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rohi h' ii' nvil pnu-iu-p. Sotrotary
BAkr !- .i-Hini. fur rii'il morr nl once and
. 2800 a. vinr iirrrnfirr fur Uip duration if
this War Or 3300 new diH-tnra are gritil
UalM from tt" metlU-nl .-ollrsrs annually.
fey nro usuii mdi'l to Keep Ihe ranl
full una to meet the deiimnda of ths In
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. r,re (loins; rotii.ni; Iipip to make thoir work
ensipf. Ii. is 111 too iiBhip'i out of every
I0O0 horn in im- ' It y duil Iwlore thpy were
a VMf old. I-I--I yenr that number had
Irirreasoil t no Tluw inrani thai out of
every i- "00 n.iliit iMirn 42t) died who
mlfilU r je ln-. if the conditions In which
tU6y wci-r txii n wore us Hamt.iry aa thr
ytat licfnri i ml If they cnuUI hue had
proper nviiR il .ntcntion when they took
tv"cr t-c ' on auiiltation says that
. Jtlthy strccn aie a contrtliutliiK cnue In
' Infant mnrt.i.tiv flur own tllrertor of
Public Healtli .ulinits it and no one dis
putes him Vei when the intention of the
incn whu-e tiiu it in to keep the ntreei
Clean is Lillet) to the tilth the nay that
the filth is in- lliere aiuf th.il nhl photo
Brnphji taken o long lime aco have lieen
"doetored ' to .rente a wrong Imprewdon.
If thc would co out and look for them
fce)vos thf woulii learn the truth. We
dj not wipIi to .isiiime ih-it they know the
k condition "f il.e streets imhI re lyin ahoiil
It o bhc the i. lace. It is more rharltu-
ff Ilia to sav lli.n they are nesllRent.
But ulirn i In- lite and health of the
communtly are ;it stake is no time for
; ,'oliarltalile triMtment of lncompelenlR. If
they have noi ih Rood sense to renlgn. ho
'that men wh i in kepp t lie city clean may
f(V PUt in thru place, the duty of the
laynr ix --o .i.nn thai een tie can be in
t nd doubt ahom il. Neslleenee in aueh a
tlBlir la nkm loiitriluiiory reiponalbility
tif the tnurdei of mor infanta thla year
than, la'U The kiltie In Hie fHjor districts
Are rot iimnt nnpeiiled A mti la likely
any tlav to run home iluease Borms in
the ''reel (Ji i on his clothes that will
Xltl lus l '(.
Vbenc e- let u haliy die tn these
years of the ,i. ntlce of ounf; men in war
ve. are roWiwr the future nnf weakenlm;
tho nation- If n.irrow, selfish inride in our
?.U Is not enough to forcp proiicr sanitary
rar& of the fh '!. a luoad lew of our
rSponildihtN to tho Kcneralions to rome
ought m force lK to action.
HneilKir.cr of iHitaloes hat is tn lip the
pw name for the anetj known as "Uei
roah Xrted ' '
. THE KMPIJfS LIUKK'I I1CTT0N
TlNfcS of fonmiunicatlon Iwtween lloston
, tmA the Rratul hcadnuarters of Ihe
(jcrroan arniy me few. And yet it may ho
'that tllo LibcrtN liuttun sent by tile Uonton
cbnimltte.e to the Knipeior of all the llima
.haa actually re.ndied its dcstlnallon. The
Ijulton Is the riRhtful pioppit of the
tfuiscv bei.iu e the suiplus of the fund
With Vfhl'h he established the fiermanie
Al il sell in at Iluwird has been inveted in
liberty Hnnds t the trustees. The fevera
(pd IiallucinnHons and uoaterioua terrora
hat nowad.t- are sanl to kee Wilhelm
nwle seem to imluate lljat Ii has Htfcly
reached ii Journey's end
TIioukIi it i'- too modest a thineTor a
iapel hras wiili laukinx medals, a Lib
erty Tjutlon p,operl placed might affect
ibe Kaivr tif .i nun.-uiiiK shout from thin
atf. Il Is tr. httle to shoot. It cannot be
ejl6jr)i;i; ui with a swmd. Its simple In
sfttJSgrt'rflnalHted tn the Hun chief might
trrutpili 'liis eai hl.e the awful sentence
.hm.ilfr tipstaff srou Is loudly in a court-
TrjotR after a man has been stintenced to
doftWl't "Take bun back!''
Hate "u .in buiiH-uisis nu don't
riwdf, The iwv can us- them Take them.
l0 thl lleare.i naval rn-i iilti-ir station.
TIJKRK IS STIU. TIME
IN THK dwiitches of I'liUin Ulblm there
ouVu aam am) again one liauntiiiR
unttMie, Jt (s the sadness of a mumltive
irut)jin. wrltinir under the burden of
wet$tM and haste, his mind MAjrMered
hy Uai'JrnrnenfHies of heroism and ancukth
tM nnL - . i . -.
t, icois mai ins woros cannot
i. readers the full eoler and tu-
niX supreme Calvary. "I have told
.rltfly and badly." lie ys.
Zlti those brief, simple messages
linn put pefore the Knaliah-
World tho tragic nobility of the
rar more eloquently than any
d laborious coinage cuukl say
Fltfp comes to us direct from the
r. a voice quiet asd tow, not
A vuice tremulous and grave
gEHggB
eight of wnut he has seen.
nquiike and tire, it Is ever the
Voire tn.iT reai hes to men's
i Will Iiardh be neceiHry, wo
iVrtfll up tht third Liberty Imn'
i"tta an unworthy spasm of
tntreatv With tlie news
vi throbbing tn our ct.n-
.ititrt win eatechlzo his
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Have
TO THE UTMOST
OECnETAllY BAKEIt'S nrmy cxpnn-
ion profjrnm, presented yesterday to
the Hoiiie Committee on Militnry AITnits,
lirapnseii a blanket authority which would
empower the President to put nil the
itvnllable mHti-power of the country under
arm at once.
The dramatic force of the stiCKPsllon
is unparalleled. No other incident of tho
war has lieen n imperiously eloquent of
our national purpose. The Immediate in
tentinn of tho Administration in to
develop, without n moment of needless
tielHy. an army that shnll ho limited only
by the country's ability to train, equip
and supply it.
The President has now (tone nlmojit to
the limit of his authority under the first
conscription art, which empowered him to
call out t.OOO.nnn men. It is estimated
that we now liavp 1,300,000 soldiers in
the field or in training This estimate
'includes the personnel of the National
Guard, tho National Army nnd the regu
lar. The last of the men in the first draft
will soon he called. To meet tho develop
ments of the wnr and our InrronRlnjj
responsibilities, Congress is now asked to
extend tho President's authority in order
that an nrmy of not less than :t.nn0,00n
men may tic in the field by autumn. It
is intended to draw ut once upon the
2.000,000 or more nvnilnhlc already
listed as fit for first-line service. For
tho present at least 'the new projrrnm
dors not contemplate an nrmy of more
than 3,ftii0.ti00 or any departure beyond
existing age restrictions.
Power so sweeping as Is here sug
gested for tho President was never
dreamed of by any king. int yet it has
been the peculiar achievement of PrcsU
do-nt Wilson so to inspire public confi
dence that the nation ns a whole will
support him heartily ami without ques
tion in the present instance. The new
army plan has the force of morality nnd
logic to recommend it.
The larger the army may be the safer
its individual members will be. If on
army of ,1,000,000 Americans had been in
Europe three months ngo the last (icr
mnn drive probably never would have
been attempted. If an army of R.OOO.OOO
had been in immediate prospect n year
ago nations that now are but a memory
might have survived nnd others might
have been spared agonies unspenknhle.
The mnrnl implications of such a mili
tary establishment would have been ade
quate to keep the craziest of kings in a
condition approximating sanity. It is
but just to the President to sny tlmt his
own vivid interpretations of the Ameri
can purpose and his splendid definitions
of national policy have given to our
existing army nnd to that which Is yet
to he a force not cnlculuble in terms of
men and numbers. And in such extraor
dinary times ns these, when opinions arc
often too huri'iedly arrived nt, it may be
questioned whether the Administration
itself drserves nil the blame for obvious
delays. It is only necessary to imagine
the amazement and the indignation that
might have been genernl a year ago were
the President to Imve asked for such
authority an Congress now is most likely
to accord him without any emotion. We
arc nil leurning Congress, tlie President
and the people alike.
If there is any sin that may be
charged against the country, ngainst
Congress and ugainst (lip Administra
tion it is the ingrained fear of militarism
which seemed to prevail so generally in
cveiy quarter before the "disillusion-,
ment' which Mr. Wilson has lately
referred to. Militarism, as we have so
far experienced it in this country, has
contributed little hut good. It has mude
for unity, for understanding, for health,
for spiritual energy.
There may hove been in the cross cur
rent; of diplomacy, in Ihe hidden record
of foreign intrigue, in developments under
cover, causes which tended to inspire
hesitation at Washington in the early
days of the wai. Certainly tho nature
of the conflict as it is being revealed was
in itself n thing to make humane men
pause. It will bo possible for us to
know more of all this when tho history
of the war is written and not before.
Meanwhile, it is equally necessary to
ntlmit that American delay has cost'tur
ribly. It has prolonged tho wur. It has
made our ultimate task the more difficult.
Even tho Administration knows this now.
The fact that it has lieen nwnro of those
things for some time is reflected in the
statement of the nrmy heads that they
will be able to equip, clothe, supply, train
and oven transport 1,.1()D,(IOO additional
men in the next year.
Such a statement is in effect a revolu
tion. It is proof that doubts nnd hopes
vanished together somo time ago. And
ono cannot but wonder how this infor
mation will sound in Oormnny.
What's the use of dpclmiiie- ......
Turkey and Bulgaria while most of us aren't
o,ulte sure whether we're at war with Aus
tria? KNERUY APPLIED IN TIIK VntONO
PLACE
CuNuiu:s.s is
price of rotto
now considering fixing the
cotton nt twenty rents a pound.
Cotton Is welling In Atlanta ut more than
thirty cents. The prlco-flxlng commltteo
of the war iniUutries board has established
a price for hides In tho hope of reducing
the price of shoes. Tho price of wheat
has been Axed. It Is likely that we shall
soon have an attempt at prlce-flxliig for
meat and butter and eggs and milk.
And the first effect of this sort of thing
will be hwn In a repetition of the disastrous
attempt to control the price of potatoes
last winter. There was so much Juggling
that the holders of jMitatoes refused to sell
In the hope of getting morn money. The
prior was no high tHat people stopped eat
ing -iotateit. They are now rotting In the
cellars of the farmers who cannot get a
fair price for them, and the meddling has
discouraged' them so that they are not
planting as many as they should to supply
tjie demand.
Interference with the ordinary economic
law of supply and demand has demoralized
the u hole food-prudueihg Industry. Farmers
are slaughtering' their cattle because they
. annot get feed at a fair price and cannot
sell the butler and rn"k for enough to
mak expense Chickens are belnK killed
beoguc It costs top much' to .keep them.
prices of food nt retail and the producers
nro discouraged becnttso of the low" price
which they can gel on their farms. "
If the food ndmimsttailnn would'devote
sonic of the attention it is Klviim In prices)
to the subject of distribution that Is. to
Belting' the food from the towns where It is
plentiful to the towns where it is scarce -It
would do nuiie In u week toward solvliiR
its problem than it can do In n century by
attiukltiK It from the wrong end. The
finv eminent docs not .vet seem to have
discovered that Its efforts to keep prices
down are dlscOurnKitiK production and In
directly forcing prices up.
Hllll vvsilltiR for ilHiabcd IlirnROSSlsn to
come act oss
1.(1. Till: JUNDWICH IS DEI'INCD!
HAUIiKNKK lamenters like to say that
all nov eminent Is unimaginative, ticca
sioimlly they aie Justified. The fowl ad
ministration, for example, was asked to
define the sandwich. It went, slightly
stunned but none the less determined,
nl. .nit that . imiHissihle task, and finally
iiilveret and said In effect that s sand
wich is anything whatever eien with any
thing at all.
A sandwich In these riecwlenl days is
delusion, tt Ik hope deferred. It is the
tablet upon which the owner of many a
light-lunch limbo writes the set-ret of his
greedy soul.
Now- nnd then girls put lettuce leaves
lwtween crackers and call the completed
work a sandwich, and again you will find
things that look like sandwiches In the
grandiose manner exuding gravy and
mashed pojatm's and Haunting ruffles
sciilpiuicrf iidroiilv from the dill pickle.
Itaxe imitations all! A sandwich in reality
is two pieces of damp bread with a thick
tllce of meat or cheese between, eaten
from the hand under a green tiee when
,voii nro oiitig ami sitting nt the side of a
brook with a tishlliif In any other realm
than that of youth the true sandwich Is
unknown.
Now Hint I'litii-don has gone dry, eyes
ill sonic of the est inu clubs ttlll be wet.
.- ii critic of the Art
Unlrlifiil llnlllnc nilni-lratlnii Colonel
lloiwrvelt Is lestless.
tut In srciir. iiiii-ni on making every otic
else ri-sl le.--m Iiiii
Now Unit tiutsoii Itor
sntlualer ( nlnr? alum, a sculptor, has
iimlci taken to i'me
Hi.- d"llcioni !"! of i lie nil. inn inuiid II will
be proper for some m cnutpllsheil painter In
UHlelcolors to ull n- bitter things about
Hie navy.
Urpoils thai the Kai-Hii-ii
lie Will ",., i going Insane
do Mail Acahi probably are founded
on ii misapprehension
He mnv have nierelv t covered fioin bis
lunacy ami become hI.I. In perceive Ihe na
ture of his completed vvoik.
! GROUND GLASS
i
WK KANCV that ground glass in more in
the public eye these days than ill the
public rllllllUI Ii.
of all shabby, venomous nnd llunnlsb
huckster tricks, there Is none so distaste
ful to us as calling a man pro-tlerman !
cause be happens to disagree Willi you on
some isiint of ethics or expediency.
That much touted (and much tinned)
Herman regiment, the Cockchafers, seems
tn haw been badly chafed (or chaffetfl at
Kcminc'. Hill.
After t tying for days to en pi i. re Viirme
zeele, the Cockchafers probnbly pronounce
it "Warm as Hell."
Well. Cuuld Tlioy
line of our most trusted correspondents
assures us that Hinn Kein is pronounced
"8I1111 Kane."
Could the adherents of the party then
be called pro-Kane?
The liubulvut of Omar liUjbnmU
(Thr fihali t'mlit ana enblrrf fur ,ii
nl l.ihrrlji ninul'l
Wake! for the dawn that seatteiisl into
(light
Pro-Huns and Hyphens Into darkest night.
Dolh blase along our demneratie sky
And smiles the Phah's broad bean with
piercing light.
I sometimes think that never blows so red
The kraut as where the Kaiser rears his
head ;
And every sausage on the bill of fare
.Must blush to think of iiernstorff alnl
IloyBd.
Kee how the thrifty Bhali went o'er the lop!
He took the plunge and cleaned up with
a mop;
Where he was canny, shall WK hesitate?
Come, wise yourself, old manr B'a' mat
ter, pop?
Cry Attaboy! ( Jtoby ! and Hurrah!
He Is no southpaw picayune, friend Shah!
Ho fell In line, mado good, and fame
across!
He saw his job and did It with erlat.
For coin ovupnratea, and holng spent
On plumbers, dentists, movie or the rent,
So music lures It liacU to buy a Ismd
O noblo bonds! U generous per cent!
Well, friends, tho mutter's up to you:
Huy bonds and make, tho Uohenzullcrns
blue.
Host salt jour frogs nway while Baiting's
good,
For If you don't, then what will .McAdoo?
That .Straiv Hal
This I- the heaiitlful new trnw
lid Willi whirl! (lie tups nf
inen'M liruiln are hbl. Itut vvesr
the elil hut friitn the bark of
beyond miller (hull d without that llond,
After the super-submarine, the sub
Zeppelin? To Dr. A. IS. Davin, the KaUer't Dentin
O Dim, when all those kings mid queens
Weie underneath your foreeji
Why didn't you do what you ought to have
dune
And pushed your buzzer through the Hun.
And spared us all these submarines,
These super-guns and wur-Zepps?
No poem by Dove Dulcet today. Dove Is
spending the entire day campaigning for
the Liberty Loan. Ilulher than hear him
recite bis poems thousands have bought
bonds.
ouv.ivrt-t.0, I
. THE MAN IN THE STREE1
Hy Sarah tiMingtan
OHKNIIV fussed and ruined because ho
couldn't timl out who the Man About
Town was. He went out on ti still hunt
for lilni and finally, to his chagrin, found
the label pinned to bis vny own waistcoat.
Hut f). Henry's friend Is no longer a popu
lar figure in Ameilenn life. For somo rea
son he has taken himself off, with lemon
isilored gloves and Dapping coattnlls, nnd
In his place la a sturdier fellow. no who,
according to his nnme, probably enrrlea tt
Mich nnd shovel nnd dresses In the latest
model of overalls. We refer to the Man
In the Street.
(
ritHK publisher was talking ulwt a new
serial.
"nh, it'll take." says be.
"The man In
the street will eat It up."
The press agent wanted a new stunt.
"We must And something that will get
to the mini In the street."
The politician was bnti-dlnit a new cm
didate.
"He'll appeal to the man In thr street."
Ills name is thus the theme for the great
American chant. Muslness and pisiftsslons
bow before his bumble title wllh knees that
have never crooked tiefoie kings and lords.
They write foi him. they work for him.
they play to him. Thev sing to him and
plot for him and lay for him. Thev try for
his favor, thev pamper his tastes, thoy
sweat and bleed for .i. single smile,
At one nod of his head "causes" go down
to the dust, honks fade into the land of
Out-of-Prliit, plays die the night they are
liorn. tteentise bis humor so dlrtnted.
woman suffrage lost in IViiiisylvHtila.
leorge Meredith vvmte for "the six light
people In the riiltlsb Isles" for years before
he became a publisher's success. Mar
lowe's ptavs nro studied In Ph. O. courses
only nnd Bhakrspearc's are barnstormed
all over the world.
He is the great unknown arbiter of the
fates of all known things, the mighty
Judge of the cotnt of the world. And yet
win- is he?
rpill-; NI,V man We know who really
spends bis life on the street iJhe Indl
vidiial who cleans it. Hut Is It for him
that books are written, plays are staged,
songs are sung? Is that shiilfllno. grlsxle
fnced person trailing a broom really the
center of the hopes and dreams of all the
workers of the world? Is his Inscrutable,
mind, his dubious taste, really the object
of the attack of that anxious company of
painters and poets, of propagandists and
ploklc-mnkors. who carry his name on their
lips by day nnd mumble it In their dreums
bv night? It's hardly probable. And any
way, he usually can't speak Knglisli.
As ii matter of fact, every man. the least
nnd the greatest, on the street at some
time In the duration of the day. Vou can
mount your soap lwx at any minute and
disw n flock of them. Are they Men
In the Slieel that dressv young man. for
example, with the gardenia and the "trench
coat." or the hlowsy old deur with no coat
at all? Or
VP'. No," said the. editor Impatiently,
' when those fragments were put be
fore hlin. "He's not anybody in iwirtloular.
ii'ul yet, If j'li Will, he's .flist die nvcr.iae
man."
"Oh, Just average, like you and me?"
we uuerled. Rut we must have done some
thing wrong, for the editor hasn't smken
lo us slnco.
Care of Ihe Wounded
When a soldier Is wounded In the tienehes.
emergency treatment Is usually available not
very far away in a dugout just hack of the
trench: thul is. h suitable dressing, bandage
oi splint will be spplled by the surgeon, usu
ally one of the younger men. and lie will then
leave the (list-line trendies by n cniniiiiinica
tlnn trench, hflns carried on a stretcher If
bin wounds disable him. At n varying point
In the rear, say one to three miles back, be
reaches fleld-hosplta!. the si-called ad
vanced Hrcst-lnc station In the llrilisb army.
This post Is usually under canvas nml situ
ated ai the faithest isiint which (lie nnihu.'
Isnce, either luirse-dravvn or inoior. can reach
with relative safety At this ndvntirei!
dressing station the patient after Inspection
may be passed' on without disturbing bis
dressing to the next station, or the wound
rosy he redressed if neccixnr.v If he 1ms a
fracture reuulrmg better linninhlllzatlnn or
pioteetlon than it was porsihle to give nt
the first station, it will he properly put up.
Khould he have some condition rsulrlng
Immediate treatment such ns dangerous hem
orrhage an operation may tie performed. All
cases, except under conditions of extraor
dinary rush, here receive the first pinphy
lactic dose of anti-tetanus serum. He will
also receive sufficient anodyne lo make his
Journey tn ihe next station r.mifnrtahle, mid
it has been found thnt tlli generous use of
a nod v ties prior to npetattnn has n marked
effecl in diminishing shock. If conditions
snow, ne win aiso receive hot drinks nr
fond or necessary stimulants. gcribner's
Magasine.
A Hoy's Cunlrlliiilliiii
To (r KilUnr o tkr livrutup I'ublir Ltilarr;
Hlr Please publish the following poem,
a it may help In the drive for tho third
Liberty lawn:
llull't Ite a MHi'ker
If we are going to win this war
We must defeat the Hun who swore.
That he would isinqucr the world lry force.
And OH the earth with sad remorse;
kftiv nt'Di'v nrtn mntl At files nil
To cuuse this great enemy's downfall.
Maybe we cannot ull cross (ho pond,
Hut we all surely can buy n bond
And make the world entirely free
From the great horde across tho een ;
So let us strive to do our best
To make this fight n great euccess.
I saw a poem written by n boy of thirteen
and published In your paper, so 1 decided to
writ one myself. I hope to see It in the
paper before the Liberty Iian drive Is over,
as I am only a boy myself.
JOSIJl'H T. CON HO V.
Palestine
To (he Hiltt-ir o thr Kvenlny Public Ledger:
Hlr Inclosed llnd n few lines written for
tho Jew it h regiment that is going to light for
their holy land, t hope It will encourage the
boys who ate lighting over there. It Is to be
sung to the tune of "Hack on the Farm In
Michigan."
I'slentlne
I want to tight for. 1 want lo fight for,
I want to fight for my own land,
Jerusalem. Ihe holy land,
With a gun right In my band,
I lived In Hussla. In (lerniany and Prussia,
In Franco and Kngland, too.
I think your Oreat If. S. Is a grand old coun-
fV' . .
Neverthelrfs, l want my own land,
1 want my own soli, a place that la no grand,
That s why I want to nht
For Jerusalem, the holy eight.
Hack to my land
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ARMAGEDDON AND THE
BUSH LEAGUE JOURNALISTS
li II ALTKR I'KICII tun ; m
rpHH war has hroiiKln the sin.ill-tovvii iaper
X Into it-- own In n ciiiion- w .i y . It c now
often iniii-h ninie iniere-ting leiidiuv- than
its big city brother of isviuse. n alvviiyt
was. for s.ime of ii" Ii u ed to In- Ihe hntt
of urban i Idiciile Vom city dwelbi tlioiiahl
it was cm ruelatlngly fuiiny for Hie lllngvllle
Hugh- to record the fact Hint Miss Susie
Sanborn was vlsliing yerteiday iii'Soiuh
lli-aliitree. He laughed iipiiuiiioiisly at thl"
I n format ion. while ftiduiK nolhing at all
iimiismg In ihe tiut thai his own pniici wii
recoidiiiK such nn epiH-h-inaklng event as
Mis limit on- riiist's dlnnir-daiice lust night
in the Hplts-Maillou I'roliahly. a? a matter
of cold irasnii. Husle Saiihorn is ns important
In Hlngville ns Mrs. Ktuyvesnnl Fish or Mrs
llegiuald Vanderbilt In New York. Uut, of
course. II never occurs In the in bun resident
that iiiivbody anywhere can be so imwirtsnt
iiv somebody In his own city. However, the
smalt-ton a weeklies often weie funning
rpille Intent lotially I shall never Toigei the
two inei-rv years when I was a subscriber to
Ihe ijnlduchl Hacelle. That paper was pub
lished. I Ihink, by some newt-puper man vv'lio
went West for bis health, and I have hcen
told be is now dead. Perhaps linldtlebl is.
too Itut while his paier lasted llieie wasut
s publication in Ihe country which could
touch il In Its mingling of Ihe nicy humor
of Ihe mining camp with the iimlei lylpg
Immunity and even pathos of Ihe place.
rplllSN there was the Conn Western News,
X edited by John Itodcineyer. founder of
the llsld-headed Mens Club of America and
now editor of a large puller, a biweekly.
h says it Ik haid lo get out a weekly paper
twice a weik. John 01 gave himself nil
assignment to go up to Twin l.iikiK and see
what damage a big storm hm done to the
collages lie reported (hat Hn-and-Ko's cot
tage "had sustained n eomisnmd fracture of
the klli lie nelle." Iteisiiiing a crowded meet
inB. be ruggested that the Janitor should have
hern sent out to bring ill some stiindinr room
from In fronl of the imstnfncc When Die
village barnacle died II was John who sug
gested (though not in pi nil I thai they no
tonger had nuv excuse for not bin y lug bhn.
It's mm Ii more fun leading John's paper
Ihan a daily humorous column in an urban
newspaper, because he l- likely to break out
anywhere, fr.mi advertisements to editorials.
Bl'T what we really staiiid to sav was
Ihnt'the war has hrought the small-town
weeklies Into thoir own by giving them a
dcparlment of war news which the urhan
dallies cannot hope to cover at all. Instead
of being shoved back unread by the war,
they are now. In scores of towns, read much
more eagerly nnd Interestedly than ever be
fore. This Is because the editors have dis
covered thnt in thoir letters home to their
parents from the village boys at the front
letters full of unstudied, homely detail, clang,
messages of affection to the cat and dog, lies
a veritable mine of human Interest. 1 have
been reading seveinl surh local weeklies of
late, and though In most Instances I don't
know the boys at all nnd consequently must
find their letters of less interest thnn their
own fellow-townsmen, yet even as a stranger
I have often secured a more vivid Idea of
the life of our soldiers in France than from
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They are so simple, these Utters, so homely
and naive, and above all so btavely cheerful
with their counsel to mother or sister. "Now,
don't you worry; I'm all right." The fututu
historians of this wai could do worse than
start a clipping collection of letters home
printed In the small-low n weekly papers. If
Susie Panborn has gone to South Hralntree,
remember that Susie's brother has gone to
France and become rather an Important fel
low though. ble him, he doesn't know It,
Hi:rti: uie Jusl a few samples from letters
1 found yetcrday In the weekly paper
printed In the town where I was brought up
as a boy. Rome of the writers hadn't been
horn when I moved away from that village,
but I feel a deepened interest In them and
read everything they wrlte'every week:
Headquarters Troop, tut Dlv., A. B. F.
France. February 28, 1018.
From: Ilrlgadler General Patrick, Acting
Corporal of the Allied Mob,
To The family, Including cat nnd dog.
tfubjert Whv soldiers leave home (be
caute of the Kaiser)
Dearest Mother and above mentioned:
lie not alarmed st the businesslike hcjitl.
lag hi thin t-nljtlt, but I feci la a mfiod
! WELL, I'M GOIiY TO HURRY,
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V- '-f n ..T . IT T 't in' I ! mill
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siiiilt.ir l'i Ihe lot-in in which this lelfei is
beluu vi uii ii Vln n.il nliicU, since I
have le.ielKd the n.il.le In mill" of a cor-
lioial. the l'i e.-idcill. hi Ina .IW.IIC of Hie
fact, oidcieil me It. nee in order' that I
might better cam niv monthly stipend of
sly bundled eighty -eight francs, Heveuly
nine centimes, tbtee hundred twenty -eight
kilometer?-, seventy -nine sous nod six
thousand clackeis, oi in other words lo
Mai-ai huseits l.iugn.iue foily-one green
backs and a two-bit piece, I have been
wallowing hi uoik and mud day and night
mid have sadly neglected my corresiond
eui e to you nil. Have just finished making
up a mighty big imyioll and we have all
i i veil our Hani s, that is, what Is left
after deducting life insurance, fire Insiir
ii in., and maiiiie insurance. Liberty Floods
and allotments. What Ihe ilnverument
don't gel the v. M C, A. does, so (hey get
us both coining and going.
Here Is a passage from a more serious
minded boy :
Ijist night I look a walk up In the post
where the wounded aie collected. It was
moonlight and we weie able In see pretty
well. It is Hie most awful sight; II is be
yond imagination fit-cat forests are abso
lutely reduced- to sluiniis hy nrtillery fire:
not n tree is left standing. For miles anil
miles the Odds are churned up by great
thell boles which are so thick that tliey
overlap. The deluis of the battle Is left
behind, old shoe, i. union halls, and. sad
dest of all. a few miles hack are great hill
sides spiead thickly wllh Hie graves of the
unknown dead. II will be generations be
fore this In nil i-an be cultivated. If cultl
vatlon is nnsslblo.aftcr the course of yearn
has leveled off the ground. What n llmnu
nieiii lo the awful stupidity of men After
nil, Ibcie Is some reason back of tllo ob
jection. of the mlsBUided iiiu'lflsls to war,
i'hefc are a great many lighter and
eweeler sides to our life, however. Vou
must not imagine Hint all men here at tho
fronl are depicssed by the honor of war.
Many of our men aie too thick skinned to
be bothered nnd the others w ho are able lo
feel and think deeply aie able tg throw It
off, and lo see some of the brighter side of
i life. It is reflcshlng to see Ibese moil
laugh, play and joke. And when we aro
with a "crab," as we call a chronic grum
bler, we call laugh nl hi temper, t am
thankful that I have learned Hie lesson
that most of Hie Frenchmen have learned,
that It Is easier tq smile than to scowl.
It will do some of our peevish Americans n
world of Bood to gel into the trenches. A
good boi dinner is awaiting us, rn "we
should worry."
Will close for now, with lovo for ull of
my friends. Lovingly yours, JOHN.
I A.ST week there was a boy who enld ho
J had to wear his gas mash every morning
nt breakfast when ho nto hie French cheese:
Most of them are cheery and (ho note Isn't
fnice.d The Anglo-Saxon seems to go Into
battle in much the same mood, whether he Is
ijikii'ii or American. And (n get their full
u-jivor, unspoiled hy any thought !if publlen
Hon, you must seek them In the small-town
papers, to which the food parents carry them
that all the neighbors and friends may hare
the news.
It is obvious tlmt the speeding mall
trucks which cause so many accidents In the
streets do not carry soldleis' letters. Thev
at least niak- dellvetles. y
The West Likes Oratory
The Westerner will listed attentively to a
man he despises and has no intention of vot
big for. if he speaks well; ut the standards
are high. There Is a death-watch thai nccu
plea fiont seals at every .political meeting,
oomposed of veternha who coiupai-M all later
performances to some speech they heard (Jar
field nr "nan" Vooihee. Oliver 1 Mot ton
or John J IngalU deliver before the orulor
spouting mi the platform was born, Nearly
all Ihe pa'lonal conventions held in the West
have been niaikrd by memorable oratory
Colonel Robert 0. InuersollB speech nomi
nating Hlalne at the Republican convention
of 1876 hud a i inrinnati (how faint thsf
old baltle- ry has beenuir Hlalne, Ulauie,
niglne of Maine' ) in often cited us one of
.tho srt American bratlonsMeiedltu
Klfc(oiV-Ju BHibner's JlgMjIji,,..-, , .'
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AIN'T I?"
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J MAIDEN THAT I KNOW '!
, .y Solium Hnsviibatun
rpilHRU'H n maiden thul 1 know.
J- Swecl, flrmurc nml shy.
Oh. t hut Cupid would let II
An arrow from his bow
To pierce her lovely bre.t-t
And till with great unresi
Her bosom white nn mow '
There's a maiden that I know
With eyes in which there he,
The splendor of Ihe evening sins.
Hut if.l.ove should come ami how
A little Iricli or two
That he can uac lo woo.
Her eyes like stars woulif Klow.
Theie-.i q maiden that I know,
With a golden volte
Thai ever trmlies my soul icion-s.
Vet if she knew lovo's woe
And Joy ouil happiness
Her song, liko n Hvvret ure ,
From 'her heart "would How.
Thcio'sa muiden Unit I know.
Thai like a red, red rose
Within a daw-sweet garden grows.
And J love roses so
That I will try my luck
And bco If I can piueij
Tho fairest of (lowers that grow.
u.u :?"' Kn1,'r Karl's innther-m-iav, where
has thai valiant lady hetaken herself-
The rainmltlen of Councils ha- at last
exonerated , ,B iIaJor , ()( hfti)(1 t
(inn. Now who will exonerate ihe committee?
Alcohol, says I'rofesmr Irving Fishei of
Vole, is sure to he driven oul of the 1 mted
Stales. Judge llonnlwell needn't worn He
can still run for office In New Jeisev
The finches have been kepi ,, hii in
Flanders they h.iven't had time in invade
Holland yet la search of ihni sand nnd
gravel.
lavrio I'liuzlp. who alialcd Ihe Archduke
Feidlnaud nt Sarajevo hi June. J9i( died
recently In nil Austrian fm tress No need
to be too Imiri on the poor half-wit s memorv
Many more Imperial lunatics had planned
the war long brfoie he came along with his
hnrso pistol.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. VVInvl are oMe,,,nKn rerfc?
V. Who ore Ihe HolteiitnMernM.'
:i. VVIirre is Slnltcnrt?
I, Nnme Hi- niitliar of "It tt Neier Too bate to
.Vtfnil,"
.1, Mlml l a nltllrr?
(1, lilrnllrr "Ihe Sick Mun of Hurnpt."
7, VVIul Is n snurniinile?
S. What are the trade wind.?
I). Wl is the rim-entlim "llrtivern nu nnd I"
biriirrfft?
10. Who l the Ainerlriin dlrri-liir of nirt-raft iru-
iliirliuu?
Antuers lo Yetlerday's Quu
Ihe I.hIij rlntln ii irlrliralril utriirture hiilft
bv .Vllnos, klnr of Crete, the prime feature
nf vvhlrli was w mare, out of wlih-li none
who entered could, ninke llirlr war,
lona l known u Hie llawkeie Stale,
John (ireenleaf WhlHIer, Aninii-aa poet,
wrote "The lent on Ihe nrarh,"
.Vhirlhteli a Irlrf sad .oniftlmf. eirettlfe
l formal ill siiolio drlao from a like
named I'renrli military offtrer of the arv
enlrrnili rfnlurj vvlione name became
hyword.
lirenilliu Ihe i-Uadel of VIom-ow. rentalnlnr a
nalare, rnurrn and other Iniiiortant bulla
ln.. "A cnnmrvallvr saiernmrnt l nn nrtanlreit
luimrrlar." ' said hv llenjauiln ll
raell In a apeerh In I8IS,
Ijilharlii rnpltal of Carnlola, In sontlirru
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.iria-iuiiaarv wrviin oi rereni OIU10-
dan anlMlfnunn demontlratlona.
The Coallullnii of Ihe Inllfrt ktaleir aa
iraiurii i. cuinriinon nriu la
J'iilladelf
linu in uni.
t'rtorauhy la Hie xirnte and art of ruan.
uiaklnt.
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