Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-11-29

.hoir of negro voices. He SAID they
sang some wonderful melodies, anu
heir voices were as clear as bells,
After the war started, the kaiser
referred to the negroes again. NOW
IS your chance TO settle your negro
he declared, half faeetiously,
i course. "1f America insists upon
,oming into the war, why doesn't she
end her negroes across and let US
boot them down?
When a fleet Of our battleships Wis
ted Kiel some six years ago the kaiser
aid them a visit and was very much
Interested. When he called to see me
hortly afterward he told me OF his
experience.
az went over the ships from top to
rottom," he declared. 'They are ex-
client vessels, every one Of them, and
was very much Impressed with the
-ay they are manned and oIIicered.
ave only one crit!cism-the lattice
york coming towers, or fighting
lrsts. The only possible use | can
&c in them would be to train vines on
aem and install IN elevator INSIDE,
nd serve tea il the afternoon to the
dies On toD-the most beautiful place
II serving afternoon tea l can mag
,e.
"But, seriously speaking" he went
hlEH
~ practical y:,:Ga On the contrary,
caa sic very serious disadvantages
thSm. No matter what nation you
"ht Dc fighting, your enemy wonid
a~.=S be able TO recognize sou at
nance, before you could identify
u, because the wUrshipS OF all other
lions iook very much alike at a dis
nee.
They say these coming towers are
ma" ne went on, ''but you would
.aT sex close enough to your enemy
Use such small guns Again, it che
! ILCs2 rastS were hit it would send
shower Of steel about the heads ct
&c acn on beard, and would not only
at many OF them cut of action, bur
JUld be in the way. Suppose, too,
he mast We're struck down and hung
1|er the size! Ii Would ufa9 through
he water, and would not only serious
Y impede the vessel, but it would
cause tie ship TO list and expose 6
.argGr area on one side than would be
Sa1e. NO. Davis your hsiiIlhs hiasta
IS nave S&lu' i'ilsH1 ans we, Il, 'I-i az.
"F serving Lea, N"' l 0on ! 'iiiiA in''o''
ii tNelh Tor ac'l'e "sf'ice'
But II the Kaiser sa" much III
American "a%. ana customs 10 COLI
ueiah' ne IN~'' i'5e "a" n''!1ii ~ .oIn
Mehu' anu, b@'''' Tue war; nc was
liberal IN MS pf.'.~" u many u o0L
qualities ana acillaTeAchts.
He was very much interested, Tor
instance, in the experiments ana dLS-
ccvories OF Luther Burbank. 10 MAKE
Germany seIl-SUpro!t.!g as Tar q"
t1cU resources were N"i.cerneu WAS ooe
Oh MS dearest 'Ai0'tio"9. Nc le''i'I.e0
thaL II the event u "ofiu wax LIS
e0pie would proo"oiy seher hloie
from lack CT '"ca tiiah they "ouic
from hoSH!e hu!Ie'"' anu lie was iiop'As
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more Vi less i'S"iuiiy' H '0tu .-'o
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'of!cS"iiiS III aA A'''1iio"i ''s''H'n',
&c ran ACROSS d S'o'' WHICH eauS'I
aim 70 iaaGn so nl4ch anu 81 louu thai
ne '3'iieS Oh ii9 COURT no neliu ii'.l'
II 81 aajaceht rooA' came ra!l'hs III
vita their knitting 20 see what Tue
.''st'tIf was
me KAISER had hFtie respect lof o"i
:2ch!tectnic. lie thou&ht cur Sky
c"3perS, CT which ne Aid seen Illus
.'atiOuS, were hideous.
'IIow terrible 10 desecrate the land
cape with such tail buildings" he
'":"Wentcd "J>h"y burt the eye. 10"
m Geop!e i've IN theih?
I explained that most of the build
ngs 10 which he referred were ONCE
buildings, but that we did have four