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DURING THE SNOW SEASON ON WEST FRONT f m Motorcycle well loaded with American snowstorm back of the lines in Franc. Went* mi N'cusruper l'i » •.. idiers making its way through u PROCESSION RIVAL OF PIED PIPER'S j . i | Five Hundred Little Children, Refugees From Belgium, Tramp Into Allied Village. LED BY POILU TRUMPETERS Worn by Hunger, Tired, All Sing Na tional Anthem—Big Celebration at Evian for Them—Glad to Escape Germans. Évian-les-Bains.—Five hundred lit tie children, a trille tired-looking, per haps a little hysterical because worn by the strain of three days on the train. tramped joyously up the street, their wooden sabots pattering a triumphant tattoo on the hard pavement, skipping, some of them, to the blare of the trumpeters who led the way. and cry lug "Vive la France" at every weleom lug tri-color. They rushed up by doz ens to shake hands with anyone who was on the street to see them at five o'clock in the morning. Each of them was dressed in his or her Sunday best, and toting u home made pack. All the time the six old ex-Pol lus tooted away on their trum pets ns they led the bobbetty proces sion. It reminded one of the Pied Pi per who piped strange tunes in Hame lln and led away all the village chil dren when their elders refused to pay him for ridding the town of its rats. These trumpeters wore leading Bel gian children to a warm meal at Evian. Five hundred children, who had left their mothers and fathers In the land where food is scarce, were on their way to a big refuge in the old Chartreuse monastery at Le Giandier. There the Belgian government and the American Red Cross have fitted up a home for a thousand refugees. Not Enough to Eat. They were not orphans—just chil dren who were not getting enough to eat. Back in Belgium a Belgian com mittee had picked them out as under nourished and asked their mothers to let them go to France, where wheat and sugar are not too plenty, but where the rations are more liberal. The commission for relief in Belgium j brought something to them in Bel gium, but, especially since the Ameri cans left, it had to be stretched a long way. "Aren't you hungry?" some one asked one of the Belgian children. "Why, no," the ten-year-old replied. "I ate yesterday." The trumpeters piloted them to the Casino, where the women of Evian had laid out a breakfast. Six or seven children, too weak to stand the mile's walk, were carried In the big Ameri can Red Cross ambulances that trans port the old men and women week SAVES SEAMAN'S LIFE Amateur Surgeon Amputates Leg With Clasp Knife. Steward Is Decorated for One of Most Brave and Remarkable Deeds of the War. London.—For amputating a man's leg with a claspknife but still saving his life, Alfred William Fumeux, a chief steward in the mercantile marine, has been decorated by the king. The •tory of his heroic conduct and skill torm one of the most remarkable of many tales told since the beginning the war. The {following is an ac of the services for which he re the Albert medal in gold : T* April, 1917, the steamship In " y^ tr. Furn^aux was serving was toritofd by the enemy, and the legs °f *Uscar. who was on the spot deck plates had buckled pne werc caU g{ lt so firmly be j ! j | 1 j j j 1 i j ! j J : MAKES SWEATERS FROM • RAISING SHEEP ON UP ; Seattle, Wash.—Six heavy sweaters which recently were given to the Sedro-Woolley branch of the Red Cross were laade at home in the old-fash ioned way. Mrs. S. D. Benson raised the sheep from which the wool was taken on her farm at Siskiyou. While experimenting with hark preparations Mrs. Benson dis covered a way to dye the yarn in the regulation shades of gray and khaki, and finally knit the sweaters herself. days, when the trains tiring i: French repatriates. There was a big celebration in the Casino. The mayor of Evian made a speech, hut most of the children were obviously much too tired to try to puzzle out his big words. They were much more interested in the hand. The hand played "The Savoyard," the anthem of Evian's mountain province, and then it played the "Brabançonne," the national hymn of Belgium. Those children stood up on the tables to applaud and wave their handker chiefs! They knew it. every one of them, although they had not been al lowed to sing it out loud for three years. Some of them were so small that they must have learned it behind closed shutters. Off In a corner half a dozen little girls joined hands and danced. Too Tired for Candy. But they were tired out ; there were one or two who were too tired to eat the candy placed beside them—and that is very tired. And in the middle of tho second verse of the "Braban çonne," one small son of Belgium laid his head on his arms and went to sleep. And before the "Marseillaise" was sung there were sleepy little groups, oblivious to the noise about them, at every table. It was dark when they entered the Casino—much too dark for the pic tures that ought to have been taken of them—-and it was still very gray twilight when they came out. One of the American Red Cross nurses who was helping care for them saw two little girls arguing sleepily about something or other. "N'est-ce pas?" the tinier of the two said as she came up. "C'est le matin; c'est pas le soir?"— "It is morning, isn't it? It's not evening?" Later, when the children were pass ing the American Red Cross doctor, who examined them for contagious diseases, the nurse learned more. Lu cienne and Louise, sisters, came from tween the plates that he would have gone down with the ship. Mr. Fur neaux, however, went to the man's as sistance and managed to got one leg out, but the other was nearly severed through above the knee. Finding it impossible to pull the leg out, Mr. Fur neaux amputated it with an ordinary clasp knife and then carried the man to a boat. When in the boat he dressed the wound as well as possible and gave the life belt he was wearing to the wounded man. Mr. Furneaux also ren dered first aid in the boat to another Lascar who was badly scalded. Mr. Furneaux was in Imminent danger of losing his life in rendering the serv ice. POOR LUCK AS STOWAWAY Japanese Laborer Tries to Steal Pas sage and Makes Trip With Hands Tied. San Francisco.—Because he tried to steal passage on a Japanese liner from the Orient to America, a Japanese la borer was forced to make almost the 1 I ' ] I near Namur. Their father had worked in a Belgian factory until tlie German* took It over; then lie quit. lie did not get enough to eat. and hist winter he died. Their mother worked in one of the municipal kitchens and made a tiare living so, hut not quite enough for all three—so she sent them out to France to grow fat and happy while she toils on in the soup kitchen. Lucienne and Louise seemed a bit weepy as they told their story, hut they brightened quickly, it is always morn ing if one is young enough. "We're going to good friends." they an nounced. "Do you know where you are going?" "No," they said; "but it's sure to be like this, and they're going to lie good friends." CARPET BAG AGAIN IN VOGUE Scarcity of Leather Brings Back An cient Satchel, Says Chicago Merchant. New York.—The high cost and short age of leather will lie responsible for a revival of the old-fashioned carpet hag, according to .1. X. Daley, a leath er merchant of < 'hieago. Mr. Daley declares that the carpet hag already is appearing in some of the western cities lie has just visited. They are proving popular, and he ex pects to see them in the Fast shortly. "Tl.o war." says Mr. Da icy, "is go ing tu revive a lot o;' discarded necessi ties of our fon'fathers. Tic- carp'd hag u ill be . no of Hi ■ lirsf. 'I lie sh-.i-r : gf it lent lief will e v cntiiaily Preel mb? < lie 111 iking ui lea tin r valises uni grips if it i milium s, ami here Will be nnth ing cl sc left but lilt old can .r bug— and it may prove just as serviceab as the more modern equipment." HELPS DIRECT RAILROADS "% " ■ cuNpjiNsr % . . KM Ht Miss Frances Hawthorne Brady, daughter of Thomas Grayson Brady of Washington, D. C.. Is the first and only woman on the staff of the director gen eral of railroads, William G. McAdoo. Miss Brady's capabilities make her a most handy person in any organiza tion where directing ability and crea tive ideas are needed. Miss Brady was selected because of tlie ability and efficiency she has shown in Liberty loan work in the treasury. She is the second appointee of Mr. McAdoo as director general of railroads. Since leaving a finishing school in Washington Miss Brady has been prominent in all the affairs of the younger set. but when the war started she felt the call for patriotic duty and offered her services to the government. Conductorettes Capable. New York.—Three hundred women conductors on New York street cars are making good. President Theodore P. Shonts of the Interborough Rail road company, has announced that the conductorettes are as efficient as men, equally honest ntul more polite. entire passage with his hands tied be hind his hack. When the steamer reached a Pacific port and quarantine officers went aboard, the stowaway was found and ordered immediately released. He had lost control of his hands and arms öfter twenty-one days in the toils, and was sent to a hos pital for medical treatment. Robs Peter to Pay Paul. Watertown, N. Y.—An eleven-inch piece of bone taken from his leg has been grafted into the spine of George II. Wallace. The insertion of the leg bone, running from the middle to the back of the neck, nas completely cured Wallace of tuberculosis of the spine, from which he had suffered for a long time. Will Have Rabbits' Feet. Hutchinson. Kan.—Kansas negroes who go against the Boches will ail have the famous darky charm, the left hind foot of a rabbit, to keep him safe from Teuton bullets. K. C. (Kroon) Beck, "ribbit king" of Kansas, has agreed to furnish every negro drafted man in the state a rabbit foot and S :u:m< 1 am Stuok » fro ! 1 111 Pinokt niitt e tin They ( dim out J; icob and r - I - VS i y\ <Vvr * Tale of the War and Piemen Three of Houston H OUSTON.—Jacob and Samuel and Eli Bunin won't interrupt another war to .sell {lies to soldiers in the front-line trenches. If they meet up with a war, complete and with spare parts, owned and operated personally my Maj. tien. George Bell, Jr., commander of Thirty-third division, they will detour as widely as the terrain permits. This tale of the Piemen Three and tin* twice interrupted war started re cently. Sunlight gleamed upon No Man's Land of the Camp Logan battlefield. It glinted from rille barrels of sentries gazing through wire entanglements at the "German" trenches 50 yards away. Then Jacob and Samuel and Eli. caring nothing for wars or rumors thereof, walked into No Man's Land and with a large basket, skirted the win entanglements and walked along the parapet of an American trench, shouted : A r S rtf * ö A <9. 'lii Aim rii took-a-bit Wh Pi. I rig ■. n t been *'e i into No Mans 'German" trench But Samuel 1 they cried. :e Joshua's sun, the war stopped dead Land, not heeding gtt for smoke. ''Pies! Who wants a pie? Pie They were regular Joshuas, fo still. "Gimme two," shouted a sentry. "Here, buddy; I'll take lemon cream," cried a machine gunner. From all sides the "grim warriors" came crowding up. Then General Bell, on a tour of inspection, came into the trench and found liis fighters' faces buried in mince, apple, custard, and berry pie. Well, when the Piemen Three were brought by guards before Maj. Fred eric !.. lluidekoper, division adjutant, in division headquarters, it was dis covered two of them had been barred from camp for disobeying a rule against selling {des to soldiers except through the regimental exchanges. "Take 'em to the stockade." ordered Major lluidekoper. Jacob and Samuel and Eli Bunin won't interrupt another war to sell pies to soldiers In the front-line trenches. Greenwich Villagers Find War Economy N is Easy EW YORK.—In Greenwich village, that land of embryo literary lights, rtists, nomads and "first families." they are prepared for most anything that might choose to come along. When the war began all the rest of the world gasped and sat back quite stunned. But they didn't feel unrest in Greenwich Village. Instead, they just began to allow their hair to grow a little longer, took a few more beans out of tite soup and ripped away one of the two postage stamps usually worn as clothing. And the village felt secure and happy that it was doing its bit. As an example of the way they are conserving on clothing material, the dances being held in Webster hall these days might be investigated. Recently they held one of the "every-onee ln-a-while" affairs, and there was very little attention paid to clothing at all. Time was when the law stepped into Weitster hall on occasions, when it was deemed the girls had crossed the border, and carted away the back-to nature young folk to the station house around the corner. Now the police men, it is understood, have been instructed to arrest on sight all entering Webster hall with more than a daub of black paint and a smile on their bodies. m Y • ^4ui\ Ss Lii iSir 6 ib c > A Girl in Filmy Garb Dazes Sentry on Zero Post N EW YORK.— A comely young woman in a filmy nightdress, her black curls blowing in the below-zero breeze and her bare feet twinkling in what must have been 'way below-zero snow, dashed up to Private Roy Barnett, on sentry djity at the entrance of the Columbia war hospital, Gun Hill road, shortly before 3 a. in., and said : "I am a friend of yours." Private Barnett forgot to say "Ad vance. friend, and give the counter sign !" He just stood and blinked. "I know Uncle Sam's boys are all friends of mine," the young woman in tne nightdress continued. "And I know they will take care of me." Private Barnett recovered his vo cal powers and said: "Who are you? Where are you from, miss? You'll die of cold here." "I am from the hospital, there." the young woman replied, waving a blue with-eold hand and arm at the Montefiore home and hospital, about two blocks to the east. "I have been watching you boys of Uncle Sam from the window and I know you will take better care of me than they do there. I got out of the window and a gust of wind caught me and I knew that heaven was help ing me get to you. I am very cold." Private Barnett, rather confused, hurried the young woman—she was about twenty, slim, with large brown eyes, red lips and white teeth—into n room near by where was a Mazing fire. The officer of the guard was notified, hot coffee was given her and she was swathed in warm army blankets. She said her name was Lillian, and that she hoped she would never be separated from "Uncle Sam's boys" again. The "boys," however, hurried her back to the home, where the doctors and nurses put her to bed. JL Headless Man Resides in Harrisburg Haunted House H ARRISBURG, PA.—Despite the declaration of Police Desk Sergeant Charles Fleck that he buried a box in the cellar of the house at 050 Yer beke street in 1SS1. and used it as a refrigerator, B. F. Corby, who now occupies the house, says that doesn't explain how bones resembling those of human beings came to be in the box, nor does it explain the headless spec ter frequently seen in the house. Corby is laughed at by the police, and the polbe are derided by Corby. For weeks the house has been "haunted," says Corby. There has been the plaintive whine of an infant, for one thing; a headless man ap peared to Corby and Mrs. R. H. Pe ters. a neighbor; a strange blue light shone in the cellar, and a stove, every night, at the same time, cracked loudly three times. When Corby found the box in the cellar he says the rappings grew so continuous and loud that not a roomer in the boarding house slept a wink. In the mysterious box which Corby found in the cellar, in which the blue light always appeared, were several bushels of slacked lime and large bones which fell into duat when exposed to the air. The police have accepted Sergeant Fleck's explanation of the box, but Corby says they have not explained the child's cry, the rappings or the head less man who comes and goes. I 1 ■Ol T Kill That Cold and Save Health CASCARA mQUENINE The old family remedy — »B table* form -safe, sure, easy totste. No opiates—no unpleassnt after ti.ect*. Currscoldsin 24 hours—Grip in 3 days. Money back i fitfails Get the genuine box with Red Top and Mr. Hill's picture on it 24 Tablets for 25c. At Any Drug Store Described. "Pa. what is red tape?" "Bed tape, my hoy, is the govern* merit string to eilieiency's pocket book." Dr. B. F. Jackson, Celebrated Physician, handed down to posterity bis famous prescription for female troubles. Now sold under the name of "Femenina." Price 50c and $1.00.—Adv. 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