THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
1 American Infantry pausing through n French village on their way to tho front. 2 Some or llio
intnoiif twitnea of America hnvo saved being unloaded cit un American Rod Cross warehouse In France.
Janl, popular a e tress, who canceled all engagements and Is entertaining the soldiers behind thu lines.
GENERAL GOURAUD ADDRESSES HIS CAVALRY
nour till!
a Elsie
General Qouraud, comnmnder of thu allied forces on the right wing of the Mnrno front. Is here shown, nt the
fight, reviewing and addressing his cavulry, which has lieu n and which Is still pursuing the Bocho.
ENEMY GRAVES ATTENDED BY BRITISH I gla6 that he is drafted
GASSED YANKEES ARRIVE AT THE HOSPITAL
A motorhiis with American soldiers who htlvc been Injured In n gas attack on the western front arriving at un
American Hod Cross hospital at Jouy, France. Had these sume soldiers arrived n day sooner they might have been
Hated among the victims of the "Iluns' latest victory" over another lied Cross hospital. The hospital was deliber
ately bombarded by Roche aviators the day previous to their arrival, the result being that two persons were killed and
fourteen Injured.
PRINTING BONDS FOR FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
Ono entire division of the bureau of engraving and prl ntlng nt Washington Is now engaged solely on the cngravlug
of Liberty Loan bonds. Working day and night, a force of experts turns out millions of dollars' worth of this paper
and Ink ammunition, which is doing as much for the llnnl defeat of Germany ns the steel-tipped shells thnt are being
hurled at tho Huns from allied guns. Uncle Sam has In his employ some of the greatest engraving experts In tho
country, men and women, nil of whom nro now working overtime to have bonds ready for tho next issue. This Is a
recent photograph of the bureau's lurgest pressroom working night and day on six billion dollars' worth of bonds.
TREATING THE WOUNDED DURING BATTLE
Even tho enemy dead are respected by tho British Tommies. Tho photo
graph showH a British soldier attending to tho grave of an Austrian In Italy
THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS FIGHTING
1 JsSr rfSEL-AJSBM
I tW '-. iv-" M HE FEEDS BRITAIN'S ARMIES
i- i saeassii?? .. osiw. m-ss, .wtvrss
Robert Wood, the famous head
waiter of the National Press club nt
Washington, Is happy over being
called to the colors. Itobcrt has
waited on moro distinguished men
than any other waiter In America. Ho
has served, when they woro guests nt
tho Press club, three presidents
Itoosovclt, Taft and Wilson; cabinet
olllcers and distinguished forclan ren.
resentntlves, Including tho duke of
Connaught, Arthur Halfour, General
Jorrre, vice President Vlvlanl of
France, und the heads of nil other nl
llel missions to tho United States. In
addition to every foreign ambassador
stationed In Wushlngton during tho
pirst live years.
American soldier In Franco not only enjoy their smokes, but cards as
... The gaum Is probably "Btrlp poker," uh two of tho men hnvo already
i -. pled their shirts. One has u largo safety pin, ready for Instant uso In
- j of further lueses, but then uoto tho horscshoo on his shoo.
Removing. Childish Fears.
Fear Is a matter of feellni
bo reached throuuh feollnir nnt hv will
nor reason. If your child has fear of
some object and you wish to cum him
two things nro essential. Ymi mn.t
make the object fnmlllnr and you must
nrrango ror nun to have pleasant ns
soclatlons In connection with it An..
fear treuted In this way will rapidly
umayiivur. i-.xcnango.
Scene during the battle of the Mnrnc, showing French and American
wounded and wounded German prisoners being given first nld close, to tho
lighting line.
This Is Lieut. Gen. Sir John Cowan,
quartermaster general of the llrltlsh
army, who Is responsible for the sup
ply of food, materials and ammunition
to tho British forces on all fronts.
Shot-Putting.
"What's your boy doing at tho can
tonment?" "Prnctlclug shot-putting."
"I didn't know they were encour
aging thnt form of athletic sport In
tho army."
"Oh, yes. They're nil there learn
ing how to put shot luto tho Germans."
Whoops, My Dearl
Llttlo Dorothy und llttlo Mary had
visited the park whllo Dorothy was
enjoying symptoms of n certain popu
lar mnlady. Wo asked, subsequently,
whether they hnd been to see the nnl
mnls. "No," said llttlo Alary, "they
woro afraid Dorothy would give tho
cirunt or tho glraft the whooping
cough;"
"Yankee Doodle."
Kvery patriotic American loves the
Jingling tuile of "Yankee Doodle," but
no one seems to Know jusi now
when It tlrst began to bo used.
It Is ever so much omer man me
rinrliirntlmi nf Indenendence. nnd Is
uniri tn linve been orlulnnlly written In
Greek, "lankhe Doule," meaning "Ro-
Jolco, O Slavol" or "Let tho isiuve ue-
Jolce." Tho Greek words ccrtniniy
sound, pronounced English rusnton.
nnoueh like "Yankee Doodle" to make
this belief n reasonable one.
At nnv rnte. It Is one or mo oniesi
songs In the world, and at different
periods of nn unparalleled career nas
hoinnimri tn KnL'liuid. to the once vnst
empire of Holland nnd to tho Roman
Catholic church, whero It prouamy
originated somewhere about the year
200.
A Legal Discussion.
"What do they mean by court calen
dar?" "I don't understand the term."
"Nor do I. I thought courts paid no
attention to time."
How the Tornado "Works."
Pages of magazines and columns of
newspaper space hnvo been devoted to
graphic and vivid. If not lurid, ile.
scrpltlons of tho tornndo In action.
uut William hoda, a farmer who nev
er "writ" a line of literature In his
life, expressed It nil lu n single short
paragraph, In n perfectly clenr and
understandable way, when ho wns
nsked by n reporter of (he Star Sat
urday about the twister that had made
complete wreck of his home:
"How long did the storm Inst?"
"Feller," he replied, "I don't believe
she worked more thnn two minutes,
but while sho worked she worked
like ."
Any American can get thnt without
a diagram. Kansas City Star.
Sea Erosion Reduces Helgoland.
Ilelgoland, the present German nn
vnl base In the North sea. was flvo
times Its present size two centuries
ago The erosion of the sea claimed
the greater part of Its liuiil, hut this
has now been stopped by tin. use of
concrete.