?>'; The Secon
war baa been for all of us, for
[urselTM, tor our allies, as veil as
.pr our enemies, an'occasion for surLjfising
dlscorerles of all classes, good
|*<l bed. little and great. But, nnforMotety
tor as. tbe principal discoyMrjMSd
the happiest one will be that
J This striking statement prefaces an
UHfP tribute to tbe United States
ilBte brilliant pen" of Henri LavMiis,
one of tbe forty Immortals of
Comments on "The Second Discovery
Ijrmlegrlca'' is at once an appretiaI
Hgld an apology. Hi setting forth
|h* good qualities France has (band
u hcr youngest ally, he acknowledges
terlstic frankness the Si
mwi.wuivu mn iihb iuu aumixvu
he rigorous republic at Ike Western
PMHMI. It m this misconception
Mt caaeed France to wonder What
America would play, to the^war
lUftyiha could Jnanlt the American
All Europe, In Lavedan's opinion,
so bed upon America M a nation of
MHMy-grnbbere who found relaxalon
from the fierce fight for doUars
h a''pursuit of bizarre amusements.
This country was to France a land of
the pistol and the eccentric mOMonlire.
It was the horns of emancipated
young girls, or gaudily-clad
feeef-puncbers." Of lovers of "contentions"
that seemed ridiculous in
the eyes of the French, ot men pf affairs
who gave their yery Souls to the
llreetion and operation .of giant corlorailons
and of reckless adventurers
lager to ifiake a fortune in any posIbLe
manner. This estimate of Amertans
was baaed npoa casual observation
of travelers from the United
t fates and the curlons failure of many
bench writers to penetrate the
Son per and probe to the heart ot a
fcople who still cherish deep-rooted
latitude for assistance from France
hen the American colonies were
Vhting for liberty. it was a concep
ijn. however Indulgent, that did not
I taiW France for the tremendous'
fansfermatlon that has taken place
f! country since uermanys msoid
sneering defiance of onr carrights
precipitated the diverof
national energy from peace
"The storm does not know in the
ening what,it will unchain in the
ornlng." writes Laved&n. "The
& Hi thing applies to the setting up
certain great moral and social reUonships,
where the maker goes
rther and higher than the original
tentlon, no matter how daring. The
Vchiteet American therefore, by rea'
n of the soreness of his well-reaped
plans does not donbt what the
* tare structure will be of which he is
i jw laying the foundation. But It
I in be much later?in after years, in
let?that his grandchildren and oars
!lll be able to judge of the extent
Id the dlszy height of the edifice
Uch he Is erecting. For In this
'here of activity, also, America will
scrape the skies." >
H ."Comforting Discovery"
"Though we are but the passionate
i sctators of this extraordinary work,
] are nerertkeiess overwhelmed and
huatSLStic. For natoratly we are
ereeted more .than the Americana
tmselves at this enterprise of liber,1
on resolved upon by onr superb
ends. For Is It not Immediately
l ns that they, desiring to secure
! Irown and the liberty of the world.
Ire pat their hands to this work?
lis thought is of a nature to lead
to endeavor to get some idea of
iir ways and the quality of their
'otion. It is, therefore, in nothing
at the Americana are doing among
that we can "Obtain that sure revtlon
of their noble character, since,
1 the face of the terrible dangers
i t . menace us, America' has taken 1
j i occasion to come to our rescue,
I show in all Its freshness Its sense
loyalty,and fraternity. And it is
us, therefore, In the presence of
I ) act. full of gratitude, to make
comforting discovery of just wnat
j erica means.
v Therefore, we hare become aware
v it day to day of the sudden and
rentlal abundance of the multld
yirtues of this dear, comrade,
I magnificent associate. ' For the
I t time we hare understood Amer- i
without the necessity of seeing it
komt; we hare 'gotten at it in a i
lrdocumented manner, and we an- i
stand, through the spirit, the tre- '
idous meaning of its activities. :
this prodigious activity embraces i
I -ythlfig, and aVtbe same time with
gantic amplitude; the actual for- i
[ ion of great armies, and all the i
I sssary complements thereof; the I
ding- of all sorts of depots, the i
.
' ^ " '* _ j t" "
d Discovery 01
furnishing of materials, of munitions,
the derelopment of factories, dock*,
warehouses, railroadi, telegraphs and
telephone*, sapplle*, alnhlps, submarines,
tranaporta, merchantmen,
tracks, cold storage warehouses, etc.,
the Red Cross and various works of
aid and practical assistance by the
thousands. And all this astounding
activity starts- up, moves on, rolls,
transmits itself, navigates, discharges
and precipitates Itself and functions
with duo order, but -without stopping;
always better, always more effective
and more powerful, an?L increasing
from da? to day, from hour to hour,
its enormous extension and. Its pofcsi
WW#' -.-1 H r '
Greatness and Nobility RnwM
"And inch for many months' past
has been oar happy and astontahlnc
discovery. And this discovery has
not paly.related to the Incalculable
material riches and the physical resources
of our mill toned and very
powerful friend, but to the more deepseated
assistance which its genius
and morale and Its sentiments and Intentions
represent. We have, discovered
the grdatness and the nobility
which are America's; the Imperious
and "splendid sense of duty of its mission
and its role In the-cauSe of humanity;
of ita public apostleshlp; Its
Irresistible love of honor; Justice,
right; Its thirst for liberty and the
summation of the marvelous energy
which it.can pnt indefinitely at the
service of and for the triumph of ita
Ideals.
"And this discovery of America as
a whole, shall It be made dlone by us?
Hot at all, and happily for us, slnoe
Germaily, side by side. In another
fashion that bodes it HI, and, with
other eyes and with another heart,
which already beats with apprehension,
already begins to subject itself
to what will be for it an Intolerable
obsession. But she Is only at the
beginning. More and more sbe will
understand what-te this United States,
? ? I Ll.L - a- - t,Al(.n.il
wiuiuui au army, wuau uw ucucir.1
he could browbeat with impunity.
It will coat Germany dear to have
npaet the business and the lite of a
people-who do not pardon thoae who
steal a'minute ot their precious time.
And Germany In team of* blood 'and
tire, for years and years to come, will
bewail this thing that she has done.
And then, In reolproclty, America,
England and all the others among the
nations who are' onr friends, not excepting
those who hate and fight us,
will discover through Its merits, its
heroism, Its eternal virtues, recogThe
Army Men. W
To Bit.
By MAJOR P. 1
Chief of the Requirements Bra
It Is not easy to guess a woman's
opinion of any. particular group of
men, but It Is reasonably safe to say
that there are In France at present
a great many members ot the fair sex
who regard the Requirements Branch
nf fho Quartermaster CorDS 89 a
peculiarly disagreeable atom of tbe
United States Army. This regrettable
attitude, If It does exist, may be
attributed to tbe fact that the Requirements
Branch has assumed the
duty of buying clothes for army
nurses and female civilian employees
of tbe army. . And, in performing
this delicate task, the officers responsible
for purchasing have put into
practice some theories about sensible
wearing apparel for women which
are, to say the least, revolutionary.
There Is, for example, the item of
shoes. That detail of tho' feminine
toilet was one of the first problems
that created apprehension in the Re^
qulrements Branch when General
Pershing cabled to Washington a few
weeks ago his request that the Quartermaster
Corps take over the Job of
clothing army women as well as the
fighting men. We knew that it would
be reasonably easy to eliminate nign
heels from the feminine army outfit,
because the nurses and other women
In Franoe know from personal experience
that high heels hare no place
In fields of endeavor that require unusual
activity. Bat our shoe experts
made another suggestion -that was
received with acute apprehension by
all the married officers. They declared
that practically, all women
wear shoes one or two sixes too short.
For that "reason, the feminine footwear
purchased for use In France was
deliberately scaled np above the average
lengths demanded by women buyers.
Unfortunately, we have no authentic
reports from abroad, but some
Df us are optimistic enough to believe
that If the women in the army wear
low-heeled, sufficiently long shoes
luring the period of the war, they will
never go back to the uncomfortable
and unscientific foot covering that Is
t " . ' ' r > ~
F America
^5 , - - -* .. -.. '. * - _ ?
nixed perhaps a little too slowly, this
other New World among us which we
call?France."
Modest About Fraace
Lavedan's voicing of his country's
admiration and affection (or the nation
across the seas that has come to
the assistance of Fraace in her hoar
ot need Is peculiarly generous. He
makes no reference to the days when
Franoe fought almost alone against
the common enemy of clTillxatlon.
He does not allude to the heroic
struggle against, orerwhelmlng odds
that newer wavered nntil, first Britain
and now America, began pouring men
and supplies into the ports of their
hard-pressed ally. - He Is silent on the
subject of his country's unostentatious
proffers of every possible assistance
to the first of the American Kxpeditlognry
Force, and he makes no
mention of the unaunllfied hospitality
extended to the men from the United
States Whose presence In a strange
country has been robbed of the moet
disagreeable featnree by the simple
courtesy and on falling generosity of
a people aa fceutle In their homes as
they are stern In battle.
This French writer might have carried
his reflections farther. He could
add that the second discovery of
America has been accompanied by a
first discovery of France. This country
baa learned that popular theories
about the men of France were farther
from the truth than French visualizations
of American "money-grubbers."
We have seen the low-voiced, courteous
defenders of the trl-color conduct
themselves in battle with a contained
fury and herole bravery that
has wreeked the onslaughts of overwhelmingly
superior German forces.
America has long entertained a vefv
genuine affection for the French.
That sentiment must now blend with
richly-won admiration and profound
respect.
PERSHING'S APPRECIATION
Col. Harry Cutler, chairman or the
Jewish BOard for Welfare Work,
nrliee the following cablegram which
he recently received from General
Pershing:
"The stirring message dt "greeflngs
from the Jewish welfare board la
much appreciated In the American expeditionary
forces. The constant support
and cordial assistance of our
brothers of the Jewish faith, and the
thought that all creeds are united under
one banner give courage to our
army and urge us on to victory."
ho Have
y Women*s Clothes
k DEVEREACX,
inch of the Quartermaster Corps
the pet aversion of army medical
men.
When the news reached the Re
quirements Branch that we would
hare to become purchasers (or women
as well as men there was, naturally,
mucl\ speculation In the office about
the details and responsibilities of the
new Job. General Pershing's request
was accompanied by 'a list of the
clothing needed by the feminine contingent.
We were impressed by the
fact that this specification called for
silk as well as cotton waists. After
dabbling In cotton and woolen shirts
for soldiers In multiples of a million,
we were a bit Jolted by the request
for silk waists. Silk was entirely out
of our line. However, an appeal to
feminine authorities cleared up the
mystery. It was explained that silk
waists last longer than cotton, are
more easily washed, and are considered
more sanitary in the field hospitals.
The period of experimentation
bad been safely passed, however.
The Quartermaster Corp* ? now delivering
regularly to Army Headquarters
in France a foil supply of
all wearing material considered necessary
for the women of our army.
The list includes cotton and woolen
blouses, skirts, waists, underwear,
stockiags, shoes, leggings, gloves,
hats and various minor artleles of
wearing apparel. This material Is
given free to the women whose pay la
less than (75 a month, but is sold at
actual cost to those who receive that,
ot greater, pay. The arrangement
follows the army plan of outlining
privates and non-commissioned officers
entirely at government expense
and permitting commissioned officers
to benefit by the Government's ability
to purchase raw material at production
cost.
There are many men in civil life
who hage the privilege of paying tor
feminine wearing apparel, bnt their
wives, daughters and sisters generally
insist on doing the actual baying to
suit themselves.
No Liberty Boads h Germany
They don't hare Liberty Bond Insues
In Germany. They have just
bonds which a large part of the popstation
wear* and alio war loans. You / >?
know how Liberty Bonds are sold in / \7g ^
this country. The bonds are Bimply a4e- >
j offered to the American people and JJ7
they buy. There Is no compnlsioit. I 1*
It Is simply the desire of the lndlvlu- 8 / '
ual who is patriotjC to aid the sol- |h)J dBTh /t
diers and the country as much as pos- mjjLjMp*' T&M
slble. _ HBTe-fe
But in Hunlahd there is a different |PL
process. The Government informs tr C
the large banking institutions and I
'Via /inwriAvoflono (hot Ihov I ? -* 3
should take such and such a proportlos
of the war loan. It la done. Our
former Ambassador to Germany, ' jl
James W. Gerard, who was In Berlin Jj
when we severed diplomatic relations
with the Hun, states that there Is _______
never any refusal on the part of the
Institution which receives the IntimU- injjjjjgi.i
tlon.
"They know perfectly well what >
wouli fpllow If they did refuse," says mymfc &
Mr. Gerard, "and they never do."
The bank In turn notifies a deposJtor
that his balance is so many ? J .
marks. The bank thinks that he TJr jf?
should subscribe a certain percentage HEftr
of hie Income. He does. He too &*&.' of
knows what would happen If be ff? j jf]
didn't. gmtj/
German soldiers are driven before 7
a relentless system which alms at the /
suppression of their Individuality. .v /
Everywhere is compulsion?nowhere JL& If.
freedom.
So It is that America is going to / /iiB
win this war.. We go into the fight " f\ V
zladlv because it is a struggle for IA \ Iw -JU
freedom. The nation again will man- ifest
more than ever before, through iW? ttl/BS
the Fourth Liberty Loan, that free Whhn|K9|
institutions breed free men who, if hMHW
they can't fight for freedom, at least IF *21
provide their younger representatives ? >i
with every needed means.
A HEALTHY AI1MV tyXjt
Statistics made public by the Surgeon-general
of the United States
Army show that the death rate
from sickness among soldiers In ,.Ogr
camps in this country is lust about W0I
one-third of the death rate among ^8
civilians. For a period of two months
tbe death rate among soldiers was 2.8 MpwHWM
per thousand, while In civilian life
the death rate was 6.7 per thousand.
Health conditions among the Amer- s/ZgL
lean soldiers in Europe are even bet- ^ ^>.^1
ter than among those at home, says
the Surgeon-general. The reason for
this is that only men in the best phys- \ 9
leal condition are sent overseas. tl
RED CROSS HOME SERVICE . J/i
HELPS SOLDIERS' WIVES ^A/Si
When Joseph G went as a se- |M
lected man to a camp in the southeast,
he supposed he was leaving his
wife secure against poverty. Besides
his allotment and allowance payments,
she was to receive profits from
a considerable sum invested in Indian
lands in Oklahoma. He had pur- /PA,
chasod these through a company ??
which wan buying lands for its clients
at government auctions, and he was
expecting large returns. ^ =
It was very shortly after he reached camp
that there came to his wife some ? '/
information about the company which ?* ?
had her husband's money that made
her wonder just how safe that money y. >
was Rv th? time word had r?ai\?\l \ 1
Private G- , the affairs of the real jll\
estate company had been investigated y RjSw J
by the Post Office Department, and Sv, lKsix
they had been forbidden the use of ojp
the mails. Private G was called Ejf/^
npon as one of the creditors to fur- ft^/Ak
nish what evidence he could of their vfj
crookedness. W/ffjj
It was small comfort for him to J yt c
realise that he was going to see the yrtlf/M emen
who had cheated him punished. |' J (tJ|
He was worried about his wife's 1 WraS
funds. Through the Red Cross a XlKa
lawyer was secured, a man of excel- jf|B
lent standing who had volunteered
as a Home Service worker, and this
lawyer, because the man was in serv- { fif /
ice, undertook to protect his rights. sdRl
Mrs. 0 was assured that in the /h\ fk
meantime she would receive money / 1
or other help that she needed from
the Home Service Section. What- ' JflJU /I
ever can be saved of Private O '? IJA 7|
money will be saved by the Home : 11 <
Service lawyer. IjyJ/p ?)guU
THK HOME GUARD IfflSTI' ffjSS
Sentry?Halt! Who's there? 1 2?93
Voice?Commanding Officer, and '/a i
eight .children. 4 ?||
Sentry?Advance, Commanding Of- 1
ficer! Squad, halt!?Judge. Y V^W
YOUR MOTHER T^;
Wants to read everything possible ?
about your life and activities in camp. - [J.-'
The best way of furnishing her with jfr&*rgty
the news is to send "Trench and
Camp" to her every wsek.