Evening star., 1918-05-19
tcopynght. 1913. BY II. 7, W'ebster.I

copyright. 1913. by H. T webstef.)
at the age of nine AS youth of
seventeen. while attending ST. Fran
els College, in Loretto. he studied mu-
sic under Father Bowen chaplain of.
the college and an able musician.
Mr.. Schwab's earliest and strongest
love is for the organ.
ASKED about the current stories
that it was his organ playing. or as
some versions have il. his singing
that first attracted Mr.. Carnegies at
tention to him. Mr.. Schwab saiG there
is no basis Of truth in such accounts.
ding of the violin. in which he had
some skill. greatly pleased his first
employer in the Braddock works.
Capt. W. r. Jones and other early as
sociates took huge delight in Mr..
Schwab's organ performances. Mr..
SchWab still plays the organ occa-
sionally."
President Wilson says a writer in the
New York Herald, is having no end of
trouble with the
The president's flock of sheep he
purchased recently
Flock of Sheep. to craze on the
White House lawn. Two of the sheep de-
veloped serious illness recently and are
under the care of specialists from the
Department of Agriculture. One is huf-
fering with the dips which is COM.
mon sheep disease; the other has pneu
monia.
There were sixteen in the original
flock, twelve sheep and four lambs. They
have been in the White House grounds
for more than week. The animals have
teen getting along nicely until today.
The fact that one Of the sheep has the
dips" is said to be due to the animal
becoming frightened at passing automo-
b;les and similar noises to which 1t was
not accustomed in the country;
The other sheep were shorn last week
that is, the ten larger animals. In
consequence the President possesses
forty pounds of wool. which he probably
will! turn over to the Department of
Agriculture.
Think twice, says a writer in the
Seattle Times. before you take a trip
hi 8
Summer Trip Calls for sum-
Declaration of Intentions. ;,
will encounter all kinds Of difficulties
went downtown to purchase ticket to
Honolulu. and backed out after thinking
and planning for it for months. She
found she would have to have three pic
lures taken. show her birth certificate,
and. in fact. give an account of herself
from the day she was born. She de-
cided TO do without the trip
While Interviewing the passport
man" she found out that short time
ago girls anxious to go over to France
used all kinds of tricks in order. To oct
across. They even went so far as to de-
clare they were going across to he mar.
ried. When asked to give the names ~
the men they were to wed they were
equal to the occasion and glibly ran Off
names OF Seattle boys whom thew knew
Little they thought that investigation
YOU'D pe made. Gables were sent back
and forth. Several of the men calIantlv
rose to the occasion and cahled hact
KNOW nothing of it. but am willing
or course, now all of that has been
changed
MIS-. n. .. Havemeyer. says the New
YORK Herald. is raising woman's
land army for
Mrs. Havemeyer farm work. The
n;o, p,4.4 project is not ex-
perimental, for it
was tried out last summer with suc-
cess on the 740-acre farm at Vassar
College, and women were hired out 10
farmers who reported the best re-
NJ ;,
Havemeyer herself put on overalls and
dug potatoes and liked It,
Women have been advised to keep
well in the background during this
war and not disturb anything or any
one" she says in her appeal for re-
cruits. but Mother Earth says Come
UP the more l will yield; plow me
deep. score my side and broad sur
face with burrows, and great will be
your harvest. While you till the earth
by the sweat of your brow ! will
paint your cheeks with the color of
the rose: | will increase your stature,
your health, your knowledge and your
happiness. I will teach you. daugh-
ters. the beauty of dawn: your ears
shall learn the music of the rain and
the birds. Sleeping under Gods beau
tiful service flag. the sky, you will
find Il new meaning in life"
This is the only rhapsody Mrs. Hav-
emeyer permits herhelf in presenting
her plans for the land army in the
current issue of Touchstone Magazine.
Service is to be rendered in units of
from four to seventy workers as need
ed. Farm agencies over the country
have been posted. and recruits who
wish to join the army and applicants
who wish work done may learn of
their opportunities in every farming
district. That source failing. full in
formation may he had at the general
headquarters of the movement, No. 80
5th avenue.
Alexander Bond of Brookline has gen.