Crittenden record-press. [volume], August 15, 1918, Image 6

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GERMAN PLANE BROUGHT DOWN BY BRITISH GUNS
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FRENCH HEAVY GUNS ADVANCE THROUGH MUD
ThU Oerauta Beoplnno, a Frlederichschufen macblne, was brought down In the North tea by British guunen.
SPORT CONTESTS OF THE TOMMY WAACS IN KENT
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French heavy fun tint hav been mowlnj down the ilun, luovlnf o
ward on a muddy road.
FRENCH CEMETERY
TELLS WAR TALE
Row After Row of Crosses in
Sleepy Village Symbolize
Spirit of France.
22 AMERICAN DEAD THERE
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The Tommy Waacs and women motor drivers In Kent, England, are helping to furnish fun In the enmpa by tak-
jtng part to the army service sport contests. The photograph shows woman's race, which consisted of running
' ipart way with egg and spoon and skipping boue.
yVomsn Strewing Flowers Upon the
Gravis of Vankse teldlsrs Mourns
the "Pauwres Oareons" Amer
ican Describes Visit te
L HOMING PIGEONS GOING TO THE FRONT
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MAKING AERIAL BOMBS
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- I This British official photograph shows how British army homing pigeons
are sent np to the fighting lines in France. These Intelligent birds bare been
the means of turning many a possible defeat Into a glorious victory. In one
of the great battles that raged along the British front recently British ,
officer found himself surrounded hy Bocne troops, ana rules sea one oi nis
pigeons with a note te bla artillery' telling them to pour a barrage over the
Buns. He was saved. . ,.w&ST?J&lZ7':'-'''
"YOU ARE DOWN RATHER EARLY"
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In nnitwer to the Brltlbh Tomnile's remark, "I seo you've inoved," this
young Indy replies: "Tea, so I have, but not willingly." The cruho of her
vnuirkalile nmllcament and that of the houso whs a shell from a Boche gun
on the western front which exploded near the fouiulntlon, canning tlis walls to
caw In and thereby bringing the attic oown io mo level or tne street.
"hlle their brothers are fighting th
ttle of liberty on the front In Trance
e women of England are seeking to
speed the cause to a victorious finish
by working night and day In munition
factories to turn out hundreds of thou
sands of war weapons. This picture
shows a woman worker In one of Eng
land's largest factories, tcetyleoe weld
ing the bodies of aerial bombs.
Confidence.
Henry's mother was explaining
some of the reasons why he should be
a good boy at all times. Among other
things she told him that he had only
one life to live and one chance here
on earth to be good.
"Well, mother," said Henry, "I think
we should have two chances."
"No, nenryi God gives as Just one
chance and we most try very hard to
be Just as good as we can be."
"Well," replied the boy, 1 think we
should have two chances. Now, who
do you think Is right, mother, God or
mr
Mistaken identity.
"Cleopatra! Cleopatra I" called
Mary, who liked big names for her
pet.
"Why, I thought your cat's name
was Napoleon," protested the visitor.
"He was Napoleon till he had bis
kittens," affirmed Mary stoutly.
An Apology for Sarcssm.
"Are sarcastic pooplo lll naroredr
"Not always," replied Miss Cayenne.j
"Sometime what seems sarcasm Is
generous effort to be euphemistic Is.
stating a necessary fact,"
Cemetery.
New lork. An American officer
with Pershing's army In France has
written in a letter to bis wife this
moving description of a visit to a
French cemetery:
"Come with me, then, to this little
village on the banks of the , a
Sleepy little village nestled lu the
broad valley through which the river
flows. In ordluary times a village of
a few thousand Inhabitants, It Is now
almost empty because most of the peo
ple who could afford It have fled to
safer places, tasting for the second
time since 1014 the bitterness of the
war as It affects the peaceful civilian.
"It is late afternoon, warm and sun
ny. We stroll down the main street
together past the old church, once a
handsome structure but now badly
weather worn and almost In ruins.
Further on we pass the ruins of an
old Roman wall which marked the lim
its of the "city' In Caesar's time. Our
footsteps turn us to the right Into
tittle lane which leads out to the
country up the gentle slope and to
ward the front After passing under
the railroad bridge the lane bronchi
off abruptly to the right It soon dis
appears through a stone gateway and
we find ourselves In the 'new ceme
tery, called new because the demands
of this terrible four years' struggle
have been so urgent that the old ceme
tery Is overpouulated. It was large
enough for the normal population of
tho village, but death has stalked often
throucu the streets these Inst four
years and Its victims must have room.
"A little gravel path, laid out with
mathematlc stralcutnos, runs through
the cemetery. First, there ore a low
civilian graves huddled together at tne
Dear end aa if they had been crowded
to make room for the other tenants.
Then on the rlsht row after row of
graves of French soldiers rnurked by
huse wooden crosses, and lor tne mosi
part covered with those hideous bea
work floral pieces thut the Frencn use.
On seeing them, one understands how
Jean TalJean recouped his fortune.
Too remember the story, no doubt.
There were graves of Infantry, cavalry
and artillery, and onco In a while that
of an aviator, but wherever one goes
It Is always the Infantry that pre
dominates. Hore Is the grave of
Chinese worker, there that of a Mo
hammedan, but all bear the well-known
phrase which means so much: Hurt
pour la patrler
Graves of Americana,
"Aa I wandered along through row
after row reading the uamea and won
dering who their owners might have
been I was startled to see on the om
er side of tho path a single row of
graves, at the head of each a prim
little cross, different somewhat from
those across the way and pulnted In
kbukl. Then I kuew who these new
: coiners were. There were 22 of them,
each bearing a little round Ideutlficn
tloa tag. I lustlnctlvely reuclied up to
foci if mine was still uround my neck.
1 Those 22, among the first to give up
their oil for the putrle so fur serosa
' the aeo. were arranged In wrfect
allimuicnt like a platoon In drill. 1
couldn't help saying to myseii:
"'Well, when the Master of the
Great Unknown commniiUs "Heroes,
Attention to Muster I" you all will an
swer hore.'
"Tbey were plain Utile graves, hid
eous almost In their newness and nary
a sod to cover mem. uui nnu iney
been forgotten! No, Indeed; for on
each lay a little buuch of flowers, put
there by the kind hands of the women
of the village. These pcopl ore o
klad, oo thoughtful. They, at least
will never forget Even as I stood
there thinking about all these tblnga a
woman came up, very poor sbo seemed
to be, jet she carried a hugo hnskct
filled with flowers, which she carefully
distributed all along tho row. As she
came tip to mo I heard her say, a!
most to herself and thinking probably
(hut 1 did not understand i
"Tnuvrea gnroous, Us sont venus Jo
st loin I'
"I couldn't help It, I went up to her
and shook her by tho hand and
thanked her In the n nines of those
sleeping there and In the numo of thelo
mothers and sisters and sweotbesrts
bark homo. If I knew w here to write,
I would r((o to those 22 mothers and
tell them that thulr boys are being
well looked after.
"Before I could say anything more
to the woman she was goue. She said
she must keep one bunch of flowers
for her marl over yonder on the other
side of the psth. There were the ser
ried ranks of the French, on our side
of the path only ono llttlo row, and
then off In a far corner away from
everything else a little group of Ger
man graves, hid among a clump of
trees as If shrinking from the advnnre-
lng hordes of French and their uew
allies from across the sea. It all sym
bolized so well the two armies, the
French and the American, one great.
the other small but growing, standing
side by side against the Ilorhes who
lay In the corner against the stone
wall.
In tho upper part of tho cemetery
was a group of workmen digging.
They had been digging nil dny long
and for many days, for there wer
many rows of graves yet unfilled.
There must be room for those yet to
cony.
Supplies for the Front
"Along the railroad that runs past
the cemetery train after train passes,
with Munollea and muxltlons)
...i n...n mine ud towsrd the frwuC
IVuld those sleeping here but kootg
It I Could they but know mai s ranc
as ever since those terrible dsys of
1014. Is standing fust holding the esi.
my st bsr. and bearing the brunt of
this terrlnc struggle i
know It fr they an Bleep so peace .
done. Tbey hT
lull jr. mis i . -
given everything they bad to give and!
unbegrudglngly. For them tho distant
rumble of tho cannou nns uo
lugs, for tbey sleep secure In the bo- J
lief that victory somo day will be oura. w
Sleep cu, comrudes-for I am prle- 1
lloged to call you comrndes-your
work Is over. You have well earned!
jour rest. Those of us who ere left
will carry on the work you so well Do-
8n"jut as I left the gnte, turnlnj
homeward, a atrange procession ap
peared down the lime, and I "PPf"'?
let It puss a lingo coiulon, painted!
war gray, followed 'J riht Brtiatoa
territorials, their rllles slung over their
shoulders ih.Uu fuhlu. They wero
dirty, un.-huven. and their uniforms
faded and toru, but o. typlcml of
l-.... ...... ir ami wracked by tout
long years of war. Ou the trues
pulnted tho word 'Munitions. It wa
not mUlnbeled, for It carneu uuv-
fodder that had served Its purpose
and luid been used up In the struggle,
"I came quickly to atteutlon and sa
i. .....i it i. rimtniii of the country.
often done without thought or feellngy
but this tlmo my soul was in it. i wee
proud to thus render homage to ono,
poor common soldier as be passed oa
his Inst, l'"g march. '
"Opco wide the gntea and give tn
newcomer roomt Ulve htm a com
fortuble place In that furthest row, for
ho must have rest and peace. Tho
leaves In the trees rustled, the torn
and faded flags fluttered and the tin
tricolor cockadea on each cross tinkled
thus wss the newcomer welcomed
Into his last earthly home,"
N. Y. AIR RAID GERMAN JOKE
Comic Paper Bsys American Women
Are Keen on tatssl Parle
Novsltlta.
Amsterdam. A cartoon In the lat
est lue of the ennan comic paper
Jugend pMures a German air raid on
New York. Tho scene Is a New Tork
rf garden, from which the sky id
shown nblsse with bombs, shrapnel
and fighting planes. An Amertraaf
'multimillionaire" Is shown escorting
his richly clnd wife, who Is said to b
"shrinking lu terror before the apparW
Hon In the sky." He reassures ber bjj
ssylng soothingly: "Welt tiy dear
yon have always been keen on having
the latest Tsrlslnn novelties. Now
you've got them!"
GET GOOD MEAL
FOR 14 CENTS
American Soldiers and Sailors
Well Cared For by Y. M. C. A.
' in London.
DOYS LONG FOR HOME EATS
Eagle Hut Represents Lett Vyord In
Economlcsl Estlng In British Capi
tal Minu Shows Great Vari
ety of Dishes.
London. Fourteen cents for a sat'
Isfylng meat Twenty-fire cents for a
superlatively filling repast These
prices reveal that the high coet of eat
ing should hnve no terrors to the
American soldier or sailor "on his
own" In London. It represents thst
last word In economical eating even
for the English capital, where prices
are uniformly moderate. Even the big
ger public eating places, where large
turnover allows a low charge, the low.
est price charged for a modest meal
Is tenpence 20 cents, while the meal
which costs the Yankee fighter a Shil
ling costs the civilian as much as 83
cents.
Moreover, It Is American food. Not
every American boy In olive drob or
navy blue who lands Jn London has a
literary tourist's ambition to ent at the
Cheshire Cheese or the Blnckfrlars or
any of the other quaint Inns made fa
mous by Dickens nr Thackuray. Many
of our fighters do not rare for the ix.n-
(tenuis dlMle of tho two-decker nov
els, but yearn for modern home eats.
Where King Ate Pancakes.
And they get It st 14 to 25 cents.
at Knglo Hut the famous I. M. C. A.
center, where King George and Queen
Mary recently enjoyed pancakes a la
American.
The U-eotit rate Is cheaper even
than that charged at the national mod
el kitchen, where a three-course meal
of soup, beef Slid pudding Costa IS
cents. Mrs. Arthur Coke of London,
who makes out all the Hut menus, not
only meets all government require-
mentx, but sees to It that there la prop
er and attractive variation In the
dishes from day to day. The food Is
plain, to bo sure, but It all Is of high
nnnlltv. and tho portions show no
stinting.
Breakfast and supper each coet M
cents. A breakfast consist of cereal,
sausage or bacon, broad nnd tea. A
recent supper consisted .of sausage,
well done, thick slices of bread with
butter, luurmiilade nnd ten. Tho same
food costs from 23 to 30 cents at tho
West-end restaurants.
A typli-nt shilling dinner Includes
Scotch brolb, stewed stvuk or cold
beef, potatoes, buttered beets, currant
pudding, bresd, tea or coffee. The
soups sre not the dishwater type
either, but of good stock. An Eaglo
Hut shilling supper provides tho
American fighter with meat pie con
taining more meat than crust or aao
snge, potators. Jelly, bread and butter,, .
rske and tea or coffee. CotniVrctoV
eating places charge two or threw
times this amount, often as high as 83
rents, within governmental restric
tions. Variety te Choose From.
The American soldier or sailor also
rsn rhiM.se from extra dishes at equal
ly low prices, a choice of flh, pie, egga
prepared In various ways, baked beans,
salads. Mod onions, rtce-snd msrma
lade, custards. Jellies and other sweets
which are strangers to camp mess.
Tbs prices churned at the Eagle Hat
sre from two to six rents less than
the ordinary restnursnt prices. In ad
dition, this Is the one place where tho
American hoys ran get that most typ
ical home delicacy, American pancakes
with maple simp, which the king and
queen sampled recently. Twelvo
cents buys a brace of rakes with ma
ple sirup, and the first half month's de
mand for this favorite totaled one or
more helpings for 0.124 men.
It Is no wonder then that Eagle nut
feeds tH-tween 2,0) and 2,800 Amert-
can fighters dally, and that the noon
hour Is a continuous rush which tazea
to the uttermost the efforts of tho
waitresses, nil women who volunteer
their services and minister with smil
ing patience and friendliness to tho
appreciative Inds from the Cntted
States.
Eagle Hut dl'jenes other com modi.
ties, tobacco nnd candy topping tho
list of favorites. A few Americana,
forgetting the many advantages and
economies found st the Hut have com.
plained tnat their favorite brands of
American tobacco. If at all obtainable.
cost them more 'than It did at home.
Tney mi not know that there la a
high Import duty oa ctgarettea and
prepared tobacco for pipra and "mak
ings nor that there I a home tax
ahlch Is causing the English tobac
conists to revise their prices often.
Smoking Imported tobacco In England
loony rcnny is a luxury. The wise
stranger has given It up In favor of
the brands the English use.
Has Eight Sena In Service.
Denver, Colo. Thomas D. Cain,
Denver Jeweler, holds the record for
the llocky mountain region for number
of sons In military service. Every nns
of his eight sous Is In some branch oi
tho military service. Five of thorq
have gone to France, nnd the three
other are In different cimtoiuuval
ennuis,