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Mary MacLane Could
Well Be Spared

M1ARY MAC LANE, who gained
8V0 notoriety by revealing her
seething soul in several mediocre
books which are best described as
"hectic piffle," was reported miss
ing in Chicago the other day. She
mysteriously disappeared from the
Blackstone hotel, that exclusive hos
telry on "B. L. It's" "Boul Mich"
was traced to another hotel and there
the trail ended
But Mary left behind her personal
effects, including a quantity of burn
ing love letters addressed to her by
admirers here and there These mis-
sives, published in one of the Chicago
newspapers-Mr. Hearst's, of course
are infused with the fire of a
mighty passion such as Mary, as she
naively confesses, usually awakens in
susceptible man, as a rule men who
are younger than she by considera-
BILE margin of years.
Perhaps Mary has been located by
this time, but even if she should dis
appear forever from the public prints
and public notice, there would be no
great loss to the world of literature,
while it is possible that the foolish
women who aspire to follow in her
footsteps would be much less apt 10
get into trouble.
Mary's books are the sort usually
read by women who consume cigar
cites and bonbons along with their
literature" preferring an atmos
phere of luxury-clinging silks, syba-
rite scenes and idleness-so that the
contrast may be all the greater with
the "naked hunger" they think they
feel in their souls.
It were easy to part with Mary
and her eternal cigarette and her af-
lection of knowing all there is to
know, said knowledge making her
heart-weary of life and particularly
that hollow sham called Glove" Where
Mary overlooked a bet was in not
becoming a Red Cross nurse and try
ing to make herself useful.
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HE WASN'T IDLING

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Senator Knute Nelson of Minneapolis
told this story at a dinner party as
an illustration of the old saying that
appearances are sometimes deceiving
One afternoon a woman was walk
ing through a suburban village when
she noticed small boy leaning on a
gate in front of one of the residences,
The boys attitude did not betray any
great amount of ambition.
Il am surprised to see you standing
here, my little man." said the woman,
kindly why do you idle away your
time on such beautiful afternoon"
Il am not idling," defensively de-
clared the boy. 81 am working for
a thrift stamp
Working for Thrift Stamp" Won
deringly responded the woman, who
couldn't see any signs of labor,
Yes. ma'am," returned the boy.
Mr.. Smith is sitting on the porch with
sister, and he told me that he would
give me the price of stamp if l
would watch for father"
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Il anu mighty proud of the way our
city fathers arranged for the commun-
ity sings" said Robert Lawrence. di-
rector, hut as much as I enjoy con-
park somehow it's the sings we have
at Camp Mcclellan with the soldier
hoys that grip re and make me want
to do my dead-level best, for they put
and seem to get such great JOY out
of every performance
Il know of no better way to keep a
crowd Of army lads in good humor
than to Put them to singing airs which
stir their Patriotism"
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bacon. Some hog, you say. Well this
was why for while pork chops were
''tabooed,' and we had to forego the
pleasure of swine's flesh ON our tables.
for we were saving it for our boys, tor
the south learned years ago that fat
meat was the fuel for laborers to eat
It's the ration that is going to take our
boys into Berlin.
You hear great deal about "bal !.
anced ration for stock Be it known
that there is such a thing for soldiers
1t takes $50 tons of potatoes to go into
the hash or be served whole, for in spite
of the cry which is now going up to con-
sumo all the Irish potatoes you can, time
was when they were scarce. Qn Ger
many it's against the law to peel a po-
crop is coming in. os let's do what we
are told and get rid of those Cutting
the market. There is reason.
There is a saying in the army when
the meals are not we'll cooked that the
chef is rot a cook but can opener
To read the amount of canned stuff use4
in day one would think that a can
opener Was more needed than cook
An Engllshmsn hearing a food lecturer
say. Eat what you can, and can what
you can't" went home and told his wife
he heard a Jolly good American yarn.
a speaker at public meeting told his
hearers to Eat what you can, and put
the balance up in tins A world of eata-
bles got put into tins last season, and
more win find their way in cans this
year.
Here is the soldiers vegetable diet Tor
a day. One hundred and thirty thou
sand cans of tomatoes, 5000 cans OF
corn. 24ooo cans of green peas, $500 cans
of stringless beans. 1900 cans of cabbage
He has a sweet tooth: 1t takes $500 cans
of peaches, 1000 cans of pineapples. 200
cans of snricots and 1000 cans of pump
lxins for piess He also has to have 225,-
600 cans of jam. But really. 1 can't set
down here all the cans he can eat in a
day. But you who read this can't you
eat less and waste less so that our SOL
der boys can eat more?
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EASILY RECOGNIZED.

amy telephone calls, Miss Pounders?"
asked Mr.. Gadspur of his new secretary
zone, sir. A lady said if you didn't
call 1925 Green Hill the moment you
came in she'd know the reason why"
"Ah! Call the number. Miss Founders,
and tell the maid that Mr.. Gadspur is
ready to speak to Mrs Gadspur''
HIS SERVICES ARE NEEDED.
This ought to be an interesting story"
'Why?"
1T was written by a retired detective. ;
I'm afraid he isn't expert in his pro-
fesson. Considering the high state of
efficiency reached by the modern cracks
man, no worthwhile detective can afford
to retire.
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$4,000 a year. In order to induce
Nikisch to accept the position the
salary was raised to $4,000. 1t is
understood that Muck received
.$25, 900.
Rachmaninoff, if offered like
salary, is almost sure to assume the
position now vacant. The musical
world will watch with interest the out
come of the reorganized Boston Sym
phony orchestra.
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Copyright. 1918. by the Bell Syndicate. Inc,
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
OUR PART.

OUR PART.
Oh, to be up and doing,
Helping cur boys to fight
Thousands of miles across the sea,
For liberty and right.
Is there a finer feeling
The Truman heart can know
Than this, the thought that we are doing
All that we can to show
Our far-flung armies the people
Back home will see them through,
With all that we have and hope to pos
seSS,
Our loyal lads and true.
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NO RICH MANS WAR
from the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, great
grandson of the old commodore, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
and heir to about 25,000,000 bucks, has
been commissioned second lieutenant
at Fort Worth. It's rich mans war,
all right Here a millionaire pulls
down a second lieutenancy after four
months training. whereas frequently
it requires almost that long for a poor
boy to pull down captaincy.
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BEGINNING THE DAY-Givc me
courage and the consistency to go for
ward, o my Lord, without haste,
without fear, without show, with
out condesccnsion, without bitter
ness, without intolerance, comprO-
missing as to policy but never as to
principle, loving the truth, and Gar-
ing all things for the freedom of
men. Amen.-H. NJ. Il.
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Lnmdin Answers Cali

II was just getting into my work
good" said j. E. Lamdin, secretary oil
the state S. Y. P. U. department of The
executive committee of the Baptists OF
Alabama, "but now comes clear call
to duty and l put aside my own plans
to fail into those of my country ana
will answer the call of the colors.
have greatly enjoyed the eight months
among the Baptists of this state, but
I am glad that L am fit to fight the
BOcheS"
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DRESS CRITICS.

Miss Totty Timons would not vote,
But in your judgment please be fair;
Before condemning her pray note:
She didn't have thing to wear,
Akron Times.
She didn't have a thing to wear?
Then if attention she'd engage
Miss Totty Timmons should prepare
For long engagements on the stage.
Youngstown Telegram.
Or else before the cam'ra pose
As mermaid in bathing scene;
In just month or two-who knows?-
She might become a movie queen.
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Third Liberty Loan
Exceeds Expectations

6T REASURY officials are more
y than pleased with the third
Liberty Loan. In view of the fact
that the loan came at a time when
"the banks are preparing for extern
sions of billions in credit to wealthy
individuals and industries to meet in
come and excess profits tax payments
next month" the results of the cam
paign surpassed all expectations.
The three billion dollars, the mini
mum amount sought, has been largely
oversubscribed, but what is particu-
larly significant and reassuring is the
treasury total of over seventeen mil
lion individual subscribers. 1t is now
estimated that twenty-five million
people own Liberty Bonds of the first,
second or third issue.
Not only is the enormous monetary
strength of the country demonstrated,
but the wide distribution has pre-
vented undue financial displace-
ment."
OF the six states in the Sixth fed
eral reserve district-Georgia, Flori-
da. Louisiana. Alabama. Mississippi
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Mothers, Day Mt Sing

THE feature of next Sundays com
munity sing will be Mothers day and
the beautiful custom of honoring
mother will be fittingly observed in
Capitol park" said Sol Caheen, treas
urer of the community committee.
Director Lawrence is preparing an
especially attractive programme and
it is reasonable to assume that the
crowd will reach new high record"
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st have just run over for little
visit said Maj. Earle Drennen, the
young birmingham physician. VINO
made such name for himself in nos
pital work, and who is now at Fort
Mcpherson awaiting orders.
II am always glad to get back home.
even though it be but for few snort
hours The army camps are mighty
busy places just at present. am
proud of the Birmingham men who have
received commissions They are as tine
a bunch of men as there is in The
army
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FINE FOR THE FACE.

1--WE are using artificial pies in all our
comedies now said the motion picture
producer.
That's patriotic thing to do"
Yes, and we get better results with
limitations than We used to get with the
real article. Our property man has in
vented a pie that smears magnifi-
Gently"
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From the Columbia State.
Turkey is taking back from Bulgaria
the land that she gave to induce her
to enter the war. Turkey is learning
quite lot from her association with
kultur.
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NEW USE FOR HIrMrnops

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
smokers have to get along without
their humidors, now that mother has
found out that thhy are useful to keen
war bread from getting crumbly.
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WHERE HE BLUNDERs.

Did I understand you to say that
Glithersoy had great deal of tact?"
Yes. but ne also has his limitations. =
I'm what respect?"
HE usually makes mess of things
when he tries to borrow money from his
wife,
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A PRoFITEER.

Il saw you having heated argument
with huckster this morning"
Yes" replied Mr.. Dubwaite. II was
trying TO instill little patriotism into
him. but he wouldn't see things my way.
so I paid him his price
PATH, COOK
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A SENSE OF SECURITY.

How does your father regard me as
a prospective son-in-law?"
With great equanimity, Reginald.
That's encouraging
81 don't think so. Father has an idea
that certain eventualities simly cant
eventuate."
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Tor foreign advertising.
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Drawn by LOUIS RAEMAEKERS

YOU KNOW IT.
In Austria's court
Were trying scenes
When Charley Hapsburg
Spilled the beans.
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Unquiet meals make i'll digestions.
COMEDY of Errors
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We have many expressive sayings in
America. Among them is the familiar
one, lie is getting down to his ra-
tons"
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NEWS OF SOCTlE' AND
 ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN
1Continued on Page Threel

Iieutcnant Price. Friends of Lieutenant Price will be interested to learn that he las recently received his commission as first lieutenant at the third officers training camp.
 MT. Charles Chester Esdale, Jr., will return Tuesday to the Bingham military school to resume his studies.
 MT. Robert c. Gore Of St. Louis is spending a few days in the city as the guest of his cousins, Mir and Mrs. T. M. Lane. at Norwood. He is en route to New Orleans.
 Miss Virginia Lilies of spartanbqrg, s. e., is the guest of her uncle, the Rev. fDr. J. A. Bryan, and family.
 
 Mrs. Joseph R Ssllers (Adele Hogan) and little daughter. Mary Joe, of Waco, Tex, are the guests of Mrs. Sellers par ents, MT. and Mrs Alex A. Hogan, on South Twentieth street.
 Miss Emily Harrison has returned home after spending the summer in Chicago, Cincinnati and Virginia. After two weeks she will return to New Orleans, where she will again be a student at the Sophia Newcombe college.
 Mrs c. M. Nice and two daughters are spending oeptemDer m New Hampshlre. MT. and Mrs M M. Baldwin left yes terday for a two weeks stay in Chicago.
 
 Mrs Guy Taste will leave tomorrow for Pensacola, Fla, to join her husband, who is at naval training school there.
 *s
 cable has been received from Mir. George L. Martin announcing his safe arrival overseas, and a cable has been sent to him announcing the birth of a little son, who will be called George Icrena. Mrs. Martin and little son are at the home of Mrs. Martins mother, Mrs. Lorena Zinzer.
 Mrs. J. B. Shropshire, who spent the past summer with relatives in Georgia, has returned home.
 Mrs Ernest Knapp, who has spent the
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-as shown by the experience of this unprecedented war-and are helping to- ward the new era of dependence on in ternational law. the fraternity of na- tions, equal rights. and human liberty
 LARGE DELEG ATIONS
 The gathering was one of the most no table in the history Of Prague. compris- ing large delegations from all the op- pressed elements within Austria Hun gary The Slovaks Of Hungary sent a party of 22 with the great Slovak poet Eviedzdeslav. The Polish delegation numbered 50. three from Siesia. one from Prussian Poland, and the rest from Ga licia, including ex-Ntinister Glombinski and five deputies. The Croats and Serbs numbered 100, with nine deputies. Among the 300 Jugo-Slavs were 60 Slovenes, sevea Corinthians, 60 Styrians and 1oQ Carnio- lans with four deputies.
 The Italian delegation of 1T included Deputy Conci, irredentist deputy in the Austrian Parliament. There were besides Rumanians from Pennsylvania and the
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Birmingham Graded union VII meet on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the First Methodist church.
 The Fdgewood club members may re- ceive their New Year books by calling at the public library. city hall.
 St. Andrews guild announces the open ing of it's lunch rooms at the Civic as- sociaticn, twenty-first story of the Jeff eison County bank building, on Monday, September 19.
 There will be meeting of the Pcys- cology Study club on Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. R. c. McCarty on Hanover Circle. The Catholic Women's club of West End will meet on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. William Burks, 1900 Second avenue.
 There will be a meeting of the Treble Cleft chorus of the Music Study club on Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at Cable
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Soldiers Ignorant of English

From Making Real Americans" by II.
 II. Wheaton, in the American Review
 of Reviews.
 Imagine the incongruitv of issuing mill itary orders in language not under stcod The story is told that one inge- nious training officer tied red bandanna handR erchiefs to the left arms of the men he was training so as to be able to in dicate to them on which foot to start marching. Where was our boaSted edu- caticnal system that it had not taught every one of these men, particularly, of draft age, at least to understand the English language? Tn one camp an of- ficer was detailed to read some new rules and regulations to the various com panies. He read them to one company, and after completion, the companys off, ficer saluted and inquired whether the rules were printed in any foreign lan- guage, as not a man of his company had understood what had been read.
 What would be the situation if all the aliens registered could be subjected to draft? Our camps would be "polyglot boarding houses and a large part of the time which should be devoted to given to English training before the real purpose for which the men were dafted could be carried out. Let us sup pose for moment that the war in time really makes a vital demand upon us, and it becomes necessary to draft all men of military ages-1S to 45-would we not be overwhelmed to find there were over 3,O00,0c0 alien males of these ages Consider the problem of teaching one third of these men enough English to take military training.
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lust received a new ship ment of 9x12 mating rugs.
 This goods, which was bought one years ago, came direct from Japan. We have
 a large assortment c m l in color combinations U VU We will offer Monday for sale our .75 Chinese mat ting, 116 warp q u a It "
 which is known to be 70 the best made O~ X limited selection in pat terms of .95 Congoleum. To close out this lot Monday, per square 7A yard
 9x12 amber velvet rugs, which sell regularly for 35.OO. We have only F of
 
 these and will sell them ex- tra special 09 E0 Monday for AAoOV 800 Hartford-Saxony rug, 27x54; special h E0 for Monday TsOV 500 body Brussels rug, 27x54; special Q 0E for Monday OskO 700 Wilton rug, 27x54; spe- cial for A m Monday | w 7.5O Administer rug, 36x72; special for A 76 Monday n 6O
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THREE

Bukovina, four Damadans and three Bosnians Among the notable figures were TetmaieF dean of the socialists of Poland; Rybar., ex-mayor of Leibacn, and Krista. chief of the, democratic party, It was strange medley of ra- cial fractions and only such gathering as could be found among the oppressed elements crowded within Austria-Hun- gary.
 Practically nothing concerning the gathering was allowed to appear in the press, and the papers appeared with great white columns disclosing how tho censors had suppressed all references to the meeting They announced how ever, that 95 arrests had been made: also that the crowds had succeeded in breaking the police eordons thrown around the gathering, and the measures finally adopted to disperse the meeting. continuous struggle was carried on between the population and the police. Unknown hands decorated the linden trees with emblems of Slav fraternity.
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Our new stock of coats at this price contains unusual values and right up to the minute styles. The models displayed are numerous l; most popular materials are Bolivia, velour, silvertone, etc.; color list n c u d e s shades of grays, greens, blues, browns and burgundy. These coats are fully lined with beautiful quality of fig ured satins. Many of them are fur An Tn trimmed. fOsOV
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hall This is the first meeting of the season and all members are asked to be present.
 The r. T. B. Patriotic girls will meet on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Woodlawn library
 The Woodlawn w. c. T. U. will meet on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock at the Woodlawn library.
 The members of the Twentieth Century club may secure their new year books by calling at the public library.
 The board of directors of the Y w. C. will meet on Tuesday morning at It o'clock at headquarters.
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nese stands for wealth, prosperity. free dom and justice.
 During the first years of the war the
 Chinese people were mildly pro-German. Japan had taken Kiauchow and Japan
 was with the entente. When Japan took
 away the German. possessions in China. the Chinese saw in it not so much de- feat of Germany as the further incur
 sion of Japanese armies on Chinese soil. The movements of Japanese armies al
 ways make the Chinese nervous, and popular feeling ran with the central powers.
 Naturally this sentiment was fed, ac- cording to the usual Teutonic tactics, by German consuls and merchants who distributed 'information" in the Chinese languages, and made the case of Ger
 many popular with the masses. What the future holds for China can not fail to be of vtsl significance to every one who is fighting to make the world safe for democracy.
 In politics China is poised still, as for the last halt century, between disinte- grafton and total loss of independence to one or group of powers, and su'; cessful reorganization and the recovery of her complete autonomy.
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Long Liue Wilson, Slogan At Congress Of Oppressed
 Nations Held at Prague

nations to organize their relations to each other, and if the world makes it possible for nations to organize their relations to each other on the basis of equal rights and free conventions. in or der that they may defend themselves against the evils of imperialism.
 They are resolved to sacrifice every thing, convinced that these are the na- tions critical days; that they are aiding civilization in the effort to free human ity once and for all from the everlast- ing international violence and murder