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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16
D. S. BOYS IN FAMOUS FRENCH ARTILLERY SCHOOL
Work Lasts From 6 to
6, With Intervals for
Horse Meat and
Potatoes

stration Of gas shells and of gas waves.
The gas from the shells killed q num-
Der Of dogs that happened to be on the
spot. And as wo passed by short
time after we found it necessary to put
up our masks. Another time an aero
plane came over to give as demon
stration in regulating fire from the air.
And at several times we have had other
practical demonstrations in the vari-
Gus problems Of artillery. A typical
days schedule Is something like the
following:
At 8 We get up and hastily swal-
low a small cup of black coffee and
MUNICH piece of black war bread. which
Is all we get for breakfast. A quick
wash under the faucet follows. and W..
hurry to arrange our beds for assem-
bly, or "rassemblement" as it is called
The days work begins with q reci-
tation In the principles Of Are at p
AT $3.50 we have lecture on some
subject such as ballistics or mu-
nltions. At 10 we have an hour. drill
with the 75s, and then we rush up to
the mess hall for our lunch Of potatoes
and horse meat. Soon after lunch we
are whisked off to the range in a truck
to practise in regulating Are. This
lasts until T. and then we 20 to the
riding hall for equitation. And after
supper we are just about ready to
turn In.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16

trary to the warlike aims Of their work.
And then came the war, and imme-
diately the students went out to carry
on their experiments on the real field
Of war. But soon the French army
began to find itself in great need of
artillery officers. Casualties were
heavy, and the usefulness of the artil-
lery, and consequently its numbers, in
creased. And so the old school became
at once a great training school for
privates and non-commissioned officers
sent back from the front for three or
four months instruction before becom-
ing officers. And then the place took
on a new aspect, as thousands Of men
came to be rushed through two or
three years. work in as many months.
Tho place has gradually overlooked
into a nearby barracks, and other en-
largements have been made, until now
the school produces upward Of ten
thousand artillery officers a year. The
lectures are given In the old school
buildings, and the students eat and
sleep In the barracks near.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16
Volunteers Selected
for Stiff Course to
FillWar Depleted
Staff

TWO Spaniards. Swiss. Serbian
and q Neutrality-suspicious. were
our companions as E. and
were marched through the streets OF
Paris from the Foreign Legion recruit
ing Office to the lnvalides, to be sworn
into the Legion Etrangere Of France
pour la duree de la guerre"-for the
period Of the hostilities. We stood at
the opening of our great adventure;
we were about to join that famous
fighting organization, made up Of all
the outcasts and adventurous of the
world, but which has alone received
the highest decorations that the
French government bestows for valor.
However, e. and soon found our
selves separated from our pirate-look-
ing companions. For in view of the
fact that we were Americans and VOL
unteers, and possessed of some huns
BILE knowledge of mathematics, Mon
sieur le Ministre de la Guerre con-
sented to transfer US from the First
Regiment Etrangere to the Scene d'Ar-
tillerie, and to order us to the training
school for officers at Fontainebleau.
This would probably be less ro-
mantle course for us than to follow
our international friends into the For
eign Legion infantry, but we decided
that it would offer the most Of oppor-
tunities. Just exactly what there was
In store for US we did not know, and
neither of us had the faintest notions
Of what gun really looked like.
But we were only too happy TO &C
cept in the true spirit Of adventurers
the chance to become in time officers
in the French artillery.
We Drew Outfits
OF Horizon Blue
And 80 the next day we went down
to Fontainebleau, and reported at the
depot Of our regiment. The first neces.
sity to transform one into soldier Is
Of course uniform, so We at once
drew out outfits of horizon blue. Now,
French soldiers' uniforms come in
three sizes---talI, short and medium--sc
it Is not hard to imagine the excellent
At we got there. We could hardly keep
q straight face as we viewed each other
In these uncouth costumes. with little
caps Of Civil War type. And in addi.
| tlon they gave US each a large sized
sabre and dangerous looking revol.
way this last being carried in holste1
~xAsssy n the Middle Of the hssk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16
Railroad School
Open to Women

The Pennsylvania has opened to wom-
en- their Philadelphia school that has
heretofore been conducted for young
men desiring to learn railroad work.
The course includes telegraphy, man
ual block signal operation and station
Office work. The Missouri, Kansas &
Texas has opened four schools on a
general plan similar to that Of the
Pennsylvania schools. So that as men
leave these jobs for war service trained
women will be ready to take their
places.
But it is on the technical and me-
ehanical side Of railroad work that rad
ical adjustments are taking place. It
is a thin line of women. to be sure,
that is invading the shops and yards,
but 1t is bound to be on an increas-
ing scale for the duration Of the war
at least. They are drawn from many
fields. and they range from the un-
schooled to college graduates. They
have come with sort Of exhilaration
at their release from the confinement
of mill and store and at working on
equal terms with men. The histories
of their previous occupations are
varied. There was q splendidly tall
girl in the Eric shops at Port Jervis,
who had gone through the local high
school and hssn bookkeeper. Altar
wasting .sAsx Ave feet nina On a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16
Gang of women section hands clean
ing track on Pittsburgh division Of
the Pennsylvania.
@ Underwood Underwood

u OnQcrtDOO0 q UnQfffCOod.
bookkeeping Job that paid 81 a
week she responded joyfully to the
poster Of the Erie Railroad advertising
openings for women. Her father and
brothers were workers on the railroad
and feeling for it was innate in her. /
In overalls at light drill press she
earned twice as much as she had as a
bookkeeper. She is now fitting herself
Like to Learn
Something Real
The little Italian girl in the store
room Of the Jersey City repair shops
had been in the silk mills in Paterson
She worked at drill press until the
shop burned down and then was tenn
porarily shifted to the store room.
"Do you like it?" l asked. "You
bct!" came back with unmistakable
enthusiasm. "Why?" persisted.
"Well," she hesitatcd-then pointed
around her to the lifting cranes out
side and the cars being shunted back
and forth and the men at the nearby
forges-"I guess it's because you learn
something here"
And the large Swedish girl-b,onde
and serious-who was learning electric
welding at helpers wage Of twenty
eight cents an hour Gas master weld
er she will earn forty-two cents)-
why did she do this in preference to
housework or mill work? II like
mans work." she said. "I'm awful
strong"
The young Englishwoman was taking
the place Of her husband, a young
mechanic who had joined the army. She
had never worked before. The thirty
colored women doing laborer's work in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16

row suc m = k PARTRIDGE lz
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Mass lowe Harvard Belmont
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16

Days Work Lasts
From Six to Six
We soon discovered that there 10
quite . Bit 70 learn about artillery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-16

T HERE have been few industries
that have guarded themselves
mora iealously from the en-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
CIRCUS PARADE
; MILES LONG

The parade OF the narnum and
Bailey circus. which opens In Seat
tie next Monday. stretches out three
miles and includes more than 100
animal cages. floats. tableau wagons
and a~ilcgorical cars. More than 1880
persons take part In the procession.
as well as 700 horses. Al elephants
and all OF the mcnagcric animals dis
played In open dens.
The parade viii leave the circus
grounds promptly at 10 o'clock. and
will pass thru the principal business
sections OF the city. Performances
will be given Monday and Tuesday
next
The Barnum a bailey circus this
year calls itself a circus OF all ma
tons" on account OF tho host OF
foreign performers who are ap-
pcaring on Its program for the first
time. More than 30 different va
tionailties are represented with the
circus this season. and each nation
aiity IN allotted a special section
In the street parade.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
\. = =. Clears skin Of Eruptions:
Drives Poison Prom System

Get u fixed In your mind that skin
crupuona. Scrofula. Eczema. burn
lng. itching skin. and all skin dis
eases are due entirely To impure and
infected blood. II the trouble was
on the outside OF the skin. by sim
ply washing and keeping IL clean
YOU could obtain relief - not eve
olntments. lotions and Kaives would
be necessary. Agree with us In this
belief. and your trouble can be re.
licvcd-you can h. entirely restored
TO health. s. =. \. is "A purely e
table treatment that you can secure
from your own druggist~it IL a
blood tonic that will purify your
blood and cause a most decided
abatement OF your trouble. and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
Faxed Poison
Prevents Hun
Killing Self

Special 10 The star bD N. +. A,
LONDON. Aug. 22.-The de
gree 20 which Germany has be-
come "f:rnatxized' II brightly IL
Illustrated In this story whfoh In
going the rounds OF the London
and Paris clubs:
Tired Of war conditions. II Her
liner determined TO end his life
lie went TO n chcmist'a. bought "a
vial Of prusalc acid. and drank
II, after making his will. Hut
he didn't die. and when he went
back TO the chemist. he found
that the acid was 'eraa,tz tHub-
stitutel material"
Then he bought n rope. tied
u around hiF ncck-but II broke.
Same story-~"erratz material"
Cured now he decided 60 cele-
brate his return 60 life" and
no bought the host dinner no
could get. ate-and died. Answer:
''eraatz material"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
GREAT OLD REMEDY
FOR SKIN DISEASES

finally make you entirely well. Fifty
years ago =. q. \. was discovered
and given to suffering mankind
During this period IL has proven It's
remarkable curative properties al "A
blood purifier n tonic. and has re.
iicvsd thousands OF cases OF dlscaS.
caused BY poor or impure blood. and
chronic and inherited blood diseases.
You can DO relieved. but you must
take &. =. \. Take IL II only PIN.
pies appear. for they denote had
blood. and may t- followed by the
nuffcrings from ,~orturing skin erup-
uona, Therefore be sure. Don't
take chances. don't use lotions. Get
\ = y from your druggist. II yours
ia n special case. write for expert
medical advice. Address Medical
Director. ass Swift Laboratory. At
tanta. Ga
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
Officers Promoted
by Wilson's Order

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Prcsi.
dent Wilson has nominated the fol
lowing II brigadier-gcnerais for
major generals:
William II. Johnson. Beaumont u.
Buck. William Wicgel. Robert l..
Howe. Robert Alexander. John l..
Hines. Grote Hutchinson. Walter III.
Gordon, Ell A. Helmick. William
Lassitcr and William &. McNalr.
Forty.four colonies were nominal
cd for brigadiers. Brig. Gen. Merrito
w. Ireland was nominated assistan nj
surgeon general and Brig. Gen. Jesse
Mel. Carter. chief OF militia, wa
nominated for major. general
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
IS II EXAMINED

Sixty-five babies were examined a,
the public clinic in the Central school
Thursday. The las, session OF the
clinic viii b. held Friday. The
babies who received the highest
scores yesterday were John Lind
strom. June Gemmiii. Betty vii
liafns. Willard Williams and William
Mcklbben.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
The war Tact. confe~sncc ln.,,rai.

cd by tho council OF patriotic service
OF King county Is in session at the
Y. W. c. A. with nm attendance Of
90 women. study has been arranged
on regular schedule with the after.
Moons devoted 60 discussion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23
The Ist~s, deyeIopmcu, Of the ,c,o

graph instrument Is said TO have a
capacity OF 5000 words "A minute.
This is four OF five newspaper col.
umna.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-23

Morn than 200 professional and
business men arc now working In
the shipyards 90 relieve the labor.
shortage. according to Lawrence
Wood. federal labor director. Wood
expects this number VIII increase TO
1000 by next week,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11
Letter from Ward Salisbury, N. O. @.
School, Camp Greenleaf, Fort ogle-
thorpe, Georgia, to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Free Salisbury.

Received your most welcome letter
this noon and was sure glad to hear
from you. i also got one from Frances
and a box of candy from her tonight.
Mr., this army life is lazy man s
job. So far we have worked only three
days since l left home.
You can bet if you are making a
sweater you can send it any time, be.
cause 1 sure would like one, or you can
send cake or candy any time you
want to. ] hope you want to quite
often.
We surely get good feed here. All
we can eat three times a day, and it is
cooked good. We did not have to drill
today. Had about six inches of snow
last night, so all we did was sit around
in the barracks all day. We are sure
up in the air here, 1900 feet above sea
level, and Mount Lookout, one mile
away, is 300 feet up, so you can see
we are not down in any valley. Ma,
a soldier would sure be out of luck
if it was not for the Y. NJ. C. "A
fellow does not understand what it
means to a soldier
I do not expect we will be here over
a month anyway. They are making
frsts and doctors out of us. Our po-
sition is right in the first line trenches,
patching up the fellows that are out
of luck and get shot, but if they are
too bad we take them to the base hos
pital, which is located about three miles
back of the firing line. l think we
will get a chance to go to France in
about six weeks, and it may not take
that long. / sure hope not.
Well, mother, tell dad that the army
life is great and Floy can send all the
candy she wants to.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Steffensen
pleasantly entertained some of their
friends last Thursday evening. Tables
were laid for eleven guests. Decora-
tions were pink and red candles. The
evening was spent in conversation,
music mad song. Every one reported a
fine time. 60.
Howard Smith left Tuesday morning
for Richmond, Ind. He will be the
guest of Elmer Miller for the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. p. Smith were in
Kalamazoo Wednesday.
The Community Sewing club" met
at the home of Mrs. Cyrus Loveland
on Thursday afternoon to sew for the
needy children of the community. 1t
is a most worthy and commendable
cause.
Don't forget that the Income Tax
expert will be at the Court House in
Paw Paw from February 2 to 18th,
inclusive to assist in making out In
come reports. The date was errone.
ously reported in some of the county
papers.
Russell Hindenach wrote to his
parents from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md. that he is delighted
with the work and it is real "Work"
he says, from early morning until late
at night. 1t is such training as this
that makes real men.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

From Harry Mclean, 90. O. 147th u
g Infantry. Camp Sheridan. Alabama
- his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Mclean.
Ny Dear Dad and All: May this
New Year bring you the best bright
days to be had and / sure wish you
all the best Of everything, too.
1 received you always welcome letter
last night and 1 sure was very glad ia
near from you. This leaves me in the
best of health and feeling fine and
hope these few lines will find all OF
yoo fhe same. We are sure having
some chilly weather here lately.
Last Thursday we hiked out Is miles
10 the rifle range for target practice
We were out there until Monday noon
then we left for the camp at lib p
n and we got here in camp along about
$3.50 p. m. so you can plainly see we
did not play on the way back to camp
hit the bullseye five times out Of five
shots at 100 yards, four out of five at
200 yards and three out of FIVE at SOC
yards But it was the first time / had
shot a rifle for more than year, too.
Not so bad, was its
On Dee. "a Mrs. Newly, Miss Newly
and her small brother came. They were
out here for Christmas dinner and they
surely enjoyed themselves. They all
left for Ohio Wednesday night. / took
xhem up to the capitol and we saw
many things that have been written
down in history long ago.
We saw the poster that was put up
oG a bill board that told about the
states having resolved that they had
PASSED a resolution to dissolve the
United States. 1t was signed by Jeffer-
son Davis. We saw many of the con
federate flags that were carried through
che civil war We also saw the bed
room suite that Jefferson Davis used.
and we stood on the spot where Jeffer-
son Davis stood when he was inaugu-
rated.
The girl surely was more than well
pleased with the sights that were to be
seen in this dear old southern town.
Ut was long, tiresome trip for them
both coming and going, but j know it
was one that will never be forgotten
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

The True Northerner is in receipt of
a letter from A. p. Northrup, formerly
Of Lawrence, dated from Titusville,
Florida. We regret that space will not
permit the publication Of the letter
complete, but give herewith its sub
stance. We hope to be able to favor
our readers with a descriptive letter
from Mr.. Northrup's pen in a later
issue.
Mr.. Northrup left his home town to
solve the question "Can farmer in
Michigan leave home December l, come
to Florida, raise a crop and sell it and
get back to Michigan May l, ready to
commence spring work." He is in
clined TO believe that it can be done
and states that northern people are ceri
tainly laboring under many false i'm?
pressions about Florida. The railroad
facilities are fine; the "razor backs or
wind splitter breed of hogs are fatter,
better and more thrifty than the aver
age VanBuren county hog; the colored
population there are polite and civil
people; and last but not least one can
pay transportation charges to that point
cheaper than he can buy coal at $500
per ton in the north. Living there is
cheap, if one knows how to manage.
Mr.. Northrup recommends to any pros
pective sojourners to the sunny south,
clothing packed in one suit case, canned
fruit in another and trunk packed
with on-perishable provisions. Then
by correspondence with some banker
or the postmaster of the town you ex-
pect to strike, living quarters can be
obtained at very reasonable price.
Titusville, Florida, is a hunters para
disc, he says. A license costs $1.25 and
each hunter Is entitled to five deer,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

while opossums. squirrels, rabbits, quail
and wild turkeys are abundant. Fishing
is also the best there.
Mr.. Northrup sends us the leaf Of the
cabbage palm, and also the "chit" Of
the same plant. The "chit" is the
center of the base of the trunk of the
plant. II is edible and considered a
great delicacy. 1t resembles the north
ern cabbage in taste, and is cooked the
same as cabbage. 1t has a delicious
flavor and is sweeter and more nutri-
tious than the northern vegetable. We
are grateful to Mr.. Northrup for a
sample of this delicacy. (Editor.)
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

II is too late to send Christmas greet
ings, but wish all the Northerner peo-
pie and its readers a Happy New Year.
thought it might interest your sub
scribers to say this beautiful Christmas
morning, while on my way TO and from
breakfast | counted the stars in few
of the service flags hanging in front of
the places of business, and will give
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11
Interesting Letters

Well, dad, as news is scarce and the
fire has long since gone out will have
to bring these few lines to close for
this time
So 1 send all of you love, luck and
my best wishes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

Greetings from John H Shrine, TIE
Maple Avenue. Los Angeles, California,
to his Paw Paw friends through the
columns of the True Northerner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

Will have to close and 90 back to
my barracks. l will probably get a
chance to write about twice a week.
hope you folks will write oftener than
that.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11
Suggestions for January
Hardware Buying
GRAPE TWINE

GRAPE TWlNE
You can buy Irvine NOW. Perhaps you can
i'm April and May, but we have our doubts.
We are trying to get you to lay in your
Irvine NOW. You can buy Irvine during
January for % cents per pound. In all
probability you will pay or 3 cents more
later if you can secure it at ALL Why not
profit by last seasons experience and order
at once.
SAWS AND AXES
The shortage of coal is developing large
trade in wood cutting tools. We have
handled axes at $1.50 and $1.75. One
man saws at $3.50 and 1885. Cross cut
saws at $3.S5 and $4.35.
PRUNING SHEARS
A large number of our far sighted Fruit
Growers see the need of getting their
Grapes trimmed before Spring opens up.
We have sold more shears to this date than
ever before. One reason for this is that
we have the best line ever offered for sale
i'm Paw Paw. Our prices run from 75c
to $500 per pair.
STEEL AND CAST RANGES
There is another advance on the way cover
ing all Stoves and Ranges.
If you have been considering new Range,
our advise to you is not to delay buying
too long.
You may expect 10 per cent advance on
all stoves now very soon. Iron is getting
scarcer each week. Stove fOundries are
forced to increase their mems pay to COM
pete with the munitiOn makers. Freight
rates will no doubt be raised soon. All
these things are making this new advance
necessary.
The Round Oaks and Universals-Our lines
again for 1918.
Since writing the above the higher prices
have been received We will not advance
our prices until January 18th.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11
CLASSIFIED
Five lines or less 25c. All over that
amount. Sc pei line extra

BIG BARGAIN-At Oak Land Farm
21a miles North of Paw Paw on
Glendale Road. 1 big Holstein Cow
3h years old; 1 Mare II to IL hun
dred pounds, years old in the spring,
1 Colt 6 months old.
Matt Yost
50t3* Route No. 2, Paw Paw, Mich
FOR SERVICE Thoroughbred Hol-
stein Bull. Fee $500 scash at time
of service. G. w. Bilsborrow
Aft. 1T Mile End Dairy.
MONEY TO LOAN-Six per cent.
No commission. Kibbie Phone 322.
r. E. jennings
1-52* Paw Paw. Michigan
FOR SALE OR TRADE-One heavy
work mare. Enquire Of
]. G. Haas
,Ot1* Route 2, Paw Paw.
FOR SALE-Gentlemen Galloway
Fur Ouarcoat. Bows Overcoat:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

Los Angeles Times ......-.......................
Evening Herald ........-.......................
Express and Tribune ...---.......-....,,,,..--.30
rAaHllher
Baker Bros, house furnishings.3
Owl Drug Co..-..................... 90
Bullock's Department store.........43
Hamburger Department store...........9
Los Angeles Athletic Club.............151
Gas and Electric Corporation
Police Department ............................44
Salt Lake Railway ......-.....................11S
City Hall
First Methodist Church. 1872
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-01-11

This is but a small part of the total
number. Hayes, Thayer and the whole
bunch are well so far as i know. No
snow, no frost, no rain at this writing.
l6 OF loaves of bread, sale price &c.