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LEGAL NOTICES.

TN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit, Territory of Hawaii
Notice of hearing. petition for pro-
bate of will.
In the matter of the estate of Mrs.
Caroline Clark Of Honolulu, City and
County Of Honolulu, deceased.
A document purporting to be the
last will and testament OF Mrs. Caro-
line Clark, deceased, having on the
14th day of August, A. D. 1915, been
presented to said probate court, and q
petition for probate thereof, praying
for the issuance of letters testament
tary to Henry Smith having been
filed:
1t is ordered, that Thursday, the
10th day of September, A. D. 1915, at
9 o'clock a. m, of said day, at the court
room of said court in the Judiciary
building in the City and County Of
Honolulu, be and the same is hereby
appointed the time and place for
proving said will and hearing said ap-
plication.
Dated Honolulu, August IA, 1915.
BY the court.
JOHN MARCALLINo,
Clerk.
E. c. Peters, attorney for petitioner.
6242-Aug. IA, 81, %, Sept. 4.
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PASSENGERS ExPEGTED

Per Matson str. Manoa, left San
Francisco August 81, due Honolulu
September Miss Al. E. Schooler
Miss Laura Sabey, Miss Marie Pate,
Mr.. Duncan, VIM. Ziegier, Miss Daza
Barnes, Mrs. r. r. Dempsey, Mrs. @.
o. Hotel, Mrs. T. Al Cumming, Miss
M. Tanaka, MISS =. n. angus, Mrs. a.
Vickery, Miss F. Hamlin, j. A. Franco,
Mrs Stanley Gerard, Mrs J. 4. Nc.
Crosson, Master Ezra Cram, Mrs. Fl.
Whyte, Miss Dorothy Podmore, Mrs. g.
J. Cooper, Miss Sarah Dow, r. M.
King, Miss Eva King. Miss M. CIough,
Miss A. H. Lycett. Miss A. e. Mott,
Miss Mabel Armstrong, Miss B.
Weight, Miss 8. E. Matthews, Mrs. IT.
III. Spaulding, Jf., Miss r. Copp, Will
bur j. MacNeil, Miss Crumpton, Mrs,
c. B. Durham, Miss Lottie Jofdon, s.
Wilcox, Miss Louise Mccarthy, Miss
Aileen Mccarthy, Miss A. B. Ting,
Miss NJ. P. Campbell, Miss I. Kelaula,
Miss E. l.. Heen, Miss C.. w. Chace,
Miss M. D. Dean, Miss Rhoma Swan,
NJ. B. Bairos, Miss Mary Raposa, Miss
M. Tullock. Mrs. Emily Morgan, r. A.
Cumming. Miss A. Tan Yam, Miss A.
Starkweather, Miss n. Angus. Miss
Emma Franco, Miss Cora Butler, Mrs.
Jessie Pascee, Mrs s. NJ Crum, L. E.
Davis, w. S. Beeman, Mrs s. Douglass
C. ]. Cooper, Mrs. H. K. Duncan, Miss
Muriel Duncan. Mrs. F. M. King, Miss
G. Richard, Miss Violet Richard, Miss
Katharine L. Woodford, Miss l. A.
Cove, Mrs. L. G. Marshall, Mrs. Ruth
F. Black, H. H. Spaulding, Jr,, Mrs.
Jas. Brayton, Mrs. Grace p. Haven,
Mrs Wilbur j. MacNeil, Miss Jane
Whine, Mrs. ]. A. Macaulay, Miss Ger
trude Mason. Mrs. S. Wilcox, Miss
Lucy Richardson, Miss X. Mcintyre,
Miss Elsie Wilcox, Mrs. W. F. Crock
EFT, Miss Maria Pukoi. Miss X. Hoo
kama
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RESOLUTION NO. 22s.

Be 1t Resolved by the Board of SUI
peryisors of the City and County of
Honolulu. Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars
.fS700.00) be and the same is hereby
appropriated out Of all moneys in the
Permanent Improvement Fund Of the
Treasury for an account known as
Curling, Young Street and ~Pawaa
Road.
Presented by
CFIAS. N. ARNOLD,
Supervisor.
Honolulu, T. H., August II, 1915.
Approved this 1st day of September
A. D. 1915.
JOHN C. LANE,
Mayor, City and County of Honolulu,
T. H.
625S-Sept. 2, 3, 4.
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RESOLUTION NO .223.

Be it Resolved by the Board Of Su,
pervisors of the City and County of
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum of Four Thousand Two Hun.
dred Dollars (S420o.o0) be and the
same are hereby appropriated out of
the Permanent Improvement Fund OF
the Treasury for an account to be
known as Sidewalks and CURLING in
the locations hereinafter specified:
az The Allen, Richards, Halekauila
and Alakea street boundaries of the
old Territorial Fish Market; 62) the
Eva side of River street, from Queen
to Vineyard street; and go the King
street, College Walk and Beretania
street boundaries of Aala Park.
Be it further resolved that the City
and County Engineer be and he is
hereby authorized to proceed with this
work upon approval of this resolution
Presented by
ROBERT W. SINGLE,
! Supervisor.
Honolulu, T. H., August II, 1915.
Approved this LIST day of September
A. D. 1915.
JOHN C. LANE,
Mayor; City and County OF Honolulu,
= T. H.
625S-Sept. 2, 3, 4.
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SHIP THAT HELPFDkIALAkAUAD
THRONE HAS been SOLD AS JUNK

ships had every stitch OF canvas set
to catch the full force OF the light
breeze
AS the coast was neared the wind
fell and the English shin was held OF
from the shore. Not so the Ports
mouth. Her captain jockeyed his yes
sci like yacht and ran in toward the
coast, where fitful catspaws darkened
the waters surface. Cunningly he
caught each one Of these helpful puffs
of wind and the wonderful old slooT
Of war answered to each impulse. Tn
der full sail she elided into port while
her competitor rolled in the calm miles
seward.
so beautifully was the snip
brought to anchor and her canvas
furled that a Russian admiral. then
present, could not refrain from ex-
pressing his admiration. and accord,
ingly sent his fiag-leHtenant with a
letter Of congratulation and praise for
the captain Of the Portsmouth. The
British officers present were very
much chagrined.
+ After many years Of useful service
Eof a varied character in the United
States navy the Portsmouth was
turned over to the New Jersey naval
militia in January, 1895. Later the
old sioep of war was assigned to the
United States Marine Hospital service
for quarantine duty. The ravages Of
time made her no longer fit for even
this field Of usefulness, and after be.
ing tied up for many months at the
navy-yard, Norfolk, she was con,
demned and ordered to he sold,
though the old sea-dogs Of the navy
were reluctant to see her 60
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IRISH LEADER FRoWNS
ON PLEA FOR PEACE

LONDON, Eng-John E. Redmond,
the Irish leader, replying to a letter
addressed to him by Bishop O'Dwyer
of Limerick calling upon him to sup
port the Pope's proposal and urge the
British government to take the first
step toward the support of the pom
tiff's appeal for establishing peace,
declared attempts to bring pressure
to bear upon the government to enter
into peace negotiations would not be
justified when the German powers,
the aggressors in this war. show no
sign Of any disposition to repair the
wrongs inflicted upon Belgium and
our other allies"
Secretary Lansing issued warning
to American airmen not to. fly over
the Canadian border. following CON-
plants that aviators from Washing
ton had flown over British Columbia
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Gallant Old Portsmouth Trained
Guns on Approach to Palace
and Nipped Revolution

| After helping 10 place King Kala,
/ Kaua on his throne here. by training
| her guns in this Tort so that they com
manded the approaches TO the palace
! when the structure was threatened by
revolutionary party. the old sloop
| Of war Portsmouth. a ship which has
done as much for the United States
| as the Constitution or the Oregon. has
been sold tor junk, according to the
Literary Digest, which prints an arti-
Gle to that effect from the New York
Sun.
| Among the POftsmouth's many
achievements, as reviewed by the Di-
| geSt, are that she won California for
US and let the Stars and Stripes float
above the Golden Gate in the course
of her three-quarters of a century ser.
vice in the American navy. In 1916
she forestalled the English in claim
ing California for their own, while
later in China. with the Pacific feet,
she reduced China's Gibraltar" the
Barrier Forts below Canton. The gal
liant craft also saw valiant service in
the Civil War
Concerning the part played in Ho.
Modulus history by the Portsmouth,
the Digests reprint Of the Sun s article
SAYS:
Her last service Of note was to
place King KalakaHa of the Hawaiian
Islands firmly on his throne, when a
revolutionary party threatened to IN
seat him. We read that.
IT was then that the captain of the
Portsmouth and the commander of an
other American naval vessel present
notified the authorities that they
would land sailors and marines to pre-.
serve order In case ofSneed,, and the
ships were warped about so that their
broadsides could sweep the approaches
TO the palace. This display Of sup.
port for Kalakaua sufficed. He was
duly crowned and the revolutionary
party subsidized. r. "f-''''s =4' 49,
King Kalakaua thereafter had the
friendliest feeling for the United
States and looked upon this country
as sponsor for his regency. In a way,
therefore, the old Portsmouth was in
Istrumental in binding the United
States and the island kingdom by clos
er ties, and thus made It both logical
and easy for Hawaii to come into the
Union" A@''t ~.. 4
AT another time, the Portsmouth
put one over on a British war yes.
sci, in a race TO reach Honolulu har,
bor Says the article: .S@.E
she finally reached Honolulu an.
proximately on her fortieth birthday,
where she soon convinced all behold.
ers that she was in the prime of life.
by the marvellous exhibitions Of her.
sailing qualities. It was her com
mander's secret desire while there to
try her out against a British craft OF
somewhat the same build and Feputa-
ton, and, as we are told: 4
The opportunity came when both
ships were bound back to Honolulu
after a brief cruise. 81 The friendly con-
test was on the moment the two ships
sighted each ether.H The eircum.
stances had more than one historical
precedent, for our sailor officers had
many times 'outstrfpped their British
rivals IN the past in this matter Of
seamanshfp.
1.-THE harbor Of Honolulu is a diff
cult one to enter because of currents
and coral reefs. The British COM
mander played for sea-room. Both
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TRANSPORT SERVICE

Logan, from San Francisco for Manila,
due here Sept. H.. .r
Thomas, from San Francisco to Ma
Mia, left Honolulu August II.
Sherman, from Manila to San Francis
co, left here Sept. 4. ss*as q.
Sheridan, from Honolulu to san Fran
cisco, still at coast.
Dix, due here between Sept. 25 and
. 80, from Manila, for Seattle.
Warren, stationed at the Philippines.
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SEALED TENDERS.

Sealed tenders will be received by
the Board of Harbor Commissioners
until 200 p. m. of Wednesday. Sep
TENDER Is. 1915. for the cleaning and
PAINTING of galvanized iron roof. ridge
roll and cutters, Pier No. shed, HO-
nolulu. T. H.
Blank forms Of proposal are on file
in the office Of the Board of Harbor
Commissioners, Capitol Building, Ho-
Holulu, T. II.
The Board of Harbor Commission
Prs reserves the right to reject any
or all tenders.
CHARLES r. FORBES,
Chairman, Board CT Harbor Commits
SiOnCrS.
Honolulu. September /, 1915.
625S-Sept 2, 3, 4, {, 8, 9, 10, II, IS, A.
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TRENCHES Being
MADE READY FOR
Use in WINTER

DUNKIRK, France.-All along the
French front preparations are going
steadily forward for the winter cam.
pain. In the trenches the greatest pos
sible degree of care Is being taken to
protect the men, not only against at
tack, but also against the rigors OF
weather. ~. ~. =, VI
Tar Is being extensively used where
ever the intrusion of water is likely
to occur, the effort being to make the
trenches as nearly water-tight as pos
sible. = Drainage OF various kinds is
being provided, and concrete is being
freely used to provide weather-proof
shelters. ssss.,z ) .s~t.s, -. -,
If 1T is necessary to make use of the
same trenches this winter as the
troops occupied last winter, they will
not suffer so largely from wet and
frozen feet, and it will be possible to
sleep or rest with some degree Of
comfort instead of In the mud. *.
For the protection of the troops IN
the advanced trenches, the use of
barbed wire is being largely extended.
The driving of the posts for the wire,
which was formerly done with heavy
mallets the sound of which was often
the signal for a volley from the en-.
envy, is now accomplished noiselessly
by machinery. =
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HALLS

Mails are due from the following
points as follows:
San Francisco-Ventura, Sept. 6.
Yokohama-Siberia, Sept. 6.
Australia-Sonoma, Sept. 9.
VancouVer-Makura, Sept. Z.
S Mails win depart for the following
points as follows: 80
San Francisco Siberia, Sept. Z. .
Yokohama-Shinyo Maru, Sept. 10.
Acknowledgements, Sept. G.
VancouVer-Niagara. Sept. II.
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RESOLUTION NO. 227.

Be 1t Resolved by the Board of Su
pervisors OF the City and County oil
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum Of Two Thousand Three Hun,
dred and Fiftythree Dollars ($2353. 00)
be and the same is hereby appropriat.
ed out Of all moneys in the General
Fund in the Treasury of the City and
County of Honolulu, for an account to
be known as Purchase DENLY Garbage
Truck. -..--. -. .
Presented by u. =~
DANIEL LOGAN,
- -. Supervisor.
s Honolulu. T. H. August II, 1916
Approved this LIST day of September
A. D. 1915. s-.~-~-E 3
JOHN C. LANE,
Mayor, City and County OF Honolulu,
T. H. -
625S-Sept. 2. 3, 4.
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RESOLUTION No. 233.

Be 1t Resolved by the Board of Su-
pervisors of the City and County of
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum of NINE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLARS ($95o.00), be and
the same is hereby appropriated out
of the Permanent Improvement Fund
of the Treasury for an account to be
known as PLACING STORM DRAINS,
MAKIKI DISTRICT.
Presented by
ROBERT W. SHINGLE,
Supervisor.
Date of Introduction:
Honolulu, August 26, 1915.
AT a regular adjourned meeting ~
the Board of Supervisors of the City
end County of Honolulu, held Wednes-
day, September l, 1915, the foregoing
Resolution was passed on First Read,
ing and ordered to print on the toll
lowing vote of said board:
Ayes: AHA, Arnold, Hollinger, Hor-
ner, Larsen, Logan, Single. Total z.
Noes: None. ..r.'.s@. t.'
=. e. BUFFANDEAU, .
Deputy City and County Clerk.
".. 625S- Sept. 2, 3, A.
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PASSENGERS DEPARTED

Per IL. str. Claudine, for Maui, Sept.
3.-Arthur Brown, Otto Berndt, Bro.
Frank, Miss R. Caldwell, Mrs. !. L.
H. Collins, Mrs. Kealoha, Miss E.
Dickens, Mrs. Cockett. j. II. Onus,
Mrs Bonnell and infant, Henry Bon
nell, Edwin Bonnell, Mrs. C. w. Ger
ner and infants. A. Morris, w. Kehula,
Alex Morris. Miss NJ. Huck, Luck
Tong and Helen Huck. .
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NOTICE TO PASSENGERS.

The Matson Navigation Company's
S. s. Hifonian will sail from Honolulu
for San Francisco direct on or about
September 10. First cabin passage,
$500.
For further particulars apply to
Castle & Cooke, Ltd, Agents, Matson
Navigation Company. 6256-St
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BY AUTHORITY.
RESOLUTION No. PAS.

Be 1t Resolved by the Board Of Su'
rervisors Of the City and County OF
Honolulu, Territory OF Hawaii. that
the sum Of FOUR HUNDRED DOL
LARS $4,000 be and the same is
hereby appropriated out of all moneys
in the General Fund OF the Treasury
for an account known as CITY AND
COUNTY ATTORNEY PURCHASE 3
DICTAPHONES.
Presented by
DANIEL LOGAN,
Supervisor.
Honolulu. September l, 1915
At a regular adjourned meeting OF
the Board of Supervisors Of the City
and County of Honolulu, held Wednes-
day, September l, 1915, the foregoing
Resolution was passed on First Read
ing and ordered to print on the fol.
lowing vote of said board
Ayes: AHA. Arnold. Hollinger. Hor-
ner, Larsen, Logan, Single Total :.
Noes: None
E. BUFFANDEAU,
Deputy City and County Clerk.
625S-Sept. 2, 3, 4.
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OAHU RAILWAY TINE TABLE
OUTWARD.

OUTWARD.
For WRiGnae, WaiaIsa, Kahuku, Rna
way stations-'9:15a .. M, 1910 .. N.
For Pearl City, Eva Mill and way
stations-t7:30 o. m, '9:15 O. m,
"11:3o q. m, s2:15 p. N, $3.50 p. m,
5:15 p. m, 1880 p. In, t11:16 p. m.
5 For Wahiawa and LeiIehua-"1o:3O
l. m. 1910 p: m, 500 p. m, '11:Ss
p. m
INWARD.
Arrive Honolulu from KAhukI, Wal.
Glua and WaiAnae-"S:8G o. u, 't:S1
2. N.
Arrive Honolulu from Eva Mn and
Pearl C1ty-t7:45 q. m, 1886 q m,
Hop q. M, "1:40 p. m, "4:26 p. m,
'5:31 p. m, "7:30 p. N.
Arrive Honolulu from WahiaWG and
Leflehua-"9:15 a. m, t1:66 ,. M
1901 p. m, "7:1o p. m
The Haleiwa Limited, = tWo-houf
train (only first-class tickets honored)
leaves Honolulu every Sunday at 1885
.. m, for HaIeiwa hotel; returning Ar
rives in Honolulu at 1910 p. N. The
Limited stops only at Pearl City and
Waianae e.
DAILY. Except Sunday. tsunday only.
G. P. DENIsoN, 2. c. SMITH.
SuperlntendsnS- a. ~
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BY AUTHORITY.
RESOLUTION NO. $50.

RESOLUTION NO. 23o.
Be it resolved by the Board of Su-
rervisors of the City and County Of
Honolulu, Territory Of Hawaii, that
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars
t$300.OOI be and the same is hereby
appropriated out of all moneys in the
General Fund of the Treasury for an
account known as Maintenance
Roads, Eva.
Presented by
CHAS. ~ ARNOLD,
Supervisor.
Honolulu. August %. 1919.
Approved this End day OF Septem-
Der. a D. 1915.
JOHN c. LANE.
Mayor, City and Count; Of Honolulu.
T. II.
6259-Sept. 3. 4, :.
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WEEKLY PRODUCE REPORT
ByA T. t0NGLEY. Marketing Superintendent.
HONOLULU Who'll EsALE PRODUCE MARKET QUOTATIONS
the Territorial Marketing Division
Wholesale only.
BUTTER AND EGGS. POULTRY.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
WEEK ENDING SEPT. 2, 1915.

Eggs scarce. Demand good.
Island tub butter, ID. .......28 to .29
Fresh island eggs, doZ ......5 So
Duck eggs, doZ. Observation-Disclosures. 40
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The British government is inquiring
for 200, 600 tons Of sulphuric acid.
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STARBUTLETTH GIVES YOU
TODAY,S NEWS TO-DAY
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VESSELS TO DEPART

Monday, Sept. 6.
Sydney-Ventura. Oceanic str.
Maui-Claudine, IL. str.
Kauai-W. G. Hall. III. str.
Tuesday Sept. 7.
San Francisco-Siberia, P NJ. str.
Kauai points-Kinau. III. str.
Maui, Molokai-Mikahala, III. str.
Wednesday, Sept. 8.
San Francisco-Wilhelmina. Matson
str.
Hilo-Mauna Kea, IL. str.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s. co. THE PANAMA CANAL LINE
Steamer win be despatched from new YORK fo HONOLULU
TWENTYFOURs DAYS Approximate
time in transit FoRTYTHREE DAYS SEATTLE AND TACOMA
TO HONOLULU Isl. September 49,
sailing every TWENTYFoUR DAYS THEREAFTER
particulars as to rates, etc, apply to . -
CsP. MORSE, @* IA HAckFELD = CO. I'D
General Freight Agent. 49, r@ sAgents
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Last quarter OF the rnoCn, Set. /.
"Tinle not stated in tables.
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MOVEMENTS OF
VAIL STEAMERS

VkS8kIo To AhhIVB
sunday, Sept. s.
Mauf-Claudine IL str.
Kauai-w.t G. Hail. Kinau, IL. strs.
Monday, Sept. 6.
San o-veutura, Oceanic
str. - -
Tuesday, Sept. 7.
San Francisco-M anoa, Matson str.
Hilo-Mauna Kea. IL. str
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-13

church. II was the church that came
to you when death entered your home
and helped you bear your sorrows
Br. Smiley fiSlaiiy- declared, IT for no
'othepreason. YOU owe itsto your con.
fiding children to join some church"
The closing thought of the evangel.
list was that during terrible yellow
fever scourge in Memphis a young
woman gave up her life in her efforts
to help the stricken people of her city.
Then there was a monument erected
in that city on which was the inscrip-
tion, she Died For Us" He applied
the lesson TO the sacrificiaI office of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-11-13
.GODM0THER is
NEWEST THING
:E0R: SOLDIERS
NEARLY EVERY FRENCH
SOLDIER HAS A LITTLE
81 MOTHER ADOPTED
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Nov. 13.-The Godmother'f
certificate certificate de marraine) is
the latest distinction originating in the
great war. 1t was invented by the
spasmodic publication entitled "The
Echo of the Huts"-a journal of the
trenches and organ of the 31st Terri.
torials. 1t reads as follows:
81, the undersigned, certify that
| Madame (or Mademoiselle) ......
has been my godmother during the
war, since ........ l9l...
Signed ................
The godmother may be a woman or
a girl Of any age; she has in some in
stances turned out to be man. Her
mission is to convey good cheer to
some soldier at the front who has no
family at home to look after him or
who, through the yicissitudes of war,
has been cut off from all communica-
tion with his relations. She writes to
him and sends him such comforts as
Nare practicable, and many that are not.
She is generally French, of course, but
many English women and hundred
Virginian girls are said to have their
godsons in the French army and are
sending them enough letters to keep
a1I tlo i,tor,,r.sto torc h,ev
What the "poilu" thinks of his god
mother may be learned from the Echo
of the Huts." 1t says: Their atten-
lions are constant and full of delicacy.
They provide their godsons with a
little well-beings swith a few luxuries
that are not superfluous, and with \
some enchanting dreams that are not !
entirely useless either. AS the sol 4
diers of old combatted for their ladies'
so the 'poilu of today fights for his !
godmother. The godmother must be
satisfied with her godson; in order
that she be proud of him, that he be
worthy Of her, the 'poilu' performs
heroic exploits,
1T can not finish otherwise than in /
i contract in due, and proper form.
to immortalize these patri-
,tic unions, we have decided to create
he godmother's certificate
Later on it win not, perhaps, be
he least moving of the souvenirs of
his war"