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HI H K -1 -r ,tT'v I- VtAlUJk .. CX, kJU Ul . AV 11UII1C -1 . L11CI1I .1UUDL UO T f I I 1 I m MM r M B VrS II . 1 - " - " 1 1 11 1 - " " " " " 1 ,. . , " t IM 1 1 ll 1 1 1 jR i I the woman's touch. These boys of ours I .III J IK H.I I I A K I A I v' I ill. ;;UUisi vv.r ,w..v-iVvj-,,.-W-j.-..i . , - . ... r , . - ., - ., ...... , '. . : ,-,.. ,r -. i (!rnfl IT XAT flJlD. nliflu londomotss 3 Foster-Mother to American Soldier Boys. '' ' ;i,js in Uniform- Keep Open i Her House to Make Them.Peel v at Home "Mother to AH.". the woman's toucn. These boys -of "oiirs in - England and France are .. woman hungry. . At.. home they, may haye had so i many skirts around the"m that the' fled to their,: clubs to be free of them; ! but. now" the boot is on the xther leer. In thetraining;. -camps, ; in the trenches, on, shlUboard, "they meet menmen, al- a: point or filling, this house with de,-J Escapes ; J? TOIlt HSAtful girls of the very best class, be cause our boys need female companion ship so 1 that, ; if they t cannot - find it among their own class, they may seek; ii, wnerever-u is 10 uo luunu if: tee With $1,625 of , Company's Funds. ' 'So. far as outside invitations are omeen gy.He Diar5eard ftvith Wife mother Nickoli I. ; x. to - lines: boy:"- Mr ,Hayden Church in Buffalo Express.)1 The real American mothers5, oVer on fne other side of the Atlantic, are ex- ,tly as keen on the American foster- rnothe as their sons are, which is say- ood deal. The American foster whose name is, Mrs. Alan does not have to take this lat on trust, for besides getting a of appreciative letters every her foster-sons, there corae to iiany from the sure enough oiling how gi-ateful they feel or all the kindness and mother which she is daily showing, tot he that are theirs and hers. . Xivkols, whose American horn e c AVilmington, A. u., ana wno is equai- x weU known as a Colonial Dame, etc., n New York and southern social and intellectual circles, must now be de scribed as one of London's principal Hostesses, tier guesis are me Ameri can boys aforementioned, and she meets them for the first time when hey come in search of quarters atthe American Officers' Inn, in fashionable -avendish Square, London, or wnicn i t j j A 1 n 1 ;he 1S tne aCKnowieugeu aau ouui. Tin- American Officers' Inn, which was ipened in January last by the American r. M. C. A., is absolutely the last word n a home from nome, as tney say n England, for our fighting, men. It nhahits two splendid mansions those it a soldier baronet . and a famous i .inker and has overflowed into sev eral adjacent residences, including hat of an American countess, and as a combined residence and club for the liiieers of our army and navy it is ab solutely IT. . Mrs. Alan. Nickels, who is the incar nation of true United States hospitality, s the dominating spirit of the 130 p omen, every, one of them volunteers, who carry "on. this luxurious inn for mr ofiicer boys in London. The names f all those workers, if there were space "or them all, would make rather im prettive reading. About 40 per cent. American and 60 per cent. English, they represent tne ausoiuie cream - ui ;oiiety in this realm. Titles are as plentiful among them as colonels in Kentucky or nuts in Brazil. The very girl who presides over the telephone is i countess the youthful and pretty Countess Poppcnheim, and another rountess. Cora. Lady Srafford, works in the pantry. Mrs. Spender Clay, who was formerly Miss Pauline Astor, was r.e of the original founders of the inn i.y.l was working there daily until she recently turned her country place, Ford Manor, into a convalescent home for merican officers and transferred most :.f her activities thence, and other nota ble British and American members of lie staff there include the Countess of rbeylesmore, Lady Essex, Lady Alas tair Innes-Kerr, Mrs. Robert Grant, Laiy Ward, Whitelaw Reid's daughter, th.- Honorable Mrs. Frederick Guest (formerly Amy Phipps), Mrs. Cecil Higrgrins of New York, and ever so many Dt'ners. Even the waitresses a. the inn sre the daughters of socially prominent Ensriish and Anglo-American families mi the three girls In the office are the laughters, respectively of an American banker and judge, the former Miss ."ort'n. whose father was -Judge Pierce jf Indiana, 'and the Misses Lathrop, wi:ose sire is tne junior partner in me cw York house of Pinchon., , c But the real genius of the inn, as everybody, martial guests and members if the staff alike will tell you, is Mrs. lan Xickols. She it" is "who greets rvffy American officer' boy on. his ar--ival. sees to it that he is made com fortable and shown no end of delight u! entertainment during his stay, and Jids him godspeed when he leaves. And don't these boys fall for her just! The best evidence of the 'extent to which they do so is' the enyiable titje of Mother which they have given her. s long as they are at the inn, they seep her desk fragrant: with flowers, and after they leave, wherever duty takes them, they never fail to'write. I uppose that Mrs. Nickols is probably :he only American woman, if not the only woman ' in the world, who has beta honored by having not one, but evtral lighting airplanes, named after Her. -Mother Xickols" is what her iviator sons call their planes, and she :n!d n;e that only on the day before rni. all upon her she had heard that fan other Mother Nickols had brought "lown a Boche machine. . -'. Lord Nelson, England's greatest sea hero, once lived at No. 5 .Cavendish Square, the first of .the two mansions, now connecting, which are inhabited py the American "Officers Inn, and the ?hade of the victor at Trafalgar, if it visits the place nowadays, must , look v.ith an especially kindly eye on the kssly groomed young clear-skinned, lithe, alert arid feckless ly groomed yonng representatives of America's navy who. are to! be found there at all hours of the day, either Pl.'iying snooker in the fine billiard room, reading, the home papers in the commodious big armchairs which are everywhere or, mayhap, around tea time, dancing- blithely to the strains of a Victrola with . the pretty English and American girls who drop in every afternoon for the special purpose of acting as partners in the foxtrot' and the twinkle. It is a fine sight, believe me, to see this great houseful of our. young of ficers, the khaki slightly prediminat ing over the blue in numbers, all of them having a perfectly dandy time', in the hours off duty, and a stilLfiner one to observe the delightful relationship that exists between them arid their American hostess and mother.. The inn, with its big rooms, beautifully fur nished and appointed (the - walls -are covered with valuable paints especially lent by John Lane, the London, publish er), its restful dining room and spot tess white bedrooms, each with its Bhower, suggests nothing so muchas a big country house -the" luxurious home of some good sport of an Ameri can or English woman who enjoys nothing so much as having it packed to overflowing with boys and' girls,a.r ticularly the former, who are free1 to come and go as they like and who just have to 'phone and say they are co.m lr'K for a visit. This illusion of a house in the country is heightened by u'e gardens in the center of the square, . mass of trees and greenery which, ordinary private' to the , householders round about, are open to our officers "ho play tennis on the courts thero pd loll at their ease in the. sunshine m comfortable long chairs, . .,; v vvhat I want above all," saldMrs. Mckols, "is to have , our boys feel. concerned," ; she went on, ' "it is a case o f 1 an : Embarrassment of t riches. .; One of -the latest attentions that-our-men are being paid Hb a very enviable one. Every week,"., how, Sir Francis Lloyd, i who commands in'-the London district, sends fouf ticketsf or the Sunday serv ice 'in the Horse Guards church, and bnrgr BelieTed, to Have Gone; To South. America. Petersburg, .Va. Dec. ' 7. Captain these tickets carry the special privilege Frank M- Goodner, negro, commanding of permitting their holders to sit wth 1 company, replacement training cen he liorse Guard officers the ; Guards j tec at Camp Lee, has deserted his com- airerme according, to official announce-! end .we. have invitations from some of -wieni at ine camp tonight, and has the, most conservative families, titled absconded with $1,625.90 of company and otherwise, in England, families fuhds. The officers says he disappear, that, before the war, would no sooner . . . have invited strangers to partake of ed company with the wife :f a well their hospitality than they would have known negro man of this city. The flown. These invitations are so nu- couple purchased a ticket for Rich- but to find guests enough to go around seen sinqe. On that day Goodner drew among these beautiful country houses, the- company funds out of a Petrs- . "There, is. almost no great name in burg bank, overchecking to the amount England J'.-she went on,- "that is not represented in these invitations and none of our pfiicers could make now It is believed he has gone to South a rather funny remark which 6ne America. He is educated- and speaks young navay man made when first the Spanish very fluently. Goodner served inn was opened. from 1907 to 1917 in the 10th cavalry, "'When I go home,' he said,, 1 sup- and from some time' last year until pose they will ask me if I met ariy of June, of this year with the 350th field the English aristocracy. And I shall artillery. Since that time he has been say no, I didn't meet them, they only with the infantry. He is from Chica- waited on me -at table.' o, is married and has -one child. , "I am just the proudest woman in He is described as follows. the world with my big family of boys," Age 32; five feet 9:34 inches tali, Mrs. Nickols declared. "Every time weight 176 pounds; complexion, light "that a new one comes pouncing in like chocolate. a hungry hyena, I get the same thrill arrange: for aviators. down my spine. I always think, 'this is somebody's son, , somebody's husband or soriiebody's brother, and if I don't I Request jof "Howard" to Mayor Moor uia-fte. unit icei uuuid il uci laiuij xoii k XO DC vOmpIled Witlu for want of trying." Mayor P. Q. Moore announced last I guess she does make them feel at night that he had placed the matter of home. We were talking seated on a a visIt to tne city by a number of aero. bg divan in the drawing room of the pianes from the Langley aviation field inn, and every boy who passed had a at Hampton, Va.. in the hands of joke or a pat on the shoulder for Councilman James M. Hall. James Hol- 0th,er M rs. i i ck o 1 s generally-wears tQn; Chief ol. Police N. J. Williams and the Y. M.C. A. uniform, but on this day, John Corbett formerly 0 fthe avia. vailed; she was duck, and this fact was not left un commented upon by her sons. Aha, all got up in white duck, eh!" joshed one of them as he came up. This boy is one of the American ferry men who live at the inn. Do you savvy ferrymen? They are the boys who fly the new machines over to France to motor corps.. All that the mayor has learned of the proposed visit of the planes was con tained in the telegram . received Fri day, signed "Howard," and in which request was made that arrangements be made for his visit, the date of which take the places of ones that have been he ,,aiJie to mention. The mayor has crocked, and who fly the old ones back, if they are flyable. If not, the airmen return by boat. This ferryman had just 1 come up to announce that he was off , replied to the message stating that the request will be carried out. It was stated last night that the Monk field, just east of the national and hearty hand-shake and a laughing cemetery, between Market and Princess farewell passed between him and moth- street roads, will be selected as the er. Both knew in their hearts they landing place for the planes and wljl always know that this careless good- e marked as designed by "Howard; by might be the last, but, for all that The motor corps has placed itslef was -said the boy might have merely at the disposal of the committee and been taking a motor hus out to Rich will offer its assistance to the avia mond or down to Charing Cross. tors upon their arrival. It is planned - "He would probably .have kissed me that if the "air" visitors remain in the if you hadn't been here," confided this city long enough some form of enter delightful, hearty, gray-haired Ameri- tainment will be arranged in their can woman, and then went on with our honor, a dance at the country club be talk. ing suggested. You must not think, however, that it Members of the motor corps have is all lightchearte4 . banter.hetween her appeared, on the streets during the and her army xtf sons. 'There are times past few days in their new uniforms, when she lectures them, and talks Th6y are of gray,, broad cloth, the straight to them, for the temptations bloomers extending into leather leg of London are many, and sometimes gins -with . knee, coats, which are fast boys succumb When they do, they get ened around the waist-with a leather irom motner, not any gooay-gooay mm. i Deit. They ;are quite ifcttcactiye. but a frank question,, uoes it pay, my dear fellow?. Can you do that sort of thing and keep your self-respect? Can you do it and go back and face those people of yours at home?" That usu ally makes it a ease of once only. And one of the things of which this Ameri "HIS BRIDAL NIGHT? PLEASED Large Houses ..Witness an - XXnusually Good Attraction. - '. "His Bridal Night," a comedy With an, fintertfllnin? hlot and nTaxrori Xv - a can . woman is proudest is i that many capable caBt well suited to their roles, and many an officer boy has chucked was ipresente(J to good houses at-the Vie oang asawiH; J "c&.uoc academv vesterdav. matinee and nlirht if he dldn t Mother 'sri ottnr iw- v,i. aaa heknew that Nickols would be so sorry J.UUUBI1 ; have been complete without them. ixer suutn iui a. imuauis uugou t k t any of them. That is, she doesn't write to any of her unofficial sons, but only to her very own one, Lieut. Spencer Van Bokken Xickols, a member of the r. JK. E. frat, who joined up for the the success of the play which would Lve been complete without them. The plot has it that 'Joe Dameral h,as just married "Vi" the tvyin sister of "Tiny." Joe and "Vi" have a quarrel immediately after the ceremony in the bridal boudoir' which was caused by navy on the day after America entered nt-,no 'Tl T W&S ln the war, and is now on the Leviathan, with "Vi" and should have married Mrs. Nickols explained that the reason her instead of - Joe. Prompted by she doesn't answer the letters of her Lent's intrigue "Vi' refuses to go on 3 999 other sons is that, if she wrote the Planned honeymoon trip, trying up to one she would have to write to .them prearrangements everywhere, all, which would leave time for nothing - "Vi" and "Tiny" played by the Sheri- ejge dan sisters were the leads and. they She makes it up, however, by writing acted with rare intelligence. The plot to their real mothers. And the letters of the play would have been more she receives in return tell this foster- exciting, perhaps, if the likeness be- mother what a great comfort it is to tween the twins had been more pro- the real mothers to know of what she nounced. . ' means to their sons, who have also Harry Lilliford, whOplayed the part written home about her. Now and then, of the butler was great invhis comedj unfortunately, Mrs. Nickols has a pret- role while the work of -John, Koberts ty hard letter to write to a mother in as "Joe Dameral" was good. America. Several of her boys have met The voice of Miss' Loretta Jane death in England. When this happens, Sheridan, who acted "Tiny" stood she makes a journey, no matter , how preeminent among the voice. great the distance, to the place wnere his funeral , takes place, and her pres ence there has been the source of in calculable comfort to the mother sor rowing home. "I always try to put myself into their place," Mrs. Nickols said-"and to see that whatever they would wish to be done is done." , Mother Nickols was in Europe when the war began; in Paris, to be exact. give: asheville library lerever they are, that- they, haVe a home, nnt S (IDA mils ana tr .irT . but right here. And th6 chief Pack Memorial Library' Association Donates $70,000 of Property. (Special Star Telegram.) . Asheville, Dec; 7. 'Property the val ue' of about $70,000 will be prfesented to the city for the purpose of ' found-in- n. fri lihrarv if nlans hf the Parlr i ... - - - - She came over here, for reasons of Memorial Library association mater- heaitn, in as soon as tne ngm- iaiize Monday.- - .... - ing started, she was anxious to help, The association plans -to give the but her physician sternly forbade any present library buildin&i and location serious form of warwork. Not until worth $60,000 to the city together with in August a year ago would he let his Dooks and fUrniture valued at '-$10,000 very impatient patient start doing and a iQt ort Church street worth ari- stunts, and as soon as his veto was re- other 10i000, with the idea, thati tftie moved she went up to Coventry and u maimtain a freeUibrary. . worKecl JIKe a irojan ai a muniuons .Thft. r.ltv. it is understood, will ac cept the- gif of the ; library associa tion, 'and will erect a-, handsome new canteen there. This she continued for several months, but. of course, this de- scenaant o, i-.oueri building oh the Church streelMot to be nnancier fl me revuiuuou anu urn ui ,, aa iik-. W1thn.it rhnre-A the -signers of the Declaration of In- - - sutacr7ptionhe pres- depeudence, was anxious to work for " nnr-rv is maintained her country, so she placed, her services ent library is paalntamea. at. the disposal of the American 'Y M C he Red;Cro88 needs your- member A. and, as soon as the Officers Inn . . r wiraii" -nfm project Was started, took a prominent -hip. Ans wer the Roll Call Decem- part in its organization. Since the inn ber 16th.-aav. - . , l<- lZjyFZ ' Roil Call week December 16 to 21. is reckoning on this basis tfcat Mother Joinithe Red Cross-adv. Nickols calculates that the total of her foster-sons must be about 4,000 or so. Among today's greatest blessings is the FARLEY-S. Easy-to-Pay Way. Just pif this time when nrofiteerino in food is makincr the exnense of livincr a distress r AJKtjbx'o store presents, a plan which enables you to dress smartly by paying! jusf what yott can spate each week or ;pn pay-days. ; .-Vy? 'wait for the moneyf Thfe btitcher, the baker an$ the groce cash when you receive ;i th6 goods, or to settle in full at the end ol the month. The cash dartment ? store expects you to do likewise. But FARLEY says: "Pay the same as you deposit your savings in a bank just a little, but regularly." Some folks majr! say: "Oh, the FARLEY credit is wonderful enough, but FARLEY'S prices must be higher thah cash-store prices, or else FARLEY could not afford to wait so long for payment." i 4- - In ianswer to this we urge investigation and comparison of our price. We go a little deeper than we ought to in cutting prices because we are anxious to demonstrate beyond all question that it is impossible for the cash stores to undersell us. Watch our sales. Look at the smart styles we show. . Behold the enormous selections. They tell a more convincing story: than any words we could put into print. -v. ' - ' , Women's Stylish Suits ' Materials Wool Velour, Men's Serges, iSveeds, Poplins, Oxford, Broadcloths. $22 and up Women's Winter Coats ' The greatest collection of high-class Coatsu we believe ever assembled at this price. You have the pleasure of choosing from newest and smart est looseback, semi-fitted and belted styles. $15 and up i ..... Men's Fall Men's Snappy Suits Overcoats $20 and up $20 and up Shoes For The Clothing For Family The Boys A LITTLE DOWN AND A LITTLE EACH WEEK ' CT litag ii I 116 Market Street Wilmington, N. C. THltEfJ WERE KILIiED. -Fifty 'Also Injured In the A. C.I.. Wreck nt Elrod Friday Night. - (Special Star Correspondence.) Fayettevlle;: Dec. ' l.-Three persons were killed ad fifty. Injured : when At- lati'c Coast Line mail, trai No. 89. was derailed ear Elrod 'about '7 'o'clock last night.1- All those killed were negro 'passengers. ' c - --' . - . According to the fullest information available t-here atrhis hour theyw-ere Emma and Rebecca Knight and a negro 'man named-.Walker. - The wreck is reported to have been caused by a split swlch. The -engine was Overturned and five cars derailed. - ; :A , The. train , was incharge of Conductor Simpson and Engineer : Barber. f "Roll Call Week December 16 to 21. Join the 'Red "Cross. adv. . " FARMERS' UNION TO MEET. Influenza Situation Will Not Prevent Annual -Convention, (Special Star TelegramO Wilsonr Dec. ?. On .account of the influenza situation the report has gone out that- the State Farmers' Union would not meet . here next, week vas advertised. Such is not: the. case, how ever. -The, board of health has given .norn.ininti unci the convention will hie here: Wednesday. December 11 for a two-days sessio'n. 1 Renew; your membership In the ed CrossVJRoll Call .Weelt" December 16 "9 . " . ; TOe.showingQfm immediat.ahdvwiii is calculated to be the Most ; artistic of ayhibitM v Prices Most Moderate. Tayloi. t Ladies' vflatter fftrq.; "Useful Girt . ri ii w m . . f v t i m mm --Mr-mut What is more appreciated; than, a pair of Slippers or Shoes for a Christmas Gift? We have a large assortment in Ielt and Leather Slippejrs for men, women and children inidifferent; colors Something for every nlan's family, at T 4 " - t if , 4 . . - & Home of Good Shoes.' '-. . I ... . - i':. .'-V;,' ' z , 4 ' ' '' ' !fr 'Mi f0 Ml i.".-'-i' -v.J' 1 '"' ? , 'Si hi iV(i "1? - t ' :. ' vtv.
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