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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
Memorials of Service for Men
Who Died for Democracy

But while our attention is centred on
the welfare and future happiness of the
men who have come back to US from
across the seas, what of those others
who will never return, who lie beneath
the little wooden crosses on the battle
fields of France? 1t will be our blessed
privilege to see that their memory is
kept green in the hearts of their coun-
trymen, to plan for fitting memorials,
the sort of memorials which they would
choose if they could speak from out the
great silence and tell us what they would
like us to do.
These men fought for a principle, for
the great cause of democracy, for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

w. UST now we are in a staging area
behind the lines-waiting for some
thing. The entire brigade staff is
quartered in one room-which we use for
eating, sleeping and office work during
the day. This village has been pretty
we'll shot up, so we are fortunate to have
one good room, and we have 2 good open
fire that functions properly and is very
warm and cheerful. Much better than a
damp, smelly dugout, full of French
coolies and Boche f1eas, in any event
This is horrible war-Iive burned my
fingers twenty times to-day, pulling hot
chestnuts out of the red hot enibers-
great fun!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

quarters and the admittance list Of the
hospital the searcher at once looks the
men up in the ward to question them.
Details comforting beyond words to the
relatives in this country are thus often
painstakingly gathered by the searchers,
direct from men who were with the
missing" men the last time they went
over the top.
In answer to a request forwarded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

from this country, Sergeant -,
killed in action, details of death and
burial wanted" one searcher was able
to send a complete account, thanks to
the two men of his company found in
one of her wards. Yet, being woman,
what she yearned to tell the sergeant's
relatives was the comment of an Italian
in his company, who, as she sat by his
bedside taking down notes for her letter
to the family broke down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
BY NANCY WOODS WALBURN

ing man in question, the Home Com
munication Service in hospitals in
France refuses to be baked. The next
step is to locate men from the same
company in the hospital so as to ques-
ton them as to what they know about
possible "pals" on the missing" list,
killed in action, taken prisoner, etc.
Thus, when comparison shows entrances
from the same detachments on both the
missing" list sent from the Paris head
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
AT Ellis Island or I'm France
The Red Cross Mothers the Lost

When we touched the pier at last, the
buildings and island looked bleaker than
ever. But there the first person to greet
US as we stepped off was one of the Red
Cross workers. Down to the pier she
came, wind blown by the gale, her veil
in swirls about her head. I stood aside
as she took the names, quickly directing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

glorious spirit of 1918. Do you think
any material monument of granite or
marble would be an adequate memorial
to such men? Most certainly not What
then? Just when we are bordering over
this question up comes the War Camp
Community Service with exactly the right
suggestion, a suggestion that cannot fail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

sing they voice the dignity of their citi-
zenship in the finest possible manner"
Community singing has been and will
continue to be one of the greatest forces
for peace and harmony. Petty quarrels,
disagreeable feelings and all forms of
disgruntledness and malice vanish like
dew before the sun under the magic
wand of the community song leader.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

snein TO the reception room nearest the
men they came to see, my Italian seat
mate among the rest. Even to her there
was nothing at all forbidding or confus-
ing about visiting a great army hospital
to find cher man" with such a friendly
person there solely to help her. Later it
was this same Red Cross worker who
took her to his bedside.
Yet this is but one link out of thou
sand others Of the Red Cross's vast chain
OF communication between our men in
service and their families back home.
Over 10000 inquiries weekly pour into
the headquarters of the Red Cross Bu
reau of Communications at Washington,
from relatives anxious to locate their
men IN France, or in camps in this coun-
try. How is this maze of work carried
on? Suppose we take a look first at Ell
lis Island as one first-hand example.
AS at all military hospitals, here the
Ned Cross maintains a corps of workers
OF which our boat visitor was only one.
1t is their official duty not alone to keep
in close touch with the wounded men
back from overseas, visiting the wards
keeping them supplied with everything
they need, from bathrobes and sweaters
to comfort bags, cigarettes, chocolate
and toilet articles, but to write to their
families or perform any other of thou
sand personal services for them. The re-
quests to find their families and notify
them where to come to see them belong
to the american Red Gross Home Com
munication" phase of their work.
Twenty Thousand Questions
A Week Sent to France
Yet when we take a jump over to
France and remember that over 10000
inquiries from relatives in this country
are forwarded by the Bureau of Com
munications to France every week. it
seems that it will be too gigantic num-
Der of questions to answer, doesn't it?
Now suppose we follow one and find
out. When a caller at the Bureau of
Communications at Thirty-sixth Street
and Fifth Avenue calls to inquire the
tate OF his relative overseas the request
is at once forwarded to Washington.
Due to the fact that the Red Cross does
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

tainly not worth the knowing. The War
Camp Community Service has rendered
unique service all through the war,
never taking any credit to itself, never
looking for its own aggrandizement, al
ways not only willing, but eager, to CO.
operate with any other Of the war relief
organizations to which it could be Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

1t has planned its work far ahead, and
it is in a position to-day with its own
efficient organization to be of the great
est service to the country in this difficult
reconstruction period
Liberty Houses" Six
Hundred of Them
The establishment of the Liberty
Houses" as memorials to our brave bows
who died across the seas is no new idea
with the War Camp Community Service
Every Community House" which it has
founded has been established with this
end in view, with a clear vision of the
part that that centre was to play in the
life of that community after the war.
Six hundred of these community centres
are scattered throughout the country.
and as soon as the soldiers and sailors
no longer need them they will be turned
over to the city or town in which thew
are located to be converted into Liberty
Houses"
The idea is SO big and comprehensive
and so far and away more fitting than
the monuments and statues that adorn
% some of our parks and public build
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

to have the unqualified approval of every
man and woman in the country This sug-
gestion is the establishment of community
centres which shall be known as LIB
erty Houses" where the spirit of de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

not wait for inquirers to investigate the
fate Of men reported missing or
wounded or taken prisoner, often the
request can be answered from Washing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

service, with the one great end and aim
always in mind-the betterment of all
community conditions, but particularly
those affecting the men in the service.
1t has formed soldiers and sailors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

in position to tell us just how to go to
work to establish these memorial CEN
tres, for, as the boys would say, cts
middle name is Community and what
it doesn't know on this subject is GER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

LADY, please, dom aska me more!
[ Gamma say it! Wen dey tela me he
dead, it lika my own fader."
Letters That Garry
More Than Facts
One of the additional duties of a
searcher is to write letter back home
to the "next of kin" upon the death of
any of her charges in her hospital 1t is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
By ELENE FOSTER


TINE great World War is over. The
groups of clean-limbed, clear-eyed
young fellows in khaki or blue
serge with the gold service chevron on
the sleeve that one meets these days at
every turn are the visible proof that the
end has come.
Their responsibility is over, but it is
not so with the rest of us who have re-
NAMED at home-the men and women be-
hind the lines. Our work is by no means
ended-in fact, we are facing right now
our greatest responsibility. We are an
swerable to those young heroes in khaki
or navy blue for the condition of the
country which they intrusted to our care
when they left us for the battlefelds of
France. If we have not upheld at home
that spirit of democracy for which three
million of our men fought and bled in a
foreign land, then we have failed most
ANONYMOUSLY in the task allotted to us
the task of carrying on" Up to date, l
think that we can truthfully say we
have done our best, but this is the criti-
cal period of our career; now is the time,
when the tension has been removed and
we feel that the war is over, that we are
tempted to "let down." This is just what
we must not do; the time when our men
are coming home by the hundreds and
thousands, when they need our help and
counsel, is no time for us to "let down."
Our duties at this time are manifold;
II Is our privilege to help those who are
coming back to US unscathed from the
ngat to resume their old manner of liv-
ing again; to show those who are
manned or disabled how to accommodate
themselves to new conditions of living
and teach them, if possible. a new way
o1 earning livelihood; but more than
dill else 1t rests with US to. keep up the
morale of the country by fostering the
community spirit, which is one of the
greatest blessings that has come to us
from out that terrible world conflict.
Keeping the
Wide Horizon
This spirit, which may go down in his
Tory as the spirit Of 1918" Gust as we
are wont to speak of 'the spirit of '76"),
should be guarded and preserved as our
most cherished possession. Never in all
our history has there been anything ap
preaching it; never has the country been
90 united in one great purpose; never
nave the people been brought SO close
y together, rich and poor, young and
oie' native Americans and those of
.0felgn birth, working together shoulder
W shoulder, forgetting all class distinc-
,l0ns and all differences of race or creed.
:, Is the easiest thing in the world to
CUP gradually back into the old narrow
s'OoVes again, to forget the wider hori-
N0a Which it has been our privilege to
'"!oy while we were all working to-
ss'ner for one great cause, but aue Just
'0mn'ot afford to do 1T!
Inc spirit of 1918" is vital, living
vice that is our safeguard from all
.Vt's OF evil, from labor troubles, from
rawlings of the Anarchist and from
..'0snevism. Any one of these evils
aasn't the ghost of chance in COM
.a unlty that has been inoculated with
'ne spirit of 1918"
Community Singing as a
Moving Force
Ao 80 1t is our bounden duty to see
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

ton without delay. If not it is forwarded
to the Paris Office.
There the name is added to a list
of others in the casualty report of the
War Department as wounded, or miss
ing, or others about whom inquiry has
been made, and is sent out to the hun
dred official Red Cross hospital "search-
ers" in all military hospitals which re-
ceive American wounded in France.
There the searchers daily compare this
list with the official daily admittance
list of the hospital If the man is in
her hospital, she at once sees him, gets
a detailed report and telegraphs Paris
headquarters his address and condition.
This is followed by a detailed report by
letter.
Finding a
Missing Man
Yet even in cases where diligent
search fails at first to locate the miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

mocracy for which our heroes died may
be kept alive and shed it's helpful infu-
ence over the community in which they
lived.
Pass ON the War Community
Service to Peace Times
The War Camp Community Service is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
Finding a
Missing Man

Yet even in cases where diligent
search fails at first to locate the miss
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
DEBATING CLUB
TO MEET MONDAY
A. S. Patterson Will Address
First Meeting in the
Y.M. c. A.


The committee on ARRANGEMENTS
of the Y. NJ. c. A. Self Expression
and Debating Society announced to-
day that Andrew s. Patterson, presi-
dent of the Union Trust Company.
will be present at the opening ses-
sion on Monday evening. December
>. He will deliver a short address on
the value OF public speaking from
the standpoint of businessman and
banker.
General Secretary Reeves deserves
much credit for his foresight in
making this work a part of the
y. NJ. (. 4. curriculum. In discus
sing the matter to-day he said: DIR.
Bechts idea of n Y. NJ. {. a. parlia-
ment has met with instantaneous re-
sponse. The idea is 10 conduct the
sessions SO that every man will feel
it his duty to take part in the pro-
ceedings From time to time cer-
tain members will be asked to give
dramatic deClamations. On another
occasion man will be selected TO
give ten minutes OF instruction i'll
public speaking: later on a MEM
ber will be asked to inform the So
ciety as to the best places 20 get ma
trial for an address, how 10 use the
dictionary. the library, etc. After
the class gets in fun swing. a peace
celebration will be staged, one mem
ber representing General Pershing.
another the Governor of the state,
another Il French hero. etc. The
program committee VIII. of course.
be open to suggestions at all times"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
Allied Capitals Protest
Peace Censorship

Washington. Nov. 29.-The pros
pect OF a repressive censorship of
press dispatches dealing with the
peace conference is causing protests
in Paris. London and Washington.
In Paris, despite the armisIice. the
censorship. has suddenly become
more extreme than at any time IN the
war. The cause for the reversal OF
Clemenceau'S recently announced
abolition OF political censorship is
impossible TO discover.
American correspondents in Lon
don have organized 4 corporate body
TO fight the reported seizure by
Creers Bureau OF Public Informa-
sion of two of the four available
transatlantic cables during the peace
conference ana to obtain proper
means OF communication with the
United States.
In Washington. Senator Hiram
johnson. OF California. assailed the
administration for ',PrusSianiZing
news" and for suppression OF open
discussion of world peace problems,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
HEALTH TALK
INFLUENZA OR GRIE

An old enemy is with us again,
and whether We fight a German or
"a germ, we must put up a good
fight, and not be afraid. The influ-
enEa runs very brief course when
the patient IS careful, and il we
keep the system in good condition
and throw off the poisons which tend
TO accumulate within our bodies, we
can escape the disease. Remember
these three C's-a clean mouth, a
clean skin and clean bowels. To
carry off poisons from the system
and keep the bowels loose, daily
doses of a pleasant laxative should
be taken. Such 4 one is made OF
May-apple, leaves of aloe, root of
jalap. ana called DR.. Pielce's Pleas
ant Pellets. Hot lemonade should
be used freely if attacked by cold.
and the patient should be put to
bed after a hot mustard foot bath.
To prevent the attack of bron-
ehitis or pneumonia and TO control
the pain, Anuric tablets should be
obtained at the drug store, and one
given every two hours, with lemon
ade. The Anuric te hlets were first
discovered by DR.. Pierce. and. as
they flush the bladder and cleanse
the kidneys, they carry away much
of the poisons and the uric acid.
Il is important that bToths, milk,
buttermiIk. ice cream and simple
diets be given regularly to strength
en- the system and increase the vital
resistance. The fever is diminished
bv the use OF the Anuric tablets,
but in addition. the forehead. arms
and hands may be bathed with
water (tepid) in which tablespoon
full OF salaratus has been dissolved
in a quart. After an attack of grip
or pneumonia to build up and
strengthen the system, obtain at the
drug store a good iron tonic. called
"Irontlc" Tablets. or that we'll
known herbal tonic, DIR. Pierce's
GoIAen Medical Discovery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
RIGAUD'S

Mary Garden sets, arranged in beauti-
Eul red satin-lined box, containing Toilet
Water, Extract, Face Powder and Soap.
Special price, S7.99 and $16.9S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
TALCUM POWDERS

Garden Allah Talcum ...... 2lc
Mary Garden Talcum ........ 48c
Waltz Dream Talcum ........ 23c
Jess Talcum (Tins) ......:.. l3c
Jess Talcum (Jars) ..,...... 21c
Hudnut Talcum (Tins) ....... lec
Hudnut Talcum (Jars) ....... 43c
Babcock Butterfly Talcum go. 22c
Babcock Corylopsis Talcum -. lSc
Babcock Violet Elice Talcum E. l3c
Palmolive Talcum ........... l9c
Djer-Kiss Talcum ......... 35c
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

Nature decreed that every woman
should have a clear. smooth, deli
cate skin. II il is blotched with
pimples, blackheads and other such
eruptions. it is simply an evidence
that the skin lacks certain elements
that promote and preserve skin
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
COLGATE'S ECLAT GIFT BOX

Each box in an individual carton.
La France Rose and Monad Violet
Gift Boxes contain corresponding items
Radiant Rose, Splendor and Violette
de Mai Gift Boxes contain somewhat
different assortment and sell at a
slightly higher price.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
TO Fill Big Contract For
British War Tanks Soon

New York.-It is learned by the
Christian Science Monitors local bu-
reau that the British government has
ordered the construction in the
United States of 10000 tanks, OF a
size between the largest and the
whippets. and that the cessation of
hostilities has not caused the cancel
Iation of this order. Ineed. it is de-
clared that the tanks will be so con-
structed that. il not used for war
purposes. they can do service as
tractors in the production of food
stuffs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

Use MeNens Cold Tablets. = Adv.
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Be a Belle
OF the Ball

Let Stuart's Calcium Waters
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

Contents
1 No. IS Eclat Extract
l cake Eclat Toilet Soap
/ small bottle Eclat Sachet
l regular-size box Eclat Tale.
! No. 6 bot. Eclat Toilet Water
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
THE GOVERNMENT SAYS KTOVxTn
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING 1VOVV ::

There good why should gifts
them sensible
this You'll find better selection
Government labor by making
shopping. Some suggestions
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

Ponds Vanishing Cream 80. 30c
Daggett & Ramsdell Cold Cream 33c
Hudnut's Cold Cream .,....... 39c
Palmolive Vanishing Cream 39c
paImolive Cold Cream ........ 39c
Sanitol Face Cream ........... l9c
Hudnut's Original Cerate 80. 45c
Hudnut's Cucumber Cream ... 43c
LIE Meridor Cream ........... $50
Flcava Cream ............ 53c
Tnoram Milkweed Cream. .... 73c
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
PILLS AND TABLETS

100 5-grain Cascara Tablets -a.- 35c
100 Calomel Tablets .......1.. 1oc
rs Miles Pain Pills ...I... 23c
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200 Bliss Native Herbs .....s.. 69c
100 Coryza Tablets .......--@. 33c
soc Doan's Kidney Pills :. .-......l 3oc
25c Beecham Pills ........i.....; 15c
SOC Exlax .,-.s.,., 34c
Csc Olive Tablets ....s..s 15c
25e Schenck's Pills ........s. tic
25c Pierce's Pills .......s... 15c
SOC Wendall Ambition Pills ....t Sac
75c Marmola Tablets ....... 5ec
soc Stuart's Calcium Waters 49, Sac
81 DeWitt's Kidney Pills -. 69c
Csc Doan's Regulets .......... 2lc
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-12-12
NEW FACES FOR OLD.

The American Red Cross has under
taken varied tasks. These range from
darning the socks OF the soldiers 10
making new faces for those dlsngurct
by war. Mrs Ladd. the wife OF Dr.
Ladd. now doing service In Red Cross
hospitals abroad. is working In her
Paris studio making masks to cover
disfigured faces. A photograph OF the
soldier showing how he looked before
being wounded is obtained and then 4
mask Of copper or silver Is made TO re-
semble II and replace the part that Is
gone This Ia made as lifelikc MS pos
sihIe and held on, as o rule. with bows
behind the ears like spectacies. The
soldier cannot eat or sleep In these
masks, but he can see and breathe
through them. Sometimes nose t.
put on so lifelike that IL cannot be de
tected. and sometimes II is a chin or In
rare instances almost the entire face
This great humanitarian work enables
he victim TO mingle with people with
"ut being made conspicuous or con
Scious that he is being avoided.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-12-12
MAKE ROLL CALL UNANIMOUS.

The Official designation. amt the only
proper characterization OF the demon
stration that will occupy the attention
of the American people under the
auspices OF the American Red Cross.
immediately preceding the coming holt
day season. 10 The Red Cross Christ
mas Roll Call"
The object OF the Christmas Roll
Cali Is To register In terms of active
participation the spirit OF nation.
The spirit Ia question Ia personiried In
Red Cross membership. IL Is not to be
- campaign" To raise a war fund nor
drive 20 strengthen the material
resources ~ the Red Cross organixa-
ton. Its main objective II The ex-
tension OF Red Cross membership TO
the uttermost limit
See TO II that no false conception OF
the purpose OF the Roll Call finds iodg-
ment anywhere. and. while emphasize
ing the grandeur OF the movement I'M
der its only logical name. keep ever.
lastngly in mind the idea to-"Make
II unanimous