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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30
The Public BE SeYUed
(REe.U.s.sK T. 0EE9
BY K.c.D D.

AND ONE big pigeon.
THAT ALWAYS comes.
HAS JUST flown up.
PAST THE shaded window.
AND COME down again.
AND IF he said anything.
TO THE other pigeons.
S
IT HASN'T made any difference.
BECAUSE THEY'RE still there.
AND IT'S growing dark.
AND I'M too far away.
TO THROW anything to them.
AND IN q little while.
THEY'LL HAVE to go.
TO WHEREVER they sleep.
AND THEY'RE not fixing their
feathers.
OR ANYTHING.
THEY'RE JUST wandering around.
AND THEY'RE going now.
WITH THE big one in the lead.
AND THEY'LL have to go to bed.
WITHOUT ANY supper.
AND I'M going to ask the janitOr.
ABOUT THE woman.
BECAUSE IF she's moved.
THE PIGEONS ought to know.
AND IF she hasn't moved.
IF SHE'LL send me her keys.
I'LL GET a dish of stuff.
AND GO up to her flat.
AND THROW it down tomorrow.
IF THE pigeons come back.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30

The kaiser is an incarnate Peter Schlemihl, Chami,so's c..
alton, who sold his shadow to the devil. He is the mar with.
out a shadow and should be given no shadow of a chavez -
escape the just punishment of his crimes. "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30
Easy on Austria.

with respect TO Austria, we can settle
the question OF the frontiers between
the several nattonAlities into which the
HapEburg empire has resolved itself.
These several states var act As nations
and accept the territorial changes.
They, together with Bulgaria and Tur-
key, will be definite entities, unless
they, In turn all or In part, succumb
10 socialistic and BloAhevik revolutions;
or, declining allied arbitration. fight
among themselves.
But It Is with Germany that we must
really make peace. for II Is tho Ger
man who has been our great enemy
and with him we have 20 make the
main settlement. And X Germany re-
solves Itself into Russian anarchy then
we can only choose between waiting
AT the Rhine until anarchy has passed
Rnd sending our armies Into Germany
to restore order and ~reorRaniKe the ma
ton against It's will. This is the prob
lem now before us In the case OF Rus
STA. ard II seems very far from solu-
ton,
Such. then, Is the first great obsta-
Gle In the pathway OF those who are to
meet at Versailles. Nor Ia Il less clear
that, v though Germany presently
achieve national political refrigeration,
such refrigeration as permits her 20
send representatives 70 Versailles abba
and authorized TO speak for a people
and . nation itself capable of observ-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30

Matthias Erzberger says he signed the armistice term,
because there was nothing else to do. And nobody srsn.rt.d
that he signed for any other reason.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30

A New York paper says in its headlines, with reference TO
Henry Fords publication of a paper, that he has discovered that
the pen is mightier than the Ford.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30

The more the German people insist on the return of the
kaiser to the throne, the more will they prove their share in
his guilt
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30

Of the two functions Of the Versailles
congress. II the first business be the
settlement with Germany, the settle
ment which alone can ree the French
and Belglans from the intolerable bur-
den placed upon them by German deeds
Of destruction, then we shall achieve
peace. We shall close the war as 1t
should be closed, and the way will be
clear to the creation of a league Of ma
tons. But II the terms or peace are
left to be the trading ground for Ger
mar adhesion to a league Of nations.
we shall get nowhere and Germany may
be able to escape from the costs Of her
crimes, while the French and Belgian
populations. left without compensation
for their miseries will be hurried along
the road which leads to Bolshevism.
To impose peace terms upon Germany
Is a simple business, Yor the things
which the allies mean to do are all
clearly established and are undiscussi-
bile. The only single point which can
be debated Is that Of the size OF the
money payment to be demanded OF
Germany, and that can be agreed upon
promptly, When the congress assemblies
at Versailles the allied terms can be
ready, they can be presented to Ger
many. and German acceptance can be
made the condition upon which the next
problem will be faced, the problem of
the organization Of the league Of ma
lions,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30
FRANK H. SIMONDS' WAR ARTICLE
OUOEWLESS 70 I EWLE-OUWEV ETSUTTTES F7UUTGWl
b. FRANK H.s IMoNps, Author Of "THE GREAT WAR;" "TAEY SHALL NOT PASS"
BY A II. slMoNDs

The approach OF the hour when the
representatives OF the various nations
which have, for more than four years,
been at war will meet at Versailles to
frame a document restoring peace has
served to concentrate tho attention OF
the world upon the possibilities OF what
must prove the most mOmentous inter-
national assembly since the congress Of
Vienna, And yet. despite the intensity
OF world interest, the problems and the
difficulties which must be %surmounted
are as yet little understood, particularly
In the United States.
We have had since Nov. II one OF
the most dramatic M astounding pa
geants In all human history. We have
seen the surrender OF a great nation
on the battlefield, followed by the swift
revolution within that country which
has swept away all the old landmarks,
all the familiar forms OF government.
And while the great enemy, Germany,
was s~urrenderinE and transforming IT.
self, Austria Hungary has resolved
Itself into \ chaos OF races. At the mo-
ment when the discussion OF peace Is
imminent we are not In the least GER
tSin that we shall have In the case OF
the two larger nations with which we
nave been at war any recognized gov
eminent, speaking with the sanction Of
the German people, or any conceivable
group OF representatives, collectively
speaking for what vas a month ago
the Hapsburg empire.
And this Is the first and greatest
obstacle which Hes in the pathway Of
the Versailles congress, II Germany
shall not eschew Russian pathways and
find swift and satisfactory methods Of
restoring domestic tranquility and at
taining such governmental unity as to
enable her to send To Versailles dele
gates speaking for the German people
And authorized and capable OF binding
the German people to the agreements
there made, the undertakings In tho
way Of territorial ceHsions and financial
reparatlons, then the task will be sim
plified. But what evidence have we yet
to warrant belief that this win be pos
sible2 Moreover. II II Ia not, how can
we, In fact, achieve peace with our re-
cent eneNy at Versailles.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30
May Face Chaos.

The result may easily be chaos at
Versailles, an extension OF tho sessions
through weeks and months. to the utter
disorganihation OF the business Of the
world and the perpetuation of condi-
tions u Of which anarchy may grow,
such delay, too, would be to the Ger
man interest, for II must be a German
policy to postpone to the last possible
moment any passing of sentences upon
her which viii compel her to make pay
ment. II she could achieve a perma-
nent separation Of the allies, growing
out of the different values placed upon
reparation and the league OF nations,
then she might escape altogether.
The solution to this tangle. It seems
to me, must be sought in-the separation
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30
Saved Integrity.

In the past the beaten nation or coal
ltlon Of nations In the great wars Of
history have survived with their nation
al integrity undeStroyed. France, after
1870. changed from an empire to a re-
public, but the representatives OF the
Third Republic spoke with full and IN
questioned authority, their signatures
TO the preliminary armistice and tho
deftnltive document OF Frankfort were
honored by their c%ountrymen and UNI
challenged by their foes, When Ma
poleon abdicated at Fontainebleau In
1874, his ~conquerors placed a Bourbon
on the French throne and made peace
with him. This peace, for the moment
suspended by the return from Elba,
was nevertheless repeated In a new
treaty OF Paris after Waterloo and
honored alike by France and her con-
querors,
by contrast, after Russia fell and the
BolBhevik rose to power there was no
n with whom the Germans could sat
isfactorily conclude peace, and we had
the amazing spectacle Of Trotzky and
his associates quitting Brest- Litovsk
refusing to sign a treaty which they
could not refuse to accept. Since that
time, moreover, there has been a con
dition OF anarchy In Russia and no
man could or can clearly understand
what Is tho situation, German armies
have occupied Russian territory and OIL
EaniIed Independent states on old Rus
sian soil, but even the Germans rec.
ogniEed long before they finally yielded
to tho western nations. that tho set
Element Of Brest-Litovsk was no set
Element.
We have then tho clear possibility
that what happened In the case OF Rus
sia will now occur In tho case Of Ger
many. The revolution In the former
German empire may rapidly or slowly
march to the chaos which has existed
In Russia for moro than a year and a
half, Il 1t does, we can occupy such
portions Of the German territory as we
choose, Germany IL helpless; we car
make such provisional arrangements rs
may please us, but w can not come al
the German nation, we can not settle
anything. We can not do more than de-
eide upon such measures as we, the
western nations, may collectively deem
necessary TO protect France and Bel
GUM from German revolutionary at
tacks and occupy such German provin-
ces as we may feel are sufficient &c
serve as guarantees OF q future pay
ment by Germany OF the claims we
hold against her, when sne does achieve
! national Authorization
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-30

enemies who have Just imposed upon
them this terrific sentence? And grant
Ing that Germany succeeds in establish
Ing some sort of government which
sends duly authorized delegates to YER
%sailles, will that government be able to
obtain ratification Of It's treaty from the
German people, or will 1t and the treaty
both be repudiated?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

waist and a safety pin such as fastens
the hose supporters aiding in holding
them securely.
Ii is, of course. no news that we can
buy stocking feet and knees. That Is
known 10 every mother whose darning
basket is seldom emptied from year
to year.
Nothing has ever given more salts
faction than the semi made summer
skirts in white and blue serge, pleated
or plain. They are always in demand.
One buys these semi-made skirts by
the waistband. When that is fitted
perfectly the rest of the skirt falls
smoothly and easily into place. All OF
the desired materials for general or
sports wear are found among these
semi made things.
A year or two ago white corduroy
was much in demand and the shops
brought out costumes OF this material
in such numbers that almost every
one could possess one. This year the
baronet satin is having n run and It
is offered in semi-made garments,
which can be taken home stitched up
and worn.
Just at this time of the year there
begins TO be a sprinkling of winter
hats among the summer things still
piled in the shops. All sorts Of devices
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

, f1ounces appear, some tucked, some
frilled with wide or very narrow frills,
to make the skirts. It Is possible to
buy the organdy nouncing with the
extraordinary deep hem, hemstitched,
which appears in many of the organdy
frocks. 1t comes in rose, blue, corn
color. white, taupe-almost any color
desired
And wolfe dresses, too. are likewise
semi-made. These for the most part
are embroidered in a fine braid of the
same color as the wolfe and the dresses
have little Jackets which are semi
fitted. ready with sleeves. needing
only adjusting at the cuffs to make
them ready for wear.
1t Is wonderful boon to busy peo-
pie these days to find all OF these
things awaiting them. Mothers have
hailed with glee strips OF buttonholes
all ready made which can be sewed
underneath the back hem OF little
waists, while strips of buttons can be
set on TO correspond on the opposite
side. Buttons on little girls things,
by the way, are fast disappearing
Slip on garments are taking the place
Of buttoned garments. Since boomers
have supplanted petticoats no buttons
are needed, an elastic band holding
these little garments on around the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

batiste. put together with beautiful
Valenciennes insertion. Each one Is so
nearly complete that any woman who
can sew even little bit can join the
back seam of the skirt and regulate
the length and then she can put on the
dress and wear it. Less than half an
hours work would be required.
BY means OF "A clever little JACKIE
arrangement set in at the armholes II
Is possible to make the waist 1T, and
as there are pretty little crochet but
tons down the back and the button
holes are all ready made, | cannot
ina CINE any one acquiring a charming
frock with less worry and trouble.
Often the simplest cotton dress be-
comes an expensive one because OF the
cost OF making; but here is a French
creation with the making included in
the purchase price.
The shops offer deep fiouncings OF
net, organdy and georgette, out OF
which charming frocks can be fash
toned in short time. There are
white net fiounces with wide tucks
which can be slipped over lingerie or
silk petticoat and sewed on and there
IL a skirt all ready. The waists for
these are generally made of plain net
Of the same texture AS the net used
for the skirt
Since orEandy has, occupied tie CEN
tire OF the stage this summc. .adless
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
LIBERTY "SINGS"
STIR PATRIOTISM

fou" 70 eight thousand citizens in sing
ing for liberty Every Tuesday eve
ming Mr.. Leps instruCts several hun
dred song leaders in how to sing and
10 lead in singing the popular war
songs, and these leaders take the ideas
thus gained back to their respective
communities.
Churches, SUNDAY schools. blocks,
villages and whole suburban Communi-
ties are holding Liberty Sings every
week Theatres ana moving picture
houses have a Iibcrtv Sing with every
performance. The audiences fairly
/, raise the roof. so powerfully has the
idea taken hold OF tho Philadelphia
people. Managers OF theatres say their
audiences wait impatieutly for that
part of the programme calling for the
LiDert" Sing
Philadelphia is singing itself hoarsc
Tor liberty because il believes in the
psychology of the thing. Liberty
Sings are helpful not only to people
over here. hut also to our boys over
seas, because people nave been singing
to them by name long enough for
1 them to have heard # il and TO have
sent bacN their thanks for this con
slant and close contact which, they
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y the shadow of Independence
Hall in Philadelphia a new
movement has been started
which promises to be help in the
present struggle for world liberty
Under the direction of the War Camp
Community Service. Liberty Sings
which are now sweeping Philadelphia.
will he established in every city.
town, hamlet and country cross roads
in the United States.
Philadelphia newspaper man
whose son enlisted in the navy three
days before war was declared, con-
ceived the idea of having every fam
lily write upon a card the names of
all the boys intimately related to
them by blood or ties of friendship
who are serving in the army or navy
Of the United States. This card
standing upon the piano. enables the
family to visualize each boy every
day Following the evening meal
father. mother and children gather in
the living room, read the list aloud
and sing a patriotic song To the boys
in the service, each and every one of
whom is thus daily remembered by
name.
This simple service was found by
its originator To be so satisfying ana
comforting that he passed the idea
along TO his neishhOrs. Their verdict
was SO commendatOry that he deter
mined to organize Il block sing to hc
held on the same evening every week,
when all the residents in the block
could come together in the middle of
the street and sing to all the men in
the service from that block. \ SER
vice flag for these men was swung
across the street and their names
were ongrossed upon Il tablet, or
honor roll. erected beneath the nag
This block sing was an instant sue
cess. 1t was extended to many other
blocks. Churches. stores. mills. fac
tories, shipyards and other institutions
took it up. Realizing its possibilities
the War Camp Community Service.
which Is doing work among the sol
Giers, sailors. sh!pbuilders and MIMI
ton workers Of the Philadelphia dis
trtct. stepped in to coordinate and en-
erGlze the various agencies working
to promote the Liberty Sing idea.
Under the direction OF Courtcnay
BAYLOR, Philadelphia director Of the
War Camp Community Service. the
Liberty Sing Commission was organ
lied. consisting of Mr. Baylor repre-
senting the Federal Government,
II T.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

Great heavens! The srs that shines for
Has changed its motto-what a blow!
Now It is all for knitting ball,
or old IL in THE Sun twas sew!
But greater changes war now weaves
In cuiraes, gorget, helmet, greaves,
For our crusader forward fares
With knitted helmet on his locks;
For cuirass he sweater wears.
And last. not least. for greaves his
socks. VII. w. OLcoTT.
Housatonic street, East Pittsfield,
Mass
Wool knits;
Sam hits
Sock grows.
Warns those
Who night
For right.
Knit more
Win war.
JOSEPHINE GrLLis.
Tupelo street, Roxbury. Mass
with apologies to THE Rosary.")
The hours I've spent with thee, dear
sock,
Are but a string of purls to me-
/ count them over with an awful shock
My hosiery. my hosiery!
Each puri a tear, each rib Joy.
To feel the end Is nearer. so
I turn the heel and strive at last to
learn
To weave the toe, sweetheart to
weave the toe
Miss NJ. A. WOODWARD.
0oderich. Ontario, Canada.
It's easy enough to write plain prose.
Then IL a things said that's sufficient
But sock songs must rhyme,
And It takes little time
To find that I'm quite inefficient.
! knitted all through the long winter.
But IL now In the shade Of the trees
must needs call the muse
For the yarn that l use,
l fear some poor soldier will freeze.
Mrs. II. A. BOWLING.
1889 Arlington avenue. st. Louis, Mo.
[Sock songs need not rhyme; they
may be blank verse or free verse.
However. If they attempt to rhyme
they really ought to make good-as
this does perfectly.-Ed.1.
From Colorado's mountains. from Texas
burning sands,
From where Niagara's fountains divide
two allied lands.
To overturn oppression in the world be-
yond the sea.
To cheer the broken hearted and set the
captive free.
A mighty host is coming OF our bravest
and our best,
Our flying fingers. quick as thought, shall
falter not nor rest
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and scmi-made fancieS appear-bird
breasts, ruchings and quillings, bbws
and there are all sorts of tops which
can be mounted so that very little skill
is required to make an old hat into
a new. one of these little transforma-
ton first aids is a small toQue G..
phcasants' breasts. The crown will
TT directly over "A small hat and there
are two little mercury wings rising
from tho side to add height and needed
trimming. WreathS of small ostrich
tips are waiting, first to be placed over
the crown of a hat with a wide brim
10 receive stitch or two and thus TO
bring about IA transformation.
All OF these helps are welcomed by
the woman who likes to and can make
her own things. II seems so early to
speak of winter things that | merely
mention these bird breasts and feath-
or wreaths in passing returning to
the semi-made things most suitable for
the summer season.
Lace dresses have never been quite
so much worn as this year--not the
real princess and Brussels patterns OF
other years but the net and lace and
embroidered nets one sees at country
clubs, roof gardens and other like
places of gaye,y. 1t is to be noted that
many OF these fine dresses come semi
made, and as it is the fashion nova
days to have nothing tight fitting and
to give as much as possible the I'M
corseted look the veriest amateur home
dressmaker can evolve this sort of
summer frock easily.
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ThirdWriter This Week Suggests That
Winter Knitting Be Started Forth
with, Giving Experience as Reason

TT HE grand old neighborly Key
stone State, famed for broth
erly love, but not more than
for the fighting OF her sons IN all our
wars, or for being the scene Of many
a crucial battle, and notably of the
battle which decided that the people
OF this democratic Republic Cor repub-
lean democracy IL YOU like the word
ing better) would one day rise up and
smite the Kaiser as one nation instead
Of two
Well. as we were saying, the grand
old State Of Pennsylvania marches of
with both first and second prizes in
this weeks Sock Song contest!
other Sock Songs, some OF which
failed TO win mention at least by no
more than the skin OF their teeth,
came in from almost every State that
flies its star on the greater service
flag. One OF these bright Sundays.
when the sock singers socks are foot
slogging 1t so gloriously from the
Marine toward Berlin, we're going to
publish map or something showing
you just where every entry Of the
week was composed and mailed. It
will be an eye opener, too.
Margaret Rice, 10 Lawrence street.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, wins first prize this
time with a song that isn't so wonder
full in lyrical ingenuity and polish, yet
somehow or other Wed say
It touches the heart, only juries of
award in prize competitions are well
known to every competitor (but the
lucky ones) to have no hearts to
touch.
However, perhaps you'll find 1t will
touch yours. 1t is elsewhere on this
page.
May Gibson Of 212 Market Square,
Sunbury, Pa, was finally awarded Sec
ond after prolonged consideration Of
four entries. OF the others, one Of
course was the third prize winner and
the remaining two appear among
the honorable mentions. (You must
guess for yourself which they are.
All four are so good, and so very