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Where Our Naval Officers Are Trained i£.y ̂; •>* < y$r% *>'V\ 1 ye; v:» 5%; A lieutenant's wife writes about Iffe at Annapolis Academy, and tells especially about the work which | Mrs. Gabrielle Jackson |is doing as "Little . SJMother" to the young rmidshipmen there HERE is no more important unit of preparedness for put national de­ fense than the United States Naval academy. The American people are today making no better invest­ ment for the future, come peace or war, than in the education and training of the men whose profes­ sional ability and personal integrity we must one. day trust for the effi­ ciency of the fleet, but whose lives and traditions are less understood by the people than almost any group of men in the country." 0 Tljus writes M. Kelton in the New York Sun. She continues: "The American people are unrepresented be­ fore congress by the brains they are taxed to *>. and upon which they must rely to protect • •« national honor. . - "Come withyne through the Maryland avenue $&te of the academy, past the midshipmen of the Ijuard and let us look out at the world with the spirit and swing of the service back of us and through the eyes of the boys who are among the least appreciated of our national re­ sources but who constitute the back- bone of our poten- tlal preparedness; for preparedness is not to bring on war, aot to preserve the Peace; it Is for the purpose of giving the country a reson- able surety of ane- cess in war. "Our first shore duty was at the naval academy. My ,v husband, then a lieui " tenant, reported ii ?e department of mfitfemalcs and I set valiantly to work to make our quarters at least habitable. government furniture has an exasperating way t>f representing the combined tastes of a long line , of former occupants. *' •'We were assigned to a top floor flat in Golds- borough row, the one where Admiral Theodoric Porters daughter wrote her name with a dia­ mond on a window pane when she was a child and he but a lieutenant. Admiral Benson, our present chief of operations, lived in the same flat and doubtless endured remnants of the same fur­ niture when he was an ensign. The midshipmen called the old place .the Corrals and sometimes» the Incubators--young devils! The whole row IS gone now to make way for a green lawn, but its memories wHl go out only .with the last of the WMils who peopled the shabby rooms. "I think it must be this succession of people facing at different -times the same problems and difficulties, stepping actually into each other's footsteps in work and play, which gives us that splendid spirit of the service, the warm brother­ hood of thought and action that no outsider may, really understand. It begins with the plebe class In the academy and goes on down a man's life till he Is struck off the list forever and its warmth is his children's heritage. It Is the unspoken gene­ rosity of the upper-class men at the academy to lend, a hand to youngsters (third-class men) or plebe alike. It* begins In discipline and ends in Justice. "It is the co-operation of officer with men. It stands behind our guns and sweats In the stoker's liell. It is the chap who stays aboard to take another fellow's duty that some waiting wife inay be happy, some child discover that the pho­ tograph he is taught to call father isn't just a makebelieve. It Is, more than any other one tiling, fleet efficiency. Its steady, unchanging ex­ istence is the armament against which politicians' errors break lllje froth. It is our safeguard for protection and against militarism. "My father had never let me visit the naval academy as a girl for fear I might marry a naval officer, so I looked forward to meeting my first midshipman with a eurlous flareback of youthf almost as if I were to see them through the eyes of a girl; I had determined when we went to -duty at the academy to have a home place for the boys who were not invited out very much. My husbahd told me once long years ago. when I had gone all the way from Boston to Gibraltar to be with him for four days, that no one had ever asked him out to a single meal at the time fte was at the academy. "I never forgot that little confidence or the look in his eyes, and when I picked my first midship­ man to invite-to our quarters It was because he said 'Yes. ma'am' to me and didnt know what to 0o with bis hands. "The Sunday after g. reported we went to ehapel in the academy. We were seated well back and in the shadow of one of the side bal­ conies. It was infinitely quiet there, the very light held a quality of silence and the rows and rows of empty pews beneath the splendid dome seemed to be waiting tensely with tue for some expected sound. "I looked up Into the rapidly filling balconies. So many girls, so young and eager, men and women,, town folk and visitors. Then, as my' Conference Continued in Private. • Willie--Pa, what is a human brute? ^ T pa--A human brute Is a. man who won't let his Wife Impose on him, my son. * Ma--Willie, you go out in the garden and stay there until you are told to come in--I wish to •peak to your father alone for a few minutes!-- Anr Stortee. S *" The Ideal Llbrar*. .. *•£ Flatbush--I see there are at least five libraries te the world which contain more than 1,000,000. Bensodhurst--But what good are they? A. 4#< few's not allowed to talk or smoke In 'earl amrmtix. glance wandered, I made out in the dimness of- the organ loft the figure of a tiny woman. She was leaning forward and I could tell by her alert Watchfulness that she, too, was waiting with n»e and the quiet church for a breaking of the silence*, "The seats about us were filled now with offi- icers and their families. The midshipmen of the iefcotr sat motionless in the chancel. Zimmer­ man, the band master, slid silently along the organ bench. There was a turning of heads, an instant's heavy pause, and then the quick, sharp crash of men marching on stoue, an inrush of sweet air through the open doors, short, high commands, and to the triumph of 'Onward, Chris­ tian Soldiers,' in they marched, youth and life, ambition and hope, courage and discipline, v "I had thought to see theni through the eyes Of a ,glrl. for I was only twenty-two, but the blurred sight of those 900 shining young heads, the straight, strong bodies In all their bravery of full dress uniforms, the knowledge that disci- pllne had marched them to church when most of them wanted to be free and out of doors, wakened in me a sense of them I have never since lost. They needed a home and a mother, and but few of them realized how the iron arm of the navy department would separate them from both. You'll understand presently; but first let me take- you out of the quiet chapel Into the earnest busi­ ness of Sunday liberty. "The broad shallow steps are massed with uni- ' forms crowding up to meet the frocks and flowers coining down and far out under the splendid trees and along Love lane the midshipmen wait to be joined by friends or family. All too many have neither living nearenough' to come to them, and these stand In groups or move off toward Bancroft hall, which is quarters for the entire brigade. There goes my little lady ot the orgun loft, completely swamped by 20 or more young giants and more come hurrying toward her along Chapel walk. I do not remember seeing in ail my life so happy a face as hers. ••The gay picture breaks up, the people scatter and presently the streets of Annapolis thronged with hurrying, loitering, laughing youths all moving dinnerward. It is a pathetic thing, in .its very Joyousness, these young men Children trying to make the most of a few short hours of liberty. Many homes are thrown open to them on liberty days, both out in town and among the officers, but comparatively few boys are reached in this way. f "Annapolis has no Y. M. C. A., no club, BO place amusement, no place of any kind where free­ dom from routine discipline may be had openly and in or­ der and with the sanction of* the authorities. Carvel hall, the one possible hotel, the Peggy Stewart inn and a few boarding houses must be The meeting place for friends and family, and perched on chair arms, overflowing Into halls and onto stairs, lining balconies and filling benches In the grounds our navy in embryo kicks its heels, pulls down its dress jacket and is generally uncomfortable.' "Bright and early of a Monday morning, hat- less and happy, I went exploring. Something lovely always happens to me when I explore. I've proved it from Hongkong to the Bahamas and back to New York. "First of all I inspected the quarters of the ranking officers. Some day if my lieutenant ev«r reaches the exalted rank of conunauder we might; IJve In one of these houses. I sat on the bench, sacred to first-class men. where my hus­ band had been as a boy of hineteen. I ga*efl qpon the academic building where at that moment he was engaged in subduing 10 plebes. ' I sat In Love lane and \vatched. sec­ tion after section march by to recitation and thanked m$ Maker I did not have to study what they did. "A nice yellow dog joined me, and we wandered off to look at the old statue of Te- cumseh, god of two-five, or passing mark, who must be kissed by all plebes If they hope to get through the acad­ emy. There was a flight of stone steps leading over the terrace to the tennis courts below. Dog arid I went down and there under the single great willow tree sat my very tiny lady of the organ loft. A watchman ap- 'Sorry, ma'am, but you can't talk to that there lady; It's agin orders. She sets there and writes and there ain't no one to disturb her. "'But,' I began. Friend dog barked, my lady looked across at us. and I could hear her laugh. " 'Did you want to speak to me?' she called out. " 'Every wan wants to speak to *er, said departing and disgusted Jimmy legs. "WP were friends before I had sat down under her tree, and, would you believe it, I'd known her all my life hecauw she wrote 'Denlse »nd Ned Toodles' |p St. Nicholas, and I think that makes her partly belong to me. " 'Have you any children?' I asked. " 'Yes, my deur,' she replied crisply, 'one da ugh ter and about 900 sons in uniform.' "So, here was the mother of midshipmen, f tiny, alert figure, young eyes, face lined by years of physical pain and the heart and soul of her In every tone of voice and expression of her SCrewed-up forehead. "That was the beginning. Since then, all down the years I have been Gabrielle Jackson's honored friend and watched her work for her boys against the odds of delicate health, constant physical suffering and slender means. Her little sitting room In Carval hall, dubbed Sky parlor in its early days, Is the meeting place for all her sons, plebes and first-class men alike. There are no •rates" there, and all she asks Is that they shall ieome to her and let her be'their 'little mother.' "There Is an open fire to stoke, big chairs, a tea table to mess with a warmth of love no boy should ever miss, tin matter how good for him the discipline all through the week may he. Mid­ shipmen of the first class have only 20 hours of Hbertjr In a whole week and a plebe but five and a half. What worule* that they long for a home jglace in which to spend the precious hours. % "For nine years Sky parlor has been a home to •It who wish to come, with or without introduc­ tion or" invitation, and only three times has Mrs. Jackson been forced to say, 'Son, I am sorry, but are * remember the open sesame to Sky parlor must be clean living and high standards, and having forgotten this I think, for the sake of those who have not forgotten, it would be wiser for you to glVe up your visits here.' "Commandant and officers are glad of her co­ operation. for discipline and drills, strict orders and hard work may turn out many a fine officer, bat it does not always reach and help a naturally fine but high-strung nature. - .. j "This is Gabrielle Jackson's work." * ^ Speeders. '•Statistics show that unmarried men, as -law breakers, outnumber married men ,fcwo to one," •aid the married man. "Of course," replied the' bachelor; "because When a man's married his wife insists on driving ti»e car." Looked That Way. "Pop!" "Yes, my son." , "Who, was Demosthenes?" ^ ~ "Oh, he was a great talker, my boy." "He was? Wasn't there any Mrs. Demosthe­ nes, pop?0 -i ' Popular Tunnels* * . *1 understand the area of Gibraltar I# thaa ~ two square miles." said the young man on the sofa.;. "But you must remember, dear. It is nearly all tunnels," said ttae/sweet i yoanc thing, c5BHkUin«t: ^ .. "V I. * * ' . •••• - With to him. Mixed. "Who"won today?" asked the bookkeeper. "The allies," replied the clerk from behind his 'i(per* , - -- f t •'Who pitched?" camefrpm the' busy bookkeeper, out taking his eyes off his column of figure* HAPPY iN SERVICE \ ^ WHERE WOMAN REALLY FINDS HER HIGHEST JOY. \ is.iV Jw ; - f ' » I i, i,' Ambltlon and Success, According to Writer, May Give Peculiar Satis faction, but Not Always the • V' h Greatest Happinet*. ' - ' ___ " ; 'Whiffs the happiest wofhiii fn world? Is it the woman who has writ­ ten a successful book, or painted a j great picture, or done some other note* j worthy thing to bring her into the j public eye? j No, far from it. Fame never yet j made any human creature truly happy.! On the contrary, It usually seeks to j spoi| his peace of mind; it Interrupts j his private, life and makes all sorts of Insolent demands on his time and thought. • . °'V'V - When yoii are famous you belong to the publie, you cease to belong to the little private circle of those who love you. "Oh, for a quiet hour to sit down and read a book with my family," sighed a man who is famous on two continents. "But, no, I belong to the public, and the public does not give uae time to live." Ask any woman who is doing what the world calls great things, and she will tell you, doubtless, that she is happy In having satisfied her desire to achieve some particular thing; but if her face glows and she cries joyfully, "I am the happiest woman in tb* world!" you may come to one of two conclusions: either she is very, very new at her accomplishment, the reac­ tion is yet to come, or else It is some more Intimate, more personal joy than either her book or her picture that gives the real crown to her happiness. Ambition is a beautiful and neces­ sary thing; but it is not happiness, any more than a ten-mile tramp Is rest. And it never yet satisfied the heart that was made for Joy--as what woman's heart is not, even though her Joy gets half its bliss from sorrow. Nay, the happiest woman in the world is not she who is filling some lofty seat in the full glare of the pub­ lic eye. It may be right for that wom­ an to be there. It was not meant that all women should be happy to their fullest capacity. Doubtless she Is of great use there. Hut she is not the happiest woman in the world. ~ The happiest woman in the world id she who is contentedly serving those she loves. That is the truth lnta nutshell, and any honest woman who looks into her own heart with understanding eyes will confess it. What is life, anyway, but service? All of us find that out sooner or later. And the woman whose privilege it is to minister to those she loves--whose place in the world is to make life glad for those who love her--is the hap­ piest woman in it. * " It Is a privilege not given to 101. B^t let those to whom It IS gTvet)-- the sweet tyonieinakers, the loved wives and mothers and sisters--awake to their joy while they yet have It, and sing all through the glad days, for theirs is the happiest lot on eurth.-- Philadelphia Inquirer.. Garden Plots and Patriotism. We farmers, us a rule, are not a class of men who can boast of bank accounts upon which we might draw to purchase American flags, so our patriotism must manifest itself In Some other form. One of my patriotic neighbors, by the way, has become so enthused over the matter of prepared­ ness that he has laid out his small farm to resemble Old Glory, seven rows of red-top beets representing the gory stripes, with six rows of white turnfps alternated between them. On one corner of the plot six rows of cab­ bage heads indicate the 48 stars of the Union Jack, and on the fence post at the upper corner of this Americau vegetable flag sits a stuffed henhawk with spread wings resembling the American eagle. This is not all. No, Indeed! He has arranged a set of bugle calls for the dinner horn which begin at the hour of reveille and at which every member of his patriotic household tumbles out. Militury salutes have taken the place of "Good mornin', Sal," and "How-do, Hank," and other unpatriotic expressions of cordiality.--Zim in Cartoons Magtulaa. Barred by the Regulations. Daniel Boone was too thin for his height to pass the present urmy re­ quirements. Yet Daniel Boone opened to civilization the territory from Cum­ berland Gap to the headwaters of the Mississippi. When Napoleon was graduated from St. Cyr he was too thin to serve as second lieutenant of Company A, First Kentucky regiment. Julius Caesar suffered with sore feet. He could never have passed the marti­ nets at Fort Thomas. Hannibal had but one eye. His case would have been hopeless with the war department, but the Romans found him fairly efficient at Cannae and Lake Trasemene. Alex­ ander of Maeedon had a twisted neck gland. Thumbs down on Alexander. Peterborough, "the bravest of the brave," was too short and skinny for the regulations, at Washington. Lord Nelson had a game leg.---Louisville Courier-Journal. . \ 1 <?-,y i i Make Silk Sausage Skins. Germany now is making sausage skins of raw silk, according to the Rheinische Westfaellsche Zeitung. Even before the 'war experiments were being conducted In the making of a hollow casing of raw silk to be filled with sausage meat. The Elberfeld rib­ bon factory Is now turning out great lengths of this sausage casing. Just now, however, owing to the shortage of meat, very large quantities of cas­ ing are not needed. With the ordinary prices of raw silk prevailing the new casing is no dearer than the usufal sau­ sage skins. | The Berliner Lokal Anzelger of Au­ gust 3 says tbfrt a new invention has been introduced by the Berlin inven­ tions bureau for putting meat up in briquettes for transport. Theaa briquettes, it is said, ace to the attach of insect#, i •*"*" '41 W. L. DOUGLAS •'THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE $3.00 $3£0 $4.00 $4.50 & S&OO «SftgS3. Save Money •hoes. The Money by Wearing W. 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Childrefi Cry for Fletcher's Castom uu cuuureu* ouu DCO UIM AI Of Policewomen nre now pointed all over Germany. being ap- Ask for and Get THE HIGHEST QUALITY MACARONI" 36 Age 'Rtcipt Book free SKINNER MF0.CC OMAHA,IIJA IABCEST MACARONI FACTORY IK AMBUCA r; "I0U6H «• R*TS,Tr«^",Myi AND shells Their which Made nlllfllflllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIUIItllllllllllllllllllllllllKIIIIlliilllifilllllillilllillllllillllllltJin- % No Insult. "I heard Smith call Robinson a hard name, and Robinson smiled." •'What was It?" "Called him a bri^k." ~ A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr. P. C. Case. Mr. F. C. Case of Welcome Lake, Pa., writes: "I suffered with Back­ ache and Kidney Trouble. My head ached, my Bleep was broken and un- refreshing. I felt heavy and sleepy after meals, was always nervous and tired, had a bitter taste in my mouth, was dixzy, h a d f l o a t i n g specks before my eyes, was always thirsty, had a dragging sensation across my loins, difficulty in collecting my thoughts and was troubled with short­ ness of breath. Oodds Kidney Pills have, cured me of these- complaints. You are at liberty to publish this let­ ter for the benefit of any sufferer who doubts the merit of Dedds Kidney Pills." Oodds Kidney Pills, 60c. per box at your dealer or Dodda Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. T. Dodde Dyspepsia Tab­ lets for Indigestion have been proved. 50c. per box.--Adv. SMALL CANNON "FOR POCKET Oeadly Weapon of War That May Be Readily Concealed la a New Invention, t « ••lie -(MttaPest bre^h-km&ng pnnnon la the world Is now being made for pocket use. It Is not a toy, but takes a .22-callber rim-flre cartridge and fires a bullet that would inflict a uastv wound at close range. It is la the form of a pocket knifV. no larger than the usual knife, and Im* 'two blades of fine steel. But at one end is a hole. Anyone asked to ex­ amine the article and say what It is will be most likely to guess that It is some new-fangled pencil sharpener or cigar cuitef. In the end of the knife is a steel block that turns oiit on "a swivel, beins -held by a spring that is released witli the thumb nail and reveals a hole straight through the block. The car­ tridge Is inserted at the base of tins hole, the block is swung back into place, the trigger on the side is opened, thus cocking the pistol, whirli is now ready to fire. It is held In the hand and the trigger pressed do we with the thumb. Pulp for Paper. It Is reported tluit the department of agriculture is experimenting witi wire grass as a source of supply fet pulp for making paper, 411 place of pop> lar of llriodendron. This variety of grass grows on the Pacific coast and iR western Mexico, and possesses very desirable property of toughn and can be reduced by the soda pro ess. It is stated that paper tnunufai tured from the stock has proved satisfactory in physical tests as a ttrsfr : , j - grmle machine-finished printing pnpef. M In appearance and lp feeling the pupet - produced is satisfactory. However, th^' experiments have indicated that mort bleaching powder is required in the. , ^ • bleaching process than ia the eara of >;A poplar stock.; • " *<£ \ . A Little Practice Cruise." ^ ? The Squire--Another air raid la# ^ night, George^ bombs dropped in se*» eral districts and some damage don* - George--Lor", master! Now wo* ^ is done by them German fellers or wouli- that be onr party ?--London Sketch. 1 . j :m Hard to Please. ^ * Td like to show this patent cieanec to your wife." "My wife Is out" ^ \ "1*11 leave It on approval." "You're taking a long chane«£ 'eftft ; ^ man. My wife never quite approval" • anything." -. ® Insects dislike violet rays Something New tn Law. "What about your case?" demanded the judge, who couldu't quite make out what the prisonerVwus trying to say. "Please, your honor, the district at­ torney salt) it was to be nolle pros­ trated." The German village of Itembora has a linden tree that Is said to be than 1,200 years old. ? New Brunawlck- -will loons next year. "Another Article Against Coffee"-- In spite of broad publicity, many people do not realize the harm the 2i grains of caffeine in die average cup of coffee doea to many users, until they days" change to P0STUM ; \ Pbatum awrtsfiea the de> aire for a hot table drink, and ita users generally sleep better, feel better, azniie oftener and enjoy life more. A fair trial -- off cofee and on Postum--showa ••There's a Reason** /it ,4- k ' v ~r; . : i'i y,t<LW.