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Trench and camp., 1918-07-04

French literature renects IN its own
way the great classical qualities OF
clearness, order, good taste and good
sense. what is not clear is mot
French" it has been said, and the
French genius also pays much atten-
ton to harmony Of arrangement pro
portion and elegance. Az for good
taste and good sense. these qualities
are demanded and supplied by nearly
all the best writer's Of the great cen-
turies. Obscurity, afIectation and
mere eccentricity have usually been
laughed out OF court In France.
A more specific mark Of modern
French literature is its hospitality or
soeiAbility. The country has been .
kind Of intellectual clearing house" !"
In that It has at various periods re-
ceived ideas and impulses from Italy,
England and other countries, trans
formed them to meet its national
needs and often sent them out again
better dressed. The French writer
is also q sociable creature; his books
are like his talk. showing desire to
please. to be polite, to feel his audi
ence. The English writer Is often
more individualistic; his concern is
mainly to express himself. and when
he is q Byron he does not love his
audience. Perhaps that is why the
English excel I'm poetry and the
French in prose; and the classical
virtues mentioned above find their
natural place in prose. though some
OF the greatest romantic poetD-HugO
and Musset-have been Ffenchmen.
There are i've chief periods Of
French literature; the Middle Ages.
the Renaissance, the classical age Of
Louis XIV, the eighteenth csntury
and nineteenth century. The Middle
Ages are renowned for the national
epac, Of which the best example 70 the
Song Of Roland" for the poetry Of
the troubadOurs and the stories shout
King Arthur and his Round Table.
The Renaissance, or revival Of an-I
cfent art and learning, came when
the medieval inspiration seemed ex-l
the great novelist Rabeaais
and the esadyist Montaigne renect the
creative and critical life OF the
Renaissance; there are also the pO@E0I
and dramatists Of the sixteenth cen
tury, who revive the classical forms.
But the great period Of truly Freneh
IL the following century,
with ifs roll Of tIIustrfouD names; inl
the drama, Corneille, Racine and
naonAre: In prose, BOeBuet asI
preacher, Madame de G6yign6 a. let
ter-wTiter, Pascal 40 the great French
and such critics and
moralists as BOileau. La Bruyere and
La Rochefoueauld. The age OF Louis
Trench and camp., 1918-07-04

Touch o. gray I'm his 9orctop-
'4Goo!" said w. MCGEE,
Maybe, by gosh, there's q job awash
For the middle-aged likes o. nae."
Keep on your duds," grOwled the
doctor;
"ToO old to go to sea;
Stand aside for q younger man.
Reiectcd-W. McGee!"
Creaked too much for the army
Too old to 20 to sea.
Said he: 81 swear there's Job Somo-
where
For the likes o. me-McGeol
/ can wallOp . deck to . frazxles
As good as the NEXT man-me!"
''TalEe OF Jour coat" snarled fore
'.Accepted-W. McGee!" 7
There's a chair i'm o cIubroOm corner
That fitted him to H.;
There's an empty glass that the wait
ers pass
Which belonged to w. MCGEE.
Touch o, gray to his foretOp,
But easy o. back and knee-
''Hi, lend q hand!" yells the fore
man, grand
Coming, boss! Me-AKcGee!n
-Nesv Y0rk Amevieom
Trench and camp., 1918-07-04

Chaplain Bart L. Stephens, Of tie
q. s. 8. Illinois. has made . record In
selling Liberty Bonds. His sales On
the ship total over $50. Gee. The cap
tain Of the ship appointed him In
charge Of the sales Of the bonds Of
the Third Liberty Loan. and with
his usual vigor he sold more than the
captain thought would be possible.
During the second Liberty Loan,
bonds to the amount Of $500 were
sold, and the ofReer who had that
sale IN charge offered to bet tie
chaplain that the Sd, 500 mark wouid
not be reached in the sales Of tie
Third Liberty Loan. We h&ve- not
heard Of any ship selling more than
$685. worth Of bonds sold ON the
Illinois. It is possible that this ship
holds the record for the Navy.
Trench and camp., 1918-07-04

Camp Lewis ID o healthy camp if the
records do not show IL, but the health
records do show 1t. imagine that
that has something to do with the
fact that at the present time new.
draft men are being sent here all the
way from Minnesota. At the present
time do not think Uncle Sam is Civ
ing those hardy Northerners q pleas
ure ride to the Sound.
Major General III. A. Greene. COM
manding the 91st Division, stationed
at Camp Lewis. has been more than
a leader OF his men in camp. He has
been leader for higher living In the
entire Northwest and this section Of
the country is the better for having
numbered him as q citizen for nearlv
a year. He has stood. for better
things In camp and has demanded
better things 1n the towns to which
the soldiers go when away from
camp.
This 91st Division has been called
the Wild West Division, bat II should
not be understood that the men are
wild. In this connection I would like
to say that up in the Remount Depot
where the widest of this wild
West country are stationed, there has
not been man I'm the guMrdhOuse, or
q court martial since the camp was
opened late last summer. These Wild
Westerners know how TO behave. In
that remount depot there are the best
riders and ropers in the world, bat
those days are temporarily laid asade,
and they are making the finest kind
OF soldiers.
Every station in life is represented
i'm Camp Lewis just as tn every camp,
but as the nation has ever looked to
the West for big men, % biz men
from these respective stations ere
found In Camp Lewis.
Here the T. d. G. A., r. w. G. A,
Red Cross, 4. Of c., Jewish Welfare
Board and eleven other Organizations
for the benefit Of soldiers, work hand
In hand, keeping ever before them
the one great purpose behind it all,
''the winning Of the war"
In this great cantonment, which
facts show to be the largest and best
in the country, Trench and Camp has
the extreme pleasure Of circulating
$4,000 copies every Sunday morning.
With the thousands Of men in this
great camp, whether it be In any one
OF the Associations eleven buildings.
on train bearing new men to camp
or q train bearing trained men leav-
ing for their big job. at the trenches.
on the range or or ON q long hike,
men Of the Y. d. c. A. are with the
men Of the army.
Trench and camp., 1918-07-04

have been very much interested
I'D the accounts OF the different camps
IA the country as written by the re-
spoctiyo editors Of Trench and Camp.
The fact that they have kept on
terms OF close intimacy with diction-
exloe and other sources Of informa-
u0n containing glowing words and
pnraNags and that they have likewise.
Witn omcanl permission. drawn lib
@r1L1y upon their fertile imagine
uonA has impressed me with q sit
Neuon existing here at Camp Lewis
Mn1eh does not exist elsewhere ap-
Darently and which must of course
respect.
The fact IL simply this: the SUI
perlattve which other editors have
qreaReds Of and hoped for, is an ac-
EuAl tact In Camp Lewis. This rs
Ene bpet camp In the country, and /
believe that by simply keeping my
graphing irons closely. hooked onto
the facts. will have q story so
closely resembling fiction that it will
get by.
Camp Lewis is the largest perma-
nent army mobilization cantonment
~ the United States. It contains re-
zoo acres. 10 18 miles long and IL
milen wide.
The citizens Of Tacoma and Pierce
Couqtythe camp proper is located
Mxfeea miles from Tacoma-voted
tz,000, 900 fn bonds to acquire a tract
% t0sOoV acres and donated IL TO the
GoveFnment for q site for the camp.
with barracks arranged in the
1qGm Of o horse shoe with each arm
MnMked by giant pines. and headQuar-
geE@ @e the head OF the shoe looking
00wn the long drill grounds and
across to beautiful Mount Tacoma
RAINIER Is miles to the East. No
more ideal location for a camp could
be imagined. not even by q Trench
and Camp editor.
Here more than $4,000 officers and
men OF the new National Army are
tn training to take their part In the
great war game ssOver There"
There are nearly 1000 buildings
Nm the c4nt0nmenk. built at a cost Of
Approximately 100000, and re-
yu1Ttug $4,000 feet of lumber in
theiE construction.
There are &c miles of graded
streets In the eantonment and nearly
10 9iles Of paved roads. The camp
honAt@ S6 miles of sewer and water
Nlp@. Paved road leads from camp
% Tacoma. with frequent bus service.
AAno . GOOD bua line operating inside
ehe 0afkonment.
= would bo idle Tor me to say that
Trench and camp., 1918-07-04
WWY Wun

II you derive aay pseamEQ from
reading Treneh and C@MA Why not
send the paper home Go ywuf rela-
tfves when you have 0mas&gA reading
it? They win enjoy 1t aS much e.
you do.
Trench and camp., 1918-07-04
Here's Another Camp Claiming To
Be Largest And Best In The US. !"

Eitor OF tho Camp Lewis Edition Of Trqnch and Cap
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
U. S. Engineers Engaged.

British Army Headquarters in
France, March ga further advance
by the Germans at some points along
the battlefront is recorded.
American engineers have again
been in the throes of fierce conflict, in
which they have done excellent work
in transportation.
The presence of the American en-.
giheers on the battlefront has long
been known. They were praised high
ly for their gallantry in the battle
of Cambria last fall.
Outnumbered 8 to 1.
Further north the British also with
drew from the Holnon wood. The Ger
mans then drove at Ham, which had
been cleared of civilians, and south
ward into the British positions.
Between Arras and Bapaume the
Germans made their first drive
against the high ground between the
Cojel and Sensee rivers. The German
preliminary bombardment was terrific
and their infantry outnumbered the
British eight to one in some cases.
Execution is Deadly.
The British withdrew to a line COW
eri, Vaux-Vrancourt, Morchfes and
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29

BaumetzLez-Cambra The hottest
and most disputed point was Mory,
which the Germans occupied.
At Vendeuil q group of British
held. One company of machine gun
ners on Henin hill held up the Ger
man advance for long time, doing
deadly execution in the densely
formed ranks. The Germans have
been bringing up artillery in the most
able manner behind their shock
troops and have been making full use
of this arm as the advance continues.
Division Every 1000 Yards.
The main thrust on the British
right flank was south Of st. Quentin
and the enemy used division for
every 1000 yards of front, approx
mately one German division against
every British battalion. The purpose
| was to acquire high ground for q
further advance.
On the extreme right of the Brit.
ish the enemy crossed the Disc at
two places. One body OF the troops
came out of LaFere and swung north
while another army crossed at Mory
and turned south to form a junction
with the LaFere group. The battle
ragged continuously in the lowlands of
the Disc. .s - ~.
Defense IL Gallant. ~
A little further north the Germans
stormed Urvillers and Essigny. Just
west of St. Quentin the British were
forced to fall back but they chung to
the Holnon wood, northwest of the
city.
South of St. Quentin strong British
reloubts made gallant defense and
it was nightfall before the last of
them with their machine gunners,
had been reduced. RI
~ Divisions Hold 81.
Field Marshal Haig is holding the
great German drive of 81 divisions
with only ~ divisions Of battling
Tommies, it is stated by the British
military men in Washington.
According to the British strategy,
It believed here Haig will not rush up
greater concentrated forces until he
Is ready to assume the offensive at
the break in the German onrush. Dur
ing bombardment it is not we'll to
overconcentrate men, it is pointed
out
British officials estimate the Ger
man losses at approximately 100000
men a day killed, wounded and cap
tured. At this rate, they hold, they
are justified in optimism and in the
belief that the Germans are defeat
ing themselves by their own losses.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
FOE POISED FOR STAB
AT ITALIANS IN NORTH

Washington; March 26.-Austro-Ger.
mans are preparing for a great often.
sive on the Italian front, official
cables from Rome to the embassy
here stated. Official review Of the
situation at the front shows beyond
doubt the drive awaits only return of
natural conditions" in Northern Italy,
the dispatches say.
Austrian divisions are arriving
steadily, there are daily reinforce.
ments of artillery and machine gun
contingents, while new aviation camps
and munitions depots are observed
under construction.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29

Washington, March 26.-An army
Of 100000 war emergency farm work
ers comprising men willing to devote
two or three days a week of their
vacations to agricultural labor, will
be recruited by the United States
employment service. Professional
men, college students, clerks and
other classes will be enrolled. An
army Of 100000 boys also is being
mobilzed. State directors will extend
their organization.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
Hays Troops, 0utnumbered
Three to One, Counter-Attack
Va'ientIy-Drive Enemy Back
FRANCE ENTERS FRAY
Throws Weight Of Forces in Great
Straightforward Now on Som.
me Battle FieId-crisis Near
Exhaustion Predicted.

Paris, March 26.-The French hav,
gone to the assistance of the British
and have taken over q sector of thu
battlefront, the war Office announces
In the region of Noyon and on thu
right bank of the Disc heavy fighting
with the Germans is in progress.
On somme Battlefield.
Berlin, March 26.-The Germani
are now standing to the north of the
Somme in the middle Of the former
Somme battlefield, says the onicia,
statement. Bapaume was captured in
night fighting. In the evening Nesle
was taken by storm, the statement
adds. British, Americans and French
were thrown back through painless
wooded country.
$4,000 Prisoners Taken.
More than $4,000 prisoners and
more than 600 guns have been cap.
tured, the statement says. Guiscard
and Chauny were captured in the
evening. Violent fighting developed
for possession of Combles and the
heights west of the town. The en-
envy was defeated, the statement
says. sS
France Enters Fight.
France has thrown the weight Of
her forces into the great battle rag
ing on the western front and the
British and French armies are now
battling together against the on
slaught of the common enemy in his
desperate attempt to break through
the Allied line.
British Hold Fast.
The British armies are holding
fast along the line of the Somme
and also in the region of Bapaume,:
Field Marshal Haig reports, The Ger
mans in the latter section reached
the British trenches at only one point
and there they were Immediately
elected. Their assaults elsewhere
were smothered by the British fire
with great losses to the enemy.
Driven Across somme.
On the Somme line bodies of Ger
man troops which had succeeded in
forcing their way across the river be-
tween Lycourt and Brie, south of
Peronn, were driven back to the east
erly bank. On both sides of the
Bapaume German attacks were re-
sumed.
The greatest danger at present
seems to be further south where the
Germans apparently have driven
through the greater width of the re-
gion they devastated in retiring in
1917 as the Paris statement reports
heavy fighting in the region of Noy-
on. This town itself is some 10 miles
to the west of Chauny in the
region on which Berlin reported the
repulse of the Franco-American re-
serves, but the German advance prob
ably has been met considerably short
of Noyon.
Deep Wedge Driven.
The wedge driven into the Allied
line is evidently deep one as the
French troops are reported by Paris
to be contesting for the heights north
of the Disc with important German
forces. The Disc on this part of the
front runs southwest past Chauny
and passes to the south of NoyOn.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
Germans Close on SIav Capital.

Washington, March Fisherman &C.
cupation of Petrograd within "a hours
was predicted by American Consul
Tredwell in a dispatch just reaching
the State department, dated March
20. Virtually all Americans have left
the city, the dispatch says. The
consul reported from Moscow after
returning from trip to Petrograd.
The commissary of the city, he said,
had told him he expected the estab-
lishment Of German control within a
day.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29

Field Marshal Haig reports that thd
British have blocked the German on
rush at all points and have hurled
the enemy back at some places.
Though forced to retire in the early
stages of the offensive reports indi-
cate that the story Of the British de-
Tense will be one Of a magnificent
stand against overwhelming odds.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-03-29
JOHN MoCOOK

Attorney and Counselor at Law
VIII practice in all the courts Of the state.
make loans and attend to buying and selling
real estate and securities. Office over Cresco
Union Savings Bank. Cresco, Iowa
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-06
A Good Law

In past years thousands OF peo,
ple in Virginia have beel defFauded
Of substantial amounts OF money
sometimes represen' ing The saving
of a lifetime, through the Sic OF
worthless stock. The Legislature
at its last session passed what IS
called the "blue sky Law, giving
the State Corporation Commission
supervision over the safe of specu-
lative securities. The Commission
desires to make this law real pro
lection to the public, and in order
to do this, it neeoS public coopera-
ton. People t" " hon are offered
stock for sale ar, urged to demand
the evidence thai the law has been
complied wi.n, in the shape OF &
certificate ,sued by the Comml--
sion. If 1t is not Forthcoming,
write full particulars to the State
Corporation Commission, Rich
mond, Virginia, giving the name
of the corporation whose shares are
offered, with the name and address
of its agent. Heavy penalties are
provided for those who break this
law.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-06
WHAT FASTING FEELS LIKE
University of Chicago Professor Has
Made Public the Results Of In
designations He Has Made.

In numerous descriptions Of the eX-
periences of man In the course Of
more or less prolonged fasting, one
meets the repeated assertion that aft
or a brief initial period little or no
hunger whatever is felt. Since 1t has
been w@ll-establishcd that the sensa-
ton Of hunger is induced by certain
type of tonic and perlstaltic contrac-
items OF the empty or nearly empty
stomach, it must be assumed either
that these contractlons are abolished
as a fast proceeds or that the sensa-
lions are decidedly modified.
A professor of the University Of
Chicago has lately had an exceptional
opportunity to investigate these ques-
tons. AS the result Of careful OBJ
servations on man during prolonged
Intentional starvation, he found that
during the 10 days complete fast and
the subsequent eight days of absti-
nence from food with daily ingestion
Of cotton fiber, the gastric hunger con.
fractions of his subjects continued
with practically normal rhythm and
intensity; but the subjective sensa-
tons induced by the gastric contrae"
tons appeared to be somewhat weak
ened and tinged with an element Of
general eplgastric distress or sick
stomach.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-06
HAVE ORGY OF CANNlRALISH
CHASTITY Doings of the 3uryinq Beetles
Regularly Take Place at Certain
Seasons of the Year.

Here is q monstrous case Of the
most CHASTITY depravity mingled with
sublime sacrifice.
The Burying Beetle buries small
birds, mammals and reptiles, not as
stored food for itself, but for the
sustcnance of its offspring. In the
confines Of a cage these undertakers
will bury carcass after carcass, eating
scarcely anything, depositinS their
eggs with the game. They display
most edifying industry and order I'M
til the proper season is over. Then
they strike work and take themselves
underground.
And now a most frightful orgy be-
gins. Despite the abundance of food
both above ground and stored with
the eggs, which they will not touch,
the undertakers begin mutually eat
ing each other. One energies to the
surface with leg missing, and other
wise in most battered condition. An
other appears little better off. He
has two legs left. This one throws
himself on the first, tears him to
pieces and eats him. Famine plays
no part in the slaughter. 1t IS time
for them to die, perhaps, and not be-
ing able to die naturally, instinct
drives the undertaken to tear and eat
his fellow, needless that he, Himself,
is being torn to pieces and eaten by
another. And so the horror goes on,
one eating the limbs of another, md
that other eating still another, until
the tragedy is over, until next year.
Exchange.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-06
liver DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says IS year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
After Few Doses 6 Black-Drausht

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town, says: AT
my age, which is IS, the liver does
not act SO well as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out of
fix. I was constipated, my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad, and
1t took so little to upset me. My ap-
petite was gone. I was very weak.
I decided I would give Black
Draught thorough trial as I knew 1t
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking it. 7 felt
better after a few doses. Ny appetite
improved and I became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon righted with a few
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-06

building, and the grounds around it
afe Tery beautiful, | wish | could
describe every thing to you but |
had better not attempt it.
| will certainly be glad when l
can have a letter from you and
know you are both we'll and get
ting along all right. You must
take good care of yourselves.
The war situation looks good.
The enemy continues to RETREAT.
The American and French soldiers
! have seen, say the war will be
over by Xmas.
l am situated very comfortably
so please don't worry about me.
Write often and give me the news
IN Gear old y. S. A.
Your loving son,
Lloyd Bird