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U. S. MARINES AT THE MARNE
BASIS OF GRAPHIC WAR PICTURE
Ma]'. Dcnig in Letter to His Wife at Phila?
: delpKia Mentions Part Taken in Battle
by Lieut. Col. Holcomb of Washington.
Detaila of tb? participation of the
TXnlted State* marines In the coanUr
attack of the allies against the Oer
Jnan force* on the Marne. July II, are
given In a letter written shortly after
ward by MaJ. Robert I* Denig of the
United State* marines to hla wife, who
lives at JlJl Porter street, Philadel
phia, and which has been forwarded
to Washington for the historical flies
of the Marine Corps.
In addition to giving a graphic pic
ture of modern w*r the letter cites an
Instance of German treachery in using
airplanes painted with the allied col
ors in their unfair methods of aerial!
warfare.
?Uo ?*t*l?ll?hes the fact
tJ. marines who helped to stop
i.?? V?!*" <?rlv* on at Bel
k!T >?* y J" iune- were honored
52w?*?*w?roB*1,t forward from this
wood to Viersy and Tigny. near Sois
^ '"J.Participation with a crack
oH i. division In the great counter
u?tCnf . n flUrted the disintegra
tion of the Qerman front in the west.
Mentions Col. Holcomb of D, C.
thZ'SLV:??. familiar through
the fighting in Beileau wood are men
tioned in MaJ. tlenig's letter as being
^uJn?ent^i th~w' counter attack
. 0lVv Thomas Holcomb of
W ?'? . L,ieut- Col. Benton
S'm {?/.'. w.V Co1' John A- Hushes,
Pere Wllmer and others who
took a prominent part in the ftghtine
* Si?" ,wa? blocked in his drive
on P*r'" The letter follows:
M.h V before we Ie't for this big
push we had a most interesting light
of German planes and
a French observation balloon, right
over our heads. We saw five planes
circle over our town, then put on I
fTii?. thought afterward, a sham
. O"? of them, after many fancy
Thev*wiVe/dnd r'.*ht for the b*?oon.
^ 'J?*,nte<1 with our colors j
hallux A# is one *ent n*ar the
? k*Pt right on. The
other four shot the balloon up with in
cendiary bullets. The observers
th^nnls'.1"0 their Par*chutes just as
"Thi .Ti11 up ln a maM of "ame.
at vaJan. J y w.e t00k 0U'' Positions
that t? wait for camions
pin? k -e us som?where in
did not'?L/or what purpose we
WaM passed ma at the
fnr 2 n . colnPany?we made a date
looktna nny.?n ?Uf neit "ave- He w?8 i
b? Then ?-as as happy as couId I
?f- Th*n Hunt, Keyser and a heap of
Md 1 have the battalion
and Holcomb the regiment. Our turn
Bight * "0t COme 1111 n*ar mld"
Get Tinder Way.
. ~w^. at..Iaat got under way after a '
WMm^5,*/a, ,ba,gR" had hit nearby,
wilmer and I led in "a tourina car
dit^hVd11^ a Kood cliP "nd nearly got
a couP,e of new shell holes
tte tenTh fa" by now and ? 1
a hi* i.JiVnt nnder the Bridge
a big one landed near with a crash
*nd wounded the two drivers killed'
We? W.0un*<* n "' ?or
dM no? kno* " at the time and
did not notice anything wrong till we
wemhad?oJll?rri?*r0*a' when we found;
r ?leven cars all told. We
ound the rest of the convoy after a
bu"- but eventhen were not told of j
next day "0t Hnd " out tin th?
v Anally, after twelve I
?fte? ar'feWdUhmpeU. in a big fleld' and- i
i. houra rest. started our
march It was hot as Hades, and ?
we had had nothing to eat since the I
?t last entered a I
troops seemed to converge on I
six n>n?^inP^h>U? W* marched some
six miles In the forest?a finer one I
!l?lartnix<iir s?en?deer wouid scamper
* could have eaten one!
T'. i ? o clook that night, with
2? ? ' ,** lay d6wn In a pouring
' JSL i? sle*P- Troops of all kinds
. passed us in the night?a shadowy
stream, over a half million men. Some
French officers told us that they had
never seen such concentration since
verdun, if then.
Reach Ration Sump.
'"The next day, the 18th of July, we
marched ahead through a jamb of
troops, tnicks. etc., and came at last
to a ration dump, where we fell to
and ate our heads off for the first
t'T1?'" nearly two days. When we
left there the men had bread stuck
on their bayonets. I luggsd a ham.
All v-ere loaded down.
"Here I passed one of Was*' lieu
tenants with his hand wounded He
was pleased as punch, and told us the
drive was on, the first we knew of it.
I then passed a few men of Hunt's
company bringing prisoners to the
*ear. They had a colenel and hi*
staff. They were well dressed, clean
and polished, but mighty glum look
ing.
??We Anally stopped at the far end
of the forest near a dressing station,
where Holcomb again took command.
This station had been a big. fine stone
farm, but now was a complete ruin?
wounded and dead lay all about. Joe
Murray came by with his head all
done up?his helmet had saved him.
The lines had gone on ah?ad, so we
were quite safe. Had a fine aero bat
tle right over us. The stunts that
those planes did cannot be described
by me.
"Late in the afternoon we advanced
again. Our route lay over an open field
covered with dead.
Cavalry Comes Up.
-We lay down on a hillside for the
night near some captured German
guns, and until dark I watched the
1 cavalry?tome 4,000?com* up and
take positions.
"At 3:30 the next morning Sit*
wok* m? up an* Mid we were to at
tack. The regiment waa aoon under
way and we picked our way under
eow Of a gas-Infested valley to a
town where we got our final Instruc
tions and left our packs. I wished
Sumner rood luck and parted.
"we formed up in a sunken road on
two sides of a valley that was perpen
dicular to the enemy's front; Hushes
right, Holcomb left, Sibley support,
we now began to get a few wounded;
one man with ashen face came charg
ing to the rear with shell snock.- He
shook ail over, foamed at the mouth,
could not speak. I put him under a
tent and ha acted as if ne had a fit.
"I heartr Lieut. Overton call to one
of his friends to send a certain pin to
his mother if he should set hit.
"At 8:30 we lumped off with a line
Of tank* in the lead. For two 'kilos'
the four lines of marines were as
straight as-a die, and their advance
over the open plain in the bright sun
light was a picture I shall never for
get. The Are got hotter and hotter,
men fell, bullets sung, shells Tvhizzed
banged and the dust of battle got
thick. Overton was hit by a big piece
of shell and fell. Afterward I heard
he was hit in the heart, so hl's death
was without pain. He was burled that
night and the pin found.
Sees War's Horrors.
"A man near me was cut in two.
Others when hit would stand, it
seemed, an hour, then fall in a heap.
I yelled to Wilmer that each gun in
the barrage worked from right to left,
then a rabbit fan ahead and I watched
him. wondering if he would get hit.
Good rabbit?it took my mind off the
carnage. Looked for Hughes 'way over
to the right; told Wilmer that I had
a hundred dollars and be sure to get
It. You think of all kinds of things.
"About sixty Germans jumped up
out of a trench and tried to surrender,
but their machine guns opened up,
we flred batik, they ran and our left
company after them. That made a
gap that had to be tilled, so Sibley ad
vanced one of his to do the job. then
a shell lit in a machine gun crew of
ours and cteanert it out completely.
"At 10:30 we dug in?the attack just
died out. I found a hole or old trench
and when I was flat on my baick I
got some protection. Holcomb was next
me; Wilmer some way oft. We then
tried to get reports. Two compnneis
we never could get in touch with.
Lloyd came in and reported he was
holding some trenches near a mill
with six men. Cates, with his trou
sers blown off, said he had sixteen
men of various companies; another
officer on the right reported he had
and could see some forty men, all
told. That, with the headquarters,
was all we could And out about the
battalion of nearly &00. Of the
twenty company officers who went in,
three came out and one, Cates, was
slightly wounded.
Three Blown to Bits.
"Prom then on to about S p.m. life
was a chance and mighty uncomfort
able. It was hot as a furnace, no wa
ter. and they had our range to a "T."
Three men lying in a shallow tre?eh
near me Were blown to bits.
"I went to the left of the line and
found eight wounded men in a shell
hole. 1 went back to Cates' hole and
three shells landed n?ar them. We
thouglTT they were killed, but they
were not hit. You could hear men
calling for help in the wheatflelds.
Their cries would get weaker and
weaker and die out. Th# German
! planes Wefe thick in the air; they
were in groups of from throe to
twenty. . They would look us over
and then we would get a pounding.
One of our planes got shot down; he
fell about a thousand feet, like an
arrow, and hit in the field back of
us. The tank exploded and nothing
Was left.
"We had a machine gun officer with
us and at 6 a runner came up and
reported that Stunner was killed. He
commanded the Machine Gun Com'
pany with us. He was hit early in
the flght by a bullet, I hear. I can
get no details. At the start he re
marked: 'This looks easy?they do
not seem to have much art.' Hughes'
headquarters were all shot up. Turner
lost a leg.
'Well, we just lay there all through
the hot afternoon.
"It was great?a shell would lartd
nearby and you would bounce in your
hole.
Xeplaoed by Algerians.
"As twilight came we sent out water
parties for the relief of the wounded.
Then we wondered if we would get re
lieved. At 9 O'clock we got a message
congratulating us and saying the Al
gerians woold take over at midnight.
We then bogan to collect our wounded.
Some had been evacuated during the
day, but xt that we soon had about
twenty on the field near us. A man
who had >een blinded wanted me to
hold his hand. Another, wounded in
the back, wanted his head patted, and
so it went; one man got up on his
hands and knees. I asked him what lie
wanted. He said, 'Look at the full
moon.' then fell dead. I had htm
buried, and all the rest I could find.
"All the time bullets sung and we
prayed that shelling would not start
while we had our wounded on top.
"The Algerians came up at midnight
and we pushed out. They went over
at daybreak and got all shot up. We
made the relief under German flares
and the light from a burning town.
"We went out as we came, tliTOugh
the gulley and town, the latter by sow
all in ruina. The place was full of gas,
so we had to wear our masks. We
pushed on to the forest and Tell down
SEVEN GOOD REASONS WHY
UNCLE SAM SAYS .
PAPER MUST NOT BE WASTED
i. The Government's requirements for all kinds of paper
are increasing rapidly and most be supplied.
s.i Paper making requires a large amount of fuel which
is essential for war purposes. A pound of paper
wasted lepieseuts from one to three pounds of coal.
3. Paper contains valuable chemicals for w. jnuywo.
Economy in the use of paper win release a large
quantity of these materials for ammunition
or poisonous
4*
are needed m
5.. Paper making requires transportation space. Economy
in the use of paper will release thousands of freight
In oar tracks and slept all day. That
tfttflMM a' German plan* ??* a lal
lood and Die observw Jumped ?md land
ed is a high tree, ft W"?m? X*
Mtm Mm down. T?e wled wew
add we feed to dodge CeOac trees and
bmnehea. As it was We .M
and ?m wounded it
?That night the- German* shelled us
>N ??t three hilled and seventeen
wounded. We moved a btt further
back to the crossroad and after ewry
ing a few Germans, some of wjom
showed signs of having been wouBnau
before, we settled down to a short
stay. 4
"It looked like ra*a> aad se WIlm?r
and I went to a* eld
to salvage setae ee>eer. We ewieetea
a lot of blowfly abetter halve* and
ponchos that had been tied to poles
to make stretchers, and were about
to go, when we stewed to look at a
new grave. A rude cross made of
two slats from a box, had written
on it:
"Lester 8. Wass, captain, U. 8. marines,
July IS, 1918.
' The old crowd at St. Nasaire and
Bordeaux?Wass and Sumner killed,
Raston and Hunt wtfuirfw, the latter
en the 18th, a dean wound, ! hear,
through the leift shoulder. We then
moved further to the rear and camp
ed for the night. Dunlap came to
look us over; his ear was driven by
a sailor, who get out to talk to a
lew of the marines, when one of the
latter yelled out, -Hey, fellows: Any
one want to see a real live gob?right
this way.' The gob held a regular
reception. A cafrttr pfefttod
on a tree with a message. We de
cided to shoot him. It was then *uite
dark, so the shot missed. I then heard
the following remarks as I tried to
Sleep: Hell! he only turned around :>
?Send up a.flare'; 'Call for a barrage,
etc. The next day, further to the rear
still, a Ford was towed by with its
front wheels on a truck.
"Licking' the Wounds."
"We are now back in a tewn for
some rest and to lick oar wounds.
"As I rode down the battalion where
once companies 260 strong used to
march, now you see fifty men with a
kid second lieutenant in command; one
company commander is not yet twen
ty-one. . , ,
"After the last attack I cashed in
the gold you gave me and sent it home
along With my back pay. I haye no
idea of being 'bumped ofT with money
on my person, aa if you fall tnto the
enemy's hand- you are first robbed,
then buried perhaps, but the first is
sure.
"Baston. the lieutenant that went to
Quantico with father and. myself, and
of whom father took some pictures,
was wounded in both legs in the Bois
de Belleau. It was some time before
he was evacuated and gas gangrene
set in. He nearly lost his lees. I am
told, but is coming out O. K. Hunt was
wounded in the last attaek, got his
wounds fixed up and went back again
till he had to be sent out. Coffenburg
was hit in the hand-^11 near Aim
were killed. Talbot was hit twice, but
is about again. That accounts for all
the officers in the company that I
brought over. In the first fight 103 of.
the men in that outfit were killed or
wounded. The second light must have
about cleaned out the old crowd.
"The tanks as they crushed their
way through the wet. gray forest
looked to me like beasts of the pre
stone age.
Under Sinister 'Planes.
"In the afternoon, as I lay on my
back in a hole that I dug deeper, the
dark gray German planes, wtth their
sinister black crosses, looked like
death Rovering above. They were for
many?Sumner, for one. He was al
ways saying. 'Denig. Jet's go ashore!'
Then there was Wass, whom 1 usual
ly took dinner with?dead, too. Sum
ner, Wass, Baston and Hunt?the old
crowd that stuck together?two dead,
one may never be any good any more;
I Hunt, I hope, will be as good: as ever.
"To picture a light, mir up a lot of
hungry, dirty, tired and bloody men
I with dust, noise and smoke. Forget
the clean swords, prancing horses and
i flapping flags. At night, a gas-fllled
woods, falling trees and bright, blisd
I irtg flashes?you can't see your neigh -
[ Bor?that is war. In the rear it is all
confusion. The general told me,
'Hurry to such a placeman goes well,
we are advancing!' His staff, miles
away, all clean?one was shaving,
another eating hot eakea?we had not
had a hot bite for two days. As I
reached my jumping-oft place,
wounded men, killed men, horses
blown to bits?the contrast.
"We advanced ten kilometers, with
prisoners and guns, and the bells
rang in New "fork for the victory,
while well dressed girls and whlte
shirted men, jw> doubt, drank our
health in many a lobster palace."
AIDS TO THMIRG.
BY H. AMNGTOS BRUCE.
(Copyright, UB.)
To write down one's thoughts on !
paper i? an uncommonly helpful aid
to clear thinking. But it is an aid j
which few people systematically I
utilise.
When pondering any problem one of
the greatest difficulties is to hold
the mind concentrated on it. Fugitive ,
ideas wtH fly in to distract attention.
By writing the thoughts down this
disturbing tendency may be checked.
Seeing concretely before him the con
clusions at which he has already ar
rived will help the thinker to keep his
attention fixed on the subject he is
considering. I
Besides which he will find it easier
to appraise his thoughts correctly.
Vagueness and incoherence of thought
quickly reveal themselves when given
formal expression in- written words.
Concentration will, of course, be- :
come still easier if the writing is done
in a quiet place. ?
^oiae is always a potential thought
disturber. There are many people
who school themselves to think effi
ciently in a veritable hubbub of noise.
But ev*n these masters ef concentra
tion would find it to their advantage
,to avail themselves of the aid of
qtfiet.
And. having found a quiet room in
which to think and to write down
one's thoughts, make sure that it is
a well ventilated roam.
Thousands of people suffer from a
sadly ?nd needlessly diminished
thinking power by reason of the fact
that they habitually do their think
ing in rooms where fresh air finds it
difficult to enter. Often they are ap
palled at the difficulty they experi
ence in concentrating their thoughts.
Sometimes.they even consult a doc
tor, imagining that they must be vic
tims of a strange disease. The real
trouble is that they have forgotten
that their thinking organ, the brain,
is soon poisoned by foul air, hence
fatigues rapidly when any demand is
"rhey'do not noed medicines, they do
not need even a special training in
concentration. What they do need la
's^Usriir, because of the dependence
af mental power on the state of tbe
brain, clear thinking win be promoted
1 fey making It a rule to do no hard
thinking for half an hoar or more
after meal times.
After meals the blood supply to the
brain is temporarily leeaened because
of the apodal demands_ made by the
digestive organs. The effort to think
at that time will drag the blood back
to the brain, and the re?It may ha
bath physical and mental iadtgonUoB.
Recember, also, that under the best
of conditions mental concentration
itself a fatiguing effect eti the
2Sta. Consequently IVJ? 5 mU
to thinking te relax mentolly atfre
quent intervals during the working
*The relaxing need be for only a few
moments It is am axing how quickly
the brain refreshes Itself. But If It
be denied brief hreatkhagspellsi t la
sure to take its revenge by refusing
to work well.
Friday la America's lucky day. Co
? - lpm* on that d?
I on a Friday, i
Weahlngtof
Friday.
MUSICAL MENTION
Musical activities at the Arts Club,
of wM?n Mrs.1 Charlea W. Fitfrfh* ??
in charge for the season, will indud*
a new departure in the shape Ot *
circle within the club composed of
musicians who are already artist
members. A meeting- of the moving
spirits In tfe* affair was held last
Monday evening at the club, when
Mrs. Emm* Prall Knorr, who is spon
sor for the idea, explained her plan
and also contributed some piano
solos. It is expected that the circle
will hold a meeting each Monday
evening, when opportunity will be af
forded for discussion of current musi
cal matters and an informal program
be given by the members. With the
proviso thatt the official restrictions en
public gatherings will be removed,
Mrs. Fairfax announces the artists
tor the Sunday evening musicals m
November as follows: November Is,
Mrs. Ines Corlnne Lockman. dramatlo
soprano, of Indianapolis, and trio,
constating of Mrs. Ruth Bronson, vio
linist: Dore Wal<en, violoncellist, ana
Mrs. Prank Byrain. pianist; November
24, song recital by two newcomers,
Miss Mildred Mattehws. soprano, of
New Jersey and Miss Marie Culp. con
tralto, with Miss Mabel Linton, ac
companist.
Miss Netta Craig, soprano: Miss
Blsa Raner, violinist, and Mrs. Par
rish, formerly Miss Ethel Garrett
Johnstone, pianist, will give a fac
ulty recital this evening for the stu
dents of Martha Washington Semi
nary. Miss Raner will play a group
of compositions by Hubay, Kreisler,
Borowski anC. EVAmbrosio: Mrs. Par
rish will give Chopin's "Troisieme Bal
lade," an adaptation for piano of |
Kreisler's "Capricei Vlennols" and
Moszkowski'ii concert waits In E ma- |
Jor. Miss Criig will sing two groups, j
one of old English airs and "On Wings j
of Song," by Mendelssohn, and the.
other, consisting of four modern songs i
and one lumber from manuscript, j
"Wind of t'ie Downs," written by Har- j
old Matties, of the Library of Con
gress. I
Ernest Le.it. well known here as a |
violoncellist, will give a recital this
evening at tie Hotel Continental, at
which he will contribute also sev
eral numbers as a violin soloist. The |
program announced includes eompo
sitlons by standard composers of both
instruments and Mrs. Adele Robinson
Bush will support Mr. Lent at the
piano throughout the program.
Company A of the war service com
mission. Caleb W. O'Connor, captain,
gave one of its characteristic enter
tainments for the first time since the
prevalence of the epidemic Wednes
day evening at Camp Pelvoir. and was
received with loud acclaim by the sol
diers. Supplementing the numbers by
the company were two groups of en
semble numbers of unusual merit by
three soldiers, Fred Golde, violinist;
Jean Soldar. cellist; and Milton Col
beth, pianist, who were applauded to
the echo, and responded after each ap
pearance with several additional num
bers. Mrs. Winfield Clime, who chap
eroned the company, gave several
songs, and Miss Louise Morgan and
Etelka Kearney contributed some
duets, Miss Viola Loghry was heard
in character songs, Mr. O'Connor met
with his usual success in topical songs
and the Camp Chorus Club, consisting
of Misses Dorothy Monk, Hazel Eids
berg, Florence Nleld, Agnes Madlgan,
Marjorie Bateman. Dudley Sanford.
Marjorie Gorman, Louise Morgan and
Etelka Kearney, gave four numbers I
and five encores. i
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Lippitt re
turned early in the week from their
wedding trip to Atlantic City, and
have been the guests for several days
of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Crist of Biltmore street. Mr.
Lippitt, who will leave today for An
napolis, where he is In training, is
the son of Mrs. Charlotte Gardner Lip
pitt, contralto of St. Paul's Episcopal
Churcb, and a member of the Rubin
stein Chib, and was for some time
tenor soloist of Mount Vernon Metho
dist Church South.
Charles Trowbridge Tlttman, bari
tone soloist of All Souls* Unitarian
Chstrch, has received his commission
as. first lieutenant In the Army Service
Qbrps and expects to leave shortly for
France. During his absence arrange
ments have been made for a substi
tute, to be announced later. Mr. Titt
mann's concert engagements, includ
ing one for the "St. Matthew's Passion
Music," by the New York Symphony
8ociety, have been canceled for the
period of the war.
The solo quartet choir of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church, con
sisting of Mrs. A. L. Haycock, so
prano; Mrs. A C. Cottrell, formerly
Mlas Josephine Mack, contralto;
Charles D. Church, tenor, and James
8. Hicks, bass, has been disbanded.
The music for the services will be
rendered for the present season by
the Mount Pleasant Chorus, which has
successfully supplemented the work
of the quartet at the evening services
for many years. The chorus was or
ganised by William C. Mills, who was
at that time also tenor soloist of the
choir, and after a brief regime under
Mr. Mills was transferred to the care
of Dr. William R. Buchanan, Mr. Mills
leaving at that time to make his home
in Phoenix, Ariz., where he has met
with great success bo-th as teacher
and singer. ?
Under Dr. Buchanan, who. although
not a professional musician, possessed
qualities of leadership in a remarka
ble degree, the chorus did excellent
work, presenting in fine form many
well known sacred cantatas. When
war was declared Dr. Buchanan vol
unteered his services in the Medical
Corps and was succeeded by Norton
D. Little, who is the present director
of the organization. In addition to
' the special musical services given by
the chorus each season, it has given
an annual concert of secular music,
which always attracted a capacity
audience. A substitute organist in
place of Claude Robeson will also be
found for the period of the war,
August King-Smith, a newcomer to
Washington, being engaged to play
the first Sunday that the authorities
allow the opening of the churches.
Announcement is made of the resig
nation of William Starnell, organist
-and choir director of the Ingram Me
morial Congregational Church, to take
effect November 1. Mr. Starnell has
held the position for the past four
I years, having served previously in
the same capacity at the North Caro
lina Avenue and the Fourth Street
j Methodist churches.
Lewis Corning Atwater. organist of
All Souls' Unitarian Church and of
the Eighth Street Temple, who en
listed some time agb in the Navy, has
been detailed here at the Navy De
partment as a radio operator, which
will permit of his fulfilling his duties
at both the church and the synagogue
without interruption.
News came during the week from
New York that Edwin Hughes had
been ro-engaged at the Institute of
Musical Art, where his duties Mill al
low of his work in revising and
editing important musical composi
tions for a prominent publisher. Mr.
Hughes is a former Washington Ian.
and returns here occasionally for a
brief visit to his parents and sister.
He received all his early training
here. going later to New York to
study under the master technician,
Rafael Jeseffy. and from there to
Vienna, where he completed his
preparation for a professional career
uiujer Lesehetliky. He afterward be
came assistant to Leschetisky. a posi
tion he held for about four years.
Returning to this country, be was
torn f?art. in charge of the piano
department of the Oanapol School of
Masical Art In Detroit. Mich., at the
end of which time he returned to
Germany, taking up his residence in
^He*^ one of the tow i
irtMs vto fMeaeied m ?wMWraf
Elm?Tffn WW
the breaking out of the war Mr
HVfkM returned MS MtiW 1194
and established tU headquarters in
K?w lafk etty. lrtert k* wnl give
Irts drat reeitM tW* fall November 14.
Be has been also engaged to plajr In
Detroit November 3 with the Detroit
8ymphony Orchestra, of which Ossip
(Mrilovlut k now conductor.
Simultaneously with the announce
ment in "Musical Mention" last Sunday
that letters bad ,beea received from
Paymaster Paul Hine* Of Ma safe ar
rival "samewhere is France," the
trienHs that had received his letters
on Thursday ware rather startled t?
bear bis voice in a telephone call.
The ye nag tenor explained that- his
ship made a'return trip Just following
the sending of 11)e letters and that
he 'was In Washington for Sunday
only. 'He eftpeeted to return at oace
to France in the line of duty and Is
probably already again on the other
side. ?
Mrs. R.- H: Dalgleish, president of
the Rubinstein Club, announces that
Mrs. Eugene Herndon has : resigned
as chairman of the room committee
of the club and Mrs. Frank Lord has
been appointed her successor. Misa
Viola 'MMnpet-t one of the younger
contingent in the club, has been ap
pointed chairman of the press com- {
mittee.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.. October 2?.
Only about one-half of the allotment
of war savings stamps for this city
has been sold thus far. This means
that Alexandria, during the months
of November and December, will
have to subscribe for {150,000 worth
of these stamps in order to do her
share in the campaign.
The original allotment for this city
was 1654,000, but the state director
concluded this was not a fair quota
and reduced It to $400,909, which in
cludes ?auu,0urt for this city and
$109,000 for Alexandria county.
Those who have signed cards are
requested , to call at the banks where
they agreed to purchase and take up
- their pledges.
War savings stamp* can be pur
chased at the post office or at any.
of the banks in the city.
Property Sold at Auction.
Five pieces of property belonging
to the Peters estate were sold at ;
1 public auction at noon to^ay by S.
IH. Lunt, auctioneer, and brought a
I total of $8,186, as follows: House ?04
Cameron street to John D. Normoyle,
' for Alfred Peters and Mrs. Ruth
Todd, for $4,500; house 400 South
Royal .street, to John B. Barrett for
1800; house 402 South Royal street
i to William Baader for $650; House
| 402>? South Royal street to William
! Leader for $715; house 215 Wolfe
I street to Capt. Charles H. McKenney
for $1,515.
The sale was made by John M.
Johnson, Howard W. Smith and Wil
liam P. Woolls, commissioners of
sale.
Churches and Schools to Reopen.
Preparations for the reopening of
the churches, moving picture estab
lishments and schools of the city and
otber places that have been closed
for the past month owing to the
epidemic of influenza in this city are
now being made.
The health authorities have In
structed the pastors of the churches
and the officials of the other places
to have them thoroughly disinfected
before the reopening. The epidemic
here is now steadily on the decrease.
The churches here will be closed
tomorrow for the fourth consecutive
Sunday. They were closed when the
epidemic of influensa was at its
height. The church bells, however,
will be rung tomorrow at the usual
hours, in accordance with the plan
adopted when they were closed.
Hundreds of Alexandrians before
retiring tonight set their clocks back
an hour in compliance with the day
light-saving law. Alexandrians, in
common with others, therefore, will
get an additional hour's sleep tomor
row.
Funerals Listed.
The funeral of Isaac W. Burrell,
who died yesterday afternoon at the
Westminster Hospital, will take place
at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon from
his late residence, In Del Ray, Alex
andria county. /
The funeral <of Earner Scott will
take place at 5 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon from the residence of his
father, Frank Scott, 113 Prince street.
The body of Mrs. Lucy D. Summers
will be forwarded Monday to Quan
tlco, Va., for burial.
DB0P~~MEDICAL ICEXTDTO.
J Physicians Too Busy?To Publish
Papers in Magazine.
The twelfth annual meeting of the
Southern Medical Association, which
was to have been held at Asheville,
N. C., November 11 to 14, has been
abandoned because of the strain
placed on medical men in fighting the
influenza epidemic.
Papers which were prepared to be
read at the convention will be printed
in the Southern Medical Journal dur
ing the year, so that there will' be as
little break as possible in the record
of the scientific advancement of
southern medicine and surgery.
Iceland's Prophet.
To tbe Editor of Tbe Star.
_ I was much amused by the "Ice
landic Prophecy" published in last
Sunday's Star. There were one or
two inaccuracies in it. "It has never
appeared in English"?but I saw an
exactly similar "deduction" not long
after the czar's abdication, connecting
him with the kaiser and wondering
if the latter would also abdicate dur
ing that year. Again, this present
"prophecy" includes the czar among
tbe rulers who are still reigning. As
a matter of fact, a similar addition of
figures would result the sam4 in the
case of any man. woman or child, in
any place "or time. For instance, a
person born in 1850 would be now ?8
years old. Then take any date in
such person's life?say marriage in
1S72?4? years ago; 1860, year of birth,
plus <8. the present age, equals 1918;
1872. year of marriage, plus 4C years
since, equals 1118. Add the four fig
ures together and divide by two and
we have 1*18. So we see here tbe
reason for the division by two.
GRACE A. K. STEELE.
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with your Want Ads
for insertiomin
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MUSICAL nBIWJCTIOK.
Piano, Commrnition and #Orche*tration..
Modern Time-Saving System
Studio: 132 G at. n.w. Phone Franklin 1274.
r. KIT Biggn pl?*?. Phnne North 9*48.
Erfythe Mansion Brosins
Concert Harpist
Ti'atlwi af Coaeert Harp aad CLARK IRISH
HARP.
Studio: The Stoddert. 3M0 Q St. Tel. West ?t3.
Operatic Prima Donna |
Instruction in Vocal Art and Drama
In Waahington two dor* each week. Will
accept limited number of pupils with excep
tional voices to train. Italian "Uel Canto"
method. Indorsed by G alii-Cure i, Melba, M ?
Cormack, etc. Dramatic training in operatic
Far appeiatment PH0VE F1A5XLIH 1507-J.
WALTER T. HOLT
Established 1804. Plione Franklin 4115.
STUDIO, It 19 COVK. ATE.
School of Mandolin, Guitar and Banjo.
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Playing and the Ukulele
Weekly practice with the Nocdlca Club.
VIOLIN AND MANDOLIN.
' JOSEF B0SSEB. T14 8th St. B.C. Unc. 2I9S-W.
MISS EMMA L. MINKE
Teacher of Piano
I Studio, 1323 Clifton st. n.w. Phone Col. 90S-J.
ELEANOR RODNEY SMITH
ALINA BUCCIANTINI
TEACHERS 07 SINGING
Pupils of Vincenzo Vannini of Florence,
i Italy, and of Giuseppina Meini llucciantini.
qne of Italy's noted opera stars. The Italian i
Bel Canto taught. Voice placement to finished j
opera and concert work.
STUDIO AT 2107 0 ST. N.W.
Consultation Wed. and Sat. evenings, 7 to 9
i otherwise by. appointment. *_
m.FABIAN, Pianist;
Stadio, 5SS 13th 8t. N.W.. Third Floor.
PUPILS: CONCERTS; RECITALS.
Phone Franklin 6110.
ecHoPL f SINGING 1 s,1
Fourth yea v. lime. Lucia liorderi. diploraa-xrad
. nate and formerly assistant to Lamperti (tearh
er of Sembrlch). principal. Foreign instruction
at home. Booklet on reqnest. Consultatioas.
I 11 ** a" ,?2* 8 n w Phop* N- 7031
MISS PEARL WAUGH
TEACHES OF PIANO.
Pupil of
Km a. do Wienxkowska. New York.
Leopold Gpdowsky, Berlin.
Wager SWayne, Paris.
Studio. 1413 Chapin st. Plione Col. 420.
EDUCATIONAL.
PUPILS in FRENCH AND ENGLISH; ENtt
lish lessons ip exchange for French conversa
tion; tutoring in English subjects. Address
Box 236-C, Star office. 31*
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION IX i
DECIMAL FILING j
[TUITION FOR ENTIRE COURSE. THE
CIVIL SERVICE PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
529 12th N.W. PHONE FRANKLIN 2080.
HALL-NOYES SCHOOL
FIFTEENTH YEAR?SEPTEMBER 16. f
Day and night. Graded and high Krtiooi I
coo roes complete, under ex-teacher C. II. S. i
All Civil Service preparatory work under !
former Civil Service Examiner of U. 8. Also '
private lessons. Children or adults. Cata
logue. 221 E st-^n.w. Telephone M. 3877.
SPANISH SCHOOL.
NATIVE TEACHER.
WT O st. n.w.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL ? W.
Thomas Shepherd, Ph. D.. Prin.. 907 11th n.w.
Individnal instruction, college preparatory; lan
guages, mathematics, physics, chemistry: serv
ice exam.; shorthand, typewriting: moderate, j
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT
or THE
EMERSON INSTITUTE
MBAXZS WOXEV FOK OEEATES
ACHIEVEMENTS.
me r st. n.w. Frankiia uu.
CLASSES HOW FOXHUfS.
Everting School
ftuhT. Thnrsdsy aad Sstmday.
| ' Its Classes ia All Snhjeeta. I
I hijatsUlT far CsUets sad Professional Sekaab '
] CaararsatioaarFrenek aad Spanish Conraaa
WnreLOW H. KAJTOOUH. Priaoipai.
mail Day aad ?*salsc Coarse !m
Paymaster Examination
at
Naval Reserve
Classes Now Forming j
Prsparatary far
Callage aad Professional ffrh?al?
hoars. ? to 4:30. asaapt Bs tarts*.
aad rridaj, 6:M ta ?:?
EMERSON INSTITUTE
Phaao FraakiU 44*3. 1749 P St. N.W.
Evening: Claanes at
GONCACA COLLEGE* 19 Eye St. N.W.
Mental Philosophy, Elementary and Advanced
English, Latin, Spanish and French, Commer
cial Arithmetic. Plane and Sblid Geometry.
Weekly Lectures on Important Educational.
Topics. Splendid Course. Skilled Teachers.
Nominal Tuition Fees. Opening session MON
DAY, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. Call or send
for Circular of Information.
WOOD'S
SCHOOL
'?4??e^T rejJS'oo.
Washington Business College
POTEST a WHITMORB. Props.
Martkaad. Tj?ewritia?. BMkkeeplac. CI Til
Serriee a apedsltjr. Classes in Spsalsk and
Freack Taeadar and Tkursday ereainca.
<1 ST. N.W. Phoa. Mala 9871.
NATIONAL SCHOOL
FINE AND APPLIED ART
190.*; PA. AVE. Felix Mahonv. Director
Pivl Insiliuie
ZTO7. S.6t North Weft
A Boarding aad Day SoW. for Otrta.
Regular High School aad College ire
Pamtocy Courses. Special Certificate Coarsen;
?e Attn, Journalism, Short Story Wrtflng,
KMecfartm Normal Training. Domectlr Bel
and Secretarial Courses, Par
Law. Evening dnnes la Freack
Frsaofc-Engush ladoor aad Oat
" JUadMBartaaDspartasnat far
Mrs. SAKIR1 B. >-AUU
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Clasaea tnmtag far tlx? stadr af Caakinj
aad Sewing. under tfce supervision of a tbor
oashlr Mafaed taacker.
A separate cteas aar ke arrsnged Car soar
P3t informstion call Kiss N EVILS st Kartt
IM7 lefcw l:W a.a. or after 5 pjn.
Gonston Hall
i aMssTse Ajn> BAT
SCHOOL TO* GZUS
Reopens Oct. 8,
nsrUs Aw.
MtrftWTA
Hie Temple School
Washington CoiTege of Law,
EgffCATIOHAL { 1 SPPCATIQ?L.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
By The
Service Radio School
902 Pa. Ave. N.W.
From present indications the baa. on private and public schools
placed by the health authorities owing to the epidemic wilL be
lifted in a few days. In anticipation of this we are preparing to
start three new classes on the opening day. As a
Special Inducement
to insure a full quota for these new classes we propose to offer to
all thofce who enroll between now and tbe opening day an abso
lutely free membership in the.
ASSOCIATED RADIO OPERATORS
OF AMERICA
The objects of this association are:
(1) To act as medium for obtaining employment for My
qualified graduates wh* have obtained ? First-Grade
Government License.
(2) To keep in constant touch with all commercial indni
tries in times of peace who have wireless eqnipmtai
and employ operators; giving the service of the asso
ciation as an employment agency, absolutely tree of coat,
either to members of the association or tbe employer.
(3) To furnish members of the association with magazines
and literature on matters connected with wireless, with
out charge.
(4) To furnish members with prompt and accurate informa
tion on all matters of importance relative to wireless.
(5) To enconrage correspondence between members, either
in or out of active service.
(6) To advise upon any inventions or improvements orig
inated by -members and related to wireless.
(7) To finance and promote any meritorious invention or
improvement connected with either apparatus or service.
(8) During the existence of the war this association will
use every endeavor within the limits approved by the
United States government to secure for members in
duction into the various branches of the government
service, and wiU also advise members relative to such in
ductions, as to qualifications, etc.
ENROLL NOW
and
SECURE LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN THIS
ASSOCIATION WITHOUT COST TO YOU
Special short course Cfive weeks) qualities you for inductiou
into the Radio Branch of the Government Service.
Long course (ten to twelve weeks) qualifies you to obtain a
first grade commercial government license as a wireless operator.
TERMS REASONABLE
and I
Arranged to Suit Your Convenience
CLASSES, 9 A.M. to 12 M.
1 P.M. to 4 P.M.
7 P.M. to 9 P.M.
The Service Radio School
902 Pa. Ave. Franklin 7514
Is one of the largest exclusive wireless schools in the country, occu
pying over
6,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE
And Equipped With the
MOST MODERN UP-TO-DATE APPLIANCES
Including a
complete Marconi wireless ship equipment, also 229-volt generator,
electrically-controlled automatic senders, with speeds varying from
6 to 25 words, and commercial stations, in which the student re
ceives training in sending and receiving of messages in exactly the
same manner as he would in actual service.
DON'T DEL AY SIT e0."^
Office Open Week Days From 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Secretary's office open daily from 4:30 to
6:00 p.m. for registration and consultation.
Classes will be resumed at ii:S0 p.m. .daily
when permission is granted by the health
officer. - ^
STUDENTS' ARMY
TRAINING CORPS
georgetown LAW SCHOOL bldg..
506 E at. n.w. Phone Main t^93.
Navigation and Seamanship
Emerson
Institute
1740 P Street N.W.
Pknc Franklin 44CS.
A Six-Weeks' Coarse Under
a Competent Navigator
and Seaman
PRACTICAL SEXTANT WORK OS
THE WATER. USE OF NAUTICAL
almanac and bowditch prac
tical PROBLEMS SOLVED.
Classes Up to Jailor Oral#
Lleiteaaat Eirkt Horn
a Week
Tor those qualified for promotion and
all those who need Navigation and Sea- 1
manship, Including comtniaaioaed aea,
seamen, civilians and beginners.
Day aal Evealag Claaaen
Separate Classes for Oflleera
George Washington
University
STUDENTS' ARMY
TRAINING CORPS
krmy Section Navy Section
The WAR and NAVY Depart
ments have extended the time
of enlistment until
OCTOBER 30
Aits and Sciences, Z023 G St
Law Sdwol, New Masonic Temple
Medical and Dental School,
1335 H St.
WASHINGTON BUSINESS**!
CIVIL SERVICEJ5CHOOL
6reg* Sborthud?
LEARN TO DRAW
STEWARD'S
BUSINESS COrXEOC.
and K ate, a.w. Phane >1. M71.
TTiorotrh rourap Ih Shorthand. '4 Mwwrttlaa.
Hookbtplm. KI'ANISH AMI I'ftvClT
T*WPS*r
Mix AHo worn
Accountancy reidnt ScKmi la o?it?
rrantinf power* C. P. A. Mi1
business courses. OwymtiM
cost, auditing, etc.).
Preparatory (Aocraditad Buia. H.N t*
99.00 a month).
Commercial (Gregf Shorthand. n.H
month).
Drafting: (Mechanical. Architectural. $ft m.)
Grade (D?y Of Ereniar).
UBcuses-WirelfSk-Statlittfa I
1736 G st. n.tr. Bulletin Free. '
It T O N xxssr
;%wr ICMt franklin Mi
gkartfcaad trttaian and Grt(C>> Tauca Type
yriUnx. CWJ1 B?r?lcp. DmIb?1 Ultax. Ulllll
SOth lear
Law School
OF |
The National
University
j (lac. by Special Act ef Con*res*.)
\otet?Am a war-tine measure ?
complete three-year eoowe will be
crivrn in two years, entitling *rada~
?tea to the degree of Barbel or of
Laws; thr .decree of Master of Uw?
| after one year additional.
! WOMK* WIlaL. BE A DM ITTKD A*
CANDIDATES FOR DECRKBI. ,
Secretary's office often for regialratloa,
ontil 8 p.m. law School l?uildiag, 810-8I8
lStli st. n.w. Teleplionp Franklin 13M9. ?,
ACCOUNTANCY
ciabses now Fomse.
Scad far an bulletin tad a corr ?f X?m
Market Talnr.
PACE INSTITUTE
10*4 V ST. PHONE MAIN INIT. j
STRAYER'S
Business College
OLD MABOXIC TEOT1X.
11HTH ASD r *TS. i
Although the sessions or Mir
school have been cloved for aa
indefinite time, the office r?- J
mains open day and evening Car .
registration. ;
An unuanal number have ai- ;
ready registered tor a?r reopen- -
tng date. ~
Thoee who eeaffiate >?lrl?t :
courses at our aefcoet are tktn- z
lore urged to call at onoe and 1
make arrangements In orAaf t# *
be taken care ot promptly when -
school reoftees.
THE CIVIL SERVICE!

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