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New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
Our BHghty Too
By Joy Montgomery Higgins
k."HEsE Britishers tell US to mai.
this our Blighty, too" wrote :.

~ al
this our Blighty, too,' wrote
young American soldier who h.,
received his training in one Of our cam,.
in England and was being nursed bach :.
health in an English hospital He h.a
given his good right arm in France, but \.
wasn't whining about that; rather he va.
dreamily musing with q poets vision q,
the unbloody side of his great adventure
II like this Blighty," he wrote; "she i
like a grandmother, old and tiny and
trim, her lace bonnet in order, The names
Of towns and streets all seem to echo soma
chldhoods rhyme. 1t comes over one that
this is not strange country at all-wbv
it is the home of Mother Goose, Somebon
it makes a grown fellow feel Ike child
again-it's getting back to the nursery
Getting back to the nursery. The old
familiar names. In this day Of tales Of
blood and devastation, what a sweet Jour
ney to travel with the Imaginative lad
through the faraway scenes Of Mothe,
Goose, the realms of youths song and
story. Those loved spots, which, in fancy.
our infancy knew.
Here is Islington! And who was il came
from Islington? Oh, yes, it was Tom, Tom
remembered for his brief welded bliss
having both married and buried his wife
on Sunday. And Gotham Of the Three
Wise Men. Norridge-for which the Man
in the Moon so earnestly sought. Banbury
with its vision Of the Little Lady on the
white horse, she OF the ringed fingers and
tingling bells. Charing Cross and Shrews.
1-t4l
used to take US with such wondrous facil-
ity And who would not be sent to Gov
entry il for no other reason than to drv
the tears of the beautiful Lady Godiva, or
to take a peep al Pecping Tom? How
gladly we'd give two sticks and an apple
to hear the bells OF Whitechapel; yes, and
"halfpence and farthings," would they but
ring the bells Of St. Martins In what old
village were maids so few that the Little
Boy who lived by himself, forced to
go to London to buy himself a wife ?
Through what quaint town, wee Willie
Winkie, did you run up and down? From
just where in this land Of their birth came
Old King Cole, the Queen of Hearts, Jack
Horner, Simple Simon, Little Bo Peep and
many more Of that company with which We
mingled in the days when soldiers were
made of tin and swords Of cardboard
With what sense OF familiarity-the
haunting familiarity of race memory, o,
childhood's imagination-dis the American
soldier lad look on the scenes Of Britain
when he could write sit is like getting bac.
to the nursery. That is a strong call
England's primrose fields, Scotland's heath
cred hills, the wild green hedges of Erin,
And old familiar names must have Weakened
memories beyond the nursery, memories o
doughtier deeds than were ever recorded
of Mary Morey or her illustrious brother
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
Tangled Wires
career.

Congress will have to choose among
the rival plans for dealing with the tele-
graph, telephone and cable systems pro-
posed, respectively, by Clarence H. Mac
kay, Theodore N. Vail and Postmaster
General Burleson. Mr.. Mackay insists on
a continuation of competition. Mr. Vail
proposes immediate joint operation of
telegraph and telephone lines under one
head, and single traffic executive for
all cable lines, SO that the public may
be educated up to a monopoly under
private ownership and operation with
some form of governmental regulation
and restriction" Mr.. Burleson recon-
mends government ownership and man.
agement, that the lines may be oper-
ated, he says, with a view to efficient
and progressive service rather than to
financial profits.
In choosing among the solutions Of
fered Congress will have to recognize
that Mr.. Mackays method is in harmony
with traditional practices and existing
law. Mr.. Wallis plan would concede
the right of combination which the anti
trust laws were designed to prevent,
but which has now been granted TO ex-
porters and has been exercised to the
limit in the government management of
the railroads. Mr.. Vail claims for his
method a saving of wasteful competition
in getting business, along with a reduc-
tion of rates that would naturally fol-
low and would be insured to the public
by regulation. Mr.. Burleson blandly as
sumes that better service and lower
charges would follow, as the night the
day, upon public ownership and control
Before committing itself Congress
may be expected to make searching
inquiry into the facts, that the country
may know in advance how it is to be
safeguarded against higher charges by a
private monopoly or heavy losses by a
government monopoly. Mr.. Vail assumes
that the lines will be restored to their
owners upon the ratification of peace
terms. Very brief time, then, is allowed
either for testing Mr.. Wallis method of
monopolistic operation or for Congress
to thrash out new legislation Doubtless
the well-known difficulty of unscram-
bling eggs will prejudice any plan for
restoring the pre-war status, should Mr..
Burleson promptly put Mr. Wallis recon-
mendations into effect
However, the Postmaster General is
encountering formidable obstacles. It
turns out that his abrupt seizure Of
the cables has excited apprehension in
the Canadian government, which con-
siders that the lines passing between
Canada and Ireland are part of the
British system. Ordinary business pru-
dence, as we'll as international cour-
tesy, should have led Mr.. Burleson to
consult with the Canadian government
before making his spectacular raid.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
The Reply From, G. III. o.

"Whle we do not question your good mo-
tives in writing this dispatch, we feel that
there are certain conditions with which you
may be unfamiliar that make it seem unde
sirable to forward your dispatch as sub
mitted. .
"Your statement that reports of casual
ties appearing as ISSUED in Washington are
misleading is not recognized to be correct.
1t is perhaps possible that wrong impress
sion exists in the minds of the American
public in regard to this matter, but if such
is the case it is due to their lack of under
standing of the situation and not to fail
ure of the War Department to apprise them
of the situation. .
"Your statement that deception is being
practised by the government at home IS not
correct and it is certain that there is no
desire nor attempt to practise such decep-
ton. 1t has been made perfectly clear to
the American people that the names of the
slightly wounded (meaning those who would
be returned to duty within month"; are not
included in the casualty lists now being
cabled.
at is question whether the public can
be brought to a realization of the fact that
considerable period must clapse after a
battle before accurately checked reports of
casualties can be made by cable to the War
Department.
"The commander in chief feels that the
first requirement of casualty list is that it
shall be absolutely ACCURATE.
at is felt that it is better to delay the
publication of a casualty than to run
the risk of causing needless mental anguish
to the families of men who might be erro-
neously reported in hastily prepared casu-
atty list.
ence is made that every list going forward
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
4 SlotU Business at Best

None will doubt the process of compiling
accurate casualty lists to be long, winding
and dificult-especially where the wounded
pass through several hospitals from front to
rear, sometimes to be lost for weeks-or
deny that it should be simplified and quick
ened.
AS in the case of the cumbersome, dla-
tory handling of the A. E. F. mail in France,
amputation would be stimulating and the
introduction of more direct less involved
methods helpful.
Yet even so, at best, making casualty lists
must always be slow business
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
Slightly Woundcd Withheld

"The question to whether or not they
should be forwarded as casualty lists has
been under cons nsideraton at these headquar-
tcrs for some time, and all the considera-
tions affecting this proposition have been
carefully weighed. The arguments against
sending lists Of slightly wounded have been:
First, that the addition Of the large lists Of
slightly wounded to the cable reports Of
casualties was impracticable on account of
the strain that would be thrown upon the
cables and the almost insuperable difficulties
that would be encountered in securing alb
solute accuracy of these lists; second it
has been felt that by the time these reports
of slightly wounded were properly checked
and had reached America and been pub
llshed the man in question would have re-
turned to duty and his relatives at home
would be occasioned needless anxiety and
suffering.
"On the other hand, it has been argued,
with much justice, that men, though slightly
wounded are prone in their letters home to
write of their wounds in such manner as to
leave the impression that they are more
serious than is actually the case. Further
more, even though men write that thew are
slightly wounded, their families may think
the man in question is actually minimizing
the degree of his wounds in order to avoid
undue alarm on the part of his family. In
any event, information about wounds re-
celved through personal letters in cases
where the name of the wounded person has
not appeared on the casualty lists is apt to
cause suspicion in the minds of the rela
tives of the wounded man that the War De-
partment is making attempt to deceive
the public"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14

the cost of installing and maintaining
the telephone circuits. If they can do
five times the business, as Mr.. Vail now
declares, and with relatively little in
crease in the cost of operation, it is evil
dent that this ought to mean a consider
able reduction in long-distance rates.
We trust the accruing profits from the
new system may be applied to the i'm
provement of the general service.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
The Literary Heritage
(Fronl The London Observer,

The undignified fracas between two
grandsons of Henry Savage Landor, which
led to their appearance at Bow Street, sug-
gests a hereditary explanation, for their
lilustrious ancestor also possessed pep
perry temper. 1t was he who, after throw
ing man out of the window, remarked
Heavens! l never thought of the poor
fowers!"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the
republication of dispatches credited 10 1t
otherwise credited this paper and also the local
of spontaneous origin published herein
All rights republication OF all other matter herein
are also reserved
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
SL0w News of the Dead
By Caspar Whitney

shall be carefully checked. This necessarily
involves considerable delay in forwarding
the lists, for, as you arc undoubtedly aware,
there is considerable confusion existent
among organizations after an engagement
and the ntermixing Of units during the
combat makes a rapid and accurate casualty
report extremely difficult if not impossible"
Obstacles to Speed
added to these difficulties is the frequent
necessity for the mo cement of units TO en-
tircly different theatres Immediately after
their withdrawal from the front line There
must be taken into consideration also the
fact that the separation of organizations
from their records is bound to occur at
times, and furthermore, there are some
times in which the records are actu-
ally destroyed by enemy shell fire. No elab-
crate explanation is necessary to make one
who is acquainted with conditions at the
front realize the difficulties that surround
the proper preparation Of casualty reports.
The general public, however, unacquainted
as it is with all of these conditions is prone
to think that if serious engagement occurs
to-day the names Of all those who are killed
or wounded in said engagement should be
cabed tomorrow Next let me
draw distinction that has been made in the
past between the casualties forwarded to
Washington as a casualty list and the total
cvacuations. In the past it has been the
custom to cable 70 Washington as rapidly as
it was possible to be assured of their cor
rectncss lists Of the killed, severely
wounded, missing and those whose wounded
condition undetermined as being severe
or slight. The slightly wounded (meaning
those who would return to duty within one
month"; have reached Washington only by
means of hospitalizaton reports; they have
not been forwarded as casualty lists
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
The Great Cornsilk Controversy
(Findl Appeuynnc {

fftndt AppeGrGnce)
Dear F. F. w.: Huh! You fellers who
smoked cornsilk, grapevine leaves m
such didn't know what's good. Didenjev
smoke Lifeeverlastin'?
1t used to grow in Haynes's field,
where we kept our COW, an all we boys
needed to do to obtain smokes for a
whole day was to find stalk of it
which had dried in the sun and with
one pull get a handful of grayish-white
leaves, which made cigarettes rivalling
tobacco in flavor and cubebs in "health
building" potency.
Gee, but them was the days. 1t
seemed but yesterday when we dressed
up like cowboys and went out in Haynes
field with rope m lassoed COWS m
rolled cigarettes, n everything!
Lifeeverlastin'! I. S.
Faced By our bankroU and our Christ
mas list, aUc understand the aUuy the
Kaiser felt along about October 1.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
THESE ARE THE DAYS

When the girls may knit in public, garments
of pink yarn;
When thinks of those neckties to be
9iven and those cigars to be received;
When we try to recall the actual "comebacks'
Christmas cards
When, well-known orators grasp eagerly the
chance to paint rosy after the war foreign
trade" pictures as upward curls the of
after dinners.' HILARY
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
A Printers Admission

(Fron. The Chicago Daily Netos)
After a man succeeds in printing ore
kiss upon girls lips it's an easy matter
to run off large edition.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14

Course" says Uncle Abimclech Bo-
gardus of Preakmess, N. j., "stores that
are urgim' folks to do all their shoppin
early amt goim' to advertise bargains
ta0o days before Christmas. Gosh, amt
/ the sarcastic cr-itter!"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14

You can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE .bsoute safe-or II dissatisfaction re-
suits In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money back upon request. No red tape. No quhblng.
We make good promptly II the advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
SHOES G. SHIPS G.
SEALING WAX
THE AERIAL GINMILL

Arplancs being used to smuggle booze into
Florida Nows dispatch.
The air is free, or seems to be,
And so, perhaps, to you or me,
When gentle booze is contraband
And prohibition stalks the land,
A small announcement may be sent
BY some most enterprising gent,
That he has opened cafe,
Where, any hour night. or day,
He stands prepared to serve the crowd,
Behind some rolling thundercloud
So we will fly up in sky,
And, feeling thirsty, you or
Will find, way up above the land,
That cabaret, so swell and grand;
And, rocking blithely in our plane,
Well crook our elbows once again;
Then where the snow and raindrops
meet,
At altitude five thousand feet,
Well see that while the sunshine plays,
That moonshine lights and cheers our
days.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
LESLIE ALAN TAYLOR.

If reports concerning conditions in
Petrograd are true, we don't see ~how
the Bolsheviki there are going to appre-
ciate their punishment in the hereafter.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
\ PROPOS of popular wonderment, not
A to say impatience, and sundry threats

A PROPOS of popular wonderment, not
~ to say impatience, and sundry threats
of Congressional investigation as to
the delay in receiving complete detailed
casualty lists from France, it will, believe
and hope, help explain difficulties which be-
set the official A. E. F. path in France, as
we'll as indicate the careful thought and
painstaking consideration for home folks
dominating their effort, if give some ex
cerpts from letter written me last August
on this subject.
On August II the Paris edition of "The
Daily Mail' stated that "the latest casualty
list issued at Washington for the United
States army in France puts the total casu-
altics at about 10000" AS | knew that
figure to be about 10000 too low, and had
noted previously the discrepancy between
Washington figures and facts in France,
was moved on August IA to write and file
somewhat lengthy cable OH the subject to
my paper of which the. opening paragraph,
furnishing the key to the message, follows:
Misleading Figures
"Ncw York Tribune: The summarized re-
ports of American casualties appearing in
press dispatches from time to time as issued
in Washington, and therefore presumably
official, are misleading, and the procedure SO
unbalanced in judgment that it is bound to
lead to shaken confidence on part of Ameri-
can public if not to distressing scandal, of
pointless Investigation when the truth
which now there is no need to hide, de-
vclops, as it is certain to do sooner or
later
There is nothing in American effort or
American loss over here to conceal, and it
is a grave error so to imply by statements
of half facts. Home folks have
every reason for trust in heads Of A. Z. f.
here, and Washington no logical reason for
concealing any of the phases record Of
Americas fighting sons in France"
The cable was held up by the censor, sent
to headquarters, and on August 20 l received
a courteous and enlightening letter from
G. H. O., from which, with the wish to ease
the perplexed public mind, may quote now
without breach Of confidence:
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
Registering DisapprOyal

There are some ornery skunks in this little world
of ours-petty. w-down contemplate ours, man.
drove along Franklin pike few days since in
hivver. He stopped to buy basket of apples
While she left the spot to get an empty basket
this leprous wretch placed second basket of fruit
in his car and drove away without paying He
deserves to have sevenyear itch. eczema body
hoils. neck carbuncles sciatica. neuralgia of the
facial nerves, perpetual toothache nightmare every
night burning dyspepsia and st. Vitus dance
Hackensack Republican.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14

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Not to be outdone in generosity by
John D. Rockefeller, when we have an
income like his, We'll overpay our taxes
by $4,000. F. f. V.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-14
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-14

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New-York tribune., 1918-12-14

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-12-13
MRS. G. ]. RAYDURN
CALLED BY DEATH
SUFFERED FATAL STROKE OF
PARALYSIS THIS MORNING
REMAINS TO CHATTANOOGA.
Fridays Daily Herald.)

Mrs. Winnie Taylor Rayburn was
called by death this morning at 1925
o'clock soon after suffering a stroke
of paralysis at her home. 507 Thir-
teenth street. She had been in i'll
health for number of years.
Mrs. Rayburn was a member of the
Catholic church and was a devout
woman of God. She was Al years Of
age and is survived by her husband,
Geo. ]. Rayburn, two sons, Maury and
Johnnit, and one daughter, Miss
Mary Frances. She is also survived
by her mother, Mrs. Bridget Taylor,
two sisters, Mrs Will Rayburn, of
Columbia, and Mrs. Charles Giessen,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and two brothers,
Tom and Martin Taylor of this city.
The remains will be shipped this
Afternoon on train No. 2 to Chatta-
nooga where the funeral will be con-
Quoted Saturday morning at o'clock
from st. Paul and st. Peters church
by Father Francis G. Sullivan. The
interment will be at Mt. Olivet GENE
terys Maury Undertaking Co. in
charge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-12-13
LOOK AT "A CH|LD's
TONGUE WHEN CROSS,
f[VER|sH AND SICK
TAKE NO CHANCES! MOVE POlS-
ONS FROM LIVER AND BOW
ELS AT ONCE.

Mothers can rest easy after giving
sCalifornia Syrup OF Figs, =" because
in a few hours all the clogged-up
waste, sour bile and fermenting food
gently moves out of the bowels, and
you have a well, playful child again
Children simply will not take the time
from play to empty their bowels, and
they become tightly packed liver gets
sluggish and stomach disordered.
When cross. feyerish, restless, see
if tongue is coated, then give this de-
licious sfruit laxative Children love
II and it can not cause injury. No
difference what ails your little one
il full Of cold, or a sore throat, diar
rhoea, stomach-ache, bad breath, re-
member. gentle inside cleansing
should always be the first treatment
given. Fullydirections for babies, chill
dren OF all ages and grown-ups are
urinted ON each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrnps'
Ask your druggist for a. bottle
of "ca1ifornia Syrup of Figs" then
look carefully and see that it is made
by the california Fig Syrup Com
pany.s We make no smaller size
Hand back with contempt any other
fix syrup--tAdvto ~
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-12-13
GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
IS SKIN WHITENER
HOW TO MAKE Al CREAMY BEAU
TY LOTION FOR A FEW
CENTS.

The juice OF two fresh lemons
strained into bottle containing three
ounces OF orchard white makes q
whole quarter point Of the most re-
markable lemon skin beautifier at
about the cost one must pay for q
small jar of thes0rdinary cold creams.
Care should be taken to strain the
lemon juice through a fine cloth 80 no
lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is used
to bleach and remove such blemishes
as freckles, sallowness and tan and II
the ideal skin softener, whitener and
beautifier.
Just try It! Get three ounces Of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and mako
np quarter pint Of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage. III
daily into the face, neck. arms and
hands {Advt.) al
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-12-13
ROSEWOOD FARM AGAIN
CHANGES LANDLORDS
WALTER ESTES BUYS THE FARM
FROM JOHN w. FRiERSoN
FOR $2s,50o.

Walter H. Estes has purchased the
Rosewood Stock Farm lying between
the Nashville and Theta pixies just
and half miles outside the city from
John w. Frierson, for which he paid
$28,500. Mr.. Frierson bought the farm
last summer for $1,000, owning it1ess
than six months and cleaning up a
profit Of $500
This farm contains Els acres, 400
lying on the Nashville pike and lis
lying on the Theta pike. The land
fronting on the Nashville pike has all
the improvements, consisting of a
splendid residence, barns, etc., and
Mr. Estes has already moved in and
will make his home there. 1t is his
purpose to sell off the land fronting
on the Theta pike either AS whole
or in tracts of % and 50 acres, which
is quite an attractive proposition to
the farmer who wants small tract
close to the city.
This is a splendid piece of proper
ty and has been wonderfully improv.
ed Mr.. Estes is stock raiser and
a trader, this farm being especially
adapted to his line of business.
Mr.. Frierson bought the farm last
summer with view of making it his
home, but when he was offered profit
he decided. to let it go and buy else
where.