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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
Ci" America For Americans
WHY WE ARE AT WAR
By President University of Notre
Dame.
The militaristic spirit ia Germany
must perish or America can not sur
*ive. Whea the liou and the lamb
lie down together the iaaib is alwaji
inside the lion, and a peace-loving
commercial cation can never be safe
*o long as a militaristic, powerful,
and aggressive nation lies within
•'riluaf distance and eager to strike
Let not the gentle-mannered thlnl
that we can have no proper con
cern. about the thoughts and the
Internal organization of neighbor
ing nations. Where these things
are merely matters of taste vye have
indeed, no right to interfere; but
■when any strong nation avows a
policy that involves the destruction
ot our country we should be less
than, reasonable, we should be in
sane, i* we permitted that nation
to build up a monstrous machine
tor carrying out its purpose while
ace bartered and played. It does
not promote the happiness of a
kindly fat man to know that a burp
lar or a murderer is lying in w-ait
Cor him w ith a club as he goes his
peaceful way on a dark night. That
w»g precisely the situation of our
people before the war began.
We rhapsodize over the men of
Wash'ngtou's time and the stalwarts
of Lincoln's day, but let us not for
get to acclaim the heroes of th:s
critical hour. Of what avail was it
that the Revolutionary patriots
created America, and thf Civil War
patriots unified America, if patriots
of today do not conserve America?
This war is as sacred as either of
the other great American wars, and
every man and every dollar within
the Dounds of our country must
helt> win the fight. Whoever
ahirks or shrinks is constructively a
traitor. This is a war against
war, and pacifists themselves, if
they were wise, would see in Am
erican victory the only hope of the
triumph of their cause. This war
la to purchase permanent peace and
It must not end till the spirit of
militaristic aggression perishes from
the earth. It will require the ex
ertion of all our people's gigantic
might to see this conflict through,
and any American yho for any rea
aon whatsoever is cold or backward
In this war is unworthy of his sa
cred inheritance.
4 MAKING A LIBERTY BOM) DO
DOUBLE DUTY
Dr .Anna Howard Shaw, C'i;'ir
cr.au of the Woman's Committee of
the Council of National Defense, is
making the younger generation,
th.rou(?n the Thrift Campaign feel
Us war responsibility. Her un
dertaking includes not only the
ideation of . French baby, but al
to t**ea into account a unique use
of L'berty Loan possibilities, and
JurS*l!e patriotism.
last en (3 of giving Christmas pres*
*nt« this year, Dr. Shaw put her
CflfUtmas money into the adoption
g* » little French orphan. She Is
Old Time New Year Calls
JN the late sixties, says O. U. Putnam
lu "Memories of a Publisher," New
York had not yet outgrown certain
of Its old fashioned or so called provin
cial habits. Ouo of the customs was
that of making Now Year's calls, a
practice that hail btvu inherited from
the I Hitch founders of the city. Long
before the bcgiiiuiw; of the twentieth
century the growth of the metropolis
had made impossible this pleasant aud
convenient habit of coming into touch
tat least oncv a year' with a circle of
family friends, but in lMil the ladles
still stayed at home on New Year's day,
aud old men a'ld youngsters did what
they could in the hours between 11 iu
the morninir mid midnight to cheek off
with calls of from live to fifteen min
utes their own visiting list with that
of their wives, their sisters 01 their
mothers.
In my own diary t'er Jan. 1. 1VJ6, I
lind the entry. "Mu.le thirty-live calls."
I remember on that day comlug back
in the middle of i!u» aftcrnoon for a
word with luy mother and tlndhig old
Mr. Hrvaiir in her j-arlor. It was sleet
tug \ iob ,.;ly oui i le. and the luxurious
young t.ieii of the tluv were going about
in coupes. It was the practice, In ordc
to save expense, fo" two or three men
to j.»l:i i:i the e\[>euse of a carriage for
the day. Mr. Itryant, however, had
trudged through the sleet and In re
sponse to some words from my mother
of appreciation of Ids effort lu coming
out in such weather replied cheerily:
"Why. 1 rather like a fresh tempera
ture, Mrs. l'utnnm. It is only the young
men who are chilly a:id lazy."
Fifteen ;ir eighteen years later New
Year's eaiis in soelety had become a
tradition of the past.
Some New
Year Customs
Til L: solo record of the observance
of the New Year l>y the pilgrims
In the new world, named New
England, was most prosaic, most brief
"We went to work betimes." said Alice
I Morse Karle, the famous investigator
j of old time American customs. Many
: >f the good Puritan ministers thought
' the celebration or even uotlce of the
| day in any way savored of improper
'and unchristian reverence for the
heathen god Janus. Yet they cuine
from a land where New Year was sec
ond in importance and lu domestic ob
servance on'> to Christmas. Through
out every l ugii-h comity New Year's
, eve was ulu ays celebrated. In many
, it was called by the pretty name of
Singing lien, from the custom which
obtained of singing the last of the
Christmas carols nt that time.
I:i Scotland the last day of the year
was called by the uglier name of Hog
| ruajiny. a name of unknown and In
explii-ablf dfiivatioii. ai.J in Scotland
it was regarded as the most popular
c«f all the "d:ifi day ;." as the Christmas
holidays were termed. Scotch chll
Ireu of the poorer i lass iu small towns
;rll! ask on tfiat day from door to door
it the houses of wealthier families for
a dole of oat bread, calling out "Hog
manay" or some of the local rimes
which are U'-eti 1:; Chambers' "Popu
lar Kimej of Scotland." such as:
Hogi<:..uiuiy,
Trolloliv.
Glv-> u< of yi.ur white bread
An«l t.ul.b vt }uur gray!
They ulso a>!i for cheese, which they
•all "nog money." and Brand's "Popu
lar Antiiiuities" gives this begging
rime usetVby Scotch children:
Iff up. c'jrte wife, and hlr.no »welr
r:x 1 ' <ik«-s and while >e are here,
eve tile time « i:l <. >i..e when je'Il ba dead
And neither r.oi-il \ .jur cheese nor bread.
As the children 011 these forays are
swathe 1 in great sheets formed Into a
loop bag or pouch t i carry the oat
ake. they form q'lire a mumming and
fat 11 asric a;■j -ea ranee.
now ric won ner.
"Somethiurf you wanted. madam?"
ho salesman ciuerU'd as a lady was go
.ii); out of tlio shop.
"Why. I came In for a pair of shoes,
mil I've waited twenty minutes, and
ao •■lie has come in ar me. I've got
. trod."
"Wait jus; one minute." he whisper
.<1. "I've s;>ent twenty-five minutes
.v!th this ladv with the hi? feet, bnt it
von't ta ;e live lo tit your little Xo. 2's
vith sometliiug ni.-e."
AltlioiiK'i she wi..e ?»"o. o's. siie smiled
iml sat i!< -.mi w nit Kvlmnne.
not undertaking this venture un
aided. Her grandtiieces and grand
nephews are helping her by con
tributing to the support of their
lit tie ally.
The funds contributed by the
children are furnished by the cou
pons from Liberty Bonds, which. Dr.
Shaw has recently presented to each
of her seven grandnieces and grand
nephews. With the present of the
!5 nds, she wrote letters explaining
'he importance of saving money, es
pecially during this war. The chil
dren are most enthusiastic over
their snare In war work.
D-. Shaw is anxious that the
hea'th, education, and normal life
of American children should be in
♦erfer<^d with by war as little as
postible, but she does feel that the
children should be made to realize
the tremendous importance of sav
ing money, and should be given the
>">r«nortunity of helping In war
measures.
OUR PORPOISE FISHERY. I
r ,
One of ths Oldest and Least Known In.
dustries In America.
Oue of tlio oldest aud least known |
Industries in America is the porpoise
fishery, wlikti bus beeu operated from
Cape Iiatteras, In North Carolina, for
about 200 years. It should attain an
unusual prosperity f'l the next few
years, for the bureau of fisheries is
urging more general use of porpoise
bides in place of cowhide. It is an
excellent leather and could undoubted
ly be used more widely.
Heretofore the most valuable prod
uct of the fishery has been the oil
which Is extracted from the Jaws of
the porpoise and Is worth about $'-0 a
gallon. It Is universally used for lu
bricating watches and other very del
icate mechanisms. The body blubber
Is also valuable. Attempts to manu
facture fertilizer out of the carcasses
have failed because of itie distance
from a fuel supply.
The porpoises are taken at liatteras
In seines operated from the shore, and
It Is probably the only place lu Amer
lea where this has ever been success
fully done. During the fall, winter
and spring many porpoises are seen off
the south Atlantic coast and at Hat
teras they come within a few hundred
yards of the surf. They ure taken by
spreading seines about 200 yards out
side the surf line. As soon as the por
poises have come inside the seine it
Is dragged ashore. Often a whole
school of these sea creatures is taken
I In a single haul.—Baltimore American.
MISS BELLE ASHLYN
I Miss Belle Ashlyn, oice the wife o
Billy Gou!d, v.ho is to v/sd Alansoi
I Follansbes, head cf o~c cf ChlcEge'
I leading brokerage firns. Ho Is no\
! at the officers' school at Fort Sheri
| dan.
j (Subedit* for the Dally Ala®kan)
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| Many Elderly- Sk«{j\v«y Resident.*
I Suffer Prom Some Fonn of
Kidney Trouble.
When past middle age, there fre
quently comes a noticeable weak
ening o? the organs of the body,
and resulting danger of quick de
cline. It is quite necessary to give
prompt belp to any part that first
shows eigns of jvear. Healthy kid
neys are necessary to hale old nge.
Weak kidneys often bring constant
backache, lamo back, stitches and
twinges of pain, annoying urinary
troubles, and the danger of dropsy or
Bright'* disease, Doan's Kidney
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deal of kidney trouble. Jly back
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