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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11

the letters with the Enclosures pinned
10 them sent In locked boxes to the
proper office.
Letters containing a change OF ad-
dress go To another group These
changes are often implied rather than
stated and unfortunately are not al
ways lcglbie. Frequently the writer
gives no address nj all la the letter.
Since the postmaster or the rural de
livery carrier md everybody about the
village knows the writer so intimately.
giving an address In the letter seems
quite unnecessary TO many who wrlte
and who sometimes. In spite of an ef.
forts put forth to Identity the case.
fail to receive AN answer.
Must Be Copies.
Letters asking for information on
more than one subject must be copied,
that they may be referred TO the va
rious sections whence the Information
may be obtained. Sometimes three or
four copies must be made. and this
job keeps large group of typlsts aud
hhN1s
The letters which contain INSULT
cient information must be run against
the great card index Identification files
for number which will fix the lden-
tity OF the man in question, whereupon
IL is attached TO that mans papers.
A night force works from Ave TO mid
night attaching new correspondence
to these papers, which are the original
Form LIB and all letters received con-
corning the case.
But on other than these cascs where
checking of the files has to be done
the work Is Kept current day after
day. Except on Mondays, when two
days mail has accumulated, every
piece of mail received In the "a hours
preceding three o'clock has been
placed in manila folders, the folders
labeled and listed and trundled of in
n big, boxlike wheeled carrier TO the
subsection to which 1t belongs, and
from these various sections the reply
goes back as quickly as is humanity
possible when the gigantic volume Of
more than a hundred thousand letters
daily is considered.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11
MOTHERS MUST NOT D.,
SAYS THE hE0 GROSS

Sixteen thousand mothers die In
childbirth every year in the United
States of America. more than are thus
sacrificed in any other country OF i'm.
portance in the civilized world The
American Red Cross has announced
it's belief that these mothers, the very
flower of the womanhood of America
and heroines every one, shall no longer
die through Ignorance or neglect, ii
the public health nursing resources OF
the country can possibly be extended
to give them the necessary care. This
Is one of the reasons Tor the Third
Red Cross Roll CAN which begins sun.
day. November 2.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11

The perennial rag doll that appears
this year is made of any ribbed goods
ms ribbed stocking-tlnted pink
1t is cut eut by pattern. sewed and
stuffed with cotton. The face and hair
are the result Of red, black und
white water color. The doll is then
dressed up In blue cotton crepe and
blue stocking cap.
A ball made from scraps Of velvet
is fine gift for very little boy It
takes twelve pieces, measuring three
inches across Mt their widest part TO
make it. They are sewed together,
leaving an opening for stufflng with
cotton, and the brighter the cOors
used the better
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11

More than 100000 women and girls
participated in the sewing and knit
ting Of the American Red Cross dur
ing the war. Most of these workers
will be active in soliciting members
for the Red Cross for 1920, during
the ten days ending Armistice Day.
When it is remembered that these
women and girls ia two years time
produced nearly s1oo,oOO,0OO worth OF
surgical articles and garments. includ
ing more than S75.00O.0OO surgical
dressings, the fact that they are to
assist in the Roll Call is practical
assurance that universal membership
will be achieved.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11

Mike Gilhooley, worlds champion
stowaway, is back in America. The
sixteen-year-old Belgian youth, who is
determined to become an American, is
now held at Ellis island for deporta-
don, following his discovery as stow
away on his fifth trip to this country
in the last six months. AS fast as the
United States authorities take Mike
from one steamship and send him hack
home on another, the little Belgian
hides himself on the next vessel which
happens along and sets out for Amer
lea again.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11
FOUND GOLD IN TRUNK
Boy Discovered Hidden Treasure
While Rummauinp in Barn.

EFFF''I 'tNF'FFF'77I '''N - ~ -
Under n mass OF moth-eaten wearing
apparel which he found in an old
trunk while rummaging about his faith
er's barn. PAU Smith, y years old, of
Huron, O., discovered q cigar box con
timing $40 in gold. gold watch and
bank certificate Of deposit FOR S1l01
Interest due on the certificate amount
ed to S30s.
The trunk belonged TO Thomas
Smith. an uncle Of the boys father,
who carried it with him from Missouri
ten years ago and put It in the barn
when he went to the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors home, where he later died
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11
STEAMER vASHoN

Tacoma Quartermastor Route
LEAVE LEAVE
Quarte"mstr6l0am Burton 630am
lOi0a m d" II loan
Saturdays $40 IN 330pm
Dockton B2Oam Tacoma DpOa m
" lloOam 45pm
3l5pm !" 5l5 pm
Leave Quartermaster Saturday evenings
at Gas y. IN. Returning leave Tacoma
at ll:0O y. IN.
Sunday Schedule
Leave Quartermaster, 40 n. M, and
3.l0p m.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11
WILL WAIT FOR HUSBAND
Russian stowaway Arrived 20 Find
Soldier Spouse in Palestine.

Mrs. Somveh Levin, % ars old. q
stowaway on the steamship Mazama,
who recently arrived in the United
States from Russia TO meet her hus-
band discovered upon her arrival that
he was in Palestine with the Jewish
legion OF fhe British army.
Two brothers OF Mrs. Levin appear
ed ut the dock and told the woman
that her husband was in the Eoly
Land. hdt would soon return to the
United States. They Informed the i'm
migration board that they would care
for 'f-s levin in their Brooklyn
hom.. u Levin returned.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11
HANDLING WAR
RISK MAIL IS
GIGANTIC TASK
More Than 100000 Letters Are
Received Every Day.
WORK NIGHT AND DAY SHIFTS

Hearty Willingness to Conform to Re.
quirements 10 Manifested IN Letters
Received by the Hundreds Of Thou
Standardization Of Cases Often
impossible Because Necessary lnfor-
nation 10 Laeklns-How Core.
spondenee is Handled.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-12-11

,,.,- :, -. 49,,
sanaS-'oeh'''''s'on " Eases nv"
Impossible Because necessary '"'0''
nation 10 laeklns-How CORE
spondenee is Handled.
"Dear government This is TO let
you know chat / am staying a while
with my folks AT Simpkins Falls
Aud this loyal. punctilious American
mother thought that in that message
she faithfully had coupled with the
oft.repeated injunction, Don't fail to
inform the bureau of war risk insur-
ance Of change of address
Another conscientious mother who
had been duly instructed in the fact
that 1t is often difficult to identify a
soldier unless specific information be
given In the letter Of inquiry addressed
to the bureau. asked for news of
my boy Jim "You must have no.
ticed jim. because he's six feet tall"
And of course she couldn't be expected
to know that that wasn't just the sort
Of descriptive information which might
help in placing Jim, nor that in that
splendid regiment known ms per
.t,t,,,, ,l,v,, ,nada I'm Of units from
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-25
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER rs, 1914
PELLY's FIRST NOVEL

The Greater Glory a story of a
New England town by William Dud-
ley Pelley, who began his career as a
writer while a member of the staff of
the Evening Banner, has been issued
from the press of Little, Brown and
company of Boston and is already at
tanning sale that surpasses the ex-
pectations of both publisher and
writer.
Bennington, more than any other
community in which the novel will be
Tread, has a personal interest in 'oThe
Greater Glory" for the reason that
many of the Impressions which the
writer has woven into the story were
obtained while he lived in this vii
lage; in fact the first draft was made
in his studio" over the garage in the
rear Of c. A. Woods printing office on
Main street. The scenery and
geography are that of southern Yer
mont, mostly in and around Benning-
ton but partly that OF Wilmington
where the writer lived for time be.
! fore coming to Bennington.
The Greater Glory centors about
the Office OF an afternoon newspaper
pen.namod the Paris Telegraph and
typical in many respects of three or
four publishing establishments in
Vermont at different stages of their
exis;ence The writer has taken some
liberties with his setting, it is pre-.
sumed for the purpose of dramatic eff.
feet Before attempting this reveiew
the passage describing the decrepit
and neglected condition of the Cox
Duplex press in the office of the Paris
Telegraph was read TO the Banner
pressman. During the late unpleas-
anness with Germany the Banner
FRESHMAN, who. in that capacity, sue
ceeded the writer Of The Greater
Glory. when the latter began to have
visions Of place in the literary
Who's who" followed the flag with u
motor transportation corps and there
by acquired some dynamical additions
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-25

The fiction reading public for years
has been feeding on a type of novel
that begins with her debut and ends
when she comes out from behind the
palms in the palatial conservatory
with tailor-made Greek god on her
arm and a diamond on her finger.
From debut to diamond is as far as
many writer's choose to go. That ever
pleasing and easily-followed road,
with only such changes as the period
requires, is illuminated with the CLAM
our of the centuries that have fol-
lowed one another since man first be.
gan to make the children OF his
Imagination walk up and down the
face of the earth.
Policy has had the courage to leave
that beaten path. He has made a
way into a field of writing long fallow
and seldom titled. He has glorified
the common place things of life, hon
est toll, motherhood, the love of home
no matter how humble, and he has
done it with the hand of a craftsman
who has arrived in the expert class.
The Greater Glory" is tittingly
named.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-25

to his vocabulary. The reading of
that passage produced an eruption of
vocal pyrotchnics surprising the
grand finale on the evening preceding
the fifth of july si
If Policy has endeavored to re-
create individual characters with
whom he was associated during the
period that the frame of THE Great
er Glory was being laid in the re-
cesses of his retentive memory, the
delineation as they appear are too
artfully wrapped in details of the plot
to be recognized. Lovable, pitied,
amusing and despised personages
walk through the pages of 'The
Greater Glory" but they are the COM
posites of types rather than the
actual types in themselves. The
writer's story folks stand out clean
cut as canoes in their indiyidualities
but the reader would be at loss to
recall single acquaintance who
closely resembles any one of the
characters. On the other hand, they
have been made to illustrate many
recognizable phazes of life in Yer
mont towns of the size of Bennington,
Brattleboro and st. Johnsbury TO
degree that has been attained by few
writer's who have undertaken that
task
! The creator of fiction of a necessi-
ty intensifies characteristics. He is
neither writing history or reporting
daily happenings for newspaper
Primarily, he seeks to depict life as
the reader imagines it should be and
not as it actually exists. Notwith-
standing its extreme in his respect,
it must be conceded that the story is
an embodiment of personalities more
closely resembling the inhabitants of
semi-rlral New England community
than is the case with a large majority
of novels with a similar setting. In
other words, Pelley's characters, who
in the story live their lives from
youth to middle age and beyond, look
like real folks
To he sure, Mary Wood, like all
heroines. is haloed with an unattain-
able combination OF goodness, per
seyerence and common sense, but few
of the other numerous characters are
permitted to escape the frailties and
shortcomings of human nature. not
even the young newspaperman whom
she marries early in the story instead
of in the last chapter.
"Thc Greater Glory" is the history
CT Mary Wood of girl and woman
who maintained her faith in herself
and human kind in spite of the
squalid environment OF her early years
and in the face of circumstances
which the thoughtful reader will
recognized as the all too frequent
victor in the struggle for the mere
privilege of living. While the writer
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-25

may not have intended to preach a
sermon or point a moral he has ac
complished both results. If the story
does nothing more it can not fail to
impress upon the reader something OF
the great truth that the commonly ac'
copied ideal of happiness is unattain'
able but that it may be realized to a
greater degree through service and
sacrifice than through sellishness and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-25
greed

greed.
Mary Wood married the man she
loved and took him as she found him
When many of her girlhood dream;
failed to materialize she faced the fu
ture neither embittored or dishearten
ed and after death took John Purse
out of her life she carried on" al
most to the end alone. As all hero
ines should, she reaped material re-
ward in the closing chapters, but as
the reader closes the book it will be
with the conviction that she had al.
ready created her own compensation
out of the love. devotion and innate
kindlinoss Of her nature.
Few writer's in this dollar-god age
would dare to attempt to create such
a character and expect to get away
with it," to use an expression that
will readily be recalled by those who
are personally acquainted with the
writer, but Pelley has done it and
that he has done it successfully is
proved by the numerous hattering
comments that "The Greater Glory
has received at the hands of the men
who write the book reviews.
Policy will write more books, books,
perhaps, that will be accorded higher
in the counting room of
his publishers, but it is to be doubted
if he soon weaves into tale so much
Of the sweetness and winsomeness in
the life of woman who fulfilled the
Destiny o. -Wifahcnd- motherhood.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-25
Generous to a fault,

but careless and cruel to his family.
is the man who spends all he earns,
making no deposits for life insurance
We urge income insurance for com.
plete family protection. National
Life lns, Co, of Vt. (Mutual.) Earle
S. Kinsley. General Agent, Mead
Building. Rutland VT Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-25
WHEN YOU SUFFER
FROM RHEUMATISM

Sloan's Liniment should be kept
handy for aches and pains
w THY wait for a severe pain, an
wv ache, twinge following ex-
posure, a sore muscle sciatica, or
lumbago to leave naturally when you
should keep Sloan's Liniment handy
to help curb it and keep you active
and FTP
Without rubbing, for it peneydics,
apply bit today to the afflicted part.
Note the gratifying, clean, prompt
relief that follows. Sloan's Liniment
couldn't keep its many thousands of
friends the world over If it didn't make
good. That worth remembering. All
druggists - three sizes - the largest
for utmost economy. 35c., 70c., $l.40.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-25
The rickle Makes You Cough

HAYES HEALING HONEY. Stops the
TIckle. Heals the Throat and Cures the
Cough. 35c A free box of GROVES
OPEN TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds.
Head Colds and Group with every
bottle.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-06
TULSA PROTESTS TRAFFIC
DISCRIMINATION ON STATE

A proposition has been placed
upon the docket of the ~ Louis
western district freight traffic com.
mittse whereby transportation facill-
ties will he accorded ~. Louis iron
and steel pipe moving TO points In
oklahoma A "a result OF protests
filed with the ST Louis committee
by the Tulsa Traffic association this
question, which IL covered by docket
No. 3tt, has been snt for confer
eucc before the ~ Louis committee
at 1880 n. IA, February IL
According to G. y swanson, local
representative of the Interstate Pipe
company approval NJ this proposi-
tiop ny the railroad administration
viii not injurc Oklahoma pipe yards
and viii be of great benefit to state
oil men. MIR Swanson states that
this material In originally billed from
Pittsburgh, Pa. and that the point
involved II only one of better trans
portation facilities from st nouis
west
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-06
RESERVE BOARD SEES
START OF REGENERATION

WASlItNGTON. Fcb Definite
evidences of the hrsIuNinE ot fnnn
clnl recup"ratlun following abnormal
war conditions wVr" Het forth today
hv ih" federal reserve board IN re-
view of the forthcoming February
rca"tNc bulletin, rhos" evidences
are.
lnCrris" - bank balances at n
financial crutrrs a tendency toward
lower rHirs fur muncN l"Ha"uing uf
the amount ~ wtr paper held hy
federal reserve ana mcmhor banks
inflow of gold coin ANA gold certifi-
oates NJ hanks indicating greater
confidence ~ the financial situation
ana lr'Sonrd demand for money, de.
cline In the volume Of federal re-
serve notcr outTinnd demonstfat.
INK the elasticity ~ the federal re
serve system
The board deplored .Videncs ~
relaxation of wartime economies
Despite hig etportH of foods and
raw materials In December. the
board b~tievcs. We are still facing
the problem ~ finding or making a
market for our manufactured goods
In foreign countries In which We can
hardly hope Ia make the deHlred
success ~ long ns prices continue
upon level higher than existing In
other countries
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-06
VERBAL LUXURY
IS VERY COSTLY
Annual CUet ~ Maintaining AMI.
QuRtfd Methods Of
Sps.llinx Words.

NORMAN. Okla. Feb q Th.
complicated system of spelling in
'ho English language causes tn,
average American ohiii 10 lose from
one fourth to three -foutthn " the
unc spent In school, In the opinion
OF j. " Scroggs. director of osten-
sion work In the University OF Okla
huma
several years OF cstIgation haV,
converted S'roEgH To simplifi.d spell.
'hs lie declares phonetic spelling
IN The ideal form but the many com q
phchtions In the derivation aud con q
slruCtlon ~ words would prevent It's
adoption unless the language In al
most reNulutiunised
one ~ pklahOma'a leading pri-
mary teachers conducted test. Tor
Doctor SCruEgs over a period OF
three years to determine the reln-
ton 10 tho study ~ spelling to the
"ducaiion Of children In primary
grades
The teacher reported that children.
depending uu their natural bright
ness, lose from nC-hblf To three
fnurth- ~ their time because II II
necessary To absolutely memoriEr the
spelling ~ ~ many words aud So
few rules can bc followed Ia spelling
words or even syllnbles which are
pronounced alike
complicated spelling has ha npered
the eduation of the Montcsurri sys.
tenn into the United States. Doctor
ScroEsH aaNs. under which the child
learns TO read before n learns to
spell Hut that does not later lsaren n
tn" difficulties encountered In
spelling
statistics show that tho average
American child stops school at the
end of the mn grade Doctor
Scroggs asserts difficulties In read
ing and spelling provide the reasons
In practically all cases
In addition 10 hindering and slow
ing up the education OF children,
Doctor Scroggs says the English sys-
TEN OF spelling costs this country
an enormous sum ~ money each
year IN ACTUAL cash which goes into
printing He quotes Henry Holt. the
New York book publisher as es,i-
mating that phonetic spelling would
lessen American publishing bills
3 90 900 900 rach year Every silent
letter used In any word contributes
to that amount
There IN no concerted movement
In the United States toward Simpli-
fled spelling Each publisher and
Individual carries out his own ideas
The STANDARD dictionary gives ?5
rules for simpllfiei spelling ana
Doctor ScroEss. for example. follows
about half of them. Most prominent
educators are Interested IN the move
ment. The editors In chief ~ all six
sreu, dirtlonaries uuhlishgt la MS
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-06
Government TO Get Jobs
for Clerks in War Work

4 bulletin has been resolved BY
Carl Ice. federal employment agent,
from the United States employ mont
service. instructlng hlm to detail
scouts for the putpose ~ securing
positions for returning clerical war
worker
As openings ate found examiners
atc instructed to Wtfo details IN.
mcdidtrlN tu the United StntrH IN
pluymcut service. replacement desk.
IN Washington, vino have on ~" the
names of war WorkorA who wish ~
return To their homes co. olHoN here
AS soon hh employ m'ut can Ice had
non receipt ~ tulrg an, lppi.
cant viii be- notified by tive employ
mcnt service of uruurtuutlN uttered
ana employer viii hr ADVISED II Hp
pli'ant vii accept the nos, ON
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-06
BOLSHEV|STS PLAN TO
CORRUPT ALL NATIONS
>.nt rropagnndists 10 All Parts
of the World at tasriy
Date.
fEARIN ONLY THE ENTENTE
,,nfi,Irnt ~ AN Interested Hear
ing Wherever Permitted 10
spcak.

rurENIlAGEN. Feb. g. Bolshe-
pfupasandists were ~nt from
T. .slA not only 60 Germany but to
rrtun England and France, says
Harold dc ScaNeniuA tho Danish
minister 10 rctroHiad who has Just
-r.irucd from Russia together with
,hr staff ~ the Danish legation
Wt.fc 40 the Russian capital he had
been acting IN behalf ~ the entonte
ravurs -Four hundred RUSSIAN pr9p.
ar,rdi-p he declares. were In Bcr-
nr before the German revolution be q.
San aul Instructions were given for
..m,TuuH hOlahrNista to br dis
.t.I.l ~ England and France h,
.ud,Iuand routes Recently ha
aAItd number ~ rcpatriat.d
rhin,.r we're sent HON" from Rus
., amt among them we're numerous
pnpgiud,sts.
Tho soviet Ruasinn government.
according tc " de SUaVenius under.
stand. very well that its only pos
ability ~ maintaining its existence
.. 200 tu International revolution and
While ,hr German revolution was
nearing iis apex the bolshcVik leaders
.nrrl BOO its progress hut were dis.
,tpuIuir1 m the fact that the Ger
man administration remained In the
hands of the social democrats
They emphasized said the Dan.
.sb diplomat. that 1-rmanv was
only IN her February revolution
her Kcr"nsky fevolu,ion--and they
p-sd,c'ci that she soon would have
Nor october revolution and more
.peedil, han was the case IN Russia
would Corrup, Allied Tr,oy~.
The only cloud upon the Hky Of
their homes IL the position of tn. en-
'eric The, say that N the entente
pIll 1o ~ Germany did ma occupy
mo uaIiic provinces and the Ukraine
here Ig nothing 10 fear because In
that case they would h. able In "a
'aw months to revolutionize the
Ironch ana british troops ns they
claim they already had revolution
81 the German troops Their only
alarm vas less the entente should oc-
unp, pctrogthd and Moscow. because
'hey knew their only weapon was
pfopnrpndl Holshev'E's are masters
'u revolutionary propaganda and ~
,he head NJ this institution II an
Austrian named Radek who In Mos.
.nu founded an international feder-
alton with members from the people
,of several nations
Organization and production are
impossible In Russia because Russian
Vofkmen have no sense Of fellow
shin r ia impossible for tho Russian
government 10 reorYanlze industry
JNi trade according To communistic
rrin.. ..nlss as long ~ other states
lltr not accepted like prlnciples ~
government l'ntll now Russia has
'tiu'linfd ~" on pre.wa stores hut
'bis snon will he exhausted The