The United States did not start into the war until 1917, almost three years after it had begun; then she did so because German submarines were sinking American passenger ships and killing Americans. [Illustration: Surrender of Germans.] America was so far off--three thousand miles away--and across an ocean that it seemed impossible that she could do much in the war. But in a very short time she had sent two million soldiers across in ships. Under General Pershing they fought great battles. At last Germany was utterly beaten, and on Armistice day, November 11, 1918, Germany signed a paper agreeing to do everything the Allies asked; and so the greatest war in history ended. The kaiser went to live in Holland, and Germany became a republic. [Illustration: 1918] 79 Yesterday, To-day, and To-morrow There is a candy shop near where I live. On its sign it says, “Made Fresh Every Hour.” History is being made every day. It is being made fresh almost every hour. The newsboy even now is calling outside of my window, “Extra! Extra!” Is it a new war? Is it a new discovery? If you had clipped head-lines from the papers since the World War, here are some of the things you might have pasted in your scrapbook. TREATY OF PEACE SIGNED AT VERSAILLES Nations Agree on Terms of Peace The Mohammedan Turks in the East Are Again Threatening the Christian Nations of the West THE IRISH FREE STATE ESTABLISHED After Centuries of Struggle to Become Independent of England, Ireland at Last, with England’s Permission, Has Set Up a Government of Her Own COLUMBUS OF THE AIR Read, an American, Crosses Atlantic Ocean for First Time in an Airplane; Lands at the Azores and Then in Portugal; Several Others Soon Follow, and the Ocean Is Crossed a Number of Times WOMEN CAN VOTE AT LAST All Through the Ages Women Have Had Little or No “Say” in the Government; Now, for the First Time, They Can Vote in Our Country and in Most Other Civilized Countries STRONG DRINK PROHIBITED The Use of Wine and Strong Drink, Which Has Caused So Much Crime, Disease, Death and Unhappiness, Has Been Forbidden in the United States and Limited in Many Other Countries; in the Generations to Come, Men Will Probably Marvel That There Was Once a Time When People Drank Poison for Pleasure From now on you will have to read your history in the daily papers. Up to this time, history has been marked by the story of one war after another, some big, some small, some short, some long. Almost always a fight has been going on somewhere. It has been War, War, War; Fight, Fight, Fight. Children scratch, kick, and bite. But the older we get, the less do we use our fists and feet to settle quarrels. So fighting seems to be a sign of childhood--that we are “kids”--and our fights, that we call wars, a sign of how young the world really is and we really are; a sign that the world is still but a minute or two old.