Williston graphic., 1918-06-13

great deal Of the money and the credit Of the country
must be diverted from ordinary channels and devoted
exclusively to purposes essential or contrlbutory TO
winning the
G-R-A-P-H-lC
AND THE MERCHANT SEAMEN
When Germany first threatened Britain with the
submarine blockade" writes Englishman, she sup
posed that few months would to bring the lat
country her knees but she forgot the British
seaman" Britain is still unconquered; her ships move
in and OUT if ship goes down, the brothers OF tre
in sail steam who sink with her still carry on
the business of the seas says Golfers Weekly.
A hundred merchant ships day pass Dovers gate
way. Over 5000 British seamen have gone down since
the beginning of this war; half many prisoners
but Britain is still Henle's "Mother of Ships" Curzon
of Kedleston declares that 100000 human beings
have been moved in British ships since August 1914
out of whom only $500 have been ost 100000 horses
and mules and 900 vehices 100000 tons of ex-
plosives and supples 100000 tons of oil and fuel
for the fleets and armies. The daily of supplies
conveyed to France amounts to 10000 tons and the
daily passenger list is 1000 persons and $40 steamers
kept busy with the moving of these ana
their freight It good to know that Britain not only
has such loyal the sailors who make these
things possible but is giving them recognition more
complete than they have formerly had In future, o'
GERS and men of the merchant service will cast their
votes by proxy-and this political recognition is ac-
companed by such other advantages the
of standard service uniform and of better and safer
quarters for crews of standard ships The story OF
Britains mercantile marine, 1914-18 is as the New
York Evening Post" puts it, "an epic Of human &C.
complishment." Not only their fellow countrymen, but
all their allies proud of the Britons who have in
sured the provisioning of Great Britain and Ireland
during the war, and also the immunity OF the French
coast and the French colonies from attack and, in
Decd the carrying of the 1t is epic that IS
not yet concluded What can write to-day is that
the spirit of the British seaman remains as lndom'tabe
as ever it was and he is worthy of the reinforcement
he is receiving thanks to the American navy that we
are always proud Of and the American merchant fleet
that we are seeing increasingly and worthiy re-
cruited Who shall say which has most OF poetry
heroism land, at sea or in the air? The mer-
chant seaman has never pondered this weighty ques
tion but he carries on!
G-R-A-P-H-I-C
"WHERE DO COME IN?" ASKS THE HUMAN
BEING
Sid Says in the June American Magazine:
Every human being likes to see himself in reading
matter-just as he likes to himself in mirror.
The ideal article for any publication $50 far as read
er is concerned) would be in which every reader
could find his own name. The ideal illustration would
be group photograph of all the readers so that each
reader could have the fun of finding himself in the
picture Once in while the newspapers print a fash
light photograph of thousand men having banquet
together When they do, each one of those thousand
men takes special interest in that photograph. He
to bring it to the attention of his neighbors.
"Newspapers are read widely because the individ-
nal reader sees himself constantly in the paper do
not mean that he sees his name. l mean that he
reads about things happening to individuals which
might happen him, and he keeps comparing himself
with what he reads. For example, he reads in the
newspaper that so-and-so has just fallen out of
eeventh-story window and broken his neck He thanks
God that he himself has not broken his neck-and he
also goes home and warns his wife and children to be
more careful about windows. Furthermore, he is
careful himself Again, he reads in the paper that
certain man has into possession of ten thousand
dollars from the estate of dead brother, and, medi
tatine on his connection with what he has been
reading wonders when that old uncle of his is 60
ing to die and leave him that dollar and half which
he has been waiting for since $780,
"Country newspapers have enormous circulation in
proportion the population they reach 1t is not
common for half or three quarters of the people in
little town to take the village paper. The reason is
obvious-he country paper is personal to its readers
Its. columns almost like private letter from
member of the family. New York newspaper
could get that close to it's readers could have three
million circulation But it can't. Besides, the people
of New York not close to each other. They don't
know each other we'll enough to be interested in such
item the following: Il. Willie Rockinghorse, our
genial Broadway grocer, has been suffering with the
grip and has gone to spend week with his aunt in
Philadelphia
"The much reading matter is unpopular
and attracts wide reading public lies in the
fact that the reader nothing in for himself Take
an article we'll say, entitled The Financial System of
Canada It looks dull doesn't it? It looks dull be-
cause you can't quite where it affects you Now
take article entitled why is easier to get rich in
Canada than in the United States That's different!
Your interest is aroused You wonder wherein the
Canadian has advantage you. You look into
the article find out whether you can't get an idea
from it. Yet the two articles may be bascally alike,