Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1918 — Page 3

CAMERA IS REAL EYE OF ARMY

Photographer Must Encounter Battle Perils Practfcally Without Fighting Chance. <z . • * / IMPORTANT PLACE IN WAR Hundreds of. Snapshots Taken From Air Arc Cunningly Fitted Together to Make Complete Photograph of Any Given Section. London.—To call the British airmen the eyes of the army is a‘common metaphor. Even at the beginning of tile war they did much observation for the artillery besides playing the leading part in general reconnaissance. But their present value in all matters of observation greatly exceeds anything 'that was expected at the-beginning. Without aircraft fp Important numbers, and without aircraft, whatever their numbers, can hold 'their own against the enemy, an army is practically bjlnd; and without their cameras airmen would not be the allaeeing eyes that they are* /sor, as the airman is the eye of the land* forces, so the camera is the eye of the airman. It at least provides that part •f his vision which is most penetrating and accurate. A series of photographs from the air Is a wonderful piece of work. Hundreds of snapshots go to make it, and these are so cunningly; fitted together that a complete photograph is obtained. So the work goes on, section by section, and by degrees is procured a picture, which cannot 11,e, of the whole of the enemy's defenses from flank to flank of his lines. As his dispositions are constantly changing, or at least being elaborated in important respects, there is no rest for the aegal photographers and no end to their work. Every day on which there is a reasonable visibility until the end of the; war they must' fly into the face of danger to discover new secrets *with their cameras. The danger is of a particularly unpleasant kind, because throughout the 1 ' operation they are within effective range of Archibald—the antiaircraft gun—which is the fly-* Ing man’s most Inveterate if not his most deadly enemy. To take a series of photographs of an enemy position needs a special coolness and nerve. A Trip With .the .“Eye.” This is a typical quiet morning In a day of the photographers of the air.. ,A machine is run out from the sheds, and pilot and observer mount to their places. It is not a fast airplane, as speed-is no w counted, but eacluman is armed with aftmtthlne gun, and attack from the air will be met with stout and efficients resistance. - Attack from the ground. eannot be answered. It can only be evaded by maneuver. Through a hole in the fuselage or body of the-machine a camera points earthward, capable of reproducing a ■considerable area on .each, plate ex,posed. The device by which the snapshots are taken is as simple as it is ingenious, and it is almost “fool proof.” In half, an hour or so ths machine ihas crossed the lines at a height of (little mono than 4,000 feet. Far above are small, fast scouts, ready to attack any aerial enemy that may attempt to Interfere with the work below. From the first, antiaircraft guns are unCoth®* fortably attentive, but the bursts can iat this stage be defeated by climbing, giving or swervlngmovements. It is when the actual objective of has been reached that the real difficulties and dangers come. Farthet dodging and diving are no longer practicable, since an accurate pictorial record can only be obtained by steady flying. The airplane must be as level as, possible when a snapshot is taken. Yet the enemy kn4ws Ithe purpose ofrthe invader and chesses Ithis moment t® make his utmost effort Ito destroy him. The Archl-bursts are thicker than ever#*Ufa range has’been nicely judged? We-bursts are W aimed. Z Under Difficulties. v In the midst of them the-two must do their work as steadily and quietly as if the air -were still. |Up and down.

WAR ON CHILDREN

Little Jeanne’s mother, living up in a French village near the front, finally hPd to send her to the American Red Cross asylum at Toni because she was too little to put on her own gas mask.

r ■•. ■ f # over the narrow section of ground whose secret must be won, the pilot steers, for the most part ah even ■ course. Shells burst round them, bn this side and that, beneath and above. At'moments the pilot,is forced to swerve, but he must quickly get level and resume his ordered course. Meanwhile the observer studies Intently the pitted earth below, which would appear jt® the uninitiated as indefinite as a huge plowed field. But his practiced eye picks out its essential features, and; regardless of the shells, he presses bis lever at carefully timed intervals. At last the deed is as a shell bursts close'under their tail and tosses them upward as a wave might lift a cork. Fortunately * the-dtaaiage is slight. “Finished?” asks the pilot through his telephone. “Finished,” says the observer. And they swing for home with an inevitable sense of relief. It is all in the day’s work—a very ordinary job. But even the Airman’s most ordinary job is out of the common as arrisky experience. As for the knowledge obtained, it may prove of vital importance. The camera is more than an eye; it is a weapon. And the hand -that controls it. must beias pur- . poseful and steady as if it held<a rifle-

WOMAN WINDOW WASHER PATRIOTIC AND PLUCKY

Seattle, Wash. “Shucks,” said Airs. Bessie McGillivery, who does the most hazardous windows wwihlug Seattle, she recently leaned over the sill of a 36-story window, .“why not? I get a man-’s. pay—s 80. a month —and release a man for tjie trenches.” That is the way she views her gamble for life with only a twoinch leather strap between her and death.

ENGLISH TRAIN YANK AVIATORS

Finishing Touches Are Given in an Airdrome in Quiet Coun- T try Spot. > ■* v V ■ FIRST SOLO FLIGHTS THRILL - 1 Fledgling Flyers Go Up Alone Only • After Course With Instructor — First Flight Is Closely Watched. t , An American Airdrome In Englands —This is one of the numerous aviation camps tn’ England where Americans are receiving their finishing, touches is »When they leave here for the battle front in French they know all that can be taught aboht dying. OnlyXhe school of experience can supply the post-graduate course that makes Guynemers and J.ufherys. The,airdrome Is set in one of those beautiful spots that one calls to mind from classic pictureftof English landscapes. It is .early in June and "the great level field that stretches away in front of the hangars is like a rich green carpet. Beyond there is a woodland, and in the distance is a range of low hills whose smooth contour recalls t<» Western Americans the foothills of California. It is a peaceful place and very q|tet except foe of alrplahesl At least a dozen are in the air and ; there are preparing for flight. Into ne latter a <oung Kentuckian has Just ciiAbed. • For the first time he Is going up alone. J - A*- .Passes Art First Tests. j For weeks the British instructor hatr' been*with him constantly and he has ipassed successfully * the major tests. He (tin ftMstrnight, the Instructor sitting beside him has made sure, and be can work the controls without fear or “nerves.” Ho knows how to stall, to glide and to climb, And he has learned a good deal, too, about the important art of landing. ♦ ? On one memorable occasion the Instructor has shouted to him abo vet he roaring at the engine: “Shall we loop?!? and they did. But of course, the instructor has befen |the real pilot, explaining maneuvers, jencouraging the young man to secure an ! accurate touch, and to become, an ha must If he is to be successful,,,so perfect a master of the machine that hq ; can make it ,fly of Itself. The fact that it is his first flight is known at the airdrome and nfcny eyes are watching to see him off.” I Gives Final Instructions. With h tremendous sputtering the engine etarts. The instructor, standing on the step of the fuselage, hffidri: to his cap against the hurricane raised by the propellers and shouts his directions. He points to the instruments, shows what the engine revqiu-, ttons should be, feel? the controls. And bids the new “soloist" good cheer.

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LIEUT. PAT O’BRIEN DID It

Famous Acs Clears Up Mystery Thft Puzzled College Authorities For Years. » Berkeley, Cal.—A college prank which proved a mystery to the Unlvysity of California for several years was cleared up here recently whin Lieut. Pat O’Brien, the American “ace 1 ’ who fell ROOO feet into Germany and then escaped from a Hun prison camp, confessed to an audience of 10,000 in ..the Hearst Greek theater that he was “guilty* On St. day several ye**, ago the university woke up to find its beautiful gold letter ”C” on Charter Hill, overlooking the campus, shining forth in brilliant green, fa* vestlgations and proves failed to disclose whose hand had redecorated t|ie big fad the school officials nefar. knefcv\h*nffi! Lieutenant O’Brien made his “confession.” |’.i

FROCK MADE OF FLOUR SACKS

Wisconsin Woman Designs One That . Set* n Pace Among Fash- : ■ iptyFfiilowers. Sheboygah, Wis.—Flour sack dresses are again coming into their own -as d result Of the war. ; Time was when grandma’s every-day summer wlfte. dress was made of flour sacks, but “times had changed since grandma was a girl.” Then the price of dress goods u .began .to soar again. Mrs. Anna .Schuler has upade a white sdmnjer xlresy out of 12 flour sacks and it’s decidedly attractive; so much, do. In fact, that it has set a pace among followers of local Dame Fashion and the demand for the new style dresses is nbw general. ( b

Gets Potash From Dust.

Pittsburgh.—James D. Rhodes, a Pittsburgh manufacturer, says he has discovered a process by which he can extract potash from the dust from cement during manufacture in the kilns. Federa l Judge Charles P. Orr heard the process explained and ordered Rhodes to enter Into an agreement with an Ohio cement company to jebsT periment with a view of aiding th 4 government to obtain potash for munitions and fertilizers. • ■; ■

„ .What the fledgling flyer’s feelings are only those who have flown alone know. He is dropping the pilot and embarking on the great’adventure. On a first flight alone the’pupil’s performance is carefully watched for any faults. Usually he, is given a definite piece of maneuvering to carry out. A pupil ”is nevqr sent into the air merely to fly about for a fixed time. Afterwards he will have, more “dual” with his .instructor and much of the old teachings will be repeated and emphasized. At this point perhaps the real, understanding between instructor kind pupil becomes manifest. Understanding and sympathy are important, factors in aerial instruction.

KIDNAPED, LOST 32 YEARS

Connecticut! n Woman (i -Traces > Family, . i.■ Finding Brother in-*United a&UMatee Army. * ‘ - Trenton, N. J.—Thirty-two years •after she Wits kldiiaped while playing near her home at Mount Kisco, N. Y., Mrs. Ida Dinges Haywood of Long Hill, Conn., learned of her identity add communicated -with "her brother, Lieut. George Dinges, U. S. A., stationed at Tullytown, Pa., near .Trenton. She is the wife of A. A Haywood. Ida May Dinges was rtwo years old when ,stolen. She was subsequently •adopted by a family«named Hebberd. It was not until the death of her foster parents that she learned who she was. She traced many Dinges families in various parts of the country and finally found her brother through the war department Lieutenant Dinges said he plans to have the bodies of the foster parents ■exhumed, in order to examine legal documentsi which were buried with them, and- which he thinks may dis-* close- circumstances relating to the kidnaping. '

WHIPPING. POST DOES TRICK

Loafers Disappear -When One Is Erected on Scene of Favors r' ■ I Birmingham, Ala.—An old-time whipping post with ( accommodations f<m tW«» has berfijereetril «• Five Points in this city... The post stands oqt prominently before a r background of trees*’ and mnr i wft«eir across the t«nri' ‘Loafers?* 1 ‘ FiVfe Toints has for*-years been* toe 1 favorite hnng-tag-o<t>‘plane ofiisoorCß'Jof- toe etty’s Idiw, richlua Following toe u work tor flgirt order and tbo «uhs<?qu«rt erection usua* gang of vtyafers puffing, cigarettes with idle hands rammed Jnto fcbe PO<*et% totally disappeared.

First Museum.

so The 1 flr*»t museum was-part'Of *he Palace AtoSnhdriifc where learned rm»ni-w«ue ranlntninod at the public «¥»t,. jast an iteoineot pubUe aerwmts strain the-Pry tanetun at Athens. Its Jetfndation is attributed to Ptolemy Philadelphus about 280 B. C.

REVISED TEN COMMANDMENTS

1. Unto him who removeth a guard shall rest be given from his labors. , ?. If thou thlnkest “Safety First,” thou thlnketb well, for unto thee la. given the power to think properly. • 3. If in the midst of thy labors thou -Eivest counsel to fellow workmen regarding dangers, thou hast kept the .'Golden Rule—r“Bafety First.” 4. .He that sneereth at safety improvements laggeth behind in ' the march of progress. To him all men turneth the cold shoulder. . 5. To him that looketh to the future and thlnketh “Safety First,” all shall be given—eyes to see, hands to labor, ' ears to hear.Jimbs tn speed him on his wayrr-bealth to perform his daily tasks. > j 6. Of him that-endangereth his fel-; low workmen "knowingly an example shall be made —he shall be removed - from, the honor roll, and the pay roll. ,7- Unto thee is. given sight. Close not the windows of thy soul, nor the beauties of nature by failing to wear goggles. 8. To eat -well, to sleep well, tospread broadcast the doctrine of “Safety First**—of him who doeth. -these all praises shall be sung. 9. By-paths that wander off Into No Man’s Land shalt thou avoid, but follow the straight path of “Safety First” to success. 10. Allow thy Safety Light to shine ,and .hide it not beneath thy cloak — one single ray may pierce the gloom, changing the entire world for thy felflmv men.-r-Safety Engineering.

FLASHLIGHTS

About all some men have succeeded jn doing In this world is to die rich. ... , Love is a i divine attribute, but some-, how for. other we caa’t understand how any decent man can do anything but hats the- kaiser. The; reason some men seem to get more fun out of this life than others Is because they don’t try to hang onto, every nickel they get. . A man may be a bom leader, but it is , also true that that fact Is never discovered until he has fully demonstrated his ability to be a good fellow. > We can’t understand, when this war is ‘over, how any man is going to be able to brag to the one-armed or onelegged American soldier about the money he has saved. One of the first discoveries a bride makes about her husband is that he can’t find anything that she has put away In a bureau drawer even when It IS right under his nose.

AROUND THE WORLD

1 h Paris Is to have underground theaters. Pennsylvania restricts carrying pistols. Mexican soldiers are eatipg i -burro meat. 1 London prohibits confetti to save paper. i Norway will eat whale fat dur- ; Ing the war. I? ■' U •'i ■ ■ ' ''« t:. ' Guatemala earthquake refugees are swarming into Mexico ; destitute. lii f. , | ; New Zealand’s tunnel under I Smith Island, live miles long, is ; nearing completion.

ABOUT PERSONS

Mrs. J. C. Barry of Brockton, Mass., has 22 kinsmen in American war forces. 11l IO i • Mrs. Elmer Enger, a Miner, S. D„ Indian squaw, has contributed a son to the army._ John Burroughs,, aged naturalist, says his motto is: “Keep cheerful and mipd| your own business.” ■ Representative T. D. SchaH of Minneapolis,- says ; : “There are no questions that Can be settled until the war is over."

BY THE OFFICE SAGE

Sometimes a plain cook is quite* pretty. A wise man never considers a woman’s age. between see and saw is intense. Dignity may stoop to conquer, but it never grovels in the dust. / A gratuitous falsehood is probably one that gives itself away. * Don’t think that because a corporation has no soul it- is on its uppers. True friends should be selected because of the good looks they haven't got.

UPLIFTING THOUGHTS

Christianity never failed on • pet* sonai test, - -. New and fresh opportunities wring Up as roses do around us. p We own what we. love? The world Is his who has eyes t®' see. A man’s life is felt in proportion t® the character it contains. The tragedy of life is not <|eath, but the prostitution of the soul. He discovers the force of tie moral law who violates its principles. r The principle of affinity Is at the root of taste, affection, aspiration and ;ideaL k '■ Mil ■ ’ 11/M I f' Pure and abiding pleasures come to me not froinnjateriaL things but from, myself. No man is deffieaned by the nature of his work, but by his attitude to■ward it. The wild rose is tinted as'delicately in a hidden vale as in the garde®j of the rich. | The definition of wealth is tastfc. The soul sets up Its own mansions .and the lover of beauty is never .poor. Though it be but a poor candle, I must live by my own light—l am contpnt"you should also live by your own candle. —Exchange.

WITH THE SAGES

It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born.—Raskin. Our distinctions do not lie In the places we occupy; but in the grace and dignity Witir which we fill them. Simms. . > . Reproof, dq a medicine like mercury or opium ; if it b«t improperly administered, it will do harm instead of good.—Horace Mann. Positiveness is a most absurd JolWe., If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong* it adds shame tq -yout defeat.- —Sterne. No man can ever be noble who thinks meanly or contemptuously of ,himself, apd no man can ever be noble who. thinks first and only of hlmself.—W. ,H. Dollinger. Alin at perfection in everything, though In most things it is unattgln-. able. However,' they who aim at it, arfd persevere, will come much nearer to it .than those, whose laziness and despondency mqke them give it up as unattainable.-r-Chesterfield. *

SERVICE SNAPS

The length of the war will not be measured ,by the golden rule. Millionaires caught ip the draft are not necessarily soldiers of fortune. ( : i Hoch ttie kaiser? Might just as well ; we have every other country in hock. ’Sfunwy, but the rolling stones are the ones who don’t take'a-tumble tff themselves. Ute kaiser is fighting on a large front and putting up a bigger one to his people. Just because the soldiers do. a bit hiking Is no reason to believe the war will be a walkover. Can’t buy sugar in the city—don’t, get any l in the army—-somebody's playing a'sweet 1 trick on the government. The citizen looks forward to the end ot the war, but the soldier looks forward to the end of the month—, Pay day. '

PILPAY'S SAYINGS

Men are used as they use others.— The King Who Became Just What is bred In the bone will never come out of the flesh.—The Two Fishermen. •*» There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns. —The Two Travelers. It has been the providence of nature; to give this creature (the cati nine, lives instead of one.—The Greedy and Ambitious |Cat ■ *■"** We ought to do our neighbor all the good we can. If you do good, good wllLbexlone to you: but if yon do evil, the same will be measured back to you again.—Dabscbelin and Pilpay.

SAYS THE OWL

Many* a man’s popularity is due to what he doesn’t say. ‘ It’s seldom the widow’s fault it sng; remains inconsolable. When a woman .eats pickles she is in love—with the pickles. A man’s wealth brings him a lot of unhappiness if be loses IL Never cry over spilled milk. There Is enough water wasted as it to.

Trusting the Lord

By REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE

Extenakm Department, Moody B9*r?- fl I Mtitato, Chicago

TEXT—Blessed Is tinman that jfauitin rr” “"Sttt S ■ The blessedness of this text fa for both sinner and saint. The slnudFhas

The word “trust” has severalfaeanings. In Psalms 2:12, “Blessed> all they that put their trust in Mfa” it means to have confidence in thdpLord as the Ruler or King. Not long ago a man held the high-sounding tfiie of his majesty, czar of all the Rmblss. As such many put their trust Sim. But he lost the high place and became merely Nicholas Romanoff without power to aid those who trusted him. But the one who trusts the Lord as Ruler and King has One whose title and throne ia established forever. In Ruth 2:12, Boaz speaking to Ruth concerning the Lord, says: “Under whose wings thou art come to trust” HCrO the word deans “to find a refuge.” It reminds one of the high winds and mounting waves threatening to engulf a laboring ship. But battered and blown, she comes tumbling over the harbor bar out of the stormy seas to the calm and safety of her refuge. .. .-i a*? v Or it reminds of the mother bird calling her young at the approach of an enemy and gathering them to safety under her protecting wings. So the saint upon life’s stormy sea may find a refuge under the wings of the Almighty. Safety and rest from an storms and all enemies are bls by simply trusting the Lord. A slightly different meaning of the word is found in Psalms 56:3, “What time I am afraid I will trust in thee.” Here it means “to lean on.” The

psalmist found himself surrounded by enemies. None came to his support There seemed no help for him. Tired and weary in the unequal struggle his soul cried out for some one to lean on and to gather strength from. Facing the surrounding, enemies alone the fear of failure and defeat gripped , him until relief came by trusting in the. Lord or leaning on. his God. Perhaps, my, reader, there is no way out ■of your difficulties, hut there in a way over, and yon may tread that way by leaning on your Lord. Trust him, lean, upon him, and the harder you lean the more you please him. Another meaning of the word la In Psalms 22 < on the Lord that he . would deliver him.” It means heft/ *He rolled-hlmself on the Lord.”’ This psalm foretells the experience ofourLoril upon the- cross. He was there forsaken and alone. Even WMMoMdmed to have left him and hls followera had fled. Hi> enemies* rejoicedin his sorrow. The blackness of-ffiidnlght gloom settled upon him. But then In spite of themselVes, his enemies gave voice in this way to satisfaction. He equid roll himself on ttye Lord. This Is his desire for his people today.,, There may not be strength to rise and walk to him, but there Is always power to roll oneself upon the- Lord, to trust him and trusting, find that he not only carries toe burden but to* believer as well. Still another meaning of the word is in Job 85:14, where it means “to Stay upon.” Job could not understand why such grievous sorrow and loss should be bls. He desired to find the Almighty and plead with him, but God appeared to hide from him. How often It is so with Christians. They walk In sorrow’s path and troubles spring out on every side. They pray, bnt the heavens seem as brass? They cry to and can find none. Darkness surrounds them. What cantbey do? As Job did, and doingfound complete satisfaction, simply trust or stay upon his God. - ‘

Glory of the Christ Child.

Christ on this festival honors infants, consecrates suffering, holds up to us the minds of little children, and » is another radiance and beauty added to the manger throne of Bethlehem, that from tt streams the gospel of the poor, the gospel of the lonely, the gospel of- the sick, the lost, the afflicted, die gospel of little children. The wisdom of Greece and Rome could only spare at this time a push, os a threat, or a curse, which said to toe Mttle, the poor, the, weak, depart: get you out of the way; It was left for the glorious Gospel of the Blessfid Lord to say: “Suffer the tittle children to come unto Me and forbid them not tor of such is the Kingdom of God."—W. C. E. Newbolt

nothing to do for sal vatlon but simply trust the Mrd ( and the saint has njpung more to dp for satisfaction. The great obstacle to blessedness f is fdgpa’s evil/ heart of unbelief, The Mp that Wiommon to all is of unbellefpteepstisner from sulfation I snd llkewlfa the saint fromjsatis faction. 9