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I I t; I I I Imilf //V FLANDERS FIELDS By Lieut.-Col. JOHN McRAE (Died while on duty in Flanders) In Flanders fields the popples blow Between the crosses, row on row, ,That mark onr place; and In the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly. Scarce heard amidst the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago Wo HvoH fol* Hown oiv fltinflpt eloW. Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from falling hands we throw The torch. Be yours to hold It high! If ye break faith with us who die ? We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. \ AMERICA*S~ANSWER By R. W. LILLARD ' Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead. The fight that ye so gravely led We've taken up. And we will keep True faith with you- who lie asleep With each a cross to mark his bed, And poppies blowing overhead, Where once his own life blood ran poH So let your rest be sweet and deep . In Flanders fields. Fear not that ye have died for naught. The torch ye threw to tw we caught Ten million hands will hold it high. And Freedoms light shall never die! ; ? We've learned the lesson that ye taught In Flanders fields. ?New York Evening Post. STATISTICS SHOW ENGLAND IS BEARING HER BURDEN / " Just what the British Empire has fione in the matter of raising armies 1b told in some official figures that have just been received in Washing6f' ton. On April 1, the. Empire had V $5? 500,000 men in army and navy servc'v ice. Of these Englhnd furnished 4,530,000 or 60.4 per cent of the total. Thus it will be seen that of England's population one in every 7.5 is in the fy sptvice. &V The Dominions and Colonies fur. nished 12 per cent of the whole number, or 900,004 men. [k, ' Of the p<?ulation of Scotland, which gave 620,000 men, the same proportion as obtains in England is * represented in the Bervice, TRENCH I r .. ' ? |- * ; ' . ' ' "..*. A Sketch Of The ( Of Franc THE PLAIN OF THE GARONNE, or the basin of Aquitalne. lies between the Pyrenees and the Central Plateau, with "a west frontage on the Atlantic. The Pass of Poitou gives access to north%-n and eastern France and the Pass of Naurouz gives access to the Mediterranean. Though this region borders on the Atlantic it has but one harbor, the estuary of the Girondc, on which is the port of Bordeaux, for the coast is straight, and is bordered with sand dunes and shallow lagoons. The climate of Aquit&ine is warmer and drier and more sunny In summer than that of the plains north of the Garonne, thus being somewhat similar to that of the Mediterranean region. Agriculture supports a moderately dense population. The chief crops are corn, wheat, the vine for wine, prunes, peaches and apricots. In addition to Bordeaux, the important seaport, there is the thriving inland city of Toulouse, Which commands thg route southeast to the Mediterranean. EASTERN FRANCE is the region which extends from the Ardennes Plateau on the north, through Lorraine and the Vosges to the Jura Mountains on the south, and from the Paris region on the west to Germany on the east. The position of this region as a frontier area between France and Germany has been and still is important. At times in the past the Germans have held this ter? ' tw*o_ rliory, ai nmra mc sessed It. and at times, as since 1871, it has been divided between the two nations. The provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, taken by Germany from France in ISfl, and separated from France only by an arbitrary boundary line, are part of this region. 'Two streams drain eastern France, the Moselle and its tributary, the Meurthe, and the Meuse. These streams, though rising in French territory, and flowing some scores of miles to the north in roughly parallel courses through eastern France, bend sharply to the northeast and pass into Germany, thus adding to the frontier character of this region. The climate of eastern France is rather continental in character, with fairly long and cold winters. There are frequent spring frosts, but the summers ar$ hot and showery. In general, the region .is less rich in agricultural than in manufacturing resources. . V. i ^ I ac I wj I lA Ei I wi I af 111 I ol I w ga ai he ar w! P< fi \\ \ \ V \ / ' \VNil1 _ / v* \\ \i ( / vj / \ fT^yfl In ^IHi be y&jysALfi) u' OtS d< ?! 7 aS ismm / V1 : d j eneral Geography " e.?No. 3 jj Important canals traverse the region and connect the Rhine with the v< Marne and Saone with the Moselle; and the Paris-Strassbourg and the Paris-Belfort railroads pass through F the region. g; 1'here is considerable variety of a: topography in eastern France, mak- ai ing possible a subdVvision of the region into three somewhat diverse sec- d> tions, (1) the Ardennes, (2) Lor- w raine, and (3) the Vosges. The Vos-I ges is a hill and mountain country, h mostly forested, with important wood- c< working industries and a thriving dairy business. These industries, t( however, are not enough to support d | more than a sparse population. Lorraine is an area of hills and low plat- tl eaus, with a fair amount of agricul- t< ture, including cereals and the vine, and important manufacturing Indus- B tries, based on the iron resources of the region and using coal from adja- d cent parts of Germany. The chief manufacturing center is Nancy. The gi Ardennes, only the lowe?, southwest- k ern border of which lies in France, is m a low plateau, dissected by deep valleys, and having poor soil. The popu- tl lation is sparse, except in some of the valleys. ei THE JURAS ai;e low, plateau-like, limestone mountains, which form the n crescent-shaped area of highland be- b 11ween the plain of the Saone and ther ft I Swiss upland plain. It is a region difj ficult of access, with resources and in- -a dustries limited to stock-raising ana dairying, forest industries and small m household manufacturing industries, such ps clock-making. Nevertheless, the population in the Juras is , | but a little less dense than the average for all of France. The region supports so many people (1) because si | of the fact that important railways to 12 Switzerland traverse it, (2) because of the development of manufacturing industries using the water power, and ^ (3) of the intensive development of cl the dairy industry by co-operative as- e sociations. 81 * * nt-' oi-a Hah EnnwrannAH C 1 nil OIJ1 O ??V " ?r, mountains, with JImited* resources T and a sparse population. Grazing and * forest industries are important. In B spite of their elevation the Alps are * not so great a barrier to communica- b I tion as the lower Pyrenees, because ! of the existence of deep valleys and relatively low passes. Several impor' tant railroads cross from France to it I Italy, and other lines serve various w valleys within the Alps. tl I?M?????Bl???^ rAR-WEARY POILUS ARE "WILD" OVER CROQUET Croquet Is the most popular game aong the French soldiers 'on the yl/W. j ar front, according to Dr. George jT'\a a ^ )uis Meylan, Professor of Physical /vjl lucation of Columbia University, J?y y ho has just returned to this country %jj \ j ter seven months along the French w 7/ The poilus are wild over this good d lawn game of mallets, balls and ickets which was a rage here thirty more years ago ana tnen was reie- -jf t ited to the amusement of spinsters pMr-'1ld children. Dr. Meylan knows, for i~j i organized and supervised athletics . y id physical recreation among the rench forces for the Y. M. C. A Another small-town American game U.J hich is going big among the French )ilus as well as their American 'Others-in-arms is that good old andby?pitching horseshoes. Iloth [^mmm ' these rural American pastimes ere ideally adapted to the conditions . id needs in the shell zones, as the A imes can be played in very short & irritory, where the players can be p leltered from boche guns. When it ? J u realized that boche shells broke up TJjpj0? football game, as Dr. Meylan rela- Pgfcr d, the desirability of quiet, restful jgfc' ttle games becomes apparent. In addition to croquet and horse- &KtmSI loes, the games which have appealed J the French soldier are frog, nine- J ns and jour de boules. Frog is a a^-J ime of tossing discs into numbered rJfrA 3les and jour de boules resembles larbles played with large and small ills. After studying the possibilities A. A : the French front, the "Y" physical |A\ (f irectors who have taken up this .JjoBa ork at the "request of the French ivprnmp.nt. have introduced volley ill. basket ball and playground ball, hlch latter is indoor baseball out ||p|f| French Fried When Blanche comes to camp for ^Kf bit of visiting. What is her surprise ..+?Q -'1 hen Corporal George, her very own, Km ' reets her: najflT "Hawaii, Blanche! Common por- JKn "Oh, Zhorzh! Isn't that perfectly mdy! So you're learning to polly BBHMpH ransay? Isn't that just too tabbel ote for anything. Let's talk all in rench today." Corporal George takes the soft arm. y ^ >j leathed in soft, bewitching blue jfl " epe. "Blanche, voo are looking rand ce matin." J 9 Soft stuff?sort of a catch in the jJL acals. You know! "Oh, Zhorzh!" ^ Slight interruption in Passing the rench Frieds, while the spectators ,l"> Inuoo a InvPr 3 Will Shookspeare remarked. After "Voo come de la ville on la chemln I e fer O. K.. Blanche ?without any I recks or anything?" l^rAnyBM "Certainmont, Zhorzh. Je suis ere. aren't I. How could I have )me down any other. " "Oui. that's right. What ditez voo ' ) a petite manzhay a la foyer de sol- |Pats. Blanche?" "Oh, Zhorzh!" A tighter grip on ft le arm. They peruse the bill of fare d ? "Qu66st que ce voo gonna have, "Oh, a Ifttle soup. Zhorzh?un peu e bouillon a tasse." "Very good. Don't mind the ar- \y 3jP5 } ent, Blanche. Manzhay whatever toks good. Je have got lots of L& "Oh, a Corporal get* lots of money, len. Zhorzh?" Ssv g/z/AJ^ "Yeh?lots of " To the wait- SaS r: "Gassong. a little speed here." * WJVgk ' Ostentatious display of the chev- Jf/AWft. ins. The waiter calls him Captain. Jf/jmL lanche drinks her soup with French esse, and the party progresses. VG5jl "Blanche, do you savoir faire what ' ilm^z' means." |b2I A far-away look. "Oh. Zhorzh"* [urmurs. Close-up. Gassong roughs. "Oul, Gassong, diner pour deux!" 4' IJf/ UNIFORMS FOR "SALESLADIES" Scores of American women will be JJnV fiP\ ?nt to France soon to serve as "salesidles" in the several hundred ran- 7 sens operated by the Y. M. C. A. at . ngHy^J. tie suggestion of General Pershing. M^fr7">p\JPY he women will work without finan- frtfljl \&nLi ial remuneration and pay their own Xr/rj ipMjj xpenses. The canteens will be MffiaTTPgW/SA Locked with a wider variety of mer- |?j?J 4 XW/vR handlse for-soldiers than heretofore. 'he women canteen workers win yyr v?ix 'ear a gray coat and skirt, blue or V; ray cloth hat, blue flannel shirt- V raists, canteen Coverall apron and ] rassard to be worn on the arm. ?. o. s. " Napoleon said, "An army fights on I * belly." Waste of food over here | rill in can shorter rations over ^ ^ t?ero. . > r - " ' -
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