Williston graphic., 1918-07-04


tantalize the eye of greedy autocracy If it had not
been for the French revolution it is not unlikely that
sooner later some hereditary monarch OF Europe
would have sought to add the United States to his
dominion.
In celebrating the Fourteenth of July shall pay
tribute to the cause of world democracy the cause
for which we are fighting today. Arrangements are
being made for observance of the holiday throughout
the United States Here in Chicago we should not let
the occasion pass with merely formal or casual recog
milton of its significance. Let show the fervor OF
patriotism by celebrating the Independence day OF
France in the same spirit in which we celebrate
own independence day.
GR-A-P-H-IC
6YEARS OLD; TYPES IS WORDS A MINUTE
There is wonderful story about girl six years
old in the July American Magazine. Her father has
taught her typewrting since she was four. She now
can do eighty five words minute The writer of the
article says:
"The champion Child Tpist of the World is the
title Grace Ruth Byers sx-year-old San Francisco tot
has earned by her record of more than eighty words
minute on the machine. By the end of this summer,
her father, Fred F. Byers head of San Francisco
commercial school, expects her to do at least hun
dred words minute The present worlds record is
143 words minute.
"When she little past four, Mr.. Byers began
practical typewriting lessons; at first merely finger
exercises She practiced these in twenty periods
four times a day. If her fingers cold she would
with cold She specialized the most difficult
exercises such as keeping the third finger from the
thumb extended while the others were clenched She
memorized the different parts of the typewriter,
rage keys, spacer shift KEEP, shift lock- ribbon wnder
tabuat0r, and SO on. And she became familiar with
every modern machine.
"When she was five years old her father began tax
ing speed tests of the child One of the first results of
these that she could do thirty words minute,
copying from any material. Since then speed tests
have been taken every day. In June 1917, when the
child was five and half years old, she did 60 words
a minute all perfect. Although she does 80 per-
feet words minute, and occasionally IS, her father
believes he could teach her to do 100 words minute
within two weeks"
G-R-A-P-H-I-C
THE PRUSSIAN HOPE
A great many times, in print and in talk, we have
this idea: Even though he beats the French
Army and the Italian Army, the Kaiser cannot bring
England and the United States to terms unless he shat
ters their sea power. How then can he hope to win
utimately?"
It is an easy conundrum. He expects England and
the United States to lie down. He hopes there is
enough lazness and selfshness and cowardce in them
to give the game into his hands. He thinks they will
get tired of fighting He calculates they cannot stand
the ga He banks the chap who resents having his
profits nterfered with, his pleasures nterfered WITH
his easy ways of living nterfered with, his diet regu
lated on the big capitalist who forestalls much
not buy Liberty bond when he get eight per cent
on mortgage on the labor leader and wage-earner
who will strike-even against the Government; the
farmer who would rather let his production fall Oft
than pay high wages for help. He expects timdity
and the Stacker and the CRATER and the sponge, in I'LL
their manifold varieties and manifestations get the
upper hand and surrender.
The Kaiser will be disappointed; but don't let any
one encourage hm.-Saturday Evening Post
G-R-A-P-H-IC
FALLS 5000 FEET FROM AEROPLANE
In the June American Magazine, Pat O'Brien, the
daring American aviator says:
Eight of started together and we had not been
out very long when nine Hun machines after
We figured that with nine Huns to eight British
Americans the odds easy, so we went.
II know now that it was trap At the time, how
ever, the fun too great to think Of giving up
went after them in hurry They kept retreatng,
firing occasional shot to lead on until suddenly
eleven machines rose apparently from nowhere, and
these eighteen Huns attacked the of usfor
of our boys had been dropped.
"For the first time fought with bitterness in my
heart. Up to this time hadn't felt much hatred for
the Hun. There work to be done and did it,
od-boodedly if had been told that pack of rats
in the cellar must be chased and killed You don't hate
when you kill them, and that is how felt toward
the Hun up to that moment. With those odds against
us, however, began to hate them and haven't stop
ped hating them yet
eve had been fghing but few minutes when they
got me- the bullet going through the roof of my mouth
and lodging in my throat. AS was ht must have
shut off my motor, because if hadn't, should have
been instantly killed. my fall being from 5000 feet As
was was only terribly bruised and broken up, and,
of course knocked unconscious"