THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
When Money
Talks
By BERTHA R. McDONALD
(Ccpyrlght, 1918, by McClure Newspanor
Syndicate.) '
The little iihihIc teacher rnn up the
steps of the hoarding house with a flut
tering heart, for nhe hud Been the gray
cout of the postman dlsnppeurlng
around the comer. The fluttering
quickened Into n brisk tnttoo like the
beating of tiny hummers, nnd by tho
time she rouched the hall table where
the letters were always luld it wus like
the pulsntlon of a mighty engine.
Yes, there wus a letter, but the writ
ing wus not fninlllnr. When she
reached the sacred precincts of her
own room she rend It and hnd just cast
It aside with a must contemptuous
sniff when there came a timid knock
Ht the door. When she called "Come
In" the maid brought unother letter
which in her haste she hud overlooked.
Again her hope beat high, but this was
a more bitter disappointment than the
Srsf.
"Sickening both of them !" she mut
tered. "Why must I be made the tar
get for such pllllc?"
Angrily she thrust them Inside her
desk, closed It with a bung and went
down to dinner. That evening, after a
brisk walk through a little park near
by, the keen October air having
soothed her ruffled spirits, she donned
a comfortable dressing gown and wrote
to her old friend, Mrs. De Voss:
"Dear Mollyklns: It rests me Just
to write your name. It carries me back
to the days when you were my sympa
thetic mother confessor, and, Molly-
kins, I've got to talk to you now, for
you are the only one who will under
stand. I've worked so hard this pnst
year to build up my class and you've
heard how I've succeeded even beyond
my wildest dreams. But success Isn't
everything. Even here I seem destined
to be nauseated with Impossible things.
I've Just had two of the most sickening
proposals by letter that any girl ever
received. I'osslbly I might have read
one or the other a second time bad 1
not been sure that each man Is counting
on my Income to help support him.
I'eace to the ashes of their unsolicited
adoration! I tell you, dear, I shall
marry for money. I've seen the folly
of not preparing for a rainy day and It
has colored everything in the world
for me. When I put my head into the
matrimonial noose It will be when the
future Mr. Hess Conrtland Is ready to
hand me n checkbook on a nice, fat
bank account. As It Is, epistolary ef
forts such us reached me today only
serve to frazzle my disposition. 'Ruck
ots of slush,' Billy would call them. It
Is needless for me to tell you where
my heart lies, and he has 'novel- writ
ten me a line In all this long year. 1
thought, of. course, when our crasli
came and father died that Hilly would
hi the first to come to me, and when
he left for Colorado without so much
as a good-by I was broken-hearted.
Now I've Joined the ranks of thiwi
who believe that money talks. I can
hear 'you call me llinty of heart, hut
so will you he, Molly, If ever you come
to feel the dull, sickening thud of the
fall from the lap of luxury to the cold,
stone floor of poverty. I hope you
never may. Write me soon your let
ters are such comforts. Lovingly,
"P.KSS."
That night the little music teacher
cried herself to sleep and the next
morning she said to herself, as she
surveyed the pale face which looked at
her with weary eyes from her mirror:
"Itoift you let me catch you weep
ing again over l'.llly Dempster. He
doesn't care a llg about you and he
wouldn't weep over anybody."
I!y the time she readied the sludii
she hud fully made up her mind that
nho hated Hilly cordially and that if he
should ever see tit to write her a letter
she would return It to him 'unopened
It was several days later that n special
delivery letter, bearing a Colorado
postmark, readied Miss Conrtland
and, after the messenger had gone, she
stood gazing at the envelope, scam
utile to believe her eyes, while the
waiting pupil at the piano wondered
what was about to be disclosed.
"Billy's writing!" gasped the teach
er. "No no I'm getting foolish, of
course It can't bo he doesn't know
my address, and yet I "
"Why don't you open It?" suggested
her pupil, and forgetting her late de
termination to put Hilly Dempster out
of her life forever, Bess tore open his
letter with lingers that trembled as
though she might have the palsy.
"Dear Hess," she read, "I wrote to
Molly De Voss two weeks ago for your
iddress and Just got It today. How
ne you, anyway? It seems a ljfetlme
since I saw you. What are you doing
und how do you like living in Chi
cago? Molly didn't answer a single
iiuestlou I asked, so I shall wait anx
iously to hear direct from you about
your work, your husband If you have
EMBLEM OF THREE COUNTRIES
British "Union Jack" Displays Crosses
of England, Scotland and Ireland
. In Combination.
The term "Union Jack" Is applied to
the mitlonul flag of the Hrltl.sh empire.
It consists of three crosses combined,
on a blue field, viz.: the cross of St.
(ieorge for Knglund, of St. Andrew for
Scotland, and of St. Patrick for Ire
land. The original English flag was
St. George's cross, red on a white
field ; the flag of St. Patrick, red on a
y white field, and the Scottish flag was
St. Andrew's cross, white on a blue
Held. History suys that the united
crosses of England nnd Scotland were
first used on the flag In 1U(H1 by order
of King James, when sovereign of the
two countries. Hy his order the two
crosses were united In such a ni 'iiner
as to preserve the distinctive o'.tllne
of each, also, by menus of a white bor
der, the original color of the S ,-otch
ling on a blue ground. In 1801, on the
legislative union with Ireland, the red
cross of St, Patrick was mhled In such
'
one; In fact, tell mo all about every
thing. As ever, yours,
"HILLY.
Miss Courtland's black eyes snapped
und she crushed the letter In her hand.
"To write me a letter like that," she
gasped, "after wnltlng a whole year to
even ask for my address!"
During the following week she wrote
six replies tp Dempster's letter nnd
tore euch one to bits almost ns soon as
It was finished. Tho seventh she
thought somewhat tart, but concluding
It was better than he deserved anyway,
she finally sent It.
"Dear Hilly (It ran) : I probably
need not tell you that your letter was
a surprise. When an oiu rrienn
leaves you at a time of a great crisis
In your life, without even a good-by,
and for a whole year forgets that you
ever existed, a letter from such a one
Is apt to come as a surprise; don't you
think so? Since you nre alive and are
good enough to feel an Interest In
knowing that I am too, I don't mind
telling you that I am reaching music
here In Chicago and like my work very
much. I have no husband In sight, nnd
If I ever acquire such a possession, It
will be because his pockets are so well
lined with gold that It would be folly
for me to let him slip through my fin
gers. At present I um very well and
contented. Sincerely,
"BES3 COUUTLAND."
If Hess could hnve seen Dempster
when ho rend this letter all Idea that
he regarded her carelessly or that he
was deceived us to her own feeling for
ti I in would have vanished as a June
frost. As It was, she never knew how
slio managed to live through the next
week until an answer to her letter ar
rived. Then, one morning, as she was.
leaving the boarding house for the
studio, the postman handed her anoth
er envelope bearing the fumlllar writ
ing, nnd site utmost ran to the little
park, where she sut down on n bench
to open It.
"Deurest girl," she read. "I am the
man you are after tho possession you
reully ought to acquire. My pockets
are so well lined with filthy lucre that
I'm bent with the weight of It. It
would be worse than folly to let me
slip through your lingers and nothing
could possibly suit me so well as to
lodge In those sumo lingers forever.
Seriously, Hess, don't you still care a
little? I'm In a position now to ask
you to marry me will you? You'll
never know how I suffered because I
was not able to ask this when your fa
ther died and left you so little; but a
peculiar round of circumstances over
took me just then and left me no al
ternative. My little sister, who was
out here visiting, met with a terrible
accident, which necessitated a very
dilllcult operation, and my resources
were so taxed to take care of this situ
ation I did not dare assume another
obligation. I left without seeing you,
and I've remained silent because I did
not wish to stand In the way of your
comfort elsewhere. Perhnps I did
wrong, dear; but my heart was right
and I ask to be forgiven. I have never
censed to want you, Hess, and now, the
remnant of my savings, happily Invest
ed, has brought me returns which per
mit me to ask you with a clear con
science to share my lot. I'm coming
East for my answer nnd shall prob
ably be with you almost as soon ns
you read this. Always your lover,
"HILLY."
When she had finished reading, tears
blinded her and little shivers of shame
chased themselves up and down her
spine at the thought of her own sordid
uess; but through the tumult within
her, her heart kept singing, "Hilly Is
coming Hilly Is coming!" She hud
only Just removed her wraps at the
studio when Hilly came, and there,
from the safe shelter of his arms, she
said to him:
"Hilly, dear, I'd have Jumped at the
chance to share your lot any time and
any place, It' you hadn't had a thing
In all this world but n penny with o
hole In it!"
Palestine's Salt Mountain.
Palestine possesses a remarkable
salt mountain situated at the south
end of the Dead sea. The length ol
the ridge Is six miles, with an aver
age width of three-quarters of a mile,
and the height is not far from (UK)
feet. There are places where the over
lying earthy deposits are ninny feet la
thickness, but the mass 'of the moim
tnln is composed of solid rock salt,
some of which Is ns clear as crystal.
Paid for Listening.
For 12.1 years a sermon has been
preached 111 Ilendon (Eng.) parish
church on the text, "Human life Is a
bubble." Ulchnrd Johnson, who died
In 17!).", left the masters nnd wardens
of the Stationers' company trustees of
his estate, and out of the Interest the
vicar of Ilendon wns to receive one
guinea for preaching this sermon, nnd
two wardens of the company a gulncs
each for listening to It.
Ripening Cheese In Persia.
, In Persia the good housewife sees to
It that cheeses for winter eating are
stored awny In earthen Jars and put
to ripen deep In the earth of the
garden.
n way as to outline and preserve Its
Individuality with that of the others.
As now constituted the cross of St.
George Is much wider than the other
two nnd seems to dominate them, but
they nre nevertheless distinctive and
Individual, while the white border of
each Is a reminder of tho original
white flag of Scotland. The propet
designation of the flag Is tho great
union, or simply the union. Union
Juck Is a nickname. Technically It
Is only a Jack when flown on the Jack
staff of a ship of war. It Is suggested
that the name probably came from
that of the Stuart king, King Jacques,
which King James ulwnys signed.
When a Nut Isn't
The pennut Isn't a nut at all, t
a member of tho pea, beun nnd clovt
family. It Is a legumo and gathers
nitrogen from the air. Peanuts do not
grow from roots, but on shoots which
grow out from the plant above ground,
bear a little sterile yellow blossom
and then shoot, directly Into the
grtiund, where they peg thnt Is, where
peanuts begin to grow on them. St.
Nicholas.
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The week of December 10 to Decem
ber 23 Is roll cull week for the Ameri
can Hed Cross. This Is n Christmas
call to the citizens of this country
to enlist In the Army of Service. The
need for service Is not abated by the
ending of the war the need for serv
ice will not be ended for a long time.
At borne and far afield tho lied Cross
must continue the work of relieving
the suffering thnt follows In the wake
of tho war. Itefugees and orphnns
nre stilt to be clothed and fed and
housed. The antituberculosis cam
pnlgn must he kept up nnd the fam
ilies of soldiers helped. Only a part
of the work of the Red Cross ends
with the cessation of hostilities.
The Christmas roll cull lias for Its
object more than anything else the
enrollment of all adults as members
of the Red Cross and tho appeal Is
for $1 memberships. The canvass will
be mainly for this. The Red Cross
makes Its appeal to all, without re
gard to creed, race, sect, faction or
class; It Is one organization for uni
versal service based on sympathy nnd
humanity. Of course everybody thnt
Is anybody wants to belong to It.
The Good-Will Box.
Home after home Is establishing Its
good-will box for the benefit of people
less fortunate than Its own members.
In the end It develops that the house
hold Is benefited In turn and a dem
onstration that It Is more blessed to
give than receive Is brought about In
the most practical way. Into the good
will box go all the used or unused nr
rleles thnt nre not needed In the house
hold, but might be used by some one
else. (Motblng, shoes, books, maga
zines, pictures, house furnishings,
china and glassware, which have
served for n time, but have been re
placed without being worn out, these
lire nil assembled In the good-will box
to be redistributed where they can do
EVERY WOMAN
I ill ii r ttfivvimpi.- '.wyw' '.' . . rWmm""'t
Whether it is because they are be.
roinhiL' or because an utmosnliere oC
luxury, and sometimes a suggestion of
splendor belongs to them, or that they
are so comfortable every woman
loves furs. They may be excused for
extravagancies In this direction; there
nro so many reasons why furs are a
better Investment than any other sort
of apparel. Furriers have presented
a greater variety In scarf and muff
set and In fur garments of all kinds
t tut a Is usual in one season nud this
has made ono more reason why furs
are everywhere. Their vogue Is uni
versal. Heglnnlng with the short niulller
collar nnd ending with the long coat,
one may buy wraps of any size be
tween with muffs to mutch. The scurfs
or capes nnd muffs classed as sepa
rate furs nnd sets, nro made In all va
rieties of skins. Then there are the
short coats (their name Is legion) and
finally the long capes nnd coats that
almost cover the figure.
Tho separate furs scarfs or small
cupes with muffs to match lead In
popularity. Recently hats trimmed
with the same fur or partly made of
It, have added a chic, harmonious de
tail to the midwinter toilette for the
street, but a scurf or cape looks well
with any sort of millinery. The hand
some mink scarf and muff shown in
the picture are designed for matronly
wearers and are good example of new
but staple styles thnt will outlast
many sensons. Talis us a finish for
ncnrf ends have been reinstated, but
the flat fur-covered button Is a novel
ty In ornaments. There Is a narrow
frill of satin along the center of the
scarf to protect the lining when the
scarf Is brought close up about the
I Those Old Floppy Felts.
t One doesn't usually find old hats In
I the piece bag, but they nro sure to be
In the near vicinity. Certainly there Is
I ono of thoso old floppy felts In the
; household. Take It out, divest It of Its
brim, ndd a bandeau to tho original
crown and you will hnve something
smart to top off n wee costume with.
This time the bandeau Is quite wide,
and subdivided by n single strand of
v.ool If you hnve any wool leftovers-r
r.niiYii cotton If you haven't. Note how
I tl. i straight, long stitches further em-
some cood. Thlnirs of this kind slinnlv
clutter up the average storeroom space
In the average Home, accumuiaio (lust,
and are In the way generally when
thev nik'lit he useful elsewhere. It
would be a fine Idea for every commu
nity if tho contents of good-will boxes
could bo collected In ono pluce either
for sale or distribution, and disposed
of once or twice a yeur.
Tho money that hns been snlvnged
from useless old silver and gold
trinkets ought to Inspire cveryono who
possesses battered und uninteresting
things made of the precious metals to
convert them Into bullion. Since the
war, women have unearthed all sorts
of old gold and silver ornaments, jew
elry and flat wenr, somo of It atro
ciously ugly, und turned It In for
melting up. With the gold nr.il silver
procured they buy War Snvings
stamps. Hut even If they do not care
to Invest It Is worth while to turn use
less Junk Into money which enn be put
to work nnd thereby made useful.
Watteau Plait In Winter Frocks.
For dinner frocks black Is much
used, sleeves arc short and tho wat
teau plait Is favored. In u black
moussellne de sole gown embodying
these details the corsage consists of
n broad draped cerise velvet girdle
that narrows at the back nnd holds
down the wuttenu plait with a large
bow. Also for dinner frocks embossed
velvet Is much used. Waists are long.
sleeves are short and draped effects
predominate. Dinner frocks nre often ,
of channelise with the selvage serv-
lug ns a hem. A well-designed evening
gown Is of black charmeiiso with a ,
two-tiered tulle tunic heavily embrol-
dered In pearl and Jet chrysantho- .
mums and edged with narrow fenther I
trimming. A broad sliver girdle slips
under the tulle In back nnd ends In
a discreetly veiled bow. I
LOVES FURS
throat. The melon nnilT Is Mulshed nt
the ends with plaited pull's of satin
and hangers of satin allow It to be
worn suspended from the arm. Hud
son seal, mink, mole, squirrel, kolinsky,
are the short-haired furs liked best for
sets with marten, skunk, fox nnd sa
ble the choicest 111 long-haired pelts.
Perspiration Stains.
Perspiration stains can be bollei'. out
of white material, but In colored ma-y-rlal
they usually mean that the per
spiration has spoiled the color. In thnt
ease, about the only thing to do is to
blench the garment white by boiling
It In n solution of washing sodn
about n cupful o fsoda to a holler half
fall of water. It Is, of course, disap
pointing to find oneself In possession
of a plain white frock or blouse In
stead of one of dainty blue or pink;
but surely the snowy-white Is more at
tractive to all eyes than a streaked,
yellow-stained color.
Amber Instead of Pink.
Flesh-pink chllTon and georgette
blouses are being worn so universally
now that women of exclusive tnste
hnve turned to unother tint, nnd that
tint seems to be amber not yellow,
and not tan, but the Indescribable gold
en shade produced by sunlight shining
through clear amber. A simple tucked
batiste blouso becomes, touched by the
magic wnnd of amber, an exclusive
model worth several dollars. Amber
chiffon blouses cost still more, nnd am
ber organdie trimmed with fllet lace
Is exceedingly distinguished In prlco.
phnslze the subdivision. Flnnlly com
a colorful wool posey for dash.
Novel Notes.
" White chinchilla Is ns much liked as
ever for babies' coats. Many of the
new gowns are made with front and
buck alike. Sheer blouses are sprin
kled with smull embroidered squares.
Rabbit fur trims with equnl success
gowns, conts und hnts. Veils tire
plain nnd flgured meshes With ribbon
borders.
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HOW SUBS WERE
FOILED IS TOLD
Camouflage and Big Convoys
Used to Make Our Ship
ping Safe.
DETAILS ARE MADE PUBLIC
Official of United 8tates Shipping
Board Describes Convoy's Activity
From Tim It Left
New York.
New York. With the need of se
crecy ended by the cessntlon of fight
ing "on land, on sea and In the air"
the methods used to bufflo the Hun
submarines have been revealed by of
ficers of the United States shipping
board. They made public the details
of convoy management and the proper
camouflaging of grouped ships to make
their destruction by undersea craft
difficult.
One of the officers begins his de
scription of a convoy's activity from
the time It left the port of New York.
"Once we were out In the stream,"
he says, "we headed down the chan
nel for tho lightship, beyond which
our convoy and escorts were waiting
for us. All were slowly under way
when we reached them. The ships of
different columns took their places,
and after n few minutes' confusion,
and lively work on the signal hnlyards
the other ships of the convoy got Into
place.
"Guarded above by dirigibles, hydro
planes and anchored balloons, nnd on
tho surface by a fleet of patrol boats
as well as our ocean escort, we pro
ceeded, and Amerlcn soon dropped be
low tho western horizon.
"As In the army - we hnve turned
back to medieval helmets and armor,
so on the water we have turned to
medieval naval turtles; but Instead of
convoys of Spanish gnllcons nnd fri
gates of the seventeenth century from
the new world to the old, our convoys
wero American transports and de
stroyers. "It Is not bnrd to see why tho con
voy system was effective. Tnke the
en so of a convoy of 25 ships (72 Is the
i largest milliner i vo nenru or in one
convoy; our mate told me of being
1 caught In a 72-shlp convoy In a sail
Ing ship In the Hay of Hlscny). When
these ships went In convoy Instead of
there belnc 25 different units scattered
all over tho 'zone' for the U-boats to I
AMUSEMENT FoFwOlJN
4 .
iLy Alt?; v,
These Tommies, who hnve done tlu lr part nobly In the victorious struggle
against the Hun, are seen here showing great Interest In the line codling
caught by Mrs. Mcllutdiins, winner of tho ladles' sea angling competition at
Deal.
Red Cross Worker Tells Fortunes
fbr Doys.
Relieves the Monotony for Wounded
Yankee Soldiers In the
Hospitals.
By GERTRUDE ORR.
"You will receive a letter In a few
days which will bring you good news
. . . Um! Yes, nnd you are going
to receive a present, from a lady
blonde, whom you nre going to meet."
"Trust Hefty, there, to meet the
blondes," drawled n lanky Southerner,
nnrt tho crouo of Interested soldiers
clustered about the fortune teller
shouted In chorus, "Oh, oult He's
there with the blondes!"
Hefty looked embarrassed, hut
pleased.
"Tell me some more !" he urged, and
the fortune teller, conning the enrds,
CUT OF TIMBER RUNS HIGH
Pacific Northwest Produces 132,056,288
Feet of First Grade Airplane
Lumber.
u-nuli ZTkrnrn Minn 1 . 12.050.-
I 2S8 feet of first-grade nlrplnne lumber
1 . , 1 -- .1.. ...Mia .wl etl.
! were produced oy uw mum e
Iglng camps of the Pnclllc Northwest
1 for the government's flying machines.
1 In October of this year production
' reached Its highest 'mark, when 22.
005,471 feet were cut. With the sign
ing of the armistice with Germany all
1 government spruce nnd fir production
. . t
wns biooouii.
PLANE PARTS MAKE MOWERS
Motor Propelled Machines Constructed
From Salvaged Material at
Texas Camp.
Fort Worth. Tex. There Is a les
son for tho salvage corps In the op
eration of a whole fleet of motor
propelled machines with which the
grass on tho square mile of luwn nt
Everman aviation field Is cut. And
find, there was only one. Thnt Is, the
Hun had only one chance of meeting
a ship wbero ho had 2!) before. And
if he did meet the convoy he found
It usually with a nnval escort, whose
sole business was sinking submarines.
lie found, too, 2j lookouts on watch
for him, 25 sets of guns rendy for him,
where there were lrut one each before.
"Tho usual convoy formation was In
columns In a rough square. This wns
the most compact, and the Inside ships
were practically Immune from attnek.
The escorts circled the convoy, If
necessary, and tho outside ships con
centrated their Are on any submarine
that appeared.
"Convoys were made up at different
speeds, and even the rustiest old
tramps were provided for In a six-knot
class.
"In spite of this, some captains' Im
agination always tacked a couple of
knots to their ship's speed. There
seemed to be n nautical version of
'Home, Sweet Home' 'be It ever so
humble, there's no ship like mine,' and
vessels making nine knots on Brood-
CANADA REBORN
AS WAR RESULT
Toronto. It Is a new Canada that
emerges from the world war a nation
transformed from thnt which entered
the conflict In 101 1.
More than 60,000 of her sons He In
soldiers' graves In Europe. Three
times thnt number hnve been more or
less Incapacitated hy wounds. The
cost of the wnr In money Is estlmnted
to be already $1,100,000,000.
These nre not light losses for a coun
try of 8,000,000 people. Fortunately,
there Is also a credit side.
Conudu hns "found herself In this
war. She hns discovered not merely
the gallantry of her soldiers, but the
brains nnd capacity nnd efficiency of
her whole people. In every branch, In
nrms, In Industry, In flnnnce, she hns
hud to mensuro her wits against the
world, and In no ense has Canudu rea
son to be other than gratified.
Of the glory that Is Canada's becnuse
of the gallantry nnd endurance and
brains ot her boys nt the front not the
half has yet been told. "Tho most
formidable fighting force In Europe"
-r
read for the wounded soldier a coming
day of good luck when muddy trenches,
shivering nights under bombardment
and aching shrapnel wounds would be
forgotten except ns a halo or nam
work well done to crown the days of
peace with content.
The gipsy, In her scarlet kerchief,
hns always plied her trade profitably.
An American Hed Cross worker, In a
Paris hospital, has discovered thnt the
scarlet kerchief Is not n necessary
requisite, for drawing n clientele. She
began telling fortunes one afternoon
Just to while away an nonr ror n Doy
who hnd tn"n to lose Interest In get
ting well. He wns restless nnd wenry.
For four months be had been lying In
the same bed; other patients had come
mid gone.
"You're going to have nn Interesting ;
adventure tomorrow," predicted the
itd Cross hid.v. nnd the following day ;
n pal with whom Hefty had trained In
the States nnd whom he hndn t seen
for six months, wns cnrrled Into the
aviation mechanics nre complaining
that they can't lay down a nut or bolt
or a spare airplane part without It
disappearing. The connection be
tween the two Is tho secret of Sergt.
Fairfax Williams nnd Corporal
William McFnrland, who are the con
structors of the "Ererman scouts,"
us the motor mowers nre known.
Sergt. Will turns designed the ma
chines nnd Corporal McFnrland con
structed them from tho discarded ma
chinery, disabled motors and spare
parts that accumulated from the air
planes. ENEMY ALIEN BUYS BONDS
Interned Austrian Invests Money Hs
Earned In Camp In
Canada.
Vancouver, H. C. Boso I'naln, an
Austrian at the Internment enmp here,
subscribed for $150 worth of Victory
bonds, In order, ho snys, to atone In
somo measure for the hnvoc wrought
by the brutality of his countrymen In
declaring wnr on Serhln. Tho money
subscribed wns earned s't e Par.ln en
tered the camp.
way make a bare seven off Fire Isluod.
"It was remarkable what a snappy
escort commander could do with Ma
chorges. After a day or two together
he had them maneuvering In position,
like a second grand fleet; zigzagging
'dnrk' through a black night, not a ray
, tm vA
Ul Uglll snowing uummiw t ..
were In the danger tone or a tin fish,
wns reported near.
"The war brought no stranger spa
tacle than thnt of a convoy of ateana
ships plowing along through the mlS
die of the oceon streaked and bespofr
ted Indiscriminately with every color
of the rainbow.
"The effect of good camouflage wa
remarkable. I have often looked at s
fellow ship In the convoy on oar
quarter on exactly the same couraaa)
we wore, but on account of her camou
flage she appeared to be making right
for us on o course at least forty-n
degrees different from the one she wm
actually steering.
"The deception was remnrkable ere
under such conditions as these, and ot
course a U-bont, with Its hnsty limited
observation, wns much more likely to
be fooled,
"Euch nntlon seemed to hnve a char
acterlstlc type of enmouflnge, nnd aft
er a little practice you could usually
spot a ship's nationality by her styl
of camouflage long before you could
moke out her ensign."
Is not a phrase of empty words. Char
acteristic of all that hus gono before
Is the fact thnt the Inst act before the
curtain wns rung down on the drama
of wnr should bo the capture of Mona
by the Cnnndlan corps. No Canadian,
when he heard thnt It wns reset-red
to Cnnndlnns to retrieve the great
tragedy to the orlglnnl British army
In August, 1014, but felt his pais
Jump nnd tho red blood surge through
his veins.
These boys who went from Canadian
firesides, who never henrd the Jangle
of a sword previous to 1014, In the last
four months hnve met the flower ot
the German nrmy, vaunting warriors
who had given their lifetime to prep
aration. Divisions totaling one-fourth
of the entire German army were la
this period met In succession nnd van
quished by four divisions from Can-'
ada.
Nor hnve the people at home been
lugging behind the boys nt the front
In courage, resourcefulness nnd efB
clency. Tho development of Canada's
war Industry Is an Industrial romance
of front rank. American government
ofllclals can testify to the efficiency ot
the manufacturing plnnt Canada has
built up In four short years. In de
partment after department, where they
I found American Industry fnlled them,
I they were able to turn to Canndn. The
full story may no revealed somo day.
In finance, Canndn before the war
was always n borrower nnd expected:
to be so for many years to come. lint
for n year and n half Canndn In finance
hns been "on her own." More than thnt,
she has been furnishing large crejlltsv
to other nations.
Having triumphed over the soul-
: I I . . ,. .
lesuiiK crises oi nr, iiiuaua inces an
era of pence with more than confidence
with buoyancy.
A vast program of reconstruction
and . of development nwnlts. The
country Is eager to get at It nnd Is
Impatient for the government to give
the word. Public works of tremen
dous Importance, silent since 1014, are
nwnltlng labor soon to be available.
Shipbuilding, railway equipment, steel
production, and many other Industries
will, under proper direction, go for
ward with a bound.
A Cnnndlan commission under Lloyd
Harris, fresh from Washington, la
headed for Europe for the purpose of
securing orders for Canadian Indus
tries for the reconstruction of Europe,
ward and placed In the bed beside him.
"She's n wlz," announced Hefty to
the ward, and the Hed Cross lady
found herelf swamped with demands
for seances. She sees only hn.;ilness
ami good fortune nliead nnd the con
valescents, with a new Interest In llfe
find the days go less Rlowly when
something good nwnlts them just
around the corner.
They know It's good luck heennse
"The Red Cross lady snys so she saw
It In the cards."
MAKES "NIGHT OWLS"
DIG FOR SMOKE FUND
Seattle. A number of the reg
ular roomers In the hotel Vlr
glnln here hnve a hnblt of com
ing In after midnight. The land
lady, Mrs. Clarke, now fines each
one of her roomers who arrives
nfter 12 midnight ami turns the
money Into tho "our boys in
France tobacco fund."
BOOTBLACK IS REAL PATRIOT
Every Dollar of Subscription to War
Work - Fund Means
Sacrifice.
Sandusky, O. Andy Million, p.
trlot, shoe-shine stand philosopher and
philanthropist, feels sorry for the peo
pie of Sandusky becnuse of tho pool
showing In the war work fund drive,
nnd whnt he feels toward those whe
could give, but who did not, Is not
good newspnper English. But Andy
subscribed $50 nnd then another $13
to be paid on the Instalment plan, and
when the committee faced a shortage
at the Inst minute Andy dug down and
subscribed another $20. Every dollar
of Andy's subscription menns a sac
rifice and It tii cans lots of shoe shines.
Pigeons Even Patriotic
Wilton, N. II. Three pigeons, one
mil nnn uhlfit and one h hie. soared
uvi-r a itui in iw uiw wiiiv.
white pigeon flying In the centf
me cenij
Into'
the group. As they flew Into,
of the sun their colors wt
nounced.