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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
TIGHTEN YOUR BELT.

From now until next harvest the
world will tighten it's belt.
The allied countries in Europe will
do it sa matter of grim necessity,
and we Americans will do it as NOR
al obligation.
If all the food in the Allied coun-
tries and North America were brought
together now it would come decidedly
short of feeding the nations on a
pace-time basis.
We have the balance of food. The
Allied nations have the present bal
ance of fighting strength. Food is fuel
for fighters. 1t does not belong to us,
but to them, and we know this, and
will see that they get it.
These things being so, it is interest
ing to see an industry like that manu-
featuring and distributing soft drinks
iCdCs " IDG SlJudbIO0.
Just now soft drinks are passing
through the dull part of their year,
but manufacturers and dealers are
looking ahead three months to the be-
ginning of hot weather. Some of them
wonder "How far will the food admin
istration go in cutting down nones-
|sentials 2" Others argue that, even if
the food administration pledged the
public to decrease consumption of soft
drinks, the public would not keep the
pledge when hot weather came. By far
the greater section of this industry,
and the wiser, however, is studying
the facts with a view to sane judg-
ment and conservation.
The food administration is not cut
ting out "noncsscEtjals"- that has al
ready beer done by the world shortage
of food. They do not nave to be cut
out, because they have disappeared.
AS for keeping its pledges, the Am
Ierican public thus far has shown a /
very high standard of honor in the
matter Of conservation, and its eff
cheney IN saving increases as fast as
it understands the needs and learns
the facts. To assume that there will |
be normal supplies of sugar, cream,
milk, ice, and other materials used in |
this industry, or that the weakness of |
human nature can be counted upon, ,
is to build hopes upon an absolutely
false basis. The nation has already I
frightened it's belt on wheat, beef, pork, /
fats, sugar, fuel, electricity, transpor- !
tation. 1t will draw its belt notch |
tighter when the soft drink season
opens-it both wants to and will have
to.
II That is the whole truth.
lSoft being the facts, it behooves
for to anufacturer and nd d I1,kE4 ~.
ton in every possible way. Waste of
soda fountain ingredients must be
stopped, and business must be switch
ed to fruit juices and other conserva-
ton beverages, as well as to sales of
fresh fruits. The manufacturer and
dealer who drifts blindly into the COM
ing season hoping that things will be
"as usual" is certain to find himself
in a strange world. Those who look !
ahead, however, prepare for the new !
conditions, and. adopt vigorous con- !
structive program of teamwork in I
conservation, and the pushing of sub
stitutes, will be following the wise
course. i
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

Subscribers to The Leader will con-
afena favor upon us by refusing to pay
Ss-.ssie,. = o.
receipt from the book they carry.
Waen these receipts are not called for
we have no record of the subscriber
having paid, and consequently charge
him again, thus causing confusion.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
WHATHE VICTORY OR DEFEAT
OF CRMANY MEANS TO EV-
cry AMERICAN.

(Conibuted by Prince and Princess
Pierre roubetzkoy to the National
Securit Leagues campaign of Patri-
otism Trough Education.)
What the German government
means / a "place in the sun" is the
extermittion of the peoples whose
soil it coets so that Germans may re-
place t9se that have been extermi-
mated $
Th systematic destruction of civil
ians IN Belgium, northern France, Po-
land, Serbia, and the actual enslave-
met of the survivors proves 1.-THE
frequently boasted Germany "policy
~ blood and iron,' and the s'Hymn Of
Hate" which has become nationa
hymn, proclaim it.
From the rudimental condition q
barRSism, a spiritual developers
va ossihle; from the accomplined
anity of Prussianism, more
inhumanity only is poss9le.
German victory would nean the
Ct what we call civfization and
Elimination of what We believe di-
IN man What we believe in, what
lerish, what weare, would be an
ated by the zssence of Prussian-
-
u cur world gould be destroyed by
i Fsic acid.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
"RLACK PLAGUE"
(Cta+a BOARD of Healthy

Estate Board of Health.
has been thought by many that
Is is as old as the Bible or as
a leprosy. Prior to 1893, it is
Led to have been unknown. 1t
tried by the crew of Columbus
j return voyages from Hayti.
of this crew accompanied
{<S VIII of France in 1494 with
|EIiy, which invaded Italy for the
|zsst of Naples.
Il epidemic began in Italy and
rapidly over Europe with the
y re of the soldiers. No disease
f known to be so progressive
Law such universal havoc. IN
liked and gradually stamped
&h will it end? AS a menace
happiness, prosperity and
the venereal diseases are ne
IS the greatest of modern
hnd their prevention is the
l|Ticult problem of the present
been frequently stated by rec
authority that civilization and
Rtion have been close compan-
It it is now considered preva-
' ing the uncivilized as well as
: led. The people should know
= preventable-that it is cura-
:, ry. There is no natural I'M
:; to this disease-all are sus-
n 6estion: "What are we going
! 6but it," seems pertinent. Il
he standards of health and
lie way to other diseases
3er cent of all the insane il
ms are cases of paresis
of the brain) and practical
these paretics give history
ease. A large majority o.
3 in our asylums are due K
l0 Says: "The steady rise II
of syphilis in a civil pop
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK

London, Feb. 81 The British hos
pital ship Glenart Castle, of $500
tons, was sunk yesterday off Bristol
in the English channel, according to
official announcement. There were no
patients on board. Some survivors
were landed by an American torpedo
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

Rumor is that the German indie
pendent socialists are planning a big
strike at munitions centers on March
first.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

Trotsky and Lenine ought to be
wiser now.
We are in favor of the non-sinkable
ship.
Have you bought a war savings
stamp lately?
Many man has no respect for the
income tax.
Patriots are not compelled to shout
their patriotism.
The German peace idea seems to
be weakened by fondness for bear.
Lloyd George came through anoth-
er storm with his British government
intact.
Lloyd George passed the buck to
MS critics and they let his govern
ment be.
Both sides are ready for the big
drive, says newspaper headline.
Well, if it must be, it must.
Government life insurance for the
men in the service is a good thing
which most of them have taken.
Canada is making every effort to
plant more land. About a million
new acres are under cultivation.
I. The more publicity the American
government. uses in the war, the
quicker and the better the war will be
over.
The war is estimated to have cost
Germany 100000 dead soldiers and
as many more manned and crippled
for life.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

Entered at the postofice at Tarpon
Springs, Fla, as second class matter.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

Swansea, Wales, Feb. 27.-Thirty-
four survivors of Glenart Castle have
been landed here. The number of per-
sons aboard is said to have been two
hundred.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
GERMANS CAPTURE TWO RUSSIAN
REGIMENTS

Berlin, Feb. 27.-German troops adj
vancing north of Dorpat yesterday
captured two Russian regiments as
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
WISH WE COULDSGO.

Dear Sir:
On behalf of the DeLand CONNER
cial club, we have the honor to extend
you most cordial invitation to make
our club your headquarters while at
tending the meeting of the meetings
of the State Press association in De-
Land April Sd and 4th, and place the
services Of the club at your disposal.
Special rates will be made for Press
association members and their fami-
lies. All inquiries addressed to the
secretary will have prompt attention.
Very truly yours, S. D. Jordan, pres
ident; A. w. Honeycutt, executive sec
rotary.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

boat. but there are still eight of her
small boats adrift.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27
TfE LEADER
TARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA
A4ember The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled 70 the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited in this paper,
and also the local news published
herein.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

they were retreating, according to an
announcement made today by the Ger
man general staff.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

st. Johns, Feb. 27.-Rescue steam.
ers were ordered today to investigate
report received here that signals
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

The war is estimated to have cost
Germany 100000 dead soldiers and
as many more manned and crippled
for life.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

positons recently taken by the
ch at Butte du Mesil. Today's Of
report says the Germans were
ii by the French fire.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

Paris, Feb. Platter heavy bonn
bardment German troops in Cham
payne last night attempted to recap
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

/. The more publicity the American
government. uses in the war, the
quicker and the better the war will be
over.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

Canada is making every effort to
plant more land. About million
new acres are under cultivation.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-02-27

Trotsky and Lenine ought to be
wiser now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

One day one of the motor-bike guys
driv up to our headquarters and got off.
| asst him if he knew anything about Lem.
EYES," seize, che got throwed off'n his
bike down the line and got pretty bad
gummed up. He's in a hospital bout two
miles from here-Saint something, they
call the burg. Says he'd like to see some
O. his old gang if they get off,"
The coming Sunday I begged off
wood detail and hiked it over to this hos
pital
went in and saw him. After askin'
about the gang and all the rest, he saws.
sorter mournful like:
"Say, that order for commission of
rations never did come through, bo. They
put us on our bikes and give US tickets
what we could turn in at messes for
meals on the road, but half the time we
was late for messes and tho cooks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

two bucks a day for commission of ra-
tons, and I oughta be able to save money
on that after get started and pay you
back all what / owe you.'
I saw it was my cue, so I dug down.
I didn't have no change, so I gave him
the cent franc note, the big one what
I'd been savin' up. had enough to $50
me through to the end of the month, and
besides they was rumor around that
we was goin' into the trenches again, and
you can't spend no money up there I'M
less you're pic hound, and I amt, so /
guessed l could get by.
Well, that was the yast I see of Lem
and my hundred for good while. He
packed his kit and went off in truck
down to Blabla. got a card from him
one day sayin', Having fine time, wish
you was here" and gritted my teeth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

wouldn't give us nothing because they
didn't have nothing left to give US, and
you know what cooks is anyway. So l
just had to buy meals outen that hun
dred you slipped me-"
"Thass all right, Lem" sezzi, not want
in to hurt hurried guys feelin's. But
that wasn't how I felt.
Just then I happened to look down at
the chart on the table beside LENS bed,
On the line opposite where it says, "Con-
dition at time of entrance" the nurse had
wrote in: "RUDDY AND WELL NOUR-
ISHED."
=
says goodby to Lem, and got outside
that hospital fast as I could. Then I
says, "Ruddy and well nourished? No
wonder! I done it-done it with all nv
pay!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
HOW THE LINES LOOK
FROM A FRENCH 'PLANE
Trin Across No Mans Land Has Its Thrills Even At
Height of $500 Feet-American
Batteries Havoc

seaside sands, at some places blurred and
blended into millions Of tiny undulation,
where the rain had washed down tbe
softened shell crater marks.
The lane of No Mans Land. as far 8,
the eye could see, was a barren, emntv
waste, torn up, yet still with certain
landmarks left, such as a shell-batterea
stone farmhouse which the gunners n
neither side had 50 far seen fit to rave
and an old cow stable whose walls wers
still standing at feeble height.
Then / passed the advanced German
line. 1t looked exactly like the American
line, with the same endless scroll Of
trenches burrowing wormily every which
way and extending back to a great depth
We veered left and saw the spot where
the American bombardment had prepared
the way for the laid Of the previous
morning. The effects of the rain of shells
were plainly visible, the new crater show
ing up bolder and deeper than Others
which had been made long time before
Roads Begin Out of Nothing
Passing over the Germans first net
work of trenches, noticed the stream.
like communicating positions leading
back toward the second organized posi-.
ton. There, too, saw clumsily camou.
tagged gunpits, and glancing at the map
found them accurately noted there for
cur gunners' information.
In all that journey I had not seen
single moving human being, even through
my glasses, despite the fact that the sub.
terranean positions beneath teemed with
fighting men. In all the advanced posi-.
tons on both sides did not see single
moving vehicle, although far off to the
rear of the German lines / could discern
dust clouds rising from convovs on The
move.
We turned slightly, fitting steeplyn
our wing, and scared homeward. The
pilot signalled to me to look down, and
staring through the floor glass, I saw an
other French machine much lower. AL.
most at the same instant dull thud
penetrated the terrific noise of the whr-
ring motor. The pilot motioned again,
and / saw fluffy white cloudlet of anti
aircraft shrapnel-enemy gunners trying
to lay the range on the comrade be.
meath US.
Then came a dozen more almost inau.
dlble thuds, and l saw a string of these
fluffy white cloudlets hanging in the air
along the path which the French machine
below had been taking. But he was far
away-he wingslipped, turned, and es
capped entirely.
Passing again the American battery
positions, saw ominous flashes from the
gun breeches, but heard no shot fired or
she'll whistling through the air. We
passed over an American observation BAL
loon and reached the field, alighting like
. thistledown at eighty miles an hour.
| looked at my watch. We had been
gone thirty-fve minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

can you femme a dees franc till next
timer"
Well, what would you do? had it,
and he didn't So let him have it. He's
good guy.
Ready for the Hike
might just as we'll of kissed that ten
francs goodby and wished it bong voy-
ago and bun chance right there, but
didn't know nothing. Before was hack
to our billet to get into my heavies for
a practice hike that afternoon, Jim May
nor touches me up.
II was a damn fool" seize. "I knew
Bill'' (he's the Q. M. sergeant) wouldn't
get in no heavy drawers before summer
and the ones he had itched me so went
and bought some on my own and some
puts, too. And l owed half this pay we
got to-day because we was playin' pay
day poker over in our dump last night
and / got reamed. Can you spare me
suthin' to see me through till the next
one? 1t ought to be comm good and
regular from now on. It's about time'
Well, what would you do if a pal of
yours was up against it., and you had it?
Ilet him have ten. He's good guy. E..
Back in the Billet
BY the time got back to the billet all
the rest of the gang was there, and when
I come in they all begins to yell, "Lookit,
here comes John D. Rockenfeller! Who's
the j. Pieplant Morgan of our little fam
bly,? Whaddaya goin' do with it? Buy
Long Island or ree-store Belgium or go
into business by yourself?"
Mix" sezzi, KNOWN what was comm
soon as they got me alone.
Sure enough; that night, Lem, my
mate, sneaks a ride in bread truck
down to the big town and comes in after
taps. Next mornin', as l was snealSin'
my first smoke in bed before first call,
he whispers over:
"Say, can you femme somethin' to last
out the month on? I went down to town,
I did, and got busted. I must of been
ovcrcharged or somethin', l dunno"
Well, what's a Teller goin' to do?
dug down in my belt and forlSed him
over 20 He's damn good scout, even
if he amt got no head for money.
Ny troubles was just beginnin' then,
but l didn't know it. Lem went to town
on our Sat'dy afternoon off-just my
luck, was on guard, so my money didn't
do me no good-and come back again.
busted
One Way to Save
Lem behaved fine for while, borrow
in my Bull to roll his'n and savin' nv
money on buyin' smokes of his own that
way. Then one day about noon he comes
into the billet and he says:
Say, whalaya know? l been ordered
off to Blabla on detach service-motor-
bike ridin', guess. Amt it fine? The
only thing is l will need some money to
start me off, but I won't need it long.
l hear they pay them motor bike guys
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
NEVER LEND A SOU
UNLESS YOU WANT TO
IF You're Uninsured and Unallotted and I'm Court
Martialled You'll Be Popular-And, Further
more, You'll Be Broke

Never lznd money To no one in the
army. r3ed Il. and know.
No, zir; never lend ND one no money
IA no amy what you're In You never
get Il back IF you're millionaire, and
amt got no mora sense than to let your
muney follow yuu round in the army, give
It away, If you gotter. But lend it!
There amt no such thing as lending!
Loolit what happened to me- thought
was in luck. amt got no folks nor
no home nor no nothing, so didn't have
to make no allotment Not having no
folks nor no home nor no nothing, didn't
feel as how had 20 put up for no insur-
ance for nobody, because if ! was beaned
by a bomb nobody would care except the
supply sergeant, who had wasted a lot
OF clothes on me, and he wouldn't care
much because he don't have to pay for
the clothes And it was just my luck
was on K P. the day the whole comp'ny
was held up for Liberty Bonds and they
didn't get down to the cook shack, so
got out Of that all right.
One pay day we was passin' through
the new barrix, single file, to get ours.
The paymaster's clerk, who was guy
what / could have licked, hollers out my
name
Check" says the paymaster.
IF it's just the same to you, sir"
sezI, "I'd rather have it in cash. It's
easier to count"
He hollers out:
mo insurance! No forfeited pay! No
stoppages! Nothing due the United
States! A hundred and eighty-eight
francs and ten centimes!"
took it, s1uted, and says "Thanks"
Well, tried to appear unconcerned
like, and stopped outside the door and
counted my kazuma just to be sure that
fresh clerk hadn't short changed me nor
sprung no French Chamber of Commerce
money on me. -.
Silver and a ClaCher
But there it was, all in good notes of
the Bank dee France, with some silver
and one clacker to make up the odd
change. / was just about gon' to put
it in my belt when up comes Bud Hoban,
what bunked with me on the boat comm
over.
"Say, guy" seize, you pulled down
lot o kale, didn't you?"
''No more than l deserved" sezzI
NO." seize, "that's right; but lookit
where get off. He'll, Pm married, and
they make me assign half my pay to the
missus, and / just had to take out in
surance what with her readin' in the
papers about it as how it could be did,
an got a dock Cor tellin the Skipper
what thought of him when he asst me
TO, an / got load O. laundry in hook
an bought bond-not because want
ed to-but just to give to the kid Say,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

BY HENRY G.. WALES
Service with the A. e. r.
I have been two miles inside the Ger
man lines-at height Of $500 feet.
flew over the American lines on the Toul
front, crossed No Mans Land and pene-
trated as far as the enemy second line
defences. saw some Of the destruction
inflicted by bursts of gunfire from Amer
lean batteries, and even while over the
German positions saw American shells
drop there and silently explode, spouting
q dusty upheaval Of brown dirt mixed
with smoke.
made the fight, which is the first
taken over the actual fighting lines by
civilian, war correspondent or otherwise,
since the war began, in one of the British
two-seater Sopwith observation biplanes
used by American observers in regulat-
ing American artillery fire, and piloted
by French sub-lieutenant who usually
takes up with him an American OBJ
server.
1t was just after o'clock sun time and
excellently clear for observation A group
Of mechanicians strapped me to the
bucket seat deep down in the fuselage,
so that only my head showed and looked
squarely at the pilots Uranium, just
showing in front of me-
Mile Minute on the Ground
We raced down the field and picked up
a mile minute gait, then rose so softly
that before I realized we were off the
ground the hangers and buildings seemed
to be dropping below. .
Mounting to 5000 feet, we started to-
ward the front, traversing roads and vii
lagos I knew we'll from passing through
them daily in an automobile.
Scrutinizing the landscape below, /
passed the rearmost American army zone,
out Of danger except for long range guns;
then gradually the war zone crept in
almost imperceptibly. I first noticed the
telltale shadows invariably cast by the
most skilful camoufage. Then I saw
how mere man-made camouf1age cannot
mimic nature exactly, no matter how
hard he is trying to copy the landscape.
Soon we saw the beginning of the COM
munication trenches. Sinuous, winding,
irregular, they toiled devious ways like
moles' tunnels seen on a. moist morning
at home.
Where the Road Ends
The thoroughfares gradually lost them
selves in the yellowish brown strip
marking No Mans Land. Through pow
erful binoculars I looked down upon the
maze of American trenches, interwind-
ing, interlocking, scanning the earth to
a considerable depth behind tiny hair
like line marking the advanced fire
trench. All this area was so shell-pitted
that it resembled nothing so much as the
footprints of thousands of dogs on the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-30
RIPPLING RHYMES
II RuTAE SPIRIT.
BY WALT

Oh, Monday may be wheatle5s and
Tuesday may be meatless, but III be
happy still; if | can swat the foemaR
by skimping my abdomen. III DO 4
with a will. The luscious ham IN
bacon. by me will be- forSaken. if that's
the proper move; I'll cut u red meat
dishes. and feed on bong fishes, ana
Glortle while | hoove- That gent is
not a winner who kicks because his
dinner is shy Of pork or beef, who
eats his wheatless ration, and gruul-
bles Of ~prirauun, and airs a lot or
grief. Some day perhaps well sui
fe-; our diet may be tougher than
we have eyc known; before the val
is ended We may think shavingS
splendid, and gnaw old TouScr'S bonn.
We may all get toSet-er to cat 4 side
OF leather, before VIC end the war: our
persons lauk and hollow, we may bc
glad to swallow SoIne boiled excelsior.
Let's not pretend we're martyrs until
we chew our carriers and eat our Sun
day shoes; let's eat the scheduled VII
lies, and show no jotS or TITLES OF
srouches. dumps or blues. My health
has been improving since I first start
ed hooving. and eating simple fare;
I have n better figure, and | am full
OF yigor. my whiskcrs full Of. hair.