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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
The Honorable Society of the Stiff Upper Lip

pcious culver come into the telltale upper lip.
He may turn suddenly and discover the
change but if he does he is careful not to let
her know it--for you see he, too belongs to the
Society of the Stiff Upper Lip.
met a woman the other morning whom
should like to nominate for Office in the new
society. She had just returned from Newport
where she had been to see her favorite nephew
who was on the training ship there.
II went with my sister" she told me, so
that / could buck her up If she got down
hearted. talked to her like Dutch uncle all
the way on the train.
"'You want to have Douglas remember you
at YOUR best when he's away of there, don't
YOU? | said, You don't want him to think OF
YOU all bedrabbed and red-eyed and homey.
He's ALWAYS been proud Of your good looks
"A peach, I've heard him call you. Well,
you are going to remain a peach uhth
he sails. We are going to take sitting
room at the hotel and we are going to entertain
Douglas and his friends every day and every
night until they leave. We are going to give
them the time of their young lives, and after it
is all over you can cry for week if you
want to"
"Well. nv dear, we did it. We kept open
bopse for those boys-our sitting room was
nothing more or less than clubroom' we
bouqht magazines and writing materials for
them and there was always lemonade and
ginger ale on tap, and they dropped in when
ever thew were off duty and every evening we
had a real Notification. We sang all the latest
nonular songs we danced and we played all
sorts of foolish games, and the last night was
the iolliest of them all. You never saw such
grateful lot of youngsters. They couldn't thank
us enough, and they are still writing us about
it. And Douglass mother kept up her spirits
to the very last The boy never saw tear or
heard sob, and his last words were:
"Mater, it's been simply great Gee, but
You're a wonder-a regular peach!"
Incidentally, don't you think that Douglass
thar should be elected on the board of d.
rectors?
Rut it's not only from the "high places" so
70 sneak, that the society draws its members
You will find them all over town, along the
Rowerv and on the East Side as well as on
Fifth Avenue. 1t was only yesterday that
found a member in an ice cream parlor away
down on Avenue A.
T had gone into the shop to telephone, and
while | was waiting outside the booth 10 Dc
called nv attention was attracted 10 young
.oiGcr and his STEADY" who were slowly sip
ping ping long chocolate connections at table
near by. .,. so1I0,,, "+hisrI
be the last time that wei be ear arhT VII, sv ver
together fer God knows now iohs' VIII sei
miss me-" 49,, ,,L s,,e
We're goin' over there ter lick the stuihn,
outer them Goin,ans an ye're comm home with
so many medals pinned on yer ene nscksse
Sousall look like he was 'he popcorn p"'NAso
WIG "W vIe Il" youse be don' while I'm away
Io," Yer won't fergit me. Promise me that,
"Ferget yer? Not chanel in the wolld:
Whatll be doin'? III Jes De g0Ii aoouT me
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II you were his father or his mother you
would have liked to see this boy, still In his
teens, run with one of the old shoes that had
fallen from a stretcher, shoe never TO be
worn again, to put it with its mate.
One Of his companions says: "It's mighty
seldom, but once in while one of the men
does scream when we're carrying him; but it's
only if he's out OF his head. And II they're
conscious at all they thank you when you III.
them, though it is torture TO DO moved. Or j.
they aren't able to speak, they look n. you in a
way they have Do you SEQ those little
bundles they're taking home? and the German
helmets? They'll ask you with their last con
scous breaths to please take care they don't
get lost"
And now the ambulances are loaded and on
theirway speeding to the hospitals, people be-
yond the gates everywhere parting TO let them
pass. Another tram has been evacuated.
And you carry away what you have seen
with your two eyes, and something more.
Trying to find the phrase that will give some
sense Of the spirit OF the place, you close your
eyes and see again La Chapelel the profes-
sional workers whose work must be its own
reward; the young Ambulance men from our
colleges; humble priyates from the trenches
all subordnating themselves to the common
purpose--to something not material.
Imagination, after all. is physical thing
and has it's limits. Now that this procession
of pain and heroisn has passed, he surgeon is
doubtless thinking Of his surgery; tho direc-
tress of food of the next train-load; the Am
bulance men of the quickest route with the
fewest jolts; the women of their diminishing
supply Of pillows and gauze by the yard
gauze by the yard.
Each according to his job.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

in khaki four abreast; the chief surgeon
alone, we'll forward, nearest the train.
1t is no special quetness; just the quietness
of this kind Of job, simply, perfectly done. No
one speaks. All are at attention. No sound
but the train slowly pulling in; Red Crosses
on the outside, inside the wounded on their
stretchers in three tiers
1t stops. A command. Marching feet as
the Ambulance men turn the corner into the
short avenue and enter the train. And then
the harvest.
The first man does not come OF. stretcher,
but in wheeled chair. His head bandage has
something of a jaunty tilt; his snappy eyes
lose not jot Of what is going on about him.
We two women, who are there because of our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

home-here your brother. the man that lives
across the street,-just exactly as our men at
home would look if we saw them wounded and
on stretchcrs.
The pathetic shoes they treasure, and the
little bundles
Some one asks you for the time, and it re-
minds you that at this moment IN many
churches they are midway through the service
of Songs and prayers for our soldiers
The air of that chant that the WIDOWS ana
mothers and few children and soldiers on
leave are singing goes through your head
calling up the images Of the worshippers-
those humble women bowling before the weight
of war.
And this again reminds you that this silent
procession of terribly wounded men, which has
so much majesty, is procession of roadmend"
ers and grocers and druggists; under their uni
forms they are the butchers and bakers, the
priests and school-teachers and artists OF
France.
AS you see it, torn and broken, each Of these
bodies seems so infinitely precious-this mutt
lated human flesh still dominated by spirit.
For n moment one must be thinking Gods
thoughts"
In less than twenty minutes the train Is
Evacuated" as the official vocabulary goes,
and the life of La Chapelle quickens.
The chief surgeon is assigning hospitals, the
nurses are caring for the men in the cabins,
others are bringing the baskets, and coffee and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

work in gathering gauze and pillows for the
American Fund for French Wounded, choke
with relief at seeing such a survivor.
Hero is ono young spirit that has not been
quenched in the fire and birthstone Of the
trenches. His eyes dart about, taking it all in
by quick glances--the growing flowers the
Ambulance men have placed about the Office,
and cabins, the tidinsss, and the canvas walls
which conceal the unsightly sidings and rail-
road structures.
1t gives promise Of peace and rest after
the mud and muck Of the trenches. The Am
bulance men meant that it should.
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Following the little chap in the chair CONS
two men walking; very pale, and each with an
arm hidden. In the other hand they carry
their poor remnants of shoes, and the mys-
ferrous little bundles--but now they come
the stretchers. Yes, oh, yes, they're coming
now
They are mercifully covered with blankets;
but the whiteness of this face; the inter-
ested look Of that one. This ones hand
clenched on the stretcher's side. The one now
passing with shaggy red hair, the redder for
his face as white as chalk; and next little
dark man family laughing, and he has lost
both his arms.
They pass and pass, hundred and ninety
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

pep into me-"
The mothers eyes filed. She swallowed
hard and gripped his arm
"Jack, Just can't bear it," she began.
The boy patted her hand. "Now, see here
mother" he said you promised TO keep stlf
upper lip if let you come shopping with me-
Well 90 TO the underwear shop next and you
can buy me all the fuzzy, woolly things in the
place. guess that1l cheer you up. Now
buck up.'
And she "bucked." She dried her eyes and
smiled bravely.
That's the last time that I'll backslide," she
said.
And this sweet-faced mother is only one OF
thousands Of women in this khaki-rdden town
whose chief duty in life just now is to keep
stiff upper lip" 1t is the most difficult "plI
that we have been called upon to do as yet, but
It simply must be done.
knitting sweaters, rolling bandages, filing
comfort kits and doing the other hundred and
one things that our women have been dong Tor
III. last five months seems mere chllds play
compared with our present duty-"keeplng
stiff upper lip" while our husbands and sons
and sweethearts go marching away goodness
knows where, to remain until goodness knows
when
But it has got to be done!
Don't, for pity sake, let US allow anothef
regiment to leave us wading through the river
Of tears that flooded the path Of the Goth.
Let's attribute that incident to the emotional
Irish nature and send the next battalion away
IN perfect glare of sunny smiles.
It's the biggest thing that We can DO for our
boys just now, so let's "buck up" and do 1t.
Just between ourselves, though, 1t seems
almost impossible to go through with 1t cheer
fully, doesn't il?
One can keep up fairly well for time, but
when the last day comes and then the last meal
and We see the khaki-clad figure at the family
dinner table for the last time-well, just don't
lets talk about it!
We have simply got to stiffen that upper lip
and 60 through with it. The man IN khak,
mustn't detect the slightest culver. No. Stree!
lie must remember that last dinner when mes
away tout there" in the trenches as happy
isnily party with every one merry anu
bright as they wish him "godspeed.'
And we are getting on, we are learning "
do 1t. The membership of "The Society OF INC
Sld Upper LIP is increasing every hour
Every now and then one encounters one Oh
II: members walking along beside solaiei'
,a4.tng merrily or laughing cheerlly AZ ms
. Ltic Jokes, apparently unconscious that the
inform was donned for anything but non
cay parade. But watch her closely "he,' mo
Mentlpn is elsewhere for moment anu ""
NJ See the tears well up in her eyes ana a suS'
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DOup loL kiiOoS WV
can eat and drink.
The young Ambu-
lance men on Paris
duty with the Ameri-
can Ambulance at
N GULLY have, by
French official re-
quest, done the diff
cult lifting of the
men from the train,
and are again at their
motor ambulan c e S,
lifting the stretchers
into their grooves.
1t is one thing, a
charming thing, to
see a crowd of young
college men on ship
board, crossing for
ambulance service,
singing college songs
at midnight as they
enter the zone more
than half hoping for
a submarine chase.
But to see them
at La Chapelle! A
m o n t h has passed,
but they are years
older-and gentler;
their strong young
muscles are bending
to their tasks, their
h an DIS trained to
dexterity, their eyes
keen to see the posi-
BILE emergency W t h
each new burden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
NATH OF LA CHAPELLE'S HARVESTING

THE top Of this page we have
the story Of the tragic harvest
of La Chapelle. Trainload after
trainload Of 5less6s from the
front pour into the hospitals OF
Paris. Here we remind you
once more Of the aftermath OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
By MARIAN BONSAL DAVIS

,..,t,,r Worker in the Red Cross. Served
FOR Months Near the Front IN France,
Doing Rciief Work for Soldiers
and Refugees
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

SIldll Ndllcu SlNS ,-oV
:. nce!-where great things are wrought
,s,. the world does not see.
III. men and women on duty there know the
,,;,r. that divides life from death; and saw
j., the second the step, the word, the breath,
=. III, Of the stretcher, they perform miracles
!. ,bs saving Of agony and of time, and so Of
4ie Of sight,
The blackboard announces that the train to-
..,.t comes from Grains, in the Somme region,
irving one hundred and ninety-two wounded
al one "mcIaGe' (sick)-a small train, as
',,i,. 60; only a sprinklng of the days
wounded.
Tho whistle sounds in the distance, but
here is no confusion. Surgical supplies, am
Iglarces. blankets food, pillows, pitchers OF
,,d water are all ready. All these people,
,.y.rsl hundred, in so many different uni
;,-rs wait only for a signal-and then the
NO, will he here fresh from the battlefields-
,le blind. the manged, the delirious.
Now YOU hear the chug of the train-a
,;yrsl given. The organization falls into place
in silence.
Military and railroad officials form line
NJ right angles to the track. Standing OPP
,ositc four deep, leaving an avenue between,
stand the carriers with their stretcher straps
around their necks.
At right angles to this line again, on one
side French Red Cross nurses, on the other
Ambulance men from the American Hospital,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
By ELENE FOSTER

HEY stood before a pile of books
in a Fifth Avenue book shop,
a tall young chap in khaki and
his sweet faced mother.
He picked up q volume.
"Oyer the Top" said he, l
must have that. It'll put
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

ley are about TO bring in tho
wounded. 1t is evening at La
Chapelle, the railroad station
just outside the city where the
wounded are brought who are
to be hospitaled in Paris. A
railroad station that is like a
small walled city,-so difficult
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
CHAMPION CIGAR
STILL POPULRR
Famous, Sweet, Smoke Is Not
Affected In Price BY Increas-
ed Costs of Production

Hemmeter's Champion cigar that
famous little sweet smoke manu-
featured by the Hemmeter Cigar
company OF Detroit, will continue
TO be FIVE cents despite the rapid
rise in the raw product and In
creased cost OF production.
Hemmeter's Champion has been a
favorite smoke anywhere and every
where In Michigan and adjoining
states for years. Many smokers of
rare taste have sworn by II be-
cause Il Is always the same. The
Champion is carefully inspected and
seconds" are never permitted TO
mar shipment
II has been the consistency and
tho excellent flavor OF the Cham
pion that has held its popularity
with the public. The company il
manufacturing more Champions
than any time in its history. The
production for 1916 was far in ex-
cess OF that in 1915
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
BUILDERS WILL
BANQUET FEB. /

The Builders & Traders Ex-
change Will hold Us annual Feast
and funfest in the Hotel fuller,
Thursday evenin. AZ $50 o'clock.
Judge Alfred j. Murphy. Mayor
Marx and Fred Gucnthcr. will make
speeches, While number OF officers
OF other associations have been in
vited as guests. an cng them Edwin
DENLY. president Of the Detroit
Board OF Commerce. w. c. Malcolm.
son and Marcus x. Burrowes. repre-
senting tie architects association;
Edward Fitzgerald secretary 10 the
MAYOR. Commissioner Cou2ens. and
olicc secretary George Walters,
Thad =. Leland. president OF the
Real Estate Board. Harry J. nlnge-
man, corporation counsel. and sever
al others.
Loren2en's orchestra has been en-
taecd. and several cabaret stunts
VIII be introduced besides singing
and comedy
Some OF the members OF the OK
''ange intend to distribute novelties
during the dinner
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
CONCRETE WORK
TO BEGIN SOON
Gambler Dock & Dredge Com
pany Has a Large Number
of Contracts Ahead

Orders are now being placed for
summer concrete construction OF
docks. bridges and sea walls, &C
cording TO the Gambler Dock e.
Dredge company. contractors in spe-
oial work who predict more activ-
ity OF this kind during 1917 than In
any previous year in Detroit's his
tory.
A large amount OF supplies have
been received in preparation for the
spring drive" which will be com
menced as soon as the weather per
mits. - A large amount of work is
being done now, and has been going
on all winter. but II is not in the
proportion that it will be in so days.
II IL stated.
The company began as early as
last summer to prepare for this
springs activities and large guam
tity OF materials were contracted
for They have since been deliv-
cred and will be available at much
lower prices than before.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
Boston Symphony
Scores It's Annual
Detroit Triumph

Only once year are Detroit
musical enthusiasts privileged to
lear tho Boston Symphony orches-
ira, but that once never fails TO
rally splendid audience Satur-
DAY evening. in Arcadia every inch
of room was occupied. and fine
end enthusiastic reception given Dr..
Karl Muck and his men.
The famous orchestra the ac-
knowledged peer OF any symphonic
organization in the world. gave IN
all-Wagner program Each number
brought forth great applause. and
the conductor and players were kept
busy bowling Acknowledgements, tho
delighted listeners remaining at the
close OF the final number 10 applaud
with such gusto as TO bring the
musicians 10 their feet several
times.
The beauty OF tone produced by
the Boston PLAYERS the precision OF
their work. the perfection Of their
Interpretations is too well-known to
be- more than referred to. with The
further commentary that there was
no diminishing OF artistic standards
and that the program was given an
impeccabIe rendition
The numbers included the over.
lure 10 "Ri,nzi." the Siegfried Idy!.
selections froni "Sierfried" and
entertainments arranged by
Hans Richter: prelude 10 'Lohen.
grim" selections from Die Mester-
singers:" overture 90 "ranhauser
The orchestra numbered los PLAYERS
and these magnificent excerpts from
Wagner's music dramas were given
the original rcoring an achieve. .fut
possible only TO the Boston sym
phony because OF its numerical
strength and its pos session Of instru.
ments and players
II was unfortunate that with an
audience Of such immense size only
enc entrance and exit was open
To add % the delay in departure
almost all OF the lights in thu audi
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29

essentially responsible for this great
development. City history shows
that the oId-time family control
over the city had always been a
retarding element and not until
some IS years ago were these ultra
conservatives displaced in the ac-
tive affairs OF the city by those Of
the younger set
In order to build such tremen-
dous industrial structure In so short
a time IL is natural that the indus
trial captains should have been ex-
tremely busy with this one general
task; and they have been. In fact,
there are some who now say that
so rapidly have things been moving
in Detroit that many great oppor-
tunities have been overlooked.
Whether the manufacture OF basic
materials has been an oversight or
whether II now becomes q near
reality thru the forces OF evolution
is matter OF conjecture Sufice
II 10 say that AZ the present time
the attention of the city's leading
bankers and manufacturers is be-
ms directed to the proposition OF
whether or not Detroit can to ad-
vantage produce steel for her own
consumption. at least.
In recent months many deals
have been reported which tend to
show that outside interests are
keen to the possibilities offered here
for the production OF steel. The
whole proposition, however. is mere.
~ in an embryonic state thus far.
bur those in touch with the situa-
ton say that practically all OF the
arguments formerly offered against
the proposition have been DISCOUNT.
ed by recent developments.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
ANN ARBOR FUEL
SUPPLY is SHORT

ANN ARBOR, Jan. 29.--Despite
promises Of delivery made. dealers
in fuel In Ann Artor say. there is
little likelihood that the stringent sit
uation here will abate for a week or
ten DAYS. if then Failure TO get
cars OF coal said TO be tied up in
Toledo yards. onto the rails OF roads
leading 20 this city is largely blani-
cd for the situation. There is not
a pounk OF coke 10 be had az any
price here. and hard coal Is prac-
lically in the sarre class Soft coal
Is selling AZ $3.50 10 $500.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
of Basic Materials
Believed To Be Next Big Step in
Greater Expansion of Detroit

Detroit at the present time is said
by "old-timers" in the local bust
ness world TO be entering upon the
most important OF It's many periods
OF transformation and development.
The manufacture Of basic pro-
ducts is said to be the next big
forward step which this city Will
take In an industrial way. The
agitation toward this end has been
growing in volume within recent
months and even some OF the most
conservative and skeptical members
OF the business circle are falling
into line and talking steel"
For many years Detroit has been
developing so rapidly in an indus
trial way that certain fundamentals
OF vital magnitude have been over
looked. About Is years ago Detroit.
metaphorically speaking. yawned
and stretched and became some
what aware OF her wonderful pos
sessions in resources and other ad-
vantages that are necessary 90 a
city OF industry. The automobile
manufacturing business was just be
ginning TO establish itself.
From that date 10 the present
time. things have been moving very
rapidly for Detroit. In fact, as most
Detroiters know. this city has taken
such phenomenal forward strides,
industrially, that the attention OF
the entire world has been attracted.
And well it might be, for in this
city there has been reared an in
dustrial structure which for size.
in proportion 10 its age. has never
been equaled by the achievement
OF any other American city.
II is said that the younger gen
Grafton Of business men have been
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
SUES RUM SELLER
FOR GRIPPING
HER HUSBAND

ANN ARBOR. Jan. 27.--Mrs. Anna
Buetler. OF Manchester, near this
city. has started suit for So. 900
against William Sloat. saloon keeper.
She says her husband. Jacob was
sold liquor by Sloat when he knew
the man was an habitual user OF the
stuff, and while drunk and on his
way home one night last October
Buetler fell and splintered the bones
OF his right leg. He win be Grip
pie. doctors say.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29

forum and long rotunda we're turn.
ed of before the audience had
scarcely left the seats. and much
complaint was voiced ever the dim.
ness and length of time required to
reach the front door, while the
noise Of chairs being closed up By
attaches Of the hail was deafcning
These annoying conditions have not
heretofore been an accompaniment
to The seasons many concerts held
in Arcadia
The next concert in the Detroit
Orchestral association series viii
Lfing the Cincinnati orchestra, with
DR. Ernest Kunwald conducting. and
Harold Bauer. pianist, as solois', to
Arcadia Tuesday evening. Fsh q.
ELLA NAE HAWTHORNE.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29

Passed Worthless Check, is Charge.
Walter Hoffman, Fl years old. who
is wanted In Detroit on a charge OF
passing a worthless check on VIII
liam Husse. OF No 252 Michigan
ave. early In January. was arrested
in Chicago Saturday. Detective
Creedon will return with Hoffman
Monday afternoon. Holman Is al
legged 10 have attempted 10 pass a
worthless check in Chicago.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
GETTING Il Rlqht.

Mrs Quizzer--l see your friend
Mr. Singleton is here. He was the
best man az your wedding, was be
not
Mr. Whiz7er No. he was merely
the mckiest
The Detroit times., 1917-01-29
"GREATER DETROIT'-IN THE MAKING
BY D. E. vEIoPER.

We hear "A does II
Essentially that Deotes
better city
being realization
individual the wheels industry
What will
that spell Greater Detroit"
While while controlling Of
great capital and industry working together in constructing the
which
Even bankers and manufacturers talking