Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1918 — Page 3

Kind Old Uncles Sometimes Walk City Streets

PHILADELPHIA.— As the crowds of shoppers thronged Market street late the other afternoon Detectives John Morgan and Mike Hines noticed a poorly clad woman leading two little girls and carrying a baby, making her

way along the sidewalks. The children trailed along looking wistfully at the bright lights and the windows of the stores in their bright decorations. Morgan was attracted by the woman’s thin clothing, and on looking at the children he saw that their shoes hardly covered their feet. Water and mud oozed from the thin water-soaked soles. The baby which the woman. carried did not have on shoes. Its stockinged feet were exposed to the weather. The detective stopped the

woman and inquired into the cause of her poverty, and was told that while her husband was industrious and hardworking, he had been ill for some time and was unable to work. The children, who were eight and ten years old, had been unable to go to school because they had no shoes, the woman said. The heart of the detective was touched. He took the woman and children into a store near by and ordered shoes for all of them. The woman declined, saying that she had a pair of shoes at home which were fairly good, but she was wearing slippers so she might save them. The clerk of the store, when the case was explained to him, said he would come half way with Morgan, and would” give the baby a pair of shoes and let Morgan have the f other two pairs at cost, and he would send provisions to the house. The children and woman left the store happy, and the children did not know who the kind old uncle was they had found on the street

How the Battle of Moquin Grill Began and Ended NEW YORK. —Pale becomes the history of the battle of the Marne. Insignificant the story of the Somme. Hark to the engagement magnificent of the Moquin Grill. It Is at Moquln’s where long-haired artists with flowing

a punk piece of canvas! “But,” interspersed one of the diners, “has the painting no recommendation whatsoever —not a single good point?” Artist Gilbert thought profoundly for a space. For once his French rang loud and clear. “But certainly—yes. You see lam fair! The buttons of the coat —they were well painted. I kiss my hand to them. They were great.” There was a Peruvian bark. And a short stout and middle-aged man, Senor Beca Flore maybe—the very one who painted the picture—jumped up from another table and the fight was on. The fist of genius flew against the chin of genius. M. Gilbert wavered and took the tablecloth and spilled the haricots, the soup, the entrees, the Chateau Pape de Neuf, and a couple of bombs mocha that fortunately did not go off. Then —as they do with the colors on their palettes—they mixed things up. Waiters parted and there was no decision.

Merely Caressed Erring Husband With Horseshoe BOSTON. —The best brand of luck Is the variety which has back of it the mailed fist, while the correct way to impress a husband is with a quick jab. These are the maxims torn from a lengthy oration of Mrs. Rose Sterling,

as read by her in the domestic relations , court, pursuant to the appearance there of her husband, Henry Sterling. Mrs. Sterling explained that she had Issued a summons against Henry because he had failed to come across weekly with $5. ♦ ’ ~ Henry sandwiched in a little gossip about this point to the effect that tie, Henry Sterling, was really the complainant in this case, and not his wife, and he wished a perpetual injunction against any more calls from her,.

especially whefi~ihe came in an armored state of belligerency' to collect. “I ain’t had a cent from him In three weeks, judge,” explained Mrs. Sterling, “so I went to where he works and asked him, ladylike, for my sls. He’grinned .and said at present writin’ he was unable to remit nothin’ I told he knowed what was good for him he would come clean with those 15 bucks. He laughed at me, and then I just had to hand him one in the mouth.” “It was a piece of iron she handed me, your honor," broke in Henry. “She banged me across the head with a piece of Iron and says that’s her visitin’ card she’ll leave with me." “Madame, you certatinly had no right to hit your husband with a piece of iron,” warned the magistrate, severely. “You might have killed him." “Aw, shucks, judge,” returned Mrs. Sterling, “I was just playin’ liite with him. That was only a horseshoe 'that I had took along for luck.”

Animals in Chicago Zoo Think as Sherman Did CHICAGO. —The proud old eagle may think he Is the most patriotic form of animal life, but he has nothing on the bears and birds and things at Lincoln park.- The bears at Lincoln park observe meatless day, In fact, eatless day, every Sunday and their Monday

thin and temperamental as Russian dancers.” “When do the bears hibernate?” DeVry was asked. DeVry replied, sadly and patiently, as though the question and answer were the oldest of old stuff to b'm: “Bears in captivity never hibernate.” Despite the of their rations and the fact that all good bears should be tucked away in a hollow tree sucking their paws at this season of the year, the Lincoln park bruins gallop around their cages like colts in springtime, and when the bread carti comes along and gives them four loaves of rye bread each they hold a bear jubilee that stirs up all the rest of the animals. At that, the denizens of the Chicago zoo are no worse off than their brothers and sisters domiciled in the menageries of the • old world. They have all been put on shprt rations, and It has been said that some of the animals that have been the pride of the Berlin zoological gardens have been sacrificed to furnish a meal for the hungry citizens of that center of the kaiser’s “kultured” realm.

IN THE CITIES

ties prove by argument that they can draw anything—except salaries. In Moquln’s the other night one saw at work the fists of fame, the fists of genius, fists that control brushes that are gold handled and tipped with diamonds, palettes inlaid with jade, porphory and pearl. C. Allan Gilbert was seated at a table with sculptors and artists. The subject of a painting of J. P. Morgan came up. Gilbert exploded about it. What a daub! Name of a dog, what

morning grouch is most pronounced. Every day is a wheatless day with the bruins. They get nothing but rye loaves which have been damaged in the making. “And the government’s making rules about the feeding of seeds to birds,” said Cy DeVry, keeper of the animals. “There Isn’t a bit of waste In our feeding system nowadays and if we cut down the rations any more the animals are going to begin to get

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. IND.

TELLS OF BURIAL OF U. S. SOLDIERS

General Pershing Sends Official Report of Funeral of American Heroes. TRIBUTE BY FRENCH GENERAL Soldiers of franco and United States Surround Grave as General Bordeaux Eulogizes Dead—Suggests Monument Inscription. Washington, D. C. —The war department has received from General Pershing a copy of the record describing the funeral services for the three American soldiers who were killed in the Germans’ first trench raid against United States troops on November 3. The papers bear the following indorsement from Major General William L. Sibert: “Forwarded recommending that the request of General Bordeaux to have the remains of the men left at Bathelemont be favorably considered.” The record, including the address of General Bordeaux, In part says: “By command of General Bordeaux, French division, the bodies of Corporal Gresham, Private Enright and Private Hay, company F. Sixteenth infantry, were interred with religious and military ceremony at Bathelmont on the afternoon of November 4.

Improvised Altar Used. “An altar was Improvised and elaborately decorated in the village. The chaplain of a French regiment conducted the church services. “Following the church ceremony the cortege proceeded to a field adjacent to the village and formed on three sides of a square, the bodies being placed in front of the graves on the fourth side. An American flag, provided by the French, had been placed over the caskets. "At two o’clock General Bordeaux, accompanied by his full staff, his infantry, artillery and engineer chiefs and a representative of the French corps commander, arrived and took position. “The troops presented arms and the French field music and band played a funeral march. The chaplain performed the religious ceremony at the graves. Then General Bordeaux advanced to the center of the square and addressed the troops and then the dead. A copy of his address is attached. “The company of United States infantry fired three volleys and its trumpeter sounded taps. All the troops were then marched by the graves, saluting as they passed. General Bor-

INDIAN TROOPS AT BAGDAD ENJOY RIDE

The British forces that have conquered Bagdad have been greatly helped In their successful campaigns in Mesopotamia by native Indian troops. The •Indians are good fighters and are steadfast in their loyalty to the British empire. This British official photograph shows a car load of them enjoying a ride on the Bagdad-Kadhimain tramway.

TO DO RELIEF WORK

Red Cross Trains Women for Civilian Service. r Series of Institutes In Home Science to Fit Them as Social Service Workers. Washington.—Scientific training and efficient service are the keynotes of the civilian relief work which has just been inaugurated throughout the country by the American Red Cross. Contrary to the popular belief that most of the Red Cross is being done by untrained volunteer workers, the latest venture of the organization is characterized by a series of Institutes in home science for the purpose of training women to do social service work among the families of our fighting men. “Financial aid for the families of our soldiers and sailors is only a small part of the problem which these famines win have to face,” said Mrs. Wal-

deaux and his staff advanced to the graves, saluted and departed. “Throughout the ceremony at the graves French batteries from their positions, fired minute guns, over the village at the German trenches. “The entire ceremony was most impressive.” French Commander’s Tribute. The address of General Bordeaux in part was as follows: In the name of the Eighteenth division, in the name of the French army, and in the name of France, I bid farewell to Corporal Gresham, Private Enright and Private Hay of the Sixteenth infantry, American army. Of their own free will, they had left their happy and prosperous country to come over here. They knew that the war continued in Europe; they knew that the forces fighting for honor, love, justice, civilisation were still checked by the long prepared forces which are serving the powers of brutal domination, oppression, barbarity. They knew that an effort was still necessary. They wished to give uS their help; and also their generous hearts did not forget old historical memories, while others forgot more recent ones. They Ignored nothing of the circumstances. Nothing had been concealed from them—neither the length nor hardships of this war, nor the violence of the battle, nor. the dreadfulness of the new weapons, nor the perfidy of the foe. Nothing stopped them. ’ They had accepted to lead a hard and strenous life; they had crossed the ocean despite great peril; they had taken their place on the front by our side; they have fallen, facing the foe, In a hard and desperate hand to hand fight. Honor to them! Their families, their friends and their fellow citizens will be proud when they learn of their death. Men! These graves, the first to be dug In our national soil, at but a short distance from the enemy, are as a mark of the mighty hand of our allies, firmly clinging to the common task, confirming the will of the people and army of the United States, to fight with us to a finish, ready to sacrifice as long as it will be necessary, until final victory for the noblest of causes, that of the liberty of nations, the weak as well as the mighty. Thus, the death of this humble corporal and of these two private soldiers appears to us with extraordinary grandeur. We will, therefore, ask that the mortal remains of these young men be left here,

37,500 NURSES NEEDED

1,000 Per Cent Increase Is Sought by Government. Nurses Being Called for Duty to Meet Needs of the United States Army. Washington. —Thirty-seven thousand five hundred nurses will be needed in the army nurse corps of the medical department, according to present estimates based on an army of 1,500,000 men. The present strength of the

RETURNS SALUTE; NOT ENTITLED TO IT

Camp Mills, L. I.— Recently a noncommissioned officer of a popular,, contingent here was mlstaken by a new recruit on sentry duty, who saluted him. The noncommissioned officer, ignorant that his colonel was near by, returned the salute. Next' morning he was ordered to report to the colonel, where he was asked why he returned the salute when he, the “noncom,” knew he was not entitled to it (“Sir,” he answered, “I always retunj everything I am not entitled to.” The colonel dismissed him.

ter S. Ufford, head of the District of Columbia Civilian Relief department of the Red Cross. “There is an urgent need for trained community porkers who can analyze the problem of the

INVENTOR OF THE TANK

Sir William Tritton, the Inventor of the British “Tank” which has been creating history on the western front and which has been a great factor In many British advances, is a man of studious inclinations. In a recent interview, he stated, “The tank has not only come to stay, but, if I may venture to prophesy, it is destined to play a predominant part in modern warfare.” He is shown at work in his office.

be left to us forever. We will Inscribe on their tonjbs: "Here lie the first soldiers of the United States Republic to fall on the soli of France for Justice and Liberty." The passerby will stop and uncover his head. The travelers of France, of the allied countries, of America, the men of heart who will come to visit our battlefield of Lorraine, will go out of their way to come here to bring to these graves the tribute of their respect and of their gratefulness. Corporal Gresham, Private Enright, Private Hay—ln the name of France, I thank you. God receive your soul*. Farewell.

corps is about 3,800. Increasing the enrollment by nearly 1,000 per cent in a year Is the task confronting the corps. Daily numbers of nurses are being called for to meet immediate needs in army hospitals in the United States ajjd for duty overseas. The present rate of enrollment does not meet the. demands. Hospitals at National Guard and National army camps still need 371 nurses to bring the quotas of all up to the minimum considered necessary—6s each. In order to get the enrollments up to the needed number some of the requirements heretofore imposed are being waived. According to estimates of the nursing committee of the general medical board of the council of national defense, there are between 80,000 and 90,000 registered nurses in the country and about 200,000 other graduate and practical nurses. Just as soon' as immediate needs ol cantonment hospitals have been cared for a reserve of 100 nurses will be organized for emergency service in the United States. Lakewood hotel. Lakewood, N. J., has been leased by the government for us&as a general hospital for the army and provisions will be made for housing the reserve nurses there. This hotel has not yet been turned over to the war department, but will be in a week orsp. The necessary alterations will be'madeas soon as practicable and the 100 nurses for the reserve will be needed in addition to the permanent nursing staff of the hospital.

New Way to Hooverize.

Milwaukee.—“l was trying to Hooverize.” That was the explanation given by Ignatz Poltolski when haled into court on the charge of stealing meat from a packing company. • He said he had only taken a pound, but 75 pounds of meat were found in his home. His explanation didn’t satisfy the court, so he was fined $lB. \

Firemen Haul Coal.

Oconto, Wis—This city saved money on its coal bill recently by getting the fuel at almost cost and then having it hauled by the fire department.

families to be served and bring them into touch with the community resources which can help to strengthen family life. Trained workers will be required to cope with the abnormal situation in which the war has placed the wives and children of the men at the front.” The Red Cross institutes consist of a six weeks’ course which follows a syllable prepared by Porter Lee of the New York School of Philanthropy. Particular emphasis is placed by Mrs. Ufford upon the value of the work outlined in the syllabus, not only to relieve the stress of war difficulties, but to meet the needs of reconstruction that is to follow the war. Only through scientific effort, Mrs. Ufford believes, can an adequate attempt be made to readjust the economic and social relationships when disabled soldiers and sailors come back from th« front.

Can Remove Birthmarks.

Birthmarks and other superficial growths that defied chemicals have been removed with radium by Bngliah experts.

DAY OF REJOICING

The Character of Our Sowing Determines the Quality of \ Our Reapings. “They that sow in tear* shall reap In joy.”—Ps. 126:5. Harvest joy does not come from the tears which accompany our but from the faithfulness with which we sow even in the mklst of sorrow. Sheaves do not grow from tears but from seed. . It is important that we hold fast to the truth just stated, for we are prone to withhold our hands in the days of sorrow. Such days are frequent. Clouds are everywhere. It seems that the sun will never shine again. Hope of harvest has almost died away. “What’s the use?” we say, and we are tempted to make no further effort. Blinded by discouragement,’ weakened by disappointment, we sit down and bemoan the fate that has befallen us. Thus we postpone or make Impossible the joyful day which might be ours, the day of rejoicing In an abundant harvest which grew from faithful sowing. The Day of Sorrow. Not so the Jews in Babylon. Great was their sorrow and distress. Upon the willows by the rivers they hung their harps, those musical instruments by means of which they expressed their joy, for they could not sing their national hymns In a strange land; yet In their deep sorrow they began to sow seeds of desire, seeds of resolute purpose, seeds of righteousness, that they might be fit for communion with Jehovah in their own beloved land. In Babylon they renumbered ?ion and how their own willfulness and sin had been the means of sending them as exiles; but Instead of giving up in despair they began to prepare for a new life as a restored people in a restored fatherland. So they made possible the jubilant songs of deliverance. The Reason for Joy.

It was not the tears in Babylon which brought them their rejoicing. It was because they had turned from their folly and discovered the truth which had been stated to them so often, that “his salvation Is nigh them that fear him.” What blessings come out of’ these days of tears if only we make wise use of the sorrows that come to us! Headstrong and disregarding God in the pride of their own strength, calamity had come upon them; but we can almost see these sorrow-stricken people encouraging one another to turn again unto the Lord, teaching their children the truth which they had neglected to follow, &nd, as a consequence of such sowing, they were rejoiced to see that “truth sprlngeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.” There is a sowing In joy—or that which is called joy—that yields a harvest of tears, a sowing to the wind that yields the whirlwind. But the sowing of right thoughts, right purposes, right desires, even though there is no joy at the time, always yields the peaceable fruits of righteousness and fills th®-' mouth with laughter and the tongue with singing.—Rev. James E. Clark, D. D.

An Incident in France.

Two thousand men had paraded at one of our great base camps previous to going “up the line/ The inspection was complete, and in a ■ few minutes the order, “Quick March,” to the railway station would be given. Just at that moment, while all stood at “attention,” fully equipped, a voice begun, to sing, Jesus, the very thought of Thee With gladness fills my breast. And like a wave of melody the songt passed from rank to rank, until every man.seemed to be singing. The hymn was sjjtig right through to the last* verse the officers, meantime, looking on in silence. How many of these men have already looked into the face of him of whom they sang? There was a Christian association hut in that camp at which this hymn was a great favorite with the men—surely much, better than the senseless “Tipperary.” —D. J. Findlay in The Christian.

True Thanksgiving.

It is eminently desirable that we should emphasize the moral obligation which rests upon every child of God to cultivate the spirit of thanksgiving and to manifest that spirit in its full beautv and power in all the relations of life. The thankful spirit reveals itself in a broad and true sympathy with others who are less fortunate than burselves. It delights to remember the widow' and the orphan and strives to carry the message of joy and gladness into the homes of the sick and the sorrowing of Thanksgiving Day. It looks unto God as the author of every good and perfect gift, and insists on sharing the blessings which he has bestowed with those who are needy and in want —American Messenger.

Our Life a Prayer.

If we can learn how to control our thoughts by trying' to' reflect God’s thoughts, then our whole life will become a prayer, and by degrees the same mind will be in us that was also In Christ Jesus.—E. V. H.

Meus Sanna in Corpora Sano.

Health Is one of the results of right thinking—the knowing of the treth about God and man. Purification of thought is necessary to the right understanding of God and man.— De Waters.