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MAN IS NOW AT HIS BEST
That Has Been No "Moral and Physical Degeneration"
of die Race.
The bis average height of the men drafted Into the United States army
la being widely commented upon In the press, and it appears that the facts
Justify the favorable remarks being made, says a writer In Montreal Gazette.
Records of the quartermaster’s office show that the Americans who are don*
nlng the army uniform today*are bigger than the men who fought In former
wars. The size most in demand for the standard army shoe in the past was 78,
while the average size of the marching shoe today is B%D and that of the
field or trench shoe 08. Two styles are issued, for it has been found by
experiment that soldiers require a larger shoe for the trenches, it being
necessary to wear two pairs of socks at a time in cold wet weather. Sim*
Uarly, the present-day American soldier has to be provided with a size larger
than his predecessor In coats, shirts and breeches. He is a bigger man all
around, which is decidedly satisfactory from the national point of view.
Events in other belligerent lands since the war began have served to
prove that men generally are as strong physically and morally as ever they
were in history. The long campaign in the trenches in Europe has put the
soldiers to a greater test than the fighting men of the past were submitted to
In the worst of the numerous old wars. They have stood that test, and the
hundreds of thousands who survive the cannon's blast and the rifle’s bullet
will emerge physically fine specimens of manhood.
It is not necessary to look to the United States or over to Europe to see
that the human race has not* deteriorated. Canada is a small nation com
pared with its tremendous neighbor and with other allies. It had a population
at the census of 1911 of 7,200,000, about half of * .whom are males. Out of the
young men part of this total 500,000 men have measured up to the severe
medical test of the army, and some tens of thousands of others have been
examined and rejected for minor defects that do not interfere with their life
as civilians, and do not threaten to shorten their days appreciably. The men
who were taken to the field of war have lived in the open, through the heat
of summer and the cold and snow and wet of winter, and the thunder of
guns has been constantly in their ears.
The stress of the deadliest warfare has not broken their spirit, and they
stand ready today to face attack from a powerful enemy and to deliver it in
return. In view of these facts, the little bodies of gloomy and narrow-minded
persons who meet periodically and resolve that the race is degenerating
physically and morally should rest from their croaking for the time being.
Actual conditions are confounding their slanderous assertions. The race is
stronger today than ever.
Chemists May -
Win War
Seek Potion Gas That Will De
stroy Whole Anniea.
American chemists working on the
poison gas problem may bring the war
to a victorious close for the allies in
their laboratories.
They are working hard, together
with British chemists, to find a color
less, odorless and Invisible gas, which,
sweeping over a sleeping army, would
destroy it.
The Germans are also working to
find such a gas. Whichever side finds
it first will tyln the war, declares a
Washington writer.
The “Gas shell” Is not necessarily a
shell. It may contain a liquid or even
a solid, and it opens up the whole
sphere of organic chemistry to b«
drawn upon for materials.
In every German drive this year
there has been a gas strategy. Full
dress rehearsals in gas maneuvers to
meet every possible situation were
held by the Germans before an attack.
In the March drive captured maps
show the Germans had worked oat a
zoning system over allied territory.
Some zones were drenched with gas
and others left untouched. The Ger
man attacking troops were supplied
with maps to indicate the safety zones
through which they might pass with
out harm.
Some zones were subjected to ephe
meral gases which evaporated before
the arrival of the oncoming Germans.
Other areas were bombarded with sev
eral hundred thousand shells, the gas
from which lingered for hours. On one
seven-mile sector the Germans dis
charged 125,000 12-pound shells In one
day.
The “front” Is not the solid line it
looks to be on the maps. It Is a series
of strongly-held posts, often hills. The
Germans use gas shells against these
strongholds, attempt to drive the de
fenders from them and to pass through
the safety zones between.
• Here and There. £
• The duchess of Marlborough •
• Is leading a movement among *
• English women sell their fam- •
• lly Jewels for war funds. •
• There are now 20 aviation •
• training fields operated by the J
• • government in different parts of •
• the United States. J
• An order for 240,000 pairs of •
• knee-length rubber boots for the £
• French army has been placed +
• with American manufacturers. •
• Australians are experimenting •
• with a mammoth oil-driven har- *
• vester which strips grain fields •
• at a rate of about GO'acrts a day. •
Toad in the Garden Destroys
Many Insects During the Day
The toad Is useful because of its
diet. No less than 83 species of In*
sects, mostly injurious, have been
proved to enter into its dietary. In
his “Civic Biology** George W. Hunter
says: A toad has been observed to
snap up 128 files in half an hour. Thus
at a low estimate it could easily de
stroy a thousand insects during a day
and do an immense service to the gar
den during the summer. It has been
estimated by Kirkland that a single
toad may, on account of the cutworms
which It kills, be worth $19.88 each
season It lives, if the damage done by
aach cutworm be estimated at only
one cent. Toads also feed upon slugs
and other garden pests.—Popular
Science Monthly.
Former Boston Brave Roasts
Ball Players Deserting Clubs
to Take Steel League Jobs
Walter (Rabbit) Maranvllle, a chief
gunner’s mate on the battleship Penn
sylvania, former Boston Brave short
stop, and one of the greatest infield
ers of the National league, criticizes
baseball players who are deserting
Walter Maranvllle.
their clubs to take positions In the
Steel league and to play with ship
building concerns.
He says the move displays a lack of
patriotism and is not helping the
Bport, inasmuch as the people who sup
port the game do not think highly of
these men.
“Ball players who are In the draft
and Jump their clubs to go to work In
the steel and shipbuilding leagues are
not doing baseball a bit of good," said
Maranvllle. “They also are not help
ing Uncle Sam. They are not skilled
enough to be of much use in those con
cerns and their chief object is to play
ball. Fans will remember the players
who left their clubs, and after the
war is over those who come'back un
doubtedly will be tormented all around
the circuit for their act.”
This Country Now Produces
Indigo Made From Coal Tar
Indigo Is now being made from coal
tar In this country. At Midland, Mich.,
1,000 pounds of 20 per cent paste are
produced dally, reports Popular
Science Monthly. All the tariff bills
of this nation, commencing with the
tariff of March 3, 1883, and Including
the tariff of October 3, 1013, placed
Indigo on the free list Not until Sep
tember 9, 1916, was a hill passed put
ting a duty on it It was the first
schedule that braved the anger of the
German dyemakers.
Good-By, Sugar Bowl!
Sugar bowls will be eliminated on
dining cars as a part of the conserva
tion program of the food administra
tion and hereafter not more than two
half lumps or one teaspoonful of sugar
a meal will be served. The informa
tion was contained In a message to
the food administration from B. 8.
Harvey of Chicago, chairman of the
administrative committee of dining
car superintendents.
New Eleotrlc Heaters.
Vessels lined with metal that will
conduct electricity to heat liquids as
they are poured from one to another
haVe been patented by an inventor In
Pennsylvania.
Sensations of an Airplane
Man Detailed as to Thrills
Experienced at Dizzy Height
The trials for my military brevet
were far the most Interesting thing I
have done In aviation. On finishing
the 69-horse power Blerlot class, I was
told that I would have to do my brevet
work on a small Cauldron biplane, as
there were no Bleriots available, writes
Nordhoff in Atlantic Monthly.
Off she went with a roar, all ten cyl
inders firing perfectly, so I motioned
the mechanic to pull out the blocks
from before the wheels. A quick rush
and a turn headed me into the wind,
and the next moment the starter’s arm
shot forward.
Old 2887 Is a bully bus. I was off
the ground and heading up in forty
yards. It was rather an occasion for
a beginner who had never before flown
over 2,500 feet The little Cauldrons, of
course, are not high-powered, but she
climbed splendidly. In ten minutes I
was circling over the camps at 3,800
feet and in twenty I had reached 6,000,
Just under the roof of the clouds. There
was only one blue hole through, so up
this funnel I climbed in decreasing cir
cles, till I finally burst out into the
gorgeous upper sunlight
At 8,000 feet I began to float about
in a world of utter celestial loneliness
—dazzling pure sun, like the water of
a coral atoll, and beneath me a billowy
sea of clouds, stretching away to in
finity. Here and there, from the
cloudy prairies great fantastic moun
tain ranges reared themselves; foot
hills and long divides, vast snowy
peaks, Impalpable sisters of Orizaba
or Chimborazo, and deep gorges, ever
narrowing, widening or deepening,
across whose shadowy depths drove
ribbons of thin gray mist.
Once, as I was sailing over a broad
canyon, I saw far off in the south a
dark moving dot and knew with a sud
den thrill that another man like my
self, astride his gaunt buzzing bird, was
exploring and marveling at this upper
dream world.
New Seed Oils Will Supply
Valuable Food, Tests Made
By Government Have Proved
Id experiments to determine the di
gestibility of oils made from corn, soy
beans, sunflower seeds, Japanese mus
tard seed, rape seed, and charlock seed
—oils not now commonly in use—the
United States department of agricul
ture found that they are well assimi
lated, and In value compare favorablj
with other vegetable oils.
These digestion experiments, report
ed in Bulletin 687 published by the de
partment, are a part of the series
which is being conducted by the de
partment to determine the digestibil
ity of various foods. During the test
period (three days) in which the oils
referred to constituted practically th«
entire sources of fat, the subjects ate
on an average of 58 to 90 grams pei
day, and did not report any ill effects,
To judge by their digestibility these
oils, according to the bulletin, should
prove satisfactory sources of fat foi
the dietary.
I IT IS TO LAUGH j
• •
Getting the Expression.
“Will you take something to drink?*
asked the photographer.
“With pleasure,” the sitter replied.
The photograph was taken and the
sitter said:
“But what about the little invita
tion r
“Oh, that’s just a professional rus«
of mine to give a natural, interested
expression to the face.”
m
In All Sincerity.
“I made a bad
break Just now.”
Jfegk “How so?”
■ “I told Miss Pas
see I’d to
dance, only there
wasn’t room on
mm the floor to swing
a catl”
A Hot One.
Mrs. A. —You were such a charm
ing debutante, my dear, five years ago.
Miss B.—Was I? I only remember
you made such a lovely chaperone for
me-when I came out.
Just Like People).
“Microbes are not all of one kind.”
“No, indeed; there are romantic mi
crobes that live in kisses, and mer
cenary microbes that live on dollar
bills.”
Strayed Away.
Advertisement
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Brookline, black
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You cannot al- I P\ t JL
ways trust a black I IW
leather handbag
to go straight —iHrmamM
home every night.
A Bad Mart.
Bride—Pm so afraid people will find
out that we’re Just married, that I’ve
made Jack promise to treat mo In pub
lic just as if be had no thought of
anyone but himself
Mrs. Longwed—My dear, I adopted
that plan when I was married, and my
husband never got over It
Personal.
He—The fools are not all dead yet
She—That’s as sure as you live,
EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR SPORT IS GIVEN
BRITISH SAILOR TO KEEP IN PROPER TRIM
Although the German high sea fleet will not come out and give the
British fleet a chance which it is so eagerly waiting for, the grand fleet has
an immense amount of work to do in maintaining effective sea command.
In spite of this every opportunity for sport and entertainment is utilized in
order to keep the men in trim. This photo, the first of its kind to arrive in
this country, shows a boxing exhibition on board a British battleship
waiting at its base in instant readiness for action. It is greatly due to the
efforts of these sailors and thousands more like them that the German fleet
has not dared to come forth and attack our coast.
HOW TEN EYCK WORKS CREW
1 \
Coach of Syracuse Employs Novel
Method of Instructing Oarsmen—
Acta as Coxswain.
Coach Jim Ten Eyck of the Syracuse
university freshman eight-oared shell
crew, his only combination this year,
used a novel way to Instruct the oars
men. Ten Eyck acted as coxswain of.
the crew and by coaching the young-
Coach James L. Ten Eyck.
sters as well as steering the boat from
the Inside of the shell, succeeded in
perfecting the blade work and general
watermanship from that standpoint.
Lack of a launch prevented him from
watching the boys row by following
them on the water.
WHEREABOUTS OF PING BODIE
Yankee Fence Buster Thought to Be
Headed for Fighting Line in
France or Italy.
Ping Bodie quft the Yankees with
the avowed intention of taking a job
In a munition plant. Ping’s decision
to jrtlek In the East Instead of return
ing to San Francisco, where he might
work in a shipyard, Is regarded as sus
picious, and some of his teammates
say that what he really Intends to do,
If he can arrange it, Is to head for
France or the Italian'front. A new'of
fenslve In Italy would so excite Ping
that he’d be on the fighting line as
soon as a ship could get him there.
UMPIRE PREFERS SHELL HOLE
Ray Gahill Writes 8L Louis Friends
He Took His Life in His Hands
at Ball Gams.
Ray Cahill, former manager and
nmplre in the minor leagues, has been
doing bis bit over there both with the
rifle and the indicator. He writes to
friends back home in St. Louts: “I got
no holiday on the Fourth of July, but
had to take my life in my hands. They
called on me to umpire a ball game
and before It was over I wished I
was m a shell hole somewhere where
I would at least have a chance to fight
for my life.” __
' Kocher Goes to Work.
Catcher Bradley Kocher, formerly of
the New York Giants, and late? with
Louisville, has gone to work In a mu
nitions plant at Hazleton, Pa., and will
do some ball playing on the side.
Shoveltn, late of Columbus, is with the
same concern.
ARMY CADETS NEED TRAINER
Unique Method Employed to Prove to
Bkeptlcal Officer Necessity of
Bucn Functionary.
Harry Tuthlll, the only professional
employed In any branch of athletics
at West Point to wear a class ring—
the honor was conferred by the grad
uating class of 1915- has been com
missioned a lieutenant In the aviation
corps. Tuthlll was formerly trainer
for the Detroit Tigers-and in the fall
he trained the army football eleven.
Later he became the trainer for the
‘University of Michigan eleven.
They tell a good story of Tuthlll at
West Point. When he arrived there to
train his first team, an officer who had
scouted the necessity of such a func
tionary was sufficiently frank to Inform
Tuthlll as to his doubts.
“Why,” he said, “these boys are al
ways In training; what do they need
of a trainer?”
By way of reply Tuthlll forthwith
sent a group of cadets running arcund
the parade grounds. When they re
turned he ordered them to whistle.
Not a cadet could do so.
“There,” said Tuthlll, with a smile,
“When men can do that and whistle
after it, they won’t need a trainer.”
BASEBALL PLAYED IN CHINA
American Game Making Rapid Strides
in Far East—Contests Draw
Large Crowdt.
While we have been hearing so
much about the advance of baseball in
England, France and Italy, don’t for
get that another one of the allied
countries also is booming it. A news
paper man recently arrived in this
country from China says thousands of
Chinese are playing the game and that
the contests put on in Shanghai often
draw more than five thousand persons.
If there’s ever to be an international
world’s series this newspaper man,
whose name Is Graham Barrow, says
China wants In on It.
WAR WORK FOR BILL LANGE
Once Great Outfielder for Chicago
Cubs Wants to Help Y. M. C. A.
in Training Soldiers.
Bill Lange, once great outfielder of
the Chicago Cubs, has disposed of his
Interest in the San Francisco Coast
league club and his other Interests In
San Francisco, preliminary to taking
up war work with the Y. M. C. A.
He expects to be sent to France.
Lange has been successful in business
since he retired from baseball as a
player, but he feels he can be of help
to the soldiers and Is willing to pass
up all Ills profits If the Y. M. C. A.
can make use of him.
AIRPLANES USED BY PLAYERS
Baseball Team Taken From 3an Anto
nlo to Corpus Chrlstl, Tex,
in Air Machines.
The airplane has broken Into the
game. Some days ago the baseball
team from Brooks field at San Antonio
flew all the way to Corpus Christ!,
Tex., to keep a date with the nine at
that aviation field. The filers from
San Antonio won the game, by the
way. They covered the 100 miles In
nine planes in a little more than two
hours. Major league clubs have gone
aviating before this, but never In real
airplanes.
Famous Golfer Makes Munitions,
James R. Braid, the famous English
golf professional, who five times won
the open championship, is engaged in
making munitions. He Is forty-eight
years old.
DELEHANTY DID NOT
UNDERSTAND BUNTS
Couldn’t Make Sacrifice Hit as
Ordered by Manager.
With Runners on First and Beeond and
No One Out, Instead of Advancing
.Them, Ho Lands on First Ball
Pitched for Homo Run. ’
Charles Webb Murphy, who still
fans seven days a week, though he la
out of baseball, was watching Cactua
Cravath of the Phillies hit those long
drives of his during practice at the
Cubs’ park in Chicago recently.
"None of them can swat the ball like
Delehanty could when he was with the
team,” said Murphy. "He had some
mates who could go too, Flick, Lajoie
and others.
"I once heard how Billy Earl carght
his first game against Delehanty. It
seems that Del cracked the first ball,
a high one, way on the outside, for a
double. Next time up, Earl gave an
other signal and Del nailed one low on
the Inside for a triple.
"On Delehanty’s third journey to the
plate the pitcher threw a wild one that
hit In front of Del. The batter caught
It as he would If he were playing
cricket, and converted it Into a single.
"Earl was plainly amazed. So when
Delehanty appeared for his fourth ef
fort, Earl asked, ’Don’t you ever wait
till the ball comes across the platef*
"Delehanty grinned. ’No,' he replied,
’Only the poor batters wait for that
kind.' *
"Another time, when Shettsline, now
secretary of the Quakers, was manager
of the team, an Important stage came
where runs were badly needed. Phllly
got runners on first and second before
anybody was out It was then Dele
hanty’s turn at bat.
"Shettsline called Ed to one side and
said, Ton lay down a sacrifice bunt
now, and I’ll have the next fellow try
to knock one out and score both men.
Delehanty nodded. ’All right* Tie an
swered.
“Shettsline was surprised when Del
ehanty laid on the first -bfcll pitched
and slammed it out for a home run. As
he rounded third Shettsline called out,
*How was It you didn’t bunt?*
“ ‘Oh, I never bunt,’ laughed DeL *1
don’t even know how.’ ”
SOLDIER BAT AND BALL FUND
Total of $102,684 Raised Within Past
Fifteen Months—Equipment
Sent to France.
Through .the efforts of Clark E.
Griffith, manager and part owner of
the Washington Americans, a total of
$102,684.44 has been raised for the sol
dier bat and ball fund within the last
fifteen months.
The latest statement shows that
$93,677.05 was spent between April 20,
1917, and July 15, 1918, leaving a bal
ance of a trifle more than $9,000. Of
the amount disbursed $63,865.29 was
for the purchase of baseball outfits
alone. The equipment was sent to
France and cpmps in this country. The
expense of advertising, including post
age, was close to $20,000.
HOME RUN HITTER IN DRAFT
Tom Daly, Who Poled Out Circuit Clout
in Presence of King George,
Called to Colors.
Tom Daly, who achieved Interna*
tlonal distinction by smashing out a
home run in the presence of King
George of England, is among the new
draft men at Camp Devens. Daly’s hit
came at a critical period of the game
Catcher Tom Daly.
played before the king on the world
tour of the New York Nationals and
Chicago Americana In 1913-14. Daly
recently left to Join the Fore River
team In the Shipbuilding league, bat
was called in the draft.
Big Attendance at Games.
Big attendance is reported at ship*
yard games played Saturday and Sun*
day around Philadelphia. Four thou*
sand fans saw the game between the
Steelton and Fore River teams at Steel
ton the other day, with Eddie Plank
and Hub Leonard the opposing pitch*
era.