Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1917 — Page 2

WILL ORGANIZE NATION BY UNITS TO AID IN WAR

Prominent Men and Women Start Movement Whereby Everyone May Help. TO EXTEND COMMUNITY IDEA Works Out With Great Success In New York—Plans to Co-ordinate and Direct on Nonmilitary Side Patriotic Efforts of All Citizens. By DAYTON STODDART. New York. —Prominent men and women here have started a movement whereby every man, woman and child in the United States may aid their government to win the world war. It has been under way but a short time, yet assistance of great value was given to both the Liberty loan and Red Cross campaigns; the next goal set is such co-operation with “Hoover of Belgium” as to make waste in the kitchen and on the table a problem of the past. The new organization is called the Patriotic Service league. It was conceived by Prof. Ellery C. Stowell, expert on international affairs and member of the Columbia university faculty. The league’s purpose is to weld the nation together, with the community Idea extended to include the whole people. “Impossible,” you may remark. “It can’t be done. Community spirit is very fine for a small place or for a section where folks of similar interests and tastes live. But it wouldn't ■Work out in a big place. Not a bit.” “Works” in New /ork. But it has worked out in New York and that in a section where live both reformers of the purely theoretical type and Insurgent workingmen in a board strip running across New York city, tfie political designation of which is the Nineteenth congressional district. It includes the homes of some of the richest and the poorest families of the metropolis. In New York, of all places, the community idea of nationalism has worked “out, and very successfully, too. As the terms “community spirit” may seem rather indefinite to some, the exact significance of what Mr. Stowell means when he uses the term may best be set forth by himself. Several months ago, when the necessity of rousing the country to the fact that every resource of the United States should be available for war, Mr. Stowell thought of the old town meetings in New England. “If,” he asked himself, “this plan worked to weld together a town or village, why could not the same principle be applied to the entire nation?” Intensive thought on the question confirmed his idea that it could. He selected the congressional - district as the best geographical division for a unit of the league. He chose the Nineteenth congressional district to try out his plans. He had as coworkers other members of the Columbia university faculty and women who volunteered their services. Canvas House to House. Friends of those working directly with Mr. Stowell were obtained and a committee was made up with at least one representative from each election district These, in turn, canvassed apartment houses and dwellings in every one of the 115 districts. The surprising part about the beginning of. the movement was that the pioneers found no hostility, only welcome, in the houses they visited. This in spite of the fact that although they may have lived for years adjacent to a family, neither had spoken. It was a jneans never before offered for everybody in the district getting to know almost everybody else. When the district had been canvassed, a meeting was called. Temporary officers of the small unit of the league were chosen. All it was necessary to do to become a member of the league was to pay 50 cents initiation fee. This is the only contribution paid to the league pre per; other contributions depend solely on the expenses and aims of the organization in each congressional district or in ■each election district. Suppose that your own meeting, after it had been organized, decided that It would be a mighty good plan to adopt one er more orphans across the Bea. Such a plan was actually put in operation in one of the precincts of the Nineteenth congressional district. Two French orphans were adopted, a little boy and a little girl, and the monthly cost of $7 is being raised by leaving a tin box out at every meeting jo which contributions may be dropped. In the Nineteenth district,, one of the first steps taken was the enrollment of every woman by woman workers. Every woman was asked what line of work she was best fitted for and the list was made up, election district by election district, so that Mr. Stowell, as chairman of the entire Nineteenth district, knew exactly how many stenographers, cooks, clerical workers, members of any calling, were In his territory. The actual good this does is that It allows every chairman to know the “home strength” of his district He Can tell you, after consulting his lists, Just how many cooks, nuraes and other

workers are in his district. That, however, Is not the object so much as the power of being in personal touch with people. Mr. Stowell emphasized this when he received a cal! for cooks to go with the Red Cross. He sent out the notice to leaders in the election districts and shortly afterward they had obtained a score or more of the men desired. One district leader himself persuaded two men to enlist. It is this “neighborhood” touch, this knowing everybody in the apartment house or city block or county township where you live, that makes the possibilities of the plan so great, according to Mr. Stowell. Purposes of the League. “We are organizing that we may serve the government of the United States,” said Mr. Stowell, “and assist to the full in this great fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts —for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world Itself at last free. “The Patriotic Service league aims to form in every congressional district an organization to arouse, coordinate and direct on the non-mlll-tary side the patriotic efforts of all citizens of both sexes and of every age, so that an' early and successful termination of the war may result. “There are other war organizations in existence, but not on local geographic lines. . For an organization such as the Patriotic Service league, which is formed upon geographic lines, there is real need. These societies with their particular objects will find contact through this local unit of neighbors with the individual men and women in every household by whose loyal service the nation’s task “will be” accomplished. We are not competing, we desire to co-operate. “It is at this time obviously impossible to name all of the activities in which the organization may become engaged. But it is wise to state some present specific duties. Help Get Recruits. “The government has called for volunteers to fill the ranks of our existing military forces. We should see that those recruits are obtained, due attention being paid to exemptions. “Cases of need in the families Of soldiers will occur. We should find them and co-operate with the Red Cross in aid. “We must have a bureau of employment for those who have lost their

SHE RUNS AN ELEVATOR

Washington. —This city with considerable timidity has licensed its first woman elevator operator. She conducts an old-fashioned outfit worked by a rope and located in the building occupied by the Y. IV: C. A. She is a buxom Irish .lass, well able to take care of any persiflage from male passengers. Her name is Margaret E. Thompson.

CARTOON CAUSE OF TROUBLE

Nothing Funny About Charges Against Scion of Celebrated Elephas Family. New York. —Formal charges against a scion of the celebrated Elephas family of Africa have been preferred by Dr. William T. Hornaday. The defendant wasn’t in court when the charge was brought, being detained in the Bronx. The defendant’s name was Cartoon, but the complaints against him were anything but funny. He was charged with being nasty and not letting his keepers enter his cage and acting in a perfectly ungentiemanly fashion. Consequently Doctor Hornaday, host at

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jobs and for those who mtist now seek Employment—wives and sisters. “Preparing surgical dressings and all tire other activities of the military end of the Red dross will demand time and effort. Let us all see we do our share. “We must make sure we do not have such juvenile delinquency as has occurred in England and in Germany. The Boy Seouts, the Junior Navy league and the Junior Police must use part of the boy power of the community. The farmers of the state need 22,000 laborers. - “Food wilr be scarce. We must find how to use it to the full. And we must make known to all. the methods of this conservation. Only by intelligent efforts for ourselves shall we be able effectively to stand back of those younger than we who fight. “Finally, the Patriot Service league, realizing it is more difficult in a democracy than in an autocracy for the government to initiate and to get things done will bring home to every citizen through speakers and literature the necessity and the opportunity for universal service in this fight for democracy.” Prominent Men Enlist. George W. Wickersham, former attorney general; Alton B. Parker, once Democratic candidate for the presidency; Oscar S. Straus, former ambassador to Turkey—these are but a few of the men who are working to extend the Patriotic Servfoe league. The league has now been organized in the Seventeenth congressional district, adjoining the Nineteenth, here, and has been successfully Inaugurated in Boston. “The plans for extension throughout the country have been formulated,” said Mr. Stowell, “so that it may be possible to marshal the combined force of all loyal citizens behind the president. The spread of the league will save an immense amount of duplication. In each community the loyal officers will know their own people. They will, for example, easily secure cooks and, attendants for departing hospital units. They will .find needed mechanics. They will direct their appeals for furuls to all wJiQ are willing to contribute. The Patriotic Service league furnishes the machinery by which the wisdom of Hoover can be brought with emphasis to every kitchen in the land. The citizen leaguers » constitute the ‘third line of defense.’ ” Mr. Stowell said that the term “citizens” was used tn its new accepted meaning to include women in the fullest sense. He pointed out that the success of the project in the Nineteenth district was due, in great- extent. to the energy of women, prominent among whom was Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler, wife of the president of Columbia university. Another of the women was James N. Taylor, who is devoting most of her spare time to the league.

the Bronx zoo, asked the board of estimate for $1,400 with which to build an adjoining cage, so that while the keepers clean one cell the elephant can be shunted into another.

IS LOCKED IN REFRIGERATOR

Facing Death in a Sound-Proof Box la Thrilling Experience of Kansas Butcher. Goodland, Kan. —E. W. Sullivan, the butcher, has just had an experience that gave him some idea of what it means to be entombed with little or no prospect of being rescued. He entered his shop, locking the door after him, and then entered the big refrigerator. The door closed and the snap lock shut him up in a temperature of about 32 degrees. The big ice box is straight and sound-proof, so that it was impossible to make enough noise to attract persons passing on the street. A large hook was used to make a hole in the door, but without success, and it was only when Sullivan discovered a cleaver in one corner of the refrigerator that hope was renewed. A hole was cut in the door near the lock and the butcher secured release after an hour’s work.

FINDS CURE FOR GANGRENE

New York Doctor Announces Discov< ery That Will Probably Save Lives of Many Soldiers. New York. —Dr. Carroll G. Bull of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research has announced a discovery which will probably save the lives of thousands of soldiers during the "war. It is a discovery of an antitoxin that neutralizes the work of germs in wounds where gangrene usually develops. Doctor Bull has tried the experiment out on guinea pigs with splendid results. He is the first American doctor to make such a discovery.

GIRLS FORM CLUB TO CHEER SOLDIER BOYS

Cleveland. O. The Young Women’s Liberty club has been organized here. Its object Is to cheer lonesome soldiers In camp or at the front. Each member writes to some soldier boy who hasn’t any relatives or sweethearts. The membership is growing rapidly.

There is a reaction in Norway against encouraging the Investment of foreign capital in that country.

WASTE OF HEALTH IS A PERIL TO THE NATION

BY REV. GEORGE LUTHER CADY

The emphasis which has been put on health programs, athletics and open-air agitation has been entirely in the interest of happiness, economy and industrial efficiency. All of which is good and necessary but how often have we thought of it as a patriotic program and that preparedness in health was vastly more essential than preparedness in arms? It is “the man behind the gun” who makes or unmakes the value of the gun but if the man be narrow chested, anemic, weak of limb, defective of eye, the gun might almost as well never have been made. All the armaments in the world, the best that Krupps or Bethlehem Steel can,turn out will never prevent one foe from landing bn our soil if the man behind the gun is a degenerate. Not less so is it on the farms than at arms. In the industrial or agricultural' crisis as well as the military we demand a manhood who will come forward and lay on the altar of their country their very best. When one realizes that the requirements for our army are that a man shall be five feet four inches in height, weigh 125 pounds, have a chest mobility of only two inches, and be otherwise fairly sound, one is surprised to find how large a proportion of our young men of today are rejected. One is reminded that we are threatened with a deterioration which may imperil our very existence. May we not well say to the men of today: “The waste of your health may imperil not only your living but your liberty?” And have we as a nation realized that our greatest asset was not our banks, or our factories, of our mines, or otir farms, but our manhood? Have we been too busy making money so that we had no time for making men ? May we not well now turn our attention to building up our walls at this point ?

SAYS SCHUPP IS GREATEST PITCHER OF RECENT YEARS

Athletic Hurler Praises the Remarkable Control of the Giant Southpaw. Andy Coakley, the old Athletic pitcher. likes to sit in the press stand of the Polo grounds in New York, right back of the catcher. Coakley occupied his favorite point of observation at a Giant-Cub clash. He was particularly interested in the hooks and curves of Ferdinand Schupp, the Giant pitching pride. It mattered not that Schupp was bit a little harder than usual, although he

Ferdinand Schupp.

beat the Cubs. Coakley was only interested in what Schupp was putting on the ball. “That fellow,” said Andy, “is some pitcher! I don’t see how anyone bats against him effectively. He has the best curve ball I’ve ever looked at and I’ve looked at a few In my time. “The most remarkable thing about it is his control of it. He sweeps it over the outer edge high or low, or on the Inside, with as great ease as Matty used to. I never saw a southpaw pitch that way. The more stuff they have, the wilder they usually are. .s “Schupp has wonderful poise. He never lets the batter work him. He keeps the upper hand all the time. Unless you sit here and watch every ball he 'throws you cannot appreciate the wonder of his work. “He sat around on the bench a long time, but it didn’t do him any harm. This is really his first year as a regular, but he knows all the tricks of a veteran of half a dozen years of twirling. “I don’t want to seem extravagant in my praise, but if there has ever been Schupp’s equal in recent years he has escaped my notice". I wouldn’t give film for any pitcher in baseball today if he were my property.”

Gooseberry Flummery.

Wash a half-pound of rice and put It Into a saucepan with four cupfuls of milk, let it cook slowly until it is soft, then add a, quarter of a cupful of sugar, a teaspoonful of lemon juice and stir well. Let it get cold, then butter a mold, cover the inside with a layer of the cooked rice and, firm, fill with stewed sweetened gooseberries. Serve unmolded with a custard sauce.

OF LANSING, MICH.

Flashlights.

Nobody ever made a real sue- :• cess of the other fellow’s busi- : : ness. •: It’s hupian nature to go to j some swell case to study human J nature,“Where everything except i what is real human nature can be found. : A virtue that is boasted of is ; usually a very new possession. : A man can live down a vicious : past, but a fellow is a fool to : handicap himself to that ex- : tent. • Noman is strong enougli to : carry a grudge and do justice ■ to himself, too. : Being a good fellow downtown • is all right enough in its wiiy, ; but save a little of your good ; nature for use when you get : horpe. : A woman never understands : why a lot of other women’s : husbands can make fortunes out : of stocks and mines and real • estate and her husband can’t • even get a raise in salary.

When He Volunteers.

The Minister—Trust in God and make your powder fly. His Doting Mother —I wonder how long before he’ll be a general? His Militant Father—Bully for him! His Pacifist Uncle —Dear me! Dear, dear me! His Proud Aunt —He gets his brave spirit from our side of the family. His Little Brother—Gee! I wish I could go. His Little Sister —I wish I had a dress like that uniform. His Chum —I hope he pays me that five bucks before he goes. His Best Girl—lsn’t he grand! His Girl’s Chum —Oh, you must give me a military button for my collection. Their Next Door Neighbor—l suppose they’ll be more stuck up than ever now. Drill Sergeant—Oh, Gawd!—James Gabelle, in Life.

GOOG JOKES

How She Felt.

t _ • His Decision. “I have been In your train a long time now.” “I can’t marry yon,” said the girl. “All right. Here’s where I change cart/then.” A Failure Confessed. “You said I would never want for anything if I married you,” she pouted. “Quite true, my dear... lAy idea was to cure you of wanting things, but I haven’t succeeded.” Best He Could Do. “My hair is coming out,” said a man. to h|s doctor. “Please give me something to keep it in." “Well,” said the doctor, •‘here’s an old pillbox. Will that do?”

Mrs. Higgins— And so you have secured your divorce, I hear? Mrs. Wiggins — Yes, I’m glad to say that I have. Mrs. Higgins— How did you feel when you heard the judge’s decision? ■ Mys. Wiggins— Well, I felt sort of unmanned, as it were.

Longing.

Sometimes I wish that I could go Along the paths I used: to know, Could go back there and find some kid And go along the roads I did When I had not a single care. And all life’s skies were bright and fair. And birds sung in the wayside tree, And all the world seemed made for me. That’s what I think I’d love to do! Go find a little tad I knew Away back there, and we would, go Where water lilies used to grow; And bend a pin and fix a line, Me and this old-time chum of mine. And sit until the light grew dim Where little sunfish used to swim. Those were the days when bullheads bit. And sunfish—why, life seemed to fit Us like a garment, and we slid. Myself and that remembered kid. From one joy to another. So, Sometimes, I wish that I might go And look about and find that tad And be with him once inore, and glad. —Judd Mortimer Lewis, in the Houston Post. —— ——

Jack Rabbits Which Live on Deserts of Southwest Are Never Known to Drink.

A very curious feature of animal life In the deserts of the Southwest is that rabbits, quail, squirrels, deer, antelope. the mountain sheep and many kinds of reptiles and Insects live at great distances from visible water. The jack rabbit is especially notable in this respect; and, moreover, it flourishes in regions without a particle of green food in sight for miles and miles. Westerners assert that the jack rabbit may be found, happy and fat, spending «the day under a scrap of bush that makeslittie more shade-than a fishnet. His skin is as porous as a piece of buckskin, and the heat is sufficient <to evaporate every drop of blood in his body, yet he seems to get on very nicely. Californians aver that no one has evep seen a jack rabbit drink. Those who have camped for days in the deserts in vicinities where the only water for miles around was to be found, and., with rabbits everywhere, declare that never does one of the little fellows come to the springs to drink. Men have even gone so far as to examine the margins of waterholes in those districts, with never a track of the rabbit disclosed beyond where the grass grew. *

Some Observations.

Little things trouble us and little things console us.‘ Only a fool will pay twice for the same experience. 7 When a man becomes thoroughly contented- he -has outlived his usefulness. It is easier for the borrowed umbrella to keep lent than It Is for the average man. The hardest thing in this world for a dead game sport to do is not to tell you about it. Many a fool, after putting his foot in"ft, isn’t satisfied until he gets there with both feet. ■ Marriageable couples are f»hd of star gazing because they are properly equipped for it. When a candidate places hlinself in the hands of his friends they massage his-pocketbook freely. Now and then you will find that the shyest girl gets tangled up in the boldest love affair. If women were unable to see the fine clothes other women wear they would have fewer wrinkles. When you pick up a pretty girl’s handkerchief it is permissible to wonder how she came to drop it. When a married man walks into a public place looking mad enough to bite a nail in two, and growls to those who speak to him, old maids who happen to be present shake hands with themselves. They have nothing like that coming home noon and evenings.

Why, Indeed? Doctor —Do you suffer from headaches? ' Patient —Certainly I suffer. ,If I enjoyed them I wouldn’t have consulted ymi. • Unpoetic, Tom—Do you know I envy the birds? Bess—Yes; they’re so gay and free —fly here and —” Tom —Yes, and have only one bill the year round.

How Could He Tell?

Head of Finn — How long do you want to be away on your wedding trip? Hawkins (timidly)—Well, sir—er what would you say ? Head of Flrm-r-How do I know? I haven’t seen the bride.

Easily Detected. “Smith could never misrepresent his goods, for such a. trick could be easily seen through.” “What kinds of goods does he sell?* “Window glass.” *