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Long Branch Women Active

LONG BRANCH. ~ J" JHly l5--N'tn
a large assortment % war activities TO
choose from there IS Exile excuse Tor any
summer VISITOR VINO Is not occupied part
OF the lIWe IN ms or her c"untrNs SER
wee. New foTk girls VINO have taste
Tor Inc unusual can JON me company or
lai h'ret'es war Is AIDING IN harvesting
IN" crops "i Monmouth countNS aSrrul-
tur"I reputation.
hach morning twenty-five N"n'E
women CIdrhptr apnAfd motor trucNS
ana are dtlNen L" tne helds. The APP
pearahce or me Eirls mas several tines
pro'oNed strike threats from IlSGiuntled
laborers but as they have shown marked
aoility IN the'r work they are in nigh
laNor win their empowers Inc lender
Oh TINS group !" MISS feotcca y. hoU-
man OF brooklyn "hi'e MISS Ruth WIZ
~ ner aSS's'ah''
women are also Iehd'hs hahd AZ
amp van where a hostess house VIII
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song very nearly as clever as the one
above.)
They're folded away In a cedar box.
They're faded and worn and blue.
Do you know what they are? The first
wee socks
I knitted, dear lad. for you.
And now I am fashioning socks again,
Eraver and drawer hue:
But these must be worn by q man Of
men,
And that, son O. mine. Is you.
RUTH MCMILLAN.
1909 Henry Clay avenue. New Orleans.
With fingers skilful and swift. eyes full
OF loves own light,
The women are sitting in every town
knitting far into the night.
Knitting socks for her sailor boy, the
mother sits calm and still -.
By the firelight. bright. but she sees not
the liEht--she only thinks Of her
or moments she wastes not one. 6ut
knits,S and cares not to sleep
While his comrades andah on the storm
swept sea our shores in safety
keep. t. -
And perhaps when the victory's won
twill be said on that great. glad
day
Twas the women who won the f'sht for
us. for while they knit they pray.
JESSIE MARY Balm.
Toronto, Canada.
Still knit on. though the impatient night
Shuts down the day and white lamps
are lit. ,
And You that work for brave men who
Keep faith with them in those things
you knit.
JANE ALDEN.
Bennington, VT
Go way. Ned. don't bother me,
I'm knitting socks for Sam
He needs them in the trenches.
A busy girl I am.
have no time to listen,
Tn narrowing the toe.
And you your time are wasting.
Because love him so.
Chorus:
I'm knitting for the lad / love, who
Nights for me to-day,
The truest. bravest soldier lad in all the
L. S. A.
A. l.. PLIrER.
1888 Sixth street, Santa Monica, Cal.
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rish's villa on the dunes; Mrs. ]. X.
Mitchell OF Villanova, Pa. who has sub
let Mrs. ]. Searle Barclays cottage at
Old Town Mime. ]. F. Bloch. at Mrs.
Nelson's Wild Rose cottage. and Mrs.
Lucius Wilmerding at the Blackburn
cottage on Hill street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Burial Hoffman
have returned to Southampton after At
tending the wedding OF their son. Lieut.
Albert L. Hoffman, to Miss Leta Sulli-
van. at Radnor. Pa.
Mrs. William Lowe Rice and her
daughter. Miss Virginia Rice, are
spending the week end at Cleveland as
the guests OF Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss
Mrs p. A. Valentine and her daughter
in-law. Mrs. Philip d. Armour. arrived
this week after brief visit with Lieut.
Philip D. Armour, who is stationed II,
Dallas Tex.
Mrs. Charles Sheldon Is spending a
few weeks with her mother. Mrs. viii.
lam c. CULVER. Mrs. Fairfax S. Land
street is entertaining Miss Ada Norf1ee
for the week end. Mrs Harry l. Mich
olas is spending the summer with hel
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know that he didn't write the original
Jingle, although he wrote a humorous
piece about il. II was based on a bona
fide notice In the street cars years
ago. and Edwin Booth was one OF
those who made herhyme of II.
In the name OF Uncle Ware" OF
Virginia Beach. Va. there came in
;velve lines 1.-TWO too many. unfortu-
nately) of Sock Song with darkey dia-
iect. the writer explaining that I'm
cle." aged so. wanted me to rite a
rime' after I read him some OF your
Sock poetry. He carried a hoe in
stead of a gun at the fall of Rich
mond."
From Ravena. y. Y. Rose Smith.
aged IL, sent a Sock Song that would
surely have taken honors II a special
-year-old class had been COM
peting.
Get In on This Knitting Zee.
There's going to be a monster old
fashioned Knitting Bee, a regular knit
ters' tournament, held on the Mall in
Central Park on July 80. 81 and Au-
gust 7. Its object will be support of
the Free Wool fund. and IL will be
conducted by the Comforts Committee
Of the Navy League.
An entrance fee OF so cents will ad-
init you and your knitting all three
days. Contests in knitting will be held
in a number Of classes. The windup
will he a speed contest at 5 p. NJ. Au-
gust l.
This great knitting carnival GER
tainly ought to yield the Sock Songs
contest a whole library OF tiptop COM
positions.
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LAKE PLACID. y. Y, July 13.-The
I--lies are flying ,hereabout, for Placid
has a quota OF 266 pairs of socks, sixty
seven sweaters and eleven helmets to
ne completed for the men with Pershiny
before September /. to say nothing OF
3i6 garments for destitute children in
France and Belgium to be finished by
the same date. Mrs. George A. Stevens,
tire committee chairman, and the ladies
associated with her ia the Red Cross
work believe that the work can be ac-
complished. All possible recruits are
being enlisted. Among them are a num-
Der Of men TO whom knitting looked
easier than poker. They know better
now. but are sticking to the job and
have evolved socks that may prove use
tul in caring for horses famed in the
cavalry service.
Needles are clicking everywhere, in
the highways and in the cottages, in the
post office while the mail is being dis
tr'huted in hotel Hobbies. in hotel din
ing rooms between courses. at social
functions and ordinary porch parties.
Tor the summer colony is determined
that Placid's quota shall be filled.
The camp arrivals of the week include
4 : Chisholm. OF Cleveland. Ohio. who
has leased Calumet Lodge. the beautiful
camp Of the late Major Everett Warren
- Scranton. Pa. Mr.. Chisholm is pres
dent Of the American Steel and Wire
Company.
Hsrap Green Top was opened this
week by DIR. Henry o. Marcy. Jr., OF
RrooE!ine, Mass, who is here with his
family.
Edward Rausch has arrived for the
season at Camp Irondequoit, which he
has leased of w. a. f. Drescher.
Lieut., Richard L. Strong. who has
been the guest of Miss Opal Norton OF
brooklyn at the camp of her parents,
t7e Rev and Mrs. r. +. Norton OF
Brooklyn. has returned to Camp Wads-
worth. Spartanburg. S. c.. where he is
acting Judge advocate.
Miss Chamberlain OF Sprinfield, Mass,
u the guest of Mrs. Lyman, wife OF
Commodore William r. Lyman of the
Lake P,scid Yacht Club, at Camp Red
Wing
Fishing for Lake Placid trout is al
NaNs exciting sport but Edward Feath-
erston. who has been the guest of
George A. Stevens at the Stevens House.
managed to get more out of II than
most people and incidentally 10 furnish
excitement for his friends. He became
lost In the woods on a fishing expedi-
ton and was obliged to remain alone in
me forest over night. In the morning
he found he was near Cranberry Pond
and made his way to Silver Lake. where
he has a camp.
Interest In golf Is now quickening
among the players at the Stevens House.
7, b. Van Alstyn, who Is spending sew
"ral weeks there with Mrs. Van Alstyn
and their daughter. Miss Jan Van AL
s'yn, is one OF the New York players
WI" have been making low scores
Others who are holding their scores
Gown we'll include Ramona Stevens. w
McConvill. J. q. Mcmahon, the Rev
! J, Joyce Moore. Dr. J. c. Fitzsimmons
and Edward Moran.
Among the tourists reaching the Ste
N'ns House by automobile during the
week we're BENJAMIN Thaw and Mr.. and
Mrs A. ID. Thaw OF Pittsburg.
Recent New York arrivals at the Ste
Nshs House include f. Sander. Mr.. and
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MURRAY BAYS SEASON BEGUN.

MURRAY BAY, Canada. July 1.-THE
northern Newport is beginning to take
on festive air Among the weeks arri-
walls at the Manor Richel'eu was Lord
Robert Nevill, aide de camp to the Duke
OF DevOnshire. Governor-General OF
canada Joining Lord Robert next week
are Col Henderson and Lady Violet
Henderson. who expect TO spend the
greater part OF the summer at Murray
Bay
Miss NJ Il Williamson Of New Yors
who Is II member OF the cottage colony
at Chamard's. Murray Bay. gave tho
first large tea OF the season recently.
Mrs. James Bliss Townsend and Mrs
Leslie Warwick pevereux. her daughter,
the Misses Gilbert. Mr.. and Mrs Charles
de Isle. Mr.. and Mrs Alfred w, Martin
OF New York, Mrs. Edwards Ch!lds OF
Hewlet's l.. J. Frank Rogers and tho
Misses Rogers OF Bryn Mawr were
among the guests
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him. however, the judges were espe-
cially glad that his entry had pleased
them best when they were shown the
letter that had come with 1t. He
wrote:
II am an Italian, but now am a
citizen Of this country. 1 am within
the draft age and await with pleasure
my call. 1 am indeed glad to do my
part lighting the Huns
A martial italian poet CT that
stamp, with her" whom he sings to
kni. his prize wool for him and inspire
him when he has Joined the colors. Is
sure to be bad medicine for all Hun
outfits he may tackle.
Miss Margaret Brendlinger Of Hill.
side, Norwalh, Conn, asked, as many
contestants do. that her name be
withheld unless she happened to be a
winner. We are always glad to COM
ply with this modest request. but Miss
Brendlinger does win. second prize,
with a Sock Song uncommonly sing
able.
@. H. G. Petersen Of seS Greene
avenue. Brooklyn, the third prize win
ner, turned out a neat and ingenious
little Jingle, which appears with the
other winning entries elsewhere on
this page. Indeed, IL he Cor is It she p
had been just a little more painstak-
ing and had varied the final rhyme
the entry might have scored higher
than It does.
Small Niceties Decide.
Competition has become 30 keen
that it's sometimes these small nice
ties which determine the Anal deci-
sions.- ..o...-. .-. .
Here's a strong field OF Honorable
Mentions--and we wish We had space
to publish twenty Of them instead Of
ten. for that many more of the entries,
at least, bid for recognition:
Will you take another sweetheart?
Such repinins Is not At
For q maid 80 sweet and lovely.
But she only answered (K) nit."r,.,
There are plenty more to love you.
Strong OF arm and keen OF wit.
With her ewes cast down demurefy
Still she only answers "(K)nit.',
CLARE FIrzHroH RHINEs.
100 Winthrop street, Brooklyn.
tThis contestant entered another
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NARRAGANSETT PIER HAS .
LARGE COTTAGE COLONY.

NARRAGANsErT PIER. r. l.. July 10
Narragansett Pier has the distinction of
having a larger cottage colony than for
at least decade. and while social life is
on "A war time basis. with dancing, dim
ners and bridge at minimum. the
women of Narragansett are practically
relief
Within the past fortnight a 1ourishlng
Soldiers and Sailors Club has been 20
tabished by women Of the villa colony
in the Towers. the picturesque stone
pile which spans Ocean road the free use
Of the building having been given by the
owners, Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Hanan.
Mrs. Isaac II. Robinson of New York is
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Continued From Eighth Page.


). Lord from the managing editorship
and Of George b. Mallon from the
city editorship, and the removal Of the
newspaper from it's old home at Mas
sau and Frankfort streets to the
American Tract Society Building. one
block further south. at Nassau and
Spruce streets.
1t was during Mr.. Recli's control OF
THE SuN that Mr.. Munsey. in the
autumn of 1912, bought the New York
Press. one cent Republican morning
daily holding an Associated Press
service. The Sun had lacked the
Associated Press service since the
fateful night when Mr.. Dana bolted
from that organization and started
the Laffan News Bureau.
The Sun of To-day and Tomorrow
Mr.. Munsey bought THE Sun from
Mr.. Reick on June 80, 1916, and four
days later, on July 3. the Press, with its
Associated Press service, its best
men and some Of its popular features.
was absorbed by THE SUS. AS the
Press had been a penny paper, the
price of THE Sun was reduced to one
cent, after having stood at two cents
since the civil war. 1t remained a
penny paper until January 20. 1918.
when the pressure of production costs
forced the price of all the big New
York dailies to two cents
The amalgamation OF THE SUN and
the Press wrought no change in the
Z 4, 81
MN"helI remaining as its chief. Erwin
War nan, long the editor of the Press,
became the publisher OF THE Sun and
vice president OF the Sun Printing and
Publishing Association. Mr.. Reick re-
manned with the organization in an
advisory capacity. Keats Speed. the
managing editor Of the Press, became
managing editor of THE Sun. Kenneth
Lord remaining as city editor.
THE Sun has had five homes-at 222
William street, where Benjamin II
Day struck off the first tiny number
at 1866 Nassau street, rented by Day in
August, 1885, when the paper began
! TO pay WELL at the southwest corner
Of Nassau and Fulton streets. to which
Moses Y. Beach moved THE SUN in
! 1912; at Nassau and Frankfort streets
the old Tammany Hall. which Dana
and his associates bought; and at l50
Nassau street. whittier THE SUN
| moved in July. 1915. II is expected
that THE Sun Will presently move to
! another and a finer home, for in Sep
TENDER, 1917. Mr.. Munsey bought the
Stewart Building at the northeast cor
! ner OF Broadway and Chambers street
/ just north of City Hall Park. The
! site Is generally admitted to be the
most desirable building site down
| town. so large Is the ground space
so fine is the outlook over the spaci-
Gus park, and so close Is 1t to three
subways. three or four elevated rail-
road lines and the Brooklyn Bridge
Should the criticism be made tina,
! these articles on THE Sun have no,
been all inclusive. let II he remem-
bered that there can be no really com.
! plete history OF THE Sun except Itself
| the tons OF files in which for eighty
| five years Sun men have drawn thei,
pictures OF llfe's procession. In a mar.
ratIve like this only the. outlines OF
! THE suns course margined with in.
cidents OF the men who made II grea,
by making II as human as themselves
| can find room. y,
II Is easy to begin a story OF THr
] Sun. because Ben Day and that uncer.
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why she doesn't is that the compost
ton is twenty -four fines long-nore
than twice the limit. We hope to re-
ceive Others from the same author
equally good but short enough to be
considered.
A WAR TINE IDYLL.
HIS PLANT. -.
Some knitting Is with needles
And some of anxious brows.
And cupid knits two loving hearts
With frantic prayers and vows.
or giving mittens there's no dearth
Where lads and lasses be:
But what are all these knittings worth
II no one knits for me?
HER ANSWER.
Wait till get to the end OF my needle.
Knit three. and purl three. and then
Now I have dropped one. oh. please do
How can l knit well when listning to
you?
I'm sure l set UP the right number OF
stitches,
I've followed directions in doing my
bit.
But alas! and alack. this thing looks
like the witches
Is it helmet, or sweater, or muff1er. or
mitt?
THE REPLY.
It's neither muller for my neck
Nor wristlet for my arm.
But comfort on the briny deck
When sounds grim wars alarm.
ranuy, Gear Iass, your salor iau' u
Rejoicing in the quenchless flame
Enkindled nv thy hose
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir:
The Story OF THE Sun" by Mr..
OBrien. which has now been running
in your Sunday issue for twenty
weeks. has wonderful interest for all
newspaper readers. but it has still
deeper interest for those who can claim
personal friendship with scores of the
brilliant men Of whom Mr.. OBrien
writes so entertainingly.
Among them all there was not one
I hold in higher esteem than John b.
Wood. nor was there one who served
The SuN in his day more zealously or
with better results than he did. may
add that no man ever worked for
THE Sun under a greater handicap
! than he for a number OF years. Mr..
O'Brien has written Of him with warm
appreciation. but If he, Mr.. O'Brien,
had belonged to an earlier genera
ton he would have written more than
he did about the great American
condenser"
AS a cub reporter in 1873 it was
my high privilege 10 be for some
time assigned TO the duty of reading
copy to DOC" Wood 1t was the best
more about the use Of words from
him than / ever learned from any
enc else.
He was at that time almost en-
tlrely blind, consequently unable to
read manuscript. but he was the night
city editor and handled The most OF
the city news that came II. using his
ears for eyes, with the aid OF cub,
! And his marvellous editing was one
OF the main factors in the production
| OF the wonder OF the newspaper world
the four page paper that gave all
! the important news of the day in COM
pact but adequate form. No other
man ever did Just that work so we'll
Gs he did II. 1t was widely different
from Selah NJ. Clarke's later work. yet
it was essentially similar. and he was
Clarke's peer, He needs no higher
praise.
Pacing himself under the care OF
! DR.. Samuel Elliot. an eminent oculist
OF the day, who practised on Staten
Island, If I remember Alright, Doc
Wood took heroic treatment. (How
| he got his title OF doctor / do not
| know, but II was conceded to him
only we always spoke It SHORTY
| Concerning that treatment he wrote
at least two interesting articles which
| appeared in THE SUN. One was
headed Live. High. Said the Doctor
and the other, "a Knife in MY Eye
The reader who will search the files
will see for himself the kind OF Eng
lish the old master OF English used
l sta ha
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HUMAN BONES ARE STRONG.

T TCMAN bones are stronger than
n the strongest oak. A bone a
millimetre in diameter will sus-
tain SO pounds in suspension without
breaking, while a stick of the best
oak of equal diameter will not sustain
more than 90 pounds Accordingly
the bone is stronger than solid oak
by one-haf
Nature has economical weight in
bone building. making bones hollow.
This principle has been followed in
mechanics, engineers employing tubes
Of steel in place of solid cylinders in
certain cases.
Curiously enough, it is found In
some of the prehistoric animals that
the bones are solid, this circumstance
doubtless adding to the unwieldy
character of the frame and suggesting
that nature tried first one way anu
then another before evolving an anil
NAL structure best adapted to survive
and develop.
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rrOokiNn are with Mr. and Mrs George
l.. Gibbs at the Cedar avenue residence.
Arrangements have been completed for
the tweuty-hfth annual exhibition OF the
Monmouth County Horse SHOW AssocR-
ton, which opens for IA three day session
on July -, Officers of the association
are: President. Harry Content Joseph
J. O'Donohue, Nlce-presldent Patrick j
Casey. secretary and treasurer. There
Will hc = .NtN five classes represented and
the judges are Frank Z Clarke ~
Sheepshead Bay. Reginald g Vanderbilt,
Alfred y Maclay. Lewis T. Warins. J
Schuyler Cascy and Henry l.. Herbert
Col. George n. Helms OF Camp Alfred
Vail and Major Hicks 81 Fort Hancoc<
will attend, together with "A large dele
cation Of : gual Corps men from the
nearby camp
Red Cross golf will be popular this
season, Several tournaments have been
held over tn" Norwood course. which
ntttcd Close 10 $4,000 Other special
, matches have been featured at the tIol-
,ywood and West End clubs.
Although tive season Is well under
way the number Of houses leased this
week has been large Mrs James Hcarn
of New York has taken the Thorpe cot
tage for the remainder OF the summer.
T.. j. Amy aud J.. r. Waring OF New
NE!s nave DROUGHT 'NC'F tNN!!Nes 90
j RumsOn, whcr" they have the Tower and
Woerz houses, while another New
Yorker, Mrs William Barbour, Is al
Monmouth Beach
Mr.. and Mrs, Phlip Davis OF Broolr.
Ign have left Cor lIighmount, sullivan
county New York, where they WIN so.
journ through July.
The Takenassee IL entertaining Dewey
Auerbach, NJ. and Nr'. julius Racha-
rach NJ. and Mrs J. :. joseph. Martin
Bees, Henry Bare and Joseph Field OF
New York, ~ the pauuaci are Mr.
and Mrs, Aruo.l Mo'lcuhaucr. Mr. and
Nrs Charles Asa Francs, Miss RENE
Francis Mr.. and Mira, Russell A Reed
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester \ lIards and
James $ Calvert Of New York
For Other Resort News Sec RAGE
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More Than Half Of the Many Contributions Are So Good
That Picking of Winners Is Pulling Task-Man
Lager to Fight Has Best Verse This Week

A S the jury Of award in the Sock
II Song contest hands down the
4 names and entries of this
weeks prize and mention winners the
Jury mops Its collective brow and
heaves a unanimous sigh. Such in
terest has the contest aroused, liter
ally from Maine to California and from
the southern border OF Texas into
Canada, that a great batch Of Sock
Song verse comes weekly in the mails.
At least 80 per cent. is good enough
to need careful consideration for the
awards, and most Of that Ii corking
good, so that picking the winners
Justly is a mighty delicate task. The
average Of merit among the entries
was high at the beginning. 1t is ris-
ing week by week. Hence the mop
ping and the sigh recorded above.
We'd almost rather be judges of a
baby show than try to do all these
clever Sock bards even handed justice.
Must Have the Spirit.
Literary" considerations alone don't
decide things in this contest. You
might be a skilled professional poet,
and submit a morsel of artistry worthy
Of an Austin Dobson, but IL II lacked
the trtfe Sock Song spirit. the genuine
ring Of patriotic inspiration in connec-
ton with the patriotic knitting, you
would lose out to some happily in
spired amateur who perhaps had
never written verse before. In fact.
this very thing has happened more
than once.
So don't refrain from competing
just because your pen Is inexperi-
enced. II you feel a Sock Song stir
ring within you. sing it!-and II your
first doesn't win, try again. The first
prize has been won by that kind of
perseverance, with improvement.
But do, o Sock Singers, cut out the
rules and paste them in your hats or
on your knitting bags. They're sim
pie. Even then people lose sight of
them. Every week otherwise capital
entries are thrown out because the
authors forgot and wrote more than
ten lines-the limit.
OF course Primo Bartolini Of Nash
vile. Tenn, receives this weeks first
prize strictly on the merits of his
song. After making the award to
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q OUTHAMPToN. N. Y. July ia
y For the first time this season the

G oUTHAMPToN. N. Y. July ia
y For the first time this season the
bathing beach ha, this week
come in for its proper share OF atten-
ton from the cottage colony. The surf
has been fine. and those not bathing
have enjoyed tho noon hour by sitting
under big sun umbrellas watching the
bathers and improving their time by
knitting for the Red Cross and the
Navy League, both Of which have
branches here.
Much attention has been given to gar
deiiing and many of the gardens Of cot
ta2ers are being taken care of by farm
erettes under the supervision OF Mrs
w C. CULVER. The canning kitchen
has also been popular and some MORN
ings the kitchen is full OF workers under
the supervision of Miss Eleanor Swayne
The cottages are about all rented. and
there are only a few more families 10
arrive before the season will be at it's
height. Latest arrivals this week are
Mr., and Mrs. ]. F. Byers at ]. c. Par