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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-31
MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

Under the auspices of Joan of Arc
Club, a baby clinic was held at the
Community House on Thursday, May
%. Six nurses and three doctors were
present. Eighteen babies were judged.
Mr.. James Anderson and Mrs. Cora
Taylor were married May 10Th at
the residence of Mrs. Taylor. Rev.
Watson performed the ceremony Rev.
Garrett preached two very excellent
sermons Sunday at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church. The subject in the evening
was Seven Things That God Hates.
The L. B. F.'s and S. NJ. T. S. held
their fifth annual meeting Sunday,
May 25th. at Bethel A. NJ. r. Church,
Fourth and Yuma streets. In spite of
the large number of members absent,
there was a large attendance. Mr..
William Wesley, the w. NJ. of the
lodge, who has been converted since
becoming a member, is doing great
work. He is pushing the lodge to the
front and paving the way to a higher
office for himself. After the formal
opening Mr.. Wesley read a paper, The
God of Order" II was inspiring, up
lifting and encouraging. Not only to
members of the lodge, but to the whole
Race. Rev. S. w. Henderson, who
preached the sermon, chose for his
subject The Early History of the U.
B. F.'s' and everyone present enjoyed
the sermon. Il was an inspiring event
to any one who ever hopes to be. e.
Mrs. Mary Geary left Monday for Lin.
coin, where she will visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. William Hassil, and Mrs.
e. Rife. Mrs. NJ. Watson held mis-
sionary services in Abilene, Kansas,
Sunday, May 2t5h. 49,. Rev. Henderson
preached two inspiring sermons Sun
day. The morning text was taken from
Hebrews Al, The Christian Rest.
Rev. Gordon is conducting a very nice
place of business at his store on Pot.
tawatomie avenue. The Colored PEG,
pie should patronize him. He is the
only COlOred grocer in the city Mrs.
W. A. Busch, superintendent of the
Bethel A. NJ. E. Sunday School, wishes
to announce that the Sunday School
children will give a party Thursday aft.
ernoon and evening, June 9TH, at the
church. Games will be pla. ed on the
lawn, Bishop Camphor, the only Col.
ored Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, spoke at Shepherd Chapel NJ.
Z. Church Wednesday, May 21st. A
large audience atteendd the meeting
and learned of the condition of orr
people in Africa. After a tour Of the
United States Bishop Camphor will
return to Africa .... Rev. Henderson
preached a wonderful sermon and al
those who were absent missed a great
deal. ....... Miss DeMoss was a dinner
guest Of Mrs. S. E. Carey Sunday.
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~PocATELLo, IDAHO.
BY c. c. Young.

Among recent arrivals are: Mr.. and
Mrs. w. d. Tate formerly of Wyoming
Those on the sick list re: Mrs.
Jonas Mitchem and Mrs. n. H. Nor
ris 90. The Pocatello Wonders, Local
base ball team will go to Black
foot, Idaho, Sunday, May 25th, to meet
the Grove City team in the first game
of the season. They have had sew
eral weeks of practice and put up a
stiff game against the Hard Hitting
o. S. L. City League one day last week
and defeated them Z to l. Dudly Rhea,
manager; Frank Howard, captain. .
The following captains are in the race
for the rally that will be on the 22d
of June: Mrs. Paul Alexander, Mrs.
William Rhodes, Mrs. J. w. Mimic, and
Mrs. c. NJ. Dixon. Rev. T. j. Ross is
asking $500 in this rally to pay off the
church debt and he hopes all will make
strenuous efforts to help raise this
amount. Gee. Mrs. w. D. Carter was
called to Ogden, Utah, II day last
week to the bedside of her brother-in-
law, who is seriously i'll ....... Mrs.
Jonas Mitchem was rushed to the st.
Anthony Hospital this week and under
went a serious operation and at this
writing is resting easy.
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CANTON, MISSOURI

Mrs. Lillian Payton visited her moth
er Sunday and returned to Quincy the
same day. Mr.. Den" Dade is home
after a weeks stay with his sick
brother, Mr.. Golden Dade. Rev. G..
B. johnson of Kirksville came over
to visit with Rev. B. C. Anderson, who
has been his co-worker at Kirksville,
until coming here. Mr.. Todd of La.
Grange came to visit with Brother
Anderson . -. The Odd Fellows had a
grand sermon at the Baptist Church
last Sunday. Quite a number of La,
Grange friends were up to e Rev.
Anderson last week. -. Mrs. Waugh is
very sick at this writing and asks her
friends to offer prayers in her sick
hours and thank the friends who add
ed to her comfort. Rev. p. c. Crews,
presiding elder of the district of which
Rev. Anderson was pastor, is holding
a few days meeting in Canton, prior
to his quarterly meeting. He takes
pride in adding to the comforts of Rev.
Anderson. They are deep friends and
Elder Crews deeply feels the sadness
and sickness of his friend and Brother
Anderson asked the Bishops and his
co-workers to pray for him as on their
way they go. Mr.. Robinson of St.
Louis attended the Odd Fellows ser.
mon here and Mr.. Wardell Payton of
Quincy came up to be at the sermon.
Sergeant Henry w. Wilson of Fort
Riley, enroute to aBltimore, Md, and
Washington, D. c., on a ninety days
furlough, spent Sunday in this city.
Sergeant Wilson will visit his mother
also at Belair, Md.
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NoRBoRNE. MISSOURI.

Mrs. Peerlers, Mrs. Howe, Prof. A.
a. Hughes and a number of other
young men and women of this city at
tended the High School Commence
ment at Carrollton, this week. e.. Mrs.
Belle of Harden visited her sister,
Mrs. Constant, Sunday During the
recent Church Rally nearly three hun
dred dollars was collected for the
building Of a parsonage. $500. Mr..
Thomas Clayton is a very busy man..
He is an active church worker and
was captain of club that is said to
have raised the largest amount. .
Miss Bertha Davis visited in Rich
mond, Mo, last week.. The douglass
School closing exercises were held at
the Phoenix Opera House, Wednesday
evening, May 2S at 1880. An enjoyable
program was rendered by the pupils
and a large and a]ppreciative audience
was present.
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
BY w. W. MosIey.

Mrs. Laura Johnson spent several
days in Sioux City, Iowa, last week or
lodge business. T. T. McWilliams has
purchased the lunch car of Mr.. N.
Ashford on South Tenth, and is pre-
pared to feed all who may p%atronize
him. .Messrs. W. r. Colley and Clyde
w. Malone will open a grocery store
We wish them success Mrs. Mayme
Griffen entertained the Utopian Art
Club at her home on Twenty-finrst and
y streets last Thursday night. There
were an unusual crowd in attendance.
Roll call and business was INDUCED
in. The ladies handled the business
with much interest. .Amaranth Chap
ter No. 81, o. E. S, gave their mask
entertainment and drill in their hall
last Thursday night, the affair being
a success Last Sunday quarterly meet
ing was held at the Newman NJ. E.
& A. NJ, observed Memorial services
last Sunday afternoon in their hall
in honor of the last rites of Prof. j. H
Kenner of Marshall, Mo. Services
were carried out as laid down in rit
ualtistic form, having fair attendance.
Miss oGldie Kelly returned from
visit to her home in Atchison, Kans.
this week. Mems rally day at the A
NJ. f. Church the first Sunday in June
Mr.. Maxwell, formerly of this city
some years ago, returned here Wed
nesday. Quarterly conference at New
man NJ. E. Church. Presiding Elder
Logan was present and conducted serv
ices. DR.. W. E. B. Dubois of Boston
Mass, will arrive in this city Wednes
day of this week and will lecture a
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trict Conference and Sunday School
Convention which is to be held in Ft.
Scott, on the 10th of June. Rev. j. T.
Smith, presiding elder. We believe
that the Kansas City Sun is the best
Negro paper in the country. God bless
the editor. . Prof. A. N. Wright, Miss
NJ. jackson and Mrs. Williams have
been reelected to teach in the Doug
lass School of this city The Rally
at the A. NJ. E. Church will be June list.
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KANSAS.

Miss Odessa Mae Eaton of Guthrie,
Ok, is visiting her mother, Mrs. M.
e. Eaton, who has been attending the
normal. The Kansas City Sun is
gradually getting into the homes OF
the people here. Sunday the G. U,
o. of Odd Fellows and the Household
of Ruth had a grand day in Wier City.
Kas.. -. Mrs. T. L. Dismuke visited in
lola, Kas., last week and reports hav'
ing a very nice time. Rev. It. A. vii
son, pastor of the a. NJ. E. Church went
over to Fl. Scott, Kas., to visit Rev.
G. NJ. Tillman of the A. NJ. E. Church
The churches are doing fine. Bethel
A. NJ. E. Choir is very busy getting
ready to sing at the Kansas City Dis,
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Blue Valley Baptist Church. 1920 Crystal.
Greenwood Baptist Church. 18th and
Terrace.
Clark Chapel N. E. Church. 1854 Madi-
Bethel A. M. E. Church, Gath and Flora.
81. Stephens Baptist Church, sO4 Char
Iotte Sc.
Centennial N. E. Church, 18th and
Woodland.
Second saptist Church, 10th and Char
Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church.. 10th and
Charlotte.
Ebenezer A NJ. E. Church, 18th and
Tracy.
St. Augusane's P. f. Church, 18th and
St. JOhn's 4 NJ. E. Church, 174s Belle
view.
Seventh DaI Adventist, ssd and Wood
land.
st. Monica's Catholic, 18th and Lydia.
Vine st. Baptist Church, 1925 Vine st.
Ward Chapel A, NJ. u. Church, 18th and
Morning Star Baptist Church, 2s11 Vine.
Highland Avenue Baptist Church, I'LL
ST. James A. NJ. e. Zion Church. 1925
Woodland Ave.
Second Christian Church, gath AND
Woodland.
Friendship Baptist Church. Seventeenth
g. M. r.. Church, 1877 Flora Ave.
ST James Baptist Church, 4039 Mill 81
St. Luke's A M. q. 6hurch, t3rd anc
Prospect Place.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-31

taking his horses to Maitland to start
training for the season. Mr.. Palmer
has among his breeds, a sorrel gilden
by the name of Tom Workman, and a
hey filley named Mildred Boone from
the Ben Jones breed. We predict for
him a successful season on the track
this year. Miss Wayne Hodge of
Louisville, XIV, is visiting Mr.. Arthur
smith and at Mrs. Onie Gums.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-31
THE STAR HAIR GROWER
A Wonderful Hair Dressing n Grower
1000 AGENTS WANTED

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1000 AGENTS WANTED
Good money made. Want agents In
every city and village to sell the
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Sells for Csc per box, one 25c box
will prove its value. Any person who
will use a Csc box will be convinced.
No matter what has failed to grow
your hair, Just give the
STAR HAIR GROWER
a trial and you will be convinced.
Send Csc for full sized box.
If you wish to be an Agent send
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Supply that you can begin work at
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Send all money by Money Order to
THE STAR HAIR GROWER MGR.
Box s12 Greensboro, II. C,
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OFFICERS OF GRAND COMMAND.
cry, K. 7.
Missouri and Jurisdiction,
1e19-1919.

Jose H. Sherwood, R. f. G. c., St.
Paul, MINI.
G. Washington Lewis, D.E.G.C., st,
Louis, Mo.
C. Brasfield, EGG, Kansas City,
Nc.
B. F. Graves, EGG, General, St.
Joseph, Mo.
Thomas A. Marshall, E.G.S.W, st.
Louis, Mo.
VIM. Lamb, E.G.J.W, Kansas City,
Mo.
w. A. Ashley, E.G., Prelate, St
Louis, Nc.
Samuel H. Winston, Acting Grand
Treasurer, Kansas City, Mo.
Robt. A. James, E.G., Sentinel, St
Louis, Mo.
Augustus D. Butler, Acting Grand
Recorder, st. Joseph, Mo.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-05-31

MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION
T. G. McCampbeIl, President.
E. B. Thompson, Vice President.
W. H. Washington, Treasurer.
W. II. Brown, Secretary.
Board Of Directors:
w. G. Mosely, s. Myers,
w. II. Brown. E. s. Baker,
W. r. Patterson. NJ. W. Wilson,
B. R. Francis. Richard Harris
E. s. Miller, R, F%ulbright
s. H. P. Edwards,
Meets second and fourth Tuesday
Ia each month.
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KANSAS CITY, KAN. CHURCHES.

KANSAS CITY, KAN. CHURCHES.
Church of the Ascension Episcopal
Third and Stewart, Kansas City, Ksns,
First A. M. p. Church, 8th and Neb.
Eighth 81. Baptist Church, 9Th and
kla
Metropolitan Baptist Church, sth and
Bethel A. NJ. e. Church, Water and
Steward Streets.
ST. Paul A. M. n. Church. z1st and
Ruby.
First Baptist Church, 9Th and Neb.
King Solomon Baptist Church. srd and
State.
Qumdaro A. M. ID. Church, Quindaro.
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Rose
dale, Kan,
M u. Church, 9th and Oakland.
Second baptist Church, gath Inc Ruby,
Wesley Chapel N. T., 106 Shawnee.
Bethel A. M. z. Church, Rosedale- Kan.
Tabernacle Baptist Church. 760 Muncle
Blvd.. Armstrong. Rans. Rev. d. Nor
Sz-E nARtNF
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Lodge Dire
A. F. IA. M, Missouri Jurisdiction
nFfl...-1o10
Officers-1e19.


W. w. Fields, Cameron, Mo, Grand
Master.
c. C. Clark, st. Louis, Mo-, Dep,
Grand Master.
Ernest Boone, Louisiana, Mo-, Sen
for Grand Warden.
l. H. Bradbury, st. Louis, Mo-, Jun
for Grand Warden.
H. H. Walker, st. Joseph, Mo, Grand
Treasurer.
George W. X. Love, Kansas City.
Grand Secretary.
Nelson @. Crews, Kansas City, Re.
lief Secretary.
e. G. Lacey, Kansas City, G. L. LIST
District.
e. ]. Cooper, Mexico, Mo, G. L., I'd
District.
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OFFICERS OF GRAND CHAPTER,
r. A. M,

Missouri and Jurisdiction, 1919.
T. G. McCampbell, G. u. P, Quin-
daro, Kans.
A. L. Thomas, D. C. H. P, Jeffer-
son City, Mo.
J. P. Moffett, G. King, Sedalia, Mo
s. A. May, G. Scribe, St. Louis, Mo.
Charles Griggshy, G. Treas, Liberty,
Mo.
E. S. Baker, G. Secretary, Kansas
City, Mo.
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From Our Foreign CORRESPONDENTS

the All Souls Church and will be guest
of Rev. Weatherly, pastor of the
church.
The evening world., 1919-02-27
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No Mans Land. like sacks that had
been dropped from "A wagon. could
see them with their faces hidcously
transformed, staring up unseeing at
the changing sky. She doesn't know
these things, | thought. She must
never know them. Like every man
who loves a woman, the desire OF my
heart was TO shut you up In a cage
OF unreality. How wrong I should
have been. for then your flower body
would never have become the scab-
bard OF the sword OF compa ssi on.
You are woman for "A soldier now;
you were "A plaything then.
you spoke OF this once, I remembe
saying how diihcult II was TO have
Dc"n born rich. Everything had been
uonc; you weren't supposed to do any-
thlng, You wanted YOU didn't
know what you wanted; but il must
be something satisfying and splendid.
just TO slip into matrimony and be
your mother all over again wasn't
satsfylng; you wanted To get your
ieet on the ground, TO aeroplane. to
bump your head against the stars, to
crash and set out afresh in quest OF
the playground OF celestial bodies.
You achieved all this in a better way
when you stayed In the city pounded
by German shells, and smiled at the
boys who marched up TO die.
DO We really suffer? I doubt n
Mud and wounds and torture and dis
comfort, what do they matter when
the spirit flames so high? You and I,
both in our separate ways, were afraid
OF i'fe' now that We afu bankrupt ia
a righteous cause We arc cOntcnted
It's gallant world the more gal
lant because We are parted: for me
that is the supreme sacrifice. One
gets lust for saying 40" TO self
when once he starts the habit: he gets
scientifically curious to discover Just
Whht are the limits 70 his self denial.
When you write OF children think
| have reached mine. | sit here be-
hlnd the gunpits, piCturing your arms
about the little bodies and the little
heads pressed against your breast.
You're girl, so slim, 80 much like
sculpturci ivory. There's an ethereal
ana indcinaDlr purity about you.
When | picture you with little Chiia
dren ! think uf the future which may
never be ours. For "a moment | be-
come rebellious. Dead mems children
are their Cnly certain immortality.
have seen 80 many men rise up in tho
morning and l,c still AZ might
Such thoughts are objectionable.
They have no right 10 be set down.
"GOodhy" yru write, "liccause I
have seen Wla' war is like | bcg you
to take especial care OF yourself.
Don't run more risks than YOU can
help. But, my dear, TO run
risks one Is supposed 20 avoid is what
I am here Tor. 70 do moro than is
expected of one ls the proof ~ good
soldier beg you, however, not to
stay N any more shelled towns sn
long AS here's a decent chance 10 get
out
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life, as say, was going by while l. in
my earnestness that future centuries
might be better, was neglecting the
uear, simple, daily loyalties.
Then this war broke out, stripping
US of our sham refinements and
clothing us in the arnor OF duty. We
hadn't known how to live wisely;
God restored to US the chance to die
Tor something worthy. He'd grown
ured or seeing us charging windmills,
so ne set over against US the mus
tered hosts Ot hell. How real every
thing has become OF late! All the
ghosts OF distrust and division have
vanished. Mems souls CLEAN in their
eyes We have regained the old prim-
ltlNe strength OF the saints TO strike
sln "here We md It. We no longer
doubt when the sky is overshadowed
that heaven floats above the clouds.
lake all OF us he had been pre-
paIcd 10 take life in IA certain way
and life had taken him. as IL takes
all of us, in an entirely different wav'
lie had been ready for noble deeds
As | sat there in hiding In
no mans land | reflected on these
words, The Prussian had pondercd
theIn before he died. and the Eng
i'Shman who had possessed the bool,
before that. They both had been
ready to do noble deeds: they both
had tried, and they were enemies In
the Old days | would have puzzled
over this Inconsistency, striving
valhiy 10 hnd a reconciling arg7I-
meht, now in the larger Kindness
which | have gained, l forgot the mo-
i've IN remembering the sacrifice. |
wanted the Prussian to know mat :
felt like that, '""'
The mist had not oleared sn1 g.,
was lunch time. Crawliny thrnI,.,h n ~
the tunnel | re-entered he d,sr,5 d5 = !
uhhmDer and placed portion OF nv
meal beside him. | felt that ms
would tell him Death had eliminateL
ehmlty' II was as though we baJ
broken bread together. ""'
The evening world., 1919-02-27
CHAPTER Y.
tOntiuusi)

NNNaNs'AsN'Hl
- MAKE fun OF this fantastic Ben
ham, but in past days wasn't
so very unlike him. If 1t comes
TO that. there are strealNs OF
Benham In me now. write you
letters which you will never re-
ceive, recording the fact that
love you; b It fail to tell YOU. |
persuade my self, as Benham would
have persuaded himself, that 1t is
honest and fine not to confess. |
don't do the passionately human thing
the thing that Jack Holt did when
he won his wife. act Realistically
but, God knows, I'm by no means
certain of my motives. You see al
ways | have been able to view every
question from at least a dozen sides
speculate where a baser man would
act: IL IL my nfrmity. Life has
gone by me, No, not gone; it went
by me until this war broke out
1t went by me in such curious
ways. Now that | live constantly in
the presence Of death l can see why
life eluded me; / was afraid Of soil
ing my dreams with reality. AS my
fathers son | got into Parliament as
soon as left oxford; | believed that
could solve the problem of poverty
in decade. | discovered that poll
ties are employed for personal ends /:
that statesmen usually think nation
ally only when votes are nece Ssary.
In protest | resigned my seat and
went 10 live in the slums for a while.
There | learned that poverty In dis
turbingly contented, and that philan-
thrOphy is AZ untidy as II is unre-
warding, Goaded by fierce contempt
for self-complacency, | went 10
Russia TO sympathizc with the revo-
luton that vas brewing. Again | un-
deceived myself, My sympathy was
not wanted | found young men
plucking out their eyes, posing as
martyrs, and saying that the Car
had blinded them. There are people
in the world who are born to mutila late
themselves and invariably blame
SOME one else. Don't You see how I
was learning that IL isn't the thing
you plan to do, but the thing you are
inside yourself that counts? And
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arc high and feecy; the mud is dry
ing up: there's touch OF premature
spring in the air. It's the kind OF day
when one expects to find primroses in
London; and in New York-what
kind OF street flowers do they sell
there? Some day. when war Is over
YOU shall take me down Fifth Ave-
nue. and well find out. It's the kind
Of day when a man plans and looks
ahead, and feels in his bones that
he's going to live forever.
BY the time we meet in New York
the clothes that YOU wore in Paris
will be out of fashion, | wonder how
you'll be dressed. DO YOU think, Just
to please me, YOU might -? But
no. that's asking too much, No girl
would wear clothes two summers old
to please any man.
So you've seen something OF what
war is like! You can't tell me very
plainly, but / can read between the
lines and guess. A month ago We
heard rumors that tho Germans had
made a break in a sector held by tho
French. 1t never occurred to me that
you might be there, Thank God. II
didn't. It's easy 10 be brave Tor
ones self, but 10 have known that
you were in danger would have been
intolerabl You remember hat |
protested IN Paris that thev were
placing your hospital too near 70 the
from. line. | nearly made YOU angry
with protesting; you were so eager
to share the game with Us men. | re-
member how you said, our lives are
OF less value than you men 's-therc
are more OF us in the world. II they
can afford 10 let you get killed. Why
shouldn't We be allowed 10 take our
chance OF death?' I'm proud OF you
--.mmcnsely proud.
| understand now the reason for
your long silence. After the ord'
came out for the evacuation OF the
civil population you, who renamed
behind, were not allowed to write.
BY all accounts, even II you mad
been allowed, you were too busy. I'm
trying 70 picture all the hazard "t
those exciting days when the Ger
mans were breaking through, and
nobody knew to what depth. | can
see You racing 10 ana lto IN your
Ford ambulance, carrying your babies
out ot the shellcd town, and, when that
was done, volunteering to stay behind
in the thick of II TO tend the wound
ed. You've seen troops marching up
singing, with the certainty IN Their
hearts that they were gong 10 die.
You've stood by the road ana Chcer,d
them; they blew kisses to you, laugn-
ing gayly, and you blew Kisses back.
For many of them you wcr" the last
woman they would see in this world.
How simple and happy every thinE
becomes in the presence Of a great
sacrifice' can see you In your un.-
form OF the CrOiX Rouge Americana,
the white veil blowing back and your
young face ccstatic, while all In front.
In an abandon OF heroic eNaltatiOn,
the ceaseless tide Of doomed m n
nowed b.. You've Seen that same tide
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THE WELCOME OF THE BRAVE
OLD 18TH,

Twas the nth OF February
When the brave old 18th came home.
The people on the avenue were all
shouting
To greet our boys from across the
foam.
Many OF them wore medals.
For the brave lighting they had done,
And II will always be in history
The great war America has won.
BY ANNA wERDNER. aged thir-
teen years, New York City.