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Some Few Overheard

and the poor economic situation Of
the individual soldier.
Most Of the suicides, II was
shown, had been men whose behavior
up to their fall had been very
good.
Reichswehr Minister Gessler said
one reason for this high toll was
that the Allies had prohibited trial
enlistments, so that men unsuited
for the service could be weedcd
out as soon as their unsuitability
had been shown. All the soldiers
had to obligate themselves for
twelve years and had TO stay in
the army for that length Of time
irrespective of their own wishes or
their unsuitability for a military
career.
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their idear in starting from Spitz-
bergen? Old New York and the old
u. S. A. is good enough for me and
/ would tell all foreigners that don't
like us to go back where they came
, from. In the second place why did
they elect to travel by airplane
knowing that it is next to impos-
sible to take off from the ice? That
reminds me of some of Elsie Janis
take-offs."
stick to the subject" said Miss
Gruber dryly.
But as l say" resumed Prof.
Hare, "the only way to learn is by
experience. The first time 1 at
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GERMANY is getting worried
- over the increasing number of
suicides with in the reischwehr, the
German national army.
In 1924 there were no less than
1873 suicides Of officers and sol
diers in the army and q suicide
attempts. This increasing toll led to
an Interpolation in the Reichstag.
which Reichswehr Minister DR..
Gessler had to answer.
1t was brought out that six Of the
soldiers had killed themselves be-
cause Of mistreatment. The great
est contributing causes TO the other
suicides were the length Of the ser
vice-twelve years-to which the
soldiers had to obligate themselves,
the small chance Of Advancement,
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Appearance of the Dial on English
Clock Undergoes a Great Change

ways older than those with two
hands. Clocks with enameled dials
belong to the period about the end
of the eighteenth century, and those
with iron or painted wooden faces"
a little later.
But the connoisseur looks for
more minute details before deciding
on the age Of a clock. Various
decorations on the dial are helpful.
The seconds dial placed above the
hour circle at the figure XII and
the day of the month aperture show
a clock to have been made about
1880.
Clocks Of the Queen Anne pc
Rod have a herring-bone, a leaf or
a ribbon border along the edges Of
the dial. They also have rings
around the winding holes and the
day of the month has some engrav-
ing around it.
Clock-making was at its best in
England between the years 1850
and 1865, and the most sought after
today by collectors are those made
in London.
Grandmother clocks are smaller,
but none the less beautiful than
"grandmothers." They are generally
shorter and narrower In the waist.
Genuine examples are very diff
cult to obtain.
-CASsELL'S WEEKLY.
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The First Time Attended The Trip Was On Bicycle.

After that 1 suppose we will
taxi"
How about your preparations?"
1 asked. Are they better than
Amundsen's?"
"Say!" exclaimed Prof. Hare.
Our preparations will make his
ones look like he was just going
out on the porch. To begin with,
in place of depending on the Blue
Book and the Lincoln Highway
signs to help find the way, 1 am
taking not only compass, but also
a weather vane. They say that a
compass will break all to pieces the
minute you reach the pole and
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while Geo. kept saying that's fun
ny, 1 can't imagine where it is,
meaning it wasn't funny, it was
maddening. Then at last we found
it. That is to say Geo. remembered
he had left it in the car. So we
started out and before very long
we come to Pete, the tailor's shop,
and luckily he was still open.
DONE TO A TURN.
Well anyways, I set down on a
nice hard kitchen chair, and Geo.
went into a little telephone booth
sort Of affair and took off his suit
and give it to the tailor, and the
tailor took the suit and took also
his own sweet time. He pressed
and steamed and steamed and
pressed, and every. little while Geo.
would put his melting collar out
the cubby hole and say hey Teller,
can't you make it a little snappy?
And the tailor would say yeh, and
go right on breaking all the speed
laws known to turtles. But after
a while the suit was done to a turn.
Then all we hadder do was leave it
cool off, and then Geo. put it on and
commenced feeling through his
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A smart model Of the latest
lingeries frock with its coat is
shown at the left. The frock is of
the new shade OF rose, "ashes of
roses" which is worn so much just
now. The straight bodice has an
oval vest Of silver gray crepe de
chine, finished by a tiny tab and
buttons of gray pearl. The skirt is
finely plated at intervals back and
front. A narrow belt of the rose
material is fastened by a button.
The straight coat is of rose with a
lining of silver gray. A smart little
cut felt hat in rose was worn with
this ensemble. s.
At the right is sketched a frock
from Worth in pale pink chiffon.
Many of this kind Of frocks in chif-
fon are being worn during the day
time. The straight bodice has a few
folds round the hips. Quite worthy
Of note are the extremely full
sleeves of this model. A collar Of
silver lace and cuffs Of the same
look very smart. A skirt of widely
set plaits gives a sufficient amount
of swinging weight to this delight
full creation.
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AS Ponce de Leon, the original
AFlorida real estate man, once
wrote home to the Queen Of Spain,
"Clothes really do make the man,
especially evening dress clothes
they make him mad"
And more than likely Ponce
knew. he probably didn't mind
loafing around during business
hours in a nice, comfortable sack
suit Of chain-armour, but when it
come TO putting on the old plumes,
the extra rivets, the iron collar and
whatever else went with ancient
dinner clothes in them old times,
I'll bet he kicked like a steer, or
q mule, or any modern husband.
And men has always been the
same, ! guess. Why lookit Sir
Walter Raleigh. History don't
say exactly ehct kind of a coat it
was that Sir Walt laid over the
mud puddle for Queen Elizabeth
to walk on, but Hot Bozo, he done
il 20 eager that III bet q half a
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Americas Only Woman Humorist
George Dresses in Dinner Clothes
Against His Will and Gets
in the Last Word

luvva tripe what's keeping you,
amt you ready yet, don't you real
ize we're CORNER be late. And etc.
But I was about ready by the
time he put in his last call, on &C
count all / hadder do was let in
Annie Gooch. tell her to be sure
and answer the phone and take
down any messages, and keep Jr.
from getting uncovered, and let
the cat out, and shake down the
kitchen fire around 10 o'clock.
And then I was all set, and SO
would Geo. of been only we couldn't
find the key to the flivver and
spent considerable time and temper
looking all around the house for it,
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that is how you know you are
there, but I have seen compasses
break by just falling on the floor,
whereas if you take weather vane
with a N. s. W. and E. on it, why
all as you have to do is follow
which way the N points till it
points straight down, which means
as far as we CO."
GOOD FOR MARRIED MEN.
"Are you well supplied with food
and drink" was my next query.
Miss Gruber," the professor adj
dressed his secretary, SHOW the re-
porter the list of what we are TAX
ing"
Here 1t is,' said Miss Gruber
dryly, and handed me a sheet of
paper.
"And remember" said Prof.
Hare, that only two of US are 60
ing"
I glanced over the list. 1t was as
follows:
1 breast Of guinea hen.
/ round steak.
1consumme, hot or cold.
1 can sardines.
2 cans caviar.
2 boxes animal crackers.
IL dozen doughnuts.
1 thermos bottle cold water.
1 thermos bottle hot water.
1 therhos bottle ,iced tea.
well" I remarked, at looks
like you wouldn't starve or die Of
thirst"
NO." said Prof. Hare, "and we
won't freeze to death or roast to
death neither. Miss Gruber is TAX
ing a hot water bottle and two hot
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hear him splashing around and then
the Niagara stopped roaring in the
bathroom, and Geo. come to the
head of the stairs and he says hey
Jennie. he says, where's my dress
shirt? he says. And l says oh my
land, I guess it's in the laundry.
And Geo. says well then, I guess l
can't dress. And l says oh yes you
can, l will send Junior right over
to the chinks, he will be back in
few minutes.
So I give Junior the necessary
funds, and told him now if Charlie
Lee says mabee, you say positively,
and you hurry right back with the
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package, see? So Junior saw, and
we waited and waited, and pretty
soon Geo. come to the top of the
stairs and he says hey Jennie, where
do you suppose that darn young one
is. he must think we got all night!
And says he'll be back any minute,
and George says any minute won't
do, this minute is the correct one.
But finally Junior did come back,
and picked out the shirt and sent
it upstairs, and in a few minutes
Geo. came to the head of same. Hey
Jennie he says, where and the heck
is my other good collar, he says, l
can't find it no place. So l went
on up, and there was the collar
right in the collar-box where he
hadn't looked.
BALL AND CHAIN GANG.
So l put in Coos links, played
bird-dog TO his back collar-button
and helped him to tie up his noodle
Of a necktie SOS it looked like a
butterfly instead of a dead eel,
while explaining 10 him that if he
wore them high-hat clothes a little
more often he would learn to be
comfortable in them.
And Geo. says yeh, he expected
prisoners got used to ball & chain
on the leg, after a while. And then
I found his silk socks, and got him
the vaseline for his patent leather
shoes, and we come down to the
outer outfit, and good land o'goshen,
it looked like it had been slept in!
Well, says Geo. that's a nice way
you look over my clothes, here l
come TO 90 out and my suit amt
even pressed. And l says don't
blame me, dear, blame the Rotary
Club, you know you wore it there
last, and what with all the speeches
made at their annual banquet, may
be you did sleep in it.
Besides, l says, ever since /
pressed it the last time with them
lovely creases on the side Of the
leg right by the silk braid, you
didn't seem to appreciate my press
ing, don't you remember where you
told me never 70 touch thai suit
again, you would attend TO it your
own self in future?
PRESSED WHILE YOU WAIT.
And George says future is cor.
rect, ! can't dress this evening
after all, the Freenasbes will hat
to take me as l am. And says
nothing doing, climb into the soup
and fish this very minute, and we
will stop into one Of the Press
Pants While You Wait places on
our way to the party, now DO as 1
tell you and hurry.
Well, 1 seen them clothes safely
onto Geo. and then I made him 20
sit down in the parlour while 1
got dressed. I hadda hurry like
anything, so il didn't take me over
40 minutes, and about every five
seconds Geo. would come to the foot
Of the stairs and boiler for the
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Channels practical and smart little
frocks have a well known reputa-
ton. One is sketchc. at the left. 1t
is fashioned in pale gray fine wool
jersey. The jumper has revers and
a tiny vest Of gray crepe de chine.
It fits fairly tightly round the hips.
The skirt has an inverted plat
with a stitched da=s to keep it in
position.
At the right is a smart black and
white taffeta frock. The turnover
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hour hand only, and the silvered
hour ring was divided into quarters.
At the half-hour the dividing line
was carried up between the numer-
ais and ended in some form Of floral
decoration, generally a fleur-de-lis.
ANY clock without these divisions
may be identified as being after the
year 1850, forsthey were continued
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THE SAME OLD KICK.

THE SAME OLD KICK.
And just 10 show how times
amt changed as much as the old
folks claim, femme tell you where
George, that's my husband, come
home last night, and sweet cookie
il he didn't put up the same old
kick.
Say Geo. I says the minute he
had crossed the welcome on the
doormat-two unpaid bills and a
notice from the bank-say Geo. I
says, do you realize where it is
pretty near six o'clock and we are
having dinner at the Freddie
Freenashes at seven thirty and we
got to get all the way over there?
And Geo. says Oh Ny Cow, is
this the night? And ! says it GER
tainly is. And Geo. says gosh darn
it, Tor words TO a different effect
gosh darn it he says, here went
and made a date TO play a little
penny ante with the boys, we was
conner have a real session over TO
Joe Bushes house, on account to-
morrow Is Sunday, and we don't
hafto work, he says.
Well, we made this date first, I
says, hurry up now, get ready!
And so Of course Geo. then realized
there was no escape from the al
legged entertainment before US.
NO COMMITTING OVERALLS.
Well but Jennie, he says, l don't
haf TO dress to 90 out there! he
says. And ] says you certainly do,
you don't think I'm conner 90 with
you in them committing overalls,
DO you? And he says sw Jennie,
don't be foolish, if / get into them
dinner clothes I'll bet you ten bar
gain-binders I'll be the only one
dressed, I'll feel like a fool, be
says. Well, 1 says, just because
Freddy Freenash may not know
enough 10 dress for dinner is no
sign you need appear without cul-
uture, ] says.
And Geo. says hang the culture,
all / want TO appear without is
them damn walters punishments. he
says. what's the sense asking a man
10 put on a straight-jacket this
kinda weather? And / says you
viii look like a gent. this P. NJ.
on account Of me, now go right on
upstairs and climb into the moon
light scenery.
Well with a few remarks under
his breath. but not too far under
for me to hear, Geo. went on up TO
change while ! got Juniors supper
on the table. And then pretty soon
be come 10 the head Of the stairs.
Hey Jennie, he says, dyer think
I need q shave? Ny face amt so
bad. Is Il. whatter you think? And
I SAYS don't tempt me 10 tell you
20 on and shavei ! says.
So Geo. went on in and ! could
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Latest From Paris

collar Of this straight little frock is
tied by long narrow pieces Of white
taffeta. Four inverted plaits COM
mence just on the hip giving this
model a slightly high wasted effect.
The long sleeves have narrow turn
over cuffs.
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long after the advent Of the min
ute hand.
This came in 1910, and with it
the second circle on the outer edge
of the hour ring and on which the
minute spaces we're marked. How
ever, one-hand clocks continued TO
be made throughout the eighteenth
century, and therefore are not al
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Prof. Hare Gives Dope on Polar Trip

bricks and ! am carrying an ice
pick. To say nothing of this" and
he put his hand in his hip pocket
with a wink and drew out 1-s-
pint bottle of 1925 Scotch still more
then a IA full.
@Lucky dog" was my comment.
"Not luck at ALL" said Prof.
Hare. Just good judgment and
preparedness. As for hand bag
gage we willhave one little travelling
bag apiece with just our bathing
suits and a change of hosiery and
underwear and a razor. The rest
of the stuff we will wear at the
pole like evening clothes and etc.,
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The Closest I Ever Came To A Pole
Was The Night / Shook Hands With
Zbyszko. t"
we are sending it on ahead in our
trunks"
you won't need evening clothes
up there" I demonstrated. Don't
you know that it is. daylight both
day and night?"
80 is your old man." said Miss
Gruber dryly.
Copyright 1915 by the Bell Syn
dictate Incl
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dime it was his tuxedo, and that he
caught Merry Christmas from his
wife, afteri
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SOULS AND SKULLS.

Prof. Hare is not without sense
of humor and when asked if he had
ever threatened the achievements of
Amundsen, Admiral Peary and Doc
Cook, replied with a twinkle:
mo. The closest / ever came to
a Pole was the night I shook hands
with Stanislaus Zbyszko."
/ laughed and Miss Gruber, the
professors secretary, coughed dryly.
"As / see it," continued Prof.
Hare, "Amundsen and his cons
panions went at it wrong. You
can't expect success in trip like
that unless your preparations is per-
feet. In the first place what was
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TO the editor:

TO the editor:
The failure Of the recent
Amundsen dash to the pole, instead
of putting a quietus on similar at
tempts by other explorers, SENS to
of give the ski jumpers rivals a
new least of life and all ready, sew
eral proposed expeditions Of the
same sort is being disgust in arctic
circles. Last wk. the writer had
the pleasure of a long talk with
Prof. Hare, the noted Belgium ad-
venturer. He was named after his
old mans lip. Prof. Hare has as
yet failed to reach the polar regions
but says he will keep on trying till
his money is all gone. This is the
spirit that made Ed Bradley.
The Republican., 1925-05-21

Mrs. F. R. Corliss has returned to
Oakland from visit to her former
home in North Carolina.
Mrs. Nanniene T. Ofutt was a Wis
itor to Cumberland last Friday, mo-
toring to and from that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. Hartlauer are
visiting relatives in the west for a
period Of two weeks or more.
Mr.. Mahlon Glotfelty, of near Nc
Henry, spent last Sunday in Oakland
with his daughter, Mrs. S. P. Specht.
DR.. Webster Ravenscroft motored
to his old home near Keyser, w. Va,
Sunday where he spent short time
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Harvey, of Ken
lucky, spent Tuesday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Kahl
near Oakland.
DR.. and Mrs. John D. Darby and
Miss Grace Jones spent last Friday in
Cumberland, the former being called
to that city professionally.
Mr.. Donald Maffett, of Camp Hill,
Pa, arrived in Oakland the early part
of this week and spent a day or two
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Donald R. Sincell will leave
Oakland this afternoon for Fairmont,
West Va, to visit her brother and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hanst, for
a few days.
The Republican., 1925-05-21
Startling Revelations Pictured
In Film.

Burn all women and children!" .
Such, according to history, was the
edict sent forth by Capt. Walter But
Ter, the arch-fiend of the War of Am
el1can Independence, when he and
his band Of Tories and Indians swept
through Northern New York and
Pennsylvania, seeking to eXterminate
the peaceful farmer-settlers, and to
destory the great grain fields which
General George Washington relied
upon to supply his army with food.
1t is the story of this savage cam
paign in which more than 10000 men,
women and children perished,in which
whole settlements were razed, acres
of grain fields, and in which some of
the most courageous fighting of the
War of American Independence took
place, that David Wark Griffith de-
picts in the romantic phOto-drama of
the Revolution, "America," which will
come to The Grand Theatre on Nav
20 and 80.
Probably at once one of the most
important and the least known cam
palgns of this cOuntry's struggles for
freedom, the war in the North Coun-
try, as it was known, surpasses in
drama many of the better known
events and battles of the Revolution.
Seven dollars in English gold was
offered-and paid according to rec
ords-for every male scalp delivered
by the Indians or by those degenerate
Tories, who, painting themselves as
Indians, performed deeds from the
horror of which even the redskins
shrank.
This price, representing as it did,
small fortune in Continental currency,
is one of the best indications of how
important the British forces of the
day regarded this campaign, upon the
success or failure of which depended
the entire food supply of the Ameri-
can fighting forces.
Against the hOrdes of redskins and
painted Tories, who, o,drunk with greed,
bestiality and strong spirits, invaded
the peaceful valleys fighting with the
fury of fatahstic madmen, the little
colonies of settlers made brave stands
and no portion of history is so replete
with records of individual heroism as
that which tells of this campaign,
from which Griffith has drawn some
of his most telling and most dramatic
scenes.-Adyeltisem 13-1t.
The Republican., 1925-05-21

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The Republican., 1925-05-21
Added Attractions Nightly.
WE LEAD-OTHERs FOLLOW

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Colhoun, of
Pittsburgh, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. Symth and daughter Flea
nor, and Mrs. A. Schlossnagle, motor
ed to Oakland to spend the weekend
with Mrs. Smyth's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Ault. Points along the Ma
tional Highway were visited and the
pleasant weather prevailing made the
trip delightful one.
Oakland is the Mecca for scores of
Kingwood motorists on Sunday and
during the week. The big dam now
under construction is the attraction
that causes automobilists to turn
Oaklandward when out for a pleas
ure spin. The entire distance of 20
miles is over improved roads and the
picturesque scenery along the route
is worth going many miles to view.
Quite a large number made the trip
last Sunday but on their homeward
journey encountered an unusually Sc
we're rain storm.-Kingwood Argus.
Mr.. W. H. Crane, trustee, who is
represented locally by Mr.. Fred. A.
Thayer, attorney, advertises the sale
in today's Republican of two tracts
OF coal lands located in Garrett coun-
ty, along the line of the Western Ma
ryland railroad, near Kitzmiller, to
| take place before the Court House
in Oakland on Saturday, June 18th.
The property is portion of the origi-
nal holdings of the Manor Mining and
Manufacturing Company which was
purchased and developed by the Stan
dard Coal Company a few years ago.
In the last fve-year period we are
advised over sixty-two thousand
state and federal laws were enacted
in the United States. Small wonder
that the man who has to run a fiv-
yer, help in the spring house-clean-
ing, and try to do a little planting
uIueI glass lui MS SdfueH, Is
obliged to plead ignorance now and
then because of lack of time to be-
come acquainted with them when he
is hailed up by the authorities for
the violation of some one of these
sixty-two thousand. A good law is
only one for which a need is self-evi-
dent and generally agreed on by all
of the people. The enactment of
laws with the hope that the people
will grow up to them is the poorest
way out of serious difficulty.
The Republican., 1925-05-21
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST

Rev. Guy E. Kagey, of Olney, Nd,
was the guest of Rev. A. j. Torrey
during the past week.
Miss Lily Hagans, of Morgantown,
West Va, is the guest of Mrs. Benz.
H. Sincell at her home on Second
street, Miss Hagans having arrived in
Oakland Tuesday evening.
Messrs. w. W. Dawson, of the First
National Bank, and Harland L. Jones,
of the Garrett National Bank, who at
tended the sessions of the American
Bankers Convention held in Atlantic
City last week, returned to Oakland
Saturday, morning.
Rev. A. J. Torrey, rector of St
Matthew's church, left Oakland this
morning for a trip to Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis. On account
of his absence there will be no service
in his church next Sunday. Services
will be resumed, however, the last
Sunday in the month.
Miss Norine Ault, accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh Teets to Pittsburgh,
Pa, on Saturday where she will visit
her sister, Mrs. j. L. Smyth, for a
week, while Mrs. Teets will visit her
sister, Miss Lillian Helbig, in Cleve-
land, Ohio. Mr.. Teets returned to
Oakland Sunday afternoon.