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1 M' lit MEET TWOSECRETARIES fARWY AND NAVY CLUB GIVES A RECEPTION IN HONOR OP, WEEKS AND DENBY. PICTURESQUE AFFAIR General Miles, .There In New Uniform of Old Type, and General Pershing Wearing 8m Brown Belt Forbidden toOthere-jgj T^ By EDWARD B. CLARK, Washington.Society affairs la Washington generally are intrusted for review, description and gentle com* xnent to the care of the woman writers, but occasionally a man dares to entet the field, pen in hand, and to take hla chances, taking due precaution to dodge anything resembling an attempt 'to describe the goityua fif members of I the superior sex. Winter in Washington usually Is the reserved season for semi-official re ceptions, ,but there has just been 'given in the capital an affair which I seems worthy from a picturesque view point, and also the importance view point perhaps, of a few words in de lineation thereof. The members of the Army and Navy club have Just (given a reception in honor of the two chiefs of the service, the secre tary of war and the secretary of the navy, John W. Weeks and Edwin Denby. The invitations to the affair were limited to the actual members of the club and to the adult women members of their families. The reception was glveu for the purpose of bringing the two secretaries into at least passing acquaintance touch with the army and navy officers In Washington whom in a sense they command, and to allow the wife of each secretary to meet the wives and daughters of the service men. The Army find iNavy club Is a propserous club and in a way a most picturesque club. It has in its keep ing hundreds upon hundreds of flags, portraits and1 materiel which are of historic interest because of their asso ciation with the wars in which the re public has been engaged. When one i enters the club on a gala occasion he can have no doubt as to the nature of the organization. Great Gathering of Warriors. 1 At the reception, the other night., there were gathered hundreds of men, nearly every one of whom had a story which he could tell if he only would tell It. There were preseut veterans of the war between the states, the Indian ware, the Spanish-American war, and the great-war. There were activa officers,, reserve officers, and re tired officers. The reserves and the re tired ones got back into uniform for the occasion. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, 81 years old, was in the column which passed in band-shaking review before the secre taries. Qeneral Miles was a striking figure. The years have paid little attention to him us they have passed by. He Is sturdy today, although he is eleven years beyond the Psalmist's allotted limit of life. He wore the full dress uniform of a lieutenant gen eral of the army, the old type of uni form, but a new uniform nevertheless. It was a swallow-tailed blue coat with brass buttons and with coiled gold shoulder knots. There were a white waistcoat and a broad expanse of white shirt bosom to offset the dark blue of the dress coat In the upper left hand button hole was the little ribbon denoting that this old soldier had received from congress the highest honor in Its gift, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous personal gallantry in battle. Pershing Wears am Brown Belt Gen. John J. Pershing, ranking officer of the U. S. army, was present wearing his Sam Brown belt which no other officer of the army serving anywhere except in Europe may wear i without Incurring reproof for violation of the regulations. During, the great war an order was .issued that American army officers 'should wear the Sam Brown belt serv ing with the American Expeditionary Forces, but that no officer in the United States should buckle one about him. Gen. Pershing however, by virtue of his position ns the general of the army of the United States, prescribes his own uniform. He still wears the Sam Brown belt and the hint Is that within a few days an order may be issued which will give to Am erican officers everywhere the right to wear the belt, which Is a com fortable "harness" and which gives a better effect to the olive drab uni form of the service. S31 $15,000 Due French Widow Uncle Sam has owed a French widow $15,000 for sixteen years, has acknowledged his indebtedness, and frequently has asked con ^,gress to appropriate the money to pay the bill, but congress never has done it, and apparently will not do It un|il some expletive gentleman with va profanely picturesque way with him, i like th$ ^budget master for instance, 'tells the legislators what he thinks about it. 1 Only recently the Indebtedness of ,-,the United States to various persons, aud the duties of the court of claims connection therewith, have been dls sed. The case of the Freuch wld- r,0\v, ^f%iif however, never lias been a court claims matter. state made the award to the woman, and then asked congress to appropri ate the money. This was back In 1904, or possibly 1906, but the lady in France still IS whistling "for her money if sho accounts whistling as one of her ac complishments. If Qeii Horace Porter, diplomatist and soldier, who died In New York fa mouth or 89 ago, had known of the plight-* the French woman whom Un cle Sam owed money which he would not pay, he probably would have add ed a codicil to his will taking care of the matter, for 4t was General Por iter, with forme? representative In con igresa Henry T.\Balney of Illinois, who largely .was responsible for the crea-^J tion of a situation just now troubling la woman of Frarico and the American 'state departme$l&?*r Result of 8earch for Jones' Bones. The French Woman, who Is a wid ow by the way'and has little or no means of her'owittV owned some prop erty in Paris which Americans dam aged to, the extern^ si $15,000 while trying to find the body of John Paul Jones, the old sea fighter, called the (father of the American navy, who was burled in a cemetery in Paris years ago. General Porter in 1904 was the American ambassador to France. Hen ry T. Itnlney of Carrolton, III., who then was a member of the house of representatives, received some infor mation from an old Scotchman con cerning the probable resting place of the sailor who himself was a Scotch man by birth. Itainey became inter ested and immediately interested Gen* eraI Porter. 1 The old cemetery in Parte was lo cated, and a large part of It was found to be covered by modern build ings. -The old map of the burial place was discovered and after a search of the records it was determined that the body of John Paul Jones lay in a certain place. In order to reach the grave it was necessary to do some tunneling, and !to destroy some property. The French .woman, now a creditor of Uncle Sam, owned a part of the property which was destroyed. She made her claim, [the state department looked Into it, found it was valid aud granted her $15,000, and asked congress to ap propriate the necessary money. Con gress never has acted in the matter. Senators Told of Shell Shock. Members of the senate com mittee charged with investigating government agencies which have supervision of the care of the in valided soldiers of the great war have been told by Binghamton, N. Y., witness that the shell-shock pa tients in, the hospitals at Perryville, Md., and at Fort Thomas, Ky., are driven Into a condition of hysteria every time. there is target practice with the big guns at the near-by gov ernment posts. One veteran of the great war told the committee that he had expended .over $12,000 for medical service in an attempt to recover from the effects of shell shock. Attention is being called more"sharply day by day to the condition of men who suffer from what is known as shell shock. Their .plight seemingly is worse than that iof the men who Teceived actual body jwouuds, for direct application and di rect manipulation can be used to rem* iedy wounds, while what may be called 'indirect treatment must be given to the patient whose nerves were shat tered or whose mind was unbalanced by the shocks of the explosions on the embattled front. Much has been written about shell shock by physicians who became ac quainted with its manifestations on the front in France, or who ha*w be come acquainted with them since the shell-shocked ones were returned to the United States. The layman can write about shell shock only as a lay man, but the resulting conditions as they appear ure as plain to a layman as they are to a physician, although, of course, the layman cannot look be* low the surface to discover the seat iof trouble. In a Shell-Shook Hospital. In 1918, about two months before the armistice went Into effect, I was detailed as conducting officer for party of prominent Americans who were the guests of the United States government in the Toul sector which Included the St. Mihiel district and the lines north of It where the Amer icans were locked with the Germans after the salient had beeu captured by our men. The army medical authorities had established a so-called shell-shock hos pital some little distauce back of the Hue. One day I took the visitors to the hospital. I had seen shell-shock patients before, but never after they had been gathered together In large numbers for treatment. Few, If any-of the patients in this advanced zone hospital had been wounded, and yet seemfhgly their con dition was worse than that of any wouuded man. Mostl^af them were up and about.-and some of them as they walked up and down the wards of the hospital were dodging Imagi nary shells at every step they took. Others were waving their arms In the nir, and still others were lifting their feet at least a foot from the ground at each step taken. One of the hospital stewards told) me that at three o'clock on the mora- The department of, Viarters and to quiet them. READ THE PIONEER WANT ADS E1VERY the1 best, ing of the day that we arrived at tne humor tha is contagious and serves hospital, an automobile tire had ex-j-as -a reliief from the t'gh- tension ploded just outside oue of the build- i which accompanies the development with a loud report. Instautly,! of, the young ranch- owner*^ atlven- he said, three-fourths of the patients tures 1n the city in^pursnltof the aud fled through the doors nto the, eatisfastory en- darkness., It took some time to round terbaJximorbt of th.e them up, to get them back to their once or twice .in a while the student of styles and fashions is constrained to think of the importance oMiccessories of dress. The success of the aspirant in the gontle(urt of dress ing 'faultlessly seems to depend upon her judgment In the choice and use of finishing touches, at least as much as upon her choice of gowns. It is by means of these niceties of the toilette that women vary their daily dress and make it interesting. There is a long list of these aids to beauty, to be worn from head to foot aud with admirable effect, as every woman knows, when some one touch "makes" her dress. They include coif fure ornaments, jewels, trinkets, fans, gloves, scarfs and other neckwear, sashes and other garuishings for the gown, as corsage ornaments, buckles and other decorations for footwear. They cannot all be dealt with at one time, and only those for the street or other outdoor wear appear in the pic ture above. Appraising the carefully and attrac- ac WALLACE BED) PICTURE SHOWING LAST TIME TONIGHT Ninety-six hours without sleep, is the condition in which Wallace Reid as Jim Glover, begins his latest Para mount picture, "The Love Special," which was shown at the Orand the ater yesterday. Nevertheless, the young chap Iteepa his head up well, and after he grabs off a few winks, he has pep without limit and the real excitement starts. The picture -to an adaptation of Frank H. Spearman's railroad story, "The Daughter of the Magnate," and carries a delightful romance 'between the young construction engineer and the dauighiter of the new president of the road. The .production Is packed with Mlg outdoor scenes which give the athletic star ample opportuniy to display hjls strength and courage. One of the big features of the pic ture is a wildi rlide :by the star and leading woman in a locomotive over the mountain, roads. Agnes Ayres plays the role of Laura Gage, the president's? daughter. Theodore Rob erts is the president and others in the cast are Lloyd Whitlock, Sylvia Ashton, Alexander Gaden andi Clar ence Burton. 1 "The Love Special" together with a Paramount cartoon comedy will be showGrand tonight for the last time*, at theater. "THE BIG TOWN ROUNDUP" AT BEX THEATER TODAY Toil Mis* lias "gone and done it again." Whf.'ch is another way of stating that he scored heavily yes terday at the Rex theater, where he opened an engagement in "The Big Town Roundup," his latest Fox pro duction. The story by the noted- WfMiam McLeod Rfine, is a rapid, rough riding romance in which both ranch life audi city life figure in which \|ix, the cowboy, falte in lovei with a society-be'llefotlowjhg an acci dental-ineetiiigr ^-which he battles fiercely^ intervals with thugs seek* ing Wis Bife, and appears to acquire the habit oIL heroic rescue of nraidens ht peril, tit itf a case of thrill after thitill, of narrow escapes, of inanity daring and shrewd resourcefulness. This play shows Mix at, his ,very But it also contains) a- vein of "live wireV sort terbainmen has been, presssnted here. The di rection by LynnF. Reynolds {IS *uot skilifuk v" -'-i f.':.vSy@? ""'MM tively dressed lady at the right of the group, we find she wears an embroid ered vestee, a small one-skin scarf of atu jjharten, a short necklace of pearl bieads, and white mousquetaire gloves...made of kid. These are all of good quality and she has seen to It that none of them is too conspicuous for the afternoon promenade. At the top of the picture one of the new filicr silk scarfs is shown, knitted in two colors. These are among the new "outdooring" things of which sport clothes were the forerunners. Many scarfs are made to match short knit ted jackets or coats of fiber silk, and sometimes hats and parasols to match in the vivid tones worn with white for midsummer. The scarf at the left is knitted of silk .and shows large col ored disks on a plain ground. ^WAPW* UlijMMIIHHIIUMJ i IIIV II111 1 *'A NEWS OF* THE THEATRES COfYtlOHT IrVBTUN NWSMRIt UMOK "DYNAMITE ALLEN" AT REX THEATER TUESDAY At the Rex theater Tuesday, "Dy- namite Atlen," a.tWilliam'Fox produc tion, will be saWn. George Walsh is the star, and the story comes from the pen of Thomas F. Fallon. "Dyna mite Allen" is a tale of the mining districts, and aitrounds in tense dra matic sanations. Many sensational scenes are introduced, to thrill the audiience-such-'^4flooding the 'burningmine,afoafo large house, tl*e*v an explosion that destroys a giant sluice, and: a facing locomotive-which plunges through^anopen bridge into the iliver. In addition, the picture' contains a deiMghtfully sweet 10- mance.. Edna Murph^-inakes a charming leading woman forv the star, who is otherwise ably "supported! by such well-known' players as Dorothy Allen. Byron Douglass -and J. Thornton Bastrn. 0. HENRY STORY IN FILM WILL BE HERE WEDNESDAY As '"Whistling Dick," thei tramp, in Goldwyn's picturizaUion of O. Hen ry's popular story "Whistling Dick'6 Christmas Stocking," renamed "An Unwilling Hero," for the silver sHieet, Will Rogers has one of the most char acteristic roles in wh'ich. he has ever appeared!. It fits Mm to a and is filled to jthe brim w?Ith. the charm, the humanity, and. the homely appeal which Rogers always exerts over an audience whether he is before them in the flesh, or upon the screen. The iplcture which will be shown Wednesday and Thursday at the Grand theater, was directed, by Clar ence Badger and in the supporting cast are su&h favorite Goldwyn play ers as bewf.tching little Molly Malone, John IBowers, Darrel Foss, Ed Kim ball, Nick Cogley, Jack Curtis and ethers. yteir Dry Cleaning practically means thatcan we show' yon JUSTGETINTOUCHi^^ I WITH ME, HE SAYS Duluth Man Affirms His Belief That Tanlac Will Relieve Any Case of Rheumatism: "When it comes to completely knocking the rheumatism out of a man and making him feel fine thid Tanlac has the world beat," said JuKus Opland, carpeTftierv 1013 East Ninth street, Puluth, Minn. "I have been-in the clutches'of rheumatism for' five months and although I tried a 6czen or mere sc? called treatments they did me no good. My right arm was so stiff I couldn't put my right hand up to my head so. as to piit my hat tin. I couldn't lie on my right side and I, snared so much pain I couldn't geti Jtjjte deep I needed- Even to drive a nfall saw a piece o.fAwood. made me suffer agony, and I thought my days of- work were about done for. "When a friend told me about Tan lac I just laughed, as I had lost faith in medicines, but lucky for me, he kept after roe until I tried it. Well it did the work. First it built me up and the rheumatism left me." I havn't a pain or an ache and, more than that, I feel twenty years young er now. If anybody thinks Tanlac won't rid him of rheumatism, no matter how bad off he is, I wish he would get in touch with me and I'll soon convince him what he ought ,to do. Why, everybody who knows me knows the awful fix I was in, and anybody can see at a glance how ac tive and healthy looking I am now." Sold in Bemidji by the City Drug StoreAdvertisement. 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