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TEST HAS OLD HOME WEEK FOR REPEATERS

, Oh. say. can you knit? II You can do
your bit
For our country. our flag and the boys
over there
Who are fighting the Hun, and the
cause may be won
With the help OF the sox II we knit them
with care.
II you do not know how. won't you try
to learn, for now
Each pair that you knit will help some
brave soldier boy
Who is risking his life in this terrible
strife
To conquer the foe and their armies
destroy.
Eta Helena Chase Of Rocky Hill.
Conn. a recent prize winner, writes:
II have received my prize. The wool
is fine in quality. Thank you. I hope
to turn the yarn into a sweater for
some soldier At least three Connecti-
cut papers have reprinted my verses
and friends are sending me congratu-
lations."
Sing Sock Songs by stealth and
blush to find 1t fame.
We have received a comment on
last weeks Sock Songs, written upon
picture postcard and signed by
Sour Grapes" whose opinions we are
sorry not to be able to print in full
on account Of the often illegible hand
writing Sour Grapes" acknowledges
| that the craftsmanship and something
about the meter Of the winner were
lovely and that the second was
good" All the others however, were
"bosh," SO far as we can decipher, and
mary one single one in the meter
one knits."
Well, then. why doesn't our corre-
spondent submit a song in the meter
he or she does knit? Well bet that
it is anapest -ilential! Or else iambic-
kering possibly.
| industrious "Mother Goose"
Mary r. Hunkin Of 1915 Keith
avenue, Oakland, Cal. sends whole
bookful of manuscript Of Mother
Goose" Sock Song paraphrases which
| she calls Some Shrieks from Old
Father Eagle" She must have had
fun with them. We pass along two:
Mary knit little SOCK she knitted very
| slow,
| And everywhere that Mary went the
sock was sure to 20.
She took it in knitting bag with a
great big ball Of gray.
She purled and knitted on the car. she
knit and purled at the play.
She knitted at the movies and she
knitted on the streets.
| She knitted at the restaurants while
waiting for her eats.
She knitted at the church one day, while
people looked askance,
But Mary didn't care at all for they
needed socks in France.
And all went well with Mary till she
tried the heel to turn.
She said naughty little word that
didn't rhyme with durn.
Fritzie was German.
| Fritzie was a thief.
Fritze marched into Belgium
| Without anybody's lief
Uncle Sam marched into Fritzie's land
To fight for you and me.
To clean out the race
And make the place
Fit for Democracy.
Youngsters to the Fore.
The younger contestants OF the
week included the following:
Knitting. knitting every day
On the khaki or the gray.
For the men who went away.
Knit knit. knit.
For ting braves across the sea
Fightifg for our liberty
To save the day for you and me.
Knit knit, knit
LOIS KRAEGER, Age. Is.
176 Wildwood street. Brooklyn.
Another pair of socks knit.
For ] want to do my bit;
Not because it Is the style.
But because IL is worth while
To help my country win.
Socks! Socks. socks!
| Just hear our needles clicking:
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LAKE GEORGE ARRIVALS.

LAKE GEORGE. y. Y. Aug, 17.-Henry
has been the guest for the
past week of Mr.. and Mrs Adolph s.
Ochs at Abenia. their estate in the Boil
ton road. Mr.. Morgenthau returns next
week for another short stay at the lake.
when he will speak at the Lake George
Club on his experiences while American
to Turkey.
Andrew Murphy, the champion diver
of the New York Athletic Club. is spend
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
Conditions of the Sock Song Contest.

Thick wool socks. tackled together.
Do your best in the stormy weather:
Sweater and muffer and helmets too,
Cheer and comfort our boys SO true.
Mrs. ELEANOR VANHoRNE.
50 Cherry street. Elizabeth. n. j.
Hooray for the socks!
One pair in box
They're knit in a hurry
And amt got no clocks
But what need of clock
In the side of a sock?
The feet mark the time
And the end Of my rhyme.
ADA +. BALLARD.
23O West Seventy-six street.
You say you are weary Of knitting
On endless sweaters and hose'
You're tired Of khaki worsted,
And also Of blue. suppose"
Just think. II the British and Frenchmen
Had said they we're weary too.
That no longer they'd fight for Belgium
For liberty. honor and you.
For shame. knit on to the. finish,
Knit fast for the Red. White and Blue
RUTH FORBES CRAMER.
23s Hampstead street. New London
Conn.
In the olden days a gallant knight
Did his ladys favor wear
1t shone upon his helmet bright
Throughout the battles flare:
In these brave days, in deadly night
Our Boys our favors wear:
Our knitted socks. though hid from sight
Are tokens warm and fair.
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We arc all so very busy
Knitting. knitting, knitting


NATALIE WALLACE. Ago 4,
45 Van Ness place, Newark, n.
Knitting. knitting knitting all tho d..
For our gallant soldier boys far o.,
away.
Mothers, sisters, sweethearts too.
On the socks are knitting.
Dear soldier boy they're all for Won
A present very fitting.
For well we want to do our bit
And help the way to freedom
Dear soldier boy we like to knit
II It helps you to defeat EN-.
CHIYA HrRosE, Age 4,
600 West 10th street,
Ny hands are ever knitting since III,
service flag went up.
For the father of my little one.
Who gayly cries. "oh TO be like Dadsv
a soldier strong,
o! just to be soldier, to wave INV
noble flag"
My tightly closed lips tremble my eva,
grow DIM
My fingers tremble like leaf before an
autumn wind.
The fingers Of my imagination draw be.
fore my weary eyes
A knight in shining armor with rel
NfoSS oh piSaS'.
He reminds me of my loved one and ye,,
my heart at rest.
ELIZABETH LEETE. Age. TO-
1894 hardwood, Philadelphia, Pa. ..
What shall do for a soldier boy ..
Who's doing so much for me to-day,
A pair Of socks may cheer him:
1 shall knit them without delay.
The socks may wear out
But the memory will still remain
When ] send them to a soldier
Who's fighting near Alsace-Lorraine.
JAMES n. GREENE. Age. H.
Wilson street, Danbury. Conn
We are glad to reprint what NAV
be called an anticipation of the Sock
Songs Contest. 1t was written in
October. 1917. for the Knitters Right
Thought League, n patriotic organia.
ton, which used il on the leagues
printed matter. The author is Mrs
Mabel Jenness Hunter, whose literary
signature is Mabel Jenness:
THE APPEAL.
As the needles are piled
My thought Is attuned TO prayer. true
prayer.
For the Brave Soldier Boy
Who in battle this garment will wear
No fear nor depression
My thought shall hold;
For I know that for right protection
1t must be strong and clear;
That from this there can be no DETECTION
So into this web OF dull drah tone
I'll weave no thought Of lcaden hue
But assured OF right aifirmaton's aim.
I'll centre my thought in Goods DOMAIN
And bidding 1t search him out,
I'll help to fashion an armor Of Light
Not alone for him shall thoughts sal,.
tie ply.
'Mongst threads of aerial gold,
But for all those brave boys
Who, with heart-beats strong.
Respond with firm tread to dutys call
Could those millions at home.
Who. on mercy intent.
Knit garments for physical comfort
But realize the power of thought.
They'd with one accord sound the ke".
note
That would rend the veil and sas,:,r
the wall.
AS did Joshuas trumpcts at Jc9'do,
fall
Then, o women. let US too be priests AZ
we knit,
And on the trumpet OF though; bloA oar
blast
Armed with effectual prayer OF unla--
standing.
Not that of fearsome petition,
Let us compass the camp. as needing
Joshua's command
| To shout not nor let not the Ioice -
I heard
! We await. as did his people Of Old ~,
| word:
The City to you has been given By To
Lord
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Here Comes q Surprise.

The following song Is one Of a batch
from Heclever new contestant In Wilt
mantle, Conn. This one would be Of
honorable mention except that the
author requested the withholding Of
her name unless she should receive an
award. So far as we can remember it
is the first Sock Song in which the ma
tional indoor game has figured. -Four
of a kind" forsooth! Pray, what does
feminine Sock Singer know of these
Eleusinian or lodge night mysteries?
The song
| Over and under and up / come. stitch
, on a needle bright with a glinting light
In the hands of knitting witch.
Four of a kind she's holding
Three Of them filled with me.
Two will soon go when she reaches the
toe
To one across the sea
But r. Gerson OF 80 Columbus ave-
nue.. Far Rockaway, l.. l.. goes the
| foregoing one better. and We reproduce
with interest the first anti-prohibition
sounding Sock Song:
Wine, women and song have helped the
world to be gay.
Drink to the women who knit,
| 1t is they who are saving the day.
Sing while you knit
! A song that comes from your heart.
Knit while you sing
| A sock that will not rip apart.
Wine, women and song have helped the
world to be gay
Women's sock songs are helping the
world to-day.
Mrs. Laura Wells of Sioux Pass
Mon. has composed a Sock Song to be
sung to the air OF 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner" The jury of award has tried
| Il over in close harmony and finds
that it goes quite WELL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
RED CROSS BRIDGE NETS SAYS
AT POLAND SPRING.

POLAND SPRING, Me, Aug. 1.-THE
Red Cross benefit card party this week
Melted S475 and $50 visltors played. It
was in immediate charge of Mrs c. S.
Richardson and Mrs. o. Frank Wood
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
SOCK SONG PRIZE WINNERS
IN THIS WEEKS CONTEST
FIRST, PRIZE.

FIRST PRIZE
H. s. Wyls, r. r. D. No. I. Metuehsr, NJ
THE OLD MANS SONG.
Lonely T sit and knit
Socks for heroes
Knitting read of their grit
Fighting the world to set free.
Reading the glorious deed,
Performed by the sons OF our soil;
Knitting each sock with more speed
To tighten their burden and toll
SECOND PRIZE.
Your boy and my boy, out in the trenches
Are knitting together the hearts of the world.
When. mid the she'll and the gases vile stenches
Through the HUNS hate irto death they are hurled
your heart and heart. both be breaking
Wealthy or poor. we're just r1otherS>to day;
We must be brave for the other hearts aching
Your boy and boy have shown the
THIRD PRIZE.
Jorge Godoy, 2 Columbus Circle New York.
LA CANCION DEL SoLDADo
Esta duIce cancion Ell solado canto:
"A Ia Francia no Hores por mi
\ Porauc Ell alma que aver tan gozosa iano
Segura papando muy cerca de IT,"
A Ia guerra fue: de la guerra vovo
esa duIce cancon eI sodado canto:
LA lana Esperanto Ell Amor hHo
TIE ha trsido Ell alma que tanto te amo. -"
Conditions of the Sock Song Contest
Everybody welcomed
Open to all patriotic knitters male or female
Verses mustb be lines long.
of the only il possible.
each Sunday received
SUM- later than Wednesday
After that the following
used, If requested unless win prize
price, wool; second price, 81 in wool third prize 81
n WOOL
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A(RED)CROS( S) TIC.
r ound the tables quickly come,
e ach must do her bit at home;
d not hesitate.
c ONE and work with all your heart.
r ouse each one to do her part.
o yer there they've gone to fight.
8 itch or knit with all your might,
8 erve, ere It's too late!
Mrs. ]. p. CLEMENTS.
Sc Mount Tabor Way. Ocean Grove
n. J,
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Swiftly soever as fingers run.
Turning a heel or shaping a toe,
Once around Is so little done.
And 20 many stitches make row!
Hands grow weary and eyes grow dim.
But be fights for US and We knit for
him.
One OF our heroes-whoever he be,
Somebody loves him and so do we.
We knit for feet that never fly.
We knit for men who dare to die.
AEToINETTE G. CAss.
126 Plymouth avenue South. Roches-
ter, ". Y.
The bands have ceased to play,
The train has steamed away,
The boys are on their way for over
there.
But our hearts are beating louder,
And our souls are singing prouder.
And our busy hands are working
everywhere.
CHARLOTTE KENNEDY.
2E. Chestnut street, Kingston, n. Y.
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For the flame of Chivalry's alight-
They keep tryst Over There.
EMILY q. MUNRO.
Sc Grove street. Waterbury. Conn.
Said old Uncle HI as he Just drove by :
"Wall, see you're a-doin' your chore,
Tho you're Jest a-sittin' at home an
knittin'
TN help Uncle Sam win the war.
When the winter comes with Its cold
and wet
Them boys In the trenches over there
Will need your socks, all right, I bet
They'll thank you, I swan, for every
pair!
So knit 'em warm and knit 'em neat
No army can win II 1t hez cold feet
Mrs. EMMA A. LANGLoTz.
Rahway>N. j.
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
Foolish Fear Of Poverty.

great deal of apparent poverty
come from dread of poverty. A man
saves every cent and goes mind and
soul hungry, and, ten to one, he is
starving somebody else at the same
time along with himself. He is really
poor, for the time being, although he
has q large bank account.
Poverty will come every time as the
result of the improper attitude toward
money. Money is not reality; it rep
resents things that we consider for
our good. But there is no poverty like
that of the starved soul that shrinks
and dries up into narrOwness and COM
preston. In getting the feeling Of
wealth look about you. See all the
wonders of nature; believe that won
ders will happen and then get ready
for them.
After the days work is done build
air castles, and then go in and lay a
strong foundation under one of them.
Expect to develop into efficiency nee
essary for the bigger job. The key to
this lies in your hands in doing the
little things well.-Patrick FentOn in
Nautilus.
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
Praise of Open Fires,

To many of us plain bread-and-but-
ter persons, praise of open fires some
times seems a little too warm and
cOmfOrtable-tOO smugly cOntempia-
tive. We like open fires. We would
have them in every room in the house
except the kitchen and the bathroom
and perhaps in the bathroom, where
we could hang our towels from the
mantelpiece (as gallant practical gen
tlemen, now some centuries dead,
named it by hanging up their wet
maEtles) and let them warm while we
were taking our baths. We go as far
as any in regarding the Oper fire as
welcoming host in the hall, an un-
disturbing companion in the library,
an encOurager of digestion in the din
ing room, an enlivener in the living
room and a goodnight thought of hos
pitality in the guest chamber. But we
cannot follow the essayist who speaks
contemptuOusly of hOt-water pipes.
"From the security of ambush" says
he, "they merely heat, and heat whose
source is invisible is not to be coveted
at ALL"
Oh, merely eat!-From the Allan
tfP
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
EASY TO DECEIVE INEXPERT
Imitation of Pictures by "Old Mas
ters" Has Became What Might
Be Termed a Business.

The most common method of cOun-
terfeiting an old picture is to cover
a new One-painted, of course, for the
purpOse-with a certain transparent
paste which, when exposed to slight
heat, cracks and becomes brown. If
a sufficiently vulnerable tint has not
been produced the canvas is washed
with a mixture of lamp black and
liquOrice juice.
The picture is next exposed for some
hours to the smoke of a wood fire and,
the loose SCOT having been brushed
away, it is rubbed here and there with
a rag which has been dipped in very
dilute sulphuric acid. This opera
tiOn gives a mOldy appearance to those
parts which have been touched.
The work is finally sprinkled, by
means of a toothbrush and a hairpin,
with minute spots of a solution of
sepia in gum water, to initiate fly
specks, and it is then ready for the
market.
Signatures are initiated by experts,
who are known as "mOnogramistes,' u
and who devote their exclusive atten-
tiOn to such matters; and one of these
men, who died recently, confessed to
the forgery of no fewer than 11,OOC
signatures of the Italian masters alone
and said he had for years made large
income by the exercise of his art.
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
CALLED AID TO IDLENESS
Many Good Reasons Why the Banana
Has Perfect Right to That
Classification.

Bananas, according to a legend cur
rent in tropical countries, are the orig
inal apples" of the Garden of Eden
along with the serpent and Mrs.
Adam, the cause of mans fall. At
least, they tend to serve a similar DUR
pose in these times, because they are
almost equal to the cOcOnut palm as
an aid to idlenesS.
An acre of bananas will yield so
times as much food as an acre of no.
tatOeS and $50 times as much as wheat.
The banana is immune TO almost every
plant disease and has fewer insect
enemies than any other fruit. It will
grow on poor land, if need be, and
will distance any weed or shrub that
tries to contest its claim to soil and
sunlight.
The banana is the neither fish.
flesh, nor fowl" of the plant king
dom. 1t is usually classified as a
tree, but it is not a tree. Although it
attainS a height of 80 feet there is
no wood fiber in the stalk. The
punches of fruit on the dwarf varie-
ties are often heavier than the re-
mainder of the plant. 1t is not a
palm, nor an herb, nor n bush, nor a
shrub, and it is not a vegetable. In
some distant way it may be related
to the grasses, but the relationship
is so distant that it stands in a class
by itself.
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
wv. C. A. ADDS BOMB PARLoR
TO HOTEL PETROGRAD.

Paris, Sept 5.-A new Bomb Par
lor' has just been added as a life saw
ing feature to the Hotel PetrOgrad, run
Dy the Young WOmens Christian AS
ISOLATION for American women work
ing in France The Bomb ParlOr is a
GOOD sized room at the bottom of the
mousse and has no outside walls. When
series of walls from sirens announce
alf raids the guests" scramble out Of
oed and get down to the Bomb PaI1Or
u double quick time. Once there they
leel safe from harm.
have seen Red Cross nurses fast
asleep On the floor Of the Bomb ParlOr
IN spite Of the awful din of the raids" :"
writes one Of the Y. w. G. A. workers
II the Hotel Petrograd. "Many times
nave made the flight down to the
DOmD Parlor twice in a night. It is
wal, and we soon get so used to these
lOctural visits we can drop off to
sieep again as soon as we get back to
Ueu' We spend the time between the
Nler'e,' which turns us out of bed,
ana the AN clear which sends us
oaVA 70 bed, in playing games, visiting
" iedulng down in the Bomb Parlor.
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
Boschee's German Syrup

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for fifty-two
years in all parts of the United States
for coughs, bronchitis, colds settled
in the throat, especially lung troubles.
1t gives the patient a good night s
rest, free from coughing, with easy
expectoration in the morning, gives
nature a chance to soothe the inhamed
parts, throw off the disease, helping
the patient to regain his health. Sold
by Chas. B. Swain.
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
5ITRIOTS AT HOME
KEEP ARMY STRONG
;;,nl Sugar and Wheat With.
Out Complaint is Every
Americans Duty,

Arc YOU tired of saving food? Tired
mo bread from flour you never
u hsfore. tired of going without
vs. - tired of having to say, Il can't;
'ss s19 arainst the rules of conservation|
yss and there are others who are
,-.d The British Tommy and the
r.en.b noilu are tired of four years
in,rddv trenches The pitiful army
- oirilians behind the lines is tired
tI,n Seyitude. Some of our own
,moricon boys may be growing just
,rise fired Of being 5000 miles away
s.or, home with no immediate pros
,+ of return. No one hears mur.
,,r from across the water about the
s,tisup that lies heavy upon the whole
onied world They are out to win.
Tbov may drop for moment, but
,bore is always the second wind"
which never fails to come.
Here at home are persons who com
,loin of being tired of their share in
tho war when that share is merely
ndicious eating. They long for peace
os time of bountiful food, as if
more food in the future were the only
tbing for which millions of men have
given their lives.
Grim. determined and uncOmplain-
inc tbe American soldiers and sailors
90 about their job War to them is
task. an opportunity, duty;'sO why
complain?
The morale Of this army of ours is
DEPENDENT on the strength of those
At home. 4 whisper of complaint
goes far and grows louder as it re-
sounds across the Atlantic.
Imagine the thoughts of a soldier
standing knee deep in trench mud
with shells bursting all around him.
when he reads in a letter from Ampri-
ca, I'VE are feeling the war now. We
get no more than two pounds of sugar
each month ana have not seen wheat
bread for weeks"
Feeling The war? Well, perhaps.
But not the way The women of north
em France are feeling it. The strong
chain which pulls for victory must
not he weakened ny a single link of
complaint The rules for saving are
not unreasonable. Remember there
are those in this world who are really
tired and are too brave to say so.
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
A Watch and No Owner.

The owner of a Shelby county wa
termelon patch has found a watcn
therein. The watch Is said to be IN
good condition and ready to be re-
stored to its owner upon proving prep
erty, paying for the newspaper notice.
and possibly fully explaining just how
and why the watch got into the melon
patch. Unless it's a mighty valuarle
Tatch we have serious doubts as to us
being claimed.-St. Louis Republic
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
HORACE DAVID
Auto Truck Express
Smyrna and Wilmington
HARRY COLLINS

Round Trips every Tuesday. Thursday
and Friday. Leave Smyrna at a. m, re-
turning. leave Wilmington al p. m.
Stop anywhere along route to receive and
deliver fruit, produce, etc.
Special attention to moving Household
Goods within radius of 60 miles.
PHONE 114-2-Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
= THE GIRL WHO TOOK
I HIS PLACE.

4 There are today over 12,000,- X
4 600 women in industry. Two \
4 million have entered war indus X
4 tries during the past year When X
/ the Government planned its huge X
4 Industrial shops the housing of X
these millions of women was a X
minor consideration. The Y. w. X
c. A. was called upon and has X
/ undertaken this important serv- <
ice for the Government. Ex- X
perts studied the situation. Sug- X
gestiOns and plans were drawn 4
and submitted to the Secretary \
Of War and Mr.. Otto Eidlitz, \
chairman of the Housing Com \
mittee of the Council for Nation \
al Defence. These suggestions \
were put in pamphlet form and \
distributed to seven thousand \
manufacturers. They are now 4
accepted as authoritative for the 4
housing of women war workers. \
4
ttttttk 4 Xxx X X 4 4 Il 4
Smyrna times., 1918-09-25
PUTTING THE "W" IN
THE BLUE TRIANGLE.

o The "W'' in the Y. W. G. A. g
@ stands for "WOmen in War
@ Work" Its symbol is the blue g
@ triangle, the emblem of "The g
@ Girl He Left Behind Him." The
O three points of the triangle stand
@ for protection, education and rec {
@ reatiOn. In color it represents
@ faith, hope and charity. Its area
@ is symbolic of the work the
@ Young WOmen's Christian Asso-
Q citation is doing to help win the
@ war throughout the United
o States, in France, in Russia,
Q and in practically all parts of (
@ the world. (
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