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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-04
Anna Katharine Green.

THE real ANNA KATHARINE GREEN is terrible
mystery. We do not mean Mrs. CHARLES
ROHLFs of 156 Park street. Buffalo, whose husband
is expert maker Of fine furniture and who wrote
Initials Only and The LeauenWorth Case We mean
the ANNA KATHARINE GREEN Mind Mind no
longer young counted by years, Mind as subtle
and powerful and clever as ever counted by achieve
ment. Read The Mystery of the TASTY ArroW. pub
ished at the close of 1917 if you doubt that Mind
unabated mastery. ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.
But, hush! What awe-inspiring quality invests
the mere whisper of that namef Why do cold
shivers run up and down our backs? Why in our
commonplace surroundings-porch, porch chairs.
typewriter, manuscript-why, why do we chill all
over? Why do the thrills in dots and dashes like
hurryins Morse code torture our nervesf
Get This Thrill!
We will tell you.
II is because last night we opened book and
read:
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10

ulnning." she aid IN Fr6neA, Il had
three sons They hurried ~ to get
their uniforms and rinesL Then !
waited. One day our soldiers came
pouring info the town. They had been
driven back By the Germans. Many
were injured. took ~ many A.
cohld In my house and made eoffee for
them. You zee my house was better
before It was struck BY sto1l1,
"While was making eO6Iee q big
shell struck this house and killed
some Of the soldiers. Another one had
both less taken Oh. helped them all
could. but they went away and the
Germans came. They are cruel. but am
old. 20 I am alive. Then our boys came
again and made my house q hospital.
It was struck twice more and i was
hurt little, too. but not much. don't
want to leave. I have lived here all
my life and here 10 where shall die"
The eyes Of the old lady giowed un-
der the spell Of thought she had not
yet expressed.
"A French general came and thank
ed me for what I did for our soldiers"
she said. 'srhen. long after. he wrote
me letter saying was brave wom-
an and had brave sons. I have the
letter you may zee It"
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
WORK OF THE Y.M. c. A.

both In the United States and in
France. At the present time there are
200 7. NJ. c. A. workers with the eI-
peditionary forces In France and Eng
land and 1900 other workers In Ameri-
can camps.
The Y n. G. A. has been asked by
General Pershing to take over the en-
tire canteen system with the American
nfmy in France. and this win require
the services Of more than 5000 volun-
teer workers alone. An effort is now
being made to secure at least 1000
business and professional men of high
standing who will go to France for all
sorts of 7. N. C. A. service before
Jply 1: s
II Is estimated that 100000 feet Of
film are being exhibited weekly to the
soldiers at home and abroad. A. re-
cent. shipment Of athletic equipment
for the troops In France consisted Of
D.o60 bAseballs. 1900 bats. 10000
9ioves and mitts, boxing gloves, volley
balls ands various other kinds Of apa-
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
When Canning for Market.


Housewives and canning club MEM
bers who wish to sell their canned
products are urged by the bureau of
markets, United States department of
agriculture, to study. their markets at.
the beginning Of the season and pack
according to local demands for differ
ent products. Secure orders for canned
goods before putting them up, is the
advice Of the specialists. Small lots
of nonstandardized products are diff
cult to sell except among local buyers
and are not purchased by the army,
navy, commercial dealers, or any de-
partment of the government.
Home-canned food can be kept over
from one season to the next, and those.
who have not sold their goods have,
reserves to draw from for their home
table 1t is good policy, say the spe-
cialists, for the housewife to provide a
reasonable surplus beyond the prob
able home consumption for the next
crop year. While the bureau Of mar.
kets Is giving aid to producers on mar
keting problems, It says that II Is DIM
cult to place producers Of small guam
titles Of different kinds Of products In
touch with buyers
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
PATHETIC FIGURE
AMONG WAR RUINS

ssen away up on the brow of the hiIl
looking down % the 0efman-heid tesri.
tcry. One does mot need glasses to -
Il ehe trudgee along aoell swept roads
when u y Necessary. ~ It often II.
"A sheil may hit me-yes. perhaps,
sometime. But we all have our work
to do"
Waves Of deadly gas swept over the
stricken group Of ruins from time to
time. La Dame Indomitable has her
marx. An o1ieer gnve It to her. It IL
the best The ofice.s see that she gets
the best. Her two American artillery
dnicers hurry to their billets when the
gas drifts into the village. They have
nothing to do there. They just go to
make sure that their hostess is safe. I
had cup Of chocolate with her in her
house and learned her story. do mot
think she ever told It before.
Thanked by General.
when the war was just at the be-
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
Make Sweet Potato Flour.
tati.4.st+44.A..ass+44+4+4s+

Sweet potatoes, dried and ground
into flour in an ordinary kitchen
coffee grinder, can be used in a variety
of ways In cooking. Specialists Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture believe that in many localities
where sweet potatoes are abundant
the making of sweet potato flour in
the home may furnish practical way
to save the sweet potatoes from spoil
ing. The flour will keep well in dry
containers.
To make the -four the potatoes
should first be cut into small length
wise pieces and thoroughly dried. A
small drier that fits on top Of the
oven or warming closet of a range or
gas stove can be used. II an electric
fan is available it will serve admir-
ably. The nut knife of meat grinder
also can be used for this purpose
Flour made by such process can be
kept for some time If put into a dry
container, or the flour may be made
from the dry potatoes as it Is needed.
A quart of the dry potatoes makes a
cup of -four.
The use of sweet potato flour in
cake or bread making will materially
reduce the amount of other flour used.
The proportions may be half and half.
When used in cakes the sugar could
also be reduced little. Sweet potato
-four is useful as thickening agent,
having the same value in this respect
as cornstarch. Recipes for the use
of sweet potato -four have been tested
and found to be excellent by food spe-
cialists Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture.
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
DAD()15gg1G1
Qi(lY IAl[
WITTY wiTcH's PARTY.
0hM 0Al|a!dRll@

.F1y-HIgh." said daddy, '1s q bird
only known In Elnand, n I've told
you before. He can talk n well AZ
he can ny and his back 10 very broad.
so that he carries the elves on won
derful trips. and they also ride on his
neck and his wings. His body II
bright red and his wings are quite
black.
I'm telling you all about him in
case you may, have forgotten old Fly.
High-we've not had q story about
him In ever and ever % long"
"No." said Nick and Nancy. 1--WE
haven't forgotten Fly-Heh and the
wondrous trips he mas taken with the
elves. We would love to have q STORY
about him. for az you said we haven't
had one in long. long time"
ibid he take the elve3 on q trip
latelyr asked Nancy after she and
Nick had finished talking at the same
time about other. fine trips they had
heard of.
"Yes." said Daddy. ''he most GER
tainly did, and 80 I want to tell the
story Of the trip this evening""
Both the children settled down into
the most comfortable positions and
Daddy began the story:
"Will you take US on q trip, Fly
HighT the elves asked just the other
day.
"'Of course said Fly-High quickly.
awe want to call ON Witty WITCH
they said.
"T think that's good scheme said
Fly-High. I have heard q rumor that
old Mr.. Giant is going to tell storieS
this afternoon for the Gnomes. Elves.
Brownies, Fairies, Goblins. and the
Bogey and Oaf families
"'We were invitedv shouted the
elves.
1.-THE stories are going to be told
in Witty Witch's hut Of shingles In
stead Of Mr.. Giants cave, Cor she is
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\
gc4Es to have supper party after
w4-d and will tell one story herself
said F1y-High.
Were you keeping this as q sur
prise for us. Fly-Highr
was just about to tell you when
you suggested the trip. It's just time
to start
$50 they were all taken by Fly
High to the hut which was made out
of shingles. but which was covered
with vines. It was Witty Witch's
new home.
"She greeted all her guests and
smiled looking over her glasses. and
old Mr.. Giant, who was already seated
30 he would be sure not to walk over
any Of the guests, roared in his big
voice:
Hello to you allr
"Mr. Giant had to be careful when
walking with his friends. for his legs
are so long and he takes such mighty
steps that he might easily walk on
some little creature were he not so
very careful.
But he never walks around when
!, children are out, for though he loves
them dearly and wouldn't hurt them
for anything, still he always says that
he might frighten them, and he would
never be happy again If he did that.
"Soon all the guests had arrived
and old Mr.. Giant began his stories.
He told of the wonderful adventures
he had had In earlier days. He told
of escapes from dangers and Of great
and good deeds which he and his
band Of giants had been able to do.
"And last of all he told the story
he loved best Of all-of a little girl
who said she wasn't afraid of giants,
In fact she would love. to see a giant
so she could tell him sol
'"Witty Witch soon saw that the
fire needed poking for the weather
was still chilly, and soon the sun was
going down to his bed behind the hill,
to be gone all night.
$50 she poked the fire and as It
blazed and cracked she told for the
hundredth time how badly she felt
when children were told that witches
were bad old creatures. For witches,
and goblins, too. as we know. are
merry. happy little people who love
children and who feel sad indeed that
such untrue tales have been told about
them for so many years.
''The supper table was Of moss with
q centerpiece of early spring ferns,
and on the leaves of the ferns, here
and there, were tiny violets.
.'The guests drank from acorn cups
and had plates cut out Of new spring
leaves. They had woodland soups.
moss salad and fern ice cream with
the most delicious brook lemonade to
drink. But what made them hap.
/ piest Of al, was to hear that another
story would be told to children Of how
much, how very much, they all loved
boys and girls.
-And the elves once again thanked
F1y-High for taking them to such, .
lovely
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
English Boy Defeats Germany's
Superflyer voss In Des-
perate Battle.
DOWNS u BEFORE DEATH
Lieutenant Arthur Rhys Davids said
TO Be One Of the Three Elect
Among 6ravest Of British
Airmen.

London.-When voss., the intrepid
German airman, was brought down
there was considerable demand that
IL name Of the British airman who
accomplished the fent should be re-
vealed. He was Lieut.. Arthur Rhys
Davlds, an Eton boy Of twenty. In
the Official Gazette 1t is stated that
among his other feats he brought
down nine enemy aircraft in nine
weeks. ~
But after much anxiety the boys
father. Prof. Rhys Davids. and his
mother. both Oriental scholars Of dis
tinctiOn. no longer have any doubt
that their son, missing since last De-
cember. is dead.
In their home on Chipstead Downs
the parents and sisters. mourn the
brave and daring boy. said to be one
Of three very elect amsng the bravest
OF British airmen.
{ Arthur Rhys Davids, after doing
brilliantly at Summerfeld. where. a
kings scholar. he won a Balliol exhi-
bition and the Newcastle scholarship.
took his commission in the Royal Fly
Ing corps in the autumn Of 1916 leav-
Ing his civil service ambitions until
after the war.
Brought Down Twenty-Five Germans.
Young Davids hnd been good at
sports and he took to flying as though
born to 1t. he won the NJ. G. with the
bar and the D. s. o. after five months
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
agents should apply to the Bureau Of
Markets, Department Of Agriculture,
Washington, D. G..
BETTER TO DRILL THAN
CHECK WEAK SEED CORN

Where necessary to plant
weak seed corn, checking is not
rs satisfactory as drilling. ac-
cordlng to specialists of the
United States department of ag-
riculture. Plant right at first
plant the extra amount Of seed
at first, for replanting means i'd
ditional work, late planting. and
uneven and late maturity. Drill
ed corn is easily thinned. Hnr-
rows or cultivators can be used
in thinning by driving across
the corn rows. Without the loss
Of time. the thinning can proceed
for several weeks while the corn
Is being cultivated and is grow
ing, but replanting is altogether
unsatisfactory and usually un-
profitable.
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
Ions. Aged woman u sole Inl,ab.
itant Left in French w
Iaga
HakEDllBlME INDOlnTBll
An WthA Survived Hen Carnival es
Rags and nap,ne Whlch esspt
the Place, Lsft Long, Lens
Aoo. ~ i. y

Americun Army Headquarters In
France.-In the charred village they
call her In Dame IndonhitabIe. Not q
bad mime for her. either. There Is a
great grin In the French army called
Indomifable. The enemy has trained
its heavy weapons ON this giant cyiln.
der Of destruction. but old Indomitable
still beiches Its deadly hail upon the
Huns, and 20 the old lady OF = was
named after this famous gun. writes
Don Marlin In the New York Herald.
I saw her the other day In the recon
structed ruins Of her once comfortable
house. Two artillery offioers-Ameri.
can-have biliets with her. She takes
care OF their rooms. shines their boots
and leggfngs and puts on button now
and then when they know nothing
about Il.
Then. when she is not busy at home.
she washes dishes for the Salvation
Army cameen or performs more lab0ri-
GUS service, for all OF which she re-
ceives ten cents mn hour. That IL
enough. She doesn't need much. She
begins her daily routine at I'VE In the
morning and finishes at seven In the
evening. Then she walks two miles
to q shop to get her allowance Of
bread. and after ten O'Clock, when her
"bOys" are In bed and asleep. she
throws herself on bed Of boxes and
old clothes. with one blanket for COW
ering. and sleeps. i 4
Villages Only inhabItant.
n TAnv,1 V,HxV - L. a.
habitunt left in the village. It Is no
place Tor women. Chiidren-all, who
survive the Hun carnival Of rage and
rapine-le long. long ago. The old
folks dragged wenry way from the
humble, aged stone bulidings in which
they and their ancestors hati lived for
many generations--yes. for hundreds
of years. Soldiers occapied the town.
Then the Germans came. Three times
the quaint village was taken and re-
taken. The gaunt remnants Of the
old dwellings could tell frightful stor-
les Of slaughter and magnificent tales
Of valor. So can La Dame Indomit.
able. But she snys little. She just
works. She wnnts 10 help France. Of
hcers told her long time ago she
srould 60 anywhere she wished. Even
the grandeurs Of Pnris were pictured
TO her In the hope that she might be
auyed from the abode OF danger in
which she resides.
But why should she GOT
~ ~No. I'm not old" she rays. 'Tm
only. sixty-five or maybe Seventy. I'm
strong woman yet;-but when carry
.water this long, long distance and then
walk to the boulangerle for bread some
times my heart beats too fast maybe,
but that's ALL"
So there she stays. She has been
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
GLUTS PREVENTED
IN fruit MARKET
Service by Department of Agri-
culture Aids Shippers, Deal.
ers and Growers.
HELPING OUR UNCLE HENRYs
Bureau Of Markets Shows Daily Pie.
ture Of Conditions Throughout
country-Guesswork In Ship
ping 10 Eliminated.

The station agent at Highland wired
his division superintendent "four cars
strawberries to Chicago" The super
intendent added these four cars to fig
ures received from other station
agents, and wired the total to the de-
partment OF agriculture at Washing
ton. aes --#
The agent at Highland wondered
why anyone should want to know
about cars Of strawberries moving to
Chicago. A few years ago his Uncle
Henry had "gone broke" raising
strawberries because he couldn't sell
them for enough to pay his expenses.
Whfie he was wondering about this,
messages were coming to Washington
from all railroads and soon word was
flashed back to points In producing sec
tions showing that total of 40 cars of
strawberries were on the way to Chi
cago, and that comparatively few ship
ments were going to other important
markets.
Shipment Diverted.
"Forty cars will swamp the Chicago
market tomorrow" said strawberry
man, who received the wire from
Washington, and he reached for the
telephone. Messages went to railroad
officials to divert certain cars headed
for Chicago to other cities where
strawberries were not abundant.
Next day Chicago received only 20
cars of strawberries instead of the
40 that would have gone there except
for the market news service of the
bureau of markets. Chicago could
use 20 cars but not 40, and because
the other 20 cars went to different
markets many growers received checks
that gave them a profit on their ship
ments. ..
Helping the Uncle Henrys.
Guesswork In marketing Of fruits
and vegetables has gone. The market
news service il working for many
'Uncle Henrys" and also for dealers
and consumers. No one profits when
city receives more Of any fruit or
vegetable than 1t can consume. and
as means Of correcting such condi-
tion 1t is necessary to know how much
produce is en- route to that city.
The market news service for fruits
and vegetables, with its many agents
and with assistance from railroad off,
cials, gives daily picture of market
conditions throughout the country for
both shipper and dealer and places
this picture in the form Of typed re-
port in the hands of all persons inter-
ested. The bureau Of markets uses
leased wires to gather this informa-
tion and furnishes market news, in
Guiding prices and supplies, to more
than 10000 individuals in 80 states.
The reports, which are issued stimuli
taneously I'm many cities and in pro-
ducing sections, covered in 1917, q
commodities. Including Strawberries,
tomatoes, peaches. catalogues, onions,
2otatoes. apples. grapes, watermelons,
and asparagus. Each report carries
market information from most of the
large cities as well as giving shipping
point Information.
FARMERS or others wishing to re-
cesve any OF these reports from field
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
Spends s5,0 ,0O0, 600 a Month in
Mlnisterinb to Soldiers.
Two Thousand Workers Are with TX
peditionary Forces and 5000
IN Ameiiean camps- ~

Washington. LIN its work Of minis
fering to the social, recreational and
religious welfare Of the boys and young
men Of this city and county who have
enlisted in the National army, the 7.
II. c. A. is now expending "a total Of
$5OO0.000 month. These, together
with other interesting figlres on the
scope Of the work are Contained Id a
bulletin just received from. the Nation.
ii war work council.
According to the statement Of the
council the .pome" side Of army camp
life = being maintained among the
Ehundspds Of thousands of soldier boys
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
Farmer kun. wlId ca.

Live Oaks. Cal.-wing, a farmer
near here, recently killed two large
wild cats along the Feather river
while engaged in hunting Jack rab.
bits. One Of the wild cats raced mn
a tree and started to show fight when
Wing discovered 1t. A shot brought
It to the ground. It's cries Of raee
and pain brought Its mate to the
scene, and Wing dispatched the SEQ
ond cat with shot from his ,gun.
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10

ratus, for promoting the play spirit
among the troops in their leisure
hours.
The 7. M. 9. A. has established a
chain OF huts and dugouts along the
front lines occupied by American
troops "over there and is meeting the
needs Of the Sainmies as they take
their places In the Lorraine trenches.
The 7. M. G. A. huts on the Russian
front nave been demolished by German
guns and the 15O secretaries there have
retired before the advance of the Huns
and are now established in Siberia
awaiting an opportunity to return to
Russia.
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
HELPING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO MARKET

States Departsat Agriculture
The Dolores star., 1918-05-10
YOUTH is VICTOR
OVER NOTED HUN

in France in April. 1917. He brought
down % Germans for certain-he
actually saw that number crash-but
he drove down many more out Of con-
troll. Among the % were the German
superfyers voss and Schafer.
The story Of the defeat Of voss.
who had been credited with being the
greatest airman of all the armies, IL
thrilling. When Rhys Davids went up
with squadron Of six and four Ger
mans were sighted. It was not 90 easy
as 1t seemed, for voss was among
them. and he took on three Of the
British machines. Two Of these he
put out Of action. causing them to re-
turn home with their engines full Of
lead. The third was the boy from
Eton.
Voss and Rhys made a duel of II.
The Hun was in triplane, and there
was a most tremendous fight. The
story Of It was afterward told to the
family by an officer acquainted with
the facts.
II want to give voss all credit"
says Miss Rhys Davids, sister of the
brave young airman. in repeating the,
story. "He had a fearful fight with
the three for twenty minutes. and
then my brother and voss wheeled
round and round; and then. suddenly.
Voss crashed to earth.
"Yes. my brother spoke Of one or
two narrow escapes. On the very first
time he went up out there something
made him turn round, and to his ms,
tonishnent he saw Hun on hIs tail.
II he had not glanced round al that
moment, he would have been killed.
Worse estill. his gun jammed. and for
ten minutes he had to get out Of this
machIne's way by rolling and turn
Ing. Then suddenly. to his amaze
ment, the Hun burned tail and went
home. That was one of the narrowest
escapes he had.
"My brother was inclined to ny
recklessiy low, and that Is probably
how he met his death In October, last
year. We knew he was missing, and
we hoped and hoped for eight weeks
before we had any practical certainty.
Shot "PaInted Banana
"He had very often been ID a big
fight Of 25 on each side, and when he
wrote home about such. he said: ..An
yon can think Of is pumping lead into
any machine you see and looking out
and avoiding collisions, just missing
: each other by perhaps, couple of
feet. He used to laugh when he saw
the German machines painted up like
an unripe banana. He described one
Of these machines, and said that when
II came toward him he chuckled with
laughter at the curious appearance of
4. and then let fly. He brought the
iainted banana down."
And now young Rhys Davids has
himself been brought down. But he
lives memory Of schoolboy British
pluck that can never die.
Among other raiders mentioned In
the Gazette is Lieut.. r. H. Ayre, r.. r.
c.. who during one of his "many sue
cessful raids" bombed an enemy air
ship shed. and on another occasion
bombed railway station from a
height Of 500 feet. He also deraile,l
part Of a train and poured machine
gun fire on Its occupants. The mill.
tary cross is awarded to him.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24
Splendid Results from Appeal

The supply of garments gathered on behalf of the French and Belgian re- fugees has been abundant above the hopes of the women of the Salvage committee. The women engaged in the work were Mrs. w. F. Gollaher. chairman; Mrs. Cecil Drew, Mrs. c. s. Steward and Mrs. M. l.. Gibbons. Max ing a close canvass the workers suc- ceeded in securing a notable supply of garments and articles in good state of repair and that will be of material help where so much needed. The school pupils responded earnestly to the re- quests made of them, the pupils of Franklin school using their own funds to purchase material, and making up a number of new garments Alma school sent in two auto loads of gar ments and the other schools of the dis trict were likewise busy. The supply obtained will be packed and shipped at once.