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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

UNITED ARTISANS Capital Assem-
bly, No. S4 meets first Thursday of
each month, at c p. m in /. 0. o. F.
Hall. Norma L. Terwilliger. M. A.;
c. A. Vibbert, secretary, 40 Owens
street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
CAPITAL JOURNAL CLASSIFIED DEPT.
QUICK REFERENCE TO FIRMS THAT GIVE SERVICE ON SHORT NOTICE
WHERE BUYER AND SELLER MEETWE RECOMMEND OUR ADVERTISERS
Pigs si6@l7
Sheep

Pigs SIb0II
Sheep
Receipts none
Tone of market steady, unchanged
Ewes $6.50@9
Best lambs sls.5O@14.5O
Medium to good lambs $11@12
Wethers $9@1O.50
Ewes $6.5O@S.50
Yearlings $l0@11 -,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
SCAVENGER

SALEM SCAVENGER-- Charles SCOT
proprietor. Garbage and refuse of all
kinds removed on monthly contracts
at reasonable rates. Yard and cess
pools cleaned. Office phone, Main
2247. Residence Main 1922.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

One oregon man is reported among
the casualties today.
Frederick w. Compton, of Milton,
"died Of disease"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

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4 will print you anything in the !
4 stationery ine--do it right and 1
4 save you real money. !
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

Miss Bessie Gooch has accepted a
position as assistant to school super
intendent Fred S. Crowley during the
obsence Of Mrs. Crowley who is con
fined to her home with illness.
Mrs. Maurice Dalton aud little son
who have been visiting relatives in
Dallas and Lincoln the past several
days will leave Saturday for their home
in Seattle.
Mrs. Jones Leitch of Portland is n
guest at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. M. b. Young.
Miss Alta Savage has returned from
a short visit with friends in Seattle,
Washington.
Nv and Mrs. Richard Webster have
moved to Harrisburg where Mr.. Web.
ster has position with the Standard
Oil company.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
GENERAL REPAIRING

THE FIXIT SH0P--Let rs repair and
Sharpen your lawn mowers. 267 Court
Phone 1929. IF
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
STOVE REPAIRING

STOVES REBUILT AMI REPAIRED
SO years experience, Depot, National
and American fence.
Sizes rs to 5S in high
Paints, oil and varnish, etc
Loganberry and hop hooks.
Salem Fence and Stove Works.
$50 Court street. Phone 1874.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
Farm Residence Destroyed.

The farm residence on the place Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Hill short dis
tonce south Of Monmouth was totally
destroyed by fire the first of the week
together with most of the contents.
No insurance was carried on either the
house or goods. This is the third farm
house in the county to be destroyed by
fire within the past few months.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
WATER COMPANY
SECONDHAND GOODS
BUY. SELL AND EXCHANGE

Mems clothes, shoes, hats, jewelry,
watches, tools, musical instruments,
bicycles, guns, rifles, revolvers, suit
cases, trunks, cameras typewriters
and furniture. Capital Exchange 33T
Court street, Phone 493.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

North Bank Station (Arrive jefferson
street is minutes earlier. sLeave
Corvallis.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
anll nf 6nltur.
y From OUer There"
General Pershing's Official Report

The following casualties are report
ed BY the commanding general of the
American expeditionary forces;
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE-250 acres, 100 in cultiva-
tion balance in pasture and timber
Fine stream of water, good buildings
i, and good road, "a mile from a live
ly saw mill town. Will take good
house and lot in Salem as part pay
ment. Price $50 per acre. Phone 470
Square Deal Realty Company. U. S.
Bank Building, Salem. TIT
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
WOOD SAW.

FOR A WOOD SAW-Phone 1090-R--
1856 N. Summer st. Our prices are
right. w. NJ. lander, proprietor. 9-19
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
FINANCIAL
MONEY TO LOAN

On Good Real Estate Security
THOS. K. FORD
Ger Ladd & Bush bank; Salem Oregon
FEDERAL FARM LOANS - 515 per
g scent-34 years time. A. G. Bohrnstedt,
401 Masonic Temple. Salem, Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

NEIGHBORs OF AMERICA
ssOregon Grape Camp" No. 1860.
meets every Thursday evening in
Derby building, Court and High st.
Mrs. Pearl Coursey, pa Court st.
oracle; Mrs. Melissa Persons, record
er 1415 ". 4th st. Phone 1436M.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

All registrants who are able to do
so are requested to, fill out their own
questionnaires. They should at least be
prepared to answer all questions prompt
ly and not take up SO much of the
valuable time of the members of the
advisory board, who can only advise,
not give the information that must be
furnished by the registrants.-Wood-
burn Independent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
Killed in Action

fd1eu OF disease.
Killed in Action
1t. Samuel ] Reid, Jr, Brooklyn, n.
Y.
sergeants Thomas D Applewhite,
San Antonio, Tex.
Francis P Baker, Lynn, Mass.
Kurt Graf, Blackwell, Wis.
Worth Lewis, Bessemer, Ala.
Lester J Michael, Pittsburg, Pa.
Lester P Wentworth, Seymour, Conn.
Burton Woolery, Bloomington, Ind.
Patrick j Wynne, ireland.
Corporals Walter E Barent, Natrona,
Pa.
Wilbur E Barton, New York
Walter R Craig, Rockford, Ill.
Clement Diefenthal, rooklyn, N Y.
GUY d Knowlton, New London, Conn.
Fredolph Lindhuldt, Dassel, MINI.
Culver L Weaver, Johnstown, Pa.
Mechanics Horace S Leedom, Phila-
delphia
James Morris, Fall River, Mass.
Cook Lon Fiaia, Rupert, Ida.
Privates Leon + Allen, Hartland Cen
ter, Mich.
Floyd W Baker, Sanford, n Z.
John Baran, Erie, Pa.
Claude Beltz, Dravosburg, Pa.
VIM Bodah, Indian Orchard, Mass,
Wayne s Braden,. Orchard, Colo.
Garrett Campbell, Vendor, Ark.
William R Cotton, Elizabethtown,
Ky.
Shirl L Dean, Durand, Iii.
Arthur H Evans Bethune, Colo.
William A Evans, Meadows, Tex.
Morris Heir, Jersey City, N j.
Rollin Hershbergcr, Middlebury, Ind
James A Hill, Bath n Y.
Patrick Keane, Jamaica Plains, Mass
Daniel O Kelley, Richmond Ind.
Robert L Kesler, Madison Heights
Va.
George Kitelinger, Walnut Bend, "a.
Andrew r Fafaver, Sunbury, Pa.
Otto A Linski, Detroit, Mich.
Daniel E Locke, Waynesboro, Miss.
George W Looney, Augusta, Ark.
Robert H Lott, Canton, o.
Benjamin H Luckett, kirkland, Ill.
Antonah Lucia, Blissville, N Y.
Tilman o Lyle, Amory, Miss,
Jim G McCollum, Springville, Miss:
Thomas McGovern; Jersey City, \ J.
Fred Carlton McKinny, Milton, w Va
George Mclean, Jr9 Philadelphia
Angelo Martini, Hancock, Mass.
Bohumiel Mikolasek, Yonkcrs, N \.
James w Moore, Watson, Ala.
Died of Wounds
Lieutenants Douglas B Green, Potts
vile, Pa.
Joseph L McMinimy, Frankfort, Kan
Corp. Bernard Roberts, Cincinnati, y
Privates Edward Edzard, Brooklyn,
IN Y.
Jesse l. Hensarling, Hatiesburg, Miss
Leo ] Kerner, Ottawa, o.
Hobert Ray, Sweden, Ky.
Thomas Ryall, New York
Mandus Holmgreen, Black River
Falls, Wis.
Row J ingram, Hamburg, Ark.
Otto M Kunert, Kent, ..
Harold Kuscmaul, Akron, U.
Dee Lash, Flint, Mich.
Chester J Lessard, Wateryille, Mo.
Abe Levine, Boston, Mass.
Wilburn Lewis, Powderniills, KY
Frank j Lowensky, Brooklyn, y I.
George ] Luckipg, Hastings, MINI.
Chester McCrery, North Lewisoufg'
Ohio
John McGeary, New York
John McNamara, Cazenoyia, WIS
Sidney Manuel, Namon, La.
Lewis w Nuss, Norristown, ia.
Wilsie A Tutor, Toecopola, Miss.
Stanley Zaslona, South Lawrence
Died of Disease
Sgt. Hamp N Arlington, iredel' lex
Corp. Roy 0 Waltz, Toledo, y.
Privates John A Cummins, Washing
ton, Pa. ~
Henry A Lorenzen, Mason CITY la
Allen Meyer, Richmond, Mo.
Edward A Reilly, Brooklyn, n T..
Frank M Wark, Scotland >.
Billings I Avery, Jr, Norwich, Conn
viii " Cam, Prairie Grove, ARK.
Otto Z Cook, Lpling, Texas
Anton Deutsch, Eden ID
william D Fenwich, Washington, 4
Di,d from Accident and Other Causes
II. Herman W Schultz, Bettendort
Iowa , ".
earn Robert c Garland, Warsaw, Va
Privates James H Beck, Mason, \ y
Frank Z Discher, Brooklyn, n I,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

The questionnaires are coming in to
the board at lively rate. These ques.
tionnaires were sent out to these be
tween the ages of 10 and 81 years.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
For Fort Mcnowell

Five E6f the following will leave
about October | for special service at
Camp Mcdowell: Louis j. Wolford, H,
A. Stone, Roy NJ. Vinyard, Edwin
Booth, Ralph A. Driver.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28

The board has begun to classify and
will have Private Norris Ames from
Vancouver as a special service clerk
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
OREGON ELECTRIC.

North Bank Station (leaving Jeffersol
Street Is and 90 minutes later.)
Northbound-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-28
Objective Sept. 2s, 1881
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Main Line.

sALIEM-GEER LINE.
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luItus
Homer Ainsworth, Vandergrift, Pa.
Herbert Alexander, Duncan, la.
Harris Anderson, Cedar Falls, la.
Clarence A Auen, Pittsburg, Pa.
Tilman Austin, Nashville, Tenn.
Earl Balm, Wayland, la.
Frank H Beales, Homestead, Pa.
Clyde Bloom, Doland, 5 D.
Joseph Bros, Chicago
Martin + rown, Drovosburg, Pa.
Harry L Burger, Philadelphia
Patrick + Carroll, Independence, La
Vincent Carver, Williamson, Mich
Benjamin D Cherry, Washington. la
Harold G Church, Brooklyn, n \.
william L Clark, Macon, Ga.
John J Clary, Hartford, Conn.
Clarence E Cleland, Riyerton, la.
Monroe j Cobble, Mineola, Texas
Willie Cogar, Piekens, w Va.
Frederick W Compton, Milton, Or
Dean Conkiin, Villisca, ia.
Samuel L Conley, Milan, Ga.
Wesley T Curtis, Owensmoutb, Cal.
John NJ Devlin, Phoenixville, Pa.
Morris n Diamond, Chicago, Ill.
serafino Diangeles, Los Angeles, Ca
Chester o Dodge, Terra Alta, W Va
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20

CANTONlNEN7 TYPES
THE sAPIENT SUPPLY SERGEANT

the old when the
kill all
Shakepeares
is
get IN
supply
Of
melancholy.
looking o S.. which
fully disposition experience proven
which all Teutonc but isn't
theEsuppy
with the
and the S. s.
line
pacfst
to
sapient is
a closely o owl.
Wisdom melancholy both his They lie with him and
cooks
@.
pair OF
the
multitude shins.
Sarge them is of heaven
soldier
a al infinite allows!
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20
AS ARE MEN, so ARE SOLDIERS

and Verdun lift them, in a measure,
above the tallest and the bravest in
the battles of other days. They were
asked to make the final sacrifice and
they made It'll
Is not that, after all, the real test
of man, whether in business, in a
profession, or in an army7 And is
not the vital difference in men TO be
seen just here7 One man starts en-
Enthusiastically, pushes on aggressive
ly and, at the first repulse, abandons
everything. Another, of sterner stuff,
pushes on, over obstacles and in the
face of hardship, until he comes to
the point where the wait is long or
the night is dark or the barrier seems
too high. Then he turns back. A
third presses on until all those about
him say the task is hopeless. and he,
too, yields. The fourth man pushes
on after his comrades have fallen
back in the race, after the hopeful
have told him the struggle is futile
and even after he himself, perhaps,
has lost hope. He keeps going be-
cause he is going and because he
will not stop. And this fourth is the
man who climbs Cemetery Ridge, or
falls under the shadow of the British
hollowsquares at Waterloo, or comes
back victorious from the bloody
Froide Terre of Verdun. He, likewise,
is the man who, in peace-tines, Is
bound 20 succeed.
You may not be, brighter, or more
alert, or a more finished soldier than
the man beside you. 1t may be that
you seem less skillful than he. But
when the test comes, you are stronger
or weaker than he just in proportion
as you hold on longer or give up
quicker than does he. The viii is the
way to victory.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20
AMERICA AROUSED IS INvINcIBLE

That liberation may be long in COM
ing. 1t has already been painful be-
yond all power of words to express
or imagination to foresee. But nei-
Their time nor terror can prevent the
final accomplishment of the purposes
OF this nation. Before this war broke
on us we knew we were nation made
up OF many races; we knew old differ
cnces of purpose and of politics divi-
ded some citizens from others, but we
did not know how trivial were our dis
agreements and how deep and abiding
was our unity. We stand today silent
before the demonstration of the depth
and intensity of the spiritual purpose
of this nation. Without Boosting and
without excitement we begin to see
the strength of our own souls and in
that strength is the assurance of vic
tory.
"a well-fed German is dangerous
German, said the on1ookers as Ger
many fought for the Ukraine store
houses and granaries. Now Germany
has that food, but she also has to face
the inhexible determination of Amer
lea, and sooner or later Germany
whether well fed or hungry-will learn
that IAN aroused and united America
is invincible."
That is the story told by the relig-
ious census in a Texas camp and by
the heart-searching census of every
true American everywhere.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20

Ask the average man to name the
three most memorable battles of his
tory, including those of the present
war, and the chances are that he will
answer Waterloo, Gettysburg and
Verdun.
These are not the most important
battles of history. Others have been
more Immediately decisive. Others
have been equally spectacular.
Others, perhaps, have had greater
effects upon mankind. But these
.hree, or others like them, are a part
of every man because they repre-
sented, in different ways and in diff
ferent ages, the height of human en-
deavor. To have withstood the on
Blaught of the Old Guard at Water
to have swept UP Cemetery Ridge
with Pickett or to have hurled him
back with Hancock; to have stood
in those frozen trenches at Verdun
and to have hidden defiance to the
worst that the Hun could do-these
acts called for valor that stirs the
heart of every man who reads. We
may reason, coldIy, that it took as
much courage to fight at LEIPZIG as
1T Waterloo. We may argue that
Vicksburg was as heroic a struggle
as Gettysburg, and that the Virginia
campaign of 1864 was perhaps more
important than either. We may say,
in all truth, that the allied defence of
the Yperlee line in the winter of
lo14-15 called for the same valor that
inspired the French in the great bat
tie for the fortress of the Mouse.
But, somehow, with all our reason
ing, we feel that the supreme devo-
lion showed by the participants in
the battles of Waterloo, Gettysburg
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20

In enc camp in Texas the stats
tical officer found seventy-two yari-
ties of religious belief-but all un-
er one flag.
The old, old Monotheism of The
ew and the mysticism of the Bud
hist, both products of the ancient
East. were represented. Orthodox
creeks and Catholic Greeks; faiths
widely spread in this land as the
Roman Catholic, the Methodist or the
Baptist, and faiths whose tcnets are
not generally known and whose mem
bership is small and scattered. were
not without their followers and adheT-
ents.
Who would think, for example. that
n our Army there were Mahomedans,
Iheosophists and Holy Rollers? Yet
such there are-all drilling under the
same sergeant, all wearing the same
khaki, all enlisted for the same cause,
For this war has brought together un-
der the battle cry Of freedom men of
many tongues and creeds, Old tribal
differences of speech or race have
been forgotten in the common danger
to life and honor and womanhood and
freedom. Sectional lines have been
wiped out: old antipathies have been
quoted and new forces have been
called into being. Those forces are the
united determination of all the people
OF this land to free their children and
their children's children from the
nightmare of Prussianisnl.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20
Civilian Army OF 1oo, 900 Now Turning Out
Ordnance Supplies IN Stupendous Quantities

900 and the daily production of car
tridges 100000.
A statement recently issued by the
ordnance bureau of the War Depart
ment showed that the United States
now has almost 100000 rifles and
intends spending 100000 for
rifles.
Ten months after the United States
entered the war 100000 rifles had
been manufactured here, with the
weekly average output steadily in
creasing. This is the greatest achieve
ment by any country in the world dur
ing similiar period, 1t is four times
as many rifles as the British had
made after being in the war ten
months. and double the number Great
Britain was able to manufacture after
being in the war two and half years.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20

Made up of almost 100000 persons
wearing no uniforms, there is an
army at work night and day in the
United States performing one of the
most important labors of the war
These $4,000 men and more than TO-
900 women, whose work Is supervised
and inspected by 200 army officers,
are making rifles and cartridges for
American soldiers. They are at work
in two government and three private
plants manufacturing rifles, and one
government and nine private plants
making rife cartridges.
At present they are turning out
more than $4,000 rifles week, and
more than 100000 rife cartridges
a day. In short time the weekly
output of rifles will be close to 1O0,-
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20

I'm going across for yoN, Mother,
I'm going across for yo@-
y on neUer thought zo]teN / zUas a kid
And played at soldiers, too,
And dre2V my little Tin saber ont
To capture pirate cregU,
That / 1Vo9!d eyer soldier be
So far aggay from yon.
But Tn going across for yo~, Mother.
I'm going across for yon.
I'm going across for YOU, Mother,
I'm going across for yot-
The Germans toIk of their Fatherland.
| love my Father too
Bat MotherldHd 1t is to me
Whenever I think of yon;
YOU gGUe me life, you gaze me heart.
lind gi0e them both for you,
For I'm going across for yon, Mother.
I'm going across for y0n. 4s
Pm going across for yoa, Mother, -.
Tn going across for yoN-
To you the HMw shall neveY conS
To do gOhat he cdH do
] think Of Belgium, / think of France,
OF submarine Zeppelin, too,
OF the qUomeH and children sUho uent to dsa.
With the LNsitdntG'S crezU
So I'm going across for yoa, Mother. 80 80
Tn going across for yoa. aSss
I'm going across for you, Mother, S
I'm going across for yoH--
Ind day and night ri dream of home
Until my dreams come true.
Ind In MY heart meath the midday SIN
lind under the stdrht dezV
ThereH be an echo of yov prayers,
For III be praying for yoa.
I'm going across for yom, Mother
I'm going across for you.
I'm coming back to yoN, Mother, $5%
I'm coming back to yos- Z
.And won't eOe laugh at NY EittIs tin savoA
Ind the things / used to do? so.
And your baby, jast think, a veter0H
(With maybe medal or taOo),
lind The Prince Of Peace, yes, Christ Himself
WiH bless the eoyth GHezV
dnd I'm coming back to y0W, Mother,
TN coming back to yoW.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20
HIS PREDICTION

According to a Hoboken astrologer,
1.-The great war may end in peculiar
and unexpected manner in April,
1918" He reads 1t in the stars. He
adds that If next month does not wit
ness the end of the great conflict the
war is due to continue until January,
1920. .,.s.i.. s,,..p,4. i. s.s,,ss.. $780,.
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KULTUR

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stands for killing.
stands for U-boats.
stands for lies.
stands for treachery.
stands for unfaithfulness.
stands for ruthlessness.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-15
WAR THROBS |
old GIRL AT LAST
Lieutenant Keilmann Tells OF
Landing in United States.
Goddess of Liberty Greeted
Them i'm New York HarbOr.
ON old TUB FOR TWO DAYS
Men Not Allowed To Land for
Many Long Hours.
Upon Landing Even Soldiers in
Uniform Were ScrutiniZed.
ON OLD TUB FOR TWO DAYS
BY EARL D. KEILMANN.

10
CFormer Lieutenant American C. A c. in
FranceD
''Winking light off the starboard
bow" again it was the hail from the
foretop. Fire Island" grunted the man
at the other end of the speaking tube.
We knew that at last our voyage was
almost over. That star like CLEAN
was our first sight of the United
States. 1t came into view at $3.50
O'Clock in the morning. Our watch
was until $50 so we also had the
chance to report other lights as we
slowly came up to the Narrows in the
dawn.
After what we thought would be
our last breakfast on board, We all
rushed out on deck, arriving there
Just as the boat entered the channel
off Fort Wadsworth. A lot of anti
submarine defense that had been put
in since we had left for the other side
interested u.s. as we had had argu-
ments on board as to whether the
United States was taking the same
precaL ions as the French and British
5000 miles away.
Past the nets and other unmen-
tionabIe because of censorship things
made for the confusion of the kaiser
and all his works. we turned our at
tention to looking for the "Old Girl
While we were in France and since
leaving there we had talked about
the moment when we would see her
face to face again. We were diSap-
pointed and in more ways than one
once past the Narrows, the pilot
turned the boat and we sneaked up
the harbor, dropping anchor among
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-15

a lot of other ships far from any
docks and where Lower Manhattan
did not show at all. Word was passed
about that we " uuId not dock for sew
eral days and once more went below
Disguised
Saw the "Old Girl"
That night, the boat must have
changed s,-.chorage, because when L
came on deck for my evening stroll,
there, illuminated in all her glory.
stood the "Old Girl waving her
flaming beacon toward the old world.
Believe me- there never was a grand
er sight She stood out revealed in
every outline, pale white vision sym
bolizing a.. nat we had dreamed of
for months and of that which We hac
learned to love more than ever be-
cause we were SO far away. She stood
against a blazing pile of fire that
seemed to scrape the heavens. 1t was
the famous New York skyline. the pile
of wealth of Lower Manhattan. To
the right IOng streamers stretched
the necklace of lights easily recog-
nizable as the lights of the Brooklyn
bridge. 1t was in truth a sight wort n
seeing.
1T seems like some foreign city. 1t
is nothing like anything I've seen in
the United States l murmured to
myself. Might as well be a foreign
city for all the good it does me- CAME
a response nearby and turned to find
one of the worst grouchers on the
ship. Here 1 am" he continued, 81
can almost see my nome and my wife
hanging out of the window, but I've
got to stick around out here because
of some darned red tape"
That Old Tub.
He and the rest of US. too, stayed