8 PRIZES FOR BIG MASQUERADE Merchants From This City, Mechanicsburg and Car lisle Contribute Articles A masquerade carnival will be held at. Williams Grove on Saturday. There will be dancing from S to 11 o'cloc.k. Prizes will be to the best dressed, the most original and most comical masqueraders on the floor. There will be prizes for children un der 16 years of age. The prizes were donated by the following business houses: Harrisburg—Tho Army and Navy Shoe Store, one pair of army shoes; Harrisburg Hardware Company, one tennis racket: P. H. Caplan Co., solid gold lavalller; Harrisburg Telegraph, one year's subscription and berry set: Jacob Tausig's Sons, hand-painted plate: Sides & Sides, woolen sweater: J. C. Herman Company, pipe: G. N. Bogar, bathing suit; William Strouse, furnishing article. Mechanicsburg—ll. Rakestraw, ice Ryan's department store, lady's umbrella; Harper Myers, rock ing chair; Senseman's cigar store, pipe; T. Biddle & Son, silk hose; Ideas' drug store, one box of sta tionery. Carlisle lCronenberg & Sons, necktie; Jacob Weiner, lady's silk hose; Hertzler rpendant Results this morning follow: Thirty seven examined; thirteen rejected physically, three overweight and two with flat feet; seventeen claiming exemption, and seven accepted; four not appearing. Third district—Twenty-five exam ined. seven discharged, physical rea sons: five accepted; thirteen claiming exemption. One colored man called before the first division board in Steelton the other day returned this morning with exemption papers and said he did not want them. "Mah mother went an' married an othal) man, an' Ah'm not goin' to support her any more,' he explained. Peter Stulic, another man called by the board, when weighed this morn ing, tipped the scales at 234 pounds. He is 5 feet 7 and is 102 pounds over weight. The hoard rejected him. The draft board for the second divi sion will begin examinations at Pax tang again next Monday morning. Results of examinations by the first hoard yesterday: Physically deficient, 22: absent, 22; passed, 56; claiming exemption, 51, Results of the third division hoard: Passed—Karl Newbaum, Martin Gaupp, Russel Doney, Hayden Klinger, John Dietrich, Henry Fitzpatrick, Joseph Harman. . Asked exemption Roy Barrett. Ralph Miller. Guy Ritter, Calder En df rs, Walter Schminkey, George Hand, Kdgar Shepley, Levi Schaffer. John J. Coper. Freeman Manser, Norman Dan iel, Harry E. Miller, Galen Kemble, <"lark C. Miller, William A. Warner, Paul Jury, Charles Dietrich. Hubert Stine, Harry Fisher, Charles Long, Harvey Kelley. John Kelley, Frank Gaber, Clarence Schaffer. John Hoff man, Harry Sweigard, Ray Myers, William Cook, William Morgan, Her bert Weaver and John James. Rejected—-Hary A. Herman, James Mace, Uriah Carsnitz, James Adams, William Crawley, Guyan Paul, Paul Kursovitch, Jay C. Scheffler, Charles !•'. Snyder, Francis O. Rlegle, Paul Rcnn, Stanley Tchopp, Mark Walborn, Isaac Reisch. John Cable. Charles Troutman. Failed to appear—Eugene McAuliffe. Writes Own Obituary as She Feels Death Near "After a short illness, Sarah Tait, entered into her rest at her home. 502 Cumberland street. August 21. She was a consistent member of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church for many years. Although of a retiring and unassuming type, she was con scientious In all her duties and pos sessed many true and upright quali ties. During her twenty-four years as teacher in the public schools of this city, she achieved gratifying; success but her painstaking methods finally overtaxed her nerves and energies, compelling her to retire from the work she loved. "She is survived by two grand nieces and four grandnephews, who reside in the far Western States of Kansas and Washington. Funeral services will be held in the C. H. '"auk funeral chapel. Sixth and Kel k.er streets. Friday afternoon, at 2 ii RLRTRK. The RPV. Robert Baffnell, pastor "f the Grace Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be private ik itui'i ishurg Cemetery." Three hours before death overtook her. Miss Tait, aged 83. wrote her own obituary as printed above. She died last night at her home. 502 Cumber land street, and requested that her obituary be given to the newspapers. OIKS KHOM COM I*l,l CATIONS Harry F. FitzKee. 3344 North Sixth street, aged 63, died at his home last evening from complications. Funeral services will be held Saturday morn- I.IK. HI 11:45 o'clock, from the home. The Rev. Amos Stamets, of the Augs burg Lutheran Church, will officiate. Ihe body will be to Newport for burial. *urviveß. waa ill for about a year. i 432 MARKET ST. Specials For Thursday, Aug. 23 Stewing Lamb, 12ic Lean Boiling 1 r? •Beef 1 5C Fancy Round Offc Steak CAJ C Fish—Fish Seat Trout, Butter Fish and Red Bass, If\ lb IOC 56 Markets in Principal Cities of 14 States Main omen ChlraftO, 111, Parkins Plantsi Peoria, 111. ' • " '■ ' I,u ' | I. HI WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG 'RKT.FOB."^PH~ /VUGUST IRISH DIE LIKE HEROES IN FACE OF FIERCE FIRE [Continued From First I'agc.] bo placed as lying between Fortuln on the north and Frezenbcrg on the south. Before them lay strong Ba varian positions scattered over a ter rain which at first blush made the advance seem impossible. Stretching out from the Zonnebeke-Langemarck road ucross the center of the battle field was a ridge which dominated all surrounding ground and from a myriad of machine guns on the crest could be poured a deluge of bullets into the advancing ranks. Knce-Dccp Mud Through the southern portion of this section the swollen Zonnebeke river poured Its muddy water and scattered along both banks of the stream were mnay steel and concrete redoubts holding from 20 to 100 Ger mans, all well armed. Immediately In front of the Irish was undulating ground. Every knoll was a strong Bavarian position and the whole sec tion was filled with concrete redoubts and shell hole nests lined with ma chine guns. Depressions in the ground were n mass of knee-deep mud caused by recent rains and the llood of the river. The Irish battalions were muddy and wet when they began the attack. The Ulstermen were on the left of this battlefield and the men of the South on the right. Shoulder to shoulder they moved out among the heart-breaking obstacles at the break of day, bogging at every step, and all that human beings could have done under such circumstances they tlid. As they advanced they first en countered the customary thinly held line of German outposts among the shell craters. These Bavarians fell back and almost immediately the Irishmen found themselves lacing fire from every machine gun before them, vicious rapid fire whipping out a steady stream of lead breast high across the whole battlefield. liain of Lead Amidst this hail of bullets and crashing shells the Irishmen pushed doggedly forward. The Ulstermen lirst struck a position called Pond farm, below Fortuin. Here were many machine guns placed in con crete plates and deep dugouts. The Ulstermen plunged Into the gun pits and a fierce struggle followed. The Bavarians would not surrender and they fought until the last German lay crumpled beside his gun. • A small garrison was left to hold this place and the Irishmen pushed on. There was constant and bitter fight ing at every step. Near Pond farm they were held up by partly cut barbed wire entangle ments and as they struggled through this they were swept with bullets. Numerous redoubts were encoun tered beyond and In most cases it was hand-to-hand fighting to a finish with a stubborn enemy. The South ern Irishmen at a given hour Went forward with all the coolness whlcn made them famous at Glnchy and other places. They surged on through the mire to some of their objectives, but they had passed nu merous unsilenced machine gun em placements and the following waves of infantry were held tip by tliese. Hand to Hand North of Frezenberg was a redoubt called Borry farm, holding sixty to eighty Bavarians with machine guns. The position was too strong for the infantry to take, but the Irishmen battled on until these troops which had essayed an attack on the for tification lay dead or wounded before it. But others pushed forward to 'Hill 35, as the ridge which domi nated the surrounding ground was known, and for a time that eminence was aittually in British hands. But it was too important a position for the Germans to relinquish. They massed great numbers of men behind it and hurled them against the Irish. The latter met the onslaught with bayonet and clubbed rifles and fought as their forefathers had fought, fiercely and determinedly. But they were greatly outnum bered and gradually they were forced to fall back until the Germans had regained their hold on the hill. The Bavarians then began a series of heavy counter attacks and the Irish, many of them wounded and all ex hausted, retreated slowly, fighting every inch of the way, until they reached the trenches which they left at dawn* and which they held. No more heroic effort has been made since the war began than this. Individual Heroism There thad been many instances of individual heroism, a striking ease being fhat of the chaplain who gave his life while working among the men he loved. They tried to keep him back, but he had been with them in Ginchy and other struggles and he would not desert his boys now, so he continued to work on the shell lorn, bullet-swept field, his kindly face seen now beside some wounded man, now beside another who was dying. It was while he was kneeling to give absolution to some badly wounded man that a German shell broke near him and he was killed, it was a great loss to the Irish troops and his name was spoken with tears by those left behind. Another who will not he forgotten is the doctor who for five days and nights con tinued his work of rescuing wounded under heavy fire. Canada Will Cease Making War Munitions Ottawa, Aug. 22. The Imperial munitions board announced to-dav that production of munitions In Can ada will be discontinued as no longer necessary, except in some lines which In part will be produced in lessened quantities, some of the plants af fected In consequence will resume prewar activities In their regular lines; other will engage in produc tion of equipment for ships. France Needs More Red Cross Nurses The local Red Cross has received a letter fro,m Ma.i>r Murphy Red Cross (ommisstoner in France calling for 100 American women to volunteer for service in French canteens. He de sides to have forty sail from here not later than September 1. The nurses must be from thirty to fifty years of age, able to speak l'rench and are required to pay their own transportation. "WORK OR VIGHT" IS MOTTO Wilmington. Del., Aug. 22. —"Work or fight" Is the motto ndopted bv the District Board of Exemptions for the State of Delawtare. and the an nouncement Is made that the board wUI apnly It with special emphasis when the occupation claims for ex emption entered by some of tho builders of the Pusey & Jones Com pany, who have walked out. come to be considered by the board. This motto will apply with equal force to all other workmen who may strike, It Is said. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were Issued to day to Isaac Freedman, for the erec tion of a brick garage at 803-5-7 James street, at a cost of $3,500. A permit was Issued to Marrv Mazzv for the erection of a two-storv hr|pk building at the rear of 622 Boas street, to cost |BSO. RAILROAD RUMBLES OFFICIAL DUTY STILL MYSTERY Vice-President Atterbury Is Going on Errand; Wash ington Gossip Philadelphia, Aug. 22.—Railroad officials here are silent as to the real •duties of Vice-President W. W. At terbury of the Pennsylvania railroad who has been selected by the United States government for railroad duty abroad. Directors who granted Vice- President Atterbury a furlough Inti mated that his duties were known only to the officials at Washington, D. C. A dispatch to the Philadelphia Ledger says. "W. W. Atterbury, on leave of ab sence ns vice-president of the Penn sylvania Railroad, is going to France with another railroad official on an errand for'the government. His mis sion is confidential, and whether he receives an appointment to work for the government depends upon tho situation found in France. Going on an lOrrand "An official high In the War De partment who last Friday authorized the statement that Mr. Atterbury has no appointment from the govern ment, reaffirmed that statement to day. He said the railway official was 'going on an errand' and declined to explain further the purpose of the trip. "The desire of the government has been to keep the mission secret and the publicity department of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which made it public last week, was so Informed. Now that it has become public, with Mr. Attcrbury's leave granted by the Pennsylvania Railroad directors, the War Department refuses to elabo rate the 'errand.' S. M. Felton, In charge of the reconstruction of the railroads in France, said, 'I have nothing to say about what Mr. Atter bury will do.' "Secretary Baker said Mr. Atter bury was going abroad on an errand but had 'no commission from this government.' "As learned in an unofficial way, I two railroad men of this country have been sent abroad to look over the railroads and make recommen dations. It is likely that after this report one or the other may be ap pointed to head the construction work. It may be Mr. Atterbury and it may not." Railroad Conditions Are Up to Expectations Washington. Aug. 22. With an increase in equipment of only 3 per cent., the railroads of this country rendered nearly 26 per cent, more freight service In June this year than in the same month last year. In June, 1916, these roads gave freight service equivalent to carrying 15,650,194,737 tons of freight one mile, while for the same month this year they carried 19,676,453,348 tons one mile, an increase of 25.7 per cent. The magnitude of this achieve ment becomes more apparent when compared with the slight increase In equipment which the railroads were able to secure during the past year. In June of last year the roads in question owned 1.248,160 freight cars. June this year found them with only 1,284,644, an increase of barely 3 per cent. Moreover, the number of locomotives used by them to haul freight has been increased only one-half of 1 per cent, No Closed Doors For Friendship Meeting Announcement was made to-day that the Friendship and Co-operation Club meeting to-morrow night would be open to evof.'body. All railroad men not members are invited to at tend. There wil! be no secret ses sion and the doors will be wide open, Much that is interesting to all em ployes will be discupsed. Railroad Notes Employes of the Philadelphia and Reading shops at Pottsville are awaiting a 20 per cent. Increase in wages. It is said the increase will be forthcoming in this week's pay. Beginning next Sunday the gospel tank of the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. will visit the Allison Hill district. Yesterday's hot weather drove many to the big pool at the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. John Gartland, known as the champion pistol shot and corn husk er on the Altoona police force, has resigned and is now a Pennsy officer. George W. Boyd, passenger traffic manager for the Pennsylvania Rail road, Is recovering from his recent illness. He is at Cape May. Winfield H. Hoffman has been ap pointed boss painter on the Reading division succeeding the late Frank lin P. Saul. Mr. Hoffman is a prac tical mechanic and has been with the company the past twelve years. For the first, time in the history of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, four young women have been employed as section hnnds at Shenandoah. They arc Delia Sehuchavage, Anna Slnkcavage, Belle Gowoskl and Jean - nette Cancoski, 17 to 19 years old. | They were put to cleaning the sta tion and tracks. SIMILAR CONDITIONS HERE Local officials state that conditions in Harrisburg and vicinity are simi lar to those at Altoona. It Is esti mated that the total number of men over the age limit who have taken up work since the new order wont into effect is not more than twelve. In certain branches of work, mostly in railroad yards, men are needed, and several veterans have been con sulted with and may return to work. At present there is no great need for the men over age, as the work that needs men requires younger men. G. A. R. Veterans Show Old-Time War Spirit Boston, Mass.. Aug. 2 2. —William J. Patterson, of Pittsburgh, com- of the Grand Army of the Republic, speaking to-day at the opening session of the national encampment, aroused the greatest enthusiasm by delclartng that Amer ica had drawn the sword In favor of the oppressed people of Europe who had appealed for help. The convention hall rang with war-time shouts as veterans rose to their feet, waved battle-torn flags and cheered wildly every reference to the •un selfish motive which had prompted the United States to enter the stuggle OUT Goon SUPPORT The police department is receiving good support In Its efforts to sell tickets for the police fund baseball game Saturday, and many dimes were contributed through yesterday's ticket sale. The department Is enlisting the help of Its friends In the ticket sale and all the patrolmen are prepared to furnish tickets, to volunteer agents. FEW VETERANS ASK FOR JOBS Less Than Dozen Apply For Positions in Altoona Shops; Conditions Here Altoona, Pa., Aug. 22.—Less than a dozen men over the age of 45 years and less than 65 have been taken Into the service of the Pennsy since the announcement of its revised emergency policy, coming as a direct result of the war and the need of men. Several men under 50 years have been employed as special watchmen for the various local shops, and one or two hav' interesting. Next to holding hands, fishing seems to be the greatest of Paris sports. Any time you go down to tho Seine river lines of fishermen can be seen on either bank of the river passing the time a\yay, because they never catch anything—as far as I know. Some of them even use no bait. And, strange to say, one of our bunch "saw one of them catch a fish, four inches long. One of our men had a ride In an aeroplane over Paris and to the front. According to his account, it was some ride. Am having quite an amusing time with my French, it generally being my luck to spring It on an English speaking person. To-morrow we know the worst, as our papers wiU be back. Here's hop ing I got by! WALTER. Paris, France, July 27, 1917. Dear Mother: — Time has flown since I left the home of good eats, for It is nearly a month since I left the U. S. A., and began dodging submarines, and I am still Ipufing. I don't mind the loaf ing, because I needed it, but it is very expensive and eats into a skinny bank roll something scan dalous. You can imagine my joy on hearing that we leave for school Tuesday. Passed the French exam easily, there being nothing to it, the only difference I notice was in my weight. It Is something like sixteen stones intrtead of 150 pounds, fur thermore It is said if one begins to take on weight at the school the food supply is cut down. From cur rent rumors I have little fear of be ing put on diet. In fact, I have not overeaten since I landed in this war stricken country. Not that it mat ters, of course, because I think it did me good as 1 get enough by busting rules of table etiquette, such as taking two chops at one helping, that is when we have meat, which doesn't happen every day, as there are two days when meat is not al lowed to be eaten or sold. Then we get eggs, and frogeaters sure can cook eggs. I wish you could take a few lessons fronr these chefs. Un derstand, I am not knocking your cooking, for a piece of your bread right now would be a Godsend, but It sure would surprise you to see the different way they dress up eggs. Every time I see one its dressed In a more becoming way. Haven't learned to eat pigsfeet as yet, but probably will before the war Is over. White bread Is unheard of In this country, black war bread be ing all one can get and very seldom butter with that. Some of the bunch were wondering whether this bread was not made of wood pulp and chemicals, but we have a chemist among us and ho assured us that if was probably made of barley and I rye. Monday being a meatless day we received fish and peaches. Yes, that's all, and what's more, the fish were neither scaled nor cleaned and even had the heads on. However, we were too hungry to mind, but we of Dauphin, who is a student ig corps in France presents his he following letters. * re printed several weeks ago. made a raid on a candy shop im mediately after, and after partak ing heartily of hot chocolate, cake and pie were . surprised to find it only cost us two francs apiece (40 cents). As one fellow put It, If he had known that was all it would cost he would have enjoyed it. Right here we discovered that any one in uni form getsa disco.unt of ten per cent, on all purchases. sees a k>t of queer things over here. The other day we saw a big army truck driven by steam power with a smokestack on and all. Car ried his coal right with him, too. Another amusing sight is watching a kilted bare kneed, bow-legged Scotchman walking along the street. Seems to me they are rather old to wear short dresses. Parks are very beautiful here and being rree un less one sits down. I'm taking all of them In within walking distance, I don't like them so well at night though. Makes me sort of lone some to walk past an occupied bench right in the middle of a soul kiss, and they do have some wonderfully cute girls here. They hold up their reputation easily for being the pret tiest women in the world. Of course, I am speaking collectively, for you looked rather chic yourself the "last time I saw you. We have to provide a number of things for our school outfit, so every one went shopping yesterday. Un fortunately , I started very early, so had to go alone, which was a sad mistake, as I couldn't find what I wanted in the department stores and neither could I read the directory. Result was that I ambled home at midday with a hunk of soap and a tlncup, thoroughly disgusted with the world and shopping in general Went bcter in the afternoon as three of us went together and with the aid of the dictionary got along very well until the worried clerk secured an interpreter when we got our duf fle bags (which look something like a mail sack) towels, soap, knife, fork and spoon, and blankets in jig time, the interpreter going with us to every department. Sure, it was a girl, and a "petite" brunette to boot. Bought some camphor this morning. Use it for bedbugs. Not here but at school as we were ad vised to that effect by pupils already there. The duffle bags are used to lock one's belongings up as the bag is caught together by a steel clasp and locked. They are very conveni ent for soldiers. Have to buy a tlncup also, but can't find one big enough as the only kind available only holds a swal low. Oh, for one of those five-and ten-cent store ones that hold a pint! You see at the school we go to work at 3 a. m. and all we get for break fast Is a cup of coffee. You get the idea of the big tincup, don't you? Several of the fellows went on an other still hunt for said big tincup this a. m. while I left for the Y. M. C. A. to take a bath. No such luck though. "Both baths busted." Pree siire toa great, I guess, or dirt stopped the drain! Everyone is laying in a large sup ply of milk chocolate, as its food value is very great in proportion *o its bulk. It can be bought in all sizes and shapes, so I have laid in a supply that would fill a good-sized shoe box and even at that I doubt if I have enough. However, that is my financial limit as this loafiing around Paris has taken weight off my bank roll at an alarming rate. What would you advise as a tonic? However expense will soon end, 1 hope, as I will be paid s3l a month at the school, which will probably just keep me going. Every thing very dear —even the girls, Ha! Ha!—shoes especially com ing very high. My roommate, Stick r.ey, bought a pair which cost him $12 (i and he has been miserable ever since from the way they rub his feet. The same shoe would have cost $3.50 in the United States, so you see how it is. One of our bunch took advantage of that 10 per cent, dis bount for men in uniform, and don ned his National Guard outfit when he went out to buy his school junk. Too bad we have to wait until we reach school for our uniforms as it would be a great saving in shopping. The Y. M. C. A. is doing a won derful work here. All Americans we4come whether members or not and any amount of writing paper furnished free. Big upholstered easy chairs are thickly strewn around in the lounging room with plenty of magazines—a little old, but still In teresting—on the tables nearby. Bil lard tables also free. Rather weak on baths though—sort follow the custom of the country, don't you know. Down in the courtyard is a combination ice cream and delica tessen store, (called a canteen in France) where things are sold at cost, needless to say, this Is very well patronized. Have some wonder ful musicians among the boys and therefore have music nearly every night. Golly, how they can rag, makes one wish he had a pretty, (yes, I said "pretty." I'm still par ticular!) girl to whirl in the light fantastic. Tuesday night Jhere were moving pictures with a volunteer orchestra, and that was some or chestra too. Wednesday night was a smoker. cigarets being passed around, also had some more music. The first thing one sees when he THOSE AWFUL CRAMPS Suggestions that may save Much Suffering Pa. —"For twelve years I suffered with terrible cramps. I ||L|lMiii| stay In bed sever yPW month. I tried all kinds of remedies and was treated my troubles con- I tinued until one , day I read about ■ " * for others!' 1 tried it unu now 1 am never troubled with cramps and feel like a different wo man. I cannot praise Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound too highly and I am recommending it to my friends who suffer as I did."— Mrs. George R. Naylor, Box 72, Marysville, Pa. Young women who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, headache, dragging-down sensations, fainting spells or indiges tion should take Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Thousands have been restored to health by this root and herb remedy. Write for free and helpful advice to Lydla E. Plnkham Medicine Co., (confidential). Lynn, Mass. Only wo men open and read such letters. enters the building is a big black lettered sign reading, "Write a letter home," and another nearby "Ask for paper at desk—no charge." I'm obeying the order pretty regularly, don't you think? Say, do you think a loaf of your bread would stay fresh until it reach ed mo (ten days), If not, I know "Old Reliable" would—get the drift? Ha! Ha! Yes ma'am, all eatables ac cepted with thanks. I would even enjoy "snits and nep." That is how my appetite is developing, which Is certainly sad, because If there was one thing I • should have left in America, it was said appetite. It's an awful expensive thing to keep, and one can't lose it either, which Just reminds me that dinner is near ly ready. Next time you hear from me I hope to be "somewhere in France." Address letters as directed and they will be duly forwarded. Au Revolr, WALTER. Paris, France, July 28, 1917. Dear Mother: Great excitement last night about 12 midnight! We had just returned from the Y. M. C. A. and an exciting battle of checkers and were prepar ing to hit the hay when horns began to blow, sirens to whine, and the whole Paris fire department turned out in a body—something in Itself extraordinary, because we have vain ly tried to find the headquarters of said firefighters—searchlights began to sweep the sky in every direction. To say we were curious would be putting It mildly and our room being nearest the roof, everyone piled in to see. You guess It. A raid was in progress and the heavens were filled with aeroplanes, looking so much like shooting stars that one covld hard ly tell the difference between stars and aeroplanes. It was a clear night and the Milky Way was white with stars, which made It harder for us interesting spectators to find the aeroplanes. It was strange as well as amusing to watch a star intently for a few minutes and then discover that it was an aeroplane. Everything calmed down in about an hour and we learned in the morning that one lone German plane had caused all this excitement and dropped one bomb. Expect another one to-night. Hope I get a chance to see the fun and hope a Zep. comes along. But It would be Just my fool luck to have a raid occur after I left for school. That happens on Tuesday, August 1, and to-day we signed a lot of papers, were marched back and forth to several buildings and finally told to come back Monday when every thing would be fixed for good, or as one pessimistic fellow put it, "Order your wooden box and cross." Finally discovered some tincups that would hold a drink. Two of the bunch bought a plate which re sembled a wash basin more than plates and were? kidded on this point, admitted that we were right in our deductions. When they got through washing up, dinner would be served In the same utensil. Sure! Why not? Look how much it holds. Besides the soup rooks the same as the dish water anyway. Several others have bought Identification disks with silver bracelets, which seems a needless expense as the government furnishes such articles. Of course, they have plenty of money, so what's the odds. Rut it's different with me. Little Walter is getting pretty low; what with buying all this school Junk and footing board bills. Be broke soon and then I will feel natural again, for I have always been on the verge of bankruptcy. However, necessity for expense will soon be at an end, the French army taking care of me. Bought some camphor to feed the affectionate bedbugs 1 am expecting to meet. Hope the fumes w"orlt kill me before the bugs! To-day was a big day. Yes, in deedy, quite eventual!—l had a bath, a Hot one and it only cost 2 francs (40 cents). Gee, but it felt good and I soaked and scrubbed for an hour and a half and had a wonderful time floating around in a whole bathtub full of hot water. What with the cute little pieces of delicate pink soap given me and two clean towels, a mil lionaire had nothing on me. My lij-st one in France. Wonder when I shall get another one. Anyway this was thorough and ought to last a while considering the soap I used. The canteloupes are wonderful here. Great big juicy ones nearly as big as water melons. I thought they were cow pumpkins the first time 1 saw them and was therefore skep tical about eating them, but now you couldn't stall me on them. Have to quit. Turning lights out on me. Good night, WALTER. P. S.—Following morning (Sun day). Another raid last night. Heard one bomb drop. Had a hail storm this morning. Still raining. DEAD ON HIS FEET GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules will bring new life and quickly re lieve that stopped-up congested feel ing. They will thoroughly cleanse and wash out the kidneys and bladder and gently carry off the ill effects of excesses of all kinds. The healing, soothing oil soaks right into the walls and lining of thi kidneys and expels the poisons in your system. Keep your kidneys in good shape by daily use of GOLD MEDAL. Haarlem Oil Capsules and you will have good health. Go to your druggist at once and secure a package of this time honored, world-wide remedy. It Is not a "patent medicine." It is passed upon by U. 8. 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Under 90 pounds—Sixty-yard dash, broad jump, high pump, pole vault, quarter-mile relay. Over 90 pounds—Seventy-flve-yard dash, 120-yard low hurdles, pole vault, high jump, broad jump, half mile relay. Winners will be awarded ribbons J and a trophy will be given to the ™ team with the highest number of points. Plans for the romper day exercises to be held next Thursday will be announced in a few days. Mark Arie Captures Trap Championship Chicago, 111., Aug. 22.—Mark Arie, of Thomasboro, 111., champion of Illinois, won the national amateur trapshooting championship in the grand American handicap tourna ment to-day after three shoot-offs, breaking seventy-five targets straight. Clarence B. Piatt, of Bridgeton, N. J., won the national amateur championship in doubles in breaking ninety-six of fifty pairs of targets. He equaled the world's record. TO HOLD BIG PICNIC The policy holders of the Metropoli tan IJfe Insurance Company will hold a picnic at Paxtanff Park to-morrow. Prizes will be Riven for the person who guesses nearest to the number of visits made by the nurse on policy holders in the Harrisburg district last year. Also prizes for the oldest policy holder and for the holder of the oldest policy. For the finest babv and for various sporting events. THE MOTHER of these two chil dren says: "Whenever my chil dren need a bodjl builder I give them Father John's Medicine and it prevents them from catching cold. That's the only kind of mcdi cine I use and it (Signed) The safe body building tonic for all the family to take is Father John's Medicine because the pure and wholesome food elements which it contains build new flesh and strength and by driving out the impurities restore normal health. LOST! Many valuable articles during a year's time. Perhaps you are one of those unfortunate ones to lose something of value. The one sure way to find the lost is to Use Telegraph Want Ads