The evening world. Newspaper, April 11, 1918, Page 14

ee ns 455, ! 1 $e Sah THURSDAY, First Real “Home Wedding”, — InY.W.C.A. Hostess House. Spur to Camp Upton Lovers Petite Pauline Ollendorf Became Mrs. Private Cornelius Ben- nett, With Wedding March, Cake, Supper and All and Now Hostess Margaret Cook Ia Flooded With “Reservations!” By Hazel HE cozy little living room of Camp Upton was filled to overflowing yesterday with groups of boys in khaki, and wives, whom had come to say their final farewells. There was an air of homey cheeriness in the gay-flowered chintz curtains at the windows and the yellow jonquils on the little wicker flected in the faces of the men as smoking or diving into boxes of candy brought from home. Li Suddenly the tones of the “Wedding March” sounded from a piano over by the bay windows. At first up, they saw Lieut. Thomas J. Du standing in ceremonial garb at the » There was silence in the little many of the mothers as the couple girl and she looked very timid as she slipped on the ring which her hus- band, a young private, offered. Miss Margaret Cook, hostess, a motherly white-haired woman, stood with the bride, ‘This was the first wedding to be held in the Hostess House at Cainp Upton—the marriago of Miss Pau- line Ollendorf of No, 508 West 42d Street, New York, to Cornelius Ben- nett, a private of Company H, 306th Infantry. And as arrangements for the wed- ding are typical of the spirit of the Hostess House, here is the story Yesterday at noon Miss Ollendorf stepped into the office of Miss Mar- exclaimed Miss Cook, emiling. “Out here again to-day? And another new hat? When does he leave?” ‘Tears caino to the girl's eyes and she slipped up closer to Miss Cook. “He may leave any day now,” she raid, “and—and—I have something to tell you. Her voice was a little choked, so she just showed the “something” in- stead of telling !t. It was a little white box with a wedding ring. “How lovely!” exclaimed Miss Cook, putting her arm around the little girl. “And where are you going to put ft on?” Miss Ollendorf confessed she didn't know—perhaps over iu the chapel put it seemed a bit lonely there. “well, I know where,” said Miss Cook. “Right here in the Hostess House, before the ble fireplace-—and we'll have a real wedding, a wedding supper and everything nice.” A few minutes later, while the bride-to-be and her soldier sweet- heart were strolling about the camp, Miss Cook was making plans in the kitchen, “We haven't an egg in the house, ma'am,” the cook was saying. “Then we'll have to send for some eggs,” replied Miss Cook. “Who ever heard of .a wedding cake without exes?” And two minutes later one of the Yhaki lads was running to the store for a dozen eBes “All white frosting, remember Miss Cook added as she turned from the kitchen, “And, Maggie, cotldn't we have some pretty fancy frosting ‘on top—wedding etyle, you know.” Miss Cook put on her prettlest blue APRIL 11, Rr ee 1918 APRIL 11, 1918 Headquarters of “Camp Cupid, ” National Arm UPTON, WHERE THEIRS WAS MADE THE FIRST “HOME WEDDING.” Vv. Garter, the Y, W. C, A. Hostess House at hundred? mothers and sweethearts, many of gevity record. tables. The same cheeriness was re- they sat on the little divans for two, tenarian, every one laughed, and then, looking nne, Chaplain of the 306th Infantry, hearth fire—Bible and cross in hand. living room and tears in the eyes of Americans, came forward, She was a very little Miss Cook continued. “Almost too brave, it seems to mo, Sometimes I feel if they would only cry out-- | break down—anything but the stole € 4 way In which they bear it—4t would 95) be easter for them.” While Miss Cook was explaining j, the disappointment a cheery-faced Irishwoman came in, She had a large bundle that savored of all sorts of home goodies under her arm “I want to see my son,” she said, and named his regiment. Miss Cook asked her to be seated while she phoned headquarters, “Thank you,” Miss Cook said. “I | thought #0, but I Just wanted to make sur ' She wont out, sat on the bench with the mother and told her that her son had gone. A helpless look crept over tho old lady's face and 4: tears poured down her face, But she sald nothing. | A Nttle later tn the afternoon an Itallan mother came tn. She wore a} Green shaw! over her head, and un- { der it she too carried a bulky bun- dle, An oMcer escorfed her tn, gave * her a placo by the fireside and came { over to Miss Cook, “T can't tell her, Mother Cook," he) + sald—"won't you?” 5 “Mother Cook” carefully looked up the number of the regiment, | * phoned as a Iast assurance, and then went over to break the news to the) waiting mother. 1% ‘The woman stared at her for a few momenta as ff she didn’t understand couldn't believe that she wasn’t to! ° fee her boy again before he went across, “But T come a long ways,” jected | Then the oMcer went over and, leaning over her as tenderly as if she had been his own mother, ho made) it clear to her, And as the tears rolled down hor cheeks, he satd a the Central 5 a ae > ; you do it. a+ { “First of all," at forty. and business men to talked seem chiefly achieve that result, “Mrann irs CORNELIOS BENNE. anxious Sern quantities of red meat. ing the arterial walls. early and often stand that. tails and highballs. immoderately; twelve cigars every day. Twel week. she ob- on the links will “——~*| your growing old. e Poor Richard Jr. Consisting Mostly of Good Advice and a Few Timely Tips on What to Do (or Not to Do) to Be Happy, All Leading Up to Kindly Admonition to Think Twice Before Carrying a Bundle by the String, and That's Sound Advice That Cannot Too Often Be Repeated. BY ARTHUR (“BUGS”) BAER fact. “But you are glad he went. You wouldn't have had the other boys go and not your son, would you?" Then the mother smiled through her tears. | “No! no!" she erted, “Tam glad—j T lke t I.bring him thie"! | limousine. ee hin growing old quickly. How to Bean Old Man at | 40 or a Young Man at 60 And Live to Be 100 MR. AND MRS. PRIVATE CORNELIUS BENNETT AND THE Y. W. C. A. “HOSTESS HOUSE” AT CAMP) gat Red Meats, Drink Cocktails, Ride in Your Limousine and Grow Old, Says Dr. Charles E. Barker, “Efficiency 5 Expert in Health,” or Eat Moderately, Be Cheerful, and Keep Young. By Marguerite Mooers Marshall 17 you want to be an old man at forty, or still on the job at one An efficiency expert on ‘health is the way in which Dr. Barker describes himself. His home is in Washington, D. C, but to-morrow night he ends a “Health and Happi kas been conducting under the auspices of the Central Y. M. C. A. Brooklyn, with a free public lecture on “How to Live 160 Years That being a feat which interests | ~~ Seay so many, I called on Dr. Barker at Y. M. C. A., No. 65 Han- eon Place, Brooklyn, to ask him how " the gray eyed, wiry, hard as nails physician remarked to me with a twinkle, “I think I'd bet- ter tell you how to be an old man So many of the bankers| whom I've “If you want to be an old man at foriy, a man with lowered vital- ; ity and hardened arteries, the first thing for you to do {s to eat large Bat dig, juicy portions at least three times a day. Nothing is Better for harden- Probably you are very fond of red meat, and it will be no hardship for you to eat it The hardship will come later on. but you'll hav> to| able harm, but he must cut out the smoke from six to} depends on the individual. xercise, it’s up to you to decide, to make your own health and lon- Paysically speaking, you are the masters of your fate. You can write your own prescription for being a tired, haggard, flabby down-and-outer at two-score or a sprightly :en- Take Dr. Charles E. Barker’s word ior it. Former President Taft is one of the persons who have taken Dr. Barker's word for many things. He was Mr. ‘Taft's health adviser during the four years at the White House. Dr. Barker also has been health adviser for Frank A. Vanderlip, Henry P, Davison and other noted rol Pane ss” week, which he sleep, moderate and regular eating and the habit of cheerfulness, with some systematic daily exercise, dis eases practically can be avoided “And what is your prescription for living to age of 100?" I asked. “A man can be act ixty and can h least forty y ually youn e the expect rs more of life to| if he will follow certain simple hy- gienic rules,” replied Dr, Barker. “First, he must eat moderately and intelligently. If he is the erage man, he should cut down the quantity of his food about one third. In three months he will fee immeasurably better. He may eat meat, but only once a day. he is trylng to reduce, he may drink a glass of water with each meai It may be that drinking a very Nght wine will do him no appr av- cocktalls and whiskey. Moderate “Another way to make yourself | smoking—three or four cigars a day old at forty is to drink lots of cock- Just fill up on ‘em; never let a lunch or a dinner go| and never eal between me: | by without ono or more. And smoke, —will ha fect. H ¢ little or no injurious cf- ust chew his food slowly “Tho amount of sleep necessary Edison © are! gets along with five hours; so did better than six for lowering vitality.| Gen. Grant. “To continue the prescription for forty-year-old senescence, don't take any exercise except perhaps once @ You can go out and play }/ golf all Saturday afternoon and Sun- i day, so that you're tired out, and ‘unless you take some exercise every | abdomen, % other day in the week you need not “| fear that your one day and a half) interfere with Of course, it) noeing and similar outdoor sports | gives you a comfortable conviction {that you are keeping yourself fit,!in them every day, | but the conviction has no basis in Other men need nine hours. For the average man seven to eight hours is necessary to keep the nerve batteries replenished, “very man should take moderate exercise daily in a form which ex ercises the muscles of the chest and Building up leg and arin muscles has little to do with heal and vitality, Horseback riding. mountain climbing, golf, tennis, ca- are admirable if a man can indulge But the average man can do no such thing. Th fore {t ts imperative that he should lways make a point of riding to | devote about twenty minutes every land from your work daily in your| morning before ho dresses to forced If you walk, particularly if you live some distance from your|twistings of the torso which keep office, you will get dally exercise, | !ts muscles in good condition, Thay which may interfere with your) are very simple. I shall show them Stay out late; all on the Y. M. ©. breathing and those bendings and A. platform to. > te " e ch ti | morrow night yaraan every night; don’t spend much time | m f ress for the wedding, the other and she pulled out the bundle under Coprciabt, 1016, by The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York kvening World) ' ‘The world will be truly democratic when @ wife alloweth her bu at home, but stick around your club| ‘Finally, the man who wants ¢ hostesses were present, and 80 It W8% her arm. “But you tell him, won't LL men are born free and equal, "Lis their own fault if they gat 4, hand to carry a bouquet of poker chips to a sick friend. 4 ‘clock or #0 and go to the|keep young must keep cheerf jee that one lonely Mttle girl, who knew) you? And the goodies—you give them | married, hinayicd Ht pe i nights a week. Final-|man in any clrcumatan ui ASE ri o one at the camp, bad to the other boys.” | — Pea er a eee ; , ’ theatre several n! pe | ma umstances can cul oheegidler fii and a jolly wed- ae Lelie other turned t The consclentious objector who protesteth agulnat prion Judge nok the depth of the well by the length of: the F a ly, don't forget to worry as much asjtivate the habit of looking on 1B f © Ko! mother turned — nt side : Beer cuir candles and muside| make tt Hdlermother turned £0) gnould be appeased with compulsory volunteering 3 ee een ees : ‘possible about your business and/bright side. It takes persistence ding supper, with a ne long journey back home pada The wise man learneth Chinese so that he can talk tn hfs ale Jomesttc affairs. Always take your| patience and will power for a f just back of the living room “I tell you what,” sald the ofeer A leopard cannot break the lease on his spots, —_ ar ata ea a hieo vou leave thay moniud. but obedetulneds Caae oo It was rumored around the living “You stay tonfght. Lots of your —— The coward hath medals pinned on his heels, wack wit) FRG each la “ih in leu ee room yesterday evening that this|poy's friends are still here, “Tt The hard dolled egg getteth two xine nickels in exchange for a office; fuss about : nae dig ae | a > i amethen like many t wedding at the prj and bewaile , onesty of tho world our mistakes and strokes of mis-| yoars might be the first wedding at the bring them over to-might and we'll ewter dime and bewalleth the dishonesty of tho wort Fricnd, think twice before carrying a bundle by the strung , ee ao following such a pro- | ——— Hostess House, but !t wasn't foing have a} party.” _ pipe 2 | fortune. low! w ' 4 rs ‘ riend, thee sald it thea. r st sure of} to be the Inst. In fact, Miss Cook has) ‘The fact that they were friends of wren : : meme. 121 eat aber eee How English Grows , 1 Por vert your lity an vard =} J already had reservations piling in wher boy” eemed to gladden the The glutton thinketh with his War Censors Have a Patron Saint. eee ee irae until you are|[¥ Ensltsh-epeaking peopte of to for “home weddings” instead of the mother and whe stayed. Instead of ——e H aii ; mare | snes day do not talk more than thet enstomary “church wedding” of the!ihe wearisome journey back t If thee cannot grab time by the forclock, an ear will do Just as weil, | @_ OME wilt win medals and glory|sary one, tn suppressing war news! physically an old man, though you/# 0 00 20) lik more than the . , ; ve ae a — i in this war, but the censor may|#nd “movies which might corrupt|inay not have passed your forty- eapaleed for lack of a camp. saat im lonely and sad, there was @ litt The flapper powdereth her nove and her consclence with one blow of | hope for neither, Since he can~|the innocent minds of the young, He! sat pirthday.” | oy Anereeaes humber of words tn “Wo need a few weddings to quiet dinner with Miss Cook that) 11, powder puff, |not expect to gain earthly friends, it}1s a necessary evil, Hike baseball um-/ "44.4 yet you think that man tune | aioe te convey thotr thoughts, brighten things up around here,” evening, and afterward a party of ad lig only just that he should have alpires and files, But nobody loves! “And yet 3 epee et actay een first English dictionary, pubits Miss Cook said yesterday. “This {8' jolly boys who knew “Sam” told de Tho foreigner thinketh he ts educated when he epeaketh perfect {protector in St, Anastasta, a martyr) him; that is, of course, unless he hag | mersed in QUE RN? ar Ping mod- | three gentar €9 AG0, contained 5,08 one of the saddest periods of the his- lightfully funny stories about the! broken English, {of the first century of the Christian}a wife and children, ern Ife, can lve to be 100?" I asked wordss the most more thai tory of the camp. Many of the boys funny things that Sam dd in camp. - " ene a mRNNRenmee jera, who has Jong been known as the Dr. Barker. 450,000, Samuel Joh: are leaving, our living room Is al- ways packed with those who are saying their last goodbys, but the oranges and fruit. | saddest thing is those who came too Jate and find that thelr lads have gone. We have (hat fact to mee every day, we are working to ‘make tings as easy and as cheerfu as we can for those who are disap- Pointed. “Yesterday a young woman came all of the way fror Texas—a five day journey—to see her flance, and learned that he had left several days before. “Tho women are oh, so brave,” tte pretty young hostess who had|patronosa and guiding spirit of the NOT BOTHERED. | CIRCUIT Court Judge of Penn- “p, tf | , ' ¢ sylvanta was systematically | now and then hear a “Penrod story | You ‘Truly,’ and we'll have ples for affronted by a lawyer, a politi. The next morning the Italian moth-| read by one of the hostesses, | the bunch!" added a Lieutenant, that phrase which has become #o fa~!cal opponent, A friend asked him: ° r be driven down to the station in] “We don't have a Victrola here,"| “Pies for tho bunch” is the wildest! iar since the great war broke out,| “Why don't you squelch the fel: the ofcer'’; There were cakes and ples in the; meet the other fellow's folks, or to bulky bundle and lots and lots of! sit and talk, listen to some songs, or! retorted confidently, just finished sin , “Si " censors. It {9 St, Anastasia who ; reing. Sing ‘I Love|yetohes over the men with the big blue pencils who aré responsible for “] dont’ think it; I know it,” be |compilation, which appe “Within tho last few years sei- lence has discovered that there {ts no | reason why ® man may not get bie} i308, which included 1 | itsted 60,009 and was considered a |marvel of erucition, but tt wag ta exceeded by Noah Webster's Aine enn dictionary, first pubiis car. | Miss Cook said. hey are too nolsy| form of treats around the Hostess! «peleted by the censor." Just why|low? Ho needs tt" | body {nto such mamniicant ondh| It is estimated that 0 “Oh, yes, Iam glad T came," shel for our little home parlor, where) House, and tt Invariably means alge, Anastasia was made the protector! "Well," sald the Judge, musingty,| ton that he will be practically im-| i, ruage, which 18 spok« ‘assured him. “I have much now to! there are so many different groups.|rald on the kitchon and somebodylog the knights of the dele mark can-|up {n my home town there's anjmuno from disease of any sort and |peoplo than any 0 write to Sam hey are fine hoys—| There is always @ Victrola over at! stands good for ples for every one|not be definitely stated, although | ugly yaller dog that, whenever there|only die of old age--that ts, when tongue, Ms now gr wing at the rate of Sam's friends—aud you.” the Y. M. ©, A. and the boys can! ‘The song was sung and the l1g moonlight, sits on the stoop and| his tissues are Worn out naturally, | 5,000 words @ year, for, besides ; theorles have been offered, Liou: |many theorles hav eur} While the knights of the delo may | howls until the town can't sleep, hose are just a few of the little! have jaza music to thelr heart RE OI Pe eres Nerar eo - things that are making the t, but here the ike the con-/ tenant brought the pies, “LT Just wish,” said Miss Cook, as seem to Hostess te former President of Vaughn, lang “No less a person than Dr, Victor and technical terms, tt borrows from the all tongues. The war alose will un- ‘i a enthuslasr e/ Then he resumed his dinner, The ‘ al ‘goubtedly add many thousands, ‘ Mouse at Camp Upton a bright spot quiet, sweet songs and the piano.” | she watched the Inds “put away” | fer¥or oe ea eat Mhare yin, Pel triemd te amesement inquired, “Well, | American Medical Assoolation and) ir 'or tne world's dietionaries wren, sin spite of the leave-takings. If the The plano had just stopped play-| mince, apple and custards, “that 7 eee einen aoe tn ny new. |W : jan authority on the provention of} o¢ course, a Chinose work, and wag boys haven't any one to say goodby Ing could send enough ples along with oe fice, 7 Ranh ‘doubliane, eee ‘ol he dude § © diseases and the lengthening of life, | sertected about 1190 B. C, by Parout x ‘ paper office, sor doubtless moon keeps right on é recat \ e to they come over just the same to “One more,” begged the boys of them to last till the war ts over.” ‘plays an lanportaut part, and a neces: Register, ‘ gays that by @ proper amount of! ghe, at