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heart. If We are going to cheer
louder at the next game, we must
cheer more loudly. In fact, 1t
might be said that by doing this
we would produce larger volume
of sound. The Crimson" is sure
that If every man resolves to de-
eide to make up his mind either
to make more noise, or to cheer
more spiritedly, or to join more
effectively in cheering, the chances
are that he will not only cheer
better than he did In the last
game, but will even, perhaps,
cheer almost as we'll as he would
have cheered at the last game if
he had then cheered not only bet
ter than in the game Immediately
preceding, but as well as the
Crimson could wish.'7 .. 1872.
'HLampy'' played an amusing, joke
On the Crimson" one day along ago.
1t happened on Decoration Day, May
30, 1901. On the morning before, the
Crimson" had come out with little
notice saying that on account Of the
holiday no issue would appear the next
nay. But some members of the Lam
poon" board decided to print fake
Crimson" The plan was carried out,
and on the appointed morning every
student in the college found Grim
SON. outside his door and all read
with great surprise and satisfaction
he following editorial: 49,.
Contrary to our notice of yes
terday we have decided on &C
count of the press OF news to is
sue the Crimson" today.
"The Crimson feels bound in
honor and in justice to its sub
scribers to make the following
statement: For several years past
the Crimson has been making
money in steadily increasing
amounts. This money has been
divided up among the editors Of
the paper in the form of dividends.
The present editors feel that since
the Crimson is not primarily a
money making enterprise, but is
merely a form of Undergraduate
activity in somewhat the same
way as teams and musical clubs,
il is not right for them to appro-
pirate this money for their own
use. The only honest course open
to us is to refund this money to
those from whom it was taken.
Anyone bringing the receipt for
his subscription to the Crimson
Office this evening between and
$3.50 will receive one dallar. We
trust that our subscribers will
find this arrangement perfectly
satisfactory, and we only regret
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SILENCE HOVERS OVER GRAY
COUNTRY WHERE men WAIT in COVERED
PASSAGES UNTIL One SIDE STRIKES

ering the "ahri" and Il sounded loud
and shrill One knew that within
the range of vision there were thou
sands OF men standing in those lines
of trenches extended before Us and
the North Sea to the Swiss frontier.
Yet there was not sign Of life move
ment-and had it not been for the I'M
ceasing explosions of the cannon one
might have had the same feeling OF
solitude as when looking over the
barren old lava flows of Hawaii By
locking closely over at the sides one
could imagine the figures OF blue
coated poilus standing motionless be-
hind the parapets, but they were so
well concealed that the eye could not
be certain OF it. As we looked out at
the scene, which to me was most fas-
cinating and thought.producing. can
non suddenly banged-it seemed right
behind us. looked and could see
nothing but the ruined village. They
told me it was soizante-quinze hidden
In the ruins, but there was nothing to
be seen of men. cannon or smoke. II
seemed like a polite invitation to get
down, which we did.
As we descended the cannon start
ed up furiously with different tone.
They are shooting at an acceptance,
said my companion, and sure enough.
away up over the lines was q French
aeroplane with the shells bursting all
around II. II seemed as II il must be
struck, but 1t was not and sailed ma
jestically back toward the rear.
Where Courage 10 Tested to Utmost
It had come time to depart, but
did not want to leave I was fascin-
ated and at the same time bewilder-
ed wanted more time to take IL
all In and comprehend II. This was
war as had never seen II. For al
mos: a year in hospitals had cared
for wounded, torn by shells and bull.
lets, but here was where men were
killed and lay unburied for days and
rotted in the sunshine A magnificent
test of courage to stand up and face
the foe with shell bursting and death
lowering everywhere, but why should
there be war;
We thanked our host. climbed into
the car and went back by the road We
had come, past the ruined village.
past the poilu resting with his back
against tree Ny eyes were glued
to the small window and looked out
sofef- the VAST scene OF sdesoIation and
thought Of the brave boys on both
sides lined up there in, the trenches
and of their mothers and wives ailx-
ious in their homes in different parts
Of the land War seemed an unholy
and wicked thing to me.
The sound OF the cannon gradually
became DINNER until as we approach
ed Chalons we could hear It no more
and our visit to the trenches was only
very vivid memory.
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further edge of the ruined walls.
Ei..4 1 L. nf rrenchas

further edge of the ruined walls.
In First Line of Trenches
My first question was. is this the
third line of trenches?' No. we
have passed the third and second and
we are at the first line. at the Poste
de Secours," Sure enough, here was
a doorway and stairs right before us.
The medecin chef, who had Just com
pleted the improvements Of this post.
received US very cordially and proud
ly showed us his subterranean hos
pital. He might we'll have been proud
Of II as it was splendid in every way.
Imagine a house built under the
ground well protected from any shells
Ia series of corridors with rooms
leading off from them. cement floors,
walls OF wood lined with tin painted
white, lighted by electricity and acety-
lene gas; operating rooms, x-ray
room, beds for patients, kitchen, store
rooms, all complete. Here the wound.
ed are carried, walk or crawl from the
first trench by connecting trenches
called "ooyaux," received their first
dressing and are then sent to the
rear by night in automobiles by the
same road we had come. The men
were cooking their dinner when we
arrived. The stove was large and
burned charcoal the fumes going III
by a pipe through the roof, which
ends at the ground level. Charcoal
gives no smoke and tells no tales.
The night before as they were fin
ishing some of the construction two
shells dropped near the entrance, the
noise Of hammers having indicated
the position sufficiently. A few feet
away from the entrance was splen-
did spring Of clear water and spread
out beyond was all that was left or
the village Of s.. It was simply a
pile of stones in hopeless confusion,
the outlines of the foundations indi-
eating that there had formerly teen
buildings there.
When we climbed up on top Of the
"aori" we looked ahead and 1900
meters away could see a curving.
white line extending along the crest
Of little rise in a wavy outline. This
was the first line Of German trench
es. The French line somewhat near
.er to US showed the same curved
white line-white because all the soil
Is a whitish clay. The ''boyaux," also
curYing, led down to our station. As
FAR as the 4sye could see the ateFfafn
was hopeiessly clawed up by pick and
shovel and shell holes A few stumps
of trees remained scattered here and
there. There were booms of cannon
at irregular intervals-Ger Joss
and French 75s and loss. 1t was fas-
cinating and thrilling. The day was
bright and clear, without a breath of
air stirring and between the cannon
shots there was a death-like silence.
A cricket chirped In the grass-sod COW
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spasmodic lack of wit. The humoI
rises from bathos to sublime height
and then topples back again. But the
average is very fair. The candidate
who tries for the ''Lampoon and
scandal says that four freshmen each
year support the paper by their lucu
brations! takes his life in his poe
ket, for the editors are fierce with
all the CORY and erudite pomposity
which they can summon to their stern
appearance. Twice week must the
"punning drove" bic them to the sane
tum sanctorum TO yield their labors,
Twice a week do they shiyer In the
majestic presence of the. mighty blue
penciller. He, the lord of creation
sits at his desk and scowls. Then
he reads the knee-knocking candi'
dates offering. Perhaps it runs thus:
Father-How did you get
through your exams?
Son (lightlyl with "Es,
sir.
Down comes the blue pencil from the
callous ear. by the moonlit bones
of your predecessor" growls the edit.
or, ''by the musty skull of last year
freshman, this is woeful indeed. That
same joke seventeen times in a week!
Egad! were you all born in the same
frog pond and must you all croak to
the same discord!" Then he moves
his eye further, coming on this, per.
haps:
Brawn-Say, why don't you
come out for the crew? .
Browne-W Well, don't chah know,
I-er-nevah could ride backwards.
The editor says nothing, but with
lis eye gouges Q hole through the
ceiling. He proceeds to this:
Hostess-Will you take your tea
with a lemon, Mr.. Jones?
Blase Youth prefer it with
peach. However, if your daugh-
ter insists
There is fash of powder, the
heavens totter, hell opens and the can.
didate finds himself at the bottom
of the steps. That is all right 1t
is one Of the prerogatives of the
"Lampoon" to deal in its own sweet
way with its candidates. With the
"trenchant pencil and the sarcastic
pen" "Lampy" falls upon everyone and
everything. Professor Hugo Munster.
berg, the famous German psychoio-
gist, becomes the Monster Bug" or
the Monster Brag," and his Teutonic
enunciation is taken OF in some such
way as-'In short, shentlemen, die
phusio- antagonistic CONSCIOUSNESS is
elder in der personality dus analysed
or not in der nerbous impulses of de
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PEASANTS GATHER
CROPS CALMLY
UNDER FIRE

Lepine, completely destroyed with the
exception of the remarkably beauti
full church. From there on a scene
of great activity prevailed. We passed
companies of troops coming back from
the trenches-tired and dusty poilus
There were vehicles Of every descrip
ton passing along the road. Great
ammunition camions, motor trucks
laden with supplies, army wagons
cannon. armored cars, movable army
kitchens, water carts, motorcyclists
and even a special motor truck for G
carrier pigeon equipment. Along the
road were we'll arranged water sta.
tions, where the wants of man and
beast could be supplied. From time
to time We passed FORCES, where
horses and mules were being shod
and broken wagons mended. / won.
dered how the road stood all the traf'
fic and was in such good condition
until / saw several gangs of men
busily engaged in keeping ii in repair.
The little villages near the road were
full of soldiers, resting, washing their
clothes, reading, talking smoking.
The activity of providing for great
army was everywhere apparent. There
were great piles OF hay along the
roadside, stacks Of wood ready for
the "abris," rolls of barbed wire, boxes
of many kinds of stories. Away off,
in a large corral, were herd of cat
tie which were to supply the army
with fresh beef. We passed military
cars going and coming from the front,
throwing up clouds of dust. Occasion
ally we met attachments OF cavalry.
Cannon Boom In Distance ~, =
AS we sped on our route over the
35 kilometers that separate Chalons
from the front, we began to hear can
non boom In the distance ahead OF
us. A huge captive balloon. shaped
like a sausage, could be seen miles
away over the plateau. / knew it was
huge, because although 1t was very
high up, it looked enormous. asked
my companion il It were a French
balloon and was told that it was q
German balloon over the German
trenches but some distance back. This
was my first sight Of the German side
and the reality of things began to be
impressive. OFF on the left towards
Rheims three "saucissohs" indicated
to us where the French lines were. AT
the rapid rate OF speed we travelled
We soon reached q siilnee shell.
tered behind hiIE where we stopped
to change automobiles At this place
was rather taken aback to be asked
II was provided with metal casque.
Upon my answering NO." one was
found for me which fitted sufficiently
well. I noticed that nay companions
also were equipped in like manner, so
I did not consider It a special precau-
tion in my favor. Upon my asking ii
we really needed the casques, they
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some delay, we found a mechanic who
made the necessary repairs.
Peaceful Country 10 Passed
From there on we had fine road
ito Chalons, straight as an arrow and
smooth as billiard table-the kind of
road one reads about but does not
often see. Fabrice said that he had
had a presentiment that something
would happen and now that II had
happened, everything would go right.
The country we passed through is
not thickly populated, but lies spread
out as great, fertile fields, with woods
scattered here and there. The red
poppy mingled with the blue corn.
flower, grew in profusion along the
roadside and made a beautiful sight.
Nothing further stopped us on our
journey except sentinels at every rail-
road crossing who examined our pa
pers and let us pass.
When we arrived at Chalons about
noon we were directed to the Hotel
Haute Mere Dieu as being the best
hostelry in the town. No one seemed
to know how the inn got its unusual
name. Chalons Is ordinarily an I'm
interesting place, famous historically
for the defeat of Atilla the Hun by
the Romans and Goths in 451 A. ID.
The town was full of hustle and ex-
citement. as It is now a great army
center.
We saw the ruins of a building
which had been hit by a bomb drop
ped from an aeropIane some time be.
fore. Another bomb had dropped in
the street near the cathedruf md had
broken some Of the stained glass win
dows and peppered the brick walls of
the building opposite.
Upon presenting my credentials ]
was received, with every courtesy and
a fine car was placed at my disposal
with colonel of the medical service
as my conductor AS Chalons is an
important military center, there are
E large number of hospitals. some of
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but the active co-worker OF her bro
ther. and knew quite as much about
politics as did he anu II was frequent.
ly to Madame Sophie" as she was
called, that those who had some polit-
ical proposal to make addressed them
selves rather than to the minister
himself. With the death Of her bro.
ther, however, she ceased all political
activity and retired to secluded life,
which she permitted nothing to dis
turb. She was over 80 years old when
she died.
Appendicitis was the cause OF her
death, on July 26. Her body was In
TERED in the vault beside that Of her
distinguished brother. she being clad
only in shroud. According to her
wishes there was not even a coffin,
and no one was present at the fun
eral save the members OF her imme-
date family.
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UNCROWNED QUEENOF GREECE
dies; REMARKABLE WOMANOF time

|. ATHENS, Greece. Sophie Tricou-
pis, one of the most remarkable wo-
men of modern Greece, is dead. She
had been termed The Uncrowned
Queen of Greece" an appellation fully
warranted by the facts, for 1t it doubt
full if even the Empress Eugene ever
exercised so much direct control over
the destinies of France as this woman
did over the fate of modern Greece.
She was a daughter OF Spyridon
Tricoupis, the first premier of free
Greece, and the sister of Harilaos Tri-
coupis, who, during the last quarter
of the nineteenth century, completely
dominated Greek politics. AS child
she made the acquaintance of Lord
Byron, who was familiar friend in
her fathers house, and it was her IA
Their who pronounced the funeral adj
dress over the coffin of the English
poet. Her youth was passed in Lon
don, where her father was Greek min
lister, but on the entry of her brother
into the political arena she returned
to Athens and took up her place at his
side Nor did she ever leave him, re-
naming unmarried, she devoted her
entire time to aiding him in his polit-
ical work and In looking after his
personal comfort. ....
A woman OF striking appearance,
she was the more conspicuous by the
fact that she never changed the style
Of her clothing from the date of the
death of her father in 1878. She re-
tanned even the early Victorian fash
ion of doing her hair and in her later
years resembled nothing so much as
daguerreotype come to life. The house
which she and her brother occupied
was a very small one, but in spite OF
that some of the most distinguished
political figures of the nineteenth
century passed through its drawing
room. The present emperor OF Rus
STA, Edward VII and Queen Alexan-
dra of England, King Christian TX
of Denmark were only a few of those
who were the guests of this remark.
able woman.
But her relations with the distin-
guished visitors to Greece we're whoi.
ly political. She had no social ambi.
lions and the ordinary balls and 50
cial gatherings of Athens never saw
her. She was not only the inspiration
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mental discharges of our BRAN"
(Snores everywhere) .-...> 49,. r.
The editorials in the "Lampoon" are
usually very clever. A species of
hereditary felicity of expression seems
to be "Lampy's" gift to the successive
generations of editors. The more or
less whimsical recommendations and
harangues that fill the editorial page
seem to spring from the merry ink
bottle like fresh daisies from GENE
terry lawn. they stand out against
the green OF the average college writ.
ing because of their clear, delicate
crispness, tneir fresh spontaneity and
pleasantly, their simple nodding in
the breeze OF quiet abstraction. There
is no doubG much of genuine literary
value in the pages Of the "Lampoon,
Just as there are, without doubt, thou
sands and thousands of dead, honey
words, the annual offering of the stu
dent body 10 the good goddess Expert
ence. ...-
- :.z. p. 3.
The Harvard Crimson" is the daily
newspaper Of the college. Its circu.
lation is about $500 day, and it re-
tails at 5 cents a copy. 1t was started
in 1881, after the failure of three or
four attempts at similar projects, and
as dispenser of college news, athle-
tic information and general items and
notices of interest to the students. In
the editorials are discussed the topics
of contemporary moment with what
care and illumination the busy editor
can find time to command. The Lam
poon" says this is a simple of Crime;
Own" editorials:
Subject selected by perspiring
editor who has just been informed
by the business manager that the
Shaving Soap advertisement has
been cut out and the editorial
space thus heightened to four
inches. .-...
- Cheering at Games
cat the last football game the
cheering was not nearly so spirit
ed as 1t was at the game immedi-
ately preceding. The obvious result
of this was that we did not cheer
So loudly as in earlier games.
In fact we did not make so much
Roise as usual, or even so much
as we would have made had we
cheered little louder. The re-
verse, then, is also true. II we
were to shout more vigorously,
we should in all probability make
as much or more noise than we
would have If we had not made so
much noise as we actually did"
Now we should take all this to
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Having received the necessary au-
thorization, started, at $50 in the
morning on July 20, 1916, with Fa.
brice. our Italian chauffeur, in the
Medicine Chefs limousine Our route
to Meaux passed through section of
the battlefield Of the Marine which Is
always interesting and always sad as
the fields are dotted with white cross
es and flags marking the spots where
they fell In those tragic days of Sep
TENDER, 1914. Leaving Meaux, with its
picturesque old mills and venerable
cathedral. our road led through beauti.
full woods TO La Ferte Jouarre where
We crossed the Marine. From there on
all went well until after We had pass
ed the imposing monument celebrat-
ing Napoleon's victory In 1914 and
were within one kilometer of Mont
mirail, when we suddenly discovered
that our car was on fire. One side
was blazing merrily where a hole in
the muller had allowed the hot gases
TO escape and ignite the oil-soaked
woodwork.
In vain we tried to beat out the fire
with our overcoats, Fabrice exclaim-
ing: Nous sommes perdus, Monsieur
lie docteur!" Fabrice madly tore out
the blazing boards OF the car which
with the rags, waste. extra tubes and
inflammahle material were hurled out
of the way. Happily there was wheel
rut along the roadside with little
water In II, and BY the use of our caps
as containers. we were able to get
the flames under control. A peasant
with. q bucket Of water did the rest
Just at that time military car came
along and their wheels went In the
very rut which had been our saliva
ton and threw out the little water
that was left, nor did see any other
rut containing water on any of our
rs kilometers that we did that day
We thanked our lucky star that the
fire had not reached the gasoline tank,
limped into Montmirial where, after
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Where Grim War Grips France on Champagne 'FRONT.' Judd Honolulu

said il was Just as well to have them
as there was no telling where shells
would burst We then started OF for
the village of S.. which We soon
reached. This village Is pretty badly
smashed up and hardly day goes by
without a shell dropping in II or near
by. The sound Of cannon was now
quite loud as We were only three miles
away from the trenches. On the out
skirts Of S. there is a small cha
teau used as a hospital Here badly
wounded men are brought. too badly
damaged to be transported further.
The cellar of the building was in
readiness to be used If necessary and
an underground retreat was also con-
structed nearby. The medecin chef
received US very cordially and served
champagne. tea and cakes under the
trees back Of the chateau.
Crops Gathered Under Fire
The officers chatted each 9TH
er and asked me questions. The med
ecin chef said that an hour before two
shells had passed over the trees and
dropped into the fields on the other
side. The cannon sounded pretty
loud to me. No one seemed In the
least concerned and II was believe
j didn't show II. We thanked our
host for his hospitality and soon en-.
tered another car, which was rooted
over and covered In on all sides with
little windows In the walls, and start.
ed on our three-mile ride to the
postes de secours. As we passed out
Of the village II was reassuring to
see the peasants gathering in their
crops within shell fire range. The
road now ran straight as die for the
east. The roadway. partly lined with
trees, some of them smashed by
shells, was narrow and deserted. In
order to hide vehicle from view and
to prevent a bombardment, branches
were spread between the tree trunks
by means OF wire. You may be sure
my eyes we're widely open What
could see out of the tiny windows
and through the riffs in the protect
i've barriers of branches looked some
thing like this: ..:a1-.
How Champagne Battlefield Looks
The great plain of Champagne
stretched out ahead Of u.s.. On the
lett the mountains OF Rheims appear
ed in the distance. On the right the
plateau stretched off into space as far
as the eye could see. The terrain
was not absolutely flat-there were
low rises Of ground, one could hardly
call them hills. There was not q
sign Of living thing except for q
weary looking poilu, who was resting
with his back against a tree along
the wayside Not a house or a tree
was standing in the distance. The
whole country looked as Il it had
been claWad by some immsAee giant
In his rage There were ines Of
trenches running in bewildering d.
rections, barbed wire entanglemefts,
great obus holes. A little grass grew
here and there-the rest was the
grayish-white clay of Champagne. Our
car lost no time in making its dis
lance and before could realize where
we were we passed through the ruin.
ed village Of S. and stopped be-
hind a protecting bank, just at the