“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
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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
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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.
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| 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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