Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1918 — Page 2

The Blue Goddess

By LOUISE OLIVER

(Copyright, 1818, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Peggy lay awake at night listening to the rain. Oh, if it would only stop 1 She had planned so many things for the next day, the day Captain Pearson was to be in town and had asked her if he could come to- see her. Come to see her! Peggy’s heart had fluttered almost to suffocation when she read the few lines on the heavy white paper. Come to see her 1 She had closed her eyes and pressed the words to her heart in ecstacy. The tall, serious officer she had met at the Marstons, about whom all the girls had been completely mad, including herself 1 i. Then Peggy had done some officering herself, as Peggy could. Her little hands, which took only a five-and-a-half glove, could make Phil and little Chuckle step around more lively in one minute than father and mother combined could do in a week, and a word from her pretty red lips meant more to Susan in the kitchen than a whole regiment of orders from higher up. Lola, her twelve-year-old sister, adored her openly, as did Lola’s girl friends, who met after school every day for Peggy to instruct in knitting. JThe officering Peggy did, on receipt of Captain Pearsons’ letter, consisted of disposing of the family for the day, beginning with Philip and Charles, and had gone on down the line until no one was left but her mother and father and herself. Captain Pearson was to stop to dinner, and Susan was to achieve the most delectable meal Peggy’s busy brain could plan. In short, the program was to be as follows: Morning, house cleaned up, flowers arranged in bowls everywhere, best linen and silver hunted up, porches cleaned and everything in order. Afternoon —The boys tq go fishing after school and to Aunt Mary’s for supper and to stay all night; Lola and the club to go to Mabel Brown’s and Lola to stop for dinner and all night, as Mabel had so often coaxed.

Peggy planned to put on her new sport suit of army .blue jersey and with her own little car sparkling clean was to take the captain for a ride out to Bowling Rocks to see the view, stop at the club and introduce him to a few friends, then bring him home to a quiet, delicious candle-lit dinner for four, Peggy in her new pink dress; a whole delightful evening alone on the moonlit veranda (there was a moon, Peggy found from the calendar a whole week ahead), and then—Peggy never tried to look past that But—“ The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley.” It rained, and it rained and rained and rained. The flowers would be ruined, the tulips had been almost ready to drop, anyway. The road to Bowling Rocks was impassable now, even with a whole day’s sun, and the boys couldn’t go fishing. Mother wouldn’t let them when it was. damp. After a sleepless night Peggy was up at six. To her surprise, her mother was stirring In the hall. Peggy opened her door. “What is it, mother?” she asked. “It’s Susan; she’s sick. I’ve been up all night with her. I think she got overheated yesterday and then cooled off too quickly. Til send for Doctor Boyce soon, now, but I think she’ll be all right in a day or two.” “A day or two! But, mother, Captain Pearson’s coming to dinner and there’s so much to be done today.” *Tm sorry, dear, but we can’t help it. Pm almost too tired to get breakfast” Peggy’s face changed instantly. “Don’t you worry, momsy, dear. I’ll get breakfast. You telephone for the doctor, then go and lie down. I’ll get the kiddles off to school.” After that there was no rest for Peggy- The rain kept up and Susan got worse. The doctor came ,and stayed, and Peggy had to be everywhere at once —in the kitchen one minute, filling hot water bottles the next, answering the telephone, making beds, washing dishes, getting lunch, and a hundred other things. Lunch over, the boys had to be warned to come straight home from school, for it was the kind of day when mother worried about them. And, as the Browns lived too far away, Lola was told to come home also. Lola forgot about the company and at four o’clock the entire knitting club walked in. The boys had brought a few extra spirits along too. Never was there such a houseful.

Peggy by this time had accepted the inevitable, changed to a blue linen dress with white collar and cuffs and apron, and decided to make the best of It She was out sweeping some extra large chunks of mud off the front steps when Captain Pearson arrived. Peggy did not' run, nor bide the broom. She stood smiling down at him from the top of the steps —a blue goddess with the emblem of woman’s sphere in her hand. The humor of the situation lent an added sparkle to her smile. *Tm so glad to see you, captain,” she said, holding out her unoccupied hand to this splendidly caparisoned man. "It’s a dreadful day, isn’t it? I have some small brothers who won’t Wipe their feet, and they 1b turn have

a dozen or two friends who won’t wipe theirs. But just come in and see what I have on my hands today—a combination day nursery and a hospital. I’m two kinds of nurse.” “Lucky people!” said the captain, warmly holding her hand. “Also Pm not sure that you’re going to get any dinner. If Susan sleeps, I can cook it If not I can’t Mother has developed neuralgia, so the family may have *to eat crackers and cheese in the pantry.” “But I can’t stay anyway,” said the captain. “I just came to tell you I can’t come—that is, not till Thursday. Fm on my way to New York on business and stopped over a few minutes between trains." In fact, he did stay just long enough to meet the admiring friends of Lola and the boys. Then he had to go. ‘Til be baek on Thursday for all day, Miss Peggy, if it suits you,” he said as he left * Thursday it didn’t rain. Susan was better and able to cook the delectable meal. The boys went to Aunt Mary’s, Lola to Mabel Brown’s. The road to Bowling Rocks was good, the car perfect, and Peggy never prettier. More flowers had come out in the garden, and the house looked wonderfully sweet and attractive. n The moon was full now, and the veranda that night a fairyland of lacework shadows. Delicious scents came from the garden, and Peggy breathed a sigh of ecstacy. It had all worked out so satisfactory—just as she had planned. “Peggy, dear, I love you,” said the captain suddenly. “Why—why, captain!" said Peggy, breathlessly. “Yes I do, and I may as well tell you now. -Why wait? I’ve known it all along, but I’ll confess if I hadn’t seen you Monday I should probably have waited. I can hardly tell you why. It’s because, perhaps, I’ve always had a horror of useless women. I wish you could know how adorable you looked that day in your blue dress. Most girls would have been worried to death. Peggy, dear little Peggy, tell me you care a little, won’t you?” “Y-yes, I do,” said Peggy, happily. “I love you very much.” But, womanlike, she knew it wasn’t the blue dress and the broom at all that did it. It was the pink dress, and the shadows, and the garden scents, and the moon!

REALLY BEARER OF MESSAGE

Pain Has Its Purposes and Should by No Means Be Looked Upon as an Enemy. Pain is a message sent to the brain to report that,some part of the body is in trouble, and to ask for relief. It is, therefore, not an unmlxed evil, but a bane or a blessing, according to the view that we take of it. Many persons, especially those whose nervous organizations are acutely sensitive, dread pain, both for themselves and for others, to such a degree that their first instinct is to do something—anything—if only the distress can be checked. They refuse to listen to the message, and think only of hushing IL If we adopt the view that pain is a faithful servant bringing us a message, we alter our whole attitude toward it. We learn to listen patiently and to organize relief wisely. But we must remember that there is pain that can and must be borne, and pain that cannot and should not be borne. In certain kinds of accident, such as extensive.burns or lacerations, the physician always gives the speediest temporary relief that is in his power and then removes the sufferer to a place where he can give him proper care. In such cases the call for the morphine needle, or for some other anodyne, is a perfectly legitimate one. But there are certain kinds of intense pain that ought not to be immediately masked with an anodyne, because it is very necessary that the physician should be able to incorporate their messages in his diagnosis. Sometimes, as, for example, when there is urgent need of an operation, quieting the patient with morphine might mean that when the effect of the drug had worn off and the pain began to call attention again to the diseased condition it would be too late to save the patient. Many of the pains we suffer are coward pains. We know very well that a little courage would give us relief, but we are so much afraid of the dentist’s chair or of the surgeon’s lance or probe that we temporize from day to day and so endure a great deal of unnecessary suffering. Pain is a good servant and a bad master. We should learn to heed its message and "then dismiss it as quickly as possible. When it is of the chronic type and cannot be dismissed, we should always consult a trained physician. He will do his best to render it bearable and he will save us from adding the blunders and penalties of selfdosing to our troubles. —Youth’s Companion.

Changes in Hudson Bay.

The trappers and others employed by the Hudson Bay company have no* tlced that where deep water was to be found in the bay heretofore It is becoming so shallow that navigation is accomplished with difficulty. Investigation has led to the discovery that the shores of the great body of water are gradually being tipped as If an effort was being made to empty its waters Into the adjoining sea. The bay where Henry Hudson spent the winter of 1610 has entirely disappeared or has so changed that It cannot be now located, although there is sufficient data left by him to locate the bay under conditions as he {found them,. „p, ; '\' ■

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TWO HOLD OFF GUN COMPANY

Yanks Caught in Pocket Fight Until Last Bullet Is Gone. BOCHE SHELL GETS THEM Caught Between Barrage and Huns They Fight In Manner to Make One 'Proud to Be of Same Race. By E. A. BATCHELOR. Paris.—The Y. M. C. A. man told the story with tears in his. eyes and a break in his voice. He said that it was the saddest thing that he ever had encountered, which meant much. He had been a long time in Francte, so death and suffering were no strangers to him. But when he spoke of the sergeant and the private that they had found dead beside tbeir machine gun he couldn’t control his emotion. It seems that the sergeant and tjie private had been caught in a pocket. The Germans, in force, were in front of them. There was a barrage behind which made it impossible for them to rejoin their company. So they stayed and roughed It out, fought in a manner that made one proud to be of the same race.

Held Off Whole Company. When they found them there was pile of empty shells several inches high around the gun and not a single round of unexpended ammunition remained. The two had held off a whole company, of Boche machine gunners for several hours. The enemy had been around a bend in the road, a scant 50 yards away, and hadn’t been able to advance because of the brisk fire of the lone American gun manned by thd sergeant and the private. The sergeant had been evidently pointing the gun and the private had been feeding it. Their only protection had been a little ridge where the dirt had been thrown up beside the road. The undergrowth just behind them had been cut to ribbons by the Boche bullets and the trees near where the enemy had been were scarred by Yankee fire. It had been the hottest kind of a fight and the Americans had been winning against the terrible odds until a shell- burst right on them and killed both. Whether it was a Boche shell or one of our own, nobody ever will know. Both sides had been firing into that part of the wood. Whatever the source of the shell, it had done its work quickly and thoroughly, for the men were badly torn. Death probably had come instantaneously. They

“LICK THE HUN” IS HIS CHANT

The commanding officer of a famous R. A. F. fighting squadron in France with their mascot, a parrot, which finds a very comfortable perch on a propeller blade, are shown in this British official photograph. Besides having a smattering of the “polly-vous” language, the parrot is particularly vigorous in its denunciation of the Huns in virile English.

SNIPERS EASY PREY

Paris.—When Yankee troops pushed Into Roncheres, Boche snipers got busy from windows and other vantage points. The z Yanks proceeded to get busy with the snipers. Two men who did most effective work in cleaning out the Boche snipers were two Pennsylvania squirrel hunters —Privates Harry Meeks and J. C. Tittertogton. Every time they glimpsed the smallest portion of a Hun they fired, and they seldom missed. It Is estimated that these two men accounted for at least forty Germans. Just about noon they located three snipers in the belfry of a church just under the cross. From this vantage the Boches were picking off American soldiers. Meeks and Titterington got on the job immediately by climbing to the roof of a nearby dwelling. Meeks saw the head'of a Hun fob just a second over the edge of the belfry. The bullet found its mark, leaving only

had gone while the joy of battle was still upon them- v . Death Not in Vain. It was a glorious death but a sad Obe because a few minutes after the shell landed, the Boche had been obliged to retire. Another half an hour, and the heroic pair would have been safe. But they had not died in vain. The company that they had held at bay carried back to the German lines a story of American heroism that will do much to convince the Boche that the men from across the sea are going to decide the war. The sacrifice of these two lives will save others. They called on the Y. M. C. A. man to help bury these two heroes. It was not his first experience as a member ofa burial party because he had been at the front all through the big push. As he aided in the burial he could not help wishing that of all the thousands engaged in that battie these two might have been spared.

Can’t Hold Marines

Forget About “Kamerad” When < They Chase Huns, ♦ Pennsylvania Boy Gives Interesting Account of Thrilling Work at Front ■ -9 ■ : ' ‘ ~ New Castle, Pa.—Byrn Williams, a New Castle boy with the medical corps in France, writes home of the happenings on the front controlled by the United States marines prior to June 28. He says the marines forgot all about the word “kamerad” when they chased the Germans. He writes: “I must say this is a much hotter spot than the other front, for here it is open warfare and you can imagine what is going on here when they put Americans in such a place. About three weeks ago, when the marines first started to advance, they got the fever of going after the ‘square heads,’ and their officers had a hard time holding them back. That kind of business has been going on so long that last -night the marines wanted to go over and get some machine gun nests that were planted on a rocky ledge in a large woods. “About five o’clock they high-balled and so did everybody else. At eight o’clock they had taken all the machine gun nests and, of course, they wanted to chase the Huns out of the woods and away they went, ‘square heads’ yelling ‘kamerad,’ but the ma-

two snipers. The two Yanks then began a fusillade of bullets, and five minutes later a white flag fluttered from the belfry. Soon the two surviving Huns came down on the jump yelling “kamerad.” A little later a party of Yanks located a machine gun in the belfry of another church. They charged up the stairway into the belfry and cleaned out the nest in short order, killing the Huns.

Cow Jumps on Farmer.

Wesatchee, Wash.—Whether or not the cow belonging to Paul Robinson s father, near here, suddenly decided to emulate the cow made famous in nursery circles and jump oyer the moon, has not been determined. But the fact remains that as Paul and a farm hand were transporting this cow In a wagon the animal jumped out and feR on Paul, severely injuring him.

TOLD TO DESERT, SAYS HUN

Allies’ Boy Prisoner Asserts Mother Urged Him to Surrender at First Chance. New York. —The spirit of American forces overseas has raised the morale of the allied troops to the highest pitch, according to Dr. E. W. Buckley of St Paul, Minn., supreme physician of the Knights of Columbus, who has just returned from a tour of the western front. While there he had Interviews with General Pershing, General Mangin, Premier Clemenceau and other allied leaders. This spirit, Doctor Buckley asserted, was in sharp contrast with the spirit of German prisoners he saw. “One of them could not have been more than fifteen,” he said... “This boy told American officers, his mother had badfcnim surrender at the first opportunlty.”e

“Hun” Streets Renamed.

St. Louis. —St. Louis is still busy clearing away evidence of Germany. Streets which recently were ordered to take new names, to replace former German ones —Kaiser, Knapsteln, Bismarck, Von Versen —will soon have new signs with their new names Amercanly printed thereon.

rines could not understand the word. So the only Boche left in the woods now is under the sdd. After ridding the woods of the Germans at the tedge of the Tyoods where a large force of Boches were located, we surrounded a regiment of the enemy and finally succeeded in defeating them after a hard battle. About 800 Huns were captured at this one place.” ,

HATED YELLOW, EVEN PAINT ON SIGNS

Newark, O. —There is a woman near Perryton who has a son in the army. Consequently she will not stand for anything yellow about her premises. A. L. Norton hired Joe Neis to paint a sign for him. In putting in the flourishes ‘and curly-cues Neis placed a streak of yellow across the board. A telephone call promptly informed the painter that he must change the sign. Accordingly, he went back and erased the obnoxious yellow streak, substituting one of the allied colors, blue. » •

GAIN WEIGHT IN TRAINING

Young Women Students In Montana Also Increase Height and Lung Capacity. Missoula, Mont.—Young women students in the freshman class at the University of Montana here last year gained in weight, height and lung capacity, according to the report of Miss Ina Glttings, physical director for women. A thorough physical examination at the beginning of school last fall showed the condition of heart, lungs, posture, feet, etc. A similar examination was made last spring. The average gain in weight of each girl taking physical training was a little over four pounds, the average gain in height was about one-third inch, and the average Increased lung capacity was one cubic inch.

AGAINST WIDOWS MARRYING

German Doctor Urges a New Law to Give Single Women a Chance. Amsterdam, Holland. —Enactment of a law in Germany to prevent widows from remarrying so as to leave the few available men for single women is urged in a letter to the Tag by a Munich doctor, Hans von Hertig. He points out that the wlddws, through remarrying after the war, would have a detrimental effect on the birth rate, as most of them are mothers already. “On December 9, 1910,” he writes, “there were in Germany about 300,000 widows between the ages of eighteen and forty-five. At a very modest estimate there are now 800,000.”

RECRUIT TAKES NO CHANCES

Locks Up Officer of the Day When He Cannot Gftve Number of Post. Vancouver Barracks, Wash. —Recruits for Uncle Sam’s “Hun Tamers” don’t intend to have any German spies put things over on them, and they are full of pep and caution. The officer of the day, making his rounds in the general neighborhood of midnight, came, upon a sentry, who challenged him with the usual “Halt, who goes there?” “Officer of the day.” The “rookie” sentry was doubtful, and he decided to test the intruder. “Well, if you’re the offices: of the day, what’s the number of my post T’. he asked. As the officer hadn’t set .out the sentry posts, leaving that to a sergeant, he couldn’t answer, * and the sentry promptly took him to the guardhouse. New automobile tlr» chains are equipped with spring dips thirtygrip the spokes of the wheel firmly.

MAN THE MASTER

Man is fond of calling himself •Proudest work <Jf nature,” and yet—- • ..-ft. - ’ ’ • ■ ‘ ■’ Many bugs can see better. Most other animals have a much better developed sense of smelL Many other creatures have the sense of direction, which he lacks entirely. The flea can jump farther in proportion to. its size. The spider can teach him things about rope making. The worms taught him' how to make silk. The wasps showed him how to make paper. „ The birds can sing more sweetly. Nearly all the world creatures provide for their families. Dumb beasts eat and drink only what is good for them. Many other creatures possess protective coloration. And the rooster— No, we’ll take that back — The rooster cannot beat him at crowing.—Youngstown Telegram.

FLASHLIGHTS

Nothing pleases the average persom more than to be called a “teal busy man.” - One can’t help wondering just what school of life a man goes to to leant to boast. The man who is loyal to his country would never be disloyal to his wife and. children. J... Illi The man who has spent his money to make others happy need never any regrets over dying poor. Any pretty girl can get admirers, but there’s something to the plain young woman who wins admiration. If it weren’t for the neighbors what would some folks do when they needed a hammer or a screwdriver? The world owes no man a living; 'what it does owe every man is a chanceto make a living, and if usually pays him that. Beauty may be only skin deep, but any peach can tell you that it doesn’t have to be any thicker to fool the men. —Detroit Free Press. -

THINGS WE NEVER HEAR

“The coat is cheap enough, miss, but it doesn’t look well on you.” “No, our two-for-a-quarter cigars are no better than our straight tens.” “Really t I don’t care to ride downtown tn your car. It’s the.bumpiest rattletrap I ever entered.” “The fact is, doctor, I quit going to church when you commenced that new series of deadly dull sermons.” “No, my dear, even if you did make it yourself, this isn't a delicious strawberry , shortcake. I had a better one today at the serveself.”

FOOLS YOU HAVE KNOWN

Yourself. —Life. Yqur rival Inlove. ' .. Your wife’s first husband. The actress who refuses to return yoursmiie. —-<• The man who returns the smile of the actress on the stage. Your uncle who tries to advise you about the stock market. Your other uncle who refuses to take your advice about the stock market.

WORTH KNOWING

A form holder Yor concrete work has been Invented that can be left in the concrete to re-enforce if or to provide . a socket for Gold is being mljaed at a depth of more than 3,000 feet in South Africa and It is believed that the .shafts can be sunk 8,000 feet deeper. An inventor has patented a tool by wjjlch live electric wires can be tapped and other wires attached without danger to a person using it . 1 - Chinese are estimated to destroy $lO,000,000 worth of gold annually by their custom of burning small pieces of gold leaf on certain anniversaries. Gasoline motor cars on one European railroad have radiators on their roofs to cool water that is used to prerent the motors overheapng.