RM"."tWWI WyHyfrHiyVmUl Krtff -1W1fpVXVrrT-"t t-HtmrHirvKWsj; - I'iiRIW fVn EVExnn Ll.v.x: tILix,A,.iiiIA, THUKSDAY, JULY 5, 1917 1 BaTEFULNOYON READY gO SHARE GOOD FORTUNE French Town Thnt Washingto- nians Are necuiiauutuuB i. Center of Relief RIVALRY IN GOOD DEEDS T.tlissiVitM nnrl Amnrtrnn Miron ae """""""-.,. Woman wmiicuwia . wj..s Aid to War Sufferers pi nvnv. Prance. July 20 (By mall) i which has been ndonted by the JsOJQn. " u... ,, -.III .in.lnp. fft. li reconstruction, Is not In the leant SNl rr..... it.olf Into a center for nil of IS- virlous activities looking toward the Ewnratlon of tho 243 Villages destroyed twiii Immediate vicinity, mis noes noi "J. that the Inhabitants of Noyon Itself "I k.ininir the outside villages, as that rf.. ImDOsslblc. While Noyon as a city I lred le from the German destruction trrl .v nf the surrounding towns nnd ffflacti the Inhabitants suffered all tho Iitortlo'n, cruelty nnd privations that the Cermjn. were able to Indict. V6V that tneir linmeuimc hiiu iuiuiu i '.Uhave been guaranteed, they are qulto i.fmr to allow all of the various charities rlWV' .., ,u ,,M (hot nrlnln-illv fodrtd to tl10 nelp r yyon- to extend !wj. Mn to the moro devastated towns Ij uid districts for a score of miles around. On One Blue Ul n" lMim.HJ.i4 cicci ui Voyon, Baron do Itothschlld has opened i. i,ir'.h6use and stocked It at his own !awne with all the articles the war- Srtck'cn Inhabitants are likely to need. Ot, the opposite Ride of tho same street, two American ladles have opened a ware- home and stociteu u vvun almost tne time lines of necessities. The competition between the two establishments Is the keen tttot any kind that exists at Noyon even ketner than tho proverbial competition bo tween the military and the civil authorities The American ladles have their own motortruck and personally carry their sup piles Into tho llttlo homes to which they tre destined Baron de Rothschild docs not possess a motortruck and his distribution fcSS tO DO ITiaUC U 1IIU IlllllttWJ UULUIIIUUIICO. Just as Washington adopted Noyon nnd TflU undertake Its reconstruction, other towns and villages aro havlnc tho good t luck to find godmothers and godfathers. L Tbs town of Maucourt. near Ham. which I tillered to an extreme degree, nas ucen Pslllce. She has erected temporary bar rck In which the Inhabitants will live until their homes can be rebuilt. Then shb will refurnish the homes with air the furnlturo md utensils that tho Germans cither car ried away or destroyed. Just at present ono of the most Interest ing questions is "Who's going to adopt rhiuny?" Chauny was an unusually large md prosperous city, the center of the fa mous St. Gobaln glass industry. Tho degree of destructlveness Inflicted here by tho Ger rains exceeds that of any other town or dty. In fact It Is so great that American cities less than the size of New York, Chl O(0, Philadelphia, St. Louis or Cleveland ire advised to keep off It as a godson. Any one of these cities, however, could find In the restoration of Chauny a task worthy ot Itself. The English Quakers, who ever since tho first Invasion of Franca have made a specialty of the reconstruction of destroyed homes, are also now working out of Noyon. Ono of the Interesting problems Involved In the recultlvatlon of tho soil Is that of the unexploded grenades and shells which now lie everywhere beneath the surface. A i single hand grenade struck by a plow or - htrrow la sufficient to kill the horses and & fr. as well an to destroy the machinery. r Om which exploded recently underneath n i itesm plow In the vicinity of Noyon com- f pletelr destroyed, tho machine. f r Army officers who are studying the prob- J lem frankly confess their hope that Amerl- J at lnvnMv& (.Anlna will find VntriA mechanical way of discovering these un eiploded projectiles In the soil. Otherwise thousands and thousands of acres of French ' soil will not be cultlvatable. THE WORLD'S WAR Through Woman's Eyes By ELLEN ADAIR Germany and America .,, LONDON, June 20. ALL the Allies have welcomed Brazil's MX steps toward war with tho utmost heartiness and pride. It only needed tho momentous step tnken by the American congress on April G to show the full In TlMff TTiWIH 'jjl fluence of the policy and character of the United States upnn her South American neigh bors And yet this rnlly of South American Republics was not cxact expected by Great Ilrltnln It's true that many of I hem suffered from German piracy yet not In any spirit of revenge aro they showing sympathy for tho Allies. It Indorsed vhat I wrote that If Great Britain had been willing to Join with us.i our two countries would have dominated tho world !" "What you say," said the Frenchman who was Interrogating. "Is a good example of your German mistakes In psychology, since neither now nor at nny other time hai Great Britain ever dreamed ot such a thing I" The German prisoner laughed heartily. "You can't make me bellevo that!" said he "Also," he continued earnestly, "what docs tho co-operation of America signify? I ask you, what does It signify?" Tho answer from the Frenchman camo quickly "It signifies that a hundred million men, with all the rcsouro-s for work and manufacture at their command, willingly Iniposo conscription upon themselves In order to kill Germans:" A wounded llrltl'i officer whom I have met to whom a German prisoner (newly PARMER SMITH'S COLUMN set them the ex ample because they appreciate her dis interestedness ns well as her powers ULLEX ADAIR and because not to have followed her lead would bo to rut themselves away from the soundness ot Pan-American sentiment Brazil certainly could contribute much to tho success of the Allies. Iter harbors might prove useful bases, nnd tho co operation of her navy would surely help to remove the dangers from German sub marlncii and raiders In South American waters. Perhaps the most Important factor of all would ho her moral support, her weighty Indorsement of universal Justice. AMKItirA'S CONTB.IBUTION On the subject of American help. Sir Hd ward Carson has mado some most Interest ing statements In nn Interview with M Hugucs Leroux: "We cannot give to the Tngllsh people." said Sir lMwnrd, "news which would give them tho erroneous Idea that there ! no longer need to limit our food consumption. But what may bo strongly atllrmed Is thnt the entry of tho United States Into the war brings to us Britishers, from tho naval point of view, advantages the extent of winch has not perhaps been fully appreciat ed yet by the public In general "First of nil, wo shall regulate, as can bo done with perfect confidence, the ue and direction of our tonnage. Thero will no longer bo -any waste of- transports and their protection, which wo have successfully organized In tho British Channel. America will be able to assure In tho Atlantic. "As regards the food supplies which Ger many might be nhlo to obtain through neutrals, we are virtually In control of tnee. since we arc In n position to Mop and visit all vessels. "Think of tho consequence of these pos slbllities They aro calculated to Increase our confidence." M Ungues Leroux then repeated tho questions which had been put to a German prisoner of very exalted rank an officer of tho German navy- Tho Importance of this German officer appears from tho fact that tho British Admiral In command was requested by no fewer than three reigning monarchs to extend to tho prisoner the courtesies nnd treatment they declared was due to his high rank. SNRCRS AT UNITED STATES The German officer spoke arrogantly of tho United States: "The calculations of our Supreme Com mand," ho asserted, "show that Great Britain from next October will not be In a position to continue the war, owing to the great number of her naval losses " "But do you not anticipate," ho wan asked, "that ns a result ot the entrance of tho United StnteS Into tho war the number of your submarine successes will consider ably diminish?" "Bah !" replied the German prisoner, "The United States! What can they do? They aro not n military power! I have always written and our highest authorities have Is because the captured) rendered tho service of carrying United States has him to tho dressing station behind tho lines tnlil nip KntnA fnntH which tho Ger man had communicated to him facts which he declared tn be typical of hundreds of thousands of other Germans at the front. Tho German soldier had spent a good deal of his ttmo both In America and ling land. GERMANY A VAST PRISON "If your armies could reach Germany Itself." he told tho British olllccr, "the slavery might end suddenly But Germany today Is one vast prison, full of starving slaves who cannot help themselves, and that will remain while William the Murderer can go on buying a dally reprieve for his own miserable family In return for tho blood of ten thousand of his slaves. Thank God I am out of It ! '"The Central Powers casualties now must bo 100.000 a week. This war Is tha greatest crime tho world has ever seen," continued the German, "The crimes that mado tho French Revolution arc nothing to it. If you compare them with the crimes of tho beasts who are running Germany today and keeping this awful war going. "They know perfectly well thcy'vo lost the war. They've known for months that the last chances they ever had have gone. But thy are too frightened of their own miserable skins to admit It and call a halt "Hern nn this front our people aro Being killed like tiles Your British artillery kills them In bunches. There Isn't a minute of tho day but legs and arms aro being blown ofT Our men would gladly give themselves up to end It. but you know they cannot. When there seems to be n chance, thero Is always an officer or some N C O 's about. "It Is not only your guns that kill. Many Germans fall every day with Ger man bullets In them. They aro driven like dogs to the fighting. "The others, there In Germany, they are slaves. Starving, starving quietly! Never daring to say a word 'Tho few who do speak soon find themselves hustled Into tho front line, nnd no more Is heard of them." It appears that In Germany at the present moment there Is a considerable amount of walling over the opportunity lost for strik ing a decisive blow against Russia when the crisis of the revolution was at Its height. "We have given the Russians valuable time to arrange their domestic affairs as they liked." laments a high dignitary, "We have let slip unusually ravoranio oppor tunities to exploit the confusion In the East In order to achieve a final military decision. We havo officially and semiofficially offered the Russians a separate peace, In vain. Wo havo waited three months, but It is possible to wait too long." (Coprlsht ) Inspectors After Insanitary Stores Volunteer Inspectors under the direction of tho co-operative committee for fly ex termination today began a round-up of food dealers who fall to obey the orders of tho Board of Health governing tho protec tion of foodstuffs from files and dirt germs. Tho Inspectors have been supplied with lists of eatables that are required to bo covered by glass or netting, and today went out with tho Intention of making food dealers obey tho law. DOING DOUBLE DUTY Dear Everybody I am glad so many grown-ups read these talks, because It shows that they nre willing to be children again, and I HOPE It makes them kinder to children. Heaven Is composed of children, there fore, alt children go to heaven when they die All grown-ups havo to become chil dren beforo they can go to heaven. Why not start now? 1 told a Sunday school recently that I was trvlng to do double duty 1 am doing my own work nnd that of somo one else. I do not know who he or she Is. but I bellevo In my heart that lr will do my own work and that of somo one else and do it cheerfully, 1 will do a great deal to ward stopping tho great war. Now, I do n"t flatter myself that I can do It alone, but I do (latter myself that IF everybody In the world would do the wmo ns I nm ttylng to do. the war would soon end. It would bring about that BROTHERHOOD which Is bound to como nfter tho war Is over Help yourself by being cheerful. Help mother by washing tho dishes Help fnthcr by bringing his slippers when he corner home. Help your little friends Help every one it will make you happier to be busy. I know! Your loving editor, FARMER SMITH. STRANGE ADVENTURES OFBILLY BUMPUS BUSTER By Farmer Smith When Billy Bumpus reached the front yard of the general's house ho was sur prised to see n lot of toys nnd other things which told his keen eyes that there were children there. They must have come lately, for Billy was, very fond of children and he misled them when ho was with the Infantry, nnd now that he was with the artillery he had missed them Mill more, for It seemed that he was forever on tho march. "I guess we are going to stny here for a tlmo nnd that the general has had his chil dren como to play with me." thought Billy At that moment there were sounds of laughter nnd merry little voices In the direc tion of tho kitchen. Billy trotted back be hind the house There, sure enough, were two rhlldron. "Look, look. Buster! Thero Is our goat." said the sweetest voice Billy had ever beard. "Oh. Daisy '" exclaimed the boy. "Daddy has a llttlo wagon for me nnd that goat Is going to pull It, too Wo win make htm pull our great big cannon, won't wo?" Billy trotted over to where the children were and put his head up c'ose to the boy. Buster began to scratch tho goat's head. "This Is heaven at last," said Billy to himself. "I knew It must be like this Nothing to da now but make these two dears happy, what a Kind little boy. Oh, look !" Right In front of Billy's nose there was a shiny little button on Buster's white coat and vvhllo tho boy was scratching Billy's head, that rascal was nibbling at tho but ton nnd soon It disappeared down Blllv's throat. No one. not even the child's mother, knew where on earth that button had gone, but It was inltstng, while Billy Bumpus was always on the lookout for another button to eat. Billy liked buttons It happened at that moment that the gen eral's wife camo after the children to take them Into thn house. She had In her band some wnrfctnl which she was using to make a sweater for the soldiers, and as she went away with the children, she dropped the ball on which It was wound and went on Into the house leaving a train of worsted behind her The ball vvus qulto largo at first, but ns Hilly watched It It grew smaller as It bobbed up nnd down on tne grass Mercy me ' ' exclaimed Billy Thero was nothing for htm to do but start and eat that worsted string. He) started slowly at first and then kept going faster nnd faster until at length h came to the kitchen door. On he went Into the sitting room and then on Into the dining room whore the family were at dinner. No one saw him. strange to say, so under the table ho went, winding In and out among the chairs until finally he cams out beside Burter's chair "Whoop!" shouted Buster "Look where my goat Is'" Everybody got up at once, while Jimmy, the generals man. mado a dive for Billy and missed him, filling over tht Br ttltt, and mashing a lot of dlehe ,, ,' - "Fo do Lawd sakes ' Kill dst perfvssMiw goat," shouted Jimmy, getting up, at WW same time trying to wipe- the aoup from h face. During all the racket, Billy had eilppwt out the side door and was running hurriedly toward the barn. He was In such a hurry that he did not see one of the artillerymen coming toward him with a pall of water. Billy hit the pall, head down, before he knew It, and before the soldier realized what happened Billy was safely Insld the barn "How sweet to rest on the hay," he saM to himself, as he lay down, but his rest was) soon to be broken. 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