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100000 women
AID BRITAIN IN WAR
"Our Amazons Have Saved U.s." De-
clares Writer-Praises Their
Morality.

LONDON, September 2 (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press).-
Fully 100000 women in the United
Kingdom are engaged ''in whole-time
work, much Of which, in one way or
another, is essential to the war;"
Harold Begbie. an English journalist
and novelist, writes in London
newspaper. "In three years Gel 900
women were added to the pay rolls of
Eng1and's munition factories" he as
serts.
Incomplete figures which he had
women in various trades and occu-
pations, follow:
Metal chemical and textile trades. 2, EOS, 900
Admiralty. dockyards. ordnance, etc. 2io. 0oo
Finance. banking, commerce. ...... 948,OOO
Transport, including trans. 1lOO0
LEGAL authorities service. .....:.... 231,eOO
Agriculture mot including 1918 re-
cruits) ................-.... a4ooU
Civil service iinciuding post onicej. 10000
Hotels, taverns, theaters, etc. $500. 100000
In addition. there are nearly 100000
women employed in a service Of a
military nature, such as the Queen
Mary's Auxiliary Corps and the Wom-
ems Naval Service.
"Our Amazons." Begbie says. "have
saved us. We could not have con-
tinued the struggle without their
help. They have not only enabled
millions of men to be enrolled in the
army: they have doubled and trebled
the national output Of munitions. of
war. .
Behind the pretty girls in attrac-
tive uniforms, who are doing most
useful work. there are millions of
women toiling so hard that it was
thought before 1914 no woman could
perform it, or SO dangerous that no
man ever dreamed Of asking woman
to do it.
"The spirit in which these women
have come forward to take the place
Of men is beyond praise. They have
been a steadying influence in trade
disputes. They have shown the ut
most courage in moments Of danger
or panic. Many Of them are doing
either exceedingly hard work or ex-
tremely monotonous work. Their
physical endurance has equaled their
powers Of nervous resistance to ia
tigue. Their morality has been
superior to that Of men," 4
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'FL|ERS STAMPEDE
HORSES; GUNS TAKEN
British Airmen Prevent Fleeing
Germans From Saving Battery
I, Of Field Guns.
of tn. Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
ON BRITISH FRONT. August U.s.
The capture Of a German battery by
two British airplanes was one Of the
unique Incidents of the fighting in
this area. The two airplanes, fight
ing scouts sent out to harry the
German infantry in the course Of an
important local action undertaken
by the British and American troops
had dispersed a battalion Of German
infantry marching up toward. the
battle area when they sighted. q
quarter mile behind the German line
suspicious group Of objects under
trees. Near the group Of objects
were forty or fifty horses which
were evidently being harnessed te
something. The secret was soon out
The Germans were trying to remove
a battery OF field guns before the
British and American infantry ap
peared on the scene.
Stampede Horses.
Without horses this task would b
impossible. SO the airmen decided
quickly that the horses must b.
men Owed down until they were les:
than one hundred feet from thu
ground. Then they opened fire. aim
ing at the guns and the demoralizet
gunners, but seeking chiefly tt
brighten the horses as much as pos
sible. The horses required little en-
couragement in this direction, fol
their drivers deserted them IL
search Of cover and soon the ami
mails were galloping of in all direc
lions.
For nearly a mile the airmen fol
lowed them across the fields. TheI
| the airplanes were turned once NOR
toward the battery. Here it wa
found surprisingly easy. to drive OF
the remaining men of the battery
! and very soon the reason becam
obvious, for only a short distanc
away, across the ridge, the British
and American vanguards were advanc
ing.
The last cartridge in the airplan
was gone and the two scouts lande'
| in the field nearby, then walked VI
| to the guns and in a few minute
calmly handed them over to the Brit
| ish commander.
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Max Hochstein has been ordered
fnterned as an alien enemy at Mo-
bile. Hochstein. with his half brother,
Charles Nelson, was recently ar
rested in Mobile as an allen. They are
old residents of the city.
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Tells Of Big Battle.


hordes at Cambria and told something
of their exploits in the Chateau Thu
erry battle when the present success
full drive began. But here is per-
sonal narrative of the experiences Of
a high-ranking officer, who not only
saw the start of the present big allied
offensive, but participated in it 1t is
contained in a letter to friend In
America, and describes in vivid style
scenes On the battle-swept fields OF
France:
HEADQUARTERS. ENGI-
NEERS, A. E. F.. France, July 81,
1918.
Dear Bob: Your letter of July 1
reached me several days ago, but I
was engaged at the time; in fact, we
were in the midst of the second battle
of the Marine.
1--WE were in the fight steadily from
July Is to July 25. and drove the Ger
mans back little over twelve miles.
At this stage Of the game another
American division came in and took
our place and kept the Germans NOV
ing on, and we are following. ready to
jump in again. when the other outfit
gets tired.
.one night when the rain was pour
ing down the general called me IN
and said: We attack at 10 o'clock
and must be at - at 2 am. You
must keep the road passable and get
the ammunition trains up
We'll. the road was just woods
road, narrow and knee deep in mud.
We rocked and corduroyed the worst
places, and we stationed men at all
bad places to help wagons along.
! When I placed my forward men was
in the German lines ahead of the
infantry.
well, we got the wagons up all
10. K. The general said some nice
things about me.
believe me. it was a wild night. A
lieutenant had a leg shot Off as he
stood by me. Two men were killed
by the same shell.
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FOR SALE-APARTMENTS.

snfAIL, APT, on CAPITOL HILL. NEAR
Un!en station, containing three apis and jani-
srPs auarters: four-story brick: modern I'M
nrsseeesnts; h.-w.h.: large hack yard TO biz
alley: stable IN rssr for garage Addres: Ho1
ESQ Star oncs. 10
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Col. Crecelius Is Assigned.

Col. Samuel F. Crecelius. 101st En-
gineers, A. E F., of Louisville, KY. has
been assigned to the command of the
School Of Field Fortificatic<ss.
Lieut.. Col. ]. v. Birch, who returned
as a major, has been promoted to a lieu
tenant colonel and assigned to the COM
mand of the 7th Regiment
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VIRGINIA BARGAINS.


2-story. rooms; pantry; newly painted
front and back porches; 1 acre Of ground; 10,
Gated Bancroft. Va: schoolhonse t8 miles
from White Housed. Price, $3.50. Terms,
5000 cash. See this. it's cheap. Vacant. Keys
at Mrs. II. Babcocks house.
Nice Groom home; pantry and extra room
for bath, without fixtures; gas: wired for
cleo. lights, with nice fixtures; large closets:
front, side and back porches: metal ROOF
Quilt years.; lot 50x100 to alley; shed in
re ar; located on Mckinley ave-, Ballston Va,
near Preston ave-: vacant: immediate posses
$3.50 cash and 5000 per month. Our sign
| OF property.
Beautiful Groom and bath bungalow; gas
cleo. lights: nice fixtures; large hoored attic;
cellar under entire house: furnace heat: front
and back porches; ceptic tank: very large lot
125 front by 100 deep: now rented furnished
at $50 per month; vacant October !; for sale
without furniture only. Price. $3.50. Terms,
$500 cash. Located on Garrison road, Ciar'
cnGon. Va, 5 blocks north of Cherry valley
station, on 10Th and Pa. car. line. Our
sign OH property. It's bargain.
beautiful, rooms. OH floors. corner home
4 bedrooms, bath; hot-water heat: open fire.
place; gas and cleo. lights: concrete cellar;
cleo. motor: porches: garage or shed holds
cars: lot 179 front by 159 deep: large trees;
located Alexandria ave-, Fort Myer Heights,
Va. (near schoolhouse): vacant: keys at af1ce;
reduced now to $1,000; terms, $500 cash. bal
Act Guirk.
W. O'!IARA. WI!4LETT & RElNECkE. CO.,
1903 II NV, Exclusive Agent.
Tel. Main 1878.
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|CAPT. BEARD EARNS
| BRAVERY REWARDS
Officer Now at Humphreys
Wins D. S. C. and Croix de
Guerre Over There.

CAMP HUMPHREYS. September IA.
Cornelius Beard. formerly OF
the 101st Engineers, A. E. F.. has won
both the distinguished service cross
and the croix de guerre.
Capt. Beard, now attached to camp
at Humphreys, won both
these decorations by putting a bridge
across a canal near Chemin des
Danes while subjected sto a hot hre
from the enemy's machine gunaers
and infantry.
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g.. soo-sPLENpIp GROOM BUNGALOWS;
water in kitchen cleo. light: large lot: / fare
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displacement Tonnage"


particular application to war vessels
and refers to the weight of the vessel
in long tons Of 2,240 pounds or metric
tons of 1000 Kilograms when she is
fully equipped and manned. This Is
the normal displacement and Is dill
count of special allowances for stores,
etc. The '1oaded" displacement ton
mage is the weight Of vessel when
she is loaded to her maximum draft
line. The light" displacement is her
weight as she stands so in DOCK
The actual" displacement Is her
weight as she is equipped and loaded
at any particular time and varies from
day to day as coal and stores are con-
sumed. when the term Misplace
ment" is used without qualification
with respect to a war vessel the nor
mali displacement is meant. The term
normal" displacement is never ap-
piled to q merchant vessel.
The dead weight tonnage, or sim
tween the actual and light" dis
placement tonnages of vessel. 1t Is
expressed in terms of the long ton OF
2240 pounds or the metric ton or 1,OOO
Kilograms, and is the weight of fuel.
passengers and cargo that vessel
has on board at any particular time.
The term measurement tonnage re-
fers to cargo space in measurement
tons Of forty cubic feet. Much ocean
freight is shipped as measurement
cargo. and ocean freight rates are
based ON the measurement ton as a
unit. If a commodity requires moro
than forty cubic feet for a long ton
the freight is paid according to the
space occupied. If commodity has
such a density that less than forty
cubic feet are required for long ton
the freight is charged according to
tho actual weight.
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Immediate possessio

VERY COMFORTABLY FUR. HOME. Q MILES
out. on macadam road; near cleo. and steam
railroads: reasonable rent to small, Responsible
16s
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY.
FOR RENT-Continued. :
-OH nE.N1-f UHN1Sk1ED-
FOR PERIOD OF THE WAR.

FOR sALEoR RENT-FURNIsHED-
FOR PERIOD OF THE WAR.
Four miles from White House: Il min. by
motor. 80 min By trolley. Most beautifully
located suburban estate in Washington. 90
mile view over three states. Beautiful grounds,
gardens and private road. New tapestry brick
house and garage. Old English type. 20 large
rooms and four baths; six masters bedrooms;
living room. 2ox4o feet; large dining room.
billiard room. wineroom, conservatory and cold
frames; wonderful freplaces. Floors. walls
and beamed ceilings of. first floor in quartered
oak. Second floor in red gum. All furniture
made to match. Detailed description on request.
Send Soc in stamps for fully illustrated reprint
Of magazine article.
Address OWNER,
$50 Southern building,
Washington, D. C.
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CHEAP HOMES.
Almost in sight CT Washington, for those used
to suburban life: big garden; gas telephone
service: city deliveries sth grade 1000
school; block to cars; and rooms one $500
cash. SIS month; one $500 cash. $50 month ::
one $500 cash. $25 month: one rooms.
$1,000 5000 cash and trust 81 900 costs only
81 month; 30 minutes to 18th and Pa. ave.
All 81 600 to So 600. Easy.
F. A. COGSWELI4. Ballston. Va.
GROOM FRAME HOUSE, SILVER SPRING.
Md fruit garden chicken houses: one-half
mile to cars; $500 with half acre. $3.50
with quarter acre. Possession assured within
one month. Address
e223 Flagler place NV. city.
NEAR WEST FALLS CHURCH; 16 ACRES.
all tillable; fruit, shade; poultry houses. corr
crib good barn, tenant house, dwelling Of s
rooms: situated on one of the finest elevations
around Washington. commanding view for
several miles; a delightful home, with SPLEEN
did business possibilities: very near station
two trolleys; owner leaving will sacrifice at
$3.50.
Some small bungalows this section. with pos
session: 81. 500 and up. on terms as easy as
rent: good choice in Falls Church at $500;
also other suburbs.
THOMAS +. PETTY. 2O13 18th st. NV.
Phones North 415s. and Falls Church 1912.
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HARPERs FERRY, w. VA.

UP IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ON
a lofty peak above Harpers Ferry stands the
HILL TOP HOUSE; good meals, clean house;
open to Thanksgiving day. r. s. L0VETT.
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FOR SALE-TwO OF THE
most attractive 7-room and buth
bungalows ever offered in Sauls
Addition. WashinSton's exclu-
sive residential section: they
have all the latest modern
equipment: beautiful lots. Price
$3.50. Reasonable terms can
be arranged. Open for inSpec-
tion daily.
PHILLIPS & SAEGER. INC,
II. IS. 400 New York ave. NV.
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Some Depressing Sights.

MANY Of the dead are not buried for
several days. You can imagine the sweet
atmosphere we live in. When 1 am not
busy on road and bridge work or fight
ing as infantry my men are kept busy
burying dead men and animals. YeSter-
day 1 buried thirty horses, of which nine
lay within seventy-f1ve yards of each
other.
Il will not be sorry when this war is
over. Neither do l want to come home
until it is all over and Germany we'll
licked.
I'VE need more men, because the Ger
mans are on the inside of the circle, but
when our little Army gets here we are
going right through them. 1 wish we
could push them over the Rhine this
winter, but 1 am afraid we won't have
enough men to do that until spring.
well, this is war, and you know what
Sherman said about it.
II must be off now to push my roads
little farther toward Germany"
Four overseas officers who returned to
this country as captains have been pro-
NOTED to majors. They are Capts. Will
liam R. Grunow, V. G. Thomassen, r. r.
McGregor, George F. Hobson, J. II. p.
Fiske and j. de N. Macc1nb. Two other
| majors are among the officers who have
returned. They are Majs Thomas b.
Whitfield and George F Weisel
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BUNGALOW RMS, FUR. HEAT; ANIL:
good garden. fruit. berries, chicken house. Id
acre; good location Woodbridge vicinity: $500;
terms. Phone OWNER, North 4O0s-W.
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY.
FOR SALE.

list 4 MILE FROM GEORGETOWN
beautiful farm q. acres: owner will not re,
fuse any reasonable offer; l am instructed to
THOMAS P BROWN. GIT Al. st. s.w. IL
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SIR. HOUsE-DIRECTLY ON ELEC. CAR
line; IS minutes from city: immediate posses
sion Address Box .06C. Star ONCE. 15s
HOUSE OR BUNGALOW; S OR s ROOMS;
way; lease. Address Box 296-C. Star Office.
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Shelled Four Times.

Next day the corps engineer and
went out to choose a road to move
ahead on, and we were seen and got
shelled four times. One shell fell SO
close to us it knocked us both down
and thought 1 was killed. The whole
of my wicked life passed through my
mind in flash.
well, I was not hurt. I was di-
rectly in front of the shell, and there
lis always 4 dead space exactly In
front OF bursting shell where nc
fragments strike.
Il am thankful to say my nerves
are still steady. 1t is pitiful to see
some of the human wrecks caused by
fright and the horrible sights we see
Il want TO tell you of my impress
sion of this battlefield.
1T is a beautiful landscape ruined
by man, strewn with their dead and
mangled bodies and bodies of horses
wrecks of wagons, cannon and equip
ment Of every kind; beautiful forests
swept away by artillery and machine
gun fire until nothing is left but
trampled into dust, the earth pitted
with huge shell holes. some fort,
feet across and twenty feet deep. A
perfect volcano of smoke and flame
arises from the earth in two lines, &
|deafening roar of guns Of all sizes anl
kinds, the hum of the airplane:
overhead, and in this hell on eartt
thin lines of men moving on theil
various missions, and long columns
lof wagons, trucks, pack mules anl
men moving forward and backward
from the front. supplying food ant
ammunition.
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CHEVY CHASE LAKE.

CHEVY CHASE LAKE.
CONN. AVE.
6-room frame and hath: electric light: fur
mace heat: hne shade: lawn: shrubbery and
hsdse se $500 doW ee rest SIS Der month
Possession in 80 days.
FALLS CHURCH, VA.
Two ELECTRIC LINES: MACADAM ROAD;
o-FARE ZONE: BEST TROLLEY LINE
OUT OF D. C. HIGH-CLASS COMMUNITY.
NEW S-ROO1f frame and bath: electric light
furnace heat; concrete cellar floor; large m
ished attic; very large porches and sleeping
porch, screened in; stone foundation: lot
s5115o; nice lawn good neixhbors: within 9
blocks of electric. Price. $1,000. Very at
tractive in every respect.
STONE & FAIRFAX.
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WANTED TO BUY.

Will PAY $500 DOWN. S5uu SEMI-AN-
nually and balance as rent for S-room house in
NV: must lie desirable locality. Address Box
R4-p Star ONCE.
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

BUNGALOW ROOMS. BATH; H.W.H::
gas: running water: 10 acres level. fertile
house. rooms for help: suitable for trucker
or self-sustainer du-ng war: $1,000. cash or
terms, or exchange for city property Of equal
v-lne. Phone OWNER. North 4O07-W.
FOR SALE OR TEADE-TWO ABATEMENT
houses. % suites. Ohio city; best o: condi-
ton: will accept southern farm property
part pay. Address Rox Ord. Star Office.
ONE BRICK COURT HOUSE. NORTHWEST.
and four frame court houses. southwest; all
clear of trust: total value. $1,000 trade for
equity in six or eight room brick house. north
west. y. Z. RYON. 1923 NV.
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FOR SALE-LOTS.

NICE, HIGH LOT, ABOUT y ACRE. IN IA
koma Park: near cars; owner moving to Mich
iSan, wishes to sell: 500 cash, balance easy
terms Address BOX Bob. Star office. 15'
CORNER LOT $50 RY 81 FIT. 7th AND
Dnhlia sts., Takoma Park. See owner, Apt.
ZIG. Rutland Courts. 10
ZINE CORNER LOT, 80 BY III; ALL IMp.
lexington: faces S. and e.; only S25 cash. So
monthly; take ID tr. notes on imp. property.
q Col 1.,CI-I
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FOR RENT-F0R SIX INCONSISTENCIES
ed house. suburban: 70 minutes from center
Of city; four masters bedrooms: electric light;
hot-water heat: 2-machine garage: 500 per
month Telephone Main $3.50. Branch 239.
NINE-ROOM HOUSE. WITH GARDEN AND
chicken privileges. SIS per month: with acre
age for trucking, $50 For particulars phone
lincoln 1901.
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GARRETT PARK, MD.-A BEAUTIFUL SUB
urban home. rooms. bath; garage; large
yard: shade and fruit trees: lease for 81,
months or year. beginning Oct. 1: $40. See f.
G. GREENE. Garrett Park.
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FARMS
FOR SALE,
le5-Acre Improved Farm, s., 4OC
Cfo~1- TIL,

BOWIE, MD.
aa acres rich land, fronting on county road
minutes TO station, school and churches
1rult; no improvements; fine building site
price, 81, 500: easy terms.
NEW YORK REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-02
WILLI1MSTOWN

Robert b. Parker, a former teacher u
the village grammar school returned
I Yesterday to Bakersfield, after passing
a few DAYS with friends in town. Mr.
Parker is now teacher in Brigham
academy. and last year taught success
fully in the graded schools of Greenfield
Mass.
| The lately elected officers OF the Won.
ans Relief corps are to be installed next
/ Thursday afternoon, Jan. 3 The install
/ ing officer will be Mrs. Goss of Montpel-
Ter. All come.
Comrade Newell r. Farnham, one of
the few veterans of the Civil war, has
been sufferer from asthma of late. and
has not been TO the village for some
time. He is now getting better,
Wiliamstown lodge. l. O. O. r., No.
"a, and Fraternity Rebekah lodge, No.
30, will hold joint installation of off
GERS on Friday night, Jan. 4. All Odd
Fellows and their families are cordially
invited to attend.
Born. in Whittier Cal, Dee. q. 1917
daughter, Barbara Nadine. to Mr. and
Mrs Gny R. Wells. Mrs. Wells was for
merIy Miss Aura Franklin, who, with
Iltl MIS- anu
other members of the family, moved TO
California something more than ten
years ago
The annual meeting of the Cemetery
association will be held in the Office of
the town clerk on Monday, Jan. Z at 2
O'Clock p. m. This meeting is to hear
reports of last year, elect officers for
the ensuing year, and do any other bust
ness that may come before the meeting
Miss Carrie Waterman who has been
spending several weeks with her sister
Miss Mary Waterman, and aunt, Mrs
Laura Ainsworth, has returned to
Worcester, Mass.
The annual meeting of the first district
will be held in flremen's hall on the even.
ing OF Monday, Jan I.
The students of Brigham academy, |
Francis Irons, Doris Covell, Ruth and |
Richard Martin, returned to Bakersfield |
yesterday. AS wood is the fuel used al |
this school, it was not affected by the |
Dostponement of the opening of schools
using coal as fuel.
The Home Study club will meet with
Mrs. u. j. Clogston at GALS Thursday |
afternoon, Jan. 3. Quotations and cur
ent events.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-02
DOUBLE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Was Observed and Double Mock Wedding
Was Held.

Morrisville, Jan. 1.-The farm home o.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Brookes of the FL
more mountain road was the scene of a
pleasant gathering last evening, the
event being double wedding anniver
sary of two couples of the district. Mr.
and Mrs Brookes and Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.
Delano About 60 were present, and there
were games, music and refreshments.
The feature of the evening was dou-
BILE mock wedding, with the couples and
some of the guests participating. The
date of the marriage of the first couple
fell on Jan. 3 and the second on Dec. 81
The nature of the gathering was a sur
prise to each, Mr.. and Mrs. Delano going
ito the Brookes home ostensibly to at
tend the annual meeting of the Uplft
club, while Mr.. and Mrs. Brookes sup
posed they had opened their home to
give the Delanos a surprise.
Frederick l.. Delano and Carrie Mower
were married % years ago at Worcester,