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Show t ROOSEVELT FUNERAL OF COL. THEODORE mmt THE BETTER By MARY THY NAME IS UPTON Sir .Thomas Titon, I. T. P. (per latence, pertinacity, perseverance), has again challenged for the America cnjn For ID years the Irish baronet has been trying to lift that cup. He has built nml brought over four Shamrocks. Three of them have been do footed by our defenders. Shamrock IV wus on Its wny across when war broke out. She lies In a Brooklyn shipyard. The New York Yacht club seems Inclined to wait till 11)20 us a more fitting time and has so advised Sir Thomas. Sir Thomas says It Is the ambition of his life to lift tho cup from the the best sports tn the Americans, Americans ree'procote his world. sentiments and beg t ersure him of the continuance of their distinguished consideration. Many of Greut Britains biggest men have come here to bring John Hull and Uncle Sum closer. Possibly none of them hus accomplished so much ns have Kir Thomas and his Shamrocks. Moreover, Its the Llpton spirit that won the great war. Tho whole world turned agnlnst the Hun la purt because of Ills lutjc of sportsmanship and his failure to play the , game. Again: Yachting censed while American ynchtnmen did tlielr bit. Now with the eyes of tho nutlon turned seaward, yachting becomes again the fitting play of a people embarked upon n huge adventure in shipping and resolved upon a great navy to help maintain the world's peace. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDALIST PARSONS, Q (Copyright, PERSISTENCE, MAN by McClure Syndicate.) ISIS, NvwMbil(le ilL Burbnrn, door, Im so mixed up. In dont know what In the world to vi help me I Wlmts the trouble, now, child f tt Knm or Charley? 1 I mean both. d, .Neither Fvc know which Im In love with. I thtut g re r so Its Sam till Charley comes to see tut, Jon. and then he Is so good looking rcd Just like a collar ad and lie looki an at me so deeply you know hotr j Vtrl mean that I think Im nil wrong 8gal ) tn and It must he he. lies ever so mad more popular with the girls, too. No, big Kvuy Sum never says any of the nice lltti ,v and .aa ever lies m .'Ac does, , ,.v ' Charley things blunt sometimes, hut somehow I dont a y. know. 1iff not sure, hut I think Sag ..a-Is the better Tuan. Youre older ant wiser than I am, Barbara; tell me whj w admire Sam more. Ive iilwnyt you li r iili ii yr.ri iu Avit"-I bought you did whenever I tnlk about , I, r M l I .1... t opu-,"t,ur..i M n, ImhI.v f iw.u.4 them, but you've never sold anything. leuding the wny. Ilense tell me. The older girl got up and walked over to the window. For a moment le ct she did not sny anything. Thru she MAURETANIA BRINGS BACK A LOT OF SOLDIERS US' a a with Into sank little sigh. seat )rtai Folly, child there Isn't anything lu IH i the world I know against Charley it )e a wouldnt be fair to sny there was, for ss I he may enre for you even more that I think he does but I'm going to tell R! you a little story. If you have time to L . llsteq, Of course, Bobs, assured Folly, set j. Opt tling her attractive little person Into a f f perfect nest of cushions. Once upon a time, began Barbara, t jTht "there was a girl not a beautiful girl IrJli Just a bright, frank, cheerful girt, at h with a sense of humor and lots of ar, friends. She liked men sincerely, but Jth she was neither very susceptible not fe very foolish, and "she had seen some t Ighv &e c thing of life. ' There was one man she had know jere for a long time, and she always adpth ra mired and liked, him tremendously. mm So they went out together, danced e e together and talked together, and be ram was very nice to her. She found that Am she could talk to him as she had never lira been able to talk to anyone before, and Ivel he always seemed to understand. She ilegi began to value his friendship, above can all her other friends, and to depend os ter, his help and advice In many little jmbl He liked to help her. and u w The transport Mauretnnla docking 'with 3,500 American soldiers, the second lot she hus brought back from things. be bemonths to the grew passed they France since the signing of the armistice. Is tter and better friends, with a clearer rta of each than other the; understanding rher hod ever had. . nt i GERMAN SOCIALIST LEADER a went DEUTSCHLAND she long "Then, away for PROSAIC END OF s 1 visit And he almost made her bellevt reds that he would really miss her badly-a- nd mdt she was very glnfl. ' A And she wrote to him naturally, u ote: a child would write to a very favoritt t 4, 10 I uncle or a dear kind friend who wu celt J older and wiser thnn she, long, news; an :1 54 I letters about alt the dally hnppenlngs-an- d I she dearly loved to write to him. 1 th . YKS He wrote to her twice; then then nt t ",w ; was a long lapse. Then, a third tetter ' ' jie i 4 came which might have been writtei faera to an utter stranger with perfect safe nce ?j ry air and weather btlng the mail j topics. This whs after she hsd l 10R pntslvely written to him for help an! .. i ; . sympathy over what seemed to her I : very great tronhte. and he had failed gre her dismally failed her. She wrott sent him once to more, but she never the letter. She could not thrust her friendship upon bfra If he did not want . Jk 1 K f.tr, fA ' And though she was bound to meet him and did not wish to obvlousl; void him. she did not need to, for he showed no desire for any sort of meeting and flitted about among the ice girls as he had probably always done. And she tried always to be fair to hN v'v and not to Judge him she liked to rev. , 'x ' , yy. t" ! member him rather as a friend who ,'? fi pN hud died thnn one who had censed te vy;i t value her friendship she simply could ). IVK'S 'JA 'V"not understand. Thats all I know 2- r about Chorley and Its two years ago-h- es probably forgotten all about It tong sgo. "Thats all, Polly dear. It Isnt much xwesnw of a story, hut I thought I'd tell It te wmwAWAwevi! t;j you. Somehow, from my own standards. It doesnt seem to me as If a nn who would hurt anyone so cruelly. e and with such utter Indifferblindly :n of. . la me end This uemiuu undersell mnrcliantnmn, the DeutschlamL After the entry of the United States Into the war, the merchantman was con- ence, could measure up to quite the verted Into a sea raider. She mounted two 5.9 guns anil changed her name to same standard as a man like Sam, wb the The photograph shows her at anchor, flying the white ensign. In Is fair and square In everything be does. she Thames river in the shadow of the Tower bridge. Polly snt still for a long time after Bnrhnrs stopped talking. llerr lvtirl Kautz, lender 111 German Thank yon for telling me the story," socialistic circles, leaving the chanceSUFFRAGIST BONFIRES IN WASHINGTON she raid at last llors palace In Berlin after a confer A maid came to the door with a tele c fovt enee with Premier Uliert. gram. Polly glanced at the address, seized It and tore It open hastily. Is Scored on tho Sergeant. a moment the paper dropped to the A war story: floor. A regular army sergeant was drill. "Its from Sam," she gulped, nnd Ing a lot of rookies. The rookies were he's going to the front and he want! very, very slow to learn and the serme to tell him before he goes they D(sul geant. who thought thnt he should ob. j wont let him off to come himself have been In France Instead of on denr, Its terrible I duty In a training camp, was not as Wlmt are you going to write to patient ns he could have been, . him?" Wlmt the dickens did you syprk Write to him 1 why, Pm going t nt before you got Info this man s that camp tonight Just as fast as I nrmyT he demanded of a recruit who seemed to be unable to guess quickly can pack mothers bng and my own; which foot was right and which was and Im going to mnrry him tomorrow If they only let me see him for live loft. I worked In n bnnk, snid the new minutes. 1 havent any choice In the soldier. matter there never was I I see It all now as plain as the nose on my face . Carrying ont the waste busk is Ill bet, said the sergeant In a tone hes the better nmn, .the best mna thnt he Intended to be very, very the very best man In the world is far as t am concerned, at least, and I f 4 No. answered the recruit qulcklv ought to have known It all along. Ws J"? for repartee In the army must he The suffragists for several weeks have been trying to keep alight bonfires me, Barbara ; Ill have to hurry, When "J I we have a retired In front of the White House, some of them quick .f anything being composed of Jie published you see me again Ill be Mrs. Sum Good-by- , works of the president. Many of the women hnve been arrested. dear Ill have to break tbs prray sergeant to do that. news to mother good-b1" .', w .. K,v,l, f 1 To a Son Frnnclscnn, Col. L. Mn us, medical corps, U. S. A Mer-Vl- ' n demili- partment surgeon of the western tary department, has come the honor of being awarded what Is said to be the first Distinguished Service medal to bo bestowed In the United States, though a few were awarded to leaders In France during the war. Here Is tho citation: A Distinguished Service modal has been awarded to you for specially v f r--1 meritorious service on I'.cl'.e Fourche I river, North Dakota, November S, 1877, at which time you were first V. xl : lieutenant and assistant surgeon, United States army In that, while serving with a. detachment suddenly surrounded by a hostile force o Sioux Indians, yon succeeded In extricutlng the party from a most perilous posiV'T- tion. t AunMaus act Is unique. Three dred Sioux charged upon the white men, who reserved their fire. Maus ran out on foot directly at the Indians, yelling like mad. They turned and rode olf without firing a shot. A parley averted bloodshed. A few days later the Indians began a murderous raid. It took a regiment to subdue them. .. v y THE 'n;' The recent American' Jewish congress in Philadelphia was the first of Its kind. It was characterized as a most momentous epoch in Jewish life. There were 400 delegates representing 3.000,000 Jews in America. Judge Jullun V. Mack of Chicago, president of the congress, said It was the first time In American history that Jews of all classes, all groups and all factions into which American Jewry has been divided have come together to deliberate solemnly and hopefully for the rights and the welfare of their race. , The congress declared for a Jewish commonwealth In Palestine under the trusteeship of Great Britain, acting on behalf of such league of nations as nmy be formed. A delegation of nine. Including Judge Mack, wos elected to present to the Versailles peace conference a bill of rights, which it Is proposed shall he Incorporated In the organic laws of new or enlarged states that may be established. The bill of rights Includes these particulars: All citizens of (mime of nation) without distinction os to race, nationality or dreed shall enjoy equal civil, political, religious and national rights. The principle of minority representation shnll be provided for by low. The members of the various national ns well us religious bodies of (name management of their own communal cf nation) shnll he accorded autonomous becharitable or otherwise. cducutlonnl, religious, Institutions whether they 3gr IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL PARKS Stephen T. Mather, director of the national park service, predicts an Increased attendance In the national pnrks next season now that peace has come. The attendance of the 1918 season fell off from 490,703 to 454,841 owing to the Increase In railroad fares and tho discouragement by the government of pleasure travel. The bulk of tourist travel to tho uutlonnl pnrks Is by private automobile and held its own, the figures for 1917 and 1918 In tho 11 pnrks In which records are kept being 55,290 and C4..V.10 cars. l'ocky Mountain National park In Colorado led ull the scenic purks by a wide murgln with 101,497 visitors. Mount Ituinler in Washington was second, with 4.1,901. Yosomite In CaliforHot nia was third, with 11,127. Springs In Arkansas, wleleh Is medical rather thnn scenic, hud 140, OtK) visitors. Yellowstone In Wyoming fell off about 14,000. There are now 10 na Monul pnrks, Cnsn Grande In Arizona having been reduced to tho fade of national monument. Bills nre before congress for the creation of several additional parks, Including the Grand Canyon of the Colorado In Arizona and Lafayette National park on the Island of Mount Desert, Maine. Director Mather reooinmends large additions to Yellowstone and to Sequoia In California. The national parks contain 6,234,405 acres. The appropriation for this yegr la $1,012,205. , XX: ' ':J I $ t? 'IV J V.-?- I': -- v' . - f-i- l iirli v r sur-ensil- J-- y |