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THE NASSAU POST, FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1918 P*#> 2 The Hospitable Gate ■y ABBIE FARWELL BROWN of The Vlgllentee. Million* enferprl by that Hospitable Onto which America left open to the atranger* from all land*. Million* of the poor, the friendless, the war- weary, to whom America offered pros perity, friendship and pence. They came from the end* of the earth. Rer- hfnns, Greeks, French, Russian*, Ital- lana, Armenians, Roles—a hundred race* and more Jostled over the threshold. We welcomed them all— too readily, *nme thought,* fearing for our “unguarded gates,\ ns one poet called them. Many had not, as an other poet accused, sufficient faith In the miscalled “scum of the earth,\ Mnny of these became citizens, and In turn helped to order the affairs of the great government which had opened Its door to them. Rome re- mnlncd alien*. Hut all profited by our laws and opportunities. There came war I The worst wnr which the world has ever known. A war of right against wrong; and pres ently America was In It. Hut first by thousands our friends went back through the Hospitable (late. Serbians, Greeks, Russians, French. Italians— how mnny more?—returned to Hie countries they had never renounced, to fight for the freedom of small na tions against a tyrant foe who threat- enefl the very existence of liberty. Out of our Hospitable Gate they went, back to the ends of the earth; carry ing to the desperately fighting lands the news of whiit American democracy means. They bore living witness of the American Idea to the struggling small nations. In the martyred small nations they are spreading the gospel of American brotherhood and hope. In the trenches of Helglum; In the hideous German prisons where Rus sian, Polish, French, Italian, English prisoners are huddled, there Is secret talk of what America does for her friends; of her strength, power and generosity. It will not he forgotten. Echoes will be whispered when their poor Ups are dumb. Serbian exiles talk It over In their flight. Armenian refugees live upon the hope of It. The man who once blncked hoots In New York gos sips secretly about It In the mountains of Greece. The Chicago ex-wnlter whispers It In dissatisfied Hungary. The former Philadelphia fruit mer chant tells of It In the streets of Rome. The one-time rag-picker of Boston sighs for It In the disorderly streets of Moscow. They have known. They can tell I Everywhere the news Is sprendlng; even In muzzled Austria. In Germany Itself, sealed to the truth from outside, there are scared, whis pered rumors. For Germans and Austrians went home too, to fight ngainst their late neighbors. To fight at last against America, the hostess who had wel comed them kindly. That w6s tragic; but It was not dishonest. (The dis honesty Is In that \Invisible army\ of sneaks and spies who Remained In mir midst, undeclared, to stab their adopt ed country In the Intimacy of a Judas friendship!) Te*. even through Germany *eep* the new* of democracy, that went hack through the Gate, once ao ho*- pltable to all I Tho*e devoted, mis guided aoldler*. *ncrlflced by the hun dred thousand to Pni**1an ambition echo It In their broken-hearted dlarlea. Those quieted revolutionists, watching the Rtnrved children and desperate women In the empty Austrian market places, will remember It. The wound ed Hungarians will whisper It In the *Rcd Cro*a hospitals. Nay, the haughty Prussian officers will meet It at last In the steely eyes of our young Ameri can heroe*. They will recognize It In their defeat. For out of the Hospitable Gate has gone another vast horde; a dedicated army, a eonaecrated navy. They are atenmlng to the very frontiers of au tocracy, tyranny and greed. With the Invincible aword of liberty they will enforce the principles which that Hospitable Gate has always symbol ized, ns the entrance to a safe haven of democrncy. So this Is what o u r Hospitable Gate has meant, both ways. It Is nn ave nue for the distribution of the Ameri can Idea. We did not realize that In the old days, did we? We need not have feared! O u r free hospitality was part of the heaven- ordered plan. WIFE IN HIS PULPIT ! NO USE FOR LATIN, BUT GOOD ON SWEDISH Rt. Paul, Minn.—A man np- piled for admission to the marine j-:- corps. He was being examined £: •:;i to test his vision. For this test j;:; •x n card hearing these letters Is I; used: A. E, L, T, Y, P, H. E, iii: A, L, T. The applicant gazed j:-: i:-: nt the card for a time and then turned to the physician and -y jjij said: :§ •;> \I'm not sure whnt the word i-i; :j:j Is, hut I think It’s Aoltyphenlt. If that were Swedish I’d have no trouble at all, but never was $ j::- much good on these Latin i:i words.” CHICKEN STEALING A CRIME No Longer Regarded as a Misde meanor by Courts in Memphis. Memphis, Tenn.—Chicken stealing Is no longer regarded us a misdemean or by Memphis courts. It is a crime— n felony. Persons who visit hen roosts between two days and make away with fat pullets Intended for the Sun day dinner when the preacher comes, have had ample warning through the sentence Imposed upon Hud Allen, con fessed king of all chicken thieves. Hud has just been sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for stealing chickens. To steal a chicken Is only petty larceny and the heaviest pun ishment is u fine of .$30 or a short term in the workhouse. The courts have held recently that a charge of burglary may also be entered against the chick en thief who breaks into the hen coop. A term of five years may be imposed for burglary. The Rev, F. D. Adams, who resigned ns pastor of the Unlversallst church, Urbnnn, III., and after hard training received his commission, not ns chap lain hut as first lieutenant of the line In an Infantry regiment hound for France. Meanwhile Mrs. Helen S. Adams has been appointed to fill her husband's place In the pulpit until his return. ! CONTENT TO FIGHT A N o l DIE AT MESS TABLE Indlsnspolls, Ind. — Hla life •ji: had been spent In the backwoods i;-: of Kentucky, In the land of moonshine and feuds. Ho wes i;-: :§ long and lean of form, and he j;:; wore the khaki In a manner that x- j betokened a new recruit. HIs iji; jx countenance registered wonder- i-:- ment ns he gazed upon the tall g: £: buildings and ntrnnge sights of g: g: the IToosler metropolis. He was g: g: one o f the Kentucky selects sent •i-i here for training, and the city's g: ;g novelties held him In rnpt ntten- | -g tlon until mess time. It was the ;g ;g first nrmy meal for the draftees, ;g I :£ and the chefs had \done them- ig :g selves proud.\ The lanky moun- ig i i-i- talneer ate and ate until the I hoard was cleared. Then he ig I ig stretched his angular frame nnd ig i gi sighed: gi “Roys, If this licah Is otinh gi gi ahmy life nh wants to fight anil gi 1 gi die right henh!” I GIVES FREE EGG SETTINGS TWO-YEAR-OLD IS MARVEL Infant Prodigy In California Talks, Reads and Tells the Time. Snn Francisco.—A tiny two-year-old baby girl here holds the world's rec ord In mental development. The Infant prodigy Is Martha Springer, twenty-six-months-old daugh ter of Mr. aml Mrs. John E. Springer of Mountain View. The child can read like nn eight- year-old. The father says the child has a normal mind which simply has been developed by persistent training. A t a recent meeting of college pro fessors nnd experts In pedagogy and psychology the child for 40 minutes read, counted nnd told the time by the clock and talked with the men who were observing tier. Her baby brain did not sag and she appeared to enjoy the long Interview. All were unanimous in declaring that the baby’s case Indicates that geniuses are made, not born. The child reads and speaks with a vocabulary of about 2,000 words. She Is large for her age and eats and sleeps well. Oregon and Washington Poultry Breed ers Make Offer as a W ar Measure. Little Rock, Wash.—Members of the Oregon nnd Washington Poultry Breeders* association have offered to give free settings of eggs to nil peo ple who will promise to set the eggs nnd raise Hie chickens for market. The offer Is n war measure, designed to Increase the supply of both chickens nnd eggs, and so lessen the demand for meats. California poultrymen are reported to have Indorsed the plan, nnd to be willing to furnish eggs for California families that have pet hens, ns well. BOOSTS U. S. SPEED PLAN Great Britain May Adopt American Methods In Shipbuilding Verde. London.—The American plan of apeedlng by encouraging rivalry among workmen at various yards hy posting construction speed scores. Is advocated by John Hill, a trade union leader. Hla suggestion* have been pieced before parliament. Districting the conntry nnd the ap pointment of a committee for each, composed of three workmen and three employers, Is proponed, the aim being to aettle all labor disputes within 24 hours after trouble arises. According to a French electrician, the temperature of the carbon filament In an Incandescent lamp approaches 2,000 degrees. THEATRES THEATRES AMERICAN THEATRE CRAZY BOAR TREES OWNER Oregon Man Saves His Life by Climb ing Up Out of Reach of En raged Animal. Cottage Grove, Ore.—Jasper Patten had n narrow escape from death when attacked hy n boar pig, which had gone amuck. Only hy climbing Into a tree and calling his dogs to his as sistance was he able to escape. One of the dogs wns torn to pieces before the hog was run Into an In- closure. A horse had been attacked by the pig and Mr. Patten was going to the assistance of the horse when he was attacked. 70 S o . M a i n S t . F r e e p o r t Phone 633 Freeport • Sunday June 2 Evening 7 .3 0 JEWEL CARMEN The Girl With the Cham paign Eyes Hy B e r n a r d McConvIlle Fox F e a t u r e in 6 Reels Filial C h a p te r o f H idden H a n d C u r r e n t E v e n ts Monday June 3 Spec. Mat. 3.3< Evening 7 .3 0 CHARLES CHAPLIN In H ig F ir s t M illion Dollar C o m e d y DOG’S LIFE Munror Salisbury In The (iulli ot Silrncr Tuesday June 4 M ntinee 3.30 Evening 7 .3 0 WM. S. HART Apostle of Vengeance HAROLD LLOYD in Two < ; m i (lu.xste Pa the < loniedy E d d i e Polo in H u ll’s E y e Wednesday June 5 M atinee 3.30 Evening 7.30 V A U D E V IL L E BELLE BENNETT A SOULT n TRUST T r i a n g le F e a t u r e in 7 Reel* His Nimble Twist Triangle Comrdy Thursday June 6 M atinee 3.30 Evening 7.3 0 THEDA BARA DU BARRY the S to r y o f the G r e a t e s t A d v e n turees in the H istory o f France F o x Special P r o d u c t i o n in 7 R e e ls C U I t l t E N T E V E N T S Friday June 7 Evening 7 .3 0 PRISCILLA DEAN The Two Soul Women Based o n the N o v e l, “ T h e W h ite C a t\ By G e lett Burgees Billie Rhodes In “Spotted\ Mutual Comedy Saturday June 8 M a tinee 3.1G Evg. 7.15 & 9 V A U D E V IL L E JACK CURTIS Little Red Decides T r i a n g l e F e a t u r e in 6 Reels A Coward's Courage Triangle Comedy M a tin e e : T u e s ., W e d ., T li u r s . and Knt. v;. Girls to Farm Tract. Pittsburgh, Pa.—Girl students of the Margaret Morrison school of the Car- aegie Institute o f Technology will farm n twenty-acre tract nt Glenn camp, up Hie Allegheny valley, th’s summer. AUCTION AUCTION AUCTION Prisoners Buy Bonds. Wheeling, W. Vn.—Inmates of West Virginia's state prison at Mouudsville have purchased more than $ir>,000 worth of the third issue of Liberty bunds. A. E. 42 South Main Street Freeport, L. I. WE HAVE NEW and USED FORDS T o u r ing, R u n a b o u t, C o u p e le t, Town an d Businva# Cars For Sale or Exchange ChaxiH, $ 4 0 0 ; RuimboutH, T o u r ing, S4o(); C o u p e let,$ 5 0 0 ; Town, $ 0 4 5 ; Sedan, $ 0 0 5 ; T r u c k , $ 0 0 0 . W e carry and constantly have on hand a large stock of all FORD parts TOOLS and MAN Make the World’s Greatness WE EMPLOY TH E MOST CAPABLE AND R E L IA B L E MACHINISTS We maintain a machine shop equipped with modern and up-to-date machinery, and having a capacity to do any and all work on or about an automobile >, SUPPUES OF ALL KINDS RETIRING FROM THE JEWELRY BUSINESS As I am retiring from the Jewelry Business on account of failing eyesight, I shall offer my entire stock of Watches Clocks Jewelry Diamonds Cut-Glass Silverware, &c. At Public Auction Commencing Saturday Evening, June 1 at 7.30 and continuing daily afternoons from 2.30 to 5 o’clock and even ings from 7.30 to 10.00 Until the Entire Stock and Fixtures Are Sold Everything Offered Will Be Guaranteed as Represented and Sold Without Reserve Remember the Opening Sale Date Saturday Evening, June 1, at 7.30 O’clock C 0 M R 1 E & B R O K A W , Auctioneers. A E. MILLER, Jeweler. /. Not Rwp«!Mftl> Alter Tee Days.
