The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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Belgian infantry and cavalry moving by train and highway to Join the'
army of the allies after the evacuation of Antwerp.
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Loyalty of Boy Scouts Is Won
By British General.
Smltlnfl at Youngsters Who Are Drill-
ing, He U- Sharply Scolded by
Their Commander,but Square*
Himself.
London.—There is one lad near Lon-
Sister of Czar Ministers to the
Soldiers Untiringly.
BURNINQ U> LOS ANflELES OPtUl
•ut Young Lady's Idea Was Altogether
Different From What Corporal
Had Feared,
"What pensions, what millions and
Mlllons In penstons, this norrible war
la going to entail," said Major Fltzger-
tld of Boston. He added:
"And some of these pensions will go
sn longer than they Bliould, because
tom* of the pensioners in their old
ige will marry young girls—for an old
pensioner makes a good parti, since
hit pension, you know, falls on his
ieath to his widow.
"I heard the other day about an old
Ctrll war pensioner who proposed to
the hired girl next door, a very pretty
flrl of twenty or so. Hut she refused
him
" 'Perhaps,' he stammered then,
•troklng In his embarrassment his
long and snow-white beard, 'perhaps I
un too old.'
"'No,' said the pretty hired girl
talmly; 'no. corporal, you're too
roung.'"
Heredity.
"That gambler's eon Is a chip oft the
sld block."
"I see. A poker chip."
Russian Field Officer Paints Touching
Word Picture of the Grand Ouch-
ess Olga Alexandrovna in the
Rovno Hospital.
Petrograd.—An elderly field officer
don who thinks Gen. Sit John French, relates the following story:
commander of the British expedi-
tionary forces, Is as big as the great
position he holds. And if the English
are forced, like the Germans, to re-
cruit from boys of seventeen or eight-
een, Gen. Sir John French knows
where he can find as gallant a com-
pany of loyal British youths as ever
fought for their king. Here's the
story:
As an elderly, gray-haired gentleman
stood waiting for a team near West-
minster bridge some weeks ago, there
suddenly swept into view a rather non-
descript company of ten or twelve
youngsters—members of the Boy
Scouts/ The little company, to the
monotonous beat of oil can drums, and
led by a very freckled, very young man,
who carried a staff from which ribbons
fluttered, clambered up the embank- ;
"On arriving from the battlefield,
where I was wounded by three bul-
lets from a machine gun. 1 was
brought to the hospital of Rovno,
where the czar's sister, the Grand
Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. Is work-
ing.
"I saw her Imperial highness on
the first evening when we arrived.
The grand duchess, in the white dress
and cap of a hospital nurse, with the
badge of the Red Cross on her breaBt,
and a towel thrown over her shoul-
der, was standing near an officer with
a bad wound in his side, which a doc-
tor was just dressing. When they
had done with the officer I bowed to
the august Sister of Mercy; she gra-
ciously tendered me her hand, which
1 kissed.
In Los Angeles recently $35,000 worth of the stuff that dreams are made of was heaped up In the old plaza,
pipes and other opium den articles were added and the torch was applied. Included in the layouts was the gold-
encrusted pipe of the centenarian, L\m Too, who offered 1,000 for Its return.
LEFT THEIR DESTINATIONS ON THE WALLS
She made me sit down on a stool,
ment and drew up In double file col | asked me about my wound, and, call-
umn on the pavement, to the shrill j ing up another Sister of Mercy, left
" Alt!" of the leader. I me. It was evening when my wounds
The grav-halred gentleman, who | were dressed, and I was put to bed.
watched the evolution, smiled. The ! At seven o'clock in the morning her
freckled leader blushed • furiously, i highness came up to me, sat down
brought his staff down ou the pave- | near my bed. and began to ask me
ment with a bang and, looking the ] about how I was wounded
gray-haired gentleman in the eye, said. "I answered all her questions. I
-Who the are you laughing at?" «as unable to take my eyes off the
The gentleman drew himself up | kind face of the grand duchess.
stiffly and apologized. The young j "Near me lay a captain who had
been seriously wounded. He turned
Rub It On and Rub It In.
For lame back and soreness, sprains
and strains, sore throat and stiff neck,
you must rub on and rub In thorough-
I7 Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh. Re-
member that one good application at
lint la better thai) several light ones.
IdT.
Likes Sensible Women.
Montague Glass, the author of "Perl-
nutter and Potash," says that he
vould not marry a woman who did
sot have sense enough to want equal
rights for her sex. He liaB a wife
who. needleBS to say, comes up to his
aipeotatlons of what a sensible worn-
u should be.
Unromantlo Times.
"Old Ironsides was the theme of a
great patriotic poem."
"Yes; that was a famous ship."
"The loss of the Royal George tu-
•ptred a noble poem."
"Quite true."
"Great battleships have had their
names preserved in many Immortal
poems."
"No doubt. But what are you driv-
ing at?"
"Just this: You can't write a poem
about a boat labeled H-14."
Litany for Week-Days.
From elderly ladles with sure curee
for toothache, corns and tonsllltls;
and from boiled potatoes, poison ivy
and the military "experts" of newspa-
pers; and from all females more than
twenty-three or less than eighteen
years old; and from persons who
know the exact difference between
"who" and "whom" and are willing
to tell It; and from provincial para-
graphers who Imitate Franklin P.
Adams; and from old and bad cock-
tails under new and seductive names;
and from gilt chairs; and from dogs
with loose hair—good Lord, deliver
us!—Owen Hatteras, In Smart Set.
leader was not appeased. Without a
trace of pertness, but as though the
organization for which lie stood had
been ridiculed, he said, "Well, if you
Avant to know, we're doing a little bit
for our country. It ain't much, but
may I arst when you did yours last?"
The smile completely disappeared
from the gentleman's face, as a work-
man near by leaned to the Hoy Scout
leader and whispered something in
that young gentleman's ear. The boy
gulped, fell back momentarily, and
then, pulling himself together, stepped
to the front of his youthful command.
He gave a shrill order. Every right
hand jerked to every cap in military
salute and Remained there.
The freckled leader, his face once
more a deep crimson—hut not of an-
his head toward us; the grand duch-
ess leaned down to his face and asked
in a low tone whether he wanted any-
thing: then, slowly and tenderly strok-
ing bis face, she said:
" You are better today; let me take
your temperature.'
"At that moment a tall admiral
entered the ward. He was visiting the
wounded and approached us:
" Llolla' (diminutive pet name for
Olga 1, he said to the grand duchess,
'you will be quite 111; go lie down '
"I afterward learned that he was
the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailo-
vlteh.
" Well, how are you getting on,
captain?' he asked my neighbor.
"Pretty well," answered the other.
I am worried about one thing, but
Alany of the inhabitants of Antwerp, when they fled before the Germans, chalked on the walls of houses In the
villages they passed through their names and the places to which they bail gone, for the Information of relatives
and friends. This photograph was made iu the frontier town of ltosendall.
AUSTRIAN INFANTRY FIGHTING IN BELGIUM
ger this time—about-faced directly in ((> WOUnd that is nothing; it is
front of the gray-haired gentleman. dojng we)1,
who, without moving, had been intent- j .. ,what jg worrying you?. agked the
ly watching these "maneuvers." As grand duke
the leader turned from his company j ,j jlad jeave home, and I did
and faced the gentleman, his hand j i)0(. know whether my little son has
went to his cap In salute. ^ been received into the cadet corps.
"I beg your pardon, general," he Did he get in?.
said. " 'He surely got in,' said his high-
It was Gen. Sir John French to , ues9 you wm hear of this today.'
whom he spoke. And General trench j "'How so?'
showed why he is the leader he has J .. .q0 not |,e uneasy about it. What
become. The great soldier leaned to | jg y0ur tiame? What is the name of
the boy, shook his hand warmly, and, y-our son?'
paid him further compliment by say- . ..The captain's eyes filled with
Ing, "There were alas, no scouts when j ^ear8( which rolled down his cheeks.
I was a boy." Then he returned the gran(] duchess got a handkerchief,
salute and walked away. | wiped his tears away, and saying
j something In French to the grand
Battenberg Dies a Hero. duke, took out the thermometer.
London. Princess Henry of Batten- " There; you re all right today,'said
berg has been informed by the head- 9he
quarters at the front that her son, -The grand duke went out
Prince Maurice of Buttenberg, whose
name appeared in the list of killed,
met death leading his company In an
attack. The prince was struck by a
shrapnel bullet from a bursting shell
and died almost immediately. A dis-
patch to the Central News says Prince
Maurice has been burled near Ypres.
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS StHVICF .
Cub's Faux Pas.
This may be a base libel on an hon-
ored profession, but it 1b told by the
man who perpetrated the faux pas.
He was a reporter for a Baltimore pa-
per—or had been one for about an
hour, this being Ills first experience In
newspaper work—-when the city editor
sent him out to see Cardinal Gibbons.
The "cub" rushed down to the modest
white house where the venerable pre-
late lives, says the Philadelphia Eve-
ning Ledger, and rang the bell. A man
servant opened the door.
"Is the cardinal at home?" asked the
reporter.
"No, sir."
"Oh, Mrs. Gibbons will do," ejacu-
lated the "cub."
A REBELLION
Food Demanded.
graph of Austrian infantry behind a barricade In Belgium ready to meet an advancing body of the enemy.
TRIED TO SAVE ANTWERP KAISER WILHELM AT THE FRONT
Drop Kaijer and Austria Ruler.
London.—The names of the German
and Austrian emperors havif been
eliminated from the list of British
field marshals and also from the ros-
ter of officers of the royal dragoon
end king's dragoon guards, lti which
regiments respectively they were col-
onels in chief.
Had Too Many Thumbs.
London.—A would-be recruit at
Chester castle was rejected because
he hud two thumbs on niB right hand.
The
grand duchess called another sister,
told her to bring tea, and went on to
the other beds. All day long I saw
her highness moving among the
wounded. She either was giving or-
ders, binding up wounds or comforting
and soothing the Bufferers, then again
going off to the operating room.
"1 saw her with medicine and basin
In her hands during the operations;
I saw her day and night, early In the
morning and at dinner time and eve-
ning tea. Constantly and everywhere
I Baw her gentle, Bocthing, slim little
figure, appearing in nil places where
help and relief were most needed.
"Her presence alone, with her
motherly ways, seemed to bring re-
lief to the wounded and make them
brave and patient iu boaring their
sufferings and pain. ThiB SlBter of
Mercy was the object of our venera-
tion and unceasing devotion."
The human body will stand a lot of
abuse, but sometime it will surely re-
bel and demand proper food In place
of the pasty, starchy, greasy stuffs on
Not all the Austrian army Is engaged In the attempt to repel the Russian invasion, as is^shown by this photo which it has been made sick.
Then Is the time to try Grape-Nuts,
j the most scientific and perfect food In
I the world.
A lady of Washington says: "Three
I years ago I was very 111 with catarrh
I of the stomach and was given up to
die by one doctor. I laid In bed four
months and my stomach was so weak
that I could not keep down medicine
or hardly any kind of food and was so
weak and emaciated after four months
of this starvation that my daughter
could easily lift me from bed and put
me In my chair.
"But weak as my stomach was, It
accepted, relished and digested Grape-
Nuts without any difficulty the first
time that wonderful food W'as tried.
"I am now strong and In better
health than for a great many years
I and am gradually growing still
j stronger. I rely on Grape-Nuts for
much of the nourishment that I got.
The results have certainly been won-
derful In my case and prove that no
stomach Is so weak It will not digest
Grape-Nuts.
"My baby got fat from feeding on
Grape-Nuts. 1 was afraid I would
have to stop giving the food to him.
but I guess It Is a healthy fat, for his
health Is just perfect." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Loolt ln pk8S for tho fanlous "ttl*
One of Uto many valiant men of the Z *•••• . ' ? ^& book, "The Road to Wallville '
British marine corps who was wound- J "There's a Reason."
ed before Antwerp ln the defense of , <tif nbnvo letter? a
which they distinguished themselves. Kaiser WUhelm. at the right, and a group of his officer* photographed on «pp«™ 'J,™; Vin "' ----
accompanled by one of his ooinradea. « pontoon bridge over the River Meuse.
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Nipper, Frank S. The Prague Record (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1914, newspaper, November 19, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147774/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.