Evening star., 1918-04-19

Six American soldiers were seen
browsing about Paris department
| store. An interested party watched
them Soon the six soldiers burst out
into shouts for they had found nice.
big, woolly, teddy bear, which they
desired to give to little French girl
who lived near their camp They also
carried away little white rabbit for
baby.
Buy a bond, oh, buy bond!
Buy dozen more.
Back the boys out at the front,
And help them win the war!
.The three things 1 want most are
bit of soap, fly net and mouth or
gan" wrote a British soldier in Meso-
potamia. Some time later he was
heard from, he stating: Il feel like
sandboy. The soap has given me q
fresh start in life and as the net Is eff
fective against flies and bugs / get
many a musical evening in peace"
In order to combat juvenile crime,
evening clubs. sports organizations.
cadet corps. scout troops and similar
organizations are being formed In Eng
land. The movement is indorsed by the
government. the war making the prob
lem Of unrestrained youth serious
one.
| letters Of the troops Is deemed essen
tial. the task is dfs1iked by officers at
the front who have been intrusted with
1t. It seems too much like reading let
ters to which they have no right.
Wartime economy affects the matches
used in England. They no longer are
perfectly square or perfectly round. as
the case may be, but each match is
fiuted along the side. By this method
wood is saved, it being declared that
where formerly eighty matches could
be made now hundred can be pro-
duced from the same amount of wood.
The nuted match also ignites better.
The most secret court In the world
probably is that at villa Hugel. Essen.
Germany, where there Is an UNDER
ground apartment in the mansion oc-
cupied by Bertha Krupp, the cannon
queen. Here men are tried for treach-
cry and the giving away Of gun manu-
featuring secrets. Death is their inevi-
table punishment.
"Adrift" That's the word that causes
even experienced kite-balloon men to
cut loose in the clouds during temp
! est, q member of one British crew
said:
ITO say that felt no fear would be
to lie outrageously. The car swung
tore with maniac fury at our faces as
we clung for dear life to the sides of
| tho plunging basket: we were ascend
| ing in dizzy spiral, the balloon max
ing a complete revolution every half
minute.
"A voice shouted in my ear. 1t was
our pilot:
Wen nnd our equilibrium when we
| reach about five thousand feet"
| There was a rolling sea of clouds all
! around US when suddenly realized
that the balloon had ceased to struggle
She had reached an altitude at which
| the pressure of gas within the envel-
ope was equal to the pressure Of air
outside. Our upward rush was over;
we were floating like feather before
the wind. and the sensation was one of
peace and ease beyond expression. It
was a thousand times better than ex-
changing a bucking broncho for the
glide Of a free-wheel bicycle.
| I'VE came to earth half an hour later
| on the outskirts of a village some
| twenty miles away.
| Jericho, which recently was captured
by Gen. Allenby In his victorious march
| through Palestine. Is historic for its
| palm groves and gardens of balsam,
| which were presented by Antony to
| Cleopatra and were farmed for her up
until the time Herod the Great bought
| them and made country seat there.