Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 23, 1918, Page 6

SIX WORK OF CENSORS FULL OF THRILLS "Women of Ehgym Find'in It & Most Attractive: and Lucra- tive Professon. ¢ \ > HELP DRAW™ NET ON SPI Bystem s Perfect; One Marvels How German_ Secret Agent Can‘ Slip Through, but Slip’ Through He Does. R London.—The latest and, to a wom- " an, the most attractive profession is that of postal censor. To the well- educated woman in her service, the postal censorship offers opportunities for advancement not to be found else- where. The pay ranges from $7.256 a weék while learning, Tising by incre- ments of $1 to $15 a week, the maxi- mum for an examiner, with additional war bonus. - There are at least fifty-| women earning more than $1,000 a ; 'year, supervising thirty or forty exam- . iners each. They have all risen from the ranks. Now they hold the proud title of D. A. C. (Deputy Assistant Censor), to which they have been elevated not so much for their languages as for their general capacity. One girl of nine- teen, engaged two years ago as a typist at $5 a week, rose to $15 with- in six months. Another, beginning at $10, drew $20 within. eight weeks. Yet the plaint of the deputy. chief censor is that “we cannot get enough of the right kind of women to be cen- sors.” The latter is the executlve head of that vast machine, created mainly for restrictive measures, which yet feeds with valuable .information not merely the war office, of which it now-forms an'integral part, but the ad- miralty, the foreign office with its off- shoots, the propuganda department, contraband committee, and on which sthe whole of our blockade ‘activities are based. Is there enough of the right kind of women anywhere? The right kind of woman has many avenues open to her. Some offer service in France—adven- ture, romance; the making of history, the glamor of the uniform and a chance of honor and glory. But the woman censor, catch spies though she may, gets but little limelight. Phone 850 _— There are women in the censorship today with three or more years'service who are not-least among the herolnes of war. They work in secret and™~in silence, behind closed ‘doors, and their successes are hidden. They wille not even tell jtheir friends = where :they work, let alone what they do. = Al though the women examiners of malls number some 2,000, against some 500 male examiners, thére has been little mention of the women. “The recent decision of the authorities to. remo\ some of the secrecy which shrouds woman censor will lead the right wont en to 'apply for the work, though nat- | urally there will be no disclosure which' cari- possibly be of use to the enemy, and the discipline habit of calling ev- erything confidentlal will continue. Experience is not demanded of recruits, since the work: of censorship was only called into being by the harsh needs of war, and the censor’s office itself is the only place where training and experience. can be obtained. The necessary qualifications are not merely languages, and what they do 1s not just to read other-people's dull let- ters, as seems the general impression ; it 48 much more interesting than that. There are women there who know no tongue but their own; they have been chosen for their judgment and their unquestionable discretion besides. their education-and general knowledge. One would emphasize the value of judg- ment and the opportunities for exer- cising it; it is a question of weighing up facts and. coming to wise and rea- sonable decisions the whole time. To women with a happy blend of imagi- nation and common sense the work is absorbing, at times thrilling. It is an experience and an educa- tlon, a' privilege to be part of this won- derful mechanism, even as-the hum- blest cog In its wheel of progress; to observe the detalls of its construction and to watch it expand week by week. Censor Tightens Net. i For as the war widens the censor throws his net still® further overseas, tightening it until one marvels how the German secret service. agent can slip through its manifold. meshes. - Slip through them he does, and that is why the country needs hér daughters to help to outwit him. In the women’s army-or navy the avérage pay of officers iy $625 to $875, with free quarters. They must leave their homes, and to the woman who is settled in London this is a difficulty. But if the London dweller has not the robust health that enables her all day to stand on her feet, though she can do a good day’s work “on her head.” if her family falters at the thought of France. let her come forward to the censorship and stay in England. Here, as an or dinary Teusor or examiner o5 weils Co- Exclusive Women’s and - Misses Outer Apparel Mgr., “chopping I8 claimed by L. J. Haugen, | Bemember. Wed, “Wheatless Day” she Wil inve responsibility, with scope for_individuality and th_e great chance of bringing a spy to book by ‘her keen- ness ln drawing close the net. wi Gives Stamps for Change. Warren, Pa—A landlord here has an electric sign on his desk and when a patron steps up to settle-his bill the sign 18 flashed; “Will you take Thrift stamps for. your ‘change?”’’ ‘The ides ii8: not copyrighted. but is successfule A s it A 8»6,?07 CORDS 85 \M?OD Wisconsin Man ‘Did-It In Thirty Work and. Claims &% Lo ‘Réeord. 2 — L Clinton,; Wis.—A. record In wood fifty years old,' who lives near. this place. Up to the opening of the pres- ent lumbering season he chopped 6,207 cords. « He is a Norwegian.. During the sum-: mer he works for farmers about the county, but as soon as the first signs of winter are apparent he shoulders his ax and starts for the timber land. He figures his chopping career from the time he was twenty, since which he has averaged two cords.a day dur- ing’ the chopping season. The “following statistics inevitably follow : If 6,207 cords were placed end to end they would extend nearly nine and one-half miles.” If piles one on top of another they would be ‘more than four/miles high. At present prices that wood Is worth $40,000. f 3 i e e SHE' SEWS HOSPITAL ‘SHIRTS Woman Who Cannot . Knit Owing:to Loss of Fingers Works for Soldiers. . Osceola, Wis.—Mrs. Willlam Hale, who lives on a farm near-here, and is the mother of several small_ children, has set a’pace for war work.. Mrs. Hale lost two.fingers some time ago and cannot knit, but a month ago she took home from the Red Cross rooms 25 hospital shirts, -She.brought || them back. beautifully made and sald that as the spring sowing was Eomlpg on and farm work ‘would: get :heavier || as the seasonadvanced; she would not be able to do more than. 25 -pairs of pajamas this time. She’is working on the last of these now, and as-tlie chair- man of the. Polk County Woman’s com-: nittee: wrote to the woman’s commit- tee of the: state-council:of defense: - “We women don't talk so much of how' much we have done since this idea of doing things by the twenties came in.” £ I | Bemidji,: Minn.- . o} I S H. H. Cominsky, Select Your New: Suit — Wednesday -—— Spring Suits watched the air rald unmoved, heard, sharply banged bebind them. The eld- ‘or leaped four feet Into the air, the other ‘sneezed for ten. minutes, and ‘nearly frightened three -Rgople oug of them keep perfectly cool,” and talk q\fletly—ull'thls In plercing shrieks. for safety,” explalned: moment had come to leave, for I felt of skylarks hepeath the dlaphragm.”— | London Chronicle. S belleve that the most efficient service | tary clerleal force when the latter sit the 'use of army clerks, typewriter stands ‘so mude that each Tachine is alternately raised and lowered each half hour. to have proved very beneficlal. Bemidji, Minn. P. O. Box 204 | e WANT AD DEPT " NOTICE . Alr Raids Cause Tickling. Twa men in a garden who had hen danger was over, -2 window cost half sert a word. per issue, when paid cash in advance. Noy ad will wr ‘less than 25¢. FOR SALE FOR SALE—One cow, fresh soon, and Jersey heifer, year old But an original man, who skipped “I knew the FOR SALE—Neat 5-room Phone 391-W. L ORIV SR N we s U S e FOR SALE CHEAP OR FOR RENT— = Four room cottage with 5 acres of ground. Mathew > -780-J. =g Adverusements in, this column WH;m!f‘ 1 house andTok, Larson, cottage. 6:423 i “WANTED NI A LOT—ar & 6 acres for garden: oripoultry;. 40,,80 or 160 adres, an upper window. 4 > k 3 J f T be run for less than 10c per. issue «call on :Mathew. Larson, Nymore, A, lady '}vho ilind.; the, swectest ¢ Ads charged on-our:books cost one ‘M or phone:780J; all property: volces marshaled her maids; and bade cent a word per issue. No ads run sold asy. terms. omb19 WANTED—Bell boy for day work: * at Markham Hotel. 3-425" fir WANTED—Maid at Markham Hotel. 3-425 " June; also some navy beans for queer internal tickling—like a nest seed. Call at 1313 Irvine Ave. -| FOR SALE—Bargain in 133 acres of land adjoining Pinewood on Soo. Good timber. B. O. Kylla, 324 Se- durity Bldg., Minneapolis, M11n4|12.3 FOR SALE—1917 Ford, Wil take|y Stand While Typewriting. * Officials in the. French army do not obtained from members of the mili- WANTED—Dry 2-424 $3.25 per day; conmstruction men,! $3, nine-hour day, 4 half for overtime; setters, 45¢ Her hour; doggers, 36 %¢ per lumber lumber graders, 40¢ per hour. - Ap. ply at. Olson’s_. ncey. Employment 'ED—An_ experienced girl Tfor handlers,’ time and {a! hour 2-424 28405 FOR_ SALE_Setting hens, $1 each. Phone 779-J. 2-423 in first. letter. Pioneer. at their desks practically all day with- Liberty’ Bond for part. Phone general housework. Apply after out Interruption, according to the Pop- |__887. - 1-423| noons. Mrs. Morris Kaplan, Kap- ular: Mechanics maguzine, - Thus the | FOR SALE—4-room cottage, Ny- lan Block. ¢ 421 French government has installed, for more, with 50-foot front lot. Ad-| {FANTED—Three large Plymouth’ dress Vincent- Joanis. 6-427| * Rock roosters. Give particulars: Address R.‘G., -¢fo tx 42088 Lo BRONG AN Ind s e v e ST 2SN FOR SALE—Flve-passenger Ford, for quick sale $250; 1916 roadster, Ford, equipped, storage battery The innovation is reported eral housework. vard. WANTED—Competent girl for gei.: 905 Lake Boula- Telephone 116. and electric lights, Klaxon horn, speedometer, $260; 1916 five-pas- senger Ford, first' class condition, WANTED—To rent or buy five ‘or ;r‘ six-room house, with city water. Must not be too far from busines: - Sec. Bank Bldg. 5 Remember; Wed.,' “Wheatless, Day" Big_garden plot. Phone 361-:‘1 SHOW YOUR PA On Decoration Day and Every | 5 : | $300.. C. W. Jewett Co., Inc‘! district. Address “X Y 2Z” Pio l PHOTOGRAPHS Phone 474. 6427 _peor, ! S | For the Boys in France msm FOR RENT | - Sittings Made Day or Night ficrft lot’PEOOd Y:,lzl'.] Instde 3_°4l2¢§ FOR_RENT—Two _modern "~ rooms, || HAKKERUP STUDIO mifs- Thofler 2 it re and board if desired. Mrs. C..B. E I HARRKRLERUY 91UDIV || 7OR SALE OR RENT—Furnished 6-| Powell, 1110-Bemidji Ave. Phone {.. room house, large porch; also tzpe- 311-W. 4231f [ writer for sale. 1237 Dewey Ave. RN Small ouse with e FOR RENT—Small house with elec DWIGHT D. MILLER Phone 161-J. 6-425 i th. 618 § 7 INSURANGE SPEGIALIST tric JiEhts $6.00 por month, s v an Insure T i % — 'HING. 0 ; FOR RENT_Home in_good loda- | ANYT E Remember, Tuesday; “Meatless Day | tion. Good well. Large shed. to8 Examples of perfect workmanship smart styles that are impressive. There areTailored Suits, others made attract- ive by various charming style touches. The, fabrics are Gabardine, Tricotine, Poiret Twill, Serge and Silks in the newest shades. These suits are. our regular $50, $55, $62.50 garments. . SPECIAL WEDNESDAY . MISS BLLS PLEASE TAKE YouR TVPEWRITER AND WORK INTO THE (TS KIND oF f CLoSE. IN THS RooM BUT | MUST SHUT TR WINDOW ' Too MucH NOISE ON THE STREET NEXT ®ooM \ CAN'T STAND THAT RACRET! i i Strong Grommets. 4 ft. wide x 6 ft. long. These flags are well made and will 1ast indefinitely. ly pays the cost'of distribution. HEY'! cAN'T You cLosE THE. Dook FEMNTLY I I HITHW,?‘E Cotton Bunting. Sewed Stripes. Double Stitchéd. Double Hem. Canvas Heading. Guaranteed fast colors to sun and rain. All you have to do is clip six consecutive coupons printed on another page of issue of the Pioneer and present them at the Pioneer office with 98 cents. : Clip and save your coupons and present them at the earliest possible date so as'not to be disappointed. 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