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Evening journal., 1918-02-14
Spirit of the Delmarvia Press

nlled by capable men and women, IS
causing anxiety among those who are
In touch with the public schools. In
Maryland they are experiencing the
same trouble, and Il is now impossible
to get teachers who are qualified to
teach the public schools One Of the
main reasons for this is, the low rate
Of pay, in comparison with the money
educated folks can got from business
positions. The minimum rate Of s45
per month is no attraction to an edu-
Gated woman or man. even if it were
for the full year. instead Of for seven
months. In commenting upon the
situation in the Maryland schools, the
Laurel Register has this to say. Do
you want your children placed in the
hands Of some inexperienced and inefil-
Client teacher, or 10 have your school
closed for lack Of a teacher? Then get
together for better pay for those who
are now teaching and don't let the
matter OF a few paltry dollars stand
between you and the education Of your
children. You owe It TO your boy or
girl and the best is none too good
school teachers are the lowest salarled
of on professions. and yet there Is more
expected Of them. They are servants Of
you and yours, working at all times
FOR the welfare Of the youngsters that
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CRAB THOSE BONDs

THE OF opinions Of economists and imam
ciers 10 be that is poor time to engage in
enterprises but that the fellow who saves will
have unprecedented opportunity 10 make big money
during the FIRST year two Of peace; and pause 10
add that the best sort Of saving subscription to Liberty
Bonds.
War prosperity is ephemeral and there is question
but that very high percentage OF whatever OF prosperity
we now enjoy is due to our foreign trade The year 1913
showed So 1881 i76 exports and 81 92 1865 imports
balance in foreign trade Of 1892 1851 For the first
year Of the the figures s2ii362i050 exports,
si7s7276OOO imports, balance OF s32@3sOi9 Our i'm
ports thus about the same but exports drop
ped back to about the figures Of 1911.
But got busy We changed factories and methods,
70 meet foreign demands as never before indus
trial history the following the figures for the
year ending December 81. 1911
Exports s6226OOOOOO imports s2952OOOOOO; OF
EXPORTS s3274.ooOOOO.
These enormous sums represent In very large degree,
producs-bulets. bread and such. But thing IS
certain and that that when peace comes Europe must
rebuild herself cities villages all and this
connection, It be remembered that during 1917 we
had no business whatever with Germany Austria Tur-
key and Bulgaria, countries against which, ordinary
times we held trade balance Of approxma ely half
billion dollars II peace times such the year 1918
have trade balance OF s6920OOOO against the
egn world how can that worlds necessity to rebuild
Itself anything opportunity to the American
who has saved?
Buy Liberty Bonds slt on Them and keep your eyes
open
And don't let any vendor OF wildcat oell and mining
promotion schemes get them away from you in exchange
for worthless securities
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IA, 1918.
thinning rRIT 10 FoRM.

THAT high order Of patriotism which has been such
conspicuous Characteristic Of the dupont Company
oss been reelected, time and again. by its employees
No who has watched their course in dealing with
questions and situations which have called for displays
Of patriotism matter whether the patriotism demand
ed OF sentimental practical nature fail TO
have noticed the breadth of view and the warmth Of heart
which featured their conduct
The most recent display OF that sort is found In the
support which those employees have giyen and will
tnue TO give TO the our Boys in France Tobacco Fund
Elsewhere in paper today print fac smile Of
check for 500 which will buy 400 cartons Of tobacco
for fighters who overseas and with that check
Letter in which the employees pledge themselves to
contribute regularly $50 month to the tobacco fund
II constitutes splendid donation and which will
bring much pleasure and comfort to thousands Of our
men who in France and Flanders lighting the bat
les Of world democracy.
We feicate the dupont employees upon their action and
rust sincerely that It will acuate the employees OF many
other corporations to follow their praiseworthy
ample
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4THE FLAG WITH THE SINGLE STAR"


XXTlLLIAM ELLIS is editor OF The Searchght, nation
al periodical the slogan OF which is that IL is "a jour
nal Of Amercanism for American Democracy" For sew
eral days he has been in city. An evening or two
in his apartment in the Hotel dupont, Mr.. Ellis
marked that he would like TO read to for purpose OF
criticism short poem that had been written by his son.
Kenneth NJ Ellis who is associated prominently with
him on The Searchlight stan.
But before reading it," Mr. Ellis said Il should like
you to know the circumstances under which 10 writ
ten.
In one Of Chcagos busiest Industrial centres
displayed In front Cf a large establishment
Nag That establishment had contributed many
the army and the navy that the flag. large
it was would not hold the stars large numerals
used instead The thing impressed being highly
symbolic Of the sacrifice that abroad in the land few
hours later found myself Of the most squald
tlons of Chicago. In The window Of povertystalked
home behed a cheap little service flag which contained
but star. The contrast between the two flags had
struck and moved me profoundly felt that the
little nag with the single star represented great
greater sacrifice than did the big nag with the stag
gering numerals And said to myself The songs Of the
other flags have been but far as know, no one
has deemed it worth while to sing the song Of the nag
with the srLle star When went home mentioned the
matter my telling him proposed to write poem
bearng upon IT, Before could do so, was called away
once before. When ! returned my son said:
Wen, Dad, I've done IT,
Done what?" ] inquired
Written the song The Flag with the Single Star
II is in The Searchlisht Here II isr And he had
and proud OF him because he had done IT,
Mr. Ellis then read the verses wtich follows
Is there hearts blood back Of the bank Of red
That borders neld OF snow
Inset with a hundred service stars
Sewn showily on row?
Are there humble hopes in its factoried seams2
Is its warp and woof prayerG
Is II flung from stan OF sacrifice
For the boys who over There7"
Is II warm with the warmth Of a mothers lover
Is II wet with a wife's hot tears2
DO its folds hold the sum of a sweethearts dreams
While It flies through the days-and years?
Does 10 sing to the soul with the note sincere
or the heartaches and griefs there are
In the home hung symbol Of someone's all
The nag with the single star?
After the reading had ended we experienced the
profound conviction that in young Ellis the flag with the
single star had won. indeed a most ardent champion
whose words had haowed It in the American mind
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FAREMELL. HEATLEss MoNpAYs.

n formal notice. issued yesterday, Fuel Administrator
ID Garfield informed the American public that the heat
less ghtess poweress and workess Monday order had
been suspended To improved weather conditions he ar
butes his official action Intlmaton given however, that
the order may be put into effect again another bad spell
Of weather comes between and spring
We believe the Of opinion east Of the Miss
ssippi that the heaess Monday order accomplished
little good the matter OF fuel alton and that Il
did great harm to both capital and labor employed in
commercial and Industrial enterprises.
AS the Federal Fuel Administrator formulated the
scheme and that too absolutely good faith, It is only
natural that he and his subordnates should TO pic
ture It woodworking success Unfortunately for
them hundreds OF thousands Of good and loyal Americans
refuse in that light and hope that further at
tempt will be made TO enforce It.
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1t Takes Steady Nerves

Guarding lines is like guarding heahwe must encourage
he of bodan for bodily endurance efficiency
and full achievement We take advantage of all the known means
health 1t is not much necessity to fight disease
cultivate health for f happiness and conentmen
wish old coming the sudden aacR
Of umbago rheumatism if increase chances for long
e-Dr Pierce Keep the kidneys in good order Try to
through the skin and nnes the that otherwise clog
the kidneys Avoid eating meat much posbe avoid too much
alcohol milk and vegetable diet Drink plenty of water
Anur double strength at druggists and exercise youer
spre-he helps eliminate poisons and uric acid
For those past life for those easily recognized symptoms
Inflammation backache scaldng water if uric acid in the
blood rusty joints Stiffness Anuric at
drug Dr. P Invads Hotel and Surgical
Institute Buffalo n for trial pkg You will find Anuric many
lines eliminates acid hot water
sugar short trial will convince Send sample OF your
ii will be tested free OF charge write tor
free medical advice to the lnvalids' Hotel
Anuric regular life all big
those deposit imesats joints Try it
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lFrom The New York Trlbunel.

The question is: DO the four princi-
Piles OF peace laid down by the Presi-
dent on February 4 modify the four
teen conditions OF peace laid down on
January 8?
1t is understood that the Admlnlsi o.
ton hotly resents the suggestion that
they do. According TO c. w. Gilbert,
The Tribune's Washington correspon-
dent the Official Interpretation Is that
the four principles explain the fourteen
conditions and leave the way open TO
their modification. Nothing has been
yet modified.
Nevertheless. as Mr.. Gilbert admits,
there Is A feeling In some Allied cir
cles that ground has been yielded. In
his own unders tandlng he adds.
"As things now stand, as a result OF
the interchange % views. Germany and
Austria have won what will look to
the peoples Of those two countries like
a substantial concession from the Presi-
dent Instead Of insisting upon the Cen
trail Powers giving up Alsace-Lorraine
and the Trentino, the giving up OF this
territory is explained to be merely an
Illustration OF the kind Of territorial re-
adjustment the President will insist
upon as condition OF peace"
For the extensively paci1st interpre-
talon we turn TO Mr.. Hearst's Amer
lean, which receives the four princi-
pies with fine enthusiasm and dismis-
ses the fourteen conditions in a con-
temptuous manner, thus:
And we are more than glad that the
President has definitely repudated the
Interpretation Of his former speech to
the Congress, In which he made what
mistaken interpreters insisted were IA
vital demands" upon Germany.
Until the President spoke Yesterday,
the almost unanimous misinterpreta-
ton Of his former speech and Of those
parts which were sometimes referred
TO as the fourteen commandments,
greatly troubled us. because we feared
that the popular Interpretation was the
correct Interpretation"
At this point the possibility occurs TO
us that the fourteen conditions were
not rightly interpreted to begin with,
and we turn over a file Of The Tribune
TO see what we did with ii ourselves.
We look first at the presidents
speech, at that part of Il introducing
the fourteen conditions. This is what he
said
"All the peoples OF the world are in
effect partners in this interest. and for
our own part we see very clearly that
unless justice be done to others it will
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not be done to us. The programme OF
the worlds peace. therefore, is our
programme; and that programme, the
only possible programme as we see II.
Is this:
Follow seriatim the fourteen condi-
tions)
We recall the thrill we felt at that
time. The words "only possible pro-
gramme," together with the deflniteness
OF the conditions made us very posi-
tive. Across the whole front page we
wrote In large type:
WILSON PR0CLATMS AMERICAS
PEACE PLAN TO MAKE ALL THE
WORLD SAFE AND FREE FOURTEEN
DEFINITE AIMS LAID DOWN"
And on the editorial page we wrete
TN a very deep sense Mr.. Wilson's
words, constitute a second Emancipa-
tion Proclamation. AS Lincoln freed the
slaves Of the South half a century ago,
Mr. Wilson now pledges his country TO
feht for the liberation Of the Belgian
and the Pole and the Serb and the Ru-
manian. For the long suffering popula-
tions OF Alsace-L Lorraine and the Italian
Irridenta the words Of the President OF
the United States are a promise OF
freedom after a slavery worse a thou
sand times than that OF the Negro"
Il Is now clear where the error be-
gan We were too positive, and too
emotional and read into the speech
meaning we wished It TO have So did
many others
We interpreted the programme OF
fourteen conditions as a pledge"
Mr.. Wil-on himself now lnterprets Il
as q provisional sketch"
Mr.. Hearsts was nearer right than we
were. For three days It was silent on
the January speech, and then ignoring
the fourteen conditions. IL discussed
Mr. Wilson's disagreement with Lloyd
George in respect to Russia, the sieni-
ncance Of his sympathy for the Boil
sheyik and "the abandonment Of en-
phasis upon a change Of German inter-
nal institutions
Obviously. the only person competent
to interpret Mr.. Wilson is Mr.. Wilson
himself At least, The Tribune is
proved incompetent by the last in
stance II would never have thought to
call the programme Of fourteen condi-
tions "a provisional sketch" and would
have expected to be denounced II il
had Therefore, lt will not add 20 the
present confusion by trying to inter.
pret the four principles. Mr.. Wilson
will do that
Evening journal., 1918-02-14
THE SWISS ANn THE HUNs.

~ ERMANY now threatens TO invade Switzerland, and
Ig after forcing It's way through that doughty little
public turn and smash the French right flank.
The Swiss, like the Begians, are pucky liberty-loy-
ing people While their army and lighting equipment are
small in comparison with that Of their big and bloodust
Ing neighbor the world IS confident that If Switzerland
invaded the SWISS because Of favorable Typographical
conditions will hold the Huns better than they were
held by the Begians and that the Allies will have ample
time In which extend their lines and cover the menace
on the south.
Switzerland has done everything In its power to main
tain strict neutrality II the Germans force It into the
light VIII array itself the side OF the Allies and play
Its full and manly part In the operations on the western
front.
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TIE DIFFERENCE.

From the. Snow Hill People.
Notwithstanding the effort at uni
formity on the part Of our Federal
Government in enforcing its various
DEGREES regarding the conservation Of
foodstuffs and fuel there often appears
a wide disparity in Interpretation and
enforcement in sister States For in
stance, Delaware closed her theatres
and saloons on heatless Mondays.
while Maryland closed the schools and
let the theatres and saloons keep open
house In Philadelphia, which is in
another sister State, one saloon keeper
is to be prosecuted because he kept
his saloon open on Monday, while in
Baltimore the saloons are all wide
open. It would look as tho Baltimor-
cans are far less purtanica than their
corrupt and contented' brethren Of
the "City of Brotherly Love-
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With The Pafagraphers

The impression grows that when Germany gets ready to
withdraw from Begium she VIII try 70 take most OF Bel
gium with her.-lndanapolis News.
The future Of France said 10 be its birth rate The
with all other countries, Of course only just now IL
seems to be In the death rate-Milwaukee News.
Germany Will be surprised TO read news OF the activities
OF the British dreadnought Warpre Because hats one
OF the ships the Germans they sank the battle
OF Jutland.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
All those folks who so anxious about what they
considered General Woods relegaon 70 oblivion"
been very quiet since they learned that he the FIRST
American General wounded In the war-Sayannah News
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NEEDED-A SMALL SAFE.

THE Young woman's Christian Association, which is
doing large amount OF work, is in need Of
small safe
We take pleasure in calling attention to the fact
in the hope that whose business has outgrown
the safe he has and who appreciates the good work
the association has DONE doing and will continue TO do
will make donation of the safe, II not will sell it at
nominal price.
The good-hearted person who is disposed to act upon
this suggestion viii find hearty greeting awaiting him
at the associations headquarters, No. 1901 Market street
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HE'S A BAD RISK.

HE'S A BAD RISK.
,From the ARKANSAS Gazettej.
A person
Who ventures forth
In these paflOus times
Without ms skldcnalns
And his bumpers
is about as sale
As a cathedral
In Belgium.
Excellent boarding places win b.
und IN the want ads for the copni
eek Agents, canyassrrs and 81 les
opie will do well to keep In dahl
ueh with the want ads.
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are entrusted in their care They plan
the future Of your child and assist
in making possible what they have
planned. Why should they be under
paid? Think it over" Sixty dollars
per month is small enough for a good
and capable teacher
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0uR sCnoOLs AID TEACHERs.

From the Milford Chronicle.
That the question of securing teach
ers for the public schools has become
a serious matter there has been no dis
pute, and the increasing number Of
designations from the positions nov
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IT, during their enforced say in Russia, those German
prisoners who to be liberated have imbibed the
spirit OF democracy they may be- for the German
auiocrscy exceedingly dangerous element to reinect
Into German military and civil life would be the irony
Of fate those men-vhom the Holenzollerns dis
patched against the Russians and who have fraternized
with hem-to become nrebrands Of to set the
German populace anre.
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Richard Mansfield has Joined the aviation corps. II he
inherited his fathers talent he should be wonder We
know Of nobody who went up in the air the way his
father did.
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WHO WANTS THIs jon?

Notices have been issued calling at
tention to a civil service examinatio'
10 be held on March Q for the positlo
Of department clerk in the governme
service It is thought that a numb
Of applicants will take the exams.
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We read that the hotels not disturbed by the orders
10 reduce the size Of portions We feared they
going 10 be angered
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Russia has the weak sister Of the Allies and she
grows weaker every day under the nursing OF Lenne and
Trotzky
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Sir Frederick Smith, Englsnd's attorney-genera, has
been ordered to return home from the United States be-
cause he talked too much We only conclude that Sir
Frederick was one Of the we'll known Jaw-Smiths.
Evening journal., 1918-02-14

National Automobile Chamber Of Commerce has asked
all the newspapers OF the country not to use the phrase
pleasure car" but to passenger car It should be
easy not to say pleasure car" So many are not.
Evening journal., 1918-02-14

The Kaiser condoes German who has lost his NTH
son In the war Bet that Germans thought turned to
the Kaiser's sons who haven't been lost in the night
Evening journal., 1918-02-14

Professor Z. A. Ross Of the University OF Wisconsin
Just back from Russia says the Bolshevk know where
they are going Wen bite, professor Where?
Evening journal., 1918-02-14

All Cincinnati ball teams players TO be vaccin
ated We regret greatly. because wen receive not less
than dozen postal cards saying mot necessary. They
couldn't catch anything"
Evening journal., 1918-02-14

II people could only eat the numerous and voluminous
bulletins issued by the Food Administration aud burn the
bulletins issued by the Fuel Administration the scarcity
OF food and fuel would soon trouble us no more.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
PRAISE THAT COUNTS.
From Walter M. EbcI.

The following letter was from Walter NJ. Ebel, publicity director of the Arkansas division of the United States Food Administration, Little Rock:
 Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 2l, 1918. Mir. V. W. St. John, The Star Pulp
 fishing Co, Mena, Arkansas.
 Dear Sir:-Among the many who appreciate special efforts in jour nalism who will no doubt write you, will you permit me to add a few words of congratulation on the excellent and comprehensive issue of The Mena Weekly Star of Thursday. January 1T.
 Your school section was ideal, and I think your county superin- tendent ought to procure a suffi- cient number of copies of that sec tion to place one or more in every school in Polk county
 T want to congratulate you also on the excellent press work There wasn't a cut in that issue but was produced with excellent results. In fact, l consider it of exceptional value, and you ought to call it to the special attention of State Su- perintendent J. L. Bond. l shall certainly take pleasure in mention ing 1t to him.
 T notice you did not omit ref erence to the work of the Boys and Girls clubs. And in behalf of the Food Administration l want to thank you, not only for this feature, but for your valuable cooperation in assisting in the publication of this department.
 Trusting that the new year will bring to you a world of new sub- scribers. and sincere friends, and that prosperity may smile upon you, l am with sincere apprecia- tion, Yours very truly.
 Walter NJ. Ebel,
 Publicity Director.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
HONOR OUR SOLDIER SOY.

Mena has met it's first direct loss of life among it's offering of young men for war service in the death of young Frank Fried.
 This young man, while not giving his life in the trenches, or falling victim to the enemy's bullets. shells or poison gas, is no less a hero. He placed his strength, energy and life on his country's altar, and while doing his utmost, succumbed to the fate that was his.
 Plans are afoot. and most prop erIy, to honor this young mans memory by civic demonstration If these are carried out his remains will be tenderly borne to their last resting place by ourcity and county officials. and it is not unlikely that during the hour of the services the business institutions of the city will close their doors.