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VOL. XXVII
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEVOIED TO LnEKAIURE. LOCAL ANU GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
Li;T iVLXi THK I'KOI'LM I.N j
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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBERS, 191H
NO. 44
CoiumiTulty "Siuga' must have beeu lasliionablo wliun Iving Uavul wrote thu by inns .md muaic and sunt word lo lho Teniiilo. "Lul all iliu Iieopl" sing."
Aud il waa "somo sing" with an orcUoslra and cliorua 4UUU slrong leading.
Al luo Y. M. C. A. on l'"riday even¬ ing wo cannol woll havu Uio orcUeslra and chorus 4UUU alroiig—uol very wx'll i^ut we will havo Uit3 orchusira and uo mistake, and al least 4uu crowded iulo lho audiloriuni, mni aiioui lOUO trying lo got ia purhaiJ.s ::uuul
Why?
lieciuse, siuco Uio day thai Uavid touilRtl tjolialh oiiUie lorelioad with a sliuBshol—eAceiillng only July 4, 177(J—thero htfs never boen i> day UNhiu thu American peoidu have had such an iusiiinng job ua us hands as this ono ol smashing tho Ilun and imtliug tho mad Ivaisur and his six ^ull-¦ bul not saiio sons out of buaiiiess n ordiir lo mako a now world.
'I'liB American boys went singing iuto tho bailie that turned tho lido ot war ill lavor o flho Allies and wu should echo lUoir bruvo warrior song! They sang as thuy wunl into a biittlo as high as tho sky, as deep as thu sea, wilh rauks upon ranks icu lung trom the .Marne lu every la.st luaii. woman and child all tho way to thu I'acillc Coast
(Jur part of the job is to put up Ihu dollars aud to put tboiu up ijuick and piuiity some six billons of them Let's go at it with a song as lho boys .lid ill the .\larnu- —Lul All The Poo- l.lu tiing! Como, Sing! As this is urittun the bullutin is posted that Bulgaria has surrendered uncoiidili- onal. Ally and the surruiidur bas oually.     Let ali  the people sing!
¦rmiKK CIIEKIJ.S" TO HK
I'KODK KL> .\r TIIK  V. .M.  C. .\.
WE ALL SPEAK IT
Young Grldley's Letter the Real "United States."
Jay Wellington and Uoburt Curtis, who with local talent, so successfully i'juduced "A Night in Druamland" .:i the Y. M. C. A. audilu^ium, .N'aza-
• 111, last May, arrived al .Nazareth Saturday and are busily engaged in irliuarsng tho large iiuihIht of ad- ili.s and childrun who aro ruciuuslud -' pruduec Uieir second pruduciiou ntitlud  ••Three  Clieu'rs"   in   Uie  "Y"
iiidiiurium  ou  .Monday and Tuesday Jl tuber 14 and 15.
ll will be reuiemberud how much 'Hie the childrun and older folks ¦uk ill tho ruhuarsal and various is of the lasi production vNhich tliuy :usuntud here and also tho beautiful .iKu settings and scenery, which by . i aiipearance will be far superior . the tiiree-acl comedy "Tliruu iu ers" tlii.n those in "A .N'nght in '1 aiiiland."
Lut thu public ill general become ;erested in this production and ve the promoters all 'hu assistance iiuirud to make this a great dream :: realty. The procued.s will be for the bene-
• of our local  Y.   .M.  C.  A.  and  Ihu 'iu   of   tickets   will   bo   aiinouncud
I'er.
^|•l:< lAIi I'lUKilLAM IN
LLTIIKK.W .srVD.VV-SCHOOI.
.\  special   program   in  charge  of ijit.   F.  A.   .Marks,   was  rendered   in John's   Lutheran   .Sunday-school ::   Sunday  afternoon,   owing   to   the :!gi!   number   of   people   present   it became necessary to hold this session in the main audiloriuni of tiie chlurcli ¦ le  luogram  consisted  of  exercises ¦italions, solos by various members 0:  the school atul a splendid addre.ss by the Kev. E. J.  Heilman, pastor of ¦¦   Lukes' ccjiigreg,ition, Ka.ston.    The : eaker left no room for doubt in thu inds  of  the  auditors  as  to  the  es- utial   elements     in  all     successful iiiday-school   work.     Uo   very   elo- untly   and   iiersuasivuly   plead   for b'ciuato   pruparation    bufore   under King the work, for a greaier degree .^; ulUciuncy in i^xpuiidiiig and develo¬ ping the woi>*c and  for more enthus¬ iasm and interest shown or manifes¬ ted   ia   the   work.     Hoch's  or|.hestra furnished   music   for  the  occasion.
I he attendance in all departniunts
il.l   very  good   a   number  of clas.sus
¦ iiig reached a perfect reiord.   Thi-
Miliary dupanmunt went uverlhu top
ivuig  the  largest atendance  in  its
lury.    To tho <ommiltuo in charge
.liranging and  providing  the pro
aill the school is indublud.     it was
uirasion   long  to   bo  romumbured
li   it  created   tho  kind  of  enthusi-
111 wliich is so us.sential to the work
01 K  I'lUOTTV  T()\V.\   TET.S
Uauiton   S.   Leoiiold,   I'rospect   .Si,.
^a liuuu mado glad Ly au increase in
e   i.imily   of   his   gray   stimrrels
•r>u little oneu.     Theso liltle stiuir-
i-'s like their  parents,  will  soon. Ik
ni.Uiiig up and down the trie, about
¦>^ii, and  eating  peanuts Iruoji  yuui
*• li wl'.ilo aittiUE ou your ahouidur.
They will not bite, und uo one uet»d
¦• atraid of them.      riio children arc
"¦iicularly  asked  not  lo  hurl  them
Uuowing stones or slicks al them
f I'v liaudling  tbem roughly.
¦^ii'. Leopold expects to got several
-'>i'" pairs of squirrelD who wll also
¦i^e tliemselves al homo about town
¦^cy are a  graceful  additiou   to   tlu
-uiiual life ol the town.
"tv. .M. M. DKV .ATTK.NUH
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/¦"lie Hev. M. M. Dry, yeft on Tues ^>   lur Numldla,  Columbia  County ' attend the sessions of the Dunvilk nierui.r-e of the Kvangelical Luthur- " Muiisterum  of  I'ennsylvania ami 'ija'ent Statea.     This body colebra 'J*  ttl   this   convention   its   tweni> ''o anniversary and has honored the ,'*<'l I'astor by asking him to deliver ¦-'' Ainiivursary addruss on Wudne.s "'>' afternoon.
,  'tie local pastor wa« a member of
;,'    '""ly before coming to .Nazaroth
* appreciates  the   honor   that  this
>  has conferred  from   upon  him
, " the re<-ognltlon  ho baa  received
"'"I Ula colaborers
Expert   In   English   Composition   May
Have Had Some Criticism to Make
But She Could  Not Mlsunder-
stand the Meaning.
Thp mumbor.s of the English class hnd liled out nf the recllntlon room, with the excuiitlnii of Grldley, who, by specinl request, wns now standing at the tunchur'.s dusk.
To tho casual observer, Grldley -was a boy of about Ilf toon, with a wiry frame, n woU-slmpod head thatched ¦with straw colored hair, a large mouth Bnd grny-blue eyes.
"I nm surprised thnt you should of¬ fer this ns nn oxurcisu In English com¬ position," Ml.^s Stniihope enld with a note of sarcasm In her voice, point¬ ing to several shouts of paper that lay on her desk.
"Tou told me to tnke nny subject that I wns inturustud In, If It wns worth whilo, nnd then put plenty of time Into It, nnd I did. It took me more than two boui-s," protested Grid- ley.
¦ "I   should   Imrdly   cnll   the   subjeot worth whilo," betmn Miss Stnnhopo.
"It wns tho bust Kil me there's been this soflson," said Grldley.
"We will let that pass," the teacher continued. "What I object to is the language thnt you have usod. ^Vhnt atn 1 to mnko of such expressions as these: ¦ 'The south paw nrtlst,' 'a free ticket to tho initial bag,' 'Duffy wns nailed at the plate,' 'two of the vis¬ itors crossed thu pan'? Really, Grid- ley, do you call that English?"
Grldloy's nioutb widened In a grin. 1 don't know nlmut English, Miss Stanhope, but I kucss It's United Stntes," he said.
Miss Stanhope smiled herself, al¬ though she would have preferred not to. Sho took her sjiuclnlty, which was English, very seriously, nnd it pained her whon her pupils did not.
"It might be Clioctaw, as far as I ani concerned," she snid. "It conveys Bb.solutely no moaning."
"Why, didn't you ever see a base¬ ball game?" exclaiinod Grldley.
"No, I believe not," she admitted, and she percuivi 1 at once thnt her confession of igno ;ncc wns far more Interesting to Grbiley tbnn nny dIsh play of her knowiu ige had ever been. The hnppy thought occurred to her to tako ndvnntnge of tbo fuct. "No," she repented, "I know nothing nbout bnse¬ ball, but I should like to leam. Sup¬ pose you try bulng the toncher nnd see If you cnn mnko this nil clear to me. You will hnve to lie-ln nt the begin¬ ning and be vory i.atlent with me."
"Do you menn ItV" snid Gridloy, with tho Joy of tho enthusiast In his eyes.
Tlion for more than an hour he ex¬ pounded bnsuball, while the English teachur fnlthfully groped her way to an understnndliig.
"You must tlilnk mo very stupid," Bho .'(lid more thnn onco, nnd Orldloy, although he did not dispute hor, re¬ doubled his efforts t 1 express his raonn- Ing In words fitted to his pupil's cnpne¬ ity. At tho end of the hour Miss Stnnhopo wns pretty well versed In the rudiments of tlio gnnie, nnd. Inci¬ dentally, Grldley bad gnlned a little in English nnd n good deal In his liking for the teacher.
"I'll hnnd In n better composition next time," he assured her ns ho finally went Ills wny.
The promised composition wns duly received, althoutrh iiftur tho Inpse of somo four years, nnd It cnme from "soniewlK^re In Frnnce."
"I'orbnfis you hnve forgotten me," Gridloy wrote, "but I haven't forgot¬ ten you, or the hour that we spent one Frldny nftomoon, going over my basobnil 'piece.' I llttlo thought that I should not see you ngnin, but we moved from tho dty quite unexpect¬ edly tilt' next week. Now I nm far¬ ther nwny thnn over from the old school. But here Is tho composition thnt I promised to pnss In, not about basobnil this tlnio, but nbout the big war ovor here. I'm In n Iinrder school than Knyport Hlt-'b and there's no chnnco to piny hix.ky. But I'm glnd to be here and It's up to me to make good."
Miss Stnnhope nccepted the stnte ment, not for Its elegance but ns evb donfp of the serious purpose of Grid- ]fy—little (Jrldley of the straw-colored hair nnd tho contnglous grin.
"There will be sniiietblng doing when we fellows get Into tbe gnme," wrote Grldley, "nnd, tnke It from me, we win blind the kulsor his nil right."
Tho thought was bndly expressed but Miss Stnnhope thrilled at the spirit behind the words.
"it won't bo long now before It Is all over nnd I nm back In Uttle old Amerlcn ngnin," thu letter went on.
Tbe tears camo to Mis.s Stiuihopo's eyes. ".\h, soldier boy," she thought, nt Is well thnt you over thero hnve faith, while so mnny of us back here have only hope. I'erhnps your faith will help to make your prophecy come trtiel"
"I guess," iald Grldley, ut the end, nhat this won't take a very high mnrk as English, but," nnd the teacher, al¬ though her own eyes were n little dim, eould alrao«t see tbe twinkle In his jriiy blue ones ns bo wrote tho wonls, ¦perhiips It will git by as 'United State*.'"—Youth's Companion.
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