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Philadelphia, Inda. Julv 1, Ull
THE SM SH
i'm-JKlO MORR gratlfjlnc new? has com
ElfT 'rom the front ,lnn ,,lnt (n Americans
t-TWOand French wbro conducting an offensive
pL?SfeP V twonty-fhe-niile line eterday be
KVS 'tween Solssons and '"bateau-Thierry, and
IZLZT'ifri 4hl( It nno trt cn.-oi-cef 111 flint n tho
Udf;jftAinerican commander reported, "th 1oc1ip
fAT-f .turned lall ana ran iiko ncn. Jinre man
BA . J IUOIIS ttl'l'' lllUfil ill lilt-' uirt mii
(r,"ina ine ativantagc fCfinea an nn inc
? 'altiflnlclntr flrmlr.
Zf3?L ..The tactical purpose nf the tnoic seems
tW?li"'ie to relieve the pressure upon the
pj.SjSHne betneeu Rheims and Ohateiu Thlerrv
on the eastern Me of the t-alleut. It uns
-' traitlv iinfnr(Mfl 1V tho fjennnn..
.itntteif Thv nnnnrpiitlv rnlltitefl on KPenlnff the
Ft initiative In their own hands. Now that
f(ii they have been forced to meet a real of
fy&$&t 'naive, even on a oomparatlly short
Wtoii front, thev must modify their nUns home-
1ittl .li n-i i.. . ... i. .
K $ Vr- "'"((-. 1KCJ Illrt II(lf Ma'lV-1 t'UUU ill IU
wfi " end to the relief of the thieatened line:
tH$ out wnetner mey nave or not. u is enrour-
wnuts, afing to Know mat the aimies ot tne i-.n-
U?Qf te'nte are In condition to take the initiative
yjVwith hope of being able to keep that ad-
Vg, . vmntaBe.
tV "ie men on tne Alsne-Marne line handed
, M (1,Afr!a.Min. ., 11. 4l.nl.. f.M
t , n (I. fc. ,IIQ ULIII lia 1,1.11 .11.1, ..,
.usi2. vmu M. KfiK rinjuti j n ijurnnu nunn
tilifA "7lRTUAl.l,Y all ot the policemen in
YVLJll v Phlladplnhfa nrp mprnhdrii nf n linfl.
jlml organization which has been devel
ftftl-opd from the hpontuneous impulses of the
iifciS'J'inembers themselves. Because the assocl-
fetloii officially supported a demand for
rr-2;?.tcnt wages it has incurred the enmity
LJ&''nd suspicion ot the Director of tho Depart-
A'mtnt of Public Safety. There Is a moe-
3vjant on foot among the upllfters at City
H Hall to organize a rival orsranlzation. which
!,$? to dulcetly teferred to as the "Policemen's
EJlal Welfare Association." The political mothe
liir-lShl nOt altOCetllPr lnpklllir Til- tlla .nan no
jg&Vianiffested. of course, the police could be
rSr crowded neatly into what Europe sneaks
CX;- ! as blocs for voting purioses and ward
i5it?, , Wcl1- the Kaiser uplifted OclRium. He
sKff """ v""" " "cniu. Ana .i cat (louui-
?' MB is convinced thnt it is doing uplift
".t ivnrlr tvhn I asta q ln.,
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There Is only one word adequate to the
I German-Austrian np.im flAr Tint im
&vi.t mt flffttatlnn nmc lift afAI-..A.ri .. 1.....1
. . SOUNDING THE KEYNOTE
ifiKSlriOtiONEI.1 ROOSEVELT at the New
fcPt;is "3forlt Republican convention has framed
WtllA iSSUe On Whlrh th0 rnnirmcglnnnl ..nm.
fa?... . . J l. --"
'f'SL juusiii. ne sain inai wo
jt'nMd a Congress which will gia the Ad
L'k5B,n'stratlon vlBorous suppoit in the prose-
iSRwSutJon ot the "ar- "and 5'et nl" fcarlesslv
;lfi?uprvise and when neccssarv invrstirrato
iGfiisytlWt Is being done."
RSr- Tho need for th(s sort of a Congress has
"i&.feeen increasingly evident with the passing
'it months. Congiess as at nresont mndi.
&4uted has Burtendered its functions.. Orders
"4?IV . .ooucu iiuni lilt 1)11118 llOUbe
f '"fS, and Congress has obeyed without question.
;-i?,' "" ,B lo D'B a w-ar 10 be conducted
?VjH. 1. 4. .j . .
;". uu me ouie juuKniciiL 01 any small group
jer faction. It is a national war in win
fi'tins which men of all nHrilec .,-, ini,,...i
!-? tiiii-iiovij
disinterested. The Independent judgment and
r " ,cc u v.onsress are essential If we are
Jfwlo avoid colossal blundem. The Republican
JiWnlTlftrltv hn dBmnn.lnn.- I... -ut-.f
Pi. ,"'; """iisiidioi nn inirioii&m.
' $Sv - supportea tne President when the
'.v'iS-.'y,nocra's bave hesitated, and on seral
f' " -occasions the necessary laws would h.ivo
jS: "BU ul passage u tne republicans had
K-Sno1 YOlea ror ttiem. Hut the Republicans
Pj-have pe'rslstentlv demanded timt i-niira
exercjse Its constitutional functions. They
Wnave protestea against Its ubdicatlon when
thi Democratii; majority hs vptcd, against
1 better judgment, for laws drafted by tho
f'itecutlve depai tments.
&jjf The Issue is clear. We must have :t
?!' Congress made up of teal men un,
jlutrald to criticize when ciiticism is Ju3tl-
tfiwa ana unairaut to oppose when in their
i'ilidaTnent the executive denartmoni nvir
ifnr authority which they should not e.-
rcise. The almost uniform acquiescence
-", the Democratic malotltv with imi.
?iithf demands provos that a Democratic
tC3press is unequal to the tasks the war
ira upon it. AVe must have a Republican
xiKress, not because the Republicans are
patriotic than the Democrats no
questions the loyalty of the majority
in control but because the Repub-
ana will Insist on .exercising the tunc-
of the great legislative branch of
'Government and In giving to the ex-
lltlve branch the benefit of its broader
aw of the best method of winning the
There la the highest authority for
vine; that in a multitude of counselors
la wisdom.
' Clonal Roosevelt stands on this declara-
In Holy "Writ. If we mistake not,
fciTaft will urge the same thing upon
.convention today. Aa former Presi-
i.'tkay apeak with the authority of
1 Pf atsji-Ni-Hn
EtHEliizilfc' tUBLIC SERVICE
The Telegraph and Telephone Lines Seem
Dettine'd for Vivisection by Mr. Burleeon
"pVEN the most ardent admireis of Mr.
Burleson and for the sake, of the
argument wo will admit tho Postmaster
General himself into this restricted croup
cannot imnginc him plottinc; and build
ins; the Pennsylvania Terminal in New
York or tunneling the East River or
spending millions in uncertain experi
ments to improve mail, telegraph or tele
phone t-enicc. Some ;uch reflection aa
this inspires the doubts and mipRivings
and the icpvesscd gloom with which the
country ha observed plans for tho trans
fer of telegraph lines to Federal control.
and Mr. Burirson's avid glances at the
telephone systems which may follow be
fore long. The presc is filled with muted
lamentations. The people sigh and ac
cept tlv 'itw arrangement ris a penalty
of war.
It would be idle tj blame Mr. Burleson
alcne for all the limitations with which
he is destined tc) afflict the wire service of
the country. He. too, is at a disadvan
tage. .' is the linbi' oj mans opinion, and
of all mot wlio nil'' in'crpi'et mais opin
ion, to b" coiistrvtrt vr, earef't', filoic mov
ing. It is for this r-asoii that exceptional
men of cnurape rrd bold imagination are
neeeant"j a' the front of every great en
terprise. Such men take chances. They are
driven along, by the force of their own
dominating ideas toward goals which
they alone can see clearly. Animating
impulses such as theirs are seldom ob
rcrvable in thn procedure of Government
agencies.
Farranv' dawned the torpedoes. Con
gress would lime appointed a committee
in inveetigatc them.
A. J. Cassatt ignored the expense and
gave his stockholders chill after chill
when lie built the greatest of his ter
minals. But he exalted railroading to an
art, dignified it with a structure as noble
as a cathedral and showed the way up
ward to nil other men in his calling.
President McLeod, of the Reading, might
have saved millions for his company had
hj been content to build tho Philadel
phia terminal at Arch street. But he
overrode the stockholders, who couldn't
understand him, poured out the money
and finally ran his trains to the very
heart of the city. .
The Bell Telephone system is indubit
ably one of the most efficient and sensi
tively organized things rpon this various
earth. It is generations ahead of any
thing of the sort in Europe. Arnold Ben
nett said tho telephone system was the
most wonderful thing in America. Even
if Mr. Burlescn, or any other Cabinet
officer, were qualified to organize such a
system of communication he would be
hobbled and restrained by his uncscap
able environment.
ll'iaf help could a man, moved by
vision and a passion for piling one per
fection upon another, expect from the log
rollers in Congress?
What a Congressman cannot see and
understand ho calls visionary. It is in
teresting at this time to recall that only
five years ago Congress was shrilly re
fusing the army the funds it requested
for research in aviation. There arc mem
bers still in the House who used to make
humorous speeches about airplanes and
speak of them jovially as useless jim
cracks. "What? Flying soldiers? Ho, ho!"
It is not easy, in the light of such
occasions, to imagine Congress granting
millions to a director of wires for ex
periments in wireless telephdny. That,
however, is what tho privately directed
corporations have done. It was the en
gineers of the Bell company who per
fected the system of wireless telephony
now used by American aviators nt the
battlefront. Some day or other that
system will pay, and pay well in mere
money.
The Western Union cannot claim a
celestial perfection of aim or of method.
It is a corporation administered with
great efficiency. It sent night letters in
suitcases. But it has imagination greater
than that which was required in playing
on the imagination of its patrons. In
recent years the Western Union actually
has shown signs of a forward view and
constructive reasoning. It warred upon
organized labor. But it did no more, in
the long run, than many other corpora
tions which have tried to meet all the
requirements of trades union working
standards while avoiding the danger of
strikes. Tho Western Upion went in for
the human approach to its workers. It
raised salaries voluntarily and granted
bonuses. It spent millions on soap and
water, paint and varnish and plate glass
and new furniture and sanitary equip
ment to maintain the health and lift the
Spirits of its woikers in .all parts of the
country. The company has, altogether,
a far better record with its employes
than Mr. Burleson has with the employes
of the PqstofRcq Department.
It is impossible to avoid this parallel
in viewing the prospect of immediate
Federal control of the wire systems. It
is impossible, too, to lefrain from match
ing the shabbiness and gloom of the
Central Postoffice in this city with tho
prim and beautifully appointed building
of the Bell company, at Seventeenth and
Arch streets, or the subpostoffices with
the branch Bell exchanges. Such com
parisons are not always conclusive or
final. But they are eloquent, neverthe
less, of an eternal difference in the mo
tives of private' and Government control
in the public service.
The Federal Government can rise
splendidly enough upon the wing of
imagination when It is dealing with
things that touch the national emotion.
I Thus, the great reclamation projects in
a. . 4i w
the West and the Roosevelt Dam ami
many of 'the buildings at Washington re
flect the same constructive idealism that
drives the lonely genius who first worries
nnd then exalts the stockholders of a big
private corporation. But there has never
been enough imagination in Washington
to penetrate to the 1 emote and obscure
pieces in which the imaginative faculty
in industry so often makes itself felt.
And that is svheie the great fault of
public ownership is sure to be disclosed.
The "President has not given all his
reasons for his ardent support of the
virelcontro theory. He may have plans
of his own. He may view' the process of
Federal control as a war measure ex
clusisely. " Federal control of railfoads and
wires to cier to be permanent t lit re must
be a gtcnl shifting of viewpoints and a
great deliverance from prejudiced and
pyovinciulism and political partisanship
in Washington. Otherwise a good deal of
the joy will be taken out of life for the
whole country in a process! of arid for
malization. It Is reported from Hnrrlsburg that
thrr nr 875 different kinds of minerals
mined In this State. Without counting the
bras" which overliya everything In Pcnn
Square"
A FRE THAT IS FAIR
T
HOVPANDS of rhlladelphians will fixeet
tilth ratlsfnction the announcement that
beginning next Sunday the round tilp fare
to South lerscy coat resorts, Including At
lantic City, 11 111 be reduced to 11.2 j, plus
the nar tax.
It was a mistake to put the fare up to
$1.75. Thero was no justification tor it
in railroad economics and It was a blunder
po far ac public policy Is concerned.
The railroad administration desenes all
praise for Its franknes3 in admitting Its
mistakes and In taking steps to do justice
to the people who need the relaxation of a
day at the shore.
The Kalcr was right
when he flld the
Americans would net
play for thni
Truthful SVIllielm
flKht. It wai moatly
The Oennans ftarted
that new oftenslie, but
the Amerlcanr. are nn-
RlEhr About Vine!
Isl.lng it for them.
Germany'fi talk about
.lust a niuff hurling her Invincible
ieseres Into the
ami 'a breeches also seemi to be paper.
Has Germany caught
the hasheesh habit
from Turkey? It
would seem so. Judg
Power of
Aaaorlallon
ing by her peace dreams.
No, It Isn't a Ceckney-
PertVrtl Correct ism to fay that the
Americans are attend-
mr to that
JIanie.
little Hunplcasantncss at the
Many Americans are
A Certainty still debating whether
to spend their vaca
tions at home or to go away; but the Kaiser
now h.iB no doubt about where he will spend
hli.
Are they saying In Germany that you
have to hand it to the deiil-hounds?
In the futuie we shall not ppealt ot
big driie. It will be a Big Kick.
"We're
changed to
Going Oier" must
"We Put It Oier."
now be
PRUNES AND PRISMS
Our Masters
We regret being unable on this occa
sion to follow the counsels of our masters,
the Krench. American Commanding Of
ficer
o
,UR masters, who taught U3
Their great book of pain;
Our masters, whose pupils
Are emulous, fain
Qun
UR masters In kindness
hose pride never bends,
Our hosts and our masters.
And also our friends.
jift to Annoy
When the Kaiser and Rotner sit down to
their frugal luncheon tomorrow (consisting
?ot a few parboiled communiques, sh irpcned
with Pershing sauce) we would like to hand
them a list of some of the delicatessen lie
saw today in the window of a Chestnut
street house of cheer:
Nova Scotia smoked salmon
California candled figs
Pretzel twlgj
Salted peanuts"
Chinese nuts
Cocoanut strips
Peach cake
Tuna fish salad
Pimento cheese
Lentils
Fig bars
Maple sugar
Boiled ham
Macaroons
Pudge
And, greatly as it would surprise the
Kaiser to hear it, not a turnip fh sight.
Rosner's chin music may bel a little fal
setto if he hangs around Rheims too long.
Pershing has been' given the Order of the
Bath. Evidently It Is not a sltz bath.
The frogs In the Crown Prince's own
Frog Hollow seem to have failed him this
time.
Albert Mordell thinks we haie been
riding Trotsky and Lenlne a bit hard lately,
but we can't resist saying that we have
just learned that Lenlne has a bright red
beard and a ruddy complexion.
When Trotsky quaricls wjth Lenlne h
calls it crossing the Rubicund.
It takes slxtj yards of ribbon to doll up
a quart bottle of flzz for the nose of a ship
when It Is launched.
It takes about the same length of type
writer ribbon for Rosner to perpetuate his
monthly Little Journeys with Wilhelm.
Which do ou think is getting the better
value for Its money, Berlln-or Hog Island?
Home Pastimes in Chicago
We hae a little baby girl, one and a
half yearn old, who can Imitate the
Kaiser's angry face and is willing to give
a demonstration of It any time. Bright
Sayings of Children, In the Chicago
Tribune.
Boy, page the firing squad for d, f.
parents.
. 60CRATE
While, the Folks Are Away
Summer Transformation in a City
Square '
IF YOU happen to be wandering around
the central part of the city 0110 of these
summer days, or lather late afternoons, at
say 0 or fi:30, nnd have nothing In par
ticular to do for an hour or two, turn your
steps westward nlong Chestnut, Walnut
or Locust street. At Nineteenth, If -ou
happen to be walking on Chestnut stre'et,
turn south until you reach Walnut and
then direct your steps Into Rtttenhouse
Square.
It Is not the Rlttenhouse Square that
most Phlladelphlans know. Not at this
season of the year, and especially late lit
the afternoon. It Is not the playground
of the "poor little rich girls" and boys of
Philadelphia's wealthiest and most socially
prominent families. Nor Is It the play
ground of the "socially grownups," for
there are no flower bazaars In progress,
with brightly and airily gowned young
women flitting from booth to booth or
from group to group, veritable butterflies.
NO, THAT is not the Rlttenhouse Square
that ou will find on these wonderful
summer days. The months will pass and
the summer will wane, and with the re
turn of autumn the brown boards will
come down from the dors and, windows
of the great houses and faces and curtains
will appear at the windows and figures
will pass in and out of the doorways, and
then Rlttenhouse Square will take on its
old accustomed appearance.
But right now the square seems to be
enjoylnij something of an adventure Into
democracy x quiet, orderly, almost pas
toral adventure, but no less an adventure
nt least, for this famous old square.
To participate In this novel experience,
or perhaps It would bo better to say to
witness this phenomenon, one has but to
wander Into the square and along the
walks, and sit for a while on one of the
benches, and look and listen and then
look some more.
rpHI" grass and foliage were never greener
-- or more beautiful, and the frisky little
gray squirrels neier hopped about the
ground or scampered up the tree trunks
with more freedom and assurance. And
casting the eye about one sees all the
familiar l.lndm.nks of old and modern
times.
On one corner stands the dark, somber
structure of Holy Trinity, and in other
directions rise the towering lines of ono
or two tall apartment houses. Here and
thero a modern front on an old house or
an entirely new dwelling that Is, a com
paratively new dwelling breaks the regu
larity of Philadelphia's historic "brown
stone fronts."
In a word, the framework of the picture,
the background of the scene, so to speak,
is much the same as It has been for years.
And It is only as you wander nnd loiter
along the walks and look and listen, and
think that you sense the change the sum
mer time masquerade, tinnsltlon, metamor
phosis of Rlttenhouse Square.
T)ERHAPS your attention Is first at-
traded to an 'army officer and a young
womaji svho watch with an amused yet
kindly expression the antics of a squirrel.
Between quick and furtive glances about
him the little animal digs furiously a hole
at the root of a tree or shrub, and when
not a llilng sful nt least not a "living
soul In the squirrel world" Is looking
stows away a tiny nut of some kind,
against what to him will be a certain food
rhortage next fall or winter.
Across the way on a bench sits a middle
aged woman. She has stopped to rest a
few moments on her way home fiom the
factory or 6tore or office building where
she svorks.
A little further on you meet a man,
older than tho woman on the bench. He
Is not testing, but is walking diagonally
across the square, carrying a kit of soma
kind of tools, bound for home and a hot
supper, an old pair of slippers, his pipe
and an early bed; for he must rest, relax
and recuperate his strength and energy
and be back on the Job early tomorrow
morning.
AS YOU turn Into one of the other walks
1 you como upon a sailor and his lass,
seated side by side on a' bench. You know
It Isn't fair to stare, no more to listen;
but as you pass you catch a glimpse of
the boy's face. A fighting sea dog? Well,
yes, when he's on duty, but certainly not
at-this moment. Just a boy, a fellow like
you were yourself not so very long ago;
like jour own younger brother today, like
all the boys of that nge that you have
ever known. And you steal a glance at
the girl and look again at the boy, and
ou hope with all the hope that is in you
that he comes back, and the story goes on
to the end.
You look up as you saunter along and
three-quarters of the square ahead of j'ou
Is 'Walnut street. Yes, and those long
green objects that slide along so smoothly
and noiselessly arc the same pounding.
creaking trolley cars that you saw and
heard "away down there at Fifteenth and
Chestnut streets." And those smaller and
for the most part darker objects that glide
westward toward the setting sun are the
same snorting, smelling automobiles that
nearly ran you down on Broad street n
little while ago and kind o' made you
half wish you had a gas mask.
BUT the noises and the smells and the
dangers seem to have vanished when
the trolleys and the motors reach Rltten
house Square these summer afternoons.
The chemistry of the sunshine and the
breeze have purified the atmosphere. The
openness, the greenness, the whatever It
is about? the square that performs the
miracle, has swallowed up the noises. It
Is a3 though you were well, perhaps of
the 'world, but miles and miles and miles
away from the turmoil.
One wouldn't want to spend an entire
day In Rlttenhouse Square in these times
of tremendous happenings, but to wander
out there occasionally late in the sifter-'
noon and test for a brief time and catch
one's bieath Is, indeed, like coming unex
pectedly upon an oasla In the course of a
long, strenuous Journey across the desert.
B. A. M.
"See America First" Is not the favorite
slogan ot our anny this summer.
3 ; -1 '
. For thousand of Germans, the J4arne la
I aauwti,wUa Ue JJUer-aXwr. .,,.
GC!?H1I
THE SENTRY
By Lieut. Leon Archibald
British Royal Engineers
H
XLT! Who air ye?" The voice of a
sentry cemes from out the night clear
and distinct.
"Friend," goes back the reply.
'Pas, friend, a's well."
Craek! A bullet, nips a corner of the snnd
bagged sentry box and goes whining off Into
space. It's an "over" from the front line 300
yards away on tho edge of the wood. It's
just a "stray."
"Halt! Who nfr ye?"
"Werklng palrty." conies back the answer.
Crackt Another "stray" cuta the air with
an ear-splitting noise like the magnified
"cracking" of a whip somewhere euoio the
sontry's head.
"Pass, werklng palrty, a's well."
THE sentry's post is at the right-angled
turning In the approach to the front lino
where the "Strand" becomes Huntets ave
nua; while th turning itself, where stands
the seien by three sentry bov, with sand
bagged back, had long ago becri given tho
well-merited sobriquet of Dead Man's Cor
ner. Tho sentrj's beat conslpti of seienty
flve feet to tho "dressing station" along
Hunters avenue In tho direction of the
trenches, and thence back' again around Dead
Man's Corner and down tho "Strand" another
seventy-five feet to the cemetery, or ceme
teries; for each division which has occupied
these trenches has accorded to it own gal
lant dead a separate plot of ground.
ifTTALT! Who nfr ye?"
Ml "R. E.." is given In reply.
Paa, Air R, a's well! 'TIs a' tatni well,
in faact, for ye hae no' got me to full your
saand baags for ye the nlcht."
"Never mind, Jock, old dear. Perhaps
we'll get you tomorrow night."
"Ye wutl, palrhaps."
Crack.' and the angry little bullet teems
ominously to echo, "perhaps!"
"Halt! Who olr ye?"
"Ration palrty o' the Cam'rons,' Is the an-
"Paas, ration palrty, a's well. See can ye
be gettln' an extra piece o' haam or some
thin' for the guarrd. and mind ye no be for
gettln yon tot o' rum the nlcht Ike ye did
last. How's a' up V the line, and Is It ralnln
baad up thalr?"
Stumbllngly the ration party passes, their
heads bent low and with greatcoat collars
turned up high to shield their necks and
faces from tho blinding rain.
Av
AY down the "Strand" and coming
r,..r.r iq lirard the sound f voices, and
...4J..1,, hnr Aunties out ot the gloom in
the vlclrnty of the voices a small bright light,
'Halt! Who nlr ye? And wull ye be
tlttln nntr thn' mRntfll."
The offending light goes out Immediately.
and the steps continue to grow irain. -"
no answer to tho challenge comes back.
"HALT! Who Allt ye?" And there now
accompanies the challenge a harsh metallic
click, not at all unlike the operation of 11
The sound of approaching footsteps sud
denly stops and In their stead comes forth:
"Cyclists on patrol." ,..
This is a new one on the sentry, and for
an Instant he is puzzled, but In spite of h s
dilemma there almost Immediately follows
"Aduaance, one, for to be recognized."
Haltingly, a pair of footsteps come toward
him, and presently an Indecisive form, en
shrouded in a loose rubber cape. Presents
Itself before the sentry, who stands motion
less, with hts rlflo "at the ready.
"What dld ye say ye ware?' asks the
sentry
"Cyclist party on patrol, and I am the cor
poral In charge." answers the figure In a
slightly agitated voice, for he heard that,
metallic click a moment ago. and Its signin
cance he well understood.
Neier before has the sntry been quite so
put to It. for cyclist patrols liave as yet .not
come within his ken. Consequently,thls Is
.... n.i.xlli. n mnmfinl for caUtlOO.
IllUvl a?Pl4a w--w - ---
"And nha.' might yebe patiollln', corpral.
wull e tell me?"
"Lines of communication," explains tne
corporal. 1 . . .. .
"I thocht tha would be the dooty o the
signalers," parries the sentry.
"The signalers look after the wires, tl
that's what you mean ; but we're on a patrol
of a different sort' altogether. We're out to
catch a spy, maybe, that might be prowlln
around."
THIS Is Just a little too much for the
credulity of the sentry, for. If lines of com
munication do not mean wires, then what
to they mean? And, furthermore, this spy
business doesn't sound Just exactly right
either, as his next words Indicate,
"And If ye'll be oot alfter a Galrman spv
wull e tell me Just wha' for asm I heare?
Come mi' me. and mind yerse ; na tricks.
Expoitulatln, tit corporal, wun rnn.
A la 1 dawn the '0')u:ta?MW': .;
out, where he Is glien In charge of the cor
porator the guard with the explanation from
th sentry that:
"The whole business, cor'praf, sound?
tush'."
The sentry resumes hla post and, fishy or
not, the cycllrt patrol Is detained Intact until
an officer releases them In the morning and
mildly reprimands tho corporal of tho guard
for hucIi an excess of zeal In the execution
of his dutlea. But 110 sympathy goes out
from the guard to the lncomenlenced cvcllsts.
They cany all too ivld recollections of foot
ueary infantry plugging along cobbled roads
In "heavy order" under blazing suns, and
having clouds of dust thrown into their faces
from numerous cyclists' who tilt with easy
KFAre to,and fro along their route. Seldom
doen the opportunity present Itself to get
eien, but when It does
SUDDENLY down the "Strand" whence
came the first sounds of tlu cyclists other
lolces can ho heard approaching, but all too
easily does the sentry recognize them.
"Heare, yrtu. Wullie, gle us a haand wl'
this tin o biscuits and I'll carry yon Jug
for a bit." And then an the Journey. Is re
sumed the leader of the party finds, by the
simple piocess of falling Into It, a hole, and
shouts over his shoulder:
"Hole! Mind the hole." which is passed
on by each man to tha one behind; but in
spite of the warning another loud splash and
tho sound of falling merchandise Indicates
that sonic ono else has found the hole, too.
Mingling with much splashing emerges his
leellngly expressed Interrogation:
"Why P blazes did ye no' say wha' side It
was on 5"
Puiely as a matter of form the sentry chal
lenges: "Halt' Who air e?"
"Don't be forever askln" your fulllsh quas
tlcns." Is the rather heated reply from a
heavily burdened being stumbling to deposit
hM load with a thud and a curse at the
Kaiser In front of the sentry box. For the
next ten minutes there is a decidedly one
sided exchange of gossip, for a ration party
Is one of the few threads which join the
front with the outside, and once in eiery
twenty-four hours those on the "Inside" are
supplied by this means with what has hap
pened elsewhere. During this time clga--rettes
are surreptitiously lighted and puffed
to the accompaniment of occasional loud
"cracks" heeded less than the raindrops. In
fact, the last breathing spell of the party of
carriers took placo right on a section of tho
"Strand" which Is distinguished by two lery
large signs which say: "Do not loiter here.
I.litble at all times to machine-gun fire."
Cigarettes are strictly forbidden here, as
lights this close up are extremely dangerous;
but the fact that tho sentry belongs to the
camo "mob" as does the latlon party possi
bly explains the matter.
Resuming their burdens, the ration party
skeplly moves off to the fiont line.
CRACK !
ear so t
A bullet cuts past the sentry's
closely that there is Just the susnl-
clon of a "duck" and with a muttered curse
he turns and In the darkness shakes a tightly
clenched fist In the direction of Berlin.
"Halt! Who air yo?"
"Buryln" palrty." And tho words are ut
teied suppressed and low.
"Pass, buryln' palrty. a's well."
"Who is It ye have?" asks the Sentry as a
stiff little figure on a stretcher Is borne past
him In the direction of the cemetery.
"Little Jamie M'Laughlln," Is the reply.
"Te don't mean for to say tha" it's wee
Jamie o' A Company?"
"Aye. tha's who It'll be. Go' It clean
through yie bald this alfternoon."
MECHANICALLY the sentry falls in, with
rifle at the slope and eyes that see not.
and stumbles on to the cemetery in the wake
of the pathetic little procession. There fol
lows in the darkness the softly and feriently
spoken words of a burial sen Ice by the regl
naant's chaplain, and silently the blanket en
shrouded figure is lowered to its last resting
place. But with eyes and ears that see and
hear not the sentry stands to .attention out
side the few strands of wire that Inclose the
plot. "Strays" and "overs" go by unheeded,
for there, being laid away In a cold, wet
graio In war-stricken Belgium, Is the best
chum he had In all the world. His memory
goes back to a small village In Scotland
where two care-tree bojs, the greatest pals
on' earth, played and grew up together, all
the while building plans aga'lnst the day that
they should set forth and face the world to
gether. And this was Jamie's end. Saluting
the new little mound that was quickly taking
shape from the shovels ot the burlers. the
sentry turned and slowly paced back tohead
Man's Corner. Still the rain came down and
eyery now and then there broke" the sllencep
those Jarring, evil "cracks," ,
'Haiti Who oir ye?''
. ''Corporal ot tha guarrd. wl' yourreUaf.",
fci "Uiiaaaiea. eeraral. a,'a wlL"0-,,-.-"----
.ft -" t-?" ?"&
WtJ-j.;vtv, fi
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1
OUR BOYS
XTOS
Wl
fO SPOT in the world I know
i'here a boy can have a show
Like on the farm! Oeo! It's the place
To make a start In the human race.
5
All outdoors at his command,
Feels the lift-up of the land;
Can't be cramped In wind or rhuscle;
Every chance to Jump an' hustle.
Then the fun! What can't he do
Workln' with the farmer's crew?
Drlvln" teams an feedln' hoga,
' Mtlklii' cows an' haulin' logs,
Runnln' the rnke In the hayfield wide,
Bossln' the team with proper pride,
Tralnln' the steers to Jee an' haw,
Showin' off 'fore paw and maw.
"When I think of them city boys
Llvln' In flats with dirt and noise, ,
Havln' no call to use their arms,
I'd like to movo 'em to the farms!
Don C. Seltz. In "Farm Voices."
Surest Sign Huns Are Licked
Walt till tho Kaiser congratulates tb
Crown Prince on his splendid victory; and
then we will know that we're all right and
safe Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Lived Too Soon
But for tho anachronism Lady
Circs .
might have been a millionairess, with pork
. - ... .... .. ....1 f)-i...t,l.... TI-nn1A
at toriy cents h puuuu. piuuwjh i-.....
Incidental Exercise ?
Meanwhile, with the fourth Liberty Loan t
not so far away It Vll! be all right to con-
tlnue buying thrift stamps just to keep x
your hand In. Savannah News.
Alas! ft
The melancholy days hae already comfr,
so far as many a war garden Is concerned.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Evemnt
They hae some consolation, those ln-,i
vestors In Hun bonds. They won't have to
ntace returns from tl.em In their lnoomL.
tax schedules. Louisville Herald.
Learn One New Thing Each Day
Fish sleen with both eyes ,open Mllwauy
1. a Sentinel.
Worth Any Price N &
Wilson's peace la Ideal, concedes Geor 1
n.-.,hrri noted German editor. They.'ra
nrogresslng. After this drive Is over any fl
old peace will look Ideal w the Centrau-J
Powers.- New Orleans Item. , v
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This la an age of combination and co .
., -,... -. ., "tlunhlH nitih" fa,'
operation. uy n"t - .....--- . -t-.
all producers of free energy? -
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WTiat Do You Know?
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QUIZ
I. What 1 meant tor "nrobatlns a lll"T
m k. .ma th Mahdlf
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3 Who i the lat Christian ruler nf Jaioaav
" l"m. prior o the renf a-fiioatlon of f5fj
V.I
4. Mhnt are "The Tales of a Wnjralde !nn"t Al
. Wh-t he sew laraeat rllv in ma uwaw
, Wlint la meant br the abbreviation "Q. A.8f
7. vn i u inu.,u. . ' J.
a. Xante the author of "The Prince snrt'S
Pauper." JS
n. Uhji naa a "whlpnlnie boir"T a
-10. What la n "Capronl"? WJ
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz fc
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2. Vonrmlt ,alti In astern rnlirnrnli, la
tha lofinlle National I'ark, It la tU
mllea Ions and noted far Ha cenerr. i ,
S. Woehlnston, na Inaiisuratrd flrat rrealdeaf f
f it,. I'nltrd Ntitea In New York AhIh,
so. nso. ?!9
4. Th rhbreilatlon "O. K." Und for eM
rnclneer. n isree slien l hnrhelora f
lie In 'I'll engineering on the compter
tlen of certain truuimte work, -f.
5, l.l'lit hji'o and white arn the colors ff v
Columbia I'nlirrnltv, v ,
0. rrrinlrri under the iiarllamentari form mt
Vanicrnnifiit the flrif Mlnlitrr of Mat. 1.
though chief of the Cabinet iiinaUr takes"
a uortiaiM.
1. Ouinr lihiojuin;
the
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reniurr. ma -iiunaijni" una nern irai
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