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/ have not seen Lady Ottoline in town
since the war and have been told that
her town house has been sold. NOW
comes the news of her REIMBURSEMENT OF

some Of her beautiful jewels, 50 PVIIIap.
this sister of a duke is not as well OF
as she used to be- 1 remember her as
being strangely picturesque-looking ere
ature with very black hair, small,
rather sallow face and huge dark eyes.
Her throat was very long and thin and
her figure one of those strange straight
outlines that one associates with the pre-
Raphaelite school. She always dressed
in richly toned floating garments. purple
and gold and crimson and dark blue be-
ing her specially favored colcrs. Round
her neck she invariably wound big bar
barrie chains of beads, and az one time
she wore sandals instead of SHOES And
now one learns of the sale of her pearls
al Christie s.
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mind.
AT first, the average American business
80 l.. l,lya1,, -, ~, vayad Nv tha constant
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zee, grace emo


men, anu grace ENOUGH Tot tdtH. " q
preach hell. the irrevocable doom OF
the soul that rejects the Savior. We
preach Heaven, the home OF the right
eous, the reward of the good the crowns
ing of them that endure to the end"
Before getting far into the book, |
that these good people prac-
tice as well as preach Christianity;
May their tribe Increase"
The story itself is well told and ro-
mantle in the extreme. | have read
no war book not even Guy Empey's''
or private Peats." that has given me
such a vivid conception of the war with
all its horrors and all it's heroisms.
The authors nave done a good piece
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area slightly larger than that of Arizona,
Ecuador offers alluring opportunities for
American capital and enterprise, in the
opinion of Charles W. Copeland, Amer
lean vice consul at Guayaquil, who Is
now in Denver.
Partial toward Americans, genial in dis
posftion. practical though a bit dilatory
in their business dealings. and slightly
inclined toward superstition, the Ecua-
doreans, according to Mr.. Copeland. pos
sess blend of characteristics puzzling
though not displeasing to an Anglo Saxon
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OyO AIN 1 fAIN1ADIp
IN PENNSYLVANIA
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NaFNtt WUI >
minds me of Francis Willard.
r.. L. e.. La
that she plunges at once into her task
without a superfluous word There is

alreethess ana modesty. coupled with
determination that strike one instantly.
Throughout the whole hood. there
breathes living faith in God and fer
vent love for humanity. You feel you
ECUADOR OFFERS
CHANCE TO AMERICA
Partial Toward Americans, They Are
Glad to Trade Here if Oppor-
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81 Lace Curtains
tls Tes as s5ss- 81 Is

have yet shown this season.
and every pair the fine Net
Nottingham Lace Borders.
2JA yards long. You'll
have to- see these to appre-
ciate the value. There's
only $50 pairs to distribute
at this price.
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Conde-Rosen Recital.

For the second of the Thursday
evening series of concerts, Miss Laura
Harlan presented last night al Masonic
Temple Auditorium, Maria Condo, So
prano, and Max RoSen, viOliniSt.
Notwithstanding the severe weather
large audience was present, and the
enthusiasm displayed helped one for
get the chill of out of doors.
Maria Condo is distinctly a colora-
tura soprano with a very long range.
Last evening she sang from middle c
to F. above high c. the latter note in
unique setting of Comm Thro' the
Rye" al encore. Her voice was best
suited for David's Brazilian Bird
Her high notes were clear and bell
like. The difficult cadenzas, intended
as duo with flute, were sung without
the least evidence of running one note
into another. which often mars the
singing Of running passages. A cute
little poem by the artist herself at
tractively set to music by Frank La
Forge. was among her last group. Her
other songs We're: "L'amour est un
Enfant," Weckerlin; "Maman dites
moi" r.. Weckerlin: "L'ombre des
Arbres," Debussy; "Dansons la Clique"
penter; The Kiss" Agide Jacchia;
The Nightingale" Alabieff, with
Cuckoo Song" Shaefer, and La
Colombo" SCHNEIDER, added as encores.
Max RoSen is most accomplished
musician. Seldom is violinist heard
who brings forth such a volume from
the tiny instrument, nor one who
seems so absolutely sure of himself.
The warm reception accorded this
young artist was every bit due. Saint
Saens' Concerto in B minor was mas
terfully done. both as to lingering,
bowling and tone production. Later he
played Fritz Kreisler's La Getana."
Kreislers arrangement of Chopin's A
minor Mazurka and "Pastorale," Scar
atti-Franko. His last two numbers
were especially interesting because
the ScherZo BiZZare, by Victor Kuz-
do, called for some extremely difficult
piZZicato, which the artist executed
with remarkable speed and accuracy
The other was his own composition.
-"Romanze in e Minor" which gave
further evidence of his thorough mu-
steamship His encores were Dvorak's
"SIayonic Dance No. q" arranged by
KreisIer; Sarasate's Caprice Bosque."
Schumann's Bird as Prophet and
Cecil Burleigh's "Ghost Dance"
Frederic Person at the piano sue
cessfully played the many difficult ac-
COMMITMENTS exacted The interludes
in the Saint Saens Concerto were ad-
mirably done
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Not in a long time will you
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va Where Your Dollars Sc Most ~
BEH ;!,!5', !; ! \
$4,000 Coat Suits
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women. made of fine pop
Inns, gabardines. ser ges.
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New Silk Stripe Voiles

40 inches wide in a varied as no
sortment of colors and styles. VOC
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including black or white.
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Xmas Umbrellas Sale
$1.98, $2.98
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New Loop and Cord Handle Umbrellas
in a pretty range of new styles. TAPPED
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This lot consists OF Hair
Brushes. Ivory Trays. Hair
Receivers and Powder Boxes.
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BIC WASTE Of j. s.
AUTO TIRES SHOWN
III Treatment of Men in
France Charged Before
House Committee.

How KAISER Hegeman' and other
officers treated American soldiers IN
France intolerably, and how $3o,Voo'-
900 worth of automobile tires were
ruined through culpable neglect were
features of testimony yesterday De
fore the House committee investigat-
ing War Department expenditures.
That these $35,00O.00 worth of tires
were thrown in pile many feet deer
and covering more than an acre Oh
ground, and ruined through exposure
to the wea Their, at the Motor TranS-
port Corps base at Nerneule, France
Capt. Robert Clendening, an officer at
the camp. testified.
No coverings of any kind were
placed over the tires for more than
ten months, Capt. Clendening declar-
ed, although there We're many canvas
tarpaulnS scattered around the camp
or being used for less important pur-
poses.
Asserts $500 Motor Cycles Ruined.
Approximately $500 motor cycles,
after being placed in perfect repair
for use by the American expedition
camp and allowed to stand exposed
to the weather for months. until they
became useless piles of junk. other
witnesses told the committee.
AUTOMOBILES, including passenger
cars of various kinds and hundreds OF
! u uNhS' were IN wv IL ililp pl'Ss'
the railroad tracks until the junk
lniles covered acres, Earl Tromley or
Detroit, formerly sergeant IN the
Tank Corps, asserted. The former ser
eeant expressed the belief that no IN
SpeCtiCn was made Of the cars before
they were discarded, and that many
of them could have been placed in per-
feet repair for less than $40.
Testifying as to the treatment OF
ut l.
nesses preferred charges of neglect
and inefticiency against Col. Harry A.
Hegeman, whom they styled kaiser
Hegeman"; Lieut.. Col. Niner, who
Capt Benjamin II. Smith. an officer of
the 302d Battalion Tank Corps at
Bourges.
Conditions Called Terrible.
Conditions in Col. Hegeman's camp.
especially after the armistice. were
characterized by the witnesses as
terrible and intolerable." Capt. Glen
dening said the barracks had no floors.
seas of mud filled the space around
the buildings and only candlelight
was available to the men. No effort,
he declared. was made to provide side
walks except for a million dollar"
walk built of spark plugs. carburetors
and other motor parts. The material
in this walk. he testified, reached
derth of nine feet.
Capt Smith while in command of the
hospital at Camp Tobyhanna, Pa. or
dered three enlisted men taken to New
York and carried aboard the English
steamer Oriana, although all three he
said were suffering from influenza and
the hospital at Tobyhanna was under
quarantine All died before the voy-
age was over Tromley said. On board
the Oria na he declared, seventy mine
officers had half of the ship reserved
to themselves while 900 enlisted men
used the remainder.
Lieut.. Col. Viner was charged by
Tromley with changing the time of
sick call from A. IN. 20 pm. in order
to keep the men wo: king all day,
busy" hauling rock around the camp.
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$1.5OLace Curtains

6s pairs of these Pretty Not no
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Special Mention
Up to So Robe Blankets

What variety Of colors. N
designs and combinations all ~
with taSsels for neck and
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robes.
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TRUSTEES SALE
~ OF A
DESIRABLE PROPERTY |
NEAR FRIZELLBURG, CARROLL
COUNTY, MARYLAND.

BY virtue of a decree OF the Cir
cult Court for Carroll County in
Equity, in cause wherein Mildred
,B. HiYely is plaintiff and Edward r..
Hively ct al are defendants, being No
$40 Equity, the undersigned Trust
ees will sell at public sale on the
premises, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1919,
at o'clock p. m, all those several
tracks of land lying contiguous to
each other and containing
g ACRES, ? ROODS AND q SQUARE
PERCHES,
more or less, improved by a Large
Frame Dwelling House, Frame Barn,
Chicken House and Corn Crib.
These buildings are practically all
new and in good repair. Well of eN-
cellent water at the house, and
splendid orchard Of various kinds Of
fruit trees. This is rare oppor-
tunity for anyone desiring a valu-
able home and small farm, as the
land is in high state of cultivation,
and convenient to churches and
schools. This property is located
about one-half- mile Northwest of
Frizellburg, ION the road leading from
Frizellburg to UniontoWn, Carroll
County, Nd, and was formerly occu-
bied by the late William J. Hively.
TERMS OF SALE: One-third cash
on the day of sale or on the ratiff-
cation thereof by the Court, and the
residue shall be paid in two equal
payments, the one in one year and
the other in two years from the day
OF sale, with interest, and to be Sc
cured BY the notes Of the purchaser
or purchasers, with security to be ap-
proved by the Trustees, or all cash
at the option of the purchaser or
purchasers.
MILDRED B. HIVELY and
CHARLES D. CLEMSON,
Trustees.
VIM. T.. Wilson, Auctioneer.-
E. o. Weant, Attorney.
Jan liz
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The following letters were receiv-
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. William Masen-
himer, Pennsylvania avenue, from
their son, Sergeant Charles Masen-
himer, Tresnes, France:
M Tresnes, France, January 3, 1919.
My Dear Folks at Home: Lit il Fri
day evening and I thought Z would
answer your letter i received OF the
8th, because everybody else IS writ
ing tonight. It IS raining as usual
and believe me it certainly makes it
unpleasant for us, but thank our
Maker we are not fighting any more
i'm the rain. Tell Mr.. Long that Mel
is 0. X. and has been writing, be-
cause I have seen him writing, also
tell him I am taking care Of him. Tie
is in the same billet and sleeps right
above me- Bob IS also 0. x. but
have slight cold. Well T would
like to tell you all who were wound
ed and gassed but / am not allowed
to so you will have to wait until
get home. You will enjoy listening
to what did happen from the first
day until the last. 7 guess T will
have to wait until + get back to see
President Wilson, but Of course he
saw some of the 10Th Division. En-
closed you will find piece of the
new French money amounting to
about 10 cents i'm American money
Tell Ruth and Rachel I hope Santa
was around to see them; also tell
them I hope to see them
soon. Tell Wilbur, Neb Long says
hello and for him to box John Hes
sons ears once in a while and also
to jump Jake Hutton. Neb said one
thing more. We have a stove i'm our
billet and every time we make fire il
smokes like Mr.. Whitmore's stove
Well as news is getting scare be-
cause OF writing every couple days ]
will close and 60 to bed + send
love to all.
Your son;
CHARLES"
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there, until the old 10th cleared the
back or the hills. 7 saw enough
dead Huns to fill silo. Have =
piece OF one OF the big Krupp guns
FOR souvenir. Don't think that
they will ever start anything any
more Would not mind having a
couple Oh those corn cakes and q
yard Or two OF ham. IT has been
some time since have had any. We
have hot cakes three or four times
a week and plenty of bacon but no
ham, Maybe will be home for the
next butchering. hope SO, at least.
Tell Dad not to let the old stone jug
get empty, better lay in little extra
for I'm getting an awful thirst.
Be sure to have the chickens good
and fat as / have had no chicken for
q coon's age. Had turkey for din
ner today, however Tomorrow I 60
South for little vacation, don't
have any idea yet when we will get
home but hope before SO long. II
IS six months now since was home
There have been big things happen
ing in that time. Our turn will
come one of these days. The world
was not made in a day. T guess
this Is all for this time but will
write more later. As ever,
Your son,
CHARLES F. EYLER."
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Mr. and Mrs. John 7. Zahn, East
Main street received the following
letter from their son.. Grove h.
Zahn, i'm France:
mo Mans Land
Christmas Eve.
Dear Mother, Father and All:
AS it is very close to the dawn
OF the most joyful Xmas the world
has ever known except one, and I am
going to spend it here in the wilder
ness, as it seems, away from civiliza-
ton, / naturally feel a stronger than
ever desire to be with you all, but
will write you a short letter tonight,
and forget that l am SO far from you
all, and awaken in the morning
thankful that 7 am able to spend
another happy Christmas, having
lived through the hell that we hope
will be no more.
'fNoW that it is over it should not
worry you if I tell you Of some of
my close to death experiences, which
were many. About the closest one
was When a sniper, had me cornered
in a shell hole scarcely foot. deep.
stuck my head up and he took a
shot at me. heard his gun crack
and ducked, but not before his bull
let plunked i'm the mud six inches in
front of my eyes. Many were. the
bullets that passed me by slightly
greater margin. But these are not
at all nerve racking compared to the
bursting of high explosive shells, by
the hundreds, close to you. One of
these that. bursted closest to me was
about twenty feet, and I probably
would not be here had I not dropped
i'm shell hole made a few minutes
before and the fragments went sing
ing over my head, and the earth
came rolling in, in great Jumps
This was the closest but many there
were that came within a hundred
yards and the terrifying shrek and
explosion are inconceivable to the
unfamiliar mind. III Is very easy to
understand why 50 many soldiers
got she'll shock, and T don't believe
the strongest man could stand it
many months straight. I am happy
to say + did not experience any more
uneasiness than the average person
And after coming out of the drive
feeling fine as ever, although as yet
cannot help recall some of TIE
pitiable and horrible sights, and to
believe and. realize they were brought
about BY human hands il almost inn
possible. But now we must forget
the horrible past, and be haraDy in
the thought that we are dawning on
great day day or universal
peace we hope, and condition over
this world that will eliminate such
horrible inhumane slaughter forever.
Again + must say + ara going to
spend thankful and haDnv Christ
mas, Notwithstanding conditions and
surroundings, and ] am sincerely
hoping you all will be Joyous and
happy tomorrow.
"Please give my regards and best
wishes 10 ali the neighbors and all
nay friends. Tell them often think
OF them, but circumstances will not
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ARE YOU FULLY COVERED?
OR DOES YOUR INCOME STOP in
CASE YOU HAVE TO?

Have you any Insurance right at
this present moment, that INSURES
AN INCOME in event Of Partial or
Total Accident-Sickness
etc?
II you're ''man-of-affairs" enough
to have a business Of your own.
which goes on regardless Of your
presence, and pays profit to you,
whether your effort helps, or not
even then, you ought to have some
protection of this sort:
But IL you're the kind OF man de-
pendent Cd his own efforts for his
living-whose income stops the
moment he does whether from Ill
ness, Accident or what mott then
you're almost committing a crime,
when you fail to put this protection
shield between yourself and misfor-
tune.
With such policy you're paid
enough to settle Physicians bills,
trained nurses salary, hospital ex-
penses, etc. WITHOUT TT you pay
them yourself, to say nothing Of your
total loss Of income which you must
also stand; 1T DOESN'T COST MUCH
get that firmly in your mind. BUT
1T DOES EVERYTHING TO BE
DONE, when the time comes to do it:
Covers Every Sickness-CoVers
Every Accident.
Ask US about it-for your OWN
sake.
JAMES K. SMITH & SON.
255 IL. Main St,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
Phone 2S1.
nna 12-2m
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permit me to write them all.
II received the Advocate today.
The one you sent il a. envelope.
found two pieces or gum i'm it, and
the envelope was very much torn,
/ SO have an idea il contained more
when it left you. 7 received your
Xmas card, also one from Florence,
and ! appreciate them very much. !
received today also letter from
Miss Sallie, and one from Mabel.
Now most important of all, re-
ceiTed my Xmas box Sunday and i
surely was pleased. Il am ashamed
to admit it, but it Is gone and Christ
mas Is not here yet. But we have
seven boys here in our bunch, and
what one gets belongs to all, SO you
can realize how long it lasted And
you may be sure, Notwithstanding
the small quantity for each, 1t had
the paramount effect in -apprecia-
ton, and probably it was better that
we did not get large quantity, as
our stOma' rs might not have stood
very much of SO delicate food and
unusual diet. / am afraid it will
take me long while to get ac-
CuSlOulCu W IOd1 11FlI6 WnSu l. -SCL
home, and probably you will hear
turkey and ask for corn WILLIE
probably!
well I cannot express my ap-
probation i'm words of all the con-
tents of the box, but as one Of the
boys expressed 1t in letter home
Sunday night after we had eaten the
fruit cake, Tt took Us all back home
for a short time, but when it was
gone we realized we were in No
Mans Land as yet" The cake was
very good, as were the caramels and
candy. Tell Miss Sallie 7 appreciate
the gum very much, as it Is always
very much desired. And most Of all
the only thing that yet remains, the
handkerchief, / thank you very much
for, and appreciate immensely" as
they are very much needed I have
had the opportunity to buy but one
handkerchief since I left home, and
then only by telling "Y" man a
lie, that I belonged to the 313th In
fantry. 7 presume you all do not
realize how hard it is to buy even
francs worth over here.
and happy. am feeling fine as
ever, and the more I write the better
7 feel SO will probably keep it up
all night, maybe.
Y 1--WE are having our first big snow.
1t started about an hour ago and is
now several inches deep so we are
sure to have white Xmas, and to-
morrow morning when the bugle
blows and 7 look out Of the window
7 am anticipating a beautiful scene,
which will be more effective, having
seen so much mud for so long a
period
This reminds me OF your little
card which I have above my desk
and which 7 shall see in the morn
ing and appreciate the message it
bears and the love and thought it
portrays. =
Mother dear will have to stop
now, and will write you again as
soon as / can, although it might be
over a week, as we are anticipating
moving back somewhere in a day or
two. This will spoil our holiday
season, but we are anxious to get
away from here, and it will probably
mean 'homeward bound sometime
soon.
Goodnight dear, much love and
best wishes to you father and all
the rest of the family.
Your devoted son,
GROVE"
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. ". r. Eyler have
received some mail from their son,
Charles, including his picture which
shows he il in good health, souven-
ir and the following letters:
France, December II, 1918.
Dear Mother and All at Home:
'eW1ll try and write you a few lines
tonight to let you know that I'm
still ON top of the sod, or | should
say under the sod, for at present
there il a foot Of it on top Of my
house. I am not living quite as
deep under the ground as I was.
Got some fancy home now, has an
iron roof and wooden floor, part UNI
der the ground and part out We
have q real glass window in the
front door, Some class to that, DE
lieve me, but you should have seen
1t Last week before we started 10
operate on It. Well we made about
the finest home in camp out Of It..
There are five Of us shifting in our
new home, guess We can stick it out
as long az any of them. We are still
at Fort Charney, don't know how
long we will be here, but | think we
will start West. There is a possible
chance Of our returning soon, don't
know Of course how soon, it may be
months and probably only weeks.
Well here is hdDing it is the latter.
Well to change the subject | re-
ceived my Christmas box today and
many thanks for the same to all
concerned in sending it until better
paid. Well one week more and
Christmas will lie at the door, hardly
seems possible, time sure does slip
around. There have been great things
done since last year this time. God
alone knows what is in store for the
next time. I guess if we
wait long enough we will know.
How il the weather over there, has
winter set in yet? Last year this
time we were having winter in full.
IT IS very cold over here, was
whole lot colder last month this
time than it is now. We are having
plenty OF rain at present. Ii rains
nearly all day but clears off ut
night. Last night was as pretty a..
moonlight night as 7 ever saw, to-
day it rained and blew. Tonight it
IS clear again. Guess + must close
for this time hoping this finds you
all we'll AIS it leaves me.
with love and best wishes to all,
/ remain as ever,
Your son,
g. e. EYLER.'