Catoctin clarion., 1921-01-27
US. WAR POSTERS
EXCEL IN vIC0R
Interesting Collection on Exhibi-
ton in England.
PICKED Up IN MANY LANDS
Most Medals Issued During Wa and
Nearly Every Odd Thing Produced
Are Shown-MedaI Section Probably
More Important Than Any othe"--
Hate Characteristic of German Pro-
duction.

A unique collection of war curios is
Oh exhibition at Manchester, England,
owned in its entirety by Mr.. Franken-
huis of Holland, who throughout the
war industriously gathered "trifles"
which are now intensely interesting.
Mr.. Frankenhuis acquired speci-
mems OF most of the medals issued
in the beiligerent countries, Of plaques
made in Germany to stimulate the
war spirit among families. and of pic
torial posters and proclamationS That
at one time or another d.sfguled the
walls of European and American cities
indeed, nearly every odd thing that
the war spirit produced, as propa-
ganda or as inspiration. is represented
in the exhibition. Mr.. Frankenhuis
will give the proceeds to st. Dustan's,
the home for blinded soldiers.
"Posters That Flame"
The rich variety Of medals probably
makes tire medal section more impor-
tant than any other; but the eye OF
the casual visitor Is first attracted to
the posters that flame, inc national
groups, over the glass cases containing
medals. 1t would seem that If any set
Of posters deserves to survive rather
longer than the rest they are the ones
which were first hung in the streets
Of Paris.
Nearly all the German posters on
view We're obviously meant to inspire
rather than to infuriate. The head OF
1lildcnburs, done maSSively, or the
figure OF n blucjacket backed by II
nine-inch gun are the same sort Of
thing that most arms of the British
service discovered to be useful in an
unScnsat.onn way for getting re-
cruitS. Occasionally some more ann
bilious poster-showing perhaps
pale, mad face backed by flames
stands ont with rather ghastly effect,
but in general the German idea OF
war poster seems to have been not
unlike the British. They conform
more closely to artistic principle, but
they have less humor.
Neither the British nor the Ger
~man posters can compare with the
American for vigor The silhouette
OF a hand done in blood red and called
"The Hun, His Mark" is as outright
piece of poster work as the exhibit
tion contains, and scarcely balanced
by the injunction to blot 1t out with
Liberty bonds"
In the Australian posters there Is
also a forthrightness Of expression
which it Is interesting to com pare
with the French trick of saying the
same thing differently.
The Italian posters are decidedly
heroic. Among the proclamations
there Is none more tragic tban one
Of the original sheets appearing In
Brussels with the announcement
that Nurse Cavell had been put to
death.
Medals by Goetz and LIndI.
Among the medals nre many with
which the Britis:. public is not ac-
quainted, although they were first
struck off In England But both
Englishmen and Americans are in
cllned to pass hurriedly over these
to turn to the Satircal medals Of
Goetz and Lindl, of which Mr.. Fran
kenhuiS has a magnificent collection.
While the war was going on both
these designers put their skill power
fully into any kind Of propaganda that
happened to be needed, but in 1919
GoetZ left his admirers In no doubt
as to his new convictions. There is
exhibited the. head of German eagle
which he did The beak Of the eagle
is closed by paddock. On its beak
stands the tree of liberty, around
which are dancing figures. The
eagles head is crowned with large
crowd of people, and in the fore
ground a male figure Is destroying the
emperor's helmet. France lifts the
eagles foot, and England extracts from
1t claw. On the reverse the satirst
turns his weapons against Bolshevism.
The Germans were without rivals
In the art of carrying hatred into their
domestic life. Their plaques have a
monotonous inscription that would
have made them uncomfortable to a peO-
pie which takes it's hates so lightly as
the British, or which likes them ex-
ha