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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
Lamhsr used In War.

Hkurts alone Do not mnlB mEch fm-
preston on the average person, ex-
cept IN q vague sort Of way. Pre-
sented ID manner which allows q
picture 90 be visualized. the effect Il
altogether different. One, may have
'read that 100 million feet Of. timber
were cut In American forests ana
transported to shipyartis on the coast
In q little more than q year. but it
fs only when the American Forestry
Magazine says that this amount OF
lumber would serve to build q bridge
% feet wide from the United States
to France that one grasps the signifl-
canoe OF the vast total. All this wood
was yellow pine. Other kinds have
been cut and used Tor other purposes,
as for building aircraft. II is not
strange. In the light Of these reports.
that professional foresters are calling
for increased tree planting In Amer
lea as well: as In France.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
HI1Oh
SCOUTS
THE SCOUT BROTHERHOOD

Gen. Sir Robert Baden-PoweIl, head
OF the boy scouts In Great Britain. In
endeavoring to show the brotherhood
Of the scout movement By sending q
FUND 70 scouts made homeless by the
war.
Il is for suck scouts as those Of the
Serbian nation. driven from their
homes and decimafed in numbers By
the brutality Of their Invaders, and
the French scouts In the northeastern
provinces. also those Belgian boys who
have continued as scouts In the coun-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
GONG AND sEsrlMshr.

:. leaders Of Msa.
whsn they ara dead. Ne heap tas iAnrsls
high
Above them. where indiGsrsns they Iis:
We 3oin their deeds 70 nnAccustomsd
And crown. with sariaads es immortai
bays
wnon. fisias. We hut Thought TO cruelty.
An snoontains ssssA less glorious. viewed
TOO nigh.
So pften do the great whom We deery
Gtkantic loom 20 our astonished axzs,
When they are dead.
For, shamed by iargeness. iittlenessss de;
And partisan and narrow hates put by.
We shrine our heroes for the future
= Gays.
And 20 atone our ignorant delays.
with fond and emuloas devotion try,
When they are dead!
Florence Earle Coatsa
From The Book Of Lincoin-"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
sov SCOUT Dolnes.

A group Of scouts In MarQuetfe.
Mich. helped an aged woman get
Strengthened out after q FIRE In her
house. cut new firewood and hunted
up her lost cat.
Education Of the public In the sub
ject Of Kindness to dumb animals has
been begun by scouts OF Marion, Ind
Speeches By scouts have attracted
much attention. As a result OF q
scout campaign 20 remove stray dogs
from the streets. the city council is 70
put through an ordinance.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
DO Is MswI

The doors Of opportunity remain
open for years. but they close with o
beng. and they never reopen. We are
responsible for the good we might do.
and the world II poorer for our neglect.
as no one can do our work. Tf there
is something that needs doing. don't
walt TIN tomorrow Do Il n0wi
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04

did the distinguished visitor 10
away singing the praises OF your
town.
"No... replied fhe chairman Of the
reception committee. I'm afraid he
was bit disappointed in the industrial
growth Of our town. but he made one
remark In which we cap oil justly
take pride"
sWlmt was fhatr'
He. said we had the lnest golf links
In seven states."-Birmingham Age-
Herald.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
Msnlaiirsd.

One OF the unheroie sights Of early
peace II the naturalization Of the once
terrible engines Of war. The snappy,
nghting little French tanks are be-
ing: gnominiously reduced to the con-
dition Of agricultural tractors. It II
ludicrous to observe how the warrior
has been equirrca- svifh a senskisld
driven'into u frars rrstias.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04

An electrically driven wheel chafE -
q recent invention designed TO make
invaiids more Independent Of attend
ants. In q case beneath the seat is q
storage battery which drives q motor
coapscted BY gearing with the axle.
while q lever attached to the left
arm gives the occupant fun control %
the. speed, :,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
SCOUT FOR NAVAL ACADEMY.

Congressman Scott Ferris Of Law
ton. Okla. recently announced that he
would appoint to the United States
Naval academy. Annapolis. Nd. any
scout whom the troops Of Lawfon
nominated.
Lively ballofing resulted In the eiec-
ton Of Scout Clement Mitchell.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04

SW6669
Originator ef the Boy Scout Movement
Who VIII vssit This Country.
try Of their adoption or with their own
army. since being rendered homeless
by the Huns.
This common action for q common
cause win form a new tie throughout
the scout brotherhood, one Of whose
laws Is. "A scout IL a brother TO every
other scout"
The Belgian scouts In the released
territory secretly maintained their or
ganization under the German rule, and
have given their services as messen-
gers. guides. and interpreters to the
staff OF the British army Of occupation
with the friendliest feelings for. their
deliverers. and their brother scouts I'm
Great Britain.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04

Disappointed II 'use Hunler-Tye
brought back the keys Of your mai
sonctte-wisy. there isn't r"on In IL
for the ehiirden to have the nnmpsi-
London Opinion
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04

Automobile oil In inexpensive. and
uscrui for many household purposes: |:
ore d1op win relieve q squeaking door
hinge or a heavy running sewing ma
chine; wipe IL on with absorbent cot-
to-.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-09-04
woman,s Way.

Sometimes a woman would rather
get nervous prostration than not TO
hfve her own way at ali.-Galveston
NcN s.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-02

knew the world. and had met many
really wonderful women. and al
though I believed him 10 30 a spy.
] didn't quite hate him rFOUfl
manage TO do 80 m time that q
promised myself. IN tine .-stlr.
should have l,s way with Lam
But ius'!0e mus. have PROOFS ard
u looked aa 90 rrJe had srslEued Hle
10 collect them. u / was TO - a.
iustTUnsrf 81 -u...ae. ---En fu-
the sake of ny r.. aat-y. beg .'- tho
ran llic nrtTaT sl- L.Izs-L
EeEG..ar a man Id. var
task, according 10 history. . ~ =.
80 Ions ss = NAE 81 - t1iss's-}'
pleased. snlusedr-.e stag s-c1. srsf-
confidential AIaurHr1rrt IA. -
most nsrf sart-u.d vilst .lev y -
ag~ % At scrlcf orT 4 "a rat6~-a
ref 10 sxaited o 10 a,lsxI ~
re,uscs 20 be anus -e--p~ woman
Ev.dent1 J 1sEr <oinE 70 have a
bur time. y. eHe three wrecks be-
fore BOB should be discharge .Ton
the my.
And then-osck 70 the task wh,sr
my soul cTaved'
Back TO the World-snd some vz-
Of making my husband woo me over
again.
Go be continued.)
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Confessions of a War Bride
NECKWEAR

The maids pretty dark eyes nearly
popped out Of her head as she
watched me chew away on a wao
made OF several sticks Of gum II
was plain that she didn't approve
OF me at all. Neither did J Ike
myself-nor the gur-but as l chewed
vigorously before the glass / real
ized that the effect OF my violent Ia
cial gymnastics was important II
preceded me and concealed my ideu-
tity like a barrage
! broke my own-and the maid g
train OF thought:
Has the motor gone for Dr. CeI-
teis?"
Half an hour ago. mademOIsene,
she answered.
An open FIRE frightened the great
hall OF the house and went down
to wait before it and to welcome tbs
master, as 1 had promised. b. not
altogether "as l had prouilses.
thought, as / tried~fo s<t used %
my uItra-fashies1ah.s skirt as well
as to my gun. which sisrsys forEet
to chew WINS had eny s-~.ss3s
thing TO do.
Hamilton Certsis ents. e. the hall
energetically and eSger.y. He had
passed his wrecket Offices but not a
thought Of his losses seemed TO dis
turb him. He came toward my sill
houette against the glowing CRATE
with q smile of pleasure He gave
one hasty glance at me, stopped alb
ruptly, bowed hastily and formally.
Then he turned with a sharp Ques-
tion in German TO the man who fol-
lowed with his bags
The man appeared to apologize for
his own existence, and to explain
mine. Evidently the maid had spread
the description OF my costume.
Pooled BY George" exclaimed
Certeis. You little d" Prob
ably he was about to say darling, {"
but held up a forbidding palm.
whereupon Certeis took all the time
he wanted to make 9 careful STUDY
OF me. He turned me around as II
he were considering the merits Of a
curio, and he chuckled delightedly.
Once upon time 1 would have
enjoyed his amusement, but with the
secret of those closet shelves in my
mind, il appeared to me that the man
was a connoisseur OF DISCUSSES and
that he was admiring my cleverness
and wondered how / managed TO de-
ceive his expert self.
And I wasn't clever after all. l had
only put on some classy" garments
designed to attract the eye OF man.
II / was disguised. II was only be-
cause was so entirely different
from the natural Jane Lorimer.
"Cm-m-m' drawled Cer1eis. DID
the fire destroy all your WARRIORS,
little girl? II will be my cil.ef JeS
to buy-whatever you-r-1rsy tsucs.
He smiled gayIy. seiye1 boih of my
hands, and came -cfrse q ne a. Ee
talked-much toe esu~e Bif, Il ls
wonderful-this traEsccrsnstion' 10
-are-always-won
His fiattery plea sed me- ier-he was
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The Amazing Story of
Maria BOtchkdrep1

WITH the Sementovskys, who were
glad to welcome me. / wended my
way to the Irkutsk
There was prison. only to dis
Little Tine cover that Yasha
to Lsse. had been taken to
the Central Distribu-
tIon Prison at Alexandrovsk, thirty
versts from the near railway station
Of Usolye. There was little time to
lose. left the same day for Usolye.
whence had to walk to Alexan-
drovsk. 1t was late in the autumn Of
1872. started out with little food. and
was soon exhausted. II was not an
easy task to get to Alexandrovsk. The
road lay across a river and through
an island. connected by ferries. On
the way I made the acquaintance OF
a woman. Avdotia Ivanovna Ritova,
who was also bound for the prison.
Her husband was there too, and she
told me why. He was drunk when
the dog catcher came to take away
his fsvorite dog. and he shot the dog
catcher; now he was sentenced TO ex-
lie and she had decided 10 go along
with him, with her two children. who
were in Irkutsk.
At the Central Prison I received
another shock. ] wouldn't be admit
ted without a. pass. ] did not know
that II was necessary TO have pass,
I argued. But the warden In charge.
a dried-up old man. with flowing
white beard. angrily shouted. mo!
No" at me. Get out of here. It's
against the law; you can't be admit
ted. Go to Irkutsk and come back
with a pass and We will let you in. :"
But I travelled LOO versts to
see him. ! pleaded, in tears 'I am
worn out and hungry. Allow me to
see him just for FIVE minutes-only I'VE
short minutes. Is there no mercy in
your heart for a weak woman
With this broke down and became
hysterical. The harsh little warden
and his assistants in the ONCE became
frightened. Yasha was brought in for
brief reunion. The few minutes
that we were allowed to pass in each
| others presence gave us new strength.
He told me OF his experiences. and
OF mine to him. and we decided that
I go to the governor general. Knis-
zev, to entreat his mercy.
The day was on the decline when I
started back to the railway station.
l reached the river by twilight and
managed TO catch ferry TO the island.
But II WAS dark when 7 landed there,
| and lost my way trying to cross the
island to the other ferry.
1 was cold. hungry. exhausted. Ny
feet were swollen from wandering for
several hours in a frantic effort to
ind the right path. When at last ]
got TO the other side It must have been
about midnight saw the lights
across the water and called with all
my remaining strength for the ferry.
But there was no response Only the
wind, shrieking through the woods
back OF me, echoed my cries. / kept
calling all night. but in vain
TO BE CONTINUED.
(Copynght, 1919 by Frederick A. Stcke- CON.
psuy. All Rights Reserved
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CMldren's Sunrise Stories
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE APRIL SHOWER.

The rain came down harder and
harder, and at last it was such a
storm that Uncle wiggily stopped un-
der a tree and said:
IT must look for a place to stay un-
til this April shower is over. 1 wish
1 were back in my hollow stump
| bungalow
Just then, OF through the trees, he
saw little house. 1t was not a very
nice looking place, but it was better
to be there than out in the rain.
Uncle Wiggily hoped toward 1t,
opened the door and hoped in.
And. all curled up in one corner of
/ the little house, which was made of
corncobs, was sleepy old cat gentle
man-no relation at all to the lively
Joie, Tommie and Kittie Kat.
"Oh, Mr.. Yowlie. may I stay in your
house until the shower passes?" asked
Uncle Wiggily.
You may stay. and welcome" said
the sleepy old cat, whose name was
Mr.. Yowlie because he howled nights
"But, as you can see, my roof leaks.
and you won't be much drier in my
house than out OF It. have the only
dry place"
And, truly enough. the roof did leak.
A big stream of water was running
through a hole, and making a big
puddle on the floor, so Uncle wiggily
could stop nowhere without getting
wet.
why don't you fix the leak in your
roof, Mr.. Yowlie?'' Uncle wiggily
asked the cat
"Oh. well. when it rains / can't get
up to fix it, you see. and when it
doesn't rain II doesn't leak, so doesn't
need fixing" replied the cat.
"Oh. but Il is very wet here"' cried
Uncle Wiggily. II know what I'll do.
I'll turn my tall silk hat UPSIDE down
on the floor under the leak and let the
water run in that. Then the floor will
be dry"
So that's Just what he did. His big.
tall silk hat caught the water from
the leak as well as a dishpan could
have done, and when the hat was full
Uncle Wiggily emptied it and let II
FIJI again.
And pretty soon the rain stopped,
| and Uncle Wiggily didn't have to use
his hat to catch water any more. SO
/ he let II dry. put 1t on his head and
hoped home.
did you get wet?' asked Nurse
Jane,
Not very" replied the bunny. and
! he told the muskrat lady about the
I funny leaking-roof cat. And. if the
feather pillows don't fly off the bed
and go sailing in. the bath tub and
bite the cake of soap. I'll tell you
next about Uncle WISELY and his
! umbrella.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-02
Glass Of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open Sluices Of the System
Each McrntsE and wash
Away the Poisonous,
staSnant Matter.

Those OF us who are accustomed
TO feel dull and heavy when we
arise; splitting headache stuny
from a cold, foul tongue. nasty
breath. acid stomach lame hack. can,
instead. both look and feel as fresh
as a daisy always by washing the
poisons and toxins from the BODY
with phosphsted hot water each
morning.
= We should drink. before brFzl,-
fast a glass Of real hot water with
q teaspOonful Of Limestone rarE-
phRte in II TO flush from tie ~ - n
ach. liver. kidneys ana ten ysrcE g
bowels the previous days ind 4 - \
bic waste, sour bile and pssierr ~ =
toxins; thus cleansing, srer = i.-*<z
and purifying the-rrttre aftir .1sr2f<.
tract before p'ftunE rnore -ssse icse
the stomEc'-. 80
The scfil \ q ilsnsstoFe. ~ sf1ks.
s-d hot y atcf on a. eE QrN-r- = 80
- woncerfuly lrPlxcr1tuE. > =
cieans aut - a. tsfr -rnnelts %
uoN "a ~ s5s ses "a aciditv anc
<frrc- siie 80 sndid appa-it- trr
crra.Efas- ard IL Is said 20 be h.r %
litfiU Gtl- until the roses begin e.
Appear in the cheeks. A quarter
pound Of limestone phosphate VIII
cost very little at the drug store
but is sufficient TO make any -1e
who is bothered with hiliCusuesS,
constipation. stomach trouble or
rheumatism real euthusIget on
the subject of internal saUIfr ton
Try Il and you are assured that yoa
will look better and feel better IN
every way shortly ADV.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-02
THIS STARTS THE STORY


In the summer Of 1917, Maria
Botchkareva formed the Battalion
of Death. woman's fighting unit
in the Russian army, and thus a
peasant girl stepped into the in
ternational hall OF fame, This 10
her story. In earlier installments
she told OF her childhood; OF the
brutalities Of her married life, her
attempt to commit suicide to es-
cape a cruel husband. and her Anal
success in cvading him. She told
of her many molestations at the
hands of ofYlcials, soldiers and how
she was trapped In a house of
shame by promises Of work. She
escaped from this house but i'm
mediately returned when the police
made advances to her instead of
affording protection. In desperation
she attempted suicide a second
time. A man intervened. She grew,
to like him and they lived together
by civil agreement. She lived hap
PLY with him for three years when
a revolutionist. a friend OF her sec
ond husband, sought refuge at
their home
The Washington herald., 1919-04-02
Stage and Screen
BY DOUG HART.

This prohibition is going to have
its effect on the movies, and don't
forget it. Bill Hart claims it's no
cinch to shoot up a town on nut
sundae.
Which reminds us that Bill has
not cast his lot with the Big Four
as many of us have been inclined TO
think. Maybe Bilrs too rough to
play in Mary's back yard.
Abe Dressner is back on the job
after q short stay with the doctor.
Abe got a slant at the bill and his
friends are predicting a relapse.
4 party buzzed up fifteen minutes
the other day to prove that Mary
Pickford was dead, but that the
news was held UP for some reason,
forgot what. No brains. Why
ril Mary couldn't even dye an old
hat without an extra Dustin loose
in every language from Olong TO
Bevo.
Heard Oscar Morgan yesterday
doping out his own patent scheme
to bust the Bolsheviki. Sounded
all right. but then Oscar can make
almost anything sound good when
he really starts purrinG.
The Ed is purring for this indis-
pensable column, right now. So here
goes.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-02
The Kissed and the Unkissed
By DOROTHY DIX
THE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID
WOMAN WRITER

Listen. girls!
Did you read that story in the
papers about a Boston man who had
kissed a girl. to whom he had been
engaged. every day for twenty-five
years, and then deserted her and
married a girl whom he had never
kissed at all?
OF course he did. It's human ma
ture. and especially is it masculine
nature. to get weary of the things
we have and know too we'll. and
to yearn for the thing that we
haven't got. and that we have to
struggle to get.
This man who had kissed the girl
every day for twenty-five years had
sampled every possible variety Of
kisses that she carried in stock.
The clinging kiss, the rapturous
kiss. the wet salt-tear kiss. the
perfunctory kiss, the kiss of for
giveness, the welcome kiss, the good
bye kiss. the ham-and-eggs kiss. He
had tasted them all and they had
cloyed on his palate.
What he craved was a kiss with
a brand new flavor, something
novel, piquant, with a thrill to it,
and he married the girl who made a
wedding ring the price of such a
kiss instead of handing 1t over the
counter free, gratis. for nothing.
There's food for thought in this
little story of the Boston man and
his Tilted sweetheart. girls, and it
has a moral that each of you will
do well to lay to heart. And the
moral is this:
Every man takes a girl at her
cwn valuation, and then some. If
she holds herself high. he regards
her as something very precious and
tc be valued and treated accord
ingly. But IL she holds herself
cheapIy. he discounts her valuation.
and holds her more cheaply still,
The Washington herald., 1919-04-02
Copyright. 1913. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.l
By HOWARD r.. GARIs,

By HOWARD X. GARIS.
Uncle Wiggily Longears. the bunny
rabbit gentleman, stood one morning
on the porch OF his hollow stump bun
galow and looked of through the
woods.
''I am going to hop along and see If
can find an adventure" he said.
But not that way, hope!' cried
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. his musk
rat lady housekeeper. Not that way,
Uncle Wiggily"
What way?" asked the bunny.
What do you meanT'
"Oh. don't go hopping of looking for
adventures in your tall silk hat" went
on Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. You know
this Is now April. and We will have
rain showers almost any time. II
your silk hat gets wet it. will look
like . cat that has fallen into the
bath Cub.''
What you say is very true" spoke
Uncle W1gsily. 1T may rain, and,
then again, it may not I'll take an
umbrella"
But don't wear your nice. shiny
silk hatw begged Nurse Jane.
"Oh, must wear that" said Uncle
wfggily, Il always have worn II, and,
il I left 1t of now the children would
hardly know me. oh, yes, I'll wear
my tall, silk hat but I'll be careful OF
it,"
So Uncle Wiggily, after telling
Nurse Jane he would come home as
soon as he had had an adventure.
started to hop over the fields and
through the woods. He looked here
and there for the bad Pipsisewah and
for the worse Skeezicks, but he saw
neither one. They had not come back
since the March wind blew then,
away.
"And 7 hope they never come back
said Uncle Wiggily to himself They
made trouble enough for me-
And. Just as he said that. Uncle
wiggily felt something hit him on the
tip end of one of his long ears.
''Ha, no." cried the bunny. Maybe
that's the Pipsisewah throwing little
stones at me now"
But it was something wet that had
dropped on Uncle wiggily's ear. and
he soon felt another drop.
why, it's rainingT' he cried. THAT
was a rain drop I feitl Gracious me.
sakes alive and some apple dumping
butter cakes, I'll have to run to get
out of this April shower"
So, tucking his red, white and blue
striped rheupatism crutch under his
paw, and putting his tall, silk hat ON
his head so 1t wouldn't come ofr-so
his hat wouldn't come Off, / mean
Uncle Wiggiiy hoped through the
Eoods aS last as be could hop.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-02

painter OF portroits on ivory. Monday
afternoon Mime. Zaldivar entertained
informally at tea. her guests being
asked especially to view the exhibit
ton, and the portraits will be shown
each day for a week.
Countess Korbyzski, who has de-
veloped something quite new and very
lovely in the art of portraiture. has
painted scores of notables of the Old
World and the New, and many of the
best examples of her work are in
cluded in the present collection.
Among the most interesting are a
newly completed portrait of Nine. Zal-
divar, a charming likeness of Mrs.
Colville Barclay, wife of the Counselor
of the British Embassy; portraits of
Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean, with her
children; OF Mrs. Joseph Letter and
of the three Letter children; of Mrs
John Ballentine Pitney and her small
son, of the Countess of Curzon, OF
Miss Maxine Elliott, and Miss Elsie
DeWolfe.
In February the artist held an ex-
hibition of her work at the home of
Capt and Mrs. Perry Belmont, and
il was while this was in progress that
her marriage to Count Alfred de
Skarbek KorzybskL, a staff officer OF
the Polish army. took place. He and
his bride are leaving Washington
within the next month or six weeks
for his states in Poland. and this is
the last opportunity that Countess
Korzybsh's admirers will have to
view her work.
Langdon L. Mitchell. well-known
as a poet and playwright, is to give
a reading at the George Washing
ton University Chapel this morning
at 1915, to which the public is in
vited. Mr.. Mitchell is the author of
several volumes of poems as well
as of numerous plays. the most not
ed of which are: Becky Sharp and
The New York Idea" Mr. Mitchell
is a man of letters by inheritance as
well as by training. He is the son
of the late DR.. S. Weir Mitchell. the
famous novelist.