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THE EVENING MISSOURIAN, WED NESDAT, OCTOBER 9, 1918.
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THE EVENING MISSOURIAN
Published every evening except Sunday
by Tne Mlasourlan Association, Incorpo
rated, Columbia, Mo. Virginia mag. uown
stairs. Fbones: Business, 55; News, 274,
Entered as second-class mall matter.
City: Year, 13.73; 3 months, $1.00;
month, 40 cents; copy, 2 cents. By mall
In Boone County; Year, $3.25; 6 montks,
$1.75; 3 months, 90 cents. Outside the
county: Year $4.50; 3 months, $1.25;
month, 45 cents.
WHAT THE BOYS OTEBSEAS ASK
The boys In France may be many
miles away but their attention Is
focused just as surely on what the
people of the United States are doing
as If they were here. This is cl
denced by the following letter from
an aviator in Uncle Sam's service over
there regarding the Fourth Liberty
Loan:
"If the people of our own United
Stato do not respond to the coming
Liberty Loan it will give the whole
American Expeditionary Force the
same feeling that I have often had
when I'm trying to loop the loop.
Just before I get over, the engine
poofs and for a second or two I'm
helpless there, 5.000 feet in the air.
The controls are dead and I can only
wait until by driving I ran nose out
of the stall..
"A few months over here has taught
me big things. The pitiful sights that
we see every day give us and added
determination to see this thing
through, but we've got to have the mon
ey and the confidence of all of you
back of us or we will be as helpless
as the rudder on my plane when the
flying speed is gone.
"There is reality to things over here.
THE NEW BOOKS
Strayed Revellers."
"Strayed Revellers," by Allan Up
degraff, is an ultra-modern love story.
The strayed revellers are;, Ciotilde, a
young woman just graduated from
Greenwich Village, and much blessed
with the real come-hither; the mem
bers of the artist community up-state
where the story happens; a woman
who tried to be modern and failed;
Corporal Clement Townes, a young
aviator who has temporarily lost his
nerve, and in trying to get it back
finds something more important; and
sundry "natives of the village," in
cluding Clotilde's father, Mr. Dan
Hooghtyling. The revel Is at times a
social satire, always an amusing com
edy and in the end a romance of parts
(Henry Holt and Company, 19 W.
41th street, New York City: cloth; 330
pages; $1.50)
FORMER STUDENT TELLS
HIS POST IN OFFENSIVE
"The Lure of the North."
Harold Blindloss has never written
a novel more worth while than "The
Lure of the North," just published.
Again he has as the setting for a
striking story the far North with its
snow and sentiment. The story is a
gripping one well told and thrilling.
Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York;
cloth; illustrated; SOS pages.)
(The following letter was written In F
ranee by sergeant nan i: spencer of the
Marines, a former student In the Unlrerslt
y, to bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton
spencer of Kansas City.)
The day the Germans began an at
tack on the Chateau Thierry-Reims
front we were standing by in a. small
village In the rear of Chateau Thierry-
The next morning we were In trucks
riding towarti S . Our Allied drive
was to begin the following morn
ing, July 18, and our division was to
night before, if such were passible.
Hundreds of tanks, armored cars and
motor cars and machine guns were
going forward. Toward night we made
camp in the woods and slept.
Huns Were Shooting loir.
At 4 o'clock the barrage was on, the
a'ttack was scheduled for 7 o'clock. A
few moments before this hour we were
formed In two wave formations on the
top of a small hill about a thousand
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H0LIDATS HELP BED CBOSS
There are no hypocrites and no social
obligations. The French are like
brothers to us and they surely need
all the help we can give them. They
are a wonderful people who have
sacrificed everything worth living for
or worth fighting for. AH the men
except cripples and small boys are
fighting for the life of their coun
try. Whatever this war costs the
United States it will be far cheaper
than fighting Germany in our own
country.
"Perhaps you have not the contin
ual spur to increase your energies
that we have. Every few days over
here you learn that Tom, who bunk
ed with you. has been killed, or that
Jim, the little fellow with the smile,
has been taken prisoner by the enemy,
or that the plane of the big quiet boy
who flew out over No Man's Land
close to you was brought down by
the Germans. These things make you
grit jour teeth and wisji that you
could killed the man who killed him.
But as the f.harpness leavijs, you
wish that you might have taken his
place.
"It is not because we fear death that
we need your encouragement but be
cause we are daily going out in:o
somthing new and it Is only our best
that we offer to Uncle Sam."
With the realization that this is
the spirit of our soldiers, should we
not also offer our best to Uncle Sanx2
"The (11 wf .Masks."
New York is not merely a melting
pot for the poor and the humble of
lands of the earth. In "The City of
Masks' as described by George Barr
McCutcheon, there are hundreds of
men and women in whose veins the
blood of a sound aristocracy flows,
who by choice or necessity have
donned the mask nf nhsrnrttv It la
of the high-born who dwell in low
When you see a crowd rushing mad
ly out of Academic Hall about 10
o'clock at night don't think the build
ing is on fire. It is merely the mem
bers of the S. A. T. C. coming out
after an evening of supervised study.
KEEP OUTDOORS
The students in school and the cit
izens of the town are now obeying
orders issued by those in authority
closing the schools and other public
assemblies.
The men in the S. A. T. C. are strict
ly abiding by this order. They have
to. It Is a military order.
It is up to the girls to go volun
tarily one step farther, and keep from
congregating in crowds or groups in
rooms in boarding houses and sorori
ty houses.
Stay outside as much as possible.
Take hikes over the hills, and get jour
blood circulating freely. Do not stay
in rooms where the air is stagnant or
wnere the building is poorly venti
lated.
Remember that the best preventive
for Spanish influenza is plenty of out
door exercise and fresh air.
places, that this tale is told.
And a most amusing tale it is a
truly unusual and delightful bit of
fancy built upon fact. The reader is
in the confidence of these interest
ing foreigners and laughs to think
how differentlj people would act If
they knew who these men and women
were.
There is the marchioness who is a
fashionable dressmaker; the princess
who runs a pawn shop; the prince
who is an antique dealer; the lord
who serves as a chauffeur and is in
love with a titled English girl who
masquerades as a governess; and you
never stop reading for a minute until
j-ou wave farewell to Lord and Lady
Temple as their ocean liner sets out
for England.
(Dodd, Mead & Company, publisher.
New York; cloth, illustrated by May
Wilson Preston; 311 pages; $1.50)
"Skinner's Dip Idea."
William Manning Skinner, hero of
"Skinner's Dress Suit" and "Skinner's
Babj'," finds new worlds to conquer
when McLaughlin and Perkins leave
for South America. As junior partner
of the firm he is instructed to dis
charge the old men who have helped
build up the business.
HaIng sentimental objections, Skin
ner sets to work with "Skinneresque
enthusiasm" and evolves plans to save
the "dead wood" their jobs. He puts
them in full charge of important
branches of the business and leaves
the office for ten days.
By the time he returns, the ability
of the "blue-envelope boys" has surged
to the front, inventive and executive
faculties long dormant have been
awakened, and they have been jolted
out of their ruts.
As a finishing touch. Skinner stings
his friends into rejuvenation by say
ing they are too old to come back. His
psychology proves correct for they
react promptly and get into condition
And then comes the war. McLaugh
lin hurries home, expecting the draft
to break up the force. He finds the
same men there, but oh. how changed!
Henry Ining Dodge is not setting
forth merely personal views in this
book. More than one employer has
declared that old employes are more
efficient than young ones. The idea is
made more attractive by the present
labor situation due to the war.
(Harper Brothers, New York; SQJ
pages.)
a nairpw road, but thousands and thou
sands of men were going forward.
In the pasitoln of a spectator this is
what you would see: Overhead were
dozens of airplanes, all of them
Allied. Filing down the right side of
the road were three cblumns of in
fantrj'. on the left two columns, on the
right center a continuous stream of
vehicles, such as machine guns, carts.
provisions and munition trucks, hun
dreds of artillery pieces and their cais
sons, occasionally a general in his mo
tor car, large French tanks and British
armored cars. On the right side of the
road could also be seen trucks, ambu
lances and wagon trains.
Awakened Earl) by Cuns.
About 10 o'clock in the morning it
began raining and we srfJn were
drenched. We left the main road and
made camp under trees and slept, even
though it was still raining. Next
morning we were awakened at 4:30
o'clock by the guns. We were only a
couple of hundred yards in front of a
battery and the concussion from these
large guns was fearful. I have never
heard of a barrage that dould begin to
compare with this one. After two
hours of this bombardment our divi
sion, excepting this regiment, which
was in resene, went over. Little re
sistance was met. By 11 o'clock the
line had been advanced ten kilometers.
an'd thousands of German prisoners
were coming in.
The third line of Hun artillery was
passed that day. Hundreds of large
guns were captured and thousands of
machine guns taken. The attack had
leen a complete surprise, the Germans
throwing away everything and running
or had remained to be taken prisoner.
As reserves, we following the advance.
The road was mfcre congested than the
behind them was thc edge of a wood
which was our objective. While we
wcro waiting the Hun artillery and
machine guns got busy and clicked off
a few casualties, mostly wounds, for
they were shooting low. We had net
waited long until we saw the remain
der of the regiment coming up behind
us. There must have been six or eight
waves of them.
Behind the second wave was a line
of tanks.
Tanks Did (Ireat Work.
This formation shon passed through
our own and we followed. The tanks
did wonderful work that Uay, cleaning
out machine guns nests, but the)- drew
much artillery fire, which Inflicted
many casualties on the infantry. The
Germans threw up a barrage of high
explosives and machine gun bullets,
but we continued to advance and soon
had taken the hill they occupied. Here
we dug in.
You should have seen us dig, too. It
was no time at all until each man had a
hole of some sort. The Huns seemed
to contn:l the air that day. They were
giving their gunners our range and
some shots were very effective. Soon
we were going forward again. This
time the Germans had us for right.
Shells were hitting everywhere. Many
of them landed between our two waves.
The Hun cnia'tors saw this would not
stop us, so they began to open fire
with their machine guns, five of them
flying about one hundred yards over
head shooting at us. Again we dug In
ind remained.
We gained six kilometers that day
and all objectives were taken. That
night at 12 o'clock we were relieved
and started toward the rear, and since
then have been traveling in a leisurely
manner away from the front.
University Girls, With No Classes,
Hoke Sheets and Towels.
The Red Cross rooms are not open
to University women during the in
fluenza quarantine, but this does not
mean that University women have quit
working for the Red Cross.
The Kappa Alpha Theta, PI Beta
Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorori
ties made about fifty towels and a
dozen sheets for the Red Cross linen
drive yesterday. The material was
sent them by the local chapter.
The Alpha Phi sorority did some
work for the S. A. T. C.
The girls continued working at home
today, and the Delta Gammas have
been added to the list of workers.
Joseph Flint a Firing Cadet
Joseph Flint, a former University
student now a flying cadet at Chanute
Field, Rantoul, 111., has written for
the Missourian 6aying he can hardly
get alone: without It, ffr mint nv.
the aviation section of the Army and I
says there are several other Missouri
men stationed at Chanute Field.
Roses and all other cut
flowers cut fresh from
our green houses
daily anything in flow
ers or floral decoration.
Phone 366
Columbia Floral Co.
DR. WOODSON 3I0SS
Room 215 Guitar Building
Office Phone 117
Residence Phone 31
Shop Now for Christmas
Help us to comply with the re
quest of the National Council
of Defence that Christmas shop
ping begin at once to avoid hir
ing of extra help later.
You will find in our stocks complete lines
of suitable and useful gifts.
Books of all kinds Easel Frames
for photographs, Gift Boxes of
Whiting's Stationery, Conklin's
Fountain Pens.
Read now for your amusement: "Dere
Mable" Love Letters of a Rookie 75c.
SCOTT'S BOOK SHOP
920 BROADWAY
U. S. ARMY "ol-DATS LONG" j still is growing, Mr. Lunn said that if
Klirh n rpvlon' trorA tn ha Vinl1 n av TtmA
rir ."l!"!?. jlaklhreC, " -ould take the troops three months'
t. ZZ . v. .1 a , . ' steady marching to pass a given point.
It would take the American Army. Mr. Lunn the House , f.
marching in infantry formation, fifty- flcial War Department figures on the
days lo pass a given point, Represen-' s supplles and equipment. Every-
tative Lunn, Democrat, of New York. thlng was ,n mllIIonB am, ,.,,
and member of the military commit-
tee. told the House Monday in illus-' J. u. (;osIto of Hallsiille Dies.
traing the magnitude of America's J. U. Goslin. 50 ears old. a farmer
war preparations, says a dispatch from who lives west of Hallsville, died of
Washington. ) lcart disease at his home yesterday
To show the rate at which the army He Is survived by his wife. I
GREEKS
Mr. J. Porter Allan of the L. G. Balfour Co., is show
ing a complete fraternity jewelry line at Sample Room
305, Daniel Boone Tavern on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of this week. He will be glad to have
you call at any time.
Turkey Is thought to be just about
ready to surrender to the Allies. The
time before Thanksgiving always was
fatal to birds of that species.
If the German chancellorship was
too much for Count von Hertling
when his country's star seemed to
be in its ascendancy, what will it bo
for Prince Max, the new appointee,
now that Germany is being pushed to
the wall on all sides?
THE OPEN COLUMN
THE ROMANCE OF EDUCATION
The teacher who succeds in impart
ing zest to education, who brings about
an association of books and the things
of school with joy, is a public bene
factor. Why should the adventure of
mind into the unknown be associated
with drudgery? Is it not possible to
make of education the great romance
of life, to bring it home as a great
drama of exploration, discovery, and
conquest? John Dewey, professor of
philosophy, Columbia University.
A Word for "Lilierij Loan Dodgers."
Editor the Missourian: Evidently
the one who urged in Monday's Mis
sourian that relatives of men in the
service buy more bonds, has a very
one-sided point of view. As a mem
ber of that class myself I would like
to say that in almost all cases the
real reason is the fact that there is
no money with which to buy bonds
Any woman who has been living on
the average pay of an officer in France
will agree with me that it is quite a
job, and patriotic in itself, just to
make ends meet.
There may be, which I doubt, a few
rich men, with sons in thc service,
who do not buy their share of bond';,
but please do not forget to make an
exception of the women who would
so like to buy bonds, but cannot.
We. who have men in
are In pretty close touch with each
other and I have seen lery few cases
in which the relatives did not give
over the average, if he had the money
at all. Surely "G" got the Inspiration
for his paragraph from the one case
in a thousand. Nobody has the wel
fare of our men more at heart than
we, ourselves. J.
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