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By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
fHE astonishing Lady Astor!
"Astonishing" Is .
right. She Is astonishing >
in herself. She is more ;
astonishing In her career !
and positions. And she
Is still more astonishing ,
by reason of her recent visit to her
native land.
While this clever and vivacious lady
member of the British parliament was
^ flitting about the land where she was
hk? born, enlightening our ignorance.
? preaching Anglo - American "hands
> across the sea" and telling us we must
Join the League of Nations to be saved,
we pretended we were being kidded by
an expert. We were content to get enjoyment
out of it?and let it go at
that. Now that this pleasing lady
Britisher has returned to the land of
her adoption and conquest we are .
, Just beginning to realize how oston- F=
ishing was her visit.
x In consequence American statesmen,
in and out of congress, are usii^g the I
astonishing Lady Astor as an object j stfl
k lesson. And debate in congress over ??
the League of Nations and naturaliza- j^ai
tion legislation is enlivened by many j
a Reference to Nancy, Lady Astor, her
born Langhorne in 1879 at Mlrador, t(0,
Greenwood, Virginia, U. S. A. on
Take, for instance, the ShortrUlge, son
naturalization bill providing for the I her
registration and ed-cation and Amerl- mis
canlzing of immigrants. One of the I
features of this bill le that it permits Chi
' an American woman marrying a for- kn<
eigner to retain her American citizen- Bal
ship. The idea is to equalize before 0f
the law the position of the American jn
man and the American woman In this j
respect. Asi
Secretary of Lc.bor Davis "points j
with pride" to this bill. |jg,
(Opponents of the bill "view with w0
alarm" the citizenship provision. js
. What's more, they point a finger at pU|
Lady Astor as a horrible example of .
what happens when an American worn- a ?
an marries a foreigner. jrn
American women, the latter contend,
sentimentally adopt the lnn<Lof their ^
husbands when they maj? abroad. tlia
Certainly this is the cns^^Kth Lady 0f
Astor. She admits it, to the >
extent of fifty-fifty. Al^^Btter of fi'rg
fact, it is evident thut wnolly ?jn
English. shc
Lady Astor is probably at this mo- to
nient the most talked about woman : exr
- - iU. I " i
in the world. Here are some ui iue -j
many reasons: a f
k She was born an American citizen 1
and is now the wife of a viscount in in
the British peerage, a naturalized Goi
Englishman who v us born in New of
York City of American pareuts and is bor
immensely wealthy. * can
She is sure of immortality for she
will go down to history as the first Ing
woman to tnke a seat in the British fra
parliament, where as a member of 1
the house of commons she practically am
outranks her husband, a member of ate
the house of lords. in
As u member of the house of com- ma
^ mons she has introduced a bill to re- the
I peal the "law of coercion," which ica!
? dates back to 712 A. D.. which as As!
sumes that a woman is obliged to do tw<
whatever her husband directs and les:
which just now is a topic of discus- lioi
sion all over England. I
Moreover, Lady Astor finds time wn
for family duties. A misguided and onl
uninformed opponent at a political mo
meeting undertook to heckle her?as ma
they say in "dear oP England, y* tor
know"?by yelling: "Why don't you 1
?
Sir Walter Scott j
' It
For a hundred and fifty years no fee
other man for< ed so many of his con- cot
i^mnnraries to read poetry that was to
r nt least reasonably poetical. . .The;
^ nutn was great and the achievement j
V no less so. . . There is an Instinct I
k toward popularity which comes from Ail
vanity and greed, and that is destruc- the
tive to literature. There is another drc
Instinct toward popularity which sal
urises from sympathy and a desire of
She Objected to Skunks. i * i
A school superintendent received the Ml
following note from the mother of one
of his pupils: "in regard to Elliot T
missing So Much school the first Rai
I' month he was III & the l>r. told me sto
\ not to send him til! lie got stronger & tin;
his Eyes did not Hurt him so Much gin
o then he was trapping St going to wa
School & the Teacher Sent him nome wa
because he She said Smeld of Skunk the
She said he would Have to quit School \V1
or quit Trapping." ? Everybody's Eu
# Magazine. bat
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y home and raise some children?"
I've six ^already," replied Ludy
ncy, "and I haven't quit yet."
idd to these things the Incidents of
' American tour?her warm recepn,
her clever addresses, her call upcongress,
her visit to Mirador, l?cr
uri sayings, ner iauiue*>s jhuj-iuk
' British role, and her successful
ssionary work!
s it any wonder that Mrs. Carrie
uptnan Catt?who is pretty well
>wn herself?introduced her at the
Itimore Pan-American Conference
Women as the "best-known woman
the world"?
Ind isn't she the astonishing Lady
tor?
hid Lady Astor, with the lnteljnce
of the well-born American
man, realizes how astonishing she
She put it this way in one of her
die addresses:
I am not a person but a symbol?
tort of connecting link between the
glish-speaking people, a frail link
haps, but a link that is stronger
in it looks. It is a strange tiling
t England's first woman memner
parliament should have come from
gland's first colony. I doubt If the
it English woman to land in Viria
was less expected on these
ires than the first Virginia woman
land in the house of commons was
ected on that floor."
['he story of Lady Astor re?ds like
airy tale.
Vhen she and Lord Astor married
19UU sne was me wmow or uooeri
aid Shaw. He was Hie oldest son
William Waldorf Astor, who was
n in New York City In 1848, bene
a naturalized British subject in
19 and was then engaged In spendtnany
of his inherited millions In a
ntie effort to secure a British title,
"he world was startled when it was
lounred that the American expntrl,
struggling for social recognition
England, had consented to the
tch. Of course everybody knows of
conquest of England by the Amern
heiress. But here was "Young
or" marrying an American vidow,
nty-seven years of age and pcnni5
in comparison with the Astor mills
!
t was *as if a fairy godmother had
ved a nirgic wand. But this was
y tii.' beginning. The fairy godtlier
went right on waving her
gic wand in behalf of "Young As's"
wife.
n 191G William Waldorf Astor was
{IllIMIC BUI > IVl*. i llill wun me
itude of Scott, and at bottom, while
may' not conduce to the most pert
art. it was no ignoble mood nrid
lid result in nothing but benefit
mankind.?F. E. Fierce.
The Kingly Eagle.
'aghs have been known to attack
1-gro.vn sheep and even stags; but
i stories of their carrying off chil n
should be taken with a grain of
t. fot, like nearly all the creatures
the vlld, the eagle will attack man
lexa. tier's Lucky Stone
The wet ring of a watch charm Is
d to have originated with tlie girdle
ne, an ornament worn by many disguislied
nersons of antiquity. The
tile stone' of Alexander the ^.reaj
s reputedVto he his victory 'tone and
s worn tlVougli all liis campaigns in
East, ll lost it on ids * ay home.
ien lie stoft ed to hntlie In tlie Itiver
plirates im \?id his girdle on the
lk. A t'w*- serpent came up In
5x? 'LrzAJrimyfr 7V (
QtyMrr&'ertvoot/jj II
created a peer. A year later his rank
wus raised from that of baron to viscount.
In 1919 he died. Succession
to the title threw "Young Astor" out
of the house of commons Into the
hotise of lords. With the fall from
power of Asqulth?the principal obstacle
to votes for women?came the
extension of the suffrage, Just in the
nick of time for Lady Astor.
"I'm here because the women have
the vote," said Lady Astor at the
Baltimore conference. "Think what a
disaster for the world If I had been
hidden In a two-rooin cottage Instead
of the house of commons," she added
with a laugh of mockery.
Now, as to this "first woman In
parliament" business?again the magic
wand of the fairy godmother Is much
in evidence. In the "Coupon" election
of November, 1918, there were
at least four Important women candidates
for the commons. Three of
these were: Mrs. Despard, a sister
of Lord French who had spent her
life relieving the English poor; Mary
Macarthur, lender of trade unionism
for women; the redoubtable Christabel
Funkhurst of militant suffrage
fame. AH of these women got a large
vote and two of them nearly secured
election.
I rl'],a fnnrth tpoo a liiflt* ftf Trlsh .
a ..V ...... ... .. ,.o . ;i
blood, n Gore-Booth by family and by ! j
marriage the Countess Mnrkievicz. | r
i The countess was elected. She thus j.
| beat the viscountess to It by 12 ' t
I months. But the countess was Sinn j j
>! Fein and refused to take her sent In I (
j parliament. A year later Lady Astor t
j was elected?and did take her seat,
Lady Astor's "coercion law bill" Is ^
a story in Itself. Briefly, It's this:
The English are horse-race enthu- (
sinsts. Even King George has his rac- r
lng stable and probably would give (
his crown to win the Epsom Derby. t
And everybody plays the races. The j
i Peels?Capt. Owen Peel, twenty-eight,
member of a historic English family, r
war veteran, and Violet Margaret (
Florence Jardine Peel, his young and T
beautiful wife, daughter of Sir Rob- j c
ert and Lady Jardine?got the winner
of a race by telephone, back-dated a r
lot of betting telegrams to several ; ^
bookmakers and "won" $15,000. Some
; 1 of the bookmakers paid the Peels ' j
$11,000; the others charged fraud, i
Relatives of the Peels repaid the $11,- e
000, but the government, which runs , [
the telegraph, prosecuted the reels. 1
Captain I'eel was convicted and sent 0
to prison for a year. His wife was j;
shown to be equally guilty, having t
participated actively in the fraud. J n
Nevertheless. Mr. Justice Darling in- ; \
i structed the jury to find Mrs. I'eel not
, guilty and she was set at liberty. j ,,
The court ruled in accordance with r
I the "law of coercion," which dates (l
hack to King Inn of the West Saxons, h
| who reigned In 712; King Canute, .100 t
years later, enacted a similar law. i t
This law presumes the wife to be the p
property of her husband and subject n
to his commands.
The I'eel case shook England in two ; t,
; ways. The Peels committed the un- j ()
pardonable sin in English society? t!
cheating at cards or betting. o
Ilut that shock was mild compared (
I to that suffered by the women when ' s
they learned that?though citizens and 2
I voters?they were still In the eyes of s
the law the property of their hus- ! w
hands anil Incapable of Independent u
action. There was an outburst of pro- p
test which still continues in the press, p
on the platform and In social gather- a
ings. There Is "a quiver of feminine | tl
indignation" from Land's End to the h
Iiorder. s
v
s
i only in self-defense. He is the un- k
' ouestloned king of birds. There,are l<
many larger and more powerful tlinn i tl
he, hut none of them has the courage, o
the swiftness or the majestic carriage . t<
of the eagle. Ever since man was man b
the eagle has appealed to him os a I d
creature of romance. Legends and ! <
fables about him abound in all lan- s
I guages. All the world over you will (J
find the eagle as the symbol of no- u
bility. 'Hie Indian chief wears a head- ti
dress of eagle's feathers us a mark si
I of his high position. t
J h
n
l this spot, which was near the original w
Garden of Eden, bit tlie stone off Its j,
fastening and dropped it into ihe river. ,j
It was not recovered. The stone t|
is described as a great "prase." This (.
according to the customary language
of the Dark ages, means a green
i stone. But whether the green stone
was an emerald or a Jade is not certain.
It may even have been just n n
piece of chrysoprase, green in color, f
but Alexander thought the jewel (
brought him good luck. Certainly he
had poor luck after Its loss.
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IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sunday School
' Lesson'
By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Jcpyrluht. 1922. Western Newspaper Union
LESSON FOR JULY 9
DANIEL INTERPRETING NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S
DREAM
LESSON TEXT?Daniel 2.
GOLDEN TEXT?The kingdoms of this
vorld are become the kingdoms of our
.ord, and of His Christ: aid He shall
eicn forever and ever.?Rev. 11:15.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Ira. 9:C.
:1S. 14:17: John I8:33-CL
PRIMARY TOPIC?Low God Answered
Danie'"s Prayer.
JUNIOR Topic-Daniel R veals th?
Cina's Dream.
"INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
-How Daniel Met a Severs Test.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-God's World-Kingdom: Its Nature and
ilethod.
I. Nebuchadnczzars D-eam (vv.
-13).
This (1 renin made a tremendous iin
iression upon fitting's mind, !>ut lie
md forgotten Its^phent. Ho nrgenty
demanded of the wisp men flint
hey imiko known the dream and its
nterpretsition. promising groat lion ir
ind rewards if they made known r*Vl
ntorprefed the dream, and woe and
lisnstor if thoy failed. Tliose miserihle
deceivers tried to gain "time"
>y insisting that the dream should be
nude known in order that thoy might
nterpret it. Because of their failure
he king was very furious and comuanded
all the4 wise men of Ihihylon
o he slain. This action seems to be
lovere, but ir. view of the fact that
hose deceivers made their living by
ireylng upon the credulity of the peo)le
It was hut jujt that they either
nake good or be cut off.
II. The Revelation of the Dream
vv. 14-3T>).
When tli? decree was in process of
(xecution Daniel was sought out to he
'hiin. He sought an interview with
he king and obtained time. Note: %
1. The prayer meeting in Babylon
vv. 14-1S). Daniel was the leader in
hat prayer meeUug. . He called his
ellows together and most definitely
irayed to God. Their lives were at
take; their need was great.
2. Daniel s ascription of praise to .
Sod (vv. 1P-23). God heard their
rnyer and Daniel responded in lofty
trains of praise to God.
3. Daniel before the king (vv. 24!0).
Because lie had been with the
-urd and h:ul obtained wisdom, he was
onfidont and calm before the preat
linp. Thoup'i thus honored with his
vlsdom from God lie heliaved himself
villi becoininp humility.
4. The content of the dream (vv.
11-33). Ihinlel made known to the
:inp that in his dream he had beheld
i preat imape with a head of pold.
ireast and arms of silver, belly and
hiphs of brass, leps of iron and feet
mrt of iron and part of clay. He beleld
the imape smitten by a stone and
he stone became a preat mountain.
III. The Interpretation of the Dream
vv. 3G-4(i).
1. The head of pold represented the
Chaldean monarchy with Xebuchadtezzar
as its head (vv. 87, 38). With
he accession of Nebuchadnezzar to
he throne, the times of the Gentiles
lepan.
2. The breast and nrms of silver
epresented the Medo-Perslan power
v. 39). The Medo-Persinn empire
vas a kingdom inferior to the diallean.
3. The belly and thiphs of brass repesented
the Grecian empire under
klexander the Great (v. 30).
4. The leps of iron represented the
toman empire (vv. 40-13).
(1) The two legs represented the
astern and western divisions of the
toman empire. (if) The feet of iron
nd clay represented the two elements
f human government, which inhered
n the Roman empire and are present
odn.v in all forms of government,
lamely, absolutism and socialism, or
mperiulism and democracy, These
lements have no coherency. The admixture
of the iron with miry clay
opresonts the mingling of the seeds
f men, the intermarriage of the royal
louses. Tills has characterized all
lie nations-of the earth, indicating
heir efforts to unite the ruling famiIqs
of the earth by means of intermarriage.
' |
5. The stone cut out of the inoun
nin (vv. 44, 4">). This is the kingdom
f heaven so graphically set forth in 1
he New Testament, for the kingdom
f heaven Is the kingdom which the
!od of heaven shall set up. (1) The '
tone is Christ (Isa. 2S:10; Mutt. 1
1:42-44). (If) When did the stone 1
trikc? The Impact of the stone
,*ns upon the feet of the col- '
nins (v. 34). This shows that '
t did not strike at Christ's first coin- I
rig, for the Roman empire was a unit !
t that time; not even the division of <
lie empire lys represented by the two '
?gs 11 fi(l niKen piiice as j et. i ne stone
rnlting the feet shows that the stone I
,-ill strike when the Roman empire t
linll have been tlivitied up into ten
ingdoms. (3) The kingdom of heaven
< flius seen to be brought into realizalon
through u great catastrophe. The
ml is not by gradual and peaceful ex- I
r*nsion through preaching the gospel. <
ut by a crushing blow. The stone <
oes not till the earth by crowding the
olossus out, neither by securing ltst I
ubmission to God. but destroying it. <
lentile dominion shall end in a crash; I
pon its ruins shall be built the king- <
oni of heaven. The action of the I
tone is of Judgment, not grace. The I
?xt plainly says it Is "after" the stone 1
as done its smiting work that it be- i
nmes a great mountain and tills the
hole earth (see I'snlms 2: f>, 0; Zecli.
4:1-0). Just as the first part of this
ream was literally fulfilled, so shall
le last part be fulfilled. Messiah's 1
ingdom shall be a real and literal
lngdom. I
t
The Last Best Fruit. j
The last best fruit which comes to |
ite perfection, even in the kindliest *
ml, is tenderness toward the hare
abearance toward the unforbear'iv' *
armth of heart toward the col* c<
hilnnthropy toward the inisunthro- *
ft
WOYs:
S(DUTS,
(Conducted by National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America. I
LEADERS' "GET TOGETHER" i
A "Get-Together and Camp Chow" I
was held recently under the auspices |
of the Boy Scouts of Americu at the 1
Hotel Conunodore, New York city.
This was an ulTair entirely for men
who are devoting time aibf interest to .
hoy leadership. Approximately 1,500 t
were assembled at this meeting which
Is said to have been the largest and 3
most significant gathering of volunteer
workers in behalf of boyhood ever "
brought together in any place in the n
world.
The "(Jet Together" was given un
dcr tiie auspices or rlie executive
board of tlie national cuuncil through n
the courtesy of John M?*E. Bowman, '
president of the Commodore, mid In- n
dividual members of tlie executive ^
hoard, who personally stood the 11
expense. The gathering was composed v
of all adult scout workers of (heater ^
New York, which means members of *
the executive hoard, the scout musters v
of every troop, the council members f
of the five different boroughs, scout a
executives, the troop committeemen of 8
each individual troop, and other volunteer
workers. It was held in the in n
terest of the Greater New York com- f
mlttee, of which Hon. Franklin D. 'J
Roosevelt is chairman, and was in the 11
nature of an apprecinilon ou the part h
of the executive lioard of tlie services
that are helng rendered by these bun- |
dreds of workers in Greater New York
James E. West, tiie chief scout exec- ^
utlve stated that, "As a result of this
gathering it was expected*tlint there
would be a new consciousness on the
part of all concerned as to the value of
our program for character building
and citizenship training; further, that
increased resources may he made available
In order that under the leadership
of the five borough councils more boys j
may lie given the benefits of our program."
"THE WINNING TENT" ]
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The picture shows one of the feats of
the last season's field day exercises {
at Alexandria, La., in which scores of
boy scouts participated. This was only
one of the many numbers on the program
that proved so successful.
i
A SCOUT IS HELPFUL I
During a ferocious blizzard in Mason
City. Iowa, last winter an old gentleman
was so unfortunate as to lose bis
glasses in a gust of wind which carried '
them to the street. Nearly blinded by r
the storm and' helpless without the I
very equipment lie sought, he fumbled
in vain in the snow when a boy scout f
offered his aid. Seeing that the old t
man was suffering from the cold the (
hoy insisted on his going into a build- 1
ing to get worm while he continued t
the search. It was nearly an hour be- i
fore the scout found the glasses and 1
when he did he refused the proffered t
tip. It was ail in the day's work for ^
him. t
PUEBLO SCOUTING ON ITS FEET
When last summer's flood disaster
overtook the city of I'ueblo it looked 1
us if scouting would suffer locally for
want of funds to carry on the work. ]
Hut the contrary liar, been true. Not
inly was a considerable sinn donated !
Immediately by scout troops ail over
tlie country, but the city of I'ueblo it- J
<elf lias stood solidly behind the movement
to the extent of providing a fund 1?
.f $S,tXX) for the 11 >22 work, a bucltiri&jyj
ivliich was won. more than a little!
by the remarkable heroic service of
[lie local scouts during the disaster. .
SCOUTS' GOOD TURNS
Scouts of Johnson City. Tenn.. have *
been doing a good tttrn to future generations
by planting trees in the various
school yards of the city.
Olytnpis. Washington. Hoy Scouts j
have just completed a record time (
rlean-up of the city, having completed
the job in thorough style nearly a
ly.v before the scheduled time for ^
b/ilshitig it. E. A. McClarty. superln- (
lendent of the water division, who j
tvas in charge considers the achieve- i
ment a renin rkalde one.
Two scouts of -Missoula. Montana,
[lulled a drunken man from a river and <
rendered first aid when they gut him 1
isliore. j
Honolulu scouts as well as their
brothers in the states stand ready j
:o render community service whenever
rt is needed. A new task assumed
;>y these hoys is the direction of (
' tritrtlc rufe'.'0' intersections and the
ear a special'^ of violation J
imposed of ft* observed. They will ,
rbeel design ccbadge hearing insignia
horse's head and a
VHO FOUND HER PHOTO?
'icture of Indiana Beauty, Lost on
Battle Fields, Badly Wanted
by the Owner.
What member of the army, navy or
le dusty /nglnecrs, or the quartermaster
corps, inncorps,
medics or
balloon corps,
.JSE/ served overseas
||k jWf during the World
war ever found a
^|j|"**y photograph slml ppX
^ lar to the one reX,
produced here? If
- that member o'
. j the etc., etc., will
ife. surrender It to Its
owner, who prizes
\ most highly for sentimental reasons,
aturally, two hearts will bent Vlolenty
as one.
The photograph Is that of Miss Harlet
Klinn of Indiana. It was carried
ext his heart by her soldier sweetcart,
and In the well-known tumult
nd confusion of a battle around
'hateau Thierry, or at St. Mihiel, or
n the Argonne, or while his baggage
'as bring very considerately eared
or some place far back of the lines,
lie photograph was lost. Men who
rent through the same mill will know
hat neglect didn't lose the photo, but,
s some one has so well said, but few
iris got into those battles.
The photograph shown here wes
nnde from the same plate as the batle-searred
one that is being sought,
.'lie gentleman who found it, if any,
nay communicate with the Legion's
eadquarters at Indianapolis, Ind.
EIGHTEEN HOURS IN WATER
'hilip Burger, Legion Man of Troy,
Wears Decoration From Portuguese
Government.
Spending elgiiteeu hours holding to
he edge of a life raft In ley wuter
ifter saving a
>ration from the PjjK
ce medal. Burger
a h e mBSfKm
American destroyer Jacob Jones, when
he was torpedoed by a German subunrine
off Lands End, England, in Deember,
1917. Burger and the shipmate
chose life he saved were among the
ew survivors picked up by a British
carship after eighteen' hours In the
cater.
He Is now receiving vocational
raining In his home city, Troy, N. Y.,
nd is a mainstay in the Noble Callninn
post of ?the American Legion at
?roy.
(10 JOB, GIVES HIS BLOOD
"ormer Service Man of Omaha Aids
Sufferer and His Own Family
at Same Time.
The heroic spirit of man has not
hvnvs been born under the shadow
of awe-inspiring
mountains, o n
\ the rock-bound
ffi&s ' * % const of the sea
a or in the busv.
llis ll
lave been spent on an unromantic
Nebraska farm, in an Omaha packing
>lant ami in the kitchen of a bijse
mspital in France.
But these things have not J>ept him
'rom being the true hero. #Not long
igo, when a mar was dying in an
">maha hospital, and the doctors beieved
that a pint of human blood
night save his life, Fred Smith went
mmediately to the hospital .and of'ered
to let as much blood as was
leeded be taken from his body. "I
vas stnftig and a. little blood didn't
nean mucli to me if it would save the
?ther fellow's life," he said.
' ?" 1 "11 ?nurn mm.
His act guiupu mi mr I..,,.*,
Herniation because he had a wife and
wo small children to support and
vas out of a Job.
; Carrying On With the ]
| American Legion
^lourist park for tired Fordsters Is
vJt-^Ntod hy tlie American Legion post
<1 1 \y, M4un.
*
To give tlie town a thorough cleanng
and brightening up for the sumner,
each member of the Legion post
>f Villard, Minn., donated a day's
vork.
?
A new definition of the well-known
inuy phrase "S. O. L." luis been
volvpd by i he Dohglns county Legionlaires
of Omaha, Neb. It is "Staying
Juta Legion."
* * *
At Grant's Tomb in New York a
:ree has been transplanted from the
looryurd of the General's old home
n Missouri by the Legion and the
tmericun Forestry association.
The pennies of American school
children will rebuild the war-wrecked
tillage of Relleau, France, according
:o an appeal by Senator Overman of
Vortb Carolina. In Relleau Wood cemitery
J,000 American soliders are bured.
*
Tlie American Legion service bureau
of Minnesota bandied more than
11,000 government claims of ex-soliiers
during If>'21. Of these, 42 pel
ent were for compensation, vocationit
training, medJtal nrd hospital treai
'Che. _
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(Copy (or Thl? Department Supplied Sj
the American I.erlon Npwi Service.)
THE MAN WITH DOUBLE BRAIN
Nayward Thompson, Memory Shocked
During World War, Writes
With Both Hands.
The majority of us do well to write
legibly with either of our hands, hut
?' when a man Is '
found who can
write with both
hands simultaneously,
and more
than that?when
f ward with one
hand and backward
with the
other, it is evi
m tl^nt that he has
yiQmjjjtp- a perfect right to
a gj the title of "M>?tery
jIa? ? jjay
tvard Thompson, an ex-service man
In Denver, Colo., Is Just such a man.
Due to a severe injury to his head,
received during the war, he has what
is known ns a "double brain." One
side of this brain directs the writing
of one hand while the otlier side governs
the other hand.
Thompson's memory reaches back
only to the time when he left a hospitnl
pome months ago. He remembers
nothing of his life before that
tin*. It was through the veterans'
bureau that he established his Identity
as Hnyward Thompson. Of his
family, former friends, .his work and )
home before the war and his activities
during the war, he has been able
to learn nothing. The veterans' bureau
and the Colorado department of
the American Legion have been making
every effort to help Thompson
learn of his past.
THE FfEAL UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Child of Streets, Picked Up by Kindhearted
Brothers, Never Knew
Who He Was.
Tragic though the story Is of a soldier
whose Identity was lost after his
me iiau "tn uu iiic iinu v,. uu,liv
und whose cross In Flanders simply I
says, "Unknown Soldier," his story la
not shot through with such pathetic
glory as is the story of a lnd who
never knew who he was and who gave
his life for a country in which he hud
never known a mother's love or a
father's pride. Every mother who
does not know just where her son is
buried, weeps over the grave of the
unknown soldier, thinking that perhaps
he is hl?r son. Over the grave of
the boy who has always been unknown.
there are no mourners.
A tiny bundle of humanity was
picked up in a Baltimore street some
twenty years ago; it was a baby boy.
When after a thorough search, no one
was found who would claim him, he
was taken to be reared by two brothers.
who gave him the name of Edward
John Evangelist Smith. When
he was old enough, they sent him
to Mount Saint Mary's school to be
educated. In 1917, before the boy's
education was finished, a Marine recruiting
officer visited Mount Saint
Mary's. His story of the country's
need for men caused "Smith," as he
had come to be known, to enlist. He _ ,
went overseas and took part In every
engagement in which the Fifth regiment
of marines participated. Oi the
I morning on which the armistice was
signed, one of {he Inst German bullets
flyiDg claimed "Smithy" as its victim.
Wells Hnwkes, "Smith-v cnptaln.
has started a fund to t t a month
' mont tq "Smithy"; a child of the
' ? ? -'-I 1 tin
street, an unknown iaa m svnoui, me
real unknown soldier!
WOUNDED ON ARMISTICE DAY
Buckeye Naval Officer Holds Distinction
of Being Injured in Action
After Close of War.
O. O. Rolf of Toledo, O., holds the
unique distinction of being n United
States naval offlhis
ship was fired
submarine as it
left La Rolls, France, un the afternoon
of November 11, 19*8. ?
After several months in hospitals in
England and on the continent, Rolf returned
to America and resumed the
practice of law in Toledo.
Soldiers Classed With Idiots.
Soldiers and sailors, along with
felons, idiots and Insane people are
denied the right of suffrage in certain
states of the Union, it Js pointed out
by a writer in the American Legion
Weekly, lie quotas from the World
Almanac, which says that because of
their occupation, soldiers and sailors
are not allowed to vote in the following
states: Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon,
Texus and West Virginia.
The New "Meanest Thief."
The right to the dishonor of being
called the world's basest thief has J
passed from the one who robbed the jf
blind man to the unknown who has J
i aroused Paris, France, by stealing ^
wreaths, flowers and other tributes
from the tomb of France's unknown
I soldier. The room in which the
tributes are kept formerly was open |wB
to the public, but since the thefts "VI
have been discovered it is double
locked and chained and Parisians are
demanding that a gendarme or other
guard be kept on duty continually. JjUiuBBa