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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28
FEW CONVENIENCES
BE HAD IN BELGIUM

Washington, March 27.-Interest-
ing side lights on present day CON
ditions in Belgium are given in an
official Belgian bulletin issued here,
containing advice to repatriates and
others going to Belgium.
"Tbe first commodity you must
absolutely take with you," says the
bulletin, "is patience and no small
quantity either. Life is by no means
easy and cannot be easy till later.
when the reconstruction of Belgium
has actually begun.
Since there is at present no wool
or cotton nor garments of any kind
nor shoes except at fabulous prices,
be careful to renew your wardrobe
and to provide yourself with enough
wool for your bedding.
Ladies, do not forget-this is a
most valuable piece Of advice-to
carry thread, needles and pins. Also,
since paper has reached an extra
ordinary value in BELGIUM, be sure
to take boxes Of writing paner, pens,
ink and as much ordinary paper as
your trunk will hold. You will find
you have saved about 100 per cent
on your stock.
GAS far as food and provisions are
concerned, do not hesitate to pro-
vide yourself with as much sugar as
you can get There are some SUI
urbs in Brussels where no sugar
has been Gistributed for six weeks.
AS for butte, it has disappeared
since the government brought the
price down to $50 francs ($1.70).
The farmers prefer to sell milk rath
er than to save it for butter and as
a consequence not single pound is
displayed in the shop windows. Mar
garine does not even exist any more
so bring some of each.
Though Brazil sends lis coffee it
still costs 10 francs ($2) a kilo.
There is no cocoa left at all, no.
candy nor preserves, etc. E4a Va
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28

year the 18th division was organized
and it had almost completed it's
training when the armistice was
signed and later orders were receiv-
ed to demobilize the division. Al
though Camp Logan was what was
known as a canvas camp because the
men were quartered in tents instead
of wooden barracks, the health rec
ord of the divisions stationed here
was said to be the best of any camp
in this country. For this reason cit
liens of Houston had hoped that
Camp Logan would be maintained as
a permanent army post and there
was great disappointment when the
orders for the abandonment of the
cam pwere received.
The Y. M. G. A. entered Camp Lo-
gan as soon as it was laid out and
12 recreational buildings were estab-
lshed. Later some of these build
ings were replaced by more substan-
tial structures. The people of Hous-
ton co-operated with "Y" forces in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28
RHEUMATIC PAINS
QuGc XIV Eased gy Penetrating
hiamlIn's Wizard OH

A, safe and harmless preparation
to relieve the pains of Rheumatism,
s :iatica, Lame Back and Lumbago is
Iamlin's Wizard Oh. 1t penetrates
quickly, drives out soreness, and
limbers up stiff aching jc.lts and
muscles.
You will find almost daily uses for
it in cases of sudden mishaps or ac-
cidents such as spralns, bruises, cuts,
burns, bites and stings. Just as re-
liable, too, for earache, toothache,
Group and collie
Get it from druggists for 80 cents.
If not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back.
Ever cons tipated or have sick
hea acT'e? ,ust try Wizard Liver
Ahips leasant little pink pills, 50
cents Co. nteed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28
ALL.sTAR HORSE SHOW

BY SUnited Press.
London, March 15.-(By mah)-
An all-star world horse show will be
held in the Olympia Stadium here in
June.
Entries will include everything,
from army mules which helped plih
guns in last IalTs allied drive, tie
cavalry horse, the thoroughbred rae
or and the craueht horse.
II is also PINNED to revive the IA
nous coaching competitions. NIne'-
Gus skilled horsemen from Ano",ca,
Arabia, South America and otlar
ountries arc XXI lected to compete,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28
EXPLAINS GENESIS
OF HORROR STORIES
tBy 9red s. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent.


Staff Correspondent
Pars, March 1O.-(By NALL -
Judging from reports drifting back
to Europe, America is now getting
all The thrills of the old "blool .3uYd.
lug stories that have been drifting
around France for months-and soi,e
CT them for years through returning
soldiers. They are the prod lct of
one Of the greatest rumor factories
the world ever saw-the allied ar
mics.
The stories of the "horrible" cc /.
ditioLg at Brest, and of many men
dying there, are probably traceahle
to this curl MS feature of army l.ee
MDst of the stories which were SC
slibly spun to New York rep)rters
probably originated on the boat, Gu
route to America. One man heard
another tell someone of what gons2-
enc else tod him, and by the time
the boat dOcked everyone on board
was probably convinced that men
were dying like flies at Brest. .
nhe record of the Brest camp, as
cesciibed by United Press cor ,es.
pondont recently, after visiting Brtsi,
djsproved some of the stories. But
horror" stories viii continue tc
reach America. The best offhand
explanation is probably found in the
lack of communication for in vid
uals in the army
As an example, imagine what wuold
Happen in your town if there were
no newspaper, if conditions OF
threatening death constantly pre-
vailed; if there was a big fire or
IN explosion every night; if you hll
no responsibility other than that of
doing some particular job assigned
to you, while someone else saw that
YOU were fed and had a place to
sleep There being no newspapers,
Ike only way you would have OF
learning what happened at these
fires and explosions would be through |
what someone told you.
BY reason of the conditions Undor
which the private soldier lives and |
fights, he is the most unreliable All
ghoiity to be found when 1t comes
ii learning what happened. hum0rs
fly so thick and so fast that d ma
jority Of the enlisted men appa ent
~ soon become confused in what !
they saw and did OF the hund eds |
of soldiers I have talked with very
few have had anything to sag of
what they saw or did It was
ways what someone else did
fnother unusual thing in this cor
nec;on is how quickly a soltier
picks up old time-worn fiction phras-
cs when he gets in the zone of az
tion at the front. For the past four
years America has been fed on lhe |
greatest line OF bunk and nog-Wa2l |
in Tie way Of war fiction taht the
world has ever seen. 1t may then
be assumed that under the s1ra'acCs
conditions under which the new sol
der found himself living, his mind
turned to the fiction phrases he ha
learned as a civilian. There are
th0rsands Of exceptions to this If |
course, but IN talking with soldiers
you were likely to hear as the most |
frcquent expressions: wiped OUT"
'biood flowed like water" "air was
full of lead;" advanced shoulder to
shoulders" Giving hell" and SO on
And it isn't only soldiers that fa.; in
to this.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28
GIRLS OF LAND ARMY
By United Press.

By United Press.
London, March 15-(By mail y
Girls of the Land Army are to share
equally with ex-soldiers facilities for
taking up small holdings in the gov
ernment's land scheme.
thousands of girls have signified
Their wish to ccat.-'l0 w3.,-',g on
the land, and the arthorit,es ha-c
gladly acceded to their request, for
the manor woman-behind the
plough is deemed the most active
and remunerative asset of the state.
Nothing but the best in cleaning,
pressing, hat work and tailoring at
Chickasha Cleaning Works, ia N.
4th st. Phone 800 for trial. 12-3t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28
MorcE

After April 1st our coal and feed
store will be put onga cash basis. All
orders will be cash on delivery. Cox
& Son. 27-l2t
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-28

Phone SAB, Cox and Son, for coal.
Lump coal delivered, 5000; nut coal
delivered, $500. S-5-3Ot
The Washington times., 1919-04-25

Dear Sir:
Clarendon is the metropolis OF the
grandest county, in the grandest
state. in the grandest country in the
world. Namely, it is situated at the
foot OF the Blue Ridge mountains, In
Alexandria county, Virginia, two miles
from washington by aeroplane, on .
portion of the Robert 2. Lee estate,
347 feet inches above the level or
yoteless Washington. It has two car
lines and a jitney service connecting
IL with the outside world, one car line
leaving tho $4,000, 900 Key bridge at
RossIyn, and the other leaving every
nfteen minutes from Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue. 1t Is
bounded on the east By the rising OF
the sun; on the west by the settfItE
OF the same: on the north by the
Aurora BoreaIis, and on the south by
Judgment day. with the aIure blue
sEv as its upward and the center II
the earth as its lower limits. It now
has a population OF 1852 adults, and
We as 'opPs to increase 1t tn o,oCO
by the next census, either by the
stork or immigration. with the stork
in the lead. We have taEvia roads.
churches OF every denomination, good
stores. the finest physician in Alex
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
IT HE other day we were dis
cussing a woman Of grand
= motherly age who is per-

cussing a woman of grand
- motherly age who is per-
petually surrounded by young
men. No, she is not a hen OF
fricassee-ing years camouhaged
as a broiler. There is none Of
that desperate clinging to the
shadow of things, after the sub
stance has fed.
She is upwards of sixty, tat,
has a frank double chin and wears
rather dowdy black clothes. Now
don't let your sympathetic imagi-
nation run away with the picture
a motherly old soul in whom
young men-away from home
recognize the maternal type and
cluster about its apron string.
Nothing is farther from the pic
ture of this robust old amazon
who wherever she goes has a
troop of young men at her heels.
She isn't pretty, young, con-
spicuously clever, stylish or even
"motherly"-none of the qualities
that are supposed to ensnare the
masculine heart are here-and yet
they come-"the beautiful young
men," Very frankly she does not
like women, she says they bore
her, so it is somewhat difficult for
another woman to study the ancient
charmer on her own heaTthrug.
However, with the groping
patience an archeologist will de-
vote to deciphering a cuneiform
inscription, women have succeeded
in studying the grandmotherly
siren and the magic she employs
appears to be-sympathy.
She Positively Exudes Sympathy.
"She positively exudes SYM
pathy on every subject in which
they are interested" The woman
who had once been her secretary
went on record as saying. "She
saturates herself with their sub
jects whatever they may be
politics, uplift, educational queS-
tions, art, music, rhythmic dan
cling or cheese mites, it is all the
same to her. And she sympathizeS
with their particular angle, what
ever it may be-Oh, Heavens, how
she does sympathize!"
/ dare say a great many women
would not think the game worth
the candle, they would regard the
continual reading up on the vari-
Gus subjects as too hard work, and
the innumerable letters that had
to be answered as the real drudg-
erv. But this old woman loved the
power and the Importance of be-
ing the friend of distinguished
young men.
When some one inquired who
saw her go off after breakfast
with a budget of letters, the an
swering of which meant morn
ing's hard work, "if being such a
belle wasn't slavery?" She
promptly replied: Certainly,
everything worth while means
slavery-and this is much more
interesting than knitting or gos-
slipping"
Does Not Go In For Eats.
EATS" which are supposed to
be the loadstone of many a mas
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
Where Is Clarendon

andria county. The fare from Wash
ington Is 10 cents, and the time to
reach Us is eighteen minutes We
have electric lights, artesian water,
cement sidewalks, gas, and the most
modern fire-fighting appaTtus, cen
sisting OF motoF-driyen chemical
engines. We also have q nationally
famous Ladies' Fire Auxiliary. and so
far as q citizens association Is con-
cerned, it Is an aggressive, up-to-thc-
minute going concern. There is not
vacant house in the town, ana up
ward Of twenty-five are now building,
all with cement block Foundations
and built 20 last n lifetime. And last,
but not least, we have the privilege De
voting both In national and municipal
affairs. The county has an assessed
valuation OF S10.27l.5.0. ClAreHdOn be
ing rated at real estate, $S.6Ss.6oO
public service. $526, $50. ard personal
property, $780, $50. Tho schools ere
three-story brick structures. and The
teaching force Is composed oe normal
school graduates.
would suggest you pin this on
your shirt and you will net be liable
to lose il.
FREDERIC 3. KEEFER
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems
Especially for Washington Women

Is In finding a sympathetic ear.
And to find an ear not only SYM
pathetic but also accompanied by
keen intelligence and a knowledge
OF your favorite subject, is very
well worth while. And when this
amazing combination of intelli-
gence and ear is capable, after a
rapt attention in which you have
been pleasantly conscious of hav-
ing talked your best, of putting in
a word that proves she knows her
subject-dO you wonder they
come?
This all-wool-siren does not talk
much to herself, she prefers to
have her drawing room a clearing
house for the ideas Of others; her
great gift is listening and sympa-
thetic assent. She has done with
very mediocre gifts all that was
humanity possible, she has no
creative talent, no capacity for
independent thought or action, but
she has built up an amazingly
successful and important life out
Of the gifts of others.
And while the average woman
of middle age may not have the
energy or the ambition to attempt
a salon, still 81 can remove her
self from the apparently defective
class by keeping abreast of the
times. Have you ever listened to
a man talk down" to a woman
past fifty whom he meets in a
street car or somewhere else where
he cannot escape her.
She is probably a neighbor or
he is friend of her husband, and
for the time being he has to talk to
her. She has the intelligence of q
child and the convictions of a
white rabbit, yet Mr.. Smith must
make conversation as long as they
hang on adjacent straps. Now
this talking down" is not at all
necessary, no woman who can read
and write should allow herself to
become so mentally down at heel
that a normal conversation is i'm
possible.
Why doesn't she read the
papers, particularly the editorials,
and find out what is going on in
the world in which she lives. Whv
doesn't she sometimes hear a talk
at a community center or a public
library? Even if she has no more
laudable ambition than trying to
establish some sort of medium in
which she can exchange ideas with
her husband and sons.
To me there is no more pitiful
sight than a son devoted to his
mother. yet fully conscious that she
is an inferior being. And when the
conversation Veers from the food
on his plate. or the clothes in his
wardrobe, he must stop and ex-
plain to her the simplest things.
Newspapers are the university OF
the poor and every woman owes 1t
{ herself. her husband, and her
children to read the days news.
She will be a better wife and citi-
zen, or near-citizen If she hasn't
yet the vote, IL she keeps abreas;
of the times than II she pronounces
herself "too busy for anything"
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
WHAT'S Doing; Where; when

Meeting Marines Club. Grover Cicve-
land School, p. IN.
Dance-Friday Evening Social Club. at
Park View Center. m.
Meeting-East Washington Community
Association, Eastern High School, p. m.
MeetIng-Community Social Club Of
Georgetown, Western High School, p. m.
Dance-Dunbar Center. p. m.
Tomorrow.
hecting-British and Canadian Patri-
otic Society. Perpetual Hail. ll0l E street
northwest, p. m.
Dance-Girls' Illinois State Club, Navy
League Red Cross. 8 p. m.
Smoker-WashingtOnB Branch Of the As
sociated Alumni OF the College Of the City
OF New York. Cosmos Club, 8 p. m.
Beneht-Temple Chapter, o. Z. s.,
Northeast Masonic Temple, s p. m.
Smoker-Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,
chapter house, 335 T street northwest. 8
p. m
Reccption-College Womcns Club, 1891
street northwest, p. IN.
MeetinR-Iowa Society. War Camp
Community Service Club, No. =. 1314
Massachusetts avenue. p. nj.
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
From The Public To The Editor

Those ships, many OF them. surface
and submarine, can easily be sold for
comparatively large amounts and the
rest junked for a not inconsiderable
sum, and the proceeds applied to use.
ful purpose.
The plan to destroy property that
cost over two hundred million dollars
IL on par with some other semi-ro-
mantle ideaIisms with which hard
headed men must fight and overcome.
The argument for their sinking is
ridiculous and eTratic.
The principal point the proponents
make is that the guns would have to
be rebuilt TO Mt our shells. II so. why
10 we bother to save so carefully Ger
man land artillery? Why not blow
Il up? And IL our shells do not fit
German naval guns, why not rebore
the guns, or IL might be even possible
10 make new shells.
The Italians are not thinking OF
sinking the Austrian ships that they
took, though they were not as good
as Germans-they promptly added
them TO their navy.
Would IL not be entirely practical
that all war trophies possible TO OBJ
tain should be collected and shipped
10 the United States. then to be sold
by auction or otherwise, and the pro-
ceeds be divided among such of ouI
boys as are handicapped. as a result
OF their services abroad, in obtaining
employment with proper compensa.
tion?
the sales OF warShips and submarines
Ehould realize many millions OF dol
lars, and the money would do an i'm
mense amount OF good IL applied in
the way above suggested.
ELMER Z. JOHNSON.
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
What To Do With German
ShinS.

20 the Editor Of THE TINES:
In the Walter Reed Hospital, Wash
ington, there arc now approximately
: 800 Of ''our boys" who fought side
ty side with the Rose of England,
the FIeur-de-lis OF France, the Orange
Blossom OF Italy. and the Poppy of
Belgium; to the everlasting glory of
.Smerica.
OF the number, 40 have but one
geg and go but one arm. the missing
lis,embers having been contributed to
itie sacred cause Of Freedom.
In all probability not one Of those
Toys who gave that HUnism, Kaiserism
! i2sganism. and barbarism should not
5ule the world, can ever engage in
,fheIr pre-war occupations, by reason
jol their disablement. and until Ger
many, and what was Austria, shall
directly or indirectly. pay an indem-
atty TO every one Of our boys who
asst an arm or leg, or received in,
.J5Fies incapacitating them for their
SECULAR occupations. and 10 the wives
,cf soldiers who died in service. al
Least IS 600, peace should not be made
Let the punishment ht the crime, II
that Is possible.
II has been reported that II has
been strongly recommended 20 the
peace conference TO sink the surren.
dered German Warships and subma.
Yines (original cost over two hundred
million doIlarE) and we have beer
urged by Government boards to save
al our waste, or not wanted material
for junk.
Should the idea prevail. which
hardly seems to be within the limits
,Df possibilities. 81 would be the most
ftriking illustration Of wantou waste
the world ever saw.
The Washington times., 1919-04-25

Today.
BanGuet-cOlumbian Women, George
Washington University organization, CheNy
Chase club, y. m.
pinncr-AdvertdsinE Club Of Washing
ton. Commercial Club. $3.50 y. m.
Illustrated Talk-United Service CIuo'
DuUOnt Circle, on "CamOufage," by Johh
NJ Goodwin. s:lJ p. m.
Dance-For tho benefit OF the Tres suTy
Department baseball team, RauschSr =
Connecticut avenue and l. street north
west. p. m.
Cooking CLASSROOM so, Arts and In
dustries Building, Old Masonic Museum.
Ninth and b streets northwest, 1880 p. m.
Mseting-Pennsyl vania Society OF Wash
InEton, Thomson School, Twelfth and l.
streets northwest, y. IN.
Mass Meeting-Association for the Ad-
vancsment of Cooperative Enterprise
Public Library, p n.
Dance-Western High School Thirty
fifth and streets northwest. p. m.
MeetinE-Barry Farm Citizens AsSo-
citation, Methodist Church, Stanton and
ElvRns roads southeast.
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
AN ALL-WOOL SIREN

marriage was disastrous, the sec
ond, to a man much younger than
herself, was highly successful. At
present she is importuned by a
man fifteen years younger than
herself, ito make him the happiest
of men," But she says she will
never marry again.
There is no question about it, if
you must be a siren and have men
about you continuously, this sort
of all-wool-and-a-yard-wide siren
hood is far more durable than the
maddening, tantalizing efferves-
cent kind that cannot last after
youth and beauty fade. And fur
thermorc it is absolutely within
the grasp of any intelligent woman
who has the industry to do the
work.
They All Want An Ear.
Every man worthy Of the name
has a fad that he likes to hold
forth upon. The great difficulty
The Washington times., 1919-04-25

culine heart are not a feature of
her parties. She has mastered
the art of making a particularly
delicious kind of Turkish coffee
and this she offers with some sort
of honey cakes-recipe of which
is unknOwn-and that is all the
refreshment offered. The men
smoke, but she is not one of the
ultra modern women, she does not
join them.
And there is talk, talk. talk Of
the best and most interesting kind.
She has genius for drawing out
these young men, the shyest of
them find themselves saying sur
prisingly good things-and many
good things that have been "put
over" have been inspired in her
comfortable drawing room where
all the chairs are easy and the col
ors are restful.
This lady has been twice mar
ried and twice widowed; the first
The Washington times., 1919-04-25

A carrier pigeon with q hurt
wing landed on the roof Of the
Munsey building late yesterday.
Ny office boy, JIMMY RICK
ETTS, took care Of the bird,
which had a message tied to one
leg. Here's the message:
". R.. L.. IT,.
B.. e.. e.. S..
I'll give a prize Of two tickets
10 any theater in Washington to
the person who sends the clev-
crest message based on those
letters.
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
More About Daniel DefOe
BY EARL GOODWIN.

In the mail comes letter from W. Mills Hnkle, who
thinks that in that sacred time the schools given to
the discussion of current topics nsidous dangers might
lurk my plan have at least hour devoted to the
study of Daniel Defoe an interesting writer strange
character wonderful story teller, and who has left
his mark upon English literature.
Washington school children, I repeat, should know
about Daniel Defoe and about all the other who
have contributed the makngs Of English literature The
teacher distressed because of the dssenson between
the Board of Education and the teachers uno not know
ing what current topics she may take up without subcng
herself to publicity claim safely turn to Daniel DeOe
and Robinson Crusoe There seems to be doubt in my
mind that discussion Of that ancient mariner and the
famous author would be perfectly safe.
But along comes Mr.. Hinkle who says this:
The Washington times., 1919-04-25
HEARD AND SEEN

whether it is empty. full or just
crowded
If it carries only two passengers
on one trip-"A" riding two square,,
and "B" riding seven miles, how
much profit did It make on As ride
and how much did It lose On haul
ing B? L. G. JULIHN.