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Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
Celebrate
LAFAYETTFS
BIRTHDAY
(By Associated Press }

New York, Aug 2O.-For the prop
or celebration throughout the Unit
ed States on September 6, Of the
16lst anniversary Of the birth Of La
fayette. the Great French hero and
friend Of the American colonies, the
American Defense Society has issued
call to the people Of the United
States emphasizing the national debt
America owes Lafayette and urging
Americans to repay part Of this debt
by annually honoring his name and
memory.
This Is also the anniversary Of the
first battle Of .he Marine in 1914, and
through the cooperation Of the two
hundred and seventy-six branches Of
the Society. and Of many civic and
patriotic organizations who have al
ready volunteered to help In making
Lafayette Day a great success il is
expected that Il will be fittingiy OBJ
served in every city in the United
States. The call which is signed by
Charles Stewart Division, Chairman
Of the Soeiety's Board Of Trustees,
says:
1T seems very right and fitting
that Americans should honor the
name and memory Of Lafayette on
September 9th out Of the gratitude
that is strong, that will never with
er or die in the heart Of Americans
and ! urge all patriotic Americans
to do their part toward seeing that
this day rs fittingly observed through
out the country. Through Lafayette
and his devotion to our cause, France
and the United States fought should.
er to shoulder at Yorktown, and
through their cooperation the indie.
pendence Of the struggling colonies
was realized and the liberty Of q
whole continent assured.
To-day as we plan to celebrate
the birth Of Lafayette, his country
Is taking part once more in a war OF
Independence, war which will save
and has already saved civilization anc
free institutions from the menace Of
autroeracy and militarism. The Bat
tie Of the Msrne fought and won b,
Lafayette's eountrymen, Joffrc
: makes Of the 9th day Of September
date memorable not only in the his
toryof our country but in the annal
Of civilization. In this year we ar,
preparing In some modicnm TO pa,
the immeasurable debt we owe I,
France and Frenchmen.
= ut is the hope Of the American
= Defense Society that every man, wo
man and child in the United State
: will become interested in perpetual
ing Lafayette's memory. We urg
= that Statues Of Lafayette be decorat
= ed throughout the nation on Septem
y Der 8.
"For nearly a century and a hal
our speech In America has evineel
our gratitude TO Lafayette and wha
he stands for Now let our act
on September 8 attest the sincerit
Of our words"
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
DUCKS FLYING EAsx
ny Associated Press.)

Dawson. Yukon Territory. Aug. 20.
Fully two months ahead Of their
usual time for migration. vast floeks
Of wild ducks are passing southwark
over Dawson. At times the Yukon
river here Is black with the birds,
Forest fires north toward the Arctic
Circle or some strange action Of ma
ture, II is believed. is probably 70
sponsible for the early flight. Many
Of the ducklings are hardly able TO
fly.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21

MR.. EDWARDS ILL.,

J. r. Edwards, one Of Hopkins.
ville's most energetic young business
men. Is seriously m at his home in
Hopper Court. lie was taken sud
denly M Saturday night and his con
dltion was very alarming, but he y
improving. Mr.. Edwards Is said 10
be suffering from . stomach trouble
with which he has been affected for
some months.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21

Marinette. Wis.-Yhile scofes N
people looked ON The German text
books formerly used In the Mencmonis
high school were burned IN the public
square, thus marking the end Of the
teaching Of the Teutonic language In
the public schools OF this city.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
EGGS 40 CENTS EACH.

Amsterdam, Aug. 20.-The Prus-
sian Statistical Department has Is
sued a return giving the average re-
tail prices Of articles Of food for
towns over 10000 inhaliitants IN
May 1915. Following are some Of
the prices in marks, showing eonsid-
cradle rises compared with May 1917.
1918 1917
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
FID0's BATH AND
3 MEALS ASSURED

Spokane, wash.--One thou
sand dollars 20 provide three
meals a day, a bath and a bed
for her pet dog Is a provision
OF the viii Of Mrs, QUINCY Bur
CESS, recchuy admitted % prV-
bate. when the dog dies the
will provides that Il shall be
buried beside Its late owner. A
mice casket" IL 10 be used and
the dogs grave h TO be properly
cared Tor.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
LITTLE Girl KILLED.

Lighting striking the telephone
battery caused the death Of the nin'
year old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Stephen Douglas. Of near Guthrie
T'A child was severely burned
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
Potatoes. per kilogram
AUCTION sALEi

Attend sale at Courthouse door on
Monday. Sept. 2, between n and "a
O'Clock, Of the q. r. Herndon home
place on South Virginia street, near
18th. See G. I. Herndon for par
ticulars 141-3i
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
CLOSE CALL.

Lightning struck a barn In Warren
county killing a mule and setting FIRE
to q pile q hay. Two men in the
barn were unhurt and put out the
hay and saved the barn.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21

shsron. pa.---Mrs. james Rascl wais.
ed two weeks 10 Ekport that SOMEONE
had stolen 81 200 from her sewing ma
chine drawer bank.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
IN WAFER rs HOURS
IS SAVED BY COFFIN

Indiana, Pp.---ln tie water for
% hours ard q portion Of the
Time cllnglng 10 . rough box
which contained thc caskct 81
an American solder who hnd
died at sea was thc experience
Of Frank S, KoIpio RI Advance.
near here. following me linking
Of the STEAMER ifesl'lent iAn-
coin. according ia d letter from
Kepple 10 his folks here.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21
WILL EAT CHESTNUT LOAF


ParIs~-DocloT inblse professor IN
the medical school az Anglers, urges
The use Of eheaihuts h bread.
Chesinute, which u1id 90 BE- sold IN
PROPULSION m the streets Of Paris. have
disappeared from the market, he
points out. and says considerable
saying m potatoes aud wheat could be
effected BY using them 10 bread, ae
eordlne 10 . recipe which was demon
-'-~'eA hrfeEe tbs Academy or Sci
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21

Hail destroyed 500 acres Of Hen
derson county tobacco.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21

Louisville. Aug. 2o.-cattle, 500;
quiet, unchanged Hogs. 800; ibc
higher; tops si0.65. Sheep. 1000;
steady. unchanged.
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-21

Eyes tested. lenses ground.
HARDwIcK.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03
SEES PAREGORIC AS MENACE
Writer Asserts That Undue Indulgence
In Mixture Results In a Form
Of lntoxication.

The fast young man ut our boarding
house has been showing unaccounta-
BILE signs of alcoholic exhilaratiOn.
Two or three times lately, in the dead
ly dull calm of the dinner session, he
has come in with flushed face and
CLASSY eyes and taken charge Of the
conversation. Last evening the school
teacher was telling about the splendid
progress of the welfare work, when
the f. Y. NJ. broke in with a risque
story and laughed boisterously at his
own remarks. Some Of us, in whom
the spark Of life is still latent, took
the r. Y. M. aside, with the intention
Of ascertaining the source Of his levity,
and what I learned I am slipping to
my friends for their information.
It's paregoric-absolutely.
What do you think Of sport who
will step out with bottle Of paregoric
and make an evening Of it? Two
nights ago he came in with a dent in
his derby and his cane split, bringing
us all back with jerk to the old wet
days.
Here Is a new danger to our sober
and happy manhood. / write this to
warn mother that she must keep her
eye on the paregoric bottle. Paregor-
ic, am told, is well endowed with al
cohol. While the baby may need It,
father Is at no time entitled to its
benefits, If any. A paregoric spree Is
one Of the most irresponsible adven-
lures in the world. If the home bottle
is unprotected, I fear that father is
likely to show up some evening bois-
terously and unreasonably happy.-G.
NJ. F., In Seattle Post -Intelligencer.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03
HEADS POLISH White CROSS

Nine. Paderewska, wife Of Ignace
Paderewski, the distinguished mu-
sician, is president Of the Polish White
Cross and through her efforts the Or
ganization in this country has recently
recruited unit of nurses for service
In France.
These nurses are Of splendid ma
terial and received their training at
st. Vincent's and st. Francis hospitals
in New York. Among them are ten
graduate nurses and a number of
practical nurses. They are headed by
Miss Mary Suchowski, young woman
Of much ability and experience.
Only five Of these nurses were
born in this country. Some were born
under German rule-and these have
distinct recollections of Hun cruelty
and injustice, which now steel them to
serve the cause all the better.
Nine. Paderewska devotes her en-
ergy and enthusiasm to the Polish
White Cross and her husband devotes
his time to relief work for Poland al
off o,~% fb,,, I, -
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03
WANTS GREAT BOMBING fleet

w. 81. Workman, general manager
Of the Handley-Page company, Ltd,
Of London, himself an American, has
come to the United States to promote
his plan for the construction Of 10000
bombing airplanes, which would be
piloted across the Atlantic by Ameri-
can aviators and then used to shower
explosives on German-held territory.
In his proposal as made to the
war department and the aircraft board
Mr.. Workman said he believed the
planes could be built by April 1, 1919,
and that they would 60 far toward
bringing the war to an early end. He
added:
Twenty thousand pilots could
easily be trained by May 1, 1918, to fly
the Atlantic. All we need are 1000
In December, and 1000 each month
thereafter. with those who have al
ready been trained. understand that
there are $4,000 applications to the
army and navy authorities to join the
flying forces"
The first American-built plane of
completed and chrislened the Langley.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03
GALLANT SURGEON HONORED

Surgeon Wrey G. Farwell, q. s. NJ,
one Of the Americans cited for valor in
France, is a Washingtonian and is
very popular in army and navy circles
there. He is son Of DR.. and Mrs. w.
G. Farwell, U. s. N, and his wife, for
merly Miss. Virginia Schaefer, is living
at the Washington navy yard with her
mother, Mrs. Benjamin White, and her
uncle, DR.. Edward F. Green, U. s. N.
Brief cabled reports from General
Pershing's headquarters state that
Doctor Farwell was with Col. A. w.
Catlin, U. s. M. c., when that officer
was severely wounded on the firing
line, and gave first aid to the stricken
man. After his wounds had been
dressed by Surgeon Farwell, Colonel
Catlin was carried to the rear by Capt.
Tribot Eiaspierre Of the French army
and Sergt. Sidney Colford Of New
York city, who were at his side when
he was hit. This, according to the
Iol ;eI>o Il
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03
RIZzO, DREADNAUGHT CHASER

Italy has mighty hunter, young
sailor who pursues neither men nor
beasts, nor yet submarines, but dread
naughts. Already he has four in his
bag, and two Of them certainly will
never furrow the Adriatic again. He
Is Commander Luigi Rizzo, knight Of
the Military Order of Savoy.
On the night of June 10, two Aus
trian battleships Of the Viribis Units
type stole from the great Austrian base
at Pola, surrounded by wheeling fleet
of ten destroyers. Rizzo with two lit
tie torpedo boats was cruising through
the morning mist off the lower coast.
Glimpsing the Austrian ships looming
up vague and gray, he ordered full
power ahead, darted through gap in
the shielding line Of destroyers,
slammed torpedo home against the
side of the 2OOOO-ton Scent Istvan,
saw it sinking, launched another tor
pedo at the following dreadnaught,
~ - .l.rN rNzNA
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03
Planning His Career.

Seven-year-old Robert has great
desire to follow in his fathers foot
steps. One night his mother overheard
him making this prayer: "Please, God,
make me good boy, then good law
yer, and then just land me on the SUI
preme bench. Amen."-Boston Tran
script.
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03

keed slipped
opedoed
tran battehps in Trieste
Siclan.
Scians family
far operating the Danube and the
which sudden
high lights.
against
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03


fighting which
themselves with glory He entered the service IA
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03

his time to relief Through
efforts thousands Of valiant Poles fighting
o OF Freedom
The Twin City star., 1918-08-03
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)


mew
Scruggins stepped back in surprise
and the young lady seized the oppor-
tunity Of putting her case before Rom
aid. Her name was Hilda Moore. She
had been raised in Windslide and had
gone to the city and made success of
the profession she had undertaken.
She had sent her mother money to pay
off the mortgage on her old home and
had seen the receipt signed by Scrug-
gins. But somehow the receipt had
been lost after her mothers death and
now when she had returned to spend
a vacation at her old home she was
threatened with being turned out.
Miss Moore had made sure Scrug-
gins could not get a word in edgeways
and before he could get in his side of
the story, Ronald ended 1t by saying:
'T think there has been some mistake,
so I will sign the receipt for you my
self, Miss Moore
"Oh, thank you," she beamed. "It
isn't just because Of the money, for
luckily have plenty, but don't want
to be beaten by that man. Men have
been causing me enough trouble late
lyw Ronald did not hide his smile.
After Ronald had satisfactorily es-
tablished his identity and the proper
papers had been made out, he offered
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

through some fancy dress ball. where every
emotion represented in the guse of
fantasy, were to come upon a group
of exquisite youth attired as Grecian gods
and goedesses. For Mr.. Mestrovitch is
stark He lays bare the soul of & passion
ate land, and is not. ashamed. His great
widows arc not dim, passive before DESERT
ed hearths; their losses tear them in agony;
every line in these ten sculptures expresses
an abandonment in despair; their hearts, as
in some old Mexican sacrifice, have been
rent from them, and lie bleeding before
God Their great heroic heads, Srdj and
Milosh, are character studies as we'll as
sculpture. There is no. striving to make
these men palatable; neither would grace
dress shirt or a tennis costume; they have
passed long ago out Of the realms of reali-
ties. They have become great Oscillations
of the desire to exist, great egoists, crafts
men with the sword, living in fable more
for their deeds than for their worth; there
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

she felt that the trend Of the last letters
had become somewhat sentimental. and
that the tender kisses dispatched to
Jacqueine had really been intended for
her.
But when she saw a tall young man,
very blond, who blushed like girl and
hardly dared to look at her. she lacked
the courage to be severe.
Jacquelne, as serious as young
woman, was greatly impressed and at
tcntive, showing her godson through the
various rooms of the house, presenting
him to Maria, the servant; to Bobby,
the dog, and to her doll
"Ah," thought Nine. Chabris, when
the soldier on leave had taken his train,
how foolish | would be to interest my
self in that. young man.
A widow, after three years of mar
riage to an arbitrary husband, who had
tyrannized over her and whom she didn't
love, enjoying her freedom to the full.
she wished to be dependent on no one.
Only-and the more so because she was
just IN the full bloom of her beauty-she
couldn't forget her twenty seven years.
Besides, she had Jacqueline.
For that reason the handsome widow
had declined an offer of his hand from
Lerande, the, lawyer, who was fairly
eligible, and another offer, more hatter-
ing, from NJ. Marat, broker.
The exchange of letters continued.
But now Nine. Chabris wrote herself.
She let her pen wander over pages and
pages, and then inserted her epistle in
the same envelope with Jacqueline's
scrawl. Or she at least saved IL little
place at the bottom of one of the beau
t'ful lavender letter sheets on which the
little girl Joined with mamma etc,
etc.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
THE TWO GODMOTHERS-B Jacques Constant

the villa.
''Be very careful, my dear" said the
mother, greatly treasured. eve are
going to take a short walk, Jean and l."
The little girl nodded assent. But her
darkened glance, weighted with re-
proaches, followed them until they dis
appeared under the trees of the nearby
forest
They walked along under the tower
ing branches, she leaning on his arm, he
bending down, almost carrying her, and
kissing now and then the waves of hair
caught at the back of her neck. And as
IT they were really to dispose of their
own fate, they elaborated projects.
building castles on the shifting sands
of the future. When they returned
Maria, the servant, ran to meet them
Has madame seen Jacqueline any
where? I've been looking for her for
the last two hours"
With a beating heart, Nine. Chabris
ran through the house, from the cellar
to the attic; through the garden, from
the treillses garlanded with wild grape
vines, to the stucco wall, topped with
pebbles, which separated it from a big
country estate, for the moment unoccu-
pied. Climbing over this crumbling
barrier, it was a simple matter to pene-
trate into the deserted park, where
huge basin, covered with water lilies
and rushes. shone amid the centurv-old
trees
Nine. Chabris was seized with a fright
ful presentiment. She scrambled over
the wall, her short skirt catching in the
roughnesses of the surface, and ran
toward the ycloT..s .sh water. Suddenly
she distinguished on the soft ground a
child's footprints Then she saw white
dress floating near the edge of the
water.
Jean, who had followed her. had no
difficulty in dragging Jacqueline's drip
ping body out Of the water. He bent
over and put his ear to her heart.
She is alive" he said.
When the mother, still in tears. had
been assured by the physician that all
danger had passed and had thrown her
arms about the little girl, the latter
murmured:
Naughty mama. you took away
my godson You made me cry. But I
, made YOU cry, too
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

is little Arthurianism in the Serbian
legends; these men lived and fell by ego
ism. They are portraits forever of what
kinghood stood for in the past. And over
against these, the ego and the nego con-
trasted, there arc the wood carvings Of
Christ
But how is it possible for nation
whose whole creed is made up of negations
to realize or yet further TO love this one
which is all assertion? How is it possible for
those whose chief pride is in their reserve
to understand those whose creed is aban-
donment? And if the spirit cannot be under
stood the beauty cannot be felt. l am sorry
that those days are gone by when We
danced round the May pole and roasted
oxen on the church green, for in those days
l think it would have been more easy for
us to understand what Mestrovitch means,
and perhaps through him to to
clearer understanding of the Slavonic
spirit"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

Besides these regular messages she
received, in return, long letters. respect
full, but impassioned, which filled her
whole being with languorous fever.
Jacqueline recognized the white en-
velopcs and the fine handwriting of her
godson. Her big black eyes grew SOM
bre, her movements took on a singular
gravity and her lips closed tight on a
secret.
"Why don't you play?" asked her
mother. Are you sick?''
"No, mama
When second furlough brought
Jean under their roof, Nine. Chabris's
uneasiness increased. Now gay and
smiling, now nervous and ready to weep,
she had lost that tranquil self-mastery
OF which she used to be SO proud.
The young man, who had risked his
life twenty times on the Sommc. had the
audacity to pass resolutely to the often
sive, and he realized that the adversary
fought back very weakly
Look here. Jean, have YOU consid-
cred the fact that | am three years older
than you?"
He employed so much eloquence that
he ended by persuading listener who
was only too ready to be convinced.
A long kiss. sealed their betrothal.
which was to be subject (alas.} to SO
many hostile contingencies. The two
young people were in the garden, hid
den by the screen Of vine. At the
moment when their lips met they heard
light cry, which startled them
\Mon Dieu.' said Mime. Chabris. is
that you, Jacquelne?"
NO one answered. They thought that
they had been mistaken, when they
found the child seated on the porch .of
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

awkward hand and sometimes blotted
with ink.
Jacqueline tried faithfully 20 keep
her promise. But for brain of seven
years the composition of u letter offers
insurmountable difficulties. Nine. Cha
bris was obliged to make a first draft,
which the little girl, signing big sighs
and twisting her tongue, painfully
copied. But what was her JOY when the
postman, ringing at the gate of the villa,
brought her an envelope with the ad-
dress: "Mlle. Jacquehne Chabrs"
Often she could not declpher the fine
handwriting or grasp very we'll the sense
of phrase. Her mother had to help
her out. In this way Nine Chabris be-
gan to interest herself in the prose of
Jean Belvat. Moreover, like many
young men who have discovered them
selves in the course of this war, Jean had
true talent for letter writing, which
tended to confirm the maxim of Vau-
yenargues: "Great thoughts come from
the heart
After Jacquelinc's third or fourth
letter he perceived that the style was
certainly not that of Il seven-year-old
girl, and his answers accommodated
themselves to that discovery. Over the
head of his little godmother, his deli
cately shaded phrases were aimed at
Nine. Chabris herself She came gradu-
ally to await with more impatience than
her daughter the franked envelopes
from the front
One fine morning Jean arrived on
leave.
Nine. Chabrls had sworn to appear,
if not cold, ut least little distant. for