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cy serving china's valiant lighting

cy serving China's valiant fighting
men.
Serving prisoners OF war" Mr..
De Cast stated, sis Just one Of the
many activities carried on by the
YMCA in this war.
Some of them are virtually un-
known to the American people but
are playing an important part in
the Allied march to victory. Take
the work of the YMCA in China, for
example. Few indeed are tho
Americans who know that in China
the fighting men of Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek look only to the
YMCA for their recreational, edu-
cational and physical well-being.
For Chinese troops the YMCA does
everything from operating hospitals
to running schools, using gun pow
der to teach chemistry and field
telephones for classes in electricity.
"Other Allies as well as the Chi
nese are served by the YMCA. In 16
countries where Polish troops are
quartered or fighting Polish YMCA
workers are with them. Indian Army
troops stationed all the way from
Italy to Burma find the YMCA keep
ing up with their most rapid adj
vances."
American troops have been sur
prised by finding the familiar YMCA
red triangle emblem in unexpected
corners of the world, Mr.. De Cast
said.
Welcomed Macarthur Back.
When Gen. Macarthur returned to
the Philippines, he and his men
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Vast YMCA Program
For Allied Armies
Pictured by De Cast

Enough athletic equipment to
equip every major college in the
United States has been sent. to
American war prisoners by the
Young Mems Christian Association
Leonard w. De Cast, general secre-
tary of the Washington YMCA, re-
vealed yesterday in outlining what
the YMCA is doing in this war.
Having more pretty girls as serv-
ice club hostesses than the entire
population of'the State of Nevada is
one of the high lights of the YMCA
program in this conflict. Another
feature is that enough musical in
strumentS have been sent to war
prisoners to supply a band COM
posed of every man, woman and
child in a city the size of Louisville
KY, plus enough books to cover the
entire coast line of the State of
Maine.
Agency Alone in China.
Mr.. De Cast placed emphasis on
the fact the YMCA is the only agen-
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found Filipino YMCA workers
awaiting them. The loyal Filipinos
established YMCA canteens In gas
oline stations and other unshattered
structures, because YMCA buildings
in the islands had been damaged
by bombs and fires, he added.
In Jerusalem, where is the most
beautiful YMCA in the world, a
thousand American and British SOL
diers daily make use of its swimming
pool, gymnasium and cool lounges.
Mr.. De Cast ratified off some more
astronomical figures:
More troops have attended func-
tions in USO Clubs operated by the
YMCA than double the entire pop
ulation of the United States. The
YMCA has been host to more men
and women in uniform than there
were in the entire American Army
in the World War. One Army and
Navy YMCA, that in San Diego,
alone cares for more than $4,000
service people daily. There are more
volunteer workers serving the YMCA
in its USO Clubs than there were
troops in the American Army in
1899.
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This (Belsen Concentration Camp was an
determination camp, where starvation was
a specific policy; where prisoners suffering
from typhus, typhoid, tuberculosis and
other diseases were deliberately crowded
together; where fogging and lashing across
the soles of the feet were administered at
the whim of the guards where prostitution
was forced on many women; where human
beings were used for vivisection expert
ments; where some starvation-crazed in
mates even resorted to cannibalism.
-. in the camp mounds covered great bur-
ial pits, and one cavernous open ditch was
half filled with bodies.-An exhibit of Ger
man atrocity pictures at the Library Of
Congress.
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AN AMERICAN LYNCHING

after slashing and shooting him into
mince-meat, the mob took the Negro to the
home of George Cannidy, father of the
slain girl, and dumped the body in the front
yard From there, another mob was or
ganized and it brought him to Mariana at
3 o'clock this morning where it hanged him
on tree on the east side of the court house
lawn. His nude body was hanging at that
place at an early hour this morning. After
stringing him up in the tree, the mob
quickly dispersed
Meals body was mutilated. Three fingers
of one hand and two on the other had been
amputated, besides other mutilations. -
(Marianna, Fla, Daily Times Courier, Oc-
tober 27, 1884.
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DETERMINATION

1--WE found that a colossal scheme of ex-
termination was planned and put into eff
feet against all those in occupied countries
who refused to accept the principles of
Nazi-ism or who opposed the saddling of
the Nazi yoke on their countries. Con
gressional Committee on German Atroci-
ties Congressional Record, May Is, 1945).
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DIVIDE AND CONQUER

"but there is certain class of Hike Jews
in New York organized with the CLIO and
the Negroes in drive to cram this piece
of legislation down the Threats of the Amer
lean people. !. I have said something about
certain Catholic priests who were busy try
ing to organize the Negroes in their
churches for their own selfish interests
Senator Bilbo Congressional Record, July
6, 1945).
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WHICH WAY AMERICA?

Write your Congressman and your President on
want America to 90, on which way is the An
life" Write that you want FEPC continued an
with full Congressional authority.
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BIG LIES

"Therewith one started out with the very
correct assumption that in the size of the
lie there is always contained certain fac
tor of credibility . therefore with the
primitive simplicity of their (the massey
minds they will more easily fall victims to
great lie than to a small one"-Hitler
(Mein Kampf).
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LIES

!" the conduct of the Negro soldier in
Europe ;. has caused the United States
to lose prestige; he has caused hatred for
our country and for our people. He has
disgraced the flag of his country. He will
not fight. He will not work" -Senator
Eastland Congressional Record, June 20,
1945).
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DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Remember the Nazi technique: Pit race
against race, religion against religion, pref
udss against gan prede Ice Divide and leo
President Roosevelt, January 2, 1912
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There is only one way that the Negro can
escape this discrimination and that is by
voluntarily returning to his fatherland-
West Africa" Senator Bilbo Congress
sional Record, June %, 1945).
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IS THIS AMERICA?
America?
MASTER RACETHEORY

II assert that the Negro race is an inferior
race The doctrine of white supremacy is
one which, if adhered to, will save Amer
ica."-Senator Eastland Congressional
Record, June 20, 1945).
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Nazi GERMANY?
MASTER RACE THEORY

"This Germany must, moreover, establish
the basis of an Aryan WELTAN-
SCHAUUNG (world rule). :. If we fail,
our people will sink into the grave" Hitler
(September 20, 1922, Munich).
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
SpOrtovnf Hlfdka.
ZAPASY " COLISEUM.
ZAPAS ZEN O
~MTSTROVSTVT.

Pffstf 1tery, dine Fl. listopa-
du v kf1zkovych zapasech po-
Tadanych Mr.. Ed Contosem v
Coliseum v hlavnfm zapase
utkajf Sc dive zeny. Zapas ten
to urcen jest ma dobu jedne po-
razky. Zapasiti budou:
Mildred Burke, 1874 Id. z
California VS.. Rose Evans, 1873
Id. z Texasu.
V1tezka tohoto zapasu Dude
uznana jake championka v "a
pasnickem oboru.
Mimo tohoto zapasu Mr.. Ed
Contos pripravuje 4 jine zapa-
sy. Jmena 1cinkuj1cfch zapas-
nikII nam dosud nejsou znama.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
Senator Pepper o Mnichove q
odsunu NemcH.

(CTK) - Americky senator
Claude Pepper prohlasil 8. lis.
topadu v Praze k ceskym now.
nafGm: "Kdyby byly zapadni
velmoci staly ma podzim v r
1888 "a Ceskoslovenskem, ne
byl by Sc Hitler odvazil napad-
nout Ceskoslovensko."
o vystehovanl Nemc1 z Ces-
koslovenska Sc vyjadril sena-
tor Pepper takto:
"Pr posuzovan1 otazky wy
stehovan1 NemcI z Ceskoslo-
venska je nutno sympatisovat
S lidmi, kter1 byli bodnuti do
FAD a kterf Sc chtejf pro pfiste
takove zakeTne rane vyhnout.
Ma to byt poucen1m pro vse-
chny mensiny, jak Sc mali v
budoucnu chovat."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23

odjela ma pozvanf polskych 3D.
borovych organisacf ma iejich
kongres, ktery Sc kona We Var
save We dnech 18. a 20. listo-
padu. o
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
Ohlas IL. listopadu " Praze.

(CTK) = President republi-
ky udelil valecny kr1z in me-
moriam Janu Opletalovi, ktery
byl prvnf ob6tf nacistickeho
vrazdenf csl. vysokoskolskych
studentG v roce 1889. Presi-
dent pTi teto pr1lezitosti zd1-
raznil vyznam studentskeho
odporu a dGlezitost II. listo-
padu, ktery Sc stane vyrazem
politicke zralosti mlade gene
race ceskoslovenske. Rovnez
Narodnf shromazdeni vzdalo
We sve schGzi dine 16. listopadu
hold popravenym studentGm.
V publikaci vydane k II. IL
stopadu napsal rektor Karlovy
university prof. Karel Belohla-
vek clanek, nemz oznamil,
re 63 ceskoslovenskych vyso-
koskolskych ~profesor1 zahynu-
10 "a nemecke okupace v kon-
centracnlch taborech, vezenich
81 popravou.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
Americti vojaci provedli cistku
We SVEN pasmu.

Jak Sc odhaduje ma 100, 900
americkych vojakG ozbroje-
nych puskami a kulomety, pro-
vedlo cistku We SVEN okupac-
MIN pasmu v Nemecku. Nicili
Cerny trh, zatkli rusitele bez-
pecnosti a mnoho NemcI, KITE
Fl NELL ilegalnf ztotoznovaci
listy.
Najezdy byly podobneho ra-
zu jake ty, ktere byly prove
deny minuleho cervence, mali
CT v zapet1 zatcen1 ma 10000
Osob.
Operace byly zahajeny ma
1svite a vojenske oddly obsa-
Oily vsechny silnice v americ-
KEN pasmu. Vsechny automo-
billy a osoby Mich byly bedli-
We productivity.
We mestech byl hlavni zajem
venovan oblastem, O nichz je
znamo, re tam kvete cerny trh.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
z Ustecka vystshovano $1,000
NemcHG.

(CTK) = Poole zpravy z
prazskeho rozhlasu bylo z O.
kresu Ustf n/Lab. vystehovano
uz pres 10000 NemcG. Ash
$500 clenG nacisticke strany z
1steckeho okresu je internova-
no a budou brzy postaveni
pred lidovy soud. Prvnfm ma
listine obzalovanych je byvaly
starosta v Ustl n/Lab. DIR. Tau
che. We zprave je tez uvede-
no, re pro nedostatek ucitel1
nemohou byt v Ustf n/Lab. O.
tevreny dalsl ceske skoly.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
Vypoved ceskoslovenskeho lie.
kare pri liceni " Dachau.

(CTK) = Poole zprav brit
skeho rozhlasu dine 16. listopa-
du vypov1dal v lfceni prot try
zniteldm politickych i jinych
VENT v koncentracnim tabore
v Dachau cesky lekar DIR. Fran
tisek Blaha, ktery byl v Da-
chau veznen cd roku 1941 do
roku 1915. DR.. Blaha We sve
vypovedi popisoval nemecke
zverstva pachana ma bezbran-
nych veznich, jak ma pr. pri
jedne prilezitosti N6mci popra-
viii najednou 5000 ruskych
valecnych zajatcG. Dale licil
experimenty konane ma vez-
Mich, jak ma pr. mucenf byli
ponoreni ma obdobf trvajfcf az
38 hodin do ledove vody, pri
cemz Ia 1celem experimental
MIN Jim byla pravidelne ode
bfrana z krcnich I'll krev. W.
poved' ceskeho lekaTe zp1sobi-
la velke pohnutf mezi osmi a.
merickymi valkou ostr1lenymi
dustojnlky, kterf vedou lfceni
prot valecnym zlocincIm V
Dachau.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
Murilova madonna opst
" Moravske Ostrave.
U. S. Treasury Department

Slavny obraz Murildv, oce-
neny znalci ma 6 miliond ko-
run, ktery byl majetkem jed
noho z ostravskych NemcG, ma
lezen byl We Skrfpove, ukryty
pred poskozen1m nalety. Je
bez ramu, ktery sam mel cenu
100000 korun. Obraz byl pre-
vezen do Moravske Ostravy a
ulozen prozatlm v tresoru No
We radnice.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
Diva naciste poraveni.

Diva nemectf zajatci byli o.
beseni v Pentonvilleske trestni-
eli, byvse odsouzeni k smrti pro
zavrazden1 sveho spoluzajatce
bTeznu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
Proti dalsim zkouskam
5 atomovou bombou.

Senator O'Mahoney, demo
KRAFT z Wyomingu odsoudil ma
vrh ma dalsf zkousky atomove
bomby, protoze byly by vykla-
dany jake "demonstrace silly
Spojenych StatG a moci k O.
sveta."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23
vHODNY vANOcNf DAREK,

Nejnovejsf anglicka ucebni-
ce Destiny Progressive Czech"
do profesora Mikuly jest k do
stani Baltimore u p. Antonina
Cihlare " redakci "Telegrafu".
Vhodny darek ma Vanoce pro
dosp1vajfc1 d1tky i velke.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1945-11-23

Move utvorena Liga japon-
skych zen oznamila, re Sc po-
kus1 postaviti SO zen jake kan
didatky pTi generaln1ch vol
bach, jez jsou polozeny ma u
nor.
Evening star., 1945-10-25
AUTO TRUCKS FOR SALE.

CHEVROLET 1910 s4-ton pickup; OPA
ceiling price, S493; guaranteed. SAT-
TRUCKS OF ALL SIZES for your require
ments Also 3 furniture vans, complete.
y l9 Bladensburg I'd. ne. 2S'
i1a-TON DUMP 1896 Ford helper springs,
looply tires and extra large hyd Ys lttt Sd bSdy
4 IFFERT MOTORS, Spruce o6eo. ,ooxSon
TRuCK. 1886 Ford ,z-ton: has inclosed
very good condition: viii trade for 1885 or
later small business coupe in similar condi-
ton May be seen at PUTNAM'S ESQ
SERVICE CENTER, $3.50 Georgia ave. NV.
GMC. capacity tons, equipped with
steel dump body and Garwood hydraulic
hoist. in use less than ? years, overhauled
between Q am. and 4 pm. RE. $500, MR..
VERNON. 1873 H st. NV.
ARMY SURPLUS TRUCKS by Central
:. Motor Co. authorized GMC truck dealer.
No prioritles needed
Gheyrolett la4S a4 ls,tOn 1S.ft stake odg podg
Chevrolet 1912 1a-ton dump, power winch.
Chevrolet 194l 112-ton dump.
Chevrolet 1912 1h-ton panel.
REQ 1912 Atom dump.
Command and reconnaissance cars.
GMG 1941 2la-ton. 10-wheelers. long
Diamond T 1886 1-ton panel.
Wir ches, power, ton, new. S165.
Trailers, new ammunition carts, $3.50.
Army stake bodies. S25
Buick 1889 4-door sedan, series so, S1,0S5
These trucks can be purchased on terms
Ceiling, @ All are I'm in excellent condition
With heayy,G1iy po Afny tires aual wheels E
Sunday 10 to g. OK O552, CH 1000.
Evening star., 1945-10-25

average His 'r's" are softened, as
in Southern speech, but they are
not entirely silent as in the speech
of some fasteners who lean toward
such British pronunciations as
sauce" for source, 'potty" for
party, Mock Clock for Mark
Clark.
Macarthur pronounced "sover-
eighty" as if it were spelled "s-u-v-,'
and he used the long 81 of die
in pronouncing direct" However
since some American dictionaries
list these pronunciations as second
choice they will not be scored ad-
versely.
During the broadcast from which
the notes for this article were made
Chis Jap surrender speech or
U. S. S. Missouri he miSpronounceo
essential as "ee-sential," whereas
the first &c" should have the fiat
sound as in essence"
His only serious mispronunciatior
was in saying the name Armaged-
don. Like the Latin American ir
the recent popular song, he placed
the accent upon the wrong "syl-
Liable saying, 'un-M -guh-
DON" In the correct pronuneia-
tion the accent falls on the thirC
syllable. thus: ahr-muh- -GED-un.
Score; Voice, 25: style, 90: enun.
citation. %: pronunciation (penalty
of 2 points for each mispronuncia.
ton in single broadcast, 81
Total, 88 out of a possible 100 points
Rating: very good.
CReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1945-10-25
FARMS FOR SALE.

FARM, containing so acres of land, plus
liyable buildings, so acres cultivated land
lower part Of Eastern Shore of Maryland
$500 Telephone OWNER at GE. 98sa
WARRESToN. va, FARM. 115 acres with
a nice 7-room house. Is cows, 3 horses,
bull 1 heifsr; d all modern err equipment and N
j, FRIEDMAN, Broker, RE: 1166. -
has I rooms and bath; modern asbestos
shingle home, years old, garage, chicken
hoge hss Of hG5ss oson sna a Cow Md sned m
BURGESS. 2524 Pa. ave. sc. TR. 1898
ieo ACRES of land, miles east Of Edin-
mately 10000 #. Of saw timber. Stream
acre sed sDTnss g. ANpEss6N s BSkuP 2 St ff FarfsH
drive Arlington, Va. OK. 324O
81 ACRES, Is miles from D, c. Ideal foI
country home; priced to sell; good terms
1ss ACRES, . tenant houses, barns and
outbuildings, water by several springs: thi:
homesite overlooking Warrenton and coun.
tryside where ere main house burned 2g deyn
Want VAN capsSS MoNEYaAkER. E1Sd 1a5 acres very
fertile farm, land also 55 acres, good-size
cattle, silo; ideal building sight for house;
liberal terms. VAN IDEN zEHER, Lees
burg Va. Phone Leesburg 100 weekdays
442 RICH ACRES on hard road and bus
line; about 800 acres In grass and crops,
large creek runs through, the farm from
about 100 years ago and is modern, in
every way g large rooms, 12 tiled baths,
h:-w: coal heat, city electricity, phone
tiful, large trees guesthouse. rooms
and bath l0-room tenant house, chicken
house. and > large barns; "a miles from
years it has been used as a grazing farm
included are . fine horses, some cattle
and all feed sod mas6nery erS and ehsE
ance can be arranged. See MASON H1RST
Annandale, Va, at the end Of Columbia
pike. Phone Alexandria 5sl2. Closed
SHENANDOAH VALLEY 295-acre stock
dairy and bluegrass farm. Adjoins cor
po1aton OF va room srgs nouse stocS
and dairy barns, 150x100, 14Ox60; with
water and lights in homes and barns;
springs and streams; timber and fruit
Farm, has fertile red clay and limestone
soil; large granary. poultry houses; close
ANDERSON. 1853 Fairfax drive, Airing
ss,6Rt ssn, HR * 2kRM MSI4g. Groom house. large
barns and other outbuildings;. long front
age on hard road, II mi from Wash
inEten ITnH P,iSss; $1,000 VA VA 422s rs An
proximately $50 acres, "a acres in woods
balance, clear, at $40 per acre. l mi
bottom land on Rappahannock River, farm
house tenant house, large and small barns
silos, sheep shed. water in every field
Stock and complete farm equipment and
feed on farm also for sale. Box 464-Z
Star
FREDERICK co. stock and dairy farm OF
800 acres drasticaly reduced in price fol
grant from King George III of England
the brick manor house was built in 1765
other outbuildings; wonderful springs fur.
nish the water. tenant farmer would like
to remain on place: the farm is self-sus-
S146 25S
COLORED ONLY-40 acres, 4-room house
$4,000; 1000 cash, balance easy terms
Also , acres, nice 4-room house. sur.
rounded by lovely trees, outbuildings
$3.50 cash. 81 miles to D. c. Cal
Evening star., 1945-10-25
FUTURE,

ADAM A. WEsCHLER & son, auctioneers;
Court Committees sale OF silk ant and
coss sDs etc Sy auon
Weschler's, 9l5 St NV, Saturday, Oc-
tober ~. 1945, 1880 am. Terms: cash.
son on and nd Estate Of Mary Louise Nozet.
ADAM A. wESCHLER & son. Auctioneers.
Trustees sale OF tWo-story frame o; SIX,
trust recorded in Liber No. 1850, folio sol,
ct seq, one of the land records of the
Of party secured thereby. the UNDERSIGNED
trustees will offer for sale by public auc-
ton. in front OF premises on THURSDAY.
@ o'clock pm, The following described prop
erty in the District of Columbia, to-wit:
Lot numbered ninety-siX t96l in Squs re
(5155) in the subdivision called South
Kenilworth,' as per plat recorded in the
Once OF the Surveyor for the District oi
Terms OF sale; all of the .purchase-msney
to be paid in cash. A deposit of $500
required of purchaser at sale Examina-
revenue stamps and notarial fees at cost
of purchaser. Terms to be complied with
within thirty t30> days from day of sale,
other wise trustees reserve the right to
resell property at risk and cost OF default
ing purchaser, sfter five f5) days advertise
ment Of such h., resale in some newspapeI
/
may be forfeited, or without forfeitinf
deposit trustees may avail themselves ot
any legal or equitable rights against de-
faulting purchaser. HENRY I. COLEMAN
JAMES A. WILEY. Trustees
oc22.25, 27.29.31
THOS. J. OWEN SON. auctioneers. ABS
Southern Buildng-Trustees sale of valu-
able 2-story stucce-over-frame dwelling
known as premises 3217 Volta pl NV
By virtue of certain deed of trust duly
recorded, in Liber No S031, Folio 243, ct
sea-, of the land records of the District
of Columbia, and at the request of the
party secured thereby, the undersigned
trustees will sell, at public auction, in
front of the premises, on Tuesday the
9th day of November, AID. 1945, at 2:30
O'Clock pm, the following-described land
/ and premises, situate in the District OF
Columbia, and DESIGNATED as and being
Lot 221 in Frances Hazel Cashell, ct al
subdivision of lots in Square 1872, in the
City Of Washington, as per plat recorded
in the Office of the Surveyor of the Dis
trict of Columbia. in Liber II, Folio 125.
Terms: Sold subject to a prior building
association deed of trust for $500, fur
ther particulars of which will be announced
| at time of sale; the purchase price above
| said trust to be paid in cash. deposit
| of $500 required. Conveyancing, record
| ing, ETC., at purchasers cost Terms to
| be complied with within 80 days, ether
wise deposit forfeited and the property
may be advertised and resold at the dis
cretion of the trustees. ROBERT E
LAMOND, HELEN P. CONWAY, trustees
oc25, 81 ,no2,5.
Evening star., 1945-10-25
Uncle Row. S Corner

Men have won fame in many
ways. Some have ruled great king
doms and others have led armies in
battle. Inventors, engineers and
scientists have done things which
have placed their names on the
pages of history.
Nineteen centuries ago baby
was born in Greece. not far from
the city Of Athens. This baby was
to grow to be a man who would
win fame in very special way.
Because he took an interest in the
lives of other people. he was to rank
high among the writer's of all time.
The man of whom l speak was
Plutarch, and his main work was a
book known as ''Plutarch's Lives"
Plutarch went to school in Athens
and later travelled to Italy. At
Rome he gave lectures to groups of
students. Some say that he taught
the youth who was to become Ha-
drian. the Roman Emperor. Later
he was given a public Office by
Hadrian.
At that time Greece was a part OF
the Roman empire The days of
Socrates. Aristotle and Plato had
passed, but Greece still was known
as center of learning.
1t was in Greece that Plutarch
held the office which Hadrian
granted him. He had much free
time and used it for writing.
| He studied hundreds of hand
written books to learn facts about
famous men. Then he set down
accounts of their lives in essays.
In these essays he told the stories
of % Greeks and % Romans.
Plutarch died at the age of about
"a. In his writings he spoke Of the
good things which had been done
by the men he described. He tried
to make his own life kindly and
worthwhile by adopting the good
ways of men CT the past
The work done by Plutarch has
been of value to people ever since
his time. When Shakespeare wrote
several of his plays he went to
''Plutarch's Lives" to try to find
facts which he needed The play
Antony and Cleopatra" for exam
Pile, is based largely on what Plu-
tarch wrote in his essay on Mark
| Antony.