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'~ CHAPTER Xlil—Continued.
—l2
Ooming back along the same road we
halted to let another convoy of mules
go past, and an officer of the Royal
maval division came up and began
talking to our officers. He was telling
them how he and his men had landed
at “X” beach, and how they had to
wade ashore through barbed wire.
“And, you know,” he said in a sur
prised way, as if he himself could
hardly believe it, “the beggars were
actually firing on us!” That is just
like the Limeys, though. Their idea
is not to appear excited about any
thing at any time, but to act as though
they were playing cricket—standing
around on a lawn with paddles in their
hands, half asleep. The Limeys are
certainly cool under fire, thaagh, and
1 think that because the Anzacs did
s 0 well at Gallipoli people have not
given enough credit to the British
regulars and R. N. D.'s, who were
there too, and did their share of the
work, and did it as well a 8 any men
could. ;
After a while this officer started on
his way again, and as he cut ac‘ross'
the road a French officer came up.
The Limey wore a monocle, which
caused the French officer to stare at
him a minute before he salutqd. After
the Englishman had passed him the
Frenchman took a large French penny
out of his pocket, screwed it into his
eye and turned toward us so that we
<could see it, but the Limey could not.
That was not the right thing to do,
especially before enlisted men, so our
©officers did not laugh, but the men did,
and so loud that Limey turned around
and caught sight of the Frenchman.
He started back toward him and 1
thought sure there would be a fight,
«or that, more likely, the Limey would
‘veport him. Our officers should have
‘placed the Frenchman under arrest,
‘at that. ;
The Frenchman expected trouble,
¢OO, for he pulled up very straight and
.Stiff, but he left the penny in his eye.
“The Limey came up to him, halted a
few paces off and, without saying
a 4 word, took the monocle out of his
eye, twibbled it three or four feet in
rthe air and ecaught it in his other eye
~when it came down.
“Do that, you blighter,” he said and
«faced about and was on_his way down.
the road. They had it on.the French
man after that. :
This Phillippe Pierre, of whom I
‘have spoken, told me a story about
two Limey officers that I hardly be
-Ileved, yet Phillippe swore it was the
truth. He had been in America before
the war, and he said he had seen one
«©f the officers that the story is about
‘many times in New York. '
He said there were two Limey offi
cers going along the road arguing
about the German shells which the
“‘Turks were using. One of the officers
said they were no good because they
{did not burst. Just about that time
a shell came along and they picked
themselves up quite a distance from
where they had been standing. An
other shell whizzed by and landed flat
.on the side of the road. The officer
walked over, dug it out of the ground,
and took away the detonator and fuse
~—t6 prove that they did not explode!
The only thing that would make
ame believe that story is that Phillippe
Pierre said they were Limey officers.
‘No one but a Limey would remem
tber such an argument after being
knocked galley west by a shell con
«cussion. I do not doubt that a Limey
-would do it if it could be done, though.
CHAPTER XIV. : '
The Croix de Guerre.
When we had been on the shore
for about three weeks we found our
selves one morning somewhere near
Sedd-el-Bahr under the heaviest fire
1 ever experienced. Our guns and the’
“Turks’ were at it full blast, and the
woise was worse than deafening. '
A section of my company was lying
out in a shell hole near the commu
nication trench with nothing to do
but wait for a shell to find them. We
were stiff and thirsty and uncomfort
able, and had not slept for two nights.
In that time we had been under con
stant fire and had stood off several
saiding parties and small attacks from
enemy trenches.
We had no sooner got used to the
shell hole and were making ourselves.
s comfortable as possible in it when
along came a shell of what must have
been the Jack Johnson size, and we
were swamped. We had to dig three
of the men out, and though one of
them was badly wounded we could not
send him back to the hospital. In
fact, the shelling was so heavy that
mone of us ever expected to come out
of it alive.
So, it was like keeping your ow¥n
death watch, with the shells tuning
wup for the dirge. It was impossible to
listen to the shells. If you kept your
mind on the noise for any length of
time it would split your eardrums, I
am sure., So all we could do was to
fay low in the shell hole and wait for
something to happen.
- Then they began using shrapnel on
us, and one of our machine gunners,
w?got up from his knees to change
position, had his head taken eclean off
his shoulders, and the rest of him
janded near my feet and squirmed a
fittle. like a chicken that had just been
gilled. Jt was awful t¢ see the body
#iihov =n head move around that
way, and we could hardly make our
selves touch it for some time. Then
we rolled it to the other side of the
hole. g
Then, to one side of us, there was
a more violent explosion than any yet.
The earth spouted up and fell on us,
and big clouds of black smoke, sliding
along the ground, covered our shell
hole and hung there for some time,
One of our sergeants, from the regular
French infantry, said it was a shell
from a Turkish 155-mam. howitzer.
That was only the first one. The
worst thing about them was the smoke
—people who think® Pittsburgh is
smoky ought to see about fifty of those
big howitzer shells bursting, one after
another.
We could not tell what the rest of
our line was doing or how we were
standing the awful fire; but we felt
sure they were not having any worse
time than we were. In a few minutes
we heard the good old “755” start
pounding, and it was like hearing an
old friend’s voice over the telephone,
and everybody in our shell hole
cheered, though no one could hear us
and we could barely hear each other.
Still we knew that if the *“758” got
going in their wsual style they would
do for an enemy battery or two, and
that looked good to us. The “758”
made the noise worse, but it was al
ready about as bad as it could be,
and a thousand guns more or less
would not have made it any harder
to stand. BN
One of our men shouted in the ser
geant’s ear that the men in line ahead
of us and to the right were trying to
give us a message of some kind. The
sergeant stuck his head above the
parapet and had a look. But I stayed
‘where I was—the sergeant could see
for himself and me, too, as far as I
‘was concerned. gy
~ He shouted at us that the men in
the other trench were trying to signal
something, but he couid not make it
out because the clouds of smoke would
roll between them and break up the
words. So he laid down again in the
bottom of the hole. But after a while
he looked over the parapet and saw
‘a man just leaving their trench, evi
‘dently with a message for us, and he
‘had not gone five steps before he was
blown to pieees,~and the lad who fol-
Jowed him got. his, too, 80 they stopped
trying then. '’ ; i 3 10 ]
And all the time the “758” were
sending theirs to the Turks not fai
over our heads to 900 yards behind
us, and the howitzers were dropping
their 240-pound bits of iron in every
vacant space and some that were nof
vacant, It was just one big roar ang
screech .and growl all at once, like
turning the whole dog pound loose
on a piece of meat. :
The concussions felt like one long
string of boxes on the ear, and our
throats were so dry that it hurt tc
swallow, which always makes your
ears feel better after a strong concus
sion. One after another of our boys
was slipping to the ground and digging
his fists into his ears, and the rest of
them sat on the parapet fire siep with
their heads between their knees and
their arms wrapped around their
heads.’
Our sergeant came to me after 4
while and began acting Jjust like
people do at a show, only he shouted
instead of whispered in my ear. When
paople are looking at one show they
always want to tell you how good some
other show is, and that was the wajy
with the sergeant. ]
“You should see what they did tc
us at St. Eloi,” he said. “They just
baptized us with the big fellows. Thej
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did not know when to stop. When you
see shelling that is shelling, you will
know it, my son.”
“Well, if this is not shelling, what
the devil is it? Are they trying to
kid us or are you, mon vicux?' which
is a French expression that means
something like “old timer.”
“My son, when you see dugouts
caved in, roads pushed all over the
map, guns wrecked, bodies twisted up
in knots and forty men killed by one
shell—then you will know youn are
seeing shelling.” = i :
Then one of our men sat up straight
against the parapet and stared &t us
and began to shake all over, but we
could not get bim to say anything or
move. So we knew he had shell shock,
And another man watched him for a
while, and then he began to shake,
too. The sergeant said that if we
stayed there much longer we would
not be fit to repel an attack, so he
ordered us into the two dugouts we
had made in the hole, and only himself
and another man stayed outside on
watch.
The men in the dugout kept asking
each other when the bombardment
would end, and why we were not rein
forced, and what was happening, and
whether the Turks would attack us. It
was easy to see why we were not rein
forced—no body of men could have
got to us from the reserve trenches.
The communication trenches were
quite a distance from us and were
battered up at that. Some of the men
said we had been forgotten. and that
the rest of our troops had either re
tired or advanced and that we and
the men in the trench who had tried
to signal us were the only detachments
left there. '
Pretty soon another man and I
relieved the two men who were out
side on watch, and as he went down
into the dugout the sergeant shouted
to us that he thought the Turks were
afraid to attack. He also ordered one
of us to keep a live eye toward our
rear in case any of our troops should
tey to signal us. When I looked
through a little gully at the top of
the hole, toward the other trench, all
1 could see was barbed wire and
smoke and two or three corpses. -I
began to shiver a little, aud I was
afraid I would get shell shock, too.
So I began' to think about Murray -and
how he looked when they took him
off the wall. But that did not stop the
shivering, so I thought about my grand
mother and how she looked the last
time I saw her. I was thinking about
‘her, I guess, and not keeping a very
good lookout, when a man rolied over
the edge and almost fell on me. He
was from the other trenches. I carried
ihim into the dugout and thetlx went out
‘again and stood my watch until the
relief came. We were doing half-hour
shifts, -
When I got into the dugout again
the man was coming to. He was just
about as near shell shock as I had
been—by this time I was shivering
only once in & while, when I did not
watch myself. He said four men had
been sliced up trying to get to us be
fore he came; that they had lost
11 men out of their 32, including the
sergeant-major in commarnd and two
corporals; that they were almost out
of ammunition; that the trenches on
both sides of them had been blown in
and that they were likely to go to
pieces at any moment. He said they
all thought the Turks would attack
behind their barrage, for he said the
curtajn of fire did not extend more
than a hundred yards in front of their
trench. What they wanted us to do
was to relay a man back with the
news and either get the word to ad
vance or retire or await reinforce
ments, they did not care which—only
to be ordered to do sometkLing. There
was not & commissioned officer left
with either of the detachments, you
‘see, and you might say we were up
in the air—only we were really as far
in the ground as we could get, :
~The man thought there were other
of our lines not far behind us, but we
knew better; so. then he said he did
not see how any one could get back
from there to our nearest lines. I
idld not see either. Then we all fig
ured we were forgotten and would not
come out of there alive, and you can
believe me or not, but I di¢ not much
care. Anything would be better than
just staying there in that awful noise
with nothing to do, and no water.
~ Our sergeant said he would not ask
any man to attempt to carry the mes
sage, because he said it was not only
certain death, but absolutely useless.
And he began to show that he was
‘near shell shock himself.
~ Then I began to shiver again, and I
‘thought to myself that anything would
‘be better than sitting in this hole wait
‘ing to go “cafard,” so I decided to vol
‘unteer. ' T did not think there was any
chance to get through, but it seemed
as if I just had to do something, no
matter what. I had never felt that
way before, and had never been
anxious to “go west” with a shell for
company, but I have felt that way
since then several times, I can tell
you.\ :
The man was telling us that some
time before they had seen the Turks
bringing up ammunition from some
storehouses, but they did not come
anywhere near. He said their sergeant
wanted our messenger to tell them
that, too. He would say a few words
very fast, then he would shiver again,
and his jaws would clip together and
he would try to raise his hand, but
' could not. : :
Then our sergeant asked the name
of the other sergeant, and when the
man, told him he said the man was
senior to himself and therefore in
command and would have to be obeyed.
He seemed to cheer up a lot after
he said this and did not shiver any
more, so I thought I would volunteer
then, so I said to him, “Well, mon
vieux, do you think we are seeing real
shelling now?” And then I was going
to say I would go, but he looked at
me in a funny way for a second and
then said, “Well, my son, suppose you
go and find out.”
I thought he was kidding me at first,
but then I saw he meant it. I thought
two things about it—one was that any
thing was better than staying there,
and the other was that the old dugout
,was a pretty fair place after all. But
1 did not say anything to the ser
geant or the other men—just went
out of the dugout. The sergeant and
another man went with me ahd boost
ed me over the back wall of the hole.
I lay flat on the ground for a minute to
get my bearings, and then started off.
1 set my course for where I thought
the communication trenches were, to
the right. and I just stood up and ran,
for I figured that as the shells were
falling so thick and it was open
ground I would not have any better
chance if 1 crawled.
.1 tripped several times and went
down, and each time thought I was
hit, because when I got it in the thigh
at Dixmude it felt a good deal as
though 1 had tripped over a rope.
And one time when 1 fell a shell ex-
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ploded near me and I began to shiver
again, and 1 could not go.on for a
long time. All this time I did not
think I would get through. but finally,
when I reached what had been the
communication trench I felt I had
done the worst part of it, and I began
to wish very hard that I would get
through—l was not at all erazy about
going west. Z
The mouth of the communication
trench had been battered in and the
trenches it joined with were all filled
up. There were rifies sticking out
of them in several places, and I
thought probably the men had been
buried ‘alive in them. But it was too
late then, If they had been caught, so
I elimbed over the blocked entrance to
the communication trench and started
back along it. It led up through a sort
of gully, and I thought it was a bad
place tc dig a communjcation trench
in, because it gave the 'Turks some
thing like the side of a hill tr shoot at.
Every once in a while I would have
to climb in and out of a shell hole,
and parts of them were blocked where
a shell had caved in the walls. In one
piace I saw corpses all tora to pieces,
80 I knew the Tarks had found the
range and had got to this trench in
great shape. At another place I found
lots of blood and equipment but mno
bodies, and I figured that reinforce
ments had been caught at this spot
and that they had retired, taking their
casualties with them. s
The Turks still had the range, and
they were sending a. shell into the
trench every once in a while, and 1
was knocked down again, though the
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shell was so far away that it knocked
me down with force of habit more
‘than anything else. I felt dizzy and
shivered a lot, gnfi' kept trying to think
of Murray or anything else but myself.
So finally 1 got to the top of the
little hill over which the gully ran,
and on the other side I felt almost
safe. Just down from the crest of the
hill was one of our artillery positions,
with the good old “765” giving it to the
Turks as fast as they could. I told‘
the artillery officers what had bap
pened, had a drink of water and
thought I would tske a nap. But when.
they telephoned the message back to
division headquarters the man at the
receiver said something to the officer
and he told me to stay there and be
ready. I thought sure he would send
me back to wher,e.{ came from and
I knew I never could make it again,
but I did not say anything. s
;. (TO BE CONTINUED. i
NOT WISE TO ‘GO HUNGRY
Writer Criticizes the “No-Breakfast”
Fad Which Still Retains a Hold
- on Some People.
A few years ago someone started a
boom for the breakiastless day as con
ducive to longevity. 1 know persons
who have clung stubbornly to this ab
surdity, Meredith Nicholson writes in
the Yale ReView. The despicable habit
contributes to domestic unsociability
and is, I am convinced by my own ex
periments, detrimental to health. The
chief business of the world is trans
acted in the morning hours, and I am
reluctant to believe that it is most
successfully done on empty stomachs.
Fasting as a spiritual discipline is, of
course, quite another thing, but fast
ing by a tired business man under med
ical compulsion can hardly be lifted
to the planc of things spiritual. To
delete breakfast from the day’s pro
gram is a sheer cowardice, a com
fession of invalldism which is well
calculated to reduce the powers of
resistance. The man who begins the
day with a prescription that sets him
apart from his neighbors may ven
ture into the open jauntily, persuad
ing himself that his abstinemce proves
‘his superior qualities; but in his heart,
to say nothing of his stomach, he
knows that he has been guilty of a
sneaking evasion. If he were a nor
mal, healthy being he -would neot be
skulking out of the house breakfast
less. Early rising, a prompt response
to the breakfast bell, a joyous break
ing of the night’s fast, is a rite not to
be despised in civilized homes.
Would Take the Job.
- Into the office of the Wall Street
Journal there ventured a small boy,
awed by the great adventure of getting
his first job. Timidly he approached
an edifor and explained what he
wanted. :
“Hm,” quoth the veteran to the
would-be recruit, “it's too bad, but
there are no tyacancies now, unless
you would like to be managing editor.
How about that?”
The youngster began to back away.
“Oh,” he gasped, “I wouldn’t like
that at all.”
Yesterday he came back, with des
peration in his eye, and marched up to
the veteran. :
. ¢P'ye changed my mind,” he an
pounced. “When do I start in?”
? Optimistic Thought.
Safety built upon vengeance contains
‘the seeds of its own destruction.
. Electric locomotives are being in
ereasingly adopted in South Africa for
underground haulage.
MARKETS
Milwaukee, Dec. 9, 1918.
Butter—Creamery, tubs, 65c; prints,
661, @67¢; firsts, 58@60c; seconds, 52
@s6c¢.
Cheese Twins, 34%@35¢c; daisies,
351, @36¢c; longhorns, 363 c; brick,
fancy, 36@37c. :
Eggs Firsts, 60@62c; current re
ceipts. fresh as to quality, 58@60c;
checks, 34@35c; dirties, 38@40c. :
Live Poultry Springers, general
run, 22@23c; hens, 18@20c; roosters,
18e.
Peas—Per 100 Ibs., out of store;
Scoteh, 10.50@11.00; green, 10.50@
11.00; field, 7.00@7.50; marrowfats,
6.75@7.00; splits, 7:50@8.00.
Corn—No. 3 yellow, 1.50@1.55.
Oats—Standard, 74@75¢; No. 3
white, 73@74c; No. 4 white, 72@73c.
Rye—No. 2, 1.62@1.63; No. 3, 1.57
@1.61. ;
Barley Big-berried, 1.03@1.05;
good to choice, 1.00@1.02; low grades,
90@95¢. :
. Hay—Choice, timothy, 30.50@31.00;
No. 1 timothy, 30.00@30.25; No. 2 tim
othy, 28.50@29.00; rye straw, 11.00@
11.50. :
Hogs—Prime, heavy butchers, 17.70
@17.80; fair to prime light, 16.50@
17.50; pigs, 12.00@16.25. ;
! Cattle Steers, 8.00@18.00; cows,
5.40@11.50; heifers, 5.75@12.50;
9_a.l.ves,* 16.00@17.25. .
Minneapolis, Dec. 9, 1918. |
Corn—No. 3 yellow, 1.43@1.49.
Oats—No. 3 white, 68@#69c.
Rye—No. 2, 1.63@1.64. g ;
. W1ax—1.66@1.68.
: Grain, Provisions, Etc.
' 41 ; Chicago, Dec. 6.
Sl Op:2n- High- Low-- Cles-
Corn— mg. ' est. est. ing
Dee oA 1w 1.33% 1.33%
Jan. ......131%-% 1.33 1.30% +1.31-30%
Eeb. l';.""i.g‘:%‘% 1.32% 1.30% 1.30%-1%
arch ....1.32 - 138 1. W 7%~34
Oats— " 130%- b
AIOC,. cevessvint3% J 13% 13y 73
Jan. ........72% .13 .12% .722-%
Feb. ........72%-% .12% .12% 2%
March .....73-12% .73 Y e
FLOUR~The United States food admin
istration flour standards are as follows:
Per bbl. in jute, 98 Ib. sack basis: Bariey
flour, $3.06@8.50; corn . flour, . $8.00@8.50;
white rye flour, $10.00; dark rye, $8.00;
gfit&lg gvhgat, $lO 50@10.75; special brands
.00; hard winter, $10.30@10.9C; sof i
ter, $10.50. 30@10.9C; soft win- .
HAY —Timothy, $30.00@31.00; standard,
$29.00@30.00; No. 1 light clover mixed,
$28.00@29.00; No. 2 timothy and No. 1 cloyv
er mixed, $28:00@29.00; No. 3, $23.00@25.00;
sample, $10.00@15.00; clover, §18.00@23.00.
BUTUER—Creamery, extras, 92 score, '
67c; higher scoring commands a prem
ium; firsts, 91 score, 65@66c; 88@90 score,
59@64c; seconds, 82@87 score, 54@57¢c; stand
ards, 62%@63%c; ladles, 46@46c; renovated,
49@49%c; packing stock, 38@40c. - b S
EGGS-Fresh firsts, 6{44@6e; fancy lotz,
66%@67c; ordinary firsts, 55@60c; misce:-
laneous lots, >ases included, 60@65c; cases
returned, 59@84c; extras, 72@73c; checks, 35
@4oc; dirties, 4@44c; storage packed firsts,
63@69¢. 4 i :
LIVE POULTRY-—Turkeys, 24c: fowls,
21%c; roosters, 17c; spring chickens, 20%c: '
‘ducks, 24c; geese, 22%c. }
DRESSED POULTRY Turkeys, = 36c: |
fowls, 25¢; spring chickens, 23@25c: roos
ters, 18@19c; ducks, 30@82c; geese, 23@24c.
POTATOES—BuIk, per 100 lbs., $1.35@ |
1.75; sacks, $1.70@1.80. '
CATTLE—Choice to prime steers, $18.50
@20.25; good to choice steers- $17.50@18.50;
medium to good steers, §15.00@17.50: plain
to medium steers,” $3.00@15.00; yeamlings,"
fair to choice, $13.00@19.70; stockers and
feedeis; §1.00@12.25; good to prime cows,
$9.50@13.00; ' falr to prime heifers, $9.00@
14.75; falr to good cows, $7.20@9.50; can
‘ners. $5.50@6.25; cutters, $6.25@7.15; boloz
na bulls, $7.50@8.25: butcher bulls, $8.06@
10.50; veal calves, $16.00@18.00.
HOGS—Fair tc 'cmc'qvflght. $17.35@17.65;
choice to light butchers, $17.55@17.70; med
/fum weight butchers, 226@260 Ibs., $17.60@
11.75; heavy welght butchers, 210@350 lbs.,
$17.50@17.65: mixed packing, $17.25@17.50;
heavy packing, $16.70@17.25; rough pack
ing, $16.50@16.76; pigs. fair to good, $13.50@
15.00; stags. $15.25@16.25. |
SHEEP - Western lambs, $14.00@14.25:
‘native lambs, good to choice, $13.75@15.35;
yvearlings, $9.00912.80; wethers, good to
. choice, $800@10.50; ewes, fair to choice,,
$7.00@9.50; feeding lambs, $12.00@14.00. ‘
! Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 6.
‘CATTLE—Receipts, 560: steady.
CALVES—TReceipts, 700; 50c higher;
elosed slow; 3’{,0(?12.50. :
HOGS—Receipts, 8,000; slow and steady
to 25c lower; heavy, mixed and Yorkers,
$17.80; light Yo?"-'erq and pigs, $16.50@16.75;
roughs, $12.00@16.80; stags, $10.00@18.00.
SHEEP AND T,AMBS-—Recelpts. 6,000
steady: lambs, $9.00@15.40; others un
changed. ;
Philadelphia—Two million pounds of
;sugar destined for Europe was de
{ stroyed when a big warehouse of the
Franklin Sugar Refining company on
the Delaware river front was burned.
Ten workmen, compelled to jump for
their lives, were injured. The loss is
estimated at several hundred thousand
dollars. | :
Butte, Mont. - Trunks containing
SBO,OOO to SIOO,OOO worth of diamonds
and valuable jewelry belonging to Ar
thur Gogel of the New York firm of
Whitlow Brothers, and another, prinei
pally containing gold jewelry, were
stolen from the baggage room of a lo
cal hotel.
London—The entire Turkish fleet is
‘now in the hands of the allies, the
admiralty’ announced. The warships
after surrendering, were interned in
the Golden Horn at Constantinople.
The former German cruiser Goeben
was among the surrendered vessels.
London—During the war 2,475 Brit
ish ships were sunk with their crews
and 3,147 vessels were sunk and their
crews left adrift, according to a state
ment by Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of
the admiralty. -
Camp Grant Work on the camp
building program has been stopped cn
order from Washington, and abcut 600
‘ carpenters and builders have been re
- leased by the contractors.
Washington—Lake shipment of coal
to the northwest, which was about
300,000 tons behind schedule Nov. 22,
has been virtually compieted, the fuel
administration announced.
Seattle—As a Christmas gift and re
ward for their patriotism more than
1,006 alien soldiers serving in tha
United States army in the Hawaiian
islands, will be given American citi
zenship.
Washington More than a billion
dollars has been cut from the navy’s
estimates of expenditures for the com
ing fiscal year, Secretary Daniels dis
closed.
Washington The public health
service estimated influenza and pneu
monia deaths among civilians in the
United 'States since Sept. 15 at be
tween 300,000 and 350,000.
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(Conducted by the National Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union.) :
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A VOICE FROM CZECHO-SLOVAK
REPUBLIC. >
The president of the Czecho-Slovak
republic, Prof. T. G. Masaryk, formerly
of the University of Prague, in a lee
ture on “Educated Circles Must De
stroy Alcohol Superstition,” shows the
responsibility of the individual for his
neighbor.
“Progressive ethics demand of the
modern man a higher state of mind;
alcoholism degrades the whole man;
it is hostile to progress, retrogressive.
“The modern ethic holds love of
neighbor to be the root of all moral
duties. Love of neighbor means labor
for one’s neighbor. Do not ask of
the wmodern man “sentimental” phil
anthropy but the consciousness of '
responsibility for the alleviation of
physical and intellectual need. But
alcoholism weakens sympathy for fel- ‘
lowmen, weakens the will to work,
weakens belief and confidence in man’s ‘
worth. For an active love of one’s
neighbor and labor for him, a clean
heart and clear head are also neces
sary. o LS
“Love of and work for one’s neigh
bor require, in the case under discus
sion, the example of abstinence. Ex
ample against example! Through the
exaniple of drinking are most drink
ers seduced to drinking. No man has
a natural craving for alcohol poison.
Especially should the educated give
the ‘example in/ the. present stage of
our scientific knowledge about alcohol.
A physician, teacher, or educator who
tolerates drinking commits a crime. It
is incumbent on the educated and lead
ing circles to destroy the alcohol su
perstition - theoretically by enlighten
ment of the people, and practically by
abstinende.. o :
THE WINE DELUSION.
- Dr. William Brady, in the Chicago
News, recently exploded the old su
perstition -that wineé is a strength
building tonic. He says: =
“For a long time there has been a
suspicion growing among thoughtful
physicians that alcohol does not de
serve the reputation our’ medical fa
thers gave it in medicine. * First it was
proved beyond question that alcohol
was not a food. Then it was settled
‘that alcohol does not stimulate the
heart or the brain. Then it was found
that alcohol does not help digestion,
but rather inhibits or delays diges
tion. & ’
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“But alcohol, as wine or as some
alleged tonic; taken in dessert-spoonful
or tablespoonful or larger doses, does
flush the invalid’s face for a time,
dees make the invalid feel ‘warm, does
lower the body temperature slightly
(oy excessive heat radiation from re
laxed or dilated surface vessels), does
impede the mental processes, does de
lay the normal nervous response .fo
any external stimulus (as in' quick fir
ing at a target that moves) and does
render the victim of the delusion tem
porarily forgetful of his troubles.
“A mighty poor ‘tonic,’ after all.
“So far as any strengthening or
blood building effect is concerned, a
glass of milk will accomplish about
four times as much as the same quan
tity of the best wine will accomplish
—and do no possible harm.”
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A DENVFR BANKER ON PROHIBI
o o TION¢ % ; R
Albert A. Reed, vice president and
trust officer of TUnited States Na
tional bank, says:
‘“Without any reluctance and with
out qualification of any sort I am able
to state that the effect of prohibition
in Denver and Colorado have been
‘beneficial from every point of view—
‘moral, social, industrial and financial.
This seems to be the almost aniversal
opinion and judgment of the business
and professional men of Colorado.
“There is no demand, and I dare say
little desire, to return to a liquor pol
iey. 'P_ersonally, I am in favor of pro
hibition, local, state and national. I
have never heard or seen & valid or
sound argument in support of the
traffic in intoxieating liquors.” - :
SALOON TAXES.
The brewers in Reading, Pa., are
taking a stand for lower valuations on
the various saloon properties scattered
throughout the city. They claim the
town council should consider, when fix
ing a tax valuation, the fact that pos
sible prohibition will cause a deprecia
tion in the value of these properties.
Ordinarily saloon properties. are val
ued at a higher figure than those ad
joining because they bring a much
higher price in the market . ‘
On the other hand, a saloon, because
of its usually undesirable character,
depreciates the value of other proper
ties in its' neighborhood. Are they
‘not entitled to a reduction because of
depreciation caused by the presence ot
the saloon? tee.
IN CANADA. _
“Prohibition is a signal success,” de
clares the chief of police of Toronto,
Canada. “In fact, I almost shudder to
think what war-time conditions with
out it would have been.” A curious de
velopment of prohibition days is an ab
normal increase in the number of can
dy stores. It seems to be a physiolog
ical fact that candy is found to be a
more or less satisfying substitute as a
stimulant and a craving-quieter by a
large number of people who formerly
used alcohol.
NO RUM NEEDED FOR THE
YANKS!
“They don’t need rum and they don’t
get it. They go over the top with a
cheer and a determination to reach
their objective. The. only trouble {s
for their commander to stop them
when they get there.” These are the
words of G. H. Langford, formerly of
the One Hundred and Second United
_States field artillery, who is at home
recovering from wounds.
t The government has taken the bar
out of barley.—-Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Lady in Texas Tells How
She Regained and Keeps
Her Healih.
Every household should have at
hand all the time a dependable rem
edy with which to fight catarrh and
catarrhal conditions.
The experience of Mrs. M. E. Berk
ley, No. 1822 27th St., Galveston, Tex.,
is not unique, but her letter does car
ry a vigorous “safety first” suggestion
to every American home: *I wish to
tell you of the good Peruna has been
to me. I have used it five years and
have never found it other than satis
factory as a remedy for colds, catarrh,
indigestion and many other ailments.
I am never without Peruna.”
Cozghs, colds, catarrh, grip and in
fluenza cannot- safely be mneglected.
Any disease due to catarrhal inflam
mation of the mucous lining, whether
of the nasal passages, throat, lungs,
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder or
other organs, is to be feared. Catarrh
is always a menace to the general
health and on account of its preva
lence must be fought and fought hard
all the time. =
Thousands place their entire depen
dence upon the well known time-tried
remedy, Peruna. Dr. Hartman began
selling Peruna for catarrh forty-five
vears ago. Try Peruna first and avoid
possible disappointment and expense.
Tablet or liquid form. Sold every
where.
Every Woman Wants
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! pelvic catarrh, ulceration and inflame
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Young Man Has Made Up His Mind
to Be Prepared When He
; Meets Only Girl. = = 0
Cleric hasn’t discovered the girl yet,
but he is already worrying about how
he is going to propese to her when
he does. War and matrimony, says -
he, require preparedness. He has
written a dozen ‘tentative sSentences
wherewith .fo introduce the subjeet.
We cull a few of them as mere sug
gestions. He imagines himself start
ing the conversation with one of the
following pharases: C Rl
“You look very nice across a: tables”
“I think cooking like yours would /
keep me in good humor forever.”
“Do you object to smoking about
the house? I don’t smoke.” g
“The high cost of living isn’t so
high, after all, Is it?” ; )
“Would you mind beginning to look
like me?” " S
“I suppose, like ali girls, you intend
to remain an old maid?” L L
“Do your clothes hook up the back?”
“Yes, I know I dance like a eamel,
but that is because life was a desert
to me wuntil this evening.”—Chicage
News. S
Large Back Scratcher. :
A neighbor recently purchased
three pigs and quartered them in his
back yard.’ This 'is something of a
novelty in this neighborhood and con
sequently very interesting to the chil
dren who spend a great deal of time
watching them. The other night Dad
dy asked our four-year-old girl, “Well
how are the pigs today.” She began
to laugh and answered: Sl T
“Qh, Daddy, one is such a funny
pig. Whenever it has an itch it
scratches itself with lits house.’)™—
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