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The principal campaign that the
Dally Times is interested in at pres
ent is the war, anil it is therefore tie
voting much of its space to the win
ning of tile same.
The farewell reception being plan
ned for tlic Cordova registrants who
will lie inducted into the service on
Saturday morning next will be a fit
ting tribute to these patriotic young
men who are anxious to don the
khaki and go to the front.
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'Die one regrettable feature or the
marine incident involving the success
ftil shelling of a submarine by an al
lied ship off the American coast is the
fact that the underseas boat belonged
to the United States navy. In all
other respects it seems to have been
a good job. New York World
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Tiie government has sent out an
urgent call to the newspapers to con
serve paper It would certainly be a
body blow to our war activities if a
scarcity of paper shoid prevent the
mailing of several million pounds daily
of useless government literature
which finds its daily way int othe edi
torial waste basket. Corvallis Ga
zette Times.
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Tho Cordova Chamber of Commerce
lias committees at work upon several
public Improvements that will mean
muc h to the town, if successful in get
ting them.
PLAYING BRIDGE IN WAR-TIME.
Cordova Is not the only place In
which the subject of bridge-playing
has caused agitation. Is it proper to
play bridge while the Red Cross is
calling for workers? Or should the
playing of this game during the period
of the war be taboo, just as profes
sional baseball has gone by the
board and horse-racing seems also to
he about to lose caste? As in all
subjects wherein an attempt Is made
t: n gulate the conduct of others,
there ls a wide divergence of opinion,
and in discussing the question It will
be hei essary to sift the chaff from
the wheat.
At the outset it may lie said that
bridge, like all other recreations, is
not of itself harmful; it is only when
it has become an obsession, like the
di inking of whiskey or betting on "he
ponies, that mischief commences. The
pet son who devotes a large portion
of his or her time to playing bridge,
to the detriment of home or business
duties, is a slacker either in war or
peace tlmeH. Happily there are very
few such, and in the Interest of the
country's welfare those should bo
made to see the error of their ways.
That woman who has plenty of time
to play bridge and no time to do Red
Cross work is considered a slacker
in these times; though there Is no
good reason why the male sex should
take it upon themselves to taunt the
womenfolks with delinquency in this
regard. Most men have some pet
hobby which requires a good deal of
their time, and the chances are that
if they were called upon to give up
their little hunting expeditions, the
fishing trips, their billiard games, yes,
and even their quiet little games of
"draw,” there would be a great deal
of murmuring. Very few men. com
paratively. have devoted as much of
their time to Red Cross work, as have
the general run of women; and were
the time of the patriotic women
measured up against the dollars of
the sterner sex it would no doubt be
found that the men had contributed
comparatively little toward the Red
Cross funds.
Looking at tlie mutter from a "win
tin- war" standpoint, the wife of C.ov.
Keyes of New Hampshire is quoted
as giving some very practical contri
butions to the discussion. She says
in part
"If an occasional game of bridge,
after tite day's work is over, is a bet
ter tonic for the next day's work in
some cases than a contest at golf, or
a visit to the theatre, or a quiet hour
with a book, I can personally see no
reason to consider it either idle or
unpatriotic to Indulge in It. Nearly
every ‘comfort kit’ that we send to
Prance contains a pack of cards, but
we do not for one moment suppose
that the soldier who receives them
will wish to use them in working
hours. We should not play at all
unless we have found that to us in
dividually it is proving the means to
refresh us for our 'real Job.’ ”
Some persons have advocated the
disoentinuance of bridge-playing al
together during the period of the war.
much in the same manner as other
war sacrifices are entered upon. Hut
unless other amusements or recrea
tions are likewise eschewed, there
does not seem to he any real merit
to this suggestion, especially in a
place like Cordova, where recreations
are few.
Probably the best suggestion would
lie to regard bridge as we do other
recreations, and as long as it does
not interfere with our usefulness, to
enjoy it The moment it interferes
with war work, or any other work
or duty, put a strict ban upon it
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CAPT. H. FROST
MXlrrn Nfw»pop«r I'nlonO
One of the best equipped as well as
most beautiful and spacious of the
Red Cross hospitals overseas Is Unit
21 of the American Red Cross at
Paignton, England, of which Capt. H.
Frost is the chief surgeon. Captain
Frost has under him expert surgeons
and physicians and well.trained attend
ants.
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MAJ. PAUL T. DESSEZ
The splendid work of Maj. Paul T.
Deaaex of Washington, a regimental
surgeon with the American army at
the French front, has occasioned a
special story about him from one of
the correspondents In the war xone.
Wounded American and French sol
dlers covered the floor of a barn In
which he was working, and during the
height or his labors he was burled by
shellfire. Digging himself out, he went
right on operating.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1918
CAMPAIGN BEGINS SATURDAY.
German peace demands shrink as
American armies grow. No sooner
does "Black Jack" Pershing step in
with the First American field army
and reduce the St. Mihiel salient than
Germany finds it can do without any
portion of France, or even of Bel
gium.
Simultaneously it is decided in
Potsdam that the indemnities to
which Germany, "compelled to de
fend itself from strong enemies." is
entitled, may also he dispensed with
as a condition to a peace negotiated
immediately.
Wilhelm, creating the curious spec
tacle of yelling vociferously for
peace almost from the first day of
the war of conquest he began, has
deceived himself and his people with
delightful German thoroughness. No
other highwayman has ever been
more willing to make pence than Wil
helm. his pockets full of loot from
France and Russia and his hoots on
the neck of Belgium. No one but
a highwayman would have expected
to have his “peace offers" heard.
Allied refusals to consider his var
ious offers to resume a peace status
without emptying his pockets or pun
ishing him for his mistreatment of
Belgium must he spoiling Wilhelm's
faith in human nature. A few more
refusals will perhaps definitely des
troy Wilhelm's faith in the gullibility
of Entente human nature.
When Wilhelm begins to talk about
refunding the enormous forced pay
ments he has wrested from Belgium;
renouncing the Brest-Litovsk treaty
and restoring the Russian lands lie
has overrun; making recompense to
Belgium and France for the wanton
destruction wrought, then will he find
the allies beginning to take interest
in his conversation.
The Kaiser will never announce
peace terms acceptable to the al’
until he is "leading" his routed armies
hack to Berlin,
Will any ingle factor so help to
rousing over subscription to the com
ing Fourth Liberty I<oan?
Be sure you do YOUR share.
The Fourth Liberty Loan campaign
opens Saturday.
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