New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 1, 1917, Page 6

P Britain Herald. D PUBLISHING COMPANT. Proprictors. afly (funday excepted) at 4:15 p. m.. Herald Buflding, 67 Church St. at te Post Ofce at New Britain Second Class Mafl Matter. t of the city a art by carrler to any part of 08 T advertising medium in Dl etion books and press open to advertisers. a on_sale at_Fota- TR and Broa A Herald will b " Ing's News Stand, i2nd St and B 1y, New York City: ! antio City, ana Hartford Depot. TRLEPHONE CALLS. Office al here are, it may be, many pnths of fiery trial and sacrifice jead of us. It is a fearful thing lead this great, peaceful peo- g into war——into the most t le. and disastrous of all wars, pilization itself, seeming in the nce. [But the right is more precious jan peace, and we shall fight for e things which we have always rried nearest our hearts—for mocracy, for the right of those o submit to authority to have oice in their own governments the rights and liberties of 11 nations, for a universal do- pion of right by such a concert free peoples as shall bring e and safety to all nations d make the world itself at last To such a task we can dedicate lives and our fortunes, every- ling that we are and evervthing at we have, with the pride of se who know that the day has e when America is privileged spend her blood and her fight for the principles that ive her birth and happiness and e peace which she has treas- ed. God hleping her, she can no other. —WOODROW WILSON THE NAMES. ‘e have many things to occupy our htion in these days of war. There he second Liberty Loan of 1917 way. There is Red Cross work done. There is the tobacco | for our soldiers getting ready to o the front. There are a hundred one things for every red-blooded brican man and woman to do in hour of trial. hile all these things hold the er of the stage we must not for- one that is near and dear to our s. That is, the honor roll of Britain. We must complete the of those who volunteered to go h the fighting forces of Uncle Since the Herald started this ;n the results have been zing. Names have been sent into office from ecvery part of the e and from remote places of the on. We have learned of New in men with the army, men who e long forgotten as residents of city. ‘here must be more such cases like one in Stamford where a New tain boy finally enlisted in the hy after a journey up and down enlisting offices of the Atlantic -board. There are New Britain in all the departments of the ny. Just who they are and when y went Into the service is of prime portance at this moment and, in rs to come, will be of even greater lue. Now is the time to complete record. Send in the names. hpaign YTHE TOBACCO FUND. By the end of the next week New n’s first quota to the new na- nal army will be in training at Ayer, For the most part, the men in t contingent will be new to military 11 and the exactitudes of army life ey will naturally become homesick. ey will in all probability look back on the freedom of the old life and oan In due time, of rse, this feeling will wear off and ey will become accustomed to the kw order of things. Then, when they e full fledged soldiers they will know w to thoroughly enjoy army life. While our boys are undergoing the s of their first experience in a ted city it is meet and proper that le people back at home evince an in- rest in their welfare. It is but right at we send them little things ymfort them in their hours of rigid aining. The citizens’ hich v selected outlining an elaborate send-off has turned its their fate. to committee as for the purpose ry wisely activities to her channels. Tnstead of the speech- aking and banqueting and parading at the m hddening many hearts there will now e a tobacco fund. The two local pers, the Herald and Record, have greed to open their columns for the rtherance of this fund. Day by dey we will would have been ans of watch the growth of the tobacco fund for our boys at Ayer and our other soldlers “Somewhere In Connecticut.”” For this | fund will take in all our fighting men. The names of all donors will be pub- lished in the columns of this paper or the Record. Either will be taken: money or mer- Suggestions | as to what brand of tobacco should be | chandise bought with money advanced by any ' particular person will be followed to | the letter. firm will profit by this fund of goods will be forwarded to the boys in camp. These things all con- sidered, the tobacco fund should have no difficulty in mounting to respect- | able heights. No one particular tobacco A variety BACK TO SCHOOL. Labor unions, parent-teacher asso- | ciatio ! clubs, churches and other religious bodics, and many other | organizations directly concerned with ! education have been enlisted by the United States Burcau of Education in | of . women's | | a campaign for the inaintenance | school efficiency as a special p:\\riotic; duty this year. In his appeal Dr. 1 Claxton, commissioner of educmon,j points out the existing fear lest public | schools shall suffer because of con- ditions growing cut of-the entrance of the United States into the war. He! emphasizes the fact that as a measure | of present defense and for the future | welfare of the country, as well as for | the individual benefit of the children, | it is of the greatest importance that the schools be maintained in the high- | est standards of efficiency. | Especially important, in the view of | | | the commissianer, is prompt and regu- | lar attendance at school and proper | employment during out-of-school | hours. These, he believes, will be the | children’s surest protection against temptations to juvenile delinquencies. Labor unions are especially appealed | to ta urge the children now in high | schools to complete their work. Su- perintendents of schools have been | asked to co-operate with the represen- tatives of labor unions in the various communities in the effarts to keep children in school. 3 Whatever is done by the boys and | giris beyond the age of eighteen, the vounger children must be kept in schoal. The importance of this con- tention has been often emphasized. It cannot be too often repeated. Even the High school boys and girls should not be taken away from their studies | if it is at all possible for them to con- tinue their work. When the Selec- | tie Draft Law went into effect placed under the military arm of the | it | government many young men who were in the first and second and sometimes | their graduating year 1in college. | These places will be vacant during the | present scholastic term. Others must | be prepared to take these same places. | West Point, the greatest military | school in the nation, has graduated its | class of 1918 in 1917. i alone | shows the great demand for. young| men with military knowledge. As the war continues, which it will in all probability for two or three years more, there will be more inroads made on the youth of the country. It is i best, therefore, that we look upon the little children of today as those who must take the supreme posts in the nation’s affairs in a very few years to And, to this end, they must be properly educated. Let their educa- tion not be neglected. Let them take down their Looks from the shelves and go back to school, where they belong. come. REDUCING THE COST. Having fixed the price of wheat at 2.20 a bushel the government's food control committte hints that there | might be a possible reduction of the | cost of loaf bread. In order to bring this about there must be, naturally, a co-operation hetween the bakers | and the Government., The bakers having for some time past grown ac- customed to the joy of receiving ten cents for a loaf of bread may be exe pected to balk before being defeated. '1f the Government up its niind, however, there should be no difficulty in getting back the old five cent loaf of bread with its full four- | teen ounces. That the five cent loaf of bread is a practicable commodity is admitted by members of the national food con- trol committee. On the other hand the bakers have besun to put in thefr makes | objections. have lost no tim: in announcing *fhat will be ossible. duction in t They uch a practice With such a re- > cost of material it will im take a lot of convincing argument on the of the bakers to make the ultimate the five- purt o believe cent ioaf an impossibility. | It but little work on { the part of the United States govern- to : mer will require ment ain in very short order | what is possible and what is not pos- sible this Just how in direction. many pecks or required to go in the making of a of flour not a milita Just is the cost of mill- ing is known, or can be easily ascer- tained. Just what the freight rates barrel is cret. what | draft ! White House pickets. | anl not stop and ask him where bushels of wheat are | , And the Interstate Commerce Commission. So, a rigid investigation by Govern- ment agents may be the means of brimging about a reduction in the cost of bread. The skies begin to brighten over the heads of the ulti- mate consumers. It is time they had their day. It did not take the New York state convention of suffragists very long to resolutions condemning the stance, one million women went on record as agalnst this brand of mili- tancy. o the cause of woman suffrage by members of its own family. Those slick slackers who braved the wedding bells to escape alarum are learning that the call to the colors takes precedence over the call to the collar. This morning looked like anything but September Morn. FACTS AND FANCOIES. The people’s ace is trumping a number of king: Vashville Banner. Absolute prohibition will make it unnecessar: to appoint a ‘hard liquor” dictator.—Washington Star. ““Mike,” says the kai: “take the reins, will yez “Bill”, says Mike, “I can’t drive. ever mind,” says “I'm here.”—Paterson Press- Guardian. ‘When German Surrender Day comes it ought to be added to the list of American holidays.—Detroit Free Press. Many an ignorant man is credited with superior intelligence simply be- cause he doesn’t try to show Off.— Chicago News. ‘With the Coal Czars under control | this part of the world can be made both safer and warmer for democra- cy.—New York Evening World. The Apaches the other day went on the war path, which got so cluttered up with automobiles that the ghost dance had to be called off.—Boston Transcript. Say, boys, not less than six future Presidents of the United States are going to fight in the present war, and more than one of them will be an en- listed man.—Housston Post. If you can pass a colored mar | carrying a catfish or two on a string, he caught them you are getting old.— | Paterson Call. The drouth in Germany is said to continue. Well, if there had to be a drouth somewhere this year, Provi- dence seems to have picked out the right place.—Kansas City Times. We are wholly at a loss to un- derstand the dfficulty of the Russian people in establishing stable govern- ment. They not only have the ini- tiative and referendum, but they also have the recall.—Topeka Capital. .No one to date has presented the claim for exemption offered by a young man in the Clvil war, accord- ing to Artemus Ward, that he was “the only son of a widowed mother who was his sole support.”—Norwich Record. Our Boys. (Judd M. Lewis, in Houston Post). Few were the cheers as our boys went s And the lights of the city which had been high Seemed to have dimmed eyes, with tears; Slight was the clapping and few the cheers As the khakl ranks adown the street, And the rhythm born of their march- ing feet Seemed to envelop and be a part like our Of us, in tune to our throbbing heart. | Our boys! Behind The Colors away, Out of the homes of the yesteryear, Out.of the ways to their feet grown Bt dear, Out of their childhood and . "“hood’s joys "To the, chance of battle—Our boys! * “Qur boys! And- we stood by street, And héard the trend of their march- = ing feet. Our bables of yesterday! they marched in the crowded A smile last night had been out of place; Their heads were high, and on every face Was a light ne'er seen on the sea or sky, | And their tread was firm as they went on by, And their eyes were straight to the | front, and they Seemed to see the trenches and the affray And other ken— God bless and keep them, our fighting men! things that were past our Our fighting men! Who are in the fight : For homes and freedom and God and right ‘Who are in the fight that the world may be Forever safe for democracy! When our marching boys reach the battle front Where our allied comrades have borne the brunt, up and over the breastworks are from one point of the United States to another is on the books of e go— Then God be with them and speed the blow! In that one in-| Just so soon as the White House pickets learn their work is “‘out | of order” at this time, Just so 800N | {een, will begin to recuperate from a blow dealt war's | child- | Wiiere are the Pilgrim Fathers, or, | to be miore exact, their progeny? A | Elance through the list of those in- cluded in the new National Army, as well as the muster roll of the N tional Guard, will show that therc are very few in whose veins course the pure blood of the Pilgrims. And not because of any lack of courage, but rather because of lack of num- bers. The tremendous influx of peoples from foreign countries dur- ing the last half century has so scendents of the original English | speaking settlers are few and far be- They are vastly outnumbered by the new Americans. That this | has occurred during the last half century can be easily seen by a glance at the long list of names inscribed on the Soldiers monument. This list, comp ng bractically every man who went out from New Britain to the Civil war, has but few foreign | names. They are mostly English, or | of English descent, Irish, and Ger- | man, with a few Dames of other races | thrown in. How different will be | the muster roll to be inscribed fifty vea hence on some monument | which our posterity will raise to com- memorate the boys and men who will have marched away to the present war. The foreign names will predom- inate and the old-fashioned family | names, names that were borne by the early settlers of this new great nation, will be in a minority. All of which goes to prove that the selective draft act is the great amalgamatioh of Americans. It is the melting pot in which all races go, only to come out pure Americans. And it is going to be the National Army which does it, an army every bit, as honorable as the regulars. In the National Army will appear men who stayed calmly at their dally tasks until the great call came, the first real call to | the colors that this nation has ever seen. And then they responded. All praise to the National Army, as well as those in other branches of the service. o .. The recent suggestion that be- cause the city rents her farmland the taxes on Mrs. Mary A. Tracy’s prop- erty in Stanley Quarter he abated 's one of the most absurd and unfair, not to say possibly illegal, plans that have come to light in City hall in some time. And it is all the more astonishing since Mayor Quigley him- self has stepped forth as the cham- plon of the property owner and ex- pressed a_belief that the taxes should be abated. On what grounds? The reason is just as preposterous as the plan. The mayor has said that be- cause Mrs. Tracy is showing her pa- triotism and “doing her bit” by rent- ing the land to the city and that the taxes should be abated as a part con- sideration. Without going into the legality of such a procedure, it ap- pears most unfair on the fact of it. The general system of taxation is founded essentially on a basls of equible assessment. Mr. Brown pa his taxes willingly because Mr. Smith also has to pay in proportion and Mr. Doe pays his taxes hecause his neighbor docs likewise, the principle of taxation being that it is no re- specter of persons. If Mrs. Tracy’s taxes are to be abated because she is “doing her bit” by renting her land to the city, for which, incidentally, she received $430 in advance, then why should not the taxes of all the men who have enlisted in the army or navy also be abated? These men are “doing their bit' which is, as a mat- |ter of fact, considerably more than {the property owner's bit, and they | certainly are entitled to any conces- | sions coming. The mavor has set | forth in argument that Mrs. Tracy is { actually losing money by letting the | city rent her 43 acres at $10 per acre, | and that she could have rented it | for $12 per acre only she wnted to | help the city. At the last council | meeting Maver Quigley made some | surprising statements. Speaking of | this farmland he said the taxes cost the owner $3 per acre, and then, | auoting some figures of uncertain ori- | Bin, he concluded with the astounding | statement that by permitting the city | to use this land the owner is actually | losing several dollars an acre. Such !a statement needs no comment and is amply answered hy the fact that at the time the owner gave the city another option on the same land at | the same vnrice. Not only would it be establishing a dangerous prece- Gent: not only would it be unfair to ! the other taxpavers: not only might {1t be illegal; but also it would be iansurd and farcical for the mayor {and aldermen. representing the city and its taxpayers, to abate taxes on | property which it rents and pays for. i ..o | important factor in a spent, but The most | vacation is not where it is }rathcr. how it is spent. A good va- cation is one which results in some | healthful bencfit to the vacationist; | one in which we return to our work *fcehng better, stronger and - more T capable of performing our daily tasks. Some of us have enjoyed our vaca- tions while others have yet to have their “two weeks with.” Seashore, country, mountains or the old home town call strongly in this annual period of lelsure and we all follow | our own preference in choosing Where {to spend our vacation, most of us being governed only by the practical and ever present item of expense. .. ‘With the passing of Labhor Day also passes that greatest of midsummer sports, travelling incog. Both are equally affected when the grand expose comes. The daughter of the Pittsburgh Steel King will return to her job behind the counter in the de- partment store; the young heiress will once more come to earth and again preside over the typewriter in the downtown office. At the same time the scion of a Chicago Wheat Baron will fold up his flannel trousers and put his swallow tail coat in moth balls while he goes back to his job dispensing soda water at the corner sexes L, changed the population that the de- | store in the old burg; while the numerous young brokers, bankers and other business men of note will return to their old time jobs from 7 to 6. Its a great life while it lasts, this vacation bluff, and the funny part of it is that each really thinks he has put something over. A few days ago the Herald carried a story dealing with the activities of a couple of state policemen who took all markers from their automobile and then drove along frequented roads to see how alert local author- ities were. These same sleuthing state policemen might do well to loiter in the vicinity of New Britain H on a few pleasant evenings to sce how well certain other obvious laws are being carried out. Chief among these might be suggested the law which provides that all vehicles. bicyeles included, using the highway at night display a light (a load of hay alone excepted). Also, the law regulating the slare of searchlights on motorcyeles and motor cars. The statute which states that no minor under 16 years of age shall be per- mitted to operate a car alone might also bear some investigation and the rule governing the action of traffic at intersecting streets might be enforced to hetter advantage, to say nothing of the law which states that all trucks shall be properly posted with the maximum and minimum capacity, or the same law which provides that all such vehicles and other covered ve- hicles shall be equipped with a mirror hich will reflect the hizhway in the rear. Schools will be opening within a short time and this year, more than ever before, will the young boyvs and youths be begging their parents to let them ‘“leave school and go to work.” Because of the scarcity of labor there are undoubtedly many jobs that will look good to both par- ent and child, but the parent, before letting his child leave school to as- sume the burdens of life, should look far into the future. He should dis- regard what seems to be a good job today and look ahead and try to dis- cern what the relative benefit will be to his son 20 years hence. In these days of free schools every parent owes it to his children to give them the best education possible and in proof of the argument that really needs no proof, viz: that education pays in the long run, is the following statement given‘out In the local office of the superintendent of schools: Every day spent in school pays the child nine dollars. Here is the proof. Uneducated laborers earn in the aver- age of $500 per year for 40 years, a total of $20,000. High school gradu- ates earn on the average $1,000 per year for 40 years, a total of $40,000. This education required 12 years of schooling of 180 days each, a total 2,160 days in school. If 2,160 days at schoo] add $20,000 to the income for life, then each day at schools adds $9.02. The child that stays out of school to earn less than $9 a day is losing money, not making money. Think this over parents, when your boy pleads to be permitted to go to work. Selectmen of small towns were re- cently notified by the state authorities to see to It that all grade crossings were amply protected by the erection of the well known warning signs suffi- ciently far from the tracks to give all traffic due notice of the danger. The local authorities might do well to consider this advice as well for there are several grade crossings in the city which have no such warning signs. Notable among these is the Stanley street grade crossing which, although protected by an alarm bell is so situated that a stranger driving into the city from the south would be upon the tracks before he would be aware of their proximity. It might prove advantageous for the water commissioners to make a quiet visit to Shuttle Meadow lake some pleasant Sunday afternoon or holiday to see just how well the signs which strictly prohibit all loitering, and above all, trespassing on the shores of the reservoir, are being ob- served. On Sunday last within a short space of a few minutes one picnic party of five or six members, including a horse and wagon, to say nothing of a half dozen couples, were found inside the fence on the very shores of the lake. The placs seems to be well posted and it certainly mnust be because people cannot read that they violate the rules for, strange to relate, the horse which brought the merry picnicers to the shores was tethered to the very tree on which the warning sign was posted. This, incidentally, was at a point not many feet from the actual water's edge. Two improvements in Walnut Hill park should not pass unnoticed. These are the blasting away of the ledge of rock in the roadway on the eastern drive which for vears has caused trouble for teams and automo- biles, and the repairing of the Hart street entrance. At the Fairview cem- etery the entrance should be rapaired similarly. Why is it that Superintendent Kibbe of the Town Home has received or- ders not to exhibit at the state fair at Berlin? Can it be possible that it is for fear the exhibits might win some prizes and thus reflect some credit upon the management, which is known to hbe disliked by the ad- ministration. Can it be some such idea that flitted through the mind of Secretary Leland Gwatkin when he characterized the act as one of “pet- ty politics”? Last year the prizes won by the Town Farm exhibits amounted to hetween $180 and $190 all of which went into the city treasury. Had Enough Trouble. “Darling, T have decided to speak to vour father tonight.” “Oh. not tonight, Alfred. He has cut himself shaving, missed a train, broken his glasses and lost an umbrel- la—all since this morning.”—Brown- ing's Magazine. All Kansas Doings. (Kansas City Journal). If it was Kansas cooking that caused Mr. Taft's stomach trouble, don’t forget that-it was Kansas care and Kansas atmosphere that made him well. HOME READ FOR CITIZE ING COURSE N SOLDIERS Thirty daily lessons offered to men selected for service in Na- tional Army as practical help in getting started in the right way. .No attempt is made to give binding rules or directions, the course be- ing informal in tone. These lessons are issued by the War Depart- ment which reserves right to reprint. LESSON NO 18. ARMY INSIGNTA. (Preceding lessons: 1. Your Post of Honor. 2. Making Good As a Sol- dier. 8. Nine Boldierly Qualities. 4. Getting Ready for Camp. 5. First Days in Camp. 6. Cleanliness in Camp. 7. Your Health. 8. Marching and Care of Feet. 9. Your Equipment and Arms. 10. Re- creation in Camp. 11. Playing the Game. 12. Team Work in the Ar- my. 13. Grouping Men into Teams. 14. The Team Leaders. 15. Fight- ing Arms of the Service. 16. Staff Branches of the Service, 1. 17. Staff Branches of the Service, II.) The uniform of the United States Army stands for democracy. It is al- most the same for ail ranks from pri- vate to commanding general—so much so, in fact, that it is often diffi- cult to recognize a man's place in the service at first glance. But a closer view will tell the whole story to any experienced observer. “Insignia’” is the term used to in- clude all badges! buttons, braids, hat cords and other devices which indi- | cates these three things: 1. The rank of each officer or, sol- dier. 2. His branch of the service or his speocial duties. 8. His personal experience or rec- ord. An ordinary private’s uniform car- ries no insignia of rank. When a man becomes a first-class private, however, in the Engineer Corps, Hospital Corps, Ordnance Department, Quartermas- ter Corps, or Signal Corps, he is en- titled to wear on the sleeves of his coat and shirt the design of the de- partment to which he belongs. A lance corporal wears on his sleeve an inverted V-shaped bar. A corporal has two bars, and a sergeant three bars. Below the sergeant’s three V- shaped (inverted) bars may appear a number of additional marks, indicat- ing his duties. For example, a first sergeant, has a dlamond-shaped mark; The stable sergeant has a device rep- resenting a horse’s head; the color sergeant has a star; the battalion quartermaster sergeant has three hor- izontal bars; the chief trupeter has one bar and a device representing a bugle; and so on. All the cloth de- signs, such as those just described, which are sewn on the sleeves, are known as ‘‘chevrons”. Insignia of Rank. Above the non-commissioned offi- cers, rank is shown by varlous insig- nia on the shoulder loops of coats, on the sleeves of coats and overcoats, on the collars of shirts and by hat cords. The most important are those made of metal and sewn on shoulder loops and shirt collars. A major general has two silver stars; a brigadier general, one silver star; a colonel, a silver eagle; a lleutenant colonel, a silver oak leaf; a major, a gold oak leaf; a captain, two silver bars; and a first lieutenant, one silver bar. A second lleutenant has no shoulder insignia. You can readily tell the rank of any officer by glancing at these metal in- signia. It 1s often quite necessary, how- ever, to reconize that some one at a little distance is a commissioned of- ficer in order that you may treat him with the courtesy due to all officers; in this case you look for the marks in- dicating that a man holds a commis- slon without waiting to observe his exact rank. Until recently commis- stoned officers customarily wore leath- er leggings, while all enlisted men wore canvas leggings. However, leather leggings may now be worn by mounted men. The hat cord is anoth- er mark of rank which is easily ob- | served; the hat cords of generals are gold; those of other officers are of gold and black. Another mark of an officer is a band of brown braid about 3 inches from the end of the coat sleeve. Officers of the General Staff Corps wear black braid Instead of brown. On overcoats the braid Is sewn on in loops except that of gen- eral officers, who wear two black bands of braid. Every branch of the service has its special color which appears on the hat cords of enlisted men, on the chevrons of non-commissioned offi- cers and in many other places. These colors are: Infantry, light blue. Cavalry, yellow. Artillery, scarlet. Adjutant general’s, inspector gener- al's, and judge advocate general's de- departments, dark blue. Engineer Corps, scarlet intertwined with white. Signal Corps, with white. Medical Department, maroon. Quartermaster Corps, buff. Ordnance Department, black inter- twined with scarlet. By remembering these colors you will often be able easily to recognize men and troops. In addition to these colors, every branch of the service has its own device with all of which will soon become familiar. Regimental Insignia. The number of the regiment to which each man belongs is on the col- lar of his.ccat. All regimental num- bers will run in three different series, showing whether each regiment was originally a part of the Regular Army of the National Guard .or of the new National Army. The numbers of reg- iments formerly of the Regular Army will begin with the figure 1 and run up to the figure 100; those of regi- ments formerly in the National Guard will begin with figure 101 and run up orange intertwined to 300; those of regiments in the new National Army will begin with figure 301. The former National Guard regi- ments will show also their former State designations, as, for example, (1st Me.), (2d Pa.), eto. The device DOING HIS BIT ALBERT F. WAGNER. August 9, 1915, Albert F. Wagner enlisted in the navy as a seaman and { immediately entered the service. Since becoming a member of Uncle Sam’s fighting forces, he has seen some thrilling experiences. He was on the Memphis at the time it was wrecked but escaped safe and sound. At present his whereabouts is un- known. He is on board ship “some- where in the Atlantic’. Wagner is the son of Policeman and Mrs. F. L. Wagner of 210 Glen street. Before he enlisted he attend- ed and graduated from the Grammar school in this city. of regiments of the new National Ar- * my in the same way will show the state from which each organization, or the bulk of it, was drawn, as, for example, (W. Va.), (Minn.), etc. Thus you will easily be able to recognize not only the man’s regiment but also the section of the country from which he comes and how he got into the ser- vice. . Your insignia should have—and will have—a big and deep meaning for you. You ;will come to respect them and to wish to honor them. You will find that they are more to you than pieces of cord and cloth and metal. Behind you are the herolc. deeds of thousands of men who performed du- ties similar to those you now per-. form. Your insignia stands for the bravery, the skill, and the self-sacri- fice which your rank and your branch of the service demand. The Photographer of Ypres. (Pitsburgh Gazette Times.) Thick-skinned indeed must be the German who, after the war, can ig-i nore serenely the reminders of his country’s crimes. His period of so- cial probation will be longer than his government’s term of international trial; wherever he goes he will ba made conscious of the misery and ruin his mad monarch’'s murderous cligue wreaked on the world. The | photographer of Ypres 1 getting, rready for the future and with his camera has been preparing souvenirg j for the Germans to take home when they come visiting to France. With | brave persistence the photographer remained in the town after the Ger- snan onslaught and was there through- j out the first battle of Ypres. As socn as he could go about in safety he be- gan to make a ‘‘Before and Aftery series of plctures, drawing on his stock of negatives used in times of | peace to show a street, building or monument as it was, and placing be- side it a photograph of the sama scene after the German Kultur bath. This would have been enough for an \ ordinary mind, but apparentiy the French camera man has ideas. When the second battle of Ypres began tha, British ordered him to leave for his own safety. This he did, but cama back afterward and began a new series of pictures to be called “Be- fore and After—and After.” The children and the children's ckildren of this generation of Gers { mans will help pay ‘he penalties fox the sins of their fathers. Useless ta argue against the injustice of this: the French, English and Belgians— and possibly now the Americans— will not be quick to forgive. . You Know the Type. (Atlanta. Constitution.) “I am perfectly willing to sign the food conservation card,”” said one® housewife whose complaint was simi- lar to that of many others, “but my husband doesn’t want me to. Wa talked it all over and he says ha won’t go without the things he has been accustomed to and he wont eat any meat substitutes or war breads, You know how men are. Yes, we know the type. We know how some men are—gross, unimagin- ative, gluttonous and perhaps patrios tic till it comes to the first trivial sacrifice they are called upon to make for their country. This man is also | the kind who sayvs the place of wom- ;en is in the kitchen and who is quite | earnest in his conviction that the man of the family earns all the money and the wife should be content to get what she can. Yes, dear wife. Wa know how men are. We konw tha( type. And we pity you more than we pity the country that is depend« ing upon the sacrifices of sueh meny for assisance.