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The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
WILSON TO AID SlAvS
U. s. AND JAP TROOPS To-occUPY
vLADIvoSToK.
Action Taken to Protect czechs and
Give Help Desired by Russians in
Restoring Normal Conditions.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Officia statements by
the American and Japanese govern
ments. made public here. announce
that the plans for extending military
aid TO Russia in Siberia will be under
taken by the United States and Japan
alone. with the other co,belligerents
asserting in principle. The United
States and Japan will each send "a
few thousand men" TO VladivOstok to
act as a common force In occupying
and safeguarding the city and protect
ing the rear of the westward moving
zecho-Slovak army. The numbers OF
tho American troops. whence they will
60 and when. may not be discussed.
While the United States and Japan
are extending aid to the Czecho-Slo,
wax army in Siberia, the United States
will continue to cooperate with the al
lies operating from Murmansk and
Archaneel. To what extent and In
what manner are not announced.
The only present objects of the Jap
anese-American forces will be 10 give
such aid and protection as is possible
to the Czecho. .Slovak forces against
the army body OF German and Aus
trian prisoners of war and to steady
any efforts at self-government and
self-defense in which the Russians
themselves may be willing to accept
assistance.
Later the United States will send q
commission of merchants, agricul
tural experts. labor advisors. Red
Cross representatives and agents OF
the Y. NJ. c. A.
Both the United States and Japan
in the official announcements. make
the most specific pledges of the action
agreed upon being wholly without
thought of interference with the SOW
ereignty OF Russia or any interference
whatever in her internal affairs.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
CALLS KAlSER'S BLUFF
DANIELS SAYS WILLIAM MAKES
VAIN BOAST.
Not One American Transport Has
Been Sunk on Way to France,
Says Secretary.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-The theory of the
submarine as a determining factor in
the war has been exploded. Secretary
Daniels declared after reading the
boast OF the German emperor that
German submarines are "tenaciously
attacking and fighting the vital forces
which are streaming overseas" Mr..
Daniels pointed out that not single
American transport carrying troops
to Europe had been sunk. The sub
marine Is no longer determining
factor in the war. and statements by
Emperor William in a proclamation to
the German army and navy that sub
marines ARE tenaciously attacking
and fighting the vital forces which
are streaming across the sea- are
without foundation. Secretary Daniels
said.
THE reduction in sinkings has been
steady" Mr.. Daniels said. THE sub
marine as a leading. important fac
tor in the war is ended"
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
To Make Draft Ages 10 to 40,

Washington. Aug. 1.-The army gen.
eral staff and the administration will
ask Congress to extend the draft age
to include all men between the ages
of 10 and 40, it was predicted Thurs
day. Leading members of the House
and Senate military affairs commit
tees have been informed that the
President will favor these limits, and
it is likely that they will be the ones
finally decided on, although a number
Of members would like to see the max.
fmum age made As instead q -.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
BRING. Down s44 Enemy Planes,

London.-Eight hundred and forty
down by the allies during July, while
1926 allied machines were lost during
the same period. British aviators ac-
counted for 4l0 planes; French. 290;
Italians, LOG: Belgians, A., Americans,
3. In addition twenty-six planes were
brought down in the Balkans and five
in Palestine. The Germans destroyed
316 allied planes and the Buigarians
five and the Austrians four.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

London.-Germany Is contemplating
the recall of Ambassador Won Mumm
from the Ukraine and the handing Of
passports 10 the ambassador OF the
Ukraine in Berlin. pending the clear
ing up OF the situation in Kiev. Seri-
Gus riots are reported from the coun-
try districts in the Ukraine. according
TO View dispatch to the Fremden-
blatt of Hamburg.
Gen. Won Falkenhausen, governor
general OF Belgium. was summoned to
imperial headquarters by the kaiser.
II was learned here. 1t is probable
that this indicates he will be appoint
ed TO succeed the late Gen. Won Eich-
horn at Kiev.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
German Losses Total 4,76o, 900.

Paris.-German losses since the
start of the war have reached AGO.
900, according to estimates published
here In L'Homme Libre. Premier
Clemenceau's newspaper. The Ger
mans now have 5,430.0oO men. 1t is
stated, of which 4,OOO,OOU are engaged
on the west front.
The paper estimates that since
March the German losses have been
800, 900, of which 1,OOo. 900. it is said
have been put out of action.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Hun Commander Assassinated.

Amsterdam. - Field Marshal Won
Eichhorn, the German commander in
the Ukraine. and his adjutant. Capt.
Won Dressler. were killed by bomb
in Kiev, says an official announce
ment received here from the Ukrainian
capital. The bomb was thrown at the
men while they were driving to their
headquarters from the casino. The
bomb was thrown from a cab which
drove close to their carriage as they
were approaching the field marshars
residence. The assassin and the cab
driven have been arrested
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Call for Next Liberty Loan.

Washington.-Get ready for the next
Liberty loan. 1t will be $4,000, 900, 900.
according to present indications, with
interest at AZ per cent. If the amount
of the loan is fixed at $4,000 .O0O. 900
the Chicago federal reserve district
will be required to take 3S40, 900. 900.
the Minneapolis district 5000. 900.
the st. Louis district $4,000. 900, the
Kansas City district $24O.O0O. 900. the
Dallas district $144.O00,0O0 and the
San Francisco district $424,0OO, 900.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Hindenbura Admits Plan Failed.

Copenhagen. - Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg and Gen. Ludendorff re-
ceived the German correspondents, ac-
cording to advices reaching here. and
openly admitted their strategic plans
had failed. They asserted. however,
that the Germans were still masters
Of the situation and that the terri
tories given to the enemy were dis
posed of according to plans. II the
battles were ON German territory. they
explained. 1t would be painful to give
up villages.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Bandit Returns Horse Taken in Ra

Bandit Returns Horse Taken in Raid.
Maria, Tex.-Col. Tldefonso Sanchez.
a villa follower, returned to Captain
Kloepfer, u. 8. A., a horse stolen from
an American ranch last April. The
Villa officer reported a fight between
Villa and Mexican federal forces
which took place Saturday at Vado dc
Piedra, opposite San Jose. Tex: The
villa forces attacked a detachment Of
eighty federal soldiers under Captain
Mendoza. The federals broke. firing
as they ran, but wounded none of
Sanches's men.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
I.inseed.
Duluth, Minn.-Linseed-
Chicago Live stock Quot.t,.,

Chcago-Hogs - Butchers, $4,000
1885: light. s19.2041Ss0: packers,
$ls.OOh 1920: rough. S17.6OQl7.90: bulk
OF sales. $l825@ 1880; pigs, good and
choice. SlS.0O4lS.75
Cattle-Beef cattle: Good. choice and
prime, $l7.50G1s.75: common and me
dunn. $l0.50410.70. Butcher stock:
ners and cutters. sS.5OQ750. Stockers
and feeders: Good. choice and fancy.
5000 q 1900: inferior, common and
and choice. $16.5O817.OO sN
Sheep-I,ambs. choice and prime
117:zS q 1890; medium and good, Sl5.So
@17.25: culls, $12.OOd140O. Ewss
Choice and prime. $1a251Is.S5: me
dium and good, $11.00Gl3.s5 cuIIs,
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
seherr Succeeds Won Aol.ze NJ dorff.

Copenhagen.-Admiral Won Holtzen-
dorff. chief of the German admiralty
staff. has been retired for reasons of
health. according to an announcement
by the semi-official Wolff Bureau of
Berlin. Admiral Reinhardt Scherr,
commander CT the battle fleet. has
been designated to succeed Admiral
Won HoltZendOrff.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Court Hats wreekIne Of Midland.

De1yer.-Owners of the. Colorado
Midland railroad will not be allowed
to tear up the tracks and junk the
read, a. authorized in an order by Dis
frict Judge John W. Sheafor Of Colo.
irado Springs. The Supreme Court
eranted the application OF the COM
pzainants IN the Midland tunking case
Z stav OF execution pending hearing
* tie case. and the owners are
eetopped from tearing up the tracks,
Ut the order does mot restore servics
q the road
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
U. S. Casualties Total 1876.

Washington. - Army and Marine
corps casualties reported from over
seas during the week ending Aug. 4
increased 1,43O, as compared with L.
$50 the week before Total casualties
reported are 1876. including Sun
days list OF 283-the largest number
yet reported in single day-and ma
rine corps list of two.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

czeeho- -Siovaks Capture Ekaterinburs.
Amsterdam-The town of Ekaterin-
burg, in the province of Perm. near
the Siberian border. has been taken
by the Czecho-S Slovaks. according to
the newspaper Isvestia of Moscow.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Denver Aviator Drops Enemy Plane.

With the American Army at the
Marne.-Eight German airplanes we're
shot down Thursday by American avi-
ators. Lieut.. Donald Hudson of Kan
sas City destroying three Of the en-
emy machines within five minutes. 1t
was a record day for the Americans.
One German machine each was
downed by Ivan A. Roberts OF Massa-
chusetts. Ruff Nevius OF Los An
geles, Robert z. Gates OF Spartans-
burg, S. c. Harold Buckles of Man.
chester. N. H.. and Jerry E. Vascon-
cells Of Denver
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
British July Losses Total 67,291.

London.-British casualties reported
during July totaled 67,291 This COM
pares with total casualties reported In
June of 141.1 The losses for July
are divided as follows: Killed or died
of wounds, officers. 521: men, S,474.
Wounded or missing, officers, 1887;
men, 56,759.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Explosion Kills 700 German Soldiers

London. - The terroist campaign
against the Germans of the Russian
Social Revolutionists OF the Left in
cludes an explosion at Kiev; which re-
suited In the death Of 700 German SOL
diers, in addition to the murder of
Field Marshal Won Eichhorn. the Co.
penhagen correspondent of the Daily
Mail quotes a leading member of the
party as saying
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
v. s. TROOPS TO AID SIBERIA.

Germany Prepares to Break OF Re.
iatIons With Ukraine.
Washington.-The great program
for allied aid for Russia Is definitely
under way. Quietly, without any Of.
ficial announcement to date, the
United States. Japan and England
have dispatched troops to Vladivostok,
and more will crrive soon from colo
nial possessions near by.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Draft Aaes. 10 to 4s ye.r.

Washington.-Draft ages Of from 1s
to 45 years was recommended to Con-
gress in the bill embodying the way
Departments new man-power programs
introduced in both houses of Congress-.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Chicago Grain and Provisiou Price.

Chicago.-Corn-No. yellow, s1.7a:
So, = yellow. $1.65: No. 4 white. $i7e0
$l.59.
oats.No: white. old. 7s974xc;
neW E973c; standard, old. 73H d
Rys-No. 2. $l.63
Barley-$1.0O@1
Timothy-$5.0o4
Lard-$26.67
Ribs-$24.25 @24.87.
Wheat-No. hard, S214921sh.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK
right and $50 Survivors Land
Tanker Sunk by Submarine.

A British Port.-The torpedoing
early Monday morning of the British
ship Warilda was one of the most har-
rowing disasters in the history OF sub
marine warfare. The number of dead
fs variousiy estimated from los to 130
and upward. and includes several
women nurses. The ship carried 600
sick and wounded. Among them were
seven Americans-two officers and
five enlisted men. all of whom have
been accounted for.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
ALLIES NULLIFY
HUN COUNTERS
DRIVE GERMANS ACROSS AIsNE
AND CAPTURE HAMEL AND
DERNANcouRf.
FOE LOSSES ENORMOUS
YANKEES COVER SELVES WITH
GLORY IN HANo.To.HAND
FIGHTING At FISHES.
-s,ern Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris. Aug. G.-Pursuit of the Ger
mans continues and only a few of the
enemy troops remain south OF the
Vesie, says the Hayas Agency Mon
day. French patrols have crossed
the vesle at Bazoches and at JON
cherry. Allied troops hold the entire
southern bank OF the Ves!e near
Rheims. Stubborn resistance was
made by Prussian and Bayarian
guards between Muizon and Cham
p,gny. but they were forced back. suf
ferlng heavy losses
The Americans covered themselves
with glory in the hand-to-hand fight
ing in the streets of Fismes Sunday.
when they captured that German base.
The fighting IL said to have been the
b4tterest OF the whole war. the Prus-
sian guards asking no quarter and be-
ing bayoneted or dubbed to death as
they stood by their machine guns.
The Germans succeeded only at
great cost In getting behind the Aisne
from Soiss0ns to Conde-sur-Aisne.
They also lost heavily along the Vesle
from the Aisne to Rheims. The sup
plies taken by the allies is only a
small part Of what the enemy was
obliged 10 abandon. The entire coun-
try along the battle front has been
lighted up nightly by immense fires
consuming war material.
The French. who have gained foot.
In nrN1 nF ha c-sa
and have occupied st. Waast, menace
seriously the flank Of the retreating
forces.
The Germans now are imposing
strong opposition to the further ad-
vance OF the allied troops along the
Vesle river from the east of Scissors
to the region west of Rheims. Mean
time the main bodies of the enemy
army continue to make their way
toward the Aisne. to the north OF
which stream they hope somewhere to
reach a haven of safety from the per-
sistent onslaught OF the allied troops
which in less than three weeks have
al; but blotted out the Soissons-
Rheims salient
1t is not expected that the Germans
will face their enemies south of the
Aisne. The hill region to the north of
the Aisne-probably the old Chemin
des Danes battle fronts considered
the more probable sector on which
the crown prince will elect.
From Mesnil-St. Georges. west of
Msntdidier to Braches. the Germans
are retiring across the Avre. Their
retrograde movement already has av-
eraged two miles on a seven-mile
front. The French hold Breaches,
have penetrated into Hargicourt and
are on the outskirts of Courtemarche.
The allies now control the heights
west Of the Ancre and Avre rivers.
Military experts have called the Avre
the path to Amiens and the enemy
positions on the west bank were very
important. II the drive for Amiens was
to be continued.
Great quantities of guns and am.
munition have been taken by the
French. American and British troops
south Of the Vesle.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

Washington. - German submarines
now are operating at two widely sepa-
rated points along the Atlantic sea-
board-one in the important sea lane
off the Virginia coast, where the
American tank steamer o. B. Jennings
was sunk Sunday, and the other in
Canadian waters, where fishing
smacks and other unimportant craft
have been destroyed.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
=. o. Roosevelt in Paris.

Paris.-Franklin D. Roosevelt. the
American assistant secretary of the
navy, arrived here Friday night.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
American Steamer Sunk In Collision.

New York.-The American steam
ship Poseidons 1911 tons gross. form
erly under the Dutch flag. was sunk
in a collision with an American tank
er off the Atlantic coast. Five men,
bers of her crew of thirty-eight are
missing Capt. J. Durie. master of the
ship. died after being landed as the
result of exposure.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
German Divers Sink Three U. s. Ship,

Serman OiVere Sihk Ihree y. :. ships
Halifax, N. S.-Three American
fishing schooners were sunk by Ger
man submarines off Seal island, Var
mouth county, on the Nova Scotia
coast. The crews were landed on the
Nova Scotian coast.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
HIDES AND PELTS.

,,,, =, Pound.
EHnt' outcner;, io... soc
EMnt' iaMen. 10. .'....... 26c
Flint. bull and stag, lb.. .....,, iec
Fiint, culls ana glue. lb. b........ - 16o
salt hides 80 022c
Horse hides. one-half to two thirds
price OF green salt
Green Sailed. Cared Hides.
Gnder 80 'pa;; lbs. II ID:
Glue hides and skins. ID. ...... 1ee
Bulls and stags. h.. 50 loe
Part cured. lib. .....-........... 1c less
Green. &c lb. less than cured.
Dry FLAT Pe1ts.
Wool pSlts. lb. .<40lTS
Short wool pelts. 30 b 100
Butcher shearlings. No. I, lb.. 2Io
No. !: Nurrain shearings. h.. lie
buckle eAdAlea and ptsces At valSe
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
Price of Sugar.

New York. Sugar CentrifuRal
s.O5S, Cut loaf, 800; crushed, S.76:
mould a. 500; cubes. s.25: xxx DOW.
dered; 10: powdered. 1855: fine gran
ulated and diamond A. 7.50: confection-
ers' A, 7.40; No. l, 7.35
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

Munition Strike In Britain Ended.
London.-The strike of munition
workers caused by the government
embargo on skilled labor is definitely
ended.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

Bandits Hold Up New Mexico Bank.
Silver City, N. MA telephone mes
sage says that the Lordsburg State
Bank was held up by bandits.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Prices Quoted for Metsl.

New York.-Bar silver, 99hc.
Copper-$25.62r
Lead-$s.O5.
East st: Louis.-Spelter-$s.0O s.0O@Sl2h
Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten concen-
trates. so per cent. $2O.OO122.5O per
unit; 20 per cent. $l2.OOQl2 10 per
cent, $9.+04l2.20
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09
FISHES FALLS
-UNDERU.S.BLOWS
AMERICANS AND PoILLUs POUR
ACROSS vEsLE AND AisNE As
BocHEs HASTEN FLIGHT.
MANY TOWNS ABLAzE
CHARMED PATH LEFT BY DES-
PERATE HUNS AS ALLIES Ex-
TEND LINE FROM RHEIMS.

Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

Newspaper Union News Service.
Evening star., 1918-02-25
WAJrEp-HKIP.
T1fES1151Es.

GLEBKITs woFt at sAsst writing befvese
J:10 an. and $50 an. at q eenfs Per heer:
Apply TiDekaepsf, Adams ExDfess, ~ an1
Evening star., 1918-02-25
WA1TED-Hur.

WAITEU-H&13.
R@NAL8 D0NR6IlC-6eeeae.e1
0aashAL HoUssWoRE-lI -. 3 p...i
s sss.s @ @witi ssr az ssn: ~ ~...s2sss.is. zsss q
aftenoon Ct i491 Rhsde Islsnd ave: Nv:
y. s6l1. $50 0ar1eA q ~.
GIRL wanted for sesenl hsussvssk. vsshias.
GIRL. neat colsred, lsr half dsy's vssk, shsat
. e.e1ocx. Apply l9g1 fneaRs pleee ~.
GIRL for general housswerk. AppH e r L
GIRL fer general heaseVeTk 40 lst q. s-e.
GIRL for general hoasevoEk; tAres TN family;
IS per week. 927 Mass. ave. A.W.
SIhL sIls Or .onsa es,ssa e; s'a"'Fs 10
GIRL for general hsnsevork- 20ie Ct ~.
GIRL-For genazaI hsassvaEk b. day. s222
18th nv.
GIRL soao[sd: f:s Esaerai hou's'sEt; . ..:a-
ing. 1920 g Ct. NJ. ~
sIRL I ,oe eeopgs.s..: e heo'svofk; say sisht'.
Girl. as nurse for small ehildren; INST kevs
good references. 1909 Decatur st NV. osl.
GIRL for eenerI hea.evoEk. 7sI Do g &c.
GIRL. for general housevotk; tive N family.
GIRL-L4nndry and cleaning two days a week.
l041 LawFencs 1t. ne. (BrookIandI. az
HOUsEKEEPER-sman family; seed wa1es; as
soon as possible. Apply In afternsop at 1421
Rhode Island ave. NV.
and two waitresses; must be expeieaeed. come
hikhly recommended. Apt. 40o, i4l0 y st NV.
HOUSRAAID. white; good wages Apply ct
1614 goth st. NV:
medi.tely; wages. - Per vsek. ls1o Mas.
HoUsEWoRKER-snal family; s. and car
fare. 7c5 Park road. IS
Z T1TTnDEcc - -.-.--7o79 0n.----~
laundry; refersncs required. Apply Apt. q.
the Toronto. Doth and P st. NV.
MAJ MAIDnsy ,oas day or week; good hsne. Phoas
NURSERY GoVERAEss: af encs. 70! e6Iid
three years old. Apply Apt s12. 24oo 18th -
NV.
NURSERY MAID. Apply Apartment /, 1850
RELIABLE WOMAN. white o. colored, for gen
eral work in small apartment. Apply Apt. 5.
sCH0OIGIRL1Fo assist With housevork after
school SATURDAY; some Sunday. 7N Shepherd
SETTLED GIRL for Hsht laundry and house
work and care for little gin, after school. from
Ssa to aRd % al day SATURDAY; no Sundays scs Ss
SETTLED WOMAN. q Eeod leiishs GIN. for
light houseyork and lsnadry for four people;
Gs.s rnmb, bs tSod ts iaundres $3.50 Per week. fssns
WAITRESS CHAMBERNAID. A1piy issO
Kaiorama road R.w.
WHITE WOMAN to cook and DO 6rst-aeef work
In Alexandria: rs minutes from Pennsytvsnia
ave-; good bone, pleasant room; wages. So so.
N. L. Horner. 120 Walnut st., Alexandria
Phone Alex. $50
WOMAN for general houseWork; good wages.
1853 Park I'd. Phone Col. 2277.
.0f s sssseis 9Th :a nW in '. family
YOUNG WHITE or coIored girl, to do geneFal
housework; small family; good wagea. Ell 9Th
st. ne.
Evening star., 1918-02-25

TYPIST. rapid. at once. for Temporary work
state salary. Address Box GIT. Star otfice.
WATERS. colored; good money. Rathskeller
Sth and E sts. NV. 26s
Evening star., 1918-02-25

TELEPHONE OPERATORS, day and night. Du
pont Garage. 20a0 NV.
TRUCK DRIvER-White. 6I3 G st. s.w. Ap
ply pm.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-16
St. Patrick's Day

I cannot avrite Of Irezands hills as I
would write today,
For I am here and Irelamd,s there,
full half the worzd aw0y;;
And Irezands lakes are em'ra7d
green and round her the
green seas,
And I can't hear the coIzeem's call
hit ON the Irish breeze
The way 1t Tilted to me, and l cannot
see the dowms,
Nor see the peat smoke rising from
the chimneys Of the toaOns.
The cozZeen's call and the high hills
are half the avor1d away,
And my heart vil1 break IN nay breast
whem comes st. Patrick'S Day.
She stood beside the zow stone waU
and sent her laughing CALL
The mocking bird I hold so dear
can't call like that, at all!
For there aOas a bit of honey and q
bit Of laughter, too,
A-simgim' IN the call and, oh, her
eyes were Irish blue
Her eyes are Irish blue, and, oh, I
knov they Watch for me
Until the golden sun has sunk into
the Western sed!
And then I know she sends her call
and then she turns away-
And my heart a0iU break IN my breast
Whem comes st. Patrick's Daq.
4 little hit o. zaughln' and q little
hit o. song
and she is half the aOorzd a1vay and
all the days are long!
No zove IS like the love that swezzs
within the Irish heart!
Her hearts with me, my hearts with
her, however far apart!
And sometimes IN the night I hear
her call and call and call,
Arsd sleep has gone from me and
wom't come back at all, at all!
And she is standin' ON the hills and
zookim' far away-
Amd, oh, nay heart is like to break
When comes st. Pdtrick's
Day!
JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS.
The Benson signal., 1918-03-16

but with those in the back of his head
he saw secret things and he now saw
monk hiding some fresh meat that
he might eat it secretly. st. Patrick
was at once stricken with remorse and
prayed for forgiveness. An angel then
appeared and commanded him to put
the pork into water This he did, and
it was Immediately changed into fishes.
His Memory Worshiped.
Such tales as these are told of by
the Irish themselves with no hint of
disrespect. They are merely the evil
dences Of the all-pervading humor Of
this light-hearted people and should
be taken in the same spirit by others.
In spite of them the Irish worship the
memory of st. Patrick above all other
saints.
It should not be imagined, however,
that the traditions concerning the pa
tron saint of Ireland are all humorous.
Some Of them embody that sense of the
beautiful which is also an Irish char
acteristic. One of the most attractive
Of these tales is that of st. Patrick
and the kings daughters.
In the year 433 he celebrated Easter
by converting many thousands of the
inhabitants. After the termination of
the services he went to Tara to try to
convert the king. But the king would
The Benson signal., 1918-03-16
IreIand's Patroness.

The first day of February is the an
niversary Of st. Bride, or Briget, the
"patroness" of Ireland and Of Fleet
street. She was the beautiful daugh-
ter Of an Irish bard, and her story
seems to have fired the Celtic imagi-
nation. Wherever the early Irish mis-
sionaries wandered in western Europe,
from Cologne to Seville, churches or
abbeys will be found dedicated to her
honor, and wherever the "exiles of
Erin" may migrate the name of Bird
get marks a woman of Irish race. The
spire of her church in Fleet street has
been repeatedly struck by lightning
and is now much reduced in height, but
remains one Of the three tallest stee.
pies in London.-London Chronicle.