12 SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE WITH EMPEY ________ Before I tell of _ _ _ my first real ad- I Start Out venture. I wilt give to See the a brief resume of World my li£c - WOrm I waa born in ———— — the -go's, closer to tho bottom than the top. hen 1 lirsi opened my eyes I breathed the air of the "Rockies." To be exact, I was born in Ogden, Utah, on 'he eleventh of December, 1883. My rov ing started at the early age of tour. This was in Cheyenne, Wyoming. 1 used to play on the front porch. My mother must have suspected that I was of a roving nature, because she took the' precaution to put a gate across the steps of the porch with somo kind of new fangled lock on it, which I was unable to negotiate. I used to work for half an hour at a time trying to get tho gate open, but without success; in fact this got to be a habit with me until my father applied the "slipper" several times. This made me more cautious and I worked in secret. Out in front of our house were the sand hills of Wyoming. These had a fascination for me and it was my greatest am bition to explore them. One mo mentous morning, the grocery boy, who was a great friend of mine, showed me how to work the lock. 1 was full of childish glee, when, after a few attempts, I found it easy to get out into the world beyond. On the morning in question my mother left me in charge of the hired girl while she went shopping. It was wash day, and my guardian did not havo much time to look after me. She, not being in on the "big secret," put me on the front porch thinking that I would be safe. I waited my chance, and as soon as I heard the noise of her scrubbing on the wash board in the kitchen I availed myself of the op portunity of getting out. When I got out into the sand hills it was great fun and I kept plowing forward. After a while I got very tired and tried to retrace my steps, but with out success. I know I was lost. Then I did what all kids would do under like circumstances. I blub bered for my mother. Pretty soon a cowboy came along, took com passion on mo, lifted me in front of lilin on his saddle and we rode into the town of Cheyenne. All the way he was trying to find out my name, but all I could answer was "Deyenxpy." Of course he could not translate this Into "Guy Empey." He carried me into a saloon, filled with cowboys, and sat me on a barrel and the cowboys crowded around and seemed to be greatly amused. I thor oughly enjoyed myself for a while, but then began to howl for my mamma. I must have been a howl ing success because even the cow-1 boys could not stand it. They gave! 1110 everything in the saloon to play j with, but to no avail. My yelling! continued. My mother, upon returning home at about one oc'lock that afternoon, found the girl frantic with fright, saying that I had disappeared. My mother turned in the alarm and a general search took place. All 1 can remember is that my father, with a frightened face, rushed into the saloon and, seeing me, grabbed me in his arms and kissed ine. He then in triumph took me home. A great reception was await ing me, and all the neighbors patted jue on the back. I was a great hero, protem. When the neighbors left, out came that old familiar "slipper." STATE DIVIDED FOR BIG EXHIBITS Important Arrangements Arc Made For the Opening of Midwinter Food Show Working under a new plan to In crease the exhibits of the food pro duced in the State Secretary of Ag riculture Patton, has arranged for division of the state into districts fori the big midwinter show of corn, npples, wool, vegetables and other, farm products. The arrangement was announced today and it is be-i lieved that it will bring In many val-| uable items. For the com exhibits S3OO will; be given in prizes, for fruits and; vegetables, $350; poultry and eggs,! $250; wool, $100; potatoes, $75; and butter, SSO. For the corn and potato contests the state has been divided into four districts so that certain soctions of the state which have distinctive reputations in corn an potato grow ing can bo in competition against each other and later tho winners of the division classes can bo brought together for th 6 grand stato chain-1 pionshlp. Corn exhibits will consist' of ten ears except tho county ex- j hlbits which will consist of ten ten ear exhibits. There has also been added a big car class, in addition to the thirty ear class. In addition there will be the boys' and girls' corn contest and this corn Will later be placed lu competition vKth winners tor the state championship. The list of classes and premiums for the corn and potato contests is us follows: COIIX CLASSIFICATION 1 District Xo. 1, Adams, Berks, Bucks, Cumber land, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Le high, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and York counties. tut 2d !I4 4tlt sth 1, Yellow Dent $5.00 3.50 2.50 2.00 l.Ou 2 White Dent.. 5.00 3.80 2.60 2.00 1.00 3. White Capped Yellow Dent. 5.00 3,50 2,80 2.00 1.00 District No. 2. Armstrong, Bedford, Biatr, Butler, Cambria, Center, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton, Huntington, Indiana, Jun iata, Lawrence, Lycoming, Mercer, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Somerset and Union coun ties., tut art M 4th sth 1. Yellow Dent SB,OO .1.50 2,50 2.00 l.uu 2 White Dent.. 5.00 3,50 2.80 2.00 1,00 I White Capped Yellow Dent, 5.00 3.50 8,50 2.00 1.00 4. Flint 5.00 3.50 2,50 2.00 1.00 District No, 9, Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, Clar ion, Clearfield, Crawford, Klk, Erie Forest, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Lu zerne, McKeun, Monroe, Pike, I'ot- WEDNESDAY EVENING, By Arthur Guy Empev | When I saw the slipper I experienced the same feeling that I had later when on a trench raid in France I was hung in the German barbed wire. My father sure had the art of slipper application down to a fine point, be cause I lost all interest in roving for many moons. From Cheyenne my family went to Richmond, Virginia. At thi- place I went to school and was blought up on McGuffy's Reader. Tills gave me a great Idea of an Englishman. All I could see was a big Grenadier In a red coat chopping Americans into mince meat. From A'irginia we migrated to i Canada. Two years later we left for i New York. In New York I went through pub lic school. and twice just escaped be ing expeljed. I organized the boys of the class into a gang and we de cided to mutiny against our teacher, a Miss Hall, but the principal of the school, Mr. Lyons, soon wiped out the mutiny and gave me another chance to make good. When I re ceived my graduation diploma I breathed a sigh of thanksgiving. From public school I went to Man ual Training High School. The most notable thing I did there was to make left half back on the football team. My great hero was Richard Henry Dana, who wrote "Two Years Before tho Mast." I devoured this book sev eral times and then decided to run away and make the same trip, and did so. ———. After a little My First lc , ss than T a year ' s absence I again Military returned to New Training York. Once again I was the hero, ] ~' ~""~~~~minus the "slip per." After being worshipped for about two weeks, I joined the 47th Regiment of Brooklyn, and soon be came Sergeant. The militia, in my eyes, seemed tame, so I ran away and enlisted In the navy. In two months I became a Third-class Yeoman, hav ing passed the Yeoman Course in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Then I went to sea on the "rookie" battleship Missouri. We nicknamed 'her the "Misery." I was lucky enough to be on her when she rammed the Illin ois. and nearly foundered her in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After going into drydock for two weeks at New port News, Virginia, we left for the target range off Pensacola, in the Gulf of Mexico. On April 13, 1904, while on target practice, we had an explosion in the after turret, which killed thirty-four men. I barely escaped with my life; in fact, I was smashed up a little and was sent to the Navy Hospital at Portsmouth, Virginia. My folks concluded tliat they had hail about enough of my foolishness, and got me out of the Navy. I was highly incensed at this action, so en listed in the 12th United States Cav alry, and inside of a year was pro moted to the rank of Squadron Ser geant Major. I happened to be fairly good at rough riding or "Monkey Drill," and was sent with the Second Squadron to the Jamestown Exposition to give exhibitions in rough riding. After three years X was discharged from the 12th Cavalry, and came home, but soon enlisted in the 11th United States Cavalry and did duty on the Mexican border during the first trouble in 1911. I was dis charged at San Antonio, Texas, re turned to New York, and went into ter, Sullivan, Susuqehanna, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Wayne and Wy- I oming counties. 1n( :iii -tth r>h IJ, YeMov; Dent $3.00 3.by 2.5<' 2.00 1.00 2 White Dent.. 5.00 3.50 2.50 2.00 1.00 3. White Capped Yellow Dent, 5.00 3.60 2.50 2.00 1.00 1. Flint 5.00 3.50 2.50 2.00 1.00 District So. 4. Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmore land counties. l*t I'<l :<il 4tli sth 1. Yellow Dent $5.00 3.50 2.50 2.00 1.00 White Dent.. 5.00 3.50 2.50 2.00 1.00 3. White Capped Yellow Dent, 5.00 3.50 2.50 2.00 1.00 I State Winners IMI -"il 3d 4th 1. Yellow Dent ... $ i.OO 3.00 2.00 1.00 2. White Dent .. . 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 ' 3. White Capped, Yellow Dent ... 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00, Sweepstake Best 10-ear exhibit! in the show. All classes, $5.00. Big ear Class —Ten ears of corn! shelling the greatest quantity of' grain, $5.00 Thirty Ear Class—Best exhibit of: 30 ears of corn, any type, SIO.OOJ $5.00 Champion Ear of the Show—ss.oo. J A single ear not a part of any other! exhibit must be entered in this class. County Exhibit County Exhibit shall consist of ten j ten-ear exhibits, or 100 ears. Each I ten-ear exhibit in the County Exhibit! must have been grown by exhibitor,! so that these ten-ear exhibits may I be eligible to prizes in the regular j • lasses. First prize, $6.00; second! prize*.s4.oo. Challenge cup shall be given to the county winning first i prize in the county exhibit. This cup shall be contested for each yearj and the winning county's name en-, graved upon it each year. i Boys and Girls For the best exhibit of 10 ears of corn grown by a boy or a girl under j twenty years of age July 1, 1917.' This class covers the entire state and the corn will be judged also with the 1 state classes of district winners. I Ist -ii :tii 4th nth! 1. Yellow Dent $3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 2. White Dent . 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 i 3. White Capped, Yellow Dent 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 ! 4. Flint 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.01)1 POTATO EXHIBIT Ship by parcel post or express pre- j paid, one peck of potatoes to C. E. t Patton, Emerson - IJrantingham \ Building, Harrisburg, Pa. For en-! try blank write to C. E. Patton, liar-; risburg, C. F, Preston, State College,] or apply at your county Farm Bu reau office. District Xo. 1 (Same us Corn) White .Skin Potatoes 3.00 52.00 SI.OO Pink Sktn Potatoes . S.OO 2.00 1.001 District Xo, a (Same as Corn White Skin Potatoes 3.00 $2.00 SI,OO | Pink Skin Potatoes , 3.00 2.00 1.00 1 District Xo. 3 (Same as Corn ) White Hkin Potatoes 3.00 $2.00 SI.OO j Pink Skin Potatoes . 8.00 2.00 1.001 District Xo. 4 (Same its Corn White Hkin Potatoes 3.00 $2.00 SI.OO Pink Skin Potatoes , 3.00 2.00 1.00 State Winners ut lid Bit White Skin Potatoes 3.00 $2.00 SI.OO Pink Skin Potatoes . 3.00 2.00 1.001 Boys' nnil Girls* Class For the best exhibit of one peck of potatoes grown by a. boy or girl under 20 years of age on Julyi 1, 1917, This class includes the entire state and the exhibits will be judged also with the state class of district winners. Ist Jil .-lit 4th White Skin Potatoes ~,,, $3.00 $3.00 $1.50 11.00 Pink Hkin Potatoes .... 3.00 2.00 1.60 1.00 business for myself. This waa a dis tinct failure. I could not settle down so I applied for a position with a well-known detective agency, and after pounding my heels in the ante room fr several weeks, now and then being given a "shadow case," finally had the luck to go before the "Chief," and with four other men was sent down South on a "moon shine" case. 1 got In with a family of "moonshiners" and liked them very well; in fact X thought so much of them that when the time came to show them up it sort of went against the grain, and I couldn't do it. It seemed like stealing candy from a baby. Of course this severed my connection with the detective agency, and 1 shed no tears. I then applied for a position with the New York Telephone Company. While with them I joined the Mount ed Scouts of the 4th Regiment of New Jersey and went through three Maneuver Camps. Upon the expiration of my term of service, which was three years, I j joined the Mounted Scouts of the "Ist I Regiment, New York, i Then the war broke out and I was all eagerness to get into the flglit. I had been playing at soldiering, and here I was in the United States while a real war was going on across the i water. What was Ito do? I did not like being neutral a little bit, so just by luck I happened to get in with an agent of the French Government. At this time France was buying thou sands of horses in the United States and shipping them to France for the French army. Here was my chance at last. My detective experience stood me in good stead, and after a lot of maneuvering I finally landed a job to go over on a horse ship to try and find out why so many horses were dying on the passage over. Shortly after my return from Chance this trip the IjUSi . of Real tania was sunk, i" Soldiering and - . like , J lll ° Americans, 1 was pretty sore, and I waited for the United States to get busy, #As we all know that nothing happened. 1 knew it was up to me to get over "on my own." I applied to the Brit ish Consul, "camouflaging" as a Canadian, but it did not work. They would not send me to Canada. I de cided to pay my own way. , One day I met an officer of the Canadian Army and lie told me that if I did reach Canada I would have to stay in a training camp for at least Mx or seven months before be ing sent over. This did not suit me in the least. I was no "rookie;" in my opinion I was a trained soldier. i then decided to take matters into my own hands and go to England, and shipped on the American Line. I arrived in I-ondon about ten forty one night. The next morning before eleven o'clock I was a private in His Majesty's Imperial Army, a soldier of the King. Then I realized that I was at last up against the real thing and all of my pugnacity oozed out through my pores. When you get out of civilian clothes, into uniform and close up to the fight, you do not want to fight as much as you did before, and 1 felt very ner vous. This nervousness never left me during my stay on the Western Front. Over a year later I was so badly wounded that I was discharged as "physically" unfit for further war service," and came back to the old U. S. A. PERSHING MEN UNDER ORDERS TO KEEP SOBER General Forbids Purchase of Whisky, Champagne or Other Alcoholic Liquors With the American ■ Army in France, Dec. 21.—A1l alcoholic bev erages except light wines and beers are denied to members of the Amer ican expeditionary forces in France by General Pershing in general or ders. Extraordinary measures are being taken to insure sobriety and a high moral standard in the Army, and the officers have been informed they will be held to strict accounta bility for the fullest compliance with the orders. The text says: Should men return to camp intoxicated they will be seized by the guard. Causes of drunk enness should be subjected to prompt disciplinary measures. Commanding officers at all places where troops are located will confer with the French au thorities and use every endeavor to limit to the lowest possible the number of places where liquor is sold. Soldiers are forbidden either to buy or accept as gifts whisky, brandy, champagne, liquors or other alcoholic beverages other than light wines or beers. The gift or the retail sale of these by inhabitants in the zone of the Army are forbidden by French law. v As regards morality, the protec tion of the troops begins the moment they land and continues constantly thereafter. Tho order says that at the ports of debarkation by co-operation with the French authorities and, If necessary, tho use of military secret police, every endeavor will be mado to locate tha habitations and sections of town fre quented by Immoral women. The frequenting or visiting of thes<s places by members of the American expeditionary force Is prohibited. For the information of relatives and friends of the troops It may be said that ranking American officers declare that the sobriety and high moral standards of the American forces as a whole have deeply im pressed the French civil and mili tary authorities, HONS OK" KBIT WINg The Sonß of Rest, basket ball team took another victim Into camp yes terday afternoon when they defeated the fast Coatsvilla live on the iatter's floor, by the score of 38 to 30. The playing of Garber, Htorey and Cahill featured the locals, The line up follows! Hons of ltest Cahill, Garner, f .1. Huch, t Sullivan, f Hinith, f Storey, c Weiss, o Bihl. s A. Huch, g Cahill, g '/.ahn, g Field goals—Gainer 5, Sullivan 8, Storey 4, Blhl 1, Cahill 2, J Huch 4, Smith 2, Weiss 1, Zalin 3. Iteferee, Grimm, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Army Trucks Delivered Overland to Seaboard The first United States Army truck train running on its own power be tween Detroit and the Atlantic sea board left the Packard factory at 8' o'clock, December 14. The train is designated by the Army as Supply Division No. 308, Truck Company No. 2 and it is made up entirely of Pack ard chainlcss trucks. Captain Ben nett Borron Is in command of the convoy service, and Lieutenant C. A. lliley in direct command of the train. This test of the practicability ot sending new trucks from factory to seabord on their own wheels was planne by the Quartermaster's Corps of the United States Army, in con junction with the Highways Trans portation Committee of the Council of National Defense, and is a sub stantial evidence of the close-knit co operation of the Government's afien cies for the prosecution of the war. The men driving the trucks were ■ ordered to Detroit from Camp Sher mon, Chlllicothe, Ohio, and from Mar ia. Texas. The trucks are three-ton capacity and are fitted with bodies built according to Quartermaster De partment specifications. Among thein were tank trucks, with gasoline and oil, and one kitchen truck, carrying the food supplies for the trip. The Army men will be quartered in armories i n the various cities along the route, which is generally is fellows: Detroit to Toledo,C Cleve land, Kavenna, Pittsburgh, over the Lincoln Highway to Philadelphia and thence to the seaboard. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Involving Our Entire Remaining Stock Comprising Suits and Misses an We shall not try to- impress you with the vast quantity of garments in this annual After-Christmas Sale, for we believe we have proved during Ae past season that there is much more than quantity to be considered—quality above r7 everything is the essential in a garment that is to be worn through one season or more. /J Now that our entire remaining stocks of suits and coats for women and misses, and coats and dresses of velvet JQQ> WS'TA I'M and silk for girls and children have been reduced, will let the prices be the beginning and the end of our story. /7^wv\ /njnn $25.00 Suits Reduced to $18.50 $27.50 & S3O Suits Reduced to S2O -fpXTi \ / (\ -\ r** $25.00 suits of fine quality broadcloth and poplin, lined with finished with a narrow belt and large buckles; con- &o*7 C() W ' a®® "\_7 JLtT^\Peau deCygne and beautifully tailored throughout; <>lQ CA vertible collar of velvet. Extra special ®"' '' ® \®SBE—IN \\\ sizes from 36 to 42, navy,black and brown. Extra Bpecial $42.50 suits in men's wear serge and Silvertone cloth, in pl&in W y7" ■ Tnrj / \\ - a , ~ , , , • i, . . . . . . tailored styles and bound in silk braid, button trim- (9ft ftH ' 1/ 4 1 \\ $2,.50 suite in black and navy, in plain tailored styles bound in me d; in navy, oxford and black. Extra special JjU.UU / V} \\ black braid and trimmed with bone buttons. S2O 00 $55.00 suits in wool velours, finished with a broad crushed belt: ' / Wj*S 1 \ \ Extra special * shawl collar and deep cuffs of kolinsky; in taupe. flfl / 1" 1\ $39.50 suits of chiffon broadcloth, in a fancy pointed model Extra special wuJ/UU ' ) BKSI \ The Greatest Coat Values We've Ever Announced After Christmas I $25.00 cheviot and zibeline coats in brown and navy, made in $45.00 coats in trench, oxford and green, made in a p.aited stylo J • ..7 f\ I a belted style large envelope pockets and convertible finished with a broad crushed belt, large collar inlaid (OC f\fl 1 \ L collar trimmed with buttons. Christmas Sale Price . . 1 ' with velvet Christmas Sale Price JpOO.UU [ \ I $27.50 wool velour and cheviot coats, lined throughout with t , H * le '"""'" \ , L J \ / I black satin, made in a belted model trimmed with large buckles; i 02..,0 coats in chiffon broadcloth, Silvertone and Burrella made p f \ 11. invertd pockets and large cape collars. Christ- (OA ftfl w th , a I" 1 " 61 back - shirred over hips and finished with a broad \ \ mis Sale Price JiU.MU utitched belt, trimmed with self covered buttons; con vertible collar \ /I \ \ n $37 50 coats in Burrella, cheviot and wool velour, lined through- of Kolinsky; lined throughout with fine quality Peau de Ef) Hi—>- ? out with fancy silk, large collar of Kerami. $25 Oft CyKne ' ln tau P e - oxford *nd trench. Christmas sale price* l '*' • )\ l\ [ /1v Christmas Sale Price $55.00 coats in wool, velour, chiffon, broadcloth and Burrella, /> \\ \ * >•>■ n $39.50 coats in wool velour, broadcloth and Burrella. in green, in a semi-belted model, trimmed with selfcovered buttons: con- •f* brown and trench, made with a full gathered back, large cape vertible collar of Hudson seal, lined throughout with grev Peau de J collar and broad bands of seal plush trim Bottom of 4[On ft/1 Cygne; in black, brown, taupe and oxford. Christmas <£*2o Cft coat. Christmas Sale Price iDOU.UU Sule Price ... iDDU.OU Party Frocks For Girls and Junior Misses Dainty little dresses for holiday functions in sizes for girls CS4 $20.00 velvet dresses, sizes 14, 15 and 16 $10.5 C and junior misses including sizes 12, 14, 16 and 18. The ma- . ?14 " 50 combination velvet and silk dresses, with large sailoi terials arc net, Crepe de Chine, Georgette crepe, chiffon and Jj collar crcpc: sizcs 12 a,,d 14 . _ . . Avli Regular $14.50 taffeta dresses in sizes 15, 17 and 19; in Co combinations of lace and Georgette crepe. The colors are pale / )/\ , ~ , _ ( V penhagen, navy, blue and green $13.50 blue, green, flesh, maise and green and white. Specially priced ,J v . • Dlves , Pomeroy & stewart , Second Floor . $20.00 net dresses, sizes 14 $13.50 • 1 9 1 *ll ? $22.50 chiffon dresses, size 16; W8.50 Mfc Girls and Children s Dresses Georgette dresses in green and maise #20.00 BLg Staple SlllleS ITI White $15.00 chiffon over Jap silk dresses $0.50 Ssjll^BP" IIbISBH \ i w 1 $4.93 $5.50 and $7.50 white pique dresses in styles that wil $15.00 net dresses, size 12 $0.50 Wppljiß * y ... $15.00 white crcpe de chine dresses, size 12 ,8 - 5 ° IK * 14 years; slightly mussed from holiday handling. Special . $18.50 chiffon dresses in flesh and light blue $10.50 x ' r price V $2.9£ Sturdy Winter Goats For Children and Girls Reduced t55.95 Coats,s4.9s 415.00 Coats, $13.50 ssl $5.95 children's coats in velvets, wool velour and $15.00 children's coats in sizes 10, 12 and 14;inzibe- Chinchilla! In Copenhagen grey, brown and navy; in | lne , woo l V el„„ r , Burella and velvet corduroy. After MllX sizes 4to 7, After Christmas Clearance ~,,,, $4.95 WUtiS y _ __ Christmas Clearance $13.50 /.'if $7.50 Coats,ss.9s w/ llvr $7.50 children's coats in plush, corduroy and zibe- rafjj||||j| $39.50 atld $37.50 CoatS, S3O |IM line; sizes 4to 8. After Christmas Clearance, $.'5.95 M jljl 11 111 | II HI -iw |li|? $39.50 and $37.50 fine quality silk velour coats, lined \ I 111 $9.50 OatS, $7.50 -liroughout with a fancy stripe Peau de Cygne; in sizes $9.50 children's coats in velvet corduroy, zibeline and '' J' , 6 to 44. After Christmas Clearance SJ{O.OO lift cheviot; in green, navy and brown; sizes 6 to 10. After W i Christmas Clearance $7.50 * Dlv . Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. v INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE Conserve Even if You Have to Go to the Ash Pile to Dig out the Unused Coal Individual responsibilities is main taining the fuel situation and tlie necessity of economy in regard to coal are discussed by Dr. Samuel G. DRixon, State Commissioner of Health,- in a statement on "Heat and Health during the War," issuod to day in which the chief health guar dian takes people to task for waste fulness. He declared bluntly that people do not appreciate their re sponsibility In a crisis like tho pres ent and that the average ashplle can be made to yield much which will make up for the coal shortage. Dr. Dixon says in the course of his talk that he guarded against fuel shortage conditions at one of the biir state institutions by getting separate sets of grates and having wood pre pared. The result has been that no one has gone cold. The commissioner says: "Heat is the first essential to life. The young of man or of the lower animals cannot in their first days in the world make from their food enough to sustain life, and the emal nestling animals require the beat of their parents. The cry of freez ing to' death for want of fuel ha? gone up and the responsibility neen put up to Government officials, rail roads, etc. We have heard, how ever, very little about the individ ual responsibility of the great econ omical scheme before us in the time of war. "Tlie ashpile of the poor and rich, on being exposed to a good shower of rain, assumes an almost black surface. A large proportion: of it is carbon and rich in heac pro-1 aucing units. The forests, near and' tar away, are full of good lire wood, boxes, rubbish of various kind;,, p. no we find the cellars nearby expensive anthracite coal. Many foreigners put us to shame by collecting tnese | waste products that can be used for fuel and today many of them ore, rich in heat-producing material to; see them through the winter. "Some time ago, visiting one of the large state hospitals and with a i full realization of the responsibility' of having thousands of patients un- | able to tak-e care of themselves, 11 found the heal question looming up. I To guard against the threatened; shortage in fuel we doubled up our| grates so that we could have those on which we could burn wood, soft' coal or anthracite coal. This in-1 creased our chances of being able| to guard against having these poor i people suffer from cold during any| emergency that might arise. Before i leaving there X could hear the echo | of the woodman's ax felling trees j that would never be of any account except for kindling-wood. This wood was Delng stored, and as opportun ity came, with the teams going to! and from various points, we tilled 1 our empty wagons and hauled the I DECEMBER 26, 1917 twood to the heating and power i plants of the Instftution. Therefore, co-day, those state institutions feel fairly comfortable as to the prospect of getting through the balance of this cold season. "Where there is a will there is usually a way, but our people ao not seem to appreciate their individual j responsibility. It is a pity our poo ' pie do not realize that wuod nnd j coal or those combustible tilings that , will produce heat are worth more to! , us today than gold dollars. I feel ] ,! sure that if the heaps of ashes rnen-i j tioned were covered with gold dol lars there would be almost blnod ( shed in the scramble to collect them, I but tliose gold dollars will not give ! you warmth in the very cold weather lor cook food, which is essential to I life. It therefore becomes obvious! to anyone who will read or think | that tne coal in these itshplles and I the wood in fields, forests or on | the commons, are more valuable j under the present circumstances j than gold itself. '•Let everyone turn his thoughts . j to his on individual responsibilities j and seek to detect any waste of com -11 bustibles and conserve them with i more energy than he would conserve 'the almighty dollar. No ashes i should leave the home that have not j been screened and picked. No wood- j j en boxes or other things that are | . made of combustible material should 1 be burned or wasted on the coni- I mons, but should be stored with the J greatest of care for a day that may ! meet you when life depends upon I heat." SANTA CLAUS IN AIRPLANE GREETS FRENCH KIDDIES [Continued from First Page.] flakes, much to the delight of abou one hundred small children wh' huddled within the shelter of lb' hangar. It is doubtful that children any where had ever seen such a sigh before. When the youngsters ha' ; gathered at the hangar Santa Clauf who was an American corporal, go into a big machine at a nearb hangar. He new off and flfteei minutes later there was a whirr o engines over the children's head and an airplane dropped to the snc* covered Held before them. The chll dren had been told that Hanta ha I abandoned his old sleigh for an air plane but they did not believe it un til they saw him come down fror the skies. In all the units entertaining ch!l dren, each small guest received th present he most desired. There wer at least a score of large commanlt trees and many smaller ones in th zone where the presents were dl: tributed. Efforts were made to carry 01 the program of footnall games, bi some of these had to be cancele when the snow became too heav: While Christmas dinner did not ai proach that of Thanksgiving becau of lack of turkey and trimmings, tl army managed to enjoy itself chee: fully. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—A
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