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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-09

forego coveted possessions or even ne
cessities. The work mus. go on, be
u there Is no one thing that con
tributes so much to the spirit and Ell
ficiency of the troops. The Y. M. G
A. is working night and day to hell
the government win this war Ant
every penny that is given to aid tbs
work is a direct assistance to tht
health, happiness and strength of YOU
boy and mine.
Snapshots of Kaleidoscope Work.
In all the big cities In France where
our men pass through in large mum
bers, the Y. M. G. A. Is operating
hostels, where they can get beds and
meals at a minimum cost. In London
the American Y. M. c. A. mas erected
a large building for our soldiers and 9
clubhouse for American officers.
There are Y. NJ. C. A. dugouts right
behind the front line trenches, where
the soldiers can get hot drinks, crack
ers and other comforts at all hours.
Over 1000 men who had been reject
ed on account of physical disability
have been able to get into the British
army by reason of the physical worn
of the British Y. NJ. c. A.
A feet Of motor cars leaves the big
Y. M. c. A. headquarters in london al
midnight every night to pick up sol
diers who are wandering about the
streets without any wholesome lodging
In which to spend the night. These
a are operated by Englishwomer
of position and refinement, who report
that they never meet any discourtesy
at the hands of the soldiers. The i'm
portance of this service can be esti
mated by the fact that at least $4,000
soldiers are on leave in London every
week. Over half of these sleep in Y,
M. c. A. beds every night.
Entertainment on Vast Scale.
The Y. M. G. A. has erected a big
auditorium, seating 5000, in each oil
the big draft camps, and huge chautau
qua tents, seating $500 in the otnel
encampments. The association is run
ming a % week entertainment circuit
among the camps and is paying IL
companies of entertainers, who are
travelling to 80 camps performing be
fore the men.
In each of the draft camps the Y,
M. C. A. has ten secretaries engaged
in educational work. The association
is seeing to 1t that every man who
cannot speak English Is Taught to dc
SO. In many of the camps the asso
citation has a singing director, who Ia
teaching the men to sing the popular
and martial airs that do 10 much tc
keep up their spirits.
OF ga Y. M. c. A. men at Camp
Dix only three are being paid full sal
aries. In all the camps the majority
of the Y. M. G. A. men have left lucra.
tive positions to do this work simply
because It's appeal Is irresistible to
any red blooded a Harry Lauder.
the famous Scotch singer and come.
dian, now on his farewell concert tour
In the United States, is giving all his
spare time to the service of. the asso-
citation and is singing to the soldiers
at all the camps he car reach.
In one of the draft camps the Y. M.
e. A. is supervising athletics on 100,
playing fields, providing full athletic
equipment. The winners Of the inter-
regimental games will play the cham
pions OF. the other camps.
One of the greatest services render
ed by the association is the making
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Message of Cheer.

The holiday season is here and with
1t comes a message of cheer and a
quickening of the benevolent impulses
Of the heart. Thanksgiving day-a
festival for giving thanks for the mer-
cies of the closing year-is one Of the
oldest institutions in America. The
Pilgrim Fathers held their first har-
vest thanksgiving festival In 1921.
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Million Letters In the Mails Today
Bearing Magic Words with the Co|OTs'
Keynote of the Splendid Work the m c. A.. Does Among
Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In
Touch With the Folks at Home.
STAMPED With STARS and STRIPES and RED TRIANGLE

Ways in Which the Association Appeals to Your Boy,
Your Neighbors Boy, or Some Boy You Know and Love
Creates a Helpful Environment in Cantonment, on Way Overseas,
in Front Line Trench and Beyond-First to Aid as He Comes
Tottering Back-Give Your Share Of the $50, 900 Required to
Accomplish This Last Evidence That Somebody Cares
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In each OF these a soldier was strum-
ming on a piano; others were reading
books and magazines; hundreds were
writing letters home. Behind the
raised counter at one end three or four
young men were busy passing out
notepaper and envelopes, selling
stamps and weighing parcels, which
the men were sending home. One OF
the soldiers said to me as ! stood In
the tent used chiefly by men from
Iowa: 1--WE came all the way here
from Des Moines, and we were mighty
lonely. Then we found this Y. M. G.
A. on the Job, and it's been a home
and more than a home to US. 1t gave
us what we wanted when we needed
It most. Well never forget 1t. The
boys best friend Is the Y. M. G. A"
Fine, ciean-cut, Outstanding Fellows.
How close those benches were pack
ed with men, bending over the long
tables absorbed in their writingl
What an appeal to the sympathies
those great groups OF soldiers make!
Fine, clean-cut. outstanding fellows,
some of thcm mere boys. one thinks
Immediately of the sacrifice they have
made for the rest of us and how pre-
cious they are to some one back home.
Somewhere, in far off farm OF village
or city street, there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give all
they possess for n glimpse OF those
sunburned faces as you and ! see
them on their last night before going
r And 1t was with a throb OF
the heart that I watched them, bent
over their letter paper, in n after
another of those. seven big tents.
These were the tents OF the Y. NJ. G.
A On that last night In America the
association was serving the soldiers
In the best of all ways-giving them
an opportunity to write homo. On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts, movies, concerts, dramatics
and a score of healthy entertainments
as well as religious meetings. But on
this last night home ties were strong
est. And perhaps that is the keynote
II the splendid work the Y. M. g. A.
s doing among our men in uniform
Ieeping them In touch with home.
Ma0ic Words. ssVVffh fine COIorS .
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OLD DAYS
4BEFO' De WAH"
Description Of a
Southern Countryside
Thanksgiving.

A S good a description Of a
N Thanksgiving in a%nte-bellum
Il days as has come to u
-
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Magic Words. with the Colors. ;

In these times there are some letters
that mean more to Us than any we have
ever read before. They are written on
sheets of paper stamped with the Stars
and Stripes and the red triangle of the
Y. M. g. A, and they bear the Magic.
words, with the ColOrs."
There are many more than q mil
lion such letters In the mails now
while you read this. Perhaps n at
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-04

At high prices the potato Is not q
good food: It Is not at any price one Of
the best. Civilized humanity existed
without 1t for centuries. rising to its
zenith In a potatoless old world. Habit
and convenience i'll storage have led to
overuse.
The potato Is three-fourths water
and not quite one-h fifth starch, which Is
its chief food substance, an excellent
one for outdoor workers in severe eli
mates. 1t Is less valuable for seden-
tary workers indoors.
Only one-tive hundredth part OF the
potato Is fat: 8 per cent nitrogen, z per
cent sugar. These more valuable sub
stances are ST. slight that during the
famine OF 1917 Irish caters formed
the habit of cooking potatoes with a
bone in the middle''-that is of under
cooking them So that they might delay
digestion and stave off hunger.
There are substitutes. Of which rice
nearly approaches the potato IN values
and defects. The correct instinct Of
rice eateHs has meuded the latter by
the invention of piiaf. in which rice Is
supplemented by chopped meats or
era yies -New York World.
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INCOME SURTAXES
PUT IN WAR BILL
From 6 Per Cent. on $4,000
to SO on $4,000.

Washington. Aug. THE war tax
bill in"' easel from 1852 200. co. Il
approximately s20"2 900 .0un, virtually
was completed by the senate finance
Committee
1t VIII he reported to the senate
today or Monday.
In preparing -: final draft Tor the
printer. Fhe omni't"e reduced the tax
on be~r y rwaHty-fve cents u barrel
to $50 a barre, This is in addition
to the tax unte" the present law.
II increaE ed - on wines to about
double the present taxes. This. it i:
estima' ed will yield $1,000. 900 adj
ditional.
OF the SCOOP Goa 900 proposed new
taxes about $72o. 900. 900 will be obtain
ed from corporate and individual in
comes s74S.o00 600 from war excess
profits. about :200 900 900 from recti
fed and distilisd spirits. S45 600 .0O(
from fermeGted and malt !iqu r.. ant
s23.OOO.0G0 from wines. Few other
schedules were changed In the ma
revision
The following new surlax rates or
individual incomes OF SIS. 200 and over
were adopted
Between $1,000 and $4,000. pei
cent: s20,000 and 100000, per cent;
$40 600 and 100000 10 per cent: $50.
and $50 1000. 2 per cent: $4,000 ant
500. OnU. Il per cent: S100,000 ant
$15O.0o0 90 per cent: sl50,000 anG
$780, 600. 26 per cent: s250,000 ant
$500. 900. % per cent: 100000 and
$500. 900. 81 per cent: more than $500,
0O0,33 per cent. The new increase:
range from to 3 per cent on variou:
grades
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k;mpoiunq Evacuated.

PetrOgrad. Aug. 4.-KimpOiung IL
southern Rukowina, has beel evacuat
ed by the Russians. the war office an
nounCed.
The Russians are now engaged with
Austro-German forces on the river ByS
tritza Between the On ester and the
Pruth the Russian retirement is con
tinuing.
Russian lc""es In southeastern Ga
licia. after a battle with the AustTo
Germans. retired across the river
ZhrocZ at its confluence with the rive,
Dniester.
General Radko Dimtrieff, command
err OF tie Russian troops on the Riga
front. has resigned his command of the
twelfth army. General ParSky vii
succeed him.
General .Dimitrieff. who Is a Bul
garian. at the beginning of the, wal
represented his country as minister tC
Russia When the war began he tele
graphed his resignation to Sofia ant
offered his services to the Russian wal
Office His offer was gladly accepted
for Dimitrieff had been commandment
chief of the Bulgarian army in the lat
ter part of the first Balkan war. He
resigned his commission when Buiga
ria. at the instigation OF Austria. at
tackled her former allies. s arbta anC
Greece. In Bulgaria, Dimit II wa,
known as "Bulgaria's little Napoleon
During the present war he has com
manded various Russian annie. H:
had been commander Of + forces cI
the Riga front since April0
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Warda Which Have StraYed.

Hardly any words in the English Ian
guage have strayed farther from their
original meaning than the terms of for
estry. Thus forest was originally a
great tract Of country which might in
clude woods, cultivated lands, pastures
and even towns and villages, all the
hunting rights over which were reserv-
ed to the monarch. A chase differed
from q forest mainly in the fact that
the hunting rights were vested in
subject instead Of king. A park was
q fenced preserve, either in or out of
forest. while warren was piece of
waste ground over which the right to
hunt the hare, the rabbit and the fox,
the pheasant. the partridge and the
woodeock had been granted by the
king.
In the same way the term affOresta
ton had nothing TO do with the plant
ing Of trees. 1t meant the subsection
Of any tract of country to the forest
laws-in other words, it was the set
ting aside Of this tract as forest. A
forest might and commonly did include
vast estates of landowners and large
towns whose rights remained untouch-
ed except as to game.-London Mail.
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wond.rIuI Siberian Railway.

The great railway OF 5000 miles In
length that runs across Siberia is one
OF the most marvellous In the world,
first because OF the difficulties that had
to be faced in building it and, second
~, because Of its enormous length.
For nearly 1909 miles along this steel
track the line crosses an almost tree
less plain. All the stations along those
weary miles are at least thirty miles
apart, and most OF the villages are a
long way from the stations.
In winter this Siberian line is one
continuous view of snow, stretching
for miles along the seemingly endless
desert. Sometimes the villages and
stations are almost buried In snow, and
not infrequently the train gets showed
up. Water for the stoves and the en-
gines has to be brought steaming hot,
lest it should freeze on the way, and
often men at the stations In the depth
Of winter have to chop off long icicles
from the engine and cars. But even
the intense cold has its advantages, for
dairy products, such as cheese and but
ter, can be carried 10y rail without hav-
ing to be put into refrigerating trucks.
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WOMEN GIVE OUT


Housework is hard enough when
healthy. Every Cambridge woman
who is having backaehe, blue and
nervous spells. dizzy headaches and
kidney or bladder troubles, should
be glad to heed this Cambridge wo-
mans experience:
Mrs. C. H. Christopher. 8 West
End Ave. Cambridge. says: About
three years ago l was in a bad way
with my kidneys being out Of order
and serious backaches. Whenever l
bent over, sharp pains, like the thrust
of knife, shot through my back l
had dizzy spells and black spots ap-
peared before my eyes. 1 surely was
feeling miserable until learned of
Doan's Kidney Pills. After using one
box. l was greatly relieved. 1 gen
orally buy this excellent medicine at
Bradshaw's Pharmacy, and / certain
ly have high opinion of it."
Price soc. at all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Christopher had. Foster-Mil-
burn Co. Props. Buffalo. N. Y. Adv
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Our Fishina Presidents.

Fourteen of the twenty-seven presl-
dents of the United States have been
fishermen. When fishing and the pres
idency are mentioned the mind In
stantlv recalls Cleveland. the fishing
president. He is the one president
who wrote Il book discussing angling.
1t il not generally known. but the first
president uf the republic was an ell
tht>iastiy angler. 1t may he Of inter
est t. the enthusiastic anglers of the
nation To record the names OF the fish
ing presidents. They are George
Washington, Martin Van Buren,. John
Tyler Zachary Taylor. Millard Fill
more. Franklin Pierce. Abraham Lin
con. Andrew Johnson. Ulysses Simp-
son Grant, James Abram Garfield.
Chester Alan Arthur. Grover Cleveland,
Theodore Roosevelt aud William How
ard Taft New York Sun.
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DELIGHTFUL.

A certain young person had attained
her twenty-ifth year SO many times
that her ingenuity was about to crack.
under the strain of getting away with
it In other words, she would soon be
IN old maid If something wasn't done
But what:
III her perplexity she consulted the
seventh daughter of Il seventh daugh-
ter. Il feel. declared the young per
son tragically. ''as il We're drowning"
The seventh daughter Of a seventh
daughter was not lacking to herself.
Precisely" she replied. Drowning is
described 10y all who have given it seri-
Gus trial as delightful sensation, pro
vfded you don't struggle against it."
Whereupon the young person saw a
great light and went home and lived
happily ever aftcr.-New York Post.
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Baths For the Canary.

Under normal conditions most birds
probably battle daily, and canaries in
captivity should be allowed the same
opportunity. When individual birds OBJ
stinately refuse to enter the water
gentle spraying usually will induce
them to battle.
Small china dishes that are not too
deep make good bathing pans. When a
bird becomes accustomed to one dish 1t
usually will refuse to battle in another
one Of different shape and color. In
winter the water should be warmed un-
til tepid Even in warm weather too
cold water Is not advisable. II the
room, ordinarily warm, becomes cold
temporarily. birds should not be allow
ed to battle.
During mott the bath should be given
not more than twice each week. When
breeding the female canary should not
be allowed to battle from the time the
eggs hatch until the young are three OF
four days Old.-United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture Bulletin.
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A Leap Into Fame.

How many actors have begun their
stage career as leading man? Probably
Sir tombstone Forbes Robertson Is the
only instance. One night when Sir
Johnstone WAS young man Of twenty
one his father, who was all art critic
and journalist. went TO see w. Il. Wills
Mary Stuart" and after the perform
ance Wills accompanied him to supper.
In the course of conversation the dram
atist asked his host how he thought
Castelard the leading part, was played.
Why, my son there. who has never
acted. would do 1t fifty times better"
The very thing" cried Wills. VIII
you try. JohnstOneE'
The young artist modestly assented,
went with Wills next day to rehearse
and Il week later made Il sensational
debut Since then he has always been
4 leading man.-London Standard.
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Thu Outdoor Woman.

When that husky brute. man, goes
into the big woods for the good time
Of the year no longer does he leave a
bundle Of frilis and laces at home or
the shore, With nothing to assuage her
grief at parting with her lord but a
stack of the latest fiction, a fond kiss
and. perhaps. a hypocritical Wish you
could go with me" No. indeed, Now
she goes with him, and he is finding
out that he is very glad she does.
Whether either he or she is glad.
however depends. in a measure-in
fact. rather largely-upon her clothing.
She must be warm in cold weather,
not too warm in hot weather, not be
bedraggled to helplessneSs when it
rains, nor snagged every few minutes
In rough going by stepping Gu her
skirt or getting caught on stub. If
she Is to be q real companion to man
she must not hold him back by add
ing to her natural handicap, lack of
strength, the unnecessary and exasper-
ltinR unsuitable costume.-Outing.
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ESCAPES DRAFT BY HANGING
Young Man Suicide on Eve Of Elk
animation.

Philadelphia. Aug. 4.-On the eve OF
appearing before the second district
board for physical examination, Henry
Morowitz, twenty-six years old, 42e
Catharine street, hanged himself In
the cellar of his home.
His body was discovered hanging
from a post by his sister, Hannah.
The police of the Second and Chris
tian streets station say that Morowlt7
had been worrying because he was
afraid he would be conscripted in the
national army.
Morovitz had TWO children. He haC
been worrying about being called for
service in the national army and haC
consulted attorneys in an effort to Sc
cure exemption. He was a manufac
turer of shiTtwaists.
While Morowitz, the police say, is
the first man to Kill himself wher
summoned for national army service
a man mutilated himself the day fol
lowing the drawing of the numbers al
Washington. This man, an alien, shot
himself in the right hand.
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Hard Words AGAINST Germany

Copenhagen, Aug. THE Vossische
Zeitung, under a Stockholm date
prints an interview given by Camille
Huysmans containing hard words
against Germany.
NJ. Huysmans is quoted as saying
the Reichstag resolution remains {
scrap of paper unless converted into
deeds He says tangible results are
not expected by the Socialist confer
ence unless German democracy mus
tiers courage to end the military reac
tionarv autocracy by democratiZins
parliament
The French parliament already has
disclaimed alleged annexation de
signs" by which the German govern
ment tried to make capital TO checi
Che peace current. II depends solely
upon Germany TO show Its good VIII
he says, or bear the entire response
ailiiy for the fourth winter campaign
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WILSON HAS FAITH
IN u. 5. GERMANS
Reiterates His Belief in Their
Loyalty.

Washington, Aug. 4.-President Vii.
son, in a letter to Representative Dyer.
of Missouri, reiterated his confidence
in the loyalty of the great body OF
American citizens of German blood.
Representative Dyer complained that
federal officials had discharged, with
out hearing and simply on statements
or affidavitS of citizens of German
blood In ST. Louis whose loyalty had
been questioned and that government
officials therein assuming the attitude
of determining what is patriotism had
insuIted some of the best people in the
city simply because of their German
forefathers
Otto Sassman. of St. Louis. for six.
teen years railway mail clerk with
clean record. a Spanish-American
war veteran. who had subscribed for
Liberty loan bonds con ributed to the
American Red Cross funds and had
flown the Stars and Stripes over hi
house ever since the war with Ger
many was declared. Mr.. Dyer said
was discharged for disloyalty without
notice and has yet 10 learn what his
disloyaltv consists of.
"Your letters have struck a respon.
sive chord in my mind" the president
wrote 'T have been made aware from
various sources of the unfortunate pc
sition in which very large number
of our lcyal fellow citizens are placed
because of their German origin or at
nIIat10nS.
81 am sure that they need no further
assurance of the great body of our citi-
zens of German blood You know that
not once. hut many times in my public
addresses 7 have expressed this conf,
dence | do not like to make another
occasion to express it simply because
1t would seem to indicate on my part
as to whether the country had believed
nv previous assurances TO be sincere
May I not very respectfully suggest
that II would be easy TO make use OF
the passages I have referred to from
my former addresses to do something,
I hope not a little to offset the evil
influences that are at work
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An Exarcise For TWISTS.

Is 1t OF any value to know how to
say the alpha bet backward? A CORE
spondent says: Il think this is new, as
l am the inventor. and 1t is Of some
use In exercising on the typewriter If
for nothing else The twenty-six let
tiers Of the alphabe are used as initials
Of words divided into five groups OF
four initials and one group of six. The
groups are connected as follows:
Zebras Yoked, Xylophones Whacked.
Voices United To Sing.
Read Quick. Pass On.
Nature May Lack Kindness:
Juices Inside Hanging Grapes
Friends. Enemies. Dogs, Cats, Bats, Ants
New York Sun.