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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1917)
it . THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 30, 1917. PHOTOGRAPHIC SIDELIGHTS ON DAY'S DOINGS IN BUSY WORLD s .... "Wv . ... jL ti t i 3 tJLsi "' it 1 i ''i V V "... i. ,r - 7 FRE hel of r -. y EM en Wit -SfL -an v "s w 111 ; 75 REXCH officers are teaching teel- helmeted Yankee fighters the use the gun grenade, called "Trorn- blons." The American troops in France are receiving- individual Instruction in the ways of modern warfare. The grenade is attached to the rifle, and is dispatched toward the enemy lines in much, the same fashion as the bullet. Men are scarce enough here owing to the war. but they are scarcer by far In the warring nations of Europe. Es pecially is this true in France, where the depletion of the ranks of male la borers has opened many fields of in dustry to women. They are now en gaged at chimney sweepirrc, no task to empire to. but still hitherto considered unsuited to worsen. i Belgian villagers were driven from their homes in a hamlet near the front when the enemy opened at bombard ment. The chance of- their returning and finding their homes undamaged is extremely small. They may on their return find nothing but a pile of debris. Wtien the residents flee they carry with them as much of their valuable belong ings as possible. Enow and Ice bring "polar bears" from under cover, and they enjoy toss ing the medicane ball around on a snow covered beach at Brighton. They are fond of swimming in any kind of weather, hut the swimming they enjoy the most is during the days when the mercury is 'trying- to bury itself in the bulb at the bottom of the tube, and when mow is 'covering iho ground. Then the polar bears are out in force, every one. of them as happy as a lark. This vSOnt of exercise in the refreshing atmosphere - is a sure health builder, and usually the ones who class them selves as "polar bears' are In perfect health. , i . . Camels had a good -share - of the glory in the British victories in the Holy Land that resulted in the cap ture of Jerusalem. They carried most of the ammunition across long stretches of dBert, wber other means of transportation did not exist. Help in conquering the desert was given by a pipeline from Egypt across the Sinai desert which bore water to the men, who, unlike their camels, could not travel without water. Cementing, their hold in Palestine, the British forces that captured Jeru salem have established cu&rds at Beth lehem, the birthplace of Christ.. The British forces have taken measures to safeguard 11 the shrines in Jeru salem and all the holy places near by. - The" clock face of Etrelliers Church is as it fell, in almost perfect condition from tho steeple, while the remainder of the church was completely ruined. The -dock holds a special warning to ' the Germans. lor it ominously warns them that it is time German autocracy was doonved, as it surely is. The level-" ing of beautiful religious edifices con tinues in the maelstrom of war. lien are scarce, so women are taking their places clearing the street of snow and they're -doing it Just as effectively, too. When the lrst -women we-i-e hired, Jt was not expected that they would .keep up with the men engaged in the, grueling work of snow removal, for their employment was fiaostly in the lure of an experiment. Their work has taken the w o m en snowshovelers out of the experimental class and now when ever the streets of New York are blan keted deep with enow, the women will be out in force. , 1 n AFMrJ-' ; --rgii 7 J' Nr. '; W" J x t . V" ''"v ."Y -"-b - ' 5s. f ....... " iM. VsspJ , MS-.,'' 5-.- . r&r A-- -v-..-,:r o-us-V- ' Jl- : '-... . , x . . v II I Mr . . it ... . . - . v-w.-w-w v . f - i " V V. It Y.'J.. S3 C.rwoou- ' . ?v ( . K-j- ' !-. -.-if f -T-j " z - -wot' sAv :-t ? . j , l -V V' i ' 5-" l U -J f f I . C t I ,', . ' " - 4 . W "Hv f J I, itJ ' - i i .I'll t X ' t 4. rn-f NlSnT- v ' I I ' X '2 w fV ."-1 , JsriCj ' - : : XJ I i n o