Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-05
'sM|LEAGEE' BOOKS :.
FOR THE SOLDIERS
PRESENTS THAT WILL ENAeIE
MEN IN CAMPS TO SEE HIGH
GRADE PRODUCTIONS.
PLANS CT THEATRICAL MEN
Secretary Lane Reviews the Develop
ment Of the Science OF war-Pub''e
Lands to Be Opened for Cultivation
In 1918.


,amps and environments, is being ar
ranged by a subcommittee OF the war
commission on training
camp activities. At each Of the Ii Ma
tional army environments theater mas
,ecn erected which seats 3,CoO men.
Marc klaw, Of Klcw & Er!angcr, u
member Of the commission, has ar
.:r-c3 fer four companies OF the
arish!cst theatrical stars to play
..va,iug Cheaters," "1nside the
tines" Turn to the Right" and Here
Comes the Bridc"-aIl big successes
asst year in New York. He has also
planned to have four companies OF the
highest grade vaudeville performers
play 1T these theaters.
At National Guard camps large chau-
1auQua tents, with seating capacity OF
from 1900 to 1000. have been put up
and first-class vaudeville is being pre-
sented.
The EXPENSE Of operating this cir
cult Of G4 tlleaters is met by adm;s-
zion charges which run from 10 to 20
cents.
"Sn;leage" books contain 20 or 1oo
scent coupons, which may be pur-
chased by anyone for 81 or 50, respec-
lively, and sent to a soldier friend at
the camp. The coupons will be ex-
changed at the box Office for adlnis-
sion tickets. Sending man smile
tse" book is equivalent to giving him
passes to from 10 to 50 performances
Of various kinds.
Included liz the recent annual report
o: Secretary Franklin X. Lane is the
following:
"When the bureau of mines was ere
ased by congress FIVE years ago it was
hardly to have been imagined that the
methods used for the saving OF life in
the coal mines of the United States
would become Of vital use in the prob
lem of saving lives and destroying lives
in a world war: yet this is just what
has happened.
"The soldiers kit, which was SO SIM
ole q thing in other wars, has had to
be increased by n gas mask not unlike
the helmet CT deep-sea diver. with a
box Of chemicals adapted for offsettins
the effects Of the various kinds OF gas
the enemy is known to use.
"When we came into the war we
found ourselves prepared with the
knowledge. the machinery, and the men
to promptly meet the need Of gas
masks in great quantity and Of su-
perior type. Thus the men who had
been en- this work Of meeting the gases
compounded in natures laboratory
were found to have reserve Of knowl-
edge rs to what gases will Kill and
what will choke and what VIII burn
and what will hasten disease. which
in war of cumulative frightfulness
would make the United States modest
w distinguished if it wished to sc
shine. AS one Of the group said:
"'We chemists in America have new
pr turned our minds to the destruction
Of human life. Our work has been con.
structive-thc chemistry Of the soil
Of cement, of printers ink, of the by
products from petroleum and tar. OF
10000 things which will make for
longer. a happier life for man. But u
the world is to be turned upside dowr
and instead of staying death and al
sease and making new things that mar
can use for his own cnnoblcment w
are wanted to push forward the worl
Of the destruction Ct E::n and al hi'
works we can become rivals Of tin
worst in such enternrisc.
"This is not the time to present tn
things done and the things doing b.
these men Of the necrOmantic science
but when the day comes for casting VI
accounts and giving credit their worl
will not 60 unrecosuiZcG."
, Hundreds of thousands of acres Q
lands in the United States, hilbert
!. untitled may he placed under cultivs
ton during 1918.
An inquiry by the department Of tn
interior shows that approximately 600
900 acres on various reclamation pre-
jccts and an area Of Indian lands a
most as large are susceptible Of cult
vation.
Dancing Is one form Of amusemc!
being provided on a large scale II
the men of the army and navy. It
one Of the ways the war camps con
mupi:y service, under direction of I'll
war and navy departments, provide
wholesome pleasure for the troops.
There ere now approximately l5,O(
sneakers in the -four minute men
he nationwide organization of vOlu
,eer speakers who assist the COVER
meat in the work Of national defen:
by presenting messages of vital II
tional Importance to motion-pictu
theater audiences.
Retail dealers OF insecticides are e
empt from the licensing regulation
covering trade in white arsenic Il:
arsenic insecticides. The only col
NAMES required to obtain licenses G
wholesalers and jObbers.
Late reports on health conditions
army camps and cantonments show t
epidemic of measles to be greatly d
creasins. In Sew: raj camps whe
measles has extensively prevailed t
number Of cases Of rneu;acnia has 4
creased.
All official motion p:ctmes on "
activities in the United States bear t