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EDITORIAL
'" OLD G LORY
"America For Americans
A SUBMARINE BASE.
It I* a Supply and Repair Station For
Undersea Boats.
What Is a "submarine base?" Well,
a submarine base Is. lu a word. a suj>
ply and repair station for undersea
b^ats. Craft of tins laud are very
elaborate and exceedingly delicate
pieces of mechanism: tliey are liable to
need tinkerlug at frequent intervals.
Hence there must be a machine shop
on shore at the service "f the boats
when at intervals they teturn from
cruises. There mast also be a store
house containing all kinds of supplies
and spare parts for the submarines.
Most important of ail. there uiust be
tanks of fuel oil.
Usually there is i.t:a -lied to the base
a "mother ip"- a pxnl ,-izod steamer,
with ma> hitiery ab aid for making
emergen' repairs. The steamer also
carries d.v namos, v. h h may be used
for char^ii..- the batteries of the boats
—though at s a the eh::ij-'hig is accom
plished ly t'■■■ • >1 i '' • s that propel
the submarine when on the surface.
When it Is not practicable to estab
lish such a shore station the "mother
ship" may be utilized temporarily as a
floating base —Uschan?e.
Curious Land. Curious Paopis.
Near Cape Hunt. In the islands of
Tleria del lue.ro, live the most curious
people in ull South America. It rains
or snows or sleets nearly every day,
and yet they look on their country as
the finest Ut the world. They wear
hardly any • loth!n_- an 1 seem ii"t to
feel cold. Because he saw tires on the
shore the explorer Magellan, the first
Euroi>eau that rminded the Horn, called
the island "the land of tire." which Is
almost the worst name he could have
chosen. Their huts are made of bent
boughs and covered with grass and
give only the rest shelter. The folk
are vain. too. wearing necklaces of the
teeth of tithes er seals and painting
patterns on their bodies. Among them
some colors have a uovel meaning.
White is the sign of war and red of
peu'-e. They are great mimics and will
imitate voice and gesture perfectly.
Handicapped by His Nama.
The handicap of a poet's name was
illustrated In the case of Mr. William
Wordsworth, who was the eldest sur
viving grandson of the poet. Mr.
Wordsworth was a great scholar and
a poet himself of high distinction. A
volume of his sonnets was issued pri
vately some years ago. On account
of the similarity of his name with that
of his grandfather, he always refused
to publish any of his poetical writings,
though pressed to do so by the people
of such high authority as Matthew Ai>
nold. who described one of his sonnets
as the finest In the English language.
—Montreal Star.
Daily History Class—July 2.
1644—Battle of Marston Moor, Eng
land; decisive victory of Cromwell's
army over royalists.
1881—President Garfield shot at a rail
road station in Washington by
Charles J. Guiteau.
1915—General Porllrio Diaz, president
of Mexico, deposed by Madero, died
In Paris; born 1830.
1916—British captured Fricourt and
the French took Frise in an all day
battle on the Somme line.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Constellation Andromeda rises dne
northeast early in Luc eveulns. Planet
Sataru drawing near the sua and dim.
SUFFRAGISTS AID
Propose to Train Women In Ag
ricultural Work.
TO INCREASE FOOD SUPPLY.
National American Woman Suffrage
Aaaociation Off era to President Serv
icea of the Organization, Numbering
2,000,000 Women—War Work In Four
Branohea Now In Full Swing.
New York.—Dr. Anna Howard Shaw,
honorary president of the National
American Woman Suffrage association,
has Just been named as chairman of a
committee on woman's defense work,
officially appointed by the Council of
National Defense.
The council's announcement said:
"Realizing the inestimable value of wo
man's contribution to national effort
under modern war conditions, tha
DR. ANNA 1IOWAKD 61IAW.
MliS. CATT (LOWER)
Council of National Defense has ap
pointed a committee jf women of na
tional importance to consider and ad
vise bow tlie assistance of the women
of America may t>e available in the
prosecution of the war. These women
l are appointed as individuals regardless
| of any organizations witb which they
I may be associated."
Anion? the members of the woman's
committee is Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt, president of the National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage association. On
Feb. 23 officers of Mrs. Catt's associa
tion assembled in Washington and of
fered to the president of the United
States the loyal services of the organ
ization. numbering 2.000,000 women,
for the following program:
The establishment of employment bu
reaus for women, the increase of th«
food supply by the training of women
in agriculture and the elimination of
waste, the work of the Red Cross and
the Americanization of aliens.
War service in each of these four
branches is now in full swing through
out the country under the direction of
the National American Woman Suf
frage association.
WANT TO BE AVIATORS.
More Than Five Thousand Have Ap
plied to Aero Club of America.
New York.—The Aero Club of Amer
ica announces that more than 3,000 ap
plications have been received for en
listment in the aerial reserve corps
and several hundred more for mem
bership in the naval reserve flying
corps, the aerial coast patrol service
and the aviation section of the naval
militia. More than 5.000 men In all
have applied for the aerial service.
The aviation section of the naval mi
litia will have a camp at Bay Shore.
L. I., nnd the First and Second bat
talions will be trained there.
Plans are being made for a training
school for college men. Aerial coast
patrol 3. composed of Yale men. Is
training at the Curtiss school In Buf
falo.
CONVICTS TO HELP FARMERS.
Paroled From a Penitentiary For That
Purpose.
Joliet, 111.—The 110 convicts In the
state prison here were notified they
had received paroles. Most noteworthy
among them is James E. Daley, who
was sentenced for the murder of his
wife In 1905. Recently Daley was
given a commutation of life sentence
to twenty-five years by Governor
Dunne.
Most of the convicts will be employed
by the farmers In Cook county. De
mand for farm laborers resulted In the
parole board granting many paroles
tliat otherwise would not have been ob
tained. as the men were without
friends to obtain signers to release
, papers.
PERFECT WOMAN FORTY
AND HAS FIVE CHILDREN
She la Athletic, Mechanical, Piou», Pa
triotic and a Politician.
Liverpool.—'"The perfect woman" has
Just been defined by a conference here
of teachers from girls' schools through,
out England. Here is the result of
their united efforts:
The perfect woman Is forty, Is mar
ried aud Is the mother of five children.
She le in happy circumstances, living
in a beautiful part of the country a
few inliis from a big town. She Is the
center of a good home. In which there
Is a high standard of cleanliness and
comfort and where good taste Is every
where visible in furniture, carpets, cur
taius, wall paper, ornaments, clothes.
The ideal woman is sensible and
businesslike, and her home is a place
of peace. She is patriotic and Inter
ested in politics and does all she can to
remove the causes of suffering among
the poor. She is a delightful compan
ion and has a gift for friendship. She
is religious and tries to fulfill her duty
toward God aud toward other peo
ple. She takes walks, rides bicycles,
climbs, swims, dances, skates, rows
and plays games. She can ride a horse
and drive a motorcar. She Is proficient
in many branches of practical learning.
She can do anything aud everything
about the house. She has some knowl
edge of the law, knows how to invest
money, can use a typewriter. She Is a
great reader; every day she reads some
serious book as well as a newspai>er
and a novel. She speaks three lan
guages beside her own aud reads for
elgu books. She is fond of gardening
and has learned several crafts— wood
carving, metal work, bookbinding aud
embroidery.
BOY FARMER A PATRIOT;
SAVES MOTHER A FINE
Gennaro Didn't Go to School, but
Cultivated Twenty Acres
In Westchester.
New York.—Mrs. Rosa de Rosa, a
widow, missed belug tilled in the mu
nicipal term court for keeping lier son
Gennaro home from school by Just
twenty acres. These acres are part at
her home at Mill Lane, Westchester,
and for the last month they have been
plowed and harrowed and fertilized
and planted and cultivated by Gennaro
alone, and he is only Qfteen.
It was his age that got Gennaro into
trouble, for the compulsory education
law compels parents to keep their chil
dren in school until their sixteenth
year. That is why Mrs. De Rosa ap
peared in court, very much frightened
and escorted by Attendance Officers
I'uglieri and Carney.
Magistrate Appleton looked sternly
at the little Italian woman until she
had explained that she was a widow,
that there was a mortgage on her home
and that Gennaro was her only sup
port. Then he smiled, and after Pubis
eri and Carney hud testified that the
twenty acres were under intensive cul
tivation and that one fifteen-year-old
lad was doing all this work the magis
trate announced his decision.
"Sentence suspended," he said. "Your
son, Mrs. De Rosa, is doing a patriotic
duty. He is a real benefit to the com
munity—more so than if he went to
school, as the law requires."
Gennaro did not hear this praise. He
■was up In Westchester, cultivating the
twenty acres.
OLD MAM TRIED TO ENLIST.
Wanted to "Help Out" In Any Way,
but Wat Refused.
Topeka, Kau.—The fact that the Unit
ed States government does not admit a
man over thirty-live years of age to en
list in the army prevented the officers
In charge of the local recruiting station
from passing on S. L. Palmer, a pros
perous Pawnee county farmer, the oth
er afternoon.
Mr. Palmer Is sixty-two years of ago,
but appears to bo a man of about forty.
He appeared very much grieved when
he was told lie was too old for the serv
ice.
Neither money nor the desire for ex
perience had anything to do with Mr.
Palmer's applying for service in the
ranks. He owns 700 acres »' good
Pawnee eouuty land.
Ilis only reason was his fleas.*® to
"help out." he told the officers. ;le
wanted to be admitted as a telegra
pher, a draftsman or a mechanic. H*
said he hiul fifteen years' experience
as a telegrapher.
LONDON HONORS GEN. SMUTS.
Boer Leader Likely to Be Offered High
British Command.
London. — Lieutenant General Jan
Smuts, who was relieved of the com
mand of the British forces operating
against the Germans ill German East
Africa to attend the imperial confer
ence here, received the freedom of the
city of London. General Smuts in an
address said:
"The United States entered the strug
gle because, like us, she recognized
that universal liberty was at stake.
The end of the struggle is coming near
er. I have learned the spirit of our
armies and know that It Is magnifi
cent in its confidence to carry the
struggle through to a victorious end."
Geueral Smuts will be offered a high
military command, and it is expected
he will accept It
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J. V. Miller, Secretary.
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Saturday Evenings
oi eaca montH8. Visiting' Bretnren
ar« welcome.
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Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
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