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THK NAfWIAU FOOT, FUMWORT, M. Y., FRmAY, MARCH 29. 1»1A~ Pa«« •
DEJiMAN OFFENSIVE WELi AOVERTISEO
Pre-Easter Parade of New Blouses.
ROOSEVELT
But Huri^' Loud Heralding Coming Attack FaHed to Bring Terror.
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MAY BE POLITICAL MOVE.
ftlf Drive Teaehss Amerteane Neces¬ sity ef Buying Liberty aends t* Supply Men at rroflt.
The Germans have followe<1 a favor¬ ite device In their latest ofTenslve. I Months before It hroke they adver- 1 tlsed the fart that they wonld attack on the western front '. 'iL. advertlse- [ ment served two purposes. It was so [ open that some people believed It was ': not true, for a iHrge part of the world : has become accnstomed to reading I Germany's Intentions by taldng her F exactly at the opposite of her word. [ Then the load heralding of the of- [ fenslve served to frighten a few.
Although the Oermans announced plainly enough that they would ma he : an ofTenslve, the allies were not aM^ to foresee at Just what part of the i line It would come, There were mnny : reports tbat the drive would be In ' Lorraine, with Nancy as an objective,
kvt this proved to be Incorrect, : There are many reasons why the Ctormans chose the English array as the object of their nttack. These rea¬ sons are partly militnry and partly ; political.
I AlthouRh Frnnce has been qfuelly
treated by (h^rmnny, the OerniuiiH
1 have never hoen able to stir tlit»iri-
selvcN up iiBnInst the French as they
have against the nrltlsh. Any succfss
j against KiiKlnnd Is particularly vvcl-
r corned In Oernmny. Then, too, tho
UjCngllHh nrmy has been on the offeii-
t. alve more often thnn Iho French diii--
* Ing the lost year, and In, wnr, ns every- !- thing else, an nttack is the best <K'- , fense. The Germnns reckon that If
they can deliver a hard enouKh l)!*)\v
egaliiHt lOnKhind that nrmy will be
' conii)clIed to hold Its peace for t»ome
• time to come. A third renson I.s that geographically the English army |>i>>-
; sents a better target thnn the French. The Ki/gllsh were forced when their ' lines were bent to retire over conntry ¦ which had been devastated by Iho : Germans before the famous Hlnden- ';¦ bnrg retreat.
[ There nre no trees In this country, ^ and eueniy aeroplanes can keep close i^ and accurate watch of troop move- \ ments.
It must be remembered thnt there is
little or no advantage In gaining ground
or even towns in the country ovor
[ which the tr^Kips ore fighting. VllIaKos
i like Peronne nre mere mnsses of ruin;*.
; It is not territory which Germany
seeks In this attack, but a breach in
i the British line. The British ann.v
^ could weil afford to retire if it couiil
5' make the Germans pay a heavy enough
f toll in men.
It will be dlflicult to ascertain Just
; how heavy th.» losses have been on
;. either side. It is fair to assume that
' tbe Germans as attackers have lost
more heavily, particularly as at many
i points In the line their bombardment
y failed to put English machine guns out
' of action. On the other hand, the Eng-
[ llsh losses In prisoners and guns have
' been large. Moreover, It is entirely
i possible that the retirement of tho
Bngllsh will force a partial withdrawal
of the French line.
According to German information, American troops were employed in conjunction with the French in couu- tglHattacks near Chauny. This is the first major engagement In which Amer¬ icans Imve taken part. It is not known i how mnny of our men were engaged, I but it may be assumed thut the men ' who went Into nction were soldiers ' who had seen service on the Ifrench i front. It Is not probable that the \ American sector will he attficked in i- force for the present. On account of ; tbelr great concentration of men acainst the Knglish It is probable thnt I tbe Germnns will do their best to keep [ other parts of the front Qiulet. I An exception may be noted In the I case of Italy. It is probahle that nn ^ offensive may be expected here, but I nndouhtedly the hulk of It will be car- i f rled on by Austria. Although the Ger-
foaaos have announced that Austrian (una are being employed on the west- •ru front against England, It Is safe i
I to assume that these Austrian Imt-
]¦ teries are not exceedingly numerous. Tliey are to a certain extent political |
.guns. There is ample evidence that '
>, Auitria does not want to share hcavl- !
) ly In the losses of the big offensive { ¦Calost ICngland, but In order to make | a victory of political slgiiiflcnnce for | hor allies us well as herself Germany ' lias put Austrian guns Into action. '
It has Iie4'ume evident that in spite j
pot the vnst scope of Germany's activfc ! ties iu Rus.sia she is using compara- > tively few men there Ktii itei^ of her j best troops.
The lesson of the present drive I probably is that America's task lu the I war is heightentHl. It does not seem possible Just DOW to sweep Uernittny '. out of France and Belgium without ; the ("o-operutlon of a very large Aiuer- i lean anuy. In a sense, then, every day I In which Germany Is held Is a gain for \
'''thm Allies. The GermanM are trying to achieve aa uiuch us they rau before \
'our aruiy nttnius its full growth. That ' wHl take time.
Ahierica must steel itself for t long period of u>ixiety und It muat nut
.every retkturc^ at (be hands of the
|ri>v«:nii lent to aid the Auterlcau army. ; 'ilM (Jeituuus have put Ike JecMon | y up it> America. Aad miikma)! > r thlut'i AtiierKu Is aelUug UlMrtjf
On Sunday etreninc, March 24, Mr, am) Mrs; Edward line gov* a f*re- well party at their home on Main street ano Fniton avenue In hoTfor of their son, Georire, ng^(] IS, who enlisted in the Medical I>epartment of the United States Army. George lesft on Monday morning for [Fort "Slo- ctnn, New York, to report for duty, j fle waa a member of the Young Peo¬ ple's Sockl Club. Hig enlisb^nient makes the ninth One of the cltib to give his services to his country. The evening was very enjoysbly spent in j dancirtg", playing the piano, singing | and playing games. A deligntful col¬ lation was served by the hostasa. Those present were: Mrs. Charles Edwards, Elsie Clark, Elsie Egner, Elsie Hanson, Refona Uhe, Gertrude l/csner, <;ertrude McCkllan, Lester Kline, .lohn Schlege], Jack Ryah, Jack Clark, Arthur Browne, George Lesner and Mr. and Mrs. E. Uhe.
Harry Katz is having his Dupont car overhauled.
Services at St Paul's Episcopal Church next Sunday will be as foi- | lows: Sunday School at 10 a.m., | Morning service at 11 o'clock. Mid¬ week prayer meeting is held every Wednesday evening at the home of i Rev. A. 'Smith on Henry street, foi-! lowed by the confirmation class.
Miss' Elsie Egner entertained the! Social Club Monday eventng for a rehearsaL
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Boys' Brigade meets every Friday evening at the school auditorium.
Sergeant Harvey George, Camp Uptdn, spent the week-end here witn Mr. and Mrs. G. Faath of Whitehouse avenue.
White, blue, flesh, maize, bisque, tea nnd rose—these are some of the colors In new georgette crepe waists that np- penr In the gny troop of spring styles, passing In review before Easter. Along with tliem nre dainty orgnndle blouses ia white or light colors or combina¬ tions of white nnd a color, and dark colored blouses of crepe or silk that lend dignity to the company. There jire few Innovations in style. Sleeves continue to he long nnd necks open in a "V" nt the front witli much graci" ful management of collars.
But the high-necked blouse is to be reported as represented in all the showings of new models, along with many that are not high. It is to huve a plnce of honor even if it cnnnot hope for as grrent popularity as blouses with open throats or round necks. These are cooler nnd more comfortable, nlso more practical, but the high-necked blouse has much distinction and is suited to certain styles and types that do not wenr the open thront with equnl success.
A sllp-KJver blouse of georgette crepe is shown In the picture with Chinese collnr and a smart sleeve. The collar at the back Is widened Into n narrow sailor effect. Sleeve.s are cut In ki¬ mono style and the blouse fastens at euch side with small buttons and but¬
ton holes. What looks like hnnd em¬ broidery In colored silk floss, appears ns an embellishment of the front, but it Is renlly done on a machine built for this kind of work.
The sleeves nre widened by a pulT set In at tbe elbow and this Is gather¬ ed into n deep plain cuff thnt fnstens with .smnll buttons like those on the front of the blouse. The buttons nre extended along tho bnck of the pulT.
Blouses cut In one with their sleeves, kimono fashion, nre becoming only to slender figures. A popular .set-In sleeve for this season is ftill from arm's eye to cuff nnd Is gnthered Into n deep close-flttlng culT thnt buttons in the same mnnner as shown In the picture. Blouses of white georgette, with col- Inrs and cuffs of colored, printed foul¬ nrd nre among the novelties for spring nnd blouses of flne, white voile with convertible collars of colored gingham and cuffs to match, suggest something new nn(l attractive for the (hrlfty woman who makes mnny of her own waists nt home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray F. Taylor and daughter of Main stre;t moved to Brooklyn on Tuesday, March 26. They were accompanied by Mrs. Bennett, i who will stay with them a short time. !
Eugene Eldridge is confined to his home on Harts avenue with the grippe.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. rharles Edwards, Jr., are well now, but the quarantine has not been lift¬ ed by the Board of Health.
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Miss Rose Albers of Brooklyn spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Hen¬ ry Albers of Brookside avenue.
The Baldwin school bus, which takes th? children to school, has been discontinued for the Summer.
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I John Stutzke was home again from Camp Upton over the week-end.
, A few weeks ago R. Sergio of j Brookside avenue and proprietor of I the Roosevelt bus, w^hich runs from j Mineola to Freeport, presented the I TObsevelt Alpha Fire Department ] wifh windmill tower from which the I large 'fire bell might be suspended.
I Last Sunday, under the able .di-
! rections of James Coward, Sr.. with
Henry .fibers, James Coward, Jr.,
Bob Ramsbotfbm and Bill Stewart the
tower was taken down and carted
up to the Alpha House by the iRus-
; sell Hose automobile and towards the
rear erected again. The tower is 45
feet in height, while the bell will
. swing at a height of 35 feet. A flag
; staff of 15 feet, flying a flag meas-
\ uring 8 X 12 feet,_ will be placed on
I the top of the tower. This tower,
\ with staflF, measures about 60 feet,
I and can be seen from all neighboring
j towns.
j The committee on this work (Jsa i serves mudh credit for spending a good part of Sunday.
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