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;i"-. •••" - A^;'-.;-. % By JOHN DICKINSON 8HERMAN ATS off! Face to the East! II la tin Xecurring moment sacred beyond all the power of the spoken and written word--the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when silence fell upon the guns. So has It been for six anniversaries of "Armistice Day. So may it be in 4 1825. So may It be as long as the Cnited States of America endures. For when the clamor of conflict died on that fateful day the cheers of the victors were mora than cheers of victory. Thanksgiving thrilled every tieart. Hope once more sprang eternal In the Human breast. Joy came upon the earth once tnore. Each good American will Interpret the moment of silence of Armistice Day according to hla «zperience and understanding. And may each say to himself: "I will remember while the light iMfetend In the darkness I will not forget." War I abhor; And yet how Bw*et The sound along the march!** Street Of drum or flfe, and I forget Broken old mothers, and the whole Dark butchering without a aoul. Without a aoul--aave this bright treat Of heavy music, sweet as hell; And even my peace-abiding feet Oo marching with the marching street. For yonder goes the flfe. And what care I for human Lift; The tears filled my astonished eyes, "' And my full heart Is like to break. And yet It Is embannered lies, A dream those drummers make. Oh, It 1s wickedness to clothe Ton hideous, grinning thing tfeat stalks Hidden in music like a queen That in a garden of glory walks. Till good men love the things they loathe; Art, thou hast many Infamies, But not an Infamy like this. O. snap the flfe and still the drain. And show the monster as the ta. Tes; "War Is hell," as Sherman said, And.no email part of the prayer and resolve of Armistice Day is for "Peace,' on earth good will toward But-- . Hats oft! "« Along the stre«t~there cornea A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drama, A flash of color beneath the sky; The Flag Is passing by. . . . But more than the Flag ta paaslng by. Sea-flffhts and land-flghts, grim and great, Fought to make and to save the St^M*7' Weary marches and sinking ships; f* Cheers of victory on dying lips; - Days of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong land's swift InorMsei Equal Justice, right and law; Stately honor and reverent awe; Sign of a nation, great and strong. To ward her people from foreign wnm^} Pride and glory and honor--all ^ Uve In the Colors to stand or falL ~ >nd this, too, Is no less a part of Armistice D*y. For Old Glofy--the oldest Flag of earth and the handsomest Flag and the Flag that has never known defeat--will be much In evidence at the tomb of the "Unknown Dead" in Arlington, the national shrine where the nation-wide observance of Armistice Day will have Its focus. And Old Glory and the "Unknown Soldier" stand for one and the same thing--the old, old American Ideal: I'eace with honor and patriotic devotion to country. "Old Ironsides" and Mayflower. * Constitution and Mayflower side by side--a fitting picture (No. 4) for Armistice Day and a suggestive one: Glorious "Old Ironsides," built at the instance of the first President of the United States. George Washington, and the Presidential yacht of the thirtieth President, Calvin Coolidge! For it was the Constitution that put the American Navy on the seas more than one hundred years ago. And It Is from the Mayflower that the President views the American Navy of today as it passes in review before him as its commander In chief. One would wish mightily to be privileged to know the thoughts of this thirtieth President as he paid his homage at this national shrine this summer at Boston. "Old Ironsides" Is as truly an American national, shrine as Is the tomb of the "Unknown Soldier." For she was as truly symbolical of the nation io her day as is the Arlington tomb in this. The Revolution gave us our independence, but left our affairs in chaos. The adoption of a written constitution and the election of George Washington as President made us a nation--but a nation without a navy. Said Washington in an annual address: "To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate It from Insult and aggression." Congress turned a deaf ear. But the piratical extortions of the Barbary states enforced the truth of l.*p words and the Constitution and her sister warships were built. Thereupon we brought the Mediterranean pirates to terms and taught France to let alone oar merchant ships. But We Had the Constitute. But by 1812 Great Britain, flghting"for Tier title of "Mistress of the Seas," was impressing our seamen and selling our cargoes. So war was declared to assert our Inalienable rights upon the seas. It was a forlorn hope, If there even was one. There were then 1,042 warships in the British navy and in the American navy there were just seventeen. But we had the Constitution--American designed, American bulW and American manned. First she escaped from a whole squadron of British frigates in a historic chase of three nights and two days. Then she fell in with the Guerriereil The two crack frigates closed like two fighting bullterriers. They knew each other. They were looking for each other. - Then Dacres loudly crlea: "Make the Yankee" ship your prize-- . Tou can In thirty minutes, neat and handy. Oh! Thirty-five's enough. K'm sure, and. If you'U do It ' In a score, ) "" I'll treat you to a double share of brandy. Oh!" That was Captain ^Dacres to his men--typical of the British naval commander made arrogant by easy victories over Frenchman and Spaniard and the rest of the world; sneeringly scornful of the "American pine boxes with their gridiro^ flags." Dacres had laughed at Capt. Isaac Hull just before the declaration of war, warned him to keep In , harbor and bet him a hat the Guerrlere would knock the Constitution Into kindling wood In short . order If they ever met. Let us imagine the spirit of the Americans as they closed In. Hull had slipped out of Boston Just before an order arrived for him to stay in port; on the outcome of liis battle hung glory or "death for sailing without orders." Many of the crew had martyred ancestors who had died in the British prison ships of the Revolution; Hull's father had so died in the pest ship Jersey. Many bore the scars of British lashes after Impressment. The war on land had been a failure from the beginning. And for the first time an American frigate was to meet on equal terms a first-class, warship of the "Mistress of the Seas !" After Just 40 minutes of fighting the Guerrlere was a dismasted and sinking wreck, with 78 of her crew dead and wounded; the Constitution was Intact, with 14 dead and wounded. Dacres was too dazed at the outcome to surrender. Hull said, "No, keep your sword. But I'll trouble you for flbat hat." And Great Britain was no less stunned ttian was Captain Dacres by the Constitution's Victory. August 30, 1812, all was gloom in Boston. Gen. William Hull had surrendered Detroit without a semblance of defense. The garrison at Fort Dearborn (Chicago) had been massacred. On land the war was a story of disaster after disaster. And then appeared the Constitution bedecked with flags and guns booming victory. The nation rejoiced and took fresh heart. The Constitution soon departed to outsail, outmaneuver and outlight the enemy as before. Was "Old Ironsides" providential? Judge for yourself. Anyway, she Is a national institution, worthy of her third restoration-- this time at the hands of American school children 1 Object Lesson In Pesos. • What an object lesson of peace Is shown today by our two countries to all tho world! No grim-faced fortifications mark our frontiers, no huge battleships patrol our dividing waters, no stealthy spies lurk our tranquil border hamlets. . . . Our protection is In our fraternity, our armor la our faith, and the tie that binds, more firmly each year. Is ever-increasing acquaintance an J comradeship through interchange of citizens; and the compact Is not of perishable parchment, but of fair and honorable dealing which, God grant, shall continue (or all time. These words by Warren G. Harding, twentyninth President of the United States, are written in bronze on the Harding International Good Will memorial recently dedicated in Stanley park, Vancouver, B. C. (No. 2). It was erected by the voluntary subscriptions of 95,000 American and Canadian members of Klwanis International. It was placed there, rather than in Washington or Marlon, because It was at Vancouver that the first President of thtf5 United States to visit Canada spoke these words. A bronze tablet contains his profile portrait. Bronze figures symbolizing the United States and Canada stand guard. Another fitting picture for Armistice Day and a suggestive one! In the seven years since November 11, 1918, all the world has come to know what the Star Spangled Banner and the "Unknown Soldier" stand for. And the great of earth, setting foot on our shores, hasten to pay homage at this national--and International ghrlne. One day It Is President Machado of Cuba (No. 1). And the next it is Joseph Caillaux, minister of finance of the •French--who worship the Individual hero, as shown by their memorial to Alan Seeger, American soldier poet who kept his "Rendezvous With Death" (No. 3). "We do not know the eminence of this Unknown Soldier's' birth, but w# do know the glory of his death. He died for his country and peater devotion hath no man than this." So said the kindly gentleman and trne patriot who has "Gone West" to join the boys "Over There." And President Harding's words are founded on the eternal verities. We Americans are fortunate In having national holidays that are peculiarly our own. On Independence Day we celebrate onr birth as the one nation of earth dedicated to freedom and the rights of man. On Memorial Day we honor our patriotic dead who had the will to offer life Itself in loyalty to the Flag. On Thanksgiving Day we give to Divine Providence our thanks--the thanks of a Christian people for the guidance that has made, us the most prosperous and powerful nation of earth. Flag Day and Defense Day and Navy Day are equally In accord with the true national spirit of the American people. All the holidays embody the genius of the American nation. •'Armistice Day has something of each of these truly American holidays. The "Unknown-Soldier" truly symbolizes every man and every woman who give their best when the nation calls. Comb Plays Large Part in History of World The history of the comb, linked with religions, superstitions, romances and Industry, challenges the mockery, of the bobbed head. Thought of ornamentation might teve been the first Impelling motive for the production of the comb, and this combined with the Idea of utility to make It a most important article in human: history. In addition there Is an abundance of evidence coiled from stories of ancient times to prove that the comb had a place also in the religious rites of Romans and Greeks and pagan races. What religious significance the ancient people attributed to the comb had vanished when the English pilgrims stepped ashore at Plymouth 300 yeara ago, but In the art of halrdressing it has had an abiding place • merit and honor in all Cities have been built up around the comb Industry In this country, names have been established by It, to be cherished In the comb world as much n the name of Ford Is In automotive circles or Edison In the electrical world, but the comb has passed out of Its period of greatest popularity, when the well-dressed lady could find place for a baker's dozen of combs In her hair. Shingle bobs came and back combs went So the Industry pauses for reflection. Reminiscences are doe. Old Newbury is linked with Leominster In comb lore, the former as the birthplace of the industry and the latter as itye largest producer In this conntry, the two towns having exchanged notes and names on the subject since colonial days. Enoch Noyes started comb manufacturing In Newbury, the Hills family brought It to Leominster, where it was established in 1775, and since then Leominster has led all towns In this country and probably leads thawf««& .jpalUnf of combv < Navy's Last Monitof ones Cheyenne, Type of Ships Famed in Civil War. Washington.--Coincident with the dedication of a Washington memorial to John Ericsson, Inventor of monitors, the United States monitor Cheyenne, last of a naval type which gained fame in the Civil war, will start on its voyage to oblivion, says the New Yftrk Times. Its passing marks the advance of a new era, and although the last sqjyivor of one period in naval progress the Cheyenne was foremost in another: lt\ was aboard her that successful experiments were first made with the oil-burning engines. It Is from Baltimore that the last of the monlt(|rs^is to sail for the "ship's boneyard" at Portsmouth. For a brief period monitors made the United States navy the most powerful In the world. Now they have all disappeared but the Cheyenne. Even her three sister ships, laid down In 1904, long since have been thrown into the discard. Machinery Below Water. All the Cheyenne's mechanism. With the exception of the guns, is below the level of the water. The house structure above could be shot away In an engagement with an enemy and still the fighting qualities of the unit would not be Impaired. The Cheyenne, originally the Wyoming, was built for coast defense--a sort of floating fort. In 1907 the Navy department at Washington began to consider the advisability of converting coal burning vessels into Oil burners. Engineers were consulted. Navy officials decided an experiment would be worth conducting. It so happened that the monitor, then the Wyoming, was available for tlie trial installation. The vessel was ordered to the navy yard at Mare Island In 190S to be fitted with the new electrically driven oil burning engines. Navy officials followed the movements of the ship closely as she began a series of test cruises under the new power. After two years a final report on the tests was submitted. These were declared successful. It was not until years later that oil-burning engines \yere Introduced Into the larger vessels. Now the Navy department Is taking steps to convert all the remaining coal burners in the navy Into oil burners, with electrically driven propellers. Apparatus In Good Condition. Engineers of the Navy department made a survey of the Cheyenne's power plant recently and found that the electrical apparatus installed nearly a score of years before was in perfect working condition. Because of the coming of airplanes, huge capital ships and sleek, fast cruisers and destroyers, there Is no further need for monitors. The sole purpose of these was for coast defense. They were floating fortresses. Not only In America, but In other countries, is this type of vessel now obsolete. TTTere are several reasons why this type of vessel is obsolete. First, It can participate In offensive warfare only when It is facing In the direction of the enemy being attacked. It carries a revolving turret battery of two 12-Inch guns forward. The remaining armament consists of four 4-lnch guns and two slx-pounders. The latter are too small to be used In attacking and are brought into ,play only when In defense. Then the slow speed of the ship-- only 12 knots--served to make It merely a target for speedier craft more heavily armed. A fast vessel with greater range guns could easily outmaneuver the unwieldy monitor and sink or disable lti The monitor type Is difficult to manage because most of Its hull Is below water. As the last of the monitors nears Dust Fuel for Autos Predicted by Chemist New York.--W. A. Noel, an engineer of the bureau of chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, demonstrated the explosive power of dust here recently and declared that Automobiles might be using dust for fuel within a short time. The dust must consist of cap-4 bqnaceous particles. It will not be sufficient merely to suck Into the cylinders the road dust created by the motor car, but the dust must be such as collects on many factory floors, constituting' an explosion hazard; Dust from sugar, cocoa, cinnamon, leather, flour, rubber, al (. num or wood would be Mr. Noel said. Its end a monument Is being erected on the shore of the Potomac at Washington to John Ericsson, the man who ^crapped wooden warships for ironclads. The memorial will stand overlooking the spot where the new bridge will span the Potomac, linking the national capital by a boulevard with the National cemetery at Arlington. Ericsson's invention met an important situation;' his Iron-clad Monitor marked a turning point in United States naval power. Betty Van Arsdale, sixteen, of Chicago, who rescued from the lake eightyear- old Margaret Heckler, who had sunk to the bottom. Miss Van Arsdale, a high-school girl, then revived the child with first aid measures. Steps are now being taken to recommend her for a Carnegie medal. Hay for $1 a TOM Halifax, N. S.--Seldom if ever before in the history of Nova- Scotia has there been such rich yield of hay as this year. Unfortunately prices are So low that in some places, notably the country adjacent to Annapolis Royal, the hay is being left uncut. The best grass can be bought for $1 per ton. Kite Story Is Proved by Franklin Letter Authenticity Revealed in Recently Found Epistle. Cincinnati.--Lately American historians have been bombing the. story of the flight of Benjamin Franklin's electricity-detecting kite. They have attempted to relegate the legend to the junk heap of historical fallacies. Their claim has been that, had Franklin tried the experiment, he would have been electrocuted and burned to a crispbrown crust. But a book has been discovered, piled with 1'2,000 other volumes In a garage storeroom owned by the Cincinnati public library, containing a letter written by Franklin himself on the experiment and its results. The volume is a compendium of many letters written by Franklin and members of the Royal Scientific society of London. Failed to Name Plaoe. While the story handed down placed the scene of the trial fit the tower of old Christ church in Philadelphia. Franklin fails to mention the locality. It is also evident that he had no Intention of attracting lightning to his kite, but that he merely wanted to prove the presence of electrical energy In the atmosphere during a thunderstorm. The letter was written probably In 1752. His observations and Instructions follow: "Make a cross Of two light strips of cedar, the arms so long as to reat h the four corners of a large silk hanjkerchlef when extended; tie the corners at the handkerchief to the extremities of the cross, so you have the body of the kite, which, being properly accommodated with a tail, loops and string, will rise lii the air, like those made of paper, but this, being silk, is fitted to bear the wet and wind of J a thunder gust without tearing. To the top of the upright stick of*, the cross is to be fixed a very sharppointed wire, rising a foot or more above the wood. To the end of the twine next to the band is to be tied a silk ribbon, and where the silk and twine Join a key may be fastened. This kite to be raised when a thunder gust appears to be coming on, and the person who holds the strtng must stand within a door or window or under some other covering, to that the silk ribbon may not be wet, and care must be taken that the twine does not touch the frame of the door or window. Will Draw Fire. "As soon as any of the thunderclouds come over the kite, the pointed wire will draw the electric fire from them, and the kite, with all the twine, will be electrified, and the loose filaments of the twine will stand out every way and be attracted by an approaching finger. Aod when the rain has wet the kite and twine so that It can conduct the electric fire freely, you will find It stream ont plentifully from the key on the approach of yonr knuckle. "At this key, a phial may be attached, and from electric fire thus obtained spirits may be Ignited and all the other electric experiments be performed which are usually done by a rubbed glass globe or tube, and thereby the sameness of the electric matter with that of lightning completely demonstrated." * •/ « If You Want a Homestead, Look at This *3 BUCHANAN'S LOG CABIN TO BE SAVED Birthplace of Former Preei dent to Be Memorial. Pretty Miss Jean of the land office In Washington has no sympathy for the fellow who says there are no more opportunities. There are flfty-two million acres of land still to be had for the trouble of homesteading. Some is good, gopte not so good, but all worth while to the worth-while man. Miss Jean Is pointing to the location of some desirable acreage that will be given away to those asking for it. Chanihersburg, Pa'.--The weather worn log cabin In which James Buchanan, fifteenth President of tte United States, was born on April 23» 1791, Is to be restored and preserved as a memorial to Pennsylvania's only President. Iluilt originally by the Presldeafe father in the mountains of southern Pennsylvania, the cabin was moved neary a century ago to Mercersburg, where it has since stood, used much of the time as a tenant house. Now It la being torn down and moved again; this time to' Chambersburg, where It will be rebuilt on • lot near the cea ter of the town. The elder Buchanan was an Irtsii man who came to America soon after the Revolution, and set out to make ~ living as a trader amtng the Indians and frontiersmen. Choosing a lonely spot In the hills north of the Maryland border he built two log cabin* one for a home and the other a store. In time his place became known to the traders as "Stony Batter." Hit trading operations proved ee profitable that Buchanan finally moved to Mercersburg and from there he sent his son to school and later to college. The younger man became a leader ta local affairs and represented his trlct in the state legislature and In congress. In 1856 he was elected President. He died In Lancaster la 1866, and was buried there. ' In later years the President's slsNVS erected a stone pyramid at the site <1 his birthplace. This stands today, hidden in a grove of pine trees. ... The oak logs of the old eahln Wfc well preserved. - Six Die in Five Lewiston, Idaho.--Six children lost their Jives in a lire that swept the boys* flormitory at the Catholic mission on ;he Nez Perce Indian reserve, 25 miles •nst of here. The flre was believed to have been caused from an explosion of a lamp. There were 31 boys In the dormitory it the time of the flre and the efforts >f the sisters of St Joseph and others :it the institution were responsible for saving many of the boys' Uvea Foreign Devils Lead Chinese to Ice Cream Peking--For countless centuries it has been the custom of Chinese people to avoid any form of cold drinks, even in the hottest weather. With the advent of bobbed hair, popular dances, jazz bands and other modern things, Iced drinks are now In demand. The Chinese have succumbed to the lure of Ice cream. " Cafes where Ice® are sold beve wrong late qdsteocf everywhere and ere doing a large' ness. At street corners, where vendors f«^ nierly sold tea, are stands with lee cream freezers and mineral waters. The cream is served in eggcups. aed coolies and others swarm around the sellers, enjoying what im Chinese M termed "frozen delight." Veo moch net A.