June 22, 1917, 
Tuer Foop Bint 1n Concress-is to have the right of 
way and America is to inaugurate her first national co- 
Operative plan, Our socialist friends are in high glee and 
are repeating the “I-told-you-so” with an enthusiasm that 
is unmistakable. There is a marked difference, however, 
in the systematic national codperation in an emergency 
and the thoroughgoing socialistic schemes that have been 
floated by enthusiasts. America believes in codperation, 
but not in socialism of the anarchistic type. There is 
much to be learned by codperation and America is learn- 
ing it in a bitter school of war experience. 
Tue Open Drive for the Red Cross campaign will 
be nearly completed as we go to press, but the early re- 
turns are encouraging. There is no reason for any one 
to hold back, This is a time of great need and everyone 
should willingly and generously give of his time and of 
his money for the great task which we now have on our 
hands. The women can aid by volunteering their services 
in the various workrooms and the men and women may 
aid by generous gifts of time and money. Lend a hand 
and do it now! This is everyone’s war and everyone’s 
responsibility. 
BBS 
Warrare Is Crureiry Irseir, but there are ways in 
which war may be waged within the laws of international 
honor. There can be no justification for the German 
ruthlessness that America has learned to expect from 
Germany. The sinking of the Lusitania, the ruthless 
sinking of ships upon the high sea without warning by 
hostile submarines and the killing of innocent children 
and women in the open streets of the towns and cities of 
England, are beyond words. 
SSS 
Tue BuLtietins which are being issued by the gov- 
ernment are especially valuable, but there are public agen- 
cies which are also at work along the same lines doing 
very good work. The Women’s Municipal League of the 
City of Boston has issued several valuable circulars that 
would be an aid in every household. The many agencies 
in our nation that are working together for the one great 
end will aid the solving of the problem. 
SS BS 
Business Must Br Continuep throughout the war. 
Nothing could be more injurious to our cause than to 
cease making business plans and continuing the industrial 
interests of our nation. The war will drain our purses 
and try our spirits, but the work of the world must go on. 
The President’s plea is timely; “‘business as usual’ may 
not be so heartless as would first appear. 
SSS 
Tue RusstaAn SrruaAtion now looks favorable and 
as we dare to venture a guess that Russia would come 
through successfully, the Duma has after a secret session 
decreed that a big offensive must be planned, that the 
safety of Russia lies in action and that the unborn gener- 
ations of Russians will never forgive if Russia fails in 
this crisis. Russian honor and loyalty are at stake. 
BES 
Tuis Has Been An InvERESTING WEEK for Man- 
chester folk. The Food Centre on Monday and Tuesday 
presented two helpful and timely lectures on household 
efficiency and domestic economy. Monday evening the 
Red Cross began its campaign for funds with a lecture at 
the Town hall and on Wednesday the High School class 
received their diplomas. 
S & 
Tue VALvuEs oF ForricN Corn on exchange are in- 
teresting indications of the confidence which the financial 
world has in the war. The German mark seems to indi- 
cate the greatest loss in value on exchange. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 29 
War Notes 
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PSALMS CIIL: 5 
Grim-visaged War, by ways uncouth, 
Breeds Loyalty and Discipline and Truth. 
Nations by travail pain 
Are born again, 
And like the eagle—Freedom’s bird— 
Renew their youth. 
—J. A. TORREY. 
THE SPRING OF 1917 will not be forgotten as long as 
this generation lives and when the historians write the 
record of this year’s events it will be noted. The season 
has been backward and the rain has been unwelcome, with 
oppressive regularity. Perhaps the season’s tardiness is 
best illustrated by the lilac hedges which are still in bloom. 
On May 30th it has not been an uncommon experience for 
the veterans in searching for lilacs for their memorial ser- 
vices to discover that they were gone by. This year, on 
June 17—Bunker Hill Day—the lilacs were in their prime. 
In the vegetable gardens expert gardeners have usually 
been able by skill to make scattered pickings of peas upon 
the 17th of June although most householders do not ex- 
pect peas until the later holiday, July 4th. This year the 
peas are late. In some places the blooms have broken and 
some have “set,” but it will be a fortunate gardener that 
will be able to make his main picking of peas as early as 
July 1. The purchaser will see the backward season re- 
flected in the price. 
BES 
ONE OF THE Bic PrRosLEeMs of the war that is not yet 
gaining the attention it will later on, is the work of re- 
construction. A copy of “L’Echo des Gourbis” came to 
our desk a few days since, and in it is an article (in 
French, of course), aiming to interest the public at large 
in this great task. In an effort to arouse public attention 
and awake sympathy for the ruined and devasted villages 
of France and Belgium we are reprinting this article in 
the original. 
BESS 
Tue RusstaAn GOVERNMENT will have in Root an able 
advisor in the formulation of governmental plans, It is 
now well known that Root and his colleagues have no 
treaty-making powers. They are on a war mission to 
encourage the Russian people and to strengthen the 
powers of the Allies. 
SSS 
Tur AMERICAN PEOPLE have already tabooed exten- 
sive buying of food products. It is a violation of the 
spirit of true patriotism. Buy as you always have bought 
and there will be enough to go around. 
SS 
On TuurspAy oF Next WEEK the enthusiastic pat- 
riots will have to pay their Liberty bond installments. 
What exceptional people do in one generation, aver- 
age people are generally found doing in the next—George 
Bernard Shaw. 
Some critic wrote of Whistler’s portrait of Carlyle 
that it was not life size. “No,” was the reply, “few men 
” 
are. 
We can no more spend all our waking hours in con- 
sciously striving toward higher things than we can dine 
exclusively on jam.—H. G. Wells. 
Experience keeps a dear school; but fools will learn 
_ in no other.—Franklin. 
