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ITALY’S LEANING TOWERS.
The Strangest of Them All Are the
Two in Bologna.
Italy is a land of many leaning tow-
ers, but the tower of Pisa is the
best known. The sirangest of the lean-
ing towers, nowever. are the Torre
Asinelli and the Torre Garisenda in
Bologna, which were erected A. D.
1109 and 1110. The builMers intended
them for fortified homes, of which Bo-
logna at one time possessed as many
as 200. The gloomy, smooth walled
brick towers standing side by side
make a strange impression upon the
person who looks up at them from the
ground.
The Torre Asinelli is 320 feet high
and contains a rough staircase of 447
steps. From the summit, which is four
feet out of plumb’ with. the base, one
has a fine view of the city. The slant
is unintentional and was probably
caused by the sinking of the founda-
tions. Torre Garisenda is 163 feet high
—sixteen feet lower than the Leaning
Tower of Pisa—and is ten feet out of
plumb—only three feet less than the
Tower of Pisa.
When Ottone Garisenda began to
build, A. D. 1110, he apparently wanted
his house to surpass his neighbor Axi-
nelll’s in oddity, and so he intentlon-
ally made his tower out of the perpen-
dicular. He found it impossible, how-
ever, to complete the tower at that
angle and had to cease work.—London
Standard.
PREHISTORIC WEAPONS.
They Were Probably Made of Iron Ob-
tained From Meteorites.
In the old world the art of smelting
® ores was discovered about 1200 B. C.
It has sometimes been suggested that
iron tools and weapons may bave been
made at an earlier period from meteor-
ites, and receutly @ considerable amount
of evidence in behalf of this hypothesis
has been presented by C. ¥. Zimmer.
He has compiled a list of the known
iron-containing meteorites, nearly all
accumulated within the past century.
and he shows from these alone about
250 tons of iron might be obtained. Of
this amount more than 99 per cent is
malleable, consisting of a nickel-iron
alloy. He also shows by means of a
series of illustrations how easy it is to
detach from the meteorites fragments
of iron suitable for use as tools or im-
plements when mounted in handles.
Thus it seems fairly probable that a
widespread use may have been made of
meteoritic iron in prehistoric times.
At the time of the Spanish conquest of
Mexico the Aztees had ion knives and
daggers, which, they dec iared, had been
obtained from the s!:». Moreover, the
use of meteoritic iron by liskimos and
American Indians ix a matter of recent
bistory.—Sclentific American.
Getting By.
- An Indianapolis man, who for
purpose of this story will Be f
Mr. X., asked a friend, Mr.
r. Y. replied th e
“Rave the money with him, but
would return with it later.
When he came back to Mr. X.’s office
he found Mr. X. busily engaged in an
apparent effort to make a favorable
impression oh ‘a visitor unknown to
Mr. Y. i
“Here is that twenty,” said Y. break-
ing in on the conversation.
Mr. X. turned as though annoyed by.
the interruption; then his face bright-
. ened with a patronizing smile.
“Thanks, old fellow,” he said. “Any
time 1 can do anything more for you
let me know.”
Mr. Y., the lender. retreated in con-
fusion.—Indianapolis News.
The Fear of the Past.
The future is a blank wall on which
every man can write his own name as
large as he likes. The past I find al-
ready covered with illegible, scribbles.
such as Plato, Isaiah, Shakeéspeare.
Michelangelo, Napoleon. 'I can make
the future as narrow as myself. The
past is obliged to be as broad and tur-
bulent as humanity, and the upshot of
this modern attitude iS really this—
that men invent new ideals because
they dare not attempt old ideals. ‘They
look forward with enthusiasm because
they are afrald to look back.—Gilbert
K. Chesterton.’
Another Mystery Explained.
Mr. Lynch and his friend were dis-
cussing family ‘names and’ their his
tory. :
“How did your name originate?"
asked the friend.
“Oh, probably one of my ancestors
was of the grasping kind that you hear
about so often.’ Somebody gave him
an ‘ynch’ and he took an ‘L.’”—Chris-
tian Register, ih
The Smithy.
In the forty-fourth chapter, twelfth
verse, of Isaiah is this description of a
smithy: The sndith with the tongs both
worketh in the coals and fashioned it
with hammers and worketh with the
strength of his arms; yea, he is hungry,
and his strength faileth; he drinketh no
water and is faint,
Not Superstitious.
Collector (warmly)—I’ve been here a
dozen times, sir, and I positively won’t
call again. Debtor (cheerfully) — Oh,
come now, my man. Don’t be so super-
stitious about making the thirteenth
call. Nothing will happen, I assure
you.—Stray. Stories.
A Liberal Spender.
“He’s a liberal spender.”
| FISH AS A FOOD.
. Not Nearly Enough of It Is Used In
|
| This Country.
pounds of fish a year. This includes
oysters, clams, crabs, lobster, shrimp
| and mussels. One dietary authority
| states, according to Leslie's Weekly,
that 200 miles inland from offt three
coasts the consumption of fish food per
person is less than a half pound annu-
ally.
Each inhabitant of the British isles
has fish on his bill of fare to the ex-:
tent of 100 pounds every twelve
months, while the fish consumption per
capita in Germany is 120 pounds; Hol.
land, 130 pounds; Norway, Sweden and
Denmark, 150 pounds; China, 223
pounds, and Japan, nearly 500 pounds.
Latin Americans are the only people
who eat less fish than do the inhabit-
.ants of the United States,
There is absolutely no sane argument
against the larger and more extensive
use of fish as a daily diet throughout
the length and breadth of this land. If
! is ideal as a food. It is highly nutri
. tious and rich in proteins. It is most
easily digested. It containg in great
abundance the chemical ingredients for
making bone, muscle and tissue. As a
GROUND MOLES VALUABLE.
The Only Real Damage They Do Is
When They Invade the Lawn.
From an examination of the stomach
contents of 200 moles taken in all
mouths of the year it was found by the
bureau of biological survey of the Unit.
ed States department of agriculture
that earthworms and white grubs con-
stitute the bulk of the food. Beetles
and their larvae and other insects that
enter the ground, spidels, centipedes.
cocoons and puparia also form a part
of the diet." In one stomach were found
the remains of 171 small white grubs,
in another 250 ant puparia, in another
ten cutworms and in another twelve
earthworms,
The preseace of starchy material in
some of the stomachs is proof that the
mole olcasionaily finds vegetable food.
ay certain seed grains softened by con-
tict with the moist soil, an acceptable
addition to its worm and insect diet.
Seed coats of corn, wheat, oats and
peanuts have been identified in a few
stomachs,
Judgment against the mole may be
vendered when it actually invades the
lawn—the overt act—but no general
warfare against an insect eating mam-
mal should be encouraged.
Good, Hearty Laughter,
Hygienje experts can say what they
like, but they will never compose a diet
: s i
The average American eats twenty :
food nothing detrimental can possibly | even in the knots intended for common
be said against it. Ifish, with the excep-
tion of 8 few species, are clean feeders. '
i tree knots.
birthday’gift and another for doing up
: JAPANESE KNOTS.
They Have a Language of Their Own,
and Their Making Is an Art.
: The Japanese have no use for buttons,
buckles or hooks and eyes. Cord serves
« every purpose of fastening and furnish-
. es artistic possibilities seemingly with-
i out end.
The Japanese have hundreds of knots,
made necessary by the ornamental use
of cord. Some are as old as the time
when history was recorded by a series
of knots, just as it was in China and
Peru before writing was invented.
There are dozens ofyknots in common
and ceremonial usage, and these every
HERCISM IN THE NAVY.
It Is Not an Event, but a Mere Matter
of Everyday Duty.
Our navy is crowded with men who
will face any danger. Some years ago
one of our battleships was on the bat-
tle range, with bags of powder stowed
in her turrets to save time in loading
and firing the guns. A spark ‘got to
thebags of powder. There were an ex-
plosion and a fire. Directly under-
neath was the handling room. Burn-
ing pieces of cloth fell from the turret
down into the handling room. The
crew. of that handling room could have
Jue into the passageway, made
their way up a ladder and so on to
child can tie.
In one educational museum of Japan
is a great frame of the inost beautiful
knots, tied in silken and gold thread:
hibit at a certain world’s fair. For six
months this wonderful collection had
hung upon’ the wall and only two visit:
ors had noticed and inquired about ‘it.
Even these thought the knots must be
industrial samples ded for dress
trimmings. No one offered to buy the
unique exhibit, 10 museum begged for
it, and the wonderful knots were taken’
home again.
There is an appeal to the imagination
use.. There are plum blossom, cherry
blossom, iris, chrysanthemum and pine
There are fujiyama knots,
turtle and stork knots, the “old man’s,”
which is easy to tie, and the “old wo-
man’s” also. *
There is only one way of knotting a
cord when sending a New Year's or
a funeral offering. There is one way to
tie the brocade bag of the tea jar when
it is full and another when it is empty.
A sword bag, a flag or spear bag, a dis-
patch bag, or the box containing some
precious piece of porcelain or lacquer,
must each be tied in a certain way.
The ill bred person classes himself
with the foreigner by ignoring such
niceties of custom, and an object tied
in a slovenly manner may not only bear
witness to the sender's ignorance, but’
it may carry with it a deadly insult.—
Pearson’s Weekly.
THE ALBUMEN WE NEED.
Foods That Produce It and How They’
Compare With Meat.
“Why do we eat meat?’ asks Dr.
Daniel Claude in an article in Nature, |
and he answers his question by saying, |
“First to supply the albumen necessary
to our bodies, then because meat is 8
pleasant food, easily digested and as-
similated.”
Many physiologists have estimated
the quantity of albumen necessary to
our systems and "have given widely.
differing figures, but today it is gen-
or discover a better health promoter
| than} , hearty laughter. :
Laughter carries everything before
| up the old bones and stirs new life
Into every carner of the brein. 1
It fills the lungs with good, pure,
new air and drives out all the bad, im-
pure breath. It is the world’s friend
and one of the few human characteris-
tics ‘which’ are‘unfversal. ;
Promote real laughter, the genuine
resuit of humorous incidents; not gig:
gles, sickly smiles or sardonic and sar-
castic grins, but honest, open, whole
hearted laughter!
That’s the only royal road to health.
—London Opinion.
A Watch and a Horsepower.
An astute French mathematician has
found that in certain watches the mo-
tions exceed 200,000,000 a year in little
equal jumps. In the same time the
outside of the average balance travels
7.500 miles. Yet despite this astonish-
ing distance traveled by the ordinary.
watch- the amount of power ¢onsumed
is trifling. states the Popular Science
Monthly. One horsepower is sufficient
to run 270.000.000 watches. This is
probably all the watches that are in
existence. But it there should be more
there would be enough power left in
the one horsepower $0 run an addition-
al thousand watches or so.
Consolation,
A woman doctor of Philadelphia was
calling on a young sister, recently mar-
ried, who was in distress. In response
to the doctor’s inquiry the newlywed
said: re
“I cooked a meal for the first time
yesterday. and I made a terrible mess
of it.”
“Never mind, dearie,”” said the doc-
tor cheerfully. “It's nothing to worry
about. I lost my first patient.”—Har-
per’s. 3
The Point of View.
A Sunday school teacher had been
telling her class the story of the good
Samaritan. When she asked them
what the story meant a little boy said:
“It means that when I am in trouble
my neighbors must help me.”—Chris-
tian Register.
Hoodooced.
Hokus—Flubdub complains that none
of the girls look with favor on his
suit. Pokus—How can they when he
wears a high hat with a sack coat?—
Town Topics.
An Indignant Officer.
“May we have the pleasure of your
company this evening, colonel?”
“Company, madam? I command a
regiment.” —Boston Transcript.
Both Sides.
“Can your wife see two sides of a
question?”
“Yes; her own and her mother’s.”—
Life.
“So?”
“Yes; almost anybody but his wife
ean get money out of him.” —Detroit
Free Press.
Affliction is not s V young
mean. from that o who chastens
whom he
| vation to something
Man’s
life is
=
|
i
. that"
: 160 ‘pounds actually needs only be
it, "It sweeps away the “blues,” shakes
erally held that one grain per day per
kilogram ‘of body weight is ample—
is to say, that a man weighing
tween five and six ounces of albumen’
a day. Children and ‘growing youths
eed. more. Meat, however; is not the
csi eben is rich in albumen. A
qudrter of a Brie cheese, for instance,
contains as much albumen as half
pound of beefsteak. Lentils, pens and
beans are from’ 20'to 25 per cent albus
men, which means that these vegeta-
bles are worth actually more than
steak and cost far less.
According to Dr. Claude, our daily
needs in the way of albumen can be
satisfied by any one of the following:
Beefsteak ...... ...14 ounces
Cutlets .... ...18% ounces
Salted tongve ..i.ceiveeeeses hens 181% ounces
Milk. T00 . 2 quarts
Chicken .............00 ...20 ounces
BEEsl........cch0inilsiniienn,s cseee O
Cheese ....cs:vhisediss bonncrnien. 5 ounces
Almonds ........ sesssusven 25 ' ounees
Haricot beans ....7.... hiieeeaesis 8% ounces
Zentils: loin eeeeess.. 113% ounces
Bread. .....cvicrnrrserresassnsassss 29 ounces
From these it is easy to make a selec:
tion, picking those that cost the least.
Warfare In the Air.
A high powered airplane engine of
the best type—say 120 to 150 horse
power—cannot be purchased for much
less thar $3,000. And the whole air
plane, a big one, may readily cost $10.-
000 to $20,000. ?
A fast modern airplane has an aver-
age life of only about two or three hun-
dred hours of active service—say two
months at the outside. This means
that to keep 10,000 airplanes on a bat-
tle line you have to be able to build
5,000 per month or more. The cost
would be almost unthinkable. That ts
why warfare in the air for any length
of time would bankrupt the world. ‘And
that in turn is why warfare in the alr
means the end of all warfare.—Collier’s.
No. Chasing. i
A young man visited a jeweler’s and
asked to look at some wedding rings.
He selected a very handsome ring, and
the jeweler said:
“H’'m! That one is dearer than the
others. Yes, sir; I have to charge $10
extra for that one on account of the
chasing.”
The young man flushed,
“You won't have to chase me, mis-
ter,” he said coldly. - “I pay cash.”
Don’t Get Bored.
Don’t let yourself get into the habit
of being bored. It is not worth while,
When you feel it coming on plunge at
once into some task that will take all
your time and energy. It is better to
*un away from certain things than to
let them irritate you.—Exchange.
With the Sea Flavor.
Friend—What kind of car did you
buy? Retired Sea Captain—Well, she
draws about fifty feet of dust and dis-
places half my bank account.—Life.
Catty.
Miss Sharpe—She’s her own chaperon
Greene—How’s that?
“You ought to see her face.”-—London |
Answers,
This had formed a part of Japan's ex:
the free and safe air of the open deck.
What they did was to stand by to
stamp out what fire they could.
Leading from the handling room were
the magazines. The doors of the mag-
azines. were open. Men jumped into
-the. magazines and buttoned the keys
of the bulkhead doors so that there
would be no crevice for sparks. In
doing that they locked themselves in,
and once in they had tg stay in. Above
them, they knew, was a turret full of
men and officers dead and dying. * They
knew that fire was raging around them,
too, ‘and that the next thing would be
for the people outside to flood the mag-
~The magazines were flooded.
i were under control and
t oors opened the water in the mag-
aziges was up to the men’s necks.
While that was going on below decks
in the turret were other men and offi-
cers, including the chaplain, not know-
ing what was going on below and ex-
pecting every moment to be blown up
into the sky. But there they were, eas-
ing the last moments of the men who
were not already dead. Thirty all told
were killed in the turret. All concern-
ed behaved well, but ne better than
they were expected to behave.
‘A few years ago there was a destroy-
er off Hatteras. It was before day-
break of a winter's morning in heavy
weather. A boiler explosion blew out
her side from well below the water
line clear up through to her main deck.
Men were killed by the explosion; oth-
ers were badly scalded. A steam burn
is “an agonizing thing, yet some of
these scalded men went back into that
hell of a boiler room and hauled out
shipmates who, to their notion, were
more badly burned than themselves.
One such rescuer died of his burns.
The hole in the deck and top side of
that destroyer was twelve feet across,
yet her commander and crew got her
to Norfolk under her own steam. Com-
mander and crew behaved well, but no
better than they were expected to be-
bave.—James B:. Connolly in’ Collier's
Weekly.
How Norway Finds Sailors.
Norway's navy, being a young serv-
ice, is built expressly for défense and
not defiance. But, though her ships are
few, the quality of her men is high, the
hardy fishermen of the coast providing
an abundance of excellent’ material,
? 1 the utn VIRGLE Paha £3 EV
serve at least one year in the merchant
service before he can enter the naval
college at Horten, and his qualifica-
tions before obtaining the rank of sub-
lieutenant must includé a thorough
knowledge of English, French and Ger-
man, with ability to speak English and
one of the other two languages fluently.
~ Swimming as an Exercise.
There is no exercise like swimming.
The breast stroke builds arm and
shoulder breast muscles. The forward
thrust and backward sweep are guar-
anteed to develop those back muscles
which cure ihe scholar’s stoop. The
scissors kick of the side stroke will do
more for the legs than all the gymna-
sium tricks yet invented. The arduous
labor of the trudgen and the crawl
compels deep breathing. And when
one’s: wind, grown short in office or
chair or over workbench, is spent you
turn: upon your back and rock, as in a
cradle, looking at the sky.— Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Motor Wheel Rims.
How many automobilists are there
who ever remove their rims from the
wheels until forced to do so by reason
of tire trouble? Very few, is the an-
swer. If they did take the rims off
after having run the zur for a short
time and use a little gz%#hite in be-
tween the wheel and tha demountable
rim they'd find tire changing easier la*
er on. As it is, rims are sometimes so
rusted and plastered on that they take
an unconscionable time to remove
when the need finally does arrive.—
Chicago Tribune.
To Cure Scars.
Scars are often very ugly things and
disagreeable marks when they exist in
prominent places on the skin. Prob-
ably nothing can remove a big scar the
tissue of wkich has become fibrous
and unyielding, but the following rec-
ipe, to be applied on lint and allowed
to remain on the part for a little time
daily, will effect an improvement .in
small scars ‘and blemishes: Borax, one
and a balf ounces; salicylic acid, twelve
grains; glycerin, three drams; rose-
water, six ounces. Mix.
Have to Be.
“I have been visiting one place, at
least, where men are always guarded
in their conduct.”
“And what might that remarkable
place be?”
“The penitentiary.” —Baltimore Amer-
ican.
Politeness.
“Does your wife listen to your ad-
! vice?”
irue
| “Listen? Of course she does. My
wife is very polite.”—Boston Tran-
! script.
When you meet an ebstacle use ££ 2s
i '® stepping stone.
TE, a
| There is another phase of war and
it is the more important one because
‘obtained?
—_—
UNINED
-Boys of Pennsylvania! come away
from the ball fields. turn from vacation
frolics, put aside the pleasant lures of
boyhood and give
heed to serious do-
ings. Your country
has a grim business
in hand and relies
largely upon you to
put it through.
You have heard
the song of the
bugles and the rattle of the drums;
you have geen the dust-stained troops
in highways and byways; you have
cheered with ‘the shouting bystanders
and through these things you person-
ally have come to know that the na-
tion is at war.
The stirring military scenes no doubt
have impressed you with the greatness
of your ¢ountry’s martial might. They
have given you a comforting sense of
security through visibie assurance that
thousands upon thousands of steel
muscled, splendidly equipped fighting
men stand as living barriers between
you and your country’s foe.
And you, perhaps, have turned back
to your sports and games in the con-
fident belief that these chosen legions
of a free nation have but to meet the
enemy to sweep him from: the field.
But in that belief there is danger.
It is a belief which, if permitted to
spread unchecked, would place the ar-
mies of America in deadly peril.
All of these inspiring troop move-
ments you have witnessed relate only
to one phase of war activity—the mili-
tary side.
‘properly directed it backs up the sol-
dier in the field with the entire re-
sources of his country.
Valor Not. Enough.
It is this phase of war activity that
must give the American fighting men
more and better cannon than the ene-
my possesses; more ammunition, more
food and more of everything that is
vital to the prosecution of war. For
if the nation permits its armies to
be overmatched in these things their
valor will count for nothing. Mere
bravery will not avert defeat and de-
feat would mean a reign of terrorism
in this free land too shocking to be
pictrred even in a part of its bar-
barity. ;
That is why no one—not even boys
—should be allowed to think that war
fs only the soldier’s business. This
war is the business’ of every man,
every woman, every boy and every girl
in America who, by their work, can
be cf use to American troops.
Primarily, war, because it is de-
structive, taxes to the utmost the pro-
ductive energy of the nation engaged.
At the same time it weakens the pro-
ductive forces by taking all of the
able-bodied men from farms, work-
shops and business to do the fighting.
One millfon American soldiers, the
pick of the country’s manhood recruit-
ed from the various industries, will
soon be at grips with the enemy, and
workers must be. found to fill their
places. Additional workers must be
located to produce the excess quanti-
ties of supplies that these one million
soldiers will require, and the supplies
our European allies need.
Where are these workers to be
Boys, the answer rests
with you. Perhaps upon witnessing
parades of fighting squadrons you
have felt regret that you, too, could
not have a place In the heroic files.
But there is no need to harbor regret.
You and every other boy between the
ages of 16 and 21 years may help your
country fight and win the war. You
may not be able to shoulder a rifle
or man a gun, but by working to sup-
ply everything needful to the men who
do these things you will be making
your country’s guns effective.
President Wilison’s Call.
The war has made a place for you.
That place is in the ranks of the Penn-
gylvania Division of the United States
Boys’ Working Reserve, an organiza-
tion created by the United States gov-
erpment to furnish emergency workers
so that there will be no shortage of
the labor needed to keep the American
soldier in victorious fighting trim.
So important is the Reserve consid-
ered by the government that President
Wilson has issued a message urging
Poys of Pennsylvania to enroll. Here
fa the President’s message to you:
—
25000
HOVS WANTED
[FOR THE BIGEEST JOB
ON BART
JOUR) THE PENHSYLYANIA DIVISION
SUATES
BOVS WIRING RESERVE
AND RELR TO WIN TRE WAR
themselves by training and swudy for
good citizenship and productive serv-
ee. In this way they can show thems
selves worthy of patriotic fathers who
tought for democracy in the past, sus-
tain their patriotic brothers who are
fighting for it today, and command the
affectionate pride of the brave mothers
who" are silently bearing the bu-dens
at home.”
Under the direction of the Pennsyle
vanig Committee of Public Safety the
Reserve is now recruiting an industrial
army of 25,000 boys. They will be
guided in their activities by Jchn C.
Frazee, Federal Director for this State,
and a corps of district superinténde
ents.
The aims of the Reserve are: First,
the organization, ang, second, the
preparation of boys for emergency
service in all lines of work. The mot-
to of the boys who enroll is “I will
be ready.” The Reserve will find use-
ful work for them and if necessary
will instruct them in the work.
Service Badge Given.
You may enroll by obtaining the con.
sent of your parents or guardians,
whether you are now employed or not.
Boys who are employed join with the
idea of becoming more useful to their
country by learning to produce more
at their present work. They will not
be urged to change their employment,
‘but only to hecome more proficient at
i
Boys who are not now at work, but
who attend school, may enroll and will
be instructed in scme line ‘of industry...
fitted to their abilities. Working hours
will be arranged so that their educa-
tion will not be inters red with. LAll
boys enrolling will receive at once tha
handscme button of the Pep-cylvania
Division. by loyal servier ‘ey m-y
earn the bronze badze of th- Reserve
which is a reproduction of the seal of
the United States suitably inscribed
and numbered. Appropriate wages will
be paid while boys are at work.
Working conditions will b» carefully
supervised so that members of the
Reserve sh~1l be protected »3ainst all
forms of physical and moral injn-w,
There is nothing of a military chro
ter about the Reserve, its trainine -~r
its work and members may withdr-w
whenever their parents or guardians
so desire.
It is not intended to keep the boys
working on the same basis ag workers
who are regularly employed. Service
s of a temporary nature and will be
called for in emergencies only. The
Reserve does not seek to shift the
employment of boys who are working
for their parents or interfere with
their wage arrangements. But these
boys may become members and earn
the badge of honor as such.
The ‘Reserve will encourage school
boy or student members in heir
studies, as it holds that mental im-
provement is a form qf proficiency
by which the country ang fts industrieg
benefit.
Workshops, farms and business are
depending upon the loyalty of the
American people to insure sufficient
working forces while hundreds of thou.
sands of brave Amerieans are decid-
ing the national destiny in a far-off
land. And the American soldier is go.
ing about his stern task with implicit
confidence that he will receive the
right kind of support from those who
remain behind.
Whether he is justified in that con.
fidence is up to you.
Your big brothers, perhaps, are al
ready near the firing lifie or soon will
be on their way there. For every
man at the front there must be five
workers at home producing the food,
the clothing, the ammunition. th-=
weapons and other supplies without
which the bravest troops would be
defeated before they even hegan the
fight.
Boys of Pennsylvania enroll to give
tke Amer soldier the things he
*Let me express the hope that th
ia
young men of Pennsylvar
y8’ Working
> [needs to win the war! ;
And, fat! mothers, let your boys
enroll, 1T neede sorely ne
and {it yublic service that cals