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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04

Iondon.-All the world knows the
story of the Madonna which was us
lodged by German shell fire from llS
nerch on the tower of the parish
church at Albert during the first hlau
rush of the Huns through France III
1914. The statue did not fall. nor WIS
If greatly damaged, but the base was
so shattered that it hung precariousls
over the main road from Amlehs u
Rapaume, which passes under tne
very walls of the beautiful old church.
For some reason, when the red tide oi
war swept westward through Albert
the Hun did not complete the destruc-
ton of the tower, and the statue sun
maintained its strange poise after the
invaders had been rolled back at the
battle of the Marine.
Days Of Great Hope.
Those were the days Of great nope.
France was fighting with skill and de-
termination. Britain was steadily In
creasing her small but wonderful
army, and the Russians were advanc-
ing almost at gallop through East
Prussia. In fact, there were optimists
who thought Germany would sue for
peace before observation-disclosures,
1914! Some hint of the trend Of popu-
lar thought was given by the quaint
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Never Want to Look Statue OF
Liberty in the Face
Again.
ARE Wild TO GET ASHORE
~When Get the United States Under
My Feet I'm Going to Stay There,
Said One Homesick SOL
der.

New YOrk.-To understand the feel
ings of the Americans boys released
from the war and pouring back into
the United States as fast as steamers
can bring them from Europe, one must
have known the pangS Of acute home
sickness
They are downright hOmesick.
You read it in the hungry eyes that
peer from the trOOpshipS when the gov
eminent revenue cutter with its little
handful of Americans in civilian
clothes runs alongside. From every
inch of space along the gunwale, from
yardarms and rigging, from the top
most pile of life RATS to the bottom
most portfolio, are yearning faces.
They know the coming of the cutter
is u sign of deliverance after the trans
port at the threshold of home has been
detained at overnight quarantine off
Fort Hamilton. Now they will be able
10 go on up the bay.
At first faint "ee-yOw !" comes
from one or two threats, and then rip
plies along the deck, increasing in vol
ume and shrillneSs till it becomes a
wild whoop, reverberating across the
bay. A month ago il would have served
for battle cry. Today it is a shout
Of bOyish delight, of greeting for the
little cutter load of civilians-the first
group of Americans the soldiers have
seen in months.
Somewhere in that shout there is a
plaintive note, and you get its mean
ing if you are one of those first civil
ians who board the transports as the
group on the United States cutter I'm
migrant do, scrambling up ladder
while the boats are under way, for
the troopships lose no time in starting
their wheels at the signal from the
customs officers.
Does 1t feel good to get back?' you
ask the first boy who grabs your hand
on deck.
Goods" he repeats fervently
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04

an avenue OF bristling masts Inc trans-
port bears its soldier cargo on toward
the North river till Fort Hamilton has
been blurred into the moHping mist
and the masonry giants VT lower
Broadway stand out against The north
ern sky. y
"eIad Pm an Ameriem
And the homecoming sx..ayIS. Off
GERS and men alike. lean aASt the
rail and drink in the beautyvNS al
AZ if they never could get enough. An
old-time bark swings at anch"r close
by. her four masts and square rigging
IN picturesque contrast to the crazy
quilt camOufiage of half dozen ocean
barges moOred near her. Ferries load
ed with New Workers going to work
scurry by. while their passengers wave
handkerchiefS and cheer the home
ward-bOund soldiers.
An officer of the aviation corps
these first troops TO come back are
nearly all of the air service-takes
long, deep breath.
THE most wonderful roadstead in
the world. It's glorious. I'm glad I'm
an American" he said.
You said something, brother, SAID
a private who was leaning over the
rail at his elbow.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
MUNICH AGAIN IS DANCING

a strange disagreeable taste because
of the use of some substitute. Bicycle
tires have been replaced by coils of
steel.
The streets are as clean as ever and
with stores as beautiful. although filled
with articles the prices of which would
have been unbelievable four years
ago.
The suffering seems to fall heavily
on the poor people. Food now Is more
plentiful because the signing of the
armistice brought out stocks which
have been held In reserve The people
are perhaps paler than their wont, but
the street crowds appear to be warmly
dressed.
The city has resumed dancing. which
has occasioned a terrific editorial out
burst from a portion of the press. For
mer Imperial Chancellor Won Hertling's
organ, the Bavarian Courier, says:
"Our enemies will be robbed Of the
last vestige of pity If they hear Of
this. Are they not right?"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
YANKS
A HOMESICK LOT

Gosh, Nothing ever felt so good In
the world. You can tell 'em all when
/ get the United States under my feet
it's going TO stay there. Some bird
said when he got back from the war he
never wanted TO look the statue or
liberty in the face again. That's me.
In a little bit she's going TO see me
coming home for the last time"
II was Tom O'Donnell of Chicago
who made that long speech. He was
one of the third CONSTITUTIONAL com
pany aerial service, who came home
on the British boat Orca, and he ana
more than 10000 other "lanks" re-
turned from Europe this week and are
now at Camp Mills. L. l., waiting to
be mustered out.
As these troOpships come through
the Narrows into the upper bay the
sun is rising like huge red ball above
the roofs of Brooklyn, silhouetting It's
spires and towering buildings and glint-
ing across the ripping bay. Through
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Women War Workers Must Be Safe
guarded During Reconstruction Penod
3, MRS. RosAIIE LoEw WHITNEY

Now soldiers starting home from the front the first effort
should made the rehabilitation Of the women who have
been doing their either to other work or to
domestic life under favorable conditions.
There should be general throwing out Of women from the work
In which they have been engaged either the munon other factories
the office the national capital and other cen The
splendid military regulations governing the rehabilitation of the
in the should govern the rehabilitation of the womans
My opn that who have into business either for
patriotic economic reasons will remain industry of some kind BY
this will retaining their position exclude the
who have positions for the service of the United States and
who will r|aanrn when peace is established
There controversy The readjumen will work gradu
ally and whole there fear that they will eschew
domestic elite
The important duty during this period to help in
every watch and make that such legislation will insure
the women the great foundation of humanity passed
and pran sery administered
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
lar Has Taught Japanese to Develop
Their Resources in All Directions
3, ANDRE BEIEssoRT. Professor IN P.s Lyes.

the only nation which has directly benefited by the present
c Before the japan but the has enriched her
victories of Port Arthur of Mukden Japan has
depend herself She has kicked all her former props
M the result that the has done develop her industries than
IN years effort would have accomplished Certain industries such
industries those of chemical products and the manufacture
glassware and European have expanded tremendously the
last four years.
Japan created that which lacked whilst that which already
developing which the benefits world
allowed to for In order adequate idea
progress only glance at the statistics which
profits of the textile industries have increased by 53OOOO
yen beginning the while the profits the chemical indus
tries have increased by 1133,5O0 yen.
started this direction Japan resolved to acquire complete
independence This proved by the fact that although before
behind Germany the manufacture of artificial dyes
other chemical products she has taken these industries
pe hand and have been formed with the appreciation
and direct aid the japanese definitely to check any
Germany eventually make her supremacy these
directions.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Thinks That He Will See Again

ted States food administration to send
whole wheat to England instead q
-four.
"Our -four mills were about to shit
down, throwing thousands of SKILLED
workmen out of employment at tim
when rehabilitation threatens to d.
rupt many industries" prominest
miller told the International News Sd
vice. Americas action 10 sending rs
wheat represents the highest type Of
world service. And it shows that be
American miller is not selfish"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
WIFE SLAIN IN CARS ARMS
Former Valet Tells of the Murder Of
the Entire Romanoff Family by
the Bolsheviki.

London.-A dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph from Amsterdam
says the Kiev newspapers publish
story given by the valet of the former
empress of Russia of the murder of
the entire Romanoff family by the boil
shevik.
The valet said on July II all Of the
members Of the family were taken TO
the cellar of the convent at Ekaterin-
burg and placed against the wall and
shot one after the other. According
to the story, the murderers granted the
last request Of the former Emperor
Nicholas that his wife, who was Ill,
should die in his arms.
According to the valet, the Grand
Duchess Tatiano was only wounded by
the shots of the rifiemen and was
killed by blows from their rife butts.
All the bodies were burned in the out
skirts of Ekaterinburg.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04

tasks in the Industrial world, is a reve-
latiOn.
The wOrkaday clothes worn by the
women are businesStike, trim and mod
est in every way. The upper part is n
blouse, with the sleeves buttOning
tightly around the wrists to serve as a
protection against oil. Similarly, the
boomers are gathered around the
ankles as a safeguard against being
caught in moving machinery. These
clothes are made of tough material.
Workers Are Happy.
All Of the woman operatives seem
happy and contented in this newer
sphere of work. The most satisfactory
part of the proposition is the thorough
ness and competence with which wom-
en- are handling the work.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
FALL OF STATUE
ENDS HUN LUCK

conceit which grew up in the hearts of
the people. namely, that when the Vir-
gin of Albert fell (as fall she must, in
the opinion of all who saw the statueS
the war would end in a victory for
France and her allies. But the war
did not end. nor did the statue fall,
and the opposing armies settled down
to nearly four years of trench war
fare
The Germans, who certainly never
miss a point in their efforts to under
mine their opponents morale, seized
on the legend. Varying it to suit their
purpose they spread the story far and
wide that when the statue fell France
would lose the war. Now, the town Of
Albert possesses most patriotic and
efficient parish priest. No sooner did
the Hun version of the story reach
his ears than he sought out skilled
blacksmith. The two assembled the
half-ruined tower, surveyed the broken
base, and so braced and riveted the
statue to its recumbent position that
fall it could not until the tower itself
gave way.
Hun Again in Albert.
So for many a day every British
Tommy who marched to the front
along the road to Bapaume raised his
wondering eyes to the Madonna high
above his head and few there were
of any denomination who failed to
find in its strange attitude a species
of benign benediction. At last, during
those black days of last March and
April, the seemingly impossible hap
pened. The British line bent before
the fury of a German assault, aided
as it was by long-continued fog. and
the Hun was once again In Albert.
When the British retired the statue
was still intact, but. whether by &C.
cident or design is not yet known, the
Germans brought down the tower. and
with it fell the virgin and child. And
here comes the strange part of the
story, to which latest development
public attention is now directed for
the first time. Hardly yard farther
did the German advance progress.
From that day onward the green
gray hordes were pressed back. slowly
at first, but with an ever-increasing ce.
lerity which finally developed to a rout
In a word the luck of the Huns
deserted them when the Virgin of AL.
bert was dethroned. From being the
truculent cOnquerOrs of nearly all Eu
rope they were forced to their knees
whining for mercy. The foregoing
facts cannot be gainsaid. Viewed In
retrospect they form one of the most
curious and interesting episodes OF
the greatest of all wars.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
EXTRA Compartment
PUT IN AUTOMOBILE
Ingenious Method of Slowing
Away Luncheon Equipment.
Table Is Handy Feature and When
Eating In Car Insects and Other
Annoyances Are Avoided
Place for Other Materials.

An ingenious method Of cOnstruc-
ton and manner of slowing a folding
table, and other details Of luncheon
equipment, is used by the owner of
light five-passenger car. The table
consists of two nearly square boards,
secured together by two strap hinges
On the under side. Two metal slides
and two screw hooks are provided for
setting it up in the rear Of the car, as
shown, writes G. A. Luers Of Washing
ton, d. c., in Popular Mechanics. At
the rear of the upper edge Of the front
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Hero Blinded by High Explosive Shell
Believes His Sight Will
Return.

Philadelphia.-Just one doctor out
Of twenty-and himself-believe that
the sight of Lieut.. Frank Schoble. Jr..
can be restored.
"a thousand doctors may tell me I'll
not get my sight again. but l know
that in a few months Pm going TO see
again." cried the young fighting man
when told his case was hopeless.
The lieutenant was leading his men
in a picturesque ravine in the Argonne
forest in France when a high explosive
shell blinded him.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04

The advat of women into the in
dustrial wdd marks another phase Of
the chanm conditions which the
United Sizes ard the whole world is
undergoing
At a bi plant in Indiana women
have beenemployed for the last six
or seven ears in the trim-shop and
similar dsartments. They may now
be found many parts of the factory,
assemblin small parts, operating drill
and pune presses, keeping stock rec
ords and CRYING in countless ways on
the lighte work.
Wmen Are Competent.
To seehese hundreds of women for
the firsttime, attired in their neat
drab-coloed bloomer garments; seri-
ously an competently handling their
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Bavarian Capital Changed Little
by Long War.
People PaIer Than Their Wont, but
Appear to Be Warmly
Dressed.

Munich.-Munich looks much less
changed after four years of war than
those who knew 1t would have thought
possible. The city appears far liveller
and gayer than three years ago. Part
Of this impression is unquestionably
due to the profusion Of Bavarian-Ger-
man flags everywhere, emphasized by
the red banners of the socialists.
Although fairly dark in the evening.
because coal must be saved, the streets
are crowded during the early hours
Restaurants are open and fairly pal
atable imitation Of beer is served.
Every postage stamp one ticks has
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Girl Orphans In Demand

Los Angeles, Cal.-That orphan frl
babies find homes more easily ttan
boy babies is evidenced by a resort
issued here by the Children's Hyne
society of California. One hunbhd
and thirty-seven families have apbNd
to the society recently to adoptI arI
babies, while only so families wabtto
adopt boy babies.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Friends for 40 Years Wed

Hartford. Conn.-James II. Smith of
this city and Mrs. Lille F. Forsyth Of
Bristol. who knew each other 40 years
ago in CRANKY and who had not met
for 40 years until recently in this city,
were married here. Each had been
married before and a chance meeting
and mutual sympathy in the bereave-
ment of each led to the wedding.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Is Last Person to
Hear of End of War

Manchester, Conn. - While
many local citizens were claim
ing the honor of being the first
TO hear locally Of the news of
the signing of the armistice In
France, DR.. w. E. Greene re-
turned from a trip to Maine,
where he had been hunting In
the woods, and announced that
he was probably among the last
persons in the country to learn
of the end of the war.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
TOPSPEED HARD
ON AUTOMOBILES
Ruship Car Over Rough Roads
Mems More Than Incon.
whence of Occupants.
SOM EXAMPLES ARE CITED
Rubb~Shod Wheels Absorb Small
Shoks and Deaden Larger Ones
sledge-Hammer Blows
! Are Most Destructive.

Hmmering a car at top speed over
rougl roads involves more than in
conynience to the occupants. There
is aw of physics which reads that
the nergy of a moving body varies
as te square of its velocity. Just
wha this means in relation to the
roua handling of an automobile can
beside explained by a few examples
cite by a well-known engineer.
Examples Of Velocity.
soluble the speed of a projectile
andts capacity for delivering a blow
is multiplied by four. Triple the
sped and the energy is increased nine
tires. If one bullet has twice the
sped of another bullet of similar
sbpe and weight it will penetrate a
taget four times as deep. If you
d,p a weight out of a first-story win
DIV it will develop a certain velocity
irits fall, but you will have to carry
itup three more stories and drop 1t
at of the fourth-story window in or
Or to give it twice the velocity at the
ene it strikes the ground. If an OBJ
| let falls from a ninth-stOry window
| will be travelling when 1t strikes
he ground at a rate of speed only
hree times as great as II it fell from
ne first story, but the blow will be
line times as violent. And, similarly,
4 the speed of car Is increased from
ten to thirty miles an hour, each ir-
regularity In the road will strike q
blow nine times as violent as before.
Reckon Increased Velocity.
Engineering problems, which are
simple when low speed is involved, be
come enormously difficult when an In
creased velocity must be reckoned
with. This is the reason railroad
trains running eighty or ninety miles
an hour have not proved a practical
success.
While the automobile has the ad
vantage over the locomotive In tha
its wheels are shod with rubber which
absOrbs small shocks and deaden!
larger ones, 1t is at a much greater
disadvantage with respect to the sur
face over which 1t travels. In com
parisOn with the steel rails, the av
erage road Is literally series Of hill
and valleys.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Fitting Keys

II is not always good practice " ,bs
a larger key to a shaft in WHICH -, 70
keyway is badly worn, anu - :, neces.
take the new key. Often 1t Is n., me
sory TO remove so much metal 'na s,Ssr
shaft is weakened. A good W. ~
can fill in the old slot and tnen
kevway can be cut.-MOtor'
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
AVERAGE MAN WANTS LIGHT
Automobile That Is Not Too Heavy o"
Purse Is Most Desiraoe-"
Same Time Speedy.

What the average man wants is an
automobile that is light on tne p..''
to begin with and to continue WILL Will.
light on tires, light on fuel consu 10y,
tion, and at the same time the pest
thing ON wheels to light out WILL
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Avoid Banoinq Car Door.

The average car owner may be sur
prised to learn that banging the car
doors Is a bad practice. Shocks of
this kind often cause the enameled fin
ish to chip and fall off, to the detri-
ment Of the cars appearance.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Safety Lock for Robes.

A safety lock for automobile robes,
coats and parcels is nickel-plated,
steel clamp. three-fourths Of an inch
by two and one-fourth inches when
closed. The lock Is opened by a COM
bination.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04

seat, two screw eyes are secured. A
leather strap through them serves as
a robe rack. The hooks on the edge
Of the table are placed through these
screw eyes, and the slides are extend
ed, resting on the doors. The slides
are wooden strips set In sheet-metAi
straps, fastened to the under side oi
the table.
Under the rear floor Of the car Is a
shallow coptainer, and the HOO,
boards have been cut out and fasteheu
together to form a cover. The com
partment accommodates the ~
when folded, and also other materials.
The preference for eating In the car
arose because Of insects and other an.
noyances, when the luncheon is spreao
upon the ground.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04

nomas EdnThe only thing needed insure of great
determination the part every business big and
h 10 60 ahead with absolute future
who fear business depression The urst av to bring on dnresson
OF business to nurture fears and act hesainplv
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
Rounding Sharp CorneI. =,

While 1t is wise pree,a,ns q
throw out the clutch when roassAcial
sharp corner, it also bias 9
effect upon the tires
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04
LETTER

merchant marine to the far points of f oui laioauo mus
lonc er1 tho oooor W. ~ American merchant fleet
Of million ro b ships We backing modern
sb;ns With roodrr n ft hing bunkerng stations all
the globe and will operate with rlcan railroad ehency
We will carry American rates corresponding to rail-
road ratee canest in tho Fast American passenger and
liners will regularly In Latin America the o
Africa, Australia
We must all take off cod fu WorK 10 prhg THESE
sbps home TO the neone If ver interest and community The
manufacturer mnst tbnk of in Latin America being
accessible those in the The farmer must visualize SHIPS
carving his wheat cotton animals dairy products and fruit to
new world markets The boy think of ships and foreign
countries when he chooses caM
British policy seeks to dep all the resources OF the aP
British empire is being taken of the metals
the fber the crops and urc OF British colonies SO hat 'oh
may supply his own far possible and increase the
prosperity of Brons evywm by developing their resources Doaue
their trade and raising t incomes and living standards
Our task to use Amen merchant Ships American dollars Amer
lean factories and help other nations IN the same way
Since the Civil learned what railroads. money ana energy
will do for undeoped in great West After the wod wal
must learn what Ame ships and American money ana
do for the uned sections OF other SECTIONS
the rich mineral the South America the great
fertile Amazon basn howng nations OF Australia ana oouln
80 like our in many uys
merchant dips will into this great field OF inter-
national service and naonal opportunity 1t is time Tor americans
everywhere think World trade from this angle OF raw materials
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-04

Premier Lloyd George0ur task Britain fit country
io heroes TO i've In systematic effort made to bring the popu
0n Oa 10 the SOIL An intelligent agricultural policy the true basis
nor great industrial policy Cultivation of the land to capsctv should
p an essential feature of the Britain