WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Two
Jimmie Collins Tells What He 8aw—
What Military Training Doea
for Boys.
"Well, here we are!” exclaimed Bil
lie, presenting his chum, Jimmie Col
lins.
"Very glad to see you, Mr. Collins,”
said Uncle Dan with a smile.
"Aw,” said Billie, "Just call him
Jimmie. That’s the only name he
knows. He’s the pitcher of our base
ball nine, and he's some pitcher, too.
Just feel of his arm.”
“Well,” said Uncle Dan, feeling,
"That’s a mighty good arm!”
"Now, boys,” said Uncle Dan, "what
do you want to talk about?”
"Well,” said Jimmie, "I was down to
Galesburg a few months ago when the
boys came home from the Mexican
border. They looked fine. Everybody
was surprised to see how straight they
stood and how manly they were. The
boys seemed proud to wear the uni
form. I tell you their muscles were as
hard as nails. I heard Banker Haskett
say that the training and discipline
the boys had had was exactly what
every boy in the country ought to
have, and that now these boys could
get a better job at higher pay than
they could have had before. Do you
think that’s so, Uncle Dan?”
Uncle Dan replied * "I have a
friend who employs hundreds of young
men. He always gives boys having
had military training the preference;
he says it pays to do so. He finds
they are more alert, more prompt,
more courteous; they know how to
carry out orders; they are quicker to
think and to act than those without
training. He said from his experience
he believed that six or eight months
of intensive military training would
add at least 20 per cent to a man’s
has a discouraged look; fie has seen
but little of the world. There was
very little in his surroundings to bring
him out. When he joined'the colors
and Uncle Sam took him in charge,
life for him took on a new meaning.
He saw a chance to do something and
be something. He woke up. His cap
tain says he is twice the man he was
when he joined the army. This may
be one of the extreme cases,” said
Uncle Dan. “I can tell you, though,
that war or no war, no one thing will
do the young men of this nation so
much good in so short a time as $ few
months of intensive military training.
It fits a man to fight his own life bat
tles in the business world as well as
to defend his country and its flag.
“Nearly every civilized country gives
its boys military training. It is com
pulsory. It is based upon the fact that
it is the duty of everyone to help de
fend his country; and as war is now
carried on, no one can do much unless
he is trained. Also, the records show
that the killed and wounded among
untrained troops is nearly three times
as great as it is with well-trained men
who know how to fight and how to
protect themselves. By this plan a
nation has trained men to defend her
and the individual is a Stronger and
better man for the training.
“If the Chamberlain Bill for Mili
tary'Training is passed by congress,
as it ought to be, the same thing would
be done for millions of other young
men throughout the land. Everybody
ought to demand of his congressman
and senators the passage of this
bill.”
“All right, sir, exclaimed Jimmie, we
will see Judge Brownell, Mr. Haskett,
and Professor Slocum, and get them
busy.”
The two pictures are of the same
young man. The first was taken the
day he enlisted and the second after
he had had five months' military train
ing. His home is in North Carolina.
earning capacity, and that it was the
best investment any young man could
make.
“Billie, if you will go up to my room
and bring my small handbag, I will
let you see two photographs of the
same young man, showing what only
five months of intensive training on
the Mexican border did for him.”
The bag was brought. Uncle Dan,
showing the pictures, said: “Well,
here they are. They tell their own
_ story and it is a mighty interesting
one. The young munt before training,
AFTER FIVE MONTHS.
OIL OF MUSTARD POISONS.
Dr. David I. Macht of Baltimore
reports to the Journal of the Ameri
can Medical Association a case of
poisoning from the application of a
liniment ma<Se with oil of mustard.
He says oil of mustard is not only
very irritating, but when absorbed
into the circulation is likely to pro
duce serious trouble in the kidneys.
He says mustard plasters are for all
purposes safer than any prepara t; ;
containing oil of mustard.
DRY TO HIM.
“Is this a dry town?”
“Are you a stranger here V*
“I am.”
“It is.”
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Mr. J. F. Morgan returned
Saturday from a visit to his old
home at Warsaw, Mo.
Mrs. H.P. Hargis spent Monday
and Tuesday in Searcy, the guest
of her daughter, Miss Ruby, who
is a student of Galloway College.
While there she had the pleasure
of witnessing the great movie
play. The Birth of a Nation.
Mr. Porter Best has resigned
his position as salesman for
Thompson-Hailey Co. and has
accepted a potion as bookkeeper
in Little Rock for the Little Rock
Cotton Oil Co. Mr. Best is a,
young man of excellent habits
and with his tact and energy,
coupled with his unquestionable
honesty, will no doubt prove a
valuable asset in the employ of
the above company. We join
his many friends in wishing him
the best of success in his new I
field of labor.
Pretty Church Wedding
The new Methodist Church
which had been beautifully dec
orated with ferns, pot plants and
autum leaves for the occasion,
was the scene of the wedding
ceremony Tuesday morning,
October, 30, 1917, when Miss
Minnie Ruth Hailey, of this city,
and Mr. Alva Lee Neely, of Lit
tle Rock, were united in the holy
bonds of wedlock.
The ceremony was said prompt
tly at 10:15 o’clock by Dr. Wiley,
Presbyterian minister of Hot
Springs, uncle of the groom, ip
the presence of a large concourse
of friends and relatives.
Before the ceremony Miss Ida
Tarpley sang “I Love You
Truly” with accompaniment by
Miss Nell Stewart, who played
the wedding march from Men
delsshon for the entrance of the
bridal party. During the cere
mony she played Traumerei.
The ushers were Messrs C. B.
Cook and F. J. Henderson. Lit
tle Miss Myrtle Rose Best car
ried the ring in a dainty white
basket. The bride was gowned
in a traveling suit of gray broad
cloth with accessories to match
and carried a huge bouquet of
white chrysanthemums. _
The bride, who is the daugter
of Mr. Clayton Hailey of this
city, is one of McCrory’s most
charming and talented young
ladies and will be greatly missed
in the social circle here. The
groom is a valuable employee of
the Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. in
Little Rock, and their many
friends here wish for them a
long life of happiness, joy and
prosperity. The newly weds
were accompanied to Jelks in
automobiles by about forty of
their friends where they board
ed the fast train for Little Rock,
their future home.
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