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TTAIJ ll TUP fiF SWi-.W fPHE submarine r.ild on shlnnlnc off the Yi' . ow .Tercv nnncf ctnrHin" .-is It mav seem nt first thought. Is reall an episode of secondary Importance. Germany was expected to send subma rines to American waters When tho Deutschland suddenly appeared on this coast she demonstrated her ability tn send the U-boats across the ocean Rumors ViaVA been r-nrrpnt for mniitlis that she Ems'" n3 been building still larger fctibmarlnei V with sufficient fuel capacity to cross tne ocean and return. The raiders are ciount less of this class. More of them may ap pear as the summer progresses. They will, Of course, be hunted down b our patrol boats and destroyed as fast as they can 'be found. Yet ve must not be surprised If more ships arc sunk In order to Keep up the morale of the people at home, it la lmperathe that Ger many do something to ron ince them that her navy can Interfeie with the transport of American troops. But she has not ac complished an thing ct. She did sink a returning transport tho other day. with slight loss of life, and she attacked a loaded transport on the way to. France some time Pearlier, but the greater part of the men iwa re 'saved. . T'hlw lotafit Anlcriilo 1-flmlnHt lie nnpa mnr that the victory will rest with tho Powers which control the sea. The German invy , -virtually Is penned in u narrow area, and ihe ships of the Hntente Allies are lll.el - to attack It at any time. Captain I'erslus, th naval critic of the Berliner Tageblatt, jV has recently been reminding the Germans Ojthat they will make a fatal mistake to '-..K- MitnlmWa thk Hrlflfili fcpn nnupr for tliA ' fii i "British have driven the German merchant VyC. " from the ocean. -:Jr ' iear aamirai uteaes, ol uie amencan fi ;' navy, has Just disclosed the fact that there is a large number of first-class American battleships preparing with the British ships In the North Sea for a great fight. All the reports indicate that buch a fight is imminent. Whether the Germans or the British and Americans take the initiative is not important. The Americans will not be found unprepared for attack, and they j",A. may surprise tho Germans as the British surprised tnem at zeeDrugge, ana ustena. The raid on these two submarine bates proved that the navy could do what the Germans thought wab impossible. Its suc- ifif .fjt'h cess has undoubtedly encouraged the men siv't' -,'- 'directing the operations on the water to Itf&iSjBialse other raids on a larger scale for the Ss& ' 'purpose oi bottling up tne ucrman ports. Mr. Schwab has at labt cbtabllshed h!s sK? 6tTc9 in Philadelphia. He may learn before i5?... . la n ai thflt tills .iv nfYat- n , VHJ-MIW Vv lout. x.v "ll.B U" '? st.M Htn vAo frtf nna n f Ihft Inn In nmiag nt tiln r T-A'k' was, wa. ... vnii.i.ts ua, ma ,&fejular business. fe A WORD TO CHAIRMAN HAYS '? Jlili II. HAYS, the chairman of the a.,- iJUUiii.aH i.uviuiiiu vuiii.iiti.icc, ia Tt.mikTlf.nn XTatfitn.il lr.m .v. I .. f ' coming1 to this city on June la to meet the $4$5 factions are to meet at the Bellevue-Strat- to hear what he has to bay. e huve only the friendliest feeling for jfif Mr. Hays, and would therefore suggest that toiae come properly armored and protected. piHe ought to wear a gas mask of the f-jmttmt approved pattern v tT(i liAiirl fihnnlri be pnvprpd hv a fin ,-." .-- -- - .... t. e snouia wear armor piate aDout his t. iafls' legs should be protected by steel tes. fifXn he should carry with him an abun- ti supply 0I cootie powaer. ien he will be able to faco the factions some uesreo ui euiui;-. K J?It costs $10 to flirt In Fairmount Park, I' many a man wno nas inea ic eisewnere Ultimately found himself doomed to bup- 4fcrt the girl as his wife. v r KM4a. SPEED 1 -?w launching of a torpedoboat destroyer '''tb" Mare Island navy yard within and a half days after the laying keel apparently breaks all speed in shipbuilding and is a forecast of la .to happen before the war Is ended. freight ship Tuckahoe, which was d in Camden within twenty-seven "of; the laying of the keel. Is another lion ot wnai can do none wnen we 'wt about building ships. bkve only just begun! to speed up. 5 Mr. Ford turns out an automo- 'wo every minute of the working r methods, are being applied to sanJ witnin a year we are sWMkinffi records every week, hips much faster than eaa sink tnem. i-;'.' VS4;i ADDRESSED TO TWENTY-ONE Lines Written for the Million Young Men Who Hate Reached tlic Ape of Mili tary Service Since June S, 1917 To the 1918 Class of Selected Men: TT, IS becominp almost a pleasure to fiKht Germany, because Germany is so unutterably mean.' When a man hap pens to bo your competitor in trade you do not poison him and mutilate his chil dren and dynamite his house and mur der him in the night. Germany does. She has applied such methods' not to one man, but to nntions of men. In the Ber lin code a man fails disgracefully who doesn't use every advantage to get what ha desires. So the Hun shines in ten-to-one charges, in liis war on women and children, on hospitals, churches and un protected ships, 1z there some deeper motive that has caused the youth of the world to fling it-elf singing to France and battle? You should know whether the greatest ad venture in history calls you or not. Is it because the bleak doctrine of an insane enemy opposes most violently tho things that look best nt twenty-one chivalry and decency, hope and aspiration, faith, gentleness, imagination and purity of heart? In France all gentle things and places and people have suffered most cruelly under the German heel. Loveliness never fails to draw German fire. Is this why youth so often aches to get into the struggle? In any event, this war is going to be hard. But it is going to be glorious, as no war ever was before. It is easy to imagine that a man who writes his name for a draft board tomorrow will do so with some confusion of feeling, with a sense almost of separation already en dured. That part of it isn't easy. To look into eyes that will weep when you go isn't easy. It never was. But thera are compensations. The sense of separation from familiar things is not all illusion. The American who takes up arms in this duy moves automatically to a new sort of citizen ship in a new community that has no boundaries and that is not limited by any national tradition. The Allied armies are a nation in themselves out 11 nn a mission so high, with motives so pi oud that men have stopped trying to (escribe them in words. We are now fighting a war of defense. But we are fighting for the future and for all time. There were millions in it before us. And tired men everywhere in the world who are holding back the consuming fire, muddy chaps in listening posts, tired crews at machine guns will be stronger when you write your name as one with them. And that is but the least of it. There is France, smiling through her matchless torment with all the strange and moving implications that shine from her name France that is not so much a nation as a cry of eternal truth ringing through the darkness of these wild days to touch and challenge the souls of men. With one hand France shields her mil lion orphans and with the other she holds back the hurricane from half a world. You shall have the love and the allegiance of France! That in itself is much indeed. But France is more than a battlefield. The men of your own blood will be there in millions, one with the great-hearted men from almost every other civilized nation, whose odd experience it is to have had their souls cleansed of every desire but the v ish to be brave and to be noble. And in France there were men without number who smiled at death, even when it came terribly upon them. There were others who fought through loneliness and desolation and at the last quietly insulted their executioners in the instant of the volley. In France there are the women 'who looked up from their murdered chil dren and stood upright and stiffened their shoulders and folded their arms and sang a passionate defiance as a sullen enemy plodded into their villages though they could not see for the tears that blinded them. There are towns and cities of harassed and homeless children in France. Their mothers have held them close in the night and whispered of me;i such as you who were coming to help them. And these little children shall look up, if ever you march in France, reverently, as they are accustomed to look for the gifts and wonders of heaven. All these and such as these, the brave and the humble, the living and the dead, are citizens of the new nation that is yours. They, too, arc. your own people now. They arc your brothers and your sisters. War, you will see, can be glorious. And all that is best in the past and in the present and in the future is upon your side. For Germany could not win were she to overrun the world. Her sins have been such that the mere memory of them will t'orture the minds of successive generations. Thoughts of what Ger many has done would blaze and burn in human memory till at last they called up passionate avenging armies from among the legions yet unborn. The whole truth of this business is not un derstood until we realize that the Ger man menace is not war. It is scourge. It is disease. It is the jungle bearing in again upon mankind. The war is America's war now. It shall be won and won swiftly when the time comes. We are fighting in the name of democracy for higher things ev?n than democracy. Democracy in practice often is raw and cruel and im perfect. And still it is the one hope of wtan Icind. It is the one thing that has not collapsed on one hand or broken down, upon the other, like the German empire, under tba waLtktaf the force that A . ii. t . - . Mh .yiArSifessssS t (. wflW-.M frfai. :n. ..' fe. treated it. We nre fighting for the'hopo that is in it for all mankind. There is nothing else visible in tho world no other light that men can follow upward. Every thoughtful man will feel like uncovering, half in envy and half in rev erence, to the men who ac just twenty one. For what the nation asks of them they receive knighthood and a part in the noblest ndventure of human history. It gives them the privilege of a uniform that already in Europe is tho accepted badge of tho clean and splendid warrior. And it would seem superfluous to wish good luck for siich as these, since they will go under a flag which, as if by the will of Heaven, has never yet been hum bled! Perhaps this spell of hot weather is In tended as a housewarmlng for the nmergency Fleet Corporation, which has just taken up Its abode with us. Welcome, boys and girls. N WAKENED NATION "CIOHTY pnvK.V MILLION different per- sons hae subscribed to the fled Cross funds during the second drive Just enilng, and 17.000.000 subscribed to the third Lib ert v Loan If theie !- anv doubt In Washington that the nation is enthusiastically supporting the war .these figures should iemoe it The whole moral force of the people is be hind the llslit for freedom ami democracy. There never nefore wa nich a Iemon stratlon of national unity and natlonr.l de termination Try II nml e lint Happen ''The peace offensive can nnw begin." sas a Berlin newspapet Ma.vbe, but It takes two to make a peace. if the L -boats value their health they'll Keep auav fioin those Nantucket whalers. New rterltn wants to change Its name How would New London or New Paris do" Ur even Newest York? Optimise thought for the are no tongue tuifcters in the names. ana' ilav: There Jersey war Mr Palmer says that lie will support .ludge rinnnlvvell, but it will take more than Palniei s nte to elect him. There i time between now and June 14, when the national anthem Is to be sung, for ever one to Iain the second stanza. The r!omg nf American ports veptcrdav was onlv temporarv (Innian.v's ports have been closed to all transatlantic commerce since the beginning of the war The eourlesv of Admiral Beatty In giving nur warships pl.u e in the front line of battle In the North Sea Is Jut the kind of courtesy our naal men will appreciate to the full. THE CHAFFING DISH Enierpenry Bleat Corporation (Karl Ropr th Kaiser's favorite rportr. ac companies hltn evers where.) The Ilalser has a little lamb, Tho pair cut pleasant capers; And everything the Kaiser sas The lamb sends to the papers. He followed him from Kemmel Hill Down to the Marne again; No matter where the lamb may go. He never leaves his pen. The great battle raging in France be tween Knglish and American slang con tinues with unabated ferocity. The Ameri can forces are said to liavo captured Ted I'p and Grouse from the Knglish: but the latter, counter-attacking, have raided the Yanks' linguistic trendies and taken s-ev-eial phrases prisoner notably, To Pull a Bone and Pep. The English word Cheery-O was brought In wounded from No Man's Land by an American sergeant, but after being examined was released as of no militar value. They have been knighting newspaper editors in England. But wo have yet to hear of a colyumlst being so honoted. Among others recently advanced to knighthood in England was Hall Caine. Shall we say It? well -Raising Caine? That annoying fellow llindenburg Is walking round again. Have we got to go to work and write that obituary notice dll over again? The clocks have been put ahead two hours in Russia. To give them all time to shave? Don't forget that the Chaffing Dish, alwajs ahead of the news, was tlrst to predict the pan-Russian shae. It didn't take Germany long to answer Washington's suggestion as to sending over the hospital ship Comfort without convoy. A few hours later later U-boats were shell ing the passenger liner Carolina. Of course those U-boats may have lost their way (the Atlantic Is such a big place), and perhaps they think they are In tho Baltic shelling Finland. They may have, mis taken the bristling pine trees of New Jer sey for the native whiskers of Helslngfors. Sailing Orders for German U-Boats Before attaching a ship be sure there are iwmen and children aboard. There is no jun in attacking uarships. Avoid doing so. It is a good joke to tell the creiv that they have ten minutes to gel into lifeboats; then open fire at the end of one minute, Mexican oil makes good fuel. The ecllpso of the sun that Is on the way doesn't feeem to us nearly bo important as the eclipse of the U-Doats. Mr. McAdoo Is going to put the railroad men Into khaki. Why not Into red and green plush, to match tho seats? New Berlin, Pa.tj Is meditating changing Its name. But why not chaugo the name of the other one? There's that r.ume Gara bed still wandering about unappropriated. We are grieved to hear about the twenty nine empty whisky bottles found in' a cor ridor of the House of Representatives. Is there a bpeakeasy In the Speaker's office? Or perhaps the Committee on the Reclama tion of Arid Lands, knows something about the matter. The German army is said to be embit tered because it has to observe three meat less days a week. But how about the vie toryless days that Koch is about to en force? . . . A EQCRATES. - - T-T JerJuttmr. . '. ..u . .-v MX, -m?-j' - i' ' i V'V-t at .- I .-;. j p.- THE GREAT PACIFIST ' . "SURE I SCARE HIM! DONDT HE RUN YET?" Lz. Jr. KAP.L ROSNCR, the Kaiser's favorite war correspondent, was taking a well-earned nap at the penrjuarters of the For-pulllnjr-vvool-over-the-eyes-of-the-German-people Bat talion. It was a lovely June afternoon. Ths telephone rang sharply Wearily tho famous wool-puller took down ths receiver. ffpOSNER This Is tho Beautlfleatlon ot IV Victorious Oerman SlaughterfleldB Corp The KalFer wants to visit some ot the battlefields this afternoon. You'll have) to g-) with him He has dragged Hlndenburg out nf bed " "Tapler maehe sanages!" cried Rosner. "Has he no sense? Wo went slumming all over battlefields yosterdav. Why does he want to go again so soon?" "Tho worst of It Is," replied the Beautl tlflcatlon Corps, "that he Insists on visiting ground that we haven't been able to attend to yrt You'll have to explain matters as best you can And he pays you are to bring the l.ttle brown basket He may want to pick some more flowers for the Empress." THE luckless Rnsner at once perceived the seriousness of the sltuaflon. As every Herman knows Hie Kaiser s a pacifist He never wanted this war; he did almost everything- to prevent it He sent tro-ps Into Bel glum for the express purpose of frightening England and France so that they would not mike war. In their brutal and Insane ob stlnacv those decadent nations well, that's an old story. BUT the point' Is this: The Kaiser Is so fapnt'eal a lover of peace that no Ger man would ever dare to tell him the truth about the wnr If he knew It It would break his heart And so before he l allowed to get near the front the Slaughterflelds Beautl flcatlo'i Corps Is Fent round to compoe the tr-nhled scenerv to lav out the anguished eirth and eross Its hands over Its breast; to clean un the shattered villages and remove whatever would be distressing to a tender Imperial heart. B UT what If Ihe Kaiser should see a real battlefield? Ttnner shuddered as he ran s notebool THE Kaiser and Hlndv were waiting for him as be stepped from the motorcar. Hlndv - tanking far from well, as was natural Within a month he had bn dead. r"vlvd. decorate'' with an Iron Cross and thr-ngh tvnhold fever "Come alnrg, Krl " cried tl" Kaiser, full nf his bovlsli enthusiasm "We mut sm some more nf these glorious fields of victory. You have dns Korbchen' Good! We see some wild flowers mabe? Off we g-. Wo mustn't walk too fast for poor Hlndy, though. Now tell me all ubout everything " ((TJEni;" said rtosner. "Is the Cbemin Lj. des.p.inirs which our ever-valorous troops captured a week ago. On this spot, vvmr Malestv fifteen eenerils were recom mended fnr the Ir"n Cross" "And the casualties"" cried the Kaler anxlouslv "Verv slight nf cmirse? The resistance was nlninst negligible?" "Almost nugatorv. almost null and void," stammered Rosner nervouslv. getting between the Kaiser and a broken village and motion ing to Hlndv to Interpose his broad figure between the Emperor and a field in which lav the ghastly bodies nf a, German regiment that bad advancd under British machine-gun fire mHAT'S good, that's fine'" said the X Kaiser. Jotting It down In his notebook. "I congratulate the enemy on their good sense A stuhhnrn resistance Is so hloodv I don't rare for anv thing cruel. And by the w-av. Hlndv, nure quite sure this Isn't no much for you? ' "Oh. not at all." said Hlndy. keeping him self stoutly between the Kaiser and the bat tlefields. "It It will do me good to get a little whiff of battle ngaln." VWhat are all those men doing over there, Ivlng down in the field?" asked the Kaiser. His quick eve had seen some of the dead "Poor fellows, they are resting," said Hlndy hastllv "It is such hot work running after the eiiemv They are having a nap. Do pot let u disturb them, your Majesty. Thev would have to lumn up and salute." "Very true," said the Emperor "You ara n thoughtful chap, Hlndy." He entered the fact In his notes. "D EAR ME'" he cried moment later, v "what has looking across th vallev. "what has happened to that churcb? Rosner. ou did not tell me about that ' "Liok. look ).nur Malesfy'" orled Hlndv "I.lllfS ef thealle.vs Just the thing fnr tbe Empress Don't jou think she would like some?" This maneuver distracted the Kaiser for a few minutes, but when fhe little basket was filled and given to Rosner to carry, the War Lord once more began to worry about the shattered church tovier he bad noticed. "What Is wrong with If" he asked. "Our good old German God has been on the Job again." said the resourceful Rosner. "The enemy were using the church to store ammunition and it was struck by lightning last night " , "Excellent, excellent '" said the Kaler. "God is on our side, as I have always ob served I tlmught for a moment it might have been hit bv artillery. That would grieve me very much" . A LITTLE further on, however, the Kaiser stopped and listened Intently. "Rosner," he said "what is that lieivv booming sound I hear? It Is not noslhte that they ara firing cannons again? Did you not assure me that those big guns vvero merely for show?" "Quite riEht, your Majesty," said Rosner. "I think that Is merelv thunder that you hear I assure you that there Is hardly any bloodshed at all In modern warfare It Is Just like tho summer maneuvers In the old davs " "And the French do not reallv hate us, do they'" asked the Emperor with his engaging simplicity "They know this Is not serlouslv meant against them? Thev realize that we have to attack Paris simply to annoy Lloyd "Oh. certainly," said Rosner and Hlndy in chorus. Tyj-EANWHILE the Beautlfleatlon Co-ps lYi-was busily clearing up the ground be fore the Kaiser hh"uld get there But by ill fortune the trio stumbled upnn a wounded man who was limping back toward the dress Ing station. He was covered with dust and blood: his helmet and rifle were' missing; sanguine drops trickled from one arm that hung limp. Half dazed as he was, he came to the salute when he raw the group of notables The Kaiser looked nt him aghast. "Blood'" he said ."niood? Poor fellow, what on earth have you been doing' And however did you get yourself In such a state?" But Hlndy. with the presence of mind that marks a great general, had already whispered something to the soldier -it is noimng. your Malesty," said wounded man. "I cut mvself shavlna-" the "Oh. dear! oh. dear! My good fellow, that Is too bad," crooned the sympathetic Em peror AS THEY walked back to headquarters the A Kaiser was a little bitter, an unusual mood for his gentle spirit "And they say that I brought the horrors of war on Europe," he cried. "You, gentle men, will bear me witness; we have been all over one of the great battlefields of history and have seen nothing more dreadful than a shaving accident." "Posterity will do you Justice, sire." said Hlndy. C. D. M. A literary critic says Ituthletsneia that poets are a nui sance and should be chloroformed at the age of twenty-six. But that fellow doesn't know how useful little poems sometimes are to fill up the holes on a newspaper page. There Is little new In There Is the announcement that Xo Difference Germany Is to awell her fighting ranks with condemned criminals. The armies of civili zation will be quit unable to distinguish these newcomers from ths Kaiser's regular soldiers.. .- "tHr, -;... ATsirMSPSSr "'J Zfr mma "twKww. .'. m?. , ,j:-" ', . ?Sfe'''W'jf $ v.. .ziSfS'' ,----' :0r. x&mzmmgmgm re iff" .:.'-' ii-'.,..i?.-,iiJslBa. ' !?T-asr! :z""..zr.jr'?uil .-' ...: SrZSsnrf . . -fW- 'rr-t, ,n? ""-"'' -J-'T"':,''""'"'' .:'"'" f ,.:' .. .- ,,-' -' .-.vi-'-v;.- THE HEROES OF LYS FARM By Lieutenant Leon Archibald, British Royal Engineers FROM one end of our line n France and Belgium to the other we were constantly comins In contact with remarkable In stances of devotion and total disregard of danger among the civilian population, who steadfastly clung to their broken, fast dis solv Ing homes, absolutely refusing to take cognizance of the might of Germany. And" a noteworthy feature was the fact Unit those who remained consisted wholly of women, children and old men, or men who on nccount of some pronounced physical disability could not march with the sol diers. Take, for example, the case of Lys Farm. THIS farm Is situated a little to the north and west of Armentieres, and from the beginning of the war until a few weeks ago those of its occupants who had not gone to fight remained and carried on. A glance at a map ot our lines in southern Belgium will explain why Lys Farm has at last ceased lo produce. EARLY In the spring of 1916 and during a short respite from the trenches, my company was used on tome urgent work In connection with tho preparation of a "second line," and well do I remember my first visit to the new scene of activities. Leaving our billets In Armentieres, my guide and I proceeded out past the ceme tery on the northwest fringe of the city and then struck off across country In the direction of Lys Farm. It was a fine, clear morning, and off to the right across a flat plain, in the vicinity of Houplinea and some 1500 yards distant from us, could be seen tho sinuous outline of our front-lino trenches. Suddenly the use of short cuts was made prohibitive on account of the flooded condition of some low-lying fields, and here we stepped over on to a road run rilng for about 600 yards parallel with the front line. Previously to this hedges had screened us from the enemy's view, but as we btarted across this .600-yard strip of road, every yard of which was wide open to view, my guide advised me to Keep low and hurry. I soon saw the good sense In his counsel, for on the way across I counted six splashes In the water beside the road, and their significance needed no explanation. Arrived on the other side where a friendly turning hid us again, we halted to straighten ourselves out and offer thanks for the poor Judgment of the snipers. WE HAD no more than lesumed our Journey when 'down the road In front of us came a young lady bearing on each arm a basket. Accustomed as I had be come to the unusual, I am forced to admit that It needed more than a casual glance to assure me that I was not dreaming. Wishing us a smiling "Bon Jqur," the girl passed us. At the turning, and JUBt before proceeding out upon the exposed portion or the road, she halted and set 'down her baskets. To my guide this had been an almost dally occurrence and he was for proceeding when I besought him to wait until I could get some light on the matter. THE baskets contained butter, eggs and some loaves of bread, and she was taking these things to town to sell. She belonged to Lys Farm and lived 'there with a mother, a young brother and an older brother who was unable to go to war. She went to town' dally or as often as sufficient warss accumulated with which to fill her kukati Bht wasn't afraid to.tw Ut' ifefM m A r-j - ' tntti w. t - -. . Q -C."C "-:-:, i-'- a vCt rs& v .-- .. .JESS vi ESSSvo2v ,J -- f"r. if' -iru Ts;?ai?-C1 ySW tetL. . Tr Lt" V X .. MFZJm&St'.& TPrv . .JeiW N. .eiVXOi. H1I......K Mfe35&&' - . "' ' .rftfi 'T ,IlJKsBflrr J . .jU. .. r . j2j-"j"1 -" -- ''--. j ,...-:V" . r'-" "-r-" ' "" open piece of road, because the boche 'snipers were such very poor shots. It Is true that one day a bullet had smashed three eggs. She showed us the hole In the basket: but were It not for this the mat ter might very easily have been forgotten, as thero were so many more Important things to think about. Was there any thing else that monsieur would like to know? If not, she must be on her way. rpAKING ja few. steps around the corner -1- she cast a glance In the direction of the Hun trenches and then came back and picked up her baskets. Adjusting them so that they might permit of the greatest freedom of movement, she bade us, "Au revoir" and was off. Without the faintest suggestion of hesitation she stepped out on to the open road and proceeded across. Five times on her way over we iv the water "Ipped Into furrows by Mauser bul lets. Of course, 1500 yards Is a long range even for telescopic sights, but in view of the fact that the target was a woman, that boche's marksmanship, to say the least of It, was inexcusable. I think his best shot was at least five feet off the mark. Ar rived on the other side, mademoiselle again relieved herself of the baskets and, turn ing, waved her handkerchief to us. If ever thero was a game sport that girl surely proved herself one. Twice dally, going and returning, she ran the gauntlet of that sniper-Infested road to sell butter, eggs and bread in Armentieres. rpHE army most certainly has no monop- oly of France's heroes. Not by long odds. Hlndenburg Is still alive. The report of hlH death, like the report of the German vic tories, was greatly exaggerated. Contracts for $10,000,000 worth of sub way work are to be canceled because of the war. But the need for the subways Is greater than before the war began. , The report that Russia has advanced the daylight-saving clock still another hour sug gests that the Bolshevik! will now have a harder Job than ever to make their fast re ceding civilization keep up with the time. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Wht President of the ITpII Mules was elected almost unanimous!? 2. Which Is the Prairie State? S. Who was Dominie Hampton? 4. Name the author of "Our Munnerlna-." 5. What are the longest lived trees? fl. What Is clon? 7. Who la the Democratic floor leader In Con tress? a. Where la the Altne Rlter? D. Where Is Brown Unlversltr located? 10. In what esr waa Woodrow Wilson elected President Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. William Henry Harrison served onlr one month of his term, . ' S. Boi'th Carolina, was named for Charles II of Kilt-land, the name belni derived through the Ijitln form of hit name, Carolut. S. "The Talisman" waa written by Walter 8cott, 4, Nleunort U n rltr, on tho Belgian coaat near ,I.k Vr.n.h IuimI.p Tufta College Is In Medford, Mast. The Kev. Samuel Smith. New rlergiman. middle of the last wrote "America." England century. Josephust Jewish historian (37-03). Von I.udendorA. quartermaster general of the Merman army. Is supposed to ba dlrectuuc tha strategy of the Alsne drive. ""w,n Churles It of Kngtand, on asking the nam 111 IS IIIEiB . W whan he waa plecv.of . bff. that he had enjoyed, told It waa tha "Kin." aaldl bt it ana) than It will be sn h was I I will lenient striata." 1. "Fortr la th. old in of Taut hi flfty la tha . I mmfoiA.. ,i.x,.f jl. :.& ; n &&: .,.&& iswjM a-aUilM mW mlM aulf aaasBatl saasat VlatakSD Bias I 7r rUlIat3r?irr:iiafLt nDCHMaBTi jsswraBieT.?.-li,Mi;M', j " 'V, sms. . " ?-v r w -;' r? ? iar a,tj. vwr -.j m -'rwywwy )ifam'itt,ilfJmiik-i I -iiMn'l-r -; - rftrl -I'lfni' M '' L-a-afJjHriiiW II I I llllll .- , jTT je lCJv-rr' ad"f r-sjsgos. ISr5s ir,Tiiia2' &'2??r:. g&-r5 'tegsg&&S&i!!, '--tr:zZTrZFi? . ' -'i - ' . ..- rJ The Harpooner Vetoes the Camden Bridge By STEPHEN W. MEADER THE sun, low In the west, shone once more on gleaming grass and pavements, and a cool breeze stole across the equare. A short, fierce shower had cleared the air almost magically of the sweltering molsturo it had held for days. TWO men came toward me along the wet flags Officer Kelly in his neat blue uni form and the Harpooner, carrying a long handled brush ou hl.i bhoulder. As usual, Kvlly grinned Jovially. His companion was frjwnlng. "A fine bit of a storm." said the police man In reply to my greeting. "An' our friend heie has been dyln' fer a smoke this half hour." he added with a wink as he saw me filling my pipe. The Harposner brlrhtened visibly. I passed over the pouch without a word and at the same time handed the police man a cigar. It is a Joy to me to watch the deft gesture with which he slips such offer ings Into the crown of his cap. T WAS Just sayln' to him." remarked Kelly, "what a splendid thing 'twill be tn have this new Delaware bridge." 1 regarded the Harpooner expectantly, for niw 1 knew what had caused his expression of gloon! TJUMPH!" he returned, as soon as he. XT was sure the black pipe was going. "All I got' to say Is this- I've been llvln' 'rouni hero fortv years oft and on., There's been cranks talkin' bridge ever since I can remember, an' I shouldn't be surprised If it went back further'n that Guess likely ol Ben Franklin was the first, an' he proh'ly got the idea from the Injuns. But ol' BUJy Penn, hf had a pretty level head, an' when Ben come runnlti' Into City Hall one day an" says, 'Le's have a bridge to Camden!' Bill fayj, 'Hoi' on. Boy, that ain't common sense. Thee think It over a while. An' by that time Ben. he'd fergot all about the bridge an' was off flyln' kites, or wrltln' advertisements fer the Sat'd'y Evenln Post, or makln' a speech to the Por Richard Club or some such foolishness. "Anyhow, there's been talk about It every Utile while fer a good many years, an' there ain't no bridse there ylt !" THERE was a pause while the Harpooner vigorously pulled at hls'plpe. I started to make a remark, but he checked me by hold ing up a knotty, brown hand. "Lemme finish." he Fald. "I was at a rreetlo' last night nn' heard some mighty st vng a'gyments against prohibition. Looks to me like them ssme argyments holds Jes" as good In this r--tter o' the bridge. First place, if we can build 'er, what're we goln' to do with all them ferryboats? There's thousands o' dollars tied up In 'em. an' hun dreds t' men finds the employment that gives bread to their little ones by runnln' of 'em." He leaned forward In a fine rhetorical pause at this pointy npHEN. In the second place," he con J. tlnued. "It'd be a costly experiment. We 'ain't never had no bridge before nn' we've rnanaeed lo get alonr: fair to middlln'. If ferries was good "nough fer George Washing ton thev're sure gend 'nnugh fer me. What's more, there's lots o' folks tat'd rather rids on ferries fer the sea nlr. 'Tain t democratle to make 'em go 'crost by bridge against their vvl'l. "An' now " he rose in triumphant conelu fon "an' now, here's the final arevmant Thev put a tunnel under the North River up., at New York an" there's Jes' as many folks goes by ferry as ever you can sea 'em any day." . "rpHERE y'are I" said Kelly, X And as his eye followed my pointing Anger eastward, where the wet arch of a rainbow was fadlnp above the river "Sura an' If there ain't our. bridge to Camden 1" he chuckled. The Common Touch There Is no getting around the fact that King Alfonso of Spain does know a thing or two about how to keep popular with his peo ple. When 150.000 of them In Madrid fell 111 of some new disease that is svveeplng over Spain, he managed to catch It too. Syracuse Herald. Miking It Pay C-. It Is remarkable how many millions ef , dollars ara being Dried out of. Euroa-ii , 'f countries by Germany In, her dtptersJaly, yMj-g- I. I
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