Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 25, 1919, Page 4

ACTION BETTER: THAN WORDS —— How Lieutenant, Colonel Whittlesey . Answered -4 Geche Deniand That He Surrender. - oe Lieut. Col, Charles W. Whittlesey, commander ‘of -the “Lost Baitation,” and winner of the first congressional medal of the wer, has been dubbed Go-to-Hell Whittlesey, because of his reputed pithy answer to the German Memand to surrender... Now comes Lieut. Arthur MeKeogh. adjutant of the battalion, with the complete story which he tells in Everybody’s. “As a matter of fact,” writes Lieutenant McKeogh, “the colonel sent back no written answer whatever. nearest him, he did suggest that the Boches could take the well-known easy descent. Burt the most complete, prac tical and splendid answer that could have been made to the German pro- posal he made as he finished reading the note. “On the side of the hill our alrplane Haison agent had spread out his panel to indicate the baftalion's position to the divisiona! planes that had been try- ing to drop: message cylinders and even food within reach of the com- mand. That panel was an equilateral cloth triangle. more than six feet long. Moreover, with the exception of a small black patch, it was white. The thought sprang Into the colonel’s mind that, Inclined.as it was on comparatively open ground the big signal device was probably visible in the Boche lines. And It was white. Messages and food were essential enough, God knows, but suppose the Germans mistook that panel for surrender! “Whit ordered it taken In at once, That was his unswer. “What words could have been ag magnificent!” WILL NOT BE MADE RELIC Clemenceau’s Coat to Be Missing From Collection of Mementoes of the World’s Famous. Apparently M. Clemenceau’s prac tical mind and hate of show are going to deprive his admirers of the right of gazing at the famous perforated coat and waistcoat in one of the Paris Museums, for this is not to be in- cluded among the relics of greatness for a future age, like Nelson’s coat and the Napoleon relics. There have been some very curious souvenirs of the kind, apart from the hualf-smoked clgars of royalties which are treasured by some. Most curious of all undoubted- ly was Lord Anglesey’s “leg.” Lord Anglesey lost a leg at Waterloo, and it was buried in the garden of the villa to which he was taken. In after years he used to recall how parties of people visited the spot “to view the grave.” A relic of another kind was George TI's famous coat, and it was a pleas- ant trait In the fiery little king that he squeezed himself at Dettingen into the coat he had’ worn years before at Oudenarde. Horace Walpole’s “re- searches after Queen Mary’s comb, Wolsey’s-red hat, the pipe which Van Tromp: smoked during his last sea fight, and the spur whieh King William struck into thé flank of Sorrel’s” are famous,—Westminster Guardian. Mineral That Can Be Molded. Charles E. Sweet has discovered a preparation of silver which may be made in a plastic form Ike wax or clay, and also thinned down to the Consistency of paint, according to the Little Journal, Cambridge, Mass. Cop- Der, copper alloys and bronzes may be worked in the same manner. By sim- ple technology, the Preparation may be reduced to the pure metal with- out any change in its form or shape. Asculptor may work it in the rough or in rellef, just as he does his usual materials, or In dilution it may be ap- Plied to a metallic. surface with a brush. It greatly simplifies the prob- lem of artistic work of a high order, although, of course, It Is more expen- ve than stamped wares, Medallions and figures may thus be presented In the original without the need of cast- ing, and such articles as silver sets may be made of which every member 4g original and unique. It provides a new medium for urtists, The inven- tion has been patented, He Wears a Necklace. Did you ever hear of a man wear ing a necklace? Well, that is what the male Canadian warbler does, while on the female of this attractive bird there ts only the slightest indication of a necklace, says the American For- estry association, Washington, which fs conducting the nation-wide bird- house building contest among school children. The warbler's necklace of black spots shows up very strikingly on his olive green and yellowish throat and breast. On the back the bird Is of a slate gray color with the tail more of an olive brown tone. This is a very lively bird. It is very seldom. still for more than a few seconds before tt dashes out at some tempting bit to eat. It is partial to the wooded banks of streams. It usually keeps in underbrush near the ground. A et a ay Shells as Feed. America possesses some of the larg. est chicken hatcheries in the world, a single establishment sometimes hay- ing a capacity of 225,000 eggs. One room in such a hatchery hus 33,000 eggs in process of incubation at one time. An Interesting by-product of the industry are the shells which ac cumulate in mountainous pites. ‘They are not wasted, however, but are ground and sold to chicken raisers for feed, principally us bone Duilder, thus completing the cycle to everyone's sat- Ssfection.—Popular Mechanics Maga- see, — To those ; SEES PICKWIC! Canadian Writer Believes Dickens’ Famous Character Was Sketch of the Great Lexicographer. A discussion has arisen between E. R, Thompson in the Nineteenth Cen- tury and a writer in the Toronto Mail and Eimpire as to whether Dickens’ famous character of “Mr. Pickwick’ | is an adaptation of the personality of | Dr, Samuel Johnson. The niagazioe writer holds that this is the case; that the novelist was inspired by James Boswell’s “Life of Johnson” and that the alleged plagiarism is proved by a certain characterization of Pickwick which coincides almost to a word with one of Boswell’s descriptions of John- son. The Toronto writer belleves if | Dickens did copy his character from the neted lexicographer he did it un- sciously und without any attempt the fruits of Boswell’s writing, It is admitted that there are many points of resemblance between Pick- wick and Johnson, Both were rather portly, burly men. They had a com- mon weakness for the use of resound- ing and dignified speech; both had little difficulty in summoning finmense reserves of dignity to suppress the im. | pudent or the fiippunt, and both had great hearts, i “But,” says the Mail and Efnpire writer, “we huve not the imagination to picture Doctor Johnson disporting himself on skates aiter the fashion of Mr. Pickwick, and there 1s a sort of | kindly credulity about the latter that we find distinctly lacking in Johnson, Moreover, we never suspect Mr. Pick- wick of being a bully, although it is to be admitted thut when he orders the skates of Mr, Winkle to be re- moved he shows a Johnsonian stern- ness and impatience with pretense.” LITTLE KNOWN OF ST. MARK Facts as to History of Evangelist Have Been Lost in the Passage of Years. St. Mark, the evangelist, is believed to have been born of Jewish parents, deriving their origin from the tribe of Levi. He is also thought to have been “sister's son” to the apostle St. Peter, though some have confounded him s'th John, surnamed Mark, “sister's to St. Barnabas. He was prob- | #bly converted by St. Peter, and was i | | tor? <# ¢@.stant attendant in his travels. Ws te (raditionally sald to have found. ed the. church in Aquileia, and there | to fiuve written the gospel which bears | Mis name, St. Mark suffered on April “5, though the certain year of his mar- tyrdom is not precisely determined by the ancients. St. Mark's symbol is the | tion, because he has set forth the royal i dignity of Christ; or, according to other writers, on account of his begin- ning with*the mission of St. John the | Baptist, which ts figured by the lion; | or to a legend that was popularly be- | Neved In the middle ages, that the | young of the lion was born dead, and after three days was awakened by the voice of its sire, symbotical of the res- | urrection, | No Novelty. “How did you find the feller that runs the Busy Bee store?” inquired an | acquaintance, H “TE just rummaged around till To un- earthed him,” replied a citizen of Sandy Mush, Ark., who had been shop- Ping in Tumlinville, “Yes, but I heerd mighty bad health?" “Mebby so. He may have been puny, but I didn't notice it. IT found him |} asleep in the back rovm setting on a keg, and when I asked him if he had any axle grease he ‘lowed he had, but wanted to know if T couldn't just as well come around tater, when he'd prob'ly be standing up. Nope, 1 didn't see anything peculiar about him.— Kansas City Star. that he was in Muscular Music. “Thank goodness, now the Tun has shown himself in his true eclors, our ears are no longer shattered with the noisy music of Richard Strauss.” The speaker was Elandel Booth, sec- retary of the Denver Philharmonte so- clety. “I know a chap,” he went on, “who sald to his music teacher: “Professor, I'd like to take up the study of Strauss with you. What will it cost?’ “Dot, mein friend, said the old professor, ‘vill depend on how muny times der piano will have to be re- built.” Business Women Federating. The first national convention of busi- hess women of America will be held in St. Louis, Mo., July 14. One of the iin- portant subjects to be discussed is housing for business worpen. This con- vention is a step toward the federation of business women. Behind fhe move- ment ts a national conimittee of keen business and professional woinen, rep- resenting every section of the country, with headquarters at 600 Lexington avenue, New York c!ty. Lena Madesin Phillips is the executive secretary of the federation. No Escape. “Good morning, Mrs. Jagsby. We are peace delegates.” “Peace delegates?” “Yessum. We were sent by Mr. Jagsby, who was unable to get hofne last night. He wants us to arrange the armistice terms and settle on the size of the indemnity he owes you.” “Umph! You tell Mr. Jagsby if he dosn't show up here In the next hour | brings into Yu come and get him. He's not ip Aoliand.”"—Birmingham Age-Herald GETH” | | | British Miner No’Longer the Grimy | Individual’ He Hs Boen So Frequently Pictured. | x“ new “type of miner~ is being” evolved at Atherton, Lancashire, ; | through the growtog popularity of the | cupation muved across the Rhine at Coblenz. baths at Messrs. Pletcher, Burrows and company’s collieries. At first only | 10 per cent of the men used them; | gow the figure ts 50 per cent. The miner now goes to work in tweeds and | brown boots instead of his oldest clothes and clogs. He no longer be smirches the seats of trainways and vallway carriages with the grime of his calling. Nor does he dgive his wite to despair with the amount of work he the house each day. He goes home spruce and well groomed. with no signs of the weariness so | characteristic of the men “coming up.” “All the young men use the baths,” said the keeper of the bathhouse. | “Some of the older men don’t.” | “They are learning sense,” volun- | teered an old miner. “And I wonder the women didn’t teach it to some of | hem a bit sooner, “Convenience!” His eyes twinkled. “Why, man, if I wanted to jazz I could bring my dress clothes here and be ready for the ball twenty minutes after I got out of the.cage. No, Tin | | not going to start Jazzing—not at my | tine of life. Sut I might be going to a directors’ banquet one of these days You never know in these time. Fif- teen minutes suffice for a miner’s bath Men in a hurry take a little less, dan- | dies a little more. They find their | own soap and towels.—London Times | | clothes, aud going virtually unwushed, FIRST CALL WAS FOR SOAP —_—— Nothing Germans at Soblenz Would “Not Do for That Article Pepper Came Next. German supplies Were getting rather short when the Américan army of oc- The population was eating | 4 tough black bread which was nothing more than a bran twush, wearing paper as they bad no soap, There tg almost mans won't do fui can soap. Impossible mend his trousers, scrub his leggins, and would stand guard in his place if assured they will be rewarded with a portion of this delicacy. Soap tak the preference over cigarettes, chocolates or chewing gum. The Germans have an imitation soap they provide for the populace. It looks like soap and makes a rich-appearing lather, but it isn’t soap. It doesn’t do the work. You might as well try to Shave with the foam from their bad- tasting beer as that seap., Having no oils or fats in it, it is plain camou- flage. Another thing the Germans are shy on is pepper. A person who has al- ways had pepper might give it little thought and it probably would be the last thing Included in an “iron ration,” but go without pepper three years and you'll begin to think that it is the staff of life. Soap and pepper are to the Germans what pie and ice cream and going home are to the American doughboys. nothing the Ger- MAN WHO DOESN’T GROW UP Just What Is Wrong With Individual Who Fails to “Keep Up With | the Procession.” | Insufficient occupation and the con- sciousness of not being of much use newly always explain the man who does not grow up. There may have been a period in his life when he was an admired ornament of society, when his cleverness was applauded, when | his violent assertions and rash criti- cisms and absurd resentments were listened to as the outpourings of an | interesting and awakening mind and were valued perhaps for some facility | in utterance; but the mind has not me- | tured, perhaps because it never was | forced to grapple with anything vital, ; and the facility in utterance that was | a charm in youth has dwindled with years to peevish fluency in objection, censure and condemnation. The man who at twenty-five is stil] a dabbler, with a faculty for raising a laugh by his trenchant disparagements of the achievements of grown men, is lkely at sixty to be complaining of the cook- | Ing and the weather, the high prices and the policy of the administration— or living only for the purpose of ex- pressing his discontent with the unt- verse, A man needs time in which to grow up, but if he does not fertilize time with work he will be only the weed of a man.—Youth’s Companion, Quack Remedies, Xolshevisin can't make this poor world of ours a heaven,” said Mayor Cornell Schretber of Toledo, O. “Bol- shevism is a quack remedy, and the bolshevik remind me of Blane, “To Blanc, who hud # cure for every- thing, Nore remarked that his over- worked brother couldn't be Induced to take a holiday, “Te's terribly run down,” said Nore, ‘but he won't lay off—says he'd be lost without his profession. “‘Humph,’ said Blane. ‘What is your brother's profession, may [ ask? ““Chiropodist,’ said Nore. ““Then,’ said Blane, ‘the thing ts easy, Let him take his holiday at the foot of a mountain or in the fertile corn country of the middle West and for holiday reading let him purchase “Phe Pilgrim’s Progress,” by Bun- yan” Discouraging Art. “Why do you, spend your days and uights ou these pictures?” asked the wife of the struggling artist. “You don't get enough for them to pay you for the paint you us “I know, my dear,” he answers; “but think! Rembrandt and others buinted pletures and sold them for trifles, and they are now the master- pieces of the world and bring millions of dollars! Tam not painting for us, T am painting for our descendants,” i “Humph!” is the discouraging reply, | ou don't make enough for us to af- | ford to raise any descendants.”—St., | Louis Globe-Demucrat, | ij Strategy. | “Making friends is all very well, but | a man should be careful about the kind of friends he makes,” remarked Mr, Gadspur. “My sentiments exactly,” said Mr, Dubwaite. “Whenever a newcomer moves into my neighborhood and looks as if he might want to borrow my gar den tools three or four days a week I find out what his political views are and take the opposing side.”—Birming- ham Age-Herald. An Old Sad Story. scenario,” said the eager au- is ubout a girl who waited for months for a letter of forgiveness from her lover and then married an- other man who—” “Wait a minute,” movie manager. “What's the matter? Too old!” “No. Too modern. We're not going to roast the government. The post elfice has had criticism enough.” exclaimed the | Its body, and a tail, nothing to speak | ‘The Spiker of April, published in France by the United States Army Railway Engineers. | MARY HAD NOT FORGOTTEN Movie Actress Tells Why She Long | Has Had Grudge Against | Robert Hilliard, Robert Hilliard, actor, and hest- dressed man in New York theatrical elrcles, was Introduced to Mary Pick- | ford recently. As they shook hands he smiled and said: “My dear Miss Pickford, I have wanted to meet you for a long time. This is a pleasure, I assure you,” “Thank you, Mr. Hilliard,” replied the movie actress, “but I must say your memory for faces Isn't very good.” “Why?” he asked, “Some twenty years ago, when you were playing in ‘The Littlest Girl,’ tn Toronto, you needed a child to be the girl, My mother offered my services. I was little Gladys Smith then. You looked me over and told me to go home and wash my hands,” “No, no!” replied the horrified Hil- lard, “I couldn't have said that.” “But you did,” persisted Miss Pick- ford; “but I told you my hands weren't dirty—they were chapped. You finally gave me the job, but I took a dislike to you just the same,” You did! Why?” “Because,” concluded Miss Pickford, “you made me go home aud wash my hands, anyway, and I detested soap , and water in those days.” “Well, I declare sald Mr, Hilliard, as hea sed his boutonnalre—Re- hoboth Herald, Explained, She was weeping bitter tears Into her- afternoon tea. “Oh, my dear!” she said to her only friend, “I don’t know what I shall do. Ted and I have | only been ma ed six months, yet he | spends every evening at his club.” | “Well, don’t wo darling,” said the other, “Percy Just the same. But I shall never scold him again for | spending so much time at his club.” | “Why not?” | | | “Well, last night a burglar got into the house and my husband knocked him senseless with a poker. I’ve heard several men speak of him as a poker expert. He has evidently been practicing at the club for Just such an emergen "—Exchange. Rescue Cage. Less thrilling than being rescued and carried down on a swaying ladder, but much more practical, is a new res- cue cage. When the fire ladder ts | thrown against a burning building it | carries with it a wire cable attached | to a steel cage. Like an elevator with- | out a shaft the cage hangs from its | pulley at the top of the ladder, within easy reach-of the windows, It is low- | ered by turning the cable drum on the fire truck below, and will carry four passengers safely.—Popular Mechan- | ies Magazine, Bright Rupert. The lesson was on the rabbit. “The rabbit has long ears, fur on of, though,” the master informed the class. The next day he wanted to see what they knew about it. “Now, then, Rupert,” he barked to @ particularly bright youth, “tell me something about the rabbit.” “The rabbit has a tail,” said Ru- pert, eyeing his silent fellows trium- phantly, “but it mustn’t talk about it.” Just So. She was teaching the word “ele- ment” to a sixth grade. She had told them its meaning—the substances of which a thing is composed—and then had illustrated her definition by saying that the elements of the earth were water and soil. Then she asked them to write sen- tences containing the word. And this is the oue Henry wrote: amllk.”” a piece of Amert-" The washwomen will darn holes In the doughboy’s | of Us fi) a fe The Flour That Made Camas Prairie Wheat Famous _for Milling It_is guaranteed to contain no acids of bleaching com- pounds. We handle Salt and Sugar in“Carload lots Plenty of Binder Twine and Grain Sacks always on hand / Farmers’ Union Warehouse Co. Ltd. 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