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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-27
ENGLIsHMEN IMPRISONED

On an order from Moscow. the report continues, 46 Englishmen were impris~ oned early this month on pretense that they had to do with the killing of Urit- sky, head of the soviet committee for the suppression of the counter revoSu- tion. There also were 20-odd French citizens in the same prison.
 It is stated that prison conditions for Russians and allied citizens could not be worse. The prisoners are crowded in groups of 15 to 20 in small. very damp cells. Only two or three can lie down at the same time. They are permitted to take no exercise. have little air, no bedding and practically no food Re- gently A Czecho-Slovaks were captured while endeavoring to make their way to the allied armies in the north About September 15 these were discovered in an out-of- -the-way prison. They were starving to death, Twenty-nine are still in prison in serious condition, while 15 were removed to a hospital in dying condition. Relief work for the prisoners has been organized in the name of the International Red Cross, chiefly on the initiative of the American Red Cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-27
Local Data

For the 24 hours ending at p. m, September 26, 1918:
 Highest temperature .......... 80 Lowest temperature ......... G7 Mean temperature ............ A Normal temperature ..... Fl Deficiency in temperature since
 January l .............. 73 Rainfall ................... .94 Total rainfall since January 1 .4066 Excess in rainfall since January 1 1.92 Relative humidity s a. m. ... @
 D. m, .................. G
 s p. m. .................,, s7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-27

Some of the oldest walnut trees in this country were originally planted, not for the sake of fruit, but because the wood makes the best gunstocks, being light, strong and not easily warped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-27
ARMY FORMED

A dispatch to the Russian embassy to- day from M. Golovatcheff, assistant min- ister of foreign affairs of the Omsk gov- 100000 men had been formed in Siberia by conscription and that there were 5000 officers available there to train and lead it. The army is being organized on the basis of strict military diseipliney it@was said, and will constitute an increa singly powerful force to cooperate with the allied and Czecho- -Slovak forces in Si- teria.
 With the safe arrival of Consul Gen eral Poole at Stockholm from Moscow, additional information concerning condi- tions in central Russia have reached the state department. The massacre of Rus sian citizens in Moscow and continuing September with about 150 executions nightly. More than 1000 persons had been shot in retaliation for the attempt to kill Lenine. the bolshevik premier.
 Information also has reached the state department that on September 15 the most violent clements of the bolsheviki were in control of Petrograd and were carrying out cold-blooded terror. Peo- pie were being arrested en masse and unknown numbers were shot daily at Kronstadt alone. It was reported that 100 persons, mostly former officers, were being held as hostages for the lives of the boshevils commissares. The popu- lation was said to be utterly cowed and there appeared little prospect of change iu fba sit11afi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-27
COULD NOT COMMUNICATE


 Being deprived until lately of means of communicating with institutions abroad, the committee was not able to inform in time the government of vest ern Europe and of the east and America of it's formation and of the development of events in Russia.
 "It is in Oufa that takes place at pres- ent state conference" constituted: "Of members of the constituent assem- bly,.
 "Of delegates of organs of provisional authorities and of the Siberian govern ment.
 "Of representatives of the social revo- lutionaries and of social democratic par- ties.
 'Of delegates of the union of liberty Of the people and of the group of renais- sance.
 "The state conference has set as it's aim to. create an united government, to repre- sent the one lawful authority for all of Russia.
 The sovereign authority has been in- vested with a body of five persons, re- sponsible to the constituent assembly of all Russia. the conversation of which IS deferred to January 1, 1919, on condition that 250 members will be present"
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03

'chowanej, | tylko dbajace o swe
dzieci matki sprawic moga, IL
ME ujrzymy jednostek takich, jak
owe, ktore zauwazylijmy - ME
tylko w koSciele.
,Dajcie dzieciom waszym ME
tylko nauke i wyksztalcenie, daj-
Gle i'm tez zamiiowanie cnoty, czy
stosci obyczajow, czystoSci mo-,
~ralnej i f~izycznej - siowem do,
bre wychowanie."
Tax! zaczelam 0 czem innem
i skonczyiam ma czem innem, lecz
mySli owe nasunai mi wlasnie Wi
dok tych - prostaczych bieda-
kow, ktorym moze braklo kocha-
jacej matki, czuwajacej mad ich
dziecinstwem.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03

wdy ty O mnie mySlaiaS3 dla
mnie sobie lyle piracy zadaIa$ i
cdmawialaS sobie rozrywki, aze-
ty pracowac.. pracoWac... AM
marzylem, &c to ola mnie... d
wiec kochaSz mic - kocllasz ! to
- twoja odpowiedl!3"...
.,Pustie mig - prosi panlen-
ka, starajqc sic wysunqt rece Z le-
so silnych dloni % patrz, lyle
mi sic wysunelo ,,oczck' ale
to mic, bede miala czas naprawic...
.potem - daruje go, skoro tobie
sic ME podoba - naszemu pomoc-
rikowi."
,,Czy myS!isz, re oddalbym je
"a skarby 5wiata: mole sa te Sill
czne sweatery, mole! HAMA mo.
ia! Me ma mic W swiecie pick
niejszego i - szlacl,etnieJszegc
jak... wyrabianie .,sweater6w!'
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03
DIAL OLA KOBIET

zal i smutek W takiej objawia sic
iormic2...
| smutno. re Amerykanie, pa
Itfzac ma podobne okazy prosta-
.ctwa, p~ijaistwa, gburowato5ci,
saba mas wszystkich Polakow re
istrony ujemnej. | smutno,. gdy
.;tzie sic dzielnica zamieszkaia
.przewaznie przez Polakow (nie
" dzielnicy n~aszej. gdyz tn do
.prawdy Polacy juz i"naCzcj sic
przedstawiaja, ale tax ME wy
mieniajqc poszczeg6lnych ulic, W
.okolicy Stanislawowa, Trojcowa.
it'd ; iakicz zaniedbanie i brud!...
.SIyszeG MONA uwagi ma temat:
Jake brudne dzieci! zaraz MOI
ma poznac polskie dzieci''.. la
.kie prostackie, n~iegrzeczne kobe
.ty!... zapewne Poiki'' \ kiedy
Jake dziecko zadusi sic, spali, hub
" wanience utopi: .,pewnie pol
sk;e dzieckor"... DO - Amery-
kanki pilnuja swe dzieci, by ME
.rmieraly nienaturalna Smiercia /
.czysto ie odziewaja.
TAX, przyjmuje zarzut, IL Z
.gl6wnej drogi patryotyzmu, Po--
dziwu ola naszych bohaterow. /
t. D. uczuG. zesziam ma manowce
rlic ! dzieci brudnych.
30 - Cd dzicci nalezy zaczy--
mac wpajanie kultury, cywillza-
cyl. zamiIowania czystoSci / po-
! rzadku.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03
POGADANKA.

| znowu ich poszia garstka. g.
eromadka Polak6w patrvot6w
or~zsc;yvko siIe Cze;c inn Me
u,srao; dobrou.orr;. no5egnaI;
rodz;rv doststek, W zamian "a
n;enew6a przvszIost, "a smierc
moze... mieimv iednak nadzie-
ier
Do s,rrtt,, ;,ki m;e ob;a} "
+, :c,o,a r., rabo5eristv;e odpra-
4, ;o,o.n -, ;,b ;ntencve : noze--
pn,n;c do ZaIp. odvz ! moi Sio-
:trzeniec doktor ST.. bvl W ich
szerrru, przv}aczv} sic i~eszcze IN
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03

Ha6aych szalbisrxy q haefaSacsys
sSyhatscych ma k%ieszenie lAtwnvtSE-
Hych. ME ma DzIENNIK CHICAGO
0K1 M swydh szpaItach. b. sswsss
pracujs ola dobra lvdu. os1ukahcNs
,.fire sales" stanowcxo ~ DZIDNNL'
KU CHICAGoSKIM Sxlaaxans ~
ne noEa.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03

Xxi i wyjmujac Z koszyka obok
stojacego wykoiczony lecz z cien-
sci bawelny r~aczej jedwabiu -
sweater.
Mlodzieniec rzuca ma obydwa
sweatery wzrokiem i - kipi juz
zaledwie poWstrzymywana zlo5--
ciq: ZACH! juz drugi kohczysz, a.
zeby uszcze5liwiG jakichS bohate-
row.. ia - prosze ma servo Cd
l6z te robote, patrz ma mnie i -
- mniej my5l o zolnierzach.
ME moge" - odpowiada CT
|chutko panienka.
,,Czy ety.. te sweatery ma
ia juz swych nominalnych posia-
daczy?
nTak'... odpowiada tym sa--
mym tonem.
.,Hanko!' - VIOLA mlodzieniec
drzacym glosem - Il ola tego ME
cheese wcale usluchac mojej pro-
sby... ola innych - ME cheese
mi poSwiecic civil kilka. ME
cheese wvjSG re nina, zapominasz,
re - i ia w przysz}ym tySodniu
odjezdzam do obozu... prosze-
odl6z to: wyjdziemy ma przecha-
dixie, juz tax ME dIugo moge ko-
rzyStac Z twego towarzystwa, ty.
zdaje sic, zapomniaiaS, o co Gle
Ipytalam onegdaj.. .. obiecalaS mi
odpowiedz.. p6jdz Haniu, W O.
'grodzie tax Slicznie !"...
ME Jerry - ME moge, ten
sweater wlaSnie wymaga mojej
szczeg6lnej uwagi - MUSIC go
dis wykoiczyc, ten" pokazu-
lac ma cienki jedwabny - Jest
przeznaczony ma dni cieplejsze,-
Wyprasowac 60 jeszcze trzeba,-
ten ZaS pruby ma zimno"...
Miodzieniec zrywa sic Z siedze-
MIA i - przypadkiem czy umysl-
ME rzuca ma pod}oge k}ebek z
bawelna, kt6ry sic toczy daleko.
TAX" - mowi podniesionym
glosem - "a wiec wcale o mnie
ME dbasz?- wszystkie twoje my
Sli tylko PREY tym, ola kt6rego "a
pominasz O wszystkiem innem /!
Me pojmuje %doprawdy, dlaczego
zoinierze posiedli monopol ma -
,,sweatery" i ma - uczucia wSzy-
stkich obcych sobie niewiast."
Zreszta - MUSIC CT powiedzlec
prawde, il - wcale ME uszczeSli-
Wis., tego, ola ktorego przezna--
czone So tie ,,sweatery" - ten -
jest "a cienki a drugi "a gruby
i ia - zakazana jakaS brunatna
bardzo brzydkie'
TAXI" dziwi sic panienka i z
troche zloSliwym usmiechem -
,mysla}am, re to wlasnie przepi-
sany kolor i re - szczegolnle
tym jedwabnym ucieszy sic VIA
;ciciel, szkoda! a ia sic tax spie-
szyIam, zeby wykohczyc oba, bys
ie mogi zabrat z soba?'..
.,Haniu! ukochana! czy dopra-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03

Bo wlaSnie zal .ogarnia, gdy sic
patrzy ma tie biedne, zaniedbane
dzieci, ktore rosn9 i wyrosna ma
gburow, pijakow, ME umiejacych
uszanowac nawet Swietego miej-
sea. Bo - same siostry nauczy-
cIelki ME zdolajq wpoic wszy-
stkiego dobrego w dzieci, jezeli
lone ME maja dobreso W domu
przykladu, jezeli ojciec sic zapija,
matka jest niedbala i - dzieci ro-
sna be- nadzoru, wychowuja sic
poza szkot9 nd fizycznie i moral
rie brudnej ulicy,
O matki Polki! uchroncie sy--
now i cork vase Cd losu, jakiego
doznaje niejeden z mellow wa
szych, kt6rym p~ogardzaja ola
braku wychowania i oglady zew-
netrznej. Kobiety wog6le wick
sza posiadaja zdolnosc do przy--
swojenia sobie i do nabrania kul-
fury. grzecznoSci i dobrego wy
chowania, juz ola tego samego,
re majq wiecej wolnego czasu i
bardziej wyrobiony zmysl kryty-
iczny.
Zapracowany mezczyzna, Cd
bywszy swa dzienna prace, ME
mySli o niczem i patrzy tylko, a
by zjeSc i odpoczaG. Kobiety wy
chodzq wiecej miedzy ludzi, dc
miasta, do park6w i mimowoli
zauwazyc musza polor powierz'
chowny ! wewnetrzny kobiet do
brze wychowanych. Nieraz tez
zauwazyc moze mia}y sposob-
noSc, IL w dzielnicach zamieszka-
Itych przez Amerykanki i Francu-
ski rzadko zdarzy sic widziec "a
n;edbane dzieci i gromady kobiet.
zebranych ma rogach ulic, udzie,
lajacych sobie ciekawych nowi--
mex, gdy tymczasem koszyki ma
pelnione prowiantami spoczywa-
ia przy Mich ma chodnikach. pokry
wajac sic kurzem a dzieci ma
Is w domu moze ,,dusza size W
poduszkach lub bawia zapalkami
SIyszalam raz mimowolnie Viva
ge zrobiona poiglosem przez listo
nosza 0 ,,Polkach niedbaiych".
skargi MEOW ma take zony! Me
.ipisze tego ola obmowy ola PREY
jemnoSci krytykowania. 0, ME
w~ierzcie mi mole drogie, pragne-
labym tylko uwagami obudzic W
naszych Polkach zmys} estetycz-
ny, zamiiowanie czystoSci i obo-
wiazku pragneiabym, by wyroz--
nialy sic, lecz ME w spos6b wy
mieniony wyzej.
| azeby uchronic polskie dzieci,
gdy dorosna, Cd pogardliwego wy
razania sic o tych, ktorym brak
wychowania i umiejetnosci zacho
wanna do tego jednak konieczna
Jest pomoc matek dbalych o swo-
lie dzieci,
Me, modna suknia i modny ka-
pelusz nadaja kobiecie pozory do
brego wychowania i kultury; spo
sob zachowania sic, wyrazania i
dystynkcyi sprawl, il nawet maj
skromniejsza toaleta ME umniej-
!szy w~artoSci kobiety dobrze wy
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03
DO FRANCYI
(Wyjatek z przemowienia dr.. c.
w ,,Dniu Francuskim." y

"hocnamy Gle Francyo!
KochaliSmy Gle, gdyS W dniach
dobrobytu i spokoju przodowa}a
swiatu calemu kulturq, wesoloS-
cia, umiejetnoScia u~rzadzania
bankietow i zebran %radosnych.
kochamy Gle jeszcze bardziej
dzisiaj, gdy z ponurq dusza I
b}yszczacym zapalem okiem, sta,
jesz do obrony kraju twego
pred plugawa autokracya.
kochamy Gle "a to, il blyskotli-
wy twoj dowcip zamienilaS ia
powage zycia i Z taxa ochota po-
rywasz ~iskrzacy orez, usunawszy
ma box wszystkie rozkosze zycia,
bedqce czeScia twego wesolego
Iistnienia.
Kochamy cie "a umiejetno$G
Iowego ludzkiego uSmiechu, ME
bezmySlnego lub zdradzieckiego,
Ilecz uSmiechu wesoiego, odwaz-
nego i dobrego serca, ktory Gle
ME opuszcza nawet w czasie
krwawej Walk i navel - W 60
fdzinie Smierci.
Kochamy Gle, gdyz historya
twoja jest HISTORIC cywilizacyi.
I ponieWaz kraj twoj jest ko-
lcbka nowoczesnej demokracyi.
l "a twa odwage Z jaka obali--
las despotyzm krolow i dallas
miejsce republice Z haslem: VOL
nose, R6wnoSc, Braterstwo!
l "a twa wspanialomySlna po--
moe w ~naszej potrzebie; DO -
nazwiska Rochambeau i Lafayet-
tie, wiecznie wyryte zostana W
r~aszej pamieci.
l "a twoja Joanne dare, ktora
sta}a sic symbolem ludzkoSci i
patryotyzmu.
Francvo wdziecznoSc ci /
chwala!
Francyo! o nieskalanym homo
RE i niezachwianej odwadze!
Francyo! chetnie posyiamy Il
synow naszych - ma Smierc mo-
re - lecz Z wami i "a was, ola
utwierdzenia braterstwa z warni
az pc dziei sadu ostatecznego.
Francyo! mia jak najpiekniej-
sza Z kobiet - Sciskamy cie; po-
wanna i hartowna jak Z warto-
Sciowym umysiem, MAJ ude-
rzamy dionia w dion - z toba.
Dumni jesteSmy, IL mozemy
ramie W ramie STAG z toba pre-
Ic:wko barbarzyncy. S~zczeSliwi, il
przyjazh nasza ME tylko samemi
siowami wyraziC CT lest nam da-
mem.
Smialo! trzymajcie sic ostro le-
giony Francyi! Przychodzimy!
Awanturnicza mlodoSc nasza O.
fiarujemy ku pomocy ola ciebie.
Nasze okrety dumnie posuwaja
sic z posiikami ola ciebie! Pie
! Made nasze oddajemy ci bez
szemrania. Nasze kobiety z ocho-
ID daza, by pielegnowac twych
rannych; koScioly nasze roz,
brzmiewaja pie5nia i modlitwa "a
Iciebie!
Wytrwaj, o wytrwaj, towarzy-
szu starry! ME cofaj sic! ME watp
w pomySlnoSc dobrej sprawy!
spieszymy!-
TAX, kamracie, gdyz kamratami
|jesteSmy w pragnieniu w~olnosci
swiatla, honoru! I wiecej! Ma
|twych krwia przesiakiych polach,
krew nasza zmieszana z twoja,
solennym stanie sic dowodem ME
rozerwalnego braterstwa!
Ma dobre dni, ma smutne i ma
Smierc!
Badz dobrej mySli o Francyo!
MiloSG Ameryki orzezwi Gle, jak
deszcz w dniu spiekoty, doda Cd
wagi i twoim zolnierzom, OSLO
dzi smutny los twych widow i
sierot, ukocha twoje dzieci! Cd
wagi i WARY!
. ~ --- oR--
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-08-03
.NAJWlEKSZY ,,SZAt".

uiJ lii III uIdllll! LdpOlll-
n:alem rachowaC, lie tych ,swea-
terow' przeszIo>przez twoje rece,
MONA oSlepnac Cd tych rozmai--
tych kolorow."
yDoprawdy?" - odpowiedzia-
Ia, uSmiechajac sic wesoio, lad
ma, m}oda ~panienka.
YPowinnyScie tez mice wzglad
ma vase ,,portmonetki"; wsza-
kzc tie bawelny sunny p~ieniedzy
~kosztuja Z pewnoScia" zrobil
uwage, siadajac ]naprzeciw niej-
Lille razy przyjde, zajeta jestes ia
glupia robota; pozwol powie--
dziec sobie - drogie dziecko, re
l. re to wiecej niz brak rozsqd
ku, re re to Waryactwo!'-
Inosii sic podniecony jcj milcze-
MEM.
,,Zaraz... niebieski, zolty, r6-
zowy, bialy, liliowy, pomaraiczo-
wy, zielony, popielaty, czarny,
heliotropowy, oliwkowy, ponso-
wy.
nAch przestai, DO przesadzasz,
o lie ia WIEN, zrobiiam dotych-
czas tylko szeSc i to wlaSnie ola
oszczednoSci, gdyz gotowe So
bardzo drogie. Ola many na zine
zrobilam %bronzowy, ola babusi
popielaty, siostra moja tax BAR
do zyczy}a sobie z6ltego i tax
Ijcj w MIN iadnie... brat dostal
ma imieniny oliwkowy, Lorcia
cieszyla sic ogromnie liliowym,
ola siebie bialy - OF i ~wszystko"
- s%koiczy}a, ME odrywajac oczu
cd roboty, dobiegajacej kohca;-
byf to ,,sweater" koloru uniformu
wojskowego.
nOdloz-ze, prosze, choc ma
chwile te idyotycznq prace, ami
sPojrzysz ma mnie, gdy przyjde,
ciekawym tez, pc CO tracilaS lyle
czasu ma zrobienie tego bialego,
kiedy nigdzie ME wychodziSz i -
pc co ia kupuje bilety do teatru,
azeby uslyszec: ,,nie moge wyjSc,
ME man czasu, MUSIC dokonczyc
sweater. Sweater! sweater! i
sweater! ~doprawdy zwaryowac
mozna! Jeszcze tego brakuje, re-
byS teraz zaczela je wyrabiac ola
zolnierzy, juz jest i tax "a wiele
tego towaru - tego patryotyz-
nlu; wszystkie dziewczeta tenn
tylko zajete, onegdaj ME mogiem
dowo}ac sic mojeJ stenografistki
zamiast listy kopiowac, nj Jaw
ziecie ~porusza}a drutami; przy-
chodze do dentysty i - co widze!
Lego parma Z ofisu siedzi W krze-
Sic operacyjnym - zwija bawe{-
ne ktora ten ba}wan dentySta
trzyma ma roziozonych rekach, Z
oczami wytrzeszczonemi ma mia,
a W mich najwyzsza maluje sic O.
bawa, azeby ona, W poCzuciu wiel
|kiego patryotyzmu, ME wyk}ola
nu tych oczu grubym drutem,
wpietym tymczasem we fryzu-
re" - Panienka uSmiecha sic i
milczy. Mlodzieniec spoglqda Ia
ria, potem ma sweater w jej reku
- z nienawiScia - ME, ia tego
~Goprawdy pojac ME moge, dlacze-
go Rad ME wgladnie w te spra-
we; we wszystkich uamwajach
nic tylko kobiety z wieIkiemi
workami Z baweIna i drutami,
niedawno temu jakiegoS ch}oPaka
przywieziono do szpitala Z pre-
kIutym przez drut iokciem zaka-
zenia krwi dostai, kto vie, czy Z
powodu niewicSciego p~atryotyz--
mu ME utna mu reki / OTTO rad
straci obronce ojczyzny, a poza-
TEN, czy MONA bye pewnym, re
w tych workach, w zwojach ba--
welny ME znajduje sic bomba,
dynamit, ukradzione plany, pa
piery kompromitujace Rad? DO
kobiecie nigdy ufac z%bytecznie
nie nalezy... zdradza... z ME
winneni oczyma go}abki pod po-
krywka patryotyzmu, IT,"
Panienka Z powazna minka:
,,Ach, Jerry, ola czego ty sic tax
unosisz, re az wszystko w ujem-
The Mankato free press., 1918-06-21

would reply. "I'll tell it all in due time. "
The huge revolver which was brought
into play on the scene was found in Ne
braska, Mrs. Smith stated She said
that her husband took it after the melee
had been stopped and that the officers
took it from him. After the fraca the
two were Immediately hustled to the jail
and locked up.
''The treatment there was fierce''
Smith related. I'VE were locked i'm a
cell and every few minutes the big iron
door would bang. 1t made a fellow feel
nervous anyhow Then bunch of
kids and people would parade past the
cell and poke fun at us. They would
holler see the kaiser and they look just
like the Germans. They even said things
like that to my wife,
Smith is an organizer for the Nonpar-
tsan league.
"Pm an organizer and I'm proud of
it. / am not German either he said
II had two brothers killed on the battle
fields in France"
He wore a service pin. with three
stars and said three of his brothers had
ioined the cOlorS
The Mankato free press., 1918-06-21
GUERNSEY BREEDERS
WILL ENJOY AN OUTING
Picnic to Be Held at SibieyPark
June 20; Excellent
tst Program

The annual summer picnic of the
Blue Earth County Guernsey Breed
ers' association will be held at Sib-
ley park, Mankato on June 20, COM
mencing at 10 a. m.
G. f.. Wevaer of University Farm
and Mr. Onsrud of the American Guern-
sey Cattle club will speak in the aft
ernoon. Another interesting feature
will be COW demonstration on some
of the COWS that will be brought in
from near by farms. There will also
be two or three short talks by local
men,
This will be an opportunity to meet
Guernsey breeders and get acquaint-
ed with them, which no one interested
in Guernseys should miss. The close
of the war will see an unheard of de-
mand for good livestock and dairy
products. Now is the time to prepare
to meet this demand
Those attending the picnic are re-
quested to bring their lunches, but
all will join in a general group at the
noon hour. Coffee and lemonade will
be furnished by the refreshment
committee.
The Mankato free press., 1918-06-21
Wax Flowers in Glass Cases
The Many Decorations
FRENCH BEDS ARE HIGH
Some of the Houses Tottering
To An Early Fall;
Scenes
FRED E. FERGUSON

With the American Army in Picardy,
May 17.-[By Maill-The young
American officer in France again is
getting accustomed to wax flowers in
glass cases, such as he used to see
ABOUT his grandmothers house. They
are part of the decoration of the room
assigned to him as billet He is also
getting blase, and ceasing to wonder
at old French mirrors ,tnat would
cost more at home than the house in
which they hang in France. They also
are to De found in billets in villages
some distance back of the line. Then
there are the Franch beds-built SO
high as to make a fall precarious,
and topped by fat eiderdowns.
But as you draw nearer the front,
billets become scarcer and moro
barren. There's where officers and
men hit the barns and the bare floors.
That's in the reserve positions. You
move up again and you may be in
a cellar, if there are no dugouts.
Houses Appeared to Be Tired
The villages occupied by the Amer
leans in Picardy as they were NOV
ing into the line were the Oldest the
France travelled fighters from home
had seen. Some of the houses were
tottering to an early fall. The houses
appeared to be tired, and were sink
ing down to rest. The outer walls
of some of them were of clay and
straw. This apparently is an effec-
tive mixture, but it won't last long.
Some of these houses had been up
only 100 years or so.
With the line only short distance
away, many of the villages had been
practically evacuated by civilians.
There were no stores. Nothing, but
places to sleep. In the farming
villages, the house in France is merely
incidental to the farming establish
ment. The barns and living quarters
form a hollow square There is the
harnyard. Ducks, geese, rabbits,
chickens, dogs, horses-everything
but human beings.
Might Have Entered Horse Stall
In looking for the United States
billet in a certain village you might
easily have made mistake and have
gone into horses stall close by, but
it was good horse The geese in
sisted on wandering in, so when it
became evident they could not be
repulsed, an entente cordiale was
affected. With the barn rat, it wasn't
possible to be SO considerate. No
one with an army minds having q
rat or two running around the floor.
But when the rat stops and starts to
make meal of the only pair of
boots you have with you, it has gone
far enough.
American Officer Is Welcomed.
But the American officer is well
come in the French village. The
housewife not only will do her best
to make him comfortable, but all the
animals join in the welcome. The
barn-yard rooster will pick place
Just outside his window to crow
about four o'clock in the morning.
Then the dog that he petted the
night before will stick his nose in the
window, bark couple of times lust
TO make sure the visitor is awake.
and beg to have his ears scratched
again. All these things were done
Tor a mere correspondent, SO an
OFFICER is. certain Of as royal wei
The Mankato free press., 1918-06-21
MRS. LENA K0KE DIES
Lady Passed Away at
Her Home This Afternoon.


Mrs. Lena Koke, wife of William
Koke of 731 East Main street, died
this afternoon at fifteen minutes to
one o'clock. death being caused by di-
abetes. with which she had been ill
since last February. She was born
in Wittenberg, Germany, April 26.
1916, and came to America when a
Young woman, joining her sister in
New Ulm about 1863 She was mar
ried to William Koke at New 'Ulm in
1870, and they came to Mankato about
thirty-two years ago, and have re-
sided in this city ever since. Mrs.
Koke was an estimable woman, and
had many friends. She was a mem
ber of Degree of Honor Lodge, No.
70. Surviving relatives are the hus-
band, and children, Otto Koke. Fort
Dodge, Ia-: William Koke. Bremerton,
Wash; Misses Minnie and Pauline
Koke, Mankato: and five grandchil-
dren. Mrs. L. e. Lambert, who died
March 6, was q daughter of the de-
ceased Funeral announcements will
be made later.