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Middletown transcript., 1918-08-17
DELAWARE COLLEGE
ENLIST IN

the Students Army Training Corps with becoming officer
Special at Delaware College begins September 49, 191S
auspices Department
Uniforms and furnished Various
ks and Science Agriculture and Engineering ncung Marine Trans
poraion). catalog information, to
E. LAURENCE SMITH, Dean
Newark. Delaware
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
The Public School, Melting Pot.
From tho Minn..poI;. journal.

a e years ago the German kaiser, in Speaking of the rapid
~ la:n u German immigrants to the United States, com
alhe pltterly that the children of German born people in America
, wl ashamed to speak their parents language, preferring rather to
peak English, even in their homes.
n kaser' beng a normally bright man, knew when he made
II natural order Of things. All children are born initiative. All
hldren n born democrats. The little child of German blood in an
mercan pubic school who does not grow shy about speaking in a
olelgh Tongue, and who does not aspire to speak the language of
us piiayfelows, is mentally defective. Bright children desire to be
X the people with whom they associate.
Inc only way to keep German children good Germans in America
TO Keep them speaking German; and the only way to keep them
FOR TINS confessed purpose the German dead hand has been laid
N thousands OF children here, herding them in German parochial
chools, nuddIlng them in exclusive German colonies and keeping
hem confirmed strangers in the land of their birth.
"A national movement is on foot, under the committee ON Ameri-
anlzatlon, appointed by Secretary Lane, last April, to teach alien
literates the rudiments Of English and elementary American civics;
md a bill will be introduced in congress to provide aid for the states
n carrying on such education.
But a more direct cure for the Reorganization of America ia
proposed Dy Y. u. Schulz, state superintendent of schools for Mime
'ota, who asks that the school system Of this state be Americanized
~ making compulsory. the use of standardized textbooks in all
schools, public and private, and by making English the only language
n which instruction shall be given, whether that school be a church
school or a state school.
The American child is robbed of a valuable right who finds
himself at his schools end, burdened with a foreign language. unable
TO speak clearly and we'll the language with which he has to live and
by which he has to gain his living.
And he is still further imposed upon if he is not given a self
consciousness of his American citizenship, and an instructive pride
in American ideals and institutions.
No child of German blood can enter into this inheritance if while
taught his English in broken English by German teachers. And the
same is true of any other foreign tongue. For the sake of the future
American and future America, the public school must be given a
chance to Americanize America.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
A Land Of Luxury.
From the Review Of Reviews.

The people Of the United States ave
been wholly unconscious of the rapidity
with which they have advanced from COM
parative poverty to unequalled affluence.
Most people In all countries. and through
all ages. have lived close to the border
lands Of famine and epidemic. No great
population In all history was ever 80
States have been in recent years. There
has been an amazing advance in the
Standards of living: and we should aim
to have both town dwellera and country
people live stu more decently and agree
ably In years 70 come. But a high stand
and Of living y compatible with simplicity
and thrift. There are mon now living in
Warrington who remember when It was
q common thing to SEQ cabinet ministers,
senator's. ard members Of the supreme
court going - market In the morning.
the supplies that they had frugally pur-
chased. It 10 not. however. . question
Of returning = old ways of living. but
rather q question Of utilising wisely our
new advantage. In his book on America,
written a few yAars ago, q famous French
senator. d'EstcHnelles de Constant, de-
clared that. his own country could live In
comfort upon wat Americana waste and
throw away. when the French, after
their defeat by Germany. had to pay
An indemnity Of $500. 600. 900 francs. the
At q later period they lent Russia stilt
larger sums which Russian savings must
some time repay. Meanwhile, our war
bills will be increased with the new army
program. and at least 20, 200. 900 different
Americans should by thrift and saving
be able to subscribe for the fourth Liberty
loan. soon to be offered to the public.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
PersIan Hospitality.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
The courtesy of the Persian host lesves
nothingt unthought of. In returning from
long stroll aroun the city q wet place.
had to be crossed. and when we reached
1t there were saddle horses ready. On
arriving at dusk in the basar several
.ervants met us with lanterns. The Ian.
tern IL al important matter. a. its size
Is supposed to indicate the position Of
the wearer The Persian lantern has .
tin or iron top n bottom. between which
IL a collApsible wired cylinder Of waxed
muslin. The light from the candle burn
ing inside IL diffused and soft. Three feet
long and two feet wide IN not an uncom.
mon size. They are carried close to the
ground. illustrating. Thy word IL Q lamp
unto my feet" and none but the poor
stir out after dark without . lantern
bearer in front. Our lanterns. ~ BELTS
the vakil,s position. are very large.
There u something biblical in the prog
ress of Abdul Rahim through the streets.
always reminding me Of greetings In
the markets." and doing aims to bs
seen Of msn-not that I think our kind
host sins in either direction. peace be
with you.'' say h people. bending low.
7 you be peace" replies the Agha.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
France and Her Women.
From %h. London Times.

What Parisians feel about the capital is we'll expressed in the
words OF an old artisan of the Faubourg Antoine, who was irresistibly
drawn back to his native Faubourg from Lyons, when the German
advance was a recognized danger to Paris: 81 have never left Paris
before, why should ~ paris gives me all l want, 1 have the Seine
and its sunsets, the Cite, the Maras, the Place des Vosges, old Mont
martre, etc. Nothing comes up to Paris on a summer Sunday, and
the very idea that it may be devastated drives me mad. Everything
seems to me more wonderful than before, and l like even the Eiffe
tower.
Feminine labor in France since the war has interested everybody,
and the tredness which is the result of four years of incessant toll
in the munition shops, airplane factories, o the land, and in the
many other places where women have replaced men, is now a very
real problem. An article in the Victoire by Marie Holbecaue shows
that it is not 20 much the work that tires, as the conditions under
which-t is done; she pleads for further organization and a wider
establishment of creches, cantines and welfare centers.
In Paris in 1914 there were thousands of women working from
10 to II hours a day in workshops anything but hygienic, and these
same women are still working even longer hours and at harder work,
which tires the strongest men. No pay, however high, can compen-
safe for loss Of strength. On the land much the same tale is to be
told, especially where the soil is heavy. The women who drive the
trains and punch tickets in the underground tubes must also be
included in the over tired. Another result of hard work in a bad
atmosphere is n increased desire for alcohol and a constant wish
for excitement. No one needs more care and general nursing than
these women, who, it may safely be said, have borne the strain and
stress Of war as steadily as their men at the front. The "Feminists'
Of France are working for them, and there are many schemes for the
necessary improvements in the places where they work; but there is
also much to be done to improve the conditions under which they
are lodgd and obliged to bring up their children. The war has
revealed much that was bad in peace time, and, whoever else has
suffered, the children have benefited. Never have there been 30
many efforts to save the lives of the children all over France, and
already, as a result Of Gotha raids and long distance guns, the
PariMans of the slums have been able to send away their little ones
to drink in health and strength at the e or in the open country.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24

Really. what the roads do now in the
way of returns. effects the investor not
at all. Although. under the endeavor to
cut out unnecessary expense (Which Is
evidently not neglected) and under the
effect Of much higher freight rates and
passenger charges (Which ave not yet
shown full r~esults) We may expect that
even net returns under government opera
ton will show q safe credit balance IN
time.
But even 80. 1t would then. II large
profits were earned (any more than now
with a deficit). hardly be possible from
these facts alone to draw conclusions
as to the merits or dement's Of govern
ment ownership. as some have tried to
do. A better test viii be the results. OF
running the roads during the 81 months
after peace. during which government
possession continues. Then 1t may be
the leading policy to run the roads for
profit.
Mr.. McAdqo Is understood now to have
only 5he object al general director:
namely, to give the nation the best trans
portation service for winning the war that
human energy and motive power can give.
Irrespective Of the cost sor the returns
from freight and passenger rates. His
policy for the railroads Is ''to win the
war at any COST and II 1t costs money
to get labor. II it costs money to get more
motive power n fuel to carry food and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24

1t used to be considered a wise policy
for merchants to call things by some high
sounding trade name. the merchant ftgur-
ing the glamour thrown about the goods
by the mysterious cognomen helped the
sale Of the merchandise.
The dealer who calls q spade . spade"
has a much better chance to sell goods
than has the storekeeper who resorts to
passing his goods over h counter by
the lacking on Of such phrases az "sattn
veneer" or virgin plate" a people
wonder Just what they are buying.
Truly. the day OF the high sounding.
'flim flam'' trade name is going the way
Of the mysterious price marking and the
two price system.
There 10 also danger In this proceeding.
a. the following incident will show.
A customer Of q we'll known furniture
store called n day to a purchase of
an outfit for a son about to he married
and who had just Joined the army.
: The first article shown was q dresser.
which the merchant said had .''French
plate mirrors. Tho next a q Louis
XIV bedroom suite. Next came q "chAise
lounge" followed by a William Inc Mary
sideboard and a Jacobean hall chair.
The customer Zone of those dyed-in.
the-wool Americans) turned on her heel
and said. II guess I will go to q store
which can show me mdre good old fash
one American goods with Yankee
Names" n she did. buying american
plate glass mirror" a brass bed. an old
fashioned 'settee." an American walnut
sideboard mt an old hickory chair.
OF course this is an extreme case and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
Present Ri7roadResuhs No Test
of Future.


munitions and hundreds OF thousands OF
troops every week to seaboard, and these
costs produce deficits month by month.
then these sums are to be considered
only part Of the big expenditures neces-
sary to keep he Germans going and to
get our armies to Berlin.
While the director general places war
service first. he makes service 70 the
public second where that does not inter-
fere with the first. This servics 10 to
be rendered at the lowest cost consistent
with fair wages to employer and self sup-
port to the government. II the present
rates for service are not sufficient foe
that. they will be increased. II thsy are
more than sufficient then they viii be
lowered. But that 10 a matter which can
only be decided very much later On.
In the report OF seven months opera
ton under governmental administration.
Mr.. McAdoo claims that the coal tangie
mas been ~unravelled az far a. trahspor-
tation 10 concerned. and that the Goa
mines have lately been supplied with cars
more rapidly than they have been able 20
load them. The coal problem. he sayA
will be solved II production can be main.
tained at a high enough rate to employ
the cars reQuisitioned.
III maintenance Of an adequate coal
supply. he concludes. depends first upon
production. which IL restricted by labor
shortage and other causes but not ~ lack
of cars.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
From the New York Timsl

From the New York Times.
"The awkward squad'' famliiar at the
beginning Of all citizen armies has now
been s~upplanted by the lame battalion,
designed to r%eestablishs the men who nave
gone through the fire m to TT them
for future service.
SO successful has the idea of a lame"
battalion been that from 10 to so per
cent of the soldiers receiving wounds in
the legs or suffering from the usual foot
and leg maladies of trench warfare have
been restored to full combat strangth.
The new course involves instruction of
The wounded and weakened soldier, in
the proper posture Of tho body and its
use In walking. running and riding. Spe-
cial drills ave been devised to over
come the habits into which the invaded
soldier has fallen. instruction 70 given
in the care Of the fest. while. special At
leg casss in the hospital. :
tention hAs Sbeem 1iyen 70 the 1ook. and
Men WITH. specially troublsiornss.- kast.
weak bAel1fQ, 9eaeeal bad postoMs or
la1k oe ;SSdefanes sAis seaA 20 The spe-
cial tsAtain0 haetaltea wh4fe The fully
seoeEa etogts peGetjeAsoe tAeseoAysissoM-
pAaslDaA. 1our. oasnpaaIoo havo Aoo0
aGtahligAe6 - u battalttes. wisA no
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
Real Mann.
Trade Name

to take care of $50 orphan boys. A school
house il to be erected. together with other
buildings for Industrial and agricultural
training.
Missionary money is to go into this
farm in Franco. and Immediately follow
ing 1t. into a farm In italy. The plans
are being made by a war council Of
Methodists, and are to be supervised per-
manently by the Methodists boards Of
foreign missions.
Other missionary societies have deter
mined upon nearly the same plan. and
have selected their fields Of activity.
nearly all helping France. but some
Armenia, Serbia and Belgium. The mat
ter Of such farm and school agencies In
Russia 10 likewise being considered. Espe-
cially important are the countries lying
north OF Palestine. around the Caspian
and Black seas. Christ's words come
anew with powerful force and With q new
possibility OF applications: '~Whatsoever
" have done unto n Of these, my little
ones. 70 have don 1t unto me-"
Specialists have been consulted and
have assured the missionary societies that
tho WORKOUT fields. and even the sandy
deserts. can be made into splendid farm
lands by he methods adopted IN the
Rocky mountain region At home. Societies
are preparing to set forth this fall. to
the supporting churches. this plan already
adopted by the Methodists. of the north.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
Filed Out Liberty Bell.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
L. Sterne writes from the Junior Carl
ton Club. London. to the Daily Mail:
ut may interest you to know that the
crack In the Liberty bell At Philadelphia
was, filed out by me in 184s. at the age Of
IA. while I was In the employ Of Bard &
SON, Arch street, Philadelphia.
''This was the first time 1t was filed out.
and the bell was mounted and runs in
1850 and used at several subsequent
Independence celebrations until 1878 Gust
bsfore the centenary IN 1879. whom ne
crack. allowing a tendency to i~ncrsays,
was again filed out by sitvsrssniths Of
Philadelphia. r
~ msy add that I hsard this BEN rias-
Ing In 1875"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
THE REPRESENTATIVE.
Edmund Burke: To the Electors Of
Bristol.

1t ought to be the happiness and
glory Of a representative to live In
the strictest union. the closest
correspondence and the most un-
reserved communication with his
constituents. Their wishes ought
to have great weight with him;
their opinion high respect: their
business unremitted attention. ]. is
his duty to sacrifice his repose, his
pleasures. his satisfaction. to
theirs: and above all, ever, and in
all cases. to prefer their interest
to his own. But his unbiased
opinion. his mature judgment. his
enlightened conscience. he ought
not to sacrifice to you. to any man.
or to any set of men living. These
he does not derive from your
pleasure: no. nor from the law and
the constitution. They are a trust
from Providence. for the abuse of
which he il deeply answerable.
Your representative owes you not
his industry only. but his judg-
ment: and he betrays. instead of
serving you. II he sacrifices Il to
your opinion.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
AvIators From Slam.
From the Scientific America

From the Scientific American.
An aviation corps Of 500 members viii
be Slams contribution to The allied
cause. according to Frank d. Arnold, for
merly charge d~'affaires at Bangkok. VINO
recently. arrived in this country. 1.-The
Siamese army has developed some splen-.
did, aviators," says Mr.. Arnold. ''They
seem to take naturally to the work under
tho instruction Of French and Italian ex.
perts. When I left they were preparing
to send over 500 men with . complete
quota Of airpianes. all Of foreign con.
0tructiOn."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24

grams increasingly difficult. SO that
the schedule Of the fourth company 10
only slightly below that required for
full combat fitness.
United States army medical officers
report hat experience q shown that
from one-third to one-half Of the or
binary deformities resulting from gum
shot wounds are preventable. Surgeons
must free themselves from their ten
dency to treat the wounds and forget
the function: to make a we'll man, but
not q working one."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
CALL THINGS BY REAL Names.
From tho Philadelphia Public L.do.,.

MA Public Ledger
perhaps never will happen to the aver.
age storekeeper, but. as much as possi-
BILE. in these stirring times. stick to the
goods made. sold and bred In your own
wonderful country.
Sales can be held OF articles which do
credit to the land Of our birth. n people
are being educated to disdain the foreign
label. which investigation has proved
more than half is faxed" One concern
made a speciality of weaving labels to
suit the impulse Of the man who sells the
goods, but this did not last long, as the
Fair Flay League made short work of this
practice. In most any line you will find a
list Of real names and trade names''
as an illustration.
Grouped below. for instance. you will
find the real Names Va. trade names
Of the fur industry, and the list 10 not at
all complete.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24
70 Help war Orphans.
From the minneapolis Journ.

XIVUI " AH1NS0uPO1SO OV0IIRE
American MothodiSts are. the first "a
nove In . general plan. agreed to by some
the : Christian bodies. to help war
!. Theyr have purchased niar Lyons. IN
rance. a.farm Of lm6ro ithan 80 Gceea.to.
ether With another tract nearby OF Some
a acfea,MOn this aersaSs; whjch - 0oed
Urn ana fruit lAnd. are exconoues I'm.
M that can b nads. aftse nome rs1atrs
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-24

Chicago rsportst that ~ is}ia ten.
Deeary possession o. 3o.73o,eee buah-
81 Of grAia.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-11-02
TERMS
FOR AUSTRIA TO
BE LAID Do W N.
BY THE ALLIES.

Washington, Nov. 2.--An intif11a-
tion of the drastic nature OF the
armistice terms submitted by Gem
teral sDiaz to the Austrians is given
in an official dispatch from Rome
today saying:
"The italian victory is hourly as
san1ing such proportions that any
kind of Indulgence toward an enemy
which up to the last minute OF his
dominion has insuIted our brethren,
devastated our lands and fought
with the utmost barbarity, would be
a crime"
The same message reports that
from the sea to the mountains three
Austrian army corps are in flight,
that all roads are openj to Isonzo,
the first place where the Austrians
probably will attempt to. make a
stand.
Italian naval detachments have
occupied the lagoon, between the
mouth of the TagIaimento and Caor-
he, which was protected by monitors
and heavy artillery.
Terms Delivered.
Rome, Nov. 2.-The allied terms to
Austria in response to her applica-
ton for an armistice have been
handed by General Diaz, the italian
commander in chief, to Austrian Of
ficers who entered the line bearing
a white flag. Official announcement
to this effect was made today.
The conditions of the armistice
are inspired by the principles Of