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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Really Rrinht Idea

Margaret had been enjoying visit
from her cousin, Il young woman libra
rlan from distant city. When, her
vacation being over, she began getting
ready to go, Margaret was filled with
dlSmay and begged to have her stay
longer.
Her mother said, "No. they need her
at the library and she must 60"
Margaret sat thinking S0berIy long
time. Then her face cleared and she
cried out, "Oh, mamma, couldn't we
get her renewed for two weeks?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Didn't Have to Buv Them.

A little boy from a poor district and
little girl from the more comfortable
part Of the city sat side by side in
Sunday school. The teacher said to
the little girl: "Gladys, we missed you
at Sunday school last Sunday" To
which Gladys replied:
"Oh! I stayed home because we
bought new baby at our house."
The little boy looked up at her in
surprise and remarked:
Bought it? Huh! We get 'em for
nothing"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
GRAM MAR.
Choose 81

|. What changes have you noted in
grammars published within the last two
or three years:
Z Tell how you would make the sub
Jet of Infection clear to an eighth
grade class.
5. Approximately how many woRls
-" there in ~ Iit"-a.rre NJ he Engf;Sl1
language! How many of these words
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Subtle REASONING.

My little grandson is quite a hand
for reasoning from analogy" and
the other day was asking what his
family name was. told him his fa-
theirs ancestors came from England,
Wales and Scotland, while his moth
er's were English and Irish.
He then asked: Grandma, what
was your name before you were mar
riedT
answered Lyon"
He considered a moment and then
said: $50 suppose you came from
AfricaT-ChicagO Tribune.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
FOR THOSE WHO
Wish TO TEACH
Questions Pot TO Applicants For
County Certificates.
EXAMINATION HELD APRIL 6.

Prepared by the State Superintendent;
Of Public instruction to Test the
Mental Qualifications Of Those Who
Seek Positions as Teachers In the
Public Schools.
Following is the list of questions
as prepared under direction of the
state superintendent of public in
struction and submitted at the coun.
ty examination for teachers April e
for elementary school certificates:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Cuticura Beauty Doctor

For cleansing and beautifying the
skin, hands and hair, Cuticura Soap
and Ointment afford the most effective
preparations. For free samples ad-
dress, "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston, AT
druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Oint-
ment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Help Properly Equip Your Own
Son and Other Soldier Boys
Over There.
DUTY OF ALL TO BUY BONDS
Liberty Loans to Uncle Sam Is Best
Guarantee Of Our Fighters Safe
Return Home-Oo Not
Hesitate.
(sy ROLAND c. USHER Of the Viz.
ilantes,)

Put 1t to yourself straight now. You
know perfectly well that you would
feel ashamed to keep your boy out of
the ranks If he wanted to go. You
know perfectly well that you would
probably feel ashamed before your
neighbors If they knew that the boy
was sticking at home. But have you
ever asked yourself whether you felt
ashamed that you were keeping your
dollars tight in your jeans instead Of
lending your dollars to the war as
well as your boy? IF you have not
got boy you probably would feel
that he ought to go if you had one.
You have got some dollars, why don't
you send them?
Think again; If you have sent boy
over there, don't you know for GER
tain whether that boy will come back,
God grant that he may. But he went,
just the same, knowing fully just as
you did that he might not come back.
You gave the dearest thing you had in
the world to the government freely, for
the cause of democracy. You were
glad to do it; you felt fine about it.
You still feel that If you had 1t to do
over again you would not do anything
else. But l will wager anything you
like that you have a lot of money that
you can lend to the government with
out hurting yourself at all, and which
you are hanging on to until it screams
Think of it. Those dollars will be per-
fectly sure to come back if you lend
them to the government. The govern
ment guarantees that. Why should
you therefore be so afraid to loose
your clutch on them. The great risk
you have already taken and did 1t be,
cause it was a worthy and a noble
thing to do. The thing which Is no
risk at all and yet which is just as nee
essary to the war as the other, you
hesitate about,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Road Rulldinn AZ Ninh4

Railroad building at night has been
made possible In South Africa by
eQuipping freight car with lighting
plant and mounting searchlights on
projecting arms.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
WIpIna Out Grade Crossings.

Since 1902, In the interests of safety,
the Pennsylvania railroad has spent
more than $40.OO0.OOo in dispensing
with grade crossings on its lines east
Of Pittsburgh.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Woman Markers In Prussia

In Prussia 10000 women are work
ing in mines. Some $4,000 are at work
on state-Owned railways and thou
sands are working in munition facto-
ries. All are at work under govern
mental orders and military rules.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18

essential.
The novice was not enjoying his first
trip through the air, and his more
experienced companion regarded him
with much amusement.
II say, Bill, what's on your mind"
he demanded.
Il was just thinking about Abra-
ham Lincoln" replied Bill thought
fully.
abraham Lincoln?"
Yes. | was thinking how truth
fully he spoke when he said Il mans
legs ought to be Just long enough to
reach the grOund."-Puck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Oxygen for PASSENGERS.

The railroad connecting Chile and
Bolivia, which crosses the Andes A.
1O5 feet above sea level, provides oxy-
gen chambers in which passengers can
get relief from the rarlfied air of the
nigh attitudes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18

ut is odd that gOssips are so often
given as authorities"
Not at all, for what they say goes"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
Dollars Will Come Back.

Let me suppose for a moment that
you have not yet sent your boy. l will
wager you have a sneaking feeling
that he ought to go. He has too. In
this case, / won't have to make a wa.
ger about it-yOu have not sent your
dollars. If you hesitate to send the
boy because you are afraid he may
not come back, you have perfectly ex
plainable reason, but you have not got
good reason why you should not SEND
your dollars. They will come back
you may be sure of 1t. Not only will
they come back, the government will
pay you interest on them in the mean
time. You will lend the government
your capital and will get return on
1t. Far from losing anything, you
will make something. Why hesitate?
Look at it from another point of
view. If your boy has not gone. or If
you have no son, your neighbOrS who
have sons have sent them. Those boys
are going into danger. They are 60
ing to need guns, food, artillery, ships,
and airplanes, not only to enable them
to do what they went over there to do
beat the Germans out of sight-but
to keep them safe. If they don't have
chose things they certainly won't come
aack at all. You know perfectly well,
however tight-fisted you may be, or
however mean you may think yourself
and you are not half as mean as
that-you would not hurt your neigh
bOr'S son just because a few dollars
stood in the way. You would feel so
ashamed of yourself for the rest of
your life you would not be able to
shave in the morning. Your neighbOrs'
sons and your friends sons that you
have known all your life need the
things your money can buy for them,
and it is going to go mighty hard with
them If they don't get them.
Make Your Money Help.
Now put it to yourself straight. If
the thing was a little nearer to you
so that you really saw your neigh
boris son actually without food be-
cause you had declined to give it to
him, you would not hesitate for mo-
ment what to do. The difficulty is
here, that the thing is on so large a
scale that you do not realize that your
failure to lend your money to the gov
ernment is going to result very prob
ably in depriving that particular boy
Of things he needs. You can say, If
you like, there are so many millions
Of them that it will be some other fell
lows son that will go without. l hope
you won't get much comfort out Of
that, because it is the same old thing.
You would not hurt him either if you
saw him and knew he was in want:
1ut because you don't see him, because
le is somewhere in France, you for.
,et about him and don't stop to think
hat he wants a thing you would not
lesitate to give him if you knew him.
Why hesitate, then, to lend your dol.
ars to the government? They are the
'nly thing that can really do this busi-
less. They are the only thing that
an put tools into the boys hands over
here to kill the Germans with. Don't
lesitate any longer now; get 1t
straight, and go down and buy a
ond and feel better about it for the
est of your life.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18
READING.

The examination in reading is oral.
The examiner will conduct the exami-
nation following any plan desired.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18

Nebuchadnezzar had to eat grass. Is
HoOverism really new?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18

If you happen to find your feelings
all worked up, order a fresh supply.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18

One must be poor to enjoy the lux
ury of living.-GeOrge Elliott.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-18

Signs of Spring.
what makes you so uneasy? Is
your conscience troubling your"
"No, winter underwear"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
SAVE CITY FROM DISGRACE.

THE PAINFUL TRUTH Is that some OF our 'l"'n'
L are not taking TO this Liberty loan as they should.
The loan will not ail and must not fail to subscribe
ou, ouo,a and more Such q failure would he disgrace
10 city which ha, boa,led is patriotism hence there
INNS, h, no failure And ihe same rule applies 10 the
individual who can buy and fail, to purchase as many
bopd, a, he should Those who have bought in quantities
below thor proper quota have time to correct their error
and for the sake Of their own honor and peace Of mind
they should Those who have subscribed nothing as yet
,nl bay, their chance and should not fail to avail them
selye, Of H.
And If honor. patriotism and local pride are lack
ING although We hate To think Of anyone oi such bcoiied
malerali,m a, that there are still selfish reasons when
should prompt such selfish 10 contribute TO the
cause Lloyd Georges speech TO parliament tuesday
should mpre,, upon lhe dumbc't person how serious Is
the situation m which this country finds il'ci Unless We
give to th, war the support to carry TO sue
ee,, the hoafdngs withheld from own free govern.
ment will melt away, along with human liberty and all
IN, opportuns, It aiiord, For the preservation OF all
American, hold deaf h, loan must succeed and the war
90 on to ultimate victory 10 reach that goal all mu"
hello. and now !, the time for united effort
II there are those who can hesitate IN the face Of Lloyd
Georges summons lei them turn 20 yesterdays casually
, the longest America ha, had from the western front
There are men who have given life and limb. sight and
hearing that YOU may dwell in safety here at home who
have sacrificed a which makes life worth while and even
life itself to check the onslaught Of the Hun against the
world II anyone can scan that list and still stand IN
willing TO lei hi, palty dollars help he is lost to all sense
Of gratitude and stranger TO the glory Of sacrifice Let
il not be said that there such ngrae' in Oklahoma
CITY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
SdeIAasos@rMoae

THEY have new playhng Camp Donphan II the Stokes or
The British learned the first trench warfare that Fritz was
kI m bio A, barrel contained about ton OF n.
be Tommy and the Of trench which he occupied o got
own Which ,,yed off the IIn un layd George btced pattern the
trench artillery Inc duuglb1h
cannon as the Mi,ourians under General Wright have dubbed IT,
The Stokes trench pima IN ITS simplicity he gun ITSELF con-
The tube be elevated depressed w the turn ol wheel winch also
shift, the ga'ppe sideways position prepared m the weapon by dgggg
buck plate round dcHc,sn for the lrt of The tube and what W
name implies simply solid wall soak up the re,'I
away OF pushed onl ~ "9c To give inc missile |'' E'' on ~ way
Sighting simple stick IS stuck the lp of the trench for drec
and then m officer command takes nomc and gets the angle On
certain angle the bomb gets so much distance hi rs a mere TO
The bomb s q inch une she'll would
the Stokes bomb Is the size all the way down ~ me h" 1t has
small tube about inch diameter Into tins small tube the firing
charge fitted The firing charge looks exactly like shotgun she'll On The
small tube may he upcrmpod little circles OF blue doh containing cdie
For circles cote slipped around the tube Now all
have do action drop the shell into the mouth OF the piece The
shell slides down the the the shotgun shell his ing pen and
the bomb ouut with velocity sufficient mans from
said hands happen mger the vicinity the gaping opening
the The Kansas chap who handling the boH The other day Old
rapidly would have removed had been
down n the trench instead Of watching from the
The explosion Of the poplant greater than that OF the old twelve
end higher and higher the air II looks though Is gong wl
Surely that o ungany shell half mile almost straight up INTO
pile packing boxes dO yards the draw smash and
the boxes she like through kndrg wood but there
instead "dud" there would have been hole
big enough those boxes and search
oop would have had send o pioneers on long chase
! to get so much as splinter from i,'e same packing 'Nc'
We planned back Medicine creek the afternoon TO see the
stopped divisional routine for the first time since the men the twenty nth d.
VISION tho Missouri Kansas 'catemem boys under General Wright pitched
City bit po because did not get to see the grim toy
tear into the landscape-W NJ H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
TGppli1lH
Kl111t1eS/
GSr HazIf z Mason N
SMALL TRAITORS

n ONE skates are thinking treason
y and other, talk the same IN due
~ and proper season well spoil ther
foolish game. The governments INTERN
ing some spiclcrs every day, who seemed
To have a yearnlng to go the leuton
way. our Uncle sam will boot them un-
MI his patience balks. and then perhaps
he'll shoot them with rusty nails and
rocks. One cheap and phoney traitor
will make a lot more noise, a-Shootln3
off his crater. than ninety loyal boys 80
when We hear one whcczln' and paving
ND the ground, We think there's lots OF
treason a-circulating round, But whe1
you'd count your traitors they're mighty
hard to meet and they have in their
CATERS the coolest kind OF feet ! often
hear of fellows who Sympathl2e with
Tculs. who ike to work their bellows
! like traitorouS galoots; but when ! Tu
10 lind them and read the riot act, to
chldc them and remind them OF many
loyal fact their patriotic manner dts
arms me right away, they love The
fspanglcd banner as much as any Jay.
| Dame Rumor is so busy SO drunkenly
she swcrvcs. it keeps a fellow busy TO
follow mp her curves. She .oints -
Dick and Harry. and says they're trait
ors foul, for facts we do not tarry;
at once we start to howl To blast
mans reputation by charges idly made
won't help preserve the nation, or make
the Zoe afraid
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
Luke McLuhe SAYS

huht mNLuH' oNJn
Some men remind you Of onions.
They arc useful and they mean well,
but they are always coming between
friends.
Every wife knows that If her hus-
band would learn to say NO occa-
,ionally he would save money
We can remember when there we're
no telephones in this country And,
strange as it may seem, there was Just
as much useless talking going on as
there is now.
Do not put in your Sunday afternoons
in visiting other folks. While you may
he lonesome, the fellow you visit might
like to be that way
You have to bite the blush on the
face Of peach before it tastes sweet
But it is different with the blush on
the face Of a girl.
II a man happens to remember one
paragraph of the constitution he feels
that it is his duty to argue about the
whole document
Every man claims that he is Honest
and Impartial But the reason why we
have to have Courts and Judges Is be
cause YOU couldn't trust any man TO try
| himself.
After a girl has flirtcd with every
man in town and finally landed a sucker
she regards flirting as immodeSt anJ
even indecent
A womans idea of a no-count hus
band is one who is so eaSy-going anC
good -natured that he won't even quar-
rel with her
A man can't see any difference be
tween complexion and skin But
| is different with a woman,
Every cloud has a silver lining M
matter how sick a small boy may he
the fact that he doesn't have to go t
school is some consolation.
A colored boys idea Of hard luck 1
to be Just white enough so it show
when his face gets dirty
Some folks get a heap Of pleasure ou
Of telling their troubles to other peo
pie.
A girl would rather be pretty tha
intellectual, because she knows tha
there are more fools than blind men I
the world
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
INVESTMENTS.

n fOU may loan your shekel' out at six or even
~ eight percent build house with vines about,
which pays a profit in the rent Perhaps you might buy
stock in OIL and win fortune in day. engage no more
in honest toll but in the pleasant places play However
in the oily game YOU take chance Of losing too, and
finishing both halt and lame and badly broke and very
blue You might go in for real estate or take mort
gage on farm and thus pile up fortune great to shield
your latter years from harm Full many chances safe
and sane, pay more than lbertys third loan, If but
count the sordd gain figured by the yen bone But
there no place where your scads much Of
vital worth as when they go to help our lads in chasing
Teutons from the earth The patriotic dollar is one
which goes to buy bond and helps win the bally
now taking place across the pond
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
'Sape the Waste and Win the War
NEW ARMY CAMPS AND OLD.

.v,vFRYoNE who can should visit one OF the camps OF
= e,,,onmen,, where Americas new army " N "a'n
IN. ,,ro.r,,oty TO service overseas Such VISIT heeu'
s,, e,u,. thrill Of pride in the work mus iaf ae'o"
,;h.d and IN, immensiy Of division in arms VIII g'e
h.,,., gra,p Of the magnitude Of this military maehhe
=. ar. bu;Idne The trained troops one sees IN eVom
s;cn. and maneuyer. everywhere were civhans lu' @
hi. ,so and their development, into competent sn'ns
-. IN an short time is convincing evidence oi the a'eh
sovver Amere, can bring to bear IN this war iof ueo'
ney c.,,
Th... are some OF the impressions one gets At camp
rorioh.n which we visited recently, and the same WORK
IN the ,ame earnest spirit is going on wherever our new
,rmv |, mobred And appreciates the army camp VI
,od,y the more il Il happens he was familiar with the
army camps OF other years, as in 1873 "hen an army "
eoasiderabe proportions moblifed that IuoA s"'
h free Only few OF them were needed TO aah 'nA'
,rd hut the others knew Of the horrors OF war Wheh
srs sosred the soldiers OF today The army camp touay
/, hulk with view to proper drainage and sanitation
ana with ali consideration possible for the comfort oi inc
men but Il was not always 80.
fbs new c.n,o ha, roory mes, halls and kitchens Tor
the men while the old plan was to cook under tent
y and eat wherever dry place on the ground could be
fosnd At Doniphan the tents ioored and side walls
boarded up There are cots and bed sacks which provide
fairly. comfortable couch for weary man Inc o'o
p,sa va, that soldier should get back to the soil by
,eepng on the ground and there were difficulties To-
the man used to an osemoor to adjust his anatomy to IN
uneven Virginia landscape.
I, the old camp, open lstrines bred disease and in
cubated files TO spread the germs Camp Donphan II
more sanitary than most modern cities and cleaner thar
any civilian center we have seen. These are bu
few Of the advantage, Of the army camp today ove
those Of other wars but their importance is shown in th
better health and spirit Of the men Such camps mea
that your soldier boys barring the hazards OF battle mus
certainly undergo physical bettement as result OF the'
military service While some Of the comforts OF hom
are necessarily lacking, it is apparent to anyone tina
the var department and the army officers are bendin
every energy give the the best OF care The mer
Of course entitled to it, and it should be como'
to their folk home to know that they are getting IT.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
THE TIMES AND CAPITOL HILL.

CXPRESSIONS OF appreciation by residents Of Capitol
~ Hill on the opening Of branch office Of The Times
in that suburb are indeed pleasing to this paper That
the paper I, apprccatye Of Capitol Hill was evidenced
by the opening Of the branch office and thus the venture
starts with the advantage Of mutual good feeling Capitol
Hill is part Of Oklahoma City Of course, and IS there
fore entitled to its share Of prominence in the press OF this
CITY, To give il the publicity which is its due, and better
to facilitate handling originating there, IS part Of
our purpose in ahoning staff writer there Also, be-
ing something of community center itself, Capitol Hill
ha, activities peculiarly its own, but in which the rest
Of the city |, interested part of the progress Of the en-
tire CITY Thus readers everywhere will find added
news service in this new department Printing the news
and upbuiIdng it, community the prime purposes OF
newspaper and It is hope that both these ends will
he iurthered in this way.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11

When the last blamed Hun is hunted, and the kaiser is
utterly dead and and It's gloom shunted to where
hi,torys page read when the the legions have ceased
their cashng and the green grass covers the blood, and
troopers have done with sashing and living in trenches
of mud when tive worldwide fight is ended and there
coneth lasting peace with all in harmony blended from
brave Belgium down to Greece we shall il our luck is
lasting and Il writing hand holds true and time shall
spare It, blasting and give of the years our due, we
shall (may we not repeat iO fill the pages are writing
for land we think you could hardly beat iO with never
word about war
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-11
Our Dailv Birthday PARTY.

Brig Gen William G. Rafferty, U.
S. A., recently assigned to Camp Nc
Clellan, born IN Indiana, SO years ago
today
Charles + Hughes, former associate
Justice Of the supreme court Of the
United States, born at Glens Falls, N
Y, So years ago today,
DR.. William w. Campbell, director o'
the Lick observatory, born in HancoE
county, Ohio, 50 years ago today.
John w Weeks, United States sena
tor from Massachusetts,, born at Lam
caster, N. H., So years ago today.
Samuel +. Winslow, representative
in congress Of the fourth Massachusetts
district, born at Worcestef Mass, S,
years ago today