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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
Hearts of the World"

"Hearts of the World" required eigh
teen months in the making and many
of the scenes were taken on the actua
battlefelds of France by Mr.. Griffith
with the official aid and assistance OF
the British and French governments
Mr. Griffith, however, is anxious to re.
move any apprehensions that "Hearts
of the World" is primarily a war Pic
ture. 1t is, he announces, primarily a
love story, in which war figures as the
grim background. 1t may be called
"the story of village" and for more
than forty minutes during the exposi-
tion of the story, there is not a cannon
shot, not suggestion of wars alarms.
There is the pretty romance Of two girls
each in love with the same man; there
is the quiet and peaceful atmosphere Of
small French town before the holocast
Of the war. Then comes the conflict,
with its ensuing effects upon the for
tunes Of those in the little village. The
battle scenes shown are actual battle
scenes taken right in trenches during
the death struggles of the French and
the Germans; only occasionally has it
been found necessary to piece the story
of the battles together by means of act
ed scenes. Thus one sees the life in the
trenches; the charges of the French SOL
diers; the thrilling hand to hand con-
fiict and the thrust of bayonets; the
murder of the shells; the great guns in
action; the tanks; the attack by LIQUID
fire; the charges and the retreats; the
German pill-boxes; the flight of the
villagers; the ruthless destruction of
the treatment of young girls
who fell into the hands of the Germans:
and other things too numerous to men,
tion, the whole eliminating in the arriv-
al OF the American troops, OF ultimate
victory and hint of future happiness
for those who have endured this strug-
gle.
Mr. Griffith is anxious to have it un-
derstood that While Hearts OF the |
World" deals with war aud love, it is a |
drama he has staged rather than a |
film. Yet no one can eit
through his wonderful pictorial repre-.
of the tragedy of Bleeding
France, without going forth more de-
than ever that this conflict
MUST be won, that the Allies MUST
rinmph over their adversaries, and
hat such grim horrors of war must
lever happen again in the history of
he world.
Prominent in the cast OF Hearts Of
he World" are the beautiful Gish sis.
ers, Lillian and Dorothy, Robert Har-
on, George Seigman, and other well.
lnown players.-At Princess Theatre,
fale, Tuesday, Dec. 81, and Wednes-
lay, January /.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
M. p. Church Notes
f. L. CrandaIl. Pastor

Mr.. Hudson will speak In our church
next Sunday morning in the interest
of the Anti-Saloon League and also at
the Cole In the afternoon.
The Sunday evening service will be
evangelistic, with a week of prayer
following.
There will be business meeting
next Monday evening at the church.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Owing to the confusion in the names
OF two Doctor Frazers on Military st.
Dr. X. @. Frazer, specialist on Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat diseases wishes
to announce his Office on the ground
floor of the Yokom Bldg, opposite the
Harrington Hotel, l0ll Military street
Port Huron, Mich.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
Taxes Now Due.

/ will be at the First National Bank,
ale, on Friday, Dec. 18th, and every
Friday during December, for the pur-
pose OF collecting Brockway township
taxes. The balance of the time l will
receive taxes at my home.
). Il. Barr, Treasurer
1914 Brockway Township
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
Greenwood Township Taxes.

l Will be at star Cleaner Hall, on
Wednesday, Dec 18th, and Thursday,
day, Dec. 10, and Saturday, Jan. 4, for
the purpose of collecting taxes.
Warren b. Campbell,
1913 Greenwood Township Treas
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
Poultry Wanted

Am In the market for poultry of all
kinds and will pay highest market
prices for same. Will buy every day.
Ii you have any TO sell let me know
and l will call. John Sexton,
1926 Yale. Mich
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
]. A. Kelley, Pastor.

y. n htIIeyI I IdbIOI.
Sabbath school at 1000 q. m.
Glass meeting at 11O0 a. M. led by
Rev. j. N. Wilson.
Preaching Sunday evening at 1880
by the pastor.
The second quarterly meeting for
the Yale circuit will be held in Yale
Jan. IL to 10. Special meetings will
be held following quarterly meeting.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26

the streets of Yale, Mon
day night, Dec. 9, muff. Owner
may have same by calling phone IN
and proving property. 1872
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
Rescreened Domestic Lump

Rescreened domestic lump soft coal
for sale In any quantity. Wharton &
Co., Yale. Phone Ia.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
Bring On Your Junk

will pay $500 a ton for old iron; lc
a pound for rags; &c pound for rub.
Der boots and rubber shoes.
1926 John Sexton, Yale
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26

FOR SALE-A new mich COW, z yrs,
old. Will sell cheap II taken at once
X. B. Zavits, 216 miles east Of Yale
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26
OUR SOLDIER BOYS.
Letters From and Items Concerning Yale
Boys Who are in the Service of
Their Country

Somewhere in France, Nov. "a
Dear Father and All:-
Well Dad, this is Sunday, and every
soldier Is supposed to write letter to
his father, so | am going to try and
write you pretty good letter. The
censorship has been taken off the let
ters somewhat, so 1 will be able to tell
you quite little news.
at present l am at little French
village by the name of Wiseppi 1t is
about five miles south of Stenay, on
the Meuse river, about twenty-five
miles from Verdun.
Oh yes. l can also tell you what am
doing. AT the present we are build
ing q couple of railroad bridges.
We have been building railroad and
road bridges for the last two months
and we certainly have put up a num-
Der Of them. That is one of the great
disasters of war, and the Huns destroy
ed them all in their retreat.
Well dad, l will try aud tell you
where L have been since l landed in
France. We landed at Brest on the
thirteenth of July we were about three
days and we took train and went to the
Chateau Thiery sector. You probably
remember that is where the Americans
started their first real lighting and that
Is where we heard our first whiz! bangl
We were at the front about three
weeks and the rest of the time we were
at little place by the name of Saacy,
which is on the Marne river. This is
ole of the incest places we haye been
in since coming to France. We left
Saacy about the 18th of August, and |
went to the foul sector. We were in |
The st. Mehiel drive. While we were
here l started driving truck and am
still at it. AT present am helping !
fellow on 5-ton Pierce. Arrow truck.
Well, we left the st. Mihiel about the |
10Th of Sept. and came here, and have
)een in this long and last battle, and |
t does sure seem good to think that it
8 all over.
Well dad, do not know how long it |
will be before we start home, and L
ion't think anyone else does. but hope
t will be soon. wont be able to eat
Christmas dinner with you this year
,ut hope to be there next year.
This is all for this time. will close
With love to all. Your son,
Henry o. Dinner,
9th Eng, Co. b, France
-
ErQnaa Ont II 1919
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26

Rescreened Domestic Lump
Rescreened domestic lump soft coal
for sale In any quantity. Wharton &
Co., Yale. Phone IA.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-12-26

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France, Oct. II, 1918

Dear Old Friend:--
Well, after few months of quitting
1t off" have finally got around to
write you letter.
First thing, how are you? For my
part, am feeling fine, no kick coming
whatever, except sometimes cuss the
bugler for blowing "reye ille." Gosh,
how hate to turn out in the morning.
It's getting cool here now, and when
stick my feet out of the blankets I'd
like to fire a shoe at the bugler, roll
over and tell him to go to-you know
where. Do you know I've got more
sleep and got up earlier than l eyer
did before? It's so. But IL you think
back to your service, I'll bet you hated
to turn out some mornings, but it had
to be done.
So far, we have INDUCED in no ac-
tioD except an occasional trough house"
among ourselves, and the only wound"
| got was from falling over chair in
the aisle one night after flights out"
We may see action yet il we're lucky.
Hope so. Would hate like the devil to
come away over here for nothing.
Darn it, Charlie, haven't even got
souvenir. If l don't get one pretty
soon I'm going to climb straddle some
German prisoners neck and steal his
cap. It's the worst war l ever was In.
They won't let us fight the Heinies,
that is not yet, and they raise the devil
II we fight among ourselves, so what's
q fellow to do?
r4s*s
There are lots of good jokes in cir
culation, but among the best are some
of Bin Hohenzollern's speeches to his
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
p. T. MORAN

an Irishman and an O'Leary could
march in and turn over 10 the COM
manding officer an entire squad Of
Germans? Who but q Pat o'Brien.
after falling from his crippled plano.
landing I'm the German nbes and bs-
ms taken prisoner. could escape.
crawl seventy-five miles on his storn-
ach to freedom and the opportunity
TO fight once mores
Americas war roster on land and
sea is crowded with the names Of
sons of Erin and alresd they are
figuring in contemporary history, for
an Irishman nights with his heart a
well as his hands. and his heart beats
with fealty for God and for his coun-
try. be Il the native cod or an adopted
land.
with all the allied powers lighting
TO spread the gospel Of democracy 10
the downtrodden subjects OF Prussisn-
ism. ireland sees q new hope. for the
spread Of freedom and the eominE
Of peace must mean the realization Of
the crowning ambition OF all Celtic
hearts-home rule for the Emerald
ILle.
American Irishmen on the anniver-
ssry Of the patron saint Of their native
isle sense the coming Of autonomy
and q new era for Ireland. and IL this
IL but one Of the ultimate results Of
a world peace, then all the horrors
and the bloodshed OF the past four
yeaS will not have been in vain.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
/ Army and Nay wNyyEsN NeyyEsN:
S Ak~-s.4
Best Service Column in the City

have the full name for whom the let
ters were intended spelled out In full
In some instances, addresses were
written with soft lead pencil, which
causes them to become illegible.
J. =. Smith should be written in
full. James Franklin Smith The
reason for this is that in the vast
number of American soldiers here
there are q great many with the
name OF J. +. Smith. James r. Smith.
John =. Smith, and Jeremiah p
Smith are very common names, and
IL Is therefore obvious that a let
ter addressed simply J. y. Smith b.
unbelievable. Carelessly written
addresses wherein an o or an 4,
when carelessly written. are fire.
Quently the cause of the inability
to properly decipher the name OF
the addresses. thereby resulting in
unbelievable matter. Addresses
must not be written in pencil, but
should be written in ink at all
times. The preface Mister" should
not be used in addressing letters.
but instead the word private, lieu
tenant, captain, major. or sergeant
should be used: that is. the full title
OF the person for whom the letter is
intended should be given.
In many instances letters are be-
ing received at the statistical d.
vision which are without return ad-
dress. Postmasters and other pos
tai officials in the United States
should be instructed that such mat
ter can not be accepted for dispatch
from the States. 1t is my belief that
IL the above features which / have
enumerated are given the widest
publicity possible il will undoUbt-
edly cause a reduction in the num-
Der of unbelievable pieces in mail
which are now being handled in the
statistical division OF the American
Expeditionary Forces.
JOHN CLARK.
Postal Agent
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
The They Say" Crowd.

When discouraged we are apt to ag-
gravate the depression by brooding over it. 1t is
strange that do magnify our troubles out
OF all proportion to their real value. We are mis-
understood perhaps, and allow breach to
widen by locking that mental door through which
should pass the thought that perhaps we were to
blame. We lacked something-we knew not what
Deep down in the human heart is desire to
he just-to gauge everything from the other fel-
lows point of view. Could we put ourselves in
the place OF critics we might find basis for
their criticism, and if did would owe it to
ourselves to it manfully and with justice to
all concerned. We cravens when we misudge
others because of our faults.
Many OF the heartaches of life come from mis-
understandings that are in themselves trivial A
runor is given birth and grows When it reaches
maturity It is usually untruth, and untruth
is an abomiuation. Yet they often begin as slight
misunderstanding.
so often hear the phrase "They say" Ii we
would halt the gossip there and ask who do you
mean by they" many sander would die abornin,
Many careless remark is magni6ed into definite
charge or statement under the parentage of the
They Says
In the great task before this country-that of
winning the yar-there is a subtle enemy to fight
that is quite as dangerous as the foe Innuendo
usually ashamed to show its head in public turks
in the private meeting places, in clubs in out-of-
the-way places where there is little opportunity to
squelch it. 1t tears down regulations, government
plans, private and public enterprises. The sad
part OF it is that you cannot lay your finger on
the source. drop of deadly poison will kill
a hundred people-so the whispered lie will ruin
character, enmesh friends in partisan disputes, sow
distrust and shake society on its foundation
The next time you hear They say" come out
with the question who says" and there will be
fewer lies and more contentment in life.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17

save to sit with folded hands and think Of the
children who boarded them out.
And when she thinks OF her children. does she
think OF the hour when she brought them into the
woridi OF the weary, heart-tearing hours by day
and night that she gave OF her life's strength to
bring the tiny baby through illness! OF the years
she spent leading that young life past pitfalls and
snares, Of the days she worked that that child
might play and study OF all the million times
those cuddiing arms were around her neck and
that youthful voice said over and over again:
Mamma, love you better than all the world, and
never, never will love anybody else as wehs
Or does she think Of the son-in-law or daugh-
ter-ir4law. who was all affection toward her until
the wedding was over? Does she think OF the
sorry hours when It was made plain to her that
she was "in the way?" And of the day when sne
was exiled to the "home for mother?
Maybe she thinks OF all these things surely
she has cause to do so. r.. ,- 't-~. -
And off somewhere is that daughter or son.
happy in a home where little children are running
about, children who would brighten the declining
days OF grandmother as nothing else could.
What do they who exiled mother think! The
matron answers
They think that old people are an awful
nuisance" - -... --.....
What do YOU think about it?
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
With a Sprig of Shamrock.

There's little bit of Ireland
In your rougish eyes of blue,
There's fist full of her sunshine
In the FURNISHED locks OF you.
The lakes that dimple all the land
OF that unhappy isle,
Are but mirrors sending heaven
Reflections OF your smile.
Your voice, so velvet lazy,
Brings memories back to me
Of the grooming bells of Shandon,
Across the river Lee.
Oh silver bells of Shandon,
You weave into my rhyme
The story of old Irelands wrongs
There's a sob in every chime.
The torches in your flaming cheeks,
Their crimson banners sway;
They seem faint signal lights to lead
The fairies on their way.
BY all the meads OF Mallow,
From Limerick to the sea;
BY every greening, winding path,
The shamrock calls to me.
Dear emblem of my mothers land, -
The sorrows YOU have seen
Make crimson all Of Erin's shores F..
When they should laugh with green
But will count ono happy day,
little more than blest
Because this sprig of shamrock
Lived to die Rpon your breast
-DANIEL T. O,STTII IVAN
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17

When you ask me to say something
OF Ireland. you ask me to talk for a
month.
This thought is uppermost In my
mind-that wherever you 30 In his
old world you win find the Irish play
iag big part in history and govern
ment, and there are a few in Office.
Up in Alaska. down among the
Everglades, IN San Francisco and In
New York the Irish are among the
leaders In finance, I'm business. in pro-
fessional life. A police or FIRE depart
ment without Irishmen would mean a
hghtless day. The Irish love their
country and fight their countrymen.
England Is a better country because
Of the influence and power OF such
Irishmen as Kitchener and Roberts.
Its'roll Of honor is made up largely 4
Macs and O's. DarinS. fearless.
heroic 1rishnaen have she'd blood IN AL
the wars OF all the lands. and the one
freedom they have failed to achieve
10 that Of their beloved Ireland.
Every Irishman believes ireland 20
be "a little bit of heaven" because
he knows IL is so, and because il II
now and always will be the land of
romance and the home of fidelity. 1t
is the abiding place Of the dearest
colieens and the grandest mothers the
world has ever known.
To touch for a moment on the Ire
land Of today. Our first world-famed
war hero was an O'Leary. Who but
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
Mothers of Men.

When father fails to provide an income ior life
for mother, there is only one place for mother to
go-to an "Old Womens Home"
When children ungrateful and object to
mothers presence in the home, there is only one
place for mother to go-to an "Old Women's
Home"
When the "in-laws" object to mothers living in
their house, there is only one other place for
mother to go, and that is to an "Old Women's
Home"
In this particular home OF which we speak, the
~in-laws" had sentenced twenty-four kindly old
ladies TO spend the rest of their lives in home
for the aged" Six were there because their in
comes were not large enough TO permit their liy
ing outside OF an institution and who had no chill
dren living. The matron said:
These old ladies' are from 20 to g. There is a
great need for place like this; you see when the
children get married the "in-laws" do not want
the mother around Lots OF people think old ladies
live too long"
reporter went around through the home"
and found the old ladies in their rooms too old
to Eprk. too old to read, too old to do anything
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
The Press and Restrictions.

There is one phase about the announcement Of
Secretary Bakers arrival in France which, while
not the most basically important, is nevertheless
worthy of comment.
1t is the attitude of American newspapers.
There have been many efforts to cram censor
ship down our throats and the proponents of this
aspect of activity are still busy. But the
American press a whole is far more conscien-
cious in its voluntary censorship than any rules
of bureaucrats.
While every newspaper of any prominence in
this, country knew at least two weeks in advance
OF Secretary Bakers departure for the front, not
a line appeared. This because the papers knew
that the publishing OF the fact would be giving aid
10 the enemy.
Nor is this the FIRST time that the papers have
proven their allegiance by foregoing the printing
OF news which would be of the livest character.
The departure of our first troops under Pershing
movements Of the varied allied commissions in this
country and countless other evidences have been
shown Of the newspapers integrity.
This censorship is ideal and thus far in the
war it has been the most effective.
But it does not satisfy the government. Despite
the fact that the censorship bill killed in Con-
gress we are continually facing it through might
rather than right
The latest is the decision to curtail casualty
lists until they practically meaningless A
mother father sister or wife reads OF the
death of with the same name as their
loved For weeks, perhaps, they must wait
before they relieved OF anxiety. Sometime
their relief is Overshadowed by grief at the actual
announcement, sometimes there comes joy with
the official report. But nothing comes to pay for
those many hours OF uncertainty
1t is to be hoped that the President will delve
deeply into this order and that he will see that
it is rcscnded.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
Wanted a Carpenter.

Reference at social gathering made to
the trite axiom, every for his own job" when
this anecdote was fttingly recalled by Senator
Charles A. Culberson, of Texas.
Late one night a carpenter in a subur ban town
was awakened in the dead of night by the violent
ringing of his telephone. .
."Is that. you. Mr.. ,I Johnson" asked the % small
voice of little girl This is Amy Jones. Mother
your tools. Father has met with accident"
"You have made mistake, Amy" replied the
want the doctor who lives next door to me-"
"You are the one we want, Mr. Johnson" insisted
the childish voice Father is shut up in the fold
ing bed."-Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17

Secretary Daniels announced yes
terday that he had reversed his stand
taken in a letter to the House Naval
Committee recently. in which he
recommended abolition OF a bonus
now paid to aviators. The change
was due largely to the decision of
the Senate Military Committee not
to eliminate from the military bin
allowance for q similar bonus for
army aviators.
Navy avistors hereafter will be re-
Quired 10 make a certain number
of flights, as yet not made public,
in order to be eligible for the 50
per cent bonus in pay under the reg
ulations issued by the Secretary
"As q matter OF principle, am
still opposed to the bonus in pay
for aviators." the Secretary said.
But am told that England main
tains the practice and now that the
War Departments position in the
matter has been settled. it would
not do for the navy TO take a con-
trary course"
American relatives writing TO SOL
oiciS IA rance dLc ISCue6leO DN me
United States postal service in France
to be more careful in directing mail
to soldiers. They are asked to write
with ink, to use Private" or rank
title instead of Mister" to make
their writing particularly clear and
legible. and to write names in full in
stead Of using initials.
Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
era Praeger has just received the
following communication from John
Clark. United States army postal
agent in France:
France. Feb. l., 1918.
Ny attention has been called to in
Vulnerable letters in the statistical di-
vision which clerks were unable to
properly direct owing to the fact that
the senders of these letters did not
The Washington herald., 1918-03-17
Let Us. Too, Drive Out Snakes.

Following its long established schedule, ST. Pat
ricks day brings again the old, old story of how
Irelands patron saint drove the reptiles from the
Emerald Isle.
1t is a good story to tell again and again Esch
telling releases germs of inspiration. 1t proves 1t
possible for the individual to drive out of his own
life snakes of bad habits and wrongful living.
Today an altogether new and more important
inspiration is let loose by the telling Of this story
1t has to do with the snakes infesting warning
America huge, monster, cunning, Shiny snakes OF
treason and profteering.
Scotch theml
America will not be wholly American nor really
safe, and never completely victorious until those
snakes are driven out, be they pro-Germansm, anti
Americanism, deluded pacihsm, or dollar prohtism.