LEGION THINGS TO LOOK FOR WHEN YOU'RE BUYING Tortoise Shell good mattress should have deeply- To tell the genuine tortoise shell from the indented tufts, If tufts are shallow the imitation . „ rub it briskly on soft and pull out easily* the mattress is not cloth until warm. If it has an odor of the best quality. camphor or celluloid^ it is imitation. I Luggage Rugs To tell what kind of foundation a Fold an edge of the rug sharply back rigid-type suitcase has, rap it sharply to back and look at the pile. It should with the knuckles. 4. clear sound shows stand up like bristles in a brush. The its foundation is wood or fiber, A dull length of the tufts shows the depth of sound means it is cardboard. the pile and the quality of the rug. AND WHEN BUYING WHISKEY GIVE IT THE . BEAD TEST How did your parents and their parents make their money go so far? They didn't take any- body's word for the goods they bought. They used their eyes, their ears and their heads. They tested before they spent. Old-timers bought whiskey that way, too. They had a per- fectly natural test . the "bead" or bubbles that form at the top when the bottle is shaken ... a natural characteristic of all whiskeys. Get wise to whiskey. Don't buy blindly. See what you're getting. Shake the bottle. Watch the bead. See how long it lasts. WHAT IS BEAD? First of all, it's the head of bubbles that forms on the surface of whiskey when the bottle is shaken. The amount of "bead" and the time it lasts constitute the "bead test." BEN BURK, r:C, BOSTON, MASS. THE BEAD LASTS LONGER — GIFT SUGGESTIONS AUTO ROBES— Here is a distinguished group of Legion Christmas gift sug- Pure virgin wool, au- thentic Scotch plaid, fringed ends, size gestions, each of which is an outstanding value. Carefully 52" wide by 72" long. Lecion emblem selected for utility, beauty and acceptability, any one of is beautifully embroidered in colors. Grade 1 (heavy) $9.50 these gifts would provide an almost everlasting source of Grade 2 (same quality but slightly satisfaction, as pleasure and and in addition, would serve lighter in weight) $7.50 a daily reminder of your thoughtfulness and good-will. RING AL 10 RING AL 65 Christmas delivery assured if you act promptly! AL-10—10-K yellow gold ring, with 10-K midget emblem superimposed on black onyx stone mounting. Price $11.00 AL-65—Sterling (solid) silver ring, with 10-K midget Legion emblem. Plain Gypsy type mounting. Price $3.00 UNIQUE ASH TRAY SUPER-CHROME ASH TRAY JACKET No. 750-Z—Cossack style, zipper fastener. Made of dark blue all wool heavy Melton cloth, with genu- ine oak leather sleeves. Beautifully tailored and excellent fitting. The Le- gion emblem is beautifully embroi- AL 15 RING AL 5 RING dered in colors. Made in all standard AL-5—Sterling (solid) silver ring of heavy, sizes or chest measurements. When massive design, with 10-K gold Legion em- ordering, be sure to specify size. One blem superimposed on black onyx stone week delivery. Price, complete as illus- trated mounting. An unusual ring. Price. .$7.50 LIGHTER L-756 CASE WITH LIGHTER LIGHTER L-B $7.50 AL-15 10-K yellow gold ring with 10-K 4" 3 " — UNIQUE ASH TRAY (upper left) — Approximately square, 2 4 high, midget Legion emblem enameled in colors, mahogany finish, with Legion emblem in colors. Special paper cup with hand-carved eagles. Our most popular fillers treated with deodorant which entirely eliminates odors. ring. Price $12.60 Price, postpaid $1.00 ordering rings, specify NOTE: In be sure to LIGHTER L-756 (lower left) — Watch dial case, non-tarnishing chro- size. mium finish, black French enamel front. Gold-plated emblem enameled in full colors. Price, complete $2.00 — COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE with Lighter No. W-1200. .(center) Very thin model, holding 15 cigarettes in single row. Non-tarnishing chromium finish. Simulated burl maple French enamel front and back. Gold-plated Legion emblem enameled in colors. Price complete $5.95 LIGHTER No. L-836 (lower right) — Non-tarnishing chromium finish. SWEATER 901-V—All wool, slip-over Hammered engine-turned design. Gold-plated Legion emblem beau- type, Shaker knit, full fashioned and tifully enameled in colors. Price complete $1.25 heavily reinforced. American Legion blue, SUPER-CHROME ASH TRAY (upper right)—4"in diameter/2' 2 "high, trimmed in gold. The Legion em- chrome finish with Legion emblem in colors. Special paper cup fillers blem is beautifully embroidered in col- treated with deodorant which entirely eliminates odors. ors. In ordering, be sure to give size or Price, complete $1.00 chest measurement. Price, complete as illustrated. .$5.75 BELT AND BUCKLE SET No. 40— Sterling (solid) hammered silver buckle with three DIAMOND SET JEWELRY cut-out initials and separately applied gold- plated Legion emblem in colors. Genuine cowhide l ;i s" leather belt. In ordering be sure to specify belt color and size and three initials. One week delivery. No C. O. D. orders. Price, complete $3.50 BELT AND BUCKLE SET No. 201—Sterling (solid) silver buckle with three cut-out ini- tials and separately applied gold-plated Le- gion emblem in colors. Genuine cowhide s l „ " leather belt. In ordering be sure to MEMBERSHIP BUTTON CHARM AL-11 CHARM AL-14 specify belt color and size and three initials. One week delivery No. C.O.D. orders. MEMBERSHIP BUTTON (left)— Midget size, with 3-point diamond in set, $3.50 center. Price, 10-K gold. .$7.00 14-K gold Price per complete $7.75 LEGION SHIRTS AND TIES—Legion CHARM AL-11 (center)— 10-K gold with black enamel background and shirts, military style, with shoulder Grecian border. Small size Legion emblem carries 3-point diamond straps and bellows pockets. Smart, per- in center. Price complete, (white, green or yellow gold—be sure to fectly styled and made of finest quality specify) 10-K gold $11.00 materials. Collar ornaments are silk embroidered and buttons are heavily CHARM AL-14 (right)— 10-K gold, double faced charm, with 3-point gold-plated and beautifully enameled full cut diamond mounted in center of front emblem. in colors. In ordering be sure to specify Price, complete $8.75 neck size and sleeve length. TIES —Pure silk, with silk embroidered SEND ALL ORDERS TO emblem. White shirt, complete, (without tie) $2.75 EMBLEM DIVISION Blue shirt, complete (without 1236 tie) 2.95 Tie, with emblem, National Headquarters THE AMERICAN LEGION • Indianapolis, Indiana (gold, black or blue) 60 DECEMBER, 1936 I ; (fforCjod and country , we associate ourselves togetherjor thefollowing purposes: (Jo upholdand defend the Constitution, <_/ ofthe'LlnitedStates of&merica; to maintain law and order; tofoster andperpetuate a one hundredpercent (Tlmericanisrn r topreserve the memories and incidents ofour association in theQreat War; to inculcate a sense of"individual obligation to the com- munity,state andnation; to combat the autocracy ofboth the classes andthe masses-, to make right the master ofmight; topromote peace andgood willon earth ;to safeguardand transmit to posterity the principles ofjustice.Jreedom and democracg ; to conse- crate andsandyg our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.— Preamble to the Constitution, ofThe American Legion. The Jlmerican December, 1936 Vol. 21, No. 6 LegionMONTHLY Published Monthly by The American Legion, 4$s West zzd Street, Chicago, Illinois EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES Indianapolis, Indiana 521 Fifth Avenue, New York THERE used occasionally to filter CONTENTS tage in American munitions plants through to us in the A. E. F. during the war. For obvious reasons, HOPI SHEPHERD Cover or the home camps, during By Edwin Earle these narratives will here appear dis- war days, vague rumors of skuldug- guised as fiction— it need only be I BELIEVE OUR LEGION POST gery in factories engaged in said that each one of is the IS TYPICAL 5 them based manufacture of war material of what- on fact. Mr. Kennedy's vivid, tech- By Walter J. Kohler ever sort—stories of very literal at- nically-accurate accounts of the War ON GUARD : GALLAGHER 6 tempts to gum the works. There were By Clifford W. Kennedy Behind the War will go far toward so many better rumors closer to our Illustrations by Frank Street explaining why, on a certain lively day in the immediate concerns that most of us PRISONS ARE NEWS 10 Aisne-Marne sector or in paid little attention to these misty re- By Austin H. MacCormick the reaches between the Meuse and ports—they were the sort of thing Illustration by John E. Costigan the Argonne Forest, some of us one was accustomed to read about, but THE ROYAL ROAD TO NO- cussed the Q. M. C. or the Ordnance they never could occur in any manu- WHERE 12 Department for the non-arrival of By Karl Detzer facturing plant we knew well. something highly essential to the suc- I'VE GOT MY OLD JOB BACK cessful conduct of hostilities, little BEFORE we ourselves entered the AGAIN 16 guessing that the real reason was By Elsie Janis war, and just as we entered it, locked up in the brain of an incon- there had been one or two wildly WITH A RUB-A-DUB-DUB 18 spicuous factory worker who even spectacular bits of sabotage that be- By Fairfax Downey then, perhaps, was trudging past our came and have since remained fa- TROOPS BELOW! 20 own front door, dinner pail in hand mous—the disabling of German By Leonard H.