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The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-07-25

LOSSES FROM U-B0ATS
FOR JUNE THE LOWEST
SINCE SEPTEMBER 1916

LONDON, July -. LOSSES 60 the
British aud allied shipning due 10
enemy submarines for the month ~
June totaiied 27h.ese tons. gross.
This is the lowest record since sep
TENDER 1916. british losses totalled
iGl.os2 tons. ana that OF the allies
Ila,VGl.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-07-25
BELLS OF HE'LL
CD TING-A-LING
Arlington YOU
THE BRITISH SOLDIERS WAR
SONG rs IN STR kI N G CON
TRAST TO THE SONGS OF THE
GERMANS; coLORED WITH A
TOUCH OF HUMOR

BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES ~
FRANCE. June 20 tCorrcspondenec Of
the Associated Press a striking icA-
iuit of the British soldiers war songs
is their humor f.vcn the French find
~ difficult 90 understand how it Is
that the Tommy apparently looks upon
as mere comedy what is hi reulitY
tho greatest tragedy in tho history 81
tho world The truth Is that the Brit
ish private has discovered "a pew phil
usophy appropriate 20 modern Wal he
has Uncovered that It Is too serious a
bus, upss 60 be taken seriously Huuor
and flppancV arc the only antldot, foi
SIS unuttcrabie ghastlincAs.
In an the British soldiers songs the
contrast TO the songs of tiis German
ARMY Is most striking. Here rs one
which mishi hc Called Inc British sol-
dlcts llyma OF Hate
The bells OF Hon 60 tins ling "a Ting
Tor sou ana not for me.
For me the angels sing 'ug a~ing.
They've got the goods f,i me
@ death. whore IS thy sting a-lin-a-
ling
Whore grave. thr victory
The bells of Hell 80 TINS cling ling
t'og SOU hut not Tor me"
That Is the nearest he mas ever APP
preached 90 an expression in sons OF
his religious faith.
There Is ono song in particular thU
might wen be called enc song at the
Hritish Army EeeiN soldier ni the
front can SINS H. n Is 90 he heard Ia
every trench. dug ans billet in
France The wes'ds do not scan ANA
lhc music cannot be- commended FOR
martini grandeur la delicate harmon
les, but Il is Tommy Atkins master
piece. Ii rs almost dirge OF lament
volorod with Just that degree of clus
iYc cocAney humor which shows thAt II
ls not 90 he iaken SERIOUSLY These
aio enc worIsj
~ want to SO ONE
~ want 90 SO ono
The shells and the whizSbangs they
rush ami ;hcy roar
don't want 90 80 70 the trenches no
more
[ want geo go over the sea
Where the Allomans cannot catch me,
ON, ms,
want to 10 omc,
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-07-25

BATHING FORBIDDEN

IkkDAM, July 20 bathing Is
forbidden this summer al an the pope
uiar German holiday resorts on the
lHW fusinn lsiands which stretch
along fho Norih sea coaAt Noutrals
ato entirely barred from .hose ne
.sgla
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-07-25

Caller spor's arc NOUNS FIRar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

understand, but you have been in
business and earned your own money.
Courtney has never earned a cent in
his life. He always runs over his in
come, and 1 have to make it up every
year. His father left money in trust.
If he niarries, well-how could one
say it ?-injudiciously-t principal
reverts To me and to his sister,
Courtney opened the door behind
her. and only Anne saw his quick,
happy grin of recognition before his
arms closed around his mother.
Has she told your" he asked hap
PLY. I'VE were married four weeks
ago, and Anne has taken me into
partnership with her. / am a regular
salaried man, mother-general sales
manager for this end of Florida with
her Boston firm. L never knew how
good a check looked before that you
had earned yourself. l suppose Anne
told you, though
Mrs. Rigsby met Anne's brown eyes
with long, startled look of appeal
an appeal to her tact and woman1i-
ness not to betray her real mission
south, and Anne smiled.
I'VE understand each other perfect
ly, Cort," she said gently, "and 1 know
your mother is glad, for your sake,
that everything was settled before she
came"
Mrs, Rigsby gave a little quick sigh
of relief and took off her glasses to
give her daughter-in-law her first
kiss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28
THE FARMERS CALL.

Rain, which yesterday began fall
ing over a large area of Kansas. will
serve to put heart into the farmers
of the state. They will this year prob
ably make the most stupendous eff
fort ever witnessed to produce an un-
precedented crop of corn and oats.
President Wilson in his recent mes
sage to the farmers of the United
States. voiced a strong faith in their
loyalty and made a strong call Cor
their cooperation in winning the war.
1t has been the fashion of many
writers to compare the production per
acre of European farmers with that
of American farmers to the detriment
of the American. The president.
however, makes the assertion that the
farmers OF this country are as eff
cient as any other farmers in the
world. and that while they do not pro-
duce more per acre, it is not only not
necessary that they should do so, but
perhaps it would be bad economy for
them to attempt it. The real test is
that they do produce by two or three
TIRES more per man per unit of la
Dor AMI capital than the farmers of
any European country; they are more
alert and use more labor saving de-
vices than any other farmers in the
world.
The response of the farmers, says
Mr. Wilson, to the demands of the
present emergency has been in every
way remarkable, and he quotes fig
ures in proof of the assertion. These
achievements. he urges, should be re-
peSted and even exceeded.
The president denies that the gov
eramen- has sought to fix the price of
foodstuffs and not sought to fix 9TH
er prices which determine the ex-
peEses # the farmer, stating that the
government has successfully regulated
the prices of many materials under
lying all the interests of the country.
and such regulation was not only for
the purchases of the government but
TO- the purchases of the public, and in
fixing the prices of foodstuffs the gov
erhment has sincerely tried to keep
the interests of the farmer as much in
mind as the interests of others
Recalling the historic action of the
fan mers at Lexington, when they
fired the shot that was heard around
the world" President Wilson says that
the toll, the Intelligence, the energy,
the foresight, the sacrifices. and de-
votion of the farmers of America will
bring II triumphant conclusion this
great last war for the emancipation of
men from the control of arbitrary
government and the selfishness OF
class legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28
STIMULATING PRODUCTION.

The food administration has issued
two bulletins emphasizing the impor-
lance OF high prices as a stimulant to
increased production. One bulletin
relates to the milk supply and points
out that unless prices are remunera-
tive to the dairymen, the heifer calves
viii be slaughtered and in three years
we will feel the results in decreased
supply of milk. The other bulletin re-
lates to the minimum price for pork.
anG it was shown that upon referen-
dunn this plan of maintaining prices
was endorsed by producers, editors of
livestock journals. and presidents of
livestock exchanges.
There can be no doubt as to the
soundness of this reasoning. If
consumers think the prices of pork
and milk are too high, let them go
on: on the farm and reap some of the
exorbitant profits of the plutocratic
grange-s. There are a lot of farmers
who will be glad to sell out to some of
those ship carpenters who struck for
81 day.
Incidentally, it might be remarked
that if Fuel Administrator Garfield
hau realized the Importance of price
as stimulant to production, we pos
sibly would not have lost millions of
dollars and weeks of time due to a
shortage of coal.
High prices are certain to stimulate
production and anything in the way of
overproluction would be followed by
lower prices and check the volume
of output. 1t is hard to defeat the
law of supply and demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

Niscc nsin is going about the use of
fits boy power to assist in crop pro-
duction in a practical way. 1t recog-
nizes the fallacy of expecting green city
boys to work effectively on farms be-
fore they have even theoretical idea
of agric allure and of expecting farm
ers to use any lad sent them. The
state school authorities and the Off
GERS of the United States boys work
ins reserve are therefore preparing to
train all boys-and girls-who are
willing TO serve their country thru farm
service. And such training will not
be by textbook. but by practical in
structiol from real farmers. Igncr-
ance of the mechanism and use of
farm machinery has been one of the
chief impediments to the use of boys.
except in the most elementary
branches of farming. so Wisconsin
WILL have practical machinery
men show the juvenile farm re
eruits" how to set up. use and repair
machinery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

never before considered for the pur-
pose have been successfully used as
fodder. In Germany. various sea
weeds have been used for some time.
A German paper states that factory
is to be established for the prepare
ton, not only for seaweed, but of va
rious freshwater plants that grow in
the rivers and marshes, and of To-
liage from trees for fodder. School
boys under the leadership of school
masters, are engaged in gathering
these materials.
In general, the spectacle reflected in
the European press is that of a wild
scramble for meat. There are long
queues" or waiting lines at the doors
of all the butcher shops and those
who come late get nothing. Every
thing wild that runs or flies is be-
ing killed and eaten. 1t is not an ex-
aggeration to say that the destruc-
ton of animal life will take longer
to repair than that of human life.
Questions on tn above or any SUBJ
iect upon which the reader desires in
formation. should be addressed the
Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin. Director.
Washington. >. c.. with q 3-cent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28
TRAWELETTE
WielicZka.
ny NIKSAH.

NIcilCZkA.
The salt mines of Wieliczka. worked
for centuries, were among the show
places OF Europe. They have been cut
and carved by generations of miners
into a miniature city, a city of salt
with roads, churches, restaurants and
houses hewn in the cleaning crystal
In normal times hundreds of sight
seers visit the fairy city every year;
kings and queens have been Toasted
and entertained in the huge ballroom.
The town is built in seven tiers,
story above story. Only the three up
per levels are opened to the general
public, the lower four are occupied by
the miners and their families. The
visitor. king or queen or Cooks tour
list, goes down into the mine by a
hydraulic lift into the great entrance
like a room in Arabian Nights, with
walls and pillars of sparkling crystal
The huge throne at one end, the great
chandeliers, ali are made of salt. Wall
and pillars catch the light, sparkle and
flash like a thousand prisms.
In the shrines and chapels near the
main hall figures of saints, cut in salt,
stand with folded arms above affairs
worn by the knees of worshipers.
II the great Queens chapel is a view
of the Bethlehem scene with wise
men, Virgin and manger all carven
in crystal.
The city has sixteen underground
lakes, some too small 20 be called more
tha- ponds. The largest lake is
water il dark and heavy, like the
mythical waters of Lethe. Oars as
they slip thru the thick brine have a
curiously muffled sound. They are
silen. little lakes, somewhat uncom-
fortably styx-like in their stiffness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28
GLOBE SIGHTS
TFrom the Atchison Globe.l

From the Atchison Globe.]
Every time you accept a favor you
create an obligation.
Most persons have more respect for
a bandit than a dead beat.
The length of time some men be-
have themselves depends upon how
badly they have been scared
The good fellow who agrees with
YOU will also agree with the fellow
who has views opposite to yours.
A liar is man who says his old
home town is on the bum. He is
trying to blame his own failure on
his town
Even the best of wives sometimes
say of their husbands, Men do not
understand" and the way they say it
is a slam.
So many men are like John L. Sui
liean: When he became so old he
could no longer indulge in wicked
ness he began to preach against it.
Some of the men who have feath-
cred their nests the most during the
war will belly-ache the most about
the hard times that will come after
the war.
We know of several crimes worse
than smoking cigarets- One of them
is to deprive the soldiers in the
trenches of cigarettes
An Atchison Gay Young Thing has
as much respect for her husband as
the average reporter has for a politi-
cal mass meeting the night before
election day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

Since the government has taken
over operation of the railroads it
: should accept the bad with the good.
: 4't ssibly certain lines will prove I'M
profitable as they have in times past
Is il not the business of Director Cen
eral McAdoo to see that the Leaven-
worth &. Topeka road shall continue in
oreration? 1t is of great use and inn
.po1tance to the people that it serves.
They will be called upon to pay their
share of any and all federal expenses.
Their interests should be protected.
There appears to be no substantial
reason fer supposing that the l.. & L.
road could rot. if properly managed
be made to pay it's way and even re-
turn a profit There is popular and
apparently well grounded suspicion
that those who have operated the road
in the past have designedly caused 1t
TO be losing proposition. They have
pursued a dog in the manger policy.
They would not operate the road on
a business basis themselves. neither
would they permit it to pass into the
hards Of other trunk lines which
could use it to good purpose. 1t is
reported that the line has been los
ing $1,000 a month. While any loss
probably is unnecessary, so small an
amount would not greatly affect the
governments finances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

Much has been said and written on
thu phrase, Business as usual" and
on the subject of essential ana nom
essential industries related to the win
ming of the war. The Philadelphia
Ledger, discussing this subject. says:
w are lot preaching business as I'M
usual for the sake of business. 1t
would pay US today to blot out every
business in America, Essential: and
essential, if in that way We could
save six months of horror-r'dden.
manning. mutilating, murderous war.
One fraEk-faced American lad. shot
blind with shrapnel, torn into hide
Gus. piteous cripple by a high expIo-
sive, is worth all the Industries that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

Blank when he turned over his wine
glass last night?''
And L thought why not? Why don't
we all treat the members of our fam
lily as politely as if they were COM
pany? Why don't We use our COM
pany manners eve-y day, and take as
much trouble to be pleasant and
agreeable to those whose happiness
we make or mar as we do to chance
acquaintance whom we shall prob
ably never see again, and TO whom
our attitude is a matter of profound
indifference? But we don't.
The brutality of the conversation in
the average family circle is something
to make even savage shudder with
horror Husbands and wives strip
each others souls bare of every rag
OF decent reserve, and cry out their
knowledge of each others every fault
and weakness. Nothing is CLOSED over
Nothing is left to silence as 1t would
be If they were unmarried They act
as IL a marriage license gave them
carte blanche to be as rude as pos.
slble to eac other, and they wonder
why marriage is a failure.
When Mr.. A. takes Mrs b. down
to dinner she doesn't feel called upon
TO mention to him any little lapses in
table etiquette that she may observe.
If he has an inflated ego and likes
to talk about himself she listens while
or wr2pt interest on her countenance
II he tells her a good story she APP
plaudS IT to the echo. II he shows her
any special attention she lets him see
that she considers that knighthood is
still in flower so far as he is con-
cerncd
But Mrs A. would feel that she
failed in her duty as "a wife if she
didn't criticise her husband fer using
the wrong fork at the table. She
tells him fatty when he tries to talk
about himself that he's got a bad case
of swell head, and when he attempts
to tel! her story she remarks that
it is a chestnut that she cut her milk
teeth upon. And likely as not when
he brings her a bunch of towers. she
says that the money had been better
spent for beefsteak, and that she
doesn see why he bought roses when
he knew her favorite flowers were
v;olcts.
Nor is the husband any more con-
siderate ir dealing with his wife's
feelings than she is with his. All of
his compliments he keeps for other
women He listens to their twaddle
as to the voice of a sibyl speaking.
He tells his wife she doesn't know
what she's talking about when she
expresses an opinion. He lifts :
strange woman carefully over a ba-
mana peeling on the street. He let's
his wife climb into a car una5sisted.
All of his charm, and wit, and genial
ity are reserved for stranger. All
that he gives his family is gruffness.
sulliness and grorches.
It's nothing less than tragic that
practically the only unpleasant things
We ever have said to us are said to US
by our families 1t takes your nearest
ana dearest to tell you that your
clothes are too young for you, that
you show your age, that you are dull
and borinS and to generally take the
Joy and vanity out of you. That 10
why divorces are common, why homes
are broken up and Families scattered.
And the remedy for it all is just
plain, ordinary, common politeness-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds OF Men i'm
americas Fighting Service

With one engine out of commission
and disabled, the Z. S. S. Cassin not
only remained under way after being
struck by a torpedo, but remained in
the danger zone looking for the sub
marine After an hour of circling the
sea in the area where the torpedo was
fired, the German finally came to the
surface and the Cassin Immediately
sent four shots into her coming tower
Admiral Sims has commended all the
officers for their gallantry which re-
suited in saving the ship To put up
this fight after losing the power of
one engine quick repairs were neces-
sary and these by men who had to
think quick and do the right thing
first One of these was Lieut.. ]. W.
Maclaran, who was the executive off,
Ger of the ship The action of these
officers saved the ship from being a
total loss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

blacken our skies and all the bullion
that fills our vaults. We are not try
ing to buy better business with his
sacred flood. But we do say and
believe that only by better business
war busIness-''business as unusual
can we make the splitting of his
blood buy for his home and kindred
thu Unreasonable boons of freedom
and democratic institutions and per-
manent WORLD peace for which he so
CALAMITY offers it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.

Menu Hint.
(Meatless Day)
BREAKFAST.
Bananas Puffed Rice. Top Milk
French Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Cream of Tomato Soup.
Graham Mullins. Nut Margarine
Strawberry Jam. Tea.
DINNER.
zone Dish.)
Jungle Stew.
Bran Rolls. Waldorf Salad.
Coffee.
The Table.
Chocolate Cake-One cup granu-
lated sugar, two tablespoons lard or
oleomargarine, one-half cup cocoa,
two cups sour milk, one teaspoon va
nilla, three cups flour Sift flour,
sugar and cocoa together several
times Add melted lard and molasses
into milk and beat all well. Makes
two large layers. Bake one-half hour
Wartime Chicken Stew-Cut up
and wash the chicken carefully. Place
in one-quart of boiling salt water. US
ing about one teaspoon of salt. Re-
duce heat and let simmer for an hour
or more. Then add three carrots,
three white turnips and six potatoes.
cut in eighths lengthwise. Cook until
all the vegetables are tender. Thicker
the STOCK with tnree-quarler cup OF
flour, moisten to a paste with a little
cold water. Cook until thick. Add
two cups of scalded milk and season
to taste with salt and pper.
Chilli Con Carne (meatless)-T one
quart tomatoes add one can red kid
ney beans, three large potatoes cut in
small pieces, two medium-sized
onions, one-half teaspoon chilli pow
der, salt and pepper to taste. Let
simmer one hour. Stir often to keep
from burning. Serve with plain boiled
rice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

Uncle Sam is now the head Of the
biggest life insurance business in the
world. At the close of February 10,
over 100000 soldiers and sailors
ala army and navy nurses had applied
TO, government insurance under the
soldier and sailor insurance law The
amount of insurance applied for is
more than $4,000, 100000. The max
imum permitted to any person is s1O,-
900, AMI the average applied for is
sS,212. The amount of government
Insurance in force is more than three
times DIS much as the total ordinary
life insurance in force with any life
insurance company on the globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28
ON SPUR f Fl MOMENT
BIZ ROY K. MoULToN


Little Slice " Life.
Just getting over the grip,
So can hobble around again
And take little interest in the war news.
The grip is a scourge, a plague.
1t is an unclassifled bug from hades.
1t is the precursor of all cussedness
And progenitor of all the evil
That was ever fished out of human depths.
You become a cacheXytic slave
To morbid antrophy,
A toxic nareotica. a cantankerous contain
mate,
A "magni nominis umbra,"
An envenomed, deleterious zymotic.
That fills the atmosphere with a lugubri-
Gus blue.
You are a wreck by day and several by
night.
1t is not a sportsmanlike disease that gives
And then leaves when it is licked.
The grip doesn't know when it is whipped.
Opportunity to nab your Achilles tendon.
1t is a low brow, white-livered example
OF physical frightfulness.
Outside of that, its all right.
George Washington, George Washington,
He couldn't tell a lie.
Perhaps he never had a chance,
And that's the -eason why
If he were in our midst today
We wonder how twould be.
There surely wouldn't be a lack
OF opportunity.
1t msv be a fine day overhead when
it will be tough underfoot.
Among Things Worth knowing
we see printed line to the effect that
the distance from Brisbane, Australia,
to Perth. Australia. is exactly 3.467
miles.
But it isn't that far from Brisbane
to Hearst
Thy dusky beauty
Wins my heart:
From you, my love,
I'D never part.
I've missed lou since
You've been away,
And ] have counted
Every day.
Oh, prithee, come,
My heart, my soul.
] wait for thee.
My ton of coal.
APRIL FOOL, MARSHAL.
"On April 1 1 shall be in Paris
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28
DINNER STORIES

George had only been married to
Kathleen three months and he was
anxious to take her to his allotment
garden.
On the way George promised her
that he would let her cut the first
fruits He handed her the scissors.
saying, You cut the asparagus first"
Kathleen's idea of gardening was
very remote, but not wishing to APP
pear ignorant. she replied:
"Oh, George, how could I when
YOU have cultivated them? Let me
hold the ladder while you cut them"
Mercy, John. the baby has eaten
a .ot of that dog biscuit"
Never mind 1t serves Towser
right: l caught him eating the baby's
food yesterday"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-28

The bottom has fallen out of the
egg business. Local merchants are
refusing to buy the producers offer
ings anu the storage men are loading
up In The face of this situation res
tauranos are charging ten cents each
for eggs served to their customers. If
che government is DESTROYS of extend
eng its price fixing program an oppor-
turity afforded right here in To-
neka