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THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, SUNDAY MORNING; NOVEMBER 1 1;' 1917. -
SEVIER, q
thf rf r.lMFNT HAS RFFN RFCRl JITF.D UP TO 3.200. THE PICTURE SHOWN HERE IS FROM A PHOTOGRAPH KINDLY FURNISHED THE DISPATCH BY GEN. JAMES I. METTS, FATHER
OF A SERIES OF PICTURES OF SOLDIER BOYS TH
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4 HELP TO WIN THE WAR. j
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(By George Ade) ; Advice to Am- 1!
ericans between the ages of 30
I and 50. S
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lis nil
people the -quality of patience.
; the interior with crepe.
1
! While the war is on, the active Germany Moving Loyal
The time has come to ignore them.
If we can not iock them up tor safe
keeping, at least we can shut them
I out fiom our daily program and go
ahead with the important work laid
for us.
This is no time to waste precious
hours and vocal energy in trying to
I nrovp thnt twn and twr rnnko four
ize the home guards, conserve the
wheat and meat and sugar, back up
the Red Cross peddle the Liberty
Bonds, write the letters, pack
; work is support of the boys at the
; front will be shouldered cheerfully
by men and women a little too old j
; for acrobatic service but not yet
1 frosted at the temples.
They will supply part of Ore- money
(D:
Families Into District to
Get Majority .
Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent.)
, and most of the "pep" needed to sup- i with the French Armies, Oct. 27
If all the optimists along your
street should arise some morning into
a world bedecked with dew sparkles
i ... . . (ii.i , l , . c j l. : j. ,i i ... ,
ana exciaim in unison. wnat a Deau-; uounui i aim tiauu uy ior oraers
tiful, sunshiny day!" then some two-j at all times.
legged crab would emerge behind a i If a busy worker feels some one
lilac bush and say, "Yes; but I think tugging at his coat tail, the thins to
it'll rain before night." ; do is to kick straight back and kick
If you find a banana skin on the hard, but don't waste time in looking
and water is wet, and the sun sets vhreshold of patriotic opportunity, around.
in the west, and the mad dog of Prus- kick it aside and don't permit yourself By. the way, here is an imnortaat
sumism must be muzzled -to become fussed. tip' for every man past 30. Don't tell
Don t try to convince the miniature, The- stalwart men and women of around tha you would be keen to en-
Ia Follettes, because they don't wish middle age' are to keep the home fires list if you were just a litt'e voun-er
to bo convinced. They derive a bil- burning during the supreme ordeal fe0me of the men just under :jo tvili
ious comfort from being different, i now at hand. . have their doubts, and even those v. ho
J licy nave learned that no cloud has Thev are to raise the erons sneed )iati0v0
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rAv and eneourasre a huee armv in ... .. . 'n -ihror !;i;mr. v. i --,1.. '
'the field .v.an. )--fcecret mtormation trom : - '""" U11 me iiurim, coneci me taxes, organ- mcnt in your conversation.
! it ia ",, unn, .Qon thot TOo 'Alsace and Lorraine reaches thej ,- - : . .
Ihavo passed the period of doubting ! Fnch mi UaiT authorities daily re-;
1 L : lotitro fr thn mtarw tioti- hfmr ilm-r t fill
: and question answering.
W:? have come to the days when
; hustling must supplant conversation.
It was all right six months ago to
; lative to the steps now being tken
j there by the Germans, to render it
Certain that if a plebiscite were held
to decide whether the two provisinces
! preferred to belong to France or Ger-'
favor ;
THE SLACK :
The Extraordinary Film Spectacle at the Grand Monday and Tuesday
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Most Important Musical Event of Season Matinee and Night
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17
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NEW YORK
CASINO
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60 Artists Company Orchestra Original Superb Production. Prices:
Night 75, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00. Matinee 50, 75, $1.00 and $1.50.
Seats at Elvington's Friday.
NOTE The Patriotic War Tax of 1c on each 10c or fraction thereof will
be charged in addition to above prices.
gamgi j mm win 1 1 li jjimmjunnMsgg
All New Shades TJ Q"17
in Silk OU5;
New Ostrich Trimmings
HATS, HATS, HATS.
.' c to r n ti Hrkiiv o loir in trvino t n rnn.
: vince some one with a vacant eye and I f. result v'ou,d be 111
cii a iiiiiiu kiiat t v v i T a v c. i y juu
I ficd in accepting the insolent chal- ! Although at tne time rjermanv an- '
j lenge thrown at us by Germany. Inched Alsace and Lorraine she de-j
i You are to be forgiven if, even iciinefl absolutely to allow the nuestion'
three months ago, you spent valuable ;to be submitted to a plebiscite, she;
time trying to convince a sluggish now appearg very anxjous to have the ,
j minority that ! ultimate disposition of the two pro--
; First. Government bonds are a safe vinces srUled in that mannr In the '
investment. ; meantime active steps are being tak-1
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cucunu. rro-uerman prupagauua en to see that Alsace and Lorraine ,
arc to be hit in the head. are inhabited, at least at the time'
Third. The allies are to be trusted. 'of the proposed plebiscite, by a Ger-,
Fourth. The Red Cross is above man majority. j
suspicion and does not obtain either! According to the information reach-
1 money or knitted goods under false iRg France, a steady colonization hasjg
I pretenses. ,v.zv been going on for some time past.
I Fifth. All taxes which have been German families are being moved in
i levied are justified by extraordinary to the two provinces and settled there
and unprecedented conditions. until the ultimate fate of Alsace and.
j Sixth. This is not a rich mans war; ; Lorraine is disposed of at the peace
jit was not precipitated by any Wall conference.
Street influence; it is not concerned Germany is also pushing to a quick
'over private investments; it is not a completion the liquidation of all the
j grand benefit for munition makers. ;reat manufactureries and other in-
I seventn. tair promises nave no austnes owned Dy Tencn capital or
value when they are made by a crim- by people of known French proclivi!-j
inal who finds himself backed into ies. Many of these properties are'
!a corner. ;valued at millions of dollars. Theyj
! Eighth. The men m our training are being sold to German shareholders:
camps and aboard transports and sta- and concerns by the German govern
tioned somewhere in France are be- ment at values fixed by the latter
ing safeguarded as American soldiers Presumably in the end the French
ne ver before were looked after, as owners will receive back a portion of j
regards wholesome food, proper sani- the proceeds. . !
tation, prevention of disease, and In this way Germany is seeking to
moral guidance. .wipe out not only the French popula-
WThy enumerate further? ition but all influence which the latter
Abe Martin met a feller down in might exert.
Brown county that never heard of
Tony Pastor, and we have a taxpayer '
in our township who thinks the world , , , . ... . . , .
is flat, and you can find cabaret per- frt 8 r L h t
formers in New York City who don't CrOSS beinS a Crked mstltU"
believe there is such a place as Iowa,
and clairoyants still find customers, That the BOldier b0y about to board
and you can name people who will a transport and join his comrades
consult patent-medicine "ad." in pret- of fance and Great Britain never
erence to a doctor, and old Jethro was known to doubt the sincerity of
Tilford, over in Shelby Township, car- thp meir. with h tn
Iries a dried-up potato to keep off the jQ,-n shoulders?
lunumausra. No indeed!
In every community you will find
a contrary-minded sediment of the -hu- Ail the wails and misgivings and
man race people who keep them- fish stories are put into circulation
selves somewhat in evidence by by a few picayune outsiders who
noisily denying facts which are self- were just built to be obstructionists
evident to all of their, neighbors who aTd roraehow can't help it. . j
happened to be in the full enjoyment Thev are in a class with the Tories
I of sanity. They are somewhat like who feasted the aristocratic British $
frogs, i. e., they make an awiuL noise officers while Washington's Army
in proportion to their number. starved at Valley Forge.
Now, if you will take the trouble
to check up in your immediate heigh They are a hold over of the Val
borhood the people who, from the be- lemdigham clan that reviled Lincoln
ginning of the war, have been full of and gave an underhanded copperhead
doubts and questions and . false support to the cause of slavery, even
alarms, you will find that they are after it was doomed,
few in number and of precious little They are the kind of people who
importance, except as atmospheric oppose public improvements, will not
disturbances. . ": buy tickets for the Chautauqua, criti-
Also, did it ever occur to you: ciz the minister if he smiles in pub-
That the man who had bought lie and attach the presumDtion of
most liberally of government bonds gu'lt to any woman attacked by scan
nover - questioned the. safety., of - his daJ. - -, -
security? , " ; " V;; ,r! They are the-. small borers, the two-
That the-woman who was; knitting - ay-fours.' the, gnat?, the so.nd .flie?.
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