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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

''The Mikado'' as put on by the stu
dents of the Christian College, last
night, assisted by some men, of the
University, under the direction of
Isaac Edward Norris and Miss Olive
A. Slingluff of Pittsburg, was one of
the most finished pieces of acting and
drmatic work ever seen in Columbia.
The scenery and costumes used in the
two acts of the opera were typically
japanese and the humor and satire of
the original text were unusually well
brought out by the cast. Miss Olive
Slingluff, who took the part of Ka-
tisha, a. japanese maiden lady of en-
tirely uncertain years, did some of
the best Characterization work ever
witnessed here. Her remarkable
stage presence and her entire lack of
self-cOnSciousness marked here at
once as being more than an amateur.
From the Daily Times, Columbia,
Mo-, Tuesday, May %, 1917.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

fuel will be needed in factories, it is
pointed out, and the household will
be doing patriotic service by econo
MIXING on fuel.
In gas districts, there is a tendency
to wasteful use of gas, the committee
asserts. Economy in gas should now
be the rule,
Home consumption of fuel can be
much decreased by the wider use of
the freless cooker. These cookers
not only save fuel, but save the time
of the housewife. 1t is possible with
little effort and expense to make a
satisfactory freless cooker. if the
manufactured tyres are not available.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

Of in of
n
through the medum of %
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

of hose~ who gsted be called 20 the Is
who ineviab
be caIed t. in of
full devotion"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

crisis millions of the flower of American manhood registered
millions Of young commit their Country service
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

IT fixed the time which, in obedience to the exige
L for future service on the field of battle By that
on demand their strength, courage,-their lives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
THRILLING WITH THE AMERICAN
STOMACH

IETHAT do these people who are against
w Hoover, and against the President,
and against scientific control of food sup
plies want? Do their hearts and pockets
hurt because there is no longer three.
dollar wheat? Are they afraid that the
sucking of the European vacuum will
fail to empty this nation Of supplies?
What Hoover wants and what the
President wants is to take control Of
food out Of the hands of greedy specu-
lators. Theirs is a program for cheaper
food and for plenty Of food. They seek
to harm no honest business man and to
rob no honest producer.
The stomach Of a nation is not a thing
to trife with, and the popular fury will
overwhelm any set of men who conspire
in or out Of Congress to perpetuate con.
ditions which have already driven many
families in these prosperous times to
reduced rations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!. The American National Red Cross was In
COrDOrated by Congress in 1905.
2, The Weather Bureau II under the iurisdc-
tiOn of the Department Of Agriculture.
8. "Thr Right" is the Conservative and "the
Left" the Radical party in foreign Par
naments
4. The "b0urCeOisie" are not the poor; orig
inally the term merely meant residents Of
cities, trading classes, neither mobiles
peasants. IL now refers TO well-to-do
middle classes
.. BaCcalaureate is the university degree OF
bachelor, the other degrees being master
and doctor. The baccalaureate sermon Is
that preached TO graduating class.
O. Japanese warcraft are operating In the
Mediterranean well as in the eastern
I. The Society of Friends dates from about
3. Espionage is spying.
o. Howard Heinz Is directing the food economy
campaign In this state.
10. Napoleon III was President OF France (SeoA
Ond RepubliC) before he became Emperor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
THE FALL OF BISMARCK

A CARTOON by Sir John Tenniel appeared
\ in Punch in 1890. It has become q
classic. After twenty-seven years Drop.
ping the Pilot" is still reproduced the world
over as If the original had been a great
oil painting and not a hastily. made pen-and-
ink sketch
William II stands leaning over the rail
of the ship as down the side on the gang
way goes Bismarck, "the pilot" head sunk
in thought. 1t was a great cartoon be-
cause it prophesed the disaster which was
to befall the young skipper who so rashy
abandoned wise counsels.
Bismarck disliked war. but he saw no
way Of bringing the jealous German States
together except through war, and he de-
liberately caused three wars and success
fully prosecuted them to accomplish his pur-
pose. Then, in the eighties, he turned to
the great constructive work Of his life
which is the basis of modern German ef-
fciency. The Socialist philosophy had
spread In Germany with a leaven Of revo-
luton resulting in two attempts on the EN-
peror's life in 1878. After squelching the
Socialists Bismarck characteristcally
adopted some of the Socialist views. He
initiated policy of paternalism, including
the sickness, accident and old-age insurance
acts Of 1SS3-S9 This State Socialism tended
to silence the agitators.
The German empire once established
Bismarck's policy became one of peace. He
maintained the most friendly relations with
Russia and held that Germany had no d.
rect interests toward the East, a notion
which was blasphemous to the Junkers. who
dreamed of extending German conquests
Incidentally, he considered the annexation OF
Alsace-Lorraine unwise.
Germany" he said, "labors under the
disadvantage of an exposed position in the
heart Of Europe, with an extended frontier
which has to be defended on every side and
surrounded by enemies ready TO enter Into
alliance against her" What revenge he
could have had on William II had he lived
to say, Il told you so !" And again: Ger
many is perhaps the only great Power IN
Europe which is not tempted by objects un-
attainable except through war. We must
direct In accordance with these facts thas
is, we must do our best to prevent war, or
at least TO restrict IT,"
This was not the view OF the young EN-
peror, and two years after his accession no
forced the resignation Of Bismarck He diea
July &c. 1898. His opinion of William II
Is by Inference set forth on his tom6stone
In the epitaph which he wrote himself; -
faithful German servant OF the Emperor
William l."
fTomoro'0's artieIs; "TAs Drsvfus cais.r2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
BULLDOG TACTICS GET RESULTS

LIVERY obstacle under the high arch
IL of heaven that narrow partisanship
or sullen provincialism could throw in his
way was brought forward in Washington
to overcome j. Hampton Moore in his
fight for the acquisition by the Govern.
ment of the Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal.
This short link in the great inland
waterway has been a mighty barrier for
years to the perfection of our military,
naval and commercial efficiency. Every
argument favored Government owner.
ship, but between false cries of pork
barrel" and some confusion as to the
price the enterprise was halted and held
up. But "Hampy" Moore had his teeth
in the proposition and he would not let
CO. He held on like a bulldog. He seems
to have won his fight. If he has not he
will.
The time will come, and quickly, when
battleships can pass between the Phila-
delphia and Norfolk navy yards without
putting to open sea, and our inland
waterway will rival in strategic import
ance the Kiel Canal. Get a fighter be.
hind a proposal which has real merit
and all the obstructionists in the world
can't beat him back
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
MADAME JOFFRE

All Parisians are familiar with the small
mansion occupied by Marshal and Mime
Jonre at Passy, Rue Mchel-Ange. The
couple nVed there in perfect harmony.
Thanks to the radiating kindness Of NTn,e
Joffre, her husband always found in their
nome regularity, rest relaxation, Joy. Like
most French wives, Nine. Joffre is ami
mated cheerful, modest, Industrious. nos
sessed Of sober elegance and an affection
tor her home which make her put II above
everythlng else. In the midst of celebrity
she has always Stunned notorietv ana ~
sought refuge from the tributes won bv her
excellent heart and illustrious name in work
IN the peaceful seclusion of the family
IL Is said that the dream Of the couple is IN
ouy, after the war is over, a motor house,
ooat, and thus to cruise anonymously along
me me Iivers OF tneir beloved France 70 which
the assurance Of vlctory.--Jules Bois' IN
the Boolkman. 7' an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

from Milan and Turin is now relatively
small Crowded Naples, although in sani-
tation, physical aspect, industries and com
merce she has advanced amazingly within
the last twenty years, still sends her sub
stantial quota. 1t must be remembered,
however that there are SO ,OOO, 900 people in
country of only 10000 square miles-less
than three times the size of Pennsylvania.
ltaly's Swift Progress
world-traveled Dane, whose nationality
might be expected to render his opinion
sufficiently unprejudiced, not long ago told
the present writer that on careful obser-
walton the rate of Italys progress during
the last decade seemed greater than that
Of any other nation on the globe. It is
significant that this cosmopolte did not
even except Germany from his sweeping
statement.
Tho writer then took stock of his own
italian impressions. He recalled the italy
of nearly twenty years ago, the inconve-
nencGS of travel, the archaic sanitation,
the uncertain railroads, the steamships
now among the prides of the ocean-on
which all non-Latins feared to voyage the
sloVenly, inadequate hotels, the ubiquity of
beggars, and, compared this with the Italy
he beheld two days after the battle of the
Marine in 1914.
The scene was Naples, exquisite in ma
lures adornments, but still tagging be-
hind Turin Milan and Rome in certain fac
tors of modern progress. Liberty loving
Italy was abaze with passionate Latin en-
thusiasm for the Allied cause The pulse
tlngling martial notes of II Bersagieri"
rang through the Via Roma Then came
the 'Bersaglteri," themselves literally rush.
ing over the Nesuvian lava blocks. Their
very tread bespoke new Italy. Without
the rigid pomposity of the absurd Teuton
''goosestep," yet smarter and more alert
than the curious though untiring march of
the French "poiu," the tread of each dash
ing, dark-eyed' "Bersagliero," whose almost
coquettlsh. feather-decked hat recalled the
stirring Garibaldi days seemed the very
quintessence Of irresistible fervor
Kipling has found a striking senbIance
between the ancient Roman helmet and the
present Italian infantry casque-a head
dress adopted since those days of 1914
This historical fitness is deeply appeaIine
but the traditionally accoutered 'Berss
gilero' seemingly typifes not only the spirit
or the proud Roman republic, but also of
her electrically energetic successor = re-
awakened Italy. In a flash the globe.trot
ting Danes comprehensive verdict an
peared triumphantly true. That IL was
almost an understatement, at least SO far
40 tilS army 10 NOnCtTneu, mas been Since
manifested in the breath-taking prodigies
Of valor and endurance of Italy's mountain
warriors.
And in the end 1t all comes hack N
Rome When the Senate and the Roman
People" still quicken the Italian imarina-
tion and thrill the Italian spirit as thev
do today when rs. p Q. r." still CLEANS
on the marbles of new Rome as II ala
in Caesars day, Goth and Hun against tbe
ancient enemy must battle valnly. For pur-
poses OF civilization we are all in essence
Roman citizens in Rome's new str,,gsIe
against barbarism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
WELCOME, ITALIANS

WTE GREET Italy's illustrious represen-
w tatives as allies, and as something
more than allies. 1t needed no war tc
cement the friendship Of Americans for
the liberty-loving, enthusiastic and In
dustrious italian race.
The position OF Italy and that Of the
United States toward the world conflict
have much in common. This was no
quarrel Of Americans or Italians; both
were gradually drawn into the strife by
the effects which Prussian barbarism
had upon the humane impulses common
TO both peoples. Both threw their
weight into tho struggle In It's middle
period, avowedly to end a hldeous war
and to end it in the right way.
During the formative period of United
Italy, before the impovershlng effects OF
the hateful Austrian oppression had
been overcome, many thousands Of
Italians came TO this country. But they
did not flee from tyranny. Political
liberty is no new thing to Italian citizens
as is proved by the fact that so many Of
them returned to their native land
America rejoices that the economic op.
portunities. which are here open to the
from all the world, were serv
ceable in upbullding the prosperity Of
The great Italian people, and counts
hose Of that people who elected to re.
main here among the most loyal and
of her citizens.
In this city, where citizens of italian
birth are so we'll liked are so indispen-
,able a part of US, the Italian ENJOYS are
assured in every section of the most
cordial and warm.hearted greeting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
Tom Days Column
TIE ABDICAToR

7hv sons, o Greece. haze heard the
clarion call;
The ancient IHster Of thy noble name,
once dinputed, Is noi0 10Th H0ht dfdute-
Thv sorry King has lost his croton IKE
Saul,
Yet not so brave the Indicators fall.
He hastes to Prussia tOtth his Iovin0
dame.
Who takes him to fhe land from tohich
she came;
with Greece a bitter memory, that Is all.
Let not my heart be drtven from ITS
throne
By nisdllidnce tDith nty courtrtrs foes,
or crdUen weakness IN her JdtetuI
ddyl
No pendnce tcould suffice Ger to atone
For me u I should fan her noto. Where
goes
America there goes mv soul, for dyei
WILLIAM HIRAM FOULKES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
MONEY FOR MERCY

7To STAND. four-square with God and
man in these days is to throw privi-
sse 70 the winds and joln in the common
sacriice that cuts the way to victory.
rhe world win pity but will never for
i've human beings who now fail to
Measure fully up 10 their privileges and
helr duties. It is a privilege TO pay
or dressing the wound Of stricken sol
lier: Il Il a privilege 10 be part and
parcel u the glorious crusade Of healing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

fought under the Red Cross. II Is a
cause to which no man gives, but in
which every man or woman must take a
part with mind and heart and dollars.
Philadelphia has been the nursery OF
American medicine. She is sending now
hundreds upon hundreds Of her skilled
scholars to tho front. Let them who
brave battle and sudden death In their
mission of succor lack nothing that our
less heroic dollars may supply.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

THE Law will not permit me TO pre-
sent here a reproduction Of the new twen-
ty-hve cent piece" writes Modesto, but
you might borrow one to look at the eagle
How prophetic the new coin is! The
eagle, no longer spreading its wings benef-
icently over a peaceful, prosperous
nation, is in flight, once more the war
bird. seeking new conquests in the name
Of America, which means liberty and
freedom; adventuring for the enslaved
peoples that they may be free as the
eagle himself"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
What Do You Know?


QUIL
I. What Is "sortle"?
2. How many times has Mexico been ems
3. Who said "public office is n public trust?
4. How many slave owners were in the South
at the outbreak Of the Civil War?
8. Who George II. Boxer?
O. Where the novelist Thackeray born:
:. A great American actor was n brother Of
the murderer OF Abraham Lincoln. Who
was this dramatic artist?
3. Where Is Sarawak?
o. What advocate of single tax once ran for
Mayor Of New York?
10. How many American passenger vessels piled
between the United States and Europe
at the opening of the world war?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

HERE followeth the Last Will and
Testament of Pauline Bittner, aetat IL,
late of New York city:
To my brother give my desk and seat.
To my mother and father 1 bequeath
what I owe them for being Ill so much.
To Lena, the maid, 1 bequeath my
things in the bathroom.
To myself 1 bequeath a golden dress
and the diamonds and Jewels of the
Madonna and a golden grave
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Fifty-four thousand fires were
caused last year by overheated electrical
devices. This is one good reason for not
letting twelve-year-old inventors read
that famous work, How to Wire the
House IN Your Spare Moments"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Austria Is having still another
crisis" A new word will have to be
found to describe the state Of affairs
when the polyglot empire really begins
to fall to pieces.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Admiral Sims, placed in command
of Allied naval forces in Irish waters, is
the first American TO take charge Of a
British ship since the days when we oc.
casionaly captured one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Ex.King Constantine is making
direct for Baden-Baden. His arrival
there will certainly put that famous
health resort to the most grueling test Of
it's history
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
THE LOVER

when toould tortte mn loUe 7or vou
The 1CordS seem dead;
Faint echoes Of Stceet thoughts and true
By others said.
The melodies IoUed for long
Die on my tongue;
10 seems as II love'S every song
Long since tOds sung.
Read poem or song or JerUent play
II you a0ould kHot0
Hoto greatest loverS loUed-then say,
"He loves me So" VARLEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

THE Russian revolution was food
riot" says Mr.. Hoover. Flour In Eng.
land, he adds, was $500 last month, when
in the United States it was Sl7.GO. Does
Congress want the American Revolution
fought over again?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Mr.. Wilson says Allied victory is
Inevitable" German casualty lists
showing 4,956,76O killed. wounded or
prisoners out of a total man-power of
8,162,7 ,76O, seem TO confirm his opinion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Tomorrow new telephone rates go
into effect, and they will save the people
Of this State about $25OOOO a year. As
usual, it is talk and not mutton that is
cheap
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

The story OF Valley Forge is the most
pathetic chapter in the history Of Ameri-
can armies.-Speaker Champ Clark
And the most glorious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

If they do have a republic in Spain,
they are as likely as not to make the
King the first President.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Stockholm without American Social
ists.-News headline.
Lucky Stockholm!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
ITALY'S GLORY LIKE OLD ROME'S
Democratic Kingdom Progressive Spirit Ancient
Republic and Prepares to Prove Worthy of
Her Famous Traditions
By H. T. CRAVEN

When falls the Coliseum. Rome shall fall
And when Rome falls--the world.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-27
VERSHIRE

Katherine Edwards has finished her
labors at Alvah Hastings and returned
to her home in Corinth.
John Clough is away on visit
Bertha Cross Virgins is home from
her school in Walpole, n. H.
Maude Clough, who has been attend
ing st. Johnsbury academy the past
year, is working for Mrs. Sherburne
Miller of Post Mills during vacation.
Rev. w. G. Mann of Westbrook, Me-.
is to preach here during the summer
months.
George Stacy has purchased a six
cylinder Buick
Miss Ellie LsAIorder, who has taught
here during the past year, has gone to
visit in Warren.
Mrs. Jessie Thatcher and Violet Pratt
came from Buttonwood r. l., last week.
The Misses Pratt are to work at The
Bungalow in Fairlee this summer.
Mrs. Ormsby has returned from her
visit in Fairlee
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-27
BROOKFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Hardy of Amherst
Mass, called on friends here Friday
They were EN- route to their cottage il
Greensboro to stay few days.
Sunday evening the Christian Endeav
or society will meet in the parlors OF
the Second church under the leadership
of William Huggard. At this time the
officers. for the next six months will be
chosen, therefore all members are earn.
estly requested to be present.
Sunday, July /, will be observed as
Independence day in both the First and
Second churches, when symposium will
given by two or three speakers on the
subject, "The Meaning of independence
Days" patriotic music; after the morn
ing service there will be flag raising
outside the Second church. The public
is cordially invited.
A community celebration of July 4
is being planned to be held in Mr.. Rum
ney's grove. At 10 a. M, water sports
on Sunset lake; noon, basket picnic in
the grove; at 80 p m, land sport, in
Guiding baseball. Everybody heartily
invited to come and spend the day.
Mrs. NJ. L. Chase and son, Kenneth,
went last week to Springfield, Mass, to
spend two weeks with her daughter, Mrs,
Herbert Holmes.
Mrs. Harriet Morse and son, Harold,
of Barre called on friends in town Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Mcintyre of East
Braintree are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Henry H. Fullam, and family.
Mrs. Arthur Bean and two daughters
OF Brooklyn, n. Y, came last week to
spend several weeks with her father,
Ira Carpenter, at Brookfield Center.
Fred Pope and Ernest Sprague came
from Springfield to spend Sunday at
their respective homes here.
The town hall was filled Friday even
ing with friends to give a reception to
boys who have enlisted. There
were speeches, recitation, songs, music
and dancing. Punch and waters were
served.
Mrs. w. :. Allis of Norwich, Conn,
Mr.. and Mrs. Forts Allis of Hsverhill,
Mass. occupied the Allis cottage, "Hill
rest" last week.