The Polk County post., March 28, 1919, Image 2

that you came Instead." And Tom hur­
ried back to bis office, bent on talking
a flowing line o f enthusiasm conceru-
lag the merits o f the Dawson chopping
bowls Into his dictaphone. No stenog­
rapher could keep up with him.
Now, temperamentally Tom was not a
Rc*erve o f 2 ,340,000 C lan I M en Waiting
fast talker. It was an acquired habit,
to B e M obilized W h en Armistice W a s Signed
and his idea of a happy home to go to
after working hours was a home where
By JANE OSBORN
there were not five sisters nnd aunts
The United States was ready to increase its fighting force to
and things, and where one could talk
7,131,172 men during 1919 i f the war had continued, Provost Marshal (Copyright, 1918. by McClure N ew ep x p « as slowly or as little as one chose. It
Syndicats.)
was because he hud so often thought
General Crowder stated in his annual report to congress.
how
restful such a home would be that
Associates who underestimated the
A reserve o f 2,340,000 class 1 men was waiting to be mobilized
actual ability o f Tom Brattle said that he began to think about matrimony,
when the armistice was signed, the report stated, the armed strength tlie only reason why lie had forged and with matrimony on his mind and
o f the nation then being 4,791,172 men. When war was declared the ahead from the post of least o f all o f so thoroughly delightful a young wom­
an as the new telephone operator In
flee boys in the sales department of
armed strength was 378,619 men.
one’s office, no one with Tom’s prefer-,
the Universal Chopping Bowl company
Tw o out o f every three men in uniform were raised through the
to the post of head o f that department ence fo r round blue eyes and smooth
brown hair and a gentle, persuasive
draft, Crowder stated, the total number inducted during the war being was no: because of any superior know!
edge of the psychology of people who feminine voice could long stay out of
2,810,296. Every one was taken from class 1.
But though Tom could talk
wanted to buy chopping bowls whole­ love.
Only 18 per cent o f the men o f m ilitary age, 18 to 45, were in the
sale or because of ally personal mag­ chopping bowls und other business
service, the report stated, while England contributed 62 per cent o f her netism, but because his tongue wagged matters fluently enough, when It came
like a woman's. Tom Brattle had the to telling this young lady o f his state
available fighters.
knack of talking fast and furious, but of mind nnd heart his Ungual talents
In all 24,234,021 men were registered by the great draft system for
theq Tom was one sod among five forsook him. But he went on dream­
ing and even priced household furni­
m ilitary service.
daughters In a family that consisted of
ture and consulted a real estate agent
Seven per cent was the maximum percentage o f men taken fro m 1 five or six maiden aunts and a grand­ or so regarding small apartments.
mother and great-aunt and— well, Tom
any one industry.
Sometimes he got some small conso­
had learned that if he wanted to make
Th e farmers were treated better than any other workers, 69 per himself heard to the end the only lation In telling other people what a
wonderful telephone operator he had,
cent o f those registered being granted deferred classification.
Com­ thing was to talk fast and leave no
chinks in the conversational structure. and expounding his theory that It pnld
paratively few married men were taken, the records showing that 89
A t lastl The high cost o f dressing is to be brought to its knees. It
I f he did some one else would get a to have a really first-class girl on that
per cent of them were deferred.
has been proven that new clothes can be made from the odds and ends of
wedge in. And Tom had also noticed end o f the work. He even told the
president’s son, Mr. Dawson, o f this
whatever you may have around the house. Such are the allegations of the
Physically the nation id 70 per cent perfect, according to the draft In those days when he filled the ink
Longwood W ar R elief Unit of Boston, which is busily engaged in making
wells and bought sandwiches from the theory.
examiners. This is the percentage o f the men found fit. This does not
“ But you know,” begnn Mr. Dawson,
garments fo r refugees. More than 1,500 garments are made weekly and at
delicatessen for the “ boss,” Mr. Daw­
that young woman didn’t come from
¡Delude the limited service men or those whose defects could be remedied. son, on busy days, that the salesmen
the great cost of— nothing. Miss Bonnie Belle Smith, daughter of Mrs.
the agency; “ you see— ”
Eugene Smith, secretary o f the Longwood unit, Is shown with some of the
The highest percentages o f physical fitness come from the middle who got the largest orders for chop­
“ She didn't come from the ngeney?”
clothes she wears, all made from salvaged waste materials.
ping
bowls
from
customers
who
came
West. O klahom » led the nation with 82 per cent, closely followed by
“ No,” said Dawson; “ you didn’t give
Into the office were those who kept the
Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Texas and North Dakota. Iihode possible buyer from raising any objec­ me a chance to explain, and you didn't
give her a chance, either. You see,
North Carolina Forests to
Island and Arizona show the largest percentages o f physically %nfit, with tion to the brand o f chopping bowls
Mrs. Dawson— ”
• _
that
the
Universal
put
out.
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Y o rk and Washington
Be Tapped for a Supply of
Tom swallowed hard, and it seemed
The Universal sales department, like
Ties for Railroad Tracks close. Iihode Island had only 53 per cent fit and N ew Y o rk 60 per cent. every other department in every other as if the sun went into a .temporary
Liquor was the smallest factor in causing physical rejections, the concern, felt the effect of the Increased eclipse. “ I congratulate you on a rare
treasure,” he gulped. “ She Is wonder­
How many ties In a railroad track?
percentage being only one-tenth o f 1 per cent. Ile a rt troubles, eyes, demand for women to take the place ful.”
Guide to Different Stripes W orn
Did you ever ask yourself that ques­
o f enlisted men, and the only solution
She lias a high opinion of you, too,”
tuberculosis and mental defects brought the largest number o f rejections,
on Soldiers* Sleeves
tion while riding on a train? North
seemed to be, when matters were at
each claiming more than 19 per cent of the total disqualified. F lat tln.tr worst, to enlist recruits from the said Mr. Dawson, nnd somehow Tom
Cnrolinu forests are to be tapped for
thought this was an especially inappro­
a new supply, says Crete Hutchinson,
number o f wives and sisters and rela­
feet took only 1.3 per cent.
priate remark. He didn’t want to be
“ You can’t tell the players without who writes in American Forestry
tives o f the well-to-do members of the
Gen. Crowder’s “ work or fight” order forced 120,000 men either into
thought well of by the woman he hnd
a score card," the fnriiiliar cry at the Magazine o f Washington, ns fo llo w s:
concern who could not normally be
loved in vain. He would rather have
baseball parks, could almost be ap­
the army or useful work and his drive on the slacker marriages added gainfully employed.
“ A t the present time the railroad
Tom’s sisters
her detest him, now that he knew she
plied to soldiers returning from administration is facing a shortage in
123,000 men to class one. Eighteen thousand waiters alone changed were employed and so were his aunts, was married.
France, according to nriny officers. To tie production. West of the Mlsslsslie
but when he wanted to get a new girl
their work, as did 17,000 clerical workers. More than 295,000 are still
We’d like to have you come to din­
aid the public iu determining a man's pi 50,000,000 cross tics are required
fo r the switchboard in the sales de­
time In the war zone and the number annually fo r replacement; east o f the
classed as deserters by the provost marshal general’s office, having failed partment he mnde his wants known to ner some time—Thake up a little fam­
ily party,” said young Dawson, and
i o f times wounded, the follow ing bus Mississippi 80.000,000 w ith ’ approxi­
the heads o f the concern, and the very
to unswer calls or register. About 67,000 have been apprehended.
somehow tho conversation closed here,
been prepared:
mately 20,000,000 additional ties for
recently acquired w ife of one of the
E igh t thousand convicts or ex-prisoners were inducted and their
and Tom went back to his office to
W ar Service Chevron— A "V"-shaped street railways and other Industrial
sons o f the president o f the ftmeern
talk chopping bowls to his dlctnphone,
records show they have made fine fighting men.
bar of gold lace, worn on lower part needs. A grand total o f 150,000,000
was suggested as a candidate. She
but the words would not come. In fact
o f left sleeve o f all uniform coats, ex­ cross ties or 4,500,000,000 board feet
Gen. Crowder closes his report with a tribute to all who helped had caught the fever o f general use­ for days and even weeks Tom lost his
cept fatigue coats, by ofllcers, field o f timber.
fulness, and having no business asset
make the draft a success. Th e total cost o f the draft was only $16,000,000
power o f gab, and sales went down
clerks and enlisted men who have
but n pleasing voice, had been prom­
“ Against a shortage o f 65 per cent
and Gen. Crowder had $38,000,000 in appropriations waiting to go back ised the first vacancy as telephone op­ and business began to slump. He was
served six months In the war zone. six months ago the present shortage
working Ills Ingenuity overtime trying
This chevron Is worn point down. An is only 40 per cent and probably will
to the treasury. The per capita cost o f the inductments was $6.52 erator— which happened to be in Tom’s
to think of a way to get the charming
department.
additional chevron Is allowed for each be reduced to 30 per cent by the end
as compared with $217 in the ’ 60s. The cost o f enlisting a volunteer
Mrs. Dawson out of his office. Instead
o f the year, due to better understand­
six months service.
And this suited Tom Immensely. Be­
o f seeming like a nice, straightfor­
was $28.95 during the operation o f the draft.
ing
o
f
specifications.
Thirty-four
per
cause Tom had a theory that a tele­
Wound Chevron— Also a “ V"-shaped
ward, round, blue-eyed girl as she had
phone operator was one o f the most
bur of gold lace, worn point down, on cent o f the timber used by the railroad
seemed, she was a vampire in dis­
Important personalities about any o f­
the right sleeve. Not more than one purchasing committee Is white oak.
guise to him now, and every time she
Immense Food Supplies for
fice, especially a sales office. She did
wound chevron can be worn If two or Large areas o f the forested section of
beamed on him as he came nnd went,
North
Cnrollna
In
Transylvanlu,
Juek-
more talking than any of the other
more wounds are sustained at the
Brave Yanks Across Seas—
he Imagined cruel thoughts lurking be­
son, Graham and Clay counties con­
girls employed, and talking, In Tom ’s
sntne time.
The Daily Stocks in Hand estimation, was an important thing. neath the sweet charm o f the smile.
tain tills timber and a road 40 miles
Silver Chevron— For ofllcers, field
“ Billy wants me to get you to come
long is being put in to get this timber
And the girls In Ills office hnd rather
clerks and enlisted men who served out.
home for dinner some time with us,”
Whoever goes hungry In Europe this looked down upon the post o f tele­
six months outside the theater o f op­
she said to him one day. “ You have
That laying hens w ill Increase their winter it w ill not be the Amerlcnn phone operating* When the regular been so cross lately I wouldn’t ask
erations n silver chevron (worn the
soldiers, notes n correspondent. The girl fo r that job was on vacations or
production
if
fed
a
properly
propor­
some as the gold chevron) Is allowed.
you. Only we were such good friends
tioned ration lias been demonstrated dally stocks in ha ml reported by the off at lunch they handled the wires to begin with before you knew I was
For each additional six months anoth­
quartermaster’s
department
of
the
condescendingly. T o them It was a
in Missouri this winter. And the ra­
a Dawson, and I don’t approve o f let­
er chevron is worn.
So
tion costs no more than some o f the American expeditionary forces gives matter o f minor consequence.
ting misunderstandings creep up be­
Scarlet Chevron— Soldiers honorably
carelessly compounded rations mnny an idea o f supplies only when it is when the daughter-in-law o f the presi­ tween friends In that way.”
discharged wear a scarlet chevron,
Working Both Ways.
remembered
they
represent
reserves
dent
o
f
the
concern
was
coming
to
flocks receive. Here Is the ration ex­
And poor Tom accepted for dinner
point up. on the left sleeve above the
“ What is the object o f these statis­ pressed in quantities sufficient to feed held between daily consumption and manage the switchboard, Tom felt
that very night and the blue-eyed
elbow. These are In udditlon to the tics you nre compiling?”
arrivals known to be en route. Po­ that tills would put a new light on the
100 hens one d a y :
young woman telephoned home to
usual service stripes.
“ They nre fo r the purpose o f prov­
Scratch Feed— Ten pounds shelled tatoes furnish n striking example. The Job o f switchboard operating. It would j some one named Nora— the cook, o f
stock
In
hand
at
the
last
report
was
lend
It
tone
and
show
the
girls
Just
'
Service Stripe— Knllsted men who ing thnt the conclusions drnwn from
corn or kaffir and 5 pounds thrashed
course— that she would bring him
served three years will wear service statistics previously compiled on tho oats or barley. Feed in deep litter 8,200,000 pounds, nnd yet the Am eri­ how important It was.
home for dinner and please have mush­
can forces are receiving 30,000 tons
stripe o f the corps or department of same subject are all wrong.”
Then the morning that the young rooms and beefsteak, for she had heard
morning and evening.
service. The stripes nre worn diag­
Dry Math— Three pounds bran or 3 o f potatoes a month, which makes 60,- Mrs. Dawson wns coming Mr. Dewsor. ! hlm say once that he liked them.
onally on both sleeves o f the dress
She Knew.
pounds cornmenl, 3 pounds shorts or 000,000 pounds, chiefly from Ireland. phoned In to say that Mrs. Dawson When 5 :30 came and it was time to go
Potatoes being perishable, It would had backed out. She had found that
coat below elbow.
“ Men nre such »•pounds ground onts, and 1V6 pounds
Tom waited for young Bill Dawson.
beefsernp or 1 pound tanknge. Three not be wise to keep double the dally It would lnterefere with her "at
Sky-Blue Cloth Chevron— Service o f
brutes."
“ Won’t your husband call fo r us
stocks
In
hand.
Others
were
ns
fol­
homes.” She hadn't realized that she here?” be said, and then as the blue
gallons o f milk may be substituted for
less than six mouths iu theater o f war
“ Aren’t t h e y ?
lows
:
would have to be there every day, and eyes drew up In a pucker o f question­
the beefsernp or tankage. Keep this
Is Indicated by a sky-blue cloth worn
W hat was it your
Fresh
beef,
10.600,000 pounds; so—r
mash before the birds at all limes.
as the gold war service chevron.
ing— “ Yes, Mr. Bill Dawson, your hus­
husband
refused
In addition to this feed, supply green tinned beef, 23,700,000 pounds; tinned
Then Tom began to talk, and he band.”
to buy fo r you to­
feed In Home form, plenty o f fresh bacon. 26,300,000 p o u n d s tin n e d sal­ talked fast and furiously, even though
“ Why, Bill's my brother,” said the
day?”
mon, 9,440,000 pounds; flour. 166,000,- he was talking to the son of the presi­
Half-Inch Spider Is Victor
water and grit and shell.
girl, and though It was late on a dull
000 pounds; oatmeal, 2,000,000 pounds; dent, nnd having hung up the receiver
The
use
o
f
the
foregoing
ration
has
Over Fish Two Inches Long
afternoon, the sun came out o f a cloud
Once Too Often.
been ndvoented by the extension serv­ cornmenl, 6,000,000 pounds; dry beans, he sent to an agency fo r a telephone and the whole world was suffused with
“ W hy have you quarreled with
ice o f the University o f Missouri col­ 26.000. 000 pounds; baked beans, 27,- operator of the best type. H e offered happiness for Tom.
.
The amazing strength of spiders Is Jack?”
000,000 pounds; rice, 8,000,000 pounds; to pay her more than even he felt tel­
lege o f agriculture.
“ You see, you didn’t give me a
“ Because he proposed to me last
shown In u number o f Instances. Thus
onions,
1,000,000
pounds;
tomatoes,
ephone
operators
were
worth,
because
Ten communities have reported re­
chance to explnln. Nora, B ill’s wife,
we have an Instance of a half-inch night.”
sults fo r 30 days which shows a per­ 36.000. 000 pounds; Jams, 2,000,000 he felt now thnt having assured the
backed out, nnd I took the job Instead.
“ W ell, there’s no harm In that, is
spider catching a two-inch fish. It wns
centage Increase o f 173. This moans pounds; prunes, 2,000,000 pounds; stenographers and other girls in the
I came that day to ask If I ’d do, but
o f the ground or w olf family. A sci­ there?”
office that so Important a personage
that all communities reporting are re­ sugar, 28,000,000 poUuds.
you didn’t give me a chance to say a
“ But I hnd accepted him the night
entist came upon it struggling with a
as
Mrs.
Dawson
was
going
to
take
the
This list does not Include other
ceiving a double return In number o f
word.” She looked him frankly out
tlsh on the edge, o f a little pool. Its before.”
egg? laid, and one community reports foods running beyond n million pounds, Job, he could not retreat so far as
of those round eyes. “ Tom, you’ve
claws were hurled In the fish's t a ll;
thnt the yield has been Increased sev­ like dried vegetables, syrup, bacon in to get the usual run o f a half-hearted,
been so blue nnd miserable lately,”
Being Good fo r Nothing.
It had the tall out o f the water, but
en-fold. This Is conclusive evidence bulk, hardtack, hominy, dried and listless girl for the work.
and she actually took his hand In her
She— Doctor’s hills? Oh, my father’s that the ration Is prnotlonl, nnd that a fresh fruits, ns well ns cheese, maca­
the head still remnlned underneath.
Tom seldom countenanced deception,
two nnd be hnd to hold on to the desk
The spider struggled to pull the fish a doctor, so I can be 111 fo r nothing.
but this time it was necessary; so
laying hen, well fed, will respond to roni, butter and lard.
with the other to keep from floating
lie — My fnther’s n parson, so I can good feed.
up the bank and the fish struggled des­
when he found a nice-looking young
into the seventh heaven. “ Tom, has it
perately to pull the spider into the wa­ be good fo r nothing.
woman in businesslike apparel walt-
beep because you thought I was mar­
U. S. January Expenses
ter. For ten minutes the scientist
Ing to see him In the outer office, nnd
has It been because you cared?”
First Discovery of Gold
Violin’s Latin Cognomen.
watched this sileut and deadly fight.
Totaled $1.962,350,000 she began by saying that she be- ried—
And Tom, the man with the tongue
B ill (reading the
Then he hurried away fo r a bottle in
_____
j lieved they wanted a telephone opera­
in California Was in 1848
that was hung-in the middle, couldn't
which to put the combatants when he paper) — Do you
tor, Tom let her get no further, hut
do more than gasp a meager “ yes.”
B
ig
payments
to
allies
under
credits
captured them
He was gone about know what they
told her on the spot, in an undertone,
The first gold In California wns dis­
half an hour, and on his return the end menn by n Stradl-
covered 71 years ago, on January 24, previously established, as reported by thnt she looked as if she would do, but
How It Came About.
had come. The fish wns dead and the vnrlus?
1848, by James Wilson Marshall. He the treasury, raised the total o f al­ that she would have to bluff it out as
“ The worst winter I remember was
Bob— Goodness,
spider was slowly dragging its victim
wns n native o f New Jersey who had lied advances in Janunry to $290,250,- the daughter o f the president and con­
you're
lgnornut !
away.
gone West nnd settled on the site o f 000, nnd aggregate government ex­ sent to be called Miss Dawson, and when we were besieged,” said the old
A Stradivarius Is
Sacramento.
Blasting away some penses fo r the month to $1,962,350,000. conduct herself as nearly ns It was soldier. “ We had only one bite a day
This is $97,000,000 less than the record
rocks to make n foundation fo r a
the Latin name
possible for her to do as the daugh­ for two weeks and that was horse­
fo r a fiddle.
building, he observed grains o f what o f December. W ar savings sales ter o f the president o f a chopping flesh.”
“ I remember," said Pat O'Brien, his
seemed to be gold scattered about In reached $70,996,000.
bowl concern would conduct herself.
WISE AND OTHERWISE
As Men Do.
the excavated earth. A test revealed
“ But you see— ’’ begnn the appli­ companion, “ living for a month on one
bite, and that was out o f my leg.”
cant.
“ Girls are more graceful with their that It really was the precious metal.
When It comes to saving pen­
“ You old cannibal. Do you expect
Wild excitement followed the discov­
“ That Is quite all right,” Tom rat­
hands than men.”
nies a woman will save n dollar
WITH THE SAGES
ery, and the Immortal rush o f the
tled on. “ You're an Intelligent young me to believe that?” roared the sol­
“ They have to learn to be.”
before a man has suved ten
“ forty-niners” brought thousands o f
woman, and you can manage, and none dier.
“ What do you mean?*
cents.
It is a proof o f boorishness < o f these girls know anything about
" It ’s true, believe It or not,” said
“ They can't dodge the Issue by keep­ miners and adventurers to the golden
When you see a pretty maid
to confer a fa vo r with a bad J
state.
Marshall, the discoverer, did
the fam ily o f Sir. Dawson. So It Is set­ Bat, calmly. “ A dog took a bite out
ing their hands in their pockets.”
In a home it's a sure sign that
grace. How little does a smile ;
not profit from his find nnd would
tled, and If you'll please take off your of my leg, and the insurance kept me
the head o f the house Is not
cost 1— Bruycre.
have spent his Inst days In poverty
bat and coat nt once. I'll have your like a lord for four weeks.”
henpecked.
“ Farming Is a Business.”
Without thought there can bo
except for a small pension granted
name put on the payroll Immediately."
Occasionally a bnrbor combs
nothing done thnt can he truly
hlin
by
the
state
o
f
California.
“ But I was going to say— ”
a man's hair the way he combs
Shell-Shock Experts.
Large numbers o f fanners have j
called n work.— T. A. Edison.
“ I f you don’t understand this board
'.t himself, bu f a .tonsorial artist
Sixty-five young women are gradu­
more money In their business than j
B1 fortune (lever crushed thaj
one
o
f
the
girls
will
stiow
you."
Tom
never does.
*
Active Volcano.
ates of the Training School for Psy­
1 the business men In their county sent
n»6n whom good fortune de­
anticipated. "It isn't that they don't chiatric -Social Work, Smith college.
A wise old tiller o f the soil,
towns have Invested In their stores.!
ceived not.— Ben Johnson.
know how." he explained, “ It's that
sjieaklng o f the relative value
The roost active volcnno in the world
Northampton, Mass., and are styled
Fnriners are shirty coming to realize I
W e should he ashamed to
they don't think it's worth 'while*.
o f grains, says grains o f com­
Is
Mt.
Sangay.
It
Is
17,196
feet
high,
"shell-shock experts.”
They will go
(he truth o f this comparison and that |
think
what
we
should
be < That's why I wanted them to think
mon sense are the most valu­
immediately to clinics In New York,
firm in g la a business. In connection situated on the eastern Chain of
ashamed to do.— W. Bickford.
! that we hnd one o f the Dawsons
It has
Boston and other cities to begin six
able.
with which business methods must be the Andes. South America.
the Job. Tell them. If they ask, that
been
In
constant
eruption
since
1728.
months’ practical work with nervous
used.
Mrs. Dawson decided not to come, but patients.
U . S. Forces 4 ,7 9 1, 172 at End o f W a r
W h at Chevrons
M ean
TIPS FOR THE '
POULTRY GROWER
Tom the
Talker