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December u, 1918.

ly capitulated, and gave her consent to
their ordering dinner from restaurant,
providing that the restaurant supply all
the dishes and silverware required for
the dinner.
On Wednesday, Marcella remained at
home, rearranging everything in the
house. Finally, everything was COM
pleted to her satisfaction, and she went
off to dress up in an expensive satin
dress, to which her mother objected to
as too elaborate to wear at home din
ner.
Presently the door bell rang
"That's them, your aristocrats," said
Mrs. Fuchsman.
She stared in amazement at the guests,
the girl neatly attired in plainly tail
ored suit and trim hat, and the young
man who shook her hand cordially.
Marcella glanced at the sumptuously
spread table critically before asking her
mother to announce dinner. They all
entered the dining-room, Mr.. Hirschman
chatting gaily with Marcella. All but
Mrs. Fuchsman sat down at the table.
Mr.. Hirschman stared at the bread and
butter plates, and at the steamlng bOu1l-
Ion cups.
pardon me-" he said eve observe
the Jewish dietary laws. When I ac-
copied your dinner invitation I had no
idea that you people keep trefah. In
fact, from what Lena told us about you,
thought that Mrs. Fuchsman was ortho-
dox."
Irwin and Marcella glanced at each
other with chagrin. Mr.. Fuchsman at
tempted to avoid the hooking stare of his
wife,
eve thought you were Americans, and
that you don't believe in such things"
he declared.
"Surely, we are Americans, loyal ones,
I trust, but that does not prevent us
from being loyal Jews" said Mr.. Hirsch-
man firmly.
eyes," said Mrs. Fuchsman, medita-
lively. ~ can say, my children, you were
right They are real aristocrats."
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Cu0 uOOT, dIlO Cd1lcU OuC lICO IIdll,
"Who is it,"
cts me, Sidney" man replied, run
ming up the stairs.
"Shmarya, excuse me, l mean Sidney"
she said in hooking tones, as he stepped
into the dining room, "take that cigar
and throw it away"
"What do you want from me?" he
protested. "The moment come in the
house you begin to bother me. Where
should throw it?"
Throw it in the hall, out Of the win
dow, any place, only you won't smoke
in the house on Shabbos."
He threw the cigar into the kitchen
pail angrily.
"When will you forget your foolish
ness, Bluma," he said sharply. "You act
like you came yesterday from the old
country. You are the same greenhorn you
was when you came"
She was about to retort angrily, when
the door opened, and young girl, in
fashionable array, came in.
"Quarreling already?" she asked
querulously. Honestly, it's shame. I
bet everybody in the building can hear
you. Was a package brought for me,
mother?"
"a boy brought package G. 0. D.
a little while ago, but didn't take it,
said Mrs. Fuchsman complacently.
"Why didn't you?" demanded her
daughter, raising her voice.
"I told him to bring it Monday" Mrs
E,,obeyoo nv, ro,o1ioI 1yo1v UOn ShahhOc
1 should pay him, maybe"
GLOW annoying! I wanted that waist
to wear tomorrow. Isn't that the limit,
father?" she turned to her father for
sympathy.
"She'll make us all meshuge, Marcella
She was always stubborn, and if she
takes something in her head nobody will
knock it out from her. Go tell her that
this is America, and things what were
all right for Europe don't go here. How
much we talk to her don't do no good.
You can't make her up-to-date." Mr..
Fuchsman shrugged his shoulders with
an air Of superiority.
'You Of course, all of you are up-to-
date Mashelle learned how to be up
to-date in the dance, and Irwin in the
pool rooms. But you, where did you
learn how to be up-to-date? Maybe from
the women you used to sell meat to in
the old country and in the butcher shop,
when"
"What's all the noise about?" asked
Irwin, who came in slamming the door
behind him. "Some more arguments.
Oh, boy, but I'm hungry. Where's the
feed?"
81 wish you would drop that slang"
said Marcella peevishly. "Sometimes
your speech is so vulgar, Irwin, that peo-
pie would think you had no breeding"
eff my speech is so distasteful to you,
I won't tell you the latest news"
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d very CIdI LllIlS youIiS iloll'
"Why she met me only once," he
puzzled.
"Now tell me about Mr.. Hirshman,"
demanded Marcella, as they seated them
selves around the table.
81 met Mr.. Hirshman in David's office.
He's lawyer, too. His sister is mu
sic teacher, he told me. Some girl, isn't
she? We had quite talk. Say, their
home is in New York, and they came
specially for the reception. They are
real swells."
eyes, yes, know" said Marcella. "Did
he say anything about me?"
"You bet. Say, you made real hit
with him. Seeing that, what do you
suppose I did,"
"What?"
81 invited him and his sister to have
sup mean dinner with us Wednesday
night. I said you would call her up.
When you can associate with people like
them, it means something"
ooh, Irwin, I'm so glad you invited
them" She was silent for moment,
then she added regretfully. "There's
one thing you have forgotten. What
kind of dinner can we offer them. They
are real aristocrats, and they'll think
we've just come over from Europe. You
know how mother is, anything that I
would want to make she says is trefah.
We can't invite them," she concluded
tearfully. eve would only make fools of
ourselves"
Irwin reflected for a few moments.
"Say, why can't we order the dinner from
a restaurant? ?"
'"That's splendid idea, Irwin"
"Trefah in my house?" Mrs. Fuchs
man jumped up from her chair, and beat
upon the table with a heavy European
silver tablespoon. 'You order trefah
supper from restaurant, and I'll throw
it in the garbage pail the minute they
bring it into the house,"
Marcella looked at her father pleading
ly, but Mr.. Fuchsman shrugged his
shoulders helplessly.
"But, MOTHER" cajoled Marcella, "well
have to get up fine meal. I know you
would like them. Mr.. Hirshman and his
sister are real aristocrats."
''I know your aristocrats," said Mrs.
Fuchsman derisively "By you an aris-
tocrat is man who don't know no word
of Hebrew, who laughs at the Jewish
people and their customs, a man who can
whistle all the popular songs, and can
dance all night without getting tired,
like our Irwin. See, maybe amt such
a greenhorn like you think me. BY you
an aristocrat is girl who gets a new
dress every week, who paints up her face
like an actress on the stage, who wears
skirts till the knees, and who changes
her Jewish name it should sound like
Irish, French, Gypsy, anything only not
like Jewish. That's by you aristocrats."
Marcella bit her lip in vexation. Irwin
nudged her, and put his finger to his
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buttons of the character mentioned
70 the Asheville headquarters from
which they will nave proper distribu-
ton.
The pleasures of the invalid soldiers
may be considerably enhanced
through donations of tennis rackets
and balls. The secretary makes calls
for II sets of each, but we suppose all
sent might be utilized. VictroIa rec
ords "of the cheerful and glad sort"
are wanted. There is a call for $50
scrap books, containing post cards.
clippings, pictures, songs and poems
Small droplamps for "cozy corners
are needed. Small pillows and cush-
ions are wanted in abundance. Table
runners and four-foot window cur
! "a ms, large, grass rugs and easy rock
ers are other adticles mentioned bv
Mrs. Buckner, and for purposes Ct
room ornamentation growing palms
/ ard ferns viii be welcomed. W.
should think that portion of the con-
The evening leader., 1918-08-29

Florida will burden the railroads at
all. They will shift part of the bur
den from the freight to the passenger
epartment-that is from depart
ment that has been congcstel 20 one
that has not. If all the people IN the
country were in Florida for th2 WIN
ter not one-fourth as much coal w0u d
be used for domestic purposes as is
used. The saving in the hauling of
coal will very n~arly compensate for
the hau'ing Of passengers and he
saving in fuel will very nearly pay
railroad fare % Florida. The fact is
that coal is not an essential in this
state, for wood is abundant and the
wood that is used here is so much ex-
ira fuel, for-it would not be shipped
70 other states Those who come to
Florida will make only the slightest
inroads on the fuel supply of the coun-
! try.
/ 1t was thought a few months ago
that people would generally stay at
home while the war lasted and that
summer and winter resorts would do
very poor business 1t is generally
, ,r"por-ed, however, that the crowds at
! the summer resorts are as large as
/ ever and there is not the same econ
omic reason for leaving home in the
, summer as in the winter Ice bills arr
about the same everywhere but ccal
bills are very different in differen- To-
calities.
! The high cost of travelling and the
fact that many of the luxuries of
travel have been cut out will tend to
cause people to come to Florida in
stead of to California. Travel is not
now a pleasure; it is merely the
means of going from one place to an
other. A short trip will be preferred
to long one as less uncomfortable as
well as less costly.
Floridians do not make as much
money on tourists as is generally sup
posed. Most Of the finer hotels belong
to people who do not live in the state
and who bring their help and buy
their supplies outside of the state.
But many of them are among the
foremost of Florida's developers and
few men come to this state who do
not desire to come again.-Timcs-
/ Union.
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A. P. BECKETT TELLS OF WORK

Continued from Page one) 4.
ment than the United States govern
ment has provided. They are receiv-
ing the best that money can provide;
their home is a palace and their play
grounds are as enchanted gardens,
framed by the most magnificent seen
cry in the world. Waynesville is a
hospital center in the Asheville zone,
and about 400 soldiers are being cared
for here.
AS has been said, the soldiers are
surrounded by all the comforts money
can buy, but there are many of the
smaller things it is not within the
province of the government to look
after. While the comfort and health
of the soldiers is the especial charge
of the government, provision for the
lighter pleasures of the convalescents
is a duty that has been assumed by
the North Carolina State Baraca asso-
citation, whose headquarters at ashe-
vile is in charge of the general. secre-
tary, Mrs. N. Buckner has indicated
how the people of the state -Baraca-
Philatheas especially--may contribute
to the cause. The organizations rep
resented by Mrs. Buckner are doing
this work through the Y. M. C. A..
They invite the people to send contri-
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TRAVEL TO FL0RInA

Naturally we are pleased with the
information from Senator Fletcher
that the government, operating the
railroads, will make this winter The
same reduction that the railroads
made on Florida travel. The rates will
be higher than heretofore because the
regular rates in force all over the
country have been increased bu. the
reduction from the regular rate will
be the same as ever.
We doubt whether the travel to
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County Council of Defense.

The county council of defense has
been appointed and is composed of
patriotic, energetic men who have
been working for those things that
will help win the war and they will
continue their efforts in. the new
body that has been formed. The pur-
pose of the council is better to co-or-
dinate all bodies that are working to
the same general purpose-St. Pc
tersburg Independent.
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In Court of County Judge, State of
Florida, PinelIas County.

In re Estate of
John Martin, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all whom
it may concern, that on the 1st day of
November, A. D. 1918, we shall apply
to the Honorable Leroy Brandon,
Judge of said Court, as Judge of Pro-
bate, for our final discharge as Execu-
trices of the estate of John Martin,
deceased; and that at the same time
we will present to said court our final
accounts as Executives of said estate.
and ask for their approval.
Dated April 9th, A. D. 1918.
ISABELLA MARTIN,
ELIZABETH KNOWLES,
Executives.
(4-29- 6t-monthly.)
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Florida, as a state, is way down
the list of states in the average sale
of war savings and thrift stamps. She
is placed at grade As, with a per cap
,ta of only $500. Had all other coun-
ties done as well as Pinellas, Florida
would be close up to the top. Nebras-
ka is the only state that has gone
over the top" with per capita sales
placed at 81. 85.-Largo Sentinel.
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tract for making our invalid soldiers
happy assigned to the Baracas will be
handsomely carried out. The gov
ernment itself allows these soldiers to
want for nothing so far as it's respon-
sibilities go, but the women can do
much the government might not think
of doing to make their surroundings
more homelike.
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MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE The Leader has brand
new No. 8 Rotary Neostyle and sup
plies, equipped for typewriter repro
duction, with writing board contain
ing writing plate 9x3 inches for auto
graphic or stylus work. Original
price $50. Make us an offer.
The evening leader., 1918-08-29

Pinellas, one of the very smallest
and youngest counties in the state,
stands fifth in the sales of war saw
ings and Thrift stamps, having to her
credit on the 18th Of August S202,-
408.89. She has nearly reached her
per capita allotment and doubtless will
"'go over the top" before the end Of
September.-Largo Sentinel.
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Timing the Tickle.

Every. time / look at that
new hat Of yours I have to laugh"
"Wifey-"Really! Then I'll loave
it around when the bill arrives. y
Boston Transcript.
The evening leader., 1918-08-29

Hold your liberty bonds and get
ready to buy more. Liberty bonds Of
the first issue recently sod in New
York at a premium of $3.50 per hun
dred-Largo Sentinel.
The evening leader., 1918-08-29

After September l we may use 80
per cent of wheat -four in making
bread. That will be a blessing to
many who have been unable to eat
bread containing only one-half -four
Clearwater Sun.
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HAM WITHOUT EGGS.

A dispatcl from Paris at $50 this
afternoon SAYS The French are at
the gates O. Ham That's mighty
good news as it is, but if the British
or Americans get the eggs to go with
the Ham the Huns will indeed be in
hard luck.
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Some Endurance.

Knicker "The kaiser Germans
must have the will to endure"
Bocker-"Well, they certainly have
the William to endure. New York
Sun.
The evening leader., 1918-08-29

Teachers are scarce, and aown St.
Petersburg way it is said that Prof.
Sleight will be the only man to teach
there this winter, all of the other
teachers places being filled by ladies'
Clearwater Sun
The evening leader., 1918-08-29

FOR SALE-No. a Underwood
typ writer, two burner oil stove, bee
mattress and spring, all in good con.
dition. Also a guitar. Apply Mrs c.
c Hill 8-19-6t
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THE LEADER

CARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA
Member The Associated Press.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to it or
Tot otherwise credited IN this paper,
snd also the local news published
kersin.
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Good houses, cheap;
water free. ]. S. Boyett.
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HAL WALKER LETTER.
France, Aug. Is, IS.

France, Aug. 16, IS.
Dear Uncle:-
Well uncle will try and write you
a few lines but don't know how much
of letter it will be. We have not
been doing great deal until a COUP
lie of days ago when they put us to
work. The Germans come over and
bomb us once in a while. They run
us out of our hunks sometimes. If
there is anything hate it is them
bombs. | have a whole new outfit
of clothing. There were lots OF dead
boches around here when the Wis
and Mich boys went through. They
sure did run them double time up and
down hill. l have only seen one
only about an acre. That was the lat
ter part Of July and the corn was just
coming up. The alfalfa looks good
over here. The farmers in this part
of France have Mccormick binders
and mowers but most of them are in
poor shape. The fields are larger
than where we were before. This
looks to me like good farming cCun-
try. We saw some real Milwaukee
and ST. Paul railroad engines when
we were on our way here. Where
the Germans were two weeks ago the
trains are now running and people
coming back to their more or less
ruined homes. There was one old
couple taken prisoner when the Ger
mans made their drive and when they
retreated they went so fast they did
not have time to take them along. The
people came home with all their be-
longings in little basket. When
you see Ed Creamy tell him / have not
seen Bud since the drive. BY what
the papers say the farmers have a
promising crop of corn back there
this year. We have had our gold ser
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ROY STONEY LETTER.

Dear Mother and ALI
Thought | would drop you few
lines to let you know that | am still
alive and feeling fine, and hope this
finds you the same. | sure have some
time where | am now. Frank Heile-
man is the only one with me now that
came from my county and we've been
close together ever since landing in
France. / haven't seen Celly Els
kamp since we left the States. l saw
Billie Johnson once since we were in
France. / wonder what ever became
of Frank Walker. | suppose he is in
Camp Grant yet Well I suppose ev-
erybody is busy threshing around
home now. Are Elda and Artie run
ming their new rig? I would like to
to have been there to see them start
out. I am ashamed that / haven't
written before but / haven't had the
chance. | hope you folks don't wor-
ry about me as / take mighty good
care of myself. What is Ruby doing?
Is he drafted yet? / feel pretty sure
that he will never have to come
across the pond. I suppose they are
planning big for the fair this year
Well | can't be there for the fair this
year but be sure and have good
Christmas dinner ready for me as /
will sure enjoy it. Talk about the
land in France. l would not trade an
acre of our land for ten acres of any
land that I've seen but they have
pretty good crops here and if I've seen
one acre of grape vines I've seen a
thousand acres, and all they do with
the grapes is make wine
Well as / can't think of any more
to write will close for this time. MY
best regards to each and every one
of you but don't look for letter too
often. Tell Harry and Sarah that /
am o. K.
Love to all.
Pvt. Roy B. Stoney,
Co. D, 16 Inf, A. e. F.
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months overseas service. Some of
the men have two chevrons. None,
however, has more than two, although
many who are now in the American
army have been here since the begin
ming of the war
l am in the best of health and am
glad to be over here There is a pos
sibility that | may be moved to the
line. 1t would be great to be doing
squads east" and squads west
again.
When | reached this place all the
officers were strangers to me. AT
each Of the nine camps / have been
stationed before there have been Of
ficers / knew before. They are f. G
men.
Keep on writing me and send me
the papers right along. | read them
through and through. | sometimes
carry letter from home until il
wears out. All of us like to hear from
home and our home towns and are
disappointed when there is not mail
for us.
With love to all of you, | am,
Your loving son,
Charlie
Lieutenant Charles N Webb, @. M. c
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JOHNNIE BAUMLER LETTER.
France, Aug. "A.

france, Aug. "a.
Dear Sister,
Just received your letter tonight,
Friday, Aug. "a just a month. Sure
ly took it a long time to come. If
it had been two or three days sooner
would have received it before left
Camp Mills, N Y. We left there the
23rd of July and it took us IL days.
Surely was some trip. I am awfully
sorry, Mildred, that l did not receive
the sweater that you knit for it sure
ly would have been fine, and the CT
gars and other things. You will get
them back. Did you put your adj
dress on the parcel? If not you will
never get it nor me either for they
only send letters across. / told you
not to send me anything before I left
Camp Custer and then to think that
you did makes me angry. / will new
er receive it. But you may if you put
your name on it. We are in a nice
place here in France, right in the
city of-well | can't tell you the
name. Wish | could and then you
could look it up on the map and see
where we are The Lieut.. said we
could not give the name of the place
ers. Well I visited Beringham,
France and Liverpool, England. Ber-
ingham is a nice place. They have
large school and people from all
over go there. All of the letters are
censored so it makes it hard to write.
/ would like to tell you all about our
trip but the Lieut. said not to.
France is pretty country but the
people are behind the times about
100 years. The people are awfully
good. They treat us as good as they
can. They have wine with their
meals instead of tea or coffee as we
do. We can have wine or beer to
drink but dare not get too much. We
are staying in big college. We
sleep on the floor. When we first
came to this town there were only
women but now all you can see is
U. S. boys, and the French are surely
glad to see us. The crops are very
good. On one of our hikes the other
day we saw them threshing. 1t
would surely make you laugh to see
them. A very small separator: you
could almost beat it out with sticks
as fast as they threshed it. They do
not use team of horses; they only
use one horse and cart. They thresh
right in the street. The farmers
bring the grain to the place where
they are threshing. They have pref
ty gardens of flowers wherever you
go. The climate here is surely warm
and you can hardly stand to be out in
it. We are at this place two weeks.
| think we will be moving soon but
don't know where We are not very
far from the trenches. Every once in
a while we can hear them shooting.
The address is just the same so if I
do go from here they will send it on.
There are surely some pretty girls
over here and they surely know how
to dress. We are quite ways from
Paris.
Glad to hear that grandma is sit
ting up again and hope she gets bet
ter. So Chas. is coming home? That's
good. Hope he is better. And Geo,
what is he doing?
So Hy Keehner has gone to New
York? Well l guess he is on his way
across. And Jack, tell him hello
when you see him again. / am feel
ing good and hope always will Well
| will say good bye. Tell mother not
to worry. Love to all from your Bro.
Jack.
Co. e, 337 Inf. A. E. F. via N "
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A. L. Sherman,
Lancaster, Wis.
Dear SIR
Enclosed please find check for Her
aid for ensuing year / knew my
subscription was due soon-rush of
duties prevented sending. Letters
from Ted have come with some de-
gree of regularity of late. One re-
ceived this morning (Sept. 23) says
he was in the thick of it from cross
ing to Marine to the taking of Fishes.
He was with the famous 32nd divi-
sion tho he did not tell me so. He
has met number of old Philippine
friends, also several of his West Point
lassmates-"Some of whom, I regret
to say, have given final proof of their
valor." He says Tell all the folks
back home that we are giving friend
Fritz Merry He'll and he doesn't like
to take it." Please begin my sub
scription with Sept. 25th issue.
Mrs. Edward M. Lowry,
New Orleans, La
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bdIuWIH, haS., y-zb-I8.
A. L. Sherman,
Lancaster, Wis.
Dear Sir
Enclosed find P. o. order for $3.50.
Please send me the Herald / find
cannot get along without the home
news. Lancaster will always seem
home to me.
Mrs. Amelia Lisherness.