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Detroit Must Do Its Bit-
Bandages Are Needed
As Urgently As Bullets
»■ “Learn to make bandages and surgical
dressings, and help the Red Cross!”
The supplies committee of the Detroit
chapter of the Red Cross has made that
appeal to every woman in Detroit.
The Allies’ hospitals behind the lines
! Jjj France are swamped with wounded.
Surgeons are using newspapers to bind
wounds.
In a few days or weeks American
wounded will be lying beside the French
and English.
The American Red Cross, facing ti is
situation, is straining every nerve to in
crease the stream of bandages and dress
ings, and Detroit must step forward and
do her share.
Forty cases of dressings and band
ages have already been shipped by the
supplies committee of the local chapter
from its local headquarters, Newberry
house, 483 East Jefferson, but 10 boxes
are absolutely nothing.
They would not run one French
hospital one week.
“Tell the women of Detroit to help us
make bandages and dressings says Mrs.
Charles Todd, instructor of the supplies
class.
“There is absolutely no limit to the
Humber we shall need. Every' woman
should help. If she cannot come here to
work, she can come here and learn how
the work must be done, then she can
, do it at home or in the country or wher
ever she is. Detroit women must help
' as.”
A class in bandage making and the
rmaking of surgical dressings will begin
at Newberry house under the instruc
tion of Mrs. Todd, July 12. Another
will start as soon as the first students
complete the course, which will prob
ably be in about a week.
A course consists of eight lessons of
/three hours each, and classes will meet
mornings and afternoons daily.
After completing the course, which en
titles the student to a certificate, two
weeks of additional work with the New
berry instructors is necessary' to qualify
os an instructor.
Because chapters and branches all over
Michigan must be set to making band
ages' and surgical supplies, the need of
more instructors is urgent.
Red Cross workers say there are not
a dozen women in the state, outside of
hospitals, qualified to teach Red Cross
bandage-making.
The bandages and dressings must be
made in a certain way to meet certain
specifications that are uniform all over
the country*. To disregard these speci
fications would mean that the bandages
and dressings would be rejected.
Do They Wander In
Mischief Or Do They Hear
Nature’s Distinct Call?
These are the days when the little
folks of our city feel the call of the
birds and meadows and willingly let
their little feet carry them whither they
will.
Unknown to them an instinct calls
them back to their great mother, Nature,
and they fare forth with all the faith of
the new bom creatures of the field to
Ratisfy a craving for they know not
what.
Thirty-one in a week, in this big city,
is the average number the police give us
of these wanderers, and it must be a
merciful providence, nothing else, which
hovers about them and guides their baby
steps thru the murderous traffic of the
streets.
So many of these little, tender things
are packed in crowded rooms where
steaming kettles, drying clothes and
.raucous noises are constantly about
\hem.
So many are switched and cuffed about
by parents overburdened with children,
and toil and striving with all their
Strength to keep the wolf of hunger
from snatching them away.
So many never press their little bare
feet on the cool, green grass nor pull off
the daisy heads with their eager little
hands.
So many are just born in a tenement;
live all their days in grimy walls and af
ter their strength is gone and they can
work no more are laid out on a board in
the other room while the family huddles
itself in the kitchen too busy, too wor
ried, too beaten to indulge in overmuch
grief. '
The city is a cruel place.
It is like a monster seeking what it
Into its capacious maw go all who
cannot play the game, outw it another or i
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SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917
have the unusual luck of a sound body
and constant work for their lamilies and
themselves. .
There is no mothering in its conscious
ness.
The parks, too few to reach the ma
jority, are the only indications of actual
feeling.
All el>e must he paid for out of the 1
meager carnmg> of those "ho would
have a little respite from work.
What wonder that the children wander
in the sunshine?
What wonder that they are found ou*
wh re grass and flowers and a bossy cow
licking her little calf may be seen?
Th»-e babes are the natural, nom\al
creatures.
We are perverted thru the economic
necessity which has horded •:<
and hound us hand and foot to an econ
omic system which forgets the human
soul in its struggles for material gain.
poor little baby things; they are
prompt > 'Hatched back to their crowd
ed, barren homes and often whipped for
their naughtiness; for it is not safe that
Nature should express herself in these
days of rushing traffic and feverish un
rest.
Tomorrow I’shers In the
One Hundred Thousandth
Week of the C hristian Era
Tomorrow will he the one-hundred
thousandth Sunday of the Christian era.
Although Sunday will be the first day
of the 100,000 th week, however, it will
not he the 100,000 th Christian festival
of the Sabbath.
The ambiguity is due to doubt about
the year 4 A. D.. as to whether or not
it was a leap year.
It is usual to regard every year since
year 1, which is a multiple of 4. except
1800 and 1900. as a leap year. For reck
oning of past years, leap years have been
regarded as extending backwards indef
initely into the centuries before Christ.
In the first half century following the
reform of the calendar by Julius Caesar
in 45 B. C.. there were some irregulari
ties in daily calculations. There is still
dispute, therefore, as to which of the
years between 45 B. C. and 4 A. D. were
leap years.
Most authorities, nowever, agree A. D.
8 was the first leap year. On this hy
pothesis January 1, A. D. 1 was a Sun
day and July 8. 1917, becomes the first
day of the 100.000 th week of our era.
Blind Mothers of Our
Soldiers Should Not Bep:
In Columbus 0., the blind mother of
a soldier with Pershing was brought be
fore the city council for begging in de
fiance of a newly adopted ordinance.
« Blind mothers of soldiers should not
be permitted to beg.
The authorities should see that all
such practices are stopped at once.
BLIND MOTHERS OF SOLDIERS
SHOULD BE WELL CARED FOR BY
THE COMMUNITY SO THEY WILL
NOT NEED TO BEG!
This is a problem America must face
at once.
So far no adequate provision has been
made for those the soldiers leave behind.
Os course in the new national army
there will he few taken who havr de
pendents. but there now are in service
many who have leP dear wies behind
who must be cared for.
America cannot afford to be other than
justly generous with the mother- and
wives and children of soldiers.
No soldier ought to have to face death
in France knowing dear ones are in pov
erty at home.
That is not what this great democ
racy wants.
liOt us hope the ca ; e of this blind
mother in Columbus will arouse the na
tion to make proper arrangements for
such cases.
Blind mother- of soldiers -hould be
kept from begging by abolishing tho
need for begging.
I From Another Point of View
Fiu c r. s
If Germany is really ready for peace. it
must be that the last school ha
been bombed.
• • •
An inquest into the killing of two
women by a railroad train in Manistee re
sulted in no which is all the
same.
* * i
ME MOP V TEST
Whtn was the battle between Unted States
transports and German U boats fought?
• • •
A plumber has l*een marie chief of police
in a Canadian town. He’ll get after the
joints. Ret. too. they will have to pay
him by the hour.
* • *
“He’s no business backing out right in
front of you like that. Bert; give *im a
dirty k«>k.“
• • •
Keep quiet, Rover; it’s the landlord.
DETROIT TIMES
I" - kormam, Pc member. I
i
New Army Chaplains Must Cos
Right Into Firing Trenches
“When the American army tnke?
over part of the first line trenches
in Prance, doctors cf dlvtntty as
well a« doc’or- of medicine will be
right where the firing is hottest. In
other words, in *hi> precedent shat
ferine war. army chaplains like
vrmy -urg-on.- will be *xposed to
danger Ju-t a* m tch ap the flr-t
line troop- ”
The speaker wa« the Rev VVor f h
V! Tippy, executive secretary of the
•onimission <»n chaplains named b>
:hc federal erninc;! of the churche*
>f Christ m America, which cm
traces all Protestant denominations.
Dr. Tippy i« working right writh
he war and na\y departments in
«ec>;r:ng proper chaplain* Each
ienominatlon ha« a committee and
he chairmen from each constitute
he comm - »n on chaplaus The.r
job is 'o sectire more chaplain.-
than I'ncle Sam ever had before.
There is to be on* for every regi
ment of men. Similar organ
ization- in the Catholic and Jewi-h
churches al-o are working with the
government.
‘The chaplains,” said T>r. Tifpy.
‘are appointed aceordine to numeri
ral streng’h of the various denom
inations There ha~ never been a
,me when »h« standard was - > high
Each man must have college anil
-eminary training and actual experi
ence as pastor He must be a man
wrh decided personality, a good
mixer, an open air man of the
physique tha* ran -’and trench life
Each man considered has bis record
carefully gone ovex*.—
Anniversaries
l'Tf Northern ur’ny f*-!! ha k from
Cre wn p int to Tlronder an.
I*lT—Pre<id#nt M nr- « r+-+\\-4
th* lion : »rv d* ar*-- -f t.L* I* fr<>m
Harvard
I*l4 -Pay of thanksg . in* In Kng
’and for th* r< a ‘oration of p*ar«> in
Kurnpr.
I r 'J Pr#« i*nt Lincoln v> t th*
irmv on th* Potomac
1 - \ v .ard of <*onfadarn k aa *m*
tl'r .C»en .John II Morgan
•hr Ohio r*ver at Brandenburg. Ky
nto Indiara.
1 ' h jf -f ♦ >■. jn if n*p' r a
-# —Herald, Atierodt, Pa\n» and
Mr-i >urratt war< *»e. uted in
VVimhlng’- n.
1' *H Paul Hamilton Havn*. th •■
.th»rn poet dmd near Augusta.
r .»a Born at Ch*rl*#t'>n 3 f*. Tan !
I *0
Krg Alfor.« • f 9p*tn #irn*d
♦h* i ,l| proh biting further religious
order, from entering Spain until
n< e nation* with the Vatu an wrr*
concluded
'•I ■ Italian e» ; «» r Arr.a'd sunk
by A utrlan *uhmarlne
OAK VKAII «(,<» Tnnn l> THU
w a it
Pa r 1 #
gagement* at Verdun.
Austrian# admitted retirement of
Herman# made % . lent counter #•-
* a k» firitn*t Kre*v h ith f the
Ton \> •* ninntn %\ a.
-if the iri it Krnt-eri r and vhn ha<
in the pr< ent war. born ”.4 >*xfn™g
-
Fit rv Kr»'--
fit tlpv .ftinl'i* \f }t rprif r r ir
L* vov-r* 1 !?*•♦.r* ;<•. * It
%• ~y*p \f •fit r * • s •tr* t - + n *» f
Why Up Shave
It i- difficult to find nnv pmctlral
reason why male servants shouM
b» g l 'r •• »rs t». rn# huir r»n **!•*
cheek, hut no* f.n the up or chin
oldler# on the Up but not on the
rhe« k or chin f»ilork. again.' If on
•he lip, theh compulsorily on both
cheek# and rh^n.
Shaving was practiced m the new
world before fh.V v a* discovered by
K»ir*»pe«n? and the Mexican barber#
i *i.i .1 (1 : liA-ir—i •*! mimr- jl .i ti—tl■*.
of vo|r ante glass, each pier* a# It
lost its edge being flung away and
» new one applied -—Tit Bits.
The Great American Family.
"A.« a result ft • men picked will
be above th» av> r<i<- preachers of
their age. In the army they niu>f
be under 4<) and in the navy under
31. We are givu.fi preference to
'inele men. or married men who
have no children
“They will not preach creed only.
They will be moral 'earlier* Per
haps the slogan w: ! be *he father
hood of God and 'he brotherhood of
man ’
Kach chaplain will be elvers a
course In firs’ aid to the injured.
The chaplain* a ill go right
their men in’o ’he flr-*t line
trenches Chap! tins are commis
sioned officers and will be expected
to take the sam> risk- other officers
do They will. ’herefore, go every
where except on i charge. When
'he troops go o\.r 'he 'renches to
attack the enemy, 'he chaplains,
-’ireeons and stretcher-bearers re
main behind. soon, however, as
the charge has gone home, all the«e
men eros* No Man’* I-ind between
the trenches
The chaplain will assist in caring
for wounded, will take final mes
sages f- m the dying, car** for
linkers th- y wish sent, to loved
ones, and do everything possible to
make e ,*ier the last hours o? the
desperately wounded.
The change? are the mortality
among chaplains will tie quite high.
bu s so far every volunteer for chap
lain service has expressed his e*g
eniess to serve in the firs' line
trenches ”
To the Flag
TV rd n -in'? »xpr»M the full evpan**
•>f Inv* t j«>-t «ciU«y.
That flit* ; r »oul* wh»n»'tr w»
7~ »»r'l *» loved by th* fr**.
V*> n *»rth *ha* •» mor(> trua
Tran t- . v* held for our I**.
• ’ »;b',r -• . in <kv" */ ' •
M* ou •«! and r»a! n*'*r la*
m-’ « lav* ahull n*v*r dt*
>‘ v .aM ,«■ *t*rn tv.
v t* i* nd run tim«* supply
TH‘T' ' - r hi*h*r ecstasy.
Tr', ;i - *h* mother love* h*r child.
Tt * :* ! w- b»**r for fh*e
v r ■ ;i •- v glorv h#> d*fl|rjd
f rru* liberty.
Ti ■#* * ,•, rvand*r <->'*r th* earth
r all yet. Untold,
a •■if flnd thy squat worth
ft in t ' * r*plac*d w.rh srold
T* r ■ rrv true Am*ri'*n
mu th* heat • f <ll
It - c id*’ set• ry *o«.n ahalt span
I■' '■ r ■, t n neath m*rc> s rail.
if <■’ •' fr*«. the tru* and hra’.*»*
> i- * • * *r float on h rh.
A ■ • r * (jpt on land and a»v<> -
<• nr i i *>*, in ev*ry sky.
—John Bouehan
Out of the Mouths of Babes
l. ".< : >,nny—Say, papa what
o ir« :• have such lone
f < >d gave them lone necks
~o t• i|<j reach the leave* of
’1 i- 4h»rh only grow at the
top of tb, tree
!. »M> Johnny Well, why didn’t
f »od rot o the leaves crow lower
clou n ?
V ’• hnol girl wm told by her
• < < ir 'rite the word ‘ferment'*
or •<t ,t» together with the deft
nr,on ,r.«l a sentence in whirh the
* • «and. The following it th*
K e-r-m-e-n-t; a verb *!«
< work. I love to do all
i r ’ tis ‘ .nr y ferment."
’» r--,, i•• small Henry. “I
dor * > . vn Solomon was half so
r ’ < yiy he was." "Whv
rot" ’ . ried hia mother. "He
e.iu<« r> ' lied the youthful Student.
'lt here *antl he slept with hia
father- ’ if he had been very rich
t p’i« • t„ would have had a bed
\ t ~ •!
1 i** Ir Ft ;th— Mamma, do dons get
Mathrna Certainly not, my dear
I .it *i. ({.|f h Then what right has
f’rinre *o growl at Fannie when
they -ir* rating breakfait?
The Keep Well
Column
KIDNEYS!
Pain in the back l.« n<> indication
of kidn»\ (!’-■ t-e In fact. mo>t
of th.j kidney
♦lines brine* t to women. »ho may
also puffer from a pain in the -mall
of tj>. back as a r* -ult of female
ailments.
There i« ro w of rtndiqg out
whether you have weak kidney-, un
le-M you have your urine analysed
Penally the finding of albumin in
the urln* is a surprise *o the per
son examined Even this does not
indica*e kidney disease, bu* mav
only be the e r ,f signal that one is
on the wrong track in the journey
thru life
The finding of albumin, nr other
abnormal conditions, ip the signal to
go slow on heavy food*, stimulating
drinks and over exeratfon. It means
that you should be temperate in all
vour habi’s and get plenty of fresh
air and sleep.
lvidney trouble may he brought
on by exposure. Over exertion is
sometime- to blame Exposure to
cold i« parti ■ ilarly dangerous when
there is any derangement of the kid
neys Hornet imes cold water or
staying in the water too long may
cause albumin to appear.
Health Question* Answered.
N. H O "Kindly give me some
definite rule-* on how to avoid con
tracting tuberculosis. ’*
Breathe plenty of fresh air daily,
avoid dry. hot, dusty rooms, and do
not neglect colds Avoid careless
consumptives. Eat wholesome, nour
ishing food.
The Old Gardener Says
In pome sections great damage
is done by moles, which tunnel in
I the earth anti make runways for
the mice, the latter doing really
more damage ihan the moles
themse|ve< Thebbes» f way to get
ri(l of the ; ;e moles is to use a
trap, several kinds of which are
on the market. Moth balls are
j sometime.- placed in the runs,
and seen) to have a certain re
peiiing effect Likewise castor
beans are grown at Intervals in
ground infested by moles, an 1
seem to serve the purpose of
keeping them awav Another '
plan* which moles dislike is call
ed caper >-purge f'arhon bisul
phide may he used a« a last re-
I sort, but it is advisable to try
the o»her remedies first
I
A Prayer for a Workday
BY BERTON BRALEY
(ireat Master Workman—l pray Thee to fill mo with
pluck and daring and dolivor mo from tho bonds of cowardice
and too groat caution. (live me the nerve to play tho game of
exi tence boldly and well, steel me to face destiny unflinching
and to take the brave chances of life without terror. I/ot mo
not !>e reckless, but always splendidly unafraid. Save mo from
the spineless timidity that always comes from overmuch peace
and certainty in employment and from the blindness to oppor
tunity that sometime results when the eyes are fastened on
the pay envelope. Deliver me from fear.—Amen.
y\Y VwA A A
X \vV A m
Children During War
nv it. umi>ir.n»i nnrrn
Author »f “The RMJIe of IVrion
bitty." “Psychology an t
Pirmthooil" etc.
■
t’h'ldren in war time should not
be Idler*. For more than one rea
son they ought to do something to
help in t ’.. groat work of national
defense
H o \ ’'onl * never he allowed
to overdo They should he required
• e x. oil;, i >l:o|t tlme-earh day
to patriotic « (Tort .Vo task should
he -et them beyond their strength
or in any way dangerous to their
health
Above all. the war should not be
made an excuse for evasion or sus
pension of ihe labor laws wisely «*n
arted to safeguard the welfare of
the children of the nation
’Rvade or suspend the child labor
laws, and what will be the result *
There ma> he tho this is doubt
fu! an appreciable temporary gain
in national effeeth eness. hut It will
he at the cost of national strength
in the days to come. Future gen
erations' w ill pay a heavy
weakness ><nd ill-health for any die
regard of the rights of the growing
generation
I* has taken the civilized world a
long time to appreciate this truth
The war has alreadv dealt many
heavy blows to civilization If will
be dealing civilization another and
a terrible blow if |t have as one
effort the renewed exploitation of
childhood
1-er us on this side of the Atlantic
he w irned b\ the experience of
France and Fngland.
I'nder the first stress of the crisis
created by (Jermany’s wicked tnva
sion of Belgium, the child labor laws
of England and France w.«ro modi
fled to permit emergency, excep
tions for war industries Now th*
earlier standards are being restored
In both countries
In Italy, too -tep* are being
taken In the same direction. In
Russia, even before the revolution,
a movetm n* wa- ** ar’ed to raise
the age limit for children in indus
try
Ml *his not alone from humane
considerations or with an eye to fu
ture national strength It has beep
found fha*. rvt n in respect to lmme
diafe result*, modification of the la
bor laws i* undesirable In the
words of M Albert Thoma . th*
French minister of munitions
“The experience of wartime ha*
onb demonstrated *he necessity
technical, economic, and even phvsi
ologieal of the labor law s enacted
before the war In o"r b>gi 'at'on
enacted in time of pea-e. we shall
And *he conditions for a better and
more listen e production during ’he
war '*
These words it will be well to
bred
Mv all mean* encourage our chil
dren to work for their country
There is much they can do, individ
ually and in organized groups, ’hat
will r* allv contrihu**' to the winn nv
of the war *i»hout imposing undue
strain on ’he children
Turn them loose info ’he garden*
and flejds to weed and cultivate
l>et them help in 'he harvest and In
preserving foodst iff* Train them
to he of service in the making of
R*d fro** supplies
Bui do not herd them up in fa'
tories the greater part of th** day
I> > no* defrlve them of ’he fr* h
air. exercise, and play ’ha? are
necessary to their moral develop
I men*
Think of ’he fu’ure a* well a« of
1 the present Think of ’he time
when these <hildren will he men
and women grown
Overwork them now and in man
hood and womanhood they w 11 _Jyc
physical and mental weakling.*-
What will then he the p’ight of the
ra*lon. no matter how complete ouf
victory in the present war’
Pointed Paragraphs
There is a groat deal of human
nature in the wag of a dog's tall
A man can walk a mile without
moving more than two feet.
Keep your temper If it Is good
and don't lose it if it’s had
Poets are born. Blame their an
cestors
A man robs himself if he does not
make tiis best of hi*- time.
Marriages may !>*• made in heav
en. but lots of them end In th*
other place
Parting that i- sweet sorrow is
not the kind that the divorce courts
deal In
The man who doesn't know
enough to go in when It rains gets
many a free shower hath
A man with all leind* of coin usu
ally acquires a wife who ran break
ui> his collection
Pure motives are what inspire a
man who lends money to another
when he never expects to get It
hack.
When a woman is angry she fells
a man just what she think* of him
and incidentally Just what every
body else thinks of him.
BY carrier In Detroit, 6 cent* a wwk; else
where, 10 cent* a week. By mall, 93 a
year. Call Main <520. Entered at the Boat
office in Detroit aa second class mall matter.
A Newspaper Man
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)
1
This is the story of a newspaper man
an American newspaper man—and of
how he conquered London,
a lean, westemish American, the cor
respondent of a Chicago newspaper in .
the British capital. He did some prophe
sying there about America, basing his
predictions upon his instinctive under
standing of the American temper. He
was ridiculed. Time, however, striking
ly vindicated him, and now he is con
sidered as a veritable prophet.
In the Times of Dec. 23, 1916, he
wrote, in discussing President Wilson’s '
peace message to congress: “I believe
the president wants to tight Germany,
but wants Germany to commit herself to
n program that would warrant him in
asking the American people to enter the
confin'd?
This utterance, says the Ixmdon Daily
Mail, produced a gult'aw wherever it was
read all the way across Europe.
Nothing daunted, Bell came Jjack ,
again, writing on Dec. 26 to the Times: ■
"America cannot koep out of this war
unless Germany gives way.” More gibes ,
and sneers, and the Bell stock was pretty i
low r on the London curb.
On New Year’s Day he broke out i
again, in a letter to the British press,
declaring that "America can. and will,
support no peace but an entente peace.”
Jan. 25 the Times printed his fourth
letter in five weeks, stating that "Presi
dent Wilson’s purpose is solely to inform
the world of what America is willing to
fight for.”
By this time not only Britons but
Americans were accusing him of having
fantastic brainstorms.
He wrote a fifth letter on Washing
ton’s birthday, reiterating his faith, and
on Fob. 27 he published a letter which
now the English newspapers declare to be
one of "rare prescience and penetra- •
tion," although at the time it was re
ceive! with skepticism and scorn. He
declared that Wilson’s delay in coming
to grips with Hohenzollemism meant
only that "the president wants a public
temper so hot thruout America that it
will instantly burn to ash all opposition.”
This is a good example of how a news
paper man is not only a gatherer of
news, but, when equipped by birth and
common sense, an interpreter and seer,
trusting his intuitions in the face of
all appearances.
Maybe the Reader Knows
Occasionally, or oftener— we leave it
to the judgment of the reader—we don’t
know. We don’t know is our answer to
"Regular Reader,” who sends in the fol
lowing:
To the Editor of The Times: Why haven’t tha
Germane themselves gi\*n us final solution of
tho (’-boat proposition?
The German merchant submarine, the Deutsch
land, made two trips to this country. Its incom
ing cargo was «jiid to bo worth a million dollars,
nd on »aoh homeward trip it carried $2,000,000
w.irfh of u.ir supplier, according to reports.
Knur fim*-« this vessel went safely thru tha
British navy, including submarines, the nets,
mines and the chadors of the Allies.
For obvious reasons, submarines cannot suc
ce« .fully combs* submarines Hut German sub
mar,nos are practically all that American mer
chant submarines would have to look out for.
The best brains in America and In Europe have
thus far failed to get up anything, offensive or
defensive, to meet the I' boat's depredations on
transatlantic traffic.
Why not an American fleet of big merchant
submarines? Regular Reader.
Laugh With Us
A perspiring Tommy, burdened wi*h about fire
tons of equipment, climbed wearily Info a 'bus
outside a Tendon railway terminus. There were
no vacant scats and no one
offered the weary man a seat. ; Vtffg
II* 1 wax dead tlrrd and so re
solved to get a seat by strata-
Hr Ashed from Ms haversack
a small bomb
“This is one of the things
w»- use on* there, you know,”
he remarked to the Interested
pa-senger.-* "Sec this pin here? When I pull It
out like this It should explode fifteen seconds
later They're pretty deadly, too. If I put It
hack again the thing's harmless." Then, begin
ning to search frantically, "Gosh! Where on
earth did I put that pin?"
The passengers rose in a body and scrambled
for the door. tumbling over one another to get
off Tommy watched them go Then, putting
the bomb back in 4tis hav* rsark, he stretched
himself full length on the cushioned seat.
A certain cricket club In England engaged a
new groundsman About the same time they
1 l new 101 ' to pull the roller. A day
or two later the groundsman
| approached the club secretary
rWt v A L looking anxious
"I want to know." he «ald.
- ‘ v v ''who will he responsible If the
1 1 t lf/ \ 'oss 'appens to meet with an
accident?” i
.iieJtjS’- "You Would certainly he r*-
***■ sponsible,” said the puzrled
secretary. ''The animal Is In
your charge ”
“Then I give notice.” said the groundsman,
flrml\ "Liu; brute hadn't speed enough to get
nut of the way of the roller, and one day I shall
run him down and flatten him out. It's too
risky.”
The club Is now advertlslog for another horath
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