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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
The British Officer

A young American soldier, writing
home to his mother, and referring to
the British officer, remarked that he
always thought of him as a monocIed
dandy, too effeminate for hard usage
but never again. He found him cool,
resourceful, and unaffected in danger,
taking his daily hazardous duties as
matter of course, and setting an ex-
ample to his men, and so1icitEde for
their welfare, that inspired the utmost
confidence in them. It is no new pic
ture, but fittingly portrays his charac-
ter, for generations past. Toronto
Mail and Empire. ~
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
THE FIGHTING FOURTH
President Wilson Issues a Statement

fFeStdent wilson issues a 0tatcIIleht
Washington, Oct. 1o-Presidcnt
Wilson today issued this statement
on the Fourth Liberty Loan cam
Ipaign:
Recent events have enhanced, not
sleSsened, the Importance of this loan
sand | hope that my fellow-country-
Hmen will let me say this to them very
Frankly. The best thing that could
zhappen would be that the loan should
snot only be fully subscribed, but
s'very greatly over-subscribed. We
Isire in the midst of the greatest ex-
srrcise Of the power of this country
sthat has ever been witnessed or fore
scast, and 2. single day of relaxation
Fin that effort would be of tragical
Manage alike to ourselves and to the
lTest of the world Nothing has hap
l0ened witch makes it safe or posi-
bic to do anything but push our eff
fort to the utmost The time is crit
! zeal, and the response must be
complete.
(signedD WOODROW WILSON
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
FOUND ONE SENTRY ALERT
Captain Satisfied No Enemy Would
Get by the colored Soldier WHO
Challenged His Commander.

II was recently breaking in squad
OF raw country negroes" remarked
Captain C, stationed at a Virginia
camp not far from Washington, 'and,
despite their and my good intentions,
| it was not proving the easiest task in
the world, since most of them knew
much better how to follow band than
military rules. This particular group
gave me lot of hard work and l
kept pretty close watch on them. One
night decided to give my sentries a
surprise visit, but had not got far on
my rounds when I was stopped with
a peremptory:
"'Halt! Who goes dar?'
Il gave the word, but was again
brought up with sharp: Halt agin
| wants to know who you isr
Your commanding officer was my
answer, which did not suffice, as my
sentry came back quickly with:
Oats all right, sub, but is you
got de right to go traipsin' roun' camp
at dis ungodly time O night?'
"Don't you know whether or not /
have such a right?' I answered him
sternly. It's your business to know
" Excuse me, Cap'n, but l wash
quite sho',' he said-and in a perfect
~ respectful tone-'an' I axed you fer
information when / wanted to know
Ief you did have de right to go prowl-
in roun' dis here camp like er liant
(ghost)g
HE got his answer, and I am sure
of one of my sentries at least
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
China May Restore Canals.

China, in its pressing need for trans
portation facilities. is considering the
restoration of its o1d-time system of
canals, of which there were at one time
10000 miles within the empire. Gem
turtles before the Christian era the
great rivers of the celestial empire
were diverted from their natural
courses to form these ancient water
ways.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
BROWNS CIGAR STORE
40 Main St.
Try New Preventive for Rabies.

The production of a new serum with
which animals and man can De made
immune to rabies may result from ex-
periments recently conducted by a
French scientist. The brain of a rab-
bit which had died of rabies was treat
ed with sulphuric ether and then
mixed with a special preparation,
forming an emulsion. BY injecting a
weakened solution of this emulsion I'M
der the skin, immunity to rabies has
been produced which appears to be
both lasting and effective. No bad eff
fects, it is said, result from giving the
injection. The serum has, SO far, only
been tried on animals.-Popular Me-
chanicS.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
U-BOAT SANK
- TICONDEROGA
Over zoo Thought to Have Perished

Over 200 Thought to Have Perished
An Atlantic Port, Oct. 10-The
American steamship Ticonderoga, a
vessel of $3.50 tons, has been torpe-
doed and sunk on her way to France
with probably a heavy loss of life.
Twenty survivors of the ship,
wounded or suffering from exposure,
were brought here today b British
vessel, 10 which they were transferred
by another vessel, which picked them
up.
The remainder of those aboard the
Ticonderoga, said to number about
| $50, were reported to have persisted.
| 1t was said that the ships boats were
shelled by the submarine, accounting
for the wounded among the survivors.
Seventeen Of them were American
Isoldiers, being part of detachment
detailed to care for horses that the
ship was transporting. They were
transferred to the British freighter
about five days ago.
| Exactly when and where the Tt
conderoga was torpedoed could not
be ascertained on account of censor
ship restrictions. She left an Allan
tic port on September % as a part of
a convoy. Presumably she fell VIC
tim to the U-boat without other pro-
lection than her own guns, as, ac-
cording to previous reports received
Eby the navy department, she became
separated from the rest of the ships
[ and was not thereafter heard from
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
Right out Loud.

The master shipbuilder, Charles NJ.
Schwab, was discussing the trend of
the times with friend who remarked !:
do you follow the food regulations,
Charlie, or are they meant for only
the little fellow"
Schwab laughed. "To tell the
truth" he said, ''the food savings pol
icy has been a great thing for me.
Now / can go into restaurant and
order scerned beef and cabbage and
boiled potatoes right out loud, and
nobody thinka anything of sit."s
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
THE WEALTH
E OF AMERICA
LESS Than Twenty Thousand MI
1ionaires in America

!. America is rich, but the number OF
| n1illionaiEes in the country is less
than is generally believed. The
Bankers Trust Company of New
/ York city has published some illun-
mating facts bearing on the wealth
of the country and it's distribution
No man with an income Of less thar
$500o0 year can be classcd as {
lmillionairc unless his possessions
consist largely of unimproved rca.
ESTATE
According to this carefully com
piled pamphlet 23,50O,00O families
and unmarried persons in America
have incomes of $1,000 year OF
more. Of these, 21,375, 900 in the
class between $1,000 and $4,000 4
year have a total income of $40,615,-
063, 800, while the incomes of all ovel
$4,000 year amount to only $12,-
234, 936,500, making the total income
Of all who have a thousand yeal
or more $52,850, 100000.
| The millionaire group of persons
and families having incomes of $50
900 a year or more includes only 49,
1875, whose total income is $780,
255, 900 a year. It will surprise many
to hear that there are less than
twenty thousand millionaires in Am
erica, and that if their entire incomes
were confscated the levy would
| yield only about one-third of the
| $1,000, 100000 taxes provided in the
new revenue BILL.
/ Corporations are reported as hay
Ting profit and loss SURPRISES for the
year of $7,150,000,0 which makes
1.-The total national income $6O,0OO,-
100000. These corporations are ex-
Epected to pay 100000, in taxes
and to buy $2,000,000,000 in bonds,
(which will reduce their total surplus
es to $1,150,000,000.
I Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
said in Carnegie hall that of the 49,
100000 subscribers to the third Lib
erty Loan, but 22,500 including COR
porations, bought $4,000 or more of
these bonds. When we find that
There are less than 10000 millionaires
in the country these figures are not
surprising. Rich men and corpora
tons did not know last April, and do
not know, the taxes they will have
to pay. They cannot sell their real
estate and investment securities be-
cause the government ,monopolizes
the money market and they could not
find buyers if they tried to iquidars.
| Like less fortunate people, they must
pay for Liberty bonds out of saw
/ ings. A rich mans ability to save
| is curtailed by the income and other
Federal taxes.
Congress is to blame for this state
Of uncertainty. The government
cannot collect heavy taxes without
ir1pairing the ability of the rich to
f.bty Liberty bonds. The charge that
/ the rich have not done their bit in
this respect does not stand up in the
Hight of these figures.-New York
| Commercial Advertiser.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
Long undersea Tunnel Planned.

Plans for a railway tunnel, costing
approximately $7000O00. and extend
ing more than seventeen thousand feet
under the sea for about one-fourtlr of
its length, have been made in Japan.
The bore will pass beneath the Moji
straits, connecting Shimonoseki and
Dairi, making possible a junction with
the railway trunk line Of Kiushu It is
estimated that five years will be re-
CURED to complete the project.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
MSiINer Bullets

When Mr.. Lloyd George used the ex-
preston "silver bullets" he probably
took the idea from some Welsh
legend about witches. 1t was, once
believed both in Wales and Scot
land that only silver bullets could
hurt a witch when disguised as a
hare.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
DR.. Laura Muller, Brazilian foreie.

minister, replied to the recent peace
note Saturday, reiterating the sold-
arity of Brazil with the allies and
refusing to consider peace until the
allies are ready to entertain propo-
sails, says a dispatch from Rio JAN
GIRO
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
No Proof

Bacon--f see statement in tho pa
per that the Chinese cultivate odor-
less onions.
Egbert-But how can they tell they
are onions, then?
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11

To make a sliding screen or win
dow sash move easily, rub paraffin
candle along the edge which is likely
to bind. This is an effective lubricant
that lasts a long time and is easily
replenished. Dry soap may be used
ia this way.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
An Initator.

Jack-Our curate has been appoint
ed an army chaplain.
Ethyi-Well, he may have it in him,
but l don't believe he ever can be as
funny as the original Charley.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
NOT This Wear

what If baseball closes for the pea.
sona'
Nobody can deny that we might
have won the pennant.' '-Louisyisle
CnurieT-Journal.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
New Food for Horses,

A new substitute for oats made with
coarse treacle is given to horses in
Paris.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-11
A Superior (Wis.) utility company
has d woman to go from house to
house and read the water meters.

One 4of the largest confectionery
establishments in the world, employ
ing $500 persons, is located in the
japanese city of Toxic.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-21
UCZMY DZlECI NASZE CzYTAC, PlSAC
MOWlC Pc POLSKU.
DzEN L%0JALNOSCl

Zainteresowanie sic Dniem Lo-
jalnosci wsr6d Polonii Amerykan
skiej stale sic z dniem kazdym co
raz wieksze.
Pc wydaniu odezwy przez Wy
dial Narodowy zawrzalo w polls
kich Towarzystwach, specyalnie
zas W tych, z kt6rych znaczna licz
ba czfonk6w poszfa W b6j.
Czfonkowie tych Towarzystw
chca W ten spos6b wykazac, re
czcza swoich Wsp6}czfonk6w i do
apelu stawaja.
Niekt6re towarzystwa jrz zam6
WHY flagi sluzbowe kt6re cyfro-
wo wykaza, ilu czlonk6w z dane
go Towarzystwa valley o VOL
nose czy to W Armii Amerykans--
kiej czy Polskiej. .,>='
Dobrzeby by1o, by kazda para
fla W Stanach Zjednoczonych ia
IA flage zam6wiia i w pochodzie
lojalnosciowym wykaza}a swa po-
tege.
Cyfry zebrane n%astepnie w jed
ma og6lna wykaza, ilu> Polak6w
valley juz i ilu ma pole WALK je-
szcze p6jdzie.
Do blur Wydzialu Narodowego
naplywaja juz listy cd rodzic6w
u W szczeg6lnoSci cd matek zo}--
merry, s}uzacych W Armii Amery
kanskiej.
Dzieje sic to IA skutek zamie--
szczanych W pismach polskich for
mularzy, kt6re kazda matka wy
pefnia i do Biura nadsy1a.
Zainteresowanie vice widoczne
boo tydzien zaledwie up}yna}, a
juz rezultaty apelu SO.
Interesowane jednak osoby ME
powinny i ME NIGGA zwlekac, by
jak najwiecej podpis6w zebrac i
W ten spos6b wykazac ME tylko
w pochodach i paradach nasza pc
tege, lecz w1asnorecznymi ja
stwierdzic podpisami.
A vice do dzie}a.
I'm PREDICT tenn lepiej.
We wszystkich w%iekszych
mniejszych koloniach i osadach
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-21

zumie i ME ley zaiste W inp,re--
sic naszego wychodztwa, aby o.
|p1acac to jakby ja}muzne. Musimy
to czynic raczej z obywatelska,
serdeczna zacheta i sprawiedli-
wynn uznaniem.
Pozatem, dobrze to pamietajmy
re wszyscy urzednicy Komitetu
Wykonawczego i Wydzia}u Naro-
dowego pracuja bezp}atnie i ME
godzi sic ich Il to a pc a alta
kowac i czernic. Zas z ofiar ma Pc
moe Polsce, ami glosz jeden - co
z naciskiem zaznaczamy, - ME"
.poszed} ma pensye i jakiekolwiek
wydatki, Kazdej chwili mozecie
przekonac sic o tenn wy wszyscy,
kt6rych SERGE ciagle nowym ia
dem sic saczy.
Rozumiemy oczywiscie, zet og6l
ne naprezenie W naszym Narodzie
jest ogromne, ale tenn wieksza po
Wilma bye oglednosc W ocenianiu
'podjetem przez tWykonaw
czy prace u Swiatlejszych czfon--
k0w naszego spo1eczenstwa i pra
sy naszej.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-21

A do tego najbardziej chyba
nadaja sic guziki z napisem: LII
|berty for Poland'. Mona je "a
mawiac w Biurach Wydzialu Ma
rodowego Polskiego pod mum.
1909 N. Ashland ave. Chicago, Ill.
kazda prawie parafia polska pc
szczycic sic moze flaga s}uzbowa,
BIO niemasz takiej parafii polskiej
W Stanach Zjednoczonych, kt6ra-
by ME pos}ala do Armii Amery--
kanskiej conajmniej kilkudziesie-
|ciu m}odzienc6w polskich.
Gwiazdki niebieskie ma tych fla
zach bia1o = czerwonych, wyszy--
tie ia bia}em tie oznaczaja liczbe
zo}nierzy polskich, kt6ra posz}a
W BOZ swiety. Kazda gwiazdka
to jeden zolnierz, a tych gwiazd-
lex jest czesto bardzo DUO, jest
(ich coraz wiece;j i to W kazdej pa
irafii.
Dobrzeby bylo, gdyby W srod--
lku flagi~w otoczeniu gwiazdek
znajdowa}a sic duza cyfra, wyka-
zujaca dok}adna liczbe zolnierzy
walczacych. ........
Cyfry razem zebrane utwarza
jedna olbrzymia, W setki tysiecy
idaca liczbe, a ia wykaze, ilu
naszych W b6j o wolnoSc Swiata
posz1o.
Zebrac wszystkie nazwiska zo1-
merry polskich i ich rodzic6w, ma
tick lub krewnych i to W miesiacu
biezacym, to zadanie nielada j
|trudne bardzo do przeprowadze-
mia. Lecz wszystko da sic zrobic,
Fgdzie jest przedewszystkiem do
bra VIOLA i chez: O. ME sic Wydzia
Howl rozchodzi - reszta da sic Ia
two wykonac.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-21
20 z pod zaboru pruskiego."

go z pod zaboru pruskiego."
Taxi zarzut, to istotnie nowy
jad z serca wsaczony W serca
trafiajacy! Bo istotnie: jakaz to
'by}aby niegodziwosc, gdyby Wy
|dzia} Narodowy usunal sic cd po-
mocy ola Polek naszych. Ale jak-
re moze tax pisac pismo, kt6re ma
na%jblizszych swych przyjaci6f, juz
nietylko cz}onkami, ale najwyz--
szymi urzednikami Wydzialu Ma
rcdowego i mog}o sic }atwo pre-
konac wiele zabiegow i wysi}k6w
ponosi{ i ponosi mistrz Paderews-
XII Komitet Wykonawczy, ably
sk}onic w1adze washingtonskie do
uwzglednienia bardzo trudnego
po}ozenia rodak6w naszych W tym
kraju. :Zadziwiajacem jest, re
"Nowiny Polskie' ME dostrzega-
|ja tel najwiekszej W akcyi naszej
narodowej trudnoSci, re jak wszy
soy / san nawet prezydent Will
son cierpiec musi W rozmaity spo-
sob, z powodu niezwyk}ych Wa
runk6w i stosunk6w wojna wy
wofanych, tax i my Polacy must
my do czasu peWne udreczenia i
cierpienia r6wniez tn znosic. gdyz
to jest nieuniknionym wynikiem
pospiesznego gotowania sic Sta
now Zjednoczonych do wojny.
Wobec szalonej ofenzywy ME-
mieckiej ma zachodnim froncie,
Rad washingtonski oddaje wszy-
stkie swe silly sprawom wojny i
wymaga takze i cd mas poswiece-
ria, jake wlasnie zasadza sic ma
z%noszeniu rozmaitych udreczen.
Nietylko, re ME mozemy cd mich
sic dorywczo uwolnic, ale wielc
.jeszcze noWych ma mas spadnie.
w zamian many te pocieche, re
Rad Westinghouse ma nieustan-
rie ia oku sprawe Polski, Sekre-
tarz stanu znowu dobitnie oswald
czy}, re 'Stany Zjednoczone pod
uciskiem Niemiec.' w przeded--
niu zas tego oSwiadczenia Najwyz!
sza Rada Wojenna Aliant6w, o.
rzek1a, re 'celem wojny jest VOL
ma, niepodlegla i Zjednoczona Pol
ska z przysteppem do morza.' w
konsekwencyi vice wojna swiato-
wa toczy sic 0 wolnosc Polski.
Czyz W kwestyi tax postawio--
nej godzi sic zabierac czas zjadli-
wa dyskusya ia temat honorary
um zap}aconego p. Wronskiemu
"a urzadzenie przesz}o 100 kon--
cert6w agitacyjnych? Czy odpo--
wiedniem jest skazyc sic publicz-
nie IA skromne stosunkowo wyna
grodzenie sekretarza, kt6ry gorli
vie i sumiennie spe1nia swe obo--
wiazki. Czy nalezy wytykac wyda
tex $500 ia miesiac ola reprezen-
tanta naszego we Francyi, kt6ry
tam ma w4asne koszta i
ami centa dotad od Wydz. Mar.
ME otrzymaf? Czy zas1uzy} sobie
ma to cz4owiek tax uczciwy i no.
norowy jak DR.. Fronczak?.
Poza "Nowinami Milwauckimi',,
inne pisma wo1aja: ."zaufania
chfopkowi, kt6ry ma akcye naro--
dowa dale pieniadze!" S1usznie
MONA to odpowiedziec, re ME
ch1opek, ale. poczucie polskie i O.
byWatelskie kazdego z mas przy-
czynia sic do poparcia sprawy na
rodowej, ale re to poparcie must
bye z pe1nem zaufaniem ola. tych,
stoja ma czele akcyi naro-
dowej.
Sekretaryat, za1atwiajacy Set
XII list6w i spraw najdonioslej-
trzeba oplacic, to kazdy TO-
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-21

polskich nalezy zwolac copredzej
nadzwyczajne posiedzenie celem
naradzenia sic mad programem
Dnia Lojalnosci. Ma posiedzenie
take zaprosie nalez yprzedstaWi-
|cieli parafii z Ksiezmi ma czele re.
prezentant6w wszystkich, organi--
zacyi i T~oWarzystw ora wybit--
|niejsze o%sobistosci, wybrac specy-
alny Zarzad lub Komitet Dnia
LojalnoSciowego oraz polecic mu
porozumienie sic jak najszybsze z
reprezentantami innych narodo--
wosci odnosnie do pochodu i pa
rady.
Wiece lojalnosciowe powinniPo
lacy urzadzic we wlasnych halach
- ale jeden olbrzymi, manifesto
cyjny }acznymi si1ami, albo ma
wet kilka i ma tych wiecach
przyjac stosowne rezolucye, kt6--
rych wz6r W swoim czasie. poda--
ny bedzie W polskiej prasie.
Dotychczas ME wiadomo dok}a
dnie, ilu polskich mlodzienc6w
|sluzy W -Armii Wuja Sauna. Jedni
powiadaja, re ich liczba siega
cwierc miliona, inni sto tysiecy i
jeszcze inni inaczej.
Dzien Lojalnosci wykaze dok}a
dnie te liczbe - a nawet MONA
bedzie zebrac nazwiska.
Mech tylko wszystkie, proszone
O to sfery, spe}nia sw6j obowia--
EEK, a zdumi sic Ameryka gdy sic
dowie, jak olbrzymi procent Pola-
k6w valley w Armii Amerykans-
kiej. Polska statystyka, to najlep-
sly argument. r
u "
Dc wszystkich Ksiezy Probosz-
cz6w polskich parafii w Stanach
|Zjednoczonych 'wys1ano W. tych
dniach z Blur Wydzia}u Narodo--
wego komunikaty proszac ich ser
decznie o zajecie sic dniem Lojal-
nosciowym.
Znajac energie i ruchliwosc ma
szego Duchowienstwa Polskiego,
jest nadzieja, a nawet pewnosc,
re sprawy dopilnuja, w pracach
czynny vienna udziaf, a swa cen
ma rada i inicyatywa doprowadza
do tego, re Q lie to dotyczy P!ola-
k6w Dzien Lojalnosci w kazdej
kolonii i osadzie polskiej bedzie
sukcesem ola Sprawy olbrzymim.
PQlacy sigma z tego, re odnosnie
Go urzadzania manifestacyi i vie
cow oraz pochod6w i parad okaza
}ych So mistrzami.
Dzien Lojalnosciowy nadaje sic
XII temu wspaniale, a vice do
dzie}a.
Kt6ra polska osada spisze sic
najlepiej?
Spodziewac sic nalezy, re Zarza
dy Gl6wne naszych wszystkich or
%ganizacyi, ME tylko same wyka-
ia, re i'm zalezy ma udaniu sic
dnia Lojalnosciowego, lecz takze
przez wydanie specyalnych odezw:
zacheca swe Towarzystwa Czy
Grupy, by one W uroczystosciach
dnia tego gremialny wzie}y udzial
Zorganizowani powinni utrzy-
mac pierwszenstwo. .
\ X.
Prasa polska bardzo serdecznie
popiera Dzien Lojalnosciowy i ME
tylko pomieszcza wszelkie komuni
katy, jake z Biura Wydzia1u O.
lecz takze w artyku1ach
redakcyjnych poczyna tie sprawy
omawiac i o Dniu tym coraz SEE
rzej sic rozpisywac.
Ia nalezycie pojete ubowiazki
nalezy sic jej "a to uznanie.
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Okazujac lojalnosc Stanom Zje
dnoczonym - co jest naszym
|swietym obowiazkiem - ME po-
winnismy zapominac o populary
zowaniu idei naszej Wolnej Pol
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-06-21

Dziewica piekna z zfotemi w1o-
sami sta}a pod starem debowem
drzewem, czysty pow6d ola cze--
60 by1a tax "droga'' ona uzy-
wa1a Rocky Mountain herbaty. w
apiece Brown'a. Og1.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
DON'T GRUM MBLE.

Columbia. - "Some dissatisfaction
has been caused by the late orders
concerning the consumption of sugar"
say western paper in a timely edi-
torial, "but the discontented must re-.
member that the Food Administration
is not to blame. They should direct
their criticism at the German 1unkera
und not at the administration. The
shortage Of sugar has been caused
largely by U-boats. There is plenty Of
sugar in the world, but the lack Of
shipping and the sinking Of sugar car.
goes have caused all the trouble.
The sacrifice the people are called
upon to make is comparatively small.
In few months the likelihood is that
the need of it will pass.
Meanwhile" the writer continues,
"let the grumblers think of the boys
who are giving all for their country,
who are enduring cheerfully the sum
Of all hardships and danger, and then
look at himself in the mirror when he
complains Of being deprived of the
second spoonful Of sugar for his cot.
fee. One look should be enough"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
SERVICE THAT wins
THE SOLDIER HEART
Fred LockIey, Y. N. c. A., Tells of
the Gratitude of the Boys
t., at the Front.

~One Of the discoveries men are
making over here" Fred Lockley, OF
the Y. M. G. A. and of Portland, Ore
gon, writes from London, "is that
more pleasure can be had out Of CIV
ing than getting. Many q man who
has spent money freely in the old days
to buy pleasure is finding that he gets
more pleasure over here by the spend
ing Of ones self In the service Of others.
"a few months ago went out with
q fellow Y. NJ. G. A. secretary to hunt
up out-of-the-way detachments OF
troops. A stable guard here, a ma
chine gun company there, platoon
somewhere else. We carried our
goods in an automobile. We had
plenty Of writing paper and envelopes
for free distribution, and chocolate,
cookies, chewing tobacco and smoking
tobacco, cigarettes, razor blades,
tooth paste and things Of that kind for
sale. American war service workers
were busy everywhere. We found Sal
walton Army lassies making doughnuts
for the boys and K. Of O. secretaries
giving help. Books furnished by the
American Library Association were to
be seen on all sides.
Clearing firing at distance, We
drove down the road and found
score or so of men at machine gun
practice. The officer gave the men
half an hour recess to buy goods.
AT another place we came In sight
Of lieutenant drilling platoon. I
said to the lieutenant: How soon be-
fore you dismiss the company We
have Y. M. G. A. goods for SALE
"He said: Right now. Sergeant,
dismiss the companyP
"And ten seconds later the company
was in line waiting to buy goods from
our travelling ~ Grateful is no name
for it. The men can't do enough to
their gratitude"