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The Irish standard., 1918-02-02
MANY IRIsHMEN LEAD THE Al.
LIES ON LAND AND SEA,
Beatty, o'calIahan, French, Robertson
and Maude Representatives Of !,
the Fighting Race. !!

| American citizens of Irish ancestry
take pardonable pride in the mem.
bers of their race who number almost
one-half of the fighting forces of Uncle
Sam. That these scions of "the fight.
ing race" will add renewed lustre to
the glorious pages of American his.
tory is as certain as the rising of
tomorrow's sun. In all wars, in all
times, and in all climes, sons of Ire
land have won distinction unequalled
by those of any other land. The honor
roll of Erin's sons is not only long
but a glorious one. Whether it be
Brian, an O'Neill, an O'Donnell or
an O'Mare in the old land; Sarsfield,
Dillon, a Lally or a MacMahon in
France, a Taafe in Austria, a Lacy
IN Russia, an O'Donnell in Spain, an
O'Higgins in Chile, a Montgomery in
Canada, Shields in Mexico, a Sulli-
van. an O'Brien, a Barry or Wayne
in the Revolutionary War, jackson
in the War of 1912, a Sheridan, a
Meagher, a Corcoran or a Cleburne in
the Civil War, in each and. every case
the enemy feared his prowess and
with reason.
1t is not, however, in the deeds of
past heroes alone that 1rishmen have
occasion for pride. The present world
war has again brought "the fighting
race to the front. Examine the list
of great leaders of Britain's vast army.
which methodically and irresistibly is
now driving the Germans out of
France. See who they are. The ad-
miral-in-chief of the greatest navy the
world has ever seen is Sir David Beat
ty, a Wexford man; the second in
command is Admiral O'Callaghan, a
Cork man; the commander-in-chief of
the home forces is Lord French. a
Roscommon man; the chief of staff is
Sir William Robertson, a Dublin man;
the British representative on the al
lied war staff is Sir Charles Wilson,
an Ulster man, while the commander.
ln-chfef in Mesopotamia, Sir Francis
Maude, who has retrieved all the dis.
asters of the former commander there
and is advancing by rapid strides on
Mosul, is Leinster man. The old
race and the colonists are equally rem.
resented. too, Robertson, O'Callaghan
and Maude being Catholics, while
Beatty, French and Wilson are Pro.
testants. Assuredly the spirit of "the
fighting race" still surMves.-Chicapo
Citizen"
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02
Pure DRUG COMPANY
John B. Grones, Druggist
38th St. & Nicollet Avenue
ATTENDING vEsPERs.

ATTENDING vESPERS.
Away back in the days when the
Church was young, one of the most
beautiful services of the new religion
was the singing of psalms in the
evening. Work, then, over, all the
trouble and worry Of the day were
forgotten for awhile and the people
went to the places set apart for hon.
oring God and there sang the ancient
songs of Israel. Today we still have
that ancient custom. Every Sunday
afternoon or evening our Churches
are opened for the chanting of the
holy hymns and for the final benedic-
ton OF Christ. But although the SER
vice is so beautiful, although the
scenes recalled by the psalms are so
sacred, so time hallowed, yet unfor.
tunately, too few attend the closing
religious service of the day conse-
Grated to the Lord. In the morning
we have the summOning of Christ to
dwell again under the form of the
sacred elements among men, and the
morning services are well attended;
but in the evening, when Christ, as
it were. is present to bid farewell to
His people, too many refuse to be
present with Him in his Churches.
Probably this is due to carelessness,
probably also to the lack of that sin.
cere interest and love that were char
acteristic of the primitive Christians;
but now that attention has been call
ed to the beautiful evening service,
certainly attendance at it should in
crease. Then Sunday is the day of
the Lord, it never was intended to
be observed as day Of abstention
from all right and Christian Joy, but
q few minutes should be spared
every Sunday evening for communing
with God, for listening to the singing
Of His praises and for receiving His
benediction. The blessing of God
surely must not be lightly esteemed
It is the blessing of the Creator and
the Giver Of all that will ever make
life holy, happy and benefcient for
future salvation. The Vesper ser.
vices, then. must be better attended.
Every family, or at least some men,
Der of every family, should make it
rule to attend the service Sundays.
This being done the new week will
be sanctified and the benediction of
Christ will be carried out from the
Church into the great world that
needs It 30 much.
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02
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The Irish standard., 1918-02-02

Meredith Nicholson, author Of 'eThe
House Of . thousand Candles, has
written a delightful comedy drama.
The Hopper" which is being produced
IN pictures and win be shown IN the
near future 1T the Lagoon theater.
The Lagoon theater telephone num-
ber is Kenwood 6813.
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02
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BOYS SHOULD KNOW
All young boys should learn:
To run.
To swim.
To carve.
To be neat.
TO make ire.
TO be punctual.
TO do an erfand.
To cut kndlings.
To sing If they can.
TO hang up their hats.
To respect their teachers.
To hold their heads erect.
To help their mothers and sisters.
To wipe their boots on the mat.
TO read aloud when requested.
To cultivate q cheerful temper.
TO sew on their own buttons.
To help the boys smaller than
themselves.
TO speak pleasantly to an old wo-
man.
To put their garments in the pro-
Per place.
TO remove their hats on entering
q house.
Not to tease boys smaller than
themselves.
To keep their finger nails from
wearing mourning.
To be as kind and he, helpful ai.t to their
To close the door quietly, especial
II when there is q sick person in the
house.
To take pride in having their moth
ers and sisters for their best friends.
To treat their mother as politely
as # she were q strange lady who
did not spend her life in their ser
vice.
The Irish standard., 1918-02-02

esr lev Strictly cssh $ystsn
Gives yen de lowest price possible
Only First Class Goods Carried
Give Us Trial.
Economy Crocsry
me- uiocllet Avenue
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Mrs. Nathaniel F. Mcclure is at the
Shoreham for a few weeks. until her
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JEAN ELIOTS CHRONICLES OF CAPITAL SOCIE

rrBI fur'uf Hf the care. vh.,h has
been -uhiyI for th. -umms- fa va
Gated Irs donaldson. Who has gu-'
received word Of General donaldson. .
saf" arrival oErrs"as. has house In
" NoWtng avenue She and her daUEh
ter. MaN sue donaldson. wal spend
the winter there. with occavio nal
visits from one or another Of her
sons General and Mrs Donaldson
have three sons who are already in
IN" service. one. Midshipman Angus
tus Hokc Donaldson. is now with his
mother. spending the brief furlouEh
which follows the graduation cruise
of the students at the Naval Acad-
envy
The other two boys are in the army.
The eldest, Lieut. John o. Donaldson.
air service. L. :. A, has recently COW
cred himself with glory by bringing
down six enemy planes, three of them
ohiciaf-that is. they were pottec
before witnesses. The other three
he got when he was scouting alone
over the German lines. He had a
narrow escape one day when an enemy
flyer shot away his controls ond he
fell 5000 feet in disorder. However.
he managed to land right side up.
with care" in a wheat field. and got
on with nothing worse than a few
bruises.
Lieutenant Donaldson is on duty
with the British Royal Flying Corps
having been one of the fourteen Cor
nell students honDred by an invita-
tion from the II. Z. c. 10 train at
their school al Toronto, Canada.
Lieut.. T Q. Donaldson. jr. who was
graduated from the Military Academy
last June and has since been at Fort
Sill. Okla. will finish his course
there on September Il. and his family
is hoping he will then get short
leave before joining his regimen: at
Des Moines. Iowa.
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wellesley Graduates
Proud of Record.


Washington il full OF Wellesley
graduates who are immensely proud
OF the record their sister graduates
are making overseas. President Ellen
F. PendletOn. of Wellesley has receiv-
, ed letter from Homer Folks, director
Npf civil affairs in Paris for the Ameri-
Can Red Cross. announcing the plaC-
ing of unit of Wellesley graduates
in Lyons. where they will work under
Miss Marion Perkins, of the depart
ment of the Rhone. As workers I'M
der the Red Cross the members Of the
unit have been put to work as in
dIyiduals, 80 no one report can cover
their activities OF the first month.
The snatchcs Of information which
have come To US here are, however.
well worth passing on
Miss Mary Whiting. Of Boston. and
WinStcd. Conn. leader OF the unit.
has been put in charge of the refugee
relief bureau. in the Hotel de Vile
at Lyons. The Office j. a room once
occupied by Empress Eugene. Most
Of the work consists or furnishing the
families of the refugees with very
simple furniture. One Of the French
visitors of the oTEaniza ton inspecis
the lodgings secured by the family.
and If necessary the American Red
Cross cleans and repairs IL. The
family then comes TO the office. makes
contract for the furaiturc. and
agrees to pay so much month. &C
cording to its resources. On a busy
day the office is fun of families and
visitors making contracts and the
confusion OF tongues and dialects is
deafeninE. In June. I33 families,
numbering jTS people. were installed,
and $50 refugees aided in other ways.
All the clothing made by Wellesley
clubs is distributed from this office.
Miss Harriet Root. Of Ohio. is As
signed as visitor Of families of re-
fuGees in the suburbs and little viii
lagos around Lyon. Some Of these
families live near hospitals for tuber-
culOsis or cOnvale scent children be-
cause some member is in the hospital
Miss Root visits all lodgings to make !
sure they are as clean and airy as
possible. She writes:
The refugee or rcpatrie- pItifully !
the gender L. almost always feminine /!
she has suffered every |
thing, will not accept the gifts, but |
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as many of the convaleseent soldiers
from Walter Reed Hospital - car
obtain passes for the evening.
The Engineer Band from waShing-
ton Barracks and an orchestra will
play alternately during the evening.
An opportunity will be afforded those
who desire II to ieaVe the boat at
Marshall Hall, take part in the dan
cling and other diversions whISh the
amusement park offers. and board the
steamer again on its return trip.
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ARION CLUB EXCURSION

The Arion Club. OF the signal corps
and air service. has chartered the
steamer Charles Manchester for SAT-
urday evening. September 81. and il
arranging a moonlight boat trip to
Indian Head for its members and the
workers, OF the War Department. The
club will have as its special guests
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JEAN ELIOT.
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son. y. J., after having been in New
England all summer. and later in the
fall will take an apartment at a
New York hotel George Bliss. 4th,
Mrs. Watkins brother. Is at officers
training camp at Camp Zachary Tay-
loT. Louisville, KY, and expects to be
commissioned in the Field Artillery
early this fall.
Bessie Edwards is the only Wash
inGton girl have heard OF so far who
is going to the hospital at Camp
Meade for training, but a number of
them are taking the nurses course at
the Walter Reed Hospital Nataline
Dulles, Mrs. Lansing's niece. is there
as you know. and so is Agnes O'Cior-
man, daughter OF former Sena-
tor James \. O'Gorman of New
York. The girls are working very
hard, and the hours they are allowed
to spend away from the hospital are
few and far between, but they are
jolly lot and congeniaI, so they man
age to have lots Of fun in their hours
off duty.
Mrs. Lansing put a quietus on the
rumor that Miss Dulles would go
overseas a. soon as her training is
finished. Indeed. she has stated en-.
phaticaIly that the little lady has no
present intention Of going abroad at
all. but is simply preparing herself to
he useful in this country. Her sister.
Eleanor Dulles, is already abroad,
having set sail shortly after her
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The two nurses. Miss Grace BisselI,
of Buffalo, n. Y, and Miss Mary Bur
rowes, of Montclair, N. J.. are on mill
tary duty. From temporary hospital
IS the former writes. I'VE are the
| first hospital back OF the dIessing sta
tons for this district, and the boys
arrive at all times of the day and
night We have six large French
tents on the lawn. and / believe we
can take care OF 500 men if necessary.
We have twenty nurses md about as
many doctors, and huge, well equip
ped operating room in the salon of the
chateau, its great mirrors and tapes
tried walls hung with white oilcloth.
We have N-ray equipment. and its mo-
tor furnishes electricity for the opera
ting room. I'm sure our boys could
not have better care il they were at
Johns Hopkins
Now and then we have boche pa
tients, and they receive the best
Of care. The staff was on duty most
of last night after working hard all
day. operating on a group of German
wounded that had been sent in. They
all seem surprised at the number Of
Americans in France. and express
great admiration for their fighting
abilities. They also said they would
rather thousand time he wounded
and prisoners than back IN their own
trenches"
Fondly yours. JEAN ELIOT.
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frHHrInusH frnu Pee -
ra.f snmrr gHa.. rssrsuI. arr nH
ffFFHraa HaTt..f #H. group % cent
Hrtashsd WINsH .H br.uE .HutInua Is
HuGmontrd drHrItr 100. fact that IN"
40 BE- crowded With var uHrk'rs Tar
beyond ttH capacity Thar houses and
Hpaftmcnta ar o. r. premium. that Nv
ma rNpsnH.s are caring and that liI"
~ Washington has lost much of the
Marin which formerly characterized
o.
MrH. Clarence Y Edward. wif" 81
MAJOR General Edwards I \. and
her daughter Bessie Edwards. VINO
zpent last winter here. arc back In
town after spending the latter part
of the summer with Mrs. Edwards
mother. Mrs. Porter. in Niagara Falls
They are at 1925 Eighteenth street.
IN. house Of which they took posses
sion shortly before they went away.
General and Mrs. Edwards have fire.
Quently been stationed in Washington
and always kept up close associations
with Washington people. so II was
natural that Mrs. Edwards should
elect TO make her home here while
her husband IL in France. Miss Ed
wards, who had sort OF unofiiclai
and informal presentation TO society
here last winter, will find little time
for gayety this year. She goes TINS
week to Camp Meade. Nd. To take
course in nursing at the base hospital
there.
Mrs Kuhn, wife Of Maj. Gen. JOS
epb E. Kuhn. now in France, is. OF
course, a Washington woman. She
IS now at the Nineteenth street resi-
dence, where she and her sister, Miss
Anne Squire, have lived for some
time, and Miss Squire will join her
there on her return from Atlantis
City in October. Mrs. Kuhn has been
in town most of the time since Gen
eral Kuhn sailed for overseas. and
will probably be here all winter.
While he was in command at Camp
Meade, she had house at Laurel,
Nd, in order to be near him.
Colony of OfficerE'
Wives In Capital.
Mrs Andre Brewster. Mrs. Nathan
iel T. Mcclure. Mrs. Clement A. +.
Flagler, and Mrs. T Q. Donaldson.
all wives OF general officers now
on overseas duty, have all elected to
make their home in Washington.
while their husbands are away. Mrs. |
Brewster has lived here for a Aum
Der OF years. and has a handsome
house at 1904 Massachusetts, avenue.
Mrs. FlaEler has returned to the
, IA rtment in the Mendoza which she |
had while her husband. then Colonel
riaElCr. was on duty in Washington 1
two or three years ago. He was or
dered to Rome as military attache |
of the United States embassy, but !
his departure for his new post was
delayed by trouble with his eyes |
and by the time he was ready for |
duty the United States was in the !
war and his orders were changed. |
He put in a tour of duty at Fort !
Leavenworth, Kansas. before being /
sent abroad.
Mrs Nathaniel F. Mcclure is at the /
Shoreham for a few weeks. until her /
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prefers to pay, il only a small sum
month. for the simple furniture in
which the Red Cross deals"
One OF the members OF the unit
guarded n package OF all-day suck
ers all the way from New York to
Paris. When children come into the
relief bureau they are presented with
one apiece. Often they have not the
memory of candy. and some OF the
smaller repatries are not familiar
with the taste of sugar, but they like
II at once. One day four children
from the north were given suckers.
and their use had to be explained
before they were willing to start eat
ing them. The day after, an old wo-
man came in and asked for some OF
the medicine on a stick, explaining
that a little boy had given her some
and it had made her asthma much
better.
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at their summer home at Sugar Hill,
v. H, are expected hack before long
and will probably open their house
in r street for the winter But ali
this is drifting away from our colony
of temporary widows.
Mrs. LanEfitt, wife of Maj. Gen.
William c. Langfitt. and her dauEh-
ter, Mrs Francis Bowditch Wildly.
about decided not to come back this
year. as they have not been able to
secure comfortable quarters and the
prospect doesn't look very bright
They are now at Brieile. n. I. where
they have had a cottage all sum-
mer; and they will probably go to
Flushing. l. l. Mrs. Langfitt's old
home for the winter. Both General
Langfitt and Colonel Wildly are in
France.
Mrs. Lewis Hayes Watkins ruth
Bliss, whose husband. now a full"
colonel, is in France, has been visit
ing Mrs. Wildly at BrieIIe during
August and the early part OF Sep
TENDER. She is now at Warrenton
Va, and may remain there until late
in the autumn. She VII take an
apartment in WashInEton-if she
can get one--for the winter months.
Her mother. Mrs. George Bliss. has
sold her Washington home. charm
ing residence in Bancroft Place. and
expects to spend the winter in New
York. She is now visiting in Madi-
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Lieutenant Butler is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Alban Is. Butler. of Wash
ington. His letters are as pictur-
esQue and racy as his drawingsN Gen
eral SummeralL. who is also by way
of being a Washingtonian. since he
was stationed for a long time at
Fort Myer. took command of the
First Division. A. +. F., just in time
to lead his men into the thick of the
fighting in the first big American
drive: and the outfit to which Lieu
tenant Butler was attached held the
line side by each with the Foreign
Legion. The Americans proud boast
now is that the Legion hailed their
regiment as its eQual-and the Legion
isn't given to admitting that it has
an equal
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler. who are still
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Army CaTtOOnist
Wins Favor.

A Washington man. Lieut.. Alban s.
Butler. jr., who is aide de camp to
Major General Charles p. SummeralI.
L. $. A. is rapidly qualifying as
the "Bairnsfather of the American
army" according to all reports. He
has a genius for caricature, and an
ineXhaustible fund Of humor. and the
cartoons and drawings OF trench life
which he has done for the various
publications gotten out by the 4. L.
F. are calculated to add no little TO
the joy of living.
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gradution from Bryn Mawr: and
moreover. the family is represented
by Secretary Lansing's two sisters.
the Misses Emma and Kate Lansing.
VINO have recently been getting them
selves decorated and cited in orders
Tor their splendid work under fire.
Secretary and Mrs. Lansing are
stun a bit skepticai about the croix
de guerre which has been givCn their
sisters according to press reports.
Ihey have heard nothing of this from
the Misses Lansing themselves. nor
nave they been notified in any other
way than through the newspapers:
and they are rather of the opinion
that. If true, they would have been
told of the honor through rather more
official channels Indeed, il was Capt
Andre Tardieu. high commissioner Of
France. who notified them of the
citation, cabling to the State Depart
ment himself
Apropos OF girls who have taken up
nursing. there's rumor going round
that Caroline Ogden Jones. iaU ghter
of Mrs. Paul Bartlett. is going to
France this fall tC serve as nurses
aide, and that Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett
are going also. l don't know how
much truth there is in the rumor nor
am I at present able to find cut az
Mrs. Bartlett and Miss Ogden Jones
are both out Of town The last
heard OF the latter. she was visiting
Mrs. Franklin Ellis kitty McClin-
tockb at Bar Harbor. She-Miss Or-
den Jones-took a course in nursing
at Johns Hopkins University last win
ter.
Washington has had another in
teresting visitor" recently in the
person Of Lieut.. Comdr. Arthur :.
Carpenter. L. s ". who had the dis
tinction of commanding the Tanning.
the first American vessel to sink
German submarine. For this he got
the d. s. o and had a special audi
ence with King George. with his
wife, he has been visiting his cousins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griscom c. RahdIe. at
EdgemooT. and now they have gone
to Fort Monroe. Va. Commander
Carpenter has been on duty IT. for
cign waters for nearly a year
The Randles are rather new people
in Washington. believe. They are
New Workers and are quite charming
Mr.. Handle is member Of the firm
of MOorehead q Gilmore. lie and his
wife are very chummy with the
"EdGemoor crowd" Dr. and Mrs. Sevil
Monroe Hopkins. the Bob Elmores,
DIR. and Mrs. Alfred Hopkins. the
junior MaUry Doves, the Girvin Pc
tiers. and all the rest. who have such
good times together
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FLOWERS AS
TABLE DECORATIONS
Say II With Flowers

MERE is nothing that adds much to your
dinner table d bowl vase full of beau
Il tfu flowers. They bring the air of nature to
your dinner and make it more enjoyable 10
the entire family.
One full of flowers, under the proper care.
will last two three days, and their cost is very
slight. Make it a regular habit to have flowers on
your table and you will then notice how they benefit
the table, the dinner, and the family.
GUIDE Bros corps of floral artists will advise you
Just what flowers to in this case.