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New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Who Gassed the Publishers>

'From Thc PhHudelp4io P,eblic Icdgcr)
The astonishing thing about the revelation
ct the varied nature Of the absolute ard nm
D!uShlng pro-Gcrman propaganda in the
standard textbooks prepared for use in the
German courses in the public schools of the
country is that the books containing th,
peculiarly offensive matter. which is abso-
iutcly without any special training value as
an exercise in language, have been published
and are to-day published by host Of re-
spectacle firms supposedly wholly Amercan
These books, which now being either re-
jectcd in eases where they have not been
officially adopted by the school boards O.,
howdlerlzed and cleaned Of Their insidous
poison, must have passed the regular readers
and the editors as we'll as the MANAGERS of
the various publishing houses before they
could be printed and listed; and Yet these
people seem to have been hypnotized "gassedo
by the smooth writers who prepared them
filled to the brim with the fol de-rol of Kaiser
worship and farrago of prose and verse
forms intended to vaunt Germany above all
other nations in face of the truth and the
facts of national advance.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
The Merchant Ship Programme

Gradually the estimates of new mer-
chant ship tonnage to be produced in 1913
are being debated. The figure set last
fall by the Shipping Board was, roughly,
100000 tons. Subsequently the chairman
of the board explained that this was not
to be taken IS an actual promise Of 6,000,-.
600 new tons, but that it merely meas7
ured the scope of the boards programme
as it stood some months ago. OF the
100000 tons about one-t third consisted Of
foreign merchant vessels already under
construction here which had been COM
mandeered by our government.
At the Senate shipbuilding hearing the
other day Mr.. Ferguson, the president Of
the Newport News Shipbulding Company
told the Senate Committee on Commerce
that the American output of merchant
shipping this year would not exceed 5000.
900 tons. This estimate may be little
overcautious, yet the delays with the ship
building programme have been so pro-
tracted and the changes in the organiza
ton Of the Shipping Board and it's auxil-
iary bodies have been so numerous that
optimism in this field is now at a sharp
discount.
1t would be better in fact, since we have
fallen so far behind our first roseate sched-
ules, to put the soft pedal on grandiose
expectations. We may thus avoid an un-
pleasant surprise at the end Of the year,
and will certainly cause less disappoint-
ment to our allies. We may not at the
outset have greatly overrated our ship
building facilities. Mr. Ferguson, prac-
teal ship man, who ought to know, says
that the shpyards already built and those
building "could turn out 100000 tons
under proper conditions" and that 'the
country could, if put to it. add still other
yards and produce 10 1000 900 tons year"
But the task of developing this energy was
placed in highly unskilled hands The
Denman regime was a nightmare Of in
efficiency Since Mr.. Denman went back
to San Francisco to practise admiralty law
there have been three changes in the man.
agement Of the operating branch of the
Shipping Board. AS result the great
acceleraton Of shpbuilding which was to
occur in 1918 will have to be postponed to
a later date.
1t does no good to lament wasted oppor-
tunties. Nor is it of any advantage 10
try to cover up record of partial failure.
In shipbulding, as in ordnance construc-
ton, we shall have to make the best Of a
situation that was mishandled 1t is one
consolation that the destructiveness Of the
submarine has been checked to some cx-
tent and that even the Germans now con-
oede that the U-boat cannot win the war.
But the Allied merchant feet can win it by
assuring the American armies in Europe
ample communications with their base.
Let US 90 on, then, building ships as fast
as we can. not with the idea that we are
going to accomplish anything wonderful
this year, but with a fixed purpose to ac-
complsh something really worth while be-
fore the end of 1919.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Loyalty Tests Next Year

oFront The Dcs Moines CapitaD
Next year will be q political year Many
thousands Of Offices to be filled 1t will
be a dangerous year in some respects unless
We all keep our heads How many candi-
oates for Office next year to be reelected
Will be found making unpatrotic pro Ger
man pledges in order to secure the votes OF
those who are less than halfway loyalo How
many candidates for county Offices will keep
their mouths closed, being afraid to talk in
1aVor OF their own country lost they sacri-
hce pro-German votes? When men are can-
oidates they naturally wish to be elected,
end it has been the American political way
to give out whispered pledges and enter into
secret combinations or treaties which NAV
De necessary to secure votes. As we have
SAID. next year viii be a strenuous wear for
patriotism. We suggest that patriotic soc,-
cites with or without name be organized
where there may not be any to-day. to oo-
pose treason and to line up traitors whcr
ever they may be found. Before the YEAR
1918 is closed there ought to be thousands
of disoyal or semi-disloyal men put into
stockades until the war is over
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Failed as interpreters

Its members have been too long away from
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They haven't eaten
brown ON boths.des at Childs's They dom
know why Henry Ford is popular in the Mid
Gle Vest 50 the picture they gave the
French OF our early reaction to the war was
inaccurate. and when we really came the
French were puzzled by cur attitude Then
we failed 70 make use Of those oldtime resi-
dents, working them into our scheme. where
they could have served US we'll by their
knowledge of French ways and Of the Ian
guage. And in the larger work OF interpreta-
ton they in turn have failed US. II they had
ever really known the people back home they
would have understood the first hundred
thousand that fell homes.ck into France.
They didn't explain US to the French We
are rough-neck. low brow, noisy crowd. We
like baseball and movies. And underneath u
all, Anderneath the slang and rough house
we're homesick and lonely. We're as hom.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

Liason is a famous word in Europe 1t
means all that goes with smooth understands
ing, good will, welloilcd approaches. 1t
means the fluent use Of the tongue of the
other fellow, The social manners that don't
offend, the proper introduction, the luncheon
chat opens the heart to large plans, the in
serton Of new ideas in an expansive moment.
1t is all that goes with evening clothes and
group custom. 1t is courtesy and getting in
right That failure in connection which
tends through much Of the American effort
is largely an ignorance of the language. That
is threc-quarters OF the difficulty. We don't
speak the language, and we don't care to
the persons who do. 1t is in small part a
difference in social manner We are abrupt
swift to the point, with an off-hand slang
humor conccaling kindness. The French
have fundamental courtesy that expresses
itself in every act of life, business dealings,
we'll drawing room routine. The officer
has it equally With the host in his home.
This difference in manner, springing from no
difference in hospitality good nature is
as difficult to overstride as a difference in
taste for jokes.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
High Prices Irritate

Hgh prices at first found him Indifferent
for he didn't know the value of the strange
new paper money. He tore it in two: he
burned it up. He threw it recklessly at the
shopkeeper. But he soon found tnat this
car"lessness left him with no spending money
within week after payday. Then the high
prices OF things began to irritatc him Taxi
cab drivers, BARRIERS, shopkeepers (some of
them) charged at rate beyond that of a
mining camp on gold strike. pair Of
worthless sochs cost me 80 cents in the viii
agc of A bedroom with No ,y;,do,
and unspeakable local conditions cost mo 81
for the night. There is little group with
acQuisitive fists vNo are operatino- on .ha
American army like cgalized pickpockets.
These are all little things. Neither Ameri-
cans nor French in the mass are guilty. A
few pirates on one side and muckers on the
other have done the national good name n,nch
harm. All together the experience has hosn
the growing pains OF young democracy
caught IN great adventure, and the chanc-
ing reaction of a mature race sad in It's
long endurance and suddenly iol.cd bv n
novel invasion. The trouble is that there
has been nobody to explain the two peonles
to each other.
You must write an article ON svn,nto,,, >,
sa'a an American woman long resident in
far'S. You and we have seen the armies
mobilize; the civilians respond. We bavs
seen var fever and war WEAKNESS. blundor-
ing, graft all the round And now com. tho
new arrivals and they go through the sam,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

sick as the Australians in London. We Tie
person who,likes us-we like him a lot. Ns
Ike the movie that looks Ike honse-Charey
Chaplin ard the sad-eyed Holly NcGuire and
The rest of the reels, just as they'd run to
night in HaIsted Street. We like the tunes
we used to know, down 70 the last one We
picked up as we went aboard the transssr
at Hcloben-poor guy that went aboard and
came abroad.
We like the stuff that tastes Ike home
the Bull that smokes proper, net the stringy
sour stuff they sell you. And we'd neve,
taste the bum wine and "Tantasiesp at all
Kirsch and brandy and the like Of them il
we could get within four thousand miles Of
an honest-to- -gawd soda water, with the little
lump Of cream floating and crying to be res
oued.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

ly, why we must fight and to what end we
must fight. Mr. Wilson has sent the
world back to the trenches with new en-
thusiasm and new inspiration; he has
manifestly demonstrated tnat without vic
tory there can be no peace, but without
fighting there can be no victory
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
The Clash Of Ideas

One of the most famous Americans in Paris,
: man Of international reputation, told ne:
II went to General - and offered MY
services as lason officer. He treated me like
his boot
One of the organizations began It's
Paris experience with a board Of advisers,
loade tip OF men who had adm mustered relief
work through The three years Of war SO
sharp the clash OF ideas that the board
resigned.
Great Britain has established It's own cen
tres CT organization and social life for the
soldiers. Several French cities are to-day
british cities in certain districts. 1t looks as
if our army and attendant organizations VIII
do likewise. They Will run their life in their
own way The older group will be for the
most part displaced.
This is already taking place with the
Oeuvres. began this article by telling Of
the multitudinous separate pieces Of relief
work. The Red Cross began absorbing these
unrelated agencies and centralizing the man
&gemcnt inside its vast all powerful organiza-
ton. 1t was the American principle Of the
trust applied to the sacred egoisms ard ear
nest altruistic efforts of these older residents.
Hero is whore the tiericst and most inais-
nant protests have been leveled by Ameri-
cans at Americans. But the inevitable proc
css continues. II is hard to be supplanted
In 2 good many ways that American colonv
IS better than the rest OF us. 1t is mainly
made UP Of high minded persons. emincntlv
respectable, socially eligible. From the be-
ginning Of the war it busted itself in good
works, with generosity of purse and utter de-
Votion of time It's feelings. sensibilities
sympathies are altogether on the side Of the
angels. 1t has befriended France in a modest
efficient way. and it endeared tho nan,e of
America to the French during two and p hall
years OF agony in France answered by nc5.-
trality in America. And vet--
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

ISIDOR

The corner where he sat
Was gnomed with naughtiness
His nickname was "The Sprat,"
His size was even less.
Poor wide-eared little lad.
so dirty and so bad,
Just once found your heart
And there were aches in there;
let still you play your part,
Eliish and debonair.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

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New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
DAVID

David, you failed
iet every face is dim but yours.
David, you failed
Yet still see your hands
You will always fail
You are too big to succeed
In the swift years before death.
FLORENCE RIPLEY MASTIN.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
erdant Boasting

Next came the early vcrdant boasting Of
'resi. vital unframed army Some of the
men told in the hearing of French officers
how they were going to crumbc the Ger
mans on the first rush. "Wc've come to win
the war; This naTvcte is unavoidable in
soldiers who have not tasted the Western
front. In itself it is bad thing. 1t goes
with youth and energy. But when repeated
to veterans who have wcat thered three wears
it hurts.
A nation ought not TO be blamed for the
weather Of its country, but it is blamed for
its weather. Now, nice weather is alto
Cethcr the thing one is used to- 1t has moth
ing TO do With rainfall ard wind vcloctieS.
Billiards. cyclones and washouts are merely
the hostile comments Of non-residents and
sensational newspapers. "'Ts a mist" said
the Edinburgh folk to me, as | sloshed my
bicycle through busy rain. Maine men love
their fogs and Arizona dotes on a drouth.
\ new kind of weather is being applied TO
our American temper. The wet chilly davs
OF the Continental winter are severer on our
men than the hard dry cold of our Northern
states. 1t is probably true that three-ouar-
ters OF our army have never in their life hc
fore been shvering cold day after day. for
weeks on end. They are used to coming in
from buffet in the open to the roaring
kitchen fire or the heated living room. and
spending al the waking indoor hours in aoso-
lutte comfort of warmth. But in the winter
Of the provinces there is penetrating moist
chill that clutches the core of ones BODY and
never shakes loose. Drizze and mud and
eaden skies heavy on a boys spirit 1900
miles from home
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
School Room Sketches
(Frou, Poetry)

(From Poetry)
AMERICUs
A little pulse throbbed in his throat
When he recitcd Hon1ely things,
Wee thoughts like grubs, had fairy wings
For him. His dark eyes held the sun
Mystical; in room unit,
He was my taper And the tune
Of his voice was like the laugh in June
Or child surprised with lovclness!
RODERICK
The STRIPPING Scott
His cold proud face had troubled me
What had known Of him.
Then one day as he stood, gray-eycd austcre
knew.
A shining ribbon from girls brown hair
Had brushed his hand upon the desk
He drew back slightly.
Cromwell -Cromwell
taqdcr if in Scotland
LUCRET[A
\ our beauty is as ruseet fruit
Sun-w warmed, fragrant
In a northern room
Down in your eyes hear the young girls sing
In Toedos summer fields.
Your step is firm as though it trod the grape
And your dark head is high as though you Dor,
To me brimming gourd.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-16
CONSTIPATION
And Sour Stomach Caused This
Lady Much Suffering. Black
Draught Relieved.

Meadorsyille, Ky.-Mrs. Pearl Pat
rick, of this place, writes: 'I was
very constipated. 1 had sour stomach
and was so uncomfortable. I went to
the doctor. He gave me some pills.
They weakened me and seemed to
tear up my digestion. They would
grippe me and afterwards it seemed
was more constipated than before.
heard of BIack-Draught and de-
cided to try it I found it just what I
needed. 1t was an easy laxative, and
not bad TO swallow. My digestion soon
improved. got well of the sour stom-
ach, my bowels soon seemed normal.
no more gripping, and I would take a
dose now and then, and was in good
shape.
/ cannot say too much for Black
Draught for it is the finest laxative
one can use"
Thedford's Black Draught has for
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-16
WOMAN'S CLUB DEPARTMENT
Mrs Florence H. Ottmann, Editor

The Americans are naturally a very
wasteful, extravagant people; and
long before our country entered into
this war, those who were giving
thought to the matter realized that
should the United States be forced
into the conflict, it would be neces-
sary for its people to economic.
Consequently we are being taughs
many lessons in temperance, self
sacrifice and self-denial. Whether or
not we are fully awake to these great
facts, or not, is the question. Each
individual family has learned to eat
palmer foods, with the result of bet
ter health; so as yet there have been
practically no hardships or privations
inflicted, for there has really been
more talk of conservation, than there
has been the actual performance. But
should this horrible war, which APP
pals the whole world, continue much
longer, we will be called upon to make
real sacrifices, and it is a matter of
humanity that we give of our abun-
dance, that we relieve suffering. Our
obligation is so enormous, that it nee
essitates great effort on our part. At
the same time our people are learning
more and more to understand what
they are capable of doing, should our
country demand it. Already we are
learning many lessons in the way of
conservation; saving slowly, tho
saving, and slow though it may be,
still, what great thing it will be for
our country, when this war is ended,
and our people will have individually
learned lesson. But, oh! at such a
dreadful cost When we stop to think
of it, is there any sacrifice too great
for US to make? We will find as the
war goes on, with its increasing eco
nomic demands, that we will profit by
experience, if we lay down no set
rules, but deal with every situation
as it rises. Real conservation lies in
using the least amount necessary, and
we can obtain it, only as a voluntary
service in this country, service that
should willingly and conscientiously
come from every man, woman and
child. This war has disrupted things
to such an extent, that everything is
uncertain, the hysterical bowls of
economy sound more appalling to the
poor, who live from day to day, tho
ever ready to do their bit, in order
that we may strengthen our cause,
which is simply fight for great and
holy principles whose maintenance
involve the future of all humanity.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-16
PATRIOTISM AND PACIFIsM
New York Witness)

There are two kinds of religion
the religion which means a genuine
conservation to the service of Christ,
and the religion which might be de.
scribed as sort of fire insurance
policy. Likewise there are two kinds
of patriotism.
The Kansas City Star says:
Five sons of the Rev. F. L. Rut-
ledge of Marion, Kans. (according to
an item appearing in the kansas
Notes" of the Star few days ago)
are in the war. Not one of them wait
ed for the draft. They all volunteered
before the draft became operative.
There has been no whimper from
the parents of these five sons, either,
about the lawful cost" of war. It is
unreasonable to suppose that there
were not tears and heartaches when
these five sons marched away. But
there is pride in the Rutledge home
at Marion over the fact that among
the five boys there. was not Stacker,
not cry baby, not one that lacked
the vision of the full duty of citizen
ship.
"How do the people of this COM
munity feel about the war now?"
representative of this paper asked a
man in Hutchinson, Kans., last fall.
He is well known attorney of that
town.
Those of us who have sent our
sons to the front are reconciled to it."
was the reply. "We do not like to
send our boys to war, but we would
not have them stay at home, now that
Their is war. But it is quite noticeable
that those who have sons and are
trying to keep them from going to
war are quite miserable about it. An
other thing we notice, also, is that the
pacifists at home are not at all con-
cerned about the country. They are
concerned only for what it will cost
them either IN the sacrifice of their
sons or in the cost in dollars and
cents"
Beside the patriotism of this Kan
sas minister and his wife. what
shall be said of the man who imagines
that he has rendered the. full measure
OF loyalty by abstaining from meat
once or twice a week, or buying a
Liberty Bond that he puts into it? As
an example of the giving that will
win the war; of giving until it hurts
Their is the Rev. F. L. Rutledge and
wife of Marion, Kans.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-16

The Leesburg Commercial prints
on its first page a picture of Leroy
Alderman, Lawton Martin and Edgar
Locke, three of the champion boy
corn raisers of the state. Leroy Al
derman lives at Monteverde, Lake
county, and took the $50 prize offered
by the Florida Federation for the
best record in the corn clubs of the
state He raised 106.5 bushels on one
acre. Lawton Martin is of Electra in
Marion county and raised 1901 bush
els. He took second prize last eyar,
and first prize the year before. Edgar
Locke is also of Monteverde, which is
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-02-16

"Still Jawing, Not Lawing!" is a
most appropriate headline of an N. E.
A. editorial with reference to con-
gressional dilly-dallying. IF the Am
erican people ever should have an
opportunity to vote on a constitu-
tional amendment for the abolition
of Congress, how long would Con-
gress last?-Tampa Times.
1t will last as long as the nation if
the people have good sense. With all
its faults, it is the best governing
body in the world, and if the people
want better men in it, all they have
to do is to elect them.