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.ittie Dottie Earned Her Four Gold Medals

s callow Uttle irlrl In a while frock and bine sash. Her hair wac In sleek lobes, and from her lace-insert yoke was suspended a blsck , to which font irold medals were pinned. The little sir) wore her Hi a primness that stisgested that she had swallowed a hlch she couldn't direst, hot on the side, frankly n-'elcd tention which her child was from each passencer in the

ite atm has customs that are almost as old aa It mores alone In the same old way that It has moved for the last and apparently is satisfied to move In that way. Nothin; is ever chnnyed In the senate, ecen tDrn/a thoush times and customs chance in the outside. For Instance, a rood many years aco It used to be the custom fe- all gentlemen to use snuff. The senate officially recojnircd the custom to the extent of providln* snuff boxes for the senators. These boxes are still thure. and from time to time they are refilled with fresh snuff, despite the fact that they arc never used. The boxes are near the lobby entrances on the inside te. Apparently lu the old days It was Quito the thin; for a sens- , his pinch of snuff before he took bis place In the senate. Is also an official -sharpener of the quill pens” for the senate. ; so designated on the pay rolls and Is carried there by the rules of For many years there never was a call for a qulU pen In the 1 one day Senator Lodge of Massachusetts happened to go Into «ry room to ask for a quill pan. •n who originated the title of "Rhsrpearr of the <iulU pens" for the Charles N. Richards. He hat Jast completed his fifty-fifth year ce of the berate. When be originally got bis place aa an employee ite It was during the Civil war, after he had been wounded and :ed while serving aa a soldier in the Union annj-. He received a through the Jaw. There was not much for Richards to do ite. but certain sen a tors wanted to 'be sure that he was liken the title of “shnrpencr of the quill peas" was invented.

nlfled old gentleman leaned seat opposite and said, winning deference that no could resist: a wonderful Uttle lady you i win so many medals when have to get along with none." The ramroddy llttl • girl smirked ly, but she didn't answer for the very good reason that mamma her the chance. the gentl<*man. darling—everybody says she's so modest about It— ell the gentle In a ticket contest. 1 sold 42 ahead of all the others this thenner sold ■ bad to cut In. She Just couldn't help herself, takes the m*<lnl every year selling tickets for the annual festival— you know. Of course, pepa and I help her out among our friends, stores where I deal at regular—they always i!ke to oblige their tomers. you know, and they are oo 'n-trnsted in Dottle Her M>rt of opposed to her going In, but when Dottle makes up her thing you can't stop bee—and really she did most of the work her-

if you will kladly take the trouble to consider the dlfflroltlea of ng. you will agree that Dottle deserved her medals along with the the life-saver and the student addicted to midright oil.

Vay of Spending Fine Days in Washington going to market with a basket on hla arm. His steps were slow it being sure, and hi* shoulders were so bent that his face all but the hand that held bis cane. Having come to the Avenue at Seventh street be stood at the curb waiting his chance to venture acrosc. when another man—these merest everyday sort of person— raided him over, and in leaving, cautioned him not to try to recrott at so congested a section. The old man gave a blrdllkt twist to his neck so that he looked sidewise' st his good Samaritan, and chuckled

“1 won't be going bark before dusk. I stay In «h» Smithsonian grounds all day. in weather like thla, watch the growing things—flowers, you know, and grass, and Ildrro—and spsrros * bopping around—and squirrels " | ev» ryday man paused to Indorse the statement with a nod. and the etned glad to have a listener. on vou ran are- all the sky you want and the tops of tree* and other things over your herd, you aort of take the world as a matter of j and keep on without paying much attention. But wh«-n you have to , fling ,.t the ainall tilings under your eyes they gel to be lots of com-ri.-^dly like, yju know. M.v granddaughter puts me up a luacli and tag of peanuts for the squirrels and some aulmsl crnckcrs for tbs and we have a pretty good time, all together " -it s « fine scheme of yours, sir. 1 think FU look Into it myself. Also.

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the everyday man w ent his way. and after a while lie told It to a

ho tabbed it down—tike this.

worth the telling, because to make the best of one's disabilities Is a Udng. And a splendid thing ta worth passing on. the old man wasn't going to market. Which shows what ai jicar-

es Put in House Offices Were a Poor Joke was the “v.*r Individual that laboriously collected 23 ancient and P*y whisky 1m*!ties nnd placed one each at the doors of 2» ofllcea of 'datives In the house office building where the Janitor couldn't help

Repudiate Rumors That Men of AmorIson Expeditionary Forces Are Not Executing Their Duty. .From the Committee on Public Information. Washington. D. C.) The American expeditionary forces In Kroner will have no drsti days or dull hoars If they share the brightness and bnuzinras of "The Stars and Stripes," a seven-column, right-page weekly edited by the soldier boys Ihemaclves. approved by the commander In chief, and printed in the Karls plant of the London Dally Moll. It s a genuine home paper, with all the frankness of the West, the sincerity of the East, and the warmth of the South in Its greeting. There Is a metaphorical slap on the back for the fellow who wants the feci of a friendly palm; there is a two-handed welcome for the boy who needs a bracing message In his own tongue; there Is eneouraglng news from nwny bock home; there are earnest things for the thoughtful; much in lighter vein for those who want to forget their troubles; genuine humor wrung from the actualities of the war; a lot of excellent comic verse—in fact The Sura and Stripes" Is a wire-enough newspaper that “fills a long-felt want ' and It will lighten the hearts nnd brighten the live* rf our boys “over there." The first page contains on admirable recent portrait of the commander in chief, accompanied by the following hearty ludurseuieat of The Stars and Stripes "In this Initial number of The Stars and Stripes, published by tbc men of the overseas command, tbc commander 13 chief of the American expeditionary force* extends hie greetings through the editing staff to the readers f.om the Unst tine trenches to the base ports. "These readers are mainly the men who hare been honored by being the first contingent of Americans to fight on European soli for the honor of their country. It it an honor ted privilege which makes them fortunate above the millions o r their fellow citizen* at home. Commensurate with their privilege In ix-lng here Is the duty which is Uld before then- nnd th!a duty will be performed by them as by Americans of the past, eager, determined, nnd yielding to tbc last. "The paper, written by the me: tbe service, should speak the thoughts of the new American army and the American people from whom the army has been drawn. It Is your pa|ier. Good luck to It. (Signed) "JOHN J. PERSHING. "Commander in Chief, A. K. ¥.“ Editor!*! Stiff. The editorial nnd business staff are all members of tbc expeditionary forces: Editorial: Guy T. Vlsknlskl. aecond lieutenant infantry. N. A; Charles P. Cushing, aecond lieutenant. C. S. M. C. U.; Hudson Hawley, private. M. G. Bn.; A. A. Wullgren, private U. 8. M.

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Advertising: William K. Michael, first llcuK-nant Infantry. U. 8. B Tlie editors don't waste any time In saying that the-paper “Is going to a long felt want" hut go right on and fill the hiatus. The aulutotory puts the alms of Tb« Slurs and Strip*-* ' Into the feweat possible words and they an- worth reprinting: To THE COLORS! •“With this iscue the Stars and Stripex rv|Hirt* for active service With tin- A. E. F. It is your paper, and has hut one ax to grind—the ax which our Unde Samuel Is whet ting on the grindstone f«»r use upon tie- august necks «»f the Hapsburg* and Hobengollerna. The Stars nnd Stripes Is unique In that every soldier purchaser, every soldier subscriber. Is n stockholder and a member of the Umi-d of directors. It Isn't la-lng run for any individual'* profit, and It serves no das* but the fighting men in France who wear the olive drab end the forysl gn-en. Its profits go to the comtmny funds of the si Idler KUbM-ribers, nnd Ihe staff of the paper isn't l*ld u sou. "If you don't find in this, your own weekly, the thing* In which you are jortJr-iliriy interested, write to the *-dIto *. mid ■' H 1* humanly possible lb.-y will dig up tbe stuff you want. Vw-rr tire so many of you over here now. n.id w> many differ nt sorts of vou. that It l« more than likely that some of your bobbles hove been over :.siked In this our first number, le t We want to hear from that ortlrt

a big Job abend to prove worthy of Its namesake, but. with the help of all of you. It wHl, In good old-down-east parjance. "do gol-dernd-ev" to deliver the goods. So—Forward!' MARCH!" To tbs Folks Back Home. The slanderous stories of drunkenness Bin! dlscas* among the American troops are deeply resented “by tbc soldiers. They calf bverjr chaplain In the army. I’rotestant and Catholic, as witnesses to prove ihe falsity of tbe charge; and The Star* and Srtlpes" prints the following pathetic appeal to tbe folks back borne: To the fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, wives, sweethearts, and friends of the men In the American exi>edlUonary forces; "We hear that you have been regaled with some alarming stories about us of the A E. F. and our conduct here In France. In fact, some of those stories have been relayed to us, and If they weren't so far from the truth we might be Inclined to get really mad. But knowing the authors of some of them—for some of the hysterical stripe hove really been over here—our first inclination Is to laugh. 'But. after all. It's no laughing motto be talked about behind our barks In such a reckless sad Irresponsible way by reckless and Irresponsible people. though no doubt some of them have the best Intuitions In the world and think that they, and they alone, J us. (They have probably told you that, and asked you to contribute money to their worthy cause, haven't they?) What hurts most, bowcvi-r. is the thought that, though we know you are loyal to us and have the firmest of faith In us. perhaps these dire tales may have caused you anxiety, may even have caused you believe that perhaps, after all, we bal become a bit neglectful of our trust; and that, so believing, you might have been sorely, und entirely unduly, distressed In spirit. ‘Be assured that these sensational storlr* are nothing but myths. Absolutely nothing else. And we have Uis facts to prove that they are. Listen: Men cn Good Behavior. The !>crcentage of venereal disease In this army of yours Is three-tenths of 1 per cent—the smallest percent sgv d for ttny army, or any civil population. In tbc world's history. It sober army, and a well-behaved Tbe statistics In the possession ; of tbe Judge advocate's general's department prove that there have been. 1c proportion, fewer cases of drunkenness. fewer breaches of military dls- ' clpllne among its members than has been the case with any army whose records have been preserved. > conditions In general, both allbtl *0101 neutral military observers have expressed themselves c* aUonlshed at the remarkably good behavior of thll army of yours. The world doe* move. Armies no longer live by forage. loot, and pillage; but even at that, this pay-as-you-go. behnve-as-you-go American army has been a revelation to our European allies. "fake It all In all. these American expeditionary forces constitute an army which Is In every way n worthy ■ sue t gw to the first army of liberty, whose commander was George Washington. It Is proud of Its heritage, proud of you people at home who are Mipportlng It nnd who are backing It with your labor, your money, your fi«I»es and your prayer*, proud of tbe govern meat that sped It on Us way •iverseaa, proud of the cause for which it Is fighting—the greatest cause which tiny army was ever called upon to 'hamplou. It would rather rot under the soil of France than to do anything which would cast discredit on the homes It left, which would Impugn In any way tbe good name of the great people from wboc It was recruited. | "Bear all this In mind, good people , Iwck In God's country. If you hear any more stories about us made up out of the same whole cloth. If by any • hanre any of you should hesitate to tM-Ueve us. write to our commander*, -ur chaplain*, our doctors—anybody In uthority. They will bark us to the . mil—and we, for our part, will guuruDtor to come home to you elean In l-sty. exalted In mind and bean, nnd with tbe record behind us of a man's size Job manfully done." Donkey Wac Found of Mudc. The effect of music «m a donkey was described nt length In an Issue .if the Merrurc de France for the year 1709. Apparently this young donkey always 1 • bowed the greatest Interest In the nmcerts which were held regularly In the drawing-room of a French chateau. : , A* soon ns the mudc began, the donkey I approached the window and showed quite plainly whether the piece* given I were to his taste or not. j He was found of simple music and -bowed Impatience at elalior.'te ef- | f.cta. What he particularly enjoyed • t.1 hear the lu.-tre - ..f the house ! -mg. Site had a particularly fine vi»lcc. • iiml be aremed to listen to every note j . v.sth delight. One d-.v. when a duet waa being sung, his fil ling* completely ,.vcn>owcred him and be rusted Into r.slatioQ of the two singers by bray-

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Feathering His Nest

Hardshell Hopper Is an unpatriotic cvnlc. He admit* he Is. htmse.f. It's only recently he came into ;hc limelight. uld Heseklah Hopper died n year or so ago and left two million dollars. He left half his fortune to his nephew, another young man of the name of Latimer Cobb, and tbe other half he left to his other nephew. Hardshell Hopper. Hardshell Is called that because he's got that kind of a shell, or ao It would seem. The testator bad this money all nicely Invested In good paying five and six per cent securities. For nliout a year the young man clipped their couixm* and collected their dividends. The war was In their midst, and young Latimer Cobh subscribed to everything In sight, nnd got his name In tbe papers and kepi it there. He must have given up as much as fifty thousand dollars out of his million, to the Liberty loan, the Bed Cross, the Red Triangle and other things that came along. “But what I really want to do." said Latimer Cobh, "1* to double or treble my money—then 111 give twenty-five per cent of all 1 make to furthering our Interest* In the war." He looked about him. He picked out n good Ukely looking munition* stock. If money had to be made out of tbe war by munitions concerns be might as well make some of lu then, as he said, he would turn around and give a lot of It to the war. and got his name In the papers and keep It there, right along. He was a patriot, he knew he wn* a patriot, and lie kept saylbg so. He wo* proud of It. In fact. But Hardshell Hopper wasn't—he admitted that he wasn't. A friend of Hardshell's who was going around selling Liberty band:, went to see Hardshell about buying some of the bonds. "Now, that's a pity." groaned Hardshell Hopper, “but fact Is. Steve. Just this morning I Invested my whole pile In first-das*, gilt-edged securities. I ain't got a dollar left. Now. If you'd beer around here yesterday—' Next night Steve, his friend, came around kgain. Steve shook him earnestly by the hand. “Why, Hardabffil,” he cried, “you're the biggest patriot In this town. You've Inveated all yon money—a million or more In the Liberty loan. You're tbe biggest man we've got—the foremost of our patriots." Hardshell Hopper shook his bend. “Don't get off your trolley. Steve." he said, T ain't a patriot. My cousin. Latimer Cobb—he's a patriot—everybody says so. But I ain't. Why, bless you. man, Tve only been feathering my nest." "Yo'.'ve pat one million dollars into this war.” said Sieve. “I've tucked one million nwny where Its safe and sound." drawled Hardshell Hopper, “where I don't have to worry about It. I gut a security that won't be taxed, and that's os giltedged as they moke 'em. backed by about three hundred billion dollars' worth of asset*—and that's enough for me. But don’t you go crlling me names I don't deserve. I ain't no patriot. I’m only feuthuriug my nest. If you want a patriot *ymi K „ to my cousin. Latimer. He's tbe bov for you." Steve went around to see Hardshdl'a casrln. I-atlmer. “At any rate.” he said to Latimer. T can sell aome bonds to you." Latimer glowed with patriotism. “Steve," he said. T promise you you'll be the boy I'll buy 'em of. And I'm going to buy u lot. But Just now I haven't got a dollar to my name. I’ve plunp-d on oomc munitions stock— there's been n flurry—It's gone down on me, and I can't get out without n Ui'-st tremendous loss. All I ran do 1* to hang on like grin, death. But the minute that I make a handsome profit. Steve. I'm yours. There's no man for five hundred miles around that's got n wanner feeling for the old flag than Latimer Cobb. I can tell you those.” But Latimer didn't make a handsome profit—be didn’t make any profit. Instead, one fine morning his Hbares of stock turned worthless on bis bands. The eonrern whose stock be'd bought was as worthless a* the stock. A* In a flash, one day. he found himself pennileHS. He bad to turn to and earn hi* living. Hardshell Hopper gave him a Job that kept b-sly ami soul together. But one day something ba|>pened. It must be remembered that Ijitlmer Cobb, like his cousin. Hardshell Hopper, hud received for one year ut least, tbe toeuluv on tlto-e five per cent securities that their dead unde had invested In. So Latimer Cobb had had un Income—and he had filed an Income lex return. His Income had tx-ca about fifty thousand

out of hi* safe, "here are the him*' that your million dollar* bought.' "Your Isinds. you mean," musneM Latimer, "bought wjjh your tnlllk*.— No.” returned Hard-bell "••ought hr year million. And to-rTa* jours, but with a string attached aw them. You plunged on Wall and went broke. I knew you wawkL 1 knew It had to lie. So. to save ymumoney for >ou. I engineered that munition* stock deal that you tangle# yourself up In—you seet“ "You?" exclaim.*1 Latimer Cobb. "Yep." relumed Hard-’.,ell. "1 knew you'd get trimmed—so 1 thought E might as well do the trimmlnr—sail I did. I wanted to feather jour nei£ for yon. Latimer. So I bought UbrrtT bond* with Ihe money that you he*— and there’s the bonds, all standing Isyour name." “You 1-ought 'em in my name!* faltered Latimer Cobb. "In your narav." echoed HsnlsSr* Hopper. “Chiefly bemuse I roubtat get nnj-thiug better or sollder to bap —and then, you won't have any trouble nnjr more with that Income tax. Rut that ain't all. Latimer." went Hardshell. T want to ask you how much It costs you now to live?" "You're paying me two thousand a> year." said Cobb. “And you’re living on It." went rm Hard-hell, “and I'm living on an*ober two thousand. And yet our comhiar# Income from those bonds 11 come now to bring seventy-five thousand daltam c year. So I'm giving you these bowta with the Idea that you nnd roe 11 keep on living on our two thousand s pear apiece—and the rest of the In- we well hand over to the Bed Cross an# the Triangle, nnd buy War SavUtap stomps, and such. “Not so you can notice It." jelled Latimer Cobb, “what's mine Is rolat* “Oh. well." sold Hardshell Hopper, thrusting bock the bonds Into the safe, "a* a matter of fact I haven’t put Tns In your name—they're onlj- yours M you'll consent to what I said." "Well.” dually conceded LatimoCobb. “If you'll put my name la ths> paper as a big subscriber so that folks will know what kind of a good pstridC I am.” "You ain't o patriot. Ijitlmer." soU) Hardshell Hopper, “get that through your head. We're only protecting «*» ••wn Interests In loaning this money tm the government. We're doing sot • blamed thing but feathering our nesrs.* - You can’t knock that queer Idea n* of Hardshell Hopper's bead.

WHERE BELGIUM STANDS By HON. E. DE CARTIER. Minister of Belgium. □ is excellency, E. de Cartier. XV4-gl-iD minister to the United Slate*, bos sent the Vigilantes the foUowiai: expression uf the attitude of his enu*try: The principles which you have always stood for. and for which j-oa are again fighting, are the principles whiri* have always animated tuy 111 tie cntmwj and for which we, too. are fight! shoulder to shoulder, with jxror « brave boys. We are fighting for ft dom and Independence. Your *> will not come back unlll It Is aH wsng. over there; neither will our* lav down their arms until the valid im made safe for honest people. Germany offered us a shameful brsgaln. She offered to spare our t»C try nnd to Indemnify us. if w. let her pass through to nccompHA bee erime against our neighbor and her neighbor. France. She wished to makru* an accomplice In her crime, ami ahr gave us twelve hours In which to makeup our minds. That was eleven boon, and fifty-nine minutes too much. Wc -purm-d her base- offer. We have suffered. but we hare no regrets. Having tried lu vain to bribe us bg offers of immunity, the German* resorted to vtoleure and IntlmidalioR. You all know the story, althuugn many at the details cannot Im- told until «*ur wltncase* are fni-d from the menacing claw of the German eagle. 1 ssjr to you that whoever undertaken tm write the history of the horror* eusnmltted by the Huns of the tu.atirtb century will have a task that will un. hi* soul sick. One of the greatest of the crimes sff Germany was to attempt to cd 1a» nur workmen and to force them •» work for our enemy and against their own brother*. Tens of thousand* off hones: norkmen were torn from thrip wives and families, loaded on traeiu. like entile and deported to Genaany. Therr they wen- tempted by offers <rf high sages Ui work for our • n. my and to sign a so-called “voluntary rrmtra<1" to engage In such work—bsf they would not ,-lgn. 'liiey were subjected to starvation—but they would not ;.ign. They were tortured — bsf they would not sign. Tbe Germans tried to divide our house against itself—but they “liasgIned a vain thing." In the early |*rt of the war, after having ravng.*l and massacred In Flanders as well as la the Walloon district- niter finding that

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