Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 30, 1917, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917 dlorwich Bulletin and gnur-el‘ 121 YEARS OLD Sulscriptibn price 13¢ & weelk; 50 o munth: S6.60 a year. Hntered at the Postoffice a1 Norwich Jonn. @8 second-class matter. Telephone Calla: Bulletin Business Office 480. Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2. Willimantic Office, 625 Main Street. Telephone 210-2. " Norwich, Friday, Nov. 30, 1917. CIRCULATION 1901, aver: . 4412 19086, November 24, 1917.... 9,386 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusive- entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news despatches eredit- ed to it gr not otherwise ecredit- ed in thif paper and also tiae local news published herein. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. average A JOB FOR FUEL ADMINISTRA- TORS. Aftér he has apparentiy witnessed the burning of piles of railroad ties alongside the tracks in Massachusetts, a resident of Poughkeepsic writes to the Springficld Republican expressing his indiznatior that such firewood should be thus destroysd without benefit to anvoms, and that the roads should direct section foremen not to give such fuel zway to those who would be glad to get it. That railroads have been forced to this action in the past to protect them- sélves against trespassing ond to pre- vent the lose of life amonz those who would be removing such ties is well understocd, but there are roads which have recoenized the valile of such tizs and are having them cut into stov lencths for w© at stations aleryg their own lincs. Put from the statement of the writer there ar> those who are still burning them and as he says, this 'at waste ought to he stopped. n view of the fact the state fuel administrators have been urging the people of New England to use as fully as possible the supplies of native cord wood as a relief to the coal supply, and the fact that cord wood is com- manding an uvnusually high price at the présent time there is an excellent oppertunity for these administrators to use their infiuence in putting a stop to this deplorable waste of good fuel wherever jtexists. The old ties should be utilized and it is time that the mat- ter was taken up with such roads as are burning them for no other purpose than to get rid of them and have an end put to such a wasteful practice, for if the roads cannet use the wood others can. SAFEGUARDING TROOPS SUPPLIES. & Under the belief that it would re- sult in greater efficiency and provide thereby hn increased mcasure of safety, it has beem urged from the time the country entered the war that the vessels of this country which are being used to tramsport troops and supplies should be officered and man- ned under the regulations of the navy. It has taken some time to get the different interests involved in such transportation to see the merit of such action but the latest report from Washington is to the effect that those who opposed it have beem won over and the idea is to be put into ef- fect very soon all such officers and men being placed in the naval re- serve. This does not of course mean the exclusion of the capable steamship officials and able seamen who are now rendering excellent service in that very direction for they wil! have an opportunity to remain there by en- listing in thé reserve, but it will mean that from the time the change goes into effect that such vessels will be operated as nawal vessels are oper- ated. This w® mean ths exclusion of civilians, thus reducing the danger of enemy aliens and it will also mean 2 higher degree of discipline -will be cnforced, ail of which is of the great- est importance when rassing through the zohes where the submarines are operating, and it cannot fai! to be ap- preciated that right thers is where every precaution must be exercised. Every safeguard which is thrown about troops and supplies, whether on land or sea is needed and no opportu- nify to improve conditions can be overlooked. DEVELOP UNUSED LAND. According_ to Senator Harding of Ohio there are 500,000,000 aeres of unused but usable land throughout the country of which 30,900,000 acres are in New England, 85,000,000 in the middie states an@ 180,000,000 in the Pacific states. It is his belief that there should be a development of this Jand in arder to better take care of the requirements of the countty. The création of greater interest in farm- ing and the development of inténsive work ‘in all agricultural pursuits has lang been advocated and with certain 2o0d restilts. But there is plenty of opportunity for more, and iIn or- der to bring it about it is the sugmestion of the Ohio senator that should get a small farm from the war. no question but what m——n—-@ AND | saged in agricuttural pursuits ana those employed industrially is needed. The idea of the small farm for each soldier may be the way to bring that about but this is planning things for the returned soldiers who may be in- clined to feel that they should bave the privilege of deciding their future employment for themselves. Because they have been soldiers thcy may not be willing to be farmers. There can be no question but what the idea of Jeveloping small farms is an excellent one, for there must ba small ones as well as large ones.. Some use, how- over, should be made of this vast ex- tent of unused and tiljable land and it might be well if encouragement in such development was not delayed un- til after the war. It is a matter to which congress and the different states can well give some considera- tion. TROLLEY FREIGHT SERVICE. While every effort is being made to bring about greater efficiency in the operation of the railroads in order to overcome the congestion which has been caused by the inadequate trans- portation faciiities as compared with the amount of business which the transportation lines are beinz asked to handle, the suggestion has been made that the trolley systems be usefl as extensively as possible in an effort to relleve the strain upon the rail- roads. There can be no question but what a vast amount of the short haul busi- ness could be handled in such a man- ner with the result that improved ser- vice could be obtained in the neizh- borhood of large cities and between smaller places and at the same time the desired relief would be extended to the railroads. There is already a considerable volume of business done in this manner on lines radiating from +his ecity and it can be readily appre- c'ated that all help of this kind, with the express companies choked with and the railroads. unable to the shipments, contributes to the cutting down of car hortages and blockades as well as re- ducing the necessity for embargoes. That the trolley freight business is susceptible to much greater develop- ment seems reascnable. That there is need for all the help that can be se- cured in meeting the transportation problem needs no repetition and if it is impossible to furnish greater freight service during the day time there are many hours after the passenger ser- vice ends at ht which could be made good use of in a pinch. STERN MEASURES R‘EEUIRED. None too prompt action has bee taken by the government officialz in seizing the Italians cn the western coast who were involved in the plot to start a revolution in Italy for overthrow of the king and the aiding thereby of the operations of the Cer- mans and Austrians, and the same must be sald of the raid which was conducted uport the headquarters of that allegzed anarchistic ersanization and the seizure of the literature which was found there. Such shows how the anarchistic sen- timent which prevails among the sub- jects of all nations is heing capitalized for the purpose of giving sympathy and aid to the enemy. We can no ngre tolerate the start of a revolu- tion here against Italy than we cou'd the fomenting of trouble on our shores which was intended to affect India. uch people are simply working soinst the interests of a nation which is fighting the same enemy as we are and it is of the grentest importance that we should nip all attempts of that kind in the bud 2ut these anarchists had planned to zo further. They were not only work- n= to harm Italy but they were also soing ‘o strike at the United States through the seizure of foodstuffs, which plan there is rcason to believe was to extend throughout the cdun- try and not confined solely to the western coast. It is in keeping with the I. W. W. sentiments and efforts. Prompt suppréssion and adequate punishment is what is called for. They need to be dealt with by a firm hand for the benefit which the resuitant lesson will have upon others, who may be similarly inclined. EDITCRIAL NOTES. The day after is always worse than blue Monday. . than the the food It was a day when far less usual attention was paid to pledge cards. P SR, The daughter of the former czar now knows something of the troubles of | others in getting away from Siberia. The rasp of the snowshove! again brings music to many an ear, but to the operator the shorter the selection the better. It only requires a few cold days to form the ice that is bound to attraet the youngsters and send many to an uatimely grave. The man on the corner says: It will be impossible to add many more of the go-without days each week with- cut doubling up. ‘This is the season of the year when the worthy poor, the sick and dis- abled should be remembered by those who are in better circumstances. The faction that comntrols the sup- plies of Russia looks like the one that is going to have the most influence in the long run In that country. Even if the Bolsheviki have been talking * with the kaiser by wireless, it enly indicates how gemerally every- thing is up in the air over there. The judge who prohibited knitting in .his court preperly anticipated the trouble and interruptions that could be expected from the dropped stitches. When Austria asked Italy for an ar- mistice to bury its dead, it is evident that that country has work to do t'hleh it had net adequately planned tor. [ —— Regardless of the three per cent. crder and the demand for a beerless day thefe will ungueationably be stérn pposition to any attempt at a collar. s beer. Can anyone imagine German . sail- ors jumping overbeard to save -Amer- ican sallors? 'Their attitude is to stand on the deck amd jeer while the other fellow drowns. Germany now wants to rent to Cnile its vessels which are interned In its harbors. - Thb indfeates a be- lated effort to c favor in nuu nuotwuhovm “Well, Luc; greeted the pink cheeked girl ~ “I haven't seen you for an age! Have you been away.” The girl in brown disgppeared into the_depths of a huge armchair.. “Yes,” she murmured weakly, two weeks.” “Why, Lucy Rowe” objected the pink ruffled girl, “vou have not! I saw you only da; before vesterday. You were with a determined looking person in a green hat. You seemed to be in a hurry.” Lucy *sat up with a ferk. “I didn’t say I'd been out of town,” she defended. “I said "d been away, and I have. I've been se2ing the sights with my cousin June from Ohio. I've been up on ontmorency’s tower to get a bird" 'e view and I've been out in the lake to see the shore line. I've consorted with every mummy in the museums and every old statue in the art gallerie: T've haunted sreen- houses and catteries and the park zoos until I feel intimate wth every one in town. TI'va visited all the seats of| learning and most of tke churches. I've attended five concerts and a lot of plays and een down in the Rus- sian quarter to buy old brass. T've— “Somebody stop that girl cried the person with pink ffles. “It fa- tigues me to hear her! You daqn't mean to say that you did all that in two “for y a scornful gesture. “All that!” she echoed. “That isn't one-half.” “You see Cousin Jane is a determin- ed person,” Lusy continued. “I had thought that she’d like to sit around and knit, with maybe a few tea par- ties and a matinec. I imagined Ohio people to be quiet in their tastes. But Cousin Jane arrived with a guide book and a complete schedulc for every day of her visit. She's one of these wild- eved women who worry for fear they’ aren't getting the most out of life. She had planned to sightsee five places on that first day, so 1 had nothing to do whatever but be personaily conduct- ed. TI've forgotten just what we saw, but T know I had a heéadache and a cinder in my eye and biistered feet and Jumbago when we got hocwne. But Cousin Jane had had a wonderful time. She went out aszain that night to a cabaret and saw a longhaired person she thought was an artist—it took her an hour to record her im- pressions in her fat, red diary. A TOUCH OF THE STRENUOUS Have you ever seen the Hawaiian room in the Art union? No? Well, when you go you ought to go with Cousin Jane. She had studied the sub- ject beforehand so that she could speak familiarly of everything she saw. I know that she could earn a fortune as a guide. I'm going to sug- west it to her! She was awfully cornful of me because I don’t know any queer Bohemian people who write or paint or anything; I thought of asking you out, Helen, as vou're the queerest person I know. but we didn't have time. “The third day we spent in Ohio. That is we called on all the Ohio peo- ple that live in town. I'd no idea there were so many. That state must be depopulated. “And one day we shopned. If you want to learn how to shop, take ies- sons from 3 country cousin! Cousin Jane was very firm about seeing ev- ery suit in town befors she selected one. Ana I think she wanted the saleswoman to take part payment in eges from the farm, but I'm not quite sure ‘ousin Jane was awfully surprised because I didn't know all our rela- tives-in-law who live hercabouts. She should think I'd see them every day or so since we live in the same town. And she thought I was neglecting my opportunities dreadfully not to be studying art and music and socfal sci- ence and aesthetic dancing. She ouldn’t understand why I didn’t go in for five or six things. If she lived I know.” murmured the pink cheek- ed girl sympathetically. “My aunt from Montana was here last summer. But T've always been glad T bad that op- portunity to see the sights. f“'l"hv! pink ruffied girl sigher mourn- ¥ T hagen’'t any country relatives” she mourned. “T've neyer been in tow- ers and things. It sounds awfully in- tefesting. But I suppose vou do get tired. Why don’t vou go into the country and rest for a few days, Lucy? The gffl in brown collapsed into her chair. “The country!™ she exclaimed. “It would be too :trenuous: No, sir, I'm going to stay right here and rest! I may not know how te get the most out of a ‘city, but I do know how to rest in it. Cousin Jane didn’t—Exchange. STORIES OF THE WAR Bravery of the Somali Soldiers. Two hundred and sixty-four per- sonal eitations for bravery have been won by the Negro soldiers of a’ sin- gic Somali battalion since it landed In France in June, 1916. Of thefe citations 190 were gained in the fierce battles in the vieinity of the Aisne and the remainder in the neighbor- rood of Verdun. The Somalis, many of whom were recruitefl in Pritish Somali land, are very independent in gharacter and find the disciplite of lan crganized army very severe. Their French offi- cars; however, are accusfomed to deal with these freedom-loving tribesmen and by appealing to their pride of race and their self-respect obtain their devoted obedlence to such an extent that they rapidly bescome ex- cellent soldiers. These men learn to; handle modern infantry weapons quickly and furnish many specialicis n the grenade-throwing rifle and ma- hine-gun secticns of French re; ments, for the men are of very high intelligence aad are full of natural in- itiative. Very valuable adjuncts in these branches of fighting—while at kand-grenade throwing they.are eec- cnd to none in’ the army. . Meticulously clean of habit, the Somalis, ,who are strict Mohamedans, never touch wine or alcohol. In faet, they look on any man given to_ intox- eation with the greatest disdain. They are self-sacrificing to a degree. as was_evidenced during their attack en La Bovelle, when they had to clear out the shelters in a tremch which tbye had just captured, and which ~were still full ‘of Germans who had taken refuge there from the bombard- ment. One of their European ser- geants was about to enter a dug-ot known to be full of armed enemies when he was pushed aside by a So- mali private with the exclamation. “Let me go first. You are a married man. A widely prevalent fallacy has charged the negroes with savagery against their captives. Their officers cay this charge has been disproved time and azain after fights at Ver- dun, in Champagne and North of the Aisne. The Associated Press corre- spondent saw negro troopers brimging in batches of prisoners after a battle zt La Bovelle, when a French artil- lepyman approached them to take one of the prisoner's shoulder-straps as a souvenir. Onme of the negro escort, however, became indignant and shouted: “Over there in the trenches you might have taken one, but now that Le Germans are prisoners they must be treated like women and protected.” And the artilleryman had to go away without his souvenir. TAXES. By Hermann Hagedorn of The Vigi- taxes on telegrams, taxes on theatre tickets, taxes on parlor-car seats, taxgs on ci ttes, taxés on pretty near'y everything under the canopy from the movies to railroad fares. ‘War costs money. This p‘rumll-r war is costing this particular country about forty-two million dellars a day The government is paying these ex- penses by issuing Liberty Bonds and by_levying taxes. You can dodge W’Hf Liberty Bonds —if your conscience will let you. But you can’t dodge taxes. They stick as close to you as your shadow. ‘Wherever you go, there they &re, mow Jumping in front of you, long and thin. now snuggling close to you, round and fat, but always there. = Your shadow may not go to'bed with you, but he is right there when you get up in the morning. It is the same with taxes. Your pocketbook is going to feel as though an imp had bored a hole in it to_let the dimes run -out. But there- is a_consol There 1§ mrh(y consolation. Every penny that/goes for taxes goes for the great- -&anle to which a _people was ever ed to contribute. Every extra cat you paste on letters is.a bullet sent whizzing by you into trénches. Every no question about that. But whether vou like it or not, whether yow miss them or not. the dollars are goins. The question now is: Are you_goirg to get your momey’s worth in freedom | thority and lasting peace for vourself and your childgen out of this war, or are vou going to add to these departing dollars the still greater sum you will have to pay if Germany wins apf, the Kaiser cails on America for triite Whether you have bought Libert” nds or whether vou are only a tax- | payer in the war for democracy, you have gone into partnership with the United States Government and the United States Army and Navy. Every soldier in the trenches, every eailor in the great flcet is your partner in busi- ness. He is on “the road.” working for yvou. Your job is to advertise the busi ness; to increase the firm's good will; TODAY and TOMORRO W VAUDEVILLE BIG BANNER BILL OF KEITH HEADLINERS Kennedy Sheridan & Day In the Delightful Comedy Skit With Songs “The Honeymconers” THE FENWICK GIRLS “The Harmony Maids” in a Dainty Signing Offering “The Songologist” l SAM HARRIS Tickling Tunes and Topics ARTCRAFT FEATURE Elsie Ferguson in Barbary Sheep A Six part Picturization of the CURRENT NEWS 1 Popular Novel by Robert Hichens. CONCERT ORCHESTRA to think, think, think about the needs of the business; to talk, taik, talk “®eut the righteousmess of America's cause; and to work, to work and to WORK, backing up your partner “over | i so that that cause may be trl\ i there” umphant. You and Uncle Sam are partners. You have invested money with him. You have gone into business with him. It is up to you as well as up to him to make that business a success. OTHER VIEW POINTS Four weeks will go by before we know they have gone. ime flies in iust such a manner. Christmas will be upon us ere we are aware. As ex- press offices, and post offices through- out the land will be working over- time from now on an ounce of com- mon sense displayed at this time will bring in many moments of. joy one gl ko today — T¥ea Dritam: Her ald. In waging war recklessly for do- minion and plunder, Germany has carned our gratitude as well as our detestation, for she has compelled us to champion the cause of independent nationalities. She has taught us that a great governmental trust above la far more dangerous than a greal commercial or industrial trust with- out restraint could be. She has shown us that the state claiming divine au- unquestioned obedience from the working class and creating an organized bureaucracy among its ad- ministrators, develops as a prevailing type the most brutal and untruthful | body of men the world has ever seen. | By ‘making Ckristian eivilization old- fashioned she has shown us how pre- ciqus and essential true Christianity She has shown us that a nation be materially strong. and spirit- of the lowest order. She has shown us that a common school edu- catlon may be so perverted as to turn capable of reasoning. and regarding men of other nations as beasts of the field. Germany is the great object lesson to teach democ- racy.—Hartford Times. Administering the draft law the United States $8,660,450. cos GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES What was it that made Lincoln the greatest figure in human history? It was the sublime simpMeity of his mind, his glorious fidelity to the eter- nal truths that shene for him as they shine for all of us if we vSill but lift our eves from the gutter to the stars, his freedom from the tvranny of the noisy, scrambling, bat-syed tumult around him. He saw that men was something more than the slave of the machine he had created, and with his few simple jdeals he clove his way to the most glorious and disinterested victoty ever achieved by man for men. If humanity is not te perish it must recover its vision. Tt must emerge from the machine into what Words- worth calls “the, light of things. It must renew its faith to the first prin- ciples of existence and roake the ma- chine the instrument and not the master of its fate—Aipha of the Plough in the Star (London). A lion-hearted Italian mayor, wel- coming allied warriors to his native land, declares that the FLour of new and unexpected danger has united Ttaly as she never was united before. That means much. No ether people on earth know o hitter'y the meaning of disunion. The Maly which Napo- leon remodelled. the land which had been the hebovelent mistress of the en- tire known world. was divided into the ill-governed Papal States, into the Austrian possessiens in Lombardy. in- to the Fourbon possessions at unhap- py Naples, inte five futile republies, and innumerable tvrannous duchies. There is inspiration-in tbe thought of the allied conferéence at Nervi, for it _lles only seven miles from Genes, which gave té the world two of its nobdlest soms in Columbus and Maz- zinl. The one discovered _realms which Caesar never knew: the oth er restored the nation which gave Cazsar birth. It was at Genoa that Garibaldi struék his firét blow. It was the sentence of death passed upon him for his attempt te take this oid port that_drove him te America, where. in Columbus's werld. he married the he- roic woman whe became ancestress of the Caribaldis fighting for the Moth- er!aml today. The fighting around Besrsheba, Ga- za, and other fameus biblical cities must kave awakened strange memo- ries in the hearts of our men. Little @d they think » féw years ago. when reading a none too inteerstinz chapter in Sunday school, that thev would ever set eyes on the places of which they wera learning. A visit to the Prom- ised Land some few might have deem- ed a possible trip during old are, but as conquerors! Not ome could have dreamed of that likelihood. David's battles are being fought over a=ain in real life, and the bovs of our Sunday schools are winning them. My friend Mrs. X showed me a few months ago some extracts from let- ters she -had received her hus- band. an Ex\!fi colonel at the Ital- ian front with the British guns, which Rer=Ghen co-opergtiils I the vioto. rious offensive. She bas given me permission to send them to you, and at suich a moment as th(s their publi- cation, ome thinks, would be in sea- son. 1 give the extracts. with thele thelr| dates, as they lie before me; no eomment to show their interest as eountrymen who had excep- means :hd ‘qualifications for !urm“ls who talk lightly of the Ttalians could see what they do. The infantry are magnificent. 1 should hardly have be lieved they could stick it. I watched the battls yesterdav and could see the Austrian shelling Cadorna is a-grant man, I think. It is a terrfic struggle, as_the shell fire is very hcavy.” June 4—*“The Italian infantry are marvelous. They stand the most aw- ful grueling. In the dressing sta- tions they are stoic: I believe they must be quite as good as any infan- try in the world. * * * Some of my officers who were up in the trench- | es in a very hot corner think that the infantry are really braver than any other.” June 7.—“One of our officers was caught in a heavy bombardment the other day, and he describes the Ital- ian infantry as behaving splendidly. Of course, regiments vary; but most -UIDIOEIIXD 31T UGS PA®Y T 9SOU) JO arily brave. They suffer silently and never buck! The Northern Ttalian is a splendid chap. As for the Alpini, they have not their equals, I believe, anywhere. I have been in the trench- es and have watched their attacks and seen the Austrian bombardments.” June 23—-“Yesterday morning at 4.45 1 went up to the trenches with an Italian artillery major. The bat- teries he eommands are wonderful- Iy_kept and comstructed.” | Whatever be the whole explanation of the misfortune which has just over- taken the arms of our ally, let us be- ware of forming rash conclusipns from it ag the worth of the Italian army or of its commander.—Letter to London ‘Times. D The newl, tor General apee sppeinted Deputy Direc- recruiting was, when ‘war broke out. a busy Pregbyterian minister. The Rev. J. R. McLean be- n by voluntary exertions in_ recruit- g, and so succeeful was he that the war office asked for his whole time. So he gave up his pastorate at Car- diff, and now bas the country for his “parish” and the rank of colonel. “l assure you,” said one of Uncle Sam’s most alert politicians, who are over here studyving war conditions, “we cannot understand the position in Ire- land. In the Middle West with its forty million population, the Irish arc amongst the keenest for the fight. ‘They are subject to no oecult influ- ence, either German of Binn Feiner, nor do the Catholics take their politics from the Vatican. Meanwhile, the rough treatment of the United States sailors in southern Ireland has gone far to ‘estrange American opinivn from the Irish extremists. Our American visitors are impress- ed also by the necessity-of ships, more ships, still more ships. It is a war of tonnage, they say. On the Clyde they have witnessed our organ- ized activity to overcome shortage, due to enemy activity, and praise the spirit and methods of the northern shipbuilders. “We also are building ships,” they declare, and register a vow that they will do their best to acocelerate output. “And you rant more destroyers,” ‘they say. “How it was to see the Stars and ipes on the horizon after 2,600 miles at sea! We wish there were more news about them in the papers.” The difference in sound between the enemy and the ‘friendly -.emhne “is unmistakable,” according to eritical night listener. !!cnmflnth‘m e ————————eee——t—— CHAMPLIN PRESENTING AN ATTRACTIVE MONDAY MATI THE BRILLIANT FOUR- §WHICH ONE SHALL I MARRY? ONE NIGHT ONLY Tuesday, December 4th Y‘I'H NG NEW THIS VEAR H 50, $1.00, $75¢, 50c, 25¢ e Saturday at 10 A. M. *mimfmnwm ALL NEXT WEEK Matinee Daily COMEDY CO. REPERTOIRE OF FAMOUS PLAYS AT POPULAR PRICES NEE AND NIGHT ACT SOCIETY DRAMA Special Added Vaudeville Attraction ENGAGED AT ENORMOUS AND HER COMPANY, PRES HIBITION OF THOUGHT T ANSWER ANY QUESTION. PRICES—Evenings 20c, 30c, 50c. Seats Now Sel EXPENSE, “MADAME WANDA" ENTING HER MARVELOUS EX- RANSMISSION. WANDA WiLL Matinees 10¢, 20c. ling. Phone 537-2 TODAY’S BIG PROGRAMME INCLUDES WILLIAM FARNUM.in “WHEN A MAN’S SEES RED” IN EIGHT BIG PARTS CHESTER CONKLIN A SIDE SPLITTING TWO PART COMEDY “DODGING HIS DOOM” drawn drone, sustained and continueus as the hum of bees among flowering limes, announces the presence of our aeroplanes. The C(erman engines are jerkier, and seem more suited to the name children give to a train—pufi- puft. A private letter just to hand throws some light on how Tommy makes the best of things at the front. On a re- cent cold night an isolated party hit upon the idea of making a small bon- out the cold—a risky pro- coeding with hostilé aircraft hoverinz about. The officer in charge soon culprits, " and ordered to > ‘and retire to their du r of an hour later the officer was astonished -to find aid dug- 1t full of smoke, which he penstrated 2 The men had obe aken the bonfire > now enjovinz crders lite with them. its warmth be London Chronicle. follow y in soldiers’ Our Graves in France is an account, v\l v, of the care ta cemeteries in Franc: Much has been done during the la two years to make b utlfu' the ceme- teries where our sold: Feance by the planting. af Some, in which it is not yet possible to put out permanent plants, are gor- geous masses of color formed by long stretches of annuals bordered b; a rip of well-kept grass. Bach of annual has been sown separately in stretches of some 30 to 40 feet and the color secheme has been carcfully arranged. Dwarf blue lup white, purple, or hronze linarias, cream pink and bronze eschscholotzias, dwarf blue cornflower: rf nasturtiums, ne- mophila, white candytuft, the vellow bartonia, orange alyssum, white and Jilac viscarias, erimson linum, and vel- low and brown coreopsis are among the plants now in bloom. In some places hedgerows of min ure sun- flowers separate the linex of graves and form o background to the rows of crosses. Each streech of annual is separated from the next by a -broad belt of grass or mignonette, and there are not many gardens at home where such a noble display of color can be seen. The fine effect will not be an affair of the moment for asters and other late flowering annuals will fol- who were severe- i out. | BREED THEATRE TODAY AND SATURDAY | MARGUERITE CLARK N “THE AMAZONS” The Famous Play in Which Billie f Burke Starred on Broadway, Writ- ten by Sir Arthur Wing nero. l BILLIE WEST — “THE CANDY KID” A Roaring Two Reel Comedy HEARST-PATHE NEWS e e ma——— e low in succession. Where more permanent pianting has been possible there are several thous- and_roses, chiefly the iittle poiyantha kinds, which have been ‘planted h vinks' and saxifrages on the BFav and the rest of the surface is sow with grass. These cemeteries which ave been made in old apple orchards are perhaps the most beautiful of all, one in particular, which commands an cpen view on one side, ablaze with flowers. 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