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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
LOYAL TO THE FLAG.

Elsie Roberts was tho sister OF Tom
Roberts. Il United States general. She
had been going with II spy for tho
enemy. although she did not know IT,
one afternoon. when she was walking
down the lane with Mr.. Brown he said:
ITS strange how tho United states
soldiers do such brave deeds. whilc
tho cnemys soldiers do nothing"
There's no secret TO that" said
Elsie. Our soldiers arc loyal to their
flag; they're not hirelinGs''
"Ive often tried to help my coun-
try" he said. but never could find
out many OF the enemy's plans. How
ever" he added. with a meaning look,
When Elsie went back to the house
alone she found IL small package which
maps OF different forts which the
enemy held. and also a letter WISH
ran thus:
"r. Roberts will pass Rosebrier
Farm some time tomorrow. He is
carrying important papers. Get them.
CAPTAIN DAVIS"
oh" she exclaimed, II must over
take brothcr!'
Then She hid the maps, saddled her
horse and gallopcd down the road. In
short time she overlook her brother.
told him about the papers and where
she had hidden them. He gave her
some papers and told her to take them
to General W at Fort II
She Ealloped down the road again.
and soon heard the clatter OF hoofs
behind her. Looking around she saw
Brown. at the head OF several SOL
diers. coming after her. Elsie opened
the package and read the message and
then thrust II into her pocket. Brown
saw her do this and rode up. He de-
manded the papers, and when she re-
fused to give them up, he tried to
take them by force. Then she tore them
up and threw them into tho road
E'rown called his men, and then asked
Elsie where tho package that he had
dropped was. She replied that she had
hid them. When she told him that
she was going to give them to Gen.
eral W he tried to make her tell
where they were. She exclaimed:
You think I'd be disloyal to my
colors. do you? Well, you're mistaken. -
III you don't tell where they are
and what the papers your brother gave
you contained" said Brown, you shall
be shot a spy"
I'll never be disloyal to my nag.
though you burn me at tho stake"
said Elsie calmly. standing beneath tho
American flag on her horses bride.
She was then blindfolded and shot
at until she fell dying. Just then Tom
rode up with twenty-five men. Inn
mediately Brown and his men fled. Tom
| came to her side. and she told him
what the papers he had given her con-
tanned. She asked for water and as
he lifted her up to drink she died
| murmuring with her last breath
Loyal to my flag"
(Original.)
RUBY FOSTER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
THE FLAG OF ouR COUNTRY.

After we had driven Great Britain
from our shore forever and had be-
come free and independent country.
every one wanted flag
Washington went to Miss Betty Ross.
woman who lived near Boston. and
asked her to make flag for the United
states. she consented to do so and
hSed date for him TO call and see
the flag. 1t had thirteen stripes and
thirteen stars at first. But when each
state joined the Union star was put
TO represent IT, And there are now
forty-eight stars since Oklahoma
joined They left the thirteen stripes.
though. in memory OF the thirteen
original colonies. Once when n crowd
had collected TO see the flag boy sud
denly ran up flag pole which had n
British flag on 1t. He tore 1t off and
replaced 1t by an American one Red
is to show that patriotic blood is beat
ing in the hearts of millions OF coun-
trymen: blue is from the arch of the
winter sky. and white is to show that
IL is as pure as snow. Every one
should love our flag and be loyal TO it,
too for there are many flags, but our
flag is best
ELIZABETH a. LEWIS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN FLAG

j was once a tall vine. growing In
a field which people now cali flax. One
day some men who were going through
the field said, one to another:
What beautiful stalk of flax. Let
us take 1t to cloth mill Perhaps
We may get good price for it."
So they took me to cloth mill.
where found many kinds OF ma
.chinery. | did not have any time to
look about me. for men took me away
from this room and carried me into
another. Then followed the process Of
making the thread. and next the cloth
When came out Of this machine
hardly knew myself. for l was u large
bundle OF linen cloth.
was then sold to another factory.
where / was made into an American
flag. Now 1 Will tell you some Of my
adventures:
After being made into an American
nag ! was sold to merchant and
displayed in. . window. 4 lady bought
me for her little son. Arriving at
home the little boy, proud Of me- put
me up on his front porch. That night
there was an awful storm, and l was
drenched through and through with
rain. The next morning the little boy,
anxious to see how ! stood the storm.
came out on the front porch When
lie saw how faded and wet I was he
TOOK me down and had me dyed over
again Then found myself a bcauti-
ful new American flag again. He then
put me away, and has kept me new
ever since. Now he Is grown man.
but he never forgets the day when he
bought me from the store and the
morning he found me so wet This now
concludes my adventures.
Composed by
JOHN SIMS STITH
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
THE AMERICAN FLAG.

IT was Christmas Eve in HonEkone,
and the sun was Just setting over the
"Flowery Land" In the mission
school. high on the hill, a very home
sick young girl was watching tho
Chinese flag as It few over house
nearby.
How different that nag Is from the
ono I watched last year." thought tho
young missionary. something wet glis-
tentne on her long lashes
me makee Mellican lady Christmas
plesent." said soft voice behind her.
and, turning. Philips Allen saw ono Of
her pupils In the doorway In Ching
Lees hands a beautiful American flag
lay.
Christmas plesent? she repeated;
and dazedly Philips took the gift. Sud-
denly her last atom OF control gave
way and, with sob, she buried her
face in the silken folds of the Stars
and Stripes.
Ching Lee. not knowing whether
her "Chlistmas. plesent" had offended
her beloved teacher or not, stood by
uncertainty.
"Nffssee Allen have tum-tum achee."
she ventured timidly. when the bell for
assembly rang. Tho girls were to have
a tree In the library, Ching Wong. Il
went Ching Lee. and Philips followed.
There were n few minutes walt be-
fore tho great library doors were
opened. Then. to every ones sur
prise. they all marched In to the tune
Of "The Star.9panEled Banner" And
the ones who looked closest saw, in
stead Of q star floating on top Of the
tree, q beautiful American flag.
80 ELIZABETH =. NELSON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
OUR FLAG.

In June. 1877, the Continental Con-
Eress decided that the thirteen colonies
should have flag. General Washing
ton made rough sketch, which would
serve as a guide to the maker. 1t was
Betsy Ross who was chosen to do
such important work with her needle
In the production OF the first Ameri-
can flag. Washington showed her the
design When asked If she could make
IL from that. she replied that she
didn't know, but would try" When
she examined the sketch she found the
stars had six points. This. she told
General Washington. was quite wrong
as the stars in the heavens had only
five points. Then she folded n paper
and with one snip OF the scissors cut
perfect fve-pointed star. This proved
her capable of doing the work, and
she began ut once to plan the proper
ton and colors of the different parts
which was all left for her to decide
Before this flag was made there had
been various flags for the different
colonies: thus, that Of Massachusetts
bore pine tree: South Carolina dis
white flag with black beaver, and
Rhode Island a white flag with a blue
anchor upon it.
1t has been said that the American
national flag. rs we'll as the eagle.
were suggested by the crest OF arms
- 'i'S " "SHihS toi iatHiiy.t he iatteT
is not true. as the Washington crest
was raven. The Washington arms
were a white shield. having two hori-
zontal red bars, and above these a
row of three red stars. This may have
given the idea OF the stars and stripes.
our flag has seven red and six white
stripes. There were originally thir-
teen stars. hut 1t has been increased
by the admission OF other States. and
has now forty eight. The birthplace
of our first flag is still standing. al
though more than a century and n
half DID, at 239 Arch Street, Philadel-
phia. LEONA c.. DREWRY
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
STARS AND STRIPES.

Raise our banner
The banner SO great
Ratse IT for our people.
Raise 1t for the mon OF State
Let all our banners be unfurled
Let II be tied tight to our stake
o! let that brave banner wave high
In the air
We will win! wo will win. for hu-
manity's sake.
III
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
Hear the boys march
Our boys will win. will win
Three cheers for our flag, three cheers
three cheers
We will teach other countries not to
".
Three cheers for our flag
Three cheers for the red, white. and
blue
Don't let our flag get dusty
Or stained, by the soft damp dow.
o: Let that brave banner wave
high in the air
For the proof that our banner sim
o! Let that brave banner wave over
land and sea
O let II wave high in the air
say what do you see?
That waves so high and aloft
That banner that waves go high
And ripples In the brcezes SO soft
VII.
IT'S the banner so green and so great
It's the banner true.
It's the bravest flag IN the world
It's tho Red" white" and blue"
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
Here come the boys with our banner
SO great,
Marching Into war
With the banner OF State.
o! hear the soldiers rre
Behind our flag so grand
I hear the bugle and the drums.
That play with our band.
Me for the banner
That waves over the nation
It's the Star-Spangled Banner
That hae It's reputation"
ROBERT BAKE wTNNE
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
A MOTHERS SON.

There sat mother old and gray.
Her thoughts were Of child at play,
He was now a brave soldier boy far,
far away,
He had gone 10 fight for his country,
his flag. his all.
This lad had given his life
For the CAUSE Of an undyinE strife;
He had gone in defense of the nations
right
All. poor boy. Ire may never again re-
turn from the fight.
eyes.
And she cried. as only a mother cries,
For her son: May God protect him
Protect every mothers son.
HELEN c. SIMONS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
Editorial and Literary
Department
THE REST OFF THE CONTEST.

Ny Dear Girls and Boys.-lIcre is
tho rest OF your flag contest. and II is
surely q hard matter to decide on tho
prlzo winner 1 will go over every
article and drawing carefully. and will
announce tho prize winner as soon as
possible. All of your prizes have been
sent out, and I am now working on
the big pile Of new member appllca-
lions. Tho badges will DO sent out
by the last OF this week. Sometimes
boy or girl Will write for membership
and not give any address. II you don't
Jeceive your badge, write again, and
be careful TO send your address. Ihope
this beautiful contest has made us all
feel more patriotic. for the story of
our flag is one. OF the prettiest that
know. YOUR EDITOR.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
OUR FLAG.

The first American flag was made
by Betsy Ross and for a long time all
Of the people got her to make their
flag for them.
Its stripes of alternate red and white
proclaim the origination OF thirteen
states and maintain the declaration OF
indie pendence.
It's stars OF white on field OF blue
proclaims that union of State consti-
tuting our national constellation,
which receives n new star with every
new State.
White is for purity. red for valor,
and blue for justice.
Il. WALKER LINN.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
a TOAST TO OUR FLAG.

Here's to our banner,
With It's stars and bars;
The pride Of our soldiers
And the glory Of the "Tars."
The emblem OF might
And terror to Its foes;
The badge Of Liberty
Wherever II soes.
The emblem Of freedom
Where ere 1t flies:
a friend to to all the oppressed
Beneath the skies.
The sun never sets
On It's sheltered folds;
It's benefits to mankind
Can't be measured In gold.
1t represents Democracy
The voice Of tho people,
Free speech. free thought
And free church steeples.
For human rights
Ger land and sea,
1t will live or die
For Liberty.
(OriginaI)
MARIA BEAZLEY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
A TRUE STORY.

Once upon time a little boy named
iIarrie was playing with his flag. and
man came along and took his flag and
would not give 1t back to him, and
tho man started of with his flag and
Harrie went with him, and the man
wont to the river and threw the flag In
tho river. and Harrie went in the river
after his flag and could not get out.
and his mother and father searched
and searched for Iarrie, but did not
find him.
(Continued.)
BESSIE BOGGS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
OUR FLAG.

/ like my flags; have four big ones.
They wave with the wind. They arc
a JOY to me. Betsy Ross. who lived
In Philadelphia, made the first flag out
OF her old dresses-after George wash
ington's shield. White stands for
purity. red stands for zeal and blue
stands for loyalty. There are forty
eight stars for States. and thirteen
stripes for the first States Tho motto
United we stand. divided wc fall"
and the whole flag means freedom.
WILLIAM II. CALHOUN. JR
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
a TRUE STORY.
PART II.

And after they had got divers and
searched in the river. they decided not
to hunt any more. And about n month
later they found him laying on the
bank of the river, and they carried
him home and buried him the next
day. The man that had thrown Har-
rvs flag in the river was put In the
Jail. and one night nc broke out, and
they never could find him. and they
put .hloodhounds on his track and soon
found him In Gassaway, w. Va, and
they put him In Jail there and he died
there.
(The end)
BESSIE BOGGS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
OUR FLAG.

The Stars and Stripes mean more TO
you and me than anything else in
this whole wide world. II Is for the
nag that men have lived. fought and
died. II is for the honor OF our flag
that the nation is now plunged in war.
IT has Afforded us protection through
many trying times. Never let us for
get TO, say. Three cheers for the Red,
White and Blue"
MAMIE WEISIGER
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-13
OUR FLAG.

There is one flag we follow still.
It's colors arc rod, white and blue.
Our hearts are always filed with glad
ness when we sec the shining fold.
1t stands for liberty on Old Glory.
This flag is our priceless gift from
God above. Our gallant heroes died
for this flag. We should all DO very
proud OF our nag.
LrzZIn TULNER.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
CHILDREN AND LIES.
Fiction Is as Real as Fact to the Minds
of the Young.


Why do children lie? Edwin 8.
Fuller in the Mothers Magazine an
swers the question by saying that
the imagination of child is strong
er than his intellect, that fiction is
as real to child as fact.
"The cure for lies inspired by i'm
agination," he asserts, sis the edu-
cation of the child's intellect to dis
tinguish between fact and fancy.
As his error is mental, not moral,
his cure must be mental. It would
be grave error Of training to at
tempt to suppress his Imagination
as a cure for his untruths. Imagi-
nation is the handspring which
moves his mentality to growth,
hence it should be directed into ra-
,tional channels and not curbed.
''Only parents who cannot distin-
guish between an imaginative un-
truth and real lie punish such in
lfants or scold them for being wick
led. The child does not recognize
any immoral quality in his untruth,
because there is none. Therefore
he does not see the justice of the
censure or the whipping which he
has received as punishment. But
he would recognize as helpful his
mothers patient effort to untangle
his imagination which is so helpless
ly commingled with facts.
"About the age of seven OF eight
the child's mental fog begins to
clear and his mentality develops to
the point where it begins to domi
nate his imagination. The border
land between the real and the un-
real becomes more sharply defined
and fancy slowly disengages itself
from fact. When such mental de-
-velopment is reached the misstate-
ments inspired by imagination will
cease.
"a factor for the prevention and
cure of lying in older children is
the good example of parents. Moral
suasion is apt to lose its effective
ness when the mother sends her
daughter to the door to tell the
caller that mother is not in. The
parent should be fon honor in the
matter of truthfulness as well as
the child. Children are great imi-
tators. Hold Up an example of
scrupulous adherence to truth and
your part will have been nobly
DONE"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
Municipal Parks.

According to the census bureau
figures on municipal parks, Wash
ington has Az parks, greater
number than any other Of our cit
les. But the greatest park area
1918 acres, or about twelve square
miles-is shown for New York city.
Other cities with large park areas
are Philadelphia, with $500 acres:
Los Angeles, with 4,127 acres; Chi
cago, with 1916 acres; Denver.
with 3,719 acres; Washington, with
1907 acres, and Minneapolis, with
3,038 acres.
The largest single park owned by
any city is Paramount park, in Phil
adelphia, which has an area of 1886
acres, or five and one-half square
miles, and the next largest, a park
of 3,O27 acres, or more than four
and one-half square miles, is re,
ported for Los Angeles.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
MAKING A WILL :
A Story Showing the Importance Of
Doing Il Properly.


In an article in the Woman's
Home Companion on the impor-
lance of making your will properly
Clyde Scott Stillwell says:
"In a little city in the middle
west Miss Anne Prentiss, a retired
schoolteacher, lived in a cosy little
apartment. By hard work through
many years she had saved 100000,
which, carefully invested, yielded
her $1,000 year. Her pleasures
were few and inexpensive. With,
the friend who lived with her and
the two old ladies in the apartment
upstairs she would play cribbage on
Saturday nights. The four old la
dies were very good friends. To
her friend and housemate Miss
Prentiss had bequeathed $4,000 in
her will; the balance of the $40, 900
she had divided among her favorite
nephews and nieces, taking special
care that none of the results of her
life work should go to her worth
less and dissolute brother. The
two ladies in the apartment above
were witnesses to the will.
Gone night over an especially ex-
citing game Of cribbage the four old
ladies quarreled, and the following
Saturday when Miss Prentiss called
up the dumb waiter to invite the
two friends down they replied that
they would never play with her
again. Whereupon Miss Prentiss
decided that it was not safe to have
these two as witnesses to her will,
so she crossed off their names and
got two other witnesses, one Of
them her housemate, for whom the
$4,000 was designed.
'In due course Miss Prentiss died
and was gathered to her fathers.
The friend presented the will at
once for probate, and then the trag-
edy broke. The substitution of the
two witnesses had not been made in
legal form and the entire $4,000
went to the dissolute brother.
"The whole purpose of Miss Prem
tiss' life was defeated because Miss
Prentiss tried to do for herself what
lawyer would have done for her
at petty cost"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
A ManaIed Ceremony.

Willis - The wedding of your
daughter and Count de Broke didn't
begin on time. What was the cause
Of the delay?
Gillis-We were obliged to make
shift in the music at the last min
ute. We couldn't use ooh, Prom
Use Me-" because it reminded the
count of his notes, and we had to
cut out the Wedding March" be-
cause his bankruptcy proceedings
come up in that month, and, besides,
Mendclssohn is the name of his
principal creditor.--Puck.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
Boiled Alive.

In English statutes Of the six
teenth century the punishment set
down for the crime of numbering
by poison was boiling alive, and a
girl was actually executed in that
CHASTITY fashion. In 1888 Father
Stone of Canterbury suffered the
same death. A curious account is
in existence which gives the amount
paid "for two men who set the ket-
tie and parboiled him" and "to the
women that secured the kettle"
The sentence was not always car
ried out with so much ferocity, for
culprits were sometimes hanged be-
fore being boiled In one case it is
recorded that man was first hang
ed then boiled and then quartered.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
Magic Figures.

'The most remarkable arrange
ment of numbers that I know of, "
said a business college man who
takes delight in solving curious
problems and digging up mathemat-
ical oddities, els the combination of
the six figures 1857. Multiply
this number by 2, and the answer is
285,714; by 4, and the answer is
71,42S; by 5, and the answer is
714,285; by 6, and the answer is
957,1 42. Each answer contains ex-
actly the same digits as the original
sum. And, to cap the climax, multi
ply the number by Z, and up comes
the answer 10000.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
A Fair Opportunity.

Tasso, being told that he had a
fair opportunity of taking advan-
tage of very bitter enemy, replied,
II wish not to plumber him, but
there are things which l wish to
take from him-not his honor or
his life, but his malice and i'll will. "
Well spoken-a noble taking from
an enemy, CHS malice and i'll willw
Row is that done? Love is the po-
tent weapon. "Heap Goals of fire
IN his head" Exchange.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
The Roman Forum.

There were many forums in Rome,
but the oldest and most famous was
not created like building at GER
ltain time. The Forum Romanum
was originally the lowlands between
the Palatine, Capitoline and Quiri-
nal hills, used as meeting place
for barter and politics by the tribes
living on the hills named and on
other hills near by. The develop
ment of this crude trading place
and neutral ground into the Roman
forum of later times was very grad
ual and irregular.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
Flexible Enalish.

Some Of the peculiarities of the
English language are amusingly
shown in the following little dia-
logue:
"You'll get run in" said a pedes-
trian to wheelman without a light.
you'll get run into" savagely
responded the cyclist as he knocked
the pedestrian down.
"You'll get run in, too," said a po-
liceman, stepping from behind a
tree.
And just then another scorcher
came along without light, so the
policeman ran in two.-London
Mail.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
How He Got Il.

"You seem ablebodied and
healthy; you ought to be strong
enough to work." she remarked
scrutinizingly.
eyes, ma'am, know. And you
seem beautiful enough to be on the
stage, but evidently you prefer the
simple life
He got a square meal without any
further reference to .work.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
Japanese Embroidery.

The center of the art embroidery
industry of Japan is at Kioto.
There, centuries before Japan was
open to foreign intercourse, experts
in the art made heavily and richly
embroidered kimonos, screens and
other articles, and there today that
same work is still going on.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-07-26
Another M after.

Il suppose you love your native
land?" rs
II find that impossible, SIR"
"You ought to be ashamed to say So"
'Not at all. 1 was born on the sea-"
Birmingham Age-Herald.