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New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

wasn't one of the contingent who could possibly
be classed as "among the also rams"
/ noticed that contrary to custom the
troupe" carried very little luggage-no cos
tunes, no scenery no props. I mentioned this
to the captain of the unit. She smiled cheerily.
I'VE go on as is,'" she said. "The boys
like us better that way than when we are
what they call all dolled up 1t makes it all
the more informal, and that's what they love-"
1t was rather long journey to the camp
and Madame Metropolitan brought out h2-
knitting. Mr. Comedian held a skein of wool
for little Miss Soft Pedal to wind preparatory
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Southern camps. The service, of course, is
voluntary, though the Stage Women's War Re-
lief pays the travelling expenses.
"It's the best unit in the country" declared
it's captain, "but have a new ragtime singer
to-day that have never heard, and I'm little
worried have record to maintain. She's
the little blonde girl with the curls. l do
hope she can sing. Her fance is at the camp,
so she's sure to do her best"
The train came to stop in the midst Of
what looked like an enormous Western mining
camp (minus the saloons) and big, broad
shouldered man in khaki with the red insignia
of the Y. M C. A. on his sleeve came forward
to meet us. I recognized him at once; he
used to be an extremely good actor, and /
found that he just good on his present
"job."
''The ambulance is waiting" he said, and
led the way to that vehicle, and we tumbled
in. We were just in time for dress parade
and retreat, which was most impressive
sight. Then came dinner in one of the COM
pany messrooms, and we were ready for the
"show." .~''iYM
l needn't describe the Y. M. C.. A. hut where
we performed" They are the same all over,
both here and overseas. But do wish that
Although the performance was scheduled to
begin at o'clock, by quarter after six there
wasn't even standing room; indeed, there
wasn't spot the size Of your hand that wasn't
covered by khaki-clad figure. They stood
on the little shelves that along the sides;
they perched on the rim of the greta stove;
they sat on the floor clean up to the foot
lights, and it seemed as if the top row hung
from nails on the WALL They were allowed
little stage as one looked out on that mass
of Khaki seen through the gray haze, relieved
only by the CLINT of shining eyes and teeth,
was really extraordinary.
Captain Vests appearance was the signal
for applause, loud and long, for it appeared
"The Gamut Club Unit" was no stranger to
Camp Liberty; it was, in fact, playing re-
turn engagement. Then the programme be-
gan, and never in the heydey of his greatest
triumph had the oldest stager played to an
audience like that. The most subtle point
was taken instantaneously, and the laughter
and applause came SO thick and fast that one
was obliged to pause where one had never
paused before and wait until it was over. And
these rows and rows of faces, I can never
forget them! Keen, alert, with eyes shining
with pleasure. 1t somehow gripped one right
in the throat and let me tell you, it was mighty
difficult to go on being funny with lump
that refused to be swallowed. But with all
that it was joyful occasion and all so cosey
and "intime," as our French allies would ex-
press it. One felt at home on that little stage
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

The following open letter has been sent
by the government of France, at the sug-
gestion of Mrs. Lucille Cram, to the in
habitants of the territories where the men
of our avmies are quartered. Mrs. Cram,
by birth French woman, is the wife of
an American. For this reason and be-
cause of her extensive work in reconstruct
ton as president Of the French Arts and
Industries, she has been in a position to
understand both sides of the problems which
have arisen as result of the arrival of our
soldiers among the long-suffering peasants of
her native country:
An Open Letter to the French Peasant.
1t appears that it is near your homes our
new allies, the American soldiers, are going to
pitch their camp. Great honor for YOUR
province! You are going to welcome them in
the name of France. We are sure that YOU
will be equal to the delicate mission which YOUR
country lntrusts to you. You will know how
to make our new guests appreciate the hospi-
talty which is one of the most charming trad-
tions of our race.
immense granaries, stupendous manufac-
tories, inexhaustibe wealth-you know what
material power the United States represent.
Their fields produce 20 per cent of the worlds
wheat CROP 81 per cent of the OATS rs per
cent OF the corn; their soil furnishes in coal
Sc per cent of the worlds production in iron
Al pei, cent, in petroleum 62 per cent. The
methodical rapidity with which their factories
transform raw materials into finished products
is dsconcerting to sower-moving Europeans
In every way the United States is the richest
nation in the world.
AT this moment they are preparing to help
US with all this accumulated wealth. In order
that the balance of the scales may weigh def
lnitely on our side they are throwing us omen
handedly wheat, iron and gold And in war
such as this great modern struggle-a war of
materials and inance-this constitutes insom-
parable odds: If the United States had sec
thera an eternal debt.
But however useful this role of provisioner
and lender, the Americans were not satisfied
with it. They demand their share-not onlv
Oh prlvat'ons, but of risks as WE'LL They do
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"But our camps all have the motion pict-
ures," says some one; "isn't that enough enter
tainment?"
"It certainly is not we reply. "The mo-
tion pictures are great boon to the men, but
it is the personal touch that they crave, the
living, breathing being who has cared enough
for them to forsake the bright lights of Broad
way and take the perilous journey across the
seas to give them evenings pleasure and
make them forget for little time the horrors
of the great war that they are waging."
Mr.. Sothern the other day pictured for us
the dreary evenings of the soldier off duty, who
sits en- the edge of his bunk in the barracks,
his head bent to avoid contact with the bunk
above, silently playing cards with the man in
the opposite bunk--completely talked ont af-
ter having spent months in the company of
these same men.
"Think of what it would mean to that man."
said Mr. Sothern, "f he could look forward.
even so far ahead as next week Tuesday, to
when George M. Cohan was advertised to give
Show in the nearest Y. M. C. A. hut"
If you have grain of imagination you
can put yourself in that soldiers place and
realize wee bit of what it would mean in
his dull life. But if you haven't that grain
of imagination there is one way in which it
can be brought home to you. Go out some
day with troupe" of entertainers to one
OF our own training camps only half an hour
from Broadway, and watch the expressions on
the faces of those boys in the audience. Such
an evening spent in training camp is an ex-
perience not forgotten. Perhaps you
didn't know, in fact, didn't know it myself
until recently, that what are known as cen
tertainment units are being sent out by the
various theatrical clubs and war relief so.
cietes to the Y. NJ c. A. huts in the training
camps to give free entertainments to the boys
A voice in distress came to me over the
telephone the other morning.
"I am in despair" it said. "My unit is
booked for Camp Liberty this evening, and
am one number shy. Could you go with us
and do monologue?"
And so it happened that I found myself
that afternoon one Of troupe" of ten en-
route for Camp Liberty. I have "trouped" 4
great many times, in fact for several years 1
did little else, but never had I travelled with
a troupe like this. AS I looked them over
| realized that the Stage Women's War Re-
lief, whose unit this was, was living up to Mr..
Ames's suggestion that s'the best talent is
too good for the boys" 1t was practically
an "all-star" cast.
There a very we'll known soprano from
the Metropolitan Opera Company, a comedian
whose name has sparkled in electric lights ever
since l can remember, young woman who has
been featured in many Broadway produc-
tion very talented pianist; in fact, there
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.III Il|lII| xt||' i t3E:| lI|IIl ill|
Beauty Out of Horror

"And these were all made under bombard.
ment."
The speaker points to pile of delicate,
shimmering lingerie displayed for the Amer.
lean market in the rooms of the Arts ct
Meters Francaise, at % East Forty-seconi
Street. It is rich with embroidery frosted
with handmade lace-not thread misplaced
not fault in the design. Yet these things
were made by the women of Nancy, where
winter and summer the windows must be left
open so that the glass will no. be shattered
by the constant conclusion of big guns and
the bursting of the bombs.
In another pile are children's dresses like
the one in the fairy tale, that could be packed
into walnut shell-sheer and dainty, soma
hand painted with vivid color, some en-.
broidered, some lace trimmed, yet all simple
enough for Tubing and sunshine proof.
Over in the corner are the dolls-''rag"
dolls, but gloriied beyond description, for
they are as delicately moulded as if some
sculptor had fashioned them (perhaps one
dldD, and their painted faces piquant and
childish and full Of character-ond capable d
being a0ashed sOith soap and sUater! Thess
the wounded soldiers made, and their chic
clothes, from the tops of their jaunty hats
to the tops Of their fitted shoes-made of can.
vas or corduroy, because all the leather is on
feet in action" over there-one would think
Paquin himself had designed.
On long table the wooden toys are spread
-Jolnted animals, delicately grotesqus;
Punch and Judy shows, each character with
his story in his face, not forgetting the ridsu-
lous "boche," who has been added to to
dramatis PERSONA in the act of holding up
his disgraced, detected hands and crying BIS
surrender: ssKameradv
And stacked everywhere are baskets ma@
by soldiers of France, who, because they hau
contracted disease instead of getting woundea
are not eligible for pensions; gorgeous nH
and satin flowers made by women who haw
lost their fortunes and earned their NM
money by going into their own ruined gar
dens and copying the blossoms there.
This is what is rising from the ashes q
war In France before the devastating fire ns
begun to be put out: Innocent fun out OF ~
horrors of No Mans Land, toys with ~
heart of childhood in them made in hospisss
where youth might we'll be dead, Frsna
women working in the very ruins Of tnsn
shattered homes to make the luxuries sns
they used to have for those who can s'.D
afford them; French women whose hands os
not shake in their lace-making when the hess
guns rock the EARTH French women VIM
having lost every one and everything m..
they hold dear in the fierce fighting OF "
trenches, in the ruinous raids of the enemy.
can still bravely begin again life that noss'
beauty and usefulness and hope--2or fss1s
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49, NM ,
The Red Cross I Listens

a GIRL opened the door of the FOREIGN
~ Information Bureau and looked in.
rather shyly, in spite of the sign
which bade her "W elcome." The little room at
the New York County Chapter of the Red
Cross was flooded with sunlight only for about
fifteen minutes in the day, but the girl didn't
know that 1t looked warm and cheerful to
her just then.
Still she hesitated in the doorway, waiting
for more personal invitation than the one on
the sign. 1t came, with the ring of a laugh
still in it. She closed the door carefully be-
hind her and came and stood beside the desk,
lingering pencil nervously, looking down into
kind eyes. Then she sat down on the chair
which stood ready just where she wanted it,
sat down suddenly as if strained cord had
given way. 1t had taken courage evidently for
her to come
The Red Cross seems so big, impersonal.
Olympic-you brush against it every day. of
course, even in the streetcars where the knit
ting never ceases and the little red and white
buttons are in every lapel; but that is only the
fringe of the garment. What is the Red Cross
like if you seek it's heart?
Nowhere does the heart beat more sympa
thetically than in the Home Information and
This room is clearing house for information
on war and war relief. The Red Cross work
ers in this little room receive between 400 and
30 inquiries day by telephone, besides hun
dreds of personal calls and letters, from wound
ed, refugees, sufferers here, sufferers abroad.
But the girl who waited at the desk felt she
had very little claim to attention. She was
not soldiers child-she was not even an
American. She was Italian, and her father
had lost his life in the Italian army.
One brother was prisoner in Germany-she
knew where he was, but had come to ask the
Red Cross how she could send package to
him. The other brother had been captured.
TOO, but she had not been able to locate him
And her sister had been driven from her Ital-
ian home by the German drive last autumn
and was refugee, somewhere in Europe"
She had number of questions to ask of the
Ned Cross--and she was not even an Ameri-
can. But the Foreign Information Bureau
wrote to every organization for refugees in
Italy to answer them for her. They were able
TO tell her that her sister was being cared for
by the Red Cross in Italy; they sent her little
package to the brother in the German prison:
they found the other brother and assured her
of his safety.
The Red Cross can do as much for YOU. It
will transfer money to your friends in prison
it will take your money here and buy food with
1t in Switzerland, and send the food from there
to the captives in Germany who are not al
lowed to receive it direct from here.
OF course, If you want fifty pounds Of scent
ed soap smuggled to a relative in No Mans
Land you may be allowed to feel, as some one
did the other day. that the heart of the Red
Cross does not beat very fast for you.
But there are very few things they won't try
to do and there isn't question they don't try
70 answer on the other side Of the door with
the Welcome" an it.
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Tabitha as she reads the head
lines in "The Danvers Centre Observer"
And Aunt Tabitha is not alone in her opin
ion. You will hear the same sentiments on all
sides, not only from people of the last genera
tion, but from those of our own age who arc
young enough to know better.
/ will admit that at first thought it does
seem bit far fetched to talk of sending thea
trical companies to France while this great
battle is raging on the plains of Picardy, but
If you had been present at the meeting of the
members of the theatrical profession which
E. II. Sothern and Winthrop Ames called to-
gether recently to discuss this subject, YOU
would have left that theatre as l did. with
the firm conviction that wholesome theatrical
entertainment is as necessary to our boys over
seas as good postal service, sanitary barracks
or incubation for typhoid
Indeed, we had it straight from the lips of
one who knows whereof he speaks, Sergeant
Empey, that the stimulating effect of clean
wholesome entertainment on our fighting men
is incalculable.
you've no idea what it means to feller,"
Sergeant Empey said. "Why, do you realize
that man may leave the hut after the en-
tertainment and get his orders to go over
the top right then? And he goes with his
heart aglow with the good time that you have
given him. and ten to one he goes humnihg
the song that you've been singing, and ten to
one that feller comes back, too and still hum
ming that song!"
We hear great deal about keeping up the
morale of our troops, and more and more we
are coming to realize how really, vitally i'm
portant this is.
"What's all this talk about the morale of
our soldiers?" asks Aunt Tabitha over the TOP
of her newspaper. eve never heard that word
in the COS. Our men didn't need any help
in keeping moral. They were too busy fight
ing the 'rebs.'"
That's all very we'll, Aunt Tabitha but who
knows how many heartaches and attacks of
inconsistencies and dependency and other men
tai miseries might have been assuaged if a
little thought had been given by the stay-at-
homes toward making the lives of those fghtino
men brighter by providing them, once in a
while, with evening of good, wholesome
entertainment? Who can tell what the effect
of such stimulation would have been on their
fighting powers or how much it would have
helped toward winning the war?
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
By ELENE FOSTER

ROUPES for the troops" is the
latest call from overseas from
no less parsonage than Gen.
eral Pershing himself.
Theatrical entertainment
for men at the battlefront!
Well, / never!" exclaims Aunt
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

\ m USIC has been put on the ration list
Nh in Europe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-21

not be. Did he come. but did he go?
This young man has a brother in the
T. S. army. and left a widowed mother
and an orphaned sister. They have
our sympathy in their trouble, but
they can remeber that their boy fills
hero's grave and that he did his
duty when his country called
This Is a war to enforce on Ger
many the terms laid down by our Presi-
dent. What parent would not prefer
To have his Son in a hero's grave in
France, having fallen in fighting for
these great principles, than to be call
ed a Stacker?
But there are only few sIacksrs.
At first many did not understand the
country's call, but when the under
standing of the needs reached Ameri-
cans, they responded in a way which
deserves commentator. In the last
call. the papers We're significantly de-
void of Stacker mention. The people
have never been indifferent to the
needs of the United States. They have
merely misunderstood at times.
so this young man fell In doing his
part for the cause of liberty. Our
tribute today is fitting to his supreme
sacrifice, made that we might enjoy
the liberties handed down to us by
Jul IdtHefS, duu WHICH we III TURN must
transmit TO our children. Captain
Marston died in one of the bloodiest
charges of the war and he fell at the
head of his company. I repeat that
in the charge which he led but SO men
and one officer came out of the battle,
where 250 had entered.
There is the same bereavement in
many homes in Florida today that has
been in this family, but we are here
in memory of Captain Marston's death
because he was the first one to fall
in battle from Pensacola, and for that
reason we are dedicating this beauti-
ful little park in his memory.
Must Remember Mothers.
In our thoughts of hearoes of this
war also must nto forget the mothers
who salSo have made sacrifice a
as any that have been made
by the boys on the battlefield. They
have displayed the same courage and
have been bent down by the grief
which comes from losir. one whom
they have been accustomed to cherish.
Their grief has made them deserving
of as much tribute as is due those
who have shed their blood on the bat
tlefield"
ator Boards address, a firing squad
from Fort Barrancas fired a military
salute and the bugler sounded TAPS"
With the playing of the Star Spangled
Banner by the band, the army and
navy men standing at attention the
while, the program was closed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-21
HOW TO SAVE WHAT
YOU SPEND FOOLISH
BY BIODY BYE.

Under present conditions resulting
from the war the proportionate family
expense for food is greater than ex-
pense for shelter and clothing. But it
is in the matter of food that the fndi-
vidual housewife has most control. To
curtail expense for ciothing She is
able to do little except exercise self
denial. To cut down epense for shell
ter is rather the province of the male
head of the house, who may devise
means for economy in lighting, heat
ing and general Overhead" costs for
his household.
But expenses for food are largely in
the hands of the housewife. She is re-
sponsible for food purchase, prepara-
ton and service-with opportunity for
extravaganza or economy in all three
stages. Every housewife knows she
is spending more money Yor less food
than ever before. She also knows the
world food shortage. The importance
of economy in both food and money is
evident and constant. IF every house,
keeper will learn and observe a few
fundamental economies the family
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-21

theater today. The theme is an I'M
with the subject of intenrperance in its
most insidious form. it should be of
interest III this day of anti-liquor pro-
paganda.
The heroine OF THE Danger Mark, -
created by Robert W. Chamb erS, au-
thor of many best Sellers" is a young
woman VIII ohas inherited sArte Cor
liquor from a dissipated ancestor. She
INDUCES this craving for Stimulants
secretly by eating Jumps of sugar
STEPPED in cologne. She drinks cham
payne at a social gathering and be-
comes Somewhat intoxicated, a condi-
ton recognized by the man who loves
her, but which escapes the attention
OF others. He cares for her and gives
her a diamond ring through the agency
of which she later masters her desire
for liquor and regains herself.
There is a interesting love story in
which this young woman plays a con-
spicuous part. She is loved by a for
tune hunter who induces her to e1ope,
or rather, to make the attempt, for the
affair serves only to bring her to the
arms of the many she really loves. The
photoplay was directed by Hugh Ford,
and the photography is excellent from
every point of view. The support is
far above the ordinary and includes
such well known screen players as
Mahlon Hamilton, Gertrude Mccoy,
Crawford Kent, Maud Turner Gordon,
Burns and W. r. Carlston.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-21
Fills HERDS Grave.

The vital question which every man
will have to face after this war wiz
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-21

purse and the national food reserve
will both profit.
Learn to buy foods raisedFiu syouE
neighborhood. 1t saves transportatior
and handling costs. Buy the veget-
ables and fruits in Season, and avoid
imported" and extra fancy quaA
ties in canned and preserved foods. Be
satisfied with any food that is whole
some and clean.
Do not waste money on extravagan
meats such as spring lamb, spring
chickens, tenderloins, veal, suckliDt
pigs, etc. Use the cheaper cuts O.
meat and the parts not in excessive
demand, such as hearts. liver, brains
tongue tripe and kidneys. Use fish
cheese, nuts, milk ana eggs To take
the place of daily meat meals. Three
meat meals a week are enough 10
persons not at hard manual labor.
Use honey, sfrupS and fresh all
dried fruits in place o. sugar. Stol
the use of candy. frosting on cake.
and sweet pattries. Serve no sweet
at parties. and if candy is used at
serve a little as dessert at the en-
of a meal. Use invert sugar Giquic
sugar. for table and cooking. 1T goe:
further than dry sugar and permits Il
waste.
Cook no more than necessary: serye
smaller portions; follow the gospel o.
the clean plate; do not eat between
meals and waste nothing.
Study Matchmaking and food value
to insure full returns for money spent
on food.
Don't be ashamed to be "cIose
buyer or to carry a market basket
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-21
Held in High Esteem.

Few if any medicines are more high
~ esteemed than Chamberlain's Collie
and Diarrhoea Remedy by those who
have used it for years as occasion re-
quired and know its real value. Mrs.
w. Cogswell, Andrews, Ind, writes
II have a high opinion of Chamber
lain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t
is the best medicine on the market
for hiarrhoea and all forms of bowel
trouble. Mother used it for years be-
fore l was married and still keeps it
in the house. ADV.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-21
The Volunteer S t a t e
Life Insurance Company
Chattanooga, Tennessee

contempiates establishing a GENERAL
AGENCY with restricted territory in this
section of the State, If experienced,
successful man can be found who would
be interested in securing such a contract.
Address:
MINOR MARTIN,
Agency Manager,
Chattanooga, Tenn.