Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 240, 20 August 1917 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1917

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FRENCH POILUS BUILD SHELTERS UNDER GROUND German Shells Cannot Reach Men Hidden Far in the Earth.

FRENCH FRONT. July 17. (Correspondence.) Dozens of divisions of the French army now sleep underground in comparative comfort, even in tha front lines when the Germans are hurling tens of thousands of shells on the ground above them, thanks to the work of the companies of excavators formed since the beginning of the war. The men chosen 'to construct these shelters, which have preserved so many thousands of lives, are soldiers whose age varies between forty-five and fifty and who would have beeu unfit to take part in the active operp tions of modern battles, where quickness of movement and litheness of limb are absolute necessities. No matter what the nature of the soil, whether hard rock, quicksand, chalk or marshy land, these veterans have overcome all the difficulties and have succeeded in constructing formidable bomb-proof shelters all along the line of the front from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier until at the present moment any fighting unit arriving at almost any part of the line finds a habitable dug-out awaiting it. Visits Underground City. The correspondent of The Associated Press has seen and been Inside dozens of these subterranean cities for such they may be termed at many places, and, even where all the tatural conditions are difficult, has found the shelters commodious, welldrained and well-ventilated. In some cases a battalion finds accommodation in a single shelter, and each man lodged in its is provided with a simple bed consisting of a wirenetting foundation supported by wooden uprights. On this the soldier lays his regulation bundle of straw and, covering himself with his army blanket and greatcoat, can slepp with freedom from anxiety as to rny bombardment in progress oi'tsir. The shelters are proiilfd generally with electric light or acetylene lamps, sanitary convenience, and, in some cases, with complete shower-baths. First aid posts and dressing stations with all modern surgical appliances are also to hand, so that the 6urgeon attached to the unit may attend immediately to any wounded men brought In from the nearby battlefield. Locations Are Protected. So well are the shelters protected from the view of the enemy that, although in many instances the underground lodging covers an area of 3,000 square yards, not once in the course of the past year has one of them been destroyed by the enemy's fire. They have many exits, the plan being to provide one for each section or quarter ecmpany, so that in case one exit should be hit and blocked, the men inside may escape through another opening. At the beginning of the war the soldiers actually in the fighting line made their own shelter, which were just holes dug in the ground and covered with tree-trunks and earth and affording very little protection, besides taking up much of the time of the soldiers and costing very much labor and money for transporting the necessary timber.

STEAMER DAMAGED $1 ,000,000 BY FIRE

NEW YORK. Rug. 20. The Norwegian steamer Christian Bors of 4.07t tons was damaged to the extent of $1,000,000 by Are early today while lying at her dock in South Brooklyn. The steamer, recently arrived from

Btunos Ayres and had about complet

el the discharge of a cargo of hides. Several Brooklyn fire companies and three fire boats fought the blaze and

had it under control two hours after it was discovered. The origin of the

tire has not been determined.

The Christian Bors was owned in

Bergen and was under charter to the

I'rlnce Line.

Character, the Sugar Maple

Twigg Will Open Store

Phillip Twigg will open a cigar store, billiard parlor and bowling alleys in the Eighth street building next Wednesday. The front part of the store is

equipped with show cases, lounging benches and a soda fountain. In the

two middle rooms are the card and billiard tables. The card room has

eight card tables with special lighting arrangements for each table. In the rear are 6ix tournament bowling

alleys.

Hawaii offers a big field for tractors

and automobiles. The former are com ing into general use on plantations.

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, (Acrostic on a Richmond Poet) With beauty true the maple is complete - In one mosaic spreading. All aglow Like thoughts uplifted. Pushing upward, sweet, Lovely, as if its pointed leaves bestow In light, in shadow, cheerfulness benign: A glory all its own of love the sign. Mighty its heart of gold, that heart aflow, Does work for good; for love; for truth. Its plan Unseen in nature's chemistry does shine. Delights to give a helping hand to man; Love's noble work; a virture, free, divine; Endeavor, labor, growth, reflecting love, ' Yea, index of CHARACTER one fond gift Full of the radiance of skies above On all who work for progress and uplift: Useful the fruitage, the rewards of good; Life that illumines where the works so shine, Kind, tender, sweet, far man and brotherhood, Endearing for such love it is divine! Charles Davidge Hemming.

KING-9 KHYBER RIFLES Romance ofjfctv&niurQ

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"It was the fact that they knew what provisions and what oil and what necessities of life went up the Khyber and came down It. They knew a place such as this was said to be could not be. They knew it! They could prove it!" Yasminl nodded. "Let it be a lesson to you, Princess." - She stared, and her fery-opal eyes began to change and glow. She began to twist her golden hair round the dagger hilt again. But always her feet were still on the footstool of the throne, as if she knew knew knew that she stood on firm foundations. No sikar ever doubted less than she, and the suggestion in King's little homily did not please her. She looked toward the table again then again into his eyes. "Athelstan!" she said. "It sounds like a king's name! What was the Sleeper's name? I have often wondered! I found no name in all the books about Rome that seemed to fit him. None of the names-1 mouthed could make me dream as the sight of him. But, Athelstan! That is a name like a king's! It seems to fit him, too! Was there such a name in Rome? "No!" he said. "What does it mean?" she asked him. "Slow of resolution!" She clapped her hands. "Another sign!" she laughed. "The gods love me! There always is a sign when I need one! Slow of resolution, art thou? I will speed thy resolution, Well-beloved! You were quick to change from King, of the Khyber Rifle Regiment to Kurram Khan. Change now to my warrior my dear lord my King again!" She rose, with arms outstretched to him. All her dancer's art, her untamed poetry, her witchery, were expressed in a movement. Her eyes melted as they met his. And since he stood up, too, for manner's sake, they were eye to eye again almost lip to lip. Her sweet breath was in his nostrils. In another moment she was in his arms, clinging to him, kissing him. And if any man has felt on his lips the kiss of all the scented glamour of the East, let him tell what King's sensations were. Let Caesar, who was kissed by Cleopatra, come to life and talk of it! King's arm is strong and he did not stand like an idol. His head might swim, but she, too, tasted the delerium of human passion loosed and given for a mad swift moment. If his heart swelled to bursting, so must hers have done. "I have needed you!" she whispered. "I have been all alone! I have needed you!" Then her yips sought his again, and neither spoke. Neither knew how long it was before she began to understand that henot she, was winning. The human answer to her appeal was full. He gave her all she asked of admiration,

kiss for kiss. And then her arms

did not cling so tightly, although his strong right arm was like a stanchion. Because he knew that he, not she, was winning, he picked her up in his arms and kissed her as if she were a child. And then, because he knew he had won. he set her down on her feet on the footstool of the throne, and even pitied her. She felt the pity. And she tossed the hair back over her shoulders, her eyes glowing with another meaning dangerous like a tiger's glare. "You pity me? You think because I love you, you can feed my love on a plate to the Indian government? You think my love is a weapon to use against me? Your love for me may wait for a better time? You are not so wis as I thought you, Athelstan!" But he knew he had won. His heart was singing down inside of him as It had not sung since he left India behind. But he stood quite humbly before her, for had he not kissed her? "You think a kiss is the bond between us! You mistake! You forget! The kiss, my Athelstan, was the fruit, not the 6eed! The seed came first! If I loosed you if I set you free you would never dare go back to India!" He scarcely heard her. He knew he had won. His heart was like a bird, fluttering wildly. He knew that the

next step would be shown him, and for the present he had time and grace '

to pity her, knowing how he would have felt had she won. Besides he had kissed her, and he had not lied. Each kiss had been a tribute of admiration, for was she not splendid amazing more to be desired than wine? He stood with bowed head, lest the triumph in his eyes should offend her.. Yet if any one had asked him how he knew he had won, he never could have told. "If you were to go India except as its conqueror, they would strip the buttons from your uniform and tear

your; medals off and shoot yiu in the back against a wall! My signature is known in India and I am known.

What I write will be believed. Rewa Gunga shall take a letter. He shall take two four witnesses. He shall see them on their way and shall give

them the letter when they reach the

Khyber and shall send them into India with it Have no fear. Bull-with-a-beard shall not interoept them, as I have intercepted his men. When Rewa Gunga shall return and tell me

he saw my letter on its way down the Khyber, then we shall talk about pity

you and I! Come!"

She took his arm, as if her threats had been caresses. Triumph shone from her eyes. She tossed her brave

chin and laughed at him, only encouraged to greater daring by his attitude. To be continued ,

NEED POLICE

Continued From Pago One.

city court can be taken over by the

Justice of Peace or bound over to Cir

cuit Court. Any attorney ought to be satisfied to do our city court work for say $400 per year and work on other cases that would bring him sufficient

income to live nicely. I think Mr.

Strayer's idea about prohibiting the City Judge from working on private

cases is wrong, for as long as people

try to "graft" just that long you can

expect to find, not only lawyers, but people in all walks of public life that can be bought You know there has even been crooked work on some

exemption boards, and they were work

ing direct for "Uncle Sam." The City

Judge proposition at ?1200 a year is a

bad one for the city, we need money

too badly for other things than a new

public office. ,,,, , Other Improvements.

We do not even need a Board of

Public Works, we all know that the president of our present board is the only real active member. Give us a real "live wire" street commissioner and do away with the Board of Public Works and save the city another

$3600 per year.

We do not need any councilmen at

large, it is just an office to give somebody else a job. Give us a "real" man in each ward who will look after the interests of his ward and we don't need

any extra men.

Give us some good conscientious men like our present market-master

and our city will jump forward 100 per cent. Need Police Matron. . Here is one of the worst needed things of all, a police matron, some

good woman, who will look after the

welfare of the women who are brought before our courts. Give her a salary that will justify her to be on hand whenever needed and look after the poor unfortunate women who are brought up for punishment, of course some women do not need any consideration while others do. You have not investigated these matters, little know of the indignities that are offered some of these women by the public officials of our cities. They seem to take for granted that a fallen woman is something too low to ever try to save, at least they never make the effort. But with a police matron on hand, many things would be left undone and unsaid that are offered to a female prisoner or rather female offender. Some times it is some poor misguided girl in a case, which we will not name, who should be shown that men are not all "brutes" and should be treated as though she was still human. But even she gets little consideration shown her in the hands of the prosecutor. We need a police matron badly, some one who could look after both city and county cases. I beg of you all to give the above article your earnest consideration and assert yourself. Don't let the work that should be done and must be done in the near future, to rest on the shoulders of a few.

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Finding a new dwelling place used to be like looking for a needle in a hay stack and as fatigueing as a six day bike race. The only means we had was to trudge the streets seeking To Let" signs a very discouraging and provoking method indeed fine business for the chiropodist who doctoxedour sore feet after a day at ft but heart-breaking and souring to the home-seeker. But Ohl How times have changed! No longer are we obliged to look for Homes. TKeyJbok for usVere? In the "For Rent" Columns of the Palladium. Get the Palladium Want ad habit whether you have a home for rent or want to rent one. Home seeking isn't a matter of footwork any more.

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