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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-19
UNIVERSITY CLUB
HEARS PAPERS ON
TECHNICAL TOPICS
CONTINUED From Page one)

he idea embodied in the tanks to have
been frs; employed BY John Zizka, q
fifteenth century Bohemian patriot
who is one of the greatest soldiers in
history This man armed cars drawn
by horses. and made effective use Of
them in his almost invariably victori-
Gus career. but he was not the FIRST to
use them
Hannibal Originated tanks"
Others have credited Hannibal, tho
Carthaginian. with having originated
the tanks He used elephants in the
armies with which he invaded Italy.
and with these monstrous beasts. ter
rifying in their strangeness and power
TO the Romans. he scattered the le-
gions of the Republic and won some
Of the greatest victories recorded in
/ history.
Hannibal, however. did not first use
elephants in war for Pyrrhus. King Of
Epirus. used them against the Romans
in the third century Il G., fifty years
! before Hannibal was 10 do 50, ana he
fore him Alexander the Great had used
hem, and before Alexander they had
been used in The Orient
THE earliest use OF The tank idea
and the closest approx nation u the
modern instrument Of thai name
seems to have been by The Celtic in
habitants of Europe. VINO we've civil
lied to a high degree when the Rom
ans were barbarians In an Irish
poem dealing with events that are
dated about 1900 yelrs ago but EN-
( bodyng traditions oi a much earlier
date is a description Of armed char
lots holding bands Of warriors, and
these cars, except for propula0n by
mechanical power ana equipment With
firearms. seem remarkably like The
tanks of the world war. and are prob
ably not only the earliest examples OF
them ever employed, hut more nearly
like them that Zizkas cars or any
other more modern cOunterpar;s
Spohc On "NhiStler"
Professor J. *. Bonneu spoke or
" AIHAlGl ana Ed = ttl tiAOH44A ttL "a
experiences in Paris while student
at an art academy in which Whistler
and MacMonnies taught Mr. Bonnet
vas highly impressed by Whistlcr''
/ personality and genius, and he save {
, pleasant picture of him as a teacher
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-19
DIR. MURRAY CHESTON
SERIOUSLY INJURED

Word has been received here of o
serious accident that hefell Or D.
Murray Cheston. of West River on
Sunday last. while at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs William Haines. OF
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. As DR.
Cheston was coming down stairs he
tripped and fell heavily when several
steps from the floor. Both of his
wrists were broken. his nose was bed
ly cut and when picked UP was un-
conscious He was Immediately taken
10 the Chestnut Hill Hospital and
given every attention. but owing 10
his advanced age t76 years. his con-
Gition is still quite serious.
--BnN Red Cross Seals Now
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-19
As influenza

lis an exaggerated form of Grip, LAX
ALIVE BRoMO QUININE Tablets
should be taken in larger doses than
is prescribed for ordinary Grip. A
good plan is not TO wait until you are
sick. but PREVENT 1T by taking
LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININE Tab
les in time
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-19

Lieut. and Mrs Charles GLADDEN.
have cen visiting Baltimore
Mrs Robert Moss. wife Of Judge
Moss las gone 10 Philadelphia Tor the
Weekend and viii not return until
Monday morning
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-19
Young Girls Assisted
II Governors Reception

Despite the intensely cold weather
yesterday afternoon there was large
attendance at the reception al the
Governors Besides Mrs Page and
Mrs Garrison who poured Mrs Har-
rington was assisted by Mrs William
G. Dawson. and the following young
! ladies': Miss Julia Douw Miss Kath-
crime Howard, Miss Ruth Simmons,
Of Fort AlcHenry Miss Eleanor
Moody the Governors daughter. Miss
Mary Harrington, and Miss Esther
Stone.
Lieut. D. W Coe. L. 5. s., Construc-
ton Corps who is on duty at Ports
mouth Va, has Joined his wife and
infant son here for over the Christ
mas holidays.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-19
HidShipmcn's
| >uaI Hops Tomorrow

The usual informal hop will he
given tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 by
Tire midshipmen of the regiment, and
IN 5Eea'Uv thero win ha n
usual midshipmen's hop. AS many of
80 i,enos and relatives Oh tie mid
-hPmen are here from distance for
tae holidays. the hops are expected to
be- unusually well attended
Motion pictures will be given for the
mIdshipmen al $50 p IN. Next We'd
neslly afternoon there will be another
informal and the usual Christmas
I've hop viii be given in the evening.
MR. Paul Browning Wier. and in
FAINT son who have been quite sick OF
taa strip, are able to be out again
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-05-17

Wearing gas masks, the workers dig
up old graves as a matter of duty.
And in a great many instances they do
much more than their duty.
Consider, for instance, what was
done with a cemetery of more than one
thousand bodies at Poisy on the
Aisne. Every army order had been
faithfully and carefully carried out.
The workers had made a thorough
search of the surrounding country.
They had identified and buried the
thousand bodies. The graves were
marked off in regulation plots of 20S,
with cross over each. Gravel paths
We're laid out through the cemetery,
! according to regulations of the G. r. S.
| Technically the job was finished in
Workmanlike style. But the soldiers
wanted to do something more. And
they did.
They searched through many piles of
scrapped metals at salvage dump
and collected iron rails. They begged
or borrowed cement, and then they
built reinforced concrete wall around
the cemetery.
Then they made trip to timber
patch nearby, found the tallest and
straightest tree, cut 1t down, stripped
it Of branches, painted 1t white, and
planted it in the middle of the little
cemetery for fagpole. Flowers were
planted around the base of the pole.
| And Old Glory was swung into the
breeze.
Bodies to Come Home,
1t was officially announced In the
midst of the war that "the final dispo-
sition of bodies will be considered and
executed as an entire project at such
time, probably after the conclusion of
peace, as the vastness and difficulty of
this almost inconceivable task NAV
make possible"
There WAS another announcement,
that return of bodies to the United
States will be made in due time except
in cases where a specific request to
the contrary is made"
Excellent Capitalization of this
graves registration work is a feature
VI tiiC ~ otNAli' All tIiiNltHl llilllS SNS-
tenn, card index style. has been INSTALL
ed. Maps have been made showing the
location of each graveyard. These
records are being kept at Tours. They
give the location of grave with ex-
actitude.
At Aisne is located the largest OF
the American battlefield cemeteries,
with more than LOO graves. The next
cemeteries, in order of size, are Nantil-
lois, VaubecOurt, Fismes, and Froidois.
In the rear line areas the cemeteries
are located at Merignac, Bordeaux.
LambeZellec, Brest Suresues, st. Ma
zaire, 1sroudon, Beaume. Allery, Com
mercy, Contrexeville. Bazcilles and
LIE Mans.
Headquarters of the graves regis
tration service at Tours is kept in
formed by wire of the progress of the
work. AS fast as the bodies are NOV
ed the information Is posted on the
centralized records.
While the army waited to hear from
the war department and congress re-
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-05-17
AzkRhcA,Y 0eANEM ZRE AeGa11IE

garding final disposition OF the dead.
no bodies were returned to America,
it was announced officially here.
The idea should not get about that
the graves registration service was
working solely at finding unburied
bodies left on the field and in the
trenches after the rapid advances Of
the allied armies during the autumn
Of 1918. Virtually all of the battle
field dead We're given burial within a
very short time after the engagement,
unless, perchance il was physically
impossible to perform the last rites
because the body happened to be in
a No Name land, raked by machine
gun or rifle fire These first graves were
made as carefully as circumstances
permitted. Even in the Argonne, amid
underbrush and deep Tickets, the
thai put over each mound the regula-
ton cross and identity tag.
German Graves Undisturbed.
Here in the ArgOnne sector the Ger
man graves are thick. 1t is difficult to
tell, while journeying through the re-
gion, whether a cross is meant to
mark an allied mound, or the grave of
az enemy soldier.
In all France the most elaborate
military graveyards are In the St
Mihiel salient, near the town of St.
Mihiel, where the German dead lie bur
led beneath costly gravestones re-
sembling monuments in modern city
cemetery. Evidently the Germans be-
lieved they were to hold these lands
forever.
Many of the German graves are
marked with large headstones. On
these stones are typical cemetery fig
ures, such as Grief, pictured as weep
ing woman.
Beaded wreaths. entwined artificial
flowers, decorate most of the head
stones; untarnished by wind. rain or
snow Where appropriate, there is a
replica of the Iron Cross. in black.
Possibly half of the graves are so
marked.
Every respect IS given these Gene
teries by the allied army of occupa-
ton. No wreath is touched, and no
headstOne married. which in itself fnr-
nishes comparison of allied and Ger
man methOds-Since the Germans, in
many sections of occupied France
made a systematic campaign of dis
honoring French cemeteries by tearing
down gravestones and actually destroy
ing the graves themselves.
1t will be many a day before all of the
American bodies have been moved
from the rOadsides and fields of France
to the selected burial grounds. 1t is
certainty the French will always
revere these spots where American
bodies are inferred, which are monu-
ments to the American sacrifice that
made Frances future safe from BOche
domination.
The day has not yet arrived when
American visitors can visit the Ameri-
can cemeteries. But it is TO be expect
ed, unless congress orders every body
removed to America that thousands
will visit these spots where rest in
peace the American soldiers who
made the supreme sacrifice for their
country.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-05-17
POSSIBLY A REASON

"Whilc I was in Tumlinville yester-
dav." related Gap Johnson of Rumpus
Ridge. "they were trying in the court
house Il passed. of fellers from down
on Fiddle Creek for cutting a curious
caper. Feared like one of 'em, named
Yawkey, or Snoddy, or something that
away, got quart of bone-dry
whisky and went visiting at another
feller's house. Four or five other fell
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-05-17

lers happened in, and judge they all
got drunk in gener1 way 'Tenny-
rate, after spell the rest of 'em
hoped onto Yawkey, or Snoddy, or
whoever he was, and pounded him
right sharply, and set him on hot
stove and held him there till they had
branded him to suit 'em."
"Great guns" calculated neighbor.
what did they do all that for?"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-05-17
Our Experiences.

"There Is no bad weather." says
Ruskin, "only different kinds Of good
weather-each good for the purpose
for which it was sent" The same is
true of all life's experiences. The
disappointment, the struggle, the sue
cess, the waiting, the hope and the
grief, each is good for the purpose
that brought it.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-05-17

81 don't know presizely, being as
had horse swap on hand while the
anecdote was being told to me. But
anyhow, it was something about the
rest of 'em not being able to agree with
Mr.. Yawkey's views on the league of
nations"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-05-17

"Why, Elsie, dear" soothed mother,
"why do you cry about having little
brother christened"
Because (boo-hoo) he is such lit
tie thing to have a bottle of milk
busted over his head"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
BURGLAR LOOTS HOUSES

ing table. He went also to the home
of Joseph Wavra. He took a musk
melon and three eggs from the ice
chest. He entered the home of S. w.
Gustav during the morning hours, but
so far as is known secured nothing.
The foot prints show cramped po-
sition of the toes. indicating that the
man is accustomed to wearing shoes
which have bent the toes inward and
have crowded them. The man was
very bold. and though seen several
times, continued his work. No very
adequate description could be given,
but it seemed as though he wore
light khaki shirt and cap. He seem
ed 10 be a heavy set man. Though
number of persons saw him, none got
to see him plainly enuf to be quite
certain Of the description, though all
agree in the essentials as given above.
All the foot prints which could be dis
covered showed the man to be bare
foot. NewIIano residents are now lock-
ing their doors and are taking other
other precautions to give the next
marauder a warm reception.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
TRAINING FOR CITIZENSHIP
(BY DR.. lyman AbhOt.l

We are creatures of habit. Actions
continuously repeated become habit.
Habit long continued becomes second
nature. Thus is character formed by
education. Instruction informs the In
tellect. Training forms the character.
The two combined constitute educa-
ton. If America is to be Iaw-abiding
peace-loving, and prosperous Republic,
its youth must be trained as well as
instructed. In them must be formed
the habit of reverence for God, respect
for the moral law, and regard for the
rights. the interests, and the opinions
of their fellow men.
Help reach all the parents of the
country by cutting this out and passing
it on to a friend.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
BEAUTY TALKS
MARINELLO SHOP TALKS
(By CeciIe M. WaEamsl

What every woman wants to know,
How can improve MYSELF"
Luther Burbank took the little field
daisy and created therefrom the beau
tiful Shasta Daisy.
No matter how plain or how beau
htul the woman, a little well-directed
care of fact, hair, hands, and feet will
place her in the beautiful daisy class.
Mrs. H., writes: Tell me about
the Marinello Beaches. "
Marinello Beaches are splendid for
reviving the skin and will positively
remove moth patches and liver spots
during a course of treatments.
No it is not peeling treatment, nor
too strenuous.
Mrs. K writes: my skin is dry
and full of tiny wrinkles! Can you
help me2"
We certainly can. A course of Mar
lnello facials. with bleach and wrin-
kle treatment will work wonders for
your skin.
My hair breaks off and is getting
shorter every day"
You no doubt have ringed hair.
Would suggest a course Of scalp treat
ments, with hot oil and tar tonic to
stimulate new life and vigor.
Can you remove the downy growth
of hair all over my face?"
Yes and teach you how to do it.
Consult Mrs. c. M. Williams, Mar
lnello graduate, about your face, hair,
hands or feet. Don't procrastinate.
For personal reply. inclose stamped
envelope to Mrs. c. M. Williams, in
care of the Democrat.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19

really so, or just a story or joke.
The following incident shows his
manner of applying my very careful
definition. He told his aunt that he
had seen two squirrels running toward
each other on a branch of tree.
They had their months filled with nuts,
and they ran so fast that they bumped
head" and knocked the nuts out.
That's a joke. | made it up! Now
this is real, and he repeated a SIM
pie incident of squirrel carrying a.
way the walnuts that he had laid on
the ground to dry.
Some children naturally made the
distinction between fact and fancy
without assistance. One Of my child
companions usually explained his rep
reservations where they might not be
obvious. so that we lived in a world of
pretend without any feeling of decep-
tom cant come to see you, shall
be too busy taking care of my horse
(you know, my toy horse), and my
automObile( you know, my bicycle)."
Ride over on your horse"
"Oh, he is too wild
Then come in your car"
1T costs too much for gas and
water"
Help to reach all the parents of the
country by cutting this out and passing
it on TO friend.
*
Issued by the Department Of the
Interior. Bureau of Education, and the
National kindergarten Association,
New York. They are appearing week
ly in these columns.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
LETTERS 10 THE EDITOR

Z Editor. Vernon ish Democrat.
In your issue Of July s, you publish-
; ed an editorial on human tongues. It's
significance is highly IN keeping with
my point Of view.
When you say, But disgusting as
a physically unclean tongue is. a NOR
ally unclean, vicious, sIanderous
tongue is a thousand times more So,
you encompass in short. but truth
full, phrase more import than perhaps
most people would see or understand.
The infection of the world-old pro-
verb, Where there's smoke there
must be fire. by you is true. So the
falsity and utter infamy Of il may be
infused into the equally damnabIe pro-
verb, A rolling stone gathers no
moss. A false, slanderous tale told
on person is the proyerbial rolling
stone; it gathers moss. and more moss,
as it gathers impetus. The human tom
que outrages and vilifies these two
grand old maxims Of some self-esteem-
ed philosopher Of by-gone days.
Gossip is the 10th century virus of
the human brain. The very word
brings to us a feeling Of disgust. Of
natural repugnance, and particularly
to those who have been the unhappy
victims Of this widely prevailing evil.
Were we free from the knowledge Of
every other widespread evil, we would
find in the evil Of gossip alone enough
to make us miserable; for gossip is
a veritable plague Aye-far more
than any plague that can lay hold Of
the body is this ever-to-be-avoided
evil, that reaches, not after the bodies
of mankind, but pierces deeper, taking
hold Of the only thing man has left
when friends and prosperity forsake
him-his good character.
Happy is the man who finds him
self free from the poisonous breath Of
these serpents; for serpents they are
of the very worst kind. Much rather
would we hear the hiss Of any Of the
crawling family than the vile accusa-
tons Of the slanderer; to Be Obliged to
listen while he or she pours into our
ears that which will in some way lower
the character Of friend or neighbor.
None but the low and ignorant will
rejoice in any such company; none but
the lowest and most ignorant will prove
themselves to be such as have sought
to describe. When we chance to meet
with such people, we must know that
is too low or debasing for
them to do or say. Shun them as your
deadliest enemy. for cunning and art
full are they. seeking to win your con-
fidence and your opinions only to add
drop by drop to their poisonous sting,
finally to rum your self OF your dear
est friend.
Sincerely.
Lon Gaskin.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
THE PLANT FOODS FOUND
ESSENTIAL TO THE PRODUC-
TON OF GOOD CROPS
(By W. A. DOugherty, U. S. d.
CONTINUED from last week.

NJ ain type to be considered
Ell Objectionable. While alumina or
soft phosphate is hardly susceptible of
C nversicy INTO a superphosphate, at
tentio' mas been called to the fact that
tie soft phosphate is in such a finely
divided condition that its availability
ID the natural state should be very high
and great many testimonials have
been offered by farmers to support this
claim. Il has also been suggested that
this soft phosphate is a double COM
pound of lime and alumina phosphate,
and therefore much more readily avail
able than either of the single COM.
pounds.
The two conventional methods en-
pLoyed in determining the availability
Of phosphoric acid in various substan-
CPS are, first, the method of the u. S.
Official Agricultural Chemists, which
consists in determining the quantity of
phosphoric acid dissolved by a natural
solution of ammonia citrate, and Sc
applicable chiefly to basic phosphoric
cond, the Wagner method which is
quantity of phosphoric acid dissolved
from such material by 2@o solution
OF citric acid within a given time.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
PERSONALS

Mr.. F. D. Jackson is building new
mill at Simpson. This means the
fourth mill to be started in the vicinity
of Leesville.
Mr.. D. J.. Cay, who has been in
Leesville for the past severay days,
left for Lake Charles.
Mr.. Frank Pollard left for New Or
leans.
Mr.. Craig Lee left for Alexandria
where he has accepted position as
saw filler.
Mr.. C. R. Ferguson ST.. left for
Beaumont, Texas to attend to some
business. He expects to be gone sew
cray days.
VIM. Martin and ArdeIla Nelson Of
Anacoco were married on Saturday
evening.
Miss MecalIum Is IN Nathitoc
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19

When you feel lazy, out of sorts.
and yawn a good deal in the daytime.
you can charge it to a torpid liver
which has allowed the system to get
full of impurities. HERBINE cures all
disorders produced by an inactive liver.
1t strengthens that organ. cleanses the
bowels, and puts the system in good
healthy condition. For sale by all
druggists. -Adv't
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
Spend Your Sunday at
O'Banion Pool

New apparatus has been installed high diving tower
swings. bath house built and there are new suits
OBanon Pool is attractive than ever
Remember this pool is fed by perpetual mineral
springs The water pure and fresh and there is con-
slant overflow keeping it fresh and heaIthful
Baths in OBaniOn POOL will do YOU good And Il
j: pleasant place to spend Sunday picncking under
the trees.
# you bring your suit. It is only 10 cents to 60
into the water Some suits on sale
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19

Doing hard work in bent or stoop-
ing position puts a stitch in the back
that is painful. IF the muscles have
become strained. you cannot get nd
of It without help. The great pene-
trating power Of BILLIARDS. SNOW
EMINENT will appeal to you most
strongly at such times. because It is
the very thing you need. For sale by
all druggists. -Adv't
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19

In every home where there is baby
there should also be a bottle Of Nc
GEES BABY ELIXIR. Il may be
needed at any time to correct sour
stomach, wind collie. diarrhoea or
summer complaint. It IS wholesome
remedy. contains no opium. morphine.
~ luxurious drug Of any kind, For
al druggists -Advt
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
NOTES OF SCIENCE

A light draft boat that Frenchman
has invented consists af two cigr-sha-
ped floats supporting a frame on
which man sits and drives it with
pedals geared to an aerial propeller.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED

During the past week there have
been three marriage licenses issued.
E. T. McRae and Miss Beulah E. Me
Laughlin Of near LeesyiIle were mar
RED on Saturday BY Justice Jim Cakes.
F. c. Powell and Katie Mae Led
better Of LeesviIle were granted a
license on Saturday
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19

By using mirrors that are invisible
10 the audience a motion picture APP
paratus invented in Europe reprOduces
the entire contour of players in a pic
lure and gievs them life-like appear
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-07-19

An improved ear piece for teIeph-
one receivers is radially autsd. divert
ing the ear shocking sounds aside and
permitting the device to be held ag-
ainst an ear to exclude outside noises.