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WOMEN HE WAR By MRS. HENrtV P. DAVISON Treasurer War Work Council National Board Y. W. C. A. NEW YORK'S MANY MINERALS ' DEEM PICTURE OUT OF PLACE I HQW QUjm D)ED Astonishing Variety In Knr Beneath til s t ' to fxlrt Mrs. Davison Within six months after the United States entered the war, the Y. W. C. A. War Work Council had established girls' clubs near more than forty of the canton ments, barracks, and navy yards. A trained recrea tion leader was placed In charge o f each club. These workers supplement the efforts of the lo cal Associations, If those already exist. Where the Idea is new the workers form club centers or ganize the girls, and arouse them (o a sense of their responsibility in this time of great excitement and con fusion. No scolding of girls for unwise at tions and no solemn finger-shaking oc curs In the clubs. Instead of dwelling on what not to do, these wise leaders urge real patriotism. All sorts of pro Jects are suggested that arc more Hi teresting than the dubious and danger otis pleasures which appeal to the ig norant and the thoughtless. At parties, for instance, these wily chaper on', whom no one ever thinks of as supervisors, arrange thnt there shall always bo twice as many soldiers as girls. "Twosing" is utterly impossible where there are not enough girls to go around! Club leaders do not attempt to ban ish the gallant soldier entirely fiom the girls' world; they wish only to bring him down from glorified heights of glamour to take hiB place as an every-day hero, subject to the same scrutiny as other men. Instruction and relief work are not neglected. Among the activities ot fered are dressmaking, cooking, knit tine. French, athletics, dancing, Bins Ing, Red Cross work, Ilelgian relief, nnd work for the fatherless children of France. The world contains a num- . ber of things besides soldiers for a girl's Imagination to dwell upon Hundreds of clubs for school and hiimneHH elrls all over the country at offering plensanter recreation than the gaily lighted streets and trie sna dowy parks. "I have a place now to spend my nvnnlnuK " said a telephone girl In Waukegan, Illinois, to the club leader "T wtiu n lonelv before you came. ' Emergency housing for employed girls Is closely connected with the mnrii unneral welfare work. Centers selected on tho basis of immediate need, have been chosen as demonstra tion grounds to show employers how lrl employees should be housed. These centers are near ' the cantonments. The Bureau of Social Morality Is an mportant feature of the War Work Council's program under the present abnormal conditions. That Ignorance is no shield to a girl Is well known to its members. Instead, It is her gravest peril. Any situation shrouded in mys tery is dangerous. Women can deal only with what they understand. A true social morality must be built or a foundation of knowledge, and be inspired by high alms. Fourteen women physicians are talking to groups of parents, school girls, and Industrial women. These lecturers bend their best efforts '.o spreading Information on social Ideals. Colored women at this time must meet all the problems confronting white women. Their situation is fur ther complicated by industrial and social conditions. Special clubs are being formed amoug colored girls in the neighborhood of cantonments. Wotkers are being placed in industrial enters like Louisville, Kentucky, and iopewell, Virginia. Immigrant men who formerly la bored in mines, on farms, and In fac- orles, and now serve In our army are, hemselves, In need of assistance, foreign men marry young and many, ven of the young ones, have large families dependent upon them. He- ause of these helpless families, the War Work Council has translators who go into the campB. The activities of the War Work Council could not be confined to our own country. Our American nurses in France need the Y. W. C. A. social workers. Even the most self-reliant .vomen must have help at the front where women's welfare Is a matter of minor Importance. A central club lu Paris gives hard-worked, courageous nurses a home in a Btrange land. 1 (ranch clubs at all of the base hospl als provide relaxation and recreation for hours off. When the French women cabled to the War Work Council, pleading for experts to advise them in establish ing foyer-canteens for women workers in munitions and other war Industries, ixperts were sent over to have over light of the building and equipping of ,ome of the canteens and act as ad tser to French committees. A professionally solemn-faced but ler In one of the beautiful homes where a drawing-room meeting was being held stood where he hoard the stories of the War Work Council's plans and accomplishments. After the guests had gone he approached the speaker with two one-dollar bills. "1 give them for my daughter," he said. I am subject to the next draft. When I am gone someone must look after my little girl. I feel the War Work Coun cil will do If Everj-one knows that Boston is n great center of copper mining, and that New York Is the center of all other mining Industries of the coun try, but few realize that either of these cities have opportunities to mine for anything except subways nt home. It seems, however, thnt New York's ex traordinary activities in the mining business must have received their first Impetus not from Wall street, but from a vurled experience gained in dealing with the rock of Manhattan. More than 118 varieties of minerals and several kinds of gems have been found on the island, according to Electrical Experimenter. Aquama rines weighing 1 karats have been found ut Broadway and One Hundred and Fifty-seventh street. The min ing possibilities nt Broadway and One Hundred and Seventy-sixth street are almost unlimited. Green tourmaline gems, magnetite and iron ore, chal copyrite, malachite, pyrrhotite and a crystal form of nickel have been found there. Other minerals to be hnd on the Island are zinclte, used in the manu facture of perikon detector, roeblinglte, agate, nmnzon-stonc, amber, amethyst, chrysoberyl, fire opal, garnet, perlster Ite, prehnlte, rock crystal, rose quartz, smoky quartz, precious serpentine, tourmaline and wlllemlte, silver, lend, zinc, copper, iron, teidspnr, molybde nite which Is usiid In the molybdenite detector grnlite, asbestos, mica, beryl, torbenltc and unuilnlte. They Don't Have to See the Flag. When one Is as patriotic and re spectful to the flag an a Great Lakes bluejacket Is the colors can be heard even when not seen. Facing the station on tho sidewalk In front of her home In North Chicago a woman noticed several Jackie! ab ruptly stop In their walk, come to at tention and sulute, standing thus for a couple of minutes. On several occa sions she noticed this and finally her curiosity made her ask the reason thereof. "Colors," replied a sailor. "But where do you see the flag?" asked the lady. "I can't see It," was the reply, "but I hear the sound of bugle and drums in 'To the Colors,' and I know this is the time of day." Chicago News. Good General Rule. A New York magistrate, warning chauffeurs to avoid accident, told them not to confuse a small child in the roadway by loud blasts of the horn, but to slow down and give the child n chance to get out of the way. Fewer accidents would happen to pe destrians of any age were other meth ods of prevention used by motorists, save the single one of blowing a horn and leaving the rest to chance or prov- ! ldence. Baltimore American. Italy's Greatest Harvest. Italy's soil, which has been cultivat ed continuously for thousands of year, proinlseH I his year to produce the greatest harvest of wheat ever reaped lu that country. An Italian professor, n member of n university delegation which visited London recently ns gnests of the ministry of Information, announced that owing to the abundant harvest expected In 11)18, he had rea son to believe that Italy would be for (he first time self-supporting In the matter of grain. Herding sheep the tontUeft job in the world Is the latest Industry to attract women. Wyoming ranchers have given so ninny men to the war thnt sheepherders are very scarce. Hence HtllM Lulu Munson, Belle Put" tlson and Grace Keennn, Campbell county lassies, have become shep herdesses at a wage of $H0 n month and "found." They have been em ployed by B. J. Bonn, nnd, each girl acts ns guardian to 11,500 "woolles." These girls are snld to bo the llrst feminine sheepherders In the United Stutes. Manners Can Be Acquired. An English critic says thnt the ath letic girl hus no manner and has other faults. But after the brilliant show ing of a little Baltimore girl lately In rescuing several children single-handed from n burning house, n rescue made possible by her practice at ath letic exercises, the lack of polish more or less can be enstly forgotten. Man ners can always be acquired, but it demands very quick action and ability to save lives. The mistake of such critics Is to lay the blame on athletics when that blame Is duo to entirely dif ferent causes. The old idea that gen tleness went with weakness and wom anliness with timidity is now exploded. Baltimore American. Is This Patriotism? Just one instance where the J. C. Penney Co. is do ing their bit. Every man employed by the company" who enters any branch of the military service, contin ues to receive a monthly" check for $15 from the com pany. At the present time there are over 100 employ ees of the J. C. Penney Co. who have answered the call of their country and are either in training in this coun try or over there. These men, employed by the J. C. Penney Co., that have so nobly given their services in order that we may have a decent world in which to live, need not worry about a position after they are released, for their places are held open for them by the broad-minded founders of this organization. The things mentioned are only some of the evidence of the many ways in which this company is helping the towns and people in which they operate 197 busy stores. They're here! Mens Tan Army Shoes, soft cap, at $5.50 yy IncorDorated J British Authorities Request Removal of Kaiw'i Portrait From Tonga King's Palace. Germany's interesting relations with the little kingdom of Tonga In the Mouth Pacific are recalled by recent Incidents there. A few years buck a life-size portrait of the kaiser mounted within a massive gilt frame was pre sented by the German government to King George Tubon II, the present ruler of the archipelago. Forthwith this picture adorned the walls of the wooden palace at Nukualofa, the cap ital of the kingdom. Germans who, shortly before the war, were rather conspicuous in Tonga were wont to admire the painting when they came to pay their respects to King George. Moreover, close ut hand were busts of Emperor Frederick of Germany and Prince von Bismarck. So delightfully Informal lu many ways is the Tongan court that the busts did excellent serv ice as hut racks on festive occasions. But not so with the present from the "All Highest." But alack for the big picture of the kaiser in little Tonga! After the war hud been in progress for some time the fact of its existence and whereabouts came within the purview of the British government and1 that government requested the Tongnn gov ernment to remove It from the palace. The pith of this request was that Ton ga is a British protectorate. But not withstanding Tongu is a British pro tectorate It Is the Inst Independent kingdom In the Pacific and it prides Itself on having not only a monarch but a cabinet and a parliament. New York World. HISTORY WROUGHT IN STONE Marvels of French Architecture Which the Uncivilized Hordes of Ger many Would Destroy. In architecture France Is supreme. It well may be said that without France there would have been no Goth ic architecture. The cathedrals of France are absolutely unrivaled, says Cass Gilbert In the World's Work. One has only to mention the names of No tre Dame de Paris, Bourges, Iteims, Ghartres, Rouen, Amiens, Beauvals and Coutnnces to bring up memories of mir acles of creative design which no words can fittingly characterize or de scribe. Wonders of constructive ingenuity as they are, they have a yet more su preme significance as evidence of the refinement and taste of a people In stinct with emotion and ennobled by Idealism in its most exulted phase. These great buildings give expression to the spiritual aspirations of a great people. They ore constructions of superb scale and fascinating beauty, embel lished by tracery and arabesque, carv ing nnd Inlay, stnlned glass, tapestry, bronze and Iron of marvelous crafts manship and exquisite design. They are the product of a thousand years of faultless taste, the contribution of innumerable thousands of craftsmen devoted to the glory of God and the love of France. And it is this glorious nation that the hordes of Germany would destroy. ! Bravely Fighting In France for Lib erty; His People Should Be Proud of Him. Here is the story of how Great Brit ain's only Eskimo soldier fell In France. John Shiwak was the hero's name. and when the great war started he heard the call in far-off Labrador and before many months hud gone by he was In an English training camp. Some weeks later he was on his way to France, full of ardor. His death occurred in the Cambral tank drive. The tanks were held op by the canal before Masnleres and John's company was ordered to rush u narrow bridge that had unaccountably been left stand ing. John, chief sniper for the bat talion, lately promoted to lance cor poral, the muscular man of the wilds, outpaced his comrades. The battalion still argue which was the first to reach the bridge, John or another. But John reached the height of the little arch and turned to wave his companions on. It was a deadly corner of the battle front. The Germans, grunted a breath ing space by the obstacle of the canal, were rallying. Big shells were drop ping everywhere, scores of machine guns were barking across the narrow line of protecting water. And Just beyond the bridgehead, In among the trees, the enemy had erected plat forms In tiers, bearing machine guns. As John stood, his helmet awry, his mouth open in shouts of encourage ment unheard amid the din, the dendly group of guns broke loose. That was why the bridge had been left. The Eskimo swayed, bent a little, then slowly sank. But even as he lay they snw his hand point ahead. And then he lay still. And they passed him on the bridge, lying straight nnd peaceful, gone to a better hunting ground than he had ever anticipated. Within Sound of the Guns. A new sound arose in the darkness, a sound which held for me a thrill ns vital and Incomparably more alluring than the hint of distant buttle. It rose slowly, a rich, mellow undulullon, which stirred every fiber, und then quavered, descended nnd broke off. We stood motionless, listening with nil our ears, and again It came, unmistakably, from the depths of the misty woods. My companion smiled at ine In tri umph. Ills first surprise had come off promptly, even ahead of time, for It was only now growing dusk. We could see In imagination the drooped tall, the hollow-cheeked muzzle raised skyward a wolf uttering tluit cry which of all sounds Is most symbolic of the north ern wilderness; on hurlement plaint if et lugubre. I could not believe my ears, that here In the heart of France, with in sound of the guns at the front, I had heard the voice of a wild wolf. William Beebc In Atlantic. Use Found for Opera Hats. From a French inventor comes an advertising sign in which an opera hut is its housing. The sides of the hat are cut so thnt letters are removed that spell out the words of the sign. These letter holes are covered over with a thin light fabric of. the same color as the hut. When unllghted the letters remain Invisible, but with one or more battery lamps phtced Inside und lighted, the hat becomes a conspic uous advertisement. The batteries may be curried In the pocket and wired under the coat to the neck nnd up to the hat over the hulr on the back of the head. The current can be flnshed on and oft with a switch in the coat pocket. This is a real novolty ih ad vertising signs and one which would be sure to attract attention. Popular sci once Monthly. Cost of Enrolling a Soldier. Figures compiled from the records of tho first ilrnft show that It cost the government almost exactly J5 for each man drafted, according to Popular Science Monthly. All but 7 cents of this amount represents the expense of the draft boards. In com parison with this. It l Interesting to lenrn that the volunteer system of recruiting cost $24.4 per man In 1014, 119.14 In 1915 nnd J28.95 between July, 1016. and April, 1917. These latter figures, however, included the recruit' traveling expenses and the cost of his subsistence prior to acceptance. LANDMARK IN CITY OF PENN Many Philadelphia Citizens Would Deeply Regret the Passing of Famous Old Alehouse. Some Phlladelpblans of sentimental and convivial turn are disposed to re gard the possible advent of prohibi tion with gloomy mien. If for no other reason than because It would mean the passing of the Old Ale House, on Drury street near Thirteenth. It is not age that gives flavor to the Old Ale House. The legend on the rusty signboard which states that It was established by Mary McGlllan In 1870 does not count for much in a city where many tuverns can trace a direct lineage from the days of Penn. It Is rather the garment of tradition with which the old taproom has cov ered Itself. It was there that this and that heavyweight signed articles for an im mortal bout. It wrs there that poli ticians hutched a celebrated deal about which newsper editorials are still being written aLd public speeches still being made. It was there that many a young genius found the inspi ration which changed him from a bo hemian hack to a successful author. Over It all "Mother" McGlllan pre sided with a discipline at once gentle und stern. The brawls were rare. The Old Ale House is no less a land mark than a sight. The visitor is usu ally taken there In the early after noon, and while he sips the ale from his mug the attentive guide recounts the history, adding a line or two from personal reminiscences. The Ale House seems to fit all moods and to attract a variety of minds. It is furnished In mission wood after the fashion of tho English inns of tli. eighteenth cen tury, but that Is as far as an attempt at atmosphere has been made. Wartime Nerves. As the war progresses to Its finish, which will come some glad day, per haps even nearer than Is now expect ed, the strain upon those who await its outcome with the most Intense anx iety dally becomes more difficult to stand. The tense situation encour-nL-es the develomnent of a state of mind which Is harassing, and one which, If not checked, must ultimately result In a more ov less serious col lapse after such long-continued pres sure. Great restraint of natural im pulses toward over-exclteinent con cerning the war Is essential as well to the individual as to the national well-being. Americans must keep their heads cool and their bodies strong In order to do their full duty in this great emergency. They must not give way to feelings of despondency when temporary discouragements to the ad vance of the cause occur, nor should they become too sanguine of immedi ate success when the news comes of a decided advantage. The untroubled and serene mind is to be sedulously cultivated in these stirring times. The Bellman. Tallow Dips In Denmark. Denmark has a lighting problem to serious that the Danish government recently purchased 400 tons of tallow from which to make candles, Com mercial Agent Normal L. Anderson re ports from Copenhagen. "There is a scarcity of kerosene also nnd electricity Is, of course, not avail able to the isolated farmhouse," says Mr. Anderson, who quotes from the Tldsskrlft for Industri, which, in dis cussing the possibilities of acetylene und nlcohol Illumination, states : "Acet ylene may now legally be used and may be Included Jn fire insurance risks. As a result the manufacture of acetylene lamps hns flourished greatly and at the end of the year 180 types had been put on the market" No Excuse Avails if you fail to get the best and most for your money. If your table is pcorly supplied and the cost of living is high it is your own fault. You have only to come to this home of good gro ceries to change the conditions. Our things for the table are strictly high grade. Our prices are distnictly low. Red Mexican Beans 10 lbs for 95c Energy Washing Tablets 8 packages $1.00 Booths Sardines large cans 25c Sweet Corn 3 cans 1 50c Good Tomatoes 3 cans 50c Light House Cleanser 4 cans 25c We are agents for Holsum and Butterkist ciust Bread. 5"This store will close at 6 p. m. except on Saturday THE ECONOMY GASH GROCERY Phone 532 Quality Always Service First H4 Ulllllefllllllllllliilllllllllll Greetings! Howdy! Are You? We have been going some for the past 4 months, and in "high gear" most of the time. We have ordered an extra boxof STOGIES and wish you to come in and have one on us. Hardware galore Implements and Wagons always, thousands and Good Year Tires. Lumber by the Smoke this fact and find an equal. A Hudson Super Six received last November ate, equipped with Goodyear fabric all weather triad tires carrying a load that required reinforcement of sorings to hold, goes over the Rocky Mountains, arrived at distant end of journey with speed ometer reading 4B!i5jmiles and contaniing same air started on. Again, today the speedometer reads 901.1 after crossing Rocky Moun tains e second time, and all four tires are still holding good. Seeing, is believing. Come and see. We sell the Goodyear Tires. Watts & Rogers Just Over the Hill wss Show Your Patriotism! Buy a War Savings Stamp and Help Win the War IlilllllH For Sale at The First National Bank of cAthena Meeting the Problems of the Day Requires alertness to the ever changing wai-time conditions. You will always find us ready to help meet these problems as they arisa, and we are going to help you to meet them By the Expansion of Your Credit on and after September 1,1918, all book accounts will be lim ited to 30 days' credit. If an extension of time is desired, THE TRADE ACCEPTANCE, a form of paper recommended by the Federal Reserve Banks, will be used. For detailed information, watch our ads, see your banker or call on us and we will be glad to explain. Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co. IH" lIMIIIIIMMIMMMt