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PAQE TWO Jl PjiNS >RI2E rd foBcSI Abundance of Songsters Where Battles Rage is Surprise to Newcomer. , shelter of Shell holes and lie there with the drivers until (Ianirer TelfiiTCF N"iru__y<>rlr.~ ~W"hlie-in' the wilds of ~\'r M*-'* 1 * .4 Wt> N > | HrfmMyn; M T'.m* - ln>rft4<Wii. 4 '• l,T , '"" l '.' r ■'" ll f """~ r V| ;' '' s Sln*_stit down. before a «M lx .ho (>W 1 .1.....WIIW.WI. Uiuafa^a, amlwote 16 UneVT SS Irigh.onwl itOiriil.lUw -Wal -«*• IjM j Tb,. VM.rl pbwiT»»« Swiid. "A» TliiiU, ( nrsf bombardment the eats, true to, all T - t . - szammvas^setfsssx^s. ■ come like wild animals. A Canadian Sergeant major All Sorts 6f "Mascot* AbouWd in the Tfenches-rHMany ; Also \,Arei th« Pests—Red Cross Dogs ' Are Valuable. came mulching out of the'‘•line’’‘a few day* apt with a magpie sitting on his shoul der. A private iu the same company had a klheo curled up on the top -of his knapsack. All the overseas troops brtng Tna«eht8“wITK Thera. The Sojith Africans started out with a great col lection -of sprlnglwiks, baboons, duik ers and a variety of queer animals, hut the climate of northern France in win ter mood is fur from friendly and the warmWeather pets hare mostly been With the British Armies In France. •—One of the distinct' surprises -to the newcomer at the war Is toflnd larks singing over the front line trenches. One would think that. birds, of every sort bad long ugo been driven far from the war zone, but, Instead, they lurk in and about.lt In great number. Very often the sudden flight of a covey from a secluded thicket or renmnnt of f wood has given the first signal of a shrapnel —---r-~—---1 I ii 11 Uyiiic In Hollis, L, I BULLDOG LEARNS NEW TRICK New York Crowds Floctr in Fifth Avo nue to See Jack “Hit” the -v •_ " Meerschaum^ — attack The drumming of big guns, the “pat- pa t-patter-patter-pat ter" of machine guns, the whirr and “bang” of “plum puddings" and "rum-jars”' sent over by the enemy. trench mortars seem to have, lost all terror to the fsuthered songsters. They chirp as'gayly nud s the source of the.sounds to which It -bnk been*, toned loudly ovc l r tip* mydily -BALTIMORE BELLHOPS PREPARE FOR WAR throvvs ernmns over the piirupet for the larks, and If he luid hlA way would (•nine .a nujsunce he \»u* sent to the flU up -every nook mid- corner of the trench With some sort Of aniniaf mas cot. As If Is, there l<-H .StYfinrfe tnlx- ture of pets, und pests in these- deep .Mend Boy’s Skull W4th Pune. Memphis' Term. When a -mul ckbri Livingstone AJ»d'onheIl».n. three - , . %' 1 4 » . i": War Cause of Divorce c«r-oht degro hoy, In the'--fiend,', .tin Wui ’broke the skUlll Kdrgeons re plio e<i;Tfie^hrtd(en hone'with u hrnrtil n« \y dhtie' of the mintage-of IfH7. Tin 'll no ^Mll go to the "grave wfth the n<* gr*. <'(fining generations may •hlid marvel at It. buttlo—where the men themselves live a sort of animal life. It is a’ lifFiio human being was evec lutouch'd to live, jtud yet the lioalth of.the troops is positively unitizing. Rat the Leading Pest. Of nll the trencb posts the tat, uf course, by reason of Ills size, takes precedence. He is everywhere. No amount of cleuning up has-tended to exterminate-hint. lh fact, he waxes futternnd fatter, as the wflr'goes on. he ojj] eonegd*; the allies will .win ship, -Mrs II. I)egl dhtri- effe 'relation^ "I'll never do Hi tHUJ I er. Herman. Tfn y j Vorce. t." answered P'e<k were grunted a di Of Uie pets the dog is by far the morenumer<rtis and popular. There are gnats and eats and canaries and various species of mascot, but the dog becomes more u part uf the llfe^th^n any nC t|te others. ' v /- So Called 1 Beciu^e If li Stec - 4 Away Quickly and Brags of Little It Does. Many a subaltern or. company com- w ry im» << ; ar*l*e HHf-U)oce ! 'iw)tel '1n BslttUKTP them-are her-*-shown ilrjlllug on tlie_r»«of. - dl‘ pa|ri«in'sa». s.VVL(*|iiL:^ 11,04 mauder has gone “over the top" Into battle with bis dog leaping nuid bark ing happily beside him. Scores of dogs have been killed beside" tl^ir masters and hundreds wounjled. I11 the light ing about Maiuelz, during the great "push” oil the ^omme, a Red Cross fearehlngr party +ntne upon a pathetic little ^group composed of a subalterir, bis dog-and four private soldiers, just as they had sprawled*to their death iu a burst of uuichtBe gun Are.. The dogs in tlm trenches have great fun t'Uaalng tlm rats. They will even leap over the parnpef after them into "No Man’s Land.’’ And sometime.-* old "Fritz" from the cp^ny trenches will snipe them. There is ohe old terrier now Lh ttiie* front llnh wtiA has beeh; wounded four times. If lie survives the war the old veteran is^oing to have a eollsr with-fottr-gold "stripes cm Tr.~^ V Red Cro*6 Dogs Valuable. The Red Cross dogs of the French hardly come under~the head of pets. They are u lasting tribute to the part dumb animals have played, and are playing, In the great world conflict.. The dogs, however render a service scurcOly more notable than .the little French donkeys that carry Qihmunl- tlon to the front line trenj‘im§f* These little burros are as wise as they are gray. Their long.- straight ears.. air ways linking forward, are attuned, to the syunds of battle and when th‘e tir- to-form a regiment rjf rheir own. Some o "AVlll / sea war of-the fitlun* la^fought 1 oiiL hugely T>.v suhmarfucs?" I had tisk^tl one (it the fleet's chief f>pV»kes- tneu. ^ - . 1 „ “‘There might be such form .of war- , fxr’e." h,C hi8 rejoinder; "one can , never tell. In this War-everything Infs gfuwn lagger-^guns. destroy«*rs. sub marines., Terhaps," lu; sakl- w^tlil a • Jjtnile, ‘There’ll be a war which' Only T^rce Merchant Shipa H^ve Bet Lo»t but of 21,000 Starting on the. Trip—Germane Find Channel • - 4<>:,’4p '• .‘ A i. ' < /.v.y » - I - MM£*i * Too Warm By JOSEPH W. GRIGG. (Bpeciu) {itaff ( gun in 3he next If. placed at the prbpff' Jaigrle. might loh shells Info ATnertrtr j from Kurojie. or.viqe ver-sa." 4 Down in a Submarine. f TJii coiiijmtiy \\ ith her' coimnauder r ‘was soon to visit the undersem. Lput. which I hud Tte^n from the deck pf lo r giantlike inttrul hrother. Once in side, I was hopelessly eoufoundetl hv ^ iitii.ss oi brass and hrunze.ni]a-> -so I iminaeulately clean they co’tihl have welt ilont* tlie work of mirrors. She. too. had had a recent cruise atul lay’ ct-tnly*. a* TtH jaitgidA iuust be.'for anr euiergency. , . ’ • "Down and at ’Em," way her.motto. , carved in a shining brass plate in a ^ conspicuous place. (Her commander was acquainted with Captain Koenig's exploits in the Deiit sehland. < UlH-ers of the tleet cun- tBpeciu) ptafr Cyrrespondent of tlievNevy ' ' York World ) > With the Dover I’atrol.--Tills is the, tflysti'-ry, fleet that moors in mysteryl por|.f It is the mystery fleet because it, -steals awnv qujckLy and hrags.of littUSt Itt^'it does. 1 its mdoring Jjj ‘the tery p«;rt he<.;u,Uye he,r,e iU'c cun eye Hie plans and here lire iiiVny rff Tlrf mediums with which the patrol' trot wrought its enviable record. y , looking""'"(! rJliter *may hold mmml* .svwlv.V-ZlA'! Vincent Astor. Inis toll! Assistant 1 "•■Secretary bf The. N’a > y Roosevelt. Jha't t he rm.-i-tjtjurlU '-an have his ,famous Tad it Nonna. for the asking If rhttrrmnrtry .ent«*rsRtK(‘. u'ftT- In the ertinif of war .a haltery of three-inch gnus will 1»F put. aboard and a navy crew w ill man her. It -Is- probable' uhu she w ould he used as the flagship of n ile.eLnf 'motor' boats which will he engaged In service on the const. . x. ~ * . ‘ . . LEANING TOWER ELABORATE DUGOUT OF GERMAN DOGGIE CANT* CATCH COLD i»*rt mu »»■ PJIUb( l iVcy inerchanti'ioii fluit passed through lh. patrol w ere,, dest i «>.uyj. yphaj •nn/ans; only otn,*. thing *to%he thi-fid"vti the pa trol tlo* 1 n -ffi | a a*, nr • y*«it i g elsewhere.,- Having .fotmtf the channvT' a hit. too warm; HE FED HER CAT AND HORSE NtE'AT" work ***( I! ij «. 1-t-bf > got *d htttfotf , I ,— r g . V»ut it. 'I V harbor ,T;t\ arfonu’ilalil': daitt. «'ue',rla* ili-nnliii' ot tie I a. eoiis> Know wejl. lor ihaiiT'Ol hert-"sou, nave huvtjed 'their Way .pro 1 . dpt lately until 1 h * • 1 r~; ft trttthnrt Ihn s.T>J J\as told I mlghi have s^dtise inspet jjoH.g’.nd soon had traversed the,Infer " vef.ing stretell of wfTtor ;wnl scahtpered" up her gangway, to he received l»v ■WWge tute gotsl provi-.-em-* < a<-.■•••rdbej t«> Mrs.. ^jjliaoV Vnzalmk'. -v-.ho ippearod 111 .-court 111 le to pre-s. a' h*liffl rg<* Nif fail tin* t o . pi'oio.ie die 'brought agninsxJw r loishami. "Tito' Toman -declared that Va/,- ana'k boiled a kitten' to tpako chowder otld furtifsheil the table witli several choice stetvks cut tnuu -the carcass i>f the -'family An impressive old-TightInmse on the •’ a if. l^ :;si..-i.i- I...-- rel i 1 s-■!.; U • vrival of the .Loaning To'wer of P;-*,r.- hidi has gained for .itself world-s c>*- i.nit. This watch td!wpr of. I lie eiulf ' - ast was first/pushed out of true by >tie of the terrific hwri'banes In which tlie regiitfhjs-exposed. Then tlie waves ate Itcrreath ff^t-frrtmdatfon of sninl and ikied. In its undoing, 'Another light rag built in a less exposed position find the leanjng townr naa^ilofcudnnad i'hoiigh the cracks ln its "wnTTe'iTilei' re yawTiliTg omluously It still standv ivying conclusions with tlie (leirnuli hattcries. She might have, been btriit 4tn a concrete foundation, fop. the ehojipy harbor-had no effect whatever ■ "Comb Flattens Bullet. -PentniT. " tth=Sfrft~~ tteinw " SvVtber^ land of West Frankfort, p bride "of a fe\Y wwdcK. vm» wtrnrfc hTOh l^t, which waire through the door .wf her fath^’s home, and narrowly es- chl>ed death. Mrs. Sutherland fell against a stove. The bullet had struck f upon her,-. I watched the maneuver >f ■ Alontcia.ii .. \ in deBnnre of the laws of gravity ing of the big guns, which were said to make no noise inside the turrets, but outside—that Was a different mutter. (Paragraph deleted'Here by tlie chief censor 6f the admiralty, who wrote in Us placem- "Sorry, but It, had to go. J.. has had made a special sized hand bag to match her costume Tn w hich to To" Keep the Stove Clean. 1 J " By simply placing a colander over ilte frying pan while In use the cook ing Is Improved and the stove kept keep, her dog warm while out for an airing. The bag is lined with lamb's wool and the dog has Tittle chance to ratch cold. It la quite likely that the Innovation will be taken jip by the An elbciai pnotograuh snowing an elaborately and beauUfQlly fitted up frcc frofn spatter. agmnst 'the metai <h>mb. ?;he comb dugout of German officers. Standing on the bridge of this big pracdcaQjr saved her lift. rf •r|L J im