“Over the Top” By An American Soldier Who Went ARTHUR GUY EMPEY Machine Gunner Serving in France (Copyright, 1917, by Arthur Guy Bmpey) (Continued from last week.) The bullets were cracking overhead. I crawled a few feet back to the Ger- man barbed wire, and in a stooping po- sition, guiding myself by the wire, I went down the line looking for the lane we had cut through. Before reaching this lane I came to a limp form which seemed like a bag of oats hanging over the wire. In the dim light I could see that its hands were blackened, and knew it was the body of one of my mates. I put my hand on his head, the top of which had been blown off by a bomb. My fingers sank into the hole. I pulled my hand back full of blood and brains, then I went crazy with fear and horror and rushed along the wire until I came to our lane. I had just turned down this lane when something inside of me seemed to say, “Look around.” I did so; a bul- letecaught me on the left shoulder: It did not hurt much, just felt as if some- one had punched me in the back, and then my left side went numb. My arm was dangling like a rag. 7 fell forward in a sitting position. But all the fear had left me and I wus consumed with rage and cursed the German trenches. With my right hand I felt in my tunic for my first-aid or shell dressing. In feeling over my tunic my hand came in contact with one of the bombs which I carried. Gripping it, I pulled the pin. out with my teeth and blindly threw it towards the German trench. I must have heen out of my head, because I was only ten feet from the trench and took a chance of being mangled. If the bomb had failed to go into the trench I would have been blown to bits by the explosion of my own bomb. By the flare of the explosion of the bomb, which luckily landed in their trench, I saw one big Boche throw up his arms and fall backwards, while his rifle flew into the air. Another one wilted and fell forward across the sandbags—then blackness. Realizing what a foolhardy and risky thing I had done, I was again seized with a horrible fear. I dragged myself to my feet and ran madly down the lane through the barbed wire, stum- bling over cut wires, tearing my uni- form, and lacerating my hands and legs. Just as I was about to reach No Man’s Land again, that same voice seemed to say, “Turn around.” I did so, when, “crack,” another bullet caught me, this time ip the left shoul- der about one-half inch away from the other wound. Then it was taps for me. The lights went out. When I came to I was crouching in a bole in No Man’s Land. This shell hole was about three feet deep, so that it brought my head a few inches below the level of the ground. How I reached this hole I will never know. German “typewriters” were traversing back and forth in No Man’s Land, the bui- lets biting the edge of my shell hole and throwing dirt all over me. Overhead shrapnel was bursting. I could hear the fragments slap the ground. Then I Went out once more. ‘When I came to everything was silence and darkness in No Man’s Land. I was soaked with blood and a big flap from the wound in my cheek was hang- ing over my mouth. The blood run- ning from this flap choked me. Out of the corner of my mouth I would try and blow it back, but it would not ‘move. I reached for my shell dressing and tried, withr one hand, to bandage my face to prevent the flow. I had lan awful horror of bleeding to death ‘and was getting very faint. You would ;have faughed if you had seen my ludicrous attempts at bandaging wih ‘one hand. The pains in my wounded ishoulder were awful and I was getting isick at the stomach. I gave up the {bandaging stunt as a bad job, and then fainted. - When I came to, hell was let loose. An intense bombardment was on, and ‘on the whole my position was decided- 'ly unpleasant. Then, suddenly, our (barrage ceased. ‘The silence almost ‘hurt, but not for long, because Fritz :turned loose with shrapnel, machine ‘guns, and rifle fire. Then all along our ‘line came a cheer and our boys came ‘over the top in a charge. The first ‘wave was composed of “Jocks.” They ‘were a magnificent sight, kilts, flapping in the wind, bare knees showing, and their bayonets glistening. In the first wave that passed my shell hole, one of the “Jocks,” an immense fellow, about six feet two inches in height jumped right over me. On the right and left of me several soldiers in colored kilts ‘were huddled on the ground, then over came the second wave, also “Jocks.” One young Scottie, when he came abreast of my shell hole, leaped into the air, his rifle shooting out of his ‘hands, landing about six feet in front ‘of him, bayonet first, and stuck in the ground, the butt trembling. pressed me greatly. Right now I can see the butt of that gun trembling. The Scottie made a complete turn in the air, hit the ground, rolling over twice, each time clawing at the earth, and then re- mained still, about four feet from me, in a sort of sitting position. I called to him, “Are you hurt badly, Jock?” but no answer. He was dead. A dark red smudge was coming through his tunic right under the heart. The blood ran down his bare knees, making a horrible ‘sight. On his right side he carried his ‘water bottle. and tried to reach this, but for the life wns SRE in 1 asthe ime re ctv This im-- I was crazy for a drink of me could not negotiate that four feet. Then I became unconscious. When I woke up I was in an advanced first-aid post. I asked the doctor if we had taken the trench. “We took the trench and the wood beyond, all right,” he said, “and you fellows di¢ your bit; but, my lad, that was thirty- | six hours ago. You were lying in No Man’s Land in that bally hole for a day and a half. It's a wonder you are alive.” He also told me that out of the twenty that were in the raiding party, seven- teen were killed. The officer died of wounds in crawling back to our trench and I was severely wounded, but one feliow returned without a scratch, with- out any prisoners. No doubt this chap was the one who had sneezed and im- properly cut the barbed wire. In the official communique our trench raid was described as follows: “All quiet on the western front, ex- cepting in the neighborhood of Gom- mecourt wood, where one of our raid- ing parties penetrated into the German lines.” It is needless to say that we had no use for our persuaders or come-alongs, as we brought back no prisoners, and until I die Old Pepper's words, “Per- sonally I don’t believe that that part of the German trench is occupied,” will elways come to me when I hear some fellow trying to get away with a fishy statement. I will judge it accordingly. CHAPTER XXVil. Blighty. From this first-aid post, after inocu- lating me with antitetanus serum to prevent lockjaw, I was put into an am- bulance and sent to a temporary hos- pital behind the lines. To reach this hospital we had to go along a road about five miles in length. This road was under shell fire, for now and then a flare would light up the sky—a tre- mendous explosion—and then the road seemed to tremble. We did not mind, though no doubt some of us wished In “Blighty.” that a shell would hit us and end our misery. Personally, I was not particu- lar. It was nothing but bump, jolt, rat- tle, and bang. Several times the driver would turn around and give us a “Cheero, mates, we'll soon be there—” fine fellows, those ambulance drivers, a lot of them go West, too. We gradually drew out of the fire zone and pulled up in front of an im- mense dugout. Stretcher-bearers car- ried me down a number of steps and placed me on a white table in a brightiy lighted room. A sergeant of the Royal Army Med- ical corps removed my bandages and cut off my tunic. Then the doctor, with his sleeves rolled up, took charge. Re winked at me and I winked back, and then he asked, “How do you feel, smashed up a bit?” I answered: “I'm all right, but I'd give a quid for a drink of Bass.” He nodded to the sergeant, who dis- appeared, and I'il be darned if he didn’t return with a glass of ale. I could only open my mouth about a quarter of an inch, but I got away with every drop of that ale. It tasted just like Blighty, and that is heaven to Tommy. The doctor said something to an or- derly, the only word I could catch was “chloroform,” then they put some kind of an arrangement over my nose and mouth and it was me for dreamland. When I opened my eyes I was lying on a stretcher, in a low wooden building. Everywhere I looked I saw rows of Tommies on stretchers, some dead to the world, and the rest with fags in their mouths. The main topic of their conversation was Blighty. Nearly all had a grin on their faces, except those who didn’t have enough face left to grin with. I grinned with my right eye, the other was bandaged. Stretcher-bearers came in and be- gan to carry the Tommies outside. You could hear the chug of the engines in the waiting ambulances. I was put into an ambulance with three others and away we went for an eighteen-mile ride. I was on a bottom stretcher. The lad right across from me was smashed up something horrible. Right above me was a ran from the Royal Irish rifles, while across from him was a Scotchman. We had gone about three miles when I heard the death-rattle in the throat of the man opposite. He had gone to rest across the Great Divide. I think at the time I envied him. (Concluded next week). ——Put your ad. In the “Watch- man.” Report of the Annual Meeting of the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women Held in State Col- lege, May 9, 1918. The annual meeting of the Central A Day’s Food Plan for a Man. Health and Happiness, Number 44 In last week’s “Watchman” was given “A Day's Food Plan for a Wom- District Conference of the S. F. P. W., | an.” These daily food plans have been worked out by Dr. Mary Swartz Rose consisting of 57 clubs in 16 counties, represented by about one hundred and are given in her book “Feeding the Family,” published hy MacMillan women was opened at ten-thirty with | Company. They are also quoted on page 20 of “Food Requirements and The | Menu,” Extension Circular No. 65, Department of Agricultural Extension, an impressive invocation by Professor F. L. Pattee, of the English depart- ment of The Pennsylvania State Col- lege. After the assembly had joined in the singing of “America,” Mrs. Arthur Cowell, president of the State College Woman’s club, welcomed the visitors cordially. Mrs. J. Thomas Mitchell, of Bellefonte, the District chairman, emphasized the importance of the meeting, as typifying the ne- cessity of the co-operation of women in public affairs and dwelt upon the fact that at this time a balance of judgment, a consecration of purpose and the utmost endeavor are vital for successfully meeting the problems and trials which confront us. The regular business was then en- tered upon, a report of the 1917 meet- ing being read by Mrs. J. Ben Hill in the absence of the secretary. The treasurer’s report was unofficially said to show a balance of $12.00 in the treasury. Mrs. Sparks presented the matter of the Furlough Center Movement, sponsored by the War Victory com- mittee of the National Federation. The maintenance of furlough centers in the south of France has been un- dertaken by the federated woman’s clubs of America as a task peculiarly their own; it will requre $25,000 an- nually to support one center. In rec- ognition of the urgency of the situa- tion, it was decided that each delegate recommend immediate action by her club for the prompt collection of all possible funds. The invitation from York for the entertainment of the S. F. P. W. in October, presented by Mrs. Cochrane, was enthusiastically re- ceived. The county reports, which were pre- sented in the morning, were all mark- ed by great response to conditions created by the war, showing various activities divided among war educa- tian, food production and conserva- tion assistance in the sale of war stamps and bonds, and war relief principally centered in the Red Cross. A vocal selection by Mrs. George accompanied by Mrs. Havner furnish- ed a pleasing diversion at this time. Dr. Sparks, the speaker of the morning, recounted some of the as- pects and some of his experiences in “Lecturing in the Cantonments.” He feels that the great work done by the Y. M. C. A. for the men in the camps, not only is an important factor in maintaining the morale of the men while they are in the camp, but cannot have other than a lasting effect after the war. At twelve o’clock the meeting ad- journed for a very delightful hour and a half. Immediately upon leaving the building, the guests were shown what a week of drilling had done for a contingent of High school boys who were being given farm ‘instruction by the college. After luncheon, which was served inthe Woman’s building, the visitors were taken on an a 0- bile trip over the college campus. The hospitality and cordiality shown by the State College club served to re- mind the delegates that the reputation ascribed to State College by Mrs. Mitchell was indeed well deserved, for as she said “things were done just right.” The afternoon session was opened by two songs by the Music Study club of Lewistown, rendered in their in- imitable way. It was indeed hard to judge which pleased the audience more, the singing of ‘America the Beautiful” by the club or the reading which followed, by Mrs. Jesseman, of the Drama department of the State College Woman’s club. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to the presentation of the work of the Woman’s committee of the National Council of Defense. The Conference was very fortunate in hav- ing present at this meeting, Mrs. J. Willis Martin, Pennsylvania chair- man, and five of the State Directors- general. Mrs. Martin asserted that in time of war women constitute the second line of defense; at first, in England this was not recognized but work for women has been organized along two lines, the Red Cross and the Woman's committee of the National Defense, both organized by Congress. The object of the latter is to co-op- erate with women through existing organizations not to create new ones. The work of the committee is done through several depratments based on the differences in the work they en- compass. Mrs. Smith of the department of Food Production was the first speak- er introduced by Mrs. Martin. This department has concerned itself with the matter of Liberty Gardens. The Liberty Garden Movement is fully described in Bulletin 130 from Wash- ington and the registration of all gar- dens and yields with the committee was strongly urged. The department aims to make its activities cover two main fields, a city proposition, the home garden, as a rural proposition, the farm and the Grange. The second speaker was Mrs. Lee, who presented the message of Food Conservation along three lines. The first was in regard to sugar. Here the difficulty is one of transportation; Cuba has a vast amount of sugar but there has been a shortage of ships and when the government takes over the present steamship line, the neces- sitated use of sailing vessels will make the shortage still more acute. In regard to meat, Mrs. Lee said that the initiation of a new fleet of refrig- erator ships would withdraw so much meat from the market that the pres- ent consumption of 3% pounds per per- son would be reduced to one pound per person per week. In ‘the third place, the admonitions in regard to the use of wheat were repeated and driven home by telling of some of the appalling want in France. Mrs. Lee concluded by saying that if we did not want the TU-boats koncking at our door, we must diminish very greatly the use of the three vital foods, su- gar, meat and wheat. Mrs. Robbins, of the department of Women in Industry, said that we now realize that the entrance of women into industry was not only inevitable but necessary. The duty of her de- | The Pennsylvania State College. Breakfast: Fruit Cereal Butter Coffee with cream Top milk for cereal Sugar for cereal and coffee Luncheon: Dinner: Clear soup and crackers Potatoes or rice or macaroni Bread Green vegetable (cooked) Ice cream or ice pudding or fruit Fuel Requirement: Breakfast: Toast or muffins or corn bread Oleomargarine Sugar for cereal and coffee Luncheon: aroni and cheese or cheese Bread (rye, graham, white, etc.) Fruit, fresh or as sauce Cake or pie Milk and sugar for coffee Dinner: Milk and sugar for coffee sees ees sees esses ees tes Ess Ess sess esses ees esses ses esses anne tees DE tees ses ees ss esses ts esses seen © ses sess es ee see eet sete seers s esses sane Milk for cereal and coffee .............. cA i tees sees sees ess suse esse tees ees sess sss ss sss encase see A Day’s Food Plan for a Sedentary Man Fuel Requirement: 2200-2800 Calories 100 Calories 50-100 Calories Eggs or liver and bacon or creamed dried beef on toast..100-120 Calories Toast or rolls or muffins or waffles (occasionally) .. vee ...100-200 Calories 100 Calories I aE IR 100-150 Calories 100 Calories 50-100 Calories 700-900 Calories Thick soup or broiled fish or cheese dish ............... 100-200 Calories Rolls ......:. re bseieis is einai mA CNR sees Se wean 100-200 Calories Butler . oi ire a Sn vd ree a 50-100 Calories Pudding (ple occasionally) . .......c.on. vrs eieaincin 200-400 Calories Coffee with cream and sugar Sas tah aa Rea ee ee a 100-150 Calories 600-800 Calories 50-75 Calories Roast beef (rump) or stuffed steak, or meat loaf or Baked fish cic ine nas ihe a Eira ....100-300 Calories Se ea daa et aati, 100-150 Calories 50-100 Calories i i ae vias 100-150 Calories Lettuce, celery or other crisp vegetable I EN Tes Eas 200-300 Calories 900-1200 Calories Total range of Calories as given in this plan 2200-2900 Calories A Day’s Plan for a Working Man. 3500-4000 Calories 50-150 Calories Cereal (oatmeal, cornmeal, etc.) (fried occasionally)... .150-300 Calories Sausage or salt fish or liver and bacon ... SE hae ee 300-400 Calories Ey 200-300 Calories 100 Calories dia we Tae 100 Calories 1000-1200 Calories . r lentils (baked, or in soup or stew) or mac- Beans Dens pw b ae Se 200-400 Calories he Ce ee ane 200-400 Calories ie Cra ee BS ate wae al 100-150 Calories bananas, apples, apricots, prunes { SC An rey Yl 200-400 Calories 200 Calories 1000-1400 Calories Meat pie or stuffed meat and potatoes or meat stew with AUMDHNEE ....covoiveiresornsrnsnsseenrrsvrnshinane 300-400 Calories Savory vegetables (onions, tomatoes or cabbage) ....... 100-200 Calories Bread .... .. hentai ctnssncraaiisinisnatini re Pale 200-400 Calories Suet pudding or bread pudding or creamy rice pudding...250-400 Calories 200 Calories 1400-1800 Calories Total range of Calories as given in this plan 3400-4400 Calories Next week—“A Day’s Food for a Family of Five.” partment was not only to place wom- en but to see that they were suitably treated after they reached their posi- tions. The committee tries to accom- plish this by constituting itself a committee of friendly relations be- tween the women and their employ- ers and concerns itself with housing and transportation and the moral con- ditions surrounding the women at work. : The department of Home and For- eign Relief concerned with the work of Americanization and civilian relief was outlined by Mrs. Kennedy, its chairman. The two problems which meet were the foreign women who are indifferent or opposed to the war through ignorance and the care of the men as they return to this country incapacitated for their work in more or less serious ways. Miss Fleisher, of the department of Information, told of the State News letters dealing with the work of the counties and a Philadelphia news let- ter soon to be published. Mrs. Martin then called for reports from the counties on the work they had done and York, Union, Centre, Lycoming and Mifflin reported var- ious stages of progress in their organ- izations. As a parting message, Mrs. Martin urged the importance of en- listing the allegiance of the younger women to the committee. After the committee on resolutions had presented a resolution of thanks to the Hostess club, the assembly joined in the singing of the Spangled Banner.” The meeting then adjourned for conference with the officers of the Woman’s committee of the Pennsyl- vania Council of National Defense. HELEN D. HILL, Secretary. Activities of Women. Women are to be employed as “rush hour” street car conductors by the trolley company in St. Louis, Mo. The first European woman to form the habit of smoking tobacco was Mary Frith, beter known as Moll Cut- Purse, who was born in 1565. Women are now allowed to com- pete in the examinations for law clerks in the land office of the United States Department of the Interior. In recognition of her untiring ef- forts in securing recruits for the New York National Guard and the regular service, Miss Dorothy D. Frocks has been presented with a medal by the American Patriotic Society. No less than 6,000 men were enlisted through her speech-making campaign for re- cruits. Classified. : that he ought to enlist, and went to the recruiting station. He was asked his occupation. “Why-er-well, just running through the guv-nor’s money, don’t you know,” was the: reply. The officer seemed in doubt how to classify him, when a corporal stand- ing near came to his assistance with a brilliant suggestion. : “Put him down as a brass finisher, sir,” he said. The son of a rich father decided she said the department was trying to | Gift for Convalescent Soldiers “or Sailors. ~ Mrs. Mary Moore Beale, widow of the late Rev. David J. Beale, D. D., of Philadelphia, but who was born and spent her early life at Zion, this county, has just finished a splen- did afghan, which she desires The Presbyterian to present to some Phil- adelphia hospital where it will be used for wounded or convalescent soldiers or sailors, as they sit in invalid chairs in the sun and air. Mrs. Beale has already knitted many and varied garments—-helmets, socks, sweaters, etc.—for the boys “over there.” This afghan therefore, was made to be used for the other boys “over here.” Most of the work was done by herself, although patch- es were contributed by various friends. Last summer, Mrs. Beale gathered around her a group of little girls whom she taught to knit the bright colored squares that make up the afghan. Among the squares made by eager little fingers in loving service, are those by three of Mrs. Beale’s grandchildren: Mary Moore Beale, aged ten, Wilson Thomas Moore Beale Jr., aged eight, children lof Rev. Wilson T. M. Beale, of Pat- |erson, N. J., and Mildred Dulany | | | i “Star | { | Thomas, aged ten, of Baltimore, Md. The squares measure seven inches each way, and the afghan is ten squares long and seven squares wide. The center patch is white, with a red and a blue patch on either side, both lengthwise and across. Each square has a crochetted border of black wool, and the afghan is completed with a scalloped crochetted border of black, the somber color serving to throw in- to relief the brilliant squares. In putting these together, Mrs. Beale had a happy thought that may be suggestive to other ladies who are making these warm and soft wraps for the comfort of the mation’s sick or wounded boys. In order that the mind, through the eye, might be led to dwell on happy days of youth, Mrs. Beale has knitted certain squares par- ticularly for college men. For in- stance, Princeton’s orange and black is represented, as is the maroon and black of the University of Maryland, the red and blue of the University of Pennsylvania, the crimson of Har- vard, the blue of Yale, and in order that the softer side of life be not for- gotten, the blue that the Wellesley girls have adopted for their college color. But other than college-bred men may sometimes be using this comfort- robe, therefore, we find the blue and buff colors of the city of Philadelphia, and squares of gay Roman-stripes, or of graded and harmonized stripes of soft rose.—The Presbyterian. Judicial Interpretation. Unfortunately we’ve mislaid the judge’s name, but his court-room is in New Bedford, Mass. Before him ap- peared a defendant who, hoping for leniency, pleaded, “Judge, I'm down and out.” Whereupon said the wise judge: “You’re down, but you're not out. Six months.”—Philadelphia Evening Ledger. - - | American's Creed to be Learned by | 20,000,000 Pupils. Washington. — “The American’s ' Creed,” a patriotic profession of faith {in our country and its institutions, has been framed and set forth under most interesting circumstances. “I believe in the United States of America, as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a de- mocracy in a Republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a { perfect Union, one and inseperable, | established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and hu- manity, for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. “I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.” This creed is characterized as be- ing “not only brief and simple but remarkably comprehensive of the best in American ideals, history and tra- dition, as expressed by the founders of the republic and its greatest statesmen and writers.” The first clause, “I believe in the United States of America,” is from the preamble to the constitution; the second, “a government of the people, by the people, for the people,” is also from the preamble, Daniel Webster's speech in the Senate on January 26, 1830, and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettys- burg speech. “Whose just powers are derived from the consent of the gov- erned,” is from the Declaration of In- dependence. “A democracy in a re- public” is from No. 10 of the Federal- ist, by James Madison, and Article X of the amednments to the constitu- tion. “A sovereign nation of many | sovereign States” comes from “E pluribus unum,” the great seal of the United States, and Article IV of the constitution, and “a perfect Union” goes back to the preamble to the con- stitution. ‘One and inseperable” is from Webster’s speech on January 26, 1830, “established upon those prin- ciples of freedom, equality, justice and humanity” from the Declaration of Independence, “for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and for- tunes” from the preamble of the cen- stitution and the Declaration of In- i | dependence. TAKEN FROM MANY SOURCES. “I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it” is from Ed- ward Everett Hale’s ‘The Man With- out a Country,’ “to support its consti- tution” from the oath of allegiance, Section 1757 U. S. Revised Statutes, “to obey its laws” from Washington’s Farewell Address and Article VI of the constitution, “to respect its flag” from the national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” Army and Navy regulations, and the War Depart- ment’s circular on flag etiquette, April 14, 1917, “and to defend it from all enemies” from the oath of allegiance. “If I had the money,” said former Speaker J. G. Cannon at the cere- monies attending its first reading, “I would give $100,000 if I could have gotten together the sentiments ex- pressed in that creed.” “It contains everything that is necessary,” said Speaker Clark. “I am the ranking official here today, and if this creed needs acceptance on the part of the American people, I accept it for them and in their name.” A year ago the city of Baltimore, through mayor Preston, offered a prize of $1,000 for the best patriotic creed. Committees were appointed to receive the manuscripts and make the award, the latter being composed of Booth Tarkington, Irvin S. Cobb, Hamlin Garland, Ellen Glasgow, Julian Street, Charles Hanson Towne and Matthew Page Andrews. Out of several thousand received, the committee on manuscripts sub- mitted 50 to the committee on award. Creed No. 384 was selected as the best, and on opening the envelope con- taining the author's names it was disclosed that its author was William Tyler Page, of Friendship Heights, Md., a suburb of Washington. AUTHOR A UNITED STATES PLOYEE. EM- the House of Representatives for 37 years and is at present one of the Republican pay clerks. He is a lineal descendant of President John Tyler and of Carter Braxton, of Virginia, a signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, was born in Frederick, Md., the birthplace of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner,” and was educated in Balti- more where that nationl anthem was written during the British attack on Fort McHenry in 1814. “His work takes him to the National Capitol,” said Mayor Preston when the $1,000 prize was presented to Mr. Page be- fore an assemblage in the House of- fice building, “where no doubt he drew his inspiration from the great authorities of the past for his truly wonderful summary of our civic be- liefs, our basic principles, and best traditions.” On Saturday, April 6, the day of the Washington drive for the third Lib- erty loan, the procession formed at the east front of the capitol, and after an address by Speaker Clark, Mr. Page invested the $1,000 prize in Lib- erty bonds. Mary Pickford, Marie Dressler, Douglass Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin, the motion picture stars, also addressed the gathering, and Mr. Page recited the pledge of the assemblage. The Bureau of Ed- ucation is to furnish a copy of it to every schoolhouse in the United States, to be learned by the 20,000,000 scholars. . Cleopatra Outtrivalled. From the Rushville News—The bride and groom presented a regal spectacle, never equalled since the proud Cleopatra sailed down the per- fumed, lotus-bearing Nile. To de- scribe the bride’s costume beggars the English language, and imagination falls faint and feeble before the Her- culean task. She was gorgeously ar- rayed in a calico dress, and a pair of lace curtains floated about her adora- ble figure. That Morning-After Feeling. Reed—According to this article Edison says that a man’s head ex- pands when he thinks deeply. Rounder—Must be a misprint for drinks. Mr. Page has been connected with |)
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