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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-08
NORTH WHITE CREEK

Mr. Whittier OF SALISBURY called
on Il. NJ. Harrington Sunday
Henry Hin visited Mr. and Mrs.
George Potter in Cambridge Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Luke are re.
joicng over the arrival of little son.
Mrs. William Luke is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Weir of North
Hoosiok
Misses Mary and Anna Guber visit.
ed their grandparents in Argyle
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Elliot Of White
Creek spent Sunday at Mrs. Mary
Bailey's.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR SALE--Eight room house on
North street. modern Improvements.
barn, garden aud fruit trees Apply
Miss Ella Kinney Tel. 1922. 62tl9
TO RENT--Tonomont, apply Mrs
y. G. SlAde, Phone. 167-M 62tf
wANTED-Help at the Cottage ho-
tel. 63tS
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CONCERT TONIGHT

Program to Be Given by the Band
This Evening.
The Star Spangled Banner.
March-Sons of Destiny Losey
Noyelette-Dance of the Nile Maidens
Graham
Waltz-Pepay Chatting Araulls
Tenor Solo-Sweet Memories
Theberge
William Andrews
Observation-Disclosures Finn Lewis
Lets All be Americans Now
Berlin
Selection-ll Trovatore Meyrelles
Ancient Air-La Cinquantaine
Gabriel
March-Semper Fidelis Sousa
America.
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l747. NRi,,lS
AS PLACED ON
COUNTY LIST
Includes All In County Be-
tween Ages Fl and 81
ALL SUBJECT TO CALL
While Only About One Third VIII Be
Examined Now the Others May
Be Wanted Later.

The complete official draft list for
the county of Bennington IS given
below. This list includes all the
young men of the county in the order
they were drawn on July 20.
Scores of persons are interested to
know where their names appear and
have had no chance to examine the
posted lists at the county court
house.
While only somewhere about the
first 500 will be examined to fill the
first quota of 127 the others may be
called for later.
The first column of figures shows
the order in which the names were
drawn, while the second column is
the ''red ink" number under the en-
rollment The list is as follows:
l. 25S-Edward Joseph vallen-
court, Bennington.
p 45S-Grover Dean, Bennington.
3-1436-Osias Leo Berard, Reads
boro.
A. s54-Guy X. Haynes, Benning-
ton.
5--10g5--Andre Noise, Manchester.
6--1455-Bryon II. Eaton, Rupert.
T. 7S3-Amos Martin Ketchem,
(enlisted), Bennington
S-1117-Fred Chas. Covey, Man.
chester, Depot.
9--1572-Ashael Salmon, North
Bennington.
10 S37-Philip Emanuel Racicot,
Bennington.
IL 337-Fred C. Rice, North Ben
nington.
12-- 676-Francis Robert Parker,
Bennington.
13- 275-Raymond B. Harrington,
Bennington.
IL 509-Elmer Leon Stratton,
Bennington.
15-11S5-Robert Leslie Anderson,
Manchester Depot.
16- 564-Charles w. Powell, Ben
-nington.
IL g45-Michael Henry Gallagher,
South Dorset.
18- 596-Eli Charles Laporte, Ben.
nlngton.
19-l267-Louis r. Niles, Pownal.
90 5S6--John II. McMaster, Ben
.1 ningtor.
21--1495-Hosea Il. King, Sandgate
22-- 54S--Lucius Hazelton Goewey
Bennington.
90 126-Paul Gardner Moses, Ben
nington.
24-1679-Eli Forrest Hall, East
Arlington.
25-1237-George Farley Kenyon
North Pownal
90 7S4-Arthur Edward Patten
North Bennington.
27-1732AIIarry Bishop, woodford
2S- 755-Howard Charles Russell
Bennington.
% lO7-George r Guber. Cam
bridge, N. Y.
3O-154G-Jay c. Mattison, Soutl
SALISBURY.
S1--15Gs-yance w. Stacey, Soutl
SALISBURY.
32-1S60--Vlto Nemello MassarI
Readsboro.
33- 616-Victor Sienko, North Ben
nington.
"a 37S-5iudd Lyman White. Ben
nington.
35-1676-Harry Everett Bahar
East Arlington.
36--126G-Charles Reynolds. Mort
Pownal.
az 775-olIyer Leonidas Tetraul
Bennington.
3S-- 4S6-pasynole Stellato, Tro,
N. Y.
30 6e2-Aniceto Salerno. BennInI
ton.
10 G00-Mials Hugh Robson, Bel
nington.
d. S1O-Joel Warren Moon, Be
nlngton.
42-l539-Clark NJ. Blake, Mort
Bennington.
43-16s2-IIIram James Rivet, Ea
Arlington.
a. 507--Enos A. Benham, Rutlan
as sO9-w. ]. Malon. Bennlngto
de- 4S7-ZufIi Vito. Bennington.
47-132i-Leo c. Grady. Pownal.
Is 6Oi-Alvaro Guy Elwell (enllI
ed. Bennington
a. 4S--Willlam ]. Morrisse
East Arlington
b0-15fS-Ernest G. Thompso
South Salisbury
5i-l264-Albert Wolfondon, Nor
pownal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-08
AZ PASSED BY
DOCTORS AND
q ACCEPTED.
Nineteen Claim Exemption
Under Rules
FIRST DAYS RECORDS
All But -Four Appeared or Accounted
For and 81 Failed to Pass
Doctors Examination.

OF the men examined yesterday by
the local exemption board AZ were
passed by the doctors, 81 were re-
jected, five have,already enlisted, and
three cases are held for further con-
sideraton.i -Four of those summoned
failed to appear
Those passed by the doctors are as !
follows:
Grover Dean, Bennington.
Andre Noise, Manchester.
Byron H. Eaton, Rupert.
Ashael Salmon, Shaftsbury.
Philip E. Racicot, Bennington.
Fred c. Rice Bennington.
Raymond b. Harrington, Benning-
ton.
Elmer L. Stratton, Bennington.
Louis r. Niles, Pownal.
Hosea f. King, Sandgate.
Paul G. Moses, Bennington.
: George p. Kenyon, Pownal.
Jay c. Mattison. Salisbury.
Rudd h. White, Bennington.
Harry e. Bahan, Bennington.
TA"Ai i~o ANNJ 4Oluot JONlldl.
Vito N. Masari, Readsboro.
Anicito Salermo, Bennington.
Mails II. Robson Bennington.
Joel W. Noon, Bennington.
Clark NJ. Blake, Shaftsbury.
Hiram j. Rivet, Sunderland.
VIM. J. Malon, Bennington.
Zufii Vito, Bennington.
Leo G. Grady. Pownal
r VIM J. MOrriSSey, Arlington.
George H. Stone, Dorset
Lewis l.. Allen, Bennington.
William II. Kelton, Manchester.
Edward d. Scully, Arlington.
Gilbert A. Cherbonneau, Manches-
te'
Earl Winslow Qudgeon, Pownal
James F. Leahy, Bennington.
Floyd j. Bouplon, Shaftsbury.
Walter l., Wadsworth, Bennington.
Frank w. Benedict, Dorset
Marshall A. Pleasant Bennington
Adelbert c. Green, Bennington.
benjamin G. Cleveland, Manchester
Rupert X. Harwood, Manchester.
francesca Kisatti. Readsboro.
Julius L. Bates, Bennington.
Of these there are 10 who have filed
petitions for exemption because of
dependents or for other causes
Those who have not asked for exemp.
ton, up to 10 o'clock this forenoon.
and who may be considered as passed
and accepted are as follows:
Andre Noise
Byron n. Eaton.
Raymond B. Harrinaton.
EInerhL. stratton
q Hosea e. KING
e7 Paul G. Moses
George n. Kenyon
Charles Reynolds
Joel w. Moon
Clarke M. Blake
Hiram J. Rivet
George II. Stcne
William n. Kelton
Edward D. ScuIly
Earl w. Qudgeon
Floyd J. 6oupIon
Walter L. Wadsworth
Adelbert c. Green
Benjamin G. Cleveland
Julius {. Bates
The i've. who have previously en-.
listed are Amos NJ. Ketchum of Ben
nington, Guy Elwell of Bennington,
Niles Bartlett of Pownal. George
Stewart Bennett Of Manchester and
Floyd H Morse of Bennington.
The four who failed to appear or
send word are Pasynole Stelato OF
Stamford, John Euk of Glastonbury.
Victor Sienko Of Bennington and
Jonas Weretine OF Arlington. One
who didn't show up yesterday came
this morning
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WEATHER FORECAST

For eastern New York and western
Vermont, probably thunder showers
tonight and Thursday. Cooler to.
night I'm west portion
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Bennington.

nington
,0S-1675-Lewis Alexander Bahan,
East Arlington.
l09- S60-Frederick B. Cushman,
North Bennington.
,10-IG57-John b. Knapp, Stamford
,11-1217-Charles II. Grant, Peru.
.12- 571-George F frederick Brad
ley, Bennington Falls.
,13- 4SS-Petro Lazzero, Troy. n. Y.
d. Harrington,
Bennington
10 704-Gioyanni Cortinos, Ben
nington.
,16- 72-Joseph Henry Rivers,
Arlington.
,17-1709-Carl A. Robinson, Bond
villc.
,1S-- 35G-Giovanni Picirillo, Ben
nington.
Gray Andrew, East
Arlington.
,20-10G7-John +. w. Machein, Man
chester Depot.
,21-- 12S-Waldo butcher White,
North Bennington.
,22-- 679-Toni Merce, Bennington.
,2S-- S05-Walter Edward Bingham,
Bennington
,24- 11--Jesse Earl Harrington,
Arlington.
,25-- William Edward Hawks,
Bennington.
l.. Smith, Bennington.
927- 363-Francis Patrick O'Toole,
Bennington.
22S-12S7-A. Odell, North Pownal
d. Letray, Manches-
ter Depot.
230-- 6-Charles Daniel Charlton,
East Arlington.
231-- 327-Charles William Thomp-
son. Bennington.
232- 664-William Cornelius Cook,
Bennington.
233-- sS-Charles John CALI, East
Arlington.
Alexander Walsh
Readsboro
235--1722-Alfred Capen, BondvilIe
236- 957--William Henry Lanfear
Dorset.
C. Collins, South
Shaftsbury
23S-174f-Richard Rumbolt, Wood
ford
239--1112-Ettore Zandi, Manchester
Depot.
240-- 345-Galen Reginald Miller, AIS
Bennington.
B. Howard, South
Salisbury
42--1355-Enrico Dorigatti, Reads
bore.
249-- 103--Albert Calvin Link, East
Arlington.
244--15S5--Albert A. Mattlsbn, South
Shaftsbury.
245-1221-Clasence Farley Smith
Peru.
246-11O2-Fritz Fiemer, Manchester
Depot.
47-1625-William ]. Walsh, Soutl
Shaftsbury.
24S- 556--Edward John Diehl, Ben
nington.
249-1565-Percey y. Mattison, Soutl
Shaftsbury.
$50 154-Walter Z. Higgins, Ben
nington
251-12S1--Harry W. Beals. Pownal
252- 5l--Robert Sylvester Cullinan
Arlington.
253- 717-Paul Frank Mielke, Ben
nington.
54-1057--Mike Cosalio, Mancheste
Depo;.
255-1256--Fred A. Perham, PownaI
256-1073-George H. Fisher, Mar
chester Center.
257-- 30-Bernard Andrew Cole
Arlington.
25S-- 199-George j. Oesterle (eT
listed). Bennington.
259- 3SS-Percey s. Russell, Bel
nington.
260--1423-Silvio Delaiti, Readsbor'
261-l7i6-Clarenc l.. Wilder .Wil
hall
suA- iio-tldIIl AlDeTl Nihlhnol
Bennington
263- G0S-Thomas Francis Mahe
Bennington.
264- 406-Francls Lee Hartt, Be
nington.
2G5- 519-Daniel Joseph Keele
Bennington.
266-1730--Tracey II. Emory, WI
hall.
267-- 25--Adolf Zaremba. ArlIngtC
26S- 392--Edward James Swet
Bennington.
269-- SS9-Glendon Eugene Flemin
bennington.
go 3S3-Clayton Butterworth Sim
son, Bennington.
71-1166-Daniel Mcneil ManchC
ter.
272-1712--Arvid Pirhomen, Winha
273- 5SS-Charles Il. Hurley BE
nington.
274-- S56--Henry Ranfred Carpent,
Bennington.
275-- 705--John Charles McCormlS
Bennington.
| 276-1346-vigilio zecchini, Rea'
boro.
, 277- 576-Bert Guy Strotton, B'
ningt0n.
27S-- 944--John Leo Tulley, Dors,
279--1677-Fred Hard, Sunderland
$50 122-Richard Henry Com
Bennington.
2S1-- 642--Elmer Dickerson Mitch'
bennington.
2S2-- 939-Victor Luther nrop
Dorset
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Dorset.
81 420--Lewis Lee Allen, North
Bennington.
55-lOl4-John EuA, South Shafts.
bury.
56-117S-William H. Kelton, Man.
chester Center.
81 514-Henry James Flynn. Ben
nington.
58- 433-Laurence Foster McNary
Bennington.
59-1329-Niles Elijah, Bartlett (en-
listed, Pownal.
Co. 10-Edward Daniel Scully, Ar
lington.
61-1045-Gilbert Amelia Cherbon.
neau, Manchester
G2-1031-George. S. Bennett Man
cheste,
63-17O5-Alford Harvey Hazleton,
Arlington.
64-1331-Earl Winslow Qudgeon
Pownal.
65--16S5-Clifford Paul Bushway.
East Arlington
Co. 4S7-Aniello Befi, Troy, N. Y.
67-12S2-Ranson G. Cooper, North
Pownal
William II. Odell. Pownal
Co. 797-James f. Leahy, Benning.
ton.
70 140-Floyd Harding Morse, Ten
listed, Bennington.
71-1536-Floyd ]. Bouplon, North
Bennington.
72-1723-Clarence L. Hewes, Bond
vile.
73-1236-Arthur James Mcdonald,
North Pownal.
IA 432-Walter l.. Wadsworth,
Bennington.
75- 1S-Jonas Weretine, East Ar
lington
To- 652-Frederick Orison Graves,
Jr., Bennington.
IT 927-Frank William Benedict,
East Dorset.
7S-14S4-Geo. II. McKeighon, West
Pawlet.
70 739-Marshall A. Pleasant,
Bennington.
So 601--Adelbert Clyde Green,
Bennington.
S1--1322-William +. Walk, North
Powna.
S2--1146-Benjamin G. Cleveland,
Manchester.
S3-1103-Rupert X. Harwood, Man,
chester:
S4-1395-Francesco Kisatti, Reads.
bore.
S. 606-Julius E. Bates, Benning
ton.
Sc 1S2-Elmer II. Dinwiddie
Bennington
81 513-Guy w. Morse, Benning
tor
S. 46-George Gabriel Cullinan
Arlington
S9-1020-Harry Boynton Nelson
Landgrove.
90-1651-Charles Roy Brown
Stamford.
91--1O99-Murio Parquirle, Manches
ter Depot.
2-1636-Douglas Montgomery, SO
SALISBURY.
93- 223-William Charles Mason
Bennington.
94-1441-Leo Sibley Carpenter
Readsboro.
90 117-Joseph Daroskevious, Il
Arlington.
90 602-Sidney Elwell Waite, Ben
nington
o. 390-Ralph Amos Burt, Ben
nington.
9S- 75-Albert Dusablon, Arline
90 772-Frank Mara. Bennington
| 10O-1456-Neal Don Higgins, Rupert
1O1- 721-John d. Carey, Bennint
tor.
102-1419-Celso Antonio Marcheg
ami, Readsboro.
103- 7S6-Joseph Rupprecht Bel
nington.
| 04-1549-Bernie l.. Twitchel
SALISBURY.
| 105-1476-John c. Morris, Rupert,
1906 2S0-Nathan s. Satter. Bennin
ton.
107-1292-Arthur Edwin Ayre
Pownal.
10S- 972-Fred Wesley Sheldon
Dorset.
109- 9S3--Joseph Edward Phillip
Dorset.
1l0-757-4Herbert Guy Cone, Bennir
ton.
| III 9GG-Ernest Carlton Mamie
Dorset.
lie S6S-Louis Margolin, Bennin
ton.
1l3- 332-John Edward Griffin, BE
nington.
ia 379-Arthur Napoleon GigueI
= Bennington.
115-1560-Jesse l.. Durham, Nor
Bennington.
116- 542-Lewis Sumner Whi
North Bennington.
III 19i-C. Wayne Adams, BE
! nington.
11S- S7i-William Henry Hollst'
[ Bennington.
119- 552-William Augustus CarrC
!. Bennington Falls
!. 120-1300 Forrest +. Snow, Pownal
12i--1673-Carlton r. BELLS, III
Arlington.
). 122-- 29S-William ]. Horst, d,
nlngton.
, 123- 675--James NJ. Provan, MOI
pownal
/, 124-1294--Allen Sylvester Morgl
bennington.
h 125-l14S-Bert Kent, Manches
Depot.
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Wayne B. Wheeler, of the Anti
Saloon League, Divagates?
Continued from First column.)


you could talk you would keep repeating I know man
who made fortune minding his own business
You would say, MIND your own business if the Sen
ate took away jug Of ice water That would not mean
that you lacked patriotism would that you lacked
ice water.
Millions of workngmen upon whom this country must
rely for the hard heavy work that you and the
League cannot do say to those that would take away the
beer that they use temporarily Mind your business
This is not because they lack patriotism but because they
want their beer and HAVE RIGHT TO IT
Mr. Wheeler says (his is very valuable publicity that
giving hm) Labor and saloon have absolutely
nothing in The aims of labor organized and un-
organized and the influence Of the saloons are Numerically
opposed"
Nobody talking about Labor AND the saloons
good Mr. Wheeler But the President and Congress- have
received petition FROM MORE THAN TWO MILLIONS
OF ORGANIZED WORKING MEN denouncng the plan to
forbid by national legislation otherwise the sale of light
beer.
These organized workers and their leaders and mil
lions of workers not organized know that you
night or in year. or in fifty years. change the habits of
entire nation.
They know that you CAN compel men to stop selling
light beer and light wine which easily be hidden
and that if you do that YOU WILL PUT THE COUNTRY
ON WHISKEY BASIS
Ask Mr. Gompers the head of organized labor in the
United States what HE thinks He knows certainly more
about labor than you do Mr.. Wheeler
He will tell you that the workman who takes light beer
the business clerk who drinks light beer or light
wine only leads temperate life whereas WHISKEY IS
DANGEROUS POISON. he will tell you, as we tell you,
that it would be crime put this nation whskey basis
the of temperance and that the best friend thai
whiskey ever had is the prohibtonst
If you doubt it, go to prohibition Iowa. and ask the
people of Des Mones about the carloads of whskey that
sent into that city the State had Statewide
prohibition It prohibition for harmless stiuulantA
and it was PROSPERITY FOR WHISKEY
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By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow.

getting breath of fresh air. Such
a nice lad came in from one Of the
anchored ships, and asked for his
letters, a solemn, old mastiff lum-
bering at his heels-one of those
dogs who take life very seriously.
Where did you get the dog?
/ asked.
"'Out of the bay he laughed.
The old fellow was drowning.
He'd got in somehow and was try
ing to swim, but he had such a
tight mu8zle on that he couldn't
draw his breath. Some OF US saw
him and started for the rail, but /
beat 'em to it and went over the
side. l couldn't see a dog drown.
you know. He was just about all
in when / reached him, going down
for the last time, and l had a pref
ty stiff fight Of it to save him and
get him on the ship. lie was prac-
tically dead, but we rolled him on
the deck and gave him all the first
aid" we knew how, and after a
while he came around all right.
He's a crusty old beggar and he
don't make friends very easy, but
he sticks to me like glue. He
knows | saved his life, and he tries
in every way he can to show his
gratitude.
"'The S. P. C. A. are going to
give me a medal, | heard, and
that'll make my mother proud. 1t
was thinking of her, you know,
that made me hold on when the
tide nearly had US, and it seemed
as if / just had to let the old boy
here go and look out for Number
One. But said to myself: "You
sure don't want her to believe you
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LAST WORD TO BUYERS

To shoppers and all buyers in Wash
ington, The Sunday Times says THE
LAST WORD.
The last thing read on Sunday even
ing, the first thing remembered Monday
morning by the careful housewife the
thoughtful buyer, is WASHINGTON
SUNDAY TIMES ADVERTISEMENTS.
Merchants and other advertisers find
the LAST chance and the BEST chance to
impress the public buying mind on Sun
day, in The Sunday Evening Times-the
home paper.
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I WAS talking to former man
o'-war's man-an adventur-
GUS chap who had run away
from home in his teens and
Joined the navy. He knew the serv-
ice thoroughly, had handled the big
guns on one Of our first class
battleships, and had taken part in
the famous cruise around the world
during the Roosevelt Administra-
ton.
He was discussing the compare
tive merits of the seamen Of diff
ferent nationalities.
"Who make the best jackies ?"
1 asked him.
"The American boys" he re-
turned, without a moments hest
tation. "They are faster, more full
of pep better in every way"
"And why?" l said.
"Oh, just the characteristic,
Yankee 'go-get,' l guess. Or, no."
he reconsidered; cts. not exactly
that either. It's more a psyche
logical question. In any sort of a
pinch, the British sailors subcon-
scious thought is, What are the
traditions of the fleet?' And the
French sailors, For the honor Of
France!' But the American says to
himself, "What1l the folks back
home think of me?' and cuts loose
for all that is in him. It's a more
intimate, personal incentive, don't
you see?"
His point of view seemed to me
confirmed a day or two later, when
| heard a woman relating her ex-
periences as a volunteer post
mistress at the Naval Y. N. C. A.
in Brooklyn. Many of the enlisted
men who are stationed at the navy
yard or in nearby barracks receive
their mail there, and so great has
been the rush recently, owing to
the arrival of recruits in. such
large numbers, that those in
charge have been obliged to call
for outside assistance.
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Over the Rail Into the Bay
Just to Save an Old Dog
From Drowning.

Ny friend was one of those who
responded, and she was tremen-
dously enthusiastic over her ex-
perience.
81 have never spent a more in
teresting and inspiring afternoon"
she said. Those boys were so in
genuous, so frank and friendly,
that to talk with them was Like
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Mother" and Home"
Words 0ftenest Heard
When Bows Seek Mail.

And that was the thing that
impressed me all the way
through" continued my friend,
"the unvarying strain of Mother
and Home which each of those
boys sounded.
YOU'RE in luck / said to one
lad as / handed him q thick letter
addressed in a feminine hand.
This is evidently a good, long one
"'0h,' he glanced at it indif-
ferently, stufing it in his pocket
without opening it, that's only
from a girl l met. l was hoping
and his tone showed his disappoint-
ment, that there might be some
thing for me from home
"The next one grinned jubilantly
as he received a narrow envelope
with the superscription in a
shaky, old-fashioned hand. From
my mother he explained. She
never forgets to write me at least
once a week
$50 it was with every one of
them. If they got anything from
home or mother, even though 1t
was only a post card, they were
happy and satisfied. If not, they
were correspondingly depressed
and disconsolate.
az wonder if anything can be
wrong l would hear them mutter
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Don't Forget to Write, -
Plea Applied Just as
Much to Those Who
StaY,


81 happened to note the post
mark, showing a date of but five
Gays before, and Immediately his
expression changed.
"oh" he exclaimed with vast
relief, that's different. Five
daysll make 'em just crumbly and
sugary and all right
Cookies from home are worth
while, aren't they?' I commented.
"'You said it, he returned with
emphasis, and hurried off, clutch
ing his precious parcel"
She had a dozen more stories Of
the same sort to tell, but all bear
ing on the point which the man-of-
wars man had made, that with
the American sailor, and, of
course, the American soldier, too,
it is 'the folks back home" that
count. 1t is of them he is think
ing, now that he is undergoing the
rigorous routine of training and
preparation; it is of them he will
be thinking when the time comes
for him to fight.
Isn't it fair, then, that "the folks
back home" should show that they
are thinking of him, that they
should let nothing interfere with
their frequent letters telling those
intimate details which are always
so priced by the absent one, and
that none of those boys should be
turned away empty-handed and
disappointed when they inquire,
as there anything for me?"
1t is those very letters which
may help to win the war, for wars
are not won entirely or even prin-
cipally by power or might of num-
bers or generalship or money, but
by the morale of the fighting men
the spirit which will stand up
against anything because Of the
American pluck and the folks
back home" who believe that it is
unconquerabls.
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as they turned reluctantly away.
Some Of them might have found
time to write me-
Zone boy and got into quite q
discussion over a attered-looking
parcel which had come for him.
Looks as if it had been following
me around for a month"; he
grumbled. And it's cookies, too,
that my sister made. They won't
be fit to eat
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the bigger dog Of the two, and a
yellow dog at that" And l took
a fresh grip on him, and we pulled
out
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proportion of men for war;" With
out any undue hesitation we should
say football. Undoubtedly.
Walter johnson began his eleventh
major league season with a shutout.
attached to three hostile hits.
Judging from those who saw him
work. the Idaho Sprapnel has as much
speed today as he had 10 years ago.
This seems reasonable enough, despite
reports that Johnson was slipping q
bit
The National star is not only a
pitcher with rare physical power. but
he has one of the easiest pitching mo-
tons ever known. There isn't a jerk
or a llink in his delivery. The whole
affair is a matter of perfect phythm.
and this means. as n rule, unusual
length of service.
Johnson is now only % years old.
As he takes the best care of himself
and rarely worries under fire, he
should have at least eight years more.
Washington may he no pennant con-
tender, but there are seven ball clubs
who will not be caught cheering on
the days that find Wciser's favorite
son in the rifle pit