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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1918.
Some folks believe it is just plain
"graft as well as airplane graft
9 Germany demands a war indemnity
. of two billion dollars' from Rumania.
The kaiser must have sized her pile
-exactly.
If the Ukrainians don't look out
-Germany will have a pretty big ex
pense account against them for set
filing their internal affairs.
p Every man who feels an interest in
his country's success in the war
:r should buy war savings stamps.
; There is no better way of showing
Isph interest.
The government's May crop report
Jisounds like we will have a plenty to
-eat next year' and a pretty good sur
plus to send to the hungry ones in
France and Belgium.
Non-partisan politics .seems to be
applicable ( only in those sections
.where a nomination by one party or
" the other amounts only to a compli
, mentary proceeding. .
I "After the war what?" asks The
, Detroit Free Press. Reckon there
are two crowned heads in continental
.' Europe that are being bothered by
the same question.
Secretary's Baker's parting words
to General Pershing were said to
have been, "Press on." To this the
general might aptly have replied,
"With your help we will."
, Now they say- there is going to be
a scarcity of ice the coming sum-
mer. We have curiosity to know
' what substitute for the article .Mr.
Hoover is going to suggest to the
; people.
".If General Foch.knew. as much
r about the situation at the front and
the course that should he pursued as
do some of his critics in this country
the allied armies would be In Berlin
by Sunday.
Uncle Joe Cannon may be a red
hot republican, but he is for America
first, last and all the time. He is sup
porting the president in the conduct
of the war while, some democrats are
all the time trying to throw obstacles
. In his way.
Putting together the result of the
j third liberty bond drive and the fear
fur loss sustained by the Germans in
their drive on the allies it would
seem the' kaiser would find r it better
policy to withdraw his army of spies
and propagandists in this country
. an fill he depleted ranks of his
armies with them. '
St you feellost for some way. to
spend your money patriotically be
cause the liberty bond drive is over,
WB; remind you that the war stamp
and thrift certificate campaign 13
. etlll on and the Red Cross drive will
eooii begin. There is no reason' to
pine for lack, of a way to help ypur
country jnake : preparation for-the
war. " -.
H?ount Bnriaji jOf Austria, says his
country still wants -peace, that it has
to fight, , however, ven though -with
the; sword in - one : hand and the' olive
-branch in the other." The trouble, is
that the olive, branclt ls"ln their left
hand and it seems to be paralyzed,'
says The CliaHotteNews. The. way
me aub mans are oeing .waippea, on
; , the Italian ; front it looks like their
fight hands-are -paralyzed'-alBO. ;
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Americans do not object- to plain
talk, as Lovet Frazer says, "but
there is a difference between ordi
nary plain : talk and.unjust: criticistt.
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It shows f great ingratitude for ; any
Britisher to criticise America at this
day for ; not having "delivered v-' the
goods." Mr, Frazer differs with
Lloyd-George and., other British leadr
ers -in belittling what this country
hag done for their cause. They de
clare that what the United States has
accomplished is something remark
able. If America has not done all
that Mr., Frazer thinks she should
have done in aid of Great Britain he
should remember that it is what she
has done along that line which makes
it possible for the British armies to
;be now fighting thje .enemy'on French
soil instead of on their own. Mr. Fra
zer's insinuation or rather charge
that the policy of the United States
is the cause of so many of the "allies
bleeding from gaping - wounds"- id
without foundation and is an Insult
to the president and his counselors
and to the whole American people.
If Mr. Frazer thinks this country
should have done more for his coun
try than it has' done he has the right
of his oninion. but It would be in bet-
in giving expression to that opinion.
THOSE MAUSER RIFLES:
If there be an ytruth in the report
as to those million rifles and cart
ridges to correspond it is a serious
matter and should be thoroughly in-,
vestigated. Every man connected
with the plot should be brought to
justice. Aiding in such an act by
citizens of this couitry is nothing
short of rebellion. If the plotters are
aliens they have been engaged .in
secretly preparing war on the United
States within her borders while en
joying the protection of this govern
ment and being given homes here.
This places them on the level of
spies. They should ' be dealt with
accordingly.
If these rifles and cartridges ars
secreted in this country and intenCcd
for the purpose alleged there is prob
ability that there would have been
serious trouble here had the Ger
mans been successful in their driV3
against the allies and .reached the
channel ports. The defeat of. the
Jsnemy's undertaking only postponed
the putting of the equipment to the
intended use. If the plot had not
been discovered, there would have
been danger at all times of a German
outbreak upon any signal success of
the enemy on the French front.
Any such demonstration, of course',
would be very short-lived. It would
be put down in short order. But
while it Jasted some good American
citizens might be killed and we are
sure a good many Germans would
bite the dust;
It would be very unfortunate for
those Germans living here for such a
thing to be undertaken. The-instigators
of such a plot are equally as
much enemies of the law-abiding peo
ple of their own nationality as they
are of the Americans. Such a plot
would be so foolhardy that we find it
hard to believe there is any truth in
the report. We do not believe any
responsible persons could be found
who would undertake the inaugura
tion and management of such a
scheme, and men of irresponsibility
would not have been entrusted with
such a large amount o fproperty and
placed at the head of such a con
spiracy. ' ' ' -
It is well though that the investi
gation be made thoroughly, for while
there may be no such piaii as indi
cated, there is no doubt that there is
mudSHsjfifet work of hostile kind to
ward the government and people of
this country being done in our midst.
The running down of these rumors
as to hidden rifles may lead to' othei
discoveries as important. Every ru
mor of plotting by Germans which
has any apparent foundation should
receive attention of government
agents.
Those Methodist bisops Hung a
bombshell among the advocates of
woman representation in the. church
when they discovered the constitu
tional objection to the resolution
granting the right The friends of
the measure were congratulating
themselves on the glorious . victory
they had. won for the women of '-the
church. Now the contest ; has to - be
gone all over again and that,' too in
a much larger field. The proposition
will come up in all the annual con
ferences and be fought out there un
til two-thirds of the number have
agreed to it.
While the attacks on Ostend and
Zeebrugge were not as successful as
was desired, they demonstrated the
fact-that German submarine bases
can be reached' by the allies' navies
1 vmoi . " euvuessuu attacKS
1 may be expected. -
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tion of two new features beginning
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and' the '-' McCutcheon cartoons. : In
siwsuriftg, these ser?ei"Thepatch"
feels that It has made provision for
meeting - a demand by the .public
which cannot be met by the average
newspaper, The" Haskin" service,
' ebsldes furnishing most interesting
daily, reading, put at the command of
The Dispatch readers a large corps
of trained men and women in Wash
ington whose duty it is to furnish in
formation about various and timely
subjects to the people of Wilmington
and vicinity. Full details of this serv
ice are given on another page in to
day's Dispatch.
Through an arrangement with The
Chicago Tribune, the McCutcheon
cartoon service is available for daily
use ?by, The'vDispitch. McCutcheon is
the best known cartoonist in the,
country and his ability to present tie
striking parts of current news items
has won for him international repu
tation.. One of his cartoons will tell
more than columns' of reading.
The addition of these two features
is only carrying out the announced
policy of The Dispatch to give its
readers the best service possible, and
while much has already been done in
this direction during the past 10
days, it is .only the beginning, and
other announcements of further im
proved service will be made in" the
near future.
The Dispatch now gives its readers
the advantage of the news gathering
services of The -Associated Press, the
United Press, special correspondents
in Washington and Raleigh, the Dale
Drummond copywrigh'ted serial story,
the department "Of Interest to Wo
men," the daily Mclntyre letter from
New York, the Standard .News fea
ture service, and today's announce
ment goes far toward rounding out a
service worthy of any southern news
paper.
NO GRAND DISPLAY.
"The Columbia State says: 'No
handwriting expert has yet given a
translation of the letters seen traced
on the sky by the meteor.' -It did
not take handwriting experts among
the people of Robeson county, who
saw the meteor, to decipher the mys
terious writing upon the tablets of
the heavens. To them it plainly
spelled 'German, but none of them
has explained the meaning of the
heavenly phenomenon." After quot
ing the above from The Dispatch The
Pobesonian says: "Plainly it , meant
that Germany is going .to burst and
vanish in a grand display, just as
that ball of fire did." Let's hope The
Robesonian has . solved the mystery
and read the heavenly message
aright, but we would like to draw the
line on the "grand display" to ac
company the "bursting and vanish
ing" of Germany. Let's have it in
gloomy darkness. .
WILMINGTON'S TASK.
Now. that Wilmington has secured
the two shipyards' big things will be
expected of her. Her people must not
let disappointment follow. Getting
the shipyards was a difficult under
taking, but that is not the greatest
difficulty with which the people of
the city will have to contend. They
must not think that all that is neces
sary has been done. They are only
on the threshhold of their undertaK
ing. The population of the city will
be greatly increased in the near fu
ture. All these people will have to
be housed, fed and. furnished the
necessaries and comforts of life;
their children will nave to be given
school facilities where the school
houses are already taxed to their fun
capacity. Al these things and many
others consequent upon the great in
crease in population would tax the
ingenuity of any people to settle sat
isfactorily to themselves and to the
newcomers. There is no time forde
lay either. The people must be up
and doing.".-. : . .
THE DEPTH BOMB,
The depth bomb, which is an Amer
ican invention, has proven the most
effective of any means yet devised
for destroying submarines. Torpe
does, shells from cannon and mines
have to strike to attain results. The
explosion of the depth bomb in close
proximity- to the boat under water
will shatter the' latter or so badly
damage it as to put it out of com
mission. At 1 one time these depth
bombs were used ; so effectively that
Lloyd-George announced that the
submarine was mastered.
Before the depth bomb came into
use steel nets were used very suc
cessfully for awhile and many subma
rines were caught with them. Then
the Germans armed their undersea
boats with devices for cutting the
nets and the latter became almost
useless. But the allies counteracted
this by attaching dfcpth bombs to the
nets, and though the entangled boats
ir -
niight cut - the- net's;'' the 'bomlba would.
e r exploded ? before ibe boats could
get clear of r the neta, the: explosion
being; caused by the" boats' iecomihs
entangled "in them.
t-So,'. as fast ;a fh& Germans devise
a. plan to overcome the new mocfe of
warfare against submarines another
and fa; more effective : device is
brought into play. The last and most
destructive , of. .these is the depth
bomb, either dropped from -a warship
close by where 'the submarine was
seen to submerge or attached to. a
net eKplaced "as to catch the- boat in
its meshes. This last device the
Germans - have not been able to over
come and it has played havoc with
their submarines.
; The prophecy that the man- "of the
hour who was to come to the front
"out of the north" during the war is
slow in fulfilment, and -conditions in
Russia would' indicate that 'he has
not been born yet. '
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With The Editors
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, Greensboro News: The big guns
may war, but still it may be consid
ered in order to treat oneself to. a'
moment of' week-end relaxation and
devote a little thought to the general
subject of crops. At the present writ
ing the outlook is good all along the
line. And it may have the effect of
giving the kaiser pause if, after the
announcement of the success of the
liberty loan campaign, it is permis
sible . to state that there is .- a prom
ise of bumper crops ,in the country.
The kaiser might have some doubts
then on. the subject of divine aid.
Asheville Times: The Milwaukee
Germania-Herold acknowledges its er
ror. In reference - to its former in
sistance that England started the
world war, the Germania-Herold save:
"We, too, have time and time again
repeated the assertion to our readers
that English statesmen, jealous of
Germany's success in the world mar
kets attempted to encircle it. The
Lichnowsky memorandum and von
Jagow admission have made that
view ridiculous." Few Americans
realize tne importance of the expose
of Prussian methods made by Prince
Lichnowsky. German people had
their eyes opened.
Charlotte Observer: Things surely
are not going well with eGrmany, The
government of that country has now
got down to making petty charges
against United States soldiers, one
claim being that American aviators
have gone to France in the guise of
ambulance men and Y .M. C. A. at
tendants. The Spanish government,
which recently secured an answer
from Germany about the treatment of
American prisoners, has been request
ed to again catch the ear of . the kai
ser and ask him to produce proof of
his charges against our aviators.
Germany has been reduced to a very
petulant mood when her' government
can find time to be magnifying trifles
of this sort, and, people whe-'have
been reading late reports about the
war can form , an" approximate idoa as
to what has provoked this spirit of
petmancy.
Charlotte News: Carl Ackerman
says that the time is at hand when
the Germans demand either victory
on tne west front or revolution and
they can get the revolution whenever
they want.
Charlotte News: Several things
are said by the war experts to be hin
dering the resumption of the offen
sive by the Germans. Not among the
least of them, we should imagine, is
a growing disinclination on the part
of the soldiers to fling themselves
against the wall, of death just to grat
ify the blood-lust of the war lords
who gloat in gore.
Charlotte Observer: Having riveted
the shackles on Rumania in what he
considers a satisfactory manner,
Count Burian, the Austro-Hungarian
prime minister, says his government
will still be found "holding the sword
in one hand and the olive branch in
the other," but camouflage was never
so well burlesqued as in the Prus
sianized "olive branch." '
Or. Wilson and His French Protege.
Cleveland Star: Last-July Dr. H. D.
Wilson quit smoking cigars and
pledsred to give 10 cents a day or
?36.50 a year to feed a French or
phan girl. He has sent $27.80 to
France for his adopted daughter and
had a letter this week from the child's
rnpther.acknowledging receipt of the
money. In the letter she thanked him
most profusely for his benevolence.
The letter was written in French, and
was beyond Dr. Wilson's interpreta
tion, but it was translated by the
French teacher at the graded school
and conveyed the information that the
child supported by Dr. WHson is
named Jacquelin Coulon aged' four
or five years. Her picture was en
closed and-Dr. Wilson is justly proud
if his charitable act which should be
followed by others.
States ville Landmark: "Every : day
that the German is prevented from
reaching-any of bis objectives must
be counted a day of success for the
allies,' is the cheering remark of the
Greensboro Daily News. That is
based on the fact that while the Ger
mans have gained considerable ground
they, have not broken the allied lines,
have not reached any of their objec
tivesAmiens, Paris, the channel
ports;1 and the territory gained Is of
little value compared with the sacri
fice of men made to gain it. From
this viewpoint, while the Germans are
seemingly making headway, they are
in reality losing, in that their losses
of men will jrove far .more serious
later on than all the territory' gained
will be worth. While ; none of us
wanted the, Germans to, gain a yard
of territory, there is as yet nothing
really discouraging In Vie situation
The
Washington. C.. ' Mav- IS:
America has no man. power to waste
Lin unnecessary occupations.
With our allies calling, for millions
of men at the front, with a crop ma
turing ; which'- is ; beyond the capacity
of, our' farmers to- harvest,' with al
most every industry essential to the
war suffering from a shortage of la
bor, the above statement, does not
seem to require detailed proof, ;
It does seem to need no emphasiz
ing, for in the United States .today
there is a. fair-sized army of men en
gaged in occupations which could, be
abolished without real injury to any-.
one, and another small army of those
who do things that women or young
boys could do as well.
The solution of the war-time labor
problem . depends upon the creation
of a public sentiment which will
force these men. into the occupations
where they are needed. Suspension
of unnecessary occupations is a nec
essary war. measure, and one that
.will probably have to be passed by
public opinion rather than by con
gress. -
This point of view is expressed for
the department of , agriculture by
Clarence H. Pusley, assistant secre
tary. ,
"The flunkey must go," is the way
he expresses it . And under the term
flunkey he includes not - only such
superfluous menials as the footmen,
butlers and valets in the service of
private persons, but also the vast
throng which is employed In hotels
and . other . public places in wasting
the time and ambushing the small
change of the patrons.
Mr. Ousley asserts that if the
record-breaking crop which is com
ing to maturity in this , country is to
be successfully harvested that is. if
we are. to be able to feed our allies
and ourselves for another, year town
and city people have got to do a good
part of the work. - The farmers them
selves and all the regular farm la
borers in the country, aided by the
working boys' reserve and by sol
diers on furlough, are not going to
be sufficient. The thing can be done
only by'closing stores, and shops in
the towns, sending clerks, and mer
chants into the grain " fields; :
And it is meet, that the city and
town folk . should recognize this as
their responsibility because if there
is a shortage of foodstuff nextwinter.
upon them will it fall. . The farmer
who raises the food, will see to it
that a ' generous supply . remains in
his own larder. The government "will
exercise its war powers to take
neoughr for the army. If anyone suf
fers, it. will be the city and town peo
ple; and for that reason every city
dweller in America should feel that
the harvesting of this crop is a per
sonal responsibility resting upon him.
Of course, no great proportion of
city dwellers can actually go into the
fields and work. The extra laborers
needed will have to be' recruited
mainly from the small towns In the
rural districts. Some towns in the
grain belt closed all business and
went into the fields as a single man
last year. This year that practice
will have to become general.
But, while the city dweller may not
be able to titch hay or bind frraifb'he
-nevertheless lias ' 5ar conscientious duty
in this connection hep can see to it
that the Work he does is necessary
work, and that no one in his employ,
or whom he patronizes, is engaged in
unnecessary work or in women's
work. Let " the "squaw worker" and
the "flunkey" go to join the slacker
as ojects of Ignominy. Let the Amer
ican citizen, however wealthy, be not
ashamed to carry his own grip, brush
off his own clothes and open his own
front door. Let this democracy,
which we are going to bestow upon
the world, begin at home.
That seems to be the way the gov
ernment officials who are wrestling
with the labor problem feel about it
One of them, for example, recently
visited a certain seaport city where'
terminals are glutted and factories
slowed down for lack of labor. When
he reached the station, with a light
grip in one hand, several large, pow
erful darkles in uniform ran a foot
race across the waiting room for the
honor of bearing this seven-pound
burden a distance of thirty -Jeet to a
taxicab, the winner being rewarded
with a dime. Another uniformed per
son opened the door of the cab for
him. When he reached his hotel,
several active and able-bodied white
men did another fifty yard dash foT
his grip, and one of these harvested
another dime by chaperoning him up
to his rdom in the elevator, while a
little later a man accepted a piece of
change for bringing a pitcher of wa
ter. At dinner a two-hundred pound
colored gentleman in . a , dress -su
gracefully performed the heavy la
bor of ; leading him ' to -a. t seat in the
cafe, while another took his order
and stood behind his chair. This
government official, who was trying
to solve the labor question found
that he enjoyed the services of no
less than seven able-bodied men be
tween five and seven-thirty, and
that they relieved him of a total of
ninety cents; that three of them did
nothing he could not have done as
well for himself, and the other four
did work which could as well have
been performed by women or boys
under military age.
The feeling that idleness is a
crime under present conditions is
rapidly spreading all over the coun
try. A sheriff in Sherman, Texas, re
cently announced that every man in
his jurisdiction would either go to
work or go to Jail. The Ku Klux
Klan recently appeared in Birming
ham, Ala., 'with a warning to all
idlers. Several states have recently
passed laws providing that every
able-bodied man must work so many
hours a day, and many towns and
cities have begun to enforce laws to
the same effect. . "
But the idea, that superfluous and
unnecessary work is worse than idle
ness does not seem to have made
much progress. Yet it is patently
true. The flunkey wastes vnot only
his own time, but often also the time
and money of those he serves. The
man who takes a job that a woman
could hold is notonly neglecting the
work he should do, but Is depriving
some woman-of the. independent "-in-1
WSTrn Tgr r. 11 11
A detriment to Good; Work.
yiu r - CHAPTER XII.. -wtt
t HAT a queer life - a stenogra-
W' (pher led, "I though asI left
... Alice. : What a difference In
girls, and , in the mea who employed
us. Alice . with her sweet, , homey
wava-. hir riAfl.il. hep rood nosltion'.
the only, one she ever had had, her
kind employer; and then - Milly and
Betty, both, who had been so Jaardly
tempted; Carrie " and' I who worked
like dogs; ; and had only our pay en
velopes. . None of . the consideration
which Alice had thrown:-in to stimu
late us; to do our best
It ,1s a good thing that girls do need
to work hard for their money some
times. It doesnt give us so much
time to think; and to become discon
tented. : This thought consoled me.
You may be sure I was excited over
the prospect of--meeting George
Harkness. I liked - his name. It
sounded Sensible and well-7-depend-able.
It was hard to give attention
to my work' that afternoon. I was
continually wondering what he was
like, -if he would approve of me, and
I of him. I was just 20 years old,
you know. '
For the first time since I had gone
with Peters & Co. the manager spoke
sharply to me. -''--'-
"Aren't you well. Miss Matthews?
You are making; mistaKes."
"I'm sorry. I will be more careful,"
I told him, and resolutely put George
Harkness and everything save my
work from my mind.; Perhaps that
was what Alice meant, in part, any
way, when she had said she couldn't
work and play both in the same day.
Her mind would be on Tom; and
where they were going instead of on
her work. 1
Alice was waiting at the elevator
when.' I left.
"The boys are downstairs,' she said
as I joined her. "I hope you will like
George."
I made no answer, but I hoped so
too. At the entrance .to the .building
stood two young men. They imme
diately stepped toward us, and Alice
introduced me to her . Tom, and to
George Harkness. Tom Hunter was
a "man of about 30, . ja -tall, slender,
dark-haired fellow, with rather a se
rious looking, though kind, face:
George Harkness was just his oppo
site. Short, rather stocky, light
brown hair, and blue l&ughing eyes.
He was younger, I judged about 22 or
23.
They walked to the subway with
us, and then I left them. Alice took
a different route, sas she roomed in
Brooklyn with some friends; and the
two young men were going to walk.
"We frequently do in fine weather,"
Tom Hunter told me, "although we.
come that might release another
man. ' ;
The flunkeys are-relics of barbar
ism anyho'w. They are not ; evidences
of culture and superiority; aa most of
their ' employers imagine; : bnti swrri
irals of-the primitive desire to make
a show of '.power and wealth. For
power and wealth, aawelbas-for men,
there are better occupations now.
"The flunkey, must go." .
TMVELETTE
BY NIKS AH.
SIEUR DE MONTS NATIONAL
MONUMENT.
This is one of the newest of the
great American national parks and
monuments, having been created less
than a year ago. It consists of a tract
of wild hill country on the famous
Mount Desert island off the. coast of
Maine, where Bar Harbor, the fash
ionable summer resort, is located.
Mount Desert island has long been
famous for its beauty, there being a
passage in the journal of Governor
Winthrop, written in 1630, . which re
fers to its "fair sunshine weather
and so pleasant a sweet air s did
refresh us; and there comes a smell
from off the. shore like the smell of a
garden."
The hill of Mount Desert Island are
bold and steep, running down to the
sea in striking headlands, against
which the surf of the cold northern
ocean beats continually. The charm
of the place as a summer resort, by
reason of its delightfully cool and
bracing climate, has long been
known. But the area which has been
Lset aside as a national monument is
also of unusual scientific interest be
cause of the great variety of bird
life found upon It TJnder the regime
of the federal government, this bit
o the. Acadian wilderness of Maine
will be carefully guarded against van
dalism, while at the same time it will
be open as a playground to all thej
people. This is, in fact, one of the
most interesting things about At.
Mount Desert island has long been
known as the stamping ground c the
wealthy, Who already own the great
er part of it The -establishment
there of a national monument means
that no American citizen -shall be de
nied the privileges of this American
beauty spot.
Names in the News.
Melting pot is an appellation that
has-been given to the United States
because its policy has always been to
maintain an open door to the peo
ples of oppressed nations; and furth
ermore to merge them as far as pos
sible into one nation of common lan
guage and common political ideals.
Refused to Move Up Clock.
Our Indian Trail correspondent in
announcing the hour for church ser
vices next Sunday, was compelled, to
give two times, the correct' time and
the old time,, because numbers of his
fellow-Citizens refuse to turn up their
clock .hands one hour as the daylight
savings- law commands. Monroe Jour.
4
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lira nn in rna sivMn tr.
little , exercise, and it is good f 17
as well as being economiVni IOr H
: "So they had to be econm,
well as eirla." T fTionf at
my way through the crowd rl 64
wondered if George HarVn'no ,e? I
me, and I blushed at the thought!
had oeen very much taken fti J
good-natured face and laughing W
a ii. ue w ere lull rt
auu, uu su.mue or anythin? tT"
could "be called fun in my UfT y
T 1 to Sirta all about him Vb.
I got home. They tried tn t.
but I -was so happy 1 didn't 1
"Orange blossoms are my favL,
flower," Betty said when I had
Ished. "And I love a wedding vr
than an;
nning In the world. aZ
omg to be
married in
- Jim
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Mary?"
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uun vvr D " "vu. jjjLi utJW lriPTll1c.
voarrio wu, a. muo OI ner iealomi
WMV o -
.ju. Hiiu cue um ana on with .
new!" Betty sang before I could .
swer. Then I said:
"You know better than that r
iiu uow ineuus ever can tak
your place. But it would be nice to
go somewhere once in a while aid
uaic ootuo uiio viv me yaymg.
vjl course il wouia, Jiary,
rie returned at once. "And I hon.
jrwur uwige wm give you lots o
good, times."
JUst . then Milly, who had been tn
the store, -came in and she, too, b.aj
to be told.
A sad look came Into her big eyes,
but she said, brightly:
"I'm glad, Mary. Some times those
office fellows are very nice. Anwav
ii . tx "11 r -
mey arent usuauy iresn, and they
will give you a little good time'"
Then she told us that she had founfl
a place. i saw an advertisement ia
the paper and I answered it. it iS
sort of private secretary to the secre-
tary of a big business man."
"My, you must be some steno if
you can be a private secretary!" Bet-ty-
broke in. . "We didn't know we had
a star, living with us, did we, Mary?"
"Oh, it won t be any harder than
any office position, rather easier in
fact," Milly said; then turning to me:
"I can fill it. I think, Mary, I shall
try anyway."
. - "You will get along all right," I
encouraged, not quite sure that
would.- "How much is he going to
give you?"
. "Ten dollars to commence."
Tm so glad I live with million
airesses. Why should I worry when
my pals bring in the dough?" said the
irrepressible Betty.
CONTXNUJCD TOMORROW.
(Copyriffbt, 1918, by Dale Drummnfl
A DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY,
3 One Hundred Yeara Ago Today.
"'1813 European scientific societies
observed-the - 200th anniversary of
Kepler's discovery of the law? regu
lating the- moTements--ef - th e planeti
' Severity-five Years Ago Today.
1843 Louts C. Hughes, territorial
governor of Arizona, noted as a re
former; bom in Philadelphia. Died in
1915.
Fiftv Years Aao Today.
1868 Delegates assembled in Chi
cago for the republican national con
vention. Twenty-five Years Ago Today.
" 1893 Constitutionality of Geary
Chinese exclusion act sustained by
Supreme Court of United States.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY )N WAR.
May 15, 1917. General Petain succeeded-
General Nivelle in supreme
command Of the French armies;
United States . senate passed bill In
creasing the personnel of the navy
and marine corps.
OUR DAILY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
, Prof Henry P. Talbot, of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology,
who has been serving on one of tne
war commissions, born in Boston,
years ago today. ,,
Rear Admiral George A. Bickneu
U. S. N., retired, born at Batsto, .
J., 72 years ago today.
Dr Edwin A Alderman, president
of the University of Virginia, born ai
Wilmington, N. C, 57 years ago today.
Henry L. Doherty, New York cap
talist, in control of many public util
ity corporations throughout the coun
try, born at Columbus, O., 48 years
ago today. nt m
James L. Smith, infielder of tw
Boston National League basebau
team, born at Pittsburgh, 23 years ago
today.
In the Other Service.
At a negro Methodist reviv,
al the
minister; asked all who belonged to
tne army oi tne tiora w
.i- -. vQTih arose.
stranger on tne uum - ,
The minister went up to bin i aj
said: ."Brudder, do you belong to o
army ob de Lawd ?" t
"Yes, san, saia tne bu'(
belongs to de Baptist army. ,
"Oh, pshaw, nigger." said the offl
i v j oIotip- to de army,
you belongs to de navy! Atian
Constitution.
The following young men or
ford went to Raleigh last week to en
list for the navy: Love Hines ,
Wright. Robert Cox. Henry
ana uranam licjtbuu. .
were turned down on account or m
youth. Fayettevllle Observer.
Internationa! Complication.
Some German , agent runnuig
French dry cleaning hp in
United States is going to cause
. ii . i ,.iatinn. SO1""
day. Charleston Post.
A Slight Difference.
It is only a. difference of
At Berlin they say. "strafe Wi.lsjj,
eoa.M-Batavia Times.
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