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New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Three Trips Home
For Supplies

throughout the political changes of tho
last two years, Mr. Whittemore,s work ,,
Russia has been in unbroAen continuity.
Three times since 1916 he has come 10
America for money and supplies When
he returned to Russia last autumn he tool
with him surgical Instruments aud boot
and shoes. In Japan, his way to siberia
he stopped to buy drugs and hospital sun
plies and to gather up the childron's clotnes
which during the previous summer haa
been made by the auxiliary committee Of
Japanese, American and English women.
"An embargo had at that time been
placed by the Allies upon all goods destined
for Russia, but it was lifted for Mr.. White
more and he crossed with sixty cases OF
luggage into Siberia
Midway the journey the Japanese
and American embassies passed him going
east, and for a moment it seemed as if he
must abandon the undertaking. but he con-
tlnued, and at Vologda found the American
Ambassador still in Russia.
During last winter and spring. besides
maintaining maternity hospital In Sa-
mara, Mr.. Whittemore devoted himself
chiefly to feeding and clothing children.
Hundreds Of round orphans. as tbs Rus
slams call children who have neither father
nor mother and who do not even know their
family name, were fed, clothed and shod.
Assistance was given to support day
nursery for children in Moscow whose
fathers and mothers, suddenly rendered PEN
niless by the revolution, were obliged to
go out to work. Money was given for soup
kitchens and in some cases to the very aged.
Mr.. Whttemore's work was principally
IN Moscow, where he was assisted by the
courage, tact and understanding of Mr.
Francis, the American Ambassador. and by
the late Mr. Madden Summers. the Consul
General.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

picture studios'-line the way In the
midst of all this modern ugliness the
Raziario, the city custom house, has its of
fee. Here we stop, and am important lock
ing official with an eagle feather in his
cap makes an inspection of the tram He
obliges every one to get up while he pokes
under the seats with an irolr rod to see if
anything dutiable is concealed there. He
eves taxes on the living presents which
the contadine are taking to Rome. and he
looks with suspicion at the valse which
the Roman matron is carrying. He gives
it few punches, lifts it, and finding it
heavy, asks to have it opened The Ro-
man matron reluctantly complies and dis
plays to curious, pecrng eyes an amazing
quantity of soled linen. She is taking it
to Rome to be properly laundered she ex-
plains. The washerwomen of Frascati are
animals they tear fine linen to threads on
the stones They are brbaccione, all of
them The custom official retircs, and in
few moments we are entering Rome
through the narrow archway of the Porta
San Giovanni.
"The excitement and jostlng to get off
the tram is even than the mpatience
the commuters showed on getting in One
would think the life of each depended
upon his being the first to alight And
yet, as soon all are on the sidewalk,
they appear to forget their haste and have
nothing whatever to do. The contadina
stops and buys a paper of 'noccuolini
Americana (Roman for 'peanutsD; the
prince steps leisurely into his waiting
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Committing From
FraScati to
Rome

HLENTY of Review readers are
~ familiar with the joys and sor
Il rows connected with committing
in these parts. But perhaps few
have done any committing in and out of
Rome. Norval Richardson, secretary of
the American Embassy in the Italian
capital, paints an interesting and lively
picture in the January "Scribners. ITO
the American mind" he writes,
"commuting suggests at once mad dash
from the breakfast table, at which, with
one eye always on the clock has had
time only to scald ones lips the boiling
coffee. cast heeting glance of longing at
other good things. and run to catch the
S:15 or the 1923. Italian committing is
conducted in quite a different manner. To
begin with, an Italian is never IN a hurry
q delightful quality unless one happens to
have q business engagement with him;
ond, his breakfast consists OF simple
cup of black coffee, which he usually strols
out to obtain at the nearest cafe; lastly,
he is an early riser by nature, and during
the summer months gets up with the dawn
so that he may feel he has earned a right
TO the long siesta which every Italian takes
during the heat Of the day.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

Fiat; the rotund monsignore lifts himself
heavily into q sombre, closed landau with
ywo rusty horses which carries him, one
fancies, straight to the bronze doors of
the Vatican; the Roman matron contents
herself with common cab, and the ber-
Sagliere, who is met by his sweetheart,
perhaps the very one who picked the
tcathers he is wearing in his nat from her
favorte cocks, links his arm in hers and
strolls over to bench beneath the shady
trees beside the Baths of Diocletan"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Refuge for
The Romans

Since the beginning Of the few
Romans have cared to go far away from
home, but when the parching sirocco be
gins to blow straight across the Mediter
ranean, carrying with it clouds of red
sand from the Libyan Desert, some change
OF air becomes necessary Frascat nat
urally suggests itself 1t is only seventeen
miles from Rome and, situated 1000 fee,
above sea level, the air is fresh and cool
after the heat of Roman midsummer days.
Indeed, this past summer Frascati has
solved the problem of 'villeggatura' for
many and various kinds Of people The
hotels are filled with dplomatsts holding
themselves in readiness to be called at any
moment to the Quirnal the Vatican
American and English ladies who live in
Rome continue their knitting for the sol
diers under the cool lick trees and old
patrician families, such as the Aldobran-
DIM. the Lancelotti, the Torlonia, have
opened their beautiful villas the safest
and most comfortable solution of where to
pass the summer Indeed, quiet little
Frascati, asleep on the western slope of
She Alban Hills. has suddenly become quite
cosmopolitan. For the women the days
pass IN luleneSS IN lNe fragrant ana MS
torical gardens open to the public; but the
men-even in the land of dolce far niente
must attend to their various occupations
in Rome. This means that all through the
long summer months they commute back
and forth from the Eternal City to the
Alban Hills There are two ways Of going
into town-one by train and the other by
tram. The tram is more popular with the
commuter. as it is both cheaper and cooler
1t is not just an ordinary streetcar, but g
great two storied affair which has managed
to invest itself with something of Roman
dignity.
"The first morning that I joined the
throng of commuters | rushed, full of
American energy, down to the little
piazza from which the tram starts. 1t
was due to leave at o'clock, and, thourh
it was only fifteen minutes before that
hour. no tram yet in sight. group
of fellow commuters seated at little
tables outside a cafe esurely slipping their
black coffee; a number of women and chill
dren with large black eyes, carrying odd
looking bundles tied up in newspaper were
sitting benches under the trees near
the tram station They looked as if they
had sat there peacefully for hours and
would continue to do so all day, even if
the tram failed to appear. In the middle
of the piazza a hundred or more harvesters,
broad sashed. golden and muscular leaned
their scythcs waiting for the padrone
to arrive and hire them that day In the
fields; a procession of wine-carts bound
for Rome ratified slowly across the square,
their brilliant colors-red blue, yellow
making the sun seem pale in comparison;
the bells OR the horses rang merrly, the
plumes and gay tassels of their harnesses
swayed jauntily and lupetto-a tiny
wolf dog-perched upon the wine kegs,
barked fereey at every passerby, protect
ing the interests of his master, who was
already asleep under the gaudy sun hood
which Michael Angelo designed five hun
dred years ago. There were no signs any
where OF tense nerves-not commuter
even so much looked at his watch
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Our Hearts and
the Russian
Children

ME question of Russia is so v,s+
and complex that most of US lust
admit ourselves appalled, and
await developments. But thar.
are, as matter of fact. many spac;a,
phases which merit concentrated alto.
ton pending the settlement of the great
central issues. For one thing. there aro
the little children of Russia. whose =.
IN many instances, is about as hard nc
one can well conceive A short artio,o
in "The Touchstone Magazine deals
with this subject thus:
"A committee for the relief of Rus,,.u
refugees in Russia was organized in Bos
ton IN 1916 Recognized by the Amsr;..,
Red Cross in the group of relief orpan;,.
tons before the United States entersd ~.
war, It still continues its independence
ut was formed in response to ths nav
sonal appeal brought to America by n,
Thomas Whittsmore from his own exnsr,
ence among the Russian refugees drive,
from their homes in the horrors Of s,oh.
with the retreating Russian armies hefo,.
the German advance invest Russia in ,o,s
With Mr.. Whittemore in the early month.
Of the retreat among the starving and dvinc
on the pitless roads, later In crowded.
typhus-strcken barracks, and still later in
the izbas of remote villages, American
friends of Russia have found the w,v of
relief.
Until the revolution OF March. 1917 NIL
Whlttemore was associated with the lmnor,.
al Government Relief Committee Of the
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaiovna A,
the downfall of the monarchy the committee
continued its work under the auspices Of
the Ministry of the Interior Of the Emer
gency Government Following the collapse
OF the Emergency Government the com
mittee, pledged only to non-partisan ser
vice, has since worked in the Bolsheyib
regime.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
The New Appian
Way

"The tram follows the new Appian Way,
as important a thoroughfsre to-day as the
old Appian Way was in the past, for it is
the artery which leads to Rome from the
Castelli Romani. 1t is picturesque in it's
shabby sordidness. Pergolaed wine shops
Jostle against modern buildings; small fac
tories are crowded in between car barn
and a grain elevator; unbelievable num-
ber of large glass buidings-moyine
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

He is seeing with his own eyes the
horror of devastation left in the wake of
the Hun monster districts once hum
ming with industry or smiling with agri-
cultural promise and yield.
These visits are being so timed, it is an
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

ID RESIDENT WILSON is visiting
the fields where German autocracy
was finally overthrown: the vast trench
Scared plains of Northern France,
where the fiercest fighting in the worlds
history took place.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

nounced, as not to interfere with the s;t-
eings or the conference at the Quai
dorsay. The President journeys, so far
as may be possible, by train But he
depends also upon army motor cars for
the more intimate inspection of terrain
and ruin.
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Oil Developments.

The air compressor to he installed
ut the discovery well on the Scovell
and Gaines land, near Plain Dealing,
arrived several days ago and was due
to be taken to the well for installation
yesterday. 1t will he in operation by
next week. according to local first
hand authority-if all goes well.
The discovery well has been flowing
il thin Stre;in of oil for several days
since the drillerS began to doctor it. in
fact. As they stir the oil wells vitalS
the oil comes forth in il gradually ill.,
creasing stream. according to the drill
er in charge of the work. This seems
to give encouragement for the belief
that the air compressor will bring the
well in as Il steady producer.
The well across the road from the
discovery well is also being cOaXed to
have in manner profitable. There
are. therefore. two crews at work and
Il good deal of talk mot veritied) OF
still other outfits going into the field
\ good many oil prospectors continue
to happen into Plain Dealing and all OF
them seem to think that it is only {;
matter of time until this will bepa pro
/ ducing oil field.
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tons in Benton. moved to Plain Deal
ing January l, 1913. They brought
something with them to make them
welcome, for the greater number Of
their customers while they We're yet
located in Benton continued to do EuSi-
ness with them in Plain Dealing, and
the friends and business connections
which Mr.. John +. Adair had made by
fair dealing and neighhorly association,
also. in large part. followed the firm to
Plain Dealing with their trade.
1t is generally believed in North BoS-
sier that Mr. John L. Adair can call
more Bossier Parish people by their
first names than any other citizen of
the old free state. Anyway. he is very
we'll known and very well liked and
Plain Dealing has gained Il lot Of new
business visitors hy landing him as Il
citizen.
Mr.. NJ. y. Adair is as popular a
business man as his brother and almost
as well and flvOrably known. He is
RAPIDLY building up trade in all parts
of Plain Dealings big territory and
doing much to extend its frontier, too.
Mr.. w. o. Odom. who has been with
Adair Brothers since their removal to
Plain Dealing. is also doing Il part in
making the business Il success in the
true Plain Dealing sense-a growing
success; for all things must grow dS
LOT,
ing outlook is lacking.
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A Builder In Plain Dealing.

Mr. W. l.. Scott. the Plain Dealing
contractor and builder. has erected
seventeen brick buildings iii this North
Bossier commercial capital, and that is
more than half of them. He Is also
the pioneer brick manufacturer-unless
you care to 20 hack more than twenty
years when some older citizen made u
few brick to build some chinmeyS. Mr..
Scott has built some frame houses he
sides, and any number OF chimneyS.
etc. He has made half million brick
and more since 1914. and. to the best
of the writer's information. none Of
them has been shipped away. They are
good brick and the buildings are all
good buildings-and Mr.. Scott Is not
near half done helping to make Plain
Dealing Il good. solid. well-built town.
Some day there will be u number Ut
blocks Of three and four-St0ry business
houses going up In this town. Ii any
body has any luck with oil the time we
are propllesying about IS not far away
but, ut any rate. there Is plenty OF
fine country being developed to justify
Il lot of fine business blocks within |;
number of years not too remote fol
youn. soldiers returning from France
to profit by in their time. And those
who know Mr.. Scott best and have thu
hest right to know the quality Of his
work all hope he will have the glory d
building the biggest and finest Of them
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Paris. France. Jan. Is. 1919.

Dearest Mamma and Dad: Notice
where this letter is headed. Paris, and
I'll bet you can never guess what your
son is doing: and l am surprised my
self. SO you see what good my expert
ence in clerical work in the Q. NJ. c..
also the work with Douglas, North 4
Stroud has been to ME. Out of two
million men in France. four hundred Of
us have been selected for the. American
Commission for the Negotion Of Peace.
and SiXty-one of them from my regi-
ment.
We left our regiment ut Augens Sun
day and landed here to-day. Sure did
have Il fine trip and have certainly ell
joyed the opportunity to see SO much
Of this foreign country.
One Of the majors gave us Il very in
teresting talk to-day. and said that this
was one of the greatest honors that
could be bestowed upon Il man. and
I'm certainly proud that l was select.
ed. We will get to see lots of this coun.
try. Some of the boys who speak the
that country tomorrow. and some OF
the rest of us will leave for there soon
Some will 90 to Belgium. England. Ger
many and the Balkan States. | hope
| will either lie sent to Italy or the
Balkan States. but our headluarter.
are ut Paris.
! We will be over here two or tire,
months longer. but It's certainly wortl
the time. l think my regiment leave.
next week for the States, and Frug,
is going to write you. He can get
letter to You quicker than this one vii
reach YOU. Kinder hated to see til,
regiment go home. hut l think thi
chance is worth millions to Il fellow
and two months won't he long while VI
are travelling around.
Paris is sure some city. Things her
are just like in New York City, bu
o the goodlooking girls. and how the
do dress! You wouldn't think wa
had ever been SO near Paris.
Hope to see sidney Caldwell soon a
he is somewhere near here Will writ
YOU more in Il day or so. as am tire
out now from the long trip.
Am going over to the y. Nj. {. \
headquarters and see why YOU haven
gotten the S162 sent you.
Must stop now. my dear. but world
of love to all. Your own -LYLEs.
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Small Thieves.

Some few days ago $23 disappeared
from the safe of Mr.. Il. c. Purcell ut
his office. He did not get his money
back and failed to get the thief. Since
that time Il negro boy has accused an
other negro boy Of the theft. 1t seems
that the accused boy, who is about
twelve years of age. seeing those in the
Office going to the safe from time to
time. putting away money. making
change or payments, etc, conceived an
idea that he could help himself along
in the world by choosing the right OPP
portunity
Last Friday night Thomas Ransel,
coIored. thirteen years old. was at the
Harrison-purcell store and observed
the safe being Familiarity approached
l.y the young lady bookkeeper from
| time to time. 1t looked easy. and
Thomas chose a time to get better ac-
quainted with the safe and mend his
fortunes. He found $3.50 ready to
! hand as he swung the door open and
he annexed the plumber.
Mr.. \. {. HARRISON seemed to miss
the money almost as soon as 1t was
gone. The theft was committed al
seven O'Clock and he had the right hoy
by the ear before eight. The boy yield
ed up $15 at once; found SD more II
an old hollow tree before the dance
broke up at DeXter's Hall, and mex,
morning SO more was fOrthcOmin:
from somewhere. Seventy-tive cent.
was still due. but the parents STOOD
good for that amount. and the inciden
was considered closed after Thomas
RanSel had been severely lecture,
upon the difference between taking an
stealing.
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Plain Dealing Department

talk among the farmers. business men
and allied interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Kidd spent Mon
day night in Shreveport.
DR.. X. L. Arnold was doing dental
work i'll Cotton Valley this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Allen have IA fine
ialy boy. born last Thursday morning.
Rev. Freeman filed his regular ap
polntmentS at the Baptist Church
Sunday.
MeSSrs. J. f. NuckollS and !, r.
keeth went to Shreveport Monday on
business missions
Dr. and Mrs. q. C. Lyon spent Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday Of last
week in Shreveport
Mayor J. +. White. Mr. I. h. Bixler
and Mr.. T. NJ Carstarplhen visited
Shreveport Tuesday
Mrs. w. i. Bog@S. Mrs. W. {. Meares
and Miss Matte Kelly were Shreveport
visitors last Saturday.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Strong died Tuesday of last week.
1t WAS eight days old.
| Miss Nora Matlock and Miss Mary
Lee Rodgers. of Bolinger, were shop
ping in Plain Dealing last Friday after
noon.
Miss Jane Poindexter. IL Shreveport
trained nurse. after spending week
Tuesday
Mrs. Il. Van Horn came in from
Shreveport last Saturday to visit hel
mother. Mrs. John Dexter. She re-
turned home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Hogue came III
last Saturday night from Grand Cane
and spent the night with Hon. and Mrs
| W. II. bOSSS. Mis-. E1OSup ) I)lTelllS.
Mr.. Charlie Baker and Miss Nor;
Ill., of NIiller'S Bluff, We're married
here ut two O'Clock Sunday afternoon
Justice Allen performing the ceremony
Mrs Marion MatlOck returned las
Friday from Shreveport very ill ant
WAS for several days reported in I;
serious condition. Iut was later said t,
he much better.
Miss Helen Friend entertained SOM
of her young lady friends Monda,
night with "Slumher party. He
guests were: Miss Martial Winston
Miss Sadye Winston. Miss Edna Win
ston Miss Aline Kendrick. Miss Berth;
May Kelly and Miss Ovelia keetl
There was music and other entertain
nent.
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From Red Land

Monday March 3.-.SOuf correspond
ent wishes to THANK "Jfcko" for the
nice compliment pnfeTed upon her,
lut hardly thinks She deserves it. DO
you? You are both good correspond
ents and we wouldnf wish to try to
worry along without you.-Editor.l
Miss Vera King spent Saturday and
Yesterday in Plain Dealing as a guest
of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. +. NIizell We're bust
ness visitors to Plain Dealing Satur-
day afternoon.
Mr.. Carl Perry. Of Plain Dealing,
visited Mr.. Edens Cheshire Saturday
and Yesterday.
Miss Jessie Ray Cheshire, Of. Plain
Dealing High Sch"ol, viSftedsshdnle
folks this weekend.
Miss I.adye Nell Goodwin has been
on the sick list the last few days. to
the regret of her many friends.
MeSsrs. T.. L. and Clarence Johnson
were business visitors to Shreveport
several days of the past week.
Mr.. &. w. Robertson and family
spent yesterday as guests of MIR. and
Mrs. NJ. \. Harrington and family.
Mr.. ]. s. Dodson is suffering from Il
sprained foot. though he hopes to be
up and about again iii a few days.
Miss Juanita Rraeme. one of our
teachers. left last Friday afternoon for
, Il few days visit in Benton and Shreve-
port.
/ Mr.. +. l.. johnson will this morning
, take charge of the Nuckolls School,
| located several miles south Of Red
! Land. Here's good luck to you, +. L.
Miss Ala Lee Joyce. first assistant
teacher In the Red Land School. was
OH the sick report several days Of last
, week. However. she Is now able to re
| sumo her school duties.
4 Don't forget that next Sunday is thu
y second Sunday. We are expecting
0 Brother \. l.. Eddy. of Buckner, Ark.
= to preach that day ut eleven O'Clock
y and the day before ut three O'Clock
a Let's all try to be present.
:. The Clerk of Carterville Grove No
: 2O6 earnestly urges that each membe
:, Of the Grove who can possibly do 81
attend our next regular meeting whicl
L will he held the third Saturday evenin!
! in this month March 15th). There i
e some very important business tina
II must he attended to at this meeting.
:. Our new soldier" arrival Is Calvin
II
- - son. Of this place. Readers of the Ban
: ner will remember he was wounds
:" while fighting In France, so no doul
he can tell many interesting facts o
his experiences. etc. We are glad
:. have you back. Calvin"
y Come to the singing Sunday evenin:
;, won't you! IRISH ROSE.
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DIR. w. +. Bell paid Shreveport a
visit Tuesday night.
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Mrs. Collins Entertains.

The Double Eight Rock Club met
last Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
Frank Collins ut the residence OF Mrs.
]. T.. Keeth. Four tables were played.
and the hostess served tempting re-
freshments, consisting OF perfection
salad. pinlento cheese sandwiches. nut
frappe, whipped cream and homemade
cake.
Those present were Mesdanles Webb
Martin. Barton Purcell &. c. Lyon,
]. :. Gray. Milton Kidd, X. L. Arnold,
c. Still. John Stratton. Emmett Wyche,
Elmer Walker. Clarence BOlinger. Tom
Caldwell and Mrs. Ward, Misses Dina
Sherburne, Mary Pickett and lola
keoun.
The Club will meet with Mrs. J. ;.
Gray Oh st. Valentines Day.
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Wanted One more good subscriber.
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Adair Brothers.

Mr.. John +. Adair and Mr.. NJ. y.
.Adair have been partners in the mer-
camille business since 1914. The latter
gentleman joined his brother In bust
ness in Benton during that year and
they moved the John +. Adair stock
from Ivan. where that gentleman e>-
tallished a successful business some
thirty years ago.
The Adair brothers. after about four
wears of successful mercantile trans,lc-