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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26
ZENSKE PRAVO v OBCHOD
MIN SVETE.

NebylO nikdy v historii sve-
ia, kdy zenam bylo otevreno to-
Xix povolani jako dnes. zeny
pusobl V obchodnlm svete jiz
vice roku, nyni V dobe valecne
chapou Sc ruznych pracl i ia
kove, ktere nikdy mimo domo-
vati nemusily. Dlvka, jez vstou
pi do obchodu nebo kancalari
jakmile vyjde skolu, zpravidla
vpravuje Sc do situace lepe, ne
Iii zeny, jez teprve pozdej-
sim v6ku musily Sc chopiti ne
jakehO zamestnani. Pochopi,
re musl Sc uplatniti jako delna
3ila a nikoliv jako zena. Ale
pres to name jiste procento ia
kovvch, ktarez mysli, re "a
mestnavateI ma Jim platiti sluz
ne muze pfi tom Sc Jim dvo-
lriti jak dame re spolecenskeho
sveta.
"Chtela udelati z me kance-
lare parlor," vysvetI oal ridital
velke kancalare ma otaZku,
proc propustil naramn6 schop-
nou assistentku. "Byla uraze-
ma, nezvednul-li nekdo papir,
kdyz jej upustila. satLa Sc ja-
ko subreta, hrala roll slabe, IL
tlocitne zeny, kterez kazdy ma
lpodati pomocnou ruku, ale pr
tom pozadovala stejny plat ja-
ko muz!"
Ocekava-li divka V obchod-
MIN svete obchodni rovnocen.
most, obycejn6 il tez dostan.e.
Ocekava-li spolecenske privi-
leje, bud'to je nedostanp, ane-
DO jsou il nabizny zpusobem na
ramne nezadoucim, jaky by We
oil ku skandalu, kdyby je TAX
to prijimala.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26

dy slibuje, lie ''budou zas Ce-
chove rekove, statni jonaci." A
znovu do duse vnikne predsta
va - az domu do Czech - do
Moravy - do Ameriky sc vra
ii - jak rodice, zena, deti pri
vltajl ceskeho hrdinu - jak
ia, ktera verna mu zustala po
celou valku, hlavu ma muzna
prsa jeho polozi 81 slysic thu
kot srdce jeho, 2 nehoz krev IA
vlast chtel vycediti, obdivem
zlrati nan bude, pax do naru
ce schvati a zliba rty, ktere
bllzko byly chvile, naposledy
zavolati jmeno vlasti jeji.
Josef Cervenka, desatnik 81.
Ceskoslov. pluku We Francii v
"Samostatnosti.'
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26
TRI JIZDY VLAKEM.
/,

Dne %. zari 1914 2. pochodO
Wy prapor 8. Zemebranec EehO
prazskehO pluku vstupOval do
vozu na nadrazi Frantiska Jose
ia, ably odejel ma bojiSte. Kan !?
Nikdo z mas neved6l a celkem
Sc to nestaral. Ved6li jsme,
at jedeme ma srbsky nebO Ma
rusky front, vzdycky to bude
proti bratrim = proti Slova-
mum.
Kazdy pohrouzen We sve my
slenky, vzpomlnal a dOmov =
ma sve drah6 a phi tom prokll
nal. Proklinal ty, kteri no mutt
jiti proti bratilim, kteri no mutt
jiti prolevati svou krev daleko
cd vlasti aniz vedel zac - pro
klinal lid, re sc mcdowell we
pfiti = p~o1llnal aDI.Vc dllost
lidskych mas - prokllnal orga
nisace, ktere NELL byti oporou
lidu a We chvili vazne neodvazi
ly Sc pozdvihnouti hlasu sveho
- proklinal vsecko sebe. Sc
srdcem rozbolnenym vzominka
mi ma domov - dust naplne-
nou horkosti proti tyranske ger
manske nadvlade, sli jsme, ci
vlastne musili jsme, nacpani
jsouce V zeleznicnich vozech, je
tt.
Ticho We vozech - ien tn a
tam naktery chrapt;vy hlas zpl
val - vojenskOu odtrhovacku.
Byl JSem ZaJatcem. ZaJat V
Srbsku - preset jsem Albanil,
zastavil na cas- ma Asinare, bych
pax jako zaiatec pracoval We
Francii. Byli jsme nenavideni
vzdyt' byli jsnle Rakusani -
Austriens - spojenci Nemcu a
tudiz nyl; jsme Boches.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26
Zbyecny vynaIez.

Jisty vynaleZce V Ohiu dal 81
patentovati zvlaStni kliku ku
dverim. Kdyz ma kliku Sc pii-
tlaci. osvetli n!ala elektricka
,ampicka klicovou dirku. Z w
nalezu toho iiste vynalezce ne
zbohatne, vzdyt Cd noveho ro-
ku bude po cele zemi prohibice.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26
SYN SVE VLASTI.

Byl zvlastni hoch. Matce sc
mad MIN castokrate sviralo srd
ce. Nemiloval j jako druzi sou
roZenci. "Nema nikoho rad,"
rikalo Sc nem. Bylo tomu ma
pohled tax. Kdyz povyrostl,
vzdy sam a sam sci "a Prahu,
do lesa k Vltave; zde, kde ne
bylo cloveka, kde jen nema
zver a sveholici ptactvo mu by
ly spolecniky, bylo mu volneji.
Tu pohledem objimal s vyso-
kych kopcu rOzkladajici Sc pod
MIN ddoli, v aleji topolu Sc tuli
ci visky a slunci, jako stribro
vinouci Sc pas reky. Jak mex
ce spocivaly jeho zraky ma mi
clcim kraji, toho ami on sam ne
byl 81 vedom, nebot' tento tax
zdanlive mlcici kraj, mic una
Sejlci neskytajici, ma kteremz
Sc kochal tax vasnivym pohle-
dem, mluvil k jeho bolave du
81 neznamou reci, reci, kterou
jiz pokoleni zapomela, recl,
jeji zpamatky kryje kdesi jen
prach davnych veku ,neb ssuti
ny V deJinach proslavenych hra
du. Touto davno jiz zapomenu-
tou feci volnosti, mluvily k ne
mu sevelicl stromy, v rakosi
zurcici vlnky reky, kameny pri
vetive visky, jez 81 dosud zacho
valy neposkvrnenou nevinnost
volnosti svych rozhovoru.
Jeho trpici duse citila sc jak
prenesena V jiny krasnejSl svet
prozivala okamziky nezmerne
no blaha, kdyz pomalounku po
chOpovala vsechny tajnosti jez
il duvefive jich nemi svedkove
svefovaly. Tim horst byl navrat
ke skutecnOsti, kdyz po zapadu
slunce sestupoval znovu do u
doll, bylo mu jako odsouzene-
mu na smrt pc krasnem snu z
detskych let.
Prisla valka, jehO duSe Sc
rOztesknila jeSte vice. V loubi
haju pod kterez Sc nyni uti-
kal, zanivaly casio dusive vide
chy nekdy horky vzlykot.
Kdyz vystoupil ma sve zamilova
ne kOpce, kraj pod MIN Sc roz
prostirajici bolestne Sc nan u
Bmlval; citil MIN jeho zal mad
tim, kterak byli nuecni ZprOne
vefiti Sc jeho synove ma tom, o
Gem Jim jiz cd kolebky vyprra
vel ySemi krasami. Puda no pa
lila pod nohama. Public no to
do dali topoly sami jakoby mu
prikyvovaly pri chladivem We
tru: 'Spej pryc, daleko!' Je-
jich pokyn mu byl jakoby k ne
mu samotni jeho predkove mlu
viii, cltil, re tuto zemi je treba
opustit.
Napriste Sc jiz jen loucil Sc
vsim, co tax miloval. Shy, veil
Ike Shy, We kterych Sc vse zr-
cadlilo, staly mu V ocich. Ne
me, ably snad vetrik, kteremu
neduveroval, ktery mu val cizo
tOu nezradil jeho umysly, da-
val posledni ma shledanou"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26
Ill.

Jsme ceskymi vojaky. Ne
nucenym odvodem, ale dobro
volne jsme sem prisli. Podridi
Ii jsme Sc bratske kazni, vycvi
Gill, a kdyz priSel den - jeli
jsme.
Dlouhy vlak. Napled osob
nj vozy, "a mimi vOzy vOza-
tajstvem. VSe ovenceno - O.
krasleno zeleni praporky ma
rOdnich barev. VSude plno We
seleho hovoru a zpevu. A pre-
ce nejeli jsme Ma svatbu, ale
do boje. Ano, do boje. Pro Vi
CeZstvi "a prapOrem = "a svO
bodu Czech - "a volnost svych
detl - "a sve ceske presved
ceni. S ceskou pisni valecnou
ma rtech a v dust krasny, sni
w obraz: stati jednoho dine
ma Staromestskem namesti, ma
miste smutne popravy roku
1921, jako jeden tech, kterl
pOmahali budOvati svobodne
Cechy! = TAX jeli jsme VIA
KEN.
Tyto tri jizdy vlakem "a
valky prozil jsem caste je po
rovnavam. Jaky to rozdil. Jiz
da do valky v roce 1914 ra-
kouske uniforme kletbou na
rtech a v roce 1918 V uniforme
ceskeho vojaka = dobrovOlni-
ka = Sc zpevem vesellm.
Stejne nebezpeci = ba jeste
horst a prece jinak Sc jede
ted. Ma nebezpeCi temer zad-
ny nepomysli, jen ty "svobod-
ne Cechy' vezi V dust. Casio
kmitne hlavou myslenka: -
"Zda-li pax nasi ' Cechach Vi,
re jsem V ceske armad6 prot
Rakousku. Kdybych Jim to
tax mohl popsati. kdybych
Jim TAX mohl rici, jak jinak Sc
ty ceske bojovne (sokolske i
jine) pisnicky zpivaji ted nez
V miru. Jak citem kazdy zpl
va "SpGjme dal, statne dal,
"a sokolskym praporem, dokud
boi neustal, V poutech upi rod
ma zen,' a kdyz "Byvali c.
chove" choralem zazni, re kaz
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26

Smutny to byl zivot. Casne
rano do prace a pc kratke poled
nj prestavce, pracovali jsme do
vecera. Prisne strezeni, nesmeli
jsme Sc temef ami hnouti. Prace
mas netizila, vzdyt' v srdci bylo
ceske uvedomneni, ale ty nena-
vistne pohledy. Les Boches -
kterl vtrhli do Francie, kteri pa
Ii, loupi - nicl vse, co je fran
couzskeho - zlocinci. A my Ii
de - kteri taktez nenavideti
Nemce, ktefi radovali jsme Sc i
re sebe mensiho uspechu Spo
jencu - byli jsme ma pranyri.
Pc temer dvouletem utrpeni
dusevnim prisla chvile, a my
Sc stall dobrovolniky ces. ar
mady We Francii. Ia radost -
tina mas spadl - prsa volne
il Sc dmula, ze nebudeme vice
pranyrovani pro byvalou pii-
l'slusnost k Rakousku, ze bude
nam mono pOmoci naSi drahe
vlasti, pomstiti utrpeni nasich
drahych V Cechach zustav--
sich.
Nezapomenu nikdy, jak diva
Ii sc na mas delnici V tovarne,
Jak Sc divili, jak jest to NONE,
re clovek ukryty, zbaveny stra
sti valecne = dobrovOlne sc
hlasl do boje. Dlouho to trva
10, nez uznali, re jest mozno,
ably clovek "a ideally i zivot pc
lozil. Kdyz ma nasich capkach
pocali Sc objevovati cervenobi
lie stuhy, vedeli, re pocet mas
rosie, zacali Sc zajimati ce-
skOu zemi a kdyz jsme odjiz-
deli - doprovazelo mas jiz je
jich prani, abychom sve vlasti
vybojOvall svobou.
Odjizdeli jsme. We vozech
zpev nadsene hovory. Vzdyt
Jeli jsme do naSi ceske arma-
dy. Casio videl jsem lecktere
no divajlciho Sc do dalky a v
rozslilenych oclch pozoroval
jsem touhu stati jiz v radach
ceskehO vojska, bojovati "a
svObodu a vratiti Sc do svobod
nych Czech. Ten sen - jiti
pres Vaclavske nam - Stare
mestske - vid6t massy ceske
no lidu vitajici sve osvobodite
lie - ten blazil az Shy vyhrk
ly a jiste kazdy sliboval a pri
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26

ban, podupnout 81 pfal, ably je
no iesy, kopce, visky a voda DO
citily re to, co Jim svetil ten
krate, kdyz jejicn obraz Sc cd
razel v JehO zaslzenem zraku,
konecne dosahI, re to, CO mu
vypravely svoji zvIastni mlu-
YOU, pochopil a poslechl jako
prlkazu deau.
Zbran, ktera mu Dyla svere
ma, hladll a celoval v skrytycn
okamzlclch, Jeji chlad v mem 0
hrlval vrelou krey, pri pochodu
vesele il Zpival pochodove pls-
ne. On, jak by nemel rad tuto
chladlcl ocel, O kterez mu wy
pravely tez caste jeho nemi
pratele! Jejim zvukem hovorl
vail dedove temi, jimz by Sc
dnes protivila rec jeho ne
mych pratel svoDode, kdyby
il rozumeli. Nemhl Sc dockat
chvlle, kdy v jeho rukou pro-
mluvl svoJl padnou mluvou, a.
by tenn, kterl jine nerozumi,
dokazala, re zapomneli ma sta
re Jine svedky svobody, kteri
millonum potomku vypravely
davne o nj zkazky.
Dnes jakoby kouzlem, ty mr.
tive legendy, Jak Sc domnivali
tt, jiz 0 nich nechteli slyset, ia
koby ozivly, proud stare reci o
volnosti doprovazeny zvonivym
zvukem oceli Odpovlda v jas
nem souzvuku sepotu, jenz do
nedavna byl jen reel lesu, visek
niv a rex.
Kdyz konecne ocitli Sc "a
kopech tvarl tvar nepriteli, je
no touha po domove harala v
mem nezkrotitelnym zhoucim
plamenem. Jeho netrpelivost
byti Jiz opea zpet v tom dra-
hem kraji stoupala den ke dni.
Ia noci, jez probdel ma strait,
vracel Sc tam nejcasteji, hvez
dam sveroval Sc sesvou nedoc
kavosti, mesicku vypravel o sve
lasce k vSemu tomu co tam "a
nechal, co mu bylo tax drahe.
Duse jehO jako by sc byla obro
dila, jiz nebyl vic tim uzavre-
nym divnym hochem, kteryz
sve matce pusObil svym jedna-
MIN hrozny bol, nyni zizil po je-
Jim polibku, nebal Sc vice milo
vat il otevrene, cele sve velike
duSe, netajil Sc tim, co bylo v
nj jak zaklete, neco tax krasne
no, jak Sipkova Rlzenka z pc
hadky: laska synovska. Jak byl
nedockav kdy pride konecn6
den, kdy il bude moci ukazat Ma
cestu jiz vykOnal a fici: Tolik
jsem re miloval!
Jar. POlcar v SamOstatnOsti.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-26


nezalehl by v mocnem a vzne-
senem souzvuku jasavy zpev
vraceJicich Sc synu.
Byl cas- prazdnin. Donna rekl
re puJde sc podivat trochu do
sveta, co Alp. Druhy den Wax
no unasel do dali. re Sumavy
spechai pesky k DunaJi a po
brehu lnnu 90 1yrol.
Az po nekollkadenni ceste
mezl nebetycnymi ledovci 81 u
vedomil jeJlch chlad, kterym
mu pronlkaly dust. DO te chvile
heJlci teplo domova, jez 81 S Sc
bou nesl, cinllo no nevsimavym
k temto velikanum. Jeho duSe
do te chylle dlela tam v dali ma
Jeho kopcich, v naruci jeho ha
Ju, takze onl nepocitil, re Sc o.
cltl tOmto cizim prostredi. Ty
velikani kol byly mu tax cizl,
chladnl a nepratelsti, az Sc "a
chvel pri te myslence.
kdyz nekdy vystoupil ma vr-
cholek nektereho z techto obru,
bylo TO proto, ably Sc jeSte jed
nou podlval tam ma sever, IDA
neSpatrl kousek tech modra-
vych nor, jez vencl mileny, opu
steny kraJ, zda jeste nyni bu
de mu moci co rici a poslliti ma
Jeho odvazne ceste. Dlouho tax
vzdy postal zamySlen a nikdy
Sc mu TO nezdalo byt dosti. Emo
WI a ZnOvu vystupoval ma vr
cholky ledovcu a znovu upiral
svuj zrak smerem jimz pi.iSel.
he konci zari ocitl sc nedale
ko vtOkU Innu do Tyrol. Citil
Jiz prvi polibky Svobody ma roz
palene skrani a videl brzke u
skutecneni sveho tajemneho a
velkeho snu.
Tuto noe chtel prejiti hrani-
ce pres prlkry ledovec. Byl to
podnik krkolemny, odvaziti sc
sam pres nescetne propasti ku
svobode, vSak CO no cekalo "a
odmenu Svoboda, svoboda, svo
bOda O niz mu vypravely jeho
nemi pfatele, svoboda po nlz ce
lynn srdcem touzil.
Ma nebi blystely Sc hvezdic
ky a tisicery jejich svit jiskril
Sc We vlockach snehu a odrazel
V zrcadle ledovcu. Kdyz Sc do
stal ma vrcholek, jeste jedenkra
te Sc chledl nazpet, jeste jed
no touzive ''na shledanou" "a
septaly jeho rty. PAX S lehclm
srdcem sestupoval. Pasmo hra
mic nemohlo byt daleko.
Uklouzl - temna rama - U
defil Sc tax prudce do skrane,
re Omracen sc skull Sc znacne
vyse na plosinu alpske stezky.
Rano no tn nasla vojenska hlid
ka Sc zakrvacenym oblicejem,
napolo zmrzlehO a pferaze-
nou nohou. Odnesli no, vylecili a
pOstavili pred valecny soud pro
nepodareny pokus uteku. Neod
povedel a predvolaci list k odvO
du, jenZ mu mezitim pfisel do
mu. Nebyl odsouzen, avsak Okla
mite poslan do pole proti Srb
Sku. -
Matka, jiz mu nedopfali ami
spatriti, spinala donna ruce a
psala mu srdcervoucf dopisy. Te
sill il iak mohl, ale jak mu bylo
mono ukonejsiti to srdce matci
no, ktere no pres jeho divnou
povahu tax matefsky milOvalO,
kdyz nemohl il septnout nej-
menSi sluuvko nadeje, jez no ne
opoustela i ma okamzik, jez ce
stou ma bojiste jeste vice sc
vzmahala, nadeje We svobodu,
kterez jednou jiz tax blizka
zrel do tvaTe.
Pfisly boje, utek, zajeti svo
body, nstup. Ustup, ah, co fly
sickeho vysilujiciho naplnani,
strasti a hruz, vSak jake moral
nj silly skytal tento ustup ma
rue svobody. Kdyz poprve shle
oil modravou sirokou plan A
n rio yySa olhanSLUch q Vy.S XII
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
lnvisibility for Ships.

Some of these schemes, curiously enough, seem
to split up the ships hull and superstructure into
several parts, usually, with an appearance as II
sea and sky showed between. The whole puzzle
Is very difficult to analyze, but when it has been
thoroughly worked out, and its elements reduced
TO scientific basis, it may be possible to make
vessel actually invisible at distance of a mile
Meanwhile, and for present purposes. the object
sought is to render ships less easy to see.
The sea is blue, The sea is green The sea is
mottled gray. Its color depends upon that of tba
sky, which it reflects. Take a bucketful Of water
from the ocean and it has no color In reality the
sea has no color Of its own. How, then, shall II
be successfully initiated?
One expert who has made long studv oP +bo
subject, declares that the colorefect Of the 500 10
a mixture Of violet and green. If. therefore a
ship be painted with these two coors in n sritab1o
pattern (stripes Wayy or in scroIls), il will bo
made relatively invisible because at n distance
the light rays will minge and so affect tho ontio
nerve as to produce color impression like tbot ~,
the. sea. ' "a
Thus does the sailor, as well as tbe aob+,,,,
man on land, put on the cap of invisibitv p,t
the cleverest Of recent lodges in this line :, ~
recently adopted by the Germans. who silvernInto
the periscopes of their newest submarines th,.s
rendering them almost vewless, nasmucb n. tha.'
reflect the color of the sea itself ''
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06

w THOLLY new, and certainly the most pic
w tore'qae. q development Of the present con.
w fct, IS the employment of optical illusions
for war purposes The idea has assumed mill
tary Importance so great that even the issue OF
battles may hang upon it,
The word "camouAage" comes from the thea
tre having originally referred to stage effects de-
signed in one way or another to deceive the eye.
Thus It is hardly surprising that professional
scene-panters. since the war began, should have
found extensive employment in the practice Of this
peculiar art as applied to military problems. To
fool the Huns, they have erected screens bearing
painted sections of counterfeit landscape; and in
like manner, for the deception of enemy ayiators,
they have spread horizontally large areas OF can
vas (conceang supply depots or other things
worth hldng) which. from tho viewpoint OF an
enemy flying machine, gave the effect Of village
rooftops trees, etc
stream-crossing near an important town was
Lhelled every day by the Germans with such per-
sistence that the French engineers could hardly
make it safe for even few hours travel at night
But the "camouGeurs' solved the problem.
new bridge was built 100 yards further down, AMI
covered with canvas on which section of imita
tion river was painted The old bridge was patched
from time to time, to serve as a decoy for shell
fire, and meanwhile traffic went on uninterrupted
beneath the canvas roof
Nets of wide mesh, somewhat resembling seine
nets are woven of green cord, with strips of green
cloth a foot long strung to the meshes The strips.
huttering in the breeze give to the eye of an air
plane observer far aloft exactly the effect of q
field Of waving grass. Unlike the painted canvas
screens, these nets are. it We're, alive; the ilu
sion they offer Is convincingly like reality. They
are used to hide sausage balloons ton the ground.
ammunition dnmps etc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
Celebration of Airplanes.

Airplanes are painted sllvery white beneath, so
as TO be inconspicuous from the ground, and gray
on Top, to render them less visible to other flying
machines that may happen to be overhead. A new
ct device Is to paint them on top with various col
ors lnterminged, while German batte-panes Of
recent pattern are brilliantly decked out in blue
green, red and yellow, for the purpose Of confus
Ing the eyes Of anu-aircraft gunners.
Up to now the warpalnt of fighting ships has
been slate'gray, which was supposed to harmon
ize with the sea, but henceforth 0hough the prob.
lem has not been worked out satisfactorily yeti
they will be "camoufaged" in schemes Of colors
In the American navy this idea is being tried out
on destroyers and not long ago one Of Uncle
Sans submarines, while taking part in manoeu-
Vres, actually got lost from the fleet because (be.
ing adorned in this way the other ships lost sight
Of it.
The United States government now requires
that all Of its merchant ships shall be similarly
treated, information for the purpose being fur.
nished to owners and shipmasters by the bureau
OF war risk insurance. They are at liberty to
choose their own painting scheme from several
recipes" supplied. or these the simplest con.
slsts in painting the vessel in such way as to
eliminate high lights and shadows. The under part
OF the 'overhang" is made white, and the super
structure dark, the result being blend with sea
and sky.
Other schemes consist in arrangements Of the
primary colors in various patterns. the effect
sought being blend that will produce usually the
Impression Of gray But this gray has to the eye
much more "deadness' than gray paint. It is
misty. Optically speaking. the same principle ap-
plies as in the case of the zebra whose black and
white stripes, vivid enough when seen close at
hand, are meant by nature as protective coora.
ton-in other words. to make the animal less visi.
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Big French Gun Screened in Forest Near the Front
By RENE BACHE

lapsible frames covered with black cloth and which
from a distance look like armored cars when set
up, are used to draw the enemy's fire and cause
him to waste precious ammunition.
An empty hogshead mounted on tipcart looks
much like a big mortar from the point Of view OF
an aviator half mile up in the air and his report
of its position may cause the enemy batteries to
throw away whole lot of perfectly good shells in
trying to put the harmless barrel out Of business.
Quaker" guns are nothing new; this sort Of
camouhage was frequently employed during the
American civil war but with inferior method.
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NbANls LAY llt1l 1T - Va az NpAOAg
though made up-as one can see
by passing a sunbeam through a
prism-Of all the colors of the
rainbow If paints are used
with scientific correctness for the
purpose, they ought to render the
guns and gunners absolutely in.
visible from a distance.
This arc, however. IS very
new. In future days, when it has
been developed, we may have in.
visible guns, invisible airplanes,
and possibly Through adaptation
of a color-scheme to uniforms)
invisible fighting men. The khaki
our soldiers wear is meant to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
Battleplanes Are Painted Dark Gray on
Top to Hamonize with the Earth, and
White Beneath to Blend Into the Sky.

blend with the hue of the earth. The French
"horizon-blue" matches the sky. The German mist
gray" is another attempt at invsibiliy Butnone of
these solves the problem satisfactorily.
So much depends upon the background you
see, and backgrounds vary. The sky is not always
blue; the ground is not always dirt-color. Thus
in some of the fighting in the forests Of Roumanla
the Bulgarlans are said to have Worn green uni.
forms, and to have painted their faces green. For
night attacks when snow covered the ground the
Huns hit upon the idea Of wearing white garments
resembling nightgowns and nghtcaps
In the development of the art of camouhage
one thing already discovered is the value of shad-
ows. Thus, for concealments sake, ammunition
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-06
A New Vegetable Wax

IRON prehistoric times the Indians of Ecuador
have utilized wax found on certain species
of tall palms for making candles. This wax
occurs on the tree trunks in granular form, each
tree furnishing about so pounds. The trees grow
in great numbers on the mountains along the coast
Samples of this wax were sent to France and Ger
many, from which countries favorable reports ana
an offer of 1875 cents a pound were received.
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Hips and other affairs worth hiding are com.
monty placed at 4he borders of woods-Dreferably
a. tne northern edge, inasmuch as there the tree
WIZ throw broad shadow through most of the
year Even the enemy aviators camera will not
1lscern what is within the shadow; and on sunless
uuys the flying scouts rarely take photographs,
because the pictures are much less clear
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Disgusting Big Guns.

The big guns on the fighting fronts are painted
with great daubs of primary colors-red, blue,
green yellow. etc. Likewise the British tanks.
Even the gunners are now wearing hooded suits
Of oyercothes similarly daubed for obviously, it
would be of little thus to hide the guns If men
could be plainly seen moving about them.
The theory, of course, IS easy TO understand
The primary coors properly mingled make no
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ee' Seen from distance on its native desert, its
stripes blend into gray that is much less con.
spcuous than mules "all-oyer' gray.
one Of these arrangements is of wavy stripes,
green, blue and white Stripes of curvilinear and
scToH forms it is found, have confusing effect to
,he eye, the outlines Of hull thus adorned being
lost to view at any considerable distance Incl.
uentaIIy they make difficult the focusing of a
telescope or binoculars upon the ship, rendering 1t
harder to see the craft distinctly