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RELATIONS ARE GHRISTftflflSTDPDOR
VERY STRAINED
llHItcd States Described as Be
Mrtu Almost at the Breaking
f-'Olnl Willi HUSH let
BIT TlTHE NOTE
Unofficial Report of Answer
About Ancona is .vernier ac
ceptable Nor Satisfactory
jEGARDED AS TOO VAGUE
Aintrln Asks for H"1 r Pnrtlculnrs,
A'lllHCiistloii or Facts aim utner
Things Which Will Ho Refused
liy tho State Depart mont
THINKS MATTERS
AUH LESS TENSE
(ft Associated fn " Oooi Dar Timet.
VIENNA, Dec. IC Tho
situation ns regards Aub-
trla-Hungnry nnil tlio United
States It Is coiiBldorod licro
f .has bocomo loss tCHBO bIiico
t tlio reply to mo American
nofo wns dispatched.
n; AuoeUlM rreat lo Coot lly Timet.
WA3HINOTON, D. C, DOC. IC
Aattrla'n reply to Secretary Lan-
tns's nqto on tlio Ancoiui In regard
(ifon the basis of unofficial reports
HtMvotl today from Loudon and
Amitordnm ns wholly unsatisfactory,
toacpcplablo and disappointing to
ihp United States. Diplomatic ro
tations between tlio two countries
way safely bo described ns atandins
tl tho breaking point.
Hcgnrdwl At Vague
From such part of tlio unofficial
(fit as Is contained In tlio nowspn-
, ptn; officials coiiBldored tlio roply
ugue, but wore not prepared to do-
(Uo whether that was cuiiBCd by tlio
tritiilntlon.
Wl'li Uo Infused
BugRcatloiiH for exchange, of opin
ions, virtually a request for a bill
o( particular of tlio American com-l-lslnt
ngnliiBt tho nctlon of tlio sub
marine commander, nnd a proposal
forji discussion of facts are clearly
iet 'forth in tho unofficial toxt how
er, and officials at tho stato de
pigment unhesitatingly! declared nil
ould bo refused.
Hvssorvo Coiimioiit
President Wilson nnd Secretary
Lansltif; aro rcsorvlng comment un
til tliey havo tho official transla
tion at baud, but it Is stated author
itatively that tho United States will
enter Into no oxchaugo of opinions
it Vicuna Is represented as suggest
ing, and absolutely will dccllno to
discuss tho facta of torpedoing nnd
ihelllng of tho Ancojia.
o Official News
No official word reached tho state
department that tho Austrian note
had been dolivorcd to Ambassador
Pcnflold, but nowa dispatches con
taining oxcorpts nro taken as evi
dence tbnt tho noto Is on its way to
Waililngton.
FLAT TOP OF DAM
WILL BEGOLF COURSE
V. M. C, A. nt Panama Forum Club
nd Will Ilnvo Good l'luco
To Pluy
tB Aasoclatl rmsta eoa juy Timet.
PANAMA, Dec. 1C. Tho Broad
Ht top of Gatun Dam Is to sorvo for
1 Eolf courso and a club Is now bolng
"'EfWlned by officials of tho Panama
cnal and others. Major Gonoral
George W. Goothala, U. 8. A., gover-
"or of tho Panama CannI, has approv.
ei tlio formation of tho club and has
given permission for tlio uso of Ga
'"n Dam. '
The club will bo organized under
"e auspices of tho Young Men's
Christian Association which al
realv has a sultablo club building at
Patun.
RESIGNS 11 18 COMMAND
(Br Associated 1'rtM t Coot BIT Timet.)
LONDON, Dec. 1C Sir James
'Ulcocks ha8 resigned tho command
01 tho Indian Corps on tho western
'font for "personal reasons." A
"eutenant-General aince 1908 he was
n,r to Sir Douglas Halg until the
''Iter was made a full General last
November. For similar reasons, so
'ar the public knows, General
, Smlth.)orrlen loft tho frout several
""ntliH ago,
Established 1878
tH Tlie Const Mnll
KIjKS AND FELLOWSHIP CLUBS
TO PROVIDE CHEER
Plan to See Tlml Every Family ami
Individual ins j,'j,,0 i),iet. nml
Give Toys to Llttlo Folks
As has been their custom for
years past, tho Mnrshflcld Lodge -of
Elks will ngaln this year boo that
Chrlatmas chcor Is provided for all
tho needy homes. Tom Harvey and
W. II. Kennedy, to whom chargo of
tho Christmas work waB given, aro
now arranging to provldo for nil. In
addition to provision bolng mado for
Mnrshfield and vicinity, mombors
of tho lodgo In .North Bend nnd
llandon will provldo for 'tho needy
thore, members of the Elks In Hnn-
don, In Coqutllo and In Myrtle Point
will do similar work at those places.
Kvcry poor family will rccolvo
a well-filled basket of Christmas
cats and tlio klddlca Nvlll not bo for
gotten. No questions aro ever asked
by tho Klks and no names aro ever
given out. (
Fellowship Club. Aids
Tho Fellowship Club Is also mak-
ing provision tho samo ns Inst year
to Homo oxtra Christmas work. It
will try to not conflict with other
organizations, but will mako special
provision for tho "down nnd out"
chap on Christmas day, by giving
him a ticket for a feast at ouo of
tho restaurants.
Masons AI.ho Help
Tho Masons nnd sumo or tho other
lodges nro also plnnnlng to boo thnt
that Christmas Is not u bleak dny.
In nddltlon to providing for tho
Christmas feast, provision Ib also
mado by tho lClks and MasonB for
tlio llttlo folks In tlio homes of tho
needy by providing for Santa Claim
so thnt tho children got their toys,
etc.
Other lodges and organizations aro
also doing Christmas work nnd tin
endeavor will ho mado to sco thnt
there nro no duplications mid no ono
overlooked.
Tlio Kplscopnl Guild has already
raised a considerable fund for the
work.
Municipal Christinas Tree
In nddltlon to tho general plans
for eprcndlng Christmas cheer, tho
municipal Christmas trco, in chargo
of a committee of which K. Loth
lird McCluro Is chairman, will cover
another sphoro of tho work.
So, all In, all, tho field promises
to bo pretty woll covered in n sys
tematic way.
Anyono knowing of special nocdy
coses con roport them to any of
theso organizations or lcavo word
at Tlio Tlmos offlco and thoy will
bo looked oftor.
Thoro will be no hungry or lono
ly ones on Coos Hay this Christmas.
FIRST BNK OPENS
POWERS WELCOMES E. J. LOXEY
AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Now Dank Building Stands Aliuoit
Completed Flxtuies Aio Heady
Is Experienced Hanker
Powers' first bank opened for
business this morning wlion K. J.
Loney, of Port Orford, announced
that everything was ready for busi
ness. Most of tho fixtures of tho
bank woro mo'vod over from Port
Orford, according to W. S. Chand
ler, who went to Powers on tho
morning train to seo what progress
Is bolng mado on tho building.
Tho strucluro was started hut six
weoks ago and now standB virtually
complotod. It Is a frame building
and over tho bank Is a second story
containing five rooms in wnicn .Mr.
Loney and his family will reside
Tho cpmlng of tho bank to Pow
ers means much to tho llttlo town
that In less than a year has had a
marvolous growth. Mr. Loney was
not thoro in time to handlo tho Do
rn,bor payroll of tho Smlth-Powors
camps. It Is said, but Is In ample
time for January.
Hn Is an experienced b'ankor and
i..,inoa man having for a long
tlmo been In chargo of his bank at
Port Orford, whoro ho has othor
business Interests.
MRS. C. R. KNDICOTT, of Los An
geles, with her sister. Miss Silvia
Davis, who lives above Myrtle
Point, left xm the Speedwell this
afternoon for California.
Times want ads bring results.
Times fwant ads nrinc results.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1 915
E TO FLY
ENDS III DEATH
Mrs. Lulu Comstock of San
Diego, is Killed When
Airship Falls
74 YEARS OLD
Seized With .Fit and Grabs
Aviator, Causing Machine
to Turn Over '
WOMAN'S NECK IS BROKEN
Mojcihoffcp Was Operating tho Mil-
diluo and Was Xot Hurt Doing
Thrown lnt the Water Clear
of Wreckage of Maehlno
tllr AnoclMeJ 1'itm U Coot IUj- Time
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Doc. 1C Ex
pressing a dcslro to "fly" onco bo
foro retiring to (inlet life, Mrs. Lulu
Comstock, ugod 74 years, arranged
for a flight with Aviator Moyorhof-
for that ended today with tho fall
lug of tho flying boat Into San DIo
go bay nnd tho death of tho woman.
Seized With Fit
A fow minutes aftur tho flight
started, according to the story told
by Moyorhoffcr, Mrs. Comstock was
seized with n fit and reaching out,
grabbed tho aviator. "
Iloforo ho could release hlmsolf,
the flying boat, which was about fit)
ffcot In nlr, turned over ami fell into
tho bay.
Hurled Into Water
,iloth woro hurled clear of the
wrockago and woro picked up with
in five minutes. Mrs, Comstock
vns dead, hur neck being broken.
Moyorhoffcr was not hurt.
BLAMED J TARIFF
REPUHLICANH MAKE MINORITY'
REPORT IN HOUSE
Say Emergency Hovcniio Law In Not
Duo to Present AVar Condi
tions In World.
llr Awoclato.1 1'iTit to Coot liar Timet.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec. 10.
Republicans on tho Houso ways
and means commlttco, In a minority
roport today, deny that tho oinor
goncy rovonuo law Is nccossary. be
cause of war conditions, ni)d assort
Instead, that tho treasury dofhlt
is duo mainly to tariff reductions .
undor tho Undorwood luw.
CITY PURCHASES OREGON I'QW
ER CO. ELECTRIC SYSTEM
Deal I Mol von ntno.OOl), of Which
$.10,000 in Money is to bo
!'altl In at Onco
EUGENE, Ore., Doc. 1C Com-,
petition between tho municipal cloc
trlo lighting system un rno Ore
gon Power company ceavea last
night when tho City Council rati
fied tho purchaso of tho latter's
franchlso nnd holdings within tho
city limits and suburbs of Eugono.
Tho deal Involves JlfiO.OOO, of which
sum $50,000 Is to bo paid at onco,
with deferred payments of $1250
a month with Intorest at 5 per cent.
Tho purchaso was mado by tho
Eugono water board, which controls
tho municipal electric lighting sys
tem, and which has boon In oper
ation a 'llttlo ovor four years. Tho
property Includes tho franchlso,
electrical business, machinery and
appliances hold by tho Oregon Pow
er company for tho Northern Idaho
& Montana Powor Company, a Dol
awaro corporation, No bond Issue
will bo required and nono pf tho
city's property Is Involved as secur
ity In tho deal, tho doforrcd pay
ments to bo mado out of tho earn
ings of tho electrical uoparimoni.
The Council ratified tho purchaso,
only ono member opposing an act
Ion and ono not voting.
E. ! Burgess, Charles Thompson
and Ray Campbell will give a dance
next Saturday night nt the Eagles
Hall. .Piatt's orchestra will furnish
the intislo and an enjoyable evening
In assured those who attend.
pr, T'lwllo, Osteopath, MnHiflehl
IS
EUGENE BUYS PLANT
GETS HIS LICENSE
I'ltKSIDKNT AIIKAXGKH FOIt
MAHUVING MltH. GALT
ills Ago Ik Given As Fifty-uluo and
that of the luly Forty
TJireo ,
tnr Associated PrtM lo Coot riijr Time.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 1C
A marrlago license for President
Wilson and Mrs. Edith Dolling Gait
wns Issued today at the locnl bureau.
Tho wedding will tako placo Saturday
night at Mrs. Gait's homo here. He v.
Horbort Scott Smith, rector of tho
Episcopal church, which Mrs, Gait
attends, will officiate.
Tlio president Is n Picsbyterlnn.
Tlio license, which was obtained by
Chief Usher Hoover of tho White
Houso, gives tho president's ago ns GO
nnd Mrs. Gait's ns 43.
TRAIN IS HELD UP
HOHHintS
HLOW fJAFK IN THE
JXPHESS CAR
Only a Few Registered Packages of
Hinaii vaiue are laKen, u,
Is Stated
llf AkiocIhImI I'rru to Coot liar Timer J
MENA, Ark., Dec. 1C A hoiiIIi-
boiind passenger train on tho Km.-
saB City Southern was hold up near
horo enrty today by three robbers.
They blow tho safo of tlio express
car. Tho loot, according to rail
road officials, consisted of four reg
istered packagcB of small vnlue.
CHINA GETS A NOTE
ALLIES SEND A MESSAGE OF A
SOOTHING NATURE
Urgo tlio Necessity of Maintaining
Internal Peace After tlio
Chnngo of Government
- Ur AuortatiKl l'mu lo Com liar Timet.
TOKIO, Dec. 1C- Italy's ratifica
tion having arrived, Japan forward
ed lo Chlun a noto from tho entente
powors rolntivo to tho ro-establlsh-inont
of tho Chlncso monarchy. Tlio
noto Is of n soothing nature, hut
omphnslzes tho necessity of main
taining penco In China and tho de
termination of' tho entouto nations
to protect their rights In caso of
outbreaks.
TO MOVE EXHIBITS
T() , TAK,,;N nU)M MX khan.
CISCO TO SAN DIEG'O
Semttoi'N Adopt Hesttliitlon Today Au
thorizing Tlio Transfer or
nil Government Property
Or AttoclatM rratt to Coo. par TIiom.1
WASHINGTON,1 I). C, Doc. 10.
Tho Hoiinto adopted today a resolu
tion authorizing tho transfer of ull
government exhibits from tho Pan
ama Pacific exposition at S,iu Fran
clsco to tho Panama California ex
position at San Diego.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
TAKE FURTHER
LEADERS
STEPS
Ask Senate and Hoiih" ComiuKU'cs
to Report Fniornhly 011 Susan
Anthony Bill
I Fir Anointed l'reaa to Coot liar Time.
WASHINGTON, I). C. Doc. IC
Woman suffrago leaders again ap
pealed to tho Sonato nnd Houso
ronimlttoos today to favorably ro
port Immediately on tho Susan B.
Anthony Amendment to enfranchise
womon.
Miss Anno Martin, of Novada, In
troduced Mrs. Sarah Bard Field, of
Oregon, and a dozen othor speakorB
at tho Scnnto hearing. Before tho
houso commlttoo, Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw and others spoko.
E. W. WHITTINGTON, cashier of
tho C. A. Smith Company, In San
Francisco, arrived on tho Ado
lipo this nftomoon from tho south
for a short business visit.
HENRY SENGSTACKEN Is expect
ed homo on thontago this ove
. nlng from Portland, whoro ho
. went with tho Port of Coos Bay
memorial.
Times Wapt Ads bring rnsiilts.
APPEALIOETOOAI
EVENING EDITION.
STOP PURSUIT
OF THE ALLIES
Bulgarians State That They
Have Temporarily Dropped
Chasing Anglo-French
PRISONERS TAKEN
Over Twelve Hundred Men and
Officers Besides Cannon and
Munition Are Taken
IS QUIET AT MACEDONIA
Will Pi nimbly Hcmalii So Until Af
ter the Election of Next Saturday
No Activity Reported In tlio
K:ist of West Theaters
Ur AaioclatM I'rru to Coot liar Tlran.J
LONDON, Dec. 1C. According to
word received nt Berlin today, tho
Bulgarian hendquartors staff an
nounced thnt tho Bulgarian troops
havo temporarily stopped tho pur
suit of tho Anglo-French forces nt
tho Greek frontlor. Tho BulgnrlaiiB
took 12I11 prisoners, among thorn
18 officers. Thoy also capturod 14
cannon, C2 ammunition cars mid
much war mntorlal.
Quiet in Macedonia
A lull now prevails on tho Mace
donian front nnd Athens observers
hollovo It will extend ovor tho
Greek elections of Sunday.
Tho Austro-llungarlan troops,
pushing nn ndvanco In Montonogro.
reached tho vlrlnlty of BJolopolJo
on tho I.111 Rlvor, 120 miles west
of tho Serbian border.
Inactivity continues nt tho EiihI
nnd West.
L
HENATOt WORKS SAYS MILLION
.MEN NEEDED TO DEFEND
DecbircN Pnclflo Coast to Ho Entire
ly nt the Mercy of an AhIii
tic Attack
llr AMoclatcl I'rru to Cvna liar Timet.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Dec. lfl.
Senator Works of California told tho
BLiiato today that n standing army of
ono million moil wns necessary to do-
fend tho United Stntcs against 11 pos
sible Invasion, and declnrod that tho
Pacific coast was complotoly nt tho
mercy of an Asiatic attack.
Ho spoko on tho subject of nation
al defense nnd proposed tho creation
of n mobile Innd force and military
rosorvo of 200,000 nion nt n coat of
?r,0, 000,000 for ten years,
Tho torm of enlistment would bo
for five ycarH. Tho men would bo
settled with tholr families on five
acre tracts provided by tho govorn-
'nient.
iFOREllTlDE BIG
PUGET SOUND HAS DONJ'J GOOD
BUSINESS
.Japan Has Been the Bent Customer of
Pint Both In Buying and
Selling
Ut Awo latei Treat to Coot Par Timet.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 1 C Tho
'foreign trado of Pugot Sound for No-
i ember aniountod to nearly. $10,
C 12,000, according to tho collector of
customs. Tho Imports exceeded tho
exports by moro than larfb.OOO. Ja
pan was tho best customer, sending
goods worth $0,125,000 and taking
goods worth $1,800,000. Tho prin
cipal imports pf tho district woro raw
tllk, tea and rlco. Tho chief export
was salmon.
SELECT A L
y.APATA FOLLOWERS NAME A
PRESIDENT OFJTHEIH OWN
Second Government In Now Estab
lished In Mexico In Oppo.
hltlon to t'nrrnnin
(n; Associated Wesa to (mm Dr Tlmea.)
MEXICO CITY, Deo. IC Tho
Zapata adhorents mot In convention
at Tlaltlzapan yesterday and named
Antonio 8oto Y Gatna president or
the ropubl.c of Mexico, according to
a dispatch to tlio nowspapor El Do
moerata. Tho olcctlon was approv
en by Zapata, who spread a decree
over tho territory controlled by
hi in.
WANTS
ARGE ARM
ER
Consolidation of Tlmc, Const Mnll
anil Coos Hny Advertiser.
SIR .JOHN FRENCH HAS
GIVEN UP LEADERSHII
tBr AanorUled Tim to coot ar Tlmft.l
LONDON, Dec. 1C Tho
retirement of Field-Marshal
Sir John French yesterday
from command of tho British
forces In Franco, ovcrshadowB
other war news. Ills suc
cessor, Sir Douglas Halg, who
Is almost tho youngest gon
cral In tho British army, has
seen moro hard fighting
thnn any othor general in tho
British army.
TWO TOWNS
GIVEN
WILL HE
TO GREECE
nr Aaao(lat4 rrtu to Cx Mar TlmM.
LONDON, Dec. 1C Tho
correspondent of tho Morn
ing Post at Athens sayB, on
authority of tho Bulgarian
Minister nt Athens, tho Glov
goll nnd Dolrnn, In Southern
Sorbin, both of which aro
In tho bunds of tho Teutonic
nlllcs, will ho surrendered to
Greece.
TWO VESSELS LOST
SWEDISH HARK SPRINGS LEAK
AND IS ABANDONED
American Steamer
aged in Storm
Coast and
Lucy Neff linm
off Delaware
Founders
SWEDISH VESSEL IS
ABANDONED BY CHEW
tllr Amo1ImI l'rrt to et par Timet.
GALVESTON, Dee. IC
Tho Swedish bark Carolina,
from Frcoport for Gotbon
burg, spriink loakB off tho
Brazos River bar last night
nnd wns abandoned.. Tho
crow was rescued.
tllr AMnelale.1 1'rwit to Cona liar Tlme
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Captain
Loughrniio nnd n crow of 10 mon
of tho American steamer Lucy Neff,
which foiinderod yesterday off tho
Dolawaro coaBt, arrived horo today
wn tho British steamer Chaso Hill.
Tlio Lucy Neff sprung sovoral leaks
during 11 galo.
NEWSPAPER SEIZED
LONDON POLICE TAKE TYPE AND
ISSUE OF BHI'ITIANA
Was Official Organ of Women's
Social and Political Union
Objectionable Comment
. tllr Asaotltto4 1'ieat to Coot lltr Timet.
LONDON, Doe. IC Tho pollco
last night seized tho tyi'o and cur
rent lssiio of Brltthina, tho official
organ of tho woiiiiii'h social and
political union.
"Tho authorities took exception
to our comment on Sir Edward Groy
and 11 certain British gonoral In tho
Balkans," said MlfeB Annlo Kenny.
POSITION ON THE TIGRIS IS TA
KEN BY STORM
AKlllery Engagements ami Aerial
Torpedo Fights Occur nt tlio
Dardanelles
r Asn(UIl I'rewi loCoot liar Timet.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Deo. 10. An
official statement suys: "Mosapo
tamla, mndo up of tho furthest
houses of Kut-EI-Amara, situated
on tho rlBlit bank of tho Tigris,
was taken by storm on December
13, Ono of tho hostllo monitors wua
Blink. At tho Dardanelles thoro
have been artillery ongngonionts and
eonfllctB with bombs and norlal tor
pedoes," SERBIANS BRING
JH.000 PRISONERS
Or Attoelttrt I'rest o com Bar Timet 1
PARIS, Dee. IB. A di
vision of tho Serbian tfruiy,
escorting 18,000 Austrian
prlsonors, arrived at Tirana
and Elbas8an, Albania, ac
cording to a Huvas Nqws
Agopcy dispatch from Jan
ATTACKED
By TURKS
No. 123
ILIUM ROAD
WARD EGYPT
Turco-German Threat Becom
ing More Grave as New
Rail Line Progresses
TROOPSlTHERING
Miles of Tubes Being Laid to
Carry Drinking Water
Across the Desert
TO BRIDGE SUEZ CANAL
Invaders Providing Material for tho
Purpose Three Hundred Thous
and Ottoman Soldiers Tralnou"
By Germans Concentrating
(Ur AuoelatM rrott to Coot Bar TlmM,
HOME, Doc. 1G. Tho Turco
Germnn threat against Egypt 1b bo
coming moro grnvo dally Is tho bo
llef or military men horo. Tho con
struction of a railroad lino between
Damascus nnd tho Egyptlnu fron
tlor has been pushed with extraor
dinary speed ami will bo finished by
February 1.
Concentrate Army '
This railway, which has a dotiblo
track, will permit tlio concentration
of lialf a million mon In ono month,
together with tho necessary silppllcs
and ammunition, nt tho Egyptian
frontlor.
About 300.000 Ottomnn troops,
commanded nnd drilled by Gorman
officers, nlreody are concentrated
between Alosondrolta Alopho and
lloms, it is stated.
Plpo Water Over Desert
Army engineers nro laying miles
of tubes for carrying drinking water
ncrosn tho dosort nnd nlso aro pro
viding material for tho construction
of bridges to cross tho 8uoz canal.
ALL KINDS OF PAPER
HIGHER IN NORWAY
I'rlros Have Raised from Thirty to
Forty IVr Co"t Ilocnuso or
Materials Lurking
tllr AttiwU I'rtM to Coot Btr Time.)
CHRISTIAN! A, Norway, Doc. 16.
Prices on nil sorts of pnpor In
Norway havo gono up thirty to forty
por cent and nro still on tho In
crease Sonio Borts cannot bo man
ufactured by tho Norwegian papor
mills, as, for Instance, bluo paper,
for want of bluo dyo-stuff, which
UBiially Is supplied by Gormany,
Tho central vnlloys In Norway aro
great lumber districts, much llko
Northern Minnesota. Tho principal
trees aro plno and ovorgrcon, nud
thanks to tho numerous colluloso
and paper mills which havo boon
built In tho last 15 or 20 yoars, the
valuo of tho woods noa increased
considerably. So many forolgn fnc-
Ltorles had to Btop hecauso of tho
war, prices on tho products, rrom
tho Norwegian plants havo gono up
on colluloso from $10 a ton boforo
the war to $70 a ton now.
LEARN HOW TO LIVE
ON FIFTEEN CENTS A DAY
Young Gli's in Franco Aro Being
Given Course In Domestic
Economy Work
llr AsutlaliHl IVett lu Coot liar Timet.
NANCY, Franco, Doc. IC.--Eighty
young girls from l'ont-a-Mousson,
from Gorbovlllors, from Nomony,
from Alsaco and different parts of
Lorrolno, nro passing tholr exile
haro lu Nancy, learning domestic
economy in a building In which the'
Germans mado cheap soup before
tho war. '
"How to live on 15 cents a dftT
and have a llttlo something over,"
Is tho csseuco of tho problem the
girls have to boIvo. In doing It they'
begin at thu market, learning noVr
to buy thou tho value and uses or
what thoy havo bought and how t?(
got tho most out of It.
Tho work also Includes deslgnl.ig,
cutting and sowing.
"Wo owo It to tne soldiers who,
nro fighting that wljen they return
to tholr destroyed firesides they will
find that tholr children havo been
llnolthor abandond nor noglocted, but
tbut during their absonco thoy uavu
recolved tho training and education
that will onabjo thorn to fac .he
futuro with courage and confidence'
until Profect Mlrraan to the corr:
pondent. after showing lilm the work
rooms.
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