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S5. 7 -t .c-? ivy 5 FOREWORD "Over the Top" is, a true story of trench warfare on the French front, written by an American soldier who got into the great war two years ahead of his country. Sergeant Empey tells what the fighting men have done and how they have done it. He knows because he was one of, them. His experi ences are grim, but they are thrilling, and they are light ened by a delightful touch of humor. CHAPTER I. From Mufti to Khakf. It was in an office in Jersey City. I was sitting at my desk talking to a lieutenant of the Jersey National Guard. On the wall was a big war map decorated with variously colored little flags showing the position of the opposing armies on the western front In France. In front of rae on the desk lay a New York paper with big flaring headlines: LUSITAN1A SUNK! AMERICAN LIVES LOST! The windows were open and a feel ing of spring pervaded the air. Through the open windows came the 6trains of a hurdy-gurdy playing in the street "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier." "Lusitania Sunk! American Lives Lost!" "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier." To us these did not seem to jibe. The lieutenant in silence opened one of the lower drawers of his desk and took from It an American flag which he solemnly draped over the war map on the wall. Then, turning to me with a grim face, said: "How about it, sergeant? You had better get out the muster roll of the Mounted Scouts, as I think they will be needed in the course of a few days." We busied ourselves till late in the evening writing out emergency tele grams for the men to report when the call should come from Washington. Theu w went home. I crowed over to New York, and as I went cp Fulton street to take the subway to Brooklyn, the lights in the tall buildings of New York seemed to be burning brighter than usual, as if they, too, had read "Lusitania Sunk! American Lives Lost!" They seemed to be glowing with anger and righteous Indignation, and their rays wigwagged the message, "Repay !" Months passed, the telegrams lying handy, but covered with dust. Then, one momentous morning the lieutenant with a sigh of disgust removed the .flag from the war map and returned to his desk. I Immediately followed this action by throwing the telegrams Into the wastebasket. Then we looked at each other in silence. He was squirming in his chair and I felt de pressed ai uneasy. 'lhe telephone rang and I answered It It wati a business call for me, re questing my services for an out-of-town assignment. Business was not very good, so this was very welcome. After listening to the proposition I seemed to be swayed by a peculiarly strong force within me, and answered, "I am sorry that I cannot accept your offer, but I am leaving for England . next week," and hung up the receiver. The lieutenant swung around in his chair, and stared at me In blank aston ishment. A sinking sensation came over me, but I defiantly answered his .look with, "Well, it's so. I'm going." And I went. The trip across was uneventful. I landed at Tilbury, England, then got Into a string of matchbox cars and proceeded to London, arriving there about 10 p. m. I took a room In a hotel near St. Tancras station for "Ave and six fire extra." The room was minus the fire, but the "extra" seemed to keep me warm. That night there was a Zeppelin raid, but I didn't see much of it, because the slit in the curtain I was too small and I had no desire to make It larger. Next morning the tel ephone bell rang, and someone asked, "Are you there?" I was, hardly. Any way, I learned that the Zeps had re turned to their fatherland, so I went out into the street expecting to see scenes of awful devastation and a cow ering populace, but everything was normal. People were calmly proceed ing to their work. Crossing the street, I accosted a Bobble with : "Can yoa direct roe to the place of damage?" He askej me, "Whst !am:;?e?" Iqjr-Ve, I insw red, "Why, the Ctu t1 Zeps." 1WM mmntm solweh MACHINE: CUNMERERYING W fRANO ff)!9l7 BY ARTHUR 6inr EMPTY" I With n wink ho rpnllod? "There was no damage; we missed them again." After . several fruitless Inquiries of the passersby, I decided to go ,on my own In search of ruined buildings and scenes of destruction. I boarded a bus which carried me through Tottenham Court road. Recruiting posters were everywhere. The one that impressed me most was a life-size picture of Lord Kitchener with his finger point ing directly at roe, under the caption of "Your King and Country Need You." No matter which way I turned, the accusing finger followed me. I was an American, in mufti, and had a little American flag in the lapel of my coat. I had no king, nud my country had seen fit not to need me, but still that pointing finger made me feel small and 111 at ease. I got off the bus to try to dissipate this feeling by mixing with the throng of the sidewalks. Presently I came to a recruiting of fice. Inside, sitting at a desk was a lonely Tommy Atkins. I decided to in terview him in regard to joining the British army. I opened the door. He looked up and greeted me with "I s'y, myte, want to tyke on?" I looked at him and answered, "Well, whatever that is, I'll take a chance at it." . Without the aid of an Interpreter, I found out that Tommy wanted to know if I cared to join the British army. He asked me: "Did you ever hear of the Royal Fusiliers?" Well, In London, you know, Yanks are supposed to know everything, so I was not going to ap pear ignorant and answered, "Sure." After listening for one half-hour to Tommy's tale of their exploits on the firing line, I decided to join. Tommy took me to the recruiting headquarters, where I met a typical, English captain. He asked my nationality. I Immedi ately pulled out my American passport and showed It to him. It was signed Guy Empey. by Lansing. After looking at the passport, he Informed me that he was sorry but could not enlist me, as It would be a breach of neutrality. I Insisted that I was not neutral, be cause to me It seemed that a real American could not be neutral when big things were In progress, but the captain would not enlist me. With disgust in my heart I went out In the street. I had gone about a block when a recruiting sergeant who had followed me out of the office tapped me on the shoulder with his swagger stick and said: "S'y, I can get you in the army. We have a 'lef tenant' down at the other office who can do anything, ne has just come out of the O. T. C. (Officers' Training corps) and does not know what neu trality is." I decided to take a chance, and accepted his invitation for an In troduction to the lieutenant. I entered the office and went up to him, opened up my passport and said: "Before going further I wish to state that I am an American, not too proud to fight, and want to join your array." He looked at me In a nonchalant manner, and answered, "That's all right; we take anything over here." I looked at him kind of hard and re plied, "So I notice," but it went over his head. ne got out an enlistment blank, and placing his finger on a blank line said, "Sign here." I answered, "Not on your tintype." "I beg yovr pardon?" Then I explained to him that I would not sign It without first reading It. I read it over and signed for duration of war. Some of the recruits were lucky. They signed for seven years only! Then he asked me my birthplace. I answered, "Ogden, Utah." He said, "Oh, yes, just outside of New York?" 0 Jf With a smile, I replied, Wd!, tt's tip the state a little." Then. I was taken before the doctor and passed as physically tit, and. was Issued a uniform. When I reported back to the lieutenant, he suggested, that, being an American, I go on re cruiting service and try to shame some of the slackers into jc'nlng the army." "All you have to do," he said, "is to go out on the street, and when you see a young fellow , in mufti who. looks physically fit, just stop him and give him this kind of a talk: 'Aren't you ashamed of yourself, a Britisher, phys ically fit, and in mufti when your king and country need you? Don't you know that your country is at war and that the place for every young Briton Is on the firing line? Here I am, an American, In khaki, who came four thousand miles to fight for your king and country, and you, as yet, have not enlisted. Why don't you join? Now Is the time.' "This argument oughts to get many recruits, Empey, so go out airi see what you can do." He then gave me a small rosette of red, white and blue ribbon, with three little streamers hanging down. This was the recruiting Insignia and was to be worn on the left side of the cap. Armed with a swagger stick and my patriotic rosette, I went out Into Tot tenham Court road in quest of cannon fodder. Two or three poorly dressed civil ians passed me, and although they ap peared physically fit, I said to myself, "They don't want to join the army; perhaps they have someone dependent on them for support," so I did. not ac cost them. Coming down the street I saw a young dandy, top hat and all, with a fashionably dressed girl walking be side him. I muttered, "You are my meat," and when he came abreast of me I stepped directly In his path and stopped him with, my swagger stick, saying: "You would look fine In khaki ; why not change that top hat for a steel helmet? Aren't you ashamed of your self, a husky young chap like you in mufti when men are needed In the trenches? Here I am, an American, came four thousand miles from Ogden, Utah, just outside of New York, to fight for your king and country. Don't be a slacker, buck up and get into uni form; come over to the recruiting of fice and I'll have you enlisted." He yawned and answered, "I don't care if you came forty thousand miles, no one asked you to," and he walked on. The girl gave me a sneering look ; I was speechless. I recruited for three weeks and near ly got one recruit. This perhaps was not the greatest stunt In the world, but it got back 'at the officer who had told me, "Yes, V9 take anything over here." I had been spending a good lot of my recruiting time In the saloon bar of the Wheat Sheaf pub (there was a. very attractive blonde barmaid, who helped kill time I was not as serious in those days aa I was a little later when I reached the front) well, it was the sixth day and my recruiting report was blank. I was getting low in the pocket bar maids haven't much use for anyone who cannot buy drinks so I looked, around for recruiting material'. You know a man on recruiting service gets a "bob" or shilling for every recruit he entices into joining the army, the recruit Is supposed to get this, but h would not be a recruit if he were wlsa to this fact, would he? Down at the end of the bar was a young fellow In mufti who was very patriotic he had about four "Old Six" ales aboard. xHe asked me If he could join, showed me his left hand, two fingers were missing, bat I said that did not matter as "we. take any thing over here." The left hand Is the rifle hand as the piece Is carried at the slope cn the left shoulder. Near ly everything In England is "by the left," even general traffic keeps to the port side. I took the applicant over to head quarters, where he was hurriedly ex amined. Recruiting surgeons were busy In those days and did not have much time for thorough physical exam inations. My recruit was passed as "fit" by the doctor and turned over to a corporal to make note of his scars. I was mystified. Suddenly the corpo ral burst out with, "Bllme me, two of his fingers are gone." Turning to me he said, "You certainly have youf nerve with you, not 'alf you ain't, tc bring this beggar in." The doctor came over and exploded, "What do you mean by bringing In a man In this condition?" Looking but of the corner of my eya I noticed that the officer who had re cruited me had joined the group, and I could not help answering, "Well, sir, I was told that you took anything over here." I think they called it "Yankee Im pudence," anyhow It ended my recruit ing. In training quarters, "some where in France," Empey hears the big guns booming and makes the acquaintance of the "coo ties." Read about his experi ences in the next installment. ran (TO 13K CONTINUED.) "Newport News." In Virginia's early days communica tion with the mother country was, of course, wholly by ships, and when one was expected the colonists were all eagerness for the news from home. On the occasion of one, it may hav been the first, of a certain Captain Newport's expected return from Eng land, at or near the place now bearing his name, a large number of persona collected to receive "Newport's neTes." Hence the name, now shortened to U preseut form,. , T77T : (, ... . , w . ty Kt n&a SILKS FOR TAILORED GARMENTS. Silk Is taking a new position In the realm of tailored garments. Weavers of it realize that the time is at hand when it must bo depended on to make up for the scarcity of wool and they are turning out substantial and smart looking new fabrics for street and sports wear. These are heavy and rough in texture, brilliant in surface and sturdy in wearing qualities. New fabrics are an inspiration for new modes; designers discover possibili ties In them and the tailored suit, in silk, of the Immediate future fills us with pleasant anticipations. We look forward to exquisitely tailored clothes made of exquisite materials, less pro saic than the regulation wool suit and equally refined and dependable. The tailored suit shown in the picture employs a familiar silk for a formal and strictly tailored coat and skirt. It is of handsome moire effective in al most any color with coat cleverly cut and having a double skirt at the sides and back. The skirt Is, plain and a lit Hang this Card in your Kitchen. RATION CARD New York's Honor System for Food Saving by Voluntary Rationing. WEEKLY ALLOWANCE PER PER SON Flab. Oyatera und hcu food of all kludm An much na de sired. Poultry and Game l Am muc-k aa dettlrecl. Meat. Ileeft fresh, salt ed, tinned, and haahed mutton, lamb, and veal (mutton by pref erence). P o r k i (The weekly al lowance of pork per pernon triiuuld not exceed half a pound) 2V4 lb. groNit weight. Hutter ! 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It Is correct as to length for all kinds of skirts, and its plainness Is modish for that Is the destiny of all its kind this season. The coat fastens to the left side tit the waistline with a single big, hand some button. The collar Is interesting, cut sailor fashion at the back and ex tended Into wide, gracefully shaped lapels at the front. A very narrow chiffon collar overlays It at the back ami the neck opening is low. The sleeves are moderately full and flare a little at the wrists into long poijits over the hands. Along the forearm the almost Inevitable row of buttons set close together appear to be the only purely decorative element in the whole composition of the suit. The designer must have had In mind the require ments of tall and somewhat slender women when he made a mental picture of this model for It Is exactly suited to this type. CAM I It is said that only about one-third of our population realizes the urgency for conserving foodstuffs, and that the rest of our people must be brought to understand the situation. There is a shortage of food in Europe and this must be met or the fear of famine will demoralize the people of our allies. Europe looks to the United States and Canada to make up the shortage we cannot afford to fall. Very poor people conserve food through necessity, but only a small part of our population can be classed as very poor. The rich and the well-to-do must save the kinds of food needed by our allies namely, wheat, fats and sugar. This Is no real hard ship and it is more than likely that ! eating less meat and less sugar will be j beneficial to the health of Americans. The conservation of food depends upop women more than upon men. It it their most important work toward vlm ning the war. t About three hundred representative New York women met recently under the leadership of Miss Florence Wnrde well, who represented the United States food administration in Washing ton. It was proposed to Inaugurate a system of voluntary rationing to be carried out by the well-to-do and rich in our country. A ration card has been Issued and appears here. Every patriotic woman should adopt it for her own household and use her influ ence to induce others to do so. Here Is a "definite form of patriotism thai will help win the war." S France is the best foreign patron f the United States patent oft'sc , wlU (ireat Britain following closely. MARCH TO VICTORY Courage Is a matter of the blood. Without good red blood a man has a weak heart nnd poor nerves. In the spring is the best time to take stock of one's condition. 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