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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
LEGION WORKER IN CONGRESS
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Hamilton Fish, Jr., One of Writers of
Preamble to Constitution, Seeks
Increase In Compensation.
The preamble to the constitution of
the American Legion lias been called
Types of Ukrainian Women.
(Prepared by the National Qeographlo So-
ciety, Washington, D. C)
In their latest uprisings against the
rovlet government, the Ukrainians or
"Little Russians" are but justifying
anew a reputation as lighters thafchns
stuck to them since the dawn of Eu
ropean history. Theirs is one of the
richest sections of tho old Russlnn
empire and not only have they been
called upon to defend their title many
times, but at others they hnve fared
forth against tho Poles, tho Russians
of the North, the Tatars and the
Turks, seemingly for tho mere joy of
lighting.
In recent years the Ukraine has
quieted down so that casual students
ht the time of the Russian revolution
hardly realized that there was such a
distinctive section left.
, Tho Ukraine has had a trouble
Bome career. The" wild Scythians
helped to feed ancient Greece and her
colonies from Its endless steppes. A
thousand years ago Kiev was already
becoming an Important place. When
tho Saxons still ruled England, In tho
long ago, the banks of the Dnieper
were a meeting-place for many races,
drawn thither by commerce. Religious
differences bad not yet arisen, for all
tvere worshipers of Idols. Even then
o Slnv people were safely established
here, sowing nnd reaping their bar
vests and sending their surplus grain
down this river to the Black sea.
Tho name Ukraine means "border-
marches." For centuries It wns the
bulwark that protected Poland and
Lithuania from tho Tatars, Turks, and
othor migrating Orientals. As a re
suit It has bad cruel taskmasters.
The native population wns largely
Cossaclts a wild and unruly people
at that time. They were not original
ly a tribe, but were men who went
forth Into the wilderness to find free
dom. The vast steppes, covered with
grass to the height of a horse, within
which a multitude of game lurked,
lured them on.
There were Poles and Lithuanians
and Rucslnns nnd even Turks nmong
them. They became marvelous shots,
riders, and swimmers; their horses
were famous for their swiftness nnd
endurance. Their differences gradual
ly blended In n unity of purpose and
principle.
Crude Republican Government.
Tho name Znporoglnns wns applied
to tho community tltnt was the heart
tnd soul of the great Ukrnlne. Their
government was crude, but very re
publican In form. Each year the old
ofllcers laid down their duties in the
presence of n general assembly, even
n that day called tho rada, and new
ones were then choen.
As any member of the tribe could be
elevated to the highest oltlco, It per
mitted each one to aspire to this. dig
nity. The highest odlclal was known
as tho "hetman." If unpopular, he was
sometimes choked to death un effec
tive, if cruol, displacement.
They carried on an Intermittent war
fare with Tafars on tho cast, stealing
their cattle and occasionally sacking
tho unprotected towns. Agnln, their
warring excursions would be directed
ngalnst the Turks to the southeast, In
the Ralkans. When tired of this they
turned northward to the Slavonic pop
ulation. These enrly Ukrainians were ever
nt war with somebody nnd for some
body. They fought with Poland
against Russln, with Russia against
Poland, with Poland ngalnst Turkey,
with Turkey ngalnst the Tatars. They
assisted In placing an unfrocked monk
upon the throne at Moscow. They
were simply natural warriors who re
joiced In that occupation. Tho war
rior, shaved his head except for a wisp
on the crown, which was nllowed to
grow long enough to wind around tho
fars.
Although professing tho Orthodox
Greek faith, they were the brigands
and tho corsairs of Christianity.
Though nomlnnlly subjects of Poland
for n long time, the Ukrainians were
constantly InyotyJug Poland In trouble
villi tho Tatar and Turkish rulers.
At times they even captured Polish
pensants nnd sold them as slaves to
tho Tatars, who in turn passed them
on to Perslaus.
Lovers of the Soil.
The Little Russians have worked
hard and fought hard, and they have
emerged a fairly united and still vigor
ous people. The population increases
more steadily than that of Great Rus
sia, as the people are greatly attached
to-homo nnd do not enro to wander
far from their native villages. They
are great lovers of the soli and cling
to It with n passionate tenacity.
Tho Ukraine Includes old southeast
ern Russia, with the exception of the
province known as Bessarubla, which
partakes of the character of the Bal
kan states and is peopled with Ru
manians and Bulgarians, The great
seaport of Odessa und the surround
ing country wore added to It under Its.
new alignment after the break-up of
the Russian empire.
The Ukraine does not reach much
north of Kiev or east of Kharkov, but
It Is a large state In itself, about as
large as the German" empire, with
some twenty-five or thirty millions of
people Hvingfki It
The largest city of the real Ukraine
is Kiev, around which nntlonnl life
centers probnbly because of the deep
religious associations In connection
with the shrines and many holy places.
It was at one time the capital of all
Russia. Kharkov is the lending com
mercial town la it unless Odessa, on
theBlnck sea, is considered.
There is n lure about the limitless
stretches of the steppes In the Ukraine.
In wide, level spaces, or In gentle
undulntlons, they reach out until sky
nnd horizon meet In n barely percept
ible line. Parts of It remind one very
much of our own western prnlrlcs. In
spring and winter It Is nn ocean of
verdure, with the varied . shades of
green of tho growing vegetntlon Inter
spersed with (lowers of mnny hues;
later. In the autumn, after the crops
are bnrvested. It becomes n brown
waste of stubble nnd burned-up pas
tures; In winter It Is a white, glisten
ing expanse of snow.
, Windmills In General Use.
Windmills aro exceedingly common
nnd dot tho landscape on every hill
side. Silvery gray they appear from
ago, as all are built of wood, and they
are usually unpnlntcd. Many of them
seem ready to fall to pieces from age.
The general use of windmills Is due
not so much to lack of water, for they
will be found near strenms, but the
flatness of tho country does not give
enough fall to allow Hie use of water
povrtir. They aro used to grind grain.
Kiev Is tho holy city of the Ukraine
nnd hundreds of thousands of pilgrims
visit It each yenr. Tho natural land
scape Is heightened nt all times In Its
plctorlnl effect by the picturesque
groups of pilgrims, stoves In hand and
wallets on backs, who may be seen
clnmborlng up the hills, resting unuor
the shadow of a hill, or reverently
bowing the head at the sound of n
convent hell.
Tiie pilgrims mnde It a point to visit
tho ghastly catacombs in which are
rows upon rcvs of the skulls of re
puted monks. Access Is had by narrow
steps, and then through labyrinthine
subterranean passages one descends
deeper und deeper Into the bowels of
the enrth, winding hither nnd thither
along n pathway. Finally there be
gins n series of niches, in which re
pose the bodies of the saintly re
cluses. The pilgrims pass each holy tomb,
reverently kissing the shriveled hands
laid out by the monks for thnt purpose.
They do not distinguish between tho
holy nnd holler, but pay n trlbuto to
each one impartially in order to con-
dilate nil.
Much contagion must bo spread by
this Insanitary method of liotnnge. No
doubt many nn infection, and possibly
even great pestilences, could bo traced
directly to this spot where tho Indis
criminate osculation of church relics
Is practiced.
LEGION
(OVpy (or Thl Department Supplied fey
the Arnorlean Legion News Service.)
IN ARMY AT THE AGE OF 14
Stephen S. Tillman of Washington
Now serflcant-at-Armo of George :
Washington Post.
Stephen S. Tlllmnn, Washington, D.
C, served as a private in tho army dur
ing the World
war at the mature
age of fourteen
years. He was
regularly enlisted
and sworn in nnd
didn't have to llo
about ids age.
Just before ho
went to the re
cruiting olllce ho
cut the numerals
"18" out of a cal
endar and pasted
them in the heels
of his shoes. When the recruiting of
ficer asked him how old ho wns, Till
man replied: "I'm over eighteen."
They swore him In.
Being a trifle smnllcr than n regula
tion army ride, he was detailed as n
bugler. He went to tho Mexican bor
der with his company, "IJ" of the Third
D. C. Infantry. Coming back from the
border us the United States entered
the World war, he did guard duty
along Conduct road, Washington,
where several hundred attractive
young women were taking an Intensive
training course. But he wus only six
teen years old then.
Now he. is sergeant-at-orms of
George Washington Post No. 1 of the
American Legion, Washington, tho
first Legion post organized. Ills fa
ther is a retired cavalry olllccr.
THE TRAYLOR FAMILY HELPED
Father, Mother, Four Sons and Two
Daughters In Uniform During
the World War.
When tl)e old question of "who won
the war?" comes up, tho Traylor fam
ily of Trenton,
Mo., m a y step
forward and nd-
urn i ii u i nicy i;
helned. Tim onm. fl&L.-
mandlng olllccr of
tho family thdt
was 100 per cent f
in active service
was the ' father, .
W. S. Traylor, gs!
rank private. sv''?j''
Mr7 T r a y 1 or. V?'
his wife, four
sods nno two
daughters were ail In uniform. When
war was declared, Mr. Traylor closed
up his general store, donned the uni
form of a buck private in 'the quarter
master corps and did his bit well, de
spite his fifty-three years. Mother and
the sisters were on active duty with
the Red Cross.
Of the four sons, Charles wus with
the Eighty-ninth division nnd was
wounded. Frank was an aviator. Or
vllle served with the adjutant gen
eral's department and Roy was with
the Thirty-first railway engineers.
JUMPING BEANS FOR GIRLS
Sick and Wounded Veterans in New
Mexico Hospitals Are Hungry .
for Cheer Letters.
Trained to leap through hoops and
stand unhitched, thousnnds of genuine
Mexican Jumping beans aro awaiting
girls of tho United States who will
write a little letter of cheer to n dis
abled soldier. Tho exchange of letters
for Jumping beans Is being mnde
through Ilennnn G. Bnca, Santa Fe,
N. M., adjutant of the American Le
glon of tho state.
Five thousand sick nnd wounded
veterans of the World war, recuperat
ing In hospitals In New Mexico, have
tcnlned tho beans.- The young men
lire terribly lonesome, Mr. Baca writes,
-and they will send a bean to every
girl who will write a letter to them.
The Jumping beans aro dark brown,
somewhat Inrger than the ordinary
bean. The animation of the vegetable
Is caused by a tiny worm thnt crawls
into the henn and consumes the edible
portion. After the worm Is dead, tho
bean keeps on Jumping. '
Presidents as Military Men.
More than half of the presidents of
the United States have held some mil
ltnry rank, according to The American
Legion Weekly. Of the whole line of
twenty-eight presidents sixteen were
military men, nnd of the succession
following tho Civil war Grant, Hayes,
Garfield, Arthur nnd nnrrlson were
generals; Roosevelt wns a colonel and
McKInley was a major.
Unto the End.
"How's this?" nRlcprf tho 1
""You've named six bankers In your
will to bo pnlMiearers. Of course, it's
all right, but wouldn't you rather
choose some friends with whom you
are onbotter terms?"
"No, Judge, that's all right, Those
fellows have carried me for so long
they might as well finish the Job."
American Legion Weekly.
one of the sim
plest, most effec
tive and beautiful
pronouncements la
the English lan
guage. Three men
wrote it in St.
Louis, Mo., In 1010
and it never has
been, nor probnbly
never will be,
changed. The men
were John Green-
way of Arizona,
Judge Davis of Oregon and Hamilton
Fish, Jr., of New York.
Mr. Fish is now in congress -helping
to put into effect the policies re
cited by the preamble lie helped write.
He has a bill pending to Increase the
compensation from $520 to $50 for tho
nurses of blind, legless, armless and
totally disabled cx-soldlers. Ho is an
ardent advocate of reclamation of land
through irrigation, to encourngo ex
service men to take up farming as n
vocation.
At Unrvnrd he was captain of the
rslty football team. In France ho
led a company of negro soldiers in tho
Fifteenth New York Infantry nnd re
ceived the Croix do Guerre for bravery.
GETS FUNDS FOR CLUBHOUSE
Spokane (Wash.) Girl, Post Historian,
Successful In Procuring Cash for
Comrades' Headquarters.
When the Legion post of Spokane,
Wash., needed help lu rnlslug funds
for n new club
house for tho city,
it turned to n girl
holding the unin
spiring Job of
post historian.
Miss Myrtle Wil
son there upon
made nnd wroto
post history by
securing pledges
amounting to $8,
000 for the club
house. In addition to
writing history, Miss "Wilson Is adver
tising manager of tho post newspaper,
and wns a delegate to the Legion na
tional convention. During the wnr she
served in the navy at the government
hospital in San Diego, Cul. In a popu
lar contest in the Snn Diego Legion
ppst she was chosen queen without op
position. TRIES TO TRACE ARMY SLANG
"Doughboy," "I'll Tell tho World" and
"Out of Luck," "Old Stuff," New
Yorker 8ays.
If the American "doughboy" who
started "I'll tell the world" as n char
acteristic expression of the A. E. F.
took pride in having coined a new ex
pression he was "out of luck," accord
ing to Henry Dwight, Yonkcrs, N. Y.,
who has been trying to trace army
slang to its source.
In relating his uncertain success and
asking the assistance of the demobil
ized world at large, Mr. Dwight de
clares that each of the three supposed
Innovations is time-worn.
Referring to the expressions quoted
nbove, he clulms thnt General Custer,
the Indian fighter, used "doughboy" In
letters to his wife, and that Arthur
Young, writer and traveler, announced
himself as being "out of luck" when
hunting for mull at Dijon, France, in
1789.
"I'll tell the world" remnlns un
traced. It is thought to be very old
and verification of this belief Is now
sought.
Carrying On With the
American Legion
U 111
Government controlled institutions
are schooling 00,000 former service
men and are directed by the veterans'
bureau.
"Legion Park," num.ed after tho
local post In Bucyrus, 0 contnlns a
tree lu memory of the unknown dead
In the war.
Abraham Krotoshlnsky, the "Lost
Bnttnllon" messenger who was cited
for his deed, has gone to Pnlcstlne to
accept an oliferpd farm.
0
A building worth $25,000 and a
pledge for $10,000 for its renovation
have been given Leo O. Prentice post
of the American Legion by the peoplo
of Fairmont, Minn.
Twenty-four lodgers were rescued
from the burning Y. M. O. A. at Somer
vllle, Mass., by tho American Legion,
which clothed and lodged them In the
post's club.
The success of the Centrnlln (III.)
post of tho American Legion Inst
summer In giving outdoor dances has
led to n series of Indoor dances for
the winter. The serlos Is sponsored
by the post.
A year elapsed after George Held,
Montevideo, Minn., wns discharged
before his friends discovered that ho
had tho D. S C. Reld, an artillery
mnu of the Rainbow division, con
tinued to fire his piece after being
wounded and routed the Germans.
WARNING I Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
Unless you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you are
not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians
over 22 years and proved safe by millions for
Colds Headache Rheumatism
Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis
Earache . Lumbago Pain, Pain
Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proper dlrectron.
Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggists.
Aspirin U the trifle mark of Barer Manufacture cf Monoacotlcacldcater ot Gallcjllcield
Acceptable) Advice.
"You get a great deal of gratuitous
advice from your constituents, I dure
say."
"Oh, yes," replied Senator Snorts
worthy. "Ever net on any of it?"
"Occasionally, Some of the most en
joyable vacations I over hnd were
taken nt the suggestion of constitu
ents who thought I wns overworked."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
MOTHER, QUICK! GIVE
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
FOR CHILD'S BOWELS
Even a sick child loves tho "fruity"
tnsto of "California Fig Syrup." If the
little tongue is contcd, or if your child
is listless, cross, feverish, full of cold,
or has colic, n teaspoonful will never
fall to open tho bowels. In n few
hours you can seo for yourself how
thoroughly it works all tho constipa
tion poison, sour bllo nnd wnsto from
Ihe tender, llttlo bowels nnd gives you
a well, playful child again.
Millions of mothers keep "California ;
Fig Syrup" handy. They know n ten
spoonful today saves a sick child to
morrow. Ask your druggist for gcnulno j
"California Fig Syrup" which has di
rections for babies nnd children of all
ages printed on bottle. Mother 1 You
must snyt "California" or you may get
an. imitation fig syrup. Advertisement
Much Longer. ,
Two young women were discussing
clothes and styles. The first was toll
ing about a new dress thnt she had
just bought. After she had gone Into
detail about many features of It the
second asked about the length of the
skirt.
"Oh, yes, the skirt Is longer," sbo
Said. "It Is down to my knees."
The charm of a bathroom is its spot
lessncss. By tho use of Red Cross Rail
Blue, all cloths and towels retain their
whiteness until worn out Advertise
ment. To Be Sure.
She Why did they Introduce thost
bathing girls? They don't further tho
story.
He They are their own excuse for
belug, my dear. Film Fun.
The singed cat dreads tho open
faced tovo.
Cold weather contracts the Ice bills
and expands tho conl hills.
Yeast
Complexion Secret'
Banishes Skin Eruptions, Puto on Firm Flesh.
Strengthens tho Nerveo and Increases Enorgy-
If "you want to quickly clear your
Clcin nnd complexion, nut eomo firm,
healthy flesh on your bones, incrcoso
your ncrvo forco nnd power nnd look
and feci 100 per cent, better, simply
try taking two of Mnatin'a tiny
VITAMON tatlcta with each meal
and watch results. Maatln'n VITA
MON Tnbleta contain highly con
centrated ycast-vltnminea na well'
aa the two othor still inoro important
vitaminca (Fat Sofublo A and Wulcr
Solublo C) nnd aro now being used
by thousands na a tonio rcalornlivo
and ainatlng complexion secret, rim
pics, boils and ekm eruptions nccni to
vanish llko magic, the complexion lo
cotnea freBh nnd beautiful, the cheeks
roay, tho lips red, tho eyes bright. Bo
rapid nnd amaxlns aro tho result
that Bucccaa la absolutely guaranteed
or tho trial cocta you nothing. Tho
eourco of a Jowlup, radinnt com
plexion ia from intule. You can't
expect external applications to lienefit
a condition due to internal eondltiona.
Get come vitaminca into your eyateml
Ho Buro to remember tho name
Maatin'a VI-TA-MON. You can got
Moatin'o VITAMON Tablota at all
good drucgiata.
THComcotM.
AND
COIUIN&
YEAST
What Did They Mean?
On fchrlslinas morning (he children
of the house were spreading nut tho
toys that Sunta luul put In their stock,
lugs.
'Father." said Willie, "1 wish I hml
got a dictionary In my stocking na
well ns these toys."
' "Why," whflt did you want that
for?"
"So that I could find out the mean
ing ot words 1 heard Hnntiv Clans sny
when he stepped on the tifcks T sprvniJ
on the enrpet last night."
Place for Him.
There were weird howls from Tom
my. "Whnt does that hyena want now?
demanded father.
"Wants you to take him to tho zoo,"
cooed mother. Judge.
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New Method
Nujol is a lubricant,
not a laxative.
Without forcing or irri
tating, NujoUoftens the
food waste, The many
tiny muscles in' tho
intestines can then re
move it regularly. Ab
solutely harmless-try it.
fTntintnOt4
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1
W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 4-1921.
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