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drainage hr exports freer the U
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Stairs, that \vr rrf.nitv a proper si
^Important Message to People
From Herbert C. Hoover,
Administrator.
nite, ko fjttr.afe'tpaj bej the pricefnndi/ j / /' 1 n I <'J >
tions '..f ( our;>*» fortunate^, we might officials of Food Administration >-
:so* drain the supplies from llu*counti.v ’ ’
to 'Europe as^ by flu* high prices that *- UIV6 AQVICEL
would follow' to force our people to ^
shorten their consuiTrpTlon. This oper- -
at ion of* “normal ebonoinic forces". Unusual Facilities for Financing Stor-
WORLD SUPPLIES ESTIMATED
Increased Production, SUiftlnaWn of
Waste and Careful Control of Food
Exports Form the Solution
» of This War Problem.
United
proper supply
for*'otir own country, ' and we most
ailopi such measures j as will aipelio-;
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f
if-. /
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WjpHlil-starve that eietnent* trf the couir
mmrity 19 whom we owe the most pro- -
tectbtn.' \Ve must try to. impose Jhe
burden eqiutlly upon alL ,
Action Must Be Voluntary. .
There Is no royal road to food con-
age Have Been ^Arranged and a
jrjehehsive Plan of Action
Is Recommended. â– 
Leaders in Jhe American Medical , ’ in ‘° Jnain
J ■ - • prehrnstve hi
Profession Co-Operate in
This Work. V . , -
PUBLICITY BIG SAFEGUARD
channels. The most Com
prehensive fins been keeping lit touch
in ah advlsoKj^cftpacity In the work*of
the Seveodf4Hvisions of control of ihe
government and the civilian population
the medical, corpit of the army and
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tin*
nshingtou, Aug. 20.—Wlirit tin* pee-
plo-of tin* United States not-only can
but mtist do In the matter of-food 'pro
duction and use in order to help win
the war is set' 5 forth in detiiltxfn a
atfltenient issued today by Food
nilnisfrht.iV Herbert .Ct HoovyrT If wt
fail to (hi our part In tlihjkrespect, he
say%the people .of the grilles cannot be t
maMf|him*(i at war, for*-their soldiers-, reduction'^sljiiple living sa.vt
cannot tight without food. " The ljnal BosT-fit of.. substlfutln
The normiyK imports of wheat and
other cereffls by Fr4ri.ce, Italy, the
United kingdom and Belgium, and the
-.estimates of tin* 1017 crop in those:
Countries compared to the normal pro-
-duetion are given by Mr. Hoover in
tahulattd form, and the conclusion Is
drawn llmt In order to provide normal
consumption It will be' uecessary
for them to import In the iiext 12
muntlrs 577,000,000 bushels of wheat
and 074,000,(TOO* bushel's of other cere-'
als. If the crops of the Uniteid^tates
and. ('an;ida.'Tdl 'IliuTIire- safely. Nor Lit..
Wiishfngton.—tdiicials of tin* food •
Hitfiu ini strath)!) gave out the following
Nervation.' We can only accomplish statement concerning tlu* Men dying of
this by the voluntary actionyuf /trim ; T<’lato p/ices, especially IinpnfrarU just
w'hole .people, each 'element ln‘ proper-' now;.
thin'.to Its means. It is a tnatt. r of Unusual' facilities for. 111::,r>< . stor-
Jj.*<iuallty of hurdcriT'a. Uiritter of ia'i'n- ago aiv offered American pot a to grow- '
ers ns :i result of war conditions. The
fRlcrai reserve system-Ls •,t tfn*ir"His-
jtosal, and farmers \<lhXt<n o ih<;ir TO-l-e
potato’Crop in approved. local \Tare
houses, may obtain, upon â–  their storage* 1 -
receipts, tXi-day loan*- front memlijo---
hatnkTrrf The reserve i,i ri * ;t rate--?
Put Fo-exceed u per (■♦■lit. Mr. Lou I).r
Sweet, potato expert wit.h tin* food ad*
ministrationr Wats -in«tr^jnent:il“ in
lo fin*. reserve
V*
K 'I;
ufe Kaivjng^and-'sulistltutlon at vvrry
point lii the 20,(M.M>,ooo kitchens, on the
20,<XR\(KX) dinner tables *aind in the
2,<MM),(HH) manufatetariug. wholesale and
retail- establishments' -of the ‘ country.
The.task Is finis in Its essene,* tin* daily
individtml service, of till thV* people'.
*-* ■j’T****
Lvery group can sulistltute and even
great majority „f thrifty people
tjav.e a lltth*—-and the more luxuri
ous eTCipents of tin* popuhttioti can by bringing thi^ matt«
much, board’s attention,
’other
products and sifvfng one pound of
wheat Hour; two otiutvs of fat’s,.’seven
ounces^ of sugar auid seVnn oituees of
nitwit - W<*ekly7 by "rtrrh -person, will,
U%. W l. V. vl
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HP
y
New England growers have staffed
a movement to take aiUvauifage of tills
ruling to help fb* : .m solve their market
ing problem, 'flit* prospect, which the.
growers of tb-is group, of states face
A
Mistakes of the Spanish-Americaii War
WiM Be. Avoided—Standardization
• of Medical Suppjies Is Be-
. ing Accomplished.
navy, the public health service, the —-
Red Cross and the w(>rk with the civil
ian and munition workers. ,
‘Tlesfdes this work of keeping gen- . 1
erliT oversight over-rill brancfff*s of the
public metlical service,, the ‘committee
has concerned itself deeply with the
probb*p)s personnel and supplies.
The porsojtiriPt problem has not bee a
solved, but It Is possibb -fo^ay that the
Tribute to 'tin* eager- i section hns^ been of great service In
Washington,
-ness with \hirh the tnedical profession
jiuttlng thosgovernment d* partnUnts In
has responded; to the proiSlenis of car*tgufl'i with tmekind of men they need.
itig k>r riilte(Li^tiitV*s innjtar,v forces’ lii To take advantage of carefully, laid
the field was gkyeti In an Interview;, by plans wo must hnveTn tlielr tidminls-
1 M'-i franklin H. Martin, ehriijinan of tratlon otsh* phvsleians with the vision
the ’c(Uiihiittee-.,tri medharh surgery of an?l tin* profes^londl tr a In f ng ajo edetl to
cMry. them out, bofh fur active-jferviee-
,‘it the front rind'dn the concentration
crimps back at the r«nir. The medfea*.
service must be filled with men of the
13|i i
t|ie no'dieal sectlviinbf the eouftoll of
natlontd defense! ,\U the host tnedical
thought Inis been given the committee
to tfid In solving new (lltljculties inci
dental to sending so nmtiy men in,to
-ervtce.
broadest gauge, of the strindard al-
ready set bv its present personnel, and
when wr havemultiplied tills by;one is that of^haUllljtig 4A1(u<).(hki bushels
hundred million, have increased oqr of potatoes-otio-mhth of the entire
exports to the amounts absolutely re-xfnited StgXcs «*rop ■ withot.it -causing
fiu 1 red by our allies. This means no -an -overstocked- market and tin* .result-'
America will have an .aiiparent^sur-
plus of 2its,000,000' bushels of w heat
and 050.000,000 bushels of other cere-'
nls. The allhjs. therefore, must use
other cereals tliap wheat...ior mixing
In their war bread. and'Tlie people (*f
America must reduce their consump
tion of wheat flour ffom five to four
(Pounds per week pi*TX>er.son v
Decrease in Food Animals.
A careful estimate of tin* world’s
food animal position slums a total pet
Oeererrse *01 1 lo.OOo.OOO, and this will
~1><* greater :is tin* War goes on. As,
tin* Increase <^f herds and Hocks takes
ye*trs we inust reduce the consump
tion, eliminate waste-and carefully con-
â–  trol meat exports.
<>ur home dairy products supplies
are decreasing, while our population Is
4n(Tea'sing," and' we must ship in-
more than that we should eat plenty,
blit eat wisely and without waste,
food conservation lets other v'-peots
of utmost importance. Wars must be
paid for by savings. We must save
In the cartstpnpUoii la commodities and
the consumption of unproductive la
bor in order that we may divert otir
manlnxrd “to the army and to tlu* shops.
The whole of- Enropy has 1m gji, en-
'gaged ever since the war began, lti the
elimlnnXLon of waste, the simplitleation
of life, mid the Increase of its Indus
trial oripacifv. When the war Is over
the eotisumiiig power of the world will
he reduced by the loss of prosperity
and man power, and we' shajll .enter a s
period of competition without.parallel
In ferocity. After the war, wt* must
maintain our foreign markets If, our
working peoide ari* to be employed.
We shall be in up'position to compete
If we continue to Jive on tin* same
basis of Waste and extravagance on
whlch we hu.Yo.Hyod,hitherto. Simple,
tonipemte living|}s a litoral Issue of the
first order at ; any time, and*-any other
fng lmsvof all profit orv the crop.
The grhxers eonimunreated-vvith lo
cal authoritln^.. in their respective
states, who in turn laid tin* situation
before the food administration. A con
ference bet w eeii tlie growers. loeaT au
thorities and experts from the food-
administration.'.', was in ld recently at
llostou. Mass. ' 'A plyii of action was
â– inapjmd-.y.uL.at .this meeting which in- >
eludes the following:
1. Marketing of only oh«*-tbird of tie*
crop jit harvesy-titjre*; fTnother thinfm
fH» days, or placing in stowage and later
distributed as demand affords 'oppor
tunity; tlie rcintiining third to In-
stored by the grower and marketed
throughout tlie .tear. ' -
2. All potatoes to be- graded with\
care, takilig out e.ulh, cuts, cracks and
any that arc bruised. It was recoin-
mended, that tu-vv ire N-crpen grader he
u-ed otn* and seven eigh"lts : im*h nn*sb
’for oUhaig tubers arid two-inch me-h
forr«upel ones., (hauled stock..then to.
Tfieodore Sjdcer-Simsiui, the Tinted j
medalist, at- work on the medal dT*-
signed by.him and Issued to cdtnniem- ;
orate the entry of the' Unite)! States
in thri ‘World war, both sides of which
are shown. Copies of the. medaV if)
•*The trained physician knows that • we must dejiend on the profession be-
ntilos certain'preeiiuthms ar\* taken," twd.a, new atd the first pf 'September
laiotoi- Martln^uld, “llangerdus (pi-'^o furnish of Its best even more gen-
detnics, such as typhoid fever in; mjm- li erously than In the past. The. question
inglfis, tire almost certain to.oe
the army camp’s, striking often
the most surprising suddenness. The
less Is beard of the medical brntich of
tin army the more efficient It Is, because
Usually when much is said about It the
comment ls-of a very unpleasant
acter.
of planning for health now seems
somewhat academic.""When the army
is mobilized It will be vital.
“The supply'problem, which Is cared
for hv 1 motor Simpson, who sits In
with the general munitions hoard-, has
--'been another source of difficulty In
which the medical section has co-op-
Declaring publicity is going to he the ^rared with the friedi-cal divisions of
the army and navy. Faced at the be-
gold haviT 1 herd presented by Miss
Anne Morgan to ITesjdorit I’olneare of
‘Ufafice. Uremier Viviau-i und Marshal ^ safeguard against mlstukes similar , shortage due to the
JofTre. as w ,l! as to Sarah Heruhar,It. ! t.? those made Iq the Spanish American dnidng ’Mth »* shortage, due-to the
JjU'pIlcas of tlie' me.jlnl in government " tir, Doctor^ Martfi) continued
counTrv’s previous almost exclusive de-
. ..... , « e pendence on (lennany'for Its medical
l.n„ri*' IKVW Ju-ltiK Mill f.y fill- lhi- work of sar. k ui.rll t C ^ ^ bil I both to ainiK*
’ for I'rON-l, Woumlin. he»l.l, of ,he army .u.il navi oouW not_ ^ ( ^ (ft „, s
. '■• - - ■ .. ..Ir l» »*M<**r l.t.iflt
PLAN .SUIT FOR BOTH SEXES In the Brst of Hands._ . â– . to |.,|U<1 ujt aiidltlimal aoun-as to med
- — “The general medical hoard of the *the vast needs of* the .new army.
British Consider Means of Simplify- emim-ll of national defense. c.HU|>osed Through constant, conferences, with
1 of 'the country’s biggesl medical jnetir 'mnntifacturers and close attention to,-
including the surgeon generals 6? i lTi(* detail,- e>pt-elaliy standardization of
army and tinvy, has Served as a clear- products, this work ls In a fair way to-
ing iiotLsv of pr'ife-sloMal oplnlotxjin'd' ward aecom|ilisfimcnt. 1 There will he
has brought to flu* solution of the ques- no serious dearth.
tlons'iivjiaiid 1H reconstructed form the “The country cun n*st assured that
best inedleal tbotiglit of the nation. On vvery.tlilrfl? <»f which t'he American med-
the board tttV^such'nien :is Dr. Simon leal profession is capable has been
U lex tier of the •flockefeller institute, iloneto prepare for taking care of lt,8
Drs. William ,L atnUrharles H. Mayo, new troops.”
Dr. Victor Vaugluth-jif the' Unlver- '
ing Production—Men Willing to
Have Siiowdown.
T< mi'on Mere man Is willing to
wear semmdliiary hrt*eclics and other
'ntiomil rt <‘;lothing if women vyill vvear
'eiihstoo. ' TIhu. tin* nian-p<*rson fig
ures, mother si x w ill tie apt to do apy
tittering « “ ' ' '
legs. '
Eng’.ish ,uiilors
shape of the* other’s
uni* 'devised a—wnl-
.hs4.4Jnc.ed in good two-hu^liei sacks—. form for civilian wbqr with the hope
3txtasltig amounts of such products to.| basis of conduct during the war be-
riur Jrtlies. Consi l qU(*ntl.v this indus
try must be stimulated. ( «nd home
users must.'stive the wastes.in milk and
butter. Much the same quay bq said In
the case of sugar.
Mr. Hoover urges a greater con
sumption of fish and sea foods, In
which our eonsfs afid bikes are enor
mously rbhr The products of the land,
he reminds ns, art* conserved by the
eating of those of the sea. '
Our Duty.-
In -conclusion the food administrator
»»ays:
I havC endeavored to show In previ
ous articles rluyt the-world Is short of
food ; that Europe ls confronted with
the grim specter of starvation unless
from our abundance and our waste we
keep the wolf from the door.'"Not only
must we have a' proper use .of our food
Supply-Mm. order that we may furnish
our allies with the sinews with which
they may fight our battles, but. It is
nn act of humanity towards fellow
men. women and children.
Tty the diversion of millions of men
from production to war, by 4he occu
pation of land by armies, by the lsiK
lnt!on"?>f markets, by belligerent- lines,
_ j».nd by the destruction of shipping by
huhinarlnes. not only has the home pro
duction of our allies fallen by over
fi(Hmmm 1,000 bushels of, grain,"lnit-they
nr(* thrown upon us for a much ‘larger
proportion of their normal Imports for
merly obtained ffom otherhnarkets.
• Thvy have reduced eonsunfptlan at
every point, hut men In the. trenches,
men In the shops,‘and the millions of
women placed at. physical labor re
quire more food, than during peace
• times, and tin* Incidence of tlielr saving
r nnd any shortage Which they- may suf
fer. falls first upon.,women and chil
dren. If this privation becomes too
. great, tlielr peoples, cannot be main*
tnlned constanU in the war. and we vvlH-
be left alone to fight tin* battle of
democracy with UerniMily.
. The problem of food conservation Is
ode of maivy cortiplexlons. \Ve.canii()t,
nnd we do not wish, with our free In
stitutions and our large resources of
food, ; to imitate Europe In Its policed
. rationing, hut .we. uuistjgol tint aril.v and
Intelllgetitl.v,assume thtcjoripouslblllty
before us as one In which everyone
’ has. a dlrect-^and inescapable Interest.
' We must Jin'tTnse onr export of foods
•fft the allies, and. In the circumstances
of our shipping situation, these exports
; -must be of the most concentrated*
foods. These are wheat,. flour, beef,
pork and dairy .products. We have oth
er foods In great abundance which we
can use instead of these commodities,
and we can prevent wastes In a thou
sand dtrectlons. We must guard the
one. hundred and 'fifteen pounds to the
^siek -and the sunk*'* sewed tightf^LSo'
as to.piweiif shu.'king : 1 u• 1 bruisingy
3..Increasing tlie load in caeli rail
road ear -from tie normal 30,<MMl
I’ounds. Tliiit these e:irs c.m !>e un
loaded within 24 to .MO hours of their
comes n w rong .against the-interest of
the -Country and tin* interest of
democracy.
’The Impact of tin* food shortage of
Europe has knocked at every door of
the United States during the past three arrival at destination,
years. Tfio prices of foodstuffs have
nearlydoubled, and tin* reverberations
of Europe's Increasing shortage would
have .thundered twice as loudly dur
ing the coming year even bad we not
entered tlie war. i • ■"-> ■
We are today In an era of high
prices. We must maintain prices at
such a level as will stimulate produc
tion; for we are faced by a starving structed house,
world nr.d the value of n commodity to able buildings,
tin* hungry is greater than its price.
As a result of the. world shortage of
supplies, our consumers have suffered
from speculation and extortion. While
.wages for some kinds of labor have
Increased with tlu* rise In food prices,
In others, It has been dltlicultto main
tain our high standard of-nutrition.
By the elimination of waste In all
classes, by the'reduction In the con
sumption of foodstuffs by the more for-
tiinate, we shall Increase our supplies
not.only for export but for home, and
4. Thai muuieipulitii s and orh**r
bodies provide storage f«»r as large
quantities as possible at the peak of
the harvest.
"A storage bouse," -said Lou D.
Sweet, who attended this meeting,
“such as will conform to the require-
Jli3efits laid down by tin* Federal Reserve
board, does not -call for a specially eon-.
There are immfneT 1 "
which if properly
cleaned, ventilation provided, nnd man
aged so as to maintain-a tempera turd
of about 35 degrees, .will answer ad
mirably for this purpose. , v â– 
.“Tills year the United States planted
Its potato crop from .the poorest qual
ity .of seed that ever went into the
of. simplifying' ebdljcs ^naxluctlon.
It consists of tunic,* 'slightly imll r
tary, breoin - ^? resembling tiioFa* worn
by tin* eavaliw-;' puttees or >tnoKtugs,'
and cap.- ' .
"1
Many persons, men and women,
showed alarm over itu* suggested .uni
form and wer** promptly 'accused of
biding bow-legs, kno(;k-knees and ab
sent calves. Tin* owners of shapely,
underpinnings, especially the men, are
perfectly 'willing to have u j, show
down. -,—s
slty of Michigan, Dr. .Toflu^L T. Fln-
ney-and Dr. William II. Wtich^jf Johns
Mopkins, Dr. Frederick A. Bekley of
Northwestern. Dr. tieorgo W. (’rllKof
’Western Reserve and-Dr. Cfiarles E>
Kallike of Kalremnum college, to men
tion only ri few.-iiiroiigh frequent con-
oences with these men the surgeon
geliVniis themselves, iiceupb'd COlistailJ-
ly w|HNhlmlnist1ative tasks, have been
aide, to gMq new,points of View and
gain a detached perspective In looking
at their probletmcfrom time to timer
“During tiu*'ffisrmVpKs-me"\Vork of
the medical section hint been directed
FROM WAR SHIRKER TO HERO
Remarkable Career of Henry Bella-
more, Once' Rampant English
Pacifist.
TELLS HORRORS OF AUSTRIAN CAI
•#*
d-dndon. — Conscientious objector,,
shirker, volunteer soldier qrvd now one ,
of England's dead heroes—that is the
war finreer of Henry Bellumore.
When war came, Bellamore called It
the devil’s - Invention. He fought
against conscription on conscientious^
grounds, preferring Jail to 'the bat
tlefield.
“If I ever see a~wounded soldier fall
with bis crutches, I won’t help him
up-again," said Bellamore; This so
aroused hls neighbonpat Bath that they*'
burned him in effigy.
Roumanian, Who Escaped, Says
Men Were Starved, Kicked
and Chained.
ground, and naturally ‘ tin* harvest will
be potatoes of poor quality. Strict,.
grading, careful packing, cominon-
sense storage*, nnd careful shipping arc
necessary to insure Just returns to the
growers wfio have responded to the -
HUMAN BONES FOR SOUP
objector wns killed In action.
by Increased supplies wt* can help In president’s call for"increased produc-
the amelioration' 1 of prices. ——
For Better Distribution.
Beyond this the duty has been. laid
upon the food administration to co-op
erate with the patriotic men In trades
and commerce,, that we may eliminate
the evils which have grown Into ~hqf
system .of distribution, that...the l«jr-
den may fall equitably upon all by res
toration, so far as may be, of tlie nor
mal course of trade- It is tin* purpose
of the food administration .to use^lts
,-v • s
utmost power and tin* utmost ability
that patriotism can assemble to amoll- .
orate this sitimW§n toTriich a degree as
may bp possible. '
The- food administration' Is assenl-
Tllng the .best expert advice In the
countLyiofi home economies, on food
utillzafldn, (in- â–  tru.de. practices and*
trade "wastes, and on the conduct of
pybllc -cntlng places, and \ye Shall out
line from time to time detailed sugges
tions, which If honestly carried out by
much Individuals in_.the country, we be
lieve will effect the- result which we
fioh of pijLitoes."
SHE HAD WAYWARD DAUGHTER
Neighbor Was Surprised When She
Found Cause of Severe Rebuke
Administered by Mother.
A lady living in a large apartment
house relates the following-}^ .
“I bad oecasiou oiie,i]ay'To visit the*
fipartjneiit of a neighbor. UbH'b gwev-****
and earnest to'ne< ,, f remonstrance'
reached-mv ears, as I approached lay
friend's room, that I 'hepuTafed about.
Vulriidlng. ’I> found lier w jnsoim* young
langlifer with her, and the motile^ bad
evideidly b»*en_ rebuking her. for tin" "
glti’s ':i<v w:a
teors' In 1n*r eyes. •;
-----‘('.line in,*" sai'd"my friend. “I had •
fintsiie 1 what 1‘was saying to Jenny
and- L-hepe slit.* will remeinher my
wishes. . : —
Prisoners Often Inhumanly Punished
for Eating Seeds Given Them to
!' * " Sow — Italian Prisoners
~ ‘ Are Treated Worse.
.Ronie.—A Roumayian soldier, Totna
Haralam, taken prisoner by the Aus
trians last September (Luring tin* Roti-
Ttui 11 L‘iTi invaslirn of i’ransylvanpi. has
Ju?t succeeded.ih escHping to th'e Ital
ian lines oii tlie Citrso. The*foTb» i wLng
. . , • * v i*
;s Ills story in all its simplicity and
•horror-
“As so<iu as. I wns .taken jirisotier In
a wood near Basso I was brought be-.i
fore, a (TertiCJn offleer, who examined | < rs, ^b an< * I <le< h|»*d to cs< ap(
iilri.', I refused to answer Ills questions | " !l
iind betray Hiy country, so lie banded : , 4 on 1 ^ 1 ''
:ne over to an Austrian .sergeant, who
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few weeks later he experienced a
course as the starvation diet had* ejmn^a of heart. ’Though, exempted
w< likened US. .We were divided Into from the ivFmy, he volunteered. Soon
four sections “df m‘*n each nnd's<*tit | u . was the inost popular soldier In
to different localities. My section was . |,j s regiment, the duke of Cornwall’#
sent to Kotnen under the command of light Infantry.
an Austrlriri sub lieutenant and 30 teV- Recently the former consclentloua
ritorinls. We worked at building a rail
way together with 2JMHL Russian' prlS'
oners.
“Our food was worse and less than
that we had In .cainii, ajs j\o got 4 cents
a day pay and y ore supposed to spend
It on food, although bread cost a dol
lar a loaf. As we were ravenously,
hungry Itemise we had to work bar 1
we were compelled T9 rummage among.
The jjhr.ht.ige’ for food, and even ate.
rats and mire. We also got bones, hu: :
nuit) holies they were sometimes, which
We irtriled to fttflkw SOHJ>. In 25' dHJS
fib men <nit of the. 2o0 fri my section
died from hunger, exhaustion anil, ex
posure. Flv(* meti eojuijiltted 'suicide,
three attempted to escape and were J
shot; â– > . _
“on January 22 my comrade, Niku
>Ve
IkeTl for three days- hw the dtrec-
THTe?! wntT .nothing
oatt. -but-we finally reached 4Ip* ruins
w lief«oAv.e found a‘pigsty.
•Iter here and found some
kick ed. tiTr*“"'iVTTlTn'lTrTnefcr: r was left " f . a
fiii-hed.. afid there, were •tihsolut.ely without any food, not , ... x. . . . .
ttft*. —a—
piece* of 1 .i.ferid or
‘All. those cfilidi'eii — these
â– hil-
miist attain. We are asking every drey!" thought + t.» ihy-if. How way-
horne, every public eating place and WMI ‘ 1 tli^y -«r»v ev.*n fgefitle ,th\ngs life*
many trades,‘to. sign a pledge card ‘* T<,nn y. ah'! h-oV tremendous-are a par-
to accept these directions, so far eni’s^' responsibilities 1
Their circumstances permit, -and we are “I. have just been ti lling her." con
organizing-various Instrumentalities to tinned mv friend, “that kite must not
ameliorate speculation. We are ask
ing The men of the'eountry who are
not actually engaged In the handling
of food, to sign similar pledges that
they shall see tt> It, so frir as they are
able, that these directions are followed.
tty^to acquire It without appearing af
fected. To make those with whom
-one comes In -contact-weary wltH up- writes;
uecessary affectation ls of 'course a
thing to be deplored. If the Individual,
1JH, si
however, -realized the *Tmpdrtance of harrowT^and when he saw me smile
helping nature’ajendowments,.she will
eppear perfectly natural In always
striving to look her very best. Learn
to know yonr own good points and
take the trouble 'to cultivate them.
You will find that It will pay. .
Our Difficult Language.
. â–  t
Improving One’s Qood Points.
'i'he art of posing lies In one’#-Apropos of the difficulties that our
foreign-boni friends 7 experience. In
learning “United Stales,” a subscriber
In a German family \came to me ant
said: ‘Will you borro^ me your wheel-
he said, Jl mean, can I lend It from
you?’’’—Outlook. '
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Bally Optimistic Thought;
The liberty of the press la essential
to a free government
(■•{*
"jin*** driy* 5 , mill' tln tt .l;ikt*)i with tntiuy
■ i*ther prisojicrs'to ti <•<»n«*«*ntr;»t-D>ii csimp ].
in. Hutigtiry nfrtln* Riv« i I.<*y 1 li.i. when*
211.(MRt pri.4liters of \tar.' Ru^>i;ift)<. IiiU{ -
inns tind Koufimnitfns,' v\cy**- <'»dfitted.
“We were Ijterrilly sttirvetL <)ur rti-
U.9ns coitsisteil of live (Uimccs d bttd
brfind st.tm 1 n lum’ilfui of !•: ' *,d betins
dally, with tr small piece (Tf inetit every 1
v( (*k. Tlu?_ men. died like fiies, both i
from insufficient nourishment tind from
cold, its tin* Austritnis took away our ;
Chicago.—“There's a vacant
chajr at the.table, George, and
we njted..-- your strong.- broad
sboubfers -
If you have a boy In the navy
eliminate such phrases from
your’next letter. Don’t write
them. They are dunidyms to
the Jackies," says, Thl* . Great
I,akes Recruit, the monthly mag
azine published by the officers
and Jackies, of: the naval training
sffitTon at Great'Lakes, III. In
the August Issue of tl\e Recruit
ti campaign on..‘.‘what to write
yoftr sailor,” leads ‘the editorial
department. ^•
The editorial ^ays that “fully
SO per cent *of the letters re
ceived by - the;sailors convey, In-
ntepd of good cheer, a ttiie- of
■“wo(*s and.Imagimiry jgflefs, us L ..
“Mother’s stHL LRtfe. John
ny’s down with the nK*usIes; and
dad has sprained his foot.”
- 4L* - - r
His Gomrade'Oies.
“The-.nild WHS intense. TVA reached
smother mfage .conqHetel-.y.in rifms nnd â– 
4 »*.could bear lie* Italian guns very
near. We could not lin'd anything to
eat and my comrade was tjion* dead
than alive. We sb*pt during' the day
and when night came- on I tiffed to
urouve my comrade, but be was de td. $350,000 Spfcnt on TKrim Yearly'in Eng«
DEANS CLASSED AS LUXURIES
uniforms and .warm ijmlerwva'r.- as wed
Just- then I. distfiictly beard; the
••lutractAristlc sotind-of. machine gun-
lire Tind I knew Ifwus near the first
! line trenches.' - I decided to gd' on and
I
, land Called Waste by Bishop
of London.
London.—Deans of the Church of
wear her evening globes when she
shopping In TltfHtiorning. Irr-tfriVfirst
place. UOslaud gexjleeL^nbd in the I ns our' iKiotsivapd gave us hirixchnnge ' hftfep (wo hours , crossed, or rather Englkhd, or- 0ther of the cathedrals of
second place, it Us extravagant." ; the castofi mnforms and torn^ts of * crnw] ^,' thrmiffh rfl( . Austrian lines.
Her evening gloves : Apd yet, 1 \ njy their first line troops. x
, tind —
sure .voucher tone and expression
the impression made on thexchlld,
would have befitted a serious wrong
doing--one that had Issues in time
and eternity. • "
already felt free. MR I hnd to'get over
We all bad to work, genenil > Iit^the ,|te wire enfnngb-iiients'and crawl over
A Dilemma.
When.fine proposed she said,--‘Will you
majry me? Have you any objection?’
You see, whether I said ‘Yes’ or ‘Noy
she had tne.”- .
“Why didn’t you*Just keep silent
then?” - ^
“I did and she said, ‘Silence gives
Consent,’’ and that ended It/’
fields,jmd as we ate themed gifien us h a p,„ K stretch of ground that Y
to..sow or the raw turnips and potatoes r , ( ^, t j | uui - i^3? a mistake and
we Lmd to plant often we \\ ere pun- tn^sAustrlan trench I left behind
Tstnsl by being tied to a pole with our tue was m^.iy a suppprURosltlon. As
t.rms raised for hours or else chained
to the ground. The Italian prisoners
p.m tvarvt Ilf lit I find svstj^-
L liesllat^ what to do n voice crime
out of the <Jarkness: ‘Alt! Gl)l va
beaten by- the A u^tnans.
Sent to Italian Front.
,-34Pfh*rs reached our camp in Jauu-
“I .undi*rstodd , whnt the words
meant, so I stood up nml; shouted
England, are luxuries and should he
abolished, In the opinion of Right Rev.
Arthur F. W. Ingram, bishop of Lon
don, who \ declared that the $350,000
spent yearly t>t^ deans ts wasted
money. ‘ 1 : — ’ .
“It Is with no disrespect that I sriy
it.’The declared, “but I believe that the
w hole Idea of a dean being at the head
-- of a cjTthrdrirt’an<Dtlw'fffi^op*i«Tttir" ^
no right whatever In his see Is an UO*
catholic thing, ’ In some cathedrals a
Ronupn'T Rotnnn!’ And when the bishop cannot even preach without the
.iiy that 1 ,ooo Uouruhnirin prisoners Italtahs saw me I,Could s«‘e the aStop- , leave of the dean and chapter. There
were t«-4>e sent to work mi the Itifliaqj ; Ishmerit In liielr faces; I did not look nre' Wtcellentvipen among them,, but
taint. ^4—wns ‘ among th" ♦housttnd human. They pulled me up nnd ?nT-
Ififked men. We 'itere all young and ried me inside their'trench. They gnve
strong, comparatively .speakijnj{,- jpf I me coffee, wiue and bread.” .
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the money spent*yearly U riiore needed-
for the bishops # of the new dloceaad
which are required.'; - -A-
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