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Biblical War Bread Tbe S.~npiureit *l*r oa io«nv Jaaaoaa la thrift. accordlBj; to a writer tn Thrift Uacaiine. Kr< klrl warned Uk children of land that dorlnc the atari' :>f JiTD'alrm thry would hare to bi- ' thrifty. He raid: “Take thou alao ont. thee wheat, and barley, and Ix-ana. and li'iitlli-x. and nilllrt. and fltebea. and imt them In one roawl. and make the ■ bread thereof.*'—Ezekiel J-8- The Bible ahowa that Ezekiel ordered thehlldren of I urn el to eat their meat by wHjrht. und even thu-s only “from tUn< to time."

VIEW OF METZ, WHICH THE AMEMCANS ARE SHELLING

Mr. and Mrs. Officer Seemed to Have Right Idea W ASHINGTON.—There are two people In this town pood eunuch to be framed In cold—mmnlnr an army offlerr nnd hie wife. That they live In the suburbs of Vanity Fair slcnlfles no more than the mere luck of money and

It only mentioned becauae of the thins that money cannot buy In these days of enlUtmcnta and war work—house help. You mustn't say servants any One day they cot In touch with the younc wife of a private In a nearby eamii. She had come from the West, where everybody works, and. bcInc a strancer here nnd unflited by experience and physical ennditinn for . clerical employment, waa clad to enter Mr*. Offleer's employment In the

fine capacity of “mother's helper.” The rrmne private came whenever he was on leave and everythlnc crooved alone beautifully until one day he hzd to conOde tn Mr*. Officer au anxiety In recard to hi* wife. He had money coouch for all

expenses, but —

Mrs. Officer put an end to t the case than he did—and he ua>

Figures Never Lie.

Tt Is amuslnc. thouch. how nrarh printed flcures can lend the Itnajclnr lion astray. One ymod lady came t'> M-ll a quite modern coffee pot. with the.italocne numl-er. 1431. stamped ot: the bottom. Now it mleht have bee: worth, perhaps, a dollar and a half and she asked Bvc hundred for It bemuse It was made lief ore folumbu discovered America."—Alice Van Leer Catrick. In the House Ib-autlfuL

Know What You Want

TV. you know whnt you want most of ,ht wor,d -

all In life? Most p<-ople (marine they have an object In life, but some hav. never found out wluit It le. The first essential to gettlnc what you want 1* to know what you want, and the second Is to want It rnouch. Purpose-

urry richt there. She knew more about so vaeue that they cannot be detVied. to worry; a nice room bad been encaced wisites ao faint that they do not tfi

View of the city of Metz, which la now under Arc of the American artillery. This la the a

at the hospital and everythlnc was sure to c« richt—which It did. spire tn sacrifice are not factor* la the

After a bit the officer and his w Ifc bronchi the motor.- and her baby home successful Mfc.

and waited on her ac t- nderly as If she had been their own daughter—and. ~~

from the start, yon couldn't tell which woman owned the bah}'.

All aorta of happy luck can happen to a young coo pie. so. naturally, his Juit to Be on Record, being made a corporal wns just a matter of cours-'—likewise the Indorsement w e have observed for sou of the baby given by the fellow* from cutup who cam* especially to see It 'hat there is a disease called anto-ln

TROOP SUPPLIES 3 MONTHS AHEAD

' 4-+++++-i -M-: ++++-H-H -H-tr*-

SAILOR SYMPATHIZES WITH LORO BISHOP

Tours—The American army In Eufo|>e could be f«d and clothed and all Its crea.ure comforts looked after for three months If not another pound of

tort cation. The possibility for plena- supplies was » ed. This w** the

The really worthwhile thine alKiut the Incident was th# repudiation by ■ n,r Y and punnlnc on this word Is ao statement mad< . • by officer* of the the officer and hlv wife of the aaltcd-dnwn clas# distinct loo that pots tht mis wonderful that there’s probably not • army quartern ter'a department, tresa a mfl* above the mald-to nay nothlnc al«ut the good evtnmon sense of fhanmlnthc world that a side-apllt wl)lcll dl|vm tUls mamnKlth ot

supplies.

It give* an Idea of the vast stock

an army Mr enn who could see In the younc private something tn ora human ,l °F Me has cot been made of It. We than an antomaton wound np to salute. -■

Sometimes Nature Seems to Square Things Up

dare not take the chance of passing It by. however, and want to tx. on record

as knowing It exists.

CHE was a “red setl" younc woman, from bronze ties to * plume that

V royally sup. nor tn the feather of commerce as. say, a princess on" her * h,w ' ventilation - throne prov bled a prinors* has one—Is above the poor girl who gather* many foot troubles, a New Jersey man

faggots in the wood <v-e m- vies). Hut ,,a! ' dp vlsed a shoe ventilator. The de-

I I no t pretty And she was so vlc * A' In a hole punched to acmm J - TniJ f<\ ,hln Umt cvrn h *“ r » :tIB l , Tailed to aide mt>da, e •* somewhat after the manner *■ “ * ” ' l>onc* that no aelf-rrspectlns crow °T B e°llar button. By simply turning I’ 1 '*. ,h ' ’r™ « *“■ -* 1 — ..imo. an, „„ for . tfntf r <l.,_o i,„ rrt ° 0 '' ’ a ‘°' °' r ““»*• -»

tier was that she should be riding In Hrad.

men Is entitled to his full allowance, and It must go forward to him wherever he Is. So that besides the vast dally stock there Is tbr question of unfailing dally delivery, flrat by railways and camion train*, and then to

the individual soldier.

Besides tills 4.000.000 pounds of food moving forward daily to the troops, each' man carrier with him two days' i emergency ration. 5 pound* to the man.

of reserve resources stored In the an addl’Jonal f-.OOO.OOO pound* of food miles of warehouses stretching from for an army of a million men. Of the the coast inland to the fichting line, emergency ration, carried on the back, and It Is a comfortlnc assurance, too. there It outstanding every day 2.000.-

n-spnnslble for UI ’ ,lir,,u ch the corning winter period.

■o that the American soldier's warmth, at well as his food and clothinc. will

be fully looked after.

Some Big Job.

I huge undertaking to feed ■

000 pounds of hardtack, 300.000 pounds of sugar. (C.r-OO pounds of coffee. 20.000 pounds of salt, and 300.000 pounds of solidified alcohol for heating and cooking while on march.

Queenstown.—The Iti-lr fowl erend Doctor Browne. Lord h.«b op. la a person of CoCx-qurv* os hia title might Indlcab. He bad settle-! hlmvelf nofort 11 bly in the comer of a txc 'lass compartment when j* as the train pulled out. a l. ifj and carefree crowd of Ain-rust Bailors plied Into the coujuttmeat. They were on leave and every IkkIv's friends. "Are you a priest r ttktl “I suppose I was at one tin** «as the good-humored reply rf the nun who was kawa throughout the land as "to lordship." “Well. I was a chief ctaurr zt •me time." the Jackie r.-plieL "but I have been disrated a both rough booze!"

a street car when her place was sc obviously behind her chauffeur in a machine that cost as much am a bouse i She was haughtily erect, and on

Destroys Want Worm*.

points. In trenches, on battlefields and caini**. along 300 miles of front and for depth of GOO miles. And when are

GET WRITING CRAZE

her face was such concentrated yearn Plants by taking a dozen horse

Worms may be killed tn jars of ^«tend.^ thraurtf .he* 1 wm** Yankee F»BhterS Heap IrOUblCS under hi* cot "rve cot to write P a. vtted nlnnts hv tnktnr ■ i. n —. I“ nDC is extended throuch the win- _ nml n* vimi., n..--. mv

as If she were looking at i

chestnuts and pouring over them t

I>eriad Is extended through the win

__ ter months of cold and froat. with the

unattainable mature that she would give her life to owm Yhat"another"woman! Qu * r,> ' of h, ' t VT'cr " I>et sTand" tw ,bB * • no,h ' r tnllIlon or * , ‘ 0 who had I wen .nvlou.ly staring at Ihe bnmze sllpiurs. the plume and all the n, * h, • nd wi,h ‘h'» water thoroughly , m ‘ ,n be ’ ,hl * W »- T stylish goid-brown clothe* of her, followed the gar*' of the prinre** to tee. foi "Unratc the earth In the Jar*. It win . ,on 4~’ rl ’ h «he»e elements one gets herself, what ruyalty could he craving that royalty couldn’t ret. Then sht “‘tf loJ«tw the plant*, but th.- worm-. " onH ‘. 1 ' ,r *. of ,h '' “agnltude of the

nndefw.- -1 i.. j . ■_ _ . . ■

andersteod. for:

On the opporite side of the car sat the faggot girt who bad flown the wo«l* long .enough to make a date with c flamboyant youngster whom ah.

She was tawdry of dress. One cheek wa>

will he dead In a few hours.

doubtless called “her feller."

Anxious About Baby.

pouched out with chewing gum. The cord*IhaPstrlrnVu^ fa^sunT^oTrit hrWh^'ram* ^7 around her neck was dirt-gray, and her knuckles were rrimv Ri-j h-r brWh,r ™ lnr ,0 ll1 * home. It was bed-

when It got a show, was the oval that Grek ITildlas put o/hls stali^* Bet and^rauld noTI^k’n* M*,

neck was Uke the snow- drift that distinguished Annie Laurie He-rtln w» Ts 1 nM rock Harold, as had t«-n

.. .b, vri,,,, wbb u„, sro „ 'n„ E'Sr white splendors. And her eye* were midnight suns. AU that and tome more ^'

>nt you flnk baby ought

supply problem for a million u Here at the center of the system, where the receipts are regulated and the dUtributlon made, there was an opportunity of learning some of the details of how the system operates. In the food branch alone It takes over 4.«0(i.0isi {mends of food every ' feed the army. Thl* prodl-

f ‘r“ i ■“«■ -«».-•» STT .r - dr.*

Parts.—The letter-writing craze has struck the American army. Just as soon as he ge"s out of the trenches the doughboy washes np. scurries around for pen and paper end sits down to tell 'em *11 about It. And he tells 'em In reams rnd reams. “Well, let’s see." he says, as he meditatively kicks his steel helmet

faggot had skimped on the poor dear prince**.

Not All Soldiers Seem Inclined to “Talk Shop”

baked

Into a million |monds of bread every day. 8TS.000 |m 0n ds of fre*h beef. •7G.USI pounds of potatoes. LUDXKkii

of 1

jNE has Uttle trouble Ktartlnga conversation with soldier boys, and every cm "qusre. and. though comprising MX? of them talks mlghly Interestingly about everj thlng except tb.- war—l'f one P**”". required or.ly tfio »bceu ci

will permit them. For Instance, I run talk about babies. He said that be knew Imblc* had a good d.-al more sense than folks gkve them credit for. Aa proof of this ne declared that hi* brother-la-law. v hom. of .•our*.-, I never bad beard of before, and don't know Bow had a two-yecr-ild lad who was Just as smart it» anybody Ye*, str. when the soldiers went Into the *rmy] mor« than a year ago. lb* baby bid

him good bj and ill.- o*!., r day. when # _

the soldier came bu. k. that I-a by kn.-i'

him right aw:

did }«>u ever uoU.-r b<.w crow a kid Is Srh.-t suppose tb,~- German* a In. killed babi. reckoned i„. t . and f.,- Umt r.i.*..n he wa« dei

bit by knocking the daylights out of

N"ne the less iEterestlng 1* the fellow •

and failed. 1 met .me of th

clan ft. and showed me his card. too. He found, b.o

printer's paper for Its makeup.

"Wet Moor -

A "wet moon" Is wh.-n one born *

the crescent of the

lower than the other. Ilk.

turned up on edge nnd tmablr to hold

wnter. The wet moon Is a popular hot *z>d point.

f alia don* sign of coming wet weather.

■Ingle .lay is 42^00 pound*.

Arm? coffee Is raasted at the rate of HUM* pounds a day. and It take* 20.0UU ; ound* of aolldlfled alcohol to cook tbl« coffer rbrouch tnc month. The beef Is the bulkiest product used each day. and occupies a dally ■pace of 4.V000 cubic feet, or about the dimensions of a business bloc*, of solid meat. Flour comes next, requlr- * .-Ublc fret of dally space.

——— about the aame.

had s

around the d.-j-.t be could meet a Jot of ta-1 < w ho were on tlielr w ay to the treu-h

thing* to tell him.

And not the least interacting of rvmythlng .me art the girl war workers, who o.me, with Multing smile. 1 say. which ahoww that they arrive without kt..

of r.»itn and t-oanL

H Is cutting It* teeth, and do you ever Were human being*. He d anxious to get arrow and do hi-

Mac baby klli.-ra.

'ho has tri*-d to get Into the army told me that be had i»vn put Into

that if he loafed

Your own Way. Many have an Idea that It would b# pleasant always to have tJ»elr own way. It Is sometime* taru*ant. Imt the result* nr- n«1 grarifvlr.g !t Is the road that leads to temptation end bondage of slti.

A F*w Daily Items

Th.we »r. only a few of the main Item* Bui the list runs all through the many M-julrenietits of the overm« army ratl.m. with vast quantities in each .'use. Here are some of the other daily Item*: Baron. 22."i,onn pounds. beans. ”.1**1 { -.und*; rtc,-MJ.'r'-'i pound-; onions. 2.**i.is*i |i»unds;

many lute

-lag the current {rices

Inconsistency.

" r "W'J von ever n.rtlc " queri.d th# •»tiaL' almost phllowipb.-r. “that a nu,ti will ■tick his hand out to see If it'* ralnuidon Inc and then hecomc peeved if he

They catches „ drop on HT"

#A{»m

TO.tssi |«.t vtm-gs r. 4 poBBd*. b 401**1 i-u

frul

—y a little wiry. Krrneh lerrler. J on. but a l>al to this lonely Tommy out on

ml k o...«. pound*: - No Man's Land." ricked ,q, Ih-iwm-u ffouo : *'"" U ,lur1 " ,: • "‘M ,,K ’ U,,, ' d ‘« •»! the <1*11 war SIM, lav, 1^,., lt ,

nrluded In the

» at last found a j Kan.,

and pa. Klttie and Johnny Baez’ at Canton. U. Then, t owe Net hteson a letter. And I've got t. K-t«h a few line* to Uncle Abe an! AM Minnie.' After that 111 answer tk*

letters of Bill and Tom.'

Writing materials—pope.' stri B

velopes—are not always

where the doughboy la srstlote-i. M for a while It was doubtful shetk* the last of his correspeuubf.'*- I* would recelv* their letter- fw A* supply in the amall town r.me. *® soon exhausted. But the T. M CA.

learning of this scarcity

ranged to supply all eootinrmt* S sent out seven million sheet* .rf «* Ing (taper and some &900.0UU . avek**

a n.onth.

With the tremendous cr.nvlli o! expeditionary force, order* hare bo* Increased and the estimate fur HB year is 12D.UOO.Oa5 sheet* of paper 00.00(1.000 envelope*. This means that the Tank- »iU about 720 tons of writing aist-nito-T20 tons of news and comfort fuc d* folks at home. And w hen the censor officer- so* *• consider H they grpw weak for « u their duty, along with everythiux ri *- to censor the lettqra and see t" I* the soldier use* discretion and *’'*■ mention things of military imp'-ns 0 ^- TWO CHAMPIONS ARE WEB Best Dishwasher and Best Coe* 0«S« to Make Useful Comb>-

nation.

Kansas fity. JCaffi—Two K » B ^* cbnmidons, the best pastry co-l tn tw state \nd the be*t dishwasli•' i" state, d.-rv married b.-re rv-voub Francis A. Davis, seventy. 3 veteran the <1*11 war and chief |«iBrJ ' '' *

• t lMI«'

of the million i I

. hat of • British Tommy.

nd Mr*. Ida N. WHw a widow -.aploje*! ri* * ''' th.- bnm# were the panic

Had More Than Their Share of Servant Problem

‘Y” MAN NEEDS SLEEP

YANKEE BAPTIZED ON A RBI

>• French eon; rnited Stai - kht. The *. .<

So t-y, •eld the Y k little afte ICg wllh u v try ledtlnd. : aunnds «•'

*rr.

By E M BATCHELOR

JA- rry to woke y.

r -.•-d " j “hut 1 absolutely mu I <'. A se.T.1ary. “Just I I'm Ilk. ly t,. be cm a week Of that." indlnat- f.w being hmg „ n ,ve Of his hand the ...un ...ub] rather take , "in wnl.1i ‘time liieeswunt month' than have r.d.le.1 ttilery and ma.bine-cun sl.*-p. ( i.,-{ d „ l thnl „

Mads Chaplain Hurry Becau** Wanted to Catch Up With

His Company.

up." he said. ,

Iv geitlng «ut. With the Amert.wn Artnv si muril a ).il BOW Mam.-.—A lung line of dulUU J.4.. but 1 I Yankees were pushing Ih- ir “ ’month and »J through a ►hril-lwilter.-l vlUnf

Till* 1

* tie umbu | nlib

with bis

World's Big Question.

of t«:n.tfTi'W. |u th# w.-rl-l qu«»

f today.

.-f the

were not tronble-l much by Inability to get d-anetti, >, » ■ble was this: tlH-m*^res abla to sp-wi BtdtUsh bat imperfectly, they wen having um*. they said, to make their •ervants nnderv-...i. ! xhKf

Daily Thought Health consist* with Lxpert alour—Popc.

But he w-as dead tired, buloniv driver who was a tide koeW' it. Th.' wit tkildH-d from side to kid.- * lunr, thumped along the At inter* als the \ M. <*. t. roughly roused whenever Jolt thr*-'' him against tin

- *rbi< te.

side of Ihe r.,«d so that might Ug' t.-n k looke bolt, j "1 gne*. |U lie down f, while you are working." so , C A. set-rvtary In k sc pound asleep !•» the toad.

An bout later U. driver shook him. j the r^quML

you >.f that 'l.at.-au Thierry towanl .•ould lulls from which cami' the rm

i.our win,..ut me. while artillery fire. At a cnw^.'*' •T 4ii wink,.- (Blo ,. a Hu plain, waliiuJust one of many in.taneu. j n l.mken-dowa aldrej.r. <»>- •••w the I. M. <'. a. stands doughboys fell «n:t «»f Uhe a ad »raiy. That driver had *ol-< rapidly u|> to tl»- croaBroo' 1 * 1»k-,! get ting into tnoiiile "Say. 4 'hcplain. baptl*# ‘ u ' e«n mu tiding -ra.er liecause [ win you?" be urged. "Well Iw he Bed Triangle man need- line u> night!”

j Tlie chaplain walked away f ?

1 'driver T ."" n * S,mt C«"Pan». “l*o yon baUer#" be beg.’ yyy* Martin Lake, a farm “Ye*. Hr; 1 lK-lleee everythin •nlnule empt:.m‘ , fTr bll'TT'., IT T ' ,rr >? 1rd ^ ^. .e y M ! JeiTJ. All hr -—'"- . “ na i ‘^' < ' h m> ' , ‘ U,p * iyr - 1 f

k« was j draft hoard w

■ d of the district j quirkr

>' tlwy sie'cld go j in lews (lua a mtnute the erf ' 1 "gether. The board gratae] was over and ha *ws nffialng W