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Evening star., 1918-06-23

long wished to visit You know what
came in place of Fritz-my mobiliza-
tion notice. 1t was war, the great
war. I thought of<Fritz now and then.
with heavy heart saying:
"If only destiny doesn't bring US
together face to face"
MY poor friend. 1t did worse than
that.
II was for several months in the
trenches, On the Aisne, at b. 1
emit the details of our situation there.
You can see the country in your mind 8
eye-clumpS of bushes and trees, vii
lage in ruins lifting to the sky its black
ened chimneys, its solitary fragments or
wall, it's riddled church arches, with a
shattered clock tower. Between the vii
lage and our first line trenches, a
rarshy prairie; behind the village, the
boches. Neither they nor we had been
able to enter it and hold it.
I'm spite of the incessant hail of bull
let's, certain inhabitants Of the village
were obstinate enough to remain there.
hiding in their cellars when the firing
got too hot. Some of these venture
some people even took advantage Of
1ulls in the firing to work the ground
and to look after their fruit trees. One
Of them. an old woman, bent, decrepit,
wrinkled with age. was particularly ac-
tive. She overdid it. We got to know
her we'll
tooiHS vi Jul pe5Shii "
pect that she gave information to the
enemy, because two or three of our
guns were hit right on the muzZle in a
most miraculous fashion.
81 was reluctant to order our men
to fire on a woman. / took the chance
one calm day of capturing her. slipping
into the tall underground with one Of
our pickets.
u shall not bother you with our
precautions and stratagems.
1.-The old woman fell into our trap
We leaped on her and grasped her by
this old woman. She handled re-
volver Ike a virtuoso. My poilu re-
ceived a bullet in his shoulder. l got
one in the soft flesh of the arm.
No matter We pinned the spy to
the the ground ground; She was vas won wounded too too
on her. In the struggle her wig was
knocked off. Her bodice was slashed
and torn open and boots showed below
her skirts. While l held the prisoner
the soldier energetically wiped. with a
piece of his coat, the makeup from the
face of the PROSTATE, senseless old
woman.
II gave a cry of amazement.
"'FritZn"
II had before me my best friend.
the tender and sentimental Fritz of
the moonlit evenings at Heidelberg
Fritz the brother of my choice.
HE opened his eyes and recognized
me. He, too, was amazed and hoPi-
fed. He made an effort which brought
a groan, raised himself on his left
elbow and offered me his hand.
1T couldn't take that hand. 1t was
not even the hand of an enemy officer
lying at ones feet after an honorable
combat 1t was the hand of spy.
What are you going to do with
me-" he asked in an anguished tone
MY poilu answered in my stead
1--WE are going to carry you back
to our lines. You will be well cared
for; then you will go before a mill
tary court. Ping, ping. Twelve bull
let's for YOU
lis that true?
Yes
"Then Fritz said to me:
Listen! / am wounded already
badly wounded. l am in pain.
Evening star., 1918-06-23

Most spy stories have a background
of cunning only. The interest in them
centers in a battle Of wits. But here
is a spy story with touch OF deeper
feeling. The situation it presents verses
on the drama of real emotion.
And beneath its unaffected little
tragedy there is bigger idea. War
suspends friendships. But it cannot
destroy them IL they are based on
common foundation of character and
honor. The uncivilized conduct Of the
Germans in this war has raised the
presumption that they are incapable Of
cherishing any real sentiment of
friendship for individuals Of other ma
tions or races. Their lack of the re-
spect and sense of equal obligation on
which friendship rests is shown as
clearly in their treatment of the ma
tions allied to them as of nations with
whom they are at war. .... ......
Evening star., 1918-06-23

the war diary she kept (and still
keeps, the yacht a Commenced
using auxiliary sails to save coal.
which proved to steady ship very
lauch. and she used hand steering
gear during daylight hours to save
coal. Started ships force making
extra sails and cut down to one
boiler to save coal Wind and sea in
creasing. In order to conserve coal,
started plan of locking bunkers
Evening star., 1918-06-23

This method of shipping a crew is
typical of the United States Navy.
Were the British royal navy to ship
crews for such craft, in all probability
the admiralty would choose lot of Deal
fishermen who at least knew some
thing about fish. But the Navy De-
partment chose to ship Kansas farm
ers. and Brooklyn clerks and send
them to sea to let their schooling
break over them like a green sea over
a fo'c'stle Which is the better way
/ don't pretend to know. i do know
that the two-and-a-half and three
stripers who brought these crews
across believe in them to the point of
nrofanity- ''Offer me. a regular Navy
crew" one captain said last night.
.and l wouldn't take them. My crew
Evening star., 1918-06-23
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18
George Washington
Was Not Mentioned
Youthful French Orator Seemed to Think Lafayette Was
Really the Father Of This Country.
BY DIR. ESTHER LOVEJOY.

Lafayette is inseparately associated in
the mind of young France with the
United States and all it stands for.
George Washington wasn't mentioned.
According to the juvenile French
version, Lafayette saved America.
This was the most glorious achieve
ment in the history Of the world. Sin
gle handed and alone Lafayette sowed
the seeds of liberty in the United
States that has spread from the At
lantic to the Pacific and fired the souls
of a hundred million people. When the
American colonies were in q death
struggle with the Hanoverian monster
on the throne of England the Hohen-
zollerns and Hessians and Hindenburg-
ers and all the HIS representing He'll
on Earth in that day and generation
Lafayette crossed the. ocean on a slow
sailing ship--so slow, so slow for so
swift soul-and saved America. And
now, after 40 years, the hosts OF
America, million strong, are return
ing that historic visit for the purpose
of repaying the debt Of gratitude.
To say that the audience followed
the speaker would be undertaking the
case. They all seemed familiar with
the speech, and their applause fire.
quently anticipated its climaxes. Good
feeling was rampant We shook hands
with all the youngsters within reach.
and as we turned the corner we looked
hack. and they gave us a final 'Vive
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18

What IN the attitude OF the French
people toward the Americans? The
French are a very polite people, and,
no matter what their inmost thoughts
may be, they are not likely to express
IN opinion to an American other than
complimentary. But the children of
Mi the world are guileless. They can
be depended upon to express in public
the private opinions of their parents
The children OF France are crazy about
Americans in uniform, so we guess
what their parents feel for us.
On ono occasion was passing a pub
lie school with another Red Cross wo-
man physician In uniform and a
F:snch visiting nurse. Ths~school had
just been dismissed, and q group Of
young boys came trooping out In
stantly we were surrounded, and after
q seconds parlcy young Mirabcau Of
about twelve years, the spokesman Of
the group, stepped forward, bowed
formally and delivered an address on
Lafayette and America, which was
punctuated by the applause Of his adj
mlr.rg compatr!ot5. The American
Eaglet could not possibly have scream
cd louder In the United States on the
Fourth OF July than It did on that back
street OF n munitlon town in France.
Washington Not Mentioned.
Tdere seems to BE some difference
Of opinion on the relative Importance
of certain historic characters connect
ed with the American Revolution
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18
RED CROSS CANTEENS;
JUST WHAT THEY ARE
American Woman Tells Wildly Of Her Cnteen-1be
Cayest Brightest Little Room One Ever Saw.
NEVER SO PROUD OF ANYTHING IN HER LIFE

Just what a Red Cross canteen Is,
how it is QUILTED, and the hundred
problems the American women have
to meet in feeding the French, Eng
lish and American soldiers Is well
shown in this letter from an American
Red Cross worker:
We have really a wonderful place.
It was given to us SO rough and plain
and ugly. had coat Of plaster put
on the walls, painted bright blue
wainscot three feet high with STEM
Gil Of flowers of red, white and blue
above, white walls and ceiling, doors
and windows outlined with light green,
and stencils Of bright colors between
the windows Of trumpets, and over
the five doors delicious little paintings
by Miss Kirkpatrick and Miss Beckett
of soldiers and canteeners in the most
clever and attractive way.
Brightest Little Room.
At the end Of the room we have two
girls, one American and one French,
holding French and American flags
We have red and white oilcloth on the
tables, red glass carafes and red tur-
KEY window curtains, and always flow
ers on the counters. 1t is the gayest.
brightest little room you ever saw.
However, 1t only holds about 12O men
seated at the tables and it Is to be
used as a recreation room and even
movies. Our big room is to have a
huge kitchen and seats for 1000 men
or over, and will open right on to the
platform. It is to be decorated by an
artist from the Beaux Art, as Miss
Beckett has gone and Miss Ktrkpat-
rick Is too busy.
1t will really be splendid big place
and we can work in comfort instead
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18

OF being put in straits as we are now
in to feed so many men with Only six
gas burners in a long row. We make
the coffee, soup, cocoa. and ragout u
sometimes regular Irish stew on o1t
stoves and the roasts are COOKED for
us gratuitously at the bakers. All
food except coffee, meat, cocoa and
sugar Is cheap down here. It is the
garden district Of France. All the EcB
are SO pleased and grateful anc VIC
get such post cards and thanks. We
have stewed apples, stewed dates and
figs for deserts and tell you II xeeps
us hopping to keep Things Goin:.
Sometimes we run out OF meat a3d
then we fry eggs for them and t,e-,
love them. The dormitories are Wen.
derful. never was so prouG of any.
thing before. Two Hundred canvas
stretchers for beds We never used
them before, but u:, can keep them
clean and put tses outside il there
is any vermin.
Model Of Cleanliness.
We have q splendid funigatins plant
and an incinerator. and the place Is
model Of cleanliness. All the Eien
take of their wet and dirty doors. We
have good felt slippers for them. two
wooden blankets for each beG, two big
stoves and an orderly that wakes
them for their trains, good shower
baths and wash rooms and altogether,
when the big room is finished. Il VIII
be a model Of everything 1t should be,
as our last touch Is bar.
Der. Last year the men slept In the
road. We have adopted the Aube-gs
sabots as the only sensible footwear
as the roads and our floors are always
wet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18
YOUR HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS
WAR FUND Committee
TELLS HOW IT WAS
SPENT.
No Part of 1t, Says John D. Ryan,
Went for Any Expenses of
the ORGANIZATION.

John D. Ryan, vice chairman of the
War Council, recently discussed the
disbursements Of the first $1OO, 600, OO(
American Red Cross fund and spoke
Of the necessity for further funds
He announced that the week set apart
for the drive is May 20 to r..
1--WE have collected $105, DOC, 0OO,'
said Mr.. Ryan. 1--WE have allowed
refunds to cEapters-as you know,
chapters are entitled to retain 25 per
cent. of the collections covered by the
chapter. They have not in all cases
awaited themselves of the 25 per cent,
but we have allowed $17,OO6,121 on
this account. We have appropriated
to date $77,721, 918 and we have avail.
able for appropriation on March !
s1O.371. PIT, with the addition of 49,
10000 we know to be perfectly good
when called upon. .-,
1.-THE appropriations have been
made to the different countries as fol-
lows: France, $3O,936, 1903; Belgium,
s2,oS6, 1871; Italy, 1855, 1926; Russia,
;1,243.S45; Rumanla, s2,676,36S; Ser.
ia, 1915, $50; Great Britain, $685.
so, including s1,OOO,OOO that was ap.
,ropriated by the War Council to the
British War Relief, and for other for
,ign relief work, $3,576,3O0.
"Tor relief work for prisoners we
ave expended S343,304, and this
work is only beginning. These appro-
priations have been made to care for
the prisoners that we feared might be
taken. We also spent for equipment
and expenses of Red Cross personnel
sent abroad $113,SO0; for army base
hospitals in the United States, $54,.
600; for navy base hospitals in the
Cnited States, $1,000; for medical
and hospital work In the United
States. 1851, 600; for sanitary service
In camps In this country, $403,OOO; for
camp service In the United States,
So. 451, $50. and miscellaneous In the
United States, $1,11S.748. We have
funds restricted as to use by the
donors amounting to $3.50, 400, and
we have as working capital for the
purchase Of supplies for resale to
chapters or for shipment to France
OF $4,000 We have working cash
advances for France and the United
Stntes OF $4,2S6,OOO.
People say we use 60 cents to
spend dollar. The expenses Of the
Red Cross today are well within the
amount Of money provided by men,
bership fees. No part of the sos, OO0,-
600 that we got Is spent for carrying
on the work."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18
Caleb Rogers Does
ABit of Figgeri11
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Of the VigiIantes.

Caleb Rogers was seated at the little
desk behind the counter of his "gen'
eral store" at Rogers Corners. His
check book was open before him, and
he was tapping his front teeth with
the end of penholder and apparently
considering deeply. Daniel Griggs
who owns the big farm half mile up
the road, entered the store and stood
for a moment regarding its proprietor
with an amused smile.
"Well, Caleb" he observed, "you
look and act more like Rockefeller
every day you live. l presume likely
you're figgerin' whether you'll invest
this months income in more Standard
lie or use it to buy your wife another
diamond collar?"
Mr.. Rogers smiled also. but he was
serious enough a moment later.
DAN" he said, II tell you what !
was figgerin'. l was figgerin' whether
I hadn't better make the check l was
goin' to give the Red Cross folks a
hundred instead of fifty"
Griggs mouth opened in astonish
ment.
What About Jim Griggs!
"You give hundred dollars to the
Red Cross, Caleb Rogers y he demand
ed. "You! Are you crazy? You sar
tainly amt worth any more money
than am. and was calculatin' TO give
about ten-not more'n fifteen anyway.
The Red Cross is mighty fine thing.
1 know that well enough. But If you'll
tell me why folks no richer than YOU
and me should give
Caleb's foot, which had been resting
over one corner of the desk, came to
the floor with bang. He straighten-
ed, leaned forward and shook his fore
finger earnestly at his visitor,
"Tell you?" he repeated. Yes, Dan
Griggs, will tell you. I'll tell you be-
cause you've got a boy, same as have,
up here at the big camp, and it won't
be many weeks, or even days, afore
they're both over on t'other side of the
big pond fightin' the most cussed,
cruel, inscriptions gang OF thieves
and murderers that ever rugged up in
uniforms and killed women and babies
for fun. Oh. of course you know all
that, you'll say. You know your son
has enlisted and is goin' to war. to
battle, to r. his chance along with
the rest Of bel = killed or wounded or
taken prisoner. You know 1t. yes, in
general way you do. Such things, the
and all that, happen to other
boys every day, but It's amazin' how
slow fellers like you and me are to re-
alize that they're just as likely to hap
pen to that one boy we set SO much
store by. It's what I've just been try
in to realize, Dan. I've been sittin'
here thinkin' it out.
~"Take my own boy-or take yours.
to fetch it right home-take your Jim.
Jim left here and he went Off to camp
to be trained. And 1t was colder than
the northeast corner Of an ice chest up
In that camp, and he no sooner landed
thar than he realized he hadn't got the
heavy sweater he'd ought to have.
His mother would have knit It, but
twould have taken time, and he'd have
pretty nigh froze waitin'. So the Red
Cross gave 1t to him, along with
and comfort kit On the
way up to camp wherever that troop
train he was on stopped there was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18

Red Cross women with hot coffee and
sandwiches, a-makin' him comfortable
dom the little kind things you and his
mother are just longin' to do this min
! ute.
| when Christmas come who saw
that the bundles from home got tC
him? Who gave him thingS-candy
and smokes and such--on@it its own &C
count? The Red Cross that's who
And when he had the bad cold and
fever who supplied the nurse that die
more than anybody else to fight the
pneumonia off? The Red Cross, Dan
nobody else
And when he's on the ship goin
| across, when he's marchin' through
France on his way to them trenches
we read so much about, when at last
he's in those trenches-who's lookin
out for him every minute of the time !
Who's nlotherin' and fatherin' him
same as you and your wife would give
Ill this wide world to be able to do!
Why, the Red Cross. just the Red Cross
And when he goes over the top to
ret his first real punch at the Kaiser's
ang Of pirates. suppose he gets bull
ct through him somewheres. 1t can
lust as likely he him or my Sam as
anybody else's boy, remember that
Hes lynn out there in No Mans Land
nd it's night and cold and wet. and
he's in pain, awful pain, and
Mr.. Griggs interrupted.
"For merry sakes, don't, Caleb! he
pleaded. - can't bear to think Of It,"
"Then you ought to. Twill do you
good to think just q little. For pretty
soon who comes crawlin' along through
the hell fire to him and gives him wa
ter-and morphine, II he needs it-and
binds up his wounds and carries him
back to the place where the doctors
are? And whose doctors are they that
gives him the very best treatment
that's possible. and whose hospital
does he go to afterwards, and whose
doctors and nurses take such good
care of him there? Putin it oil to-
gether. who makes Jim Griggs well
man again and makes 1t possible for
his father and mother and sisters to
lay eyes on him once more? Nobody
on this earth but the Red Cross. And
God bless 1t, say!
What Is Your Son Worth to Your
"And now you wonder why man no
richer than l am is givin' hundred
dollars to a society that's dom all that
and million times more for my boy.
Look here, Dan Griggs. How much Is
your son worth to you? II you could
save his life by dom 1t wouldn't you
sell the farm and the stock and your
house and the last shirt on your back?
Wouldn't you give him the last cent
you had II he needed 1t to save himself
from torture and death? Well, the
Red Cross is dom everything humans
can do to save him from those things,
and it's warmin' him and comfortin'
him and keepin' him well and happy
besides. And what it's dom for him
it's doin' for every one Of the soldiers
in the fields or the trainin' camps, the
hospitals-even in the German prfs-
ons. And it needs money-and you
grudge glvin' It."
Mr.. Griggs shook his head.
"No, DON'T" he said. II guess I
can spare a hundred. too-f0r the
boys sake"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18
TOOYOUNCTOKEEP
Gas MASKS ON
The Myriad Things the Red Cross
Does, That Government
Can Not Do. -

Many people say: why doesn't the
government do the work of the Red
CROSSE" There is no better reply to
this question than to cite some OF the
activities Of the American Red Cross.
Last August the American Red Cross
issued an order for an automobile to
be given to French hospital for chill
dren of Toul, near Nancy. A lot Of
chintzes for the bedrooms were sent
down to brighten them up, lot OF toys
for the children-French children
brought in from the war zone, too
young to keep on their gas masks. To-
day ten Red Cross automobiles are
hauling to Red Cross hospitals In
France French children whose parents.
held in slavery in Germany. are now
being dumped every day at Evian, on
the Franco-Swiss border.
Fancy our government doing that for
French children. Yet it must be done
IL the French morale behind the lines
Is to be kept up. These deeds OF the
American Red Cross are just as much
q part Of our military policy in France
and Italy as though they were done un.
der articles Of war.
Hired knitters? No!
The government could, OF course,
hire knitters 1t could, OF course, issue
pensions for soldiers families in Amer
lea. It could buy ether and bandages
and hire nurses. But these things are
SO small a part OF the Red Cross work
that with them alone our cause would
fail. Every man or woman who out OF
his own heart here at home gives to
support the Red Cross in helping our
cause from an angle OF attack that Is
new In modern war. 1t Is the angle OF
brotherhood. It stiffens the courage
of civilians. It puts heart into our
soldier allies by the comforting knowl-
edge that their home affairs are going
we'll. And every dollar put into the
Red Cross makes not only for victory
in this war, but for everlasting peace
between the great nations now fighting
together In this war. England and
France have been our benenciaries. not
merely with the blood Of our soldiers.
But England and France and Italy
have seen how freely and how well we
spend our love Of humanity upon their
people at home. how truly and effec-
lively we are friends in need. brothers
In democracy. That is the Red Cross
job-to make enduring the peace gain
ed by our guns.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-18
SAVIOURS
By ANGELA MORGAN

Yours is the daring skill to tread
The waters of world at war;
Yours is the miracle to shed
Where rocking seas of hatred are,
Courage and comfort, like star.
You cry unto an earth dismayed,
And God is thrilling in your tone:
Brothers, the ship is not alone;
Be not afraidv'
Ye are the Christs of this black hour,
The Great Physician come again,
Within your sacred hands the power
To heal the race of men.
Ye hold the hurt world to your breast;
Ye bind her bruised and broken soul;
The sick, the manned and the oppressed
Yours is the gift to make them whole.
And where the stricken miles unroll
Ye sound the resurrection morn;
Above the bier where Justice lies,
With visions of an age new born,
Ye bid the dead arise!
o World, that walkest now in tears
Where Truth again is crucified
After the thousand thousand years
See yet that Christ is not denied!