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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-07
firm, BROAD MARKET,
MUCH HIGHER PRICES

NEW YORK. June Wall street
again started its business day with a
hurrah. wave of enthusiasm that
carried many stocks to new high rec
ords. and started bears covering their
shorts actively, and desire to get in
out of the wet.
Evidently the situation Is to the 1ik-
ing Of the big men of Wall street: moth
ing seems to disturb their good opinion
as to the future of conditions.
Allied replies to certain questions re-
latinS to policy in connection with
Russian developments have been in
accord with American ideas. the liberty
loan sale will be rousing success, and
the profits Of the great industrial cor
porations on orders. totaling to date
not far from 5000. oO0,O 900. are an as
surance of continued and satisfactory
dividends.
Naturally the metal shares are lead
ers Of the market. equipments a close
stocks that would naturally benefit
from large war orders. following at a
good pace.
Industrial Alcohol. the sensational
leader Of yesterdays advance. when a
gain of Is points was scored, was
about the only important stock that did
not hold today's advance. as it reacted
3 points. after making that gain. all
though it may regain the advance be-
fore the close Of the session.
United States Steel opened with sales
of $500 shares at 1927. to 1921, as
compared with a close yesterday Of
1914. and later the advance carried
the shares to 1891.
American Smelling moved up nearly
s points. Shipping shares were very
Arm. especially Atlantic Gulf and West
indies, which sold 5h points higher to
1l3a, reacting to liz. Mercantile Ma
rine preferred was 2 points higher.
Bethlehem Steel "B" stock was 5
points up: Crucible Steel, 2b Air
Brake. IN; Utah Copper. IL: Mexican
Petroleum. AZ: Central Leather. 3
points. and Baldwin Locomotive, 3.
Practically all the activity was in the
industrials. to the near neglect of the
rails Only the two old standard lead
ers, Union Pacific and Reading, showed
any activity. and these two scored
about all the gains in the group. Read
ing advancing l u and Union Pacific x
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WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Prices in the wholesale market this
morning ranged as follows
The quotations are for large lots: job
bers prices are higher.
EGGS-Firm; nearby, 36; southern. 36.
CHEESE-New York state factory.
new. 26a27.
BUTTER-Elgin print. ~; Elgin tub.
40; process. 40; store packed. 80.
POULTRY-Live hens. per h.. 90;
22a25; spring chickens. per lb,. 33a35;
ducks. per h.. 15a1s; geese. per h., 10a13;
keats. young. each. 4oa55.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Hens. choice
per h.. 21a25; turkeys. per lb.. 25a2s;
ducks. per h.. 1sa20; ROSTERS. per h..
17a1s: geese, per h.. 13a15
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. per Dbl.
3.5oa75O: per box. 1.OOa275; California
oranges. 3c5a350; Florida oranges, 400
also; grapefruit 3.00a4.50; strawberries.
6a1212 per qt.: lemons. 3.75a4.O0; pines
2.75a300: cherries. 10a15; peaches, 200
cantaloupes. Florida. 2.50a4.50 crate;
blackberries. 121zal5 per qt
ETABLES-Potatoes. new, 1000a
1915 per bbl: No. 2, S.00a9. 90 bbl.: sweets.
per Dbl. 5.00a6.o0: per basket. 1.75a2. so;
yams. 4.50a650 per bol.: string beans.
2.5oa3.oo; okra, per crate. l.5oa2.oo; rad
ishes. per 100. 1.50a2.oo; cucumbers. per
basket. 2.00a2.50; eggplant, 2.50a3.00 crate;
new cabbage, per crate. 3.00a3.25: per Dbl.
2.50a2. IS: beets. per bunch, 5aS: celery. per
doz.. 35a75: celery. per crate. 1.25a2 so:
romaine lettuce. 1ooa15o per basket;
lettuce. 75a1.0o per. basket; squash.
Florida. 75a1.50 per crate; Florida to-
matoes, 1.50a2 so per crate: rhubarb. $50
a2.00 per 100 punches: asparagus, No /.
75a2.00: nearby. Scales per doz. !;
spring onions. 1.50a2.00 per 100: onions.
Texas, 2.00a2.10 crate; green peas. 75a
200 per basket; spinach. LOCAL. so per
Dbl: kale. 75a1 90 per Dbl.
LIVE STOCK-Sheep. per lb., 7as;
lambs. fall. IL per lb.: lambs, spring.
Halls: calves, per lb.. 13ha14: medium,
121.a13 per ID: common. per h.. 9a1o
DRESSED MEATS-Pork. small to
medium, lb.. 19a20; heavy. h.. 17a1s.
WOOI-Free Of burrs. 81; bury. 5sa60
HAY-No. timothy. 19.00a20.O0: No.
2, 180Oa1850: No. 1 mixed. 16.00a17 90;
No. 2. 14.00a1e.0o,
SEEDS-Red clover. 11.75a12.25 per
bu; alsike clover. 11.90a12.50 per bu :
crimson clover. 11.00a12.00 per bu.; tim
othy. 3.50a3.75 per bu.: red top. 12.50a
1900 per bu.: bluegrass. 1.75a200 per
bu.: orchard grass. 2.40a2.75 per bu.:
white clover. SO per lb.; alfalfa clover.
16a17 per Ib.: COW peas. 3.75a4.00.
GRAIN-Wheat, milling. per bu.. Elsa
$50: ordinary. per bu.. LIS; corn. per
bu. 162al 65: oats. white. per bu. 74a7s:
mixed, per bu., 73a4.
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SPEAKER TO MAKE ADDRESS.
To Deliver Grafton ct Valley Forge
Dedication.

Speaker Clark. will make the princi-
of the memorial arch at
Valley Foyge. Pa. to commemorate
Washinpton's historic headquarters
there. on Tuesday, June 10.
one hundred senators and represent
otives have been invited to attend. in,
ci,dipp the military and library COM
mittees Of both houses. and the House
COMMITTEES met today and formally ac-
cented the invitation. The party will
leave here at o'clock that morning.
and leave Valley Forge at 5 in the
nftarnoon dining on the train both
ways. Congress appropriated s125.OO0
TO build the arch. and the celebration
lis to turn it's care over to the valley
Forge commission. acting for the state
of Pennsylvania.
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Cloudburst Between Pimmit Run
and Mclean, Va.

Hundreds of dollars damage was
done among crops in the lowlands be-
,,,aen Pimmit run and Mclean. Va,
NJ railroad tracks were washed out
hW a cloudburst about $40 o'clock last
.,;i.ht in that section during the rain
Storm. Corn and wheat fields and gar
dens in the lowlands suffered the most.
,,,iie were completely washed out. Re-
,,a;rs we're made during the night, and
nc trains were able to run on time
early this morning
considerable amount of hail ac-
na MED the rain and was the cause
~ much of the damage inflicted among
the crops
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SEEKS WEDDING PRESENTS.
Mrs. Bee Sues to Recover Them
From Her Husband.

nrs Florence W. Boo wants her
wedding presents. which she says are
stored in the name of her husband.
Edward ]. Boo. II Washington dentist.
Justice Hitz issued rule on the nus.
hand to show cause why he should not
surrender the presents and why ne
Should not pay arrears OF alimony. A.
torney Raymond b. Dickcy appears TOT
the wife, who is suing Tor separate
maintenance.
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Vienna Workers to Get More Pay.

AMsTEHDAN June I. via Lohdon,
lime IA Vienna dispatch Ia the
Frankfurter HeItune states that tho
agitation conducted by the munitions
and metal workers In vienna since the
middle Of May has been settled The
result has been the cttatior Of n spe-
ciaI depar tment Of the fcpd board for
supplying the munitions ana metal
workers.
The wages have beer Increased
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Increased Supply Of Produce.

Prices OF new potatoes continue firm
despite increased shipments: the weekly
shnws. Other crops are running heavy,
with plenty of strawberries. oversuppiy
~ onions, twice as heavy supplies Of
early cabbage as last year. heavy ship
menfs of lettuce and the peach and water
melon crops opening a week earlier than
last year.
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Long.Standing Differences End.

Long standing differences between
s.amen and shipowners have been
hurled. IL Is unde, stood by the ship
ming board. and they VIII unite In APP
neal 10 retired Officers aud sailors to
com. forward to help man the fleet of
the shipping board The government is
having trouble Ia find officers and men
for the German ships " Ia putting into
commission. ~ will have much harder
time manning the great fleet OF ves-
sells IL Will build.
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Huns Mulct City Of Mons.

AMSTERDAM. via London. June Z.
s:32 a.m.-The city of Mons has been
nned $4,000 because a Belgian paper.
published in Holland. announced that
Crown Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria
was in Mons when the city was bonn
barded by allied airmen.
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ma I;oht Station to Be Park.

secretary Redheld has signed n sc a aeea
county Mass sns iRaSe
station ana use service. The grounds
by the iisn nIe5 as a public park.
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yanderbilt's Regiment Filled.

NEW YORK, June 1.-Coi Cornelius
Vanderbilt has atrouneed that the
22d Regiment 81 Engineers has fllied
its ranks to ,fall war strensth the frst
New York National Guard unit go to
report to GOV. whitman.
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Many Aliens Seek to Enlist

PHILADELPHIA. June More than
hak of the men who applied for en-
listment at the recruiting once Of the
army yesterday were aliens, Different
times during the day they conepieteIy
outnumbered the American citisens.
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WEATHER..

For the District of Columbia and
MARYLAND. partly overcast. with prop
ably thundershowers tonight and to-
morrow; continued mild temperature
moderate south and southwest Winos.
For Virginia, probably showers ana
thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow
slightly lower temperature IN cetIai
portion tonight: moderate soutneriy
winds.
For West Virginia. partly overcast,
with nrobably thundershowers tonight
and tomorrow.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide, 3:1S am. and 4:Os
n -, hiph tide. 9:12 am. and 9:45 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 4:l0 am. and
4:e7 pm; high tide. 1903 am and 1887
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 4:41 am; sun sets.
1881 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4.4i d.h'' sun
sets. 1882 pm.
Moon rises, 9:4S pm: sets. .6:37 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Northumberland pm, SO:
s pm, IS: II midnight, 66: today. 4
a M, IS; am. IS: IL noon. -; 2 pm. 76
Maximum, So. at pm yesterday; mini
num- S.. at ) am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 81: minimum. 81.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 pm. 1892:
8 pm, 1888: IL midnight. 29.s5: today.
4 am, % 80; s am. 1898; IL noon, 29.9o;
2 pm, 1884.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of water
at 8 am: Great Falls-Temperature
SIS: condition, 1000. Dalecarlia reser-
voir.- Temperature. ~: condition at
north connection. 1000; condition at
south connection. 70. Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir - Temperature, 70:
condition at infiuent gatehouse. SO: con-
dition at eff1uept gatehouse.. S..
Up-River Waters.
Specal Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. w. Va, June T.
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both were very muddy this morning.
Weather in Various Cities.
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Army Recruits Reach 106.937.

A total Of 1o5.s37 volunteers has been
recruited for the regular army since
war was declared. yesIerday's recruits
numbering 2.l66 men.
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Wi. offers Buildings to U. 5.

vale University has given 70 t ms h hasis
1aI ha summer free use OF US mans
aor dormitories for men OF me haVai
reserve.
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COTTON MARKETS.

II, g.
advance was followed by rather ner-
vous and irregular cotton market to-
day. Trading was less active. and there
was good deal of reactionary talk
around the ring, but trade interests
were again moderate buyers, and the
opening was steady at a decline of
points on July, while later months were
to ~ points higher. July sold up to
23.00 after the call. or points above
last nights close, and into new high
ground for the movement. but the ad-
vance was checked at 22.40 for October.
and the market later eased of several
points under realizing. Liverpool did
not fully meet yesterdays local ad-
vance, with private cables reporting
continental liquidation.
Futures opened steady: July. 2295 ::
October. 22.30; December, $3.50: jan
uary. 22.55: March. 2272
Rumors of an easier spot basis In the
southwest and an apparent falling off
in the volume of trade buying around
the local ring served to encourage re
dictionary sentiment toward the middle
Of the morning. Rsaii za,,e became &c, e
22.76 and October to 22.14. or II to 10
points net lower. Offerings then ia
pered off and the market steadied later
in the morning on covering or fresh
buying brought in by the setback of
some 25 or 80 points from yesterdays
high levels.
NEW ORLEANS. June Poor cables
held the price of cotton down for a
while around the opening here today,
but fresh buying soon entered the mar
ket and made for higher levels. After
a recession of s to ~ points active
months Vent to a net advance Of to s
points. 1t was a fairly active market.
with business mainly for the account
of professional traders.
Futures opened steady. Opening bid:
July. 22.s5: October. 21.56: December
9lse. January. 2181 March. 21.91.
Realizing increased at the advance and
weighed against the market during the
rest Of the morning Toward the middle
Of the day trading months were "a to 81
noints under the final prices Of yesterday.
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rRENcH BOIRsE IS QUIET.

PARIS. June Trading was quiet
on the bourse today. Rentes. so
francs SIS centimes. Exchange on Lon
don, 81 francs Is centimes. Five per
cent loan. SO francs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-07

canada has SIS waterworks systems
costing sl2s.Ooo.Ooo.
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Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. Md, June I q pm. quo
tations) .-Wheat-Dull; spot No. red
2.75; spot No. red western, $50; receipts,
55.191 bushels.
Corn-Quiet; spot contract, LIS: June,
LIS; receipts, 1858 bushels exports,
1886 bushels.
Oats-Standard white, 6s: No white,
67a671a; receipts, 73,438 bushels; exports,
691 1913 bushels.
Rye-Firm; No 2 western export. 235
bid; receipts. 6,057 bushels.
Hay-Steady.
Grain freights-No quotations.
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FINANCIAL.

Gas and Electric Light Bills may be paid
There is no charge for this service.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK.

CHICAGO. June 7.-Hogs-Receipts.
10000 head: slow; to 10 under yester-
days average: bulk. 1535a15.s0; light.
14.75a15.65: mixed. Is. 10a15.S5; heavy,
Is. 15a15.9o; rough. 15.15a15.35; pigs. 1880
a14.75
Receipts. 5000 head; steady: ma
tive beef cattle, 925a1375 stockers and
feeders. 7.40a10.55; cows and heifers, 6.3oa
11S0: calves, 9.50a1425.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000 head weak.
wethers, s,30a10.s0; lambs. 950a14.5O;
springs. 12.00a16.75.
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Condition of the Water.
Up-River Waters.

srecial Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERs FERRY. w. Va, June =
The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both were very muddy this morning.
Weather in Various Cities.
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FINANCIAL.

Information and financial assistance
gladly gwen patrons and other rcs.-
dents of Washington IN th. pur, base -
L. S. Liberty loan" Bonds
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Condition of the United States
Treasury at close yesterday showed:
Net balance in general fund. $19s.s71, $50
Total receipts. 6,936,S20
4OS6t pay HcHts 4.S3t,6
The deficit this fiscal year Is $55,276,-
e97.. against a deficit of $41,047, $50 last
year, exclusive of Panama canal and
public debt transactions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-07
DAMAGE TO CROPS.

.Taken at pm, local time. June 6.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Alice PAUL Tells
OF SANITY INQUIRY
Sufragist Said to Have Eluded
Guards to Talk with Leader.

Examination into the mental condi-
ton OF Miss Alice Paul, suffrage
picket hunCer-stTiker. supposedly pre-
liminary to an effort to transfer her
from the Jail hospital to the Wash
ington Asylum Hospital, has been
made by three physicians. according
20 an announcement last night by the
National WOman's party, OF which
Miss Paul IS chairman.
One Of the examining physicians
told Mss Paul she was not in any
tit mental condition to decide for her
self whether or not she should eat it
was reported.
This information, the suffragettes
say, was gained surrePtitiously last
night atsEe jail hospital. where Miss
Paul and Miss Rose wteow. Of New
YORK. another hunger-striker, ste con-
fined
Miss Issvin5S Book, Of Fayetteville,
Pa. while the leader of a suffrage
delegation was having pariey with the
jail superintendent. is said to have
made her way unseen to the wing
where Miss Paul is confined and
tIlked with her.
The superintendent gave Mrs. Car
Oline katve0stcin permission to see
Miss Paul this morning.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
ASKS To SUSPEND
HUMBERT IMMUNITY
Owner of Paris Journal Explains
How He Employed Bolo Money.

Paris, Nov. 10.-The senatoria
committee appointed to examine tn,
demand to authorize legal proceed
ings against Senator Charles Hum
bert. owner of the Paris Journal, ha
decided to ask the senate to vote
suspension OF Humbert's immunity
Senator Humbert wrote the com
mittee explaining how he had en-
ployed the 1850 francs which Bolc
Pasha, under arrest for espionage
accused him of keeping. Senator
Humbert enclosed receipts for the
money and said he hoped the COM
mittee would approve the suspen-
sion of immunity.
The Court OF Cessation. sitting as a
disciplinary court today, condemned
Fernand Monier, president OF the Paris
Court of Appeals, TO the Snaximun
penalty for misuse OF his office. The
penalty is dismissal from Office.
Judge Monier's trial before the
Court Of Cessation was ordered by the
French Minister of Justice on Sep
tember %. 4 dispatch from Paris on
October .. reported that Bolo Pasha
under arrest for espionage. had re-
Guested the appointment OF Judge
Monier as a director OF the Paris
Journal.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
LACK OF Ships CUTS
DOWN FOOD SUPPLY
So Says Food Administrator Re-
garding France and Belgium.

Herbert C. Hoover last night is
sued a statement saying that the
only reason for a shortage of food
in Belgium and the occupied por-
tion of Northern France is the
scarcity of ships. He made this
statement in response to stories
cabled from Paris.
He says that the s75,00O.0O0 loan
ed by the United States to Belgium
and France has not yet been ex-
nausted and that while 40O, 900 tons
Of foodstuffs were delivered in Rot
terdam between February and Octo-
beh, another $4,000 tons was lost
in sunken ships or inability to get
the goods through the war zone.
During the coming quarter Mr.
Hoover predicts that the situation
will be improved and that 305, 900
tons Of food will be laid down in
Rotterdam. He says that the United
states has never refused to furnish
money for this work and that it
will go on
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
PAY5.9
| CENTSFOR lib.
l0AF,IS REPORT
Federal Trade Commission
Finds Flour 81 Per
Cent of Cost.

A pound of baked bread costs the
baker from 50 cents to 6.S cents. The
smaller bakeries can make bread at
less cost than the larger. Chain store
hakeries make bread most cheaply.
The pound loaf l. the most econom-
ical and should be made the standard
Bakeries should produce only one
kind OF loaf and cut out the unneces-
sary kinds. But one delivery a day
should be made TO retailers. Unsold
bread should not be allowed to be
returned.
These are the findings of the Fed
eral Trade Commission made public
last night. after an investigation of
the wholesale baking business.
Flour Is Half of Cost.
The cost figures given include de-
livery to retailers but do not include
either the bakers or the retailers
profits. Flour. considered at sl1 a
barrel. is over half the cost, 81 per
cent; other ingredients make 81 per
cent Of the cost; manufacturing costs
are 10 per cent: overhead 81 per cent,
and selling and delivery expenses are
I6.9 per cent.
Figures to show that the cost in
creases with the size of the business
indicate that the average cost to
bakeries making over 2OO0O pounds a
day is ~ cents. while those baking
under 500 pounds get the bread out
at a cost of 6.92 cents.
The lower costs for the chain store
bakeries are attributed TO their econ
Omies in selling methods. They aver
aged but j.Si cents per pound.
The general tendency of the infor-
nation gathered is TO the effect that
the bakers making the most kinds Of
bread have the highest costs.
In urging but one delivery day TO
retailers, the Commission points out
that this will automatically cut out
the large number of competitive de-
liveries made by rival bakers to the
same dealers.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
MAGNIFICENT
OPPORTUNITY
FOR SCULPTORS

The Government of the Re-
public of Cuba has ordered
that an invitation be made to
national and foreign artists for
an international concourse for
the erection of a monument in
honor of Maxine Gomez v
Baez, General-in-chief of the
Army of Liberation.
Those artists who may de-
sire to take part in this con-
test may address the Legation
OF Cuba in Washington in or
der to obtain the necessary
data as to the conditions regu-
lating said contest, or to the
Consulate General of Cuba in
New York, where the same
data will be furnished.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
SNATCHES HANDBAG;
GETS Sl7 IN Cash
Mrs. E. E. Ramey Victim of Daring
Street Robbery.

A daring street thief early last night
snatched a bag, containing S17, from
the hand Of Mrs. f. L. Ramey. of 4l5
Fourth street northwest, according to
the report the woman made to the
police.
Immediately after the theft, the rob-
Der fed from the scene. c street. near
Third street northwest. and at an
early hour this morning had not been
captured
Mrs. Ramey stated she could not
tell whether the man was white or
colored. The only description she
could give was that he was heavily
built and wore a slouch hat
According to her story the robber
was walking east on c street and Mrs.
Ramey was coming west. Later he
He'd south on Third street.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

responses from the Americans fol.
lowed.
Through IL all. however. my repor-
tortal instincts had not deserted me.
AT Fort Souvnle, during the after
noon the fort commander had given
me, fer a souvenir, one OF his en-
velopes with the official stamp OF
Fort sonville in the upper left-hand
corner.
When the commander Of verdur
sat down, after his toast, / handed
him this envelope and my fountain
pen.
II am sure. colonel, the American
people would appreciate a written
greeting from you"
Writes n Greeting.
And on the envelope he wrote un-
der his name, Col. q, comman-
dant Of the army of Verdun, They
shall not pass. / send my kindest
regards to America and the Ameri.
can people" ITO Mr.. c. Lyon"
I'D better put the official stamr
of Verdun on this, or somebody might
say II was not genuine" he laughed
We were about to take leave, wher
the colonel had a happy thought.
I'D love to hear you sing the Sta,
Spangled Banner"" he said.
In another room was a little old
piano that had weathered all the
bloody storm.
But not one of us Americans could
play q note!
We got through the first verse ir
fine style, but there was a good dea'
of humming an ia, las" toward the
end OF the second.
The way the Frenchmen then sans
their own national hymn made u.
Americans ashamed of ourselves.
When he went out into the night
we hardly noticed that il was still
driZzling.