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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-29

Old papers TOT sale at The Empire office. Second and Main streets.
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

a trip overseas on a transport can
be likcned TO a trip on the Wilson
Line, writes Hurley d. Matthews, OF
the Delaware Pioneers Infantry, 10 his
mother, Mrs. Jennie NJ. Deakyne, Of
this city. lie writes further:
we were only seven days in cross
ing the ditch. I wish we had come
over sooner. We are i'm France and
the country is Just beautiful
Il would certainly enjoy some good
hot cakes and sausages. ! am always
hungry
DO not worry about me. ] am COM
ing back safely, you can bet on that.
In fact ] doubt very seriously that we
Will ever see the firing line.
Il saw some Hungarian prisoners
the other day, and they are sad speci-
mems Of culture; shabby and with a
wicked look. This war is soon going
10 be over and ! will be back home"
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

go. .oun IAe a carpet, they are so
smooth. Nearly everybody wears wood
en- shoes and things are like a hun
dred years ago. Our band PLAYED for
the mayor Of this town the other night
and made quite a hit"
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

ihNlNh ~. bENNUN.
Joseph r. Benson, OF Dover, has re-
ceived an interesting letter from his son
Frank d. Benson, now serving overseas.
The following letter commenting his
regiment was sent to his colonel by a
French major:
At the occasion OF your departure, per-
init me to eXpress.to you my regrets and
those Of the whole population. From
the very day Of the arrival Of your
regiment by Its behavior and its mill
tary appearance, il excited the admlra-
tlon OF all OF us. OF the soiourn Of your
self and your cOlOred soldiers amongst
us we will keep the best memory and
remember your regiment as a picked
one. From the beginning real broth
erhOod was established between your
soldiers and our people who were glad
to welcome the gallant Allies Of our
France. Having learned TO know them
The whole population holds them in
great esteem and we all join i'm saying
the best of them. hope that the white
troops replacing your regiment will give
Us equal satisfaction but Whatever their
attitude may be they cannot surpass
your 3i9ih Field Artillery.
Please accept the assurance Of my best
md most distinguished feelings.
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

pur, The PIayhous.
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Soloistsi
JArorEs falr 51 TTnHIvIi THIRsITins French Pianist.
MARCIA VAN DRESSER. Americollinnist:
prano. 'N'h So
SEASON TICKETS,
saie 20 i1rlhef subscribers at ROBE
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct ~ ~ ~ y
Prices. $3.50 $3.50. s4.00, $3.50. 81 so acc
TO location.
War Tax 10 per cent. additional
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

The Delaware Pioneer Infantry Band
has played in a chateau-for a duchess,
writes one OF its members, John ].
Il. Powell. to his sister, Miss Katherine
/ Powell, No. il3 West Twenty-secOnd
street. lie says:
1T was a very nice place but all
run down. The husband of the duchess
was a captain i'm charge of a school
for 300 officers. We each received a
souvenir post card with her name on
the back.
1T rained about every half hour
after we arrived in camp. Il was
muddy. We went TO nearby farm and
brought down some straw and we had
it pretty nice for the rest OF the time.
THAT is a lot of bunk about money
going a long ways here. Things are
higher priced than in the States )
fellow paid 20 cents for a peach tho
other day, 30 cents for sardines and 10
cents for a small bunch of grapes. A
cake Of chocolate costs % cents.
IF you want to know how it looks
Just take a trip down, TO Henry Clay
and you are same as in France Every
think Is made out Of stone and white
washed and they have the same kind
Of roofs.
"There was a guard around the camp
end no one was allowed out except on
some detail. Naturally they never had
any trouble getting anyone for a de-
tail.
after staying four days we were
transported in box cars. They are
small and look like toy railroad.
There are quite a few United States
engines here. We were in these cars
for two and one-half days. Il was
just like a scenic railway. but a bit
cOngested at night. The farms here
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

SERGEANT II. w. PIERCE.
Sergeant Henry W. Pierce, now il
France in a letter to his father. George
W. Pierce, Of No. iiOi scott street. tells
Of the death and burial Of John p.
Hughes, a Wilmington soldier. several
weeks ago. As announced in The Eve
ming Journal. on Saturday Hughes was
killed by lightning. Sergeant Pierce.
who is in the 3i5th Infantry was a pail
bearer at the funeral. Sergeant Pierce
was sent 10 Camp Dix from Wilmington
last May and sailed for overseas Au-
gust p.
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

Cook Frank J.. Cats. Company J.
59th fDel) Pioneer Infantry. has writ
ten TO his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
r. Cats, No. A Stroud street, concern
ing the transatlantic trip. lie says:
I'VE sailed across the Atlantic on ono
OF the biggest transports aflost- II took
70 the waves nicely and there was very
little roll to her. We had really splen-
did weather all during our voyage and
7 did not become seasick. Another thing
in our favor was that we did not en-
counter any submarines and there were
no serious inishaps.
''I was attached 10 the non-com-
missioned officers mess on the boat
and this gave me the privilege OF going
around most any part Of the ship during
the day. You can bet was on deck
every possible moment I could get away
from my work was little more for
funate in this respect than most OF the
other boys. They were allowed on deck
only at stated times. due TO the thou
sands OF troops on board. The food
on the boat was excellent and you can
bet I never went hungry.
I'VE slept on canvas hunks arranged
in tiers. four high, and had an upper
berth. After arriving In France we
pitched our shelter tents at rest camp
in a seaport town. where we remained
for week. We then took a 40 mile
rail trip through France TO this place
We are putting up in shelter tents on
a field in this little town.
"There is a very beautiful canal that
runs through the town, for which the
hoys are very grateful. We can take
an occasional bath in 10 and wash our
clothes. We cannot remain in the water
Ions as it is real cold, coming from the
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

Samuel Green, one Of The Evening
Journal readers temporarily located
in France, has written 20 his friend.
Nathan Schlanger, Fourth and Orange
streets as follows:
II am feeling fine and hope this let
ter finds you and your family enjoy
ing The best Of health. ] want to
thank you for your subscription OF
The Evening Journal / received four
this week. dated between the Tenth
and Sixteenth. The news is a little
old. but il surely is welcome, as IL
makes me feel as though I was back
in dear old Wilmington once more.
have read each paper over two or three
times TO make sure that ! didn't miss
anything. Then ] save them for some
other Wilmington boys who are located
On camps not far from our camp.
IL receive quite a few letter from
home. also a number from my friends.
but they do not give all the news that
is going on in the city and state. and
that is what all the boys would like 10
have. think that is about the best
present anyone could make TO a soldier
over here
81 am located in a beautiful camp
and enjoy this life very much. We are
in what is known as the 5. o. s., or
Service Of Supply. Our officers tell
us that our work is Just as important
as being in the front line trenches, 50
we are all satisfied.
II have met my brother Lou since I
have been here. lie finished a course
in the Officers Training School today
and | am sure he made good.
ave are having quite lot OF rainy
weather here. and they say IL will |
keep up this way all winter"
Mr. Green is a member OF the the |
Medical Corps, and he is stationed at
the headquarters OF the Both Engi- |
neers. His home is at Rose Hill.
Evening journal., 1918-10-26

ION my way to this town, our train
was hit and torn TO pieces writes Lieu
tenant OctaVius Fisher. 367th Infantry
\. L. F., France, TO his father, George A.
Fisher No. 1907 Walnut street. The FIRST
lieutenant continues to relate exciting
experiences, Of which he is having a big
share.
II have gotten back 10 my regiment
and received all the mail there was for
ME. ! got about sixty letters, the first
mail in two months. am in good health
and have moved up TO a different sec
tor where we are having a big scrap. We
started TO lombard the Germans last
night and it is still on.
II had a pretty hard time finding my
way at this location. When my regiment
got into the town 10 was being shelled.
You should have seen me go into a cave.
Yesterday morning we were four miles
from the front lines, but today we can
just hear the artillery.
81 have been sleeping in mud up 10
my neck and have been eating plenty Of
dirt. see now that our regiment is
bringing in German prisoners.
We have just finished our midday
soup after marching all night. II may
be my last, but / trust to God It is not.
We are still advancing and the excite
ment is really great. | am wearing two
wound cheyrons and they look real
sporty. have heard from Brother Gus.
and we expect to spend our vacation TO-
.--'ho~
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-28
OVERLAND AGENT
SAYS CAR SALES
BRISK PAST WEEK

The "Buy a Car Now" campaign,
which has spread from coast to coast.
has reached climax in Ell Cenpro,
with the result that E. S. Lack, val
ley distributor for Overland cars, re-
ports one of the busiest weeks in the
history of the agency.
''The fact that there will be no
more passenger cars built after Janu-
airy /, 1919, seems to be sinking into
the minds of the people, and the de-
mand is getting greater each week."
said Mr.. Lack. "We have sold the
Globe Mills two more Overlands this
week, bringing their Model 90 fleet
up to five cars.
81 l.. Bartlett of Holtville bought
a Model 80 Overland today. c. Maxi
ia rode away in his new Overland a
day or two ago. Used cars are going
as fast as we get them. We have sew
eral carloads due to arrive here in
about three weeks. In the meantime
we can still fill orders from the floor.
For those who contemplate getting a
car / urge them to buy now, as every
day of delay lessons their chances of
getting the kind of car they want"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-28
AGENT FOR K|SSEL
TRUCKS TALKS ON
20 HAND VALUES

"It is just as important to consld-
er the secondhand value of truck
when making a decision as to what
particular make to buy, as it is when
purchasing a passenger car" says
Charles N. Merralls. Valley distribu-
tor of Kissel trucks.
This applies to few popular
I, makes of dependable trucks, and you
will note the absence, by reading the
classified liners of the leading daily
or Sunday papers of the Coast, of
Kissel trucks for sale. In rare in
stances where one is advertised for
sale after years of hard and faithful
service, the selling price will be
found to reach about the same per-
centage for depreciation as a Ford
car in comparison to the amount of
investment and value received.
at therefore behooves the pos
pective purchaser of a truck to not
only consider carefully the kind of a
truck on which to pin his faith from
a mechanical standpoint, but the one
which offers the best investment from
financial standpoint.
"Can the transportation equipment
of the country keep pace with the in
creased production of our manufac-
tories? is a question. 1t can and will,
providing the same calibre of eff
cheney is employed in the use and
maintenance of our transportation
equipment that is responsible for the
gigantic production schedule now be-
ing maintained and never before put
into operation by any country in the
world
"The war, as far as we at home
are concerned, has dwindled down to
a matter of production and transpor-
tation, and due to more time and
study being devoted to production,
transportation has become the great
est question of the day, aided by the
railroads greatest ally-the motor
truck"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-28
CHANGE LOCATION
OF SHORT COURSE
FARM MEET IN GS

Change in location of the Agricul-
tural and Home Economics Short
course meetings to be held here under
the auspices of the Chamber of Com
merce was announced today. The
women's and girls meetings will be
held on Friday and Saturday after
moons. October a and 5, at Davis
hall. ~~
The meeting for men, and boys will
be held in the Palace theatre on the
same days. On Friday evening gen
eral meeting viii be held in the high
schol auditorium, at which lectures
will be given by Judge A. +. Cham
berlain and Professor j. III. Prost.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-09-28

TO ADVERTISE for stenogra-
pher il to simplify the search for the
efficient worker desired.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08

Amusement m the new ArriValS
eyes. was a CLEAN of admiration.
Good evening. cousln. he ex-
claimed, stepping forward and hold
ing out his hand to her.
Beyond him. in the front door
she saw Butler standing. watching
the meeting between the pair. She
must feIEn q cordiality she did not
feel.
GOOD evening, eousin!" she re-
turned. forcing n smHe.
Clifford Chaplin did not release
Immediately the hand he had
grasped- Instead he held Il, look
ing downward into her face with .
familiarity that she dared not re-
sent At this moment
wish / dared exercise the eouB-
inly right of kissing you" he
tsased. ''MAyn't IT,
you certainly may notr' Eliza
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
HOW TO SAVE
WHEAT

TO not use more than one and
one-half pounds of wheat =
- week for each person. Mako
tnls the maximum Try to use IssS-
AaearonL. Spaghetti and FarinA
are made Of wheat ana II used at
al should be usea sparIngIy.
II you use Victory Bread. remem-
Der that TX pounds 4 week or
one ounce slices = day. win use /
pound Of wheat
II you use this amount Of bread
you should only use 4 pound Of
wheat each week Is your other
foods, as cake. crackers. pastry and
thicksned sauces. mRcaroni and
breakfast cereals.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
By Eleanor Gilbert.

Author. The Ambitious woman In
jusIneas."
= STOOD waitinz at the silk count
er OF one OF the big New York
- department stores. when I
overheard the diEnihed salesman
remark in his most pompous manner
to q woman customer. No, Madam,
Il is against the policy Of the
house" The woman asked a Ques-
tion very timidly. but the salesman
shook his head and turned away
from her, saying very Grossly. NO,
I can't explain anything. It's
against the policy Of the house and
that's all can tell you about It"
The woman looked puzzled. and
slowly walked away. Evidently she
hadn't received very Intelligent SER
vice! And in view Of the positive
Tudsness with which the salesman
spoke to her. 1 wondered why. only
two TeArs ago. an alleged authority
In the dry goods field declared very
emphatically that women could
not sail expensive silks because
customers preferred men to wait
on them for purchases involving
such large sums OF money"
Would q saleswoman have dismIs-
Sed 4 possible customer with the
HtiT incompreheastvs explanation
about something being against the
Dolicy OF the houss-T I'm inclined
TO think she would have been =
little more explicit = little more
kindly.
But opportunity f. gradually
widening. Very soon We shall see
women selling goods in the high
priced departmentA. whore men
formerly held sway. VIII It be an
improvement in service? VIII
Saleswomen give as good or better
Service7 VIII women customers take
kindly to the change7
1t will depend on the worth Of
the individual sslesEoman. It will
not be any progress II the women
who replace men In these depart
ments. give only equally good SER
vice. They ought to give better
service. They should not only be
ready to promptly nl orders. but
also to help the customer with In
formation when It IL desirable.
Many stores nowadays have
special courses in textiles for their
salespeopls; ana where the stores
do not teach #. the earnest sales
woman can procure the same infor-
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
By Virginia Terhune Van1
de Water.
CHAPTER XIV.
Copyright. 1918. Star O.

Copyright. 1918. Star O.
"A - RS CHAPLIN came out on the
M porch as Elizabeth and But
AA ler crossed the front lawn to
the house.
"Desr!- she called happily. I've
Just got a telegram; they tsIephonsd
II out from the station. Clifford IL
coming tonight to stay a part of
his vacation here"
How nice for your Elizabeth
tried to rejoice with the rejoicing
mother. 'T know how glad you
must be-
Indeed am glad" Mrs. Chaplin
admitted. TITS so seldom the boy
gets home nowadays. Well. I must
hurry back and see about dinner"
And who mry Clifford be?" John
Butler inquired al the mAtTon dis
appeared in the direction OF the
kitchen
Mrs. ChapIn's son. Elizabeth e1-
planned. He is in business in Chi
eaEo."
"Ah! A nice chap. is her Butler
asked.
II don't know Elizabeth re-
piled His mother thinks he is
the paragon Of all manly virtues.
OF course"
You don't agree with her7"
John Butler smiled
WHY don't know him."
Elizabeth began. then added has
tiIy. 1T is strange how many rel
atives one may have of whom one
knows nothing. have not seen
Clifford since j was a little girl"
The arrival of the son OF the
house would complicate matters,
she reflected later a. she arranged
the water lilies in a bowl in tho
living room. II he was quick and
clever. he might play the part as
signed him-the part OF cousin to
LiTzie Moore. II he were dull. lie
might make awkward mistakes.
She must charge Mrs. Chaplin to
try to convince him that she was
really his cousin-shs Elizabeth
wade-that she was the little
I.izzio Moore" who came here to
see the CahpIns when a mere chold
She hoped the man would believe
the tale and that his mother would
be able TO tell Il In such a way as
to maze him credit It.
A Fond Mother.
That Mrs. Chaplin might have an
opportunity 70 do thLG the girl re-
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
PUss in Boots T.


. from playing battledors and shut
tlecock- Tho greater the speed OF
the huge mass. however. the less
chance there was to bounce from
side to side. and soon Puss found
himself literally glued, a. It were.
to one side. when all of . sudden
there was a terrific crash. The
crust of the cake ball broke into .
thousand pieces. and Puss landed
safely some distance away. stlll
eIinEinE to q huge piece of sponge
cake. which acted like a cushion be-
tween him and the ground.
After wIpInE some stray crumbs
from his eyes. he saw his little
friend tho Ennme. running towards
him. The ELoms sat down on .
pIoca OF cake to rest himself and
regain his breath before speaking.
what hs said when he did speak.
however. made Puss run quickly
ovsr To the brook that ran through
the meadow. to look at himself To
his dismAy. what the gnome had
HnId Was indeed too true. Puss was
nearly as broad a. he was high
The cake he had eaten had made
him ha round NJ ball.
Twas lucky thing I kept you
from drinking more OF the water
melon juice" raid the Rnoma
Otherwise. you might have eaten
tho whole cake. and then. goodness
knows. yuu'd have grown twice a.
big
"Hut don't worry. we will hnd .
magic charm to cure you" And in
the nesi story you shall hear how
the Queen of the Fairies helped lit
tie fuss Junior
To Ne CoHtInued.
tSvgTlShL isiA paVld usp.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
The PLOtters

mained in her own room that after
noon for an hour after she heard
the sound OF the depot wagon that
brought Clifford Chaplin from the
railway station at Midland. She
heard mother and son mount the
stairs to the young mans room. and
then for many minutes there was
the Eubdusd murmur OF voices in
unbroksn eonvsrsation- Once the
man laughed loudly. boIsterousIy.
as II much amused at something his
mother was telling him. Evident
ly he had a sense Of humor.
A remnant OF that laugh seemed
to linEsr a. he greeted Elizabeth at
the foot OF the stairs when she de-
EeeDded just before supper. She had
put on = cimpIs white orEandIs
dress, and. added to the twinkle of
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
By David Cory.

w ELL H' soon 9" tn. iitti'
" GnomS Bakers had left
a. the KnomS King had
commanded them to do in the last
story. he turned to Puss and said:
BE careful. you may eat too
much Gnoms cake IL more hlling
than that of mortal mAkeg" But
Puss paid no heed Already he had
eaten a great hole in the cake.
and finding the inside warm and
haky. he had squeezed himself
through the openings. II was
much easier to eat the inside. Rs
It was softer. and the crust had
already grown quits hard.
He was 90 busy eating he did
not notice that as he ate away
the inside Of the sponE- Cake the
outside grew tighter. and pretty
soon the opening through which 10
had crawled became smaller and
smaller. and enAIly closed alto
gether.
When Puss found this out hs was
indeed frightened. He pounded on
tile walls CT mis- sponge cake
prison and called loudly to the
Gnome King.
Finally. he thought hs heard tho
voice Of his small friend. lie
pressed his ear close to tho wall
and listened Sur enough. no
could Just hear the words. Hold
tight TO one side and brace your
feet" and the next moment the
cake bali began to movs
slowly at hrst. but In q fau min
utes. II began to roll faster aud
iAstOr. Puss was terTinsd. for u
EAS very e1nieult 70 keep his BODY
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
Prt one-(Coutinusd)

Lillian looked up and met Won
Geldenstein's eyes fully. She won
dered II he would recognize her;
she almost hoped that he would. so
that the strange situation might
have an end. It AL seemed so Ab-
surd. so incredible
But he gave no sign OF reeogni-
tion. He stood rubbing his long
fingers together. I've are poor
peoples" he continued, addressing
Lillian, 'but We do our best for dose
who can pay US. Nicht wahr, Re-
beecaT' (Rebecca or Katrina,
He spoke some words to his wife,
In fluent German and laughed
Then he retreated to the inner
room, accompanied by the two chill
dren, OF whom he seemed intensely
fond, and, as Lillian gathered her
purchases together, and later,
while she was making the neces-
sary changes In her clothes, she
could hear laughing voices OF man.
woman, and children, discussing IN
their incomprehensible jargon
some matter OF absorbing interest
to them all-she had little doubt
that It was herself.
When she had changed her
clothes she hesitated as to what
she should do with those which
she had removed. There was no cup
board OF any sort in the room.
Also she had been wearing a con-
siderable amount Of valuable jew
elry, and her purse was well-stoek-
ed with gold. Some OF these ar
ticIes lay on the dressing table
while she was meditating where
she might hide them She had
just decided to transfer them to
the pocket of the dress she was
wearing when. glancing at the mir
ror, she became conscious OF .
pair Of eyes fixed upon her.
She turned quickly. Katrina
stood by the door.
Pretty things you have ders.
young Teddy" said the woman
curtly. Il wonder we're you found
dem?" She laughed shrilly. Let
not my husban' see dem. Put dem
away und come to supper.
The Washington times., 1918-07-08
Chances for Women
IN THE FIELD OF BUsN ESS
Now More Than Ever Before They
Have a Chance to Show
Their Ability

nation from outside courses or
special books on the subject But
certainly she could render no better
service to buyers. than to pass on
to them the useful textile informa-
tIon which the saleswoman OF tex
tiles should have at her nnger tips
1t is curious that although the aver
age woman keeps herself well In
formed about all the changing facts
Of fashion. she does not familiRrIEO
herself with any OF the permanent.
fundamental facts about fabrtcs-
the difference In quality. how to
detect adulteration Of goods. and
so forth.
But the live saleswomAn knows
these things. and 1t Is her duty.
IL she wishes to perform especially
good service, to keep her store
house Of useful information about
her speciality At the disposal OF the
customer.
Realizing how comparatively lit
tie the average shopper know
about business teehniealitiss the
alert saleswoman will choose her
language earfully 20 that her Gus
toner fully understands her ex-
plantations. Don't let her get away
puzzled or embarrassed a. did the
salesman in the instance related
above. Be sympathetic. patient
and tsctfuL Help your customers
to recognise differences In quality,
so that they buy wisely. There
are tremendously large opportunI-
ties for bigger. better service for
the new order Of salesWomen-