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Frederick Still Stands in Front of War College
ASHINGTON.—The deadly statue of
the man who was termed by Dr. R.
“the head devil of the whole Prussian
Frederick the Great, the statue of
M. McElroy of Princeton university,
philosophy,” still lurks in front of the
War college. Doctor McElroy an-
nounced at a luncheon in New York
he was going to start a movement to
tear down Frederick and turn him into
bullets. But Washington far has
manifested an alarming apathy to the
patriotic project.
So far as can be discovered, no-
body has yet burned Frederick in ef-
figy Doctor McElroy disclosed
the insidious and secret wickedness
of Frederick's teachings. The watch-
man at the War college says he hasn't
sighted so much as one lynching bee on its way to bag Fred, and intimated
a little excitement now and then at the War college, a peaceful institution
three miles down the river, would not come amiss.
Of course, there are reasons, It isn't even impossible that the people of
Washington are more familiar with the statue than is Doctor McElroy. At
least, the general attitude seems to be that if the man who founded the Ger-
HE SURE DOES
LOOK LIKE AN
SO
since

man state looked anything like the statue of him in Washington, God help the
German people.
Mr. Roosevelt, then president, put the statue out in front of the War
college, thus showing a good deal of judgment, for few people ever get to see
it there.
Washington Women Open Their Homes for War Causes
iberal in the matter of lending their homes
for charity, have been especially so with regard to war benefit entertain-
ments or enterprises. Mrs. Gaff’s ballroom has been repeatedly placed at the
disposal of committees in charge
one benefit or another. Mrs, Jennings,
at whose home the women who came
to this country in behalf of the French
ASHINGTON women, always 1

of
orphans had their first hearing, has
been equally generous. Mme. Jus-
serand has given a room in the em-
bassy for the weekly rendezvous of the
women connected with the embassy
and with the French high commission
who are knitting for the American sol
diers.
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock’s ballroom
has been the regular meeting place on Saturday afternoons of the army
women who are knitting for the engineers, besides having been loaned for
several war benefits since the beginning of the winter. Mrs. Henry Huddleston
Rogers of New York, who with Mr. Rogers is spending the winter here, has
converted a portion of the handsome Duncan McKim house, which they are
occupying, into a miniature factory for turning out articles knitted by ma-
chinery. A number of machines have been installed and are in motion
every day manufacturing comforts for the soldiers. Mrs, Edward Beale Me-
Lean is making similar use of one of the large apartments of McLean house,
where a group of women meet at regular intervals to make surgical dressings.
Mrs. Junius MacMurray has loaned in her house, in Massachusetts
avenue, for the storing of wool to be converted into garments for the soldiers
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conflicts of the world has the weather proved such
This is
EVER in the history of
a potent factor as in the war that
largely due to the use of airplanes, dirigibles and captive balloons, to the
highly perfected and powerful artil-
Ey | CAN'T FOOL
o Ly) | THEM IT SEEMS
is in progress in Europe.
now

lery and to the modern methods of
or Cots es warf re first brought into practice in
© © OS this conflict. Forekrnowledge of exist-
ZY c and expected weather conditions,
To both in the air and on the surface, has,
therefore, of the utmost im-
portance.
When active preparations for the
military preparedness of this country
in

become
were begun—when the declaration was
made by the United States that a state
of war existed with the German gov
ernment—it was apparent that the weather bureau had an important part
to play. In recognition of this fact the secretary of agriculture communicated
with the secretary of war and invited attention to the service which might
be rendered by the weather bureau in furnishing the fullest information con-
cerning weather conditions in the United States and adjacent regions. He
also indicated the service that trained experts could render as aids to com-
manders in planning military operations. The secretary of war heartily
accepted the suggestions, and preparations were made at once for the fullest
co-operation in carrying out the plan.
It was obvious that the activities of the weather bureau for the time being
at least would necessarily be extended to two primary objects: (1) The fore-
casting of the weather for purely military operations, and (2) the sounding
of the upper air for the benefit of aviators, balloonists and artillerists.
The official in charge of the aerological investigations of the bureau has
also been commissioned a major and placed in charge of the military aero-
logical work. The aerological work heretofore performed by the bureau
will be continued, in addition to the enlarged activities made possible by
congressional appropriation of $100,000 for this work.
More Names Needed for Uncle Sam’s New Warships
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HE unprecedented increase in the number of naval vessels sinc
T break of the war has given rise to at least one problem which is proving
to be a source of meh perplexity to the naval authorities. The department
is confronted with a dearth of names.
Names are needed for the numerous
destroyers, mine sweepers and patrol
boats which have been added to the
naval list or will be added in scores
within the next few months. To make
matters worse, Henry Ford is prepar-
ing to turn out in quantity a new type
of vessel, something between a subma-
rine chaser and a patrol boat, which
must have a name of some kind, how-
ever informal the christening may be.
And unless the Audubon societies, the
naturalist or ornithologists of the country
department will be in a dilemma.
department has drawn upon certain of
named after naval heroes, the mine sweepers are named after birds, the tugs
after Indian chiefs and the colliers after mythological deities or heroes.
There are enough deities to go around for the colliers, but the supply of
naval heroes after whom the scores of new destroyers are to be added is
running low and there are not many Indian chiefs left.
The assistant secretary of the navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, admitted that
the appendix of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary afforded very little in the
way of bird's names suitable for mjine sweepers. He admitted that
secretary bird, which is pictured in the act of seizing a snake with its talons,
is hardly appropriate, and the laughing jackass even worse. it has been
found that the supply of suitable birds’ names is very limited.
The situation is even worse with reference to the destroyers. The number
of these vessels is increasing with extraordinary rapidity and the number of
naval heroes, up to the present time, at least, remains stationary.
will not be enough heroes’ names to go around and the department is con-
fronted with the necessity either of recognizing new ones or switching to

| WONDER IF
THEY'LL NAME A
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the navy
the
The difficulty is that in naming vessels the
come to rescue
classes names. The destroyers are
some other method of nomenclature. s
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MOUNT JOY

STAR AND NEWS, MOUNT JOY. Pa.

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AMONG SAINTS
Patrick’s Useful Life and Good
Works Entitle Him to Posi-
tion of Eminence.

PLACE OF BIRTH NO MATTER |
| cial ferling in a marked degree as com- |
Certain He Was a True Irishman and
Accomplished Much for the Wel-
fare of the Race During His
Seojurn on the Island.
NIE of the reasons why St.
Patrick is such a favorite the
world over is that he was so
very human.
of a chance when a boy,
the best of what he had.
but he made
If he had not

he would have been a hogherd all the
days of his life. Ie was a slave, in
very truth, being bound to a pagan hog
raiser in Britain.
Buf you can't keep a good man down,
and that’s a fact.
If all the legends be trues which can
hardly be possible, Patrick was a fa
vorite among the ladies, even making
y impression on the good St. Bridget.
this was before they became
of course it was, for how could
ar
M
saints
they be saints and be alive at the same
time?
However, there is quite a lot of writ-
aybe

ings, whether genuine or not, that go
to show that he was a real human
lover, and that dear Bridget was ex-
ceedingly fond of him, and would have
HORTHILY RANKS |
trying-out process his will be a master-
ful, leading, helpful spirit which the |
spirits of all must acknowledge, re-
hardly
|
{
spect end submit to.
In His Day.
We of the present day can
conceive of the conditions existing in
the British islands in his day.

It was the man within the plainly
clad form, the spirit that lighted the
kindly eye, the love that prompted the |
tongue to utter appeals, to give timely
warnings and to promise contentment,
happiness to all
live right one toward another
pleasing God and making for
and good will on earth.
prosperity and
would
thus
peace
1 Phe A ee ey or ¥ Roath Bs nd Great he was indeed, else he could
{ brutish, a1 { gher ambi
j Jritesh, And 120,00 hi r ambition |, ¢ pave done so great good toward
{ than to exist, unless it was to rob | .n men,
| neighboring tribes of their cattle, hogs
Physically they were
and
and fair women,
strong, vigorous and
possessed of good nature, wit and so- |
emotional,
| pared with the inhabitants of other
islands,
Noting this, St. Patrick must have!
| people,
ile hadn't much
married him could be have procured |
the consent of the church.
His Life and Works.
From all that ean be learned con-
corning the life and works of St. Pat-
wis a good man, and spent hi

rick, he
life going about doing good for his fel-
1
As vou know, a good man is more
\ighly respected, more beloved and ex-
ter influence for good in
the community in which he is known
than even the wealthiest, the most
powerful or most favored. ITe may not
wear purple and fine linen, nor fare

erts a
grea

sumptuously, but he is making the
world better and is, therefore, tri

and in the highest sense, a son of God.

| those who desire better things in this
There are numerous stories and leg- |

concerning St. Patrick, some of
0 h may be true. But it
tittle whether he was a Milesian born
ends
mafters

in Spain, or a son of a poor swine-
herd of the green isle.
The history of the world shows that
the mere circumstances of birth cuts
very small figure in the matter of real | nn
oreatness. From earliest times the
men who have figured most promi-

nently in worl
serment of mankind have been of
humble origin.
In order to rise from the lowly birth
ton of Lincoln or of Moses, a man
the true spirit of manli-
If he survive the severe

{ must have

ness in
d movements for the bet- |
| conclu
vd there was something here to
work on, something good; and seeing
to a

this he took it as his command
sist in the development
disposition and good feelings of hese
of the social
Ie therefore became one of them,
lived with them, won their confidence |
and commanded their In or
der that he might be an efficient leader
he occasionally went abroad and
studied under the fathers of the church,
for religion is most powerful to con- |
trol the feelings and change the aspi
respect.
rations of men.
No matter what he may have been
born, he was a true Irishman,
A Real Man.
There are those who regard St. Pat- |
fakir more
he
because
to
rick as a or less,
of the
wrought.
As far as known St. Patrick did not
claim to have miraculons power, nor
to have driven the reptiles out of Ire-
is said have
miracles
land.
It has always been the rule among
ignorant and superstitious people to
credit their religious teachers and
great leaders with having done some |
marvelous or miraculous thing. With- |
out something of the sort other igno- |
rant and superstitious people would |
not heed them.
ive been any rep-
island, it hav-
to rise up out
There may never h
tiles on this particular
ing heen one of the last
of the salty sea. |
It is not the fact that a man is able |

%
rk mir-

to do wonderful things, or to wor

that makes hi
and
aclies,
his ability to see
the great truths ce
earnestly desire to
the people. This it is
the attention the
and wins the respect and confidence «

ead these a
that
livelier
commands |
of spirits
|

life.
Such was St. Patrick.
A Splendid Type.
It is not the mere fluman creature
that accomplishes great things, but the
man within the machine. It was not
the figure seen by the people that com-
for he

nanded their admiration, was
not an Apollo, nor was it the familiar
form bearing 2 shepherd's crook that
broucht these rough, untutored men to
their and inspired them with
worshipful feelings; nor was it the
venerable father that the
spark of crude love in their hearts and
knees
aroused
ripened it until it became a controlling |
infinence of their lives. i
A
a ’
bi EEE
| clover,
| generic
[ purple clover, the speedwell, the pim-
| was held sacred in the festivals
| Greeks.
PLANT LONG HELD SACRED
Clover, of Which the Shamrock Is 3
Species, Was Much Thought Of
by the Ancient Greeks.
It is difficult to say what the
original shamrock, trefoil or Hero Trin-
ity. The leaf now recognized as the
national emblem is that of the white
but the name shamrock
and is applied to
was
is
also the
| pernel and to the wood sorrel.
leaves
f the
The one of four leaves, when
carried about, to insure
success at play and confer the power
detecting evil The lover
may put it under his pillow and he will
dre of his beloved, or the muiden
slip it into her sweetheart’s shoe
without his knowledge and it will in
sure his safe return from any journey.
It may be employed to prevent the
wearer's being drawn into military
service, is said to be a cure for lunacy,
The clover of two or four
is supposed
spirits.
of
im

and is still, among the Irish, regarded
as magical, even sacred. Snakes dis-
like it exceedingly and will not remain
where it is growing.
Some say the four-leaf shamrock is
mOT
the shamrock of luck, and others that
| it is the five-leaved one that holds the
and
le
de-
touch. This latter is rare
zed and is said to grow from a

caying body, as the nettle is said to
spring from buried human remains. The
ha » found “Vv
out searching, without ” When
thus discovered it should be cherished

oell
seeking
as an invincible talis
and preserved
| man.
ST. PATRICK PAID HIS WAY
In His “Confessions” He Tells of *iis
Custom—Never Asked for
Contributions.

Always chary of “sending round the
plate,” Patrick paid his way
through the Green Isle, as he emphet-
ically relates in his “Confessions.”
own

“But when it happens that I bapt 1
so many thousand men did I pt
ever a screpall (a Celtic coin of
value of about six cents) from ti

he wrote. “Tell me, and I will return
it to you. Or when the Lord ordain d
clergy through my hum and min-
istry, did I confer the ce gra
itously? If I asked any of the even
the value of my shoe, tell me, and I
will repay you more. I rather sj
for you as far as I was able nd
among you and everywhe for wou I
places,
endured many perils in distan
where none had been farther or had
ever come to baptize or ordain the
- ” i
clergy or confirm the people.
|
| for advice.
who |
HOW MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION
Canton, Ohio.—'‘I suffered from &
female trouble which caused me much
| suffering, and two
doctors decided
that I would have
to go through an
operation before I
could get well.
“My mother, who
had been helped b;
Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Coms-
pound, advised me
to try it before sub-
mitting toan operas
tion. Itrelievedme
from my troubles
go I can do my house work without any
difficulty. 1 advise any woman who is
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Coms
pound a trial and it will do as much for
them.”’— Mrs. Marie BoyD, 1421 6th
St., N. E., Canton, Ohio. ~
Sometimes there are serious condi-
tions where a hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the other hand
80 many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary — every woman who wants
to avoid an operation should give it &
fair trial before submitting to such a
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, write to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.,
The result of many years
experience is at your service.

| One Man Who Drinks Alone.
Wherever there is oil, Jake Mettler
|
| is known as the man who drinks crude
He has be-
taste of
really likes it.
| come so expert in the
oil, it is said, that he can actually tell
the state or oil field from which it was
So far
not
oil and
crude
produced by simply tasting it.
known, Mr. Mettler has
found any one who was anxious to join
him in a “Mettler cocktail,” and when
drinks crude, he drinks
as yet
Colonel Jake
alone,
Bill Admitted It.
“1 understand old man Simpkins
was very much opposed to his daugh-
ter marrying Bill Smith; called Bill
| a fool, and all that sort of thing.
“That's very true, and before he had
been married six months Bill admitted
the old man was right.”
| Heai Baby Rashes
That itch, burn and torture. A
Cuticura Soap bath gives instant
lief when followed by a gentle appli-
hot
re-

cation of Cuticura Cintment. For free
samples address, “Cuticura, Dept. X|
Joston.” At druggists and by mail
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.—Adyv.
A Mercenary Mind.
| “What books have helped you most?”
“To tell the truth,” replied Mr. Pen-
wiggle, “I never got a great deal of
help out of books There is more
money in scenarios.”
Good health cannot be maintained where
there is a copstipated habit. Garfield Tea
overcomes constipation. Adv.
It is one thing to yell for freedom
ther to make the sacrifices
it.

and

necessary to secure
To keep clean and healthy take Dr.

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you can make money by betting that

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