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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-05

lSentiora Tree sample OF CuticuIa.
bought more and used two cakes of
Soap and three boxes of Ointment
when I WAS healed" (Signed) Miss
Lena Parks. RID. 2, Fayetteville.
Tenn, Dec. 7, 1918.
Rely on Cutieura Soap, Ointment
and Taleum to caro- for your skin.
Soap 7be, Ointmsnt IS and Soc, TaIcuro
2de. Sold throughout the world. For
sample each free address: "Caticu~a Lab
er.tcries. Dept. II. Maiden, Mas"
HS Cuticura Sosp shaves without mug.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04
BALL FOR BENEFIT
OF SALVATION ARMY.

And so each day is filled until the
.. very end OF the month. The ball
for the beneht of the Salvation
Army. on the evening of May ls, at
the Wardman Park Inn. promises to
he very interesting occasion in
deed.
From time to time in other years.
widespread comment has been in
spired by reckless hostesses who
gave costly gold and jeweled cotiI-
lion favors, but the souvenirs to be
displayed at the big ball for the Sal
walton Army will completely eclipse
all previous records. Automobiles.
a building lot. sets of household
furniture. books. hats, watches.
monographs. sewing machines and
baby carriages are some of the un-
usual articles OF a truly remarkable
list.
Washington's merchants and business
men are engaged in a friendly rivalry TO
outdo one another in the donation OF
substantial contributions to this fea-
ture of the most spectacular enter
tainment ever planned in the National
Capital. AS a means OF stimulating
the competition idea. the biggest busi-
ness houses in the District of Columbia
will supply the equipment and con-
tents for handsome booths, which will
bear their names. The big Hecht COM
pany and the 5. Kann Sons Co, de-
partment stores. have announced that
they will not only outfit such booths.
but will permit the military ball COM
mittee TO select the articles to be dis
played and sold for the Salvation
Army benefit
Brentano's will equip a big book
booth with lO0 best sellers The
Whitmore. Lynn d Alden Company
has donated a superb gold wrist watch
as the 'nest-egg" for jewelry booth.
Mai. William Eric Fowler has donated
the building lot. 1t is situated in Chill
lum Castle Heights. formerly the coun-
try seat of Lord Chillum. a famous
Scottish peer 10 whom a grant Of 10 O0C
acres of land in this vicinity was made
by King George II of England. Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend will trim a thou
sand hats for the military shop" "
Mrs. Townsend trimmed 500 hats for a
charity fete in Brussels while Mr.
Townsend was Minister to the court OF
Brussels. and is determined to double
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

dings of note. including that OF Mist
Beatrice Fairfax and Lieut. Theo-
dore Chandler. L. s. n, on Monday
and the marriage Of Miss sara Booth
Miller and Dion Scott Birnty on
"wednesday. both very pretty and
rather elaborate affairs. There were
two engagements OF particular in
terest made known during the last
few days also; that OF Miss Ethel
MacMurray to Col. John Marvin
Wright Engineer Corps. L. s. A.
and that OF Miss Isabel Stettinius
and Mai. John B. Marsh. U. s. A.
Miss Stettinius. who in the daughter
Of the former Assistant Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Edward r. Stettinius.
Of New York. spent a year in Wash
ington and was very prominent in
society here. Her hance In the son
OF Mr. and Mrs. Arthur r. Marsh. Of
New York. He was graduated from
Harvard in 1908 and 10 a prominent !
lawyer OF New York. He saw seTv4
CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

is the card party at the Wardman
Park Hotel for the Holy Family
Day Nursery. Tuesday the ball of
the Patriots of 1776 and 1913 will
be given at the, Willard, and the
dance to be given by the Dixie
Chapter. United Daughters of the
Confederacy. for the convaIescents
at the Naval Hospital. at Pythian
Hall. Wednesday the annual May
dance OF the Stonewan jackson
Chapter. U. ID. c.. will take place
at Wardman Park Hotel, while on
Thursday there will be the enter
tainment at the Knickerbocker The
ater. under the auspices of the
Danes of the Loyal Legion. for the
benefit of the shell-shocked soldiers,
sailors and Marines at st. Eliza
beth's. The committee for the re-
lief of Rumanian war orphans Sc
lected next Saturday as the date of
the fete champetre. which it is plan
ming to give.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

One of the most interesting is.torS
in town in connection with tn" loan
Is Mrs Kellogg FairDank Of Chicago.
Sh" Is very prominent worker in the
interest of the loan, stands exception
ally high in club and the socia! life
in Chicago. and makes a particularly
clever address. She is quite easy to
look Mt. too. She Is another VINO has
sold bonds at eiths. 1t Is quite n
surprise /" mc-Iathrr was when /
first saw 50 much of il in the carly
days of tn" war-tO Sc" how many
society wonderland girls, too-whO
seemed to h" entirely social butter
flies with only a thought for the Su-
pcrticial things in life. scitI" down IL
do really worthwhile things in tho
interest of thc.r country or for our
allies. and how very efficient most OF
them have proven to be.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04
POPULAR SOCIETY WOMEN
DO THEIR BIT SELLING BONDS,

Wednesday Mrs. Wesley Martin
Stoner. chairman of the W0man's
Loan Committee for the District:
Mrs. Charlotte EldridGe and a party
Of IN" members Of the woman's COM
mittee for the District for the bond
drive. paid the destroyer a visit and
took with them Rear Admiral Cowie
rs sort of guest of honor The
drive has kept the women on the
Jump just as much as the men,
Every afternoon at the sales commit
tee headquarters. at l21S F. street has
found at least pair of prominent
women selling bonds. such women as
Mrs. T W. Gregory. who is chairman
nt the sales committee: Mrs. Atlee
Iomerene. Mrs Charles Hamlin. Mrs.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04
PRE-WAR DAYS OF MILLING
TIME ARE GONE FOREVER.

This is a utilitarian period IN society
II ts a condition. founded ON interim
tiOnal needs during four Years Of war.
that is even more pronounced as recon
strnction times advance. The only
shade of difference in the attitude of
society. representing. as 1t does. the
potential energy that goes with wealth.
is that now home interests prcdom-
mate. while during past years the
needs of Europe We're first in mind
Charity remains the keynote
II has been predicted by those who
should know that society will not re-
sumo it's prc-war habits OF time kilt
ing The private spectacle designed
purely for the diversion of a narrow
set has been placed into the discard of
things i'll advised
Il doubt if society in the future will
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

ever be as fiippant as 1t has been in
the past" said a woman OF note last
week.
And society. in its utilitarianism. has
not lost sight of the beautiful things
of life that hold the eye. allure the
better senses and contribute to intel
lectual enjoyment.
The last fortnight and the next
to come are filled with benefit en-
tertainments of many. sorts and
varieties. to raise sums for some
good purpose. and mostly now for
local charities. Almost every day
there is something of the sort on
the program; the month of May is
crowded with them. Tomorrow there
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

afternoon, about tea time. at the
Raleigh Hotel. Col. Ward. you know.
belongs to New York's famous Twenty
seventh Division, and commanded the
lOth Regiment which broke the Hin
denburg line and helped to start the
Hun on the run. Mrs. Schoelkopf had
a rev or her coworkers for luncheon,
about seven in all, at the Cafe St
Marks last Thursday, most informally
she Is not going to entertain formally
FOR a few weeks to come as she is in
a sort OF mourning for a distant rela.
tive. As general thing the School.
kopfs entertain very frequently, in.
deed. She is a delightful and quite q
clever young matron.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04
LAST DANCE FOR FREE
MILK FOR DANCE FIND.

The last of the series of four sub
scription dances given at the Club
de Vingt for the Free Milk for
France Fund took place last week.
The series has been so. successful
that il will be repeated The new
series will begin tomorrow evening
and a dance will be given at the
club each Monday until the weather
becomes too warm. That party. the
dinner dance given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Larz Anderson for Mr.. Anderson's
pretty little debutsnte cousin. Jane
Story, and the Georgetown Univer-
sity Senior Prom. also the hop at
Camp Humphreys on Friday even
ing. were the only dances in the
week just closed. Most of the din
ners were given for the departing
diplomats. also a luncheon for two
OF them. There were several we'd
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

gregating sl76.0OO. Mrs. Walter
schoelkopf has been busy also in the
interest Of the loan, and has made
speeches at Keith's. sold bonds at the
hotels and the like. She is interested
iE the speech which Col. Franklin
Ward is going to make next Tuesday
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

Carter Glass. Mrs. Albert S. Burleson
and others OF their ilk.
Mary Archer Glass has been a busy
young person in the drive. too. She
made a strong appeal for the loan
one night at KeithIS Theater and OBJ
tanned pledges to purchase bonds ag-
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04
CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE.

be adequately judged until seen in
place and uninterrupted by work.
mems scaffolds. il would seem that
none other has struck so original d
note in mural painting in modern
times save Puyis de Chavannes. In
deed. it is the conviction of not a
few that these paintings will prove
epoch marking. and for these rea-
sons-that they are architectural.
are mural. a part of the building. a
piece of the wall-they decorate
both by their color and compost
tion; they please the eye while at
the same time appealing to the
ina gination and the intellect.
Guess what / saw from the Po-
tOmac drive several days ago. across
the channel at one of the wharvcs-
shipment of nice. red. ripe water
melons. red to the rinds. Doesn't
that sound like summer? The first
shipment of watermelons arrived
here early in the week from Florida.
and a second followed ii a day or
two later. and they tell me that the
fruit was snapped up at the Center
Market shortly after they were put
on sale.
also saw across the channel the
two deStroyers. the PauldinG and
the Terry. which are anchored at
the light house wharf in the inter-
est of the Victohy Loan. also
saw the big hole one of them knock
ed into the wharf when it was
making a landing These destroy
ers of Uncle Sans saw actual serv-
ice in the submarine zone during
the war and helped to cheCkmate
the KaiSer's U-bOats. These Ves-
sells. equipped for war. were on ex-
: hibition Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday at the lighthouse wharf at
the foot Of Seventh street
Visitors were allowed on board so
that washinctonians might see at
first hand these warshins The only
mass required to go aboard was
Victory Liberty Loan button. showing
that the purchaser has subscribed to
the Victory Loan. There We're bond
statesmen at the wharfs that persons
desiring To purchase bonds and to go
aboard might do so.
The PauldinE and the Terry were at
Washington week before last. but
only for n few hours. and COmpara-
lively few persons were able to visit
them. They are now back here from
Baltimore. where they went to aid
the loan drive also. The large number
of requests that the dcstroyers return
to the Capital received at the Navy
Department from persons who were
unable to visit them during their short
stay here caused the order for their
return.
The Washington herald., 1919-05-04

that activity in behalf OF the Salvation
Army.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25
Auiho, ef"CRAUSTARK," THE
HOLLOW OF HER HAND,""THE
PRINCE OF CRAUSTARK." ETC.

Putnam Jones abruptly changed his
position. He insinuated his long body
between Barnes and the doorway. at
the same time rather loudly proclaim
ing that the rain appeared to be over.
eyes, sir" he repeated, "she seems
to have let up altogether. Ought to
have nice day tomorrow, Mr.. Barnes
nice, cool day for waikiki"
Voices came up from the darkness.
Jones had not been able to cover them
with his own. Barnes caught two or
three sharp commands, rising above
the paving of horses hoofs, and then
"a great clatter as the mou1ted horse
men rode off in the direction Of the
crossroads.
4 Barnes waited until they were muf-
fled by distance and then turned to
Jones with the laconic remark:
sThey seem to be foreigners. Mr..
Jones'"
Jones' manner became natural once
more. He leaned against one Of the
posts and, striking match on his leg,
.relighted his pipe.
kind o. curious about emp he
airawled.
1T never entered my mind until this
instant to be curious" said Barnes.
swell, It entered their minds about
an hour ago to be curious about you"
said the other.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25
Catarrhal Deafness Lannot Sc Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the Diseased portion Of the ear There
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness Is caused by an In
famed condition OF the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inia,ned you have a runb!ing sound OF
imperfect hearing. and when 1t Is entirely
closed. Deafness Is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever Many cases OF
deafness ara caused By catarrh. which 10
an infamed condition Of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces Of the sys-
tenn. ....... ...-
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Circulars
free. All Druggists. 75c.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25
No Trace OF Treasures.

1t is regrettable that we know 50
little about King Hiram-from whose
seaport of Tyre, 100 miles north OF
Jerusalem, most Of the material was
shipped for building the famous TEN.
pie. Probably, like Solomon, he had
great stores Of jewels, but none OF
them has been preserved.~and, as for
Carthage (called Tarshish in the Bible)
it was destroyed so Utterly by the
Romans that no identitiable relics of
the kind have Observation-Disclosures
Public Ledger.
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ana IA lrlsnmsn Enters.

Barnes stared. ''What do you
mean?" he demanded sharply.
II mean just what said. What Do
you know about this .business?"
"How should know anything about
it,"
"Well, we don't know who you are,
nor what you're doing up here, nor
what your real profession Is. That's
why I ask the question"
II see," said Barnes, after mo-
ment. He grasped the situation and
he admitted to himself that Jones had
cause for his suspicious. 1T has &C.
CURED to ySu that I may be a detec-
tive or a secret service man, isn't that
the case? Well, I am neither. Did
you know any more about these two
men, Mr.. Jones, than you know about
me?'
II don't know anything about 'em."
"What was their business?"
"Mr. Room was lookin' for place
to bring his daughter who has con.
sumption. He didn't want to take her
to regular consnsn w. Community
he said, an 80 he was lookin' for a
quiet place where she wouldn't be as
sociatin' with lungers all the time.
That was his business, Mr.. Barnes, an
I guess you'd call it respectable,
wouldn't you?"
Perfectly. But why should he be
troubled by my presence here IT,
Miss Thackeray put an end to the
discussion in q most effectual manner.
"Oh, for the Lords sake, cut it out!
Wait till he's dead, can't you?" she
whispered tiercely. "You've got all the
time Yin the world to talk, and he
hasn't more than ten minutes left to
breathe unless that rube doctor gets
here pretty soon. I think he's going
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25
Death,

Death is nothing more or less than
slipping back into your own subcon.
seriousness. and so becoming greater
and finer and more active-more use
full. too-and with grander powers
than we ever had In our limited imper-
feet bodies. Life is nothing but an
episode in our universal life.
Death is just change of direction
then, really: that's all.-From ''The
Promise of Air" by Algernon Black.
wood.
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CHAPTER ".

An Extraordinary chambemald, .
Midnight Tragedy, and . Man Who
Said THANK YOU" IL
Miss Thackeray was turning down.
his bed when he entered his room after
bidding his, new actor friends good
night. He was staggered and some
what abashedS by the appearance of
Miss Thackersly. She was by no
means dressed as a chambermaid
should be, nor was she as dumb. On
the contrary. she, confronted him In
the choicest raiment that her ward
robe contained, and she was bright and
CHEEKY and exceedingly incompetent.
1t was her costume that shocked him.
Not only was she attired In low
necked, rose-colored evening gown. lid
orally bespangled with tinsel, but she
wore vast, top-heavy picture hat
whose crown of black was almost
wholly obscured by a gorgeous white
feather that once must have adorned
the king Of all ostriches. She was not
sat all his idea Of q chamDermaid. He
SLhElcu " U0CA OUL VI IAC uOOA "ASAs
an apology for having blun1ered into
the wrong room by mistake.
"Come right in," she said cheerily.
'''Tll soOn be through. I suppose !
should have done all this an hour ago.
but just had to write . few leterA u
am Miss ThAcksEay. This u AEs
Barnes, / believe. N
He bowed, still quite overcome. ~
"You needn't be scared" she cried.
observing his confusion. 'This Is my
regular uniform. I'm 'startingla new
sstyle for chambermaids. Did para
Aye. you to find me here?" y
II couldn't believe my eyes.
She abandoned her easy, mreless
manner. A lock Of mortificat @ came
into her eyes as she straight bed up
and faced him. Her voice WI trife
husky when she spoke agaiL affer a
moments pause. &
>'You see, Mr.. Barnes, thes, lare the
only buds I have with me. II wasn't
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25

-S'You See, Nj. Barnes, These Are the
Only Duds ! Have With Me-"
necessary to put on this hat, of course
but I did 1t simply to make the char
acter complete. I might just as well
make beds and clean washstands in Q
picture hat as In low-necked gown, sc
here I am"
She was a tall, pleasant-faced girl
of twenty-three or four. not unlike hei
father in many respects.
II am very sorry" he said lamely
81 have heard something Of your mis-.
fortunes from your father and-the
others. lists really hard luck"
81 call 1t rather good luck to have
got away with the only dress in the lot
that cost more than tuppence." she
said. smiling again. Lord knows what
would have happened to me If they
had dropped down on us at the end OF
the first act. was the beggar's daugh'
ter, you see-absolutely in rags. Glad
to have met you. think you'll find
everything nearly all right. Good night,
sir"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25
Look at the Best in Sioht,

Get into the habit Of looking at the
silver lining of the cloud; and. when
you have found it. continue to look
nj it rather than at the leaden gray
In the middle. 1t will help you over
many hard p!aceS.-A. a. Willis. D. D.
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now. Keep still, all Of you. Is he
breathing, Mr.. Barnes? That awful
cough Just now seemed to" Her
eyes were fixed on the still face.
"Why-why, how tightly he holds my
hand! I can't get II away-he must
be alive. Mr.. Barnes. Where is that
silly doctor?"
Barnes unclasped the rigid fingers
of the man called Andrew Paul, and,
shaking his head sadly, drew her
away from the improvised bier. He
and the shivering Mr.. Dillingford con-
Quoted her to the dining room. where
a single kerosene lamp gave out q
feeble, rather CHASTITY light.
"Would you like little brandy?"
inquired Barnes. as she sat down limp
ly in the chair he pulled out for her.
~ have flask upstairs IA my"
d IN Al \
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THEODORE SHELLY
LICENSED UNDERWATER AND
Embalmer. Telephone. Ofdoe 80: ro0.
idencs, $50. Manchester. Iowa
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DR.. G. n. MORGAN.
ASSISTANT STATE VETERINARIAN.
Hospital on Delaware Street. Celle IN.
swered day or night Phone l1%, Man.
chester. Iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25

DORlRAN bros.
DENTISTS Of8R on Franklin street
NAnob ester; and Strawberry Point
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The Fast Breaker.

Just for the sake of giving us some.
thing to start an argument. will some
body please suggest that as 1t makes
baby cross to cut teeth it must make
him cross-eyed to cut eye teeth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25

@ X. READINo. ARCHlrDCN
Piano and specifications on all kind0
Q1 Wo1k Ofnls sos East Onion street,
0hn1h0gtor. Iowa
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DIR. E. A. CANTONWINE ..
Specialist, Eye. Eur, Nose and
Throat
Glasses fitted. Office $50 Main street
over Federal Deposit and Trust Co
Bank, Dubuque, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25
CHAPTER v.

The Farm.soy Te!ls . ehassly Story
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-06-25

II. L .. RlCHl9OND.
ANYO9lD WHINING 10 SELL o. rent
rial esoaes n Manchester Will Do we'll
10 80 ~.
Evening journal., 1919-03-14
WITH AMBULANCE
CORPS IN FRANCE
Wagner Joyce Writes Ho-
pocohacking Indians of
HIS Experiences
CARE FOR MANY
80 or WAR WOUNDED

Members Of Hopocohacking Tribe. No
H. !. o. r. NJ. have received an inter
esting l9tter from Wagner Harry c..
Joyce. q member Of Evacuation Ambu-
la9ce Company No. g., who is now with
lho American Expeditlonary Forces In
france. and a former resident OF this
city. In his letter he writes:
Being in a small ambulance COM
pany OF only thirty-seyen men and one
commissioned officer, we have seen
some real exciting times while in /
France. We left the United states ON
Aprn ., and landed at BreSt. France |
IN the 9th OF May. We had fairly good !
weather on the way over except for a
couple OF days, which were a little
windy.
we stayed at Brest for few davs
ana then went by rain TO 81 Na2aire
where We received twelve arnbulances
one truck and q motorcycle. Mo vvorc
leio az ST. Nazaire for about thrs,
weeks and then we received orders A..
lriNe our cars TO Paris, which h shont
Two hundred miles. We made thc ,r,,.
IN three days, stopping by The roadsidc
,. pSer night and for our meals. The road-
were fine and through the most hssn.
tiful country that ] have ever nassol
ia my life.
I'VE arrived in Paris on June an,
Evening journal., 1919-03-14

worked from here to Toul to the base
hospitals.
I'VE stayed here a short time, and
then drove to a place called Royamiex,
and were with the same hospital here.
Our work here also consisted OF evacuat-
ing the patients to Toul, and were here
for quite a while We were at this
place for the st. Mihiel drive and did
quite a bit OF work.
"Our work here also consisted Of
many trips TO the first aid stations,
when things were getting too heavy
for the divisional ambulance companies,
and that was when we saw real eX-
citement. We stay q at this place un-
til after the signing Of the armistce.
Just a week after the signing, we drove
up here where we are al the present
time.
"The name OF the town is Mars La
Tour, and is just about a hair mile
west Of the border between France and
Lorraine. The Germans had Just left
Tho town couple OF days before we
lrrived, and we had a good chance 20
zee how they had been living; and /
'elieve me, by the looks of things they /
ure must have lived swell.
Our work here consists Of eVacuat-
1g the troops Of occupation; who are I
AIKEN sick, back to Toul, a drive Of II
bout forty miles, each day, and a good
avs work TO drive there and back.
We are living we'll here. We have