Out of the welter of war comes one undoubted blessing, the welding of three great nations into a firm and lasting friendship, more binding than any alliance. In The Outlook we have the tribute of an American soldier to France and England, who bore the "burden and heat of the day." AMERICA TO FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN BY HAROLD TROWBRIDGE PULSIFER Master Signal Electrician, Signal Corps, U. S. N. A France! Britain! to your stalwart sons Our living cities:-to your guns The laughter of each little child. assenger Sedan ory Parlance This New Sedan Is The Finest "Job" Reo Ever Turned Out latest Reo is built and finished regardless se a hackneyed phrase, but the only one RK has long been famous for its stability T REO we have gone just a little bit COME when the buyer of a moderate not deny himself any luxury of finish-need ven mentally, for any slightest detail. : automatic window lifters, which until und only in the most expensive cars, are in Reo enclosed models. SS GLASS" with the felt covered rubber dds that great luxury of a noiseless body y the fastidious buyer. R upholstery in the rear compartment. t seats-in keeping with the fashion of ns. K CURTAINS harmonize in design and in texture with the rest. MENTION the solid silver handles on window lifters; the same quality and design of lamp sockets; door handles, etc., s only to say that every last detail is in eeping with the whole. WE ARE PROUD of this piece of Reo bodycraft. It is, as MOUNTED ON springs of right design and Reo quality and WE OFFER THIS SEDAN to the critical Reo clientele WE CAUTION YOU however on one point-the number ONLY 25 PER CENT of the number our dealers asked IT IS TOO LATE NOW to attempt to make any more-for OF COURSE WE WILL make more-many times more- THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGII to supply even a reason- They leave me cold. I care not how he pays Here and elsewhere his advocates impute Why not? Against his army's bestial crimes And wore for luck-the Lusitania medal. He took a holiday for children slain, And butchered women set his flags aflutter: Our drowning anguish served for light refrain To beery patriots homing down the gutter; On prisoners he spat, The helpless ones, and thanked his Gott for that. Had he but fought as decent nations fight, Clean-handed, then we must have spared his honor; But now, if Germany goes down in night, 'Tis he, not we, that puts that shame upon her. Shame not of mere defeat, But such that never our hands again can meet. Why should his pride of race be spared a fall? For me, when all is said, I save my pity for our murdered dead. Don't Cheat Your Boy on Christmas Morning I wonder if you fathers and mothers wouldn't be surprised if you knew what your boy really thinks when you give him toys that are make-shifts-that aren't genuine-that soon have to be cast aside? I've never got over being a boy myself. I know the importance to a boy of having things genuine. I know how disappointed he feels when he realizes that his toy isn't true; that the steel work in his toy skyscraper isn't like the real building he saw; that his toy motor won't work. He's hurt; he feels that he's been cheated. I have studied and worked as hard to make Erector mechanically true as other men do to make a bridge strong or a building architecturally correct. Your boy will build GILBERT ERECTOR ful Erector Electric steel bridges, skyscrap- "THE TOY LIKE STRUCTURAL STEEL" given so many thou- chinery with Erector and never lose interest in them, because they're true! If you were to talk to your boy's play- sands and thousands of boys? Remember, Erector isn't just a plaything for a day or a week. It will keep him happy, busy and contented for many months. Every toy store-and every department or hardware store which handles toys-sells Erector. It's the best-known American toy. Ask your dealer to show you the famous Set No. 4, the favorite of all the boys. It sells for $5. Other Erector sets, $1 to $25. Write for Catalog illustrating and describing the complete line of Gilbert toys. If your Boy already has a set of Erector, give him one of these other GILBERT TOYS Hello Boys! at the same time. He can make a motor that will GILBERT Machine Gun Has all the features of the real machine guns detach- GILBERT Chemistry Outfit Contains laboratory equipm nt and every- |