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Evening star., 1918-05-31
ALLIED RESERVES
/. .I.ARRlv|NGSTEAD|[Y
Situation Is, Considered Less
:, Serious Than In Last
Days of March.
MORALE IS Excellent

BY PAUL SCOTT MOwRER
Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. CoDyriSht. 1918.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES.
May 31.-The allied reserves arc ar
riving steadily. but the enemy will
doubtless possess numerical superi-
ority for two or three days. as this
time will probably elapse before the
full play of the allied reserves can
be felt. The situation Is certainly So
rious. but, generally speaking. probably
less SO than 1t was In the last days Of
March.
Conditions for aviation have been
none too good. On the days pre-
ceding the offensive the enemy planes
avoided battle. running away at
sight. but on the day of the attack
they appeared in large numbers and
showed themselves very aggressive.
All Eager for Revenge.
Camions packed with troops or am
munition are streaming toward the
front and by every road go columns
Of infantry and cavalry, both French
and British. laughing cheerfully as II
they were on their way to review
instead of to a desperate battle. Even
among the troops which had to re-
treat before the enemy the morale 10
excellent, for they realize that the
only cause of their withdrawal was
the enemy's great numerical superior
ity and all are eager for revenge.
The enemy's present objectives seem
to be. first the hills above the Marne
to the north. and second. the town Of
Villers-Cotterets. I believe that il he
succeeds in reaching his first objective
and with IT domination of the Marne
valley he will then make his principal
effort on his own right fank-the
French left.
Toward Rheims the situation seems
stabilized.
Just behind lies the strong de-
fensive position Of the so-called
Rheims mountain" q great wooded
plateau dominating the whole plain.
Probable Direction Of Drive.
The German drive will probably be
directed henceforth toward the south
The French seem successfully to have
blocked the valley Of the Disc by a
line just west Of Scissors Rein
forcements continue to arrive. The
question whether Hindenburg will
supplement the present drive by an
other offensive in the direction of
Amiens remains open.
When compared with the offensive
OF March 21 the present situation is
As yet not particularly disquieting.
1t was only on the eighth day of that
offensive that Petain. Foch and Haig
succeeded in stopping the gray-green
hordes. Throughout the French army
confidence continues to prevail The
open style Of warfare presents an in
Unite variety Of possibilities.
Evening star., 1918-05-31

H. H. Morgan. representative in
Cuba Of the United States Food Ad-
ministration, has been notified that
the interallied sugar committee has
signed a contract for tho purchase by
the United States from the Cuban
sugar producers Of the remaining %
per cent Of this years crop.
In connection with the Memorial
day exerciseS In Bordeaux, Franco,
ysstsrday . review Of French and
American troops was held ana deco-
1AAenS Yoke AWARDED 70 xms11csn
ooldisf1 4oe hsfolo conduct during the
recent 8re IN . shop in the harbof.
Evening star., 1918-05-31
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL
IS READY FOR PRESIDENT

Final action on the urgent deficien-
cy bill. carrying appropriations Of
more than 123,ooo.o0o. was taken by
the House today when the Senate
amendments. adding $15.400. were
agreed to by the House. The bill is
now ready for the Presidents sigma
ture.
Evening star., 1918-05-31
Abe's Wit.
From the Boston Transcript,

From the Boston Transcrpt.
Lincoln. during the civil war, gave a
bumptious young German a commission
as captain. AS the interview was about
ended. Herr Won A. said: 'And you
must remember, Mr.. President. nv
name is one Of the Oldest and most
aristocratic in Germany"
Old Abe looked at him a moment and
then said:
''weI. If you are careful. It WON'T
hurt you any,"
Evening star., 1918-05-31
CENSUS OF WAR MATERIALS.
Inventory Being Taken Of Domes-
tic Stocks Of Seventeen Grouns

At the request of the war boards
the census bureau Is soon to com.
plete an inventory Of the domestic
stocks Of seventeen groups or i'm
portant materials needed for war
work. Tho groups are ibers. except
cotton and wool; dyestuffs; hides.
skins. leather and tanning materials;
gums. such ~ camphor. chicle, cam
bags. coral. kauft damar, shellac;
nitrates; antimony: rosin ana tur.
psntinsS plumbago: mica; cinchona
bark; ferro manganese and faro
silicon; cellulose; abrasives: paper.
including wood pulp; ash. spruce.
birch. oak, walnut and maho1any
woods: platinum and tin.
Evening star., 1918-05-31
MRS. LoTTIE T1aNoR DIES.
Was Resident Of Washington for
Fifty Years.

Mrs. Lottie Tignor. for over fifty
years q resident Of Washington, died
early this morning At her home, 473
Florida avenue northwest. Funeral
arrangements have not been com.
pleted.
Mrs. Ttgnor 10 survived by four
sons. DR.. William Tignor. Dr. Charles
Tignor. Clarence Tignor and Harry
Ttgnor. and four daughters.
Evening star., 1918-05-31
In Defense Of Names.

their feet. Call a snub-nosed Huck
Finn Of q boy Ellsworth de Peyster
Smith ana he will go through boy
and carry on through college as Dip
py. Look at Hucklsberry himself!
syllables mean nothing in the young
life Of the world, and no amount Of
them that you pile on can keep . good
boy down. One way or another the
truth will out and name the right
name, spite Of parents. priests ana the
intolerable Inheritance of family jaw
breakers. Tho exceptions. whore per-
sonality is blanched and beaten under
and finished by . name. only prove
the rule.
Tho truth has an even better chance
right from the start, where 1t Is not
Z red-faced. bowling infant concern
Ing which there must be prophecy.
Dogs. horses. estates. sleeping cars
and yachts are more or less completed
articles by the time a title is due
Stupidity occasionally triumphs: but
neighbors and friends and the fates
for the best. prevail far oftener than
popular belief credits, Is our point.
Sleeping cars, for instance. Think
Of all the 5eering leveled at the Pull
man car poets! Yet no names in histo-
~ were ever moro descriptive than
these pompous mouthdllers. All the
heavy, elaborate mahogany-veneered
discomfort Of q steel coach sings in
"Hildegarde" or ''Marmaduke." Coun-
try house names have also come in
for much ridicule. Yet we never heard
| one that did not somehow express and
| reveal not only the facts of the spot,
but the subtle overtones Of the fami-
ly character as we'll. In poor taste
and trite or pretentious or far
fetched. yes. But look at tho family
before you condemn. Talk of dreams
and suppressed desires! Give US the
name OF a family's country estate and
we will guarantee to describe their
whole secret spiritual nature at a
glance.
Evening star., 1918-05-31
Federal Rail Managers Named.

George W. Stevens. formerly presi-
dent of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road. has been appointed federal man
ager of the road. Three short-line
roads in Virginia have been put under
A. c. Needles. federal manager Of the
Norfolk and Western.
Evening star., 1918-05-31

Gives Telegraph Decision June l.
A final decision in the controversy
between commercial telegraphers and
their employers will be given by the
War Labor Board at New York to-
morrow. The telegraphers charge
that men who Joined telegraphers'
union were discharged by their en-
ployers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
CATHOLICISM IN GREECE.

In, Greece, where the word of the
Gospel sounded at such an early date,
the extent of, the adherents to the
true faith is actually very meagre.
There are in Greece three archGio-
ceses: Athens, re-established in 1875,
comprising all Attica, but having only
IA parishes for about 10000 Catho-
lies; Corfu, with parishes and 5000
Catholics in a population OF $4,000
inhabitants; Naxos, in the archipel-
ago, with $50 Catholics, the popula-
ton of very modest parish. The
suffragans of this last named archdi-
Geese are the diocese of Chic, 1000
Catholics; Santorin, 800; Tinos-An-
dros, 4,200; and SYRIA, 1900. The
number of Catholics in Greece is es-
timated at about $4,000 in popula.
ton of over 100000. There is work
therefore in this country for many
imitators of st. Paul.
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A LESSON IN sELF-DENlAL.

Describing himself as a poor native
missionary, Rev. Joseph Kin, Lazarist,
makes plea for his mission at Hu
Kow Shien, where he has been for
four years. When he arrived he found
only a little house for the priest, but
no chapel, school or catechumenate.
Everything was to be built, but with
what? Not with the money in FIR.
Kin's pocket, because he did not. have
any except the tiny sum allowed him
for personal expenses.
But he felt Providence designed the
post to accomplish some good works
so he made UP his mind to save
something, even out of his micro.
scopic allowance At the end of two
years, by heroic selfdenial, he was
able to secure place about ten yards
square, which he dignifed by the
name of catechumenate. AS result
thirty adults have been baptized
which consoled him for all his pr.
walton. He now dreams of school
but surely someone will help this
faithful native apostle to open it with
less suffering than this first venture
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MUCH FOOD IN SMALL BULK.

The British soldier when fresh
bread is not available is supplied with
what he calls dog biscuit" 1t looks
like just that, being. a thick cracker
four. inches square and weighing three
ounces. OF whole wheat flour pressed
solid, it might be described as a con-
densed loaf of bread.
The French have a war bread
somewhat similar, which when put
into hot water or soup swells up like
a sponge.
The famous German pea sausage"
is composed of pea meal, bacon and
fat. 1t was the invention of a Berlin
cook, who discovered a process where
by pea meal could be made PROOF
against deterioration. One sausage
eight inches long yields twelve plates
of nutritious soup.
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echo from Africa -
FOR UNCLE SANS FIGHTERS.

Because of the fact that church IA
cilities are SO vitality necessary for the
welfare Of any Camp, the Catholic
Church Extension Society is once
more appealing to the fathers, moth
ers and sisters who may have a son
or brother now in training for Uncle
Sam to come forward with their dona.
tons, no matter how small they may
be, for the purchase Of Mass Outfits
that are still needed by Army and
Navy Chaplains.
Not only have we supplied mum
Der of Mass Outfits for Army Chap
lains, but we have also had the pleas
IRE of assigning a few Outfits to Navy
Chaplains, and the Chaplains have
many times since expressed their de
light in possessing such a neat and
compact Outfit. Will you not help
us take care of the Chaplains who
as yet, have no Mass Kit?
Surely you would want the boys you
know in the different Camps to come
home to you, when this awful war is
finally ended, the same, if not better
than when they went away, wouldn't
you? Well, help to provide the Chap
lains with the means of celebrating
Mass; and the boys who will come
marching home to you, some fine day
soon, please God. will be better boys
for the traininggand for the watchfu
care and solicitude of their Chap
lains.
Mass Outfits for Army and Navy
Chaplains may be purchased for &
donation of $500. These Outfits con
tain everything necessary for the cele
bration of the Mass, and are neatly
packed in q lightweight, ordinary
sized suitcase. Think it over and lei
US know if the preservation Of your
boys faith isn't worth a little sacrifice
on your part.
Small and large donations will be
cheerfully accepted by the Catholic
Church Extension Society, whose
Offices are located at $50 Mccormick
Bldg, Chicago, H.
/
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MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE!

Rev. Father Biehler, Empandeni,
Rhodesia, without date writes: Il
have just lost my horse, which for
seven years has helped me SO much
in my apostolic journeys through our
missions. This sudden privation has
rendered me incapable Of doing one
tenth part of my apostolic work. l am
sure you will find some noble soul who
will come to my aid and help me to
save the souls entrusted to me. With
cut horse how could / visit my four
missions each week? How could
visit all the sick and dying in each of
these missions? Dear old Father Hart
mann continues in spite of his age to
visit the villages of the central mis-
sion. Every day he mounts his old
courser and rides off in search of his
sick and erring sheep. He does as
usual infinite good. The old horse is
just what he wants-suits him exact
" for he, is too old to run away-and
has long sure step and is almost as
solid as the master who rides him.
Will this appeal go unheeded?
American Headquarters of the Sodal-
ity of st. Peter Claver for the African
Missions, Fullerton Bldg, ST. Louis,
Mo.
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Why's THUNDER RuMBLEs.

Thunder is the sound made by the
lightning, which in turn, is a momen-
tary, electric current through the air.
The air in the path of this current is
heated very quickly, expands and hits
the surrounding air. This causes a
sound wave to travel outward from
all partsIof this path.
Sound goes at the rate of 1000 feet
per second in air, being more than
this in heated air. The rumble is
made by only one fash. But as this
has a path all of whose points are
not the same distance from the OBJ
server, the sound made at the more
distant points gets in little later
than that made at those nearby.
All thunder has some rumble, for
the path could not be the same dis
lance at all points unless it were cir
cular. with the observer in the centre
OF the air.
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SAILORS SIGN.

Strange signs frequently hang from
ships which puzzle even jewellers in
seaport towns. A basket slung from
the mainmast head is sailors sign
to notify that the cargo has been
loaded or discharged, as the case may
be, and that the ship is ready to start
on her next trip.
A generally mysterious emblem is a
broom dashed to mainmast or bridge
railing. This is to signify that the
vessel is for sale.
Occasionally a dark blue, stripe may
be seen running fore and aft on a
vessel. AS a matter of fact, this is
sign of recent bereavement. Blue
is the sailors mourning, and the
stripe of this color takes the place OF
the black margin or band used by the
landsman as a notification of death.
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PNEUMONIA PLAGUE BREAKS
OUT AGAIN. IN CHINA.

Another dreadful scourge is sweep
ing over North China, and one which,
if unchecked, will prove more devas-
tating than flood and famine COM
bined. The name of, it is the pneu-
monte plague and it is the same di-
sease that ravaged Mongolia five
years ago and carried off 10000 or
10000 people before it was checked.
It seems to have started in Mongo-
LA this year, and has been devastat-
ing the part of Shansi Province north
of the Great We'll, and now has hrok-
en- through.
Father Botty sends a despairing cry
from East Mongolia, and his need
should receive immediate attention.
Three of his companion priests have
fallen victims to their apostolic zeal
Hundreds of the Christians have per
ished; in a single day one Of these
Fathers had to give the last sacra-
ments to seventeen persons; soon he
and two other missionaries contract
ed the dreadful disease. Added to
the scourge is a state OF famine
which has existed for some time,
Those who have strength and cour-
age to do so, are leaving the country,
the rest are in a perishing condition.
The smallest aims will help swell the
relief fund.
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ONE THOUSAND MILES FROM
LAND.

1t is possible for a ship to reach a
point in the ocean where it is 1000
miles from land in any direction. In
fact, this can be done at several
points. By leaving San Francisco or
Vancouver and sailing into the North
Pacific a spot is reached where there
is no land, not even an islet, for a
thousand miles in any direction. So,
100, sailing from the southern point
Of ancient Kamchatka southeast
wards, ship will reach a point more
than a thousand miles from land, the
nearest to the north being the Aleu-.
tian islands, and to the south the
Sandwich Islands, or Hawaii. In the
southern Indian ocean it is possible
to sail thousand miles out from the
southern points of Australia and
New Zealand, and still be as far away
from any other land; and the same
may be done in westerly direction
from Cape Horn.
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KINDERGARTENs.
Daniel Webster

1.-THE first kiEdergartens in our
country" said an educator, were con-
Quoted for the children of the well
to do. The remarkable value of this
training for the children of the poor
was soon recognized, and mission kim
dergartens became numerous. Then
the more progressive cities and towns
tried them eXperimentally in their
public schools. That their worth has
been abundantly proved is clearly
shown by the spread of the kinder.
garten, and the general Introduction
of kindergarten training departments
into state normal schools and city
training schools.
"At present 1928 cities have an az
gregate of S,463 kindergartens in their
public schools, with an enrolment Of
434 GOO children"
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BEST LISTENER IN THE WORLD.

The horse is really one of the best
listeners in the world. He is always
on the alert for sounds which concern
Or interest him. When he looks at
anything he turns his ears toward it
10 observe the better whether any
sound comes from it. If horse is
particularly interested in your driving
of him he always turns his ears back
ward toward you, but if he has no
concern on that subject or if he sees
anything ahead that interests him he
keeps his ears pricked forward. A
horse hears the whinny of another
horse at a greater distance than the
average man can hear it.
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There is the common ledger for them

There is the common ledger for them
all;
And images on this cold surface
traced
Make slight impressions and are
soon effaced.
But we've page more glowing and
more bright
On which our friendships and our
love to write;
That these may never from the soul
depart, ~ =
We trust them to the memory of the
heart.
There is no dimming-no effacement
here;
Each new pulsation keeps the record
clear;
Warm, golden letters all the tablet
fill,
Nor lose their lustre till the heart
stands still.
Daniel Webster.
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IRISH TROOPER SAVED NAPo.
Icons HEART.

So the American military leaders
have been visiting Napoleon's tomb.
Did they, one wonders, hear the story
of his heart, which the tomb incloses
On the night that he died, on
the island of St. Helena, his body was
prepared for embalming and the heart
was placed in water in a silver ever.
An Irish soldier, who loved Napoleon,
sat up with his old muzzle loader to
guard the body, for Longwood
swarmed with rats. In the midst OF
his vigil he heard a splash in the
ever. He fired, just in time to save
the heart from the vile rodents, which
were dragging it away. Americans
knew that sentry's grandson, Sir Ar.
thur Sullivan, and loved his music.
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WHY NOT?

A prominent builder in a nearby
city has added to his firm silent
partner" and it is safe to predict that
his business will not suffer thereby
Here is his announcements:
Il have taken the Propagation OF
the Faith Society into partnership on
a few of my real estate transactions
and enclose my check for its share
in the profits of the latest deal
will not expect itoto share the losses,
Pray for me."
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THE MISSIONS AND THE CATE.
cHIsTs.

In 1913 our Superior General, the
Very Rev. Father Henry, on mis- yisi.
tation journey through Uganda, came
to this mission, and all the catechists
were presented to him. 1t was a grand
sight. There sat our Venerable Supe-
rior General, his head crowned with
the silver hair Of old age, and the
catechists opposite him gazing In awe
and wonder. "0f course, he is not the
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al MIGHTY DOLLAR" is FOUR
HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

1t was in 1892 that the Congress of
the United States authorized the es-
Enlistment of mint in Philadel-
phia. With the founding of this in
stitution the almighty dollar" began
to come into it's own. The Spanish
dollar had been common in America
for years, and when Gouverneur Nor
ris attempted to harmonic all the
moneys of the states he took the dol
lar as standard. The plans of Nor
ris were later amended by Jefferson,
who proposed to strike four coins
upon the basis of the Spanish milled
dollar-a gold piece of the value of
$40, a dollar in silver, tenth of a
dollar in silver and a hundredth of
dollar in copper.
Although America borrowed the dol
lar from Spain, in origin it was Ger
man, and the word dollar being the
English form of the German "thaler."
1t was nearly four centuries ago
in 1519-that Count Schlick of Bo-
hernia began to issue silver coins
weighing one ounce each. These
were minted at Joachimsthal, in Bo-
hemia, and, thus became known as
Joachimsthalers, later shortened to
thalers. In the sixteenth century they
were common in England, where they
were known as; "dalers" or dollars"
Shakespeare mentioned dollars" in
the second scene of the first act of
Macbeth"
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DOING HER BIT FOR THE MIS-
SONS.

If there are any women who would
like to devote a little of their time,
occasionally, to the making of altar
linens for poor Churches, the Catholic
Church Extension Society would be
pleased to send a circular giving the
correct sizes Of the different linens,
upon inquiry.
Many requests for altar linens have
the Extension Society felt that if the
Catholic women of the country knew
of this great need, they would willing
" offer to do their bit.
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Pope, they said, but the pope must
be like him. . Neither side spoke
much, since the General did not under
stand their language and the cate
chists could not speak English.
But it was a touching sight when
the eatechists knelt one by one before
the General, clasped his thin white
fingers in their big black hands and
moved them a few times up and down.
How long have you been teaching, =
asked the General of one of them.
Fifteen years, since my baptism" was
the ready answer; and ''Sebo,e he
gravely answered, Il shall continue
until death. The good man wanted
to make a VOW of it, and several
others were wishing to do the same;
but the General would not let them
and told them that he was more than
satisfied with their promise.
With men like these the future of
Uganda need not be dispaired Of. On
the contrary, they are like q pledge,
which God has given us to assure us
OF the future triumph of the cross
over paganisnn.
echo from Africa -
1t takes $4,000 a year to support
one of these black Catechists Any
contribution for this purpose will be
gratefully received by the Sodality
of st. Peter ClaVer for the African
Missions, Fullerton Bldg, 7th and
Pine Sts., ST. Louis, Mo.
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THE MEMORY or THE HEART

1t stores of dry and learned lore we
gain,
We keep them in the memory of the
brain;
Names, things, and facts whatever
+. we knowledge call,