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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
JUST HOLDING
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J SAYS ONLY GOOD BOCHE
A.RE THOSE UNUbn SUU
That's What Y. M. C. A. Man
Says of His Work, but See
How He Does It.
STILL "OELIVERSTHE GOODS"
Former Salesman, Now Canteen Work.
cr at Front, Totea Pack With
, Chocolate, Cigarettes and Candy
Through First Line
Trenches.
By A. H. GURNEY.
I'arlH. Tom Barber says lie Isn't
doing anything hut holding down IiIh
Job. Ho wns n salesman for twenty
years, back In Utlca, N. Y., before ho
went Into thin war game, and he al
wayn "delivered tho goods." That'H
what he's doing now.
Ho "delivers the goods" under ft
Tf. M. C. A. sign that Is dented and
pierced by shrapnel. Sometimes ho
"delivers the goods" by carrying Ids
Htock up and down the crooked Hue
of tho trenches, themselves. Tho
shells may whistle over his head, but
Tom Hnrber Is perfectly matter-of-fact,
as lie doles out sweet chocolate, and
Paris papers, and friendly grins to
tho men who are so glad to see him.
He's Just holding down his Job.
Tho T. M. C. A. hut that Is his Job
Is right up near the line of action.
The soldiers In It wear their gas
masks always at alert. Ons alarms
are frequent, and shells explode night
ly In the ruins of the village. Within
nn hour's walk nrol the trenches that
stretch neross France.
Thcro arc mnny graves, both French
and Herman, along tho road that leads
to the hut. Some of tho crosses are
already gray and weather-beaten. By
day you may not pass along the rond,
for tho enemy might see, and then
there would only bo another grave to
dig.
Village In Ruins.
For four years tho vlllngo has been
In ruins, 'only ono family remaining
of Its former population. Tho church
spire, onco a landmark for miles, fell
long ago, and tho rain pours In upon
the nltnr. Hats Infest tho half-der
stroyed houses.
Over Tom Barber's door Is a notlco
forbidding entrnncc by It In tho day
time. Across tho road In the shadow
of tt sentry box, nn armed soldier
stands to sco that the sign Is obeyed.
If you want to get Into the hut be
tween Runup and sunset you wnlk
through nn orchard, go In n small
bnck door, nnd feel your way along
n tiny, black corridor. Suddenly there
Is a turn to the right, and you como
Into tho surphlno of Tom Harbor's
canteen.
It's as cozy as the homo kitchen,
nnd ns tidy as If a Now England
housewife had It In charge. Noxt to
the door Is a ointor shut In by n
frame Just large enough for a soldier
In stick his head and shoulders
through comfortably. Next to the
counter are rows of shelves, dlvldrd
Into compartments, and reaching to
Hie rafters. Hero Tom Harher dis
plays his wares, which range from
canned peaches to tho latest maga
zines that he has been able to get,
weeks old, most of them.
On the side of the room whom the
light Is best, an; empty packing boxes,
which servo as chairs, where tho boys
sit. while they eat their cakes of
chocolate, nnd read the latest news
from home. Upstairs Is n little room,
dim of light, hm austerely clean,
when! the men gather for Sunday
services when there's a preacher to
be hnd and for whatever entcrtnln
ment Tom Harbor has been able to
get for them. It's a pa-t of his Job
to keep the soldiers entertained, he
thinks.
"Delivers the Goods."
Tom Hnrbcr has a striker, Joe, by
nnmp, a big upstanding chap, a line
specimen of the draft army, from New
York. Sometimes .Toe Is the whole
show In the canteen. For every few
days Tom Hnrbcr takes his musette
(that's French for haversack) and a
stout canvas bag, tills both with choco
late, cigarettes, biscuits, soap, smok
ing tobacco, and a bundle of papers
from Paris, nnd sots off for the
trenches.
Ho walks across Holds, through (he
Pittsburgh. 1'n. "The only
good Hoehc Is a dend one, with
nn extra bayonet thrust to mnko
sure." writes homo Dr. J. W. Mc
CSrogor of Wllklnsburg, who lost
both his legs In France. "I don't
believe In taking them prison
ers for some silly man or wom
an to fuss over. It is great sporjt
to mow the Hoches down with n
machine gun. If they were good
sports and played the game ono
would not feel so toward them."
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woods, and arrives at the trenches. (
"Hello, Dad!" call tho men when
they see him corning, and they jump'
to help him with his supplies. Who Is
going to appraise the worth of nn
orange or of a cake of chocolate when
It comes In the middle of n long day
In the trenches? Tom Harbor grins
at the men, and deals out his stores
as casually as If he were back In
ntlcn. N. Y. After all, this Is only
his Job. He tunui away regretfully
when the things aro all gone.
"Onod-by, Had!" call the men after
him. "When you comln' again? Mnko
It soon. Dad!"
"Sure I" answers Tom Harbor com
fortably. And then because he has "deliv
ered the goods" he gots out of tho
trenches, goes through the wood,
across the Held, crosses the road that
It Is not well to travel In tho day
time, conies safely at last to the or
chard, enters the tiny black corridor,
and hurries through to his work In the
canteen.
POULTRY
fflKTS
ROOFS FOR POULTRY HOUSES
HOSPITAL MOVES
LIKE A BIG CIRCUS
Red Cross Adopts Methods of the
Old-Time Traveling
Show.
HUGE TENTS HOUSE WOUNDED
Carry Full Equipment of Modern Hos
pital Strike Tents at Hour's No
tice and Move Forward With
Precision of Circus.
Pnrls. Tho methods of the old-time
American circus that enabled bun-
menagerie, acrobats and clowns, hut
house hundreds of cots, wounded sol
diers and Hod Cross nurses. s
All that reminds one of the circus
dnys of old aro the methods nnd or
ganization of tho people connected
; with this tent city. For they, like the
; circus peoplo at home, are hero todny
of their equipment Is gone with them
Several Kinds of Materia' Can Ba
Used In Making Coverli g It
Should Be Watertight.
'Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Thcro are several kinds of material
that can bo used in making u roof for
tho poultry house, but It should nlways
be kept In mind that the roof should
be water tight. If It Is allowed to
lenk, tho interipr of the house will
get damp, the birds will become un
healthy, lose vigor and be more suscep
tible to fntnl dlsenscs. Shingle roofs
should hnve n one-third pitch, while
those covered with paper or metnl may
have a less pitch or be almost flat.
However, tho greater the slope tho
longer the life of the roof.
Specially prepared paper or shingles
laid on sheathing may bo used for
covering the roof. Roofing papers aro
used very extensively for poultry
houses nt the present time nnd In
many places aro replacing shingles. As
a rule the former aro cheaper and eas
ier to Iny, while they can be laid on
a much flatter roof than tho latter. Ono
or two ply paper Is usually used on
tho sides, and one. two nnd three
Types of Roofs for Poultry Houses
A, Shed; B, Combination; C, Gable;
D, Monitor; E, Semimonltor; F, A-Shaped.
ply paper on tho roofs, although this
On nn hour's notice tbev strlkn their Vlirlcs with different styles and grades
tents, nnd within twentv-four hours ' manufacture. This paper generally
they aro nuttintr them un atrnln nrob- comes in rolls or squares which cover
nblv twentv miles nwnv 10 square feet und contain directions
V I A A i t
r. . , . , . nnu materials ior use in laying, jraper
Carry Complete Equipment. ,mi . . on ronfs w-. .
Their equipment nnd methods are sin nr rH of on nr mor inr-hes to
Interesting. They enrry every sort of
dreds of thousands of young and old , sanitary, surgical und electrical phara- nls. ho nlnniMl on nnn sldo nnd mid
nn Inn 4liiim(tnttfnu lififi lirwti stmt. -. t a i. a . I
lu ..ju, mi... ...... u pv... ... pnt-iyiniiii to no loun.i m me mosc mou- tlKnty to prescnt n smooth surfuco for
scripted und put to war service on tho crn of hospitals. . They have X-ray niw r ni,H,m nn.
western front, nut instead or oetng outfits, sterilizing outfits, radlntors
used for amusement, tho circuses ure with steam heat, several operating tu-
aldlng In tho saving of human life. 1 bles with full equipment, electric light
The American Hed Cross bought tho pinnt nu- nccommodatlons for tho
huge tents belonging to Itlngllng cnro of II)ore tjmn two hundred and
Hrothers und shipped them to France. itty wounded and nil with a person-
whero they nro now with the Amerl- nol of iess tnnn ono ,u,ire(i ,ncn d
cum linn-, liiu.v nn iuiiki'i nm-iici u women.
YANKEES ARE WELCOMED IN ITALY
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When the llrst American troops appeared m Italy the onilro country went
wild with enthusiasm. Here at the railroad station an Italian olllclal and girl
aro distributing delicacies In the form of cigarettes and otluu dainties to the
boys.
AIR GUNNERS EXCEL
Allies' Flyers Outdo Foe With
Machine Guns.
Skill In Use of Weapons Gives Vic
tory In Combats With
Huns.
Somewhere In France. - Accurate
machine-gun fire Is tho chief require
ment of tho successful combat avia
tor, allied nvlntlon experts agree. For
tunately for tho allies, that Is ono de
partment In which their aviators ex
cel. It Is Interesting to noto tho progress
made In tho weapons used by aviators.
At the opening of hostilities airplanes
were used mainly for observation
work. Their pilots wcro armed goner
ally with carbines, and sometimes only
with a revolver. Then came the fight
ing alrplnues und tho single and dou
ble machine gun.
Hut these newer nnd mine deadly
weapons aro useless unless properly
alined, and this Is no small task, as
the pilot must aim not his gun, hut
his whole machine. He must use his
alrplnuo ns a gun mount. It Is easy
to conjure some of tho pilot's dllllcul
ties when the gun mount Is maneuver
ing and traveling twice as fast as any
express train, while Its target Is In
similar action.
Nor Is that all the difference be
tween aerial and ground gunnery. On
tho ground ammunition Is practically
unlimited. In an airplane every ounce
of weight counts, and ammunition is
therefore strictly limited. The grent
er, consequently, Is the need for ac
curacy In shooting.
It Is Important that no ammunition
shall bo carried which Is not absolute
ly reliable, und all Is selected and
tcstud. (Inns aro rigorously Inspected,
for a Jnm at a critical moment might
provn fatal. In training, on thu other
hnnd, ammunition Is carefully select
ed for its badness, the object being, by
Hut wbero they have tho advantago
over tho modern circuses is that they
supply their own transportation. Threo
huge motortrucks aro the keystone of
the outfit. One Is used ns a storlllyJug
machine and electric light plant. An
other carries an emergency light plant
and central system for supplying steam
heat In tho operating tents. The third
serves as a laundry and surgical In
struments cnrrlnge.
Tho tents, cots, bedclothlng and oth
er equipment are stowed In threo or
four trucks which are requisitioned
from the transportation department of
tho army,
Like a regular circus, this mnlillo
hospital organization back of tho lines
In Franco operates when tho order
comes to move. Tho patients are evac
uated llrst by ambulance. Then tho
tents are struck and packed. Each
member of tho hospital staff has a spe-
cllled duty to perform.
The personnel, nurses, nrmy sur
geons and orderlies nro the last to
i leave the ground, riding In ambulances
and trucks. When they mount to
their places the grounds are cleared of
everything, Just like the abandoned
circus grounds In America.
Tho commanding olllcer, with his
staff, Jumps Into a touring car nnd
moves to tho head of tho column which
has formed In a road near by. The or
der Is given to move and tho hospital
Is goat where no ono knows except
the "C. O." who leads tho procession,
menus of frequent gun Jains to mnko
the clearing of a stoppage automatical
Iy simple to tho pilot
The successful air lighter must bo
a good pilot, but even the most brll-
tho roofing paper, while sheathing pa
per Is often used between the sheathing
and roofing pnper. Shingles may be
laid from four to five Inches to the
weather on roofs which have one-third
or more pitch, which Is n rise of 8 or
more Inches to the foot, or one-third of
the span of a gnblo roof. Cednr nnd
cypress shingles nrc usually laid five
to six Inches to tho weather on walls
or on roofs with one-third pitch, but
not generally used on roofs which hnvo
a rise of less than eight Inches to the
foot. Ono thousand shingles, or four
bundles of cednr shingles, nro equiva
lent to 1,000 shingles four Inches wide.
In shingling, commence ntthoenvesor
lower edge by laying n double course.
while tho rest of the layers aro of
single courses. They arc laid either
to a chalk line, which Is fastened at
the rlglit points at cither edge of tho
roof and snnpped to make a mark for
tho lower edge of the tier of shlugles,
or to a straight-edged slid;. Ench
shingle Is nailed with two either five
or six penny nnlls, driven seven to
eight Inches from tho butt, depending
upon the lap, so that the heads of the
nails will bo covered by the next
course. One thousand cedar shingles
Inld four nnd one-hnlf Inches to tho
wenther, cover nhout 125 squnro feet,
depending on their size. Shingles may
be lnld on narrow sheathing throe to
five Inches wide, or on common sbenth-
Ing, which Is spneed from ono to two
Inches npnrt to allow the roof to dry
out quickly, nnd they should brenk
Joints nt lenst ono Inch nnd as much
more as possible.
WHAT CAN
Anticipating tho cold weather, which
will soon bo due In Helglum und
France, tho American Hed Cross will
make another drive for clothing to be
sent to the destitute and helpless Hel
gluns and the French. It would b
worse than Indifference, It would be
heartless, to hoard any clothing that
can be spared to tho population, of the
occupied territory In these countries.
The American Hed Cross News Serv
ice In Washington, D. C, has wired the
following appeal :
"Flvo" thousand tons of clothing for
tho destitute peoplo of occupied Hel
glum and Franco!
This is the objective of a drive-to
be conducted by the American Hed
Orosx at the request of Herbert C.
Up r, chairman of the Helglan He
' 'mmlsslon, during the week be
.',tit Monday, September I!3. The
uthlng drive of the Hed Cross last
March brought In fi.000 tons of gar
ments and It Is estimated that at
least as much more will be required
to clothe the 10,000,000 people in the
occupied territory during tho coming
winter.
As In tho previous campaign tho
clothing will bo collected by the chap
ters of the Hed Cross throughout the
United States, each chapter getting its
allotment from Its division headquar
ters. There are 13 of these divisions
and each has already been apprised by
national headquarters In Washington
of the amount of clothing its chapters
are expected to produce. Every kind
of garment, for all ages and both
sexes, is urgently needed. Garments
of strong materials are wanted ns they
will be subjected to the hardest kind
of wear. Flimsy garments, ballroom
dresses, high-heeled slippers, silk hats,
straw hats and derbies, which were
donated in large quantities In the last
clothing campaign, will not be accept
ed Such articles would bo of no user
In his cable message to the Ameri
can Hed Cross asking It to uudertuke
the work Mr. Hoover says that mil
lions of men, women and children aro
facing shame, suffering, disease nhJ
some of them death for lack of cloth
ing this winter.
"They must be helped," ho contln
ues. "I hope tho Hed Cross will under
take a renewed campaign to obtain tha
clothing In America. It can come only
ft oiu us. Your first campaign yielded
magnificent results, bringing In fully
5,000 tons of clothing in good coudl-i
tlon. Hut much more Is needed It
these wnr-ravaged people are to get
through the winter In decency and
sr.foty. In the face of brutal coercion
and spiritual suffering they remain
splendidly courageous. This courago
challenges our charity. Let us match,
the courage of Belgium with the gen
eioslty of America."
Felt Hats.
Blocked felt hats, It Is thought In
some quarters, will come in for a big
portion of popularity next winter for?
the reason that so many women hnvoi
gone Into business nnd are dressing;
either In uniform or In very business-;
like clothes. Really the only hats that,
look well with those trig clothes are
those which are blocked, and, while not
exactly stiff, still have a deal of for-
mallty nnd dignity about them. A new
one was seen, In beaver felt, with a
high crown and nnrrow brim thntp
rolled nt the back and tipped downj
over tho face at the front. It hnd a(
single ornament of the same shade at;
the left side front, nnd not even a;
band around the crown. This hat would!
have mnde a lovely finish for n bluei
serge suit and its wearing possibilities)
would have been boundless.
Brilliant Millinery for Winter Wear
RETURNS FROM SMALL FLOCK
Average Novice Can Reasonably Ex.
pect to Get nt Least Ten Dozen
Egos From Each Hen.
(Prepared by tho United StnteB Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Tho average novice can rcasonablj
expect to get nn nverago of at feasl colors favored by fashion. Shapes are
ten dozen eggs per hen per year from renlly wonderful, thp most subtly nrt-
When rue miiiw iiii-s it will be met i
by such rich and adequate headwear
as appears In this group of winter
time hats. It Is something of n para
dox to call this a season of brilliant
millinery when dominant colors are
quiet, with only two or three among
them that can be described as bright.
But along with cold weather come
motal brocades nnd fur. They are spar
ingly used, but even so carry the sug
gestion that belongs to rich stuffs.
Millinery borrows splendor from
them.
Hut millinery deserves to he called
brilliant without consideration of the
un- i-it..ik' Vt .uini-iie that
this picturesque model Is both bril
liant and serviceable that Is It will fit
Wi with many backgrounds. A ma
tronly hat of the same character ap
pears at tho upper right of the group
It Is one of 'those tall crowned, nar
row brimmed hats that match tho dig
nified poise of middle age. It Is of
a deep, soft petunia a reddish pur
ple and Its trimming Is an ostrich
"pine tree" omnment like It In color,
but In several shades.
Strips of long-napped beaver In cas
tor color make tho youthful tnm that
appears below. It Is fuzzy nnd win
try looking, nnd, by nssumlng the re
sponsibility of n pair of wings for
Is nothing dlfllcult In the euro of th(
small Hock If the Important things an
done nt the rlglit time and In the right
way, and the system Involves nothing
too hard for a child given proper dl
rectlons.
SUPPLY YARDED FOWLS GRIT
bo Imagined. They aro brilliant In
themselves and the craftsmanship of
trimmers deserves the same adjective.
In the group there are four hats and
three of them nre small or medium;
one Is large. But tho small hat pre
dominates In a greater proportion
than three to one. Two of these mod-
all-round-wear lints.
Hunt trick llyer, the "stunter" who "I" sinnll Hock in the backyard. Thort ful and the most becoming that can t trimmings, puts Itself In the clnss of
can throw his machine r.bout In tho
air and make It a supremely dllllcnit
target for bis adversary, Is neverthe
less incompletely equipped as a Hunt
er uniess no can commnc brilliant Hy
ing witn nrililant gunnery. Foch's
rule that "ofTense Is the best defeuso"
applies even more In tho air than on
land, and It Is by following that rule
that the allied lighters have won their
ascendancy over the (Jerinnns.
Pays Fine to Red Cross,
Hutchinson, Kan. Fred Hums, cen
eral manager of the Consolidated Flour
Sometimes Lime Needed for Shell
Making Is Scarce Keep Oyster
Shells In House.
If poultry has been kept on the same
Late Fall Suit Styles.
There aro a great many very distinc
tive suits for women being shown for
els aro designed for street wear and : the late fall trade, and that they aro
two aro more formal but they are all I liked Is evidenced by the number of
very wearable that is, they can be j orders which buyers nre placing for
made to do much service. At the up
per left of the group a hat of gray
velvet with upturned brim Is faced
with Hudson senl and trimmed with
them. One very smart suit bus a coat
with tight-fitting sleeves, narrow!
shoulders nnd somewhnt lifted bodice
There Is no wnlstllne on this coat,.
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niiiiu inn.,. miiMt nnt. 1 firm .. . run inr iuiinv Years, u in a uoou iiuiu
"' ; "V"' . , . ucu tn wn n row nvstor ohot In ttiP n lB ,,,lt Docnin in uuicK nnu gray. However, and It hangs loosely down,'
Cross because he violated the food 0 J;p " afleic' i"'' If only one new hat Is to be allowed I a.arly to the knees, Harlng oui t sllght-
lio21 tm?t j?10 .'-.nter wardrobe, this would : ,y nd suggestive of the 'be., shape.
nouS Fool AdiuuSr-lrW,,, pick up that contain the lime needed, Kod choice , , The peg skirt Is .used with this
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r. Innos,
Baltimore pollcowomeii nre paid $1,
000 u your.
for shell mnklug. Ynrded fowls must
have grit nnd shells nil summer
through, ns these nre not winter feeds
is soma would believe.
brimmed hat of blnck velvet, with n
tiara drapery nbom the crown of blnck
and silver gray brocade, edged with a
bnud of bcav With till this reserve
at the waist and tapering to tho ankles
In ii narrow draped effect. Suits of
this sort are most frequently trimmed
with fur, benver or skuuk being used.