QlfieMERI25 Cents CAN EGION OHonthlj/ Meredith Nicholson - Lorado Taft Arthur Somers Roche — Who wants to live on a poorly lighted street? Nobody who knows the advantages of modern lighting—the safety for drivers and pedestrians the protection against crime—the evidence of a desirable residential area. The service of General Electric's street-lighting To-day, no street need be dark, for good specialists are always at the command of communities street lighting costs as little as two dollars a year interested in better light- per capita; and for that two dollars there is a ing. In cooperation with your local power company, substantial increment in property value they will suggest appropri- ate installations, and give you the benefit of their It isn't a question whether you can afford long experience in the de- sign and operation of street- good street lighting, but— can you afford not lighting and electric traffic- control systems. to have it? GENERAL ELECTRIC S. F. 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Slip-cover additional Beds Springs Mattresses [built for sleep] JUNE, 1928 I ; June, 1928 Vol. 4, No. 6 ItfERICAN EGION 'Monthly Contents Cover Design-, little miss summer by Alfredo Galli The Mp:ssage Center by The Editor 4 A Foolish Young Couple by Arthur Somers Roche 7 Illustrations by William Fisher T 1 C, 1 hat All Men Ma\ Know by Lorado 1 art 10 Should Nellie Stay at Home? by Meredith Nicholson Illustration by George C. Smith Population , I wo by Charles Divine 16 Illustvatiofi by Rico Topiaso The Life and Death of Dick Yeagf.r by Marquis James 18 Editorial with cartoon by John Cassel 20 ITT ITT AT A. T Where Old World Meets New by Mary Carter 22 Here's Luck! seventh episode-. The Battle of Bordeaux by Hugh Wiley 24 Illustrations by Herbert M. Stoop Shoulders to the Wheel by Clara Ingram Judson 28 Batter Up! by Wallgren 3° A Personal View by Frederick Palmer 3 1 My Annual Report by James Norman Hall 3 2 Bursts and Duds conducted by Tip Bliss 33 Cartoons by Eugene Baird Keeping Step by Right Guide 34 Then and Now by The Company Clerk 41 The Dam Has Broken! by E. H. Risdon 46 THE STARS IN THE FLAG North Carolina: One of the original thirteen colonies. mile. Rank among States, 14th in population, 27th in area, The first English colonists in America settled on Roan- iSth in density. Capital, Raleigh (1925 U. S. est.), 30,371. oke Island, during Sir Walter Raleigh's explorations, between Three largest cities, Winston-Salem, 71,800; Charlotte, 54,- i584-'7, but the colony did not last. Later, Virginians trickled 600; Greensboro, 48,700. Estimated wealth (1923 U. S. into the region. In 1663 King Charles II granted Census), $4,543,110,000. Principal sources of the colony of Carolina a proprietary charter. The wealth (U. S. 1923), cotton goods, $951,916,599 territory included the present Carolinas and ex- manufacture of cigars and cigarettes, $264,218,- tended as far west as the Pacific. The western tqo; manufacture of snuff, chewing and smoking half of the State was settled by Germans, Scotch tobacco, $31,567,820. The products of 269,763 and Irish, the eastern half by Englishmen. John farms in 1920 totaled crops valued at $503,- Locke drafted his "Grand Model" constitution to 229,000, the principal ones being cotton and govern the land, but it was a failure. In 1710 tobacco. The annual lumber cut totaled 1,200,- Carolina was divided into North and South. In 000,000 feet. North Carolina had 93,243 men 1729 North Carolina became a royal province. and women in service during the World War. In May, 1775, the people issued the Mecklenburg State motto, "Esse Quam Videri"—To Be Rather Declaration, phrases of which resemble those of the Declara- Than To Seem. The name of the State is derived from Population, tion of Independence. 1790, 393,751 ; 1926 (U. S. Carolus, the Latin for Charles, the English king who spon- est.), 2,857,846. Percentage of urban population (communi- sored its exploration and settlement. The nicknames of ties of 2,500 and over), 1900, 9.9; 1910, 14.4; 1920, 19.2. North Carolina are Old North, Tar Heel, and Turpentine Area, 52,426 sq. miles. Density of population, 52.6 per sq. State. Robert F. Smith, General Manager John T. Winterich, Editor Philip Von Blon, Managing Editor The American Legion Monthly is the official publication of The American Legion and The American Legion Auxiliary and is owned exclusively by The American Legion. _ Copyright. 1928, by the Legion Publishing Corporation. Published monthly at Indianapolis, Ind. Entered as second class matter January 5, 1925, at the Post Office at Indianapolis. Ind., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized January 5, 1925. Price, single copy 25 cents; yearly subscription, in the United States and possessions of the United States $1.50, in Canada J52, in other countries $2.50. In reporting change of address, be sure to include the old address as well as the new. Publication Office, Indianapolis, Ind.; Eastern Advertising Office. 331 Madison Avenue, New York City; Western Advertising Office, 410 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago. The AMERICAN LEGION Monthly Qhe FLORSHEIM SHOE KJo Be Well Dressed I consider shoes as important as any part of my attire. ( As a man who cares' I wear Florsheim Shoes for business, pleasure and leisure ... an appropriate shoe for the occasion. Florsheim Shoes give me real satisfaction and enjoy- ment . their fine style fits in with my ideas of what a good looking shoe should be." 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Some- be Captain Hall, was deeply impressed. inch better than that. A year ago the time later appeared "High Adventure," A bargain was soon struck. Mr. Hall half-mile record still stood at 1.51%, Mr. Hall having subsequently abandoned was grateful and contented. So were we. made by Dr. Otto Peltzer of Germany in the infantry to become a tiler, and as such That evening we bathed.