WfiSM .-vr,u.'t. E3b5 JTi ft5 r ft i, - :i h& i ..-us :' minit "vv :i t .Ucfeuaer Lie Ledger company P.H.K CUOTIS, PaMiPtKT l&r.?t'.iry "nd Treasurer: Philip 8. Collins! Williams. John J. Bpurtton. Directors. ,Jv EDITORIAL, BOARD I "i -nti ii. , trans, chairman "aVIDE. BMILET .Editor ' C. MARTIN.... General Business Manaccr Wished dally t rcstto I.edoct Butldlns. .nucpinaencfl rtquare. rnuaneipnia. t CSNTSAL.... Broad and rh.ifnnt ntrnetft W10 Crrr rrn$-Unim nulldlnn T01K..1.. ..20S Metrnnolltan Toner ''" 403 Konl nulldlnc ulSt. . t ........... .lnDft TSilUMnn TlnlMlnr 0 1202 Tribune Bulletins- wli . NEWS BUREAUS: 'vwAiIJtTO TJCSSVC. , V'-alL &-E' r- Pennsylvania Ave. and 14th St. iff'" Boatic The Sun Bulldlni lUmM BciitiC London Times .W" BUBSCntPTTOM TErtMH TJttsto Pcm.10 Lirota It served to sub . VMIMn.lii Philadelphia and surroundlne towns U 'l i twelve lit) cents per week, paable & at tnall tn nAlnt mitftM nf Vfc H ,4 -1 nt. I tn T Uttltad States. Canada, or United fltate nnn istaea free, fifty (BO) cents per month, lara eer veer, naxahln In Mrftanre. forelcn countries one (tl) dollar per L4BMMn w SMTO . t : ... JBH,r9HC Huoecriners wishing naaress cnaniea , stel lvt Old as well as new address. ?Wkt MLL. 1008 WALNUT KEYSTCttE, MIN 3000 i.'), -J SV : M?lI, Adtretl all cemmunlcotlons to Ei-'nlno rublto r.jf-j . lit&Ott. Indtnendencs Sautire. Philadelphia. Sk T thb rniLADttrnu roT ornci is StCO.ND CLISS U1IL M1TTU. rhlltd.lphli, Frld.y, June 7. Itll SeJ justice WM Ttllu decision to pay tne mechanics in e? uid water uureau a nine waire is a 3tWu. ISamSf n klmnla 4neftA An lMf.va.ftA nf t Z!"l -.... JU..- .. .... v,. l.Za a day lor the foremen and from 34 tlft iAn(. tr (av.tiK.Aua rtAnte n ilnv fnr m&S-.' the others Is ho more than fair In view of .y'viK -we increasea cost oi living. li$$T It would have been better If the city had BfK. " i . . . . . .. . .1 " ... . . w ftT.'fcsMciaea io cram ine extra dqv neiore ine gffj.VlVa to seek other Jobs. The men would Jfcwrs SVtan MVA TAlr a crr'itttr In nlf' trt tllnlr UtXV' mnlnvmanl T3n tViA mlalqlo Af InHcr. !J'V-'. Mint .aa mills ond fniinilla la dnlni. tta isft-r. ."- "-"- " -""" ?net to correct It. Pwl3 T1 rult 'wl11 Probably be that CounclU RiSS TJ" "n 'l necessary to Increase the pay 5?,v ufJtrta, AtiA "Hf!." man Irt nrrlpr trt rfitnln P tC' lm- 'T,e Pay 0URht to be Increased anj- G lyvS-. wav. o thn thA mpn nwv RUnrtnrt th!r Kv5f MlUe and preserve their self-respect. LtO Th high-salaried men can wait, but the BjjF mta retting ljss than $1500 have been jfff'fcutl put to It In recent months to lie. g3fx ine men noiaing political joos ana &. 4olntr little work would only get out and $$P' ! decent living In a necessary Indus- qji W almost enough money could be found V to pay a fair wage to the rest. JS Mn. Pankhurst says she has forgotten alt about hunger strikes Well, nobody need $ tear forcible feeding today. HOUSEHOLDERS C051E FIRST H ,TF HOUSEHOL.DERS are short of coal Vk next winter they can blame no one but f il thlmuli'ifl Thoy ViavA lAAt. tnir tVtnt tl'VTjrv -...j ..w .... .. ...... KFM Airing the summer their demands ore to $&? that they may get their supply If they t oracr li in time, ii tnere is a snortnge fCLft. ssajl I tn sa an lntlrjrnlns -na- alirYAf nn (Vifi i n l- f 'V stsauBLriea arts iu jiae nisi tjuu uu uie an- feitliractte not needed by the householders. . ;& Many families delayed ordering last sum- ??iM v....k. A .k- -,.Mi.... M .uA rA. 3W l' .... (,mt aamimstrator tnat tne price was to v ua ri4iiH Thnv wprA Htflftnnnlntisrl fnr i 'r hy Kot neither lower prices nor coal. It JUto to be hoped that the promise that they ?!:VliM n .nnl will ha Wont this tpar IpJsM, W'e don't blame New Jersey at all for k suit earlnir trj ba the buffer Statp hetupAn thn P j U-boata and the United States Y& i i FREE POLAND ESSENTIAL TO PEACE &,. W(V'I rremiers oi ureal uruain, r ranee "" ana naiy nave agreed iormauy tnat tne fi .1 . - ....- J lJ , c....- -. A-.vvaK ! mwn UL u. uiiilcu luupurii IE ML riLilLK tlL EAVS, Paland, with free access to the sea. Is one tfV'WMi'.. .. .... BJ-yr" tn essentials or a permanent peace. 'fltK The Kaiser agrees to p.irt of this. Ho fcl?3'vi''ln8 a separate State of Poland with one tSsS'jsrf his sons as Its king reigning as a vassal W sMkmt the German Emperor. fit - gi, But this Is not the kind of freedom w hlch yaAMm tnree iTemiers nave in mina. Ana we Jss not think it is the kind of freedom of uXwMch the Poles hae been dreaming for .rWvjajsra than n rpntnrv. iris-' - -izr. ' ' i .... . RifflSti Tha coal dealers don't like to be called Pwif-"JOtbr." we'll call them an thing they like ft Sitiltt" they'll Just let us hae our coal. V& FOR HEARTS THAT YEARN ..?ft ... fSal dellclous and whimsical v ,JLi surprises. Whenever we afe tempted v jynao.oeayair, to turn uiue uruunu tne gins, fcj'-jiti? te that the world's collar Is wilted and t Ha-trousers are fraed, comes some unde- Mstrved windfall of laughter or gentleness IlhHiay be a letter from a friend, a fresh ?? .tiiBfiamon bun still warm from the oven l&,.iYeV a batch of handkerchiefs come back "ifttfreHl the laundry without a hole. How- iiffir small they may be, we are surrounded . ''$& countless evidences that humanity has K vlot altogether wasted Us time on this ex- -" , swuenuy pianneu pianet. xv'-It it true that these are black days, 'Mm days, days sour on the tongue. But f'man la after all a sensible, humorous, up-snilltlln-r animal, he will not foiever go u tflrlri0 hla rtlpnnnnt Anrth fn ahrpHa ( "-. - . - .yrith flame and bitterness. In so far as ' weh one of us can keep at the tasks of r day wiiii uuuur u.iu jiaixciiuo uiiu eh of generosity toward others we wln through toward a happier time. .jAsd what a time that will be! Is It -a rainbow aream to tmnx tnat the jissl4ren we see about us now will grow f to look on a worm mat win De a saner lace? When this ghastly nightmare is aat will not the roses burn redder, the ; rain snea sorter silver on tne tnirsty f None of us who have lived in ty through these tortured years will fc the same. For us, inevitably life iuava lost some of its old uncalculated iThe black sword of death and need- 'or has scarred us too deep. but. millions of innocents we pray ?miy yet be young and erj' fair. Um heart of all true men be uplifted rViion of the future year. That, and 'only, may apeed their coming. ,:y , . . imaUm. Isi.tvi nnilfanttirtrA fnstat that fr agaged in a necessary Industry. ssasas. however, who find the pan tUf running over wnen xney get IT luK.slar W town regard the fGBE; wt svenu it i A smm.tr. V- ' .. 7I1...R I. C ' frto.. 'V -rv .mJ ' 4 y. . '. " WAR OR POLITICS? Chairman Hays, of the Republican National Committee, Reads a Lesion to Repub licans and Democrats Alike I17AR has made of politics in America n ' difficult art or a difficult science. Much that is petty and mean in the con ventional party argument is losing vnlue or beinjj burned out under the pressure of the sternest sort of icalitics. The boundary lines between parties have sometimes disappeared. Every one who is not a hardened and hopeless partisan is thinking of the country first and of politics afterward. Chaiiman Hays, of the Republican National Committee, sensed the general convictions of the country at largo when he spoke recently to a gathering of emi nent politicians at the New York Repub lican Club. "We," said he, speaking of the Republi can party and its doctrines, in the light of the war, "denounce any criticism of pub lic officials, high or low, when such criti cism is inspired by partisanship, malice or disloyalty. Our policy is one of assimi lation and not elimination. There is far moie involved in the matter than party successes." There is far more involved in the mat ter than party successes. It is plain that the people, in these days of saciifice and inspiration, have lost patience with mnny of the things, thought" and illusions that used to fascinate and sway them in lighter and more cheerful times. The great mass of the people aio not usually articulate. Sorrow has already made many of them wise. They have seen Europe aflame and they have had to think of the causes. They have heard the passionate voices of whole nations cry out through the tumult for principles of honor and justice and decency. They are not in the mood, therefore, to listen to piffle at home no matter how it may bo sublimated or in what rhetoric it is disguised. The campaigncis who wish to strengthen their parties will have to speak intelligently. They will have to speak truth. Mere denunciation of an opposing candidate will serve no end. And the sort of criticism of the Govern ment that used to serve in other national campaigns will receive little favorable response now. The people must trust the Government. Thoy must have faith in it. They must believe in its high motives and in its ability to lealize its exalted pur pose. Otherwise existence would be intoler able for the millions whoso sons are now associated for life or death with the Gov ernment. In other words, politicians who want to survive will have to be sincere. They will have to be honest, because the country is in a mood tosense and hate dishon esty. And they will have to be able to think in other than party terms. How many of the lesser politicians realize this? How many on either side realize that the nation itself is growing wiser and more acute than they? In Mr. Hays's address there is a moial for many conspicuous Republicans and many conspicuous Democrats. No one with a knowledge of the puipose and operation of free institutions of govern ment would suggest that any party or any government should be immune from free and honest criticism. But ciiticlsm that is merely destructive and the result of spite, dislike, suspicion and selfishness will nowadays be answered by the con tempt it deserves. The right of free speech is a sacred right, of course. That is all the more reason why it should be respected by those who claim it. There is an even nobler privilege available to Americans at this time. That is the privilege of helping the Government in every moment when it is not proved to be at fault and of giving strength to hands and minds and souls heavily burdened. We hope and pray that the hospital ship Comfort may get over Fafely, but we haven't the gentlemanly confidence In the shrew -boats that Mr. Daniels seems to have. THE FACTS ABOUT BEER TUTR. HOOVER meets the demand that '- he forbid the use of food grains In pro ducing beer with what amounts to a defi nite refusal. He realizes that this puts him on the defensive, and he has stated the case so clearly that only the extremists will condemn him. He reminds us that the alcoholic liquor provisions of the food act order the Imme diate cessation of the distilling of liquor and empower the food administrator to regulate the use of foodstuffs in brewing, even to the extent of entirely prohibiting It The act permits him to seize any dis tilled liquors which may be necessary to provide alcohol for the manufacture of munitions. Such distilled liquors as are not thus seized may be sold. Now, Sir. Hoover says that there Is a stdck of whisky, brandy and gin largo enough to last for two years or more, and he sas that if he should forbid the de livery of grains to the breweries the supply of beer would be exhausted in' about two months. This would leave wine and spir ituous liquors to supply the demand for alcoholic drink. He concludes that it is better for the country that .there should be a supply of beer than that there should be a whisky and gin dohauch lasting until the supply of .distilled liquors was ex hausted. Most persons will agree with him. About 3,150,000 bushels of oats, barley and cracked rice are diverted monthly from the family table to the beer bottle, if these grains are to be saved as food, assuming that beer haa no food value, It will be necessary to forbid the sale of spirituous liquors in order to prevent, con ditions which every one would deplore and which Mr. Hoover thinks would be worse than those produced by the use pf grain for beer. Now that Congress knowa the facts we chall mo whether It will coatlnu in Its ,. . v " - i TJIMPT . " . I. ,"-.".- '.Tjtaui v nkfTf'C4jr. & v--:;-, T ' r vjv . t ' . . , . EVENING VBCIBMG LEBn-yBatSgHfjJlitlfeigSl attempt to force itr. Hoover's hand on beer or whether it will forbid the sale of whisky and gin for the period of the war and make the nation dry. Paths of glory lead but to grave com plications for vaudeville actors who mas querade as Pershing veterans. THE SUBMARINE SCARE PHILADELPHIA, New York and other cities on or near the Atlantic coast will not bo raided by Germans from the sea or from the air unless the Hun has reserved the greatest Invention of the war for an attack on America. There Is no earthly reason why the momentary hjsterla that ruflled the Senate yesterday and threw Mr. Brandegee and Mr. Lewis and Mr. Lodge Into a rumpus of debate should become general. The War Department plans for coast defense by a more elaborate system of observation balloons and airplane patrols come a little late. That Is a matter that should Inspire whatever explanations are duo from the Government. If balloons and airplane bases are necessary now, they were incessnry sK months ago. So far as the n.ivy Is concerned Assistant Secretary Hocrbevelt'b statement that all, vessels equipped with wireless were warned In time of the submarine menace Is adequate. It Is useless to clamor for detailed Infor mation relative to the navy's methods or Its proceduie In this Instance. The navy will not tell It uould be foolish 1 it did. Submarine vessels of a special type can carrj airplanes. It is even conceivable that one or more vessels with air machines aio now in American waters. But the prob abllltv Is extiemely remote. The scope, power and radius of air machines of the sort that can be carried in submarines arc well understood. To confuse airplanes of this tvpe with those that have bombed English and Trench cities Is to fall Into a fantisttc error. The Germans have ex perimented with planes of a diminutive nnd relatively Ineffectual tvpe which they have been known to carry as part of their submarine equipment. Such machines are capable of only short flights. They can carry only light burdens. They are, so far ns all tho lecords of this war have shown, almost entirely insignificant as a medium of offensive action The emplov ment of such devices in any psychological drive upon America would Involve extraor dinaiy perils for the nubmaiine crews and vessels To assemble and launch such a machine is known to require consider able time and woik upon the surface. In that Intel val the vessels nnd their men would be nbsolutelv at the mercy of any patiol enft that happened along The possible appeal ante of a marine airplane over the coast cities must appear, theicfore, to be little more than a night mate of the alnrmlsts. Should such a ves sel ultimately appear, its use could Involve little more than a futile gesture of ter ioi Ism. The mechanical limitations of such a machine would leave It easy piey to any alicraft that attacked It. And even were it to cai ry bombs and run a wild chance of dropping them In an American city, these bombs would be necessaillv small and made chleflv for their noise. The heaviest and most powerful aircraft that can he built aie required for bombing lalds The tjpe of air machine with which ono or two Gertmn submarines .are said to bo equipped Is the smallest and frailest known. The Geimans came over to throw a scare into America They have seemed to have had an Initial success In the Senate at least. BEEF, IRON AND WINE Just for one day we are going to try to be fair and see both sides of every ques tion. . Tor Instance, probably George III called Washington and his pals Bolshevik!. On the sun they are getting out their smoked glasses to watch the eclipse of the earth. runny how the point of view changes things, Isn't It? Wo are not to be beerlos versenkt after all. When Noah Webster's daughters were at school In New Haven, a hundred jears or so ago, their schoolmistress wouldn't let them look at an eclipse. She said It was Improper. We don't know Just why; per haps hen Idea was, Eclipse that touch liquor shall never touch mine. Speaking of liquor, the Lick Observatory will not be able to observe the eclipse to morrow because all its instruments are still in Russia, where they vvere taken In 1914 But think of all the political eclipses they have been able to watch over there. Has Kerensky been scuttled by one of those shrew-boats? Literary Notes How about the Crack In the Harold Bell Wright? Of course, poor Garabed's error was sim ply in trying to make his "free energy" free. Nothing Is free these days, not even lunch. Has the War Department any right to conserve Wood without consulting the fuel administration? SALTED PEANUTS. The world is so full of friendly people that it is really surprising humanity was able to get up such a war as this. We have never been able to account for all the pleasant things that happen. Riding in the smoking car, for instance, there's Hank Harris suddenly pulls out a leather cigar case and offers us a cigar, Just as though we were a friend of his And not long ago we wrote a book. (It might happen to any one) In that book, on page 185, we spoke of a certain volume, 'The Social History of Smoking," which a friend of ours in Canada (had borrowed and obstinately refused to return. Lo and behold, a gentleman all the way out in Los Angeles, happening to see our plain tive protest, sent us a compensatory copy of the same volume, Just in the friendliness of his heart. What can you do to people who are as nice as that? We are going to raise that man to the peerage, with the title Grand Exalted Mas ter of Generosity. And Just for fun, here's his name, Gordon Ray Toujg, Los Angeles, Cal. Good luck to him! SOCRATES. Wlf8p ' ."n- "v-5OTT"1r"? 'irmv y-n-, The Kaiser and the Satellite (Apologies to "The Walrus and the Car penter") Aceordlng to the Berlin Lokal Anielger the Kaiser and his favorite newspaper cor respondent,' Karl Itosner, visited the Champagne battlefield and lamented the destruction wrought rpHE guns were shooting o'er the land, Shooting with all their might. They did thoir very best to make The hope of parley slight. And this was odd, because you see The Hun "deplored" the fight The Emperor was out of sorts Because he thought the foe Had no business to bo where His troops had planned to go. "It's very rude of him," said, he, "To stay nnd spoil our show." Tho Kaiser and his satellite Were walking hand in hand. They wept like anything to see Such devastated land, "If this were only German-tilled," They said, "it would be grand!" "If seven million Bertha guns Swept it for seven years Do you suppose," the Kaiser groaned, "The French would yield to fears?" "I doubt it," said the satellite, And shed a batch of tears. "O Germans, march ahead of us," The Kaiser did entreat. "Nor think it ill whatever pill My orders make you eat. Remember in my army you Occasionally get meat." The Kaiser and his satellite Paced on a rtile or so, And then they irsted in a spot Protected from the foe. And all the hosts of Germans stood And grumbled in a row. "The time has come," the Kaiser said, "To tell of many things; Of Zeebrugge and of sealing wax, Of sacred rights of kings. And why, since they aic coming fast, Those Yankee pigs havo wings. "A lot moic bread," the Kaiser said, "Is what we chiefly need. Some fats and oily products, too, Are very good, indeed. But since they're missing, soldiers dear, Iron crosses is your need." "What more for us?" the soldiers cried, Turning n little blue, "After such peace talk they would be A dismal sight to view." "The weather's fine," the Kaiser said. "I drink my health to you! "It was so good of you to come And you ate very smart," The satellite said nothing but "When is that peace to start? I wish you'd sing another song; That one affects my heart." "It seems a shame," the Kaiser wailed, "That we are not today Engaged with Bolshevik troops That kindly ducked the fray." The satellite said nothing but "The French ain't built that way." "I weep for you!" the Kaiser moaned, "I deeply sympathize." With sobs and tears he sorted out Divisions of large size, Keeping away the saddest sights With hands before his eyes. "0 soldiers," sobbed the satellite, "From royal eyes are shed A stream of tears. Lift up your cheers!" Yet never a word was said. And this was scarcely odd, because The ground was strewn with dead. H. T. CRAVEN. Mr. Hurley, of the shipping board, has posted In his office the sign: "Noah was 600 years old before he knew how to build an ark. Dan't lose our grip" There Is an other lesson In the story of Noah which we should not forget Was not he the man who preached preparedness to deaf ears? The Reader's Point of View I A Thousand Cheers To the Editor of Eientng Public 'Ledger: Sir I wish jou could shout from the hills so the country could hear every word of your call "addressed to twpnty-one" In the Evb nino Public Ledger this evening. You hold the key to the treasure cheat of noble thoughts, and appeal to the best that Is In human nature I send you a thousand cheerB from each one of a family of eleven, one of whom Is loyally waiting to answer the call. Every cheer Is a wish for good luck for you and your paper and God's own guidance for my boy and all our boys for whom your effective lines were written MARGARET HANNA. Philadelphia, June 4 It Was Done Gladly To the Editor of Evening Public Ledger: Sir The third Liberty Loan Is a thing of the past, and I think the campaign was one we are all more or less proud of As chairman of the publicity committee, I want to thank you and jour good paper for the wonderful assistance that you gave my committee dur ing this campaign. The publicity that your' paper gave the Lioerty ixan was perfectly splendid and had a strong effect on the suc cess of the loan In this district. R. E. NORTON. Director of Publicity Third Federal Reserve District Philadelphia, June 5. Soldiers Letters Appreciated lo the Editor of -Evening Public Ledger: Sir I want to compliment you upon the way you displayed the story of my son, Lieutenant Harold T. Antrim, who la In France, yesterday on the third page of the Evening Fudmc Lepoer. I particularly want to pay my respects to tho man who wrote the poetry that was so well fitted to the contents of the letter. I regard that as A-l .work. It certainly does your paper credit to print a story in Buch a splendid manner. The picture also that you published, enlarged greatly from the small one In your possession, is worthy of similar commendation. You have no Idea how many mothers have spoken to Mrs. Antrim and the writer expressing their pleasure at being permitted to read such an optimistic and heartening letter such aa hat one Is from the other aids. CLARENCE D. ANTRIM. I-FtQSWHV TLl-TB BOMBS AND A BELGIAN GARDEN By Lieutenant Leon Archibald British Royal Engineers AMONG those who remained In the ter ii rltory adjacent to our lines in Belgium was the owner and occupant of a small thatched roof cottage near the windmill along the PIoegsteert-Romarlan road. This person was an old lady who lived all alone, and "who explained that at her age; which was nearer eighty than sixty, she was veiy much averse to changing her abode. Virtually all her other neighbors had long ago sought the safety of the south and had written her In glowing terms about the splendid people who had welcomed them with open arms. But even so, as long as there remained a toof above her head she very much pi ef erred her humble little home of stucco. This decision was in some degree also very possibly due to the fact that until then, with the exception of a few cracked panes of glass, her cottage had remained unmolested by the destroy ing agents of war; which condition, in Its turn, was very probably due to the fact that if the Germans were aware of its ex istence at all they most assuredly could not have been In possession of the knowledge that the modest little dwelling was the abode of a defenseless old woman.' TV 1 learned, but to the soldiery who visited those parts, and from whom she reaped a bountiful harvest of sous, pennies and francs on adcount of butter, eggs and gar den truck, she was invariably known as "The Old Lady by the Mill." It was the garden, however, which "Madame looked to for her greatest source of revenue, and few were the '"messes" in her neighborhood whose tables did not at all times bear tes timony to this fact. In their season she prov ided us with luscious t strawberries, delicious canteloupes and melons, while such luxuries as crisp and tasty radishes and celery, together with sparkling heads of lettuce, gave a wholesome and inviting tone of quality to an otherwise unvarying bill of fare, Day after day, early and late and rain or shine, she was always to be seen industriously bent over rowB of greenery, from which she rose to wave godspeed to column after column of soldiers who hourly swung along the adjoining: road. For months the old lady led, right in the midst of war, a not altogether unhappy, peaceful and prosperous existence; but one day came the change. ADJOINING "The Old Lady by the Mill's cottage was a rather pretentious look ing farmhouse of brick, which had been vacated by ltu rightful tenants a few days following our visit to this delightful scene; but ir. so far as the movements of the original inhabitants of this vicinity were affected by the advent of the kilt Is another story. Suffice It to say that our brigade staff cast an approving eye over this es tablishment and forthwith became tenants, and as is the fashion with brigade head quarters the erstwhile peaceable and harmless-looking brick farmhouse immediately became a seething hive of Industry, which overflowed and made Ita presence known to the ever-watchful eyes of German blrd men. Then commenced the game so highly fraught with evil for the old lady's garden. A' CERTAIN boche plane wa Immedi ately detailed to efface brigade head quarters from the map. Moat nobly did it sry t mttv awt MriMUaiua,IWs Iww -fbiijtj. M- swim. .? : jwwajr- -v-- i. UHUUIl"" .,4A'i'Ti(VW7WvP;l I -Wy , - SNUGGED! ' J -1 3N" 0&-' tragic were the fruits of Its endeavors! For thirteen davs this game of hido and fseek went on, the blrdman, sometimes making as many as Ave trips a day with his cargo of high explosives, which he as siduously essajed to diop on brigade's roof. Never once did he succeed, nnd, in passing, should you deduce herefrom that the safest place to be within a five hundred jard radius of a boche airman's target is the target Itself, jou are perfectly correct But the bombs plaved fearful havoc with surrounding property, Included In which was the little patch of green adjacent to the thatched roof cottage. Each day or so a bomb Une Jagged ciateis among the neat and wonderfully productive rowpand every time they did and almost ere the odors of the evil thing had vanished madame was on hand to shake an angry flst at the swiftly homing vulture. Mum bling fearful Imprecations on his head she would fill the holes and build up other rows. A T LAST, but not before those of us who dally beheld the spectacle had begun to speculate on the length of this absurd and unequal duel between the boche and the old lady, one of the participants, tho Hun, was counted out. The pitcher came to the well once too often, for on a fine clear morning it was broken. A welt aimed antiaircraft shell brought the matauder down, and from a height of seven thousand feet he and his observer dove and crashed fairly into the center of the garden belonging to "The Old Lady by the Mill." T1ROM her steps she placidly stood and watched us drag the lifeless, broken forms from out the wreckage to lay them on one side and cover them with army blankets. The destruction of her garden was now complete. By the time the last vestiges of the wreck had been removed there also had been trampled down and hopelessly destroyed the poor old lady' only means of livelihood; and yet It was she who after the, departure of the salvage party snatched from off the mu tilated bodies the rough, gray army blan ket and aa a substitute tenderly laid over them a snowy sheet of linen. Appropriate The Director of the Mint will wed Mrs. Alfred Owynn Vanderbllt, who appears to have made an appropriate selection Louis ville Post. Revert to Politicians This sweetly solemn thought cornea to us o'er and o'er: who'll there be to cuss when the Ka'ser Is no more? Toledo Blade. The Verbal Sort With July 4 only a short way off It is pertinent to remark that the explosion of powder on that day should be left entirely to the men over there. We've quite enough hot-time speakers to make good the patriotic loss. Savannah News. Manhattan's Mania New York Is to have a 115,000,000 hotel, and as soon as it is finished a $16,000,000 one will be planned. Dayton News. Already Formed Speaking of a League ef Nations, twenty pine races were represented in a recent draft 01 ninety-two men from a ownex rew sTeeet's Bete e. wevn i ..m. j - . .- 1 5B Y (c) Greene In th6 Milwaukee Senttatl. RESIGNATION WHY the deuce don't ugly dragons, Big and bold dnd Impolite, Try to gobble up my lady When I take her 081 at night? Why don't bandits well-armed bandit Swoop down when we go about Give her strong and fearless sweetheart Just a chance to knock them out? Why does every blamed excursion That the dear and I take in Always land us back in Southwark Quite Intact in every limb? Is there any real, good reason Why I shouldn't have a chance To show theiglrl that I'm a hero Who can fight If he can't dance? Oh, I'm Just about disgusted With the way such things are run. Looks as if they're oversold on Shining places In the sun. I can see no other prospect Than to pop the question there, In the dark In Kitty's parlor Sitting in a Morris chair I THE FAIRY GODMOTHER. We wonder If that fameua German "B)ack Book" that has caused so much rumpus in England includes the names of the fakers who Are collecting money over here In false uniforms. What can be stopping nuns, of Hlndy on the Marne? Course Surely not all those , contemptible little ar mies? Is It typhoid? While those German Now's the U-boats are on this Chance! side, says the New York Evening Sun, why not mark some Jnternment camp ae if they were hospitals? And also why not paint a big Red Cross on Frog Hollow? While, the Kaiser Ii editing Shakespeare he might take special note of what the Bard said about eclipses: "Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, and Time that gave doth now his gift confound." A plot has been discovered to smuggle the Romanoff Jewels'lmo New York; but-the Romanoffs would be much more interested in .a plot to smuggle the family out of Rus sia. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Whr Is CMteao-TMerrjf 2. Who U Dnke AlbrecM af Wuruaakairt S. What la th. tspltal jt Ceneeeltf 4. Name the author of "Haaalet." t. Who .. CeW. KIMt e What la the aeasa ' th tmt saesatala arstcse e esera orth AmwfcaT 7 Who Is eerourrief the Unit states Msrr. a' wh ld. "A ennr seree la a ixnnr tehw4 ' " (?r 5iel)"T a. What la eoittslat 10. Who was r. T. ra-r Anw.,o.y,,'1y, Quil 1 Johns Ilopfcla I'nlYersltr le la BalU S. "Oulaa" T" ""i .. , '-&Y 4. loui... -..?, -B:. Jr. tt reaI " m 5. B. A.I a f'Mn,l wee, bachelor of arts, ' Brlna He and Strait were Mmrd for Vitus " Uerins. 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