. Mis-
= Marie T. Lockwood, chairman of tB
Public Health and Nursing Committe
d of the State Council ef Defense !
directing the drive. The Red CrOs
is cooperating. In WilmingtO
student nurses should carroll at tn
public library building. phone 7I7
and in the counties as follows: Mrs
! Francis deH. Jsnvier, New Castle
! Mrs. John P. Salisbury, Dover fc
Kent county and Mrs. S. M. Messics
Bridgeville, for Sussex county. The.
!, ladies are chairnen for their respe
= tive counties.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-24
DOVER sOYwouNOEO FRANCE

1t. Glider jackson Hit by German Bull
let and is in Hospital at Vichy. France
Mrs. Glider Jackson of North State
street, Dover, recently received a
letter from her son, Glider Jackson,
First Lieutenant of Marines, Eigh-
teenth Company, Fifth Regiment,
notifying her that he is at present in
hospital at Vichy, France, under
treatment for a wound received by
being shot under the right eye during
an engagement with the Germans
about the first of July. The wound
is not serious.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-24
MILFORD BOY IN AIR RAID
Lieut.. Lex 7. Grier, Son of r. D. Grier
Brings Down Large Boche Plane

Word has been received in Milford
that Lieutenant Lex T. Grier, who is
an aviator with the American Ex-
peditionary Forces in France, recently
had his first encounter with a large
German plane and sent it hurting to
the ground. Lieutenant Grier is a
son of MIR. and Mrs. Robert D. Grier,
formerly of Milford and Of Whining
ton, but now of Salisbury, Md. He
is very we'll known in Milford, where
he has many relatives and where he
often visited before he sailed for
France.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-24

Gets az Bushels Wheat to the Acre
Harry Pratt at Clark's Corner, near
Delaware City, threshed 1854 bushels
Leaps Prolific from 25 acres making
an average Of AZ bushels per acre.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-24
Two Smyrna Men Out for Office

Harvey w. FAIRIES has come out for
the Republican nomination for Coroner
of Kent County, and Lee r. Cochran
for the Democratic nomination for
sheriff Of Kent County.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-24

Patriotic Service Presbyterian Church
There will be Patriotic Service in
the Presbyterian Church, 10. 80 a. m,
Sunday. The sermon and the music
will be appropriate to the occasion.
Two new t1sgs will be displayed for
the first time. One is a silk U. s.
Flag, and the other is Service Flag.
Smyrna times., 1918-07-24
FIRST REGISTRATION DAY. HERE
1913 Names Put on in First Election Dis
trict and SO Names in Second

Saturday last, July 20, was the
first registration day in Smyrna and
was lively in the First Election.
Registrar Ransom put on 123 names.
In the Second Election District it. was
little more lively, 1873 names
being put on by Registrar Dayett.
The registration all over the state
was light but this is usually expected
on the first day.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12

u9iebit gu, oa fubrt Die 2olo
ibren @rufen in itol5em Sriump1
lpa5teren."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12
Die(e$ beilmittel wlrd
Sic kuriereft.
apffet mar flnfnnbjtpan5t9
Gents.

Cine ousseseidnete sebanoluns nm
2eber<, Maeeuz uno 9ormbeld9iperpe1'
@%erftppfuns. 9pspepiie, aufseblalerlen'
lauren Maeen. idlet1ten lppet1t SppTz
idmers. Sdfpinnel. @oferluht, 9ulenz
feline. MISUNDERSTANDING 9er5tlooz
fen unb 9urment5i1loungeu.
Ser Stpe6 uno pos 3iel oieier sehanoz
lung beitebt ourin, Sic llrlnhe gu et1tz
ferneu uro Sen Gutienteu 81 furlere1.
&c it. Elm uirfIth beu1erfenslpertss 9etlz
mttteI unb heiIt Suuieuoe, 81 81 letner
2iuiommeniesung perluenbeteu 8eifanoz
teiIe ii1o i'm lInitso States S9ormaz
copoeu oerSeifluet uro tueroeu aus Nuz
turnbiefteu s%elDon11en.
9urh oieIes oerbenerte gehonOlunesz
isiteu1 t5rnen otele sefdbrlthe Sperattpz
men bermiebeu unn oieIe Soften in Der
gebonOIung ser oprgeuaunten 4runfheiz
ten auseeIfnltet iperoen. 9rostifen lie
fern bieie se14lroluns, Sic -Hso groB
2toer &ius." 8et beu edten lit Elm ruz
tes Rreu5 ouf ons 8afet seorudt unb lie
nerben fir nidt me5r oIs finfu1ostDunz
5ie Cent? nerfauft. 8enn SIR 9rpci''
tie nidt fIbrt, 10 idretbeu Sic on 8ea
grrs. & 60, Sept. g. &C., Nlnneapolls
Ntnn. (Iuseioe.1
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12

= Ole pier S. Sn Der Surn-
Itunoe miro Sic Grage geltelt, mas
oie bier in areu5torm ge1teuter
Buditaben IS" (friidl fret, Tromm,
frob) auf 0en Surnerglrteln beoeu<
ten mogen.
Sli0or 5piegel meloet lidj.
SEQ, nein Sunge?"
nTriih -. fret -. fromm -.
pergniigt."
@on Der G4miere. =
@9ouipieler (Dor geginn Der gor=
itellung gum Sireftor): LIMB oas
bier loa Elm &%onig5mabI DorItelen2
9os reiht gerabe fir meinen 9oblea
3abn!!"
0ireftor (entrIFeti: nWlein 9err,
ols &6nig burfen Sic i~ber9aupt fetz
men hohlen Rain habeni"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12
nermartete Wirfun1.

II n CT @irfung.
So Serr Goftor. meine Nidte tit
elm begabtes Mdohen: tie matt,
iingt, ipielt &labicr, raoelt = fat
fih altd 'don id)riftItcaeriid Der
iudt!"
.Ianfe perbinolid)It fir oiele
@ornung, gndoige 5rau!"
- goriihtig. uSeute foloI'
iale Mnnonce geIelen!. :. 9rallt NIT
10000 Warf!"
uSaben Sic lid idon nit ibr
befannt gemadt, SEER 2elltnant??"
vgce : muB MIDI erit erfunoi-
gen, o6 nidt 3rlldfebler!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12

Ser Bontoffe1beIo.
9oftor (5um 4ronfeu, Dem Dor els
mem balben Sabre Iein b0ies @ei6
ge1torben): rSie f0nnen nod longe
leben, menn sic li6 6alten!"
8otient: rgdon redt, Serr GOT
for, ober beoenfen sic MIR ben
gmpfang BON meiner Seligen, rpenn
ih 10 ipdt na9fomme!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12

- @9lagenoer 8ewe1s
Sodter oes @auIes: ...~0oS mar
nidt biibid Don Sbnen. Gie Sorte,
ste i9 ielblt gebaden, ba6en Sic
geltern beim gouper nift ange=
rubrt!"
@alt (entruitet): n9eidt angs'
rIbrt?.. :. 2eibl9mer5en Bob i4 &C.
6abt oieien Morgen!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12

Senor: rSdon in metner frli-
beiten Sugenb batte i'd etne bril-
lante 5timne. @enn i'd BON met,
nem Goter Yriigel erbielt> lamnlel'
ten ii9 sic 2eute auf De- straBe,
UNI oiei lie @timme 5u b0ren."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12
NEW PROCESS
STEAM LAUNDRY

9enft SIR Gtmas ION Gnre Baide?
@enm 10, Damn mtrb es td Gnd lob
men,, nidt ankr adt 81 laHen, oaF
MIR Gucr Gigentbnm bebauSeln, als
mdre es BAG nnierige. 8ir baben Ste
suaaGmSieite @aidautalt int Nurb-
fpefeu mnS liefern erite alahe Arbet.
8tr sebranden feline @bemtfalen;
mir berberben baber Gmre Saden
midt. @enn SIR refine arbeit nub BE.
tie ge6anblnmg mult, Sann Oenh On
ms. mmiere Ereiie finb niebriser als
iunfDo, 1nS MIR beiorseH Gmre So
nriIiemfuaidpe biatser als SIR es iel5f
tim f1nnt. Sir baben Mgenten in
ben mmliegenben Stabten.
e. F. MEYER
@igentbumer.
8. aue. GaS. q. gls1S, NeiHu.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12

ST.: v@ie gebt's2"
g.: uGdau0erbaft! Sabe min
uie6er einen 4orb geholt."
g.: u9u biit mirflid Elm re1ner
8ummel5ug!"
g.: r@ieIo?"
ST.: u@eil Gu iiberan anbaltIt
uno mieber abfd9r1t."
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

tache. Inheriting her fathers rigid
will, she had kept the young officer
in state of abject submission. She
stroked his hair in public as if he
had been her pet dachshuhd, and pat
ted his hand at kindly intervals as
had he been her dear little son.
"But Karl has the soul of q
sheep" she informed the breathless
trio. "You might not be so fortu-
nate. Far, far from it. How can
any one more than guess before one
is fairly married and done for?
Look at papa. Does he not pass in
society as quite a charming person? I?
Wives Live By Rote.
"The women like him, and if poor
mama died he could get another
quick as a wink. But at the best,
my dear girls, matrimony-in Ger
many, at least-is an unmitigated
bore. And in a garrison town
Literally, there is no liberty, even
with ones husband under the
thumb. We live by rote. Every
afternoon l have to take coffee at
some house or other, when all those
tiresome women are not at my own
And what do you suppose they talk
about-but invariably? Love-"
with ineffable disdain.) Moth
ing else, barring gossip and scan
dal; as if they got any good out of
love! But they are stupid for the
most part and gorged with love
novels. They discuss the opera or
the play for the love element only,
or the sensual quality of the music.
Let me tell you that although / mar
ried to get rid of papa, if 1 had it
to do over l should accept parental
tyranny as the lesser evil. Not that
/ am not fond of Karl in a way. He
is a dear and would be quite harm
less if he were not in love with me.
But garrison society-Gott, how
German wives would rejoice in a
war! Think of the freedom of be-
ing a Red Cross nurse, and all the
men at the front. Officers would
be your fate, too. Papa would not
look at a man who was not in the
army. He despises men who live
on their estates. So take my ad-
nee while you may. Sit tight, as
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
She Did Some Thinking.

The countess remained until the
eve of Mariette's wedding, and she
passed those six months in one of the
superlatively beautiful mountain re-
sorts of Austria. She was solitary,
for the most part, and she did an ex-
cessive amount of thinking.
She returned to her duties with a
deep disgust of life as she knew it,
cynical contempt for women, and
a profound sense of revolt. Her nat
ural diplomacy she had increased
tenfold.
When the three girls, their eyes
very large and speaking in whispers,
although their father was at yearly
talk fest with his old brothers in
arms, confided to their mother their
resolution never in any circum-
stances to adopt a household tyrant
of their own, she nodded understand
ingly.
Leave it to me-" she said. "Your
father can be managed. little as he
suspects it. I'll find the weak spot
in each of the suitors he brings to
the house and set him against all of
them."
And my voice." asked Lii
timidly. But the Frau Grain shook
her head. There / cannot help you.
He thinks an artistic career would
disgrace his family, and that is the
end of it. Moreover, he regards wo-
men of any class in public life as a
disgrace to Germany. My assist
ance must be passive-apparently.
1t will be enough to have no worse.
Take my word and Mariette's for
that"
The Grain, true to her word,
quietly disposed of the several
suitors approved by her husband,
and although the autocrat sputtered
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
She Meets An Attache.

She met Freiherr Franz Won Net
telbeck when she was walking with
her charges and he Was stroIling
with the little girls. Of the Rowland
family. The introdnctions were in
formal, and as they fell naturally
Tito German there was an immediate
bond. Nettlebeck was an attache Of
the German embassy who preferred
to spend his summers at Bar Harbor.
He was of the fair type of German
most familiar to Americans, with a
fine slim military figure, deep fiery
blue eyes and q lively mind. His
golden hair and mustache stood up
aggressively. and his carriage was
exceeding haughy, but those were
details too familiar to be counted
against him by Gisela.
Her Tich brunette beauty was now
as ripe as her tall full figure, and
she was one of those women, rare in
Germany, who could dress well on
nothing at all. She, too, possessed a
lively mind, and after her long New
York winter was feeling her isola-
ton -.
Her first Interview (which IN
cluded long stroll and a canoe ride)
with this young diplomat of her own
land, visibly, lifted her spirits, and
she sang as she braided her heavy
mass of hair that night.
Franz, like most unattached
young Germans, was on the lookout
for a soul-mate (which he was far
too sophisticated to anticipate in
matrimony), and this handsome,
brilliant, subtly responsive, and
wholly charming young woman Of
the only country worth mentioning
entered his life when he too wau
lonely and rather bored.
1t was his third year in the United
States Of America and he did not
like the life nor the people. Never
theless, ne was trying to make up
his mind to pay court to Ann How
land, a young lady whose dashinS
beauty was somewhat overpoised
by salient force Of character and an
uncompromisingly keen and direct
mind; but whose fortune eclipsed
by several millions that Of the high
born maiden selected by his family.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow :
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

family adviser, as autocratic as him.
self, ordered the Frau Grain to go to
a sanatorium in the Austrian Dolo-
mites-but alone, mind you!-and re-
main as long as he.I, myself, Herr
Graf!-deemed advisable, with no
intercourse, personal or chirographi-
cal, with her family, the head Z the
house of Niebuhr angrily gave his
consent and sent for sister to chap
eron his GIRLS
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
Kept Him In Good Humor.

1t was her policy to keep the mar
tinet in a good humor, and after all
she had condemned herself not to
think-what better destiny than to
be a German woman of the higher
aristocracy? They might have been
born into the middle class. where
there were quite as many tyrants as
in the patrician, and vastly fewer
compensations. At the age of fortv-
four she believed herself to be a
philosopher.
Six months before Mariette's mar
riage and shortly after the birth and
death of her last child, Frau Won
Niebuhr suddenly returned to her
bed, PROSTATE, on the verge Of col
lapse.
The count ragged that any wife of
his should dare to be i'll or absent
(when not fulfilling patriotic obliga-
tions), consult her own selfish whims
bv having nerves and lying speech
less in bed. But he had a very con-
siderable respect for Herr Doktor
Meyers rank plebeian, but the
best doctor in Berlin-and when that
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
How Rebellion Grew.

Perhaps the rebellion of tie Me
buhr girls would never have crys-
talIized (for, after all. their every
day experience was much like that
Of other girls of their class, merely
intensified by their fathers hersist-
ence Of executive ardors) had it not
been for two subtle influences, quite
unsuspeeted by the naughty Kam-
merherr; they had an American
friend, Eate Terriss, who was fin
fishing her. voice" in Berlin. and their
mar1Sss sister, Mariette. had recent
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
Kept Girls In Seclusion.

In his essence a kind man and
fond of his women, he baked their
every individual wish and allowed
them practically no liberty. They
never left the house unattended
like the American girls and those
fortunate beings OF the student
class.
Lii had a charming voice and was
consumed with ambition to be an
operate star. She had summoned
her courage upon one memorable oc-
casion and broached the subject to
her father. All the terrified family had
expected his instant dissolution from
apoplexy, and in spite Of his petty
tyrannies they loved him. The best
Instructor in Berlin continued to
give her lessons, as nothing gave
the Graf more pleasure of an even
ing than her warblings.
The houshold, quite apart from
the Frau Grafn's admirable man
sgement, ran with military precision,
and no one dared TO be the fraction
Of a minute late for meals or social
engagements. They attended the
theater, the opera, court functions,
dinners. balls, on stated nights, and
unless the Kaiser took a whim and
altered a date, there was no devia-
ton from this routine year in and
out. They walked at the same nour,
drove in the Tiergarten with the rest
Of fashionable Berlin. started for
their castle in the Saxon Alps not
only upon the same day but on the
same train every summer, and the
electric lights went out at precisely
the same moment every night; the
counts faithful steward manipulated
q central stop. They we're eEcour-
aged to read and study, but not-oh.
by no means-to have individual
opinions. The men Of Germany
were there to do the thinking and
they did it.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

- OUNTESS GISELA ME-
BUHR sat In the long dusk
- Of Munich staring over at
hs beautiful park that in happier
days had been famous in the world
rs the Englischer Garten, and de-
Hberately recalled on what might be
the last night Of her life the success
SivS causes that had led to her pro
found dissatisfaction with her
country as q woman. She was so
thoroughly disgusted with It as q
German that personal grievances
were far from necessary to fortify
her for the momentous role she was
10 play with the dawn; but in this
rare hour Of leisure 1t amused her
naturally interpretive mind to re-
hearse certain episodes whose sum
had made her what she was.
When she was fourteen and her
sisters. Lii and Elsa sixteen and
eighteen, they had met in the attic
Of their home In Berlin one after
noon when their father was auto
matically at his club and their
mother taking her prescribed hour
of rest, and solemnly pledged one
another never 10 marry. Thu causes
Of this vital conclsve were both
cumulative and immediate. Their
father, the Herr Graf, a fine look
ing junker of sixty odd, with a row.
ing eye and martial air, despite q
corpulenes which annoyed him ex-
cessively, had transferred his lost
authority over his regiment to his
household The boys were in their
own regiments and rid of parental
discipline, but the countess and the
girls received the full benefit of his
military, and Prussian, relish for
despotisni.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
Gisela Goes to Munich.

Gisela had no gift that she was
aware Of, but she was intellectual
and had longed to finish her educa-
ii n at one of the great universities.
As she was not strong, however, she
was content to spend a year in the
mountains; and then, robust and on
a meager income, she went to Munich
to attend the lectures on art and lit
erature and to perfect herself in
French and English.
She took a small room in an old
tower near the Frauenkirche and
lived the students life, probably the
freest Of any city in the world. She
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

1t was during her first summer al
Bar Harbor that the second deter
mining experience Of her life began,
and it lasted for three years. She
dwelt upon it tonight with humor,
sadness, and, for a moment, thrill
ing regret, but without bitterness.
That had passed long since.
She was virtual mistress Of the
house at Bar Harbor, and az the
children had a trained urse and
maid, besides many little friends,
she had more leisure than in the city
with her one day Of complete de-
tachnent
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

In the House Of Hohenzollern and
the Lutheran religion.
But she suspected, during her
thirties, that she was, after all, the
daughter of a brilliant father as
well as of an obsequious mother,
and that she had possibilities of
mind and spirit that clamored for
development and fired the imagina-
ton, while utterly without hope.
In other words she was, like many
another German woman, in her Sc
cret heart, an individual. But she
was not rebel; her social code for
bade that.
She manufactured interests for
herself as rapidly, and as various,
as possible. preserved her good
looks in spite of her eight children
(the two that followed Gisela died
in infancy, dressed far better than
most German women, cultivated So
ciety, gave four notable musicales a
season, and was devoted to her sons
and daughters, although she never
opposed her husbands stern mill
tary discipline of of those seemingly
typicaI madchens.
The Washington times., 1918-03-15
Wait Until You Are Thirty.

at is not liberty that vulgarizes.
Don't hate man. They have charm.
ing phases and moods; but avoid
entangling alliances until you are
thirty. After that you will know
them well enough to avoid that fatal
initial submergence. The whole
point is to begin with your eyes
open and your campaign clearly
thought out.
Il, too, purpose to get a great
deal out of life now that my fate is
in my own hands. By the summer
we shall even be able to travel a
little. Third-class, yet that will be
far more amusing than stuffed into
one of those plush carriages with
the windows closed and forbidden
to speak with any one in the cor
ridor. And forced to carry all the
hand-luggage off the train (when
your father had an economical
spasm and would not take a foot
man) while he stalked out first as
if we did not exist.
81 shall never marry again-Gott
in, Himmel, no!-but / shall gather
about me all the interesting men
l have never been able to
have ten minutes conversation
with alone; and, so far as is
humanity possible, do exactly as l
please. My ego has been starved. |
shall always be your best friend-6ut
think for yourselves"
The Washington times., 1918-03-15

the English say. Even German
fathers do not live forever. The
lime in our soil sees to that l
notice papa's face gets quite purple
after dinner, and when he is angry.
His arteries must have been harden
ing for twenty years"
1--WE Might Elope."
Lii and Elsa were quite aghast
at this naked ratiocination, but
Gisela whispered: I'VE might elope,
you know"
with whom? No Englishman or
American ever crosses the threshold,
and Kate has no brothers. The stu
dents have no money and no morals,
and, what Is worse, no baths. A
burgess or a professional would be
quite as intolerable, an dno man of
our class would consent to an elope-
ment. Germans may be sentimental,
but they are not romantic when it
comes to settlements. Now, take
my advice"
They were taking It on this fate
full day in the attic. They vowed
never to marry even if their formid-
able papa locked them up on bread
and water.
Which would be rather good for
US" remarked the practical Elsa. 81
am sure we eat too much, and Gil
sela has a tendency to plumpness.
But your turn will not come for
four years yet, dear child. 1t is
poor US that will need all our
vows"
After some deliberation they con-
cluded to inform their mother of
their grim resolve. Naturally SYM
pathetic, a pregnant upheaval had
taken place in that good lady's psy-
cholOgy during the past year. Her
marriage, although arranged by the
two families, had been a love match
on both sides.
Graf a Passionate Lover.
The Graf was q handsome dash
ing and passionate lover and she a
beautiful girl, lively and ,compan-
ionable- DisillusiOn was slow in
coming, for she had been brought
up on the soundest German prin-
ciples and believed in the natural
superiority Of the male us she did