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Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
NO MANS LAND, DEATHS EDGE
Birds Return to Their Wonted Trees
to Roost, unmindful of the
Thunder of Shells.

To the whole worlds wanderers, the
American people, whose incurable
habit 1t is to 20 everywhere and see
oil things, there yet remains one cOun-
try unexplOrcd. says writer in an ex-
change 1t is country stranger than
Hamman Mcskutne (where you can
boil eggs in river) more ruinOus than
Pompeii or the Roman city of Tingad,
and more sepulchral than the tombS Of
the kings of ThebeS; it is few hum
dred miles long and moreover than
Egypt and holds more buried heroes
than Westminster abbey; it is to the
casual eye as desolate as the Sahara,
yet on closer investigation as populous
as Bond street 1t is more beautiful at
night than the aurora horealis and vet
more ominous than picture by Sire;
1t is No Mans Land.
And the things that are done there
are things that have never been done
before and will not be done again in
this generation: it is thing to see as
one would 60 to see Niagara if 1t was
certain to run dry within year and
fall no more in our time; only it Is
more wonderful than Niagara. noisier
more magnificent, leaving more abid-
ing sense in the mind Of having moved
amongst girantic things.
Life is more tense there than In
equatorial forests where the rhnOceros
comes out of the cactus at unexpected
moments: the rhinHceros is only
large form of pig. vet he is morOse
and vindictive and has unpleasant
ways, and con be. at his worst as bad
as a bettor-cnSs German.
Strange vegetation Is to be seen
there. too; overcrown cabbages -four.
iShing where they will free at last OF
their servitudo to man, trees that have
met with amazing calamity in storms
that had never Overtallen wood be-
fore: strangcst Of all. the birds going
home at their wonted hour to rOost In
their wontnd trees, undiSturbed by the
thunder that is shaking the hills.
And there in No Mans Land, IL any
where in tho world, may liberty he
dreamed of valkng along the line be-
tween the fare of the rockets and the
nearest edge Of the night, walking and
blessing the ruined hamlet of France;
for where else in the world has she
been invoked before with such great
sacrifice of heroic lives?
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
EVOLUTION or TIKI lgSA4AsBEEt: lyg:|S'|At'4sE
llt Grew From PIetures>By Which Men
! First Wrote and Required, ireds, Apes
For Ito; Completion. ast -ct !

No one really knows all about where
the alphabet came from, because 1t
grew very slowly, like children and
every other good thing in the world.
But we know quite well that no In
,genious man sat down and made the
alphabet, and we know quite well, too,
that the alphabet began as pictures.
Just as child reads or takes things
in by pictures long before 1t can read
letters, so men used to read and write
by pictures; and then these pictures
were gradually made simpler and sim
pier until at last they could be used
in every and any way, as our letters
can. We know that the letter 0 was
at first the picture Of an eye, and that
gradually men made the picture plain;
er, until at last they drew an 0. The
letter was once picture Of house ;
and very likely capital A may have
been at first the picture Of a pyramid,
Ages and ages ago In Egypt men
used both kinds Of writing. says the
Kansas City Star. The priests used
the oldest kind, which was the plea
lures. This was called the sacred
writing, In which the pictures were
turned into letters. Not very many
years ago men tried in vain to read
the old sacred picture writing Of tho
Egyptians but they could not TheD
they found the wonderful Rosett',
stone, and this had written upon ~
the same thing three times-once In
the pictures and once in the letters
and also once in other letters, ana SO
men got the key to picture Wrltingl
and now 1t can be read easily. :,
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Not ALI So Harmless.

The part Of Father Christmas may
be easily oyeracted, as a certain town
counciior would be the first to admit,
He had been asked to take part inp the
annual treat to the old folk at the To-,
cal workhouse. Made up as the an
cient gentleman beloved Of the chill,
drep, he went, and for a time his
pranks and antics delighted the COM
pany. ~
Then a scrap of conversation hs
changed to oyerhear scarcely added To-
the worthy councillors enjoyment:
"Ain't e enjoyin' Of hisselff" fe=
marked one aged inmate to anotheF.
"Wot a treat 1t Is for the likes o he +!
But why can't they let all the loonles
out on q night like thisT"
"Well," came the reply, "mebbe
they amt all so harmless as this'n."
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Risked Life for Another,

The story of mans extraordinary
bravery in jumping into the mouth OF
q blast furnace to rescue fellow
werkman was told at an inquest at
Cleveland, Yorkshire. A man fell from
the top of the furnace and was lying
unconscience on the "belp gn which
the iron ore 10 tipped before It Is dls'
charged into the furnace. George Weis
ford, who Is a chargeman, at once
sprang a distance Of five feet into the
midst OF q deadly gas fumes and In;
tense heat, at the peril Of his own life.
He lifted the uneonsciaqs man-who
WAS so badly burned that he died AZ.
terwards-to the top Of the furnace,
and then scrambled out, almost over
come with the heat and fumes,
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Be Quiet.

"Study to be quiet"--that Ia, study
to dismiss all hustle and worry out OF
your inward life. Study also to 40
your own business" and do not try to.
do the business Of other people. A
great deal Of "creaturely activity is
extended in trying to do other peoples
business. 1t is often hard to 'slt sttll".
when we see our friends, according to
our ideas, mismanaging matters, and
making such dreadful plumbers, But
the divine order, as 1t is also the best
human order as well, is for each one OF
us to do our own business. and to re-!
frain from meddling with the busi-
ness of anyone else.-Exchange.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
s-a-
Nations Defense.

The wealth Of q nation must be de-
Tended as we'll as constructed. :.
Even If the days Of absolute conquest
are past, there are yet thousand
liabilities to violent encroachment on
the honor and rights of a people which
they cannot be passive under without
sacrificing a national spirit and well
nigh dissolying the bonds Of govern:
ment Itself. But where lies the
strength of nations defense7 In
such things as money purchases
ships, Notifications and magazines Of
war7 No. The real public bulwarks
Of a nation are public love,
wisdom, and high command, attach.
ment to home and bravery.-Horace
Bushnell.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Niuht Owls Are Safe.

A celebrated scientist, who has made
a lifelong study Of different forms OF
bacteria, recently made the interesting
announcement that there are more
microbes In the air at nine o'clock In
the morning and at nine o'clock at
aight than during any other periods
Of the day. He says that he has aise
discovered that the percentage of mi=
,robes In the atmosphere Is less at
three o'clock In the morning and at
three o'clock in the afternoon than at
any other times.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
- : y N-s-'--
Sermon for the VlrtuouS

We excuse the partial failure Of our
characters on the ground Of their gen
eral successive can afford to be
little bad who are SO good. :.
Temper is the vice Of tho ylrtuous.
Christ's sermon on the "elder brother'
is evidently a sermon pointedly to the
yirtuous-not to make bad people
good. but to make good people perfect.
-prummond,
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Women In india Need Education.

At meeting Of the Woman's Indian
Study association, Miss Boyd, secre-
tary In England for the Woman's Uni
wersity settlement, Bombay. said that
only one per cent Of Indian women
could read. She declared the great
need was for the Indian girls to take
lup the profession of medicine. II
had been stated by an authority that
an Indian woman in child birth had
less chance than a soldier on the bat.
tlefeld.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03

In School.
forget about his lessons until 1t was
too late, and he would try to do them
in a hurry and he would do everything
quite wrong.
I'm school he would put the answers
down on his slate and every time he
had to rub them out. One day he
said to himself,
"I think states are the incest things
in the world. Anything we write or
draw on them we can rub right out
again. l guess I'll be like slate my
self. I'll do what I please and then
I'll rub 1t out
"Of course he didn't quite know how
he was to do that. Rubbing out chalk
marks on his slate he found to be
quite a different matter from rubbing
mean and naughty actions!
Stffl he said to himself that he
would never do the same naughty thing
again, and he was sorry he had done
them, and that was just about the
same as rubbing them out.
"He always pretended in school that
he knew the answer to every question
Then, when Professor Gnome would
ask what he had written, he would
say, oh, I'm sorry, Professor, but /
didn't know you wanted me to keep
the answer on my slate. rubbed II
out For then, he thought, he had
shown he knew something by writ
ing on his slate-even though he did
not write the answer at all, but SIM
ply something quite absurd.
zone night he was very tired. He
had been playing hard and had quite
forgotten about his lessons. He had also
knocked down little creature smaller
than himself, but he said to himself
that he was sorry for that. He really
hadn't meant to be so rough.
Suddenly before his eyes he saw
Professor Gnome. only he looked much
bigger than he did in school, He was
carrying big slate.
"'This Is slate which cannot be
rubbed off by your sponge, little
gnome,' he said. 4 have the magic
rubber for 1t which the Fairy Queen
gave me. You can now do your les
sons correctly on this slate and when
I think they are well done then /
shall take your slate and rub 1t clean
"And the little gnOme seemed to be
back in the school-rOom now and he
had written something on his slate
5ust to pretend he knew the answer
and then he tried to rub 1t off before
Professor Gnome saw 1t. But 1t
wouldn't rub at all. And all the class
laughed at him for knowing absolutely
nothing.
"Next 1t was recess time, and the
little gnome he had knocked down
was crying. He had bumped his head
as he had fallen, and the bump kept
growing larger and larger until at last
his head had gone entirely and there
was only big bump leftl
"'Oh, how the gnome felt. I
shall always remember that can't rub
out everything 1 do he said. MY
magic slate will teach me a good les,
son, for I'll be so ashamed when l
see all my mistakes right in front Of
me until I have made them really
and truly right.
"It was only a dream. to be sure"
said Witty Witch, "but from that day
on the gnome worked and played as
though everything he did and said
went down on slate which could not
be washed off unless everything was
right"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Reach for Double Profit.

It Is the custom Of many large manu-
facturers and employers of labor IN
Russia to establish shops at which
they expect their workmen, under pain
Of dismissar, to purchase everything
they require.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Tailor Knew Him.

my tailor has promised to have my
suit done tomorrow" "Do you think
he'll give 1t to you on timer "Oh, no;
I'll have to pay cash."-Boston Tran
script.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Geese Fooled by liQht.

Geese are fattened for market In
Austria by confining them in a dark
room to which light is admitted 10 or
10 times q day. Whenever the light
ls on the geese think It is meal time.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Needy.

"Isn't IL terrible about these poor
struggling artists3" remarked Mrs.
Wayback as she wandered through
the picture gallery. 1T looks as II
half of them didn't even have money
enough to buy clothes for their mod
els"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03

In a new pencil sharpener several
small blades are mounted conicaliy at
the end Of twisted wire, which Is re-
volved rapidly by pushing q spindle
along 1t,
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Thu Girl Knew.

"You know my eyesight has never
been very good and It's getting worse"
rWeli, I thought as much. You know
my daughter always wants you for a
chaperon."
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Contradictory Evidence.

There Is ola thirg curious about
the minutes of a meeting"
"What Is that?"
"They are gener lily affairs Of mo-
ment."
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Training Counts.

sour mathematl' al expert here 10
also a good athlete
'T suppose that is why he finds It
30 easy to run up column of figures"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-03
Lemon Juice for Shoes.

Lemon Juice makes good substi-
tute for shoe polish liza few drops are
we'll rubbed into the leather.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
CAMP THEATRES TO OPEN.
First Liberty Performance Probably Wi !
Be Given Feb. Ill.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Because of meas
les quarantine al Camp Dix, Wrghts-
twon, n. j., the first Of the Liberty
Theatre performances at the National
ARMY environments which was TO have
been held there next Monday night has
besn postponed. 1t probably viii be given
atsCamp Devens, Aver, Mass, Feb. IL.
Jasper J. Mayer, General Manager of
the camp theatres has announced that
eight of the sixteen companies would
be on the road by Feb. Is, and that the
entire number would be playing March l.
Thirteen of the sixteen camp theatres
have been completed, and the Others are
expected to be ready by the end Of this
month.
Twelve of the theatrical companies will
present legitimate plays only. The four
Others will give variety entertainments.
The companies viii play each canton
ment one week with nightly perform
ances and matinees Wednesdays and
Saturdays. The bill will be changed every
two days.
''!Smilage books" VII be accepted for
admission at all Of the theatres, and
more than $4,000 worth Of them have
been sold Sales agencies are being
established II every city and town, and
purchasers are expected TO give the books
to their friends among the soldiers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
HENDERSON WARNS
OF LABOR UNREST
Declares Government Attitude is
Bringing Britain to Verge of
Industrial Revolt.
LONDON. F"B. >.

LONDON. Y Il. -
Arthur Henderson, labor leader and
former member of the War Cabinet, who
as member OF the cabinet signed an
agreement with the Amalgamated Society
of Engineers, embracing the engineers
trade, in which the government agreed
TO meet the engineers IN separate confer
ence whenever necessary, last night issued
long statement appealing TO the gov
ernment to adh ee TO this practice and
avod a strike, which he said would serl-
ously imperil the output OF munitions
and other war necessities.
Mr.. Henderson's address, which also
was directed TO the representatives OF
the engineers, strongly advised the work
ers, In the interest of the war, not TO lay
down their tools.
1--WE are all weary OF war, SAID Mr..
Henderson. Immediate peace Is the
greatest need Of the world. But peace
cannot be achieved by one section OF
labor acting by itself. Peace will come
when the working class movement rs a
whole has discovered by conference the
conditions of an honorable and demo-
cratic peace worthy of the unimaglnable
sacri lccs the people have made.
The temper of the workmen Is most
dangerous The unyieldlng attitude OF
the government is bringing the country
to the verge of industrial revolution, and
unless a moro just and reasonable attl-
tlde is adopted | am seriously sppre-
hensive that an ir -epsrable break between
an important section of industrial labor
and the government will result.
After reviewing the question at issue
the opposition OF the engineers TO the
Man Power bill, which MIR. Henderson
desired them to abaDdon-and declaring
that the engineers we're merely asking
a continuation OF the procedure instituted
by Premier Lloyd George himself MIR.
Henderson said:
III earnestly appeal TO the government
thst they should at once agree TO a sepa-
rate conference. Their present atti-
tude is leading rapidly to trouble. They
are risking the national cause for 3
point of procedure
MIR. Henderson added that his knowl-
edge of the history OF the controversy
convinced him that labor was Illstihed
in its stand, and continued:
''In the past labor hls responded with
real patriotism, fully and freely. Is il
too much to appeal to the patriotism o.
the government / strongly urge the
government TO display more reasonable
spirit.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
PRAISES LIBERTY MOTOR.
French Major Says Its Use Viii Give
America SUPREMACY.

Chicago, Feb. 2.-America, through
the use Of the Liberty motor, will decide
The supremacy of the air in the world
war, according TO Major L. c. Eclzen-
fielder Of the French military mission,
who spoke here yesterday. Major Ecken-
fielder represented Andre Tardieu, French
high commissioner. at a dinner Of the
Society Of Automotive Engineers. He
has spent three years on the French
battlefront.
who will decide the superiority in
the air? You have the answer here, !"
Major Eckenielder said ''It viii be
you. The construction Of the Liberty
motor, under the direction Of Howard
Coffin, will solve the problem 1t is the
motor Of the future-the motor Of vic
tory
"Wbether the war is TO be won by
airplanes Is 8 question. IL is certain,
however. that we need all the motors,
all the airplanes America can make,
and we need them now
''In France the motor is king. Ycu
find il everywhere. 1t changed the tao
tics Of war and upset certain branches,
the cavalry particularly. Thanks to the
motor, the airplane is the eye Of the
armies today"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
DELAY IN MAIL TO FRANCE.
BurIeson Seeking Way TO Hasten De
livery of Letters to Soldiers.

Washington, Feb. 2.-It takes from
fifteen to thirty days to get letters from
the United States TO the soldiers in
France. according TO their location, and
the condition Of ocean transportation,
Postmaster-General Burleson reported
TO the House today.
Letters for the soldiers, he reported,
are cleared with every dispatch Of mails
TO France and every possible means is
studied to expedite and safeguard the
mail
Owing 10 the irreguIarity Of the sail
ings from New York and constant ship
ping Of military units the report says,
about thirty days on the average should
be allowed for the average letter from
the United States TO reach the camps in
France, provided the individual is sta
toned with his unit at the time Of ar
rival of the mail
Study Of methods TO speed mail de-
Iiveries Is described at length Possible
dispa chcs via { anadian ports have been
investigated, but none have been found
by postal officials to be so expeditions
as the movement from New York
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
Packards have opened the way for army truck
trains-frOm the lakes to the sea.

Cross country under load, an army truck
train of thirty PackardS has triumphantly
finished the long winter journey 542
miles from Detroit to Baltimore.
To relieve railroad congestion, to save
freight charges and to speed up delivery
was the triple purpose of the test. And
Packard road mastery was proved SO de
cisiyely that six more trains have already
been dispatched others TO follow.
A more strenuous trial for motor trucks
could hardly be devised. With unSea-
Soned drivers, they started in blizzard
broke their own trail-bucked snow drifts
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
NEW SHIPPING PUT
At 100000 TONS
7. w. Powell of Bethlehem Cor
poration Lowers Estimates
of 1918 Output.
WASHINGTON, Fen. {

America will not be able to produce
more than 5000, 900 tons OF shipping IN
1918. This statement was made yes
terday afternoon TO the Senate Com
mercc Committee, which is conducting
the inquiry INTO the shipping program
by j. w. Powell, vice-presdcnt OF the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation. He
materially discounted estimates for this
year by the Shipping Board.
"lf the United States rs able 10 pro-
ducc 100000 tona Of shipping in 1913
it will be accomplishing wonderful
feat" declared Mr. Powell. He blamed
labor principally for the slowing down
OF shipbuilding Railroad congestion was
contributing factor
'For the first time IN history labor
has come to feel that anything It asks
for it can get" he declared, ''and labor
has faileG To grasp the necessities OF the
present situation. The spirit OF American
labor alone can win this war Thus
far it has failed materially To arise to
the emergency and something must be
done to change this attitude
Indifference on the part of the work
ing man was curtailing production, not
only at the Bethlehem shipyards but
at every other shipvard, Mr. Powell de-
ttdItN- lit 1tiultitlH IDiPttdeiyb Aa7
contracts for 90 merchant vessels.
CAMPAIGN or EDuctrIoN.
"Thc government ought at once TO
organize and inaugurate = great cam
paign OF education for American work
ing men," said Mr.. Powell. They
should I've taught that the success or
failure in this great emergency Is up
to them. They need to be awakened to
the seriousness of the situation.
"Wcll Mr. Powell what do YOU think
Of conscriptng labor il it will not do
its part 10 win the war p asked com
mittecman.
4 do not think that could be done
successfully" nc answered. Il do not
believe il could he made to remedy
the situation The only way to arouse
labor is TO impress upon it the needs of
this crisis"
Unwilingness Of the worLmen TO put
in full weeks work was cutting down
production materially, Mir Powell said
The workmen, he declared. we're draw
ing wages sufficiently high To permit
them to earn in three or four DAYS enough
to satisfy their wants, and they were
not willing to work longer.
Mr. Powell, who said his company
nau apSprbeu tliS folt INiNeI pIilp4 atuc
at Quincy. Mass, the Bethlehem Steel
Co.'S yards, the Moore ward at Elizabeth
port, \. J., the Harlan yard At " lining
ton, Del, the Sparrows Point yard at
Sparrow's Point, Md, and the Monroe
Iron Works at San Francisco, declared
that freight congestion and the unusually
severe winter weather were hamper
ing production.
Recently we had LOO cars of ma
terial tied up in freight jams be ex-
planned We kept track OF these cars
and found some Of them moved only so
miles in II days. We needed this ma
terial badly in our building program"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
SUNsHJNERs' DOINGs.
Mrs. Dorsey 20 be Guest Of
Frederica Branch Next
Tuesday.
arssHrNE cALEvDAR

SUNSHINE CALENDAR
Feb. 4, Coreopsis Branch, 80 West
Ninth street
FEB. 4, Alert Branch, 1905 West street
go p. m
FEB. 8, Rose Hill Junior Branch, Ross
Hill Schoti House.
Feb. II, Washington Heights Branch
122 Concord avenue, afternoon.
Feb. IL, New Era Branch, Hotel
du Pont, go p. m.
Feb. IL, Washington Heizhss Junior
Branch, 614 West Twenty-ffth street.
The Washington Hrizhis Junior Branch
viii meet al the home of Miss Grace =
llallarn, Ga West Twcnty-ffth street. On
February H.
The quarterly meeting having been held
January ; "a fulI report of the same VIII
appear IN the Sunshine column 4 very
attractive playlet gas given by the mfru
bcrs e the Washington Hriphts Branch
and very much enjoyed By AT who were
present
Mrs G ". Dorsey, Jr.. president n the
Delaware Division, viii bc The Ziest n
the frcderica Branch atjfs annual meeting
and tea Tuesday, IN Frederica
Mrs G. Z. Slocomb, president II the
Alerf Branch, is residing N The Isle y
Pines Tor an indefinite period
Mrs. q. -. NcCorhindale state his-
torian of the Delaware Division will
spend three months in Louisiana
Mira. 9 w Dorsey Jr, state president
of tho Delaware Division, hss received p
etter from the General Federation e
Women Clubs asking her % aend in %
report - ail "War work. bcing done b~
the members - the sunshine Socl ETY..
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-02
CALLED. AMERICANS MONKEYS .

New York, Feb l-The government
placed on the stand today IN the treason
trial Of Paul lIennig, accused of tampering
with gyroscope parts for naval torpednes.
Charles Il IIarrigan, - years old, who
testified Henmg had expressed the belief
that Germany will win the war and
that the American people made monkeys
OF themselves IN entering the hight against
the Kaiser His testimony was IN
tended as proof 81 motive for Henmg' )
alleged treason