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BY ABBY SCOTT BAKER,
Former Member of the Executive
Committee of the Woman's Party
Of the United States.
(Written Expressly for InternatiOn-
al News Service -
Coblenz, March 25.-The Ameri-
can soldier on the Rhine is having
a wonderful time. If it ever was
true of anybody it is true of him
that, barring his officers and the
top sergeant, he is monarch of all
he surveys He is fed, housed
dressed at the expense of the Ger
man Republic and amused at the
expense of the Y. NJ. C. A., plus the
German Government, on a scale that
leaves the observer breathless.
With the mark at zoo to the dol
lar-and this Winter it has been at
more than 300-our enlisted men are
paid nearly as much as the Cabinet
Ministers of the German Republic
and as the COMMANDMENT Chief of
the German Army himself. The lat
ter receives 100000 marks year.
Out OF this they pay 10000 marks
in taxes and meet, of course, all liy-
ing expenses suitable to their Of
ficial position. But the American
soldier, whose pay even at 200 marks
to the dollar averages considerably
more than 100000 marks. year, is
ION velvet" He has nearly every
necessity furnished free, if he does
not choose to save it his entire pay
is available for any luXuries the To-
cal market may afford A Y. NJ. c.
a. worker told me she believed most
Of the soldiers had spent all their
money by the middle of each month.
Missed Daintiness of French
A soldier cOnfided to his officers
that when the troops first came on
the Rhine they missed the dainti-
ness of the French girls, that the
German girls wore canvas petticoats
and baseball stockings-in short, at
first they did not like the German
girls.
If this was ever true it is
no longer so. The American SOL
diers and the German girls appear
irresistibly attractive to each other.
American officers issue orders and
infllct severe penalties and German
municipal authorities make stringent
rules.
They might as we'll try to keep
the Moselle and the Rhine from
mingling after they have flowed
down to meet each other.
1t is -no longer a question of cam
vas petticoats and baseball stock
ings. Nos soldats won't change tout
celia, In almost any shop for Wom-
ems wear in our area one of these
young men may be seen majestical-
ly enthroned upon a chair, while a
German fraulein turns slowly before
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27
Townley, Non Partisan
President To Resign
lRy The United Pressl

Fargo, N. d., March 25.IArthur
C. Townley, president of the Non
Partisan League will resign after
the Minnesota state convention of
the party on March 81. A state
ment to this effect is said to have
been made by Mr.. Townley.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27
Shows Draw Crowds.

The people Of the United States
pay from s750,OOo,Ooo to $1,000
100000 year to see motion pic
lures. The industry represents a
total investment Of something like
S25,OOo,00o and gives employment
to 100000 persons
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27
Endeavor To Keep u. S.
Out OF Island Trouble

V'y IHO UHTVVV ITVasJ
Washington, March 25.-An ef-
fort to keep the United States from
becoming involved in a possible dis
pute between Russia and Japan over
the island OF SakahIin will be made
in the Senate soon
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27

Belgian.
Miseha Elman through important
prize fighters, vaudeville artistes and
Dr. Crane to swimming pools, bill
lard tables, bowling alleys and even
afternoon tea, is quite terrifying to
the German taxpayers, who have no
very clear understanding as to
which of these items, if any, are to
be added to the already staggering
bill of costs for the Allied Armies of
Occupation, a bill which certainly
approximates $125,000.0 600 (not
marksD year.
Undoubtedly the expenditures for
the amusements furnished by the
y" from whatever sources the
money comes, are not without good
results. The "Y" may keep some Of
the soldiers out of mischief all of
the time and, possibly, all of the
soldiers some of the time. But it
certainly does not, of course, keep
all of them out of mischief all of
the time. They seek much amuse-
ment for themselves elsewhere.
Some Spent on Clothes
A good bit of the soldiers money
goes in clothes. Almost every enlist
ed man has at least one serge uni
form made to order and cut and
turned out as well as an officers.
When the men walk out they are
sight to see. The pleats pressed in
to their jaunty knee-length over
coats fly out with all the challenge
of a Highlander's kilt.
The appearance of the French and
Belgian soldiers is in marked con-
tfaSt
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27

II falling by overwhelming majori-
ties If declared that "the United
States understands that under the
statement in the preamble or under
the terms of this treaty there is no
commitment to armed force, nc
alliance, no obligation to join in
any defense.
Throughout the days voting, 53
Republicans stood solidly against all
reservations and amendments except
the mo alliance" declaration OF the
committee. The four ''irreconcila-
bles," Senators Borah of Idaho,
France of Maryland, Johnson OF
al orniu and ha gillette " NHiiseeH-
sin, were the only Republicans who
voted consistently for qualifying
proposals, although Senator Norris,
Republican of Nebraska, supported
several and Senator Ladd, Republl-
can of North Dakota, voted for one.
Democrats Divided
On the Democratic side there was
less unanimity of action. The 23
Democrats who finally voted against
ratification voted together on most
roll calls in favor of amendments
and reservations, but group of
eight of 10 stood with their party
leader. Senator Underwood of Ala
bama,. in opposition to most of the
proposed changes. In the 36-to-55 5
vote Oh the 'outside powers reser-
walton, however, only Senators VIII
liams of Mississippi and Myers of
Montana joined Senator Underwood
in opposition to the proposal.
How They Voted
The roll call On ratification fol
lows.
For ratification: Republicans
Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Calder
Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins
Curtis, Dillingham;, Dupont, Edge
Elkins, Ernst, Fcrnald, Frelnghuy-
sen, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones
(Washington Kellog, Keyes, Ladd,
Lenroot, Lodge, Mccormick Nc
Cumber Mckinley, Mclean, McNary
Noses, Nelson, Now Newberry,
Nicholson, Norbeck, Norris, Oddie
Page, Pepper, Phipps, Poinderter
Rawson, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer
Stanfield, Sterling, Sutherland
Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren Wat
son, Gndiana), Weller and Willis
55 emocrats-Broussard Dial
Fletcher, Kendrick, McKellar, Myers
Owen, Pomerene, Ransdell Tram
NELL, Underwood and Williams
49, total for ratification, g.
Aaginst Republicans
-Borah, France, Johnson, and La
Toilette; mocrats-Ashurst. Cara
way, Culberson, Gerry. Glass
Harris, Harrison, Heflin, Hitch
cock, King, Overman, Pittman, Reed
Robinson, Sheppard, Shields, Sim
mons, Smith, Stanley, Swanson
Walsh Massachusetts, Total %
Total against ratification 27.
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This difference | perceived for my
self. But | learned from others that
the French and Belgian soldiers idea
OF giving girl good time it to sit
in her kitchen and eat the goods she
provides. And when they go out to-
gether she pays for the tram and
the movies. This is by no means the
method.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27

tile dark-cyed Sister who showed
them to me spoke of the high cost of
eggs and milk and bread and
Icoal!
"It costs so much in Germany now
to keep the babies warm" she said
Ianxiouaiy pucAering her eyebrows.
If every man who might have left
ia child in Germany would send the
Igood nuns the four hundred marks
($2) month that it costs to keep Il
baby the lovely little Sister, it may
be, will look less transparent and
perhaps be able to stay out of
heaven longer TO take care OF her
helpless little charges.
That great many marks of the
American soldier go for extra good
things to eat will not surprise any
one who has attempted to satisfy
the hunger of vigorous young men
exercising all day in the open. In
spite OF means in their own barracks
which daily include, in addition to
many other items, the equivalent of
bacon and gravy, hot cakes and
syrup for breakfast; soup roast
beef, gravy, vegetables and pud-
ding for. dinner; macaroni and
cheese, fried potatoes and gravy for
supper, the soldiers nevertheless
flock in great numbers to the cafe
teria of the Y. M. C. A.
Like Pork Chops and Gravy
There they consume from heaping
plates pork chops or something else,
with more gravy, topping off per-
haps with apple dumplings and va
nilla ice cream. and they also
throng in greater numbers still to
the cafes and restaurants of Co
blenz, where the very best cham
pagne is less than fifty cents a
quart III American money.
The Y. M. c. A. offers to our
army other attractions besides eat
ing. The profusion of entertain
ment ranging from violinist like
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27
Office Raided.

London, March 25.-The intelll-
gence section of the irish office
in Queen Annes street was raided
and ransacked by agents OF the
Irish extremists last night. Nothing
of value was obtained as the oon-
fidential documents were recently
removed by the Irish office which
may cease its functions here since
the establishment of the Irish Free
State.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27

on charge of transporting booze;
John Miller, city prisoner who was
laying out" fine for transporting
white mule; c. K. Hines, held for
the action of the grand jury on the
charge of forging check for $12
on Clyde Mack Mercantile Co. All
with the exception of Miller were
awaiting the action of the grand
inrv ONLY one prisoner remains
in the institution today.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27
Life of Doughboys ON Rhine Has
Pathetic Angle i'm Plight Of Babies
Flushed With German
Marks, Idle Hours Of
Yankees Have No
Curb

By ABBY SCOTT BAKER,
Former Member of the Executive
Committee of the Woman's Party
Of lie ITnitad States
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27
The Soliphone

IS INDEPENDENT
OF factiOnal "Eangs" and
sO-caIled political "Iead-
ers." It's u newspaper,
standing for the best in
terests of the community.
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-03-27

him in long fur coat. After appro-
baton has been given to the coat a
hat with a long feather may be
added.
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&ua@e,h{7nlI
WLOuIS JOSEPH NANCKAs1 ~
1Nl kesAYu

New York the day he telegraphed.
Not a little to her own wonder, Lu-
einda found herself pleasantly oXcit-
I'd by the thought that she was to
Sc thissetm xDeyx timfle shmr shrr
Busy with such reflections and
with the pleasing prospect of soon
having a willing audience for her
complaints, Lucinda made nothing
of the fact that Lontaine showed the
whites of his eyes and SHE'D back
like a skittish cob from the telegram
which she submitted to his inspec-
ton, and was not much tranquiliZed
by the check which, at the same
time, she gave him for the replenish-
ment of the company's Golfers. And
in her most amiable temper she hur-
ried from his office to her dressing
room, into the newest, prettiest and
most becoming dance frock she had
ever owned, who had owned so
many, and then out to the stage.
The company was waiting, the
cameras were waiting, Nolan with
an air of noblest patience was wait
ing. All of which was quite need
less, for there was other work in
abundance that could have been at
tended to
AS Lucinda drew near, Nolan
boosted himself out of the basket
hair in which he had been loung-
ng, with something more than a
suggestion Of limbs cramped by pro-
longed inactivity, and bowed polite
ly, too politely.
"Sorry if I've kept you waiting,
Mr.. Nolan, but l had some business
with Mr.. Lontaine we couldn't put
off"
''No matter at all, Miss Lee, | as
sure you-not matter a-tall! My time
is yours, the company's time is
yours, all the time there is yours
to use or waste, just as you think
best"
Lucinda couldn't very well let
offensivcness SO pointed pass without
comment. She stopped, turned
squarely to face Nolan, with keen
smile looked him deliberately up and
down, movement of shoulders sum-
ming up clearly enough the sub
stance of her impressions.
THANK you for telling me-" she
said sweetly. "And now that is I'M
der stood, suppose we try to make
up for the time I've wasted, if pos
! sible, by getting to work at
once
Nolan's eyes snapped, but the only
retort that occurred to his mind as
at all appropriate he felt instructive
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ly to be inadequate n point of ele-
gance.
Fair enough" he agreed with a
passible display of good spirit. Lets
go to it, then" He approached the
set, upon which two cameras stood
trained at close range, with Klieg
lights focused. "Now, Miss Lee, I'll
just line in what l want of you this
scene"
The set was a simple angle, where
two walls met in an apartment hall
way, with a door that opened inward
from a living room set beyond. In
this last the big dramatic moment of
the play was TO be staged, a scene
involving Lucinda and her two lead
ing men, the heavy father and the
juvenile, his son, both of whom were
understood to be in love with Nelly.
Here, in his bachelor apartment,
Nelly was to call at midnight on
the father, to beg him to intervene
with the titular villain and save
her hayward brother from imprison-
ment.
The madly infatuated father was
to propose marriage, and Nelly was
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to accept him, momentarily carried
off her feet by the sincerity of his
passion as much as by the glamour
of his wealth and social position.
While this was going on, Dick, the
son, passing in the street, was to
cate ha glimpse of Nelly's shadow
on the window shade and, wild with
jealousy, demand admittance. The
father was to conduct Nelly to the
private hallway, understanding that
she was to slip away by the back
door.
Instead of doing so, Nelly was to
linger and overhear the quarrel be-
tween father and son, in the course
of which it was to transpire that
the former had once offered to wager
the latter that he could make the
girl his mistress within given
period of time. Whereupon, in re-
yulsion of feeling, Nelly was to con-
front the two and, while confessing
she had planned deliberately to
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" THE AMERICAS TIMEs-REcoRDER.

marry either one or the other of
them for his money, assert herself
to be too good to be the wife of
either.
Nolan proceeded now to act out
in his own person the business which
he conceived to be in character for
a girl of Nelly's quality in circum-
stances so contrived as to make
voluntary eavesdropping on her part
seem constructively defensible. And
Lucinda looked on with earnest at
tention and puckered brows, eager
to catch every hint that would help
her become better actress. Her
distrust of Nolan extended only to
his abilities as a constructive builder
Of storytelling pictures and judge
of pictorial values. For the very
considerable amount of raw power
as a pantomine which he Individually
possessed, she had much respect.
This enthusiasm was running
away with him now, he was build
ing the solo scene which Lucinda
was to play on lines of broad emo
tional melodrama widely inconsist-
ent with the situation. Forgetting
that, while the conversation assumed
to be going on beyond the door was
one well calculated to annoy and dis
gust her whom it concerned, its
revelations were after all hardly of
character to break her heart,
Nolan was, as Nelly, ranting and
raving in the angle, like one gone
half-mad with shock and grief. Yet
such was the fire he infused into
the performance that for the time
being he truly succeeded in pervert-
ing Lucinda's grasp of the scene.
Having exhausted his repertoire Of
emotional artifice, he stepped out Of
the camera lines, consulting Lucinda
with a glance and the stereotyped
inquiry, "See what | want, dear?"
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till it struck me as so funny"
Her voice rose and broke in an
other peal of hysterical merriment,
her words became unintelligible,
while Nolan literally ground his
teeth.
What struck you as so funny?"
he exploded. "Show me anything
funny about this scene and I-I1l
eat my megaphone. What's so damn
funny?"
"Oh, | am sorryw Lucinda was
doing her utmost to sober herself,
but still her voice shook and her
body rocked with recurrent spasm of
idiotic mirth. "You see-when you
said that-what you said about
Richards being rotter-all at once
it struck me-I'm sure don't know
why-as funny, too awfully funny
for wordsp'
"Well, why?" Nolan insisted, all
but dancing with rage. Hell! Give
a reason. Why's it funny?"
Continued in our next issue.)
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she nodded without thinking 'fYou
make it most real. I'll do my best
and stepped into character and the
set as the lights biazed on, the
cameras began to tick, and Nolan
seized his baton of authority, the
megaphone which he invariably used
while directing, though he had as
much need of it now as the cameras
had of telescope lenses.
Now, dear" he blared through
this instrument-''go to it and show
us all you've got. Don't be afraid
of letting yourself go. Remember,
this is your big scene, biggest you've
got In this story, your one grand
little chance to put it over that
you're a sure-enough actress
Now you put your ear to the crack
IN the door and hear your name.
Give big start and look Mortified.
You never dreamed men could talk
about women like that, you know
Show us horror, dear, and make 1t
strong, you can't make it too stropg
Remember you're just realizing the
man you love is such a rotten cad
he could make a bet about your
virtue. 1t just makes you feel lick
all over
Great snakes! What's that for?
What's the matter?"
For of sudden Lucinda laughej
outright, suddenly the heartrending
tremolo of Nolan's voice as he de.
sailed the awful offense Richard had
committed against Nelly in the play
tickled irrisistably her sense of the
absurd; and her laugh followed natur
ally, inevitably, uncontrollably.
Pm sorry, Mr.. Nolan" she
gasped. 'Forgive me, II didn't
know l was going to laugh till-till
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GD71 By Lcuis JossTh Yann

Continued from Our Last Issue.)
''1'm sorry. / only wanted you to
understand why l felt | had to warn
you against Nelly. She's unfortu-
nate, God knows, but she's danger
Gus, too. They all are, once the
stuff gets a hold on them, there's
nothing they won't do, no lie hey
won't tell E"
"And this is what goes on in this
earthly paradisew
at isn't California, it isn't Holly
wood, it's human nature"
XVII
Lucinda dated from that Saturday
the dawn of a fortnight when every
thing went wrong for her with such
regularity that, in the end, the bur
den of its crosses grew too sore, the
woman had been something more
than merely mortal whose stores Of
fortitude and forbearance had net
run low.
Naturally she blamed Bellamy
But one day Lucinda devoted pain
full hours to totaling up her bank ac-
counts, a duty which she had been
religiously forgetting for months and
whose performance brought to light
the fact that she had already given
Harry Lontaine checks to his order
in the sum of two hundred and ten
thousand dollars, to be cashed by
him and deposited to the credit of
Linda Lee, Inc.
If she felt slightly dashed by this
discovery, it was less because of the
money involved-for she had from
the first been prepared to pay more
dearly for her whistle than Lon
taine had declared it would cost -
than because the end was not vet.
the first picture remained unfinish-
ed.
1t was now necessary to write Will
lis and ask him to find her more
money.
But her only course was to con-
suit Lontaine in the faint hope that
out of the sum entrusted to him
there might be enough left in the
company's treasury to see it through
the present production. And this
she hesitated to do because of an in
tultlve feeling that he would take
this as directly challenging his COM
potency. Lontaine was a sensitive
soul -. However, he spared her
the pain, for the next time they met
he blandly advised Lucinda that the
company could do with another
twenty thousand as soon as she
could find time to draw the check ;
ana on learning that it would have
to wait few days, or until she
could hear from Willis, he seemed
considerably discountenanced. or else
fancy misled her.
The day when Lucinda broke with
Barry Nolan began auspiciously
enough with a night-letter from Har-
lord Willis stating that money mat
ters had been arranged in conform
ance with Lucinda's wishes, and add
ing that Willis hoped before long to
give himself the pleasure of calling
on her in person; he was leaving
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Bathing Suits

PetticOats-
Monday selling offers you beautiful White Mercerzed
Petticoat worth better than SO for only &c. One Of
these will come in handy.
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REST YOUR TIRED FEET

ALIENS FOOT-EASE, the anti
septic powder to be shaken into the
shoes, stops the pain of corns and
bunioas. and gives quick relief to
sweating, callous. tired, aching, ten
der feet, blisters aid ccrc -rot2 AT
WAYS use Aliens Foot-Ease for walk
ing or dancing. 1t takes the friction
from the shoe. In Pinch, use Al
lens Foot-Ease. auF
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"This is the first time in eight years
that | have been free from stomach
trouble and it is all because of the
wonderful good Tanlac has done me-"
said Mrs. Frank Wilkie. 229 Cedar
St., Syracuse. Mrs. Wilkie, formerly
resided in Buffalo and for two years
was matron of the State Reformatory
at Industry, N. Y.
Il was eating scarcely enough to
keep alive" she declared, ''for
would rather not touch bite than
suffer the misery | knew would fol-
low. Even sweet milk disagreed
with me. | was sick in bed for two
and three days at time, and gas on
my stomach made such awful pres
sure on my heart it almost cut off
my breath. | had horrible dreams at
night and in the morning was all
tired out.
well, the longest day live I
will praise Tanlac,. for my improve
ment has been simply remarkable. |
have no more heartburn, my appetite
is wonderful. | can eat most any
thing | want, and my sleep is sound
and restful. | am thoroughly de
lighted with Tanlac. 1t is wonder
full"
Tanlac is sold by all good drug
gists. aoY
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MRS. FRANK WILKIE, of SYRIA
A'A cuse, N. Y, formerly matron
at the State Reformatory at In
dustry, N. Y, who says she is de-
lighted with Tanlac since it re-
stored her health after she suffer
ed eight years.
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES

lssGentral Time.) 81
Arrival and Departure of PassenY :
Trains, Americas, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
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Get Browns Rising" habit
and reduce freight rates on flour.