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The Fighting Irish
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Where are the fighting Irish? Ttis
question has often been asked In the
past few months by those who have
continually wondered that Irishmen
could traffic with Germans and, under
the name Of Sim Fein, endanger civi-
lization. Those who complain thus
have forgotten that noble band Of
lrishmen and Irishwomen which has
been supporting the war since August,
1914. officers and men Of the Irish
Guards, The Connaught Rangers. the
Munster and Dublin Fusiliers, and Of
other Irish regiments, have contrib
uted some Of the most distinguished
pages of the history Of the war by
their deeds Of valor, not to speak Of
the achievements of men Of Irish
birth and traditions In other regiments
from Great Britain and from overseas.
The name of the Irish Guards will
ever be associated with the retreat
from Mons. as the names Of the Mum
ster and Dublin Fusiliers will be asso-
ciated with GallIpoll.
1t Is not too much to say that the
most noted Irlshmen In every walk Of
LIE have been supporting the war and
have not been connected with the
plans and purposes of the Sim Fein
group. Lord Ardee, heir Of the Earl
Of Meath, the famous commander Of
the Irish Guards, and the Earl Of
Kingston, who, though seriously
wounded, returned to the trenches, are
typical of the long list of gentlemen
well-known In Irish society who In
four years Of war have found the from
tiers Of Ireland facing the German In
vader. Lord Dunsany, the post-talk-
ed-of Irish writer today, has been with
the Inniskilling Fusiliers since the out
break Of hostilitles; his protege, Fran
els Ledwldge. the Meath peasant poet,
who has won permanent place In
Irish letters, was lance corporal in
Lord Dunsany's regiment and fell in
action a year ago. Major William
Redmond, member Of parliament, and
the witty Tom Kettle, professor Of
economics In the National university
In Dublin, both gave their lives for
the allied cause. Lieutenant Kettle
In his posthumous volume, ways Of
Var" has given the Irish opinion Of
the burners Of Louvain; and yet there
are some people who assert that II
Kettle were now alive he would side
with the Sim Fein party. The an
swer Is In Kettles volume.
Among the women. the Countess Of
Kingston has given time and energy
to the Shamrock Funde for the assist
ance Of Irish soldiers disabled at the
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sides investing four million in Thrift
stamps This fine record cannot be
told In terms Of money alone. for 1t n
the spirit that counts, and the spirit
Of the colored Americans Is passion
ately loyal.
Now, when new loan Is to be
launched the negroes will be found
well prepared to meet 1t. They have
learned more about their government
In the Rst year than they ever knew
In their lives before. The growing
sympathy and appreciation of their pa
triotlc efforts by the white people have
given them confidence. The success
Of the colored troops abroad have
thrilled them with a pride that will
express itself In renewed efforts.
During the last year many new So
cleties have been formed among the
colored people and these. with the
old established ones, have been ac-
lively and intelligently engaged in
war work.
Doing Great Service.
They have formed committees to sell
Liberty bonds and Thrift stamps; !;
they have helped the two Red Cross
drives; they care for the dependents
Of negro soldiers; they send comforts
to their troops abroad; they have
opened their canteeRs In several large
cities for the benefit Of negro soldiers
on leave, and they meet to knit. sew
and roll bandages. All this work has
been SO well organized that the vari-
rious societies, are now civic centers
well prepared to launch any patriotic
service with every appearance Of sue
cess.
In the magazines and many news
papers published by the negroes every.
effort Is being made to encourage their
readers to the utmost. Race troubles; !;
the iTominy Of "Jlm Crow" cars In
the South; the delay Of the Red Cross
In sending trained colored nurses
abroad; the antlnegro riots In Phila-
dolphin. have all been passed over with
the urgent plea that personal griev.
ances be forgotten In the one great
unanimous alm--to win the war.
With such a spirit animatlng our
colored Americans the government
may rest assured that Liberty loans.
like the black troops at the front, will
90 "over the top" with enthusiasm.
Well may Germany wish to draw the
color line!
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front. Miss W. NJ. Let's has been
working In a hospital ever since the
war began, but has not been too busy
to write in "The Spires Of Oxford"
some Of the most beautiful poems Of
the war; while Katharine lyman has
published three books Of war poetry.
These are only a few representative
names taken from a large number.
To this number belongs the future OF
Ireland; their voices will speak with
authority at the peace conference,
and with them will rest the successful
settlement Of the Irish question. The
lighting Irish are In this war where
they have been In every war, battling
for liberty and supporting the cause
of civilization.
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THE APPEAL TO FEAR
BY RAYMOND 8. SPEARS
Of the VIullantea

Nothing Is, more astonishing than the
Prusslan belief In the efficacy of fear,
OF the value of frightening the Eng.
lish, the French. the Americans and the
other races with horrors twice con.
founded To find Its analogy II is
necessary TO turn to the savage races
Of men, to Indians with their horrid
medicine men masks, to the dancing
and bowling idol votaries of the Afri.
can tribes. and to the grotesque images
Of the island peoples of the Pacific
ocean.
It Is most extraordinary that the
Prussians should try with science and
mechanical ingenuities and spirit-con.
jurings to do by complications what
the simplicity Of the savage tribes tried
to do by red and blue paint, the carved
heads Of dream-land brutes and waving
snakes around their heads.
We see the wireless. used to spread
rum0rs of disasters that never han.
pened, just as the wild men used to
shrek Of death or torture. The Prus.
SLAMS report horrific engines Of death,
which are but the same as the ancient
poisoned arrows and medicines to
make men under test sick and pale.
What Is the meaning Of the belief
that frightening people can serve
against the allies? A German profes-
sor. with his myopic spectacles and
long discourses on psychology, does de-
clare that when men are afraid they
are easily whipped in a fight. The
Teutons believe the professor, who has
advanced no further than the medl-
cine man of old who faced strangers
with painted masks and incoherent
shrlekings.
The fact seems to be that AWAY down
In the Prussian heart there is a Ger.
tainty that fear Is efficient; knowing
what gripping, cold-sweating thing
terror is, he believes the other fellow
must be afraid, too. and the great prob.
lem Of life is to scare the other felIov
more than oneself.
A bully. believing himself invincible
does often present a Strong front. but
his appeal Ia to fear, since he does MOI
himself know real courage.
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This Year the Spirit Of Thanks.
giving Should Properly Be
Filled With Praise.

~ lfIO that views the universe
kh3V In Its orderly movements
1 and sees the mind Of the Al
mighty In the fixed blessings
| Of existence can doubt that
1A out from the cataclysms Of
the world war the choice Of blessing
or cursing will work out In the victory
o, the good2 The old CRY, Hath God
forgotten to be gracions?' needs no
longer be voiced. God has not forgot
ten to be gracious. So that, as the
Americans assemble in their churches
on the day set apart for expressing ma
fional gratitude, they will rejoice
above all else that the nation Of free
men has adopted as Its motto: "Whom
the Lord makes free is free indeed"
Let them rejoice that America Is bent
upon proclaiming liberty to the entire
hounds Of the earth. The curse Of au-
tocracy, the curse Of blasphemous
assumption that God is on the side Of
the strongest battallons, the cnrse Of
debauchery Of human ideals and hu-
man aspirations, the curse Of the es-
tablishment Of force In the place Of
purity; Of power In the place Of peace
this is the cursing that is being
wiped out In blood. The blessing Of
world peace and the prevalence Of the
spirit Of brotherhood and Of mutual
advancement for the peoples-such Is
the peace that Is being wrought out
The United States has placed Its all
on the altar, realizing that sacrifice
is the noblest virtue Of nation.
Hence, while exuberance may not
abound, the spirit Of thanksgiving is
filed with praise over the mighty
manner In which the mind Of the AL,
mighty is being made clear In the
movements Of the times; with the
United States playing a leading part
in Its impressive unfolding.
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~ wv there has been correspond
ing growth In responsibility.
The raw experiment Of a
| u patton framed from the skel-
00 et0n colonies Of the eastern
seeboard has proved the greatest sue
cess In government the world has ever
known. Democracy sits at the tables
Of the land today. Brotherhood asks
its helping from the amply filled
boards Of the American home. These
two attributes Of the American people
fully express the secret of Americas
success as a nation. The growth of
the nation has been in accord with the
extension Of these ideas. They are
both home ideas, apd therefore they
are both Ideas that express the inner
spirit Of the day of thanksgiving.
The fatherhood Of God and the
brotherhood Of man-these were the
leading conceptions Of the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs. They are the leading concep-
tions Of the sons Of those fathers to-
day. They are the conceptions that
can never be made hackneyed by hypo-
critical use or by designing abuse.
They will stand forth in the genius
and action Of the American people un.
til each year shall add praise to praise
in the measure Of the fullness Of rea-
sons for the giving Of thanks.
Peace, provision, protection-these
are the priced possessions Of ma
tion whose one aim Is to exalt the
ends of human liberty, to extend hui
man democracy and to exalt the ideals
Of human equality. As this nation
touches the world at large It does so
through its leading national concep-
tons, and only when these are vitality
assailed can it-take up arms for its
own defense. It has the obligation
resting upon 1t to conserve the true
needs Of liberty, and this can be done
only by insisting upon the sacredness
OF human rights and human opportu-
mites. Hence the day set aside for
thanks Is a day Of pure and unadul-
terated Americanism, into which no
alien sentiment can possibly enter.
Hence 1t is that every head Of the
family in acting In his capacity at
the head Of the family board becomes
the priest Of the things made precious
In the life Of the country and Of which
mention is made as Thanksgiving
themes Of the day. No more can the
nation depart from its lofty mission
and progressive ideals than can the
earth swing away from the solar at
traction. The day Of home happiness,
the day Of praise, the day Of felicity
IL a sacred and singular day in the
annals Of American progress and Amer
lean world influence.
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surely proved to be. l feel better and
stronger In every way since taking it,
and the annoying symptoms have di.ap-
peared. - Mrs. NJ. Golden, 926 Ma
poleon St., Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptoms q heat
flashes, nervousness, backache, head
ache, irritability and "the blues, may
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restored to normal conditions BY this
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
II any complications present them
selves write the PinkhEn Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass, for suggestions how to
overcome them. The result Of forty
years experience ID 1t your service and
your letter held in strict confidence.
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KAISER AND HIS FooTsT0oL
BY EDITH M. THOMAS
of the Vlullaptes.

A German woman. arraigned as "ene-
my-alien." Is reported to have said, "I
would kiss the kaiser's feet"
Here's talking footstool-on my word.
l. who thought footstool dumb, have
heard
How one made In Germany" can talk
Better yet. ! hold. to see It walk!
You would kiss the kaiser's feet" you
say,
It were best to let you have your way:
Here you are but out of place-and SO,
Straight to wilhelmstrasse you should
70!
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Cuticura Stops dIQhS|
Itching and &N|
Saves the Hair 4 w
Kaiser's Last Rise.
Sample ssss sss ssss 81 Sss Is'ss3

NdieeTo Idot 0tec.
"The kaiser" said Representative
Bell Of Georgia. "complaius because
the Americans use sh0tguns. Shot
guns have spread Of Is feet
In rdpulsing n charge they are
deadlier than machine guns. So the
kaiser holds that 1t is unchlvalrous to
use them.
"The baby-killing kaiser. the begin
ner Of poison gas war and liquid flame
war. Is Mortified that shotguns should
be used against him.
1.-THE kaiser has sunk so low that
when he dies he'll need a balloon to
get to hell"
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l l ~~-~-~
those who do render thanks
a. will do SO not as a heather
~ philosopher, boasting that he
is not as other men. but in greater hu-
mility because he has perhaps been
more greatly blessed than others.
Outside Of the many material bless
ings that have come to the American
people during the past year. which are
good in so much as they contribute to
wholesome human happiness, there is
reason for the people of this country
upon this Thanksgiving day to be I'M
usually thoughtful concerning their
place In the world, and to remember
how this eminence has been obtained.
Who can look back and not see the
hand Of Providence shaping the des-
tiny Of America? This liberty which
is the marvel and the hope of the
world today was set up on these shores
BY Godfearing men-the pioneers who
inaugurated this very Thanksgiving
holiday. It was for the love Of the
service Of God that liberty was estab-
lished In America, and 1t was this lib
erty that has been the basis Of our ma
tional greatness and which Is to be
the political salvation Of the world.
America cannot look back upon its
history without seeing God. and by
taking thought cannot fail to acknowl-
edge its gratitude for all his benefits.
With that stage Of our development
psssed we are now permitted to enter
upon that new era when America par
ticlpates In abolishing tyranny and in-
Justice, ever hateful to God, and to
cnrry to the oppressed nations Of the
world those principles Of liberty
through which our own chief blessings
have come.
This Is the supreme service that one
nation can render to another-to safe
guard the liberties of Its people. In
this momentous time the burden of our
Thanksgiving this year 1t seems should
be that we are to be chief among the
ministers In working out the Divine
purpose to have all men-Greek and
Barbarian-free.
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KIDNEY TROUBLE OFTEN
CAUSES SERIOUS BACKlCHE

When your back aches, and your blad.
der. and kidneys seem to Be disordered,
90 to your nearest drug store and get q
bottle Of Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root. It
10 . physicians prescription for ailments
Of the kidneys and bladder.
It has stood the test Of years and has
reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands Of cases.
This preparation 30 very effective, has
been placed on sale everywhere. Get .
bottle, medium or large size, at your near
est druggist.
However, If you wish first to test this
preparation send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer
4 Co., Binghamton, N. X, for sample
bottle. When writing be sure and men
ton this paper.-Adv.
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No waiting! Pape's Diapepsin "
put you on your feet. As soon as you
eat one Of these pleasant, harmless
tablets all the indigestion. gases. acid.
ity and stomach distress ends. Your
druggist sells them. Adv.
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Ea sNHT
The Truth Of II.

swell. Nettle, did you know that we
had all come for Thanksgiving?" asked
Uncle John, as he chucked his little
niece under the chin.
II expected you," she said, sweetly.
Mother said that the whole family
was coming. and It was a dreadful
Lore, but that Thanksgiving only
comes once a year."
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. ss VEH
No Time to Abandon Custom.

1T has long been the honored custom
Of our people to turn In the fruitful
autumn Of the year In praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for his
many blessings and mercies to us as
a nation. That custom we can follow
now, even In the midst of the tragedy
of world shaken by war and imrpeas-
urable disaster, In the midst Of sorrow
and great peril.
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Curious Thinu.

Spencer Ludlow, the California pris-
on expert. said at a dinner In Los An
geles:
Il visited large ref0rmatory to-
day. The superintendent pointed out
a certain ward, and he told me that
a very queer thing had happened to
one Of the occupants of that ward
back In 1910. "'What happened to
himT said. anxiously.
"rhe superintendent of the reforma-
tory gave me solemn look.
"'He reformed said he"
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UPSET STOMACH
pAPE,s DlAPEPslN At ONCE ENDS
souRNEss, GAS, AclDlTY,
INDIGESTION.

Don't stay upset! When meals don't
fit and you belch gas, acids and undi-
gested food. When you feel Jumps Of
indigestion pain, flatulence, heartburn
or headache you can get instant relief.
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THAT CHANGE IN
W0MAN'S LIFE.
Ma Golden Tells How Il
May Be Passed in Safety
and Comfort.
Fremont OF was passing through
The critical period Of life, being forty.

IA yc90 Ol uBo 8u0
had Ill the symp-
toms incident that
change-heat fash
-, nervousness, and
was in . general run
down condition, 90
It was hard for mo
to do my work.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com.
pound was recon-
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fpnr1h1aa whjnh -
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Turkey Belongs to America.

The turkey Is an American bird.
I,ucuTlus and the Epicureans did not
know about him. He was found In his
wild state after Columbus first voy-
sge. About hundred years after the
discovery Of America brolled young
turkeys became great delicacies On
the Frenchman's table.
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Of praise that wells up through
tears from The heart that achsa 10
which snsels lean and listen.
For what we have sos out Of
lhis world i b cary 10 Be grateful.
But for what we have been abls
10 give To- 4. ofsooda ofsynpathy.
Of sacrifice. q cheer. of uplift 81
soul -stu9-for this We may give
thanks that win blend. infinitely
eweet into tho eternal music of
the spheres.
So each Of ua - diGessas GENE
have different powers 10 reflect
The hsht-lss - give thanka
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% r. u he material !
-even ineEatss can give
thanks for these. Let ua
at lean this once h the long
year. look dssp into the
heart Of our sorrows, our
failufes. our disappoint.
ments our illnesses. and
- i there does not lie
there. d within the hard,
bitter hull Of The NUT some
good kennel that i sweet
and wholesome and nous.
ishins. And % give .hanksl
The rich. the we'll. The
happy--surely they need
not be taught 70 give
fhsnka1 Ma. e 4 shn s,c;~.
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A mllkman took poison recently and
his doctor evened up IN old score by
pumping him out.
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In Z PIckWlckian Sense.
$50 Banks didn't show up at his
wedding" "No; guess 1t was case
Of heart failure"
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Much More Than Material Are
the Blessings for Which We
Now Give Thanks.

T IS to be hoped that this
Thanksgiving will not be a
pagan holiday. and that
those who do render thanks
will do SO not as a heather
rhlloconhos. hoo ctins. that hn
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.g8[ sCH
Let Us Give Thanks

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Our Nations Greatness Founded
on Fatherhood Of Man and
Brotherhood Of God.

ITH the growth Of the nation
there has been correspond
Ing growth In responsibility.
The raw experiment Of a
nation framed from the skel-
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can world influence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

mass. One of these compositions, the
great sculpture hall at the museum,
detaches itself from the rest as pos
sessing special distinction. It is Nc
Kim, Mead & White at their best, in the
noble vein Of the Pennsylvania Station.
On the other hand, looking at these
buildings as a group, one is impressed
by their pedestrian excellence. They
are not great buildings, but they are
good buildings. One discerns in them
no creative magic, no development of
the ancient classical idiom into beauti-
full forms. But they are sound; they
represent academic art in a wholesome
if not brilliant estate. They provoke
one consoling reflection if no other,
and that is, "How much more edifying
the American public building is to day
than it was twenty-five years ago!"
That, by ITSELF is something
The classical motive cleverly pre-
dominates, but here and there are de-
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Hic'-to be respectful-Hic'-to your
superiors.'
''He did say that" Ward again ad-
mitted land in scandalous manner:
He was most ungentlemanlikc. / tried
again to get away from him and he got
perfectly furious"
"And your ompanion-Collins or
whatever you call him asked the
major, what did he do all this time? ?"
"He did nothing and said nothing
He looked disguised. He certainly
was disguised"
81 see," said the major again.
"Then Wriggles asked US to show
him our furlough papers" Ward CON
tinued. 1--WE showed them, and they
were in perfect order, with the dates.
the seals, the signatures and everything
else. But he said:
"'These are not right. And you must
go with me to the English headquarters
in Paris
perfectly correct, and that if they
weren't they ought to be. But he an
swered: 'You-you arc an ass. A little
imbecile of an ass. THAT fellow
Wriggles is about as choice in his Ian
! guage as a stoker in the merchant ma
| rine.) And if your comrade is not an
ass he will come also-especially be-
cause he is not an ass
eve started toward the door, and
on the way this stranger. whom he had
called my comrade-Collins, if you pre-
fer-whispered in my ear: He is
drunk. Let US get rid Of him.
But l looked at him with astonisli-
ment, because one. ought never to dis
obey the order of superior officer.
even if he is a drunkard. But called
a taxicab-for the honor of the uni
FORM And in that way we got to Eng
lish headquarters"
"And what happened there" the ma
jor asked. curiously.
There the officer in charge declared
that my papers were perfectly regular.
! Then he examined Collins's. The sig
! natures and the seals were all right
But he looked at the paper against the
! light and asked:
"'You are Lieutenant Collins, are
you? Can you explain to me how it
happens that Lieutenant Collins, of the
Sd Lincoln shires, is on leave? He
ought to be at the front at this minute
Can you also explain how the paper on
which your permission is written hap
pened to be manufactured in Germany.
1t is not there that the English army
is in the habit of ordering its supplies
My congratulations, nevertheless. The
signatures and seals are perfectly imi-
tated'
Inc stranger grew deadly pale
They seized him. I suppose that he
has been shot by now. They only said
to me, You can go. This will teach
you to study carefully the people you
meet. You will testify before the
council of war, if there is one.
81 went away with Wriggles. At the
door of the office he tapped me on the
shoulder and cried:
"I drink. By God, don't try to
conceal the fact that I drink ! need
my allowance, you understand al
lowance. But when l have my allow
ance [ am a genius. l read through
pockets Hic. And into souls"
This story modified in a certain de
gree the sentiment of the mess with
regard to Wriggles.
ut is beyond question" the subal-
tern suggested, chat he will never be
a gentleman. But, after all, he is
very funny fellow"