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The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-10-21

warning ne slipped aside into a blind
alley, and let the crowd slide by like
huge many-ColOred avalanche, When
! he Joined the crowd again, Hernandez
, and his Aztec ally were ahead OF him
ana nc behind
TO the sea-to the sea '-the voice
OF the multitude raised itself in agony.
There was but one cry-"to the sea
let me past-make room for me-to
the sea-to the sea
At crazy little wharf Ilington
twitched himself and Manuela and the
child deity to one side and let the
crowd plunge on.
lie scanned the surface of the bay,
the fringe OF shore The bay was dot
ted with small boats. laden to the gun.
wales. The water was alive with
swimmers.
uington turned suddenly-at his
side stood Hernandez. lHngton shook
his head
There's not a chance, he said
Senior Uington. said hernandez,
you are indeed fortunate tc nave ted
Yourself to ne. Always have some
thing up my sleeve. lie jcrked his
+ head Follow me he added
lliugton wondering. followed. drag
gtue Mauuella with HIM
swiftly the group moved along the
water frout-thcy fought their way
inch by inch suddenly Hernandez
darted out upon another wharf.
stand in circle, he commanded,
and when | say the word-quick &C
ton. senior
I Then Hernandez stopped quickly
and jerkcd back trap door that had
| been fitted into the planking
Quick" he whispered, drop
He seized Manuella aud dropped her
| through the opening. She screamed
! this scream rose to a shrek when she
struck the water But her alarm was
unwarranted There was no danger
she stood waistdeep in water Ponto
followed with a leap-he knew his
ground Ilington lowered himself
warily. TO save lnnette from injury.
clung for one instodt to the edge OF the
opening with one hrawny hand. and
, then dropped straight as a plummet,
Hernandez followed suit. closing the
1 trap door behind him The closing Of
this door left them almost in total
darkness.
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COOS ANA tbero were many refugees
70 welcome Captain Hardin soon
s,w he must discriminate
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ne told his mate were nlling up
pick vour crowd from now on-only
the helpless children. women, old
men Reject all others"
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Washington Boy Led Charge at N@uv@ Chap@Q@

he and Lieut. Beresford, who is a minis
ter, searched for their bodies and read
the service over them.
After several days the regiment was
relieved. to recuperate. II had pa
rade Of my company yesterday" Capt.
Moore wrote. land out of a total of
thirty-two on-commissioned officers
which l went in with. / had ten left.
I'VE lost twelve officers. killed and
wounded, SO you can see we are in
rather a bad way. l wasn't touched by
bullet: 1 was knocked over by "a
burst of a mortar gun which exploded
while we were firing into the enemies
trenches. l never saw such sights, and
it is extraordinary how one can get
used to stepping over the dead, to see
ing men in all stages of death and dy-
ing, to see them strewn and even piled
up all over the place. 1t is horrible,
and yet one can get used to it,"
Capt Moore was proud of the way his
company backed him up. Gen. Wilcox
inspected the regiment and spoke of
the charge. The divisional command
ers also inspected. and Capt Moore was
presented to them and listened to a
complimentary speech about the
charge. In the report of Gen. French,
just published, this charge is referred
to with praise.
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ington there is a special bench which,
by common consent, seems to be re-
served for an aged Chinaman, who
stops there about twice a week. The
ancestor of all the laundrymen in the
city. He wears the costume of his own
country. Arriving at the park, he seats
himself on his accustomed bench, tucks
his arms within his ample sleeves and
gazes blandly around. He rarely
anything. Nobody seems to know
much about him. and e-ox-hls own
race ever accompany him on his jour
neys. He is the mystery man OF the
park.
After o'clock the parks are taken
over by the school children-children
from the age of eight to dignified six
teen. who congregate IN their ,.tle
Of their own little world. Here the stu
dent of psychology finds rich mate
rial What motive. for example, causes
the urchin of nine to strut up the pep
bled walk in Iibelous imitation or a
prim little girl of fourteen? True, she
lends herself to caricature. especially
as she pretends to ignore her persecu-
tor while she, as all who see her, know
perfectly we'll that he is there
Speaking of pebbled walks brings up
another interesting point.
1t is the firm conviction of every boy
who possesses sling IA forked stick
to which are fastened heavy elastic
bands) that the only purpose of a peb-
bled walk is to furnish him with am
munition whereWith to attack his fell
bowman. To his way of thinking the
District government is crea ture of
benevolent foresight, since it has fur
nished him with all the pebbles he can
possibly use.
Not long ago a conversation took
place between policeman and boy
who had been SharpShooting at the tile
hat of ministerial appearing indi-
v1dual. Said the pol iceman:
Il suppose you think that all we have
to do is to put pebbles down here for
you to stick in your pockets?"
The sarcasm completely missed the
young sharpshooter. He gave the mat
ter his earnest attention for a short
time. Then he spoke.
II don't see said he frankly, what
else they're good for
Social barriers disappear in the parks
The little da lighter of the rich and the
little daughter of the poor are likely
TO establish a friendship at any mo-
ment, as was the case not long ago
when an amazed nurse came upon her
charge Just as the charge was giving
her doll to little colored girl
The animals, no less than the chill
dren, get their share of fun in the
parks. One little girl. a regular visitor
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FlREARM MlUFFLERS MAY BE
USED I'm EUROPEAN WAR

none mas shown military rife
equipped with a muffier.
When the silencer first became an
object of discussion it was said that
it could be applied to field artillery
and would SO check the escape of
gases behind the projectile that the
roar of the gun would be reduced to a
yards away. This promise seems not
to have been fulfilled. and it would
be of doubtful use to field guns even
If their roar were smothered.
Shell or shrapnel make such sound
in their flight that mans ear and
eye seem almost able to follow them
from gun to target. And then the
roar of field gun does not give the
enemy much information that Is exact
enough to warrant him in burning up
ammunition. The sound will reveal the
general direction, but to hit anything
at the customary artillery ranges
something more than a knowledge of
the general direction of the target is
required; the exact direction and the
exact range are needed.
The capacity of the silencer as an
aid in assassination and violation of
game laws has been recognized, and
in the Compiled Laws of North Da-
kota, 1913" Is the following prohibi-
ton against the sale or use of fire.
arm muffiers:
1.-The use of any device whatever for
the purpose of silencing or deadening
the sound or report of any firearm
used in this state is hereby prohibited;
provided. that the use of such device
may be permitted by the National
Guard or the regular army on any rifle
range in this state under the super
vision of commissioned officer No
person shall be permitted to sell or
offer for sale any device or attachment
to any f1rearm which will silence or
deaden the sound or natural report of
8 he. -hrt, ltS,rt, u
1t may be that other states have
taken cognizance of the capacity for
mischief in device which enables a
man to fire gun secretly and quietly.
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whip of Chronos never falls upon their
shoulders.
::
An alligator asleep is a quiet reptile,
but compared with these gentlemen
the alligator is neurasthenic- Once
seated, the idler remains motionless
for hours He closes his eyes. and a
rapt expression comes over his face.
Occasionally he utters low sound,
half sigh and salt snore. After some
time he languidly changes his position.
The process. like everything in his life.
has economy of energy as its funda-
mental principle.
In the end the parks are for the chill
dren The grown folks are simply the
adjuncts.
The variety of antics that the young
sters can think of are source of unend-
ing wonderment to the adult mind;
The other day two adventurers (aged
about three years) suddenly decided to
dispense temporarily with the services
of their nurse girl. The method was
all their own.
Quietly and craftily they crept be-
hind a baby carriage and while the
distracted girl was looking elsewhere
turned and toddled toward the other
end of the park. Here they found a
rather old man who had succumbed to
the benign influences of the day and
was gently doing. Hand in hand they
stared at him. clearly trying to make
up their minds what they should do
with him. Eventually they reached a
definite conclusion, They climbed on
the bench beside him and sat down
with their short legs dangling foot
from the ground.
Thus the nurse girl found them. Her
consultations were eloquent She
wanted to know what they meant by
tit" apparently covering all of their
misdeeds since they had left her. So
forceful were her protests that the old
gentleman woke up with start. The
older of the children pointed a fore
finger at him.
"Da da," he announced in the voice
definite conclusions
Hes not your da da," said the nurse
girl.
II should hope not" said the old
gentleman with emphasis.
The youngster ignored such remarks
as these.
"Da d." he repeated in a voice of
The nurse girl picked him
up. He yelled Justify. The picture
ended with him and his conspirator
being carried off by the nurse girl
while the astonished old man who had
been SO abruptly adopted gazed after
them in a dazed sort of way
There was another youngster, a light
haired mite, who seemed to be training
himself for mountain climbing In the
park which he freauented there is n
large statue mounted on a granite
pedestal. The climber would go to the
edge of the mound on which the statue
was located. Then he would charge
toward it. turning neither to the right
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ton. We sent bombing parties to help
and soon drove the Germans back, the
counter attack being completely re-
pulsed In that part of our line held
by my men. by count there were more
than 500 dead-all down as they came
over a little piece of the ground 1875
yards to our left. Further behind there
must also have been hundreds. Our
guns opened up as soon as the counter
attack had developed and must have
done great damage. 1t was great day
for our boys, for having lost half of
our men in capturing the trench they
were out for blood and they had It,"
Later in the day the English. turning
their counter attack into an advance on
the left, captured hundreds of prison
ers.
After this was over Capt. Moore took
his company to the other side of the
road, where it remained for two days
under a fearful shell fre-over fifty
big lyddite shells dropped within 100
Yards of them, some so close they felt
their draft.
Capt. Moore told of the loss of twelve
of their line officers. At his first chance
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20 news has come from the battle
I'M lines that the silencer or firearm
NV muffier. for which SO much was
proph esied. is playing any part In the
great conflict. yet it is probable that
many features of the strife will not be
heard of by the non-combatant world
until peace returns and the reports Of
the master participants and military
observers, memoirs and the writings Of
general and particular historians be-
come public property.
So many other things having in
themselves potentialities for the de-
struction of life, observation Of troop
movements and transmission of mill
tary intelligence have been awaited of.
that there Is reason in the suggestion
struments at work. It has been adj
mitted that the silencer does all or
nearly all that was claimed for it when
the device was patented and brought
to the attention of the world. The re-
port of a rifle may be so nearly smoth-
cred that the sound cannot be heard
far off. This. it was believed, would
add very much to the efficiency of
q
cealed position.
The report of the rifle could be
nearly silenced, but the ripping swish
of the bullet speeding through the air
at some velocity between twenty four
and twentyeight hundred feet a sec
ond could not be mufled However,
the sound of the bullet tells little as
to the direction from which it may
have come or the distance it has trav-
eled when it is heard only by those
troops at which it is aimed, even if
they hear 1t at all Some experts have
said that the course of a fast bullet
can best be judged by its sound by the
man whose position Is at one side or
the other of the bullets path. Since
powder makes no smoke that is visible
at any considerable distance from the
gun, the thing which most readily re-
veals the position of masked or re-
filaded troops Is the report of the rife.
Many of the war pictures printed in
the United States show small bodies of
men in well concealed positions and
men screened by shrubbery or the foil
age of trees. 1t would seem that the
gun muh1er would be useful to these
men and that they might do some exc
cution on the enemy without revealing
their petition. However. in all the
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over shell holes. The enemy opened up
at us on the right with their guns. and
we were given Il hail of bullets from
our right, left and front, and soon our
boys were falling all over the place.
The total distance we had to go was
about $50 yards: we got about half way
and then lay down. taking what shell
ter we could get for breath.
Then we started again and this time
carried the charge right up to the en-
emy's breastworks. We had to scram-
BILE through barbed wire and obstacles.
but somehow we got through. / hurled
myself over the parapet and dropped
down with some others By this time
the Seaforth Highlanders. away over
on our left. co-operated and they came
at the Germans from the rear and
helped us at the critical moment. The
Huns tthey were Prussians) begged for
mercy, got down on their knees. held
up -rneir hands and nearly cried. We
made sixty-three prisoners, including
three officers: the rest had bolted back
to their further lines. We sent the
prisoners back and then got to work.
we worked all night strengthening
the lines ready for a counter attack.
which always comes. We had an idea
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This seems to be the one big entertain
ment which all enjoy-the return to
nature.
1t would be impossible to talk about
parks without specializing on the
amount of clothing which is made in
the open air. One wonders if many
garments which were never intended
for public gaze weren't really made
where nobody who passed could see
OF course, this is guesswork for
clothing, in the process of construction,
looks more like nothing than anything
else in the world.
In one park count showed that
twenty-four women were busily en-
gagged with their needles. In another
park there Were eight women who
were knitting socks for the Belgians or
shirts for their husbands, or some
thing.
How many women visit Washington's
parks in day? The question is diff
cult to answer but it is safe guess
that the number runs well into the
thousands.
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A MORNING RIDE.

at Dupont Circle. has large, fat, white
rabbit. a lettuce f1end, as her compan-
ION. The little girl makes her appear
ance, carrying the bunny under her
coat. She seats herself. and the rab-
bit lunches himself in her lap.
Next she produces from her coat
pocket some leaves of lettuce, much
crumpled and wilted, and possessing a
variety of color which might be at
trlbuted to too close association with
tany. The rabbit, however, is not criti-
cal he accepts the lettuce and munches
II as an old and toothless farmer might
MUNICH his f1ne-cut chewing tobacco.
watching him, one wonders how long
1t Will be before he will eXpectorate
Big dogs and little dogs, and queer,
moplike creatures which don't look like
dogs at all, stroll around or join in the
rough-house on the lawn. The fun is
unending.
So much for the parks in the spring.
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began his morning routine as usual.
Everything ran like clockwork until he
reached the park, and then in flash
the routine was smashed to atoms In
the favorite seat of the old gentleman
was colored man, tired-looking col
ored man. whose general attitude indi
Gated that he intended remaining where
he was for about two weeks.
The old gentleman took out a cigar
and eyed the Intruder venomously. He
coughed in an unpleasant manner. All
this did not the slightest particle of
way around to the other side of the
park. Disappointment again awaited
him. No bench was vacant that was
suitable for his needs. Either it was
wrongly located with reference to the
sun. was too near the street, or some
thing.
The old gentleman glanced around
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the Germans would shell us and attack
on Friday at dawn; SO Thursday night
l worked all night until am. and
then at am. / had the boys
out again piling up the sandbags
we had filled before. We were all on
this work when there were signs that
the enemy was coming up for a coun-
Ter attack. I at once ordered every one
back into the trenches and to stand
to- with bayonets fxed. Then we
opened fire along the lines, although
it was still dark and we couldn't see
anything. Gradually as the dawn broke
we could see. through the mist, about
800 yards from our position that the
Germans had come up. 1t kept getting
lighter and lighter and then lines of
Germans came forward from cover to
cover. We moved them down like
groves; il was awful slaughter.
II had in my line six machine guns
We brought to standstiil the attack
on our part. but on our right, where
the Garhwals were, the Germans had/a
trench which came pretty close to ours
and they did lot of damage with hand
bombs. putting $50 Garhwals out Of &C.
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For example, there is. IN northeast
ance suggests that he is retired mill
tary MANI who is a creature of habit.
Once change the slightest portion of
his rigid schedule and you throw him
completely out of gear. For years
the old mans matutinal plans have
not varied Il hairs breadth. AT Z
o'clock he leaves his house and walks
to nearby drug store, where he pur-
chases a newspaper. He than walks
in a dignif1ed manner. copied after the
gait of self-conscious stork, to Lin
coin Park. There he picks out a bench
not any bench. but his one particular
bench-and seats himself. Next he
produces a long cigar, clips off the end
and begins the perusal of his paper.
The other morning the man of habit
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ington. but it apparently satisfied his
immediate needs.
He walked over and dropped upon
bench. He began a thorough search
of himself in an effort to bring to light
q sack of tobacco and some cigarette
papers. Finally he found them. rolled
himself smoke and leaned back with
a sigh of content.
He apostrophiZed the universe.
Glad the weather's gettin' warm,
said he. "a park bench beats a lodg-
ing house seven ways from the ace
:: :;
Such is the feeling all over Washing
ton about this time of the year. In
the marble palace of Alexander Q.
Mylluns, where great fireplaces swal-
lowed mighty logs throughout the win
ter; in the little shanty where little,
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have conspired together to utterly spoil

have conspired together to utterly spoil
my morning.
Slowly the details were wrung from
him. The friend wanted him to go to
some other park, but the old man stub
bornly refused His entire day had
been spoiled. he asserted. Thus does
spring interfere with rigid regimes.
The parks downtown are the meeting
places of the idlers. Along the speed
way and the elipse and on the curbs
of the small green plots those varie
gated citizens who are perfectly capa
BILE of explaining the causes of the
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igns Of Spring. in Parks Of the Capital

tired woman battled against the bitter
cold: in apartment house and suburban
semi-detached. the grown folks and the
children are coming out into the open
places again-into the parks, the ur-
hanite's makeshift for nature.
1t is no easy matter to get bench
these days. Seats that were scorned
a month ago are eagerly sought now
The park habitues-the old men and
the babies-are in danger of being
crowded out of their position of pre-
cedence.
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There's a Reason.

IN an argument about the Colorado
y mine strikes John Mitchell said:
But these people give themselves
away unconsciously. They are like the
little boy at school,
Describe water the teacher said.
And the little boy answered:
water is white fluid that turns
black the minute you put your hands
in it,"
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dren-A Park Mystery.

angrily and stalked out Of the park
At the entrance he met friend.
Whats the natter questioned the
latter
There is nothing the matter" re-
sponded the old man. except that all
the loafers in Washington seem to
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European war. but gracefully decline
all coarser labor congregate. The
thetically improved. In the hurry and
hustle of city they move calmly.
peacefully and internationally upon
their way. What is time that they
should slave for it? The blacksnake
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n SIIDDLE-AGED man. the pos
h\ SCISSOR of a three-day growth
N\ of stubb!e. s1ouched along
Is y Pennsylvania avenue the other
day with that peculiar aiInless shuttle
chara cteristic of the individual who has
no destination in mind. Suddenly his
eve lighted up as he behe1d a small!
triangular grass-covered plot upon
which were a few benches. 1t wasn't
much of ] park, as parks go in Wash
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nor the left until he had reached the
base of the monument. Up, up and up
step by step-until at last he had
reached the summit of his ambitions.
He would balance there perilously for
a moment and then come down again,
slowly and impressively.
In certain park in northwest WASH
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Warm Weather Brings Out the Children and ld Who
SmshneThe
Along Speedway
"A