The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 06, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 28. No. 6.
Thursday, February 6,1919.
AMERICAN GIRLS SUPERIOR.
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Soldiers in rranw \m c mcu nw
est Impression.
The relative fascination of Ameriean
and French girls, which seems
to have caused some uneasiness in
certain quarters, was recently the
subject of a cable dispatch from Farmer
Murphy to the Chicago Tribune.
The question had been asked whether
the less independent but more
strictly feminine French type might
not have such an influence on our
men in France as to compel the
American girls to look to their laurels
when the heroes return. This is
what Mr. Murphy cabled from
France:
"The French girl's training is to
look up to and coddle the men in the
family. She is more-of a listener
than a talker; she is pleased with
small attentions, and never fails to
show appreciation of them. It was
inquired if the contact of our men
with these customs might not make
them less willing to fetch and carry
- and obey the beck and call of our
self-reliant American type of girl.
"There is only one way to. settle
the question and that is to ask the
men themselves. The army edition
of The Chicago Tribune last* week
stated the case to its readers and Invited
them to give opinions.
"Many of the letters were very
thoughtful and showed that the men
have not offered offhand, but have
seriously considered before answering.
Several such are from privates.
One of the surprises was the number
who favored the French girl. Among
the first batch the French probably
v ? *had the majority but then the American
girl's defenders came to the
front."
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Be it understood that this is a discussion
of types and not individuals,
and there heed to be no heartburnings.
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A private in the Medical Corps,
who says he read the questions in
the company of his fiancee dares to
write: '
"I've had some opportunity to observe
the French girls and wish to
.assure you and the folk at home :
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that they have my entire approval."
One of the most complete answers
fs from a sergeant who emphatically 1
declared he considered the French
girl more thoughtful, agreeable, and 1
less exacting than the American, and
just to show that he is not prejudiced
he wound up by saying he was going
back to the states to marry the
dearest girl in the world unless she
has changed her mind. '
Giving the reason he favors the
French girl, he says:
"The French girl expects nothing
and is not disappointed if she re- 1
ceives no more than that. The American
expects everything and always
? is certain in one way or another, to
make known her feelings if she does
not receive it. If you want a surprise
ask a French girl to allow you
to carry her umbrella, or parcel, and,
if she not used to Americans, she
will he just as surprised as you. It
cannot be denied that the French girl
has won her way into the hearts of
? the Americans."
Another soldier who is going home
to an American girl begs that his
name be not us^d when he says:
"The charm of the French home
life is a revelation. The French
girls stand the beauty test every
time. Their keen humor doesn't take
the form of the verbal sparring and
, the cheap banter of the American
debutante. They can talk well and in- <
telligently, and, what is more, they ?
can listen. i
"Woe'to the American girls who
fail to listen long and patiently when 1
the A. E. F. gets home. The French 1
girls are ideal companions, friendly,
natural; unaffected and self-possess- 1
ed in a quiet way, never seeking the 1
center of the stage, and never conspicuous."
A sergeant who has lived in 1
France for twelve years lauds the
American girls. (
"There is nothing doglike about
the devotion of the American girl,"
he says, "but she is true blue and a
real comrade through life, depending .
' upon her worth, not her sex, to hold
her beloved beside her and keep the
respect of all men."
Joe Lucas, 4250 Campbell avenue,
Chicago, is for the American girl '
first, last and all the time, and wants
everybody back home to know it.
One whole aero squadron votes the
French firl adorable. So it goes, .
and the discussion is only beginning j
to warm up. 1
MYSTERY VEILS TRAGEDY.
Prominent Chinamen Slain in Tliei
Washington Home.
Washington, Jan. 31.?Washing
ton police tonight were engaged ii
an attempt to solve the mvstcry o
the killing of T. T. Wong, chief o
the Chinese educational mission i;
the United States, and C. H. Hsle an<
Ben Sen Wu, students at Georgt
Washington University, vhose bodie
were found in their horned, in tJ?<
fashionable Mount Pleasant section
They were last seen alive last Tups
day.
Absence of the two students fron
the university led a fellow student
Kong Li, who lives near by, to in
vestigate tonight. He entered th<
house through a window and fount
the body of Wong on the first floor
Police were summoned and the bod
ies of the two students were founc
in the basement. All three men hac
been shot and physicians who exam
ined the bodies said they probably
had been killed Wednesday.
Did Christabel Win the War?
A woman, no less a personage thar
Miss Christabel Pankhurst, is credited
with the idea of unified command
which, under Gem Foch, proved the
foundation stone of Allied success
against the armies of the Hun. Premier
Lloyd George, among the first
to appreciate the value of the suggestion
offered by the suffragist leader,
is said to have promised that Miss
Pankhurst will be given official recognition
at the proper time. This is
rint the first time an idea born in the
brain of woman has gotten man out
of a bad tangle.?El Paso Times.
Policing German Cities.
^The picture of our boys enjoying
all the comforts of home is a pleasant
one, of course, but we charge
them not to forget that evil communications
corrupt good manners.
This sudden recrudescence of the
"kindly German nature" only serves
to recall that:
"When the coster's finished jumping
on his mother, v
He loves to lie a-basking in the sun."
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Taking "one consideration with another,"
the boys who are walking a
beat along the Rhine are going to
find out Gilbert and Sullivan were
right when they sang:
"The policeman's life is not a happy
one."?New York Tribune.
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Looks Official Enough.
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Puzzled income-tax official.?"And
is the separation from your husband
an official one?"
Munition Kate.?"I dunno about
'official.' All I Jknows is as when 'e
comes to our 'ouse we call the poI
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lice ana mey chucks lm oui. ?.uuiidon
Punch. ,
A Sea Charge.
"Why did you take these fish from
the aquarium?"
"Because I was afraid the turtle
might eat them."
"Why, there's no turtle in there."
"Well, Johnny put his boat in the
aquarium and papa said it turned
turtle."?Brooklyn Citizen.
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Courage Bouquets.
Courage bouquets are received, and
many of the newest evening gowns
shoV them in interesting color and
workmanship. But as we use them
aow they are not accessories that we
:an add tp a frock as an afterthought
to give it color or freshness. The
?own really has to be built up from
the bouquet, and as a matter of fact,
morethan one of the most successful
evening gowns this year has been
nade with an interesting corsage bou
quet as tne nucleus; tne rest was
only a development.
Thought Too Much of Both.
On a road in Belgium a German
officer met a boy leading a jackass
and addressed him in a heavy fashion
^s follows:
"That's a fine jackass you have,
my son. What do you call it? Albert,
I bet."
"Oh, no, officer," the boy replied
quickly. "I think too highly of my
king."
The German officer scowled and
returned: "I hope you don't dare
call him William."
"Oh, no, officer; I think too highly
of my jackass."?Paris Liberte.
His Dignity Greater.
"The more liquor Jagsby drinks
the more delightful he gets."
"But suppose he takes too much?"
"A gentleman of Mr. Jagsby's capacity
can't drink enough to floor
him under present conditions of supply
and demand."?Birmingham AgeHerald.
Maybe by the time the retailers
?et rid of the big stocks of highpriced
goods the prices may be back
to the old home, wot? Let us hope.
"FRENCH ITCH" RAMPANT.
r E\cee<Is Influenza in Suddenness of
s Its Appearance.
1 Paris, Jan. 30.?The newest irrif
tation to arise at the peace confer*
ence is what the French call "gale"
1 and what is known elsewhere as
1 "the French itch." It is an annoying
e ailment of the skin and is something
3 like "the seven years' itch," which
3 is indigenous in almost every country
under local names.
The itch is particularly in evidence
in Paris nowadays, having
1 been brought here by soldiers from
? the battle front.
If any of the American delegates
3 to the peace conference have con1
tracted it, diplomacy forbids betray
al of the fact. But the parasite is
" rampant at the headquarters of the
* American mission. Many attaches
* who now have animated recollections
- of Mark Twain's one-armed paper
' hanger with the hives, are regular
patients at the American army hospital,
which specializes in treatment
of affections of the skin.
The pest, for it can scarcely be
[ called 2/ disease, exceeds influenza in
the suddenness of its appearance,
' but it yields to simple treatment.
5 MARVEL OF THE SEA.
PinticK ltnrolAn "PlviIK* Tnmo/ln.
xja AIA014 a xvi j;vuvboat,"
Navy's Deadliest Weapon.
The lifting of the censorship now
Rermits the disclosure that England
had in operation several months before
the armistice was signed a "flying
torpedoboat," one of the navy's
deadliest weapons, which is credited
with having had a lot to do with
causing Germany's abject surrender,
says a London letter to the Philadelphia
Ledger.
The enemy had devised means of
> successful protection of his naval
bases against torpedob(|ats and submarines,
the latest invention of the
British air and naval science baffled
the Germans. Had not the armistice
terms been .accepted the destruction
of Kiel would have been assured.
When the idea was broached of having
an airplane discharge torpedoes
technical difficulties seemed insuperable.
The torpedo weighs one ton.
Eight Bleriots flew across the channel
with the machine. The effect of
ihe torpedo, thus lightening the machine,
was disastrous in the initial
experiments. Once the wings collapsed
and the pilot was hurled to
death.
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. Camisole to Match.
Is anything uglier than the transparent
peplum blouse worn with a
light camisole or corset cover? It was j
bad enough with the old-time blouse
that ended at the belt line, but when 1
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the newer type of blouse is worn thus
there is an ugly discrepancy between
the waist section and the skirt section
of the blouse.
Of course, where the front and
back panel of the blouse are of some
heavier material the effect is quite
satisfactory. But when georgette or
chiffon is used,-then one really needs
a dark camisole. It is not always
easy to buy these, although they are
to be had in navy blue, one or two
shades of brown, gree,n, and the
other usual suit shades. But they
are not difficult to make and you
should have one or two to go with'
every suit.
Soft satin of some sort is a good
selection for the fabric, although
crepe de chine is also good. They
can be finished at the top with ma9
chine hemstitching, such as you can
have done at a dressmaker's supply
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store, and the shoulder straps may
either be made of ribbop to match or
some of the fabric finished with a
narrow hemstitching of the same
sort. Needless to say they should be
adjusted so that none of the lighter
lingerie appears above the dark camisole.
The Embarrassed Bachelor.
The proud parent was taking his
first-born out for an airing and was
strutting down the street wifh the
infant in his arms when he ran into
the Bashful Bachelor.
"Whaddy ya think of my baby?"
said the Proud Parent. "Some whopper
to be only three weeks old, eh?"
The Bashful Bachelor looked at
the little red face and the little bald
head, and said:
"Does it talk?"
"Talk! exclaimed the Proud Parent.
"Of course not!"
"Eh?ah, of course not," agreed
the Bashful Bachelor. "Does it
walk?"
"Walk?" yelled the Proud Parent.
"Of course not!"
"Er?ah, of course not," stammered
the Bashful Bachelor, trying to
get away. "Have you named it?"
"Where do you get that 'it' stuff?"
demanded the Proud Parent angrily.
"This is no insect, it is a baby!"
"Oh, yes, of course," agreed the
Bashful Bachelor. "It is a baby,
| isn't it?"
But the Proud Parent was on his
way down the street.
WOMEX WAR DOCTORS. *
Noble Rands Known as "The Battalion
of Life."
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In the early part of the war a1
large number of Russian women
were impelled by the great deeds of
their country to form themselves in-!
to a military unit which was known !
as "The Battalion of Death." Urged j
by the same desire for service, wo-i
men physicians and surgeons of >
many lands; are doing splendid work
in waging warfare against the injury j
and disease: which follow in the wakei
of war. Groups of medical women;
have been active and efficient all;
through these dread four years, and j
collectively these noble bands are i
spoken of as "The Battalion of Life,"
because of their efforts to overcome j
death on the battlefield and in the I
trenches.
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physicians is now widely known, and 1
yet it is well to remember those ear-1
liest attempts in view of the more
general and elaborate work due
since 1914. The Scottish Women's
Hospitals were founded in October,
1914, and their unit was made ready j
for Belgium in ten days. They had!
the lowest death rate from typhoid
of any army hospital in that country
and so excellent was the work
done that the authorities requested
these women doctors to return and
take charge of a British army hospital
in London with over 500 beds.
Four Scottish women's hospitals j
were at work in Serbia during the
typhus epidemic, and the heroic ser- j
vice of Dr. Elsie Inglis is aimong the :
most, magnificent records of the!
world.?Toronto Globe.
The way prices are reported as i
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consumers would find out about it. j
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Votes For New Constitution.
Columbia, Jan. 30.?The senate
today passed the necessary joint resolution
providing for a constitutional
convention. If-the resolution should
pass the house by the necessary twothirds
vote it will then be a matter
for the voters of the State, and if a
majority favor a constitutional convention
the general assembly will
make the necessary provision.
For a while the senate was without
the necesary vote, but Senator
Young, of Charleston, came in to
make the necessary two-thirds vote.
There was not much discussion. Senators
Banks and Black made brief
talks against the proposed convention
at this time. Senator McGhee,
who was one of the authors of the
resolution, spoke in favor of the convention,
and when the vote was cast,
Senators Banks, Black and Duncan
represented the minority.
The final vote was 31 to 3.
The Red Flag.
Recall, if you can, any public gathering
for a patriotic purpose, to raise
funds for the Red Cross or to promote
charity and to relieve the sufferings
of the unfortunate, in which a red
flag was in evidence around which the
friends of the country or of the human
race were rallied and incited to
greater helpful endeavor.
Did you ever see one?
The truth of the matter is, regardless
of attempts at verbal camouflage,
that the red flag is nothing in
the world but the symbol of anarchy,!
murder, outlawry, disorganization of
society and chaos.
And, so long as that remains true,
it is perfectly right that it should
be surpressed by the law, of which it
flies, and has always flown, in impudent
defiance.?Atlanta Constitution.
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less profits or income
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Trying to Bring Back Ex-Kaiser.
Paris, Jan. 29.?Field Marshal
von Hindenburg, according to the
Echo de Paris, is endeavoring to
bring about the return of former *
Emperor William after the meeting
of the national assembly. Leading
German manufacturers in Westphalia
are said to be interested in the
plan.
New supply Waterman Pens just
received. Herald Book Store.
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HAWAIIAN'S COMING TO BAMBERG.
Hawaiian singers may come and ge
but you have never heard what might
be called the real article until yom
I hear Vierra's No. 1 Company of 'Har
! waiian Singers and Players who play
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dLll CilgagCUi^at u.V vuv
on Tuesday, February 11th. Those
who are acquainted with Hawaiiaa
companies and music will probably
recognize the name Vierra as all of
the Chautauqua and lyceum bureaus
in the United States as well as several
of the vaudeville circuits secure
their Hawaiian companies through
Mr. Vierra. The company which if
to appear here is Vierra's No. 1 company
and contains in its personel Mr.
Kalani who has made records for the
Columbia talking machines; Mr. Pikaki,
the tenor singer from the original
company of the Bird of Paradise.
Also Mr. Ferrara who is widely >
known. They carry their owm
special scenery for the act entitled
"An Evening in Honolulu" which
consists of real Hawaiian music interspersed
with late popular American
numbers and the famous Hula
Hula dance in native costume. The
playing upon their weird instruments
produces a melodious and pleasing
music which is sure to charm the clientele
of the popular Thielen theatre.
In conjunction with the Hawaiian! ?
there will be the regular picture program.
Prices for this double combined
program have been put within the
j reach of all. Children 30c. Adults
[ 55c including the war tax. T'
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