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. â– 
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
â– 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
â–  "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 â–  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.
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