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army, brings the cheering news that
everywhere among the British, French
and American troops is the greatest
confidence and determination that the
enemy shall not break through the line.
"The spirit and bravery Of our boys
is really wonderful" says Lieutenant
Haensel, "and their only desire is to
get in the thick of the fray and do
their share in exterminating the
boche."
Lieutenant Haensel was obliged to
return to this country because of a
physical disability, the result of an
operation undergone several years ago.
Elizabeth Jones, contralto, gives her
first New York song recital at the
Princess Theatre the afternoon of
April %, of French, English and Ger
man songs.
Miss Geraldine Farrar has added four
new names to the list of those who
have offered to take part in her con-
cert for the Stage Women's War .Rclief
in the Metropolitan Opera House on
Sunday night, May 5. Leon Rothier,
the French basso of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, will sing "La Mar
seillaise." Pierre Montcux will conduct
the orchestra for this number. George
M. Cohan will sing cover There" and
~
has signified his willingness to conduct
the second act of Butterfly" which
Miss Farrar will sing, with the accom-
paniment of the Metropolitan orches-
ira and cast.
There will be several numbers by
massed naval bands, under the direc
ton of. Lieutenant John Philip Sousa,
U. 5. N. K. For the first time since
he Joined the colors Lieutenant Sousa
has asked for and received permis-
sion from. his commandant to come
East and attend q public concert. AS
finale, Miss Farrar will sing "The
Star-Spangled Banner" under his di
rection. John Mccormack and Rosina
NaiIl arc among the names previously
announced
A May day matinee of children's
pantomimcs will be given by Ruth
Cramer and Janet Jackson, the play
dancers, at the Princess Theatre on
Thursday afternoon, May 2. This will
be the third and last recital given by
these young American girls this season,
and they will again offer an entirely
new programme with new costumes,
settings and properties made by them
selves.
Miss Irene Williams, soprano. who
will make her first appearance here in
song recital at Aeolian Hall on
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Henry Hadley will appear on June 21.
Other famous conductors, composers
and soloists will appear.
The concerts will be free to the
public, but admission will be by ticket
only Tickets may be obtained upon
application to the university, by send
ing request in writing and inclosing
self-addressed, stamped envelope for
reply, after June /.
The programmes will contain explain
atory notes pertaining to each number
that is played. The band will number
fifty musicians. The concerts will take
place on the Green at 12Oth Street, and
there will be accommodations for
thousands Of pcorAe. In the event of
rain the copcerts will take place in the
gymnasium Of the university
Mr.. Goldman has arranged some very
interesting programmes, including many
works which have never before been
played by any hand.
The Fadettes, the women's orchestra.
of Boston, will inaugurate a limited
engagement at the Broadway Theatre,
to-day, providing q special concert
programme during the second and last
week of "Thc Doctor and the Woman"
and for the feature pictures to follow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Rogers. who
cancelled all their concert engage
ments last fall to go overseas and en-
tertain the soldiers of the American
expeditionary force, are expected back
any day from their six months tour
| of the trenches. They went abroad in
October for the Y. M. C. A., to which
association the government has in
trusted the problem of providing rec
reation for the troops in the camps
and environments of the United States
and in the concentration camps and
trenches abroad.
1--WE gave moro than a hundred con-
certs," said recent letter from Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers to T. S. McLane, OF
the entertainment section Of the Y. M
c. A. eve are at the service of the
Y. M. c. A. for the duration of the
war for concerts, advice, propaganda
or any other way in which we can be
used. 1t has been wonderful expe.
rience"
Lieutenant Fitzhugh w. Hacnsel
| inst rnfurnad frors, Llranna N H.. L..
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MONDAY

Song recital by Greta Mason, Aeol
ian Hall, p. NJ:
AS When the Dove Laments Her Love Handel
("Acis and Galatea,' 1870
Pastorale (early ltalian) ......... .Veracini
Plus de dept. plus de tristesse (early
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Programmes
for the Week
SUNDAY

Concert by the Orchestral Society Of
New York, Aeolian Hall, 3 p. M:
symphony No. 4............. 4. .Tschakowsky
ArsA from Marriage of Figaro 80. Mozart
Symph0nic Pom. "Launceiot and Eiaine".
HaeDowell
Two Indian dances first tirneJ SkIIton
Hr1A from "CasaIleria" ....., Maseavn nj
Rnmanian KhapSodie No. 1.......... / Enssco
Organ recital by Samuel A. Baldwin,
City College, A p. m.:
Concerto In G minor nor..,....H Handel
ft.sus1tftt1n. fSbDtlaie. ,..,........,. .Hollins
WfS1n chinese Garden ....... .Sto1xhton
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In Paradsum Observation-Disclosures. Dubois
Toccata in G major. r.................. Dubois
Kamennoi Ostrow .............. Rubinstein
Forest Spell, "Siegfried" ......... Wagner
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: Ghanson a danser 1sth Century, .;;:.:..x::
willamette des petits canards . Chabrier
La Glu Observation-Disclosures. .Gounod
Man0oilne ............ .Debussy
La Procession ..............C Cesar Franck
a Iandls que rEnfant ............... .Loeffer
Der Skrieg en- Fuge CA Birds Cry) Sinding
Majnat Might of May) ............ .Sindng
Var det en- Drom (Was 1t Dream p Sibelus
Med en- primua veris with a Prim-
rose .,..'........ .Grieg
daab (t1ope) .................. .Grleg
At the piano--Loui5 Gutenberg
Song recital by Nine. Namara, Aco-
liam Hall, 8:15 p. m.:
Sc tn m ami ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Pergolese
6ergerettes ............... Weckerlin
M ha preso ALA sua ragna. ....... Parades
Ariette from Secret of Suzanne ...
l-e Reve ................... .Griep
L'Heure Exquise ..............Po .Podowski
La Petite Anne. ...................S .Schindler
swans .:....... Dagmar de c. Rybner
When l Go Alone. ............ Buz2i- Peccia
Art Songs of Japan. ......... Gertrude Ross
Chanson .................N Natalie Townsend
Petite Pensee dedicated to Namara1
Natalie Townsend
Vous: Toi i................N Natalie Townsend
With the composer at the piano
Pensee Rut,olph CAM
La Dent :........... Rudolph CAM
Love and Song. .............. Rudolph Ganz
A Grave in France. Rudolph GAM
Meath the Stars dedicated to Namara)
Rudolph CAM
With the composer at the piano
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Lieutenant Fitzhugh w. Haensel
just returned from France after fou,
months active service with the intel.
ligcncc department of the American
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Plus de dept. plus de tristesse (early
French) ...... ....... :: Andre Gretry
Come and Trip 1t (early English :. Handel
II est dou, il est bon ('Herodiade''D .Massenett
The Maid and the Sun =. Rimsky -Korsakotf
Eastern Romance. ........ Rimsky- Korsakotf
My Native Land d............... .Gretchaninoif
The Soldiers Bride. ......... .kachmaninoh
The Isle Rachmaninoff
Cradle Song. .................. .Gretchaninoff
Les trolS olseaux. cesar Cul
t.QelWelSS. GIN L Oui III an
Pastorale Observation-Disclosures Igor Strawinsky
When Thou Art Far ... Louis Victor Saar
Possession Earl Cranston Sharp
Do Not Go, My Love ...........H .Hageman
Open. Open, Dwight Fiske
Night Time, Daytime . Dwight Fiske
The Bird Dwight Fiske
June. ne............M Mrs. II. H. A. Beach
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Song recital by Eva Gauthier, Aeollan
Hall, p. M:
Chants Populares dAlsace-Lorraine.
lie jardin d'amour. Mariane, ma belle,
Mon pcre m'envoi-t-a rherbe. LIE
Roster dargent MSS, first time),
Harmonizations de Gustave Ferrari
Les Heures ............... Ernest Chausson
La pintade (Histories Naturelle) .......
Maurice Ravel
lie jet d'eau. Claude Debussy
Guitares ct Mandolines. -. Gabriel Grovelz
lie detachement vivant. Acarlo Cotapos
(fragement dune symphonic scenique)
-Four Impressions ....... Leo Ornstein
The Rain, the Fountain, the Corpse,
the Nightingale. MSS, first per-
formance.)
Air de Gaia "du Promethee" Gabriel Faure
(First time)
Deux Poemes Hindous 80. Maurice Delage
Benares. Lahore
Scheherazade .............. Maurice Rave
indifferent. La flute enchantee.
(First time)
Sorrow of Mydath, Waikiki. ...........
Charles r. Critics
Mother Groom. n.................Le Leo Ornsten
Infant Joy. Spring Lit -. Nat Schildkret
(MSS.. first performance.)
Dams la foret reveuse (MSS.) Jacques Pintel
La danse (MSS.) .......... .Gustave Ferrari
Chanson de Fortunio. Chanson de Bar
berlne Eugene Goossens
I'irst performancc)
Song recital by Elizabeth Jones, Prin-
cess Theatre, 3 p. m.:
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TUESDAY
Piano recital by Margaret Jameson
New-York tribune., 1918-04-21

Miss Irene Williams, soprano. who
Will make her first appearance here in
song recital at Aeolian Hall on
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-13
BEGIN SAVING QUARTERS
RIGHT NOM

Preliminaries for the war saving
campaign house-to- house Cancass OF
the city will be arranged at a mectin@
of the executive committee to be held
at campaign headquarters in the fed
eral building tomorrow morning at
IL o'clock.
The city has been divided into dis
tricts which will be assigned to mem
bers OF the committee. Each district
captain will select corps of CO.
workers who will visit every home in
the city to explain the purpose of the
war savings campaign, and will en-
deavor to interest every Pensac cola
family in investing in thrift stamps OF
war savings certificates.
The members of the executive com
mittee, who are in charge of the cam
paign locally and are working hard
to make Pensacola lead the state in
per capita sale of stamps are:
Mrs. Mallory Kennedy, Mrs. Lois X
Mayes, Mrs. John B. Jones. Mrs, Man
Bear, Mrs C. b. Hervey, Mrs. c. :.
Bonacker, Miss Fanny Caldwell, Mrs,
H L. Simpson, Mrs. r. D. Sale, Mrs,
VIM. Fisher, Sr, Mrs. Leslie Partridge.
Miss Kitten Merritt, Mrs. w. i. Logan,
Miss Jeanne Knowles, Mrs. ]. F. Dusen-
bury, Mrs. John p. Stokes, Mrs. Percy
Hayes, Mrs. j. B. Mcneil. Mrs. c. w.
Oliver Mrs. H. L. Covington. Mrs
Maneley, Miss Maud Suffer- Mrs. +. s.
Mellen, Miss Lonnie Landrum, Miss
Celia Robinson, Mrs. Walter Coney,
Mrs. Louis Buck, Mrs. B. s. Hancock,
Mrs. Sam Pasco, Mrs. Dan Open
heimer, Mrs. c. NJ. Sweeney, Mr.. b. s.
Hancock, Mr.. e. r. Malone, Mr.. Leslie
Partridge, Mr.. ]. S. Reese. Mr.. Hunter
Brown, Mr.. Morris Levy, DR.. William
Alderman.
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THE CAFETARIA a
GREA SUCCESS.

With each succeeding day since the
Cafetaria at the Naval Air Station
was opened its popularity has grown,
the only trouble which has ever been
experienced being in tryn- to me Z
the demand ferethe good things which
are cooked there
Committees have been formed amOrS
the ladies of Pensacola and Warning
ton, and Il has been arranged that at
least four ladies shall be there every
day to help Miss Price with the work.
1t is difficult for some people L.
appreciate what Il sacrifice these la
dies are making in giving up whole
Cay at time away from their homes.
but in most cases the promises have
been very willing given. and if those
who have already volunteered will
keep up the good work as we'll as TIL
works. at the Red Cross rooms have
done ever since they were opened very
little difficulty should be Experienced
in keeping the machinery of the cafe
taria running smoothly.
If there are any ladies in town who
have not already enga ged in this
work. and who feel that they could
devote a little time each week to IL,
they might please phone Miss Jeanic
Knowles, phone No. 4?6, as of course
there will often he davs when sub
stiutes will be needed for the regulag
workers, especially at present when
there is so much sickness in town.
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PASTTME FTCHRE CLUB
MEETS WITH MR.. AND
MRS. JONES.

The pastime Euchra Club met with
Mr.. and Mrs Martin Jones at their
home on Donelson street on Wednes-
day evening at eight o'clock when a
most pleasant evening was spent by
all the members.
The ladies ace and lone hand were
won by Mrs. Walter Lindstrom and
the ladies' consolation was won by
Mrs. Martin Jones. The gentlemen's
ace and lone hand were won by Mr..
Martin Jones ard Mr. Dan Murphy
"as given tAe consolation.
The next nceting of the Pastime
Fuchre Club will be held on Wednes-
day evenin" at eirht o clock With Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Iindstrom at their
home OH West Government street.
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MUSICAL PROGRAM AT
FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH.

At the Sunday evening service be-
ginning at 1880 o'clock. the musical
program which has been arranged by
charge of the young men of the Army
end Navy. 1t is hoped that the pub
lie will attend this service as these
young men arranged an elaborate pro-
gram consisting of vocal and instru-
mental music. The enlisted men of
both branches of the service are urged
10 attend. The program is as fol-
lows:
Piano PreIude-Sergt B. F. Jordon.
Hymn-America.
Prayer.
Vocal SoIo-'I Heard the Voice OF
Jesus Say,"-Mr. ]. w. King.
Scripture lesson.
Violin Solo-Sergt. ]. P. Price.
Vocal Solo (Selected)-Sergt. Roger
A. Drew.
Talk.
Vocal Solo (selected)-Mr. George
Davies.
Talk.
Duet (selected) - Messrs. George
and Frank Davies.
Violin Solo (Selected) -Sergt ]. P.
Price.
Vocal solo-"Face to Face'--Mr.
Frank Davies.
Trio-(Selected)-M Ravencraft
and Davies.
voval solo-"The Holy City"-Mr,
J. w. King.
Hymn.
Benediction.
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PYTHIAN SISTERS
INNSTALL NEW OFFICERS.

Magnolia Temple Number Four,
Pytn!an Sisters neId their meeting
for installation of officers on We'd
nesday afternoon, January ninth at
tnIee o'clock at the hall on East In
tendencia street.
MIS-. Bertha Crawford was INSTALL
ing officer, Mrs. Ella Cunningham
was grand senior, Mrs. Muriel T..
LarEuc WAS grand manager.
Tie officers installed for the COM
ing year were:
Past CHIEF Mrs. Emma Reed
Most Excellent Chief-Mrs. Laura
Namely.
Senior-lIrs. Bertha Crawford.
Junior-Mrs, Mary Johnston.
Managcr-Mrs. Virginia Donald
son.
Mistress of Records and Core
spondence-Mrs. Daisy Deloney.
Mistress OF Finance-Mrs. Hattie
Won Rosen.
Protector-Mrs. Emma Clutter.
Outer Guard-Mrs. Lilly Goss.
Grand Representatives. Jose
phine Yniestra
Alternate-Aiss Claudia Cocker.
At this meeting the new work was
started for the year and the same
was pleasantly discussed and thor
ouehly enjoyed by all.
The next regular meeting will be
held on Wednesday afternoon. Janu-
airy sixteenth at three o'clock All
members are requested to be present
as preparations will be arranged for
initiation on Saturday, January nine
tecnth, at Nolino. Team practice
viii be most important feature of
the meeting
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A wedding. which came as a great
surprise to their many friends in the
outdoor amusement line was that
which took place in Montgomery No
vemher II when Mr.. Luther Roberts
and Miss Flo Lilly were married
quietly in the Alabama capital city.
At the time OF their wedding they
were filling an engagement with the
Rubin 6, Cherry Shows.
Mr.. Roberts, who has been in the
show business for many years. or
since his boyhood. is widely known
and has a great many friends in that
line His bride has been in the show
business for 4 short time. her home
being in Detroit Mich. She was en-
ployed at TIE time of their acquain-
lance by tie Klein Millinery Com
pany as head trimmer and designer
for that co@lueny. A tinge OF TO-
nance Therefore attaches to the
courtzl2ip -rh.eh terminated in the II
ro~rarti- wedding.
Tee a-rect 10 make their tome
. in Pensacola for the Inter.
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"GREATER PENSACOLA"
LADIES NEST NO. 1896.
ORDER OF OWLS INSTALL
OFFICERS FOR 1918

Greater Pensacola" Ladies' Nest
No. 1896, Order of Owls, Eeld their
annual meeting for installation of OF
ficers at the Owls Home on W. In
tendencia street, Tuesday evening,
January otl at eight o'clock.
Mrs J. q. Iniestra was installing
officer for the evening and Mrs. Rosa
Faggiona, installing warden. The
duties OF this service with the ever
faithful services rendered by Mrs.
Iniestra and MIs. taggiona was
G edit 10 Their work. Following Is
TIE list Of new officers installed for
the year 1915:
President, Mrs. w r. Bosso; Past
President, lola Is. Mason; Vice Presi-
dent. Bertha Smith; Recording Score
tary Josephine Inestra; financial
Secretary X. Z. Sutherland, Treas
urer, Mrs. Margaret Aoa, Invocatcr,
i'eltaa Fozs: Warden. Ami West;
Assistant Warden Grace O'Neal;
Sentinel, Mrs. Ii. c. Johnson; Picket,
IrCsa JOSEPH; Trustees, Mrs. Celia
FlC.nmjng, Mrs ID. Saccaro and Mrs.
Z. Ware.
After tie installation Of officers
the retiring president. Mrs. Mason
presented u tn past president, Mrs.
w. r.. Bosso. her past presidents GER
tificato. MIS-. B0sso responded in
few well chosen words her apprecia-
ton.
Mrs. Mason was presented with a
set OF silver spoons with the Owl in
sigma engraved, for having brought
in most applications for 1917. She
was also presented by the Nest with
beautiful silver sandwich tray with
the OWLS insi ma and the number OF
the Nest engraved on it in apprecia-
ton Of her excellent and faithful
services rendered to the Nest for the
year 1917. Mrs. Mason has had
most prosperous year.
The meeting adjourned at the Owls
home after which the members went
to Hughey's and enjoyed a delicious
supper which was served them there.
Mrs. Yniestra who was installing Of
ficer for the evening was also toast
mistress.
The next regular meeting will be
held on Tuesday, January 10Th at
seven tailty at the Owls Home on
". lntenGercia street.
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MISS kEMPER ILL
AT HOME.

Friends of Miss Minnie Kate Kenper
viii regret to learn that she is quite
i'll at the home of her aunt. Miss Min
ME Potter, having developed quite a
severe case of that very popular dis
ease-the measles. 1t is hoped how
ever, that in Il few days she will h.
considerably improved, as more of the
cases appear to have been Of very long
duration.
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JUNIOR MISSION BAND
MEETS TODAY.

With Mrs. w L. Coney as director
The Junior Mission Band Will meet this
afternoon in the lecture room of the
First Presbyterian Church at $50.
Any of the Juniors or Wee Folks
not brought in their mite boxes are
requested to do SO without fan
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, MRS. McLENDON OF
KNOXVILLE VISITING HERE

Mrs. H. L. Covington has as her
home on North Baylen Street Mrs. w.
G. McLendon of Knoxville, Tenn, who
will be pleasantly remembered in Pen
sacola as Miss Capitola Covington.
daughter of c. NJ. Covington. She has
n circle of friends here who are al
ways glad to welcome her.
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MISS LAURA PHILLIPS
RETURNS FORM
hIENI Nn0K

Miss Laura Phillips has returned
from an extended visit to New York
and Philadelphia. On her way home
she spent the Christmas holidays with
her friend Miss Bertha Haggerbloom
OF Mobile, and while there she enjoyed
several social entertainments given in
her honor.
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NOTICE TO WOMAT'S
SSIONARY SOCIETY.

The members OF the Womans Mis-
sionary Society of the Gadsden Street
Methodist Church are requested to re
main seated for Il few minutes after
church this morning, to consider an
important communications.
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Friends of \

Friends of Mr.. Ben Jones, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. G. Jones of Oakneld will be
glad to hear Of his promotion to cor
roraL He is stationed at Camp Jack
con, :. c., where he is the pianist for
the orchestra and plays the saxaphone
in the band. He spent Christmas with
his parents and retugned to camp.
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Friends of Benjamin Edmundson, Jr.,
will be sorry to learn that he has
been i'll at the home of his parents
for the past week.
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Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A Williams and
little son, NJ \. Jr.. Of Birmingham,
Ala, have been the guests of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ Williams,
during the holiday season.
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CATIONS MEET ON
MONnAY

The CaNtons viii meet Monday af-
ternoon at 3: 80 o'clock at the home
of Miss Occie Clubbs, when they will
review the work already studied this
year.
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Personal Items

Miss Marguerite Morton, one of the
teachers aat the Gonzalez school. ar
rived in Pensacola Yesterday afternoon
to spend the weekend with friends
and attend the Aeronautic dance
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TO SING OFFERTORY
AT GADSDED STREET
CHURCH.
CHURCE

Mr.. Hal Laney will sing the offertory
at the Gadsden Street Methodist
Church this morning. His selection
will be Nevin's AT the Cross"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-13

Mrs. Griffin arrived from New Or
leans last week, to join her husband
who is connected with the Custom
House here.
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FIVE HUNDRED CLUB
WITH MRS. NORTHUP.

The Five Hundred Club will hold its
next regular meeting with Mrs. w. III
Northup at her home on w. Gregory
street on Thursday, January oath.
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CIRCLE NUMBER ONE
BAPTIST CHURCH
MEETS

Circle Number One of the First
Baptist Church will meet on Monday
afternoon at O'Clock at the home
Of Mrs. S. J. Feagin, I'll y. Sixth Ave
nue..
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NETTING Of W0,IAN'S
MILITARY COMP my.

The Woman Military Company
will eet on Monday evening with
Mrs. Frank Dniard at her home on
North Hayne street.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-08
YELLOW
Joe Lincoln in Saturday Evening PosU

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The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-08
CONCRETE SHIPS A SUCCESS

tR. G. Skerett in Scientific American)
 Norway has to her credit the first self-propelled, sea-going concrete ship. This csft, tho Na,nssnftora, has ac. oornp,ishad a round tf1p between christlana and the British Isles which. by the route chosen for safety's sake, involved Q total journey of about 1000 tniles
 The Namsenf1ord is a single screw vessel driven by heavy oil engine of the Diesel type, and her displacement is in the neighborhood of 500 tons.
 It was not long after the outbreak of hostilities in Europe before Norway felt acutely the rapidly growing short age of structural steel materials, and it was this state of affairs that inspired Nicolay k. Fougener, who had already built some small ferro concrete craft in the Philippines, to interest his com patriots in the establishment Of yard at Moss, forty miles south of Chris tiana. Most of the first crafts launch ed were barges for coastwise towing and 1t was not until a few weeks ago that the Namsenfjord was ready for service The earlier boats enabled the