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CIRCULATION
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be said that the action Jof, the allied
countries - equals the destruction of
shipping; and. the taking of lives is be.
yond comprehension. The fact of the
matter is that there is so much dif
ference that there is no comparison,
fhis country, nor -any of those allied
with it. has not done anything but
what, it has a right, to do. Interna
tional law" even permits .it - to com
mandeer neutral vessels and put them
in.to such use as it may have for them,
but even that has not been done,
though one or two Swedish vessels
have seen the opportunity to . over
come their Inactivity and have ' en
gaged in business on this side of the
water. But Germany makes no bones
of sending neutral vessels to the bot
tom and of sinking them without a
trace. No consideration is even given
to the crews, but such statements as
are credited to the Swedish press can
only be regarded as the .expression of
those who are for.the time- being peev
ed because .the benefit of the trade
which was being carried on with Ger
many has been cut off." Sweden must
realize that there, is a vast difference
between sinking Swedish ships and
the taking over and ' paying for them,
or" even the, action -which keeps them
at anchor but '- Sweden probably
doesn't want to se '
COLONEL ISBELL'S MESSAGE.
A lot of added publicity has been
given to the arrival, of the Connecticut
troops in Europe through the" claim
that the cablegram which was sent
tby Colonel Isbeli should not have been
.published and that the officer has com
mitted u act against the government
regulations which might call for a
court martial. The cablegram directed
to Governor JHoJcomb announced the
. Ipafety and good health of the Con
' .necticut battalions and included in the
Imessasre was the request that It be
' published, presumably for the purpose
; Jof informing the people who were di
; lctly interested, even as the gov
, Jrrtor had been informed,
t Mails as - well as cables are cen-?io-ed
and the soldiers are not denied
the privilege of informing their rela
tives that they have arrived on the
fother side. There is nothing to in
dicate that this cable didnot pass
I Jrhrough the hands and have the in
tdorsement of the censors. There is in
I fact nothing to show that Oelonei Is
i Jbell did not in fact have the approval
' jf the commanding general in des
patching the message, especially when
he included therein the word "pub
lish. There was certainly enough au
thority conveyed thereby to warrant
the compliance with the request, and
there is confidence enough in the Con
necticut officer to warrant the belief
chat he is not going to recklessly Jeop
ardize the. interests of hia ftoiintrv rtr
I hose of the contingents which may j
so at some future date.
It- Is difficult In fact to see where
kny harm has been done by the pub
lication of the message, while there
is no question but what it has brought
Snuch relief to the interested relatives
ilnd friends who were anxiously
waiting tidings from the Connecti
cut boys.
A DUTY AND A PRIVILEGE..
'"It is not strange that some aref at
tributing the slow' speed being shown
in the Liberty 'loan-to the' "fact that
we are not .acquainted with the mean
ing of war. : In that respect this coun
try does not 'know- so much about the
sacrifices .which have to be made as
do ethers. It is entirely possible that
we have not come to th full realiza
tion of the fact that the United States
is now involved in the greatest war
the, world ever knew and that each
and every one of us must do our share
to see that our army and navy is vic
torious. Had war been .declared and a loan
asked for right after the Lmsitania
was sunk, when . the people were
aroused by the murderous attack up
on innocent children, women and men,
.here is little question but" what there
would have been -an immediate out
pouring of pocketbooks which would
have quickly placed the needed funds
at the command of the government.
Kut the situation now is even worse
than it was then. There have been
further disclosures of the frightfulness
to which Germany is willing to resort,
cf the manner in which it treats non
combatants and the danger which ex
ists for the. liberty loving people bf
the earth if that country should ever
get the upper hand.
We are fighting for our rights and
the making of the world safe for
democracy. We have pledged our all.
Our young men are abroad to fight
and more are to go. There are those
who cannot fight but that does not
mean that there are not many ways
In which they can help the fighters
and aid in winning the war. Just now
the greatest service that can be ren
dered is to loan to the government at
a good rate of interest the money which'
is required to carry on the conflict,
to hasten the end -and to lessen the
bloodshed. It is a patriotic duty and
a privilege to which almost every one
can and should respond. Do your
part. Buy your Liberty bonds today!
WORRYING ABOUTVEULALIA -
The tall, lank householder shook his
head I. dubiously. ' "Nor that the leaves
are 'falling off the porch vines." . he
remarked, "I don't exactly see how I
am to keep track of the young per
son across the street and her beaux.
I say young person advisedly, for
heaven knows that if Eulalia doesn't
nail somebody soon it's all off! She'll
have to go in for charity committee
work and grow enthusiastic over up
lift meetings."
"The idea!" his wife, said, severely.
"You'd better put' in your time at
tending to your wn affairs. The base
ment needs straightening up." -v
" "Not till I get this Eulalia question
off my mind!" firmly objected the tall,
lank' householder. " "The trouble with
her Is that she is too particular. After
she ditched the man Who looked like
a movie hero I really had hopes of the
next one Barneses ' X Copperwhat,
who worked in a paper factory. Oh,
I krlw you told me his name was
Jones and that he didn't amount to
anything, but with my keen judgment
I saw possibilities in him. Anyhow,
when he's a billionaire and arrested
for cornering the market on paper
alp, I'll bet Eulalia. will sigh and
STORIES OF THE WAR.
BARRAGE DEFENCE
Intense Gunfire on the Raiders,
DID MUCH FOR CONNECTICUT;
-When the Springfield Republican
says "The late John , H. tlale ejf Glas
tonbury did much for Connecticut and
the country. He was a pioneer, and a
very effective one, in the field which
the Eastern States association now
seeks to cultivate for all the Mew En
gland states," it only says what ev
eryone who was at all acquainted with
Whatever the raiding aeroplanes that
penetrated the London defences on
Monday night thought to accomplish,
it is certain that they failed to do any
but very slight material damage, and
as 'far as military damage is concern
ed they might just as well never have
come. " The official communique says
that there were not more than two
aeroplanes which penetrated the Lon
don defences, but it is certain that
there were many more that tried hard
enough to get above the metropolis.
The gunfire was at times intense,
and as many as ten shells could be
counted bursting in the air within
the space of five seconds., The anti
aircraft forces (were in operation for
the whole time, and during the three
attacks hundreds of shells of various
calibres were fired. Even though no
good targets are seen. by the gunners.
such fire Is calculated to nave a goo a
effect, for it acts very much like a
vertical barrage and keeps the raiders
at a height from which they are un
able to see their targets clearly. It
must . be remembered that barrage fire
f i om artillery in the field is not . de
Signed to nit any special target. Vl
ia not like counter-battery fire, where
there Is a definite object upon which
shells have to be powred, nor is it like
the methodical seeking out of strong
points or massing companies. It is
purely and simply a dam of shells
made to keep off the tide of an enemy
advance, and confine it within limits.
So then is the anti-aircraft fire de
signed to keep the raiding machine
within the confines of the upper air.
That it does this effectively is fully
evident when one looks at the dam
age that has been caused not only in
night raids, but in- daylight ones as
well. It is plain that the bombs are
dropped haphazard and whenever op
portunity offers. London Observer.
fujly
vas a
RESTRICTING SAILING VESSELS.
There probably will be some ob
flection to the decision reached by
he government to' the effect that sail
Ing vessels must not attempt to en
ter the war zone, but ,it is entirely
possible that Iff is this restriction
vhich has played an important part
in connection with the reduction in
the number of vessels under 1000 ons
which have been sunk in the past few
weeks by the TJ-boats.. "...
The war zone is no place for such
vessels. There are many which have
braved the dangers and succeeded in
(retting through to their intended port
from which seryice a handsome re
ward was reaped, but the dangers are
SO thoroughly appreciated by the own
era and r crews that there are many
instances where no attempt has been
made to return. The ships were sold
or leased for service abroad and thus
a reduction In the American tonnage
was experienced which could be made
good use of at home.
But even If the round trip was made
the war zone requires the taking of
too many chances by the. slow, beats.
The submarines can maker, greater
speed than they can while a sailing
vessel can carry little if anything in
.the way of armament. They are
therefore a first class target and their
success in getting through- can be at
tributed more to good fortune in hap
pening, to be where ' the - submarines
do not spot them than - anything else.
The risk is far too great for; what
they can carry. It is the fast boat
that stands the best chance In the wa
ters where the submersibles lurk and
!t is a wise move to place a. restriction
upon the vessels which are likely to
encounter the peril of the underwater
EHML16. . . ..'"
SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT TO SEE.
It can be imagined that Sweden
ioes not like the- way In which "its
vessels" are being detailed on - this
lide of the water as well . as in ports
f the other allied countries because
they cannot get the necessary license
to carry goods to Sweden which stand
i good chance of being sent to Ger
many. . But all is not left to the
Imagination for the papers of that
icuntry are outspoken in their resent
onent and there " are those-which de
slare it to be as indefensible as the
High handed manned. In which Ger
many is .conducting ; its submarine
warfare. .
This indicates . that Sweden has ac
cepted the declaration Of. Germany
that nothing of the kind which took
lace lo- the Luxburg case will be sl
owed to 'occur, again, but how it can
Mr. Hale was a worker and he ac
complished big things. He put his
whole heart into whatever he under
rook and in doing so it was only to be
expected that he would get results. He
started In a small way, made a thor
ough study of his problem and be
came master' of it. And In doing so
he did not confine his efforts solely
to himself. He was a worker for the
state and the country. He didn't like
to see opportunities go to waste and
wherever he extended his advice and
encouragement in behalf of any .spe-
,ciai movement, and those occasions
were frequent, he left a deep impres
sion.
Hale probably came Into his
greatest prominence as a peach
grower. He was at it for many years,
He saw the possibilities. He had con
fidence not only in the advantages
which were offered in Connecticut but
he brought about even greater devel
opment in Georgia. It would be im
possible to tell how much increased
interest and production,' not only in
that particular line but in others, could
be attributed to the inspiration which
was gained from the "peach king" and
his work. And whether he was la.
boring for the town where he lived
or the state the same 'progressive citi
zen was disclosed. He certainly- did
much for Connecticut, and the effects
of his activities will not soon be for
gotten. Connecticut has none too
many men of his stamp.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Now that the world's series is over
things can get back to normal among
the baseball fans.
The man on the corner says: There
is one thing about a Liberty bond, if
doesn t consume gasolene or eat grain
Everybody is perfectly - willing to
give October - every, possible opportu
nity to make good regardless of recent
breakdowns. v
One- important effect in connection
with the raise in -the price 6f liquors
ought to be a substantial reduction
i.n : the amount consumed.
Going "over the - top"' thrills " those
who have "a chan.ee to. . witness, it,
whether it is done by the boys in the
trenches or the "Human Fly.
Somebody is likely to' benefit from
moist every disagreeable thing. What
would the miners do for an excuse .for
higher wages If.it wasn't for the war?
From the way in-which the soldiers
themselves, In the training camps, are
buying Liberty bonds, .there ought to
be no lagging on the part "of those at
home.''"' ' ' "' " " .
Certainly Germany would like to
have "Aleace made a " small monarchy.
Then it could use it for its own pur
poses arid treat it about as it: pleased
without stepping on any great resist
ance. -- - "" '" "' - 1 - ' .
In the selection of -Schuyler Merritt
of Stamford as their candidate for
congress to succeed the late Ebeneser
Hill,., the republicans of the fourth dis
trict have chosen a man who should
be elected next month.
American "Keavles-T
By the Associated Press.)
Not far behind the American field
artillery, which has been in training
in a rugged section of France for the
past two .months have come the men
of the "heavies," says a report from
the American training camp in France.
They are veteran gunners, many of
whom are familiar with the big guns
at home, and they greeted almost as
comrades the monster French weapons
which they are now grooming for use
against the Germans.
Some of the guns with which the
American artillery men are training
are wonderful and ponderous exam
ples of the French, gun' makers dcill
and daring. They range from the
hnodest but marvelously effective "155"
up to the staggering "400" . that hurls
a high explosive mi3sile weighing just
short of a ton. The 400's are more po
tent than the bis Berthas ever were
in their days of great destructlveness.
The guns ranged from the short,
squat mcrtars, which sit upon their
haunches like giant frogs, up through
the various members of the howitzer
family to the truly sinister naval ri
fles with their long tapering barrels.
The Americans are delighted with
their French weapons and are busy
studying" every detail and adapting
themselves to the use of French ma-'
terial. Most of the heavy gunners are
men of long experience - and do not
noed much actual firing practice be
fore taking their place in- line against
the enemy. They .. have been a little
surprised to find that with the big
land guns used here speed is not
great factor. These heavy weapons
are used for destructive purposes, and
there is no special need for haste
when dealing with concrete dugouts
and other enemy defenses that cannot
run away. Accuracy is the great goal
or all heavy gunners.
Asked if his men would not find it
niiUL-uu to snoot wunoui airect OD
servation, the general commanding
the neavy artillery contingent replied:
"We will have direct observation
here. The only difference will be that
the observer instead of standlncr be
side the gim. will be sitting aloft on
an airplane. You can depend upon it
that each shot we fire at the enemy
win oe watcnea ana recorded.';-
The wireless branch of the heavy
artuiery service is one of great im
portance. At schools already estab
lished radio pupils are" beinar trained
in communication with airplanes and
observation balloons..
scores or reserve officers from
Plattsburgh and other training camps
are completing their technical educa
tion in. the artillery schools here.
These officers, individually selected for
their artillery service1 -because of their
education in higher mathematics and
engineering, are proving a joy to their
commanders and instructors. It Is
predicted that all will make splendid
officers in active Bervlce.
The American gunners have been
much interested in the bis 240's which
are hauled by caterpillar tractors, but
their real pets are those aristocrats
among the heavies which command
special railroad cars. Some of these"
rulers of the cannon world are as im
portant and so valuable that an entire
arcuiery train is devoted to them.
These trains are strange lookinsr af
fairs In their fantastic war paint, re-
semoung at a aistance a mammoth
rattlesnake. Even the engines are in
cluded in the camouflage and may re
semble anything from- a brick house
to a giant hedgehog.
The French sense of humor cannot
be suppressed by three years and
more of war. French officers have
named one of the largest guns turned
yer to the Americans "Moustlaue."
which means mosquito.
It is a compliment to any of vour
artillerymen who may have come from!
New Jersey," said the French com
mandant, who said "he had spent ten
year on the eastern coast of the
United States.
The French guns, although lane
and apparently unwieldy, are balanced
easily, one man being able to elevate j
and deflect weapon weighing fifty
tons of more. '
; - 7 - ;:;w" "r".l
pause, in. Trj,v laundry . work long-
enough to -wish she'd token him!
"Why, she's Just like a Voman turn
ed loose in a dress manufactory and
told to chose a garment! Any human
woman In that case would just rush
madly around, fitting from velvet to
gingham and changing her mind! If
sine taxed the. taffeta silk, how about
the peach of a satin frock and if she
chooses a ' tailor made how on earth
tan she. give up the dream of an ev
ening dress over there ?
"The longer you hesitate over any
thing the harder it is" to make a
choice! Why, one of the most popular
games of solitaire a married woman
plays is imagining what kind of a life
she would have, been having if she had
married one of the other men who pro
posed to her! No matter whom Eulalia
finally takes she'll have that hanging
over her. ' -
"And now whenever there Is trouble
in the family she will go sit in a cor
ner and -brood darkly on how very
different everything would have been
had she taken Rameses or the one
with the profile or the- college boy or
the minister. It makes it rough on
her future husband. If he's the first
man his wife ever got engaged to it'll
be a cinch, because she never knows
there's another man on earth, but if
she's a fascinator like Eulalia, who
has- had a; perfect string Of adorers,
let me tell you heis up against
trouble. f
"If he snaps at her he knows she
la mentally saying, 'Ah. me! Harold
never would have spoken to me like
that!"'
."It- is then that a girl remembers
the words of wisdom let fail r-y her
mother a i which she smiled pityingly
at the time.
" 'Mother was right,' she mourns.
"What if Jasper Howcome did have a
nose pushed into his face and one
shoulder higher than the other and
sometimes ate with his knife when he
thought nobody was looking! To think
he bought the beet box at the opera
this year and owns six motor cars.
Why was I so blind? And then she
finishes scrubbing the kitchen floor.
"I hope' Eulalia won't get a moment
of panic and take whoeverhaprens to
be on the spot at the time a girl does
that sometimes when she finds a gray
hair and dye so cheap, too! I'll bet
the fellow who called for her last ev
ening earns $12 a week and co-jks his
own breakfasts! He lias a squeaky
voice nnd said Tes, sir. to her fath
er as though the floodwalker was ad
dressing him.
"I admit that he has beautiful eyes,
but that, will make nc hit with the
butcher. Some day when father ob
jects to the cost of her last new hat
or mother peevishly asks -vhy she
never straightens her imreau drawers,
Eulalia will decide she lias had enough
of parental tyrany and tearfully cast
herself upon .the sympathetic chest
of Chauneey. who will call her poor
little girl and then expect her to work
sixteen hours a day ever alter she
marries him and be grateful for the
chance. v
'I've always kind of liked Eulalia
for the way she steps out and the
kink she gets on her hair when she
twists it up. and her fate worries me.
If she'd only marry some one and set
tle down!"
'We'd have to move if she did. his
wife told him. "Your main recreation
in life would be gone'"
"Ha! said the tall lank household
er. " joyously. 1 do oeueve you re
jealous that's -something: for an old
uhromo line me to nave nappen ro
him! "Chicago News.
awo is yqu;r;;nbqhbor?
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AOJUDDTdDIRl D (LJ 1 TH E ATK E
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
What's Needed First.
Italy is already full of projects for
capturing the transatlantic air trade
after- the war with the big Caproms.
but before that competition begins
there is a 'pressing need for airplanes
to help dn winning the war. Spring
field Republican.
Be a Bondholder.
Mr. Editor: Uncle Sam wants us
to be bondholders and has mad,e the
way easy. ,
The taking of a bond on the In
stallment plan is a lesson In thrift as
much as patriotism. Two dollars
down and you are of the army of
Americans who back uii-the army at
the front.
You cannot realize how much more
of an American citizen you will seem
to yourself to be when you have an
American's certificate of citizenship
a $50 bond.
The American who from various
reasons cannot buy a bond, but would
if he could, is just as good as any of
us. Money doesn't make the man. It
only helps to elevate the feelings.
Uncle Sam is not asking those who
cannot do it' to take a bond, but those
who can to lift.
The president has made October
25th the nation's lifting day.
I shall be there . to lift one or two
little ones, and. I hope all Americans
who can will join.
BILL. '
Norwich, Oct. 16th. 1917.
What One Woman Has Done.
Mr. Editor: I noticed In your val
uable paper a few days ago an item
concerning Miss Agnes Allen, a
Piainfield echo-".' -marm, canning 149
jars of fruits and vegetables, and wish
to mention a lady here who as far I
know, holds No. 1 record.
Mrs. John Hyatt at Edgewood
Poultry farm, besides caring for her
household and 1.000 head of poultry,
has made two barrels of saurkraut.
two barrels of dill pickles, many gal
lons of green tomato pickles, canned
over 200 jars of string beans, corn,
peaa, and fruit, fut up 15 jars" of
different kinds of jelly, and Is still on
the job. Who can touch her record?
C, B. MONTGOMERY.
Packer. Oct. 15, 1917 .
Relief for Blind Soldiers and Sailors.
Mr. Editor: Statistics furnished by
the French and British authorities to
the American-British-French-Belgian
permanent - blind relief, war fund of
590 Fifth avenue. New York, show
that there are in England, France and
Belgium more than 3.000 soldiers who
have been totally blinded in the war
and nearly' 25.0C0 blinded in one eye,
a large proportion of whom will
eventually lose the sight of the other
as the result oi shock or of the wounds
themselves. In addition there are in
France alone nearly 200 who, besides
losing both eyes, have also suffered
by explosions or amputation the loss
of both arms or both legs, or a leg
and a hand, anc' In many cases have
been rendered stone deaf into the bar
gain.
Consider lor a moment wnat tnis
means. Try to . imagine , tne trageay,
THE SECRETS OF AN EMPIRE
Involving the Peace and Happiness of Every Home in the
United States, Are Brought Into the Broad Light of Day
Through the Heroic Self-Sacrifice of a Loyal American.
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AUDITORIUM-Today
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COMING THURSDAY ONE DAY ONLY
M1GNON ANDERSON in WIFE ON TRIAL
Also Shorty Hamilton in a Two Reel Comedy
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TODAY and TO-NIGHT
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ETHEL BARRYMORE
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A Metre Production De Luxe
Burton Holmes Travelogue
Black Diamond Comedy
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tiling la impossible. ' To understand it
at all one most be here, in the midst
oC it, seeking what there is to see in
the earnest desire to help the suffer
ers and alleviate their torture of mind
and body, and undergo one's self the
anguish of such a quest, undertaken
ir. order that we Americans may be
privileged to m;nieter to the' victims
stricken in this particularly horri'ble
manner who have fallen by the way
(tlong the Via Dolorosa that leads to
the ealvation of the world.
This is a situation with which no
government, no Red Cross can cope
satisfactorily. It is not possible for
them to devote to each individual suf
ferer the care and tenderness which
are necessary to lead him up from his
depth of suffering, hopelessness 'ani
despair to renewed hope and send him
forth into his new world of darkness,
firm of tread and resolution equipped
to do a man's work and provided with
tools and materials to enable him to
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task which tha A. B. F". B. undertook
two and a half years ago and to which
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L.et me tell just what we require in
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money, time and lives:
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sbldler with both arms or hands am
putated; $5,000 set aside by each donor
will more than provide the pension of
1,200 francs per year require'd, which
will double that given by the French
government.
We want 150 generous hearted
Americans each to adopt for life one
blinded and mutilated soldier who can
do little or no work and has a family
to support; $3,500 put aside by each
donor will provide the pension of 900
francs per year necessary.
We want 100 generous hearted
Americans to send us $600 each to pur
chase cottages for 200 blinded and
mutilated men, who are included in
Nos. 1 And 2.
We want 2.500 generous hearted
Americans each to contribute $200 for
the purpose of sending 2,500 blinded
re-educated men to their own homes
and give them an opportunity to make
a new startwn life and earn their own
living. !
We want $500,000 for our permanent
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fund, to provide for our after-care
additional pensioners.
We want $2, 000,000 towards our gen
eral fund to carry on the work of re-,
education, to run our workshops, to
keep up our markets for raw mate
rials and our exchanges, to maintain
our industrial -echool and our superior
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schools for future requirements.
Any Americans blinded in the wai
will of course benefit to the fullest ex
tend and be re-educated to fit them
for any walk in life to which they are
adaptable by Inclination, knowledge oi
previous occupation.
Since we began our work of mercy,
Feb. IS. 1916, to date, the fund's re
ceipts through letters of appeal, col
lection boxes, dime banks, subscrip
tion books, etc., have amounted tt
more than $635,000.
. Not one cent of money contributed
by the public directly for the blind
soldiers has been deducted for- th
fund's administrative expenses, which
are defrayed from 'other sources.
Thanks to the liberality of the Brit
ish public, who have subscribed $2.-500.000-.to
caro for their blinded, there
will be no further need for the A. B.
F. B. to help St. Dunstan's, the great
institution in London under the di
rection of Sir Arthur Pearson (himself
blinded)., except to contribute 10 per
l'ciu. niffu uur general I u nu ior tne
after-care of its graduates. The
French, however, havo been too occu
pied with the -war on their own terri
tory and their resources have been
too severely taxed for it to be possible
for them adequately to aid their blind
ed. A final worfl .to your reader. I
rhould like to emphasize that the
blinded soldiers who stumble from -the
battlefield, having made the supreme
sacrifice of their siffht so that those
they left behind might never witness
the scenes that froze their blood arid
so that all peoples might develop In
freedom and peace for all time, want
neither pity nor charity. They ask
only a chance to take their places
again among their fellow men equipped
to earn tneir own llvlnlg at an honest
trade. You and yours, whom they
have helped to save, owe help to them
in your turn and ae glad of the op
portunity to extend it. Do It right
now!
(Signed)
CORA PARSON'S KESSLER.
Parte, Sept. 15, 1917.
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