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AMERICAN LEGION DIRECTORY FOR 1923 NATIONAL OFFICERS Alvin Owsley, Denton, Texa.s, National Commander Edward J. Barrett, Sheboygan, Wis., Natl. Vice-Comm. Lemuel Bolles, Seattle, Wash., Natl. Adjutant Dr. Robert O. Blood, Concord, N. H., Nail. Vice-Comm. Robert H. Tyndall, Indianapolis, Ind., Natl. Treasurer E. Erle Cocke, Macon, Ga., Nad. Yice-Comm. Rev. William B. O'Connor, Cincinnati, O., Natl. Chaplain Watson B. Miller, Washington, D. C, Natl. Vice-Comm. Eben Putnam, Wellesley Farms, Mass., Natl. Historian Chiles P. Plummer, Casper, Wyo., Natl. Vice-Comm. Robert A. Adams, Indianapolis, Ind., Natl. Judge Advocate

Milton J. Foreman, Chicago. 111., Past Natl. Comm. Franklin D'Olier, Philadelphia, Pa., Past Natl. Comm. Henry D. Lindsley, Dallas, Tex., Past Natl. Comm. John G. Emery, Grand Rapid, Mich., Past Natl. Comm. Hanford MacNider, Mason City, la.. Past Natl. Comm.

NOTE : National Officers may be addressed at National Headquarters, American Legiont Indianapolis, . Department Officers may be addressed at their Department Head- quarters, care of the Department Adjutant, whose address is in each Instance given below. DEPARTMENT OFFICERS

Alabama—Comm., Robert E. Steincr, Mont- Louisiana—Comm.. Michel Provosty, 721 Ca- North Carolina—Comm.. James A. Lockhart, Natl. bldg.. gomery Adjt., Joe Yates, 738 First rondolet New Orleans ; Adjt., A. R. Charlotte; Adjt,, Robert E. Denny, 'Greens- ; Christovich, sts.. Bank bldpr.. Birmingham : Ex. Comm., Wal- Royal and Conti New Or- boro; Ex. Comm., Cale K. Burgess, Raleigli.

ter E. Bare, Birmingham. leans ; Ex. Comm., C. J. Bourg. Thibodaux. —Comm., Mack V. Traynor, — Adjt., 315 Alaska Cotimi., A. C. Fisher, Juneau; — Devils Lake : Adjt., Jack Williams, Maine Comm., Perley Ford, Sanford ; Adjt., R. George E. Mann, Juneau ; Ex. Comm., N. James L. Boyle, 108 Main st.. Waterville Broadway, Fargo ; Ex. Comm., Philip R. Walker, Ketchikan. Ex. Comm., Albert Greenlaw. Public Utili- Bangs. Grand Forks. Arizona—Comm., Celora M. Stoddard, Phoenix ; ties Commission. Augusta. Ohio—Comm., Gilbert Bettman. Union Trust Capitol Adjt.. Neri Osborne, Jr., Rm. 408, bldg., Cincinnati ; Adjt., Hugh K. Martin, Maryland—Comm., Arthur Renouf, 211 W. bldg.. Phoenix; Ex. Co>nm., Duane Bird, 335 S. High st.. Columbus ; Ex. Comm., Johnf Madison St.. Baltimore Adjt., Alfred T. Nogales. ; R. McQuigg. 14142 Euclid av.. Cleveland, Truitt. Howard Street Armory. Baltimore Arkansas—Comm., O. L. Bodenhamer, El Do- Oklahoma—Comm., Dudley C. Monk, Ok- Brown, War Memo- Ex. Comm., H. Findley French. 1404 Munsey State rado ; Adjt., Claude A. mulgee ; Adjt., Leon H. Brown, 544 bldg., Baltimore. rial bldg.. Little Rock ; Ex. Comm., Dr. L. J. Capitol, Oklahoma City ; Ex. Comm., Wm. S. Kosminsky, Texarkana. Massachusetts—Comm., 'Wm. H. Doyle. Rm. Keys, Wewoka. — Millington. Jr., 160. State House, Boston Adjt., Californla Comm., Seth ; Leo A. Oregon—Comm., Geo. R. Wilbur, Hood River 270 City Spillane. Rm. 160, State Calusa ; Adjt., Morgan Keaton, House, Boston; Ex. Adjt., Harry N. Nelson, 269 Washington st.,

Hall, San Francisco ; Ex. Comm., John R. Comm., Wm. H. Doyle. Rm. 160. State Portland Ex.Comm., Chas.W. Erskine, Bend. — ; Quinn, —Richgrove. House. Boston. Panama Comm., Elmer Stctier. Cristobal. C. Comm., Leo P. Kelly, 744 First Na- Z. Adjt., Daly, Cristobal. Z. ; Ex. Colorado Mexico—Comm., John L. Gill. Apartado 62. ; E. J. C. tional Bank bldg.. Pueblo; Adjt., Morton M. Tampico. Tamps. Mexico Adjt., Harry Comm., Fred DeV Sill. Balboa, C. Z. ; W. David. 410 Interstate Trust bldg., Denver; Berdie. Apartado 1356, Tampico, Tamps. Pennsylvanla—Comrii., Wm. B. Healey, Ex. Comm., Wilkie Ham. Las Animas. Mexico; Ex. Comm., Leigh H. Rovzar, P. O. Wilkes Bart-e; Adjt., Gilbert Jacobosky, 931 CONNfx;TIcUT Comm., Edward L. Kelly, 886 Box 1911. Mexico, D. F., Mexico; (Code ad- Chestnut st., Philadelphia; Ex. Comm., Wm.

st., Bridgeport ; Adjt., Clarence J. Main dress: Capuchinas 7, Mexico. D. F., Mexico.) B. Healey, Wilkes Barre. Guinan, 171 Church st., P. O. Box 801, New Philippine Islands—Comm., Roy L. Lewis Michigan—Com?n., Robert B. Harkncss, Haven ; Ex. Comm., Justus J. Fennell, 169 (envelopes to be addressed: The American Houghton: Adjt., Lyle D. Tabor. 211 Lin- North St., Stamford. Legion, Dept. of P. I., Box 1736. Manila. —Coinm., Arthur Kipling, 42 Rue coln bldg.. Detroit; E.T.. Comm., Paul A. CoNT. Europe P. I. Code address: Phillegion) ; Adjt., A. Martin. The Evening News. Battle Creek. Ampere, Paris XVIIei France; Adjt., E. Tatton (envelopes to be addressed: The Francis Jaques, flS Rue du Cherche Midi, —Comm., Gerald V. Barron, Clo- American Legion. Dept. of P. I., Box 1736.

Mundgro Paris) quet : Adjt., Stafford Paris Vie, France (Code: ; King, Old Capitol Manila, P. I. ) ; Ex. Comm., Whipple S. Ex. Comm., R. Emmett Condon, American Bldg., St. Paul; Ex. Comm., Levi M. Hall, Hall, Box 1736. Manila. Tel. and Tel. Co., 195 Broadway, New York 516 New York Life bldg.. Minneapolis. Rhode Island—Comm., T. J. H. Pierce, 31 — sq.. Providence Adjt., P. City. Mississippi Comm., Kenneth G. Price. Mc- Market ; John

—Comm., Wm. C. Speakman, 1201 Adjt., ; Ex. Hartigan. 9i8 Turks Head bldg.. Providence; Delaware Comb ; Glen H. Smith. Jackson

Delaware av., Wilmington ; Adjt., John J. Comm., AVinfred C. Adams, (jorinth. Ex. Comm., T. J. H. Pierce, 31 Market sq..

Dugan. P. O. Box 632. Wilmington ; Ex. Missouri—Comm., James E. Kinkead. Forn- Providence. Comm., Thos. MiUer, Alien Property Cus- felt; .Adjt., J. K. Noonan, 215 Hall bldg.. South Carolina—Comm., Luther K. Brice.

todian, Washington, D. C. 9th and Walnut sts.. Kansas City ; Ex. 5 and 7 Cleveland Law Range, Spartanburg ; District of Columblv—Watson B. Miller, Rm., Comm., Bennett C. Clark. Third National Adjt., Miller C. Foster, Spartanburg; Ex. 402, 1423 New York av., N. W., Washing- Bank. St. Louis. Comm., Thos. R. Spratt, Fort Mill. S. Imirie. 1423 New York — — ton ; Adjt., A. Montana -Comm., Loy J. Molumby, Great Comm., J. H. Williams, Get-

; Ex. Comm., Wat- Washington ; Adjt., av.. N. W., Falls ; Adjt., O. C. Lamport. Helena Ex. tysburg ; Douglas Sheldon. Stokes son Miller. Rm. 402, 1423 New York av., Comm., C. Thomas Busha. Jr.. Helena. bldg., Watertown ; Ex. Comm., J. H. Wil- N. W., Washington. —Comm., J. Ed. C. Fisher. Beatrice: liams. Gettysburg. Florida—Com7«., Jerome E. Wideman, West Adjt., Frank B. O'Connell, 314 Richards Tennessee—Comyn., Granville S. Ridley. Mur-

Palm Beach ; Adjt., Thomas H. Davis. block, Lincoln ; Ex. Comm., Earl M. Cline, freesboro; Adjt., Guy H. May. 310 Holston Tampa Daily Times, Tampa ; Ex. Comm., 703 First— Natl. Bank bldg.. Lincoln. Bank bldg.. Knoxville ; Ex. Comm., L. Jere Dr. Davis Forster, New Smyrna. Nevada Comm., Harold Bellinger, Fallon Cooper.— Dyersburg. Georgia.—Comm., Rodney S. Cohen, Augusta Adjt., Dr. M. C. Horning. Las Vegas ; Ex. Texas Comm.. John C. Townes. Houston

Adjt., Spencer L. Hart, Augusta ; Ex. Comm., George W. Malone, Reno. Adjt., G. L. Folbre, Criminal Courts bldg.,

— ; 'Comm., Comm., M. J. Witman, 714 Georgia Casualty New Hampshire Comm., Dr. Charles S. Dallas— Ex. Charles Ingram. Wliarton. Bldg.. Macon. Walker. Keene ; Adjt., George W. Morrill. Utah Comm., Dr. B. W. Black, 514 Boston

Hawaii—Comm., Philip L. Rice, Lihue, Kauai. Concord ; Ex. Comm., Dr. Charles S. Walker. bldg.. Salt Lake City; Adjt., Kirke M. Motsch, American Fac- Keene. Decker. 133 State Capitol bldg.. Salt Lako Hawaii ; Adjt., A. G. tors, Ltd., Honolulu, T. H. Hawaii (Code: —Comm.—Alan B. Conlin. 509 City ; Ex. Comm., John E. Booth. Spauish Walter F. Dillingham, Colonial av.. Westfield Adjt., Fred C. Daw- Fort. Amleg) ; Ex. Comm., ; — R. & L. Co.. Honolulu, T. H. son. 203 E. State st., Trenton ; Ex. Comm., Vermont Comm., Allen Fletcher. 127 St. Paul Idaho—Comm., James Harris. Weiser; Adjt., Harry Kramer, 503 Market st., Camden. St.. Burlington; Adjt., John J. Cocklin, 12T Lester F. Albert. Boise; Ex. Comm., E. W. New Mexico—Comm., Jefferson D. Atwood, St. Paul St., Burlington; Ex. Comm., ,^ohn

Sinclair. Shoshone. Roswell ; Adjt., Hertnan G. Baca. Santa Fe ; F. Sullivan. Edwards St.. St. Albans. —Comm., Charles W. Schick. Rm. 500. Ex. Comm., Jos. C. Wallch. Fort Bayard. Virginia—Comm., E. E. Goodwyn, Emporia; 39 La Salle st.. Chicago; Adjt.. Wm. Q. Set- New York—Comm., Albert S. Callan. Chat- Adjt, W. B. Crush, 1030 Mutual bldg.. Rich-

liffe, Bloomington ; Ex. Comm., Horatio D. ham ; Adjt., John R. Schwartz, Rm. 302. mond ; Ex. Comm., Dr. J. F. Lynch. Norfolk. Hackett, Holabird & Riche. Monroe bldg., Hall of Records. New York City : Ex. Washington—Comm., Lewis B. Schwellen- back. st.. Chicago. Comm., Ralph K. Robertson. 28 City Hall. 315 University Seattle ; Adjt.,

Indiana—Comm., Perry Faulkner, Shelbyville ; Buffalo. Henry A. Wise, 315 University st.. Seattle; Adjt.. Frank H. Henley. Chalfant bldg.. In- Ex. Comm., (Judge) Dewitt M. Evans. Ta-

dianapolis ; Ex. Comvi., Bowman Elder, 201 coma. Saks bldg., Indianapolis. West Virginia—Comm., Andrew E. Edmiston, 40 HOMMES, 8 CHEVAUX Jr.. Weston Adjt., —Comm., C. B. Robbins. Cedar Rapids ; Bernard Kaiser. Rm. 28. Adjt., James F. Barton. 408 Flynn bldg., D;s McLain bldg.. Wheeling: Ex. Comm., An- n. E. MacDonald, Correspondant drew Moines ; Ex.Comm., John H. Kelly. Sioux City. Edmiston. Jr.. Weston. Kansas—Comm., W. P. MacLean. Topcka National, 325 Yesler Way, Seattle, —Comm., F. Ryan Duffy, Fond du bid"?.. Adjt., Adjt., Frank E. Samuel. Memorial Washington. Lac ; Austin A. Petersen, Fond du

Topeka ; Ex. Comm.. Wilder S. Metcalf. Lac : Ex. Comm., F. Ryan Duffy, Fond du Lawrence. E. J. En-ERS, Chef de Chemin de Fer, Lac. —Comm., B. Kentucky—Comm., W. C. Wilson. Lexington ; The Pacific Legion, 281 12th St., A. Tonkin. Cheyenne; Nunnelley. 707 Louisville Adjt., W. J. Wehrli. 211 O. Adjt., Brent G. Portland, Oregon. & S. bldg.. Cas- Trust bldg.. Louisville ; Ex. Comm., Emmet per ; Ex. Comm., C. P. Plummer, 415 Con- O'Neal, Kenyon bldg., Louisville. solidated Royalty bldg, Caspet. !

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How Buddy Has Fared in the Race for a Living

Present Weekly Average

Some Sta- Peacetime tistics and Fight of How the service man's Compari- present-day pay envelope the Fight- compares with his post war aver- sons on the age and his 1917 economic status, accord- ing Man ing to answers to the Weekly's questionnaire

STATISTICS ordinarily seem dry By Thompson Mitchell conditions and walks in life, so that, in as gunpowder and rather weari- the final striking of averages, the re- some to read through, but in this turns would provide a composite report particular parade of statistics dier appetites could not feed long on typical of the status of ex-service men the subject covered is of lively interest laurels and cheers. From the very generally. to every American who went to war. beginning the men disgorged from the In view of the fact that the men Facts and figures have been recruited army's and the navy's swollen ranks petitioned were obliged to sit down and from veterans throughout the coun- found themselves nose to nose with the answer ten extremely personal ques- try, and will hereinafter pass in re- tribulations and discouragements of a tions, the result was gratifying. There view, to show just how things have war period's aftermath. Thenceforth, was a return of 757, or about 38 per- gone with the average ex-service man as shown by the facts, ex-service men cent, a number large enough to serve since he marched home, changed his as a class have been climbing a long, as a basis for computing fairly accu- clothes, and resumed his normal pur- steep, difficult trail to get back to rately the post-war welfare of ex- suits. where they were, economically, when service men by and large. Ever since Mr. Hohenzollern ran the great call came. Let the figures, then, tell the story. away from home and took to sawing How have they succeeded? Are they Take incomes. In the three months wood and writing memoirs, some four better off, or worse off, than the man before they forsook their regular oc- million Americans have been trying to who stayed at home? cupations to occupy themselves with make up for lost time. How they have To derive the facts bearing on the the grim business in Europe and the fared, generally, has long been a moot average ex-service man's economic at- preparation for it in America, the aver- question. There has been much specu- tainments during the three and a half age weekly pay of these 757 men was lation and guessing on the subject. But years he has been out of service, two $34.09. Since the war these same men now, in the light of definite informa- thousand questionnaire blanks were have averaged $35.67 a week; and at tion acquired by The American Le- mailed by The American Legion Week- the present writing they are earning, gion Weekly, there is at last conclusive ly several weeks ago to as many Le- an average of $38.42 a week. evidence that buddy's happy home-com- gionnaires residing in all parts of the After three and half years, follow- ing to music did not lead to a primrose country. Names were selected by lot, ing many months on small service pay, path of economic advancement. at random, with the result that about the average ex-service man has been To be sure, the war had its satis- sixty percent of the mailing went to able to increase his income by $4.33 a factions in the laurels of ultimate vic- men in cities and towns in the various week. But taking the post-war period tory, and there is no gainsaying the States; the remainder went to men in as a whole, he has been able to earn pleasure derived from the cheers of villages and rural districts. Thus was only $1.58 more a week than he was townspeople and neighbors. But sol- information sought from men in all accustomed to earn in the ante-bellum : —

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days when he was considerably Twenty-six percent of the sidered. The National Industrial younger and less experienced. It veterans interviewed say Conference Board's latest report shows is not a heartening achievement they have made up the that the cost of living rose 94 percent from any viewpoint. economic handicap im- from 1914 to 1920. Between Novem- In analyzing these figures it posed by the war, but an ber, 1919, and March, 1920, when ex- must be borne in mind that these overwhelming majority of service men were just getting re-estab- men are passing through the years 68 percent roar "No!" lished in civilian life, there was an in- of life which usually bring great- Six percent are uncertain crease of 6.9 percent in living costs. est development and advancement. and do not answer The cost of clothing climbed 18 percent Many of them gave up two whole during the same period; rent 8 percent years or more in the service of and food 4.2 percent. Food prices their country, for the benefit of all. now are back almost to the level of Add all this time together, consider heatless and other days of 1917, but clothing prices still remain the loss in earnings represented, abstinence, and poured somewhat above the old scale. Total and then regard $1.58 and $4.33 as their surplus earnings into increases of rentals over the country sums of remuneration. They are savings banks and into as a whole amount to 65 percent for the picayune indeed. the Government's Treas- period between July, 1914, and March, Even so, few ex-service men who ury in return for bonds. 1922. express dissatisfaction would feel But in 1919, the year of And now to get back to the other as they do if it were not for the demobilization, living phases of the ex-service man's economic ever rankling thought about how much costs had risen higher experiences since the better off other wage-earners have been than ever. Then began war. In face of the facts who did not serve. Not those who could the great era of spend- on his income, it is not serve, but those who did not—the ing, that wild indul- scarcely to be wondered ones, many of them, who volunteered to gence in automobiles that 68 percent of the stay home. As further light on the fore- and luxuries that set in 757 answered "No" going figures, a few comparisons are in the moment war re- against 26 percent who order. Let us see how other wage-earn- strictions were abro- answered "Yes"—to the ers fared. gated, and which has- question asking whether One has only to consult the reports tened deflation. All this they considered that they of the Commissioner of Internal Rev- during the months that had made up the eco- enue on personal incomes to visualize men just out of uni- nomic handicap incurred the other side of the picture. During form were canvassing by their military service. 1917 and 1918, the years when some factories, counting Some six percent re- five million stalwart young Americans rooms and offices for mained uncertain. were in uniform at small pay, per- jobs. But there was no uncer- sonal incomes in America increased At the peak of high tainty in the minds of- enormously. Wages jumped everywhere wages, in July of 1920, those answering "No." except in the Army and Navy, and due the average weekly They replied in the most to wartime restrictions on luxuries and earnings of all wage- emphatic terms. Some to the buying of Government bonds at earners in the United were literally explosive. liberal interest, savings jumped corre- "Not by a damn sight!" spondingly. several wrote, while In the $1,000 to $2,000 income class, Only 57 percent of the others vented warm feel- 1,640,758 persons filed returns in 1917, men heard from have ings about slackers who and then in 1918 the number dropped been regularly em- stayed at home and drew to 1,516,938—simply because inflated ployed since demobili- high pay. Some com- wages raised tens of thousands of zation plained that their war wage-earners above that class. This is service had cost them proved by a glance at returns covering their seniority rights in the $3,000 to $4,000 class: 374,958 per- States amounted to $29.81. Since then corporations employing them, thus sons reported incomes of $3,000 to $4,- there has been a general decline of about causing them to suff'er delays in ad- 000 in 1917 as against 85,122 persons 24 percent—a decrease due, however, vancement. Many did not content in 1916, and 610,095 in 1918 as against more to part-time operations than to themselves with merely answering the the number in 1917. wage reductions, though both have been questions, but were determined to write Reviewing the national income as a factors. lengthy bits of varying comment. whole is one good means of getting a This figure is lower than the aver- As an instance, hark to this from an logical picture of conditions during and age earnings of ex-service men for the ex-captain since the war. In 1917 simple reason that it rep- "I happen to be a physician, so a the national income resents all kinds of labor, number of your questions are hard to jumped eight billions over women and children in- answer, hence this method of replying. that of the year before, cluded. It is better, per- My work has returned to me very slow- and national savings in- haps, to note that ex- ly, and I can assure you that the past creased four billions. In service men's wages have few years have been anything but a 1918 the aggregate income not been much higher, de- bed of roses. It has been necessary • rose another eight bil- spite the fact that the for me to borrow money to live while lions, and savings still an- Army and Navy drew endeavoring to rebuild my practice; other four billions. In upon the country's high- and now, after three and a half years, 1919, when the Army and est order of intellect and I am just beginning to pay up on the Navy released the veter- manhood. loans made when I started back into ans, the national income Moreover, the $1.58 practice. Before going to service my increased only four bil- and $4.83 increases in the practice was equal to about $600 a lions, and savings de- pay of the average ex- month." creased seven billions. In service man shrinks to One chap sat down and tabulated 1920, incomes went down even lower dimensions what he would have earned in civil life a billion and savings fur- when living costs are con- during the 23 months he was in service, ther decreased three and added up the pay he had drawn in the a half billions. Army, and showed what he considered In other words, it is to be a loss of $2,630. Another man, plain to be seen that the Forty-six percent of the an ex-lieutenant of the Medical Corps, folks at home earned and men answering are fol- bluntly declared he had lost $30,000. saved a great deal of money lowing the same occupa- Incomes stated in the returns ranged during the fat years of tions they did before the all the way from $10 a week to one 1917 and 1918. While the war. Fifty-four percent instance of $500 a week, the latter re- war was on they lived have been forced into or ported by a physician. Of about half carefully, perforce, what changed over to other a dozen doctors heard from, at least with meatless, wheatless, fields of endeavor four of them mentioned the difficulties DECEMBER 8, 1922 PAGE 7 they have been having in regaining another position, but refused to give executive ability they were in a posi- their practice, whereas several lawyers me my old place because they appre- tion to develop in wartime. whose incomes had increased since the ciated the fact that this man had been But more than 80 percent of the war stated that they believed that their with them throughout the time when questionnaires were returned by former participation inthewar had helped them men were scarce more than they ap- enlisted men; and of course the great professionally. It may be noted, and preciated my going and fighting for majority of the men who saw service is perhaps significant, that the lawyers them. This was my first knowledge of served in the ranks. It is among these, in each case are practicing in small how returning soldiers were going to be the lowly bucks and the gobs, that towns, where virtually everybody would treated, and I was so disgusted I left progress has been well-nigh negligible. be likely to know them and their war my home State and came out to the The figures disclose that only 57 per- records. Southwest, where I have succeeded far cent of those heard from have been One former second lieutenant who above expectations." steadily employed since demobilization. had been earning $25 a week before Of the 26 percent answering "Yes" Of the 757 men, 58 have been seriously going to war, and is now drawing $55, to the economic handicap question handicapped by disability from wounds explained the increase as follows: many were likewise emphatic in their or illness incurred in service. Some "This large increase you see in my answers. One man whose salary had of these are permanently disabled and salary before and after the war really increased said, "There was no handi- have been subsisting entirely on com- deserves explanation. When I was mus- cap; it was an asset." Another, still pensation allotments from the Govern- tered out of the Army I immediately earning the same small salary he ment. went to see about getting my old job earned before the war, displayed the Total time of unemployment among back, and found that it was being held spirit of Nathan Hale. This man wrote, the 43 percent who reported time lost down by one of my former subordinates "I have nothing to regret for doing my through no fault of their own has who had escaped the draft due to hav- duty." Many who had been officers in amounted to 2,876 months. Reduced to ing a wife and child. They offered me the service have profited since by the {Continued on page 20) Trading with the Bolsheviks

The Cargo Is Brought to Port, the Committee Prepares to Do Business—and Then Some Upstart Mentions Money

By John Palmer Gumming

WHITMORE and I paced were arriving tomorrow morm the deck arm in arm. ing at Batum, and the destroyer Below was the four This is the second of two articles by wired back that they would not thousand tons of Mr. Gumming describing the sale of take it." American flour that had caused "Of course they couldn't send so much delay and so many com- a shipment of American flour to the such a message through unless plications, and that now sup- Soviet Government of the Trans- I signed it," I said, getting plied us with so many conjec- more and more irritated. "I tures as to the future. Whit- caucasian Union. In the first article, hope you don't think that Amer- more was to collect five hundred published last week, Mr. Gumming ican destroyers are scattered thousand gold rubles for the around the Black Sea to pick up bank. I was. to deliver the flour described the arrival of the cargo in your messages without any to the Russians at Batum. It Gonstantinople and the journey to charge. Anyway, they don't seemed very simple. know your agents in Constanti- Above us, on the bridge, the Batum, on the Black Sea. The nople, and they are certainly German master of the German present article narrates the painful not going to make a telegraph ship was searching the Black office out of the communication Sea for mines. The chart ceremony of introducing the flour to office there for you." showed that we were in the cen- its purchasers and the even more The army habit of speaking ter of a mine field, and the en- back in the tone addressed was it. gines were purring so slightly painful process of collecting for giving me trouble. "But I'll tell that we hardly moved through you, captain," I answered in a the waters. We had felt during nicer tone, "if you will let me the two days on board that the write the message, we can send captain still bore a grievance against to me in gleeful confidence, "Thank it to RiflF through the embassy, and he the entire Allied alliance for humiliating goodness, he can have his old Boche will notify everybody concerned." his flag and his crew, and was still boat. I'll take the gold back on another "Don't want to send any messages," mentally irritated over the fact that ship." the captain answered. two aitch-dropping English Tommies As we swung forward once more in "All right, sir," I said, "then I will had been his guardians through the our intermittent after-dinner exercise send one myself." Bosporus. we met the captain descending from the "It will cost you ten dollars. I just In Whitmore's room there was an bridge. looked up the tariff." empty bottle, marked Moet & Chandon, "Say, you," the captain said to me, The charges were out of proportion, from which he and I had silently lifted and I knew that he was still mad over but there was nothing else to do. glasses to the Armistice, for it was No- his flag, the guards, and the cham- The American destroyer was at Sam- vember 11th, and Whitmore had laughed pagne, "didn't you tell me that I could soun simply to keep the embassy in at the secrecy of it. The captain had relay messages to Constantinople communication with the Near East Re- invited us on the bridge for liqueurs and through the destroyer at Samsoun?" lief workers in the Anatolian section of coffe«> but his eyes fell when he saw "You can send messages to the Amer- Turkey. It could not accept commer- the champagne bottle that Whitmore ican Embassy there," I said, "if they cial messages unless they were dis- had opened, and once more the wounds are about American business." tinctly in American interests and unless of Armistice Day, with all it had meant "Well," he snapped back, "I don't see other means of communication w'ere to him three years before, had been re- why I must send your American Em- lacking. The incident is mentioned to opened. bassy any messages that are meant for prepare the way for the captain's part Fifteen hours more and we should be my agents. I just sent a message to in the difficulties that awaited us. on land and, as Whitmore expressed it Pappadopoulous to tell him that we Morning came and we lay at anchor PAGE 8 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY

Their stores stood out along the street in bright contrast to the vacant build- ings on either side of them. They traded, we learned, for anything that could be sold for gold. Even an old Russian medal could be smuggled be- hind a dark corner where with a knife the merchant would chip away the deco- rative enamel and the cheap jewels and weigh the gold for its net carat value, announcing to his customer its value in so many arsheens of cloth or funts of flour. One of the most touching things I saw in all Soviet Russia was a cigar box filled with just such gold. There were broken bracelets, battered wed- ding rings, lockets, mementoes of all kinds, and on nearly every piece some term of endearment, some expression of love or affection had been engraved to make the gift personal and lasting. We mounted the rickety stairs of the old port building that faced the custom house while innumerable orderlies and lackeys scurried about the building for chairs enough to seat the delegation. The squint-eyed individual who had locked up the radio room took the place "His eyes fell when he of honor behind a great flat desk in the saw the empty cham- corner of the room, and there, rubbing pagne bottle" his hands in a spirit of welcome, he ad- dressed the delegation, nodding to the in the port of Batum. Before us was operator and like a cub reporter scrib- captain of the vessel, Whitmore and Is- the low streamline coast that looks, bled off a message to Riff. "Send this," seo of the bank, and myself, not to from the sea, as if it were only a pencil 1 told him, and handed him a paper mention the various and sundry officials mark on an azure horizon, but which reading, "Ipskowitz recalled Moscow." —at least a dozen of them—who sat now, from our nearer view, was just a This was to let Riff know that if we in the great circle before him. great country town with its long row did not deliver the flour it would be "You have a cargo of flour?" he said of stores facing the wharf street. To because yours truly was bucking some to the captain. the left the great stone breakwater unfriendly bolos. We were certainly The captain nodded. But why go on which had sheltered oil tankers from up against the anti-Ipskowitz faction. with the whole ceremony, the ludicrous, the rough seas in other days gaped I returned to the saloon, where the at times amazingly humorous trans- emptily at the misty sea before it, gaped Bolshevik officialdom was arrayed. action of business in the Russian man- in fact at this first big cargo ship to They looked at passports, translated ner? Tea was ordered for us—tea in enter the harbor since the day when the captain's papers and were extremely thin glasses with a slice of lemon in the Riff and I had set forth with American official in their actions and appearance. saucer, tea with little specks of leaves merchandise in the latter part of the Two armed guards stood at the door- floating about in the bottom of the glass summer of 1920. way, and two others that were seated —and we drank it. There was one vivid reminder of that by them were ordered to the Marconi "You will proceed," the squint-eyed particular day of evacuation. It was room, where, under the orders of a individual was saying to the captain, the hulk of a great oil tanker. The little squint-eyed officer, the door was "to the eastern side of the breakwater ship had been bombed and had gone up closed and sealed and the guards placed this afternoon. Ivanovitch, you will in flames there in the harbor two days on duty to see that no further radio- have the labor there. Aksionov, you before our departure. I had snapped grams were sent. will send a message to the commissaires a picture of it, and the picture subse- "It is our custom," the port officer to be on hand for the distribution of quently appeared in The American explained to me, "to seal the radios of the cargo to the district warehouses. Legion Weekly. The tanker stood now all incoming ships. Not that we object Miklinvani, you will issue a bulletin a silent reminder of those days, a great to their sending any messages, but we stating that flour will be issued to all black deserted hulk. do not like to give them the occasion for holders of labor cards tomorrow morn- Two rowboats were coming toward listening in on our own secret conver- ing at ten." us, and the wharf in the immediate fore- sations." Kow simple! How businesslike! ground was filled with little groups of Riff in Constantinople would receive Then the gentleman turned to the cap- people whose faces were turned curi- no more messages concerning our prog- tain. "Where are the documents?" ously in our direction. These things ress. Whitmore, Isseo and I stood at Isseo tapped his brief case. "They we saw with our field glasses as we the mercy of the Bolsheviks and there are here," he said, beaming with smiles, checked off the minutes, feverishly alert was not a chance of communicating rubbing his hands, and feeling that all to know what adventures awaited us. with Constantinople until our cargo was of our anxious suspense had been need- The rowboats came alongside, and a discharged and our money collected and less. horde of multi-costumed individuals we were on the open seas again. The "Then give them to me." swarmed aboard. Their clothes were advice we might need in a predicament Isseo hesitated, half opened his brief mixtures of discarded uniforms. Their could neither be asked nor given. case, and asked, "Will we collect the headgear was divided between Persian We gathered our papers together and money to-day, sir?" lamb fezzes and faded army caps. went ashore with the o^?icials when "The money?" the squint-eyed indi- I rushed up to the most sympathetic- their task of entering the ship was con- vidual asked. "The money?" echoed the looking individual in the crowd. "Is cluded. The Batum business section of officials about the room. Ipskowitz in Batum?" I asked. the year before no longer existed. In "Yes," Isseo explained. "I cannot Ipskowitz, as the reader will recall, its stead was the same row of build- give you the documents until I collect had closed the deal for the Russians. ings, but empty windows and great iron five hundred thousand gold rubles." His presence and his friendship were shutters told us of a year of desertion. "Sto? Sto?" It was the Russian vital elements in a quick delivery of the It was tragic when one recalled the word for "what," and it reverberated cargo. friendly faces of the merchants that about the room while the squint-eyed "No," was the answer. "He is had once stood in front of these self- individual ceased to squint and the tall ousted. Deposed. Gone to Moscow. He same doors. Here and there a few Jew- slender fellow with a brief case under got sent back for making contracts ish commerciants had ventured small his arm echoed it with a smile on his without the consent of the people." purchases from the coastwise trading face, and a fat Bolshevik shook with "Bing!" I thought. A bombshell in vessels—cloth, tea, coffee, a little smug- laughter to think that here was a camp all right. I rushed to the radio gled sugar, even pencils and stationery. strange ship in the harbor with flour ! "

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and that a price of gold was mentioned and all over the cars, daubed and if the gold is not in my hands in ninety- which on the face of it was ludicrous, painted in large white Russian letters, six hours, you don't get the flour." It impossible were the words Svobodnia Russie was Isseo speaking for the bank, and Explanations and gesticulations went (Free Russia). he spoke in Italian to a committeeman together. Isseo calmly replied, "I want The following morning, after forty- who understood that language. five hundred thousand gold rubles," and eight hours of the ninety-six had passed, "You want us to let you put your he and Whitmore triumphantly waved the three of us appeared again in the money in your bank and take this flour their arms in my direction as the man hallways of the Obwnechtorg, there to on shore and examine it?" Whitmore who wanted nothing on earth more than be paged and there to wait. Finally, laughed. to get rid of four thousand tons of ushered into the imperial sanctum of "What, don't you trust us? Why, we flour. the officer in charge, we ran into three are a government!" Stepping into the limelight, it took new and strange faces. "No, we don't know you. You might— me just two minutes to lay the propo- By now we were friendly with the be a bunch of brigands for all I know sition before them. They had to pay. crowd, and Whitmore could not resist Poor Whitmore! The delegation was They had four days in which to pay. If the ejaculation at the sight of the new on its feet. "If that remark were pub- they didn't, the ship would return to comers, "The money has come!" lished in the local papers your life Constantinople, the Soviets would lose "Yes," a committeeman smiled back would be in danger." And Whitmore their deposit of seventy thousand dol- at him, "ws have the money, but we apologized. lars and we would sell the flour else- must go over a few details. First, we "Why pay you five hundred thousand where. "Of course," I added, remem- must test the flour; next we must un- rubles when the bill is about five or six bering something of the Tcheka police load every sack of it to see that there thousand less?" Someone asked this service of Russia, "you would not want are no bad sacks in the bottom of the in French. to be the cause of your government's ship. You say you have four thousand "That is the contract, gentleman." losing so large a sum of money." tons on board, but we may unload the We were perfectly willing to say "gen- They then and there decided to get ship after you have gone and find only tleman" at every opportunity after in touch with the Caucasian capital at a thousand. Next, you are demanding Whitmore's undiplomatic remark. "The Tiflis, and there was nothing for us to that we pay you five hundred thousand remainder will not be known until all do except find a restaurant and quar- gold rubles, and this is in excess of your expenses for this trip have been paid, ters and wait for another day. actual price. We propose to pay only and the balance will be placed to tKe On the following morning Whitmore, exactly what we owe." credit of your Constantinople delega- Isseo and I, accompanied by a couple There followed eight long hours of tion." of interpreters, appeared in the offices wrangling and reverting back to one "Perhaps we don't want the Con- of the Obwnechtorg. We lost an hour subject and another. Men went to the stantinople representatives to have the trying to pronounce the word properly ship and tested and baked the flour, ex- difference. Perhaps you won't pay back to cabmen, but none of them could tell actly as had been done at Constanti- the money." us where it was or knew what the word nople, and then the experts rejected the "We are a bank!" Whitmore ex- meant. It meant, however, the offices of cargo! It was hinted to me, however, claimed in his excitement. the trade commissioner. since I represented the seller, that "per- "We are a government!" responded Here, after we had found it, we haps—oh, well, the objections might be a Bolshevik who wanted^o reopen Whit- learned that the chief would have to withdrawn." more's previous diplomatic error. converse by telegraph with the office in "That cargo Was sold," I remember "Well, that is your busmess," came Tiflis. This was done by standing at shouting in the babel of voices that sur- from Whitmore's corner in German. the side of the government telegraph rounded me in the great reception room, "What about short weight?" inter- operator and carrying on a lengthy "on the certificate of the New York rupted a special delegate from Tiflis conversation with the governmental Produce Exchange, and that certificate who spoke now in good old American. head at the other end of the wire. is attached to the documents- you will "Go out and look at the water the Twenty-four hours had gone by, and get when you pay us five hundred thou- ship is drawing! Look at the mani- another twenty-four were to elapse be- sand gold rubles!" fests!" chimed in the German captain fore we could know the result of this "We will deposit the money in a in his perfectly good English, for he four-hour telegraphic parley. Batum bank at your order, and then was sitting in at all the sessions and Whitmore and I walked the great unload the flour and look at it." growling at every moment's delay. boulevard along the beach. There is a "I want five hundred thousand rubles All of these arguments finally re- wide park extending for a mile along in my hands within ninety-six hours, solved themselves into the following the coast, filled with palms and sub- and you can look at every sack of flour closing remarks for the day: tropical vegetation. In other days the you want to, or not, just as you want, Whitmore: "If you don't pay the British band had played every evening on board the ship, but not on shore, but (Continued on page 28) to thousands of promenaders on this great lovers' lane. The bandstand was now dilapidated, the paths and prome- nades were deserted. At the pavilion they could serve only alsugarless, taste- less tea or cognac without any of the once delicious pastry to accompany the order. Everywhere along the main thoroughfares of the city we found Soviet arches erected across the streets, each surmounted by the worker's great red star. For the rest, empty streets, empty stores, empty restaurants. In one corner lot not quite large enough for a bungalow the space had been cleared into a little lawn at the foot of a plaster cast of Lenine. Later we came upon another. Fading flowers and withering wreaths still hung upon the pedestals to remind us of the na- tional holiday commemorating the for- mation of the Soviet Government which had recently been celebrated. Everywhere we ran into companies of Soviet soldiers, continually marching, reminding the people of the armed power that held them in subjugation. An armored train of over twenty cars was standing idle on the railroad siding near the sea. The barrels of the guns "I want five hundred thousand rubles in my hands within pointed menacingly in all directions. ninety-six hours!" —

PAGE 10 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY The Barrage Against Fakers The Legion's Observers Direct the Law's Fire on Rogues in the Guise of World War Veterans

By Austin A. Petersen

Adjutant, Department of Wisconsin, The American Legion .

is no longer a cushy bed charitable organizations in the city. association, it would devolve upon the LIFEof roses for crooks, beggars and An agreement was reached immediately Legion to visit each merchant and fakers bent on feathering their regarding a letter of indorsement, and manufacturer individually. Again, the I ' pockets by falsely parading the plan published for all to read in campaign might be carried on effect- themselves as ex-service men. The the local newspapers. ively through the columns of the news- yesterdays of these parasites of patri- Here is how it works out in practice. papers. otism may have been just about all When a solicitor claiming to represent Racine business men have shown they could have wished for in the way some cause worthy of public aid applies themselves to be grateful for the pro- of easy money; but their todays are to the Legion post for the necessary tection that is thus assured them perilous gamuts invariably leading to letter of approval, the post busies it- against impostors; and they are show- exposure or jail, or both—and their to- self along two lines of inquiry. If it ing their appreciation by liberally con- morrows are bound to be hotbeds of is discovered that the applicant seeks tributing to all Legion enterprises. For trouble and defeat into which only the to collect money for his own support, the system assures them that their most foolhardy will venture. or that of his family, the post refuse ^ generosity is never misspent. They Organized vigilance and systematic to sponsor him. Instead, through its know that when they contribute to any- precautions on the part of most Legion thing, the money goes where it should, posts, and most Legionnaii-es individu- and was intended to, go. ally, are serving to forestall and check- Racine (Wis.) Post of the Legion So the fight against fakers and mate the schemes which so many un- swindlers is being waged here, there, has worked out with success a principled masqueraders have been ply- and everywhere, in one way or another. ing throughout the country since the plan for putting a stop to the Legion officials in other States report World War. Protective measures may activities of pirates of patriotism a great falling off in attempts on the vary in minor details, but by and large who have preyed upon the pub- part of crooks to beg, borrow or steal they run pretty much the same—with in the name of ex-service men. Buddy's lic in general and the Legion in increasingly good results everywhere. dander is up. The average ex-buck In Racine, Wisconsin, my own State, particular by appealing to their with a star-and-circle in his buttonhole for example, they have made it well sentiments in the promotion of is an active vigilante now. Legion nigh impossible for impostors to solicit unworthy enterprises and in the posts are listening posts; every Legion ex-service men. department is an intelligence head- alms in the name of accomplishment of downright little hope of quarters, broadcasting ever , Pseudo-veterans have as a station article successfully hoodwinking the business thefts. In this the ready to flash near and far compre- . men and sympathetic residents of Ra- Legion adjutant of the Depart- hensive warnings against slickers re- has of to plying , cine as William Hohenzollern ment of Wisconsin tells how ported be dishonorable games in convincing the world of his innocence Racine and other posts of the in assumed roles of honor. setting all Europe afire. Racine (and Whenever an incident of deceit and Legion have fought fakers. dozens of other towns equally prepared) fraud comes to light, it should be re- is far from being a health resort for ported immediately to the nearest transient glory-mongers. Legion post, whence a detailed account L. Haight of the employment department, it offers to , Commander Walter should be forwarded to the department Racine Post of the American Legion help him find a job so that he can earn headquarters. Thus the department originated and organized the system enough rather than solicit, for his or officials are enabled to relay a warning that makes Racine'c spare dollars safe his family's upkeep. to every other post in its jurisdiction. for worthy causes. Other Legion posts If it happens to be a case of raising In this way the dust of a crook in have their own defensive tactics per- money for welfare and relief work flight scarcely has time to settle before haps just as effective, but the methods among wounded or needy veterans a description of him and his scheme is followed in Racine are model enough either through out-and-out soliciting, posted wherever there is likelihood of to be studied and adopted wherever by the sale of magazines, or by any his bobbing up again. there may as yet be no definite line of other method — the post in Racine Not only should all Legionnaires be resistance. makes it obligatory that all checks be warned, but also the police; the Salva- First of all, no one may solicit funds payable to a local treasurer; and fur- tion Army; the Red Cross; the Y. M. in Racine for any cause however re- ther, that all money collected be dis- C. A.; the Knights of Columbus, and motely identified with ex-service men tributed wholly by a local committee. the various other welfare and fraternal without carrying a letter of indorse- "To date, none of the solicitors has organizations. A barrage of publicity ment, on Legion stationery, and signed ever met our requirements," says Com.- is the best kind of protection against by the post commander. Without such mander Haight. "We have not found rogues whose practices might in time a credential a person will waste breath it necessary to issue a letter of in- sully the good name of the uniform and shoeleather; for proprietors and dorsement to anyone, so Racine is and the Legion. Vigilance and action workers in stores, offices and factories gratefully freed of much unpleasant- are the shears with which to clip the will not even give him a hearing. ness. When a letter is refused a person, wings of all such birds of prey. Moreover, even the generous housewife we immediately notify the Association Until National Adjutant B o 1 1 e s will remain cold to the most eloquent of Commerce and the charitable organi- rounded a general alarm, there was a plea unless it is backed up by the evi- zations. We give them a description tribe of promotion sharks migrating dence of the aforementioned letter. of the man and the purpose for which hither and yon specializing on Legion The inauguration of this system was he says he is soliciting. These organi- Posts. Smooth highbinders they were, quite simple; Commander Haight zations then warn their members too, with glib tongues and sometimes merely conferred with the Association against the fellow. the appearance of Presbyterian elders. of Commerce, whose membership com- "It was quite easy to install this Their game was to ease into a town, prises virtually all of the manufactur- system in Racine, for virtually a^l the persuade the local Post to authorize ing, retail business, and professional city's business men are members of the them to conduct a carnival, a benefit men of Racine. He also sought and Association of Commerce. In other theatrical performance, a raffle, or received the co-operation of the various cities where there may not be such a:i (Continued on page 27) DECEMBER 8, 1922 PAGE 11

The Legion is big stuff everywhere, but see who sits at a Legion banquet in : Left to right. Count Naselli, Italian minister; C. C. Fitzgerald, past commander, Post; President Alfredo Zayas of Cuba; Commander W. F. Martin of Havana Post; Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, U.S.A.; Walter E. Myers, vice-commander, Havana Post; Godfrey Haggard, Brit- ish charge d'affaires; G. L. Todd, Jr., finance officer, Havana Post; Major J. M. Hobson, G. S., U. S. A., military attache

he finds two groups of Legionnaires. "Rio de Janeiro Post No. 1, front and center!" "Plugging along, sir. But we manage to stick together, we figure that's the n thing." ao Paulo Post No.2!"

Legionnaires Ryan (left) and Rovzar (right) of Mexico City Post present President Obregon with a testimonial Old Sol Calls of the Legion's gratitude to the man who sent the Mexican National the Roll Band of the Third National Conven- tion in Kansas And He Keeps at It all Day City last year (below) Long, Because the Sun Never Sets on The Members of American Legion Constantinopl e Post raise their glasses to the By Atwood H. Townsend boys at home

sun never sets, it has been elect officers, kick because the Weekly THEsaid, on the British Empire, doesn't always show up as soon as they the Standard Oil Company, and think it ought to, and otherwise carry young men trying to figure out on much as do home-grown posts from how two can live as cheaply as one. A Skowhegan, Maine, to Tillamook, Ore- fourth has been added to those things gon. In his daily cirqumnavigation which Old Sol, in his journeys around Old Sol sees them all. We'll follow the earth, never loses sight of, namely him around as he calls the roll. and to wit—The American Legion. When he comes up over the Atlantic Legion posts are actively functioning Ocean in the morning, the first thing in Alaska, Argentine, Belgium, , that greets his eye is Brazil, and there Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, England, France, Germany, , Hawaii, India, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Philip- pine Islands, Poland, "Forty ex-service Porto Rico, Portu- men present and ac- guese West Africa, counted for. This is the Santo Domingo, Span- town the coffee comes ish Honduras, Turkey, from, you know, so and Venezuela. The that's all we ever have posts in Alaska, Ha- at our meetings—that waii, the Philippines, is, almost always." and Porto Rico are An hour later Sollie under the American reaches Buenos Aires. flag, of course, and "Spencer Ely Post are classed as terri- No. 1, what's the good torial posts. All the word from Argentine?" others, however, are "Everything's top- simon-pure foreign hole! We meet month- posts. Thesepostsgive ly at the American smokers and dances, Club, usually with a organize athletic dinner before the meet- teams, argue about ad- Exercises held last Memorial Day by Warsaw Post at ing. We go in pretty justed compensation, Lemberg, Poland (Continued on page 22) : :

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How and what can individuals, posts of the Legion and other local bodies do to combat apathy, to arouse the public and keep it aroused until officialdom takes EDITORIAL note? How can public opinion and righteous public indignation be harnessed? Our Montana correspond- ent, having asked the question, proceeds to submit an answer which is worth thinking about

Might it not be possible for the Legion to act as a mouth- piece for the public ? Might it not be possible for petitions or statements of our sentiments to be circulated through the efforts Complacent Patriots of the Legion throughout the country? With the boys circulating petitions for the prosecution of war fraud cases^—and I have a suspicion they would enjoy doing it—and the great mass of the too often dismiss all Europeans as AMERICANS public signing them, would not the local papers feel justified in "those ignorant foreigners". This is patriotic giving the matter their attention? Then would the Congress- complacency. Also it is patriotic ignorance. In the men and Senators sit up and take notice? To repeat, the prob- most vital of all cultural agencies—the mere teaching lem is how to use the opinion of the American citizen. of their citizens to read and write—Holland, England, France, Finland, and all the Scandinavian countries Our correspondent's statement of the problem is cor- excel the United States. The average north European rect and if, in his local Legion post and his home town, could more aptly speak of America as the home of "those he will suit action to the words of his excellent sugges- ignorant Yankees". tion, he will have made a big step toward a solution. These are hard facts. Six percent of all Americans In fact, as far as Hamilton, Montana, is concerned, it are illiterate. Germany, Holland and the Scandinavian will largely be solved, especially if the support of other countries have only one percent of illiterates or less. local bodies is obtained. In 1910 there were 5,516,163 illiterates in this country. Prior to the last National Convention a prominent In 1920 the num.ber had been reduced to 4,931,905. At political leader said, "If the war profiteers are prose- this rate it will take the United States about eightj^- cuted it will be because of the insistence of The Ameri- four years to reach the high educational standards of can Legion." The National Convention has since Germany. spoken, and indications from all quarters are that the The teaching of reading and writing is not all. Mil- Legion is going into action and that it is going in with lions of Americans who are not classed as illiterates reinforcements from the rest of the public. The articles can read and write but have let their education expire in the Weekly have been reprinted widely, frequently with just those two accomplishments. Hundreds of at the instance of posts and Legionnaires. Any inter- thousands of aliens in America cannot speak English. ested newspaper or other publication, incidentally, is They huddle together in colonies in our large cities. free to reprint these articles in whole or in part. Revolutionary radicals find them and educate them in Numerous editorials demanding action have appeared. radicalism. Give the radicals credit. They do not wait Ministers have delivered sermons on the subject. Sena- for the aliens to step forth and ask to be taught political tors and Congressmen are receiving letters and copies insanity; they hunt up their own pupils. of resolutions by posts and other organizations and let- That is one reason why The American Legion has been ters from individuals by the hundreds, and these states- sponsoring National Education Week, from December men pay more attention to such communications than 3d to 9th. American ideals are unsafe so long as native- our Montana friend supposes. And the more they get born Americans themselves are complacent about them. the more attention they pay. The signs are distinctly Our ideals are doubly unsafe so long as we ourselves do hopeful. Perhaps the real battle has not begun, but the hostilities. not live up to them. One of our ideals is universal edu- indications are that there will be cation, which is a means toward our most rudimentary constitutional ideal—equality of opportunity. We will Buy Now, and Buy Right! never achieve our own ideals while we permit citizens SOMEWHERE in your favorite department store they and residents of the nation to handicap themselves by are holding a Christmas sale of toys, and toilet illiteracy. accessories, and those nondescript articles generally Unlimbering classified as notions. Perhaps some of them were made by disabled veterans of the World War. That make THE Weekly has received a great many letters since is widely advertised by the retailer. the conclusion of its recent series on war expendi- On the same counter may be displayed other toys, tures and war profiteers, a good proportion of them in toilet articles and notions. They will not be adver- the same vein. A reader who lives in Hamilton, Mon- tised as to origin, perhaps, because they were Made tana, writes in Germany. A disabled American whose minimum living requirements approximate twenty dollars a week I have been reading with the deepest interest and mortifica- with dollar-a-week Ger- tion the articles on "Who Got the Money?" I feel like taking one cannot be expected to compete exception, and that is to the statement about the "apathy of the mans unless his goods are bought for something beside public." I am one of the individuals who make up the "public," their intrinsic value. but when I ask myself, "What can I do about this matter of war The something is there, if the public could see frauds"? I can see no ready answer. Some one suggests that I it. The something was put into the article more than write my opinions to my Congressman or Senator but I am no — four years ago. It is something the manufacturer chicken. Neither my Congressman nor my Senator has the slight- gave the world during the war—his health, maybe, or est idea who I am, even if they do continue to try to jazz me up an eye. by sending me every spring a little dab of seeds. While I may Off ai6 be writing my opinions about what they ought to do they very likely are being interviewed by the very people who are respon- For a rare combination of modesty and good judg- sible for this corruption. I can picture the impression my pro- need look no further than the man who recently test would make. ment we nomination for governor of So the question I want to ask you is, is there not some way declined the Republican in which the opinions of the little individuals who make up the Mississippi. great whole can be made use of? Could the matter be handled sas ais i^ in some way so that each individual might feel that he was add- to movies much, but are ing a drop of water to the bucket, I am sure it would be found We don't go the we able to that the public is not guilty of apathy. It is only the sense of tell when a nev/ staress of the film world makes her utter helplessness when our officials betray us that keeps us silent. bow by reading the complexion cream ads. DECEMBER 8, 1922 PAGE 13

The site of the Galbraith Memorial in the outskirts of Cincinnati, on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River A National Legion Shrine

Next Memorial Day Will See the Dedication of the Galbraith Memorial in Cincinnati

a conrimanding cliff on the leader. Two granite benches flanking junction with the Department of Ohio, ONoutskirts of Cincinnati, over- the structure will be backed by privet the city of Cincinnati, or other organ- looking the Ohio River and the hedges and overtopping the memorial izations. The Galbraith Memorial Com- Kentucky hills, will stand The will be four groups of Lombardy pop- mittee, of which Gilbert Bettman, De- American Legion's memorial to its late lars, symbols of the white roads of partment Commander of Ohio, is chair- National Commander, Frederick W. Gal- France. At the rear will stand two man, decided that it was rightly the braith, Jr., who on June 9, 1921, was flagpoles from which Old Glory and the exclusive privilege of the national or- killed in line of duty. The location, Legion banner will fly. The Park ganization, as it was while in the serv- which was obtained through the cour- Board of Cincinnati has pledged per- ice of all Legionnaires that Commander tesy of the Park Board of Cincinnati, petual care of the memorial. Galbraith met his death. On the rec- Commander Galbraith's home city, is The design is the work of Starrett ommendation of this committee the Na- distinctive and much visited. and Van Vleck, architects, of which tional Executive Committee of the Le- The plans provide for an exedra or firm William F. Deegan, past depart- gion authorized an appropriation from semi-circular bench of Mount Airy ment commander of New York, is an the national treasury of $25,000 to be granite thirty-four feet in length. In associate member. Through Mr. Dee- devoted to the erection of the pro- the center of this semicircular sweep gan's courtesy these services were posed memorial. will be two commanding pillars enclos- given without charge. The memorial Construction work on the memorial ing a bronze tablet ten feet long. The is being built practically at cost by has been started in order to insure com- tablet will portray National Com- Presbrey-Leland, monument builders of pletion early next year. The official mander Galbraith in bas-relief, with New York City. dedication will be held on Memorial emblematic figures typifying his work Careful consideration was given the Day, 1923, when present and past na- as a soldier and as chief of The Amer- important question as to who should tional officers and other prominent Le- ican Legion, and bearing evidence that erect the memorial—whether the na- gionnaires from all over the country the memorial is a symbol of honor and tional organization of the Legion alone, will assemble to do honor to their late respect from the Legion to its dead or the national organization in con- National Commander.

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They Got Us Betting with Jove

just sent four smackers to our SEVERAL times we have mentioned WE here posts that took out rain in- post adjutant. He, the low-life, had sent us a letter. Here it is: surance as protection for carnivals and such events. Such ideas strike us as Happy New Year! We hope it will be being too good to be damaged by happy, but unless you mail us $4 before repetition. Wherefore we quote from then, you'll start the year off in debt. a letter written us by Elmer Monroe Why? Because along toward the last of of Springfield,. Mass. Sezzee: the month, whether you've paid us your Springfield post sponsored a motorcycle dues for 1923 or not, we're going to send racing meet on the West Springfield track, your department and national taxes to de- securing the services of the best riders in and the man's address isn't printed on partment headquarters. That will amount the country and spending a large sum of his subscription record card a-tall!" to a berry and a half, out of which a dol- money advertising the events, which were lar goes to G. H. Q., and seventy-five cents of championship calibre. A rain insurance of that dollar goes on to the Weekly for policy for $5,000 was taken out at a pre- your subscription. The Voice of the Adjutant mium price of slightly less than $500. It Remember, we are going to pay that rained hard on the day the meet was to be money for you! And we're going to credit held and the post was forced to cancel the Weekly subscription card. you with a 1923 THIS is a hard season for the busy races, but the post collected the full If you stay a delinquent member, eventu- gang around the post. Which amount of the policy. Races were scheduled ally we'll use our influence to abrogate the probably aroused Adjutant William P. again for the following Saturday. Another subscription, but meantime, you're indebted Simons of Thornburg Post of Marion, $5,000 policy. Another deluge. Another to us— the post. In a way of speaking, Indiana, to write us this letter, which collection. Deducting expenses, the post aren't due until January 1st, your dues we print because—well, because it's will clear something like $7,000. The races either for the post or for G. H. Q. Last worth printing: finally had to be cancelled altogether. year your taxes for G. H. Q. were due Jan- In almost every club, lodge or Legion uary 1st, but didn't have to be paid until post, there are a of would-be trou- late in February. This year, instead of number or- closing our own books on the last day when ble-makers and drones who cry, "Our Firing for Record ganization is run by a clique." G. H. Q. would take our money, we're clos- That's right. successful organiza- ing on the first day. And unless the mem- Every is workers' clique. bers of this post pay us before we pay tion run by a clique—a THE National Rifle Association of headquarters, there's going to be a lot of It's like a beehive. The workers work and America, with which many Legion consciously fur-flying when we go after the members. build. The drones criticize and post rifle clubs are affiliated, has an- or unconsciously destroy. The workers nounced the program for its 16th an- work together. There's plenty of room in We sent in our four smackers. Some- nual gallery rifle and pistol competi- the workers' clique, and when they need how or other, it didn't seem right for the tions. Entry into any of the N. R. A. hustlers, they get men who work. If you post to shoulder our burden. But all events does not require expensive trips fault to find, come to the meetings the same we were tempted to hold off have to distant cities. All shooting is done and tell your buddies that this or that for a week or so, just to see what the by clubs or individuals in their local should be done. Don't stand on the street official p. a.'s follow-up letters would be like. galleries at targets furnished by corner and knock your post. You will.never Knowing the p. a., we dimly suspect the association, and in the presence of find sympathy among strangers. that the next letter would have been a local judge and witnesses approved Join the clique that is running the Le- rougher on us, personally. by the association. These disinterested gion and join right away. However, our own p. a. has no mo- parties sign all completed targets and nopoly on this business of collecting certify that the conditions called for dues. Learned Post in Detroit started have been properly complied with. out long ahead of him. Dr. Frank B. Brig. Gen. Fred H. Phillips, Jr., sec- Broderick of that outfit, post com- Legion Calendar retary of the association, announces mander, instituted a Five Hundred Club that the competitive program for this within the post. Sounds like an exclu- winter has been developed with the idea sive bunch, doesn't it? But it wasn't. Christmas of interesting men who have never be- It just included the first five hundred to fore participated in gallery matches. Your post will do its share to put pay their 1923 dues before December However, he goes on to say that there Christmas cheer in hospitals where 1st. It was part of a campaign to col- are many individuals in Legion posts disabled veterans are located—every- lect from all the old gang long before who are qualified to meet any field of body knows that. But how about do- the year was over and then devote the competitors and recommends some of ing a little more than your post's rest of the year to getting in new mem- the advanced matches to Legion clubs, share ? bers. Learned Post hoped to start off in addition to the beginners' matches. While some of the team matches of the 1923 with more members than it had at New Year's any time in 1922. present program have already been for held, a number of individual and inter- These activities mean work saved Besides being a New Year for the your hard-working post officers, they club matches and championships are calendar, it's a New Year for the Na- They're writing in all the time, still to be fired. tell us. tional and State organizations of the fellows won't pay their Gold, silver and bronze medals, cer- kicking because Legion. Your post's per capita taxes time or because they all pay tificates of victory and other trophies dues on will be due January 1st. Will your the post of- are offered in team, individual and in- in a bunch. Remember, post pay them for every last man who fill in a long series of ter-club matches and championships. ficers have to paid his dues for 1922? cards for every member—including Only individuals and clubs affiliated your membership card and your sub- with the National Rifle Association are scription card to the Weekly. The lat- Winter Activities eligible to compete. General Phillips ter is the only one the officer ever will furnish necessary information and How's your basketball team going? leaves to you to fill in yourself, and he application blanks for the organization Is there ice enough for the hockey doesn't do that so much as he used to. of rifle clubs together with a copy of team yet? Are you putting on any Although our friend the C. M. came the official 1922-1923 program of com- boxing matches this season Dances? in with a kick today about a p. a. Says petitions to interested Legion posts. He the Circulation Manager: Shows? may be addressed at 1108 Woodward "Looky here! The first card we got, Building, Washington, D. C. PAGE 16 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY BURSTS AND DUDS

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Just a Tip No Harm Done Sergt. Cooper was in a quandary The new post commandant was of when he got out of the Army as a highly moral character and was to what to do. The old haberdash- amazed and shocked at what he con- ery job didn't look so good and it sidered lax ways about, the camp. seemed a propitious time to start What particularly astounded him in something fresh. He'd always was when he dropped down to the wanted to write, so he turned his athletic field on a Sunday and hand to verse. found B and C Companies engaged At first his success was small, in what had all the earmarks of a but suddenly there sprang into ball game. being a tremendous demand for his "See here," he exclaimed, getting books. the players on the carpet before "How on earth do you do it?" him, "don't you know you shouldn't demanded a friend. play ball on Sundays?" "The old diplomacy, son," replied There was a brief silence until the ex-sarge. "I gave a few vol- the intelligent shortstop conceived umes to some public libraries, took a bright idea. them out again and returned them "We ain't playin' ball, colonel," with verses blacked out here and he explained. 'We're just practis- there all through. And you know in' through nine innings for the the public." next game."

Recipe Unknown As Bad as That • Prohib. Agent: "Is there any "Will you love me if I give up liquor being manufactured illicitly all my bad habits?" around here?" "But, George, how could you ex- Old Native: "I dunno exactly pect me to love a perfect stranger?" how it's bein' manufactured, but it sure is." Must Have Excitement Competent "I say, Bertie, old deah, what are you growing those whiskers "Listen you," ordered Battling "Lucky for you, my boy, she wasn't loaded" for?" Bill, who was looking for publicity, "Oh, Freddie, old bean, it's a "you say you're a good press agent, but cocktails before breakfast. Divorced Wal- dashed nuisance, but the pater started such how am I to know if you're good?" ter. Spent fifteen minutes at studio. So a row over my hanging about doing noth- "Me?" countered the applicant. "Am I exhausted that I had to sniff cocaine four ing at all." good? Say, once I was press agent for a or five times. Divorced Eddie. Drank four movie actress and it wasn't more than a whiskies straight before lunch. Spent most All Set month before they wouldn't let 'em show of the afternoon on the lounge smoking her films any more. That's how good I opium. Divorced Freddie and Al. Inhaled Mother: "Did the maid shout for help am!" ether to get up an appetite for dinner. when daddy was kissing her?"

Party in evening. Used needle ten times Willie (the eavesdropper) : "I should say An Expert and had nineteen rickies. Went to tele- not. She didn't need any help." phone to divorce Percy and Gilbert. About She: "Do you like to dance?" four in the morning crowd started to get He: "Not particularly." a little rough, so I left. Benevolence She: "Oh, well, no one dances that way nowadays." "You prizefighters must be very wicked men," Suggestions of a Doughboy chided the Sweet Young Thing. "It The- Finicky Public is impossible for you to follow the Golden Being the Rule in your profession." Rastus was serving his first term in jail Suggestions of a Doughboy on the Manner "Aw, I dunno," retorted Slugging Tom after life of a petty thieving, from the of Conducting the Next War, Together McCarthy. "Of course, we try to do onto consequences of which he had managed to with Certain Reflections on the Conduct others more than they do onto us; but, then, escape through a general public indulgence. of the Last One. we always believe that it is more blessed to When he fell so far from grace, however, give than to receive." 42. That the prevalent practice during as to steal a small sum of cash it was de- the recent war of having the Artillery on cided to discipline him, and his conviction each side devote a considerable portion of Helpful Hint was speedy. To his parson who came to its attention to counter-battery work should visit him Rastus made his lament. The wrestling match was a be encouraged in every way possible. It whirlwind and "Rev'rend," he said, "all my life Ah done hotly contested affair. would seem an excellent idea to have the Every fan near the stole chickens and sechlike, but not till Ah ropes was on his feet wild with excitement takes dis Artillery on each side devote all its atten- triflin' amount o' money has Ah and yelling with every ounce of lung ca- evah suffered tion all the time to counter-battery work. dis indignation." pacity—all but one frail little man, who "Son," replied the parson gravely, "de was sitting totally oblivious to both the bout Book says that money is de root of all But TTe Generally Does and the bedlam in the attitude of a man evil, an' Ah tells you dat when you starts who is vainly trying to recall something. How doth the always busy bee to tamper wid dat root, de white folks Finally, with a hopeless sigh, he looked Discriminate between simply will not stan' fo' it." up and glanced casually at the wrestlers. The places where a sting may be Then he sprang up and elbowed his way To the Last Detail And sting may not be seen? through the crowds. "The osteopath!" he shouted wildly. Fussy CO.: "Ah, sergeant, did you file "That was it! I have an appointment with those orders on the Sunday morning serv- A Walking Example the osteopath!" ices?" There wasn't prouder young father in The Topper: "They are filed under H, a sir." the town than former Lieutenant Haskins. Simple Addition Fussy CO.: "And why H, sergeant?" Even if the two-year-old was a bit back- ward about learning to operate his feet, "I am selling adding machines," an- The Topper: "Because the services are his parent could not see that it nounced the new traveling salesman to the to began at half past nine, sir." was any- thing except an advantage. One day, as country storekeeper. "I have the best add- he was guiding the child's uncertain foot- ing machine on earth. It will add any Page from the Diary of a steps along the path in front of his home, number of figures accurately." Movie Star a neighbor approached. "Reckon I don't need one," replied the "Ah, teaching the little fellow how to storekeeper, shifting his seat on the cracker (Based xvhollu upon newspaper accounts of walk, eh?" he commented. barrel. mode of living prevailing among screen "Not at all," replied the father proudly. "But, man, how else can favorites.) you keep up "The child is teaching me things about walk- with things?" September 1: Woke up this morning with ing I never dreamed of before. I never in "Wal, I got a plenty good enough system. splitting headache. Took two shots of mor- the world imagined it was such a compli- I cut a notch on the counter every time I phine in rapid succession. Drank five bronx cated process." make a sale." • — —

DECEMBER 8. 1922 PAGE 17 THE VOICE OF THE LEGION

Tbe Editors disclaim responsibility for statements made in this department. Because of space demands, letters are subject to abridgement.

The "Bugler-at-Belleau" Idea Our ship in the meantime had been list- hit us, but after a few minutes it subsided ing. My buddies had been thrown about and all was etill with every soldier in his pla- To the Editor: Ernest Poole, the novel- when the ship was first struck. There was toon answering to his name as it was called ist, has suggested that, in lieu of erecting some confusion on board when the torpedo according to instructions that we received a monument at Belleau Wood, we station from our commanding officers when we left there a bugler who each evening, year after New York harbor. Our ship had sunk to year, "would send the call of Taps out over almost six feet on the port side and grave those silent graves." A Merry Christmas to fear was felt by the soldiers as it looked Those with whom I have discussed Mr. as though we were going to get a swim. Poole's beautiful idea are much interested All Disabled Veterans The submarine destroyers then came to our in it. I feel sure that it will appeal as assistance and the 2,000 men on board slid strongly to millions of other Americans. A Proclamation down ropes onto the destroyers and left Mr. Poole suggests that a fund be raised the ill-fated ship to some of the crew and and ^that the income derived from it be the captain, who stayed on board. All disabled of the World that utilized to defray the necessary expenses. THE saved the ship from sinking after the tor- I am heartily in favor of raising such a War are now approaching pedo had bored a hole ten feet in diameter fund, as soon as possible; but why stop and from forty to fifty feet in length their fifth Christmas of suffering. was at Belleau? The total annual cost—even the fact that the compartment through though the idea were extended so as to in- In hospitals and in places of which the water flowed held and it did not clude all of our burial places in France— get any further. refuge all over the country they would not be great; indeed, it is possible The five destroyers stayed around the that the income from $100,000 would be are paying the heavy price of ship all that night and well into the next ample. their honorable service to the morning, when we steamed ahead and ar- Why doesn't the Legion raise that rived safely at Portsmouth, England, about nation in money? I, for one, would gladly contribute war. Many of these eleven that morning. The crew of the to the limit of my ability. What American are enduring a gray and cheer- Persic succeeded in beaching the boat a wouldn't do the same?—T. T. W., German- short distance, from where we got hit on less existence. Circumstances town, Pa. Scilly Isle. Not one man was lost on have stranded many of them far board; but I want to say that it was the most thrilling experience that I have had To the Editor: I have just been reading from their homes; many still the suggestion that a bugler be placed at in my life. John J. Nash, Buffalo, N. Y. Belleau Wood and that Taps be blown undergo sharp suffering. Their every night for all time. The man who families, too, are saddened on originated that idea Mr. Ernest Poole— How About It, Mr. Coombe.s.' — their account and in many in- inspired. I believe that must have been To the Editor: Mr. Coombes wasn't talk- everybody who was^ in the Army will agree stances these family circles are ing to me, but I think I have succeeded in with me. darkened by poverty and neglect. deciphering his code as published in a But is a fund needed? recent issue. it better We of The American Legion Wouldn't be were the Army to It is: 8—1—3—5—11—10. take charge of the matter? And why and its Auxiliary are pledged to These numbers are added successively to bugler couldn't we have a at each of our the numbers in the message and the total cemeteries in France? Each year the best the care of these suffering men, substracted from 50. The remainder is the carefully picked buglers in the service— these sorrowful families. We numerical position in the alphabet of the men, with excellent records could be sent — cannot be forgetful of this pledge. letter represented. overseas, where for one year they would As for the numerals. No. 26 is used to the honor of sounding the most beau- bring to the unfor- have We must represent 1 and each numeral is one less tiful of bugle calls over the dead buddies. tunates, upon this fifth Christ- No. 25 for 2, 24 for 3, etc. This suggestion is worth consideration, at My solution follows: any rate. mas of their long distress, com- How do you feel about it, Legionnaires? fort and cheer in the fullest 28 34 29 25 31 38 37 35 43 30 21 —Henry S. Smith, New York City. N O R T H BE N D O R measure that comrades can pro- -8 -1 -3 -5 -11 -10 -8 -1 -3 -5 -11 shall The Fate of the Persic vide. We remember that 23 44 31 25 24 26 18 25 the Editor: Having received a copy this function of our service does S EFT. 3. 1 9 2 To -8 -1 -3 -5 of The American Legion Weekly I noticed not end with contributions and an article in it addressed to the editor in subscriptions and service upon 3.5 3.5 41 31 45 24 3'5 36 17 which Mac Larson, Laurens, Iowa, would D E A R BUD D Y: like to finish the story regarding the luck committees. We shall remem- -U -10 -8 -1 -3 -5 -11 -10 -8 of the ship Persic. Here it is. last and It was our thirteenth day at sea with the ber, every man woman 29 39 40 2B 39 28 26 39 30 on sud- THE MAN WHO Thirteenth Company guard when of us, that there is a great com- -1 -3 -5 -11-10-8 -1 -3 -5 denly I heard a shrill whistle. As I arose fort for the disabled that sub- from on top of the cabin of the ship I 19 32 33 35 36 26 31 35 31 35 32 22 20 could feel it turning sharply at an angle. scriptions cannot supply; that THINKS HE KNOWS I heard terrible explosion which -11-10-8 -1 -3 -5 -11-10 -8 -1 -3 -5-11 Then a that comfort lies in the hand- shook the ship from bow to aft for fully clasp of comradeship and the 31 22 48 35 33 30 21 41 43 32 30 27 ten minutes. The captain of the ship had IT ALL IS A FOOL sighted the torpedo coming through the personal cheer of personal at- -10-8 -1 -3 -5 -11-10 -8 -1 -3 -5-11 water and that is all that saved us from tention. death, because the torpedo would surely —Le Roy Johnson, Ex-Sgt., 316th Inf., have hit the boilers and caused an explo- Legionnaires and women of Pottstown, Pa. sion. An airplane that had come out from not consider London was flying over the ship and upon the Auxiliary, do seeing the situation began its work. It your Christmas season as com- "Boches" or "German Soldiers"? started to drop its fireworks near the spot plete until you have gone in per- where the torpedo came from and signals To the Editor: As a member of The among the destroyers brought five of them son into the hospitals and homes American Legion and with the best inter- organization at heart, I wish to our assistance. The other nineteen ships of the disabled with your per- ests of that in the convoy were ordered full steam to protest against the use of the word ahead and they scurried away as fast as sonal message of affection and "Boche" in reference to the German sol- they could only to disappear beyond the loyalty. dier. horizon in a few minutes. The five de- Many years have passed since the Ar- strovers started immediately to drop their For The American Legion, mistice. A great portion of our popula- T.N.T. bombs within a radius of 1,500 Alvin Owsley, tion are of German blood and a number of square feet with the airplane holding the the members of The American Legion have National Commander. pivot position in the air and continuing to German parents It is unjust and unkind do its work. After ten minutes of hard For The American Legion Auxiliary, to subject them to this humiliation. work they all stopped discharging their Kate W. Barrett, The word "Boche" is French slang for bombs, and, as there was no evidence of swine and was a term seldom used by National President. the submarine, it is doubtful whether or American soldiers. — H. W. McDonald, not they destroyed the enemy craft. Omaha, Neb. . .

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Hugh J. Kearns Post gives a cup to the best drilled company of the Which Nebraska National Guard will succeed ? WHICH will succeed? the one who Turning Out for the spends all his precious reading time with the daily paper? or the other, who is gaining little by little, in a few delight- National Guard ful minutes each day, that knowledge of a few truly great books which will distinguish HUGH J. KEARNS cial news-reel movies were him always as a really well-read man? What POST has gained a taken and the Legion are the few great books—biographies, his- name for itself and for the gained columns of pub- tories, novels, dramas, poems, books of Legion among the Na- licity. science and travel, philosophy and religion tional Guardsmen of Ne- In addition to award- —that picture the progress of civilization? braska. When it was an- ing the trophy, the post nounced that the Ne- furnished ample quanti- Dr. Charles VV. Eliot, from his lifetime of braska National Guard ties of stationery bearing reading, study, and teaching, forty years encampment would be the camp name and the of it as president of Harvard University, held in Plattsmouth this name of the post for use has answered that question in a free booklet year the post decided to of the guardsmen at their that you can have for the asking. In it award a silver trophy cup recreation tent, the post are described the contents, plan, and pur- to the company rating the club rooms and boxing pose of highest all-around camp ring were placed at the efficiency. visitor's disposal and DR. ELIOT'S Just prior to the review camp chairs, writing of troops on Governor's desks and tables were FIVE-FOOT SHELF Day, the cup was pre- furnished. The Legion sented to the winning also sponsored a track OF BOOKS company by Past Post ^^P and field meet open to Commander A. H. Dux- the visitors only at which Every well-informed person should know bury. The post color bearers and guard prizes solicited by the post members about this famous library. The free book and two platoons of post members in from local business man were given to tells about it—how Dr. Eliot has put into uniform assisted in the ceremony. Spe- the winning contestarxts. it "the essentials of a liberal education"; how he has so arranged it that even fif- teen minutes a day are enough; how, by using the reading courses he has provided, you can get the knowledge of literature A David of Posts—A Goliath and life that every university strives to give. Every reader of American Legion Weekly is 'invited to have a copy of this handsome of Activity and entertaining free book. EVER since the historic clash be- five-day program was arranged, with a Merely clip the coupon and tween M. Carpentier and one special eye to attracting the farmers mail it to-day Dempsey it has been the habit of the of the section. Besides exhibits of the wiseacres to wag their heads solemnly usual county fair variety, such fea- when questions involving quality and tures as a fiddlers' contest and a Ford Send for this size come up and pull that one about obstacle race were provided. a good big man being better than a good From September 19th to 23d there free booklet little one. They take no account of the was something doing in Winchester of David and Goliath, or of the every minute outside sleeping hours, that gives incident fact that Napoleon stopped growing at and the town was crowded morning to Dr. Eliot's an early age. night. Visitors from a half dozen The adage that good goods come in counties could be found on the streets own plan of small packages, once generally quoted, at any time. Not only did Cameron- has fallen into disuse. But now comes Ellis Post net $200 and vastly empha- reading Cameron-Ellis Post of Winchester, size the fact of its existence, but its Ohio, with only fifty-five members, to festival so pleased the community that prove it's still as true as ever and per- it has been asked to arrange another p. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY 416 West 13th Street, New York City haps truer. and if possible bigger event for next By mail, free, send me the little guide-book to the Officers of the post knew their men year. most famous books in the world, describing Dr. Eliot's before they decided to try to put over H. L. McClure, adjutant of Cameron- Books, and containing the Five-Foot Shelf of plan what was to be called a Fall Festival Ellis Post, has advice for other small of reading recommended by Dr. Eliot of Harvard. and to amount to several county fairs posts in which many of them should into one. Fifty-five find inspiration. Name rolled members mightn't amount to much, but fifty-five "Membership alone means little un- workers did. less it is active," he says. "We have Address 696-HCI Every business man of Winchester learned that the small post must have fell manfully in with the idea when the a program which will be attractive and Legion missionaries explained it. A interesting to the public." : — — — — —

DECEMBER 8, 1922 PAGE 19 PRO AND CON Editorial Comment on the Activities nf The American Legion

TT is evident that The American Legion, like the Ku Klux Klan, is an organization for the violation of whatever law runs counter to their kaiseristic inclinations. They have no respect for the Constitution or the law or the human rights of other people. Their ambition seems to be to be- come the Pretorian Guard of the capitalist groups in every section of the country. How long the people will stand for their hoodlumism remains to be seen. Oakland (Calif.) World.

It is unjust to The American Legion to regard it as an organization of ex-service men gathered for the sole purpose of get- ting a bonus from the government. Its aims are loftier than that and its scope broader. Made up of younger men, for the most part of a tried and true quality of citizenship, it can become a force for great good in this country. Seldom has there been so evident a need of robust, common sense solidarity in worthy causes The Legion's usefulness will cease when, When or if, it becomes partisan. It will increase becomes in proportion to the effective part it takes in public affairs that affect the common wel- fare. The future usefulness of the Legion depends on its own leadership and on its ideals. Buffalo News.

What is true of the Legion is no less read this date true of the Legion's Auxiliary—a fitting companion organization to the great Ameri- can Legion. Hancock {Minn.) Record. The Long Life of Williams' Will Amaze You!

The American Legion has entered auspi- ciously upon career will a that undoubtedly scratched that date on the metal cover of your be filled with great usefulness to the re- YOU public. Its membe»6 demonstrated their WilHams' Stick the first day you used it. At last patriotism by their demeanor in the World War. That they will practice the same it's worn down to the collar. Now—read the date on ideals in peace and that their citizenship your positive proof will prove a benediction to the country the stick—it's your evidence— ;?oes without saying. — Asheville {N. C.) is the Long Life Stick. Times. that WilUams' Holder Top You will be delighted with the months of shaving joy Alvin Owsley, new National Commander of The American Legion, spoke simple but in Williams' Long Life Stick. October—November significant words at the dedication of Ne- it lasts lasts. braska's new Capitol last Saturday. He December—January— and said "The ending of war is a great thing, but Williams' gives the Long Life Lather. It holds its the beginning of peace is a greater thing; for with the coming of a just peace the moisture to the end of the shave. march of mankind is taken up again, man- kind going forward step by step to better soothed face, things." Williams' gives Long Life Comfort—a That is the right note, for the Legion a smooth face; all day, every day. Your first Williams' had its birth not in the fighting, but in the ideals for which ostensibly the war was shave will tell you that, and your thousandth will con- waged. These ideals, we believed, were — hindered by those whom we fought. Peace firm it. Prove it yourself use coupon below. only brought the chance to resume more favorably the struggle for the universal ideals of mankind. New York American.

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Co. K, 307th Inf.. 77th Division—First re- union dinner, Allaire's Restaurant, Third Ave- nue, near 18th Street, New York City, December 9th. Address, Philip E. Brouillet, 312 Palmetto St., Brooklyn, N. Y. THE J. B. WILLIAMS COMPANY 312th Field Signal Battamon, 87th Division Dept. 512, Glastonbury, Conn. — A]] former members of this outfit interested Send me a trial length Holder Top Stick in a in joining its veteran association, organized in HolderTop New Orleans, address J. C. Locke, Secretary, large re-loadable box. lO cents enclosed. Tulsa, Okla. G6TH Artillery C. A. C.—Reunion smoker, Cranston Street Armory, Providence, Friday Name eTening, Dec. 8. Address, T. Dawson Brown, 71 Peek St., Providence, B. I. Shaving Stick I ^ddrtjs_ PAGE 20 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY

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What girl isn't thank- ful for so thoughtful and well chosen a gift as a ourhat to box of Grane's Harry Bossard Post, Papillon, fourteen consecutive games played by dgnen d&'Wn Nebraska. When the cornerstone, of his post's nine has gained him the title the new courthouse of Sarpy County of the Babe Ruth of the twilight base- was laid, Bossard Post was called upon ball league in Greater Boston. In- If you don't know how to conduct the ceremonies. Bossard cidentally, the Somerville team was Post, with the two other Legions posts credited with twenty-one games won as girls appreciate good cor- in the county, had charge, and the G. against four defeats at the time of this A. R. and U. S. W. V. assisted. A spe- report. respondence paper, send cial ritual was written by the post for Thomas K. Kelly, the occasion. Minneapolis, her some and she'll tell Minn. Through his generosity in fur- Argonne Post, Des Moines, Iowa. you by return mail. nishing tickets, one hundred disabled Legionnaires of that post were promi- veterans were enabled to attend the an- nent on the committee organized to nual police baseball classic in which Miss Caroline DeLancey's desk arrange entertainment for the boys of the Minneapolis and St. Paul police '61 book, "Correct Social Corre- at their Annual Encampment held teams clashed. spondence," together with usable in Des Moines, la., this year. Post samples of Crane's Linen Lawn, Commander H. H. Polk was grand City Firemen of Detroit. All dis- abled in will be mailed for 60 cents. marshal of the G. A. R. encampment veterans the vicinity of Detroit parade in which 6,500 World War vet- were guests of the firemen at their erans participated. athletic meet. Arrangements for transportation of the men were made EATON, CRANE & PIKE CO. Roy Kinard Post, El Dorado, Ar- by Learned Post of Detroit. kansas. With a membership of only sponsors for correctness in stationery 74 during 1920 and 1921, the post has Great War Veterans of Canada, New York Pittsfield. Mass. stepped out and now boasts of 805 Victoria, B. C. To promote interna- Toronto, Canada members—731 additional Legionnaires tional good will, they entertained three —or a gain of almost one thousand hundred Legionnaires, and their percent. Can any post beat this rec- friends of Seattle Maple Leaf post, ord? The following Arkansas posts composed of Americans who had seen also showed substantial gains: Bates- service with the Canadian and British ville, 600 percent, Fort Smith, 416 per- forces, directed the trip. A reception, cent and Morrillton, 223 percent. football game, visits 'to disabled bud- Auxiliary Units in St. Louis, Mis- dies in ho.spitals, a memorial service, a souri. Because there are no elevators smoker and dance were included, in the in the Veterans Bureau hospital in program. Dangerous sickness often which are more than 300 disabled vet- Hempstead Post of Hempstead, starts with cold. a Ward off erans, many of them, tubercular pa- New York. With its share of the pro- your colds with Musterole tients located on the fourth floor, are ceeds of a concert given through the unable to leave the building for out- before pneumonia starts. thoughtfulness and generosity of Mme. ings in the parks. The Auxiliary is Schumann-Heink the post has estab- Musterole is a clean, white oint- having screened sun, porches built and lished a disabled veterans' fund from ment made with oil of mustard. will furnish the porches and adorn which financial aid will be furnished It has all the healing properties of them with flower boxes, thus giving the comrades until compensation the old-fashioned mustard plaster disabled shut-ins a taste of outdoors. is received. The butnoneof the unpleasant features. from the Government Jim Robertson, Somerville (Mass.) famous contralto is a resident of their Musterole is not messy to apply Post. A record of ten home runs in town. and without the blister. At the first sneeze or sniffle lake down the little white jar of Musterole from the bathroom Fared shelf and rub the ointment gently How Buddy Has over the congested spot. {Continued from page 7) "With a tingling warmth itpene- trates the skin and goes right it figures civilian life again. down to the seat of trouble. terms of an average, at 8.8 Only half of them months out of work for each of 326 returned to the same occupation they Rheumatism, tonsillitis, lum- men who have not been well enough, or had been following during the three bago, coughs and colds are all fortunate enough, to hold steady jobs. months preceding their entrance* to the symptoms that call for Musterole. It may be seen from this how great a service. Some of the other half were Order Musterole today from your druggist. 3Ec and 65c in number of ex-service men have been physically unable toHake up work of any jars and tubes; hospital size, $3. affected by the widespread unemploy- kind, but about 350, for reasons unmen- The Musterole Co.,'Cleveland, Ohio ment situation that existed for a long tioned, entered upon new occupations* BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER time following demobilization. Com- At the present time 46 percent of puting the financial loss to these 326 the 757 men heard from are now fol- men on the basis of vhe average pre- lowing occupations which they did not war pay gives the staggering total of follow in the three months preceding $390,538.02, or an individual loss per their transition from civil to military man amounting to $1,199.97. life. War may or may not alter the Now let us trace what happened nature and disposition of men, accord- when these 737 men bought new clothes ing to your views, but the war un- and started out to make their way in doubtedly had something to do with so — —

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many men's changing their accus- tomed occupations. It may have been restlessness; more probably it was necessity. To most men getting out of the service, a job was the thing- -any kind of job. Ob- viously, upward of half of these 757 men clutched at the first job that showed itself, and the figures indicate a general disposition to regard a job in hand as worth two in the want ads particularly in those parlous times barely past v/hen there were many men clamoring for every available job. Of the questionnaires returned, 52 were from men who before the war had been attending school or college. Most of them could not, or did not, return to their classes following demobiliza- tion, and were virtually unanimous in declaring that they had not compen- sated themselves for what they lost by giving up their studies. "I would have been a physician by now," wrote one young man. He went West after the war and is now working on a ranch at very small pay. There were a few instances in which men were better off financially in the Expansion service than they were before or have been since. These were mostly young fellows who, from jobs on farms or A million new subscribers demand in the United States minor clerkships, rose to be officers in the Army or the Navy at better pay were linked to the Bell System is greater than the growth of than they had previously received. Now they are back on the farms or at during the past two years population. It is an intensive minor clerkships—feeling above their jobs, discontented with their lot, and putting into operation a mil- growth. An increasing per- humiliated every pay day. In a number of other instances men lion new routes of talk, and a centage of the population is who were in business for themselves before the war are now working for corresponding increase in all seeking telephone service. others, with a consequent decrease in intervening income. These men are particularly facilities such as dissatisfied with the way things The Bell System is provid- have switchboards, cable and long gone for them during the last three and half years. ing for more investment, further a Some of them mourn not distance lines. only their changed working conditions technical achievement, more and smaller earnings, but still have pangs over losses incurred in the be- No other country is so well wires, switchboards and sta- ginning when they left business to help along equipped as the United States the business of war. For ex- tions and more subscribers. ample, one chap wrote that he had been — for telephone communication. compelled "to give up a good going The American people require business, and lost in accounts and sacri- Yet, because of this—because fice of merchandise about $2,500." the best service. The best The record number of jobs obtained the telephone is so useful—the and lost by one man since the war was service means the most compre- fifteen. This man wrote that he could demand for service keeps not retain a steady position because of hensive service, not only for his health. He was gassed during the growing greater. war, and has suffered a great deal of the necessities of to-day, but ill health ever since. The growth of telephone for the necessities of the future. Another man, a former cook in the Army, who earned $50 a week before he became associated with 0. D. menus, " Bell System " has been able to average only $25 a week since he turned his back on roll- American Telephone and Telegraph Company ing kitchens and chow lines—working successively, if not successfully, as And Associated Companies timekeeper, roofer, carpenter, paper- One Policy, One System, Universal Service, and all directed hanger and painter. toward Better Service And so, 68 percent of 757 men picked from a list of representative veterans unhesitatingly set forth that they are the worse for the war in an economic way, presenting a fairly accurate cross- Guaranteed Si Watch] doslgD. popular liiBll erade, tiiin section picture of how the majority of ; JKr^QO watch. Highily polished solid Silver- . . . America's ex-service men have been ase. Open laie, stem wind and set. ^"C.O.D.

' Guaranteed faring since they laid down their wea- Fully tested, reflated. perfect tfnoe.keepcr. I VIDITI^ If you order at once, beautiful prold finished took ' M nC^Ei waldemar knife and chain, f rte with your or- pons of destruction and up again I* dor SEND NO MONEY. Pay only $2.90 on arrlyal and chnin are ynira. Send today sure. the tools of civilization. Better days 1 and watch. Iinife ! ALBERT'S WATCH COIVIPANY may be just around the corner, and the Home Billiard & Pool Tables Jesi IVIaxweil St., Dept SI Chicago, III. in all sizes, all pricf^. most of the 757 are hopeful ; but there Maenificently nia

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plete . Havana Legionnaires practice up on their life-saving. Havana Post mem- bers life-save regularly at a neighboring beach

Old Sol Calls the Roll {Continued from page 11)

strong for athletics and have teams Old Sol's next port of call is the entered in local baseball and bowl- Canal Zone, where the Legion is repre- ing leagues. The seasons are reversed sented by three posts: Panama Canal down here, of course, so that we do Post No. 1 at Balboa, Post No. 2 at our bowling when it's summer north Cristobal, and Post No. 3 at Gatun, of the equator and get out on the each of them a pepful aggregation of lot to rehearse for a berth on the ex-service men. Five degrees of longi- Yankees in January, February, and tude later Sol reaches Havana, where March. We managed to beat the Jap- —in the words of the post press agent anese team in baseball, even though we —"the skies are ever blue, the palms didn't win the league championship." are ever green, and the springs of Bac- Old Sol beams down on more than a cardi never run dry." Listen to him few Legion posts in Spanish America. telling Old Sol to tell the world: Here they are in the order that he sees "Havana Post No. 1 has just pushed them as he travels around from east its membership over the two hundred to west: mark, and this in spite of the exodus "Edward C. Fuller Post No. 1." of Americans from Cuba as a result "Santo Domingo isn't so bad. of the bursting of the sugar bubble. Christopher Columbus visited here We have clubrooms in the city with all some time ago, and since then noth- the comforts of home, including a ma- ing much has happened except a couple hogany phonograph and La Vie Pa- of hundred revolutions. We're mostly risienne. We run monthly dances at in the Marines trying to stop this Vedado, the fashionable suburb of country from tearin,-;: itself apart." Havana. We also control a bathhouse "Porto Rico Post No. 1!" with accommodations for both men and "There are about twenty-five of us women at La Playa de Marianao, Ha- keeping the old flag flying in San Juan. vana's beach resort. We maintain a Give our regards to the rest of the chapter of the American Red Cross gang." Life-saving Corps with twenty quali- "Venezuela Post No. 1." fied guards. Last season assistance "Maracaibo is our headquarters, but was rendered or actual saving of life our thirty-odd members—geologists, effected in over a hundred cases. The bankers, engineers, and petroleum event of the year is the Armistice scouts—are more or less scattered over night banquet, at which our guests in- the entire map of this country, clude the President of the Republic of chiefly on the trail of oil. On the Cuba, the American envoy, and the Fourth we put on the first baseball diplomatic representatives of all the Send No Money game ever staged in the Cordilleras of allied nations." Venezuela. The natives are still try- In Central America Sol finds two .Just select from our catalog the diamond you would it 1 in like to see and we wili send it to you for free examin- ing to figure out." posts, Guatemala Post No. Guate- ation. We guarantee the carat weight, quality and "Top-of-the-World Post No. 1, Cerro mala City and Forgotten Comrade Post every diamond. give a legal binding con- value of We de Pasco, Peru. How come that name?" No. 1 in Tela, Spanish Honduras. Fur- tract to refund in cash full price less 10% should you wish to return your diamond for any reason. We also "Easy. All good almanacs will tell ther along to the west he shines dowif guarantee to allow full price in exchange at any time. you that Cerro de Pasco is the highest on the ancient capital of the Aztecs. no obligation to buy. If you decide No money down— town of its size on the globe. So we "Alan Seeger Post No. 2, Mexico that you don't want to keep diamond, return at our expense and you don't owe us a cent. figure we're just about sitting on the City." 171?1717 RAAIT Write today for our big.Dia- world. It's a copper mining town. "Morale is high and everything's f milHi DWn. mond Book. See the extraor- There are only a few of us up here, but rosy. In between our regular post dinary diamond bargains we are offering. Rare values we get together and chin over Brest, meetings we vary the program by also in fine watches, cutlery, silverware, etc. Mail coupon today. Book comes FREE and postpaid. £very- Sedan, and Rue Sainte Anne every baseball and by dinners. Had a very thtng shown in this bis book at the new cut in price. now and then." enjoyable party with the French war "Chuqucuimata Post No. 1." veterans and the vin brothers. Just iTbASCH & CO., Dept. 0-9 "Twenty-two of us, mostly engaged we're looking forward to our third Slate and Quincy Sts.. Chicago now Gentlemen—Please send me your big free book, telling about in mining copper out of the hills of annual Armistice Day Ball. The last your price cat in diamonds and showing your full array ot Chile. We vary the monotony by oc- one, which was held in the famous diamond jewelry. casionally excavating Inca mummies Chapultepec Inn, was quite a splen- older than the United States and by diferous affair and was honored by the Home . . inventing new verses for 'Mademoiselle attendance of President Obregon and 4ddreB» from Armentieres.' his official family. Yep, we're going DECEMBER 8, 1922 PAGE 23 good, although times are none too brisk." "Tampico Post No. 1." "Our latest splurge is a semi- monthly magazine we are getting out, The Foreign Legionnaire. Recently, as a means of increasing the post's treas- //your dealer can't ury, we've been running aeroplane supply you, write trips over the city at a nominal fare. No other excitement to report since -and mention the the bandit business in this vicinity is American Legion suffering from a severe depression." In Alaska fourteen posts answer Weel^ly. Sol's roll call, with a total paid up membership of over five hundred. In order of foundation the Alaskan posts are: Jack Henry Post No. 1, Anchor- age; Valdez Post No. 2, Valdez; Ketch- lean Post No. 3, Ketchican; Alford J. Bradford Post No. 4, Juneau; Isaac Evans Post No. 5, Seward; Merlin E. Palmer Post No. 6, Wrangell; John W. Jones Post No. 8, Cordova; 'Thomas A. Ross, Jr., Post No. 9, Nome; David- son Post No. 10, Haines; Dorman H. Baker Post No. 11, Fairbanks; Rus- sell H. Lovelace Post No. 12, Ft. Gib- bon; Sitka Post No. 13, Sitka; and Petersburg Post No. 14, Petersburg. Hawaii, Sol's next stop, has nine Give him a.Twinplex Stropper for his posts, as follows : Honolulu Post No. 1, Honolulu; Kauai Post No. 2, Kealia; safety razor. He'll be grateful every day, Hilo Post No. 3, Hilo; Post No. 4, North Kohala; Waialua Post No. 5, for years. to come! Twinplex improves Waialua; Post No. Schofield Bar- 6, new blades 100 per cent, and' gives 100 perfect shaves racks; Col. Elmer J. Wallace Post No. 7, Fort Kamehameha; Mauii Post from each" new blade. No trouble — no adjusting; a few No. Kahului; and Fox-Cornet Post 8, wnns strop keen,— both edges at once. It speeds the No. 9, Luke Field. The fastest steamships require a shave. It's a regular gift for a regular fellow. Sold every- week to cover the miles of water be- wb'^re. Twinplex Sales Co. St. Louis, New York, Montreal, . tween Hawaii and Japan but to Old Sol the difference of approximately sixty degrees of longitude means just about four hours of elapsed time. "Tokyo-Yokohama Post No. 1." "Banzai! First, the reason we're a hyphenated American Legion post is that Yokohama is Tokyo's seaport and is only an hour away by train. We thought it better to have one strong FOR SMOOTHER SHAVES post than two little ones. We now have $3 ninety members from all parts of the for single edge blades ' for double edge blades U. S. A., representing practically every branch of the service, and here on all sorts of businesses. Eight of us are of a species known in this country as B. I. J.'s (born in Japan). "On Memorial Day each year the Make your owjti post conducts suitable ceremonies, in- cluding the decoration of all American Phonograph service men's graves. On Armistice Day we participate in the celebrations. Records Last Armistice Day we joined with our British, French, and other Allied brethren in throwing a banquet which surpassed anything of its kind ever held in Japan—ask the barkeep! "From time to time we hold -dances or special meetings in the event of the appearance in the neighborhood of some distinguished person, for instance when General Wood came through. We have a basketball team which won the Tokyo championship in the Y. M. C. A. Aratex league. We- also are maintaining an ^SEMI-SOFT amateur glee club and are looking for- On ANY Phonograph ward to putting on a show. Members Talk, whistle, sing, play any instrument. of the post subscribed about $2,000 to Collars Use any phonograph, old or new. Aofpuial attnctimcnt nerdcd. Simply use Ptistimc needles the fund for the support of the Amer- ^re'shrunk, .ind blank records and yoH can reproduce ican anything, everything. So easy any child can School in Japan. doit. Pastime Metal Records are unbrealtable, "We steer clear of politics, national will not wiltcrack orwrinMe Itcrlit. Indestructible Creat entertainment for youn? and old. Mahe permanent records of and international." —'easily laundered loved one.q voices, send messages on Pastime "Kobe Post No. 2!" records anywhere. "Regular COMPLETE OUTFIT $1 POSTPAID - meetings, occasional Send but $1 (nr.'! hiank JoiiWe-fai-ed PaBfime 55^each 5jor]^ metal dances, parties, and picnics, and a fit- rernrdp. a pnpply of recording needles and complete irlfetructione. Dept. ting celebration of November elev- I27~A, Cluett, Peabody 6-Co. \ncMaken A. J. ARCHIBALD Co.. 1S40 Broidway. N.Y. enth." PAGE 24 THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY

"Aotearoa Tangatahaere Post No. 1, Ne'w Zealand." "Fifteen strong, resident more or less temporarily in New Zealand. The name Be the "Tom Brown" of our post is supposed to mean in United States "men -who travel in the of Your Town land of the long -white cloud". Our You may have the talent to develop into a Saxophone wizard membership is so effectually scattered like Tom Brown, of the famous Tom Brown's Clown Band, the high- est priced musical act, and enjoy this most pleasant of vocations. over the dominion that most of our Buescher Instruments have helped make famous Tom Brown, Paul meetings are held by correspondence." Whiteraan, Joseph C.Smith (Brunswick Records), Clyde C. Doerr, Bennie Krueger (Brunswick Records), Dan Russo (Brunswick Rec- Six Legion posts dot the archipelago ords), Paul Specht, Carl Fenton (Brunswick Records), Gene Rode- '^ich (Brunswick Records), end thousands of others. $600 to $1000 of the Philippines: Manila Post No. 1 weekly for but two hours sday is not uncommon for muBicians of and Lt. Quentin Roosevelt Post No. 2 SQcb ability to earn. at Manila, Cavite Post No. 3 at Cavite, C. Perry Rich Post No. 4 and Philip- pine Scouts Post No. 5 at Fort William McKinley, and Col. Elmer J. Wallace Post No. 6 at Corregidor. "Frederick Ward Post No. 1, Shang- True-Tone Saxophone hai, China," The Buescher Saxophone \s so perfected and Bimplified that it is the easiest of all musical instruments to learn. It ia the one instrument "Just a gang of ex-service men that thateveryonecanplay—and it wholly satisfies that craving everyiM>dy like to get together every now and then has to personally produce music. You can learn the scale in an hour's practice, play popular music in a few weeks and take your place in to chin over the good old days of gold- an Orchestra or Band within 90 days, if you so desire. fish Nothing can take the place of a Saxophone for home entertainment, and monkey meat. church, lodpe, school. It increases the pleasure you get out of life, "Last Memorial Day the members of increases your popularity and your opportunities. the post made a pilgrimage to the tomb Free©Trial — Easy Payments of General Frederick Ward. Ward was You may order any Buescher Saxophone, Cornet, Trumpet, Trom- a hero, not of the World War, nor of bone or other Band or Orchestral Instrument without paying in ad- any American war, but of the Chinese vance, and try it six days in your own home, without obligation. If perfectly satisfied, pay for it on easy payments to suit your conven- civil war, the terrible Tai-Ping Rebel- ience. Mention the instrument interested in and a conaplete catalog will be mailed free. lion of 1815 to 1865, during which Saxophone Book FREE twenty million people were killed and After nearly 300 years' Bupremacy, string instru- nine rich provinces were ravaged. ments are almost entirely displaced by Saxophones "Ward, a youthful Yankee sea cap- in all nationally popular orchestras. Our Free Sax- ophone Book tells which Saxophone takes violin, tain and soldier of fortune, led a hand- celio and bass parts, and many other things you ful of men, mostly Filipinos, against would like to know. Ask for your copy. the strongly garrisoned city of Sung- Buescher Band Instrument Co. Makers of Everything in Band ftnd Orchestra Instrument, Kiang and, by a surprise assault, cap- 6541 Buescher Block Elkhart, Indiana tured the city. His army grew and

I BUESCHER BAND INSTRUMENT CO. i won battle after battle, gaining the title «S41Buaschsr Block, Elkhart, Ind, of the "Ever Victoriou? Army." He Gentlemeo; 1 ani interested io the InstnuneDt checked below: I | was finally mortally wounded during a Saxophone Comet Trombone Trumpet successful attack at Tse-Ki. (Mention anr other InBtrament interested in) | Although but thirty-one when he died, he was I Name I credited by the Chinese with saving the I Street Address „ _ | city of Shanghai from capture by the ^^wn State.... rebels and also with laying the founda- tion for the crushing of the rebellion two years later. "Altogether, we figure that Frederick Ward was a two-fisted fighting man, and we are mighty proud to have our post bear his name." "Peking Post No. 2." Di: A RAILWAY "In spite of wars and rumors of Dltraffic inspector %Mi$sHalfthe wars we managed to stage a successful membership drive. We are trying to POSITION GUARANTEED secure an annual grant of fifty dollars per child for the education under thor- I Paying Up to $230.00 per Mo. RininLife? oughly American auspices of the many MEN ARE WANTED to enterthig fas- There is no need of being I American children in China," clnatiDg profession. Splendid op- a wallflower! Enjoy the portunities; travel or remain near 3." home. Pleasant, outdoor work: pleasures and popularity "Canton Post No. meet big railway ofQciala. of a real good dancer—make "Our thirty members include bank-

STAPT AT ttIO PER . MO expen- people want to meet and ers, ses paid, alter missionaries, tobacco salesmen, b moa. spare-time dance with you t Anyone can study at home. Any average now learn to become an accom- civil and mining and electric engineers, man can qualify. plished dancer in only a .few automobile and oil men, and sailors YOU TAKE NO RISK t hours. from a United States gunboat. siiiun (/'uara?iU(a or Arthur Murray. America's We money relunded. Send cou- forernost authority on social have two Chinese memliers, one an pon ?odai/ 'or details. Don't delay. standard busi- dancing, has perfected a won- instructor in the College of Agricul- ness^ TRAINING INSTITUTE. derful new method by which ture, the other a government radio BUFFALO. you can learn any of the latest H. Y. steps in a few minutes—and all of the dances in operator." a short time. In Krasangju, Korea, fifteen ex- Even if you don't know one step from another, through Arthur Murray's method you can quickly service men, most of them missionaries, and easily master any dance without music or part- have been granted a charter as a Le- ner, right in your own home—or the lessons won't gion post. cost you a cent. More than 60.000 have learned this new easy way; your own success is guaranteed. Fifty former doughboys and gobs in Calcutta, India, have also applied for Bve Dancing Lessons Free a Legion charter. "Constantinople Post No, 1." Standard Business Trainiog Inst.. | To Prove You Can Learn Dancing al Homejin One Evening Buffalo, N. Y. "Muezzins and minarets, Russian I To prove Arthur Murray can quickly and easily Send me, entirely free. Booklet No. D-762 giving ! you an accomplished dancer, he will send refugees and Red Cross relief workers, full particulars about course In Ballway Traffic I make Inspection. you FREE, in plain cover, a lesson in Pox Trot, Syrian dancers and colored jazz bands | Secret of Leading, How to Follow. How to The —we have them all in this hectic town, NAME Avoid Embarrassing Mistakes, How to Gain Confi- j dence, and other dancing helps. You can learn and besides that we have a post of The in private and surprise your friends. Act now and be a American Legion that's STREET , I very much on good dancer soon I For mailing and bandling of the five lessons, send 25c today! Money bacU if not 'deligrhtedl the map down here by the Bosphorus. CITY j ARTHUR MURRAY, Studio SSI, 801 Madina Atb., N. T. The bulk of our membership is made DECEMBER 8, 1922 PAGE 2i

up of sailors from the ships of the U. S. Navy stationed here, but civil- ians in business and with various mis- sionary and relief agencies help to swell the total. We expect to have a neighbor soon in "The Garden of Eden Post," now being formed at Harpoot, Turkey-in-Asia, reputed to be the original stamping ground of Father Adam and Mother Eve. Also, a new bud seems to be sprouting into a Le- gion flower right in Jerusalem itself." "Warsaw Post No. 1, how's tricks?" "We're now getting out a monthly bulletin so as to keep in touch with our members, who are rather loosely scattered over Poland and the vicinity. The name of the sheet is The Legion Przeczyszczajacy. Regular meetings, dances, and basketball games help to while away the idle hours. "We have some rather definite ideas on the matter of emigrants to the United States. Having opportunity to see at first hand the many thousands of ignorant, unwashed, wretched Poles, Germans, Jews, Russians, and Ruthe- nians who are clamoring for admission to the United States, we are firmly of the opinion that America should pro- tect herself against this threatened in- vasion by restricting immigration as severely as possible. "Our basketball team has won every it is, buddy. Regular hosiery for regular game it has played, having defeated HERE University, the American Club Cracow fellows. It's there with the fit, the style, the of Warsaw, the Polish Officers' Club, and the American Y. M. C. A. We be- class. And you'll say it never wears out. Costs lieve that our war cry—'Prze-czy- szcza-ja-cy' (which, freely translated, little, too. At leading stores everywhere in Silk, means 'C. C. pills') has helped in our — Lusterized Lisle. victories. Silk Faced, and "A number of our members own horses, and there has been some talk HOLEPROOF HOSIERY COMPANY, Milwaukee. Wisconsin of organizing a Warsaw Post dragoon Holeproof Hosiery Company of Canada, Limited, London, Ontario squadron. The chief idea is to insure means of transportation when the next Bolshevik invasion comes to town." "John Walker Post No. 1, Loanda, Angola." "The gangjs working for the Com- panhia de Petroleo de Angola, which is the Portuguese nom-de-plume of the The Music Pals of the Nation Sinclair Oil Corporation. There is lit- tle amusement in Portuguese West Africa other than a little hunting now and then. Most of the fellows have gotten one or more buffaloes, and quite a few have killed hippo, and all man-

ner of antelope from dik-dik to eland. 'Send onIyJ2 ^00 deposit asa-gaaranteeof good faith and we will Bend your choice There are lions to the south, and ele- of the $40,00 cluster diamond ring, or the phants to the north and south, but they J50,ftO lieautifu I fiolitaire diamond ring, or the J12 00 wedding ring, or the »2&,00 are protected by the game laws. Of wrist watch Pay the balance In ten «qual monthly payment*. For ttie course, if a lion came snooping around SlOO 00 solitaire blue white diamond, send $20.00 deposit For the $76 00 diamond. eating up your porters, you would have Bend $16 00 deposit Men'o rlnss with same diamonds will be supplied at to give him the razz, and if an ele- same price. Hundreds of similar bar- gains are described in our new catalog. phant tried to occupy more than his share of your bed, you could make him fii^ 30 DAYS FREE TRIAL move over, kicking in the slats if Wear any article of your choice on trial him for 30 days If not satisfied send it back necessf-Ty. &nd we will return every cent you paid. Free examination at bank or express "Native products are very cheap, on office before paying deposit, if desired. are easily learned in spare time without previous Written guarantee that if any other the average, including wives. Imported knowledge of music. A few weeks of pleasant, inter- jeweler in the U. S can sell you equal esting study and you'll be able to play. And there's no merchandise for less money, you can stuff is very expensive, including the other joy in life quite equal to hearing music you make get your money back. On this guar- on your own instruments. 15% antee you cannot lose. same. In both cases, the upkeep is more important than the first cost. $5.00MOnthly^>7c=oSs^ruc?i"onTfin^ quality and volume. Built like a violin. Adjustable "One thing we like about having a bridge, non-warpable truss rod neck and thirty other exclusive Gibson features. life. Non- Legion post is that when it gets too Guaranteed for Gibson instruments exchanged. doggone hot we can weep on each Make $25 to $200 tTafhlX^.'^wnf mK!; others' shoulders for the nice, cool, fre- business. furnish stock, advertise, help exclusive We K«rBl »n\\A whlto gold recUngijlar wrist sell carry accounts. Gibsons easily sold on confidential watch Ifijewrled movement. Worth $«0.00. quent rain of France." , $5.00. credit plan. Full lenKth indoFtructtblp pearls Our prices arc tho same for creAKl an for CBBh. When the Army of Occupation in Send for FREE catalog, FREE music and informatioa Ordpr article of yoiir choke by letter and irive Mandola, Mando-bass. aite wanted. Everyone a wonderful bargain about Mandolin, Mando*ceUo, ~ arc 18i» KaratrLBratwiiivtwhite gold.Ki-ivj. Ri/ig Germany was an army, there was IfOl .j^J KlngBijB A-B-C-DA-b-U-L» _ Guitar, Harp-guitar, Mandolin-banjo, Tenor-banjo, E U Karat yellow Bold. Thousands of sliul pretty near Cello-banjo, Guitar-banjo. If interested in Agency, .values In oar beautiful catalog. a whole squad of Legion |~ " Write for our big catstog check here Teacher? Clip, check and mail ^ .rOO.mW.OO and 43 yra experieDce back of our guaranteoa posts distributed along the Rhine. The this ad today. II only ones left now are Amaroc Post Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co, B.GUTrER«.SONS No. 4 at Coblenz and Andernach Post 3212 Parsons St. ForelKnDept. WhoUaate Jeweler t & Diamond Importera No. 5 at Andernach. Kalamazoo, Mich. 25 Broad St., N. Y. City 172 NASSAU ST.. Div. 398 NEW YORK The capital of Belgium is the head- 5 ! —

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quarters of Brussels Post No. 1. Li About twenty-one hours after his NED LEATHER first hail to the Legion post in Buenos JERKBNS /^iwo"jN?5\ll/aodstoc/c Aires, Old Sol gazes down, breaks into New U. S. Army stand- a beaming smile, and says, "So this is ard jerkins with govern- Paris!" ment inspection label. 10 Days Made of fine quality tan And back comes the answer, "Paris leather, lined with olive FREE Post No. 1, American Legion, with 939 drab wool cloth. Suitable paid-up members, has permanent club- for men or women for TRIAL every outdoor activity. rooms at 10 rue de I'Elysee and an or- Sizes, 38 to 46. Ship- ganization that accomplishes things. ping weight, 3 pounds. Practically every month we run some Write for FREE, big catalogue No. 141 of sort of affair,—entertainment, smoker, Army. Navy, Camp and or dance. Our Auxiliary holds monthly Sporting Goods. teas and bridge parties. By way of RUSSELL'S INC. special features we have had as guests 245 W. 42nd Sl„ New York Marshal Foch and Senator Lewis of Illinois. We put on a big boxing show A Year 10 Year at the Cirque de Paris in co-opera- Beantifol Guaranteed Watch To Pay Gnarantee tion with the British and French vet- [30 We have jast purchased at a tremendoas saving 300 machineg eran's organizations. On Memorial intended forforeignBhipment. While they last, we offer these supervised the decoration of Famous No. 5 Woodstocks, rebuiit lilje new, at almost half.If Day we you ever wished to own a real typewriter, here's your chance. American graves throughout France." Act quickly—before they are gone—and you get a $100 type- writer for almost half the regular price. Think of It—a No. Here's what Paris Post has done for Here's^ opportunity to get this Woodstock, very late model, sold by the manufacturers for I u ^"E' °rl7 elegant Americans S. 0. L. in France: secured J high srade thin $100, now yours for 50 per cent off—a full year to pay. model watch with choice of jobs for five hundred men, helped over 'i*'!j'£';I^5''""or fancy engraved dial ^H°<,".ly 5:?-?i.„0P«" face" stem ^nd two hundred ex-service men and their .^"y tested. $2 AND IT'S YOURS I ^rrf.-^*;i_45^"^*^"^- Guaranteed * "^'''h you'll b« coupon with I ESflSSU'/?"'**^?''- proud to own Mail the small down payment and we will ship families to get back to the States, ar- """^^bj^'Utlf w^ald"ma? kSfi FREE "Z'XZ^^fi. '""^ order this machine forlO-daya free I o— T^"" Send No Monev trial. Never before have you ranged for legal aid for some who got SMLtactloD READ THIS! had Buch an opportunity to in trouble with the gendarmes, made roJdirtodw iS;. ' Guarant.ed: buy a real typewriter—-$10Q FirsI National Watch Co., 651 MaiwelllSt., Dept. BmashIn? sale, AH ordors filled In turn. Speak qafckly if you want one of these wonderful machines. Fill out and stranded in London, and do our best to mail Taking the coupon NOW. observe Memorial Day and Armistice Orders for °">^- i^-'oi Clark Glare Shield International Typewriter Exchanee Day fittingly. Our regards to the boys 177 N. State Street, Chicago, Illinois Kills glare of sunlieht and ap- Gentlemen:—Ship 8t once a Famous No. 5 Woodstock for which in the States," proaching headlights. Keeps I enclose »2 deposit. I am to have 10 days free trial. If I keep It Sol notices as you out of tbe ditch . Attached 1 will pay the balance of $57.60 In small monthly payments of One thing that Old he In five minutes. Fits any car. $4.80 per month, the title to remain with you ODti I fully paid for. rolls around the oblate spheroid which Neff took orders for 92 shields Do not Bend a machine yet. Mall mo your special circular show- in one week. No capital re- ing and fully descrlblnff this super standard No. 5 Woodstock, we call home is that Legion posts in quired. County agents wanted. Write for sample and territory. tfame foreign climes, as well as those that CLARK PRODUCTS CO., pepper the map of the U. S. A,, are Dept. 622 Springfield, O. Address strong for the Legion ideal of service. And what is more to the point, they put the ideal into practice. This New Chevron Is Trees of God On 7500 Newsstands trees of God, who rear your YE head TRADE HERE Finish! It takes but a glance To mark our noble soldier dead, at an assortment of Keen Kutter Are sentinels who watch alone pocket knives to know there are To guard each well-beloved one. none better. Their finish bespeaks through-and-through quality. Ye lift green branches high in air. As if in silent, wordless prayer For those who have life's battles won In noble duty, nobly done. It is the newsstand sign of Legion Service, The everlasting symbol, ye, awarded only to dealers who are carrying The

Of life unending, radiant, free! : AMERICAN LEGION Weekly.' For no more steadfast is the sun It bears the words, Legionnaires! Trade Than was each well-beloved one. Here! Do all your magazine business with this Simmons Hardware Company dealer. He is selling your magazine and has "Gone west!" "Lights out!" Three earned this Chevron of Service, as authorized by the volleys ! Taps Fourth National Convention of The Ameri- can Legion. mnmm The flag half masted ! Shadow shapes Forever marching—"Column right!" Don't let your dealer kid 3'ou, he can get FREE BOOK! To glories hid from mortal sight. The Weekly through any distributor or direct This illustrated, instructive from us. If he displays it, he can sell it. book on how to select, train and But never shall their memory fade. Give your magazyie business to the Cher- feed your dog will be mailed you ^ Beneath such trees' green pungent ronnaire dealers wno are helping us make a FREE with a 3 months' introductory sub- shade bigger, better Weekly for yon. scription to America's most popular DOG HUNT- A grateful nation bows its head, ING and FISHING Magazine. Send 25c (etamps or coin) today. And worships with its soldier dead. THE AMERICAN LEGION WEEKLY Sfnttau'i Dliul Publ'g Co., 366-B Buller BMg,, Cincianili, 0. —By Lilian Bell 627 West 43d Street New York DECEMBER 8, 1922 PAGE 27 Deformities The Barrage Against Your last chance of the Back Fakers Thousands of to get the Remarkable Cases (Continued from page 10) An old lady, 72 years of some other doilar-catching campaign to practical "Y" age, who suffered for many raise funds for disabled men. years and was absolutely help- Then came a broadcast warning from less, found relief. A man who Bolles: courses was helpless, unable to rise Mr. from his chair, was riding "When an individual comes to you horseback and playing tennis with an offer to conduct an entertain- at within a year. A little child, half paralyzed, was playing about ment for your post," the word went the house after wearing a forth, "investigate him as thoroughly rhilo Burt Appliance three as would a bank if you were trying to price weeks. We have successfully treated more than 45,000 c.nses the past 20 years. negotiate a loan. This is sound busi- ness caution, and if your man is 30 Days' Trial Free straight, he will welcome it in that We will prove its value in spirit. If you are in doubt as to the your own case. There is no procedure in such a case, talk matters reason why you should not accept our offer. The photo- over with local bank officials or the graphs show how light, cool, Chamber of Commerce." elastic and easily adjusted the Frauds of the promotion variety have Philo Burt Appliance is — how different from the old tor- subsequently diminished to the vanish- plaster, leather or turous ^ ing point. Similar warnings in connec- steel jackets. t tion with other methods of extortion Everysuffererwithaweak- / enedordeformed spineowea have likewise proved a force in curtail- it to himself to investigate ing swindles every de- thoroughlv. Price within shams and of More than 25,000 ex-service reach of all. scription. Go where you will, you will men have already enrolled for Send For Our Free Book. find Buddy keeping his eyes and ears this distinctive educational ser- vice. After December 31. 1922. it If 7oa will descrlbo tho case It will trained in spirit am ps tn firiTin? you definite infor* the same which at- will no longer be possible to enroll on the liberal mstioQ at once. tended his long vigils in the trenches, plan made possible by the War Work Council. But PHILO BURT MFG. CO. and on fighting decks at sea. And as if you act promptly you may still, at just one- 92.23 Odd Fellows Temple half the regular tuition rates, get correspondence JAMESTOWN, N. Y. a consequence the wisest of the crooked instruction of the highest grade and the constant gentry are scuttling for cover. attention of a competent United Y. M. C. A. Two ingenious rogues posing as Schools' instructor, who will takeja whole-hearted interest in all your problems. American veterans even failed recently The aid of this instructor is always available in to get away with a cunning "easy your efforts to improve yourself and your oppor- inelexdsRan^ei^ money" game in Paris. It was their tunities. The kind of service he gives brings hun- plan to watch the hotel registers in dreds of expressions like the following from a Pittsburgh, Pa,, student. Paris for the names of newly-arrived "/ am certainly well pleased with the way you American visitors. To these travelers clear up all the rough spots I encounter. It is a from the homeland one of the pair mystery how you can make a student feel as if the "The firreatest bar- whole school is run for his personal benefit." gain I ever re- would address a doleful letter bearing ceived"— that's what Don't wait. This opportunity will probably customer recently wrote a touching tale of unusual hard luck. after getting one of th never come again. Mark and mail the slip below genuine Texas RaoKcrs In each letter the writer would say and get our friendly counsel. t unbelie

, _ . So perfe. that he had come back to France with this firearm that you Some of our 300 Correspondence Courses expect to pay would a buddy to revisit some of the scenes Business double our price for it. It Courses is the popular swing out c where their old outfit had fought; but, .\crountancy Business Law inder used universally Advertising Complete Letter Writing hard usage. Has lever plung- sad to relate, his buddy had fallen seri- Banking Office Management Made of very ner. Better Letters Public Speaking best blue steel with 4 inch ously ill, had spent some time in a rifled barrel. The excellent Bookkeeping Salesmanship sight insurer accurate aim. French hospital, and now was trying Business Arithmetic Secretarial Shoots regular 1^2-20 ammu- Business Administration Shovs' Card Writing unusually high pene- nition. Has to recuperate in a tiny tenement room Business Englisli Stenography trating power. A stone wall pro- tection at alow price. Order yours in a squalid quarter of Paris—with no Business Finance Traffic Managerpent today. Technical and Other Courses HOW TO ORDER money between them for food or medi- Agricultural Co Insurance Courses Sendnomoney. Just rush your name, cine. Applied Psychology Mathematical Courses address and mention No. D 128. Your Would the kind tourist be gener- Architecture Mechanical Engineering Texas Ranger will be shipped by re- Automobile Courses Own-Your-Home Course parcel post. Pay post- ous enough to tide them over a few turn insureil Building Construction Plan Reading man $14.60 and few cents postage or francs? arrival. Money back if not entirely days with a few Civil Engineering Courses Plumbing \ pleased after examination. Usually the tourists would, and did. Drafting Courses Poultry Husbandry Klerfrical Courses Srnfl tortay for frpo Radio Engineering They were abroad for a good time, had English Courses Radio Telegraphy I'i'"'"i"''fif^ inaiiy barf \*f%r\ Factory Management Steam Engineering Courses lirearins. clolliint;, shoes, cu f^.\ plenty of money, and were carelessly Foreign Languages Structural Drafting generous. Few even bothered to visit Foremanship Surveying Co. Highway Engineering Use of the Slide Rule Paramount Trading n1 the sickroom or otherwise check up the High School Courses Vocational Guidance IlluKtrating Are you' an ex-ficrvice manf sincerity of the appeal ; and the few who did go to the address given in the UNITED Y. M. C. A. SCHOOLS letter were greeted at the door by a Correspondence Instruction Solve this Mystery! young American and conducted up a Dept 7-D 347 Madison Ave., New York City staircase into narrow- Without obligating me, pleas© advise regarding half creaky a dim, tuition rates and the course in chested room where another American lay muffled in bedclothing. "Sh!" the healthy one would whis-

per; "please try not to wake him, 'cause (Please write plainly.) he's just got asleep after tossing all night in pain." Invariably the visitors took one hasty look, pressed some money into the We Pay $7 a Day young fellow's hand and tiptoed from the room with the warm feeling of hav- taking ing done a good deed. But soon a orders for Nemesis appeared. His suspicion and his eyes were all three keen. He peered Can't Clog closely at the bedridden "sufferer" and Casl Oil SIXTEEN THOUSAND BRANCHES realized that the man was faking. But Burner he gave no sign of his discovery. He Adjutant perfect Ask Your Post pretended to be sympathetic, left be- Most burner ever invented. Intense blue flame. Csn t dog up. Turns any coal or wood stove into a gas About—THE LEGION hind a few francs and—returned with stove. Heats oven to baking point in 10 minuteB. Cheapest fuel known. Low priced. Sells everywhere. Nothing else Subscription Service two gendarmes. like it. Not sold in stores. Writ© quick or sample. Unmasked, the men confessed to the PARKER MFG. CO., Burner SOS Dayton, Ohio "

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An interesting, TRIAL not until then, will the public feel a out and mail easy, practical method that makes law among the most fasci- sense of security when asked to sub- this ad to us with all reading courses. your name and nating of scribe to causes worthy of generous address Send lor book today. —send no money—and we will support. send you this fine Razor for 30 days' FREE trial. When Blackstone Institute satisfied after using, send $1.9.5 or return razor. Order Dept. 2259 4753 Grand Blvd., Chicago Fortunately, that day is near on the today. AMERICAN RAZOR WORKS, Dept. N-7, 1S7S calendar. The wave of fakers and Ogden Avenue, Chicago. faking is dissipating into a feeble ripple, fast spending itself. Publicity, SPECIAL OFFER! BE A SAW MUSICIAN! co-operation, and the counter wave of You can produce wondorfiil sweet and mellow music from a WILSON DRUMS protective measures are defeating the carpenter'.s saw, If You Know How. If you can whistle a tune AND you can learn. You need not know one note from anotlirr. enemies of Buddy's good name. Many Learn in 20 Days—We Absolutely Guarantee to toarh already safely you how to play Popular nnd Classical Music and all the ACCESSORIES crooks and fakers are Tricks and Positions within 20 day.s by spending a few min- utes each evening practicing on your own saw. It's as Good tucked away in jails ; some have turned For and Cheaper than any we could furnish. }> to honest toil; only a few, it is hoped, P No Charge if We Fail —We are makin;; you a special offer to trying. of only S6.50 for this complete course. Free—Special in- POST BANDS are stupid enough go on And formation how to pick the proper saw, violin bow and make soft hammer with Imt little cost Free with course. Buddy will catch the few. — |fe ( DRUM CORPS Be Popular Socially^Malce Big Money playing at dances and entertainments. It will pay for itself many times ORCHESTRAS over. Send or Write Today—It's more fun than a circus. The Beloit Musical Noveify Co.. Div. of Musical Saws 17, Belcit, Wisconsin PAT R LS Trading- with the Write For New 96 Page Catalog Bolsheviks "BOW LEGS and KNOCK- KNEES" UNSIGHTLY WILSON BROS. MFG. CO. (Continued from page 9) SEND fOR BOOKLET SHOWING PHOTOS OF MEN WITH 220 N. May St., Chicago ANo WITHOUT THE PERFECT LEG FORMS five hundred thousand, we have at least PERFECT SALES CO.. 140 N. May. one hundred and twenty-five thousand iield Ave., Dept. 60 Cbicagti, lU. AUTOMATIC PISTOLS gold rubles to be used as margin, and AT CUT PRICES—NONE BETTER we can sell the flour in Constaninople."

25 cal. 7 shot . . . $7.80 Isseo: "I want five hundred thou- 32 cal. 8 shot . . . $9.60 sand rubles in ninety-six hours, and it 32 cal. 10 shot extra magazine, makes no difference to me whether I miking 20 quick shots, $15,00. filters 4 Gallons SEND NO MONEY, pay on arrival, get it or not." our price plus postage. Satisfaction ! in s minutes The Captain : "If you don't take the guaranteed or money cheerfully refunded. flour here, I'll get additional freight on COMPANY. 55 Broadway. THE FASTEST PORTABLE THE PRICE CUniNG New York it back to Constantinople." FILTER IN THE WORLD Yours truly (humbly, excitedly, be- FOR GRAPE JUICE, seechingly) : "Gentlemen! Gentfe- ! CIDER, ETC., ETC. men Easy to operate and lasts for Then the group broke into ten or fif- yenrs. Fits any bottle or keg. teen little attentive circles of whisper- HOME SIZE filters quart of water a minute, No. IIA $8.00. grave i ings. It was four o'clock of the third Aatomobile decorations. Post banners, LARGE SIZE filters gallon of water membership buttons, seal presses, window trana athletic emblems and a score of other useful and attrac- day and we had had no lunch. The a minute, No. llB $15.00. tive items incorporating the Leeion emblem are to be had from the Emblem Division. _ meeting adjourned with the understand- PAY POSTMAN ON DELIVERY WRITE FOR A COMPLETE CATALOGUE ing that the government would take the plus few cents postage. Money promptl.v refunded if not delighted. Emblem Division, Nafional Headpuankpi' arguments under advisement, but in The VACCU-FILTER SALES CO. tVie American Legion, Indianapolis •• • order to avoid delay, Isseo would start Dept 11—70 Fifth Ave.—New York .

DECEMBER 8, 1922 PAGE 29 counting the money on the following morning while we argued the questions upstairs. The fourth and last day found Isseo on hand with a pair of scales and a flour scoop. When ten guards placed Pay Your 1923 twenty sacks containing twenty-five thousand gold rubles each in front of him, the gaping clerks in the office could hardly work. Each coin was a Russian reserve five-ruble piece, as fresh and Dues if it Now gleaming as had been minted that day. There were five thousand of these pieces to a sack, and we were told that two girls had counted the entire amount, The Legion is making a big effort to have all dues for piece by piece, spending days at a task that Isseo could accomplish in a few membership renewals paid by the first of the year. hours with his scales. One missing coin, worth at that time five million During November thousands of renewal cards reached paper rubles, would have meant, they told us, immediate death for any of National Headquarters. John Legiondoughgob, of them. Post, U. S, A., has quickly grasped the significance of "Don't you hate to see all that gold detail. go out of the country?" I asked one of this important the delegation who seemed to be fas- cinated with the glitter of the coins Every single unit of the Legion has profited through that fell from the flour scoop into the these, payments. sacks. His response was more altruistic than Some posts have paid dues for their entire membership Bolshevik. . "Take it away. I am glad to see it go. I hope every piece of it out of the Post treasury. At this pace, the dues ob- gets out of the country. If it had not been for gold we should never have had jective will be taken by January I. all the troubles we have now." I wonder how he will feel about it If you can possibly pay your dues today, do so. Right this year when the reserve is gone and now the Legion is breaking camp for the forward the promised harvest is not forthcoming? Upstairs in the committee chamber I march of 1923. Don't make your Post, or State or wrestled with the committeemen, until National Headquarters carry your pack. Don't be a finally they agreed that there was noth- ing else to do on the face of the agree- straggler along the line of march. ment except to pay the money. Whit- more and Isseo came up to announce In the service days it took several men to take care of that twenty sacks of the precious metal a straggler. In the case of stragglers in the pay- were sacked and sealed with the bank's insignia and were ready for delivery to ment of dues, it takes several units of the Legion to the ship, but that they could not sur- carry the burden. render the documents until the gold was on board. This started another argument, but the bank officials were insistent and the Soviet delegation had to agree to the delivery, which was scheduled to take place at eight thirty the next morning, thirty minutes prior to the expiration of their time limit. We made a gentlemen's agreement to this effect and shook hands with fully twenty people who were rubbing their palms in elation over the conclusion of four days of argument. Then the captain of the steamer stepped forward. "Gentlemen," he said, "I am very glad to see that the deal is settled. But you have forgotten me. I want two thousand dollars a day de- This is the card that brings the Weekly murrage, which is eight thousand dol- during 1923. Get yours started now and lars altogether, and I also want my ex- penses in Batum for attending these you won't miss an issue. conferences." Here was an unprovided-for problem. A ship such as the captain's could make a legitimate charge of five hundred dol- lars a day, but two thousand was out- rageous. We adjourned to the ship, Wanted! where another argument began. There the bills of lading were drawn forth Railway Mail Clerks and the clauses providing for every con- tingency studied again. "If you don't come to reasonable Franklin $1600 to $2300 Year InslUulc, terms and quit trying to queer this en- ^ Dept. Lies, tire deal, you are going to meet with HUNDREDS NEEDED Racliesler, N. Y. ^ Sirs: Send me, serious trouble when you get to Con- iv* without charge. (I) sample Every Ex-Service Man Should Write Immediately Railway stantinople." This threat Mail CU-rk Examination was made by questions: (2) Schedule showing places of all coming U. S, Government examinations; one of the bank men. Steady Work. No Layoffs. Paid Vacations. (3) list of many Government jobs now open; (4) "You are throwing monkey wrenches Information regariluiK preference to ex-service men into the machinery!" Common education sufficienl. I shouted to the Name. captain. Ei-Serrice Men get first preference. Send csupoD toda;—SURE. Address ! .

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"Monkey wrenches or not, if I don't get the money I'll dump every blasted sack of this flour overboard." "The hell you will!" The captain was alive, shaking, quiv- ering with excitement, his finger was pointed at the speaker's nose. "Curse me, will you, on my ship? I can throw you in irons. I am master on this vessel. There is a German flag over me Thtse Automatics are Brand New and use now, and there is German soil under Regular Standard Ammunition FREE PEARLS my feet! The radio is locked up and Lowest Prices in the Country I in the you can't use that. am not lif Protected in Your Home agaiuf^t unhurful Bosporus and you can't hang your intrusion with your choice of the following Allied flag over me or pester me with .2.5-cal. Ijlue steel auto- matic, only Jew left. your English soldiers!" Protector No, 346 $7.25 Profuse apologies, fond farewells, .25-cal. 6-shot Blue Broncho Steel Dependable Resembles exit to the deck. Pocket Arm. No. 146.. $9.75 The delegation was unanimous. 25, .32 OT .380 cal. 8-shot Ortgies Blue Steel, Inlaid Har(J $10.25 "That finishes us. We can't make any Wood Grip, No. 646.. . P75QSoIitaiie] payment until this demurrage question Model .32 cal. 10-shot, Military with Extra Magazine is settled. Why didn't you tell us that Free, No. 246 $10.25 .32 and .38 Cal. Revolver NoRedTape it was costing two thousand dollars a (Popular Quintette Break-Open day to argue over this contract?" Style) 5-shot; 3 inch $11.85 REVOLVER barrel; Nickel or Blue. There was one little fellow in the No. 546 with Pearl Grips, extra) Russian delegation whom I must con- (Furnished S3 Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back. fess I liked. His name was Bantor, Send Cash, M. O. or, if you prefer SET IN PLATINUM— MOST SENSA- and he was almost American. He had SEND NO MONEY acted as interpreter, and it was he who Pay Postman on arrival, plus postage. TIONAL RING OFFER EVER MADE Free Catalog on Request Think of it—seven brilliantsteclblucgcii- had made the remark about the gold. Edwards Import Trading Corp. uine diamonds massed by a secret process educated in New York and in a setting of solid platinum set so closely He had been 258 Broadway, New York together that only close inspection will dis- spoke American more than he did Eng- tinguish itfrom asolitaire valued at^ 750.00. Shank of ring is i4k,t. solid gold. lish. His puttees and his trousers were TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL ex-American army issue, and he wore

You take no chance— if i t isnot satisfactory an olive drab shirt under his blue serge at the end of ten days or i f you can dupli- to cate this genuine diamond ring in any jew- coat. He had been special secretary elry store fortess than $65,00, your deposit Ipskowitz, and was naturally keen and will be refunded to you. shrewd. He came up to me and we dis- FREE "ROYALTON" PEARLS cussed the new obstacle. We are giving an 1 8-inch strand of gfniiine Royalton pearls fitted wilii a solid gold "If I tell the captain," he said to me ilasj) ABSOLUTELY FRKE just to get GUARANTEED S8 VALUE in confidence, "that a couple of hundred of a Lifetime! Shirts ai you started as customer. 1 Greatest bargain a Retai jewelers . charge S 15.00 for a similar grade. neat colored stripes, made of hijjhest qual- h~r^ The dollars in his is better than eight witii pocket . madras material, ntityislimited so be sure percale and soft to send your uffs, finished beautifully. All sizes from A order today. thousand in the com.pany's treasury, 3;,^tol7;i. Ties are made of finest silk B SEND ONLY $2.00 AND RING AND what do you think his attitude will knit material, fast colors, full length PEARLS GO TO YOU IN A HAND- nd closely knit to give long wear. & SOME GIFT BOX, be?" SEND NO rVIONEYI 6 CHARGES Justyour name, addreea. and sizeof shirts. H PAHJ. A WRITTEN GUARAN- When shirts and tics are delivered pay S TEE BOND AS TO QUALITY I confessed that I did not know. AND VALUE ACCOMPANIES "Well," he said finally, "you fellows A dandy pair SNAP ON (^tlFF < EACH RING. AFTER 10 DAY PDPP BUTTONS. FREE to the fi TRIAL, PAY BALANCE $4.65 might as well beat it ashore. This is I nUl. 600 ordering this great barea A MONTH FOR 10 MONTHS. Rush orders now: Mention size of shirls. PRICE $48.50. a one-man job," and he mounted to the ONLY Send for free catalogue of bargains. bridge while the rest of us for the FREE BOOK OF GEMS made Public Trading Co., 404 Fourth Ave. Most complete jewelry catalog waiting boats. Dept. 105, New York City ever issued of diamonds, watch- "The captain is fixed." Bantor gave es and jewelry—newest de- signs at lowest prices. lo me this good news an hour after out- months to pay on every- thingfrom ourtwo mil- departure from the vessel. lion dollar stock. "How much?" I asked. But Bantor Agents $6 a Day only shrugged his shoulders and smiled. New cook stove burner for cooking, heating, baking. Bums (coal-oil) kerosene or "We know that kind of a character distillate. Takesplaceof coal 'y/C or wood. Fits any cooking pretty well over here." stove or range. Easy to in- FREE I laughed. "Somewhat like some stall. Absolutely safe. - FULLY GUARANTEED that—" Regulate by valve; burnsiust "Be careful," Bantor laughed back, like gas. Steady unllorm heat. Simple, safe, clean. and we shook hands. Nothing to get out of order. At five minutes to nine on the follow- Our agents having wonderful success. Work spare time ing morning twenty Backs of Russian or lull time. Big money each day.' Write for agency. gold had been deposited in the hold of Jennings Mfg. Co., Burner 304 Dayton, Ohio the Italian liner Canora, bound for Con- stantinople. The documents had been 11 SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE signed and delivered. Bantor was on 320 PAGES, ILLUSTRATED. CLOTH GIVEN deck and handed me a telegram in Rus- By Winlield Scolt Hall, M. D., Ph. D. sian characters but spelling English AWAY SEX FACTS MADE PLAIN words. It read: "Have flour repre- What every youn; man and sentative proceed Tiflis for conference Every youn; woman should know What every youn; husband and Ipskowitz concerning further business." Every young wife should know Ipskowitz was on the job and his POSTPAID What every parent should know faction again in power! "^^^^^ ^^onlenl.-; commendalion^ nti 1 eqnest illf wrapper I went to Tiflis, which is another AMERICAN PUB. CO., 1289 Winston BIdg., Philadelphia story, but I got no new business. I learned that the Batum flour, how- ever, was satisfactory, though they held me until the last sack of it was un- loaded. PATENTS an^TRADE MARKS As one of the oldest patent firms in America, and When I arrived in Constantinople, BATTERIES representing a clientage extending' to all parts of telegram the , Riff met me with a from the country, we afford Inventors and Manufacturers, Power Dependability Russians. It had come over their secret Long Life at lowest consistent charges, a service noted wireless and it read: "Flour wormy, for efficiency and results, evidenced by many well- THE ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY CO. uneatable, and bitter. You must re- known Palenls and Trade Warks (X extracrdimry val« PHILADELPHIA place entire cargo." Lacey &Lacey. 643 FSL.'WashingtonJlC Branches in 17 cities The Ipskowitz faction was out again ESTABLISHED 1869 Our book Patenl Sense Free -

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that you Buddies and Buddiettes send in. I Am Buddy in the Barrel Keep them on the wing. There's hardly an advertiser we can't get, if you say the word. know me. AI. I was born in the City You In the Order of Coupons, every member is a of Doubt, State of Uncertainty. I When commanding officer. uttered first squawk, advertisers alleged my The fame of Buddy in the Barrel spreads that Legionnaires rated only pup-tents, slum, like a guardhouse rumor. Clip me and paste senegambian marbles and frolicking freckles. me and shoot me to the Boss. They claimed this old Weekly of ours was I need encouragement. I need thought. an advertising dud—and they got their I need coupons. funeral clothes all pressed up and ready to And I'll pay dividends in a bigger and see us pass out like a first-class private with better Weekly. rust on his dog tag. Are you with me? Me and my barrel loomed up in the darken- ing clouds like the smoke of a field kitchen far ahead along a line of march. "Commence firing, men!" 'said 1, as the Buddy's Bare Floor sharp oval thrusts of manufacturers pierced the staves. Some ammunition was spilled at In the old combat days. Buddy in the Chateau-Thierry; some lead was unloosed Barrel as a rook went forth in search of the in the Argonne; quite some hot stuff was o.d. linoleum for the pup-tent flooring. served from the griddles behind the Hinden- Today Buddy is wiser. If wifie asked him burg Line; but friends and fellow-sufferers of to go to the furniture store around the corner the line-ups, this was all like an arrow from for some of the latest designs in floor cover- Hiawatha's bow compared to the coupon ing. Buddy doesn't budge. You can't fool St.. N. Y. C."^ barrage laid down by John Legionnaire that bimbo. There's no linoleum advertised J^o the Advertising Manager, 627 West 43d Leatherneck Doughgob. of Legionville. U. S. A. in our Weekly and Buddy will tramp the old would like to see advertised with us the following make | let the scheme of home decoration II I am Buddy in the Barrel. I knocked old wood and of floor covering . Major Pessimist for a row of tin-hat factories. take its own course. blood, I proved reader-interest. reader-support, Buddy still has the old fighting but reader-loyalty, reader-buying power. his taste for flooring designs has altered more Hardboiled advertisers asked our salesmen than a buck's waistline. The Stave Hero no effect of to bring on "This guy Buddy." And I was longer cares for the two-toned the there stronger than a second loui's alibi. dugout flooring — the gravel effect and the has even lost any desire to step When I put down the coupons and snapped clay. He reasons to attention, it meant a new chapter in the again on the waxed floor of a bivvy. A Qioe advertiser's life. Here was a coup from polished pup-tent flooring doesn't excite Darien; there a letter from Ketchikan; a Buddy at all, at all, and the inlaid and printed I designs of topper's headquarters cause not a postcard from Pottsville, Pa. I am the I cells. This coupon is for all Legionnaires and Auxiliary Mem- I Coupon Skirmisher. I brought to the ad- ripple of sentiment in Buddy's brain Advertisers think the Old Boy's taste for bers to nil out. But if you are a dealer or salesman i vertiser's desk a human story of a product I this line, that apparently carried no more romance floor decoration is all in his mouth. handling please indicate by check mark I

is thicker f dealer salesman i than a piece of cheese—and I even brought a Gloom in Buddy's home than cheese maker the story of a cut of cheese that service hardtack pudding. The floor of the is barer than a front line of . saved a platoon. I light up the cold, clear House Buddy Name . facts of advertising with the warm hand of parapet. When neighbors drop around to comradeship. see the Buddies, the morale of the Dotted like the market tin Address . I am the Stave Hero. With me. the sky is Line Hero goes down on the limit. Cash in on me. I am your trump hats. pn the pretty dots and card. Play me across the boards. Back me Everyone help Post for to the last coupon dot, I can't fail. I make Buddy get his floor ready inspection. good or vanish like a rook's suspenders. Name your favorite brand of floor covering. More than a dozen national advertisers Buddy will take this sales ammunition to the have used my mug in their copy in our manufacturers and he'll probably come home Weekly. They are proud of the coupons with the linoleum. I

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