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EDITORIAL
" OLD. GLORY"
Li"America For Americans"
AMERICANS AX THK FRONT
Somewhere ia France American
soldiers are today awaiting trans
portation to the front. The£ "re
ta0 regulars of General Pershing's
force who arrived yesterday; at a
Freach port, toe iirst Amereian
troops ever seat to Kurojje to fol
low the Stars and S'rji-ys.
vVitfc their arrival, the grea*
war has been brought close home.
.No longer shall we be the merely
ii r'ous spectators who watch the
game from the sidelines. Our own
sous and brothers are now among
the players in this tremendous
game of war, this struggle 'hat
dwarfs all previous wars a^ the com
ha* of giants overshadows that of
Lii^.utians, about which a thousand
epiij could be written and not even
half tu told.
ate* a minut^ in your rooad of
business and pleasure and consid
er 'he vision that is now uiifold
iiLK. The flower of American youth
is going to war. Hundreds of thoui
auds of th$ nation's sons are being
girded tor conflict.
Soon 'hey will be in the trenches
huddled ia their baaibproofs, await
ing the end of the German fire
whk a will mean. the com nig of the
at'ackers or, with ears dulled by
'he thunder of their own heavy gun
awaiting th$ order that will mean
they must brave the hell of no
LLj.11 3 land in an effort to break
♦he enemy's l£ne.
Then, when, the day'3 work Is
doae and those who have escaped
ar© resting for what the morrow
will bring, what of the wounded?
You. who gave last week to the lo
cal branch of the American* Red
Cross, and that includes practical
ly all residents of Skagway, for
S.'a £ way's contributiou was generou
will f'nd the answer as it was thus
written by Scott C. Bone iu the Se
attle Post lateligencer:
" "Gordon Rauid, Yale 1912, Is
making satisfactory progress -to
ward recovery ia the American Red
Crt^is nospital.'
'•Reread the little cablegram, all
Seattle, Mid. fix your mind upon tha
concluding line — that, reassuring,
caiuicrting lWe. Reread it, you fa
ther or brother of 'Gordon Rand,
Yale 1912.' What if he were your
son or your brother? Would you
thank God? Yes, and fervently.
Aud thanking Him, from the depths
of a grateful heart you would utter
a fervent 'God blesa the American
R«d Cross!' Light •would illumlnaa
your life anew—light and hope—in
tne knowledge that your son or bro
ther 'wounded seriously while cm a
dangerous mission along a heavily
shelled road,' was being ministered
It is the American Red Cross* way."
Nobl* Thoughts.
AH true Independence of character
Is bom of an inner life that feeds upon
noble thoughts and consecration to
higher ideals. All other is artificial
and narrow. It is most important to
keep clearly in mind the difference be
tween narrowness aud love of truth.
ABOUT THE SELF MADE
MILITARY OFFICER
By CAPTAIN GEORGE L. KILMER.
Somewhere at this time there Is a
young man at work and putting In his
overtime at such training as he hopes
will lit him to bo a soldier when he
goes to camp to do his bit, who within
two years—one year If the army goes
campaigning—will be wearing shoul
der straps. RvV a short cut he will
sidestep West Point and get there be
cause he Is a born leader. Wlille get
Photo by American Preea Association.
BnxE flALrn.
ting ready for hardship by sleeping on
a plank In the barn or out on the bare
ground he will be thinking over his
future Job, not his future fortunes.
The self made officer is never a gen
ius; simply a very practical man of
native resource. War is a succession
of accidents and surprises. Seldom a
campaign or battle goes through as
planned. In the midst of confusion
quick shifts must be made. Then the
bom leader comes to th© fore in the
ranks. He sets himself to work, and
then a superior tells him to direct oth
ers. The others are glad to see order
come out of confusion, follow the new
lead, and all goes well.
The self made man may not be a
scholar, but he will have a mind train
ed to orderliness. Self disciplined, ho
can discipline his fellows. If he can
not write or keep accounts he can get
some one to do It. His reports to
headquarters will be ns well done as
his trench digging end scouting enter
prises. Some day there'll be a hurry
call for a lieutenant and none to spare.
But the self trained leader can fill the
role, and "promoted on the field" will
be written opposite his name on the
company records. It will all be due
to the habit of doing well what he set
his hand t&
DEER AND THEIR HORNS.
They Get a New Pair Each Year, and
the Bravest Get the Biggett,
As even- year horses shed their old
coats for new ones, so the deer in our
forests or parks drop their horns.
Then, in about thirteen weeks, a new
pair of horns arrives, but they are ten
der and easily hurt.
A deer's new horns are called "vel
vet" because they grow Inside of a
tough skin which is coarse and brown,
like plush. For a long time he will
not thrash his horns in the brush. It
would be too palnfuL
When a deer Is without horns he
feels weak. When the new horns start
and grow he begins to feel strong
again. After awhile he tosses his head
from side to side every day, and then
he runs rapidly through the brush and
undergrowth.
As hi* new horns become big they
also become less easily hurt In run
ning through the brush the outer skin,
or "velvet." is broken and peeled away.
In the springtime the "velvet" drops
off. The deer is then very proud of
his new clothes.
If a deer Is not afraid of pain he will
try out his new horns long before his
mates do. He will not wait until the
"velvet" is gone. Wherever this outer
skin is broken too soon the horn grows
longer and larger. Thus it Is that the
bravest deer haw the biggest pair of
hfyrnai—AJKony Al*——
Irourieonin mihmj
In the fourteenth century people lived
In mud huts, with a rough door and no
chimney. It was not till a century lat
er that the erection of a chimney was
considered more than an Indulgence In
luxury, a fire commonly being built
against the mud plastered wall of the
hut and the smoke escaping through
tie roof. All furniture was of wood.
Most persons slept on straw pallets,
with a log of wood for a pillow. Even
the nobility had no glass In the win
dows during this time. Cleanliness was
not a characteristic of the people, and
Thomas a Becket was considered more
than necessarily nice because he had
the floor of bis Uouso afrewn with fresh
straw each day.
Daily History Class—/line 29.
I 1847—Emmanuel. Marquis Grouchy,
marshal of France and conspicuous
at Waterloo, died; born 1760.
1S61—Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
English poet, died; born 1809.
1915—Austria protested against ship
ment of munitions to the entente
powers by the United States.
1918—Sir Roger Casement condemned
to death for treason. Italians be
gan drive on the Isonzo line.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
The brilliant A returns eeea south,
halfway up, early in the evening.
Planets Mars and Jupiter rise about
together, Jupiter first, midway between
midniglit and daybreak.
How Much This
Fourth Should
Mean to Us
NOT sluoe July, 1803, when the
d03tlny of America was de
cided on the battlefield of
Gettysburg, has the Fourth of
July meant so much to the United
States as this one. Wo were then en
gaged In the greatest civil war of his
tory; we became involved this year In
the greatest war of uuy kind the world
tias ever seen.
As that war kept the Union Intact,
>ur participation In this war Insures
the life of democracy, of rule by the
people, the world over. The first In
iependence day gave America her lib
erty; the Independence day of 1803
perpetuated it, and the Independence
lay of 1017, coming so soon after the
entrance of America Into the world
wide struggle of democracy against
autocracy, of freedom against tyran
ny, will mark for all the world In the
lges to come a new birth of hope for
rule "of the people, for the people and
by the people."
The Fourth of July has In years past
been a date on which to Inaugurate Im
portant enterprises. On July 4, 1817,
Governor De Witt Clinton turned the
first sod in the construction of the Erie
-anal, then considered a great undertak
ing. July 4, 1828, was celebrated as
the beginning of the first railway in
this country, the Baltimore and Ohio,
when Charles Carroll, the surviving
signer of the Declaration, was present
and turned the first spade of earth.
Carroll said: "1 consider this among
the most important acts of my life,
second only to that of signing the Dec
laration of Independence, if. Indeed,
second to that." To the Blacksmiths'
association, which presented to him
the pick, spade, hammer and trowel
used in the ceremony of dedication,
Carroll wrote; "l'ou observe that a re
public can eslst and the people under
that form of government can be hap
pier than under any other. That the
republic created by the Declaration of
Independence will continue to the end
of time is my fervent prayer."
The cornerstone of the Washington
monument at the national capital was
laid on July 4, 1850. It was a very
hot day. President Taylor, who was
exited to the heat of the sun for
three hours, on his return to the White
House drank freely of Ice water and
Iced milk and also partook of some
cherries and shortly afterward was
taken 111 and died on July 9.
The first public celebration of the
event was that in Pennsylvania on
July S, 1776. On July 0 Washington,
commander in chief, announced In
general orders; "The honorable Con
tinental congress, impelled by the dic
tates of duty, have been pleased to
dissolve the connection between this
country and Great Britain and to de
clare the United Colonies of America
free and independent states. The sev
eral brigades are to be drawn up this
evening on their respective parades at
0 o'clock, when the Declaration of con
gress. showing the grounds and rea
sons of this measure. Is to be read in
an audible voice."- Philadelphia Press.
HANGING THE FLAG.
Points About the Display of Your Pa
triotism Worth Knowing.
Since our people have been stirred up
to the point of asserting again their re
spect and regard for their national em
blem by displaying It more frequently
than usual certain little points of pro
priety should be remembered.
Every one knows that the flags on
public buildings and ships in the army
stations are raised in the morning and
lowered at sundown Just as regularly
as the days come and go.
But a noted military authority recent
ly gave out a code of etiquette In re
gard to the use and treatment of a flag
which every householder should know.
Tho proper time for raising or put
ting out a flag is at sunrise or after,
never before. The flag must be low
ered at sunset. It is an actual mark of
disrespect to allow the flag to fly
throughout the night
This is rather disconcerting to tho
average citizen, who thought he was
performing a patriotic duty In flying
his flag during some special celebration
lasting for several days or a week.
Naturally It is more or less trouble to
raise it and lower it so it was Just al
lowed to stay during the entire period.
The Idea of offering disrespect to the
flag was furthest from his thoughts.
The samo authority also states that
In draping a flag against a building the
proper position for the blue field Is to
ward the north or toward the east.
These are little things, but there Is a
right way as well as a wrong way for
everything, and surely every one wants
to treat the flag properly.
Cork For Filling.
Get from your grocer a quantity of
ground cork In wbicfc grapes are
packed. With It All pillows for tbe
porch and hammock. They are light
and comfortable and uot injured by
storm. They will not mat and draw
dampness an ro many fillings do.
Old Diadems Made of KIDDon.
The diadem of the nations of an
tiquity was a fillet of silk two Inches
broad bound round the bead and tied
behind. Its color was generally white.
Sometimes, like that of Darius, It was
of blue. It was sown with pearls or
other gems and enriched with gold. It
was peculiarly tbe mark of omental
sovereigns.
* FRATERNAL ORDERS +
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Bkagwary No. 1>
A. B. meets every sec
ond ami fouirth.' Tues
day erenlng at 8:30 p.
m. ViMtlng brothers cordial
ly welcome. J. M. Tamner, Arctic
ChJ«sf. W. B. Ilargraves, Arotlc Re
corder.
Fraternal Order
,Eagl«*—
Skagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Orcl«r o€
KAgie* meets uie; first And tairtl
Wed»nld«y night »f each month at
Ui»Jr bnU an FUth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cardiKlljr lnvlt£*l to
d-Urtid. J. M. Greiabacfe, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meet« 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
ol each months. Visiting Brethren
ar« welcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAMES WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. G. ELKS
Blcagway Lodg«
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
1st and 3rd Thure
'day ivlgljt at 8:30
o'clock. Visiting
brothers cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
F. J. VAWDEWALL, secretary.
Pioneer at Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
m««l* in A. B. Hall first Monday In
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brother* conlially wel
come.
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