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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
THE LORD MAYORS SHOW
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1 London, December 6.-(SpeciaI Corre- spondence)-Ginger Gahey, D. C. M, sol- dier of the B. F. F., an Irishman home on leave, now on his way back to the I trenches, was in London waiting for the leave train to start But much more im- portant than the leave train was the mate for whom he was waiting at Char I ing Cross, Spudhole Bubb, his pal, a Cockney rifleman who had left the l trenches with him eight days ago. The two men had travelled together to Lon don and there they separated Spud- hole went to his home off Walworth road and Gahey went away to Ballyrudden, the Irish townland in which he was proud owner of a farm 15 acres, hill and holm. and no land to equal it in the whole l country.
 | Now back in London again he was waiting for his mate at Charing Cross. 1 Spudhole was not there at the appointed | time. He was late in turning up and Gahey was not a patient man. | The limb.' he muttered to himself. Whats the divil's keepin him. I sup pose 1t will be woman. for that Is all ways the root iv all troubles!''
 "Cheero! ye Irishmanr' I The greeting came from a distance and Gahey turned to see his mate approach
 
 shoulders thrown back and his cigarette alight.
 We're swankin' it all right" said Ga. hey. ''Why the divil were you not here In timer"
 As he spoke he shook hands with Spud- hole and when Spudhole drew his hand away he shook the fingers apart
 '"The last time I'm goin' to let ye gel old O my and, Gahey," he muttered That's unless I've got boxin' gloves on Are yer not comin' ter see the Lord mayors show?'
 'Is that what all the peoples gon to see?" Gahey inquired.
 Did yer not read the papers then 9 Spudhole said.
 If that's all I've to do on leave might as we'll stop in the trenches" wa. Gahey's reply.
 Well, come along wiv me as far a. Blackfriars bridge and see the show, Spudhole advised. It'll soon be passin that way"
 The two men went to Blackfriar bridge, Spudhole with cigarette between his lips and Gahey smoking a little blacl clay pipe.
 Sitting on the parapet of the bridge af ferded first-class view point and iron there the two soldiers had a good sigh of the procession. Jolly good show and free un" sai, Spudhole as the line of soldiers ant sailors appeared, some of the former il full marching order And there ar, tanks, too, male and female. as they say saw them while ago and they Tool rippin Almost put the wind up me-"
 Its hard to get away from the war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Stop Having Food Orgies

Margaret Deland, the famous author, has written an article for the Woman s Home Companion, in which she says
 ''We can give up certain kinds of food namely, opportunities. This is so obvious and so easy that one hesitates to men tion it. It is not hard for any intelli. gent woman q almost said any decent womanD to give up, just now-icing her cake! q use icing as a generic term. mean. of course, that sort of thing) I am reminded here of something which happened at luncheon at which I was present, given to two English ladies. It was a terrible luncheon. Food, Food! Food! And there we were plump, already over-fed women, eating, eating, eating! When it was over, and we rose heavily from the table, burdened with that sense of repletion which poor in- dolent middle-age knows so well, the two English ladies drifted together into a corner. Then. in their calm, clear pen etrating English voices. came:
 Dear Mary, it was a gorge
 "'Dear Jane, it was a Roman orgyi'
 (Which brings me back to sacrifice. which. maintain. is the easiest thing we have to do. We can give up the orev
 ''We are here in the world where there is not enoueh Of certain kinds of food. (Poor Marv's ejaculation returns to me: we are all toired av the word : But hear with it while I just sum the situation up) There is not enough of certain kinds of food for everybody Ow- ing to the scarcity of wheat. there isn't enough white flour to go around: owing to the scarcity of other gains there ism { enough milk to go around; owing to the scarcity of labor. there will probably very soon not be enough sugar to go around Where these staples are used as super fluties--like white flour in the delicious little fancy breads, or sugar in after dinner candy. Or butter in elaborate des- serts-it is of course. as easy as possi- ble for right-minded persons to sacrifice them Under the circumstances. the use of superfluities means sexcess' Some body once said that the essence of vlil- garity is appropriateness and certain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

no matter where ye go' said Gahey. There's bloomin' gun disguised as a field"
 He pointed at a gun which nosed along in camouflage, or paint disguise. "S'pose it as sent some dirt over our heads out there" said the retrospective Spudhole. And look, there's a lot of R. F. A. men wiv trench elmets on- and behind 'em look bloomin' 'owit- ger. Captured from the Germans. too. Maybe it's the one as used to send the plum puddin's into our trench out't La Bassee three weeks ago" The squat howitzer rolled by and fol- lowing 1t was novel feature the turn out of the women workers of the land army. Attored in white smocks, knickers and puttees, they carried rakes, hoes, milking pails and stools as they followed 8 lorry laden with hay. "All that I want for me bit iv land l In Ballyrudden would be one iv them" said Gahey. with wife from that crush I'd be the happiest man in all Ire l land.
 That's more in my line' said Spud-
 hole, as a party of munitionettes came by | in their travelling workshop. Hello, 1 dearie." He waved his hand to fair 1 damsel. who responded With smile. And a Gothal" exclaimed Gahey as
 a captured German airplane came by on
 a lorry. "They're not as bad in a lorry T as they are in the air. But lookp' he I exclaimed, as the tanks hove in sight two of them nosing forward on the streets of London with the utmost | apathy.
 Just as if they were out there' he said, jumping down to the street and holding his arms over his head.
 "Kamerad kamerad!' he whined mind full of the Germans whom he had more
 than once seen surrendering when con fronted by the tanks in real warfare The crowd stared at Gahey and th
 loyal Spudhole stared at the crowd. |
 anyone dared to say word to Gahey
 But no one spoke, which was we'll
 Lord, it's good to have a sight iy
 them" said Gahey, turning his attention
 to his pipe and lighting 1t. q though ] this was goin' to be lord mayors show
 but as far as I can see it's a bloomin ] war museum"
 Tonight we're goin back ter tn trenches" said Spudhole. addressing al
 who cared to listen. But it's grand , things to see the show while we are ere l "I'm glad to have seen the werner , workers," said Gahey. Tt shows tha
 it's not us that does all the work of tn
 war"
 "So you think the women are the mos ; interesting feature of the show?" aske
 a lady who was standing by. Second to the tanks they were" sail Gahey. "Those land workers are we l worth seein'."
 ) But wot price the girls on the muni tion wagon?' exclaimed Spudhole, wh [ did not always see eye to eye with hi
 mate, Gahey, especially in matters deal ] ing with the fair sex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Voice of Experience

From the Washington Star
 "A stupid person can ask more ques, tions than the wisest man can answer z remarked the ready-made philosopher
 Don't I know that.'' exclaimed the weary youth. T work in a bureau of information"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

ly nothing is more inappropriate, just now, than excessD But as for sacrifice why, it isn't sacrifice to refrain iron cream when we hear a baby crying fol milk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

One of the leading inventors of the tractor laboratory here is enthusiastic as to the benefit of the cheap light
 weight tractor to the farmer. This does not mean the Ford tractor, but it means the ideal cheap tractor upon which several companies are working and which Is bound to be evolved with in a short time Said this man. "The lightweight tractor will probably solve the labor conditions for our farm
 ers.~It VII be used for all sorts of work. such as breaking the land and blowing, and seeding and reaping. It will give every farmer who owns one a steam engine of perhaps 25-horse power and that engine can be used for all sorts of work. By it the farm CT can cut his wood, grind his feed or run any kind Of small manufac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

six years, and in other states something like eight years. The amount of service now obtained is from 360o to 11,00 working hours, depending largely upon the care given the machine while in and out ot use. Of 200 tractor owners in Illinois 5I per cent reported that their outfits were not out of commission a single day when they were needed during thes eason, and of the ramaining 43 per cent the average number of days lost was only seven.
 I went over the farm with one of the officials of the experimental plant, and, as I did so, talked with him as to the possibility of the cheap tractor. He told me that it was possible to cut 20 acres of grain in one day by means of a tractor and that only two men were required to run 1t. He said that the amount of blowing possible de- pended upon the soil, but that one man with a tractor should be able to turn over as much as six acres day These amounts are much in excess of those reported to the department of agriculture as to the tractors in use
 The officials of this experimental laboratory are enthusiastic as to the possibilities of the cheap lightweight tractor and as to what it will do on the farm. They realize that they have as yet by no means perfect machine. but they say that they are getting nearer a practical working one from day to day. They have already built 50 different experimental tractors, and the later models are more and more satisfactory. The weight of their ma chine now in use is about 2500 pounds but they hope to reduce this weight by the use of better materials. As to the price, could not get figures. Raw y17a aria of a1 rfS that it is impossible to estimate what the completed machines will cost, and all of the tractor makers will proba bly, have to revise their prices to suit the conditions brought about by the war.
 One of the leading inYentors of the
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-03-13
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-03-13
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-03-13

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-03-13

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-03-13
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-21
FOOD SHORTAGE
 EXISTS IN ALL
 ALLIED NATIONS
Stories Printed Claiming Plenty of Food Are Very
 Misleading.

Hartford, Dec. M.-Recent state ments in American papers that there is no food shortage in France and other Allied European countries are are absolutely untrue, and initiate against the vital success of Americas food conservation program, according to a statement made today by the United States Food Administration in this city.
 Only the most careful husbanding of available supplies by the Food Ad- ministration and painstal1ing conser- vation in every American household will insure sufficient food for Allied armies and populations abroad.
 Some of the stories published are explainable through misunderstanding between Americans recently returned ! from Europe and the newspaper men to whom they talk. For this reason l it is highly desirable that all news paper men be particularly careful to get such statements clearly.
 Other stories widely printed could not have been written more conn pletely in the interest of Germany if the Kaiser had penned them himself It would be a distinct help to the Food Administration and"to the win ming of the war if all editors would carefully verify every statement that comes to hand with regard to the food situation.
 A case in point in the first category is the interview with It. Robert E.. Mackenzie of the French forces, a Canton, Ohio man, on his arrival in New York from France. He was quoted as saying that White bread was again in evidence in the Paris cafes." It. Mackenzie later explained that he said "whiter bread'' and not | white bread. Where he was quoted as saying that there appeared to be plenty of food" he explained that he said 'plenty of food for the fighting forces"
 It is true that food is available in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin, for those who have the money to buy it. and it takes a lot. The return of many persons from these capitals with stories of plenty of food has cre- ated a wrong impression with regard to the food situation in these coun- tries generally. London is not Eng land, Rome Italy, Paris France, nor Berlin Germany. The place where the food shortage exists is in the smaller towns and cities and among the mass of the populations of these countries,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-21

The American Ambassador seem- ed impressed, and took note of the case, and then, shaking us by the hand, wished us God speed and went off, no doubt with many thoughts in his mind that have since been re- Vealed in his startling revelations. i In the month of May, along with another party of men, mostly invalids, was sent off the train, the Ger man officials saying we were going to Switzerland in the morning. i When going to the train a German 1 lieutenant came forward, and, speak ing in good English, said l" I hope ; you will have a speedy return to health and comfort in Switzerland" /" 1 He chuckled as he spoke, and I thought it rather queer. Imagine our 1 chagrin when @ few days later we 1 found ourselves in another prison
 camp-the whole thing had been a
 huge hoax!
 We were treated very badly in this
 camp, and half-starved. and few
 days later, although the doctors ex-
 amined a number of the men, they
 were sent to Russia as a reprisal-
 so it was alleged-for the British talk ing German prisoners to work ir
 French ports. Some of those who
 were taken to Russia prior to this re. ceived really bad treatment, but we
 escaped the worst of it. In connec tton with this a comrade told me 6
 terrible story as to how the first partJ
 was treated.
 They refused to work, and aftel
 efforts to persuade them with al
 kinds of tales of more food, etc., ha(
 failed, they sent for a Uhlan patrol
 The Uhlan officer gave them ftv,
 minutes to decide whether to worl
 or not, and no one fell out-they stil , refused to work, and were marched into wood, and then lashed to tn branches of trees, with blocks o wood under their feet, which wer kicked away and the men were lief : hanging in agony. German officer meanwhile walked round and aske them if they would give in. But lik
 true Britons, the men refused to wor and defied their prosecutors. It should be noted that the Wa : Office authorities received a full ac count of this matter from me, an that an official record has been talk en.
 I refused to work in Russia myself } and this resulted in good deal o . kicking about.
 The second day an officer came an
 ordered that I should be taken ava for trial j The German who had bee kicking me, said that I had attempt
 ed to strike him. but the officer : there are 8 number of decent one ,, amongst then-took my side, and was sent away to another place. still refused to work, and at the en of two months, they got tired of m' : and sent me back to Munster. Her
 I was for few days, and then I wa sent to an island on the Baltic Sc for potato picking.
 ! Before we started on this job W made up a motto: "One for Raise and two for King George" meanin that we buried two potatoes for ever one we brought out. They discovere our trick, however, and we were ser to another job back at Munster
 While in the camp the prisoner
 make their own sport, and have quit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-21
Suitable Presents.

To the late buyers who still have a gift problem to solve, we suggest fur. niture as being the most lasting sat- isfaetery gift one can give. Noth- nagle's have hundreds of choice pieces that will please the recipient more than anything else. Glance over the following list and see If something here does not Init the nail on the head" or suggest something that willi Music cabinets, desks buff fets, sectional bookcases, smokers stands baby carriages, doll carriages doll beds, card tables, pictures, hbrary tables leather chairs, Hoosier cabin cts, jardinere stands, piano benches cedar chests, magazine racks, couches. china cabinets, high chairs, cribs baby pens, baby walkers, mirrors rugs, table covers, couch covers, lace curtains, portieres, serving trays, tea wagons, telephone stands, work bas bets, chiffonieres and many novel ties. A visit is solicited Entrancc acorners Main and Elm streets.--Ady
 
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-21

a good time. Many competitions were engaged in, and football badges were made from an old aluminium water bottle The Germans turned out an extra-regiment when the final was being played, as they thought the men were going mad!
 How did we escape?
 We had planned it for months. I was closely confined to camp, and got out by trick, needless to say, but what 1t was I cannot for obvious reasons reveal. We had a thrilling time getting through to neutral ter ritory, and once or twice we had nar- row escapes. When we arrived in neutral territory the people were par ticularly kind to us, and actually turned out some Germans to make room for us in 8 little cottage.