Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 235, 13 August 1921 — Page 14
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1921
TRUE WAR STORIES of SOLDIERS in FRANCE
"Tho Angel of Mont." Perhaps you have all keard etor iea about tho Angela of Mons. Tbe following is a verbatim statement of an English Lance corporal, who was one of the few survivors or (he battle of Mons. f "I was with my battalion In the retreat from Mons, on or about the 28th day of August, 1918. The German cavalry was expected to make a charge, and we were waiting to fire and scatter them so as to en able the French cavalry, who were on our right, to make a dash forward. However, the German airplanes discovered our position and we remained where we were. "The weather was very hot and clear, and between 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening I was standing with a party of 9 or 10 other men on duty, and some distance on either side there were parties of 10 on guard. Immediately behind us half of my battalion was on the edge of ;i wood resting. An officer suddenly came up to us in a state of anxiety and asked if we had seen anything startling. He hurried away from my tent to the next party of 10. When he had gotten out of sight, I, who was the non commissioned officer in charge, or dered two men to go forward out of the way of the trees in order to find out what the officer meant; The two men returned reporting that they could see no signs of any Germans; at that time we thought that the officer must be expecting a surprise attack. "Immediately afterward the officer came back, and taking me and some others a few yards away showed us the sky. I could see quite plainly in midair a strange light, which seemed to be quite distinctly out lined and was not a reflection of the moon, nor were there any clouds in the neighborhood. The light became brighter, and I could see quite distinctly three shapes, the center one having what looked like out-spread wings, the other two were not so; large, but were quite plainly dis-' . : a m ,L - - mi ' 7i ut,p i lrum me teuier one. mey appeared to have a long loose, garment of a golden tint, and they ivere above the German lines fac ing u. We stood watching themj ;'or about, three-quarters of an' .-vour. All the men with me sawj them, and other men came up from !
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not a believer in such things but I have not the slightest doubt that we really did see what 1 now tell you. "I remember the day because it was a day of terrible anxiety for us. That morning the Munsters had a bad time on our right, and so naa tne scots guards. We managed to get to the woods, and there, we barricaded the roads and remained in the formation I have told you. Later on the Uhlans at tacked us and we drove them back with heavy loss. It was after this engagement, when we were do?tired, that the vision appeared to us. "I shall never forget It as long as I lfVe. I lie awake in bed and picture it all as I saw it that night. Of my battalion there are now only fivo men alive besides myself, and I have no hope of ever getting back to the front. I have a record of 15 years good service, and I should be very sorry to make a fool of myself by telling a story merely to please anyone. A lieutenant of the Uhlans on being asked why It was the German attack faltered on that day replied: 'I can not tell you. I only know that we were charging full on the British at a certain place, and in a moment we were stopped. It was like going full speed and being pulled up suddenly n-a precipice, but there was no precipice there, nothing at all, only our horses swerved round and fled and we could do nothing.' , "At another time a colonel in the British army had a vision. The colonel was awakened one night by a strange feeling which he could not explain. By his bed he saw a nun standing. Naturally astonished and annoyeVl at her presence, he demanded how she had managed to get there. She however, gave him an evasive answer to the question, and then proceeded calmly to tell him that the world deserved the war on account of its wickedness and Godlessness, and that millions would have to suffer much pain and loss and horror but that in the end, which was farther away than people imagined, England and France would win, then in some mysterious way she vanished. "Very much perturbed at this extraordinary incident, the colonel
determined to visit a convent!
which he knew was not very far away from his quarters, (this was in Belgium.) In the morning he made his way there and asked to see the reverend mother. He told her what had happened, and said unless she could guarantee that none of her nuns would be guilty in the future of such an offense, he would have to take strict meassures, which he would be loth to do, to make such visits impossible. The superior cf the convent said that she cooid not believe such a thing had taken place, but she would send for all of her sisters, and as they filed through the room would he kindly point out the culprit? He acquiesced and he led the way into tho ajoiuing room. As he entered he gave an exclamation of surprise. The mother superior turned and saw him standing in the middle of the room, his eyes glued to a picture of a young and weak faced nun which hung upon the wall. 'That's her,' ho exclaimed excitedly, 'That's the one who came to my tent last night.' The mother superior turned to him, smiling strangely, and said, 'Ah I she died long before I came to this convent, M. le general.' "It was the picture of a French girl who died at 18, and who had entered the convent at her own desire when she was only 16 years of age. To the Catholic world today she is known as the 'Little Flower, and the power of working miracles is believed to bo hers." Sammie. (Next week "Verdun now.") as it is THE GARDEN HOSE The gardener sprays the summer lawn And leaves the sprinkler there; We watch tho rainbow that it makes When the sunbeams fill the air. And when we crowd too very close, That sprinkler strange to tell Not only sprinkles all the lawn, But sprinkles us, as well! Christian Science Monitor. . WRITES NOVEL Ambitious young writers and contributors to our columns may find inspiration In the fact that Helen Lincoln, clever 13-year-old New York author, called "New York's Own Daisy Ashford," has already dashed off a number of literary efforts that have "taken." She has written one novel, several short stories and a number of poems that are said to bo excellent.
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LITTLE STORIES from EARLHAM MUSEUM
Alligators Exhibited Show Life of This Strange New World Animal.
It is fun to play Hunt the Alligators in the Earlham museum. If you look around real closely you will see several kinds of alligators from little baby ones to real big ones. Wc will just tell you about where they are and then you can find them when you go there. In the northwest corner of the museum in the case where are many different kinds of eggs, most ly birds' eggs, there is a larger egg with a tiny alligator Just breaking its shell. A baby alligator, probably scarce ly able to walk (if it were alive) Is in the case with the snakes. The reason it looks so shining is be cause it has been varnished. The eyes of this alligator are very big and round, in fact they are so big that we probably notice them first of all. Stuffed Alligator Reminds Us of Red Riding Hood Remember when Red Riding Hood went into her grandmother's house and sat down and began to talk to her. And do you remember how she THE BOY AND THE PINS There was once a little boy who was the proud possessor of a new shirt. Now, this little boy loved to pull buttons off his clothes, for which he was often scolded by his indulgent mother but without much avail. One. day he and his mother were going to a big show that was going on, and he could hardly wait until the day came. The day before the circus he pulled all the buttons off the front of his shirt. His mother did not know of his actions until they were ready to start to the circus and she then put pins all along his shirt front. As soon as they started for the circus the pins began to stick and he was very uncomfortable and did not enjoy the show at all. The next day his mother sewed on the buttons, but Jack never had to have any pins in his shirt again. Harold Wright ago 12, Lynn, Ind.
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said, "Grandmother, what a big mouth you have!" And then the wolf said, "The better to eat you with, my child!"
That is what the big, long alligator that has been stuffed to look much like a real one, makes us think of. His mouth is so big and his teeth so sharp. His eye, too,, though, only of glass, looks very real. This alligator shows -what a , strong coat of armor it always wears. We get a very good idea of what a heavy, scaley skin the alligator has, from looking at the skin of thla one. It would take a very heavy blow or a very sharp instrument to go through this coat, wouldn't it? Awkward But Swift. There is a much larger skin hanging high above some of the bird cases which also came from Florida, (the others exhibited came from Florida, too), which you can find in your hide-and-seek game if you keep looking everywhere. The skeleton of a small alligator is shown on the same stand as the stuffed one and is interesting to study the many different bones which were carefully put together to make this alligator ready to be put on exhibit. One look at these alligators, any of them or all of them, will show us that this Is a very awkward animal, and from the sight of the live onea we have had at the Glen, we probably think they are very lazy animals, too. But, although they are not so very active, some of, the time when they seem asleep, they are "Just pretendin'", for they can swim very, very quickly and have their prey In their mouths, almost before a person watching, has seen any movement. Some kinds of alligators and their cousins, the crocodiles, eat people, and people who live near tho swampy lands of southern North America or northern South America have learned to be always oa the lookout for these animals. People who have studied the animals that live in different countries, have said that so far as dis covery and exploration have gone, alligators live only in North and South America. Only in China, of 1 all the countries of the Old World, has an animal been found that Is at all like our American alligator, and this animal is very, very much like tho alligator except that it la very much smaller and Is a pretty shade of green instead of the dull muddy brown color which all American alligators wear. This color probably protects them In their native homes from being easily seen. This skin polishes well and makes a very rare leather. " Wouldn't you like to see one alive? one of the real big ones? Probably, though, you can look at them more carefully, when they are stuffed or shown as skeletons, as they are in the Earlham museu. ONE""ARM MISSING, IS . LEADER IN ATHLETICS Being minus one arm doesn't pre vent 16-yoar-old Roderick MacDonald, "Smiling Mac," a student at the Richmond Hill, N. Y. high school, from keeping the title of athletic marvel of his school. He is captain of the soccer team. la crack tennis player, can swim like a fish and Is a star all-round field and track performer. He can do most everything but tie a bow-tie. He lost his arm In a street car ac cident when he was five years old. Says he, "Two arms are good things to have, but it Is easy enough to get along with one if that's all you've got." Notice to Readers of THE JUNIOR Turn to Pajfe 4 of this evenlnK'a paper and you will find a surprise for you; read every line of the ad marked
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