A&6 in A- V W/ W W!iy Against AlcohRol I AGAIN OTH ING HATS 4GS Apfel Co. 'I Cover 'C 'o CITIZENS SHOWL'' TAKE UP WORK TO ASSIST -CO- MUNITIES Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston recently stated that here will be the same farm labor difficulties this year as there were last season, especially near large industrial cent- ers, but that the various states work- ing through the agricultural colleges and other agencies ar making labor surveys in an endeavor to equalize the labor supply. Skilled labor has been given deferred classification and the secretary of war has asked for power to furlough soldiers of the na- tional army if their previous farm training permits. Citizens Should Help Men, now living in cities and towns, who have had farming experience and are able-bodied are urged to serve their nation at this time in the field of agriculture, especially in the sea- sonal strains of planting, cultivating, and harvesting. Secretary Huoston further said: "If soldiers are willing to serve in the trenches, to dig ditches, build rail- :roads and risk their lies, mn civ- ilians can well afford to spare a part] of their time to serve in the furrows and in the harvest fields." Towns Can Best Co-operate If farmers experience difficulty in obtaining labor, the -leaders in the town or city immediatelydependent upon that region should organize and do all they can to remedy the short- age. The departments of agriculture and labor will render every possible aid, but each community knows its own problems, and the people of the cities, especially business men, can co-oper- ate most effictively and render the most assistance. It has not yet been determined what attitude the universities will take in augmenting the ranks of laborers. ENGLAND CAN GIVE ONLY 750,000 MEN -That Great Britain can, at best, put only 750,000 more men in the field, and not 2,000,000 men, as has been fre-j quently stated, was the somewhatj startling statement made recently be- fore a prominent club in New York city. Sir John Foster Frazer, chairman of the British war lectures committee, speaking before the Lotus club furth- er stated that is was absolutely nec- essary to maintain some industries and that there were scarcely 750,000 men above the number it would take to do this available for army. "That will bring us to the top point of our man power, and we will be reaching it this summer," said Sir John. He said there should be no alarm about the result of the reported com- ing German offensive on the western front. "The British know exactly where the blow will be struck. At terrible sacrifice the enemy may bend our line," said Sir John, "but he will never break it." GERMAN ENROLLMENT LOSES TO LARGER FRENCH CLASSES There has been a 20 per cent in- crease in the French enrollment this; year and a $0 per cent decrease in German, according to Prof. A. G. Can- field of the Romance languages, de- partment of the literary college. Last year there were 783 French and 1,141 German students, while this year 897+ classified for French and only 584 for German. The great decrease in the number of German elections has been mainly in the beginners' courses where the loss has totalled 75 per cent. Two hundred and ninety-one began French in 1916 and 138 began German, while in 1917, which includes this semester, 451 enrolled for French 1 and and only 34 Germban 1. The principal cause for the great decrease in. the study of German is, of course, the war. Practically all of the universities and colleges have been similarly affected. Dance at Maccabee Hall. March 8th by uniform rank.-Adv. French Front, Feb. 16.- (Corres- pondence of the Asociated Press).; Alcohol1 is ;'regarded .by the chiefs of the German aviation service as an enemy to be avoided. by flying men, and its consumption is strongly dis- countenanced in an advisory circular issued by the general in command of the flying corps. This document as- serts that alcohol is a bad heat-pro- ducer whose effects are very fugitive, and its consumption may produce fat- al results to an aviator flying at high altitudes. Other recommendations considered essential to the efficiency of the fly- ing man advise him not to wash his hands and face nor shave just before a flight.. On alighting after a voyage through the air the aviator is told to wipe his face and hands first with a dry cloth and then to bathe them several times alternately, first in cold and then in hot water. Clothing Specified The document is detailed in its ad- vice as to clothing and general pre- paration. for a flight. It tells the air- man to wear woolen or silk under- clothing, while his outer garments should be of wool thickly lined with fur or wadding. An aviaton suit of leather overalls should cover every- thing. None of the clothing should be tight-fitting-and if possible a sweater should be worn. As to legs and feet, which are parts of the body most apt to suffer from cold, the underclothing should be of wool or silk and the airman, ,should wear two pairs of woolen stockings between which should be inserted a thickness of paper. Over these should be worn a pair of fur or camel-hair socks, and the whole covered with a pair of large-size leather high boots lined with fur or wadded wool. Ointment for Exposed Parts For the protection of the hands, they should be well rubbed with pro- tective anhydric ointment, over which should be worn large-sized, but light, woolen or silk gloves and then anoth- er pair of leather gloves lined with fur or wadded wool. The face should also be rubbed with the same protective ointment as used on the hands. A woolen or silken cap covering the head, ears and neck as well as the greater part of the face should first be put on and over this a leather mask lined with silk or one of canvas. Between the two head- coverings there should be inserted several thicknesses of paper and over, everything a thick leather helmet. Goggles must always be worn and at- tached to them protectors for the fore- head and cheeks, while it is advisable also wear a thick woolen scarf for the better protection of the chin and throat. "NEWSPAPERS ARE NECESSARY TO RETAIL BUSINESS"-WHITE Publications Are Not Dependent Upon Advertisers For Their Ex-. "The newspaper is necessary to the prosecution of modern retail busi- ness," said Lee A. White, '10, of the Detroit News in his lecture "Is the Press Servile?" given before the stu- dents of journalism yesterday after- noon. Mr. White went on to say that with this premise in mind the newspaper is not controlled by the advertiser in the popular conception of the term. "It is the general belief that the average selling price of a newspaper does not pay for paper in the sheet. This is true only when incorporating in these figures both the news space and the advertising space." According to Mr. White, the circula- tion price for the pure news space; would amply cover the expense of production if no advertisements were printed. Alumni Secretary Returns From East Mr. W. B. Shaw, secretary of the Michigan Alumni association, has just returned from New York where he at- tended a meeting of the National As-, sociation of 'Alumni Secretaries. Mr. Shaw met with the executive commis- sion while at the conference. Thi Daily's specialty is sertoe to everyone. Let us serve you.-Adv. I - 4 I s . 0' f JE (Wa ertk G ceived fresh every da as they were cut fi plants. We make the siredsshape or pack boxes. Which way d '______ to send your offering F LANDERS OR\- LOWERS Between the Theatres SAY IT WITH FLOWERS Come and see our choice selection of cut flowers and Cousins & Hall UNIV A BUNCH Members of the Florists' Telegraph De Buy Your Spring is a g You Knowth e Reason Early Spring Show Society Brand a Hickey-Freeman Su Also just received a line of Spring Hints D. E. Grennar The Custom Tailor 606 E. '0 MOTIVE IS DUESTIONABLE1 WRITER RELATES KAR'S ARTICLES TAGORE AFFAIR. D. TO HARDI- RECENT - What more can you ask 'menI omen will meet at 4 o'clock oon in Barbour gymnasium nembers of the senior play om Saginaw, Gratiot, Mid- ella, and Genesee counties signed up for patriotic meet at 4:15 o'clock this with Mabel Sanborn, 300 E' Anyone from these coun- as not yet signed up will pportunity to learn about by attending this meeting. re and freshman girls are attend the food lecture at 4 norrow afternoon in room i hall. ill be a Woman's league a 4 to 6 o'clock tomorrow in Barbour gymnasium. The or basketball game will te dancing for which Ike; Sophdmore girls will hold a get- together party from 3 to 5:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Barbour gym- nasium. There will be dancing and refreshments. Board of representatives of the' Wo- men's league will meet at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at Barbour gym- nasium. Senior girls should order their caps and gowne at once. A special rehearsal of the freshman Girl's Glee club will be held at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon in Miss Hunt's studio in the School of Music. All members are requested to be pres- ent. Senior Invitations Fall Below Record Orders for senior literary invita- tions this year will be slightly under the record of previoui years, accord- ing to representaLives of the firm which was awarded the cont -act. Or- ders were filled for 1,040 leather and 2,6333 paper invitations at a cost of nearly $600. No mor3 orders are be- ing taken. Editor, The Michigan Daily: Grave suspicions have been cast on the motive behind the articles publish- ed in The Daily last year by Dr. N. S. Hardikar, grad.,, in regard to In- dia. Under the guise qf innocence there was a sentiment adverse to British' rule. Propaganda directed from head- quarters in New York is found to have shown comprimising relations with German agents.. The Brahmo-Somaj movement in India with which Rabondranath Ta- gore is connected, consisting of the highest elements in Hindu thought, is unsympathetic to English rule and wishes to restore an Indi& based on ancient philosophies. They advocate a perfection of Hindu rule which they claim to have existed long before the British came. It is probably in connection with this movement that Tagore is said to have been originally implicated in an anti-British plot in India. This end other more violent forms of unrest have been cultivated by the Germans in order to arouse India against Birt- ish rule. The German chancellor in his re- cent reply to President Wilson's state- ment or war aims claimed for India along with Egypt and Ireland, the right of "self-determination" of set- tlement of their own political future, and a right which Germany has so graciously extended to Belgium and Poland. GUNGA DIN. WASHINGTON UNIVI SCHOOL OF NURSINC Nursing offers to womn tunity, for patriotic servic preparation for life and a broad social usefulness. Washington University years' course in Nursing. instruction is given ilthI clinical instruction in the Barnes and St. Louis Ch pitals, Washington Univ sary and Social Service Six months' credit is off cant havng an AB. ni from phis college. Address inquiries to t Nurses, Barnes Hiospital Kingshighway, St. Louis, WOMEN TO HAVE NA' SERVICE SCID Such military virtues and obedience, will be di erican women at the 1 ment of the First Na1 school, incorporated, to Washington, D. C., April first term, and May 12 term. Agriculture, intensiv food conservation, and arts are to be emp courses in Red Cross N relief will also be co agricultural work is t out by the department and directed by experts. Similar camps were year by the Women's Navy league at Chevy C Presidio, San Francisc< eva, Wis., and Narragai Any woman 18 years c or who will be 18 with after the opening of the igible to enroll, subject lations. Full informatic tained by writing to I Ellicott Poe, at Twe Washington, D. C. AY- A11. +,,... 151FIED eave Copy Studets' Sepply Sfere ATISING YOU 8ALD -1 We Represent the Steinway, Knabe, Vose & Sons, Sohmer, Grinnell Bros., Sterling, Shominger, and many other makes. The world's famous Pianola Player Pianos, Victor Victrolas. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Prof. Riggs Advocates Meatless Meals Thomasr Prof. H. E. Riggs, of the engineering left for Fr college, advocated the adoption of the volunteer an "meatless breakfast" yesterday morn- has been tra ing in his address to the freshman en- of service a gineers at their weekly assembly. 'commission "If the boarding houses refuse to ob- the foreign serve meatless and wheatless days," school of I icontinued Professor Riggs, "let's make He expects them!" within a mo: McAllister BATTLE CREEK SANITARIUM Kappa Eps You can apply every principle of Delta Epsile Dr. Kellog's diet idea at the Arcade or societies. Cafeteria, but with a better flavor and tion as nigi a greater var-ety.-Adv. Study F. Mc. ance mbula ansfer: and is FOR SALE-Four Pre-Festival Coup- on Covers. Call 1855 from 8 to 11 or 1 to 4 today. GRINNELL BI 116 S. Main St.