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Charles It Ludlnjrton, Vice President s JohnO. Martin,
Secretary nml Treasurers Philip 8. Collin, John D,
William, Director
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Cites II. 1C CoiTts, Chairman.
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JOHN C. HAnTIK. General Business Manacer
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rillLAbEUIIU. WEDNESDAY, FEIIKUAnr 10, 1918.
There aro good men without children, but
theu would ho tetter with thenu
Gloom Dispcllcrs of the Right Kind
WHOEVER, can read tho reports of busi
ness booms and keep tho corners of his
mouth drawn down Is an Incorrigible pessi
mist. Take, for example, tho summary of
orders for railroad material which havo been
given to American manufacturers slnco tho
beginning- of tho year. Road it and then
look glum, If you can.
Tho American railroads havo arranged
within 30 days to buy about $30,000,00 worth
of cars, rails and locomotives. Tho Penn
sylvania Railroad will spend a largo part
of this amount for 15,000 now cars. Tho
Southern Pacific, tho Erio, tho Chicago, Bur
lington and Qulncy, tho Illinois Central and
tho Chicago and Northwestern are buying
now rails and now locomotives and freight
cars, and Swift & Co. find the prospect for
tho distribution of meat so bright that they
havo arranged to build 600 new cars. Tho
whole continent is covered by theso railroads.
Thoy And themselves In a condition to get
thO new equipment which thoy long have
needed.
Tho French, Russian and Chilian Govern
ments havo coma hero for new equipment.
Tho Russian order is for J512.000.000 worth of
light cars from a Pacific coast company.
Moro than $40,000,000 Is thus to bo distributed
In America without tailing any account of
the orders which wero brought hore tho other
day for $100,000,000 worth of war supplies of
various kinds. This Is tho sort of thing that
dispels gloom.
Now, Keep the Agreement
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has announced
that at a conference of all the members
of tho Joint Committeo on Legislation of
both houses of the General Assembly it was
unanimously agreed to pass a fair and cer
tain workman's compensation law this win
ter. ' That is nil the Commonwealth demands,
"A fair and certain law." Thero aro a mul
titude of details on which friends of tho plan
disagree, but they all are convinced that any
statute which is fair to workman and em
ployer and which provides for the certain
and quick compensation of tho man Injured
Will work substantial Justice.
Tho workmen and tho humane peoplo of the
Commonwealth not usually classed ns work
men expect tho House, tho Senate and tho
Governor to keep their agreement and put
such a law on the statute books.
When a Duck Is a Deer
THOSE Englismmen who aro finding
American sentiment reflected in the comic
papers havo neglected to study tho chief
humorous publication of tho country, edited
by W. G. McAdoo. Perhaps they have failed
to take note of it on account of Its mislead
ing name, but Treasury Decisions connotes
tho Idea of humor as perfectly as either Life,
or Judge, or Puck.
In the latest issuo of irr. ITcAdoo's relax
ing Journal we find that tho Board of Gen
eral Appraisers has been solemnly consider
ing whether a game bird, with its head, feet
and feathers on, and undrawn, can bo classi
fied as dressed game. It has decided that
when a game bird has its clothes on, It is
not dressed, and when it has been plucked
and drawn. It is dressed, and that it is en
titled to a lower rate of duty when dressed,
that is, undressed, than when undressed,
that is, dressed. The situation becomes even
more interesting when wo are told, in tho
formal language of a Judicial decision, that
tho feathered bird is venison within the
meaning of tho distinction drawn by Con
gress. So a duck is not a duck when it
passes through the custom house, but a deer.
Not less interesting Is the decision handed
down a little while ago that spoons and
ladles aro not hollow, but flat. If this pro
nouncement could change tho physical char
acteristics of spoons that man who planned
to raisa square peas would find a ready
market for his crop, unless some teacher of
etiquette should persuade every one that
peas should be eaten with a. fork.
Repeal the Full Crew Law
NO EXPLORER has yet found a vast and
Inexhaustible Btoro of gold from which to
draw for paying the cost of the thousand and
one different "reforms" advocated by peoplo
Who think they know it all. Although thero
is a prevalent Impression to tho contrary, tha
Resourced of the big corporations aro limited,
nd they havo to get from tho pijblto every
.dollar that they spend, '
Tho' full crew law, compelling the railroads
Jn thW Stato to spend $1,600,000 every year In
Wagea to men for whom thero Is no work, has
levied a tax upon railroad users, it Is one of
$he reasons which Impelled tho railroads' to
jeste: for permission, to Increase their freight
iwtee and to raise the prica of commutation
eUj. So when tha law was urged as a
la neejaaauy, ana when It was Bald that
the railroads wero rlah enough to stand the
expense without passing it on to tho public,
tl wen who made these statements were? ex
Wptlsg their woeful Ignorance of the most
jMpentary principles of economics or they
pips guilty of a deliberate attempt to mis
W. tha presidents of the Penaaylvanfei, the
H41s and tho Baltimore. s4 Qka sys
tpnyi, wfeo hv been appsbp to fUreeent
& reiiroade I Mokinz the ral at he full
grew fern is this State and New Jersey, are
tmttr eJ fw the benefit of the ueem of
tne tOnm0 IS ietr attwnpt to iirevwU th
ja . uwaey,. It Is mtch better to m&
to jm.(m rm vr sara or w ntU
to replace bid ones than to spend It on tha
wages of men for Whom there) la ho work.
One course adda to the wealth of the commu
nity! tho other way squanders It.
riillndolphia Will Not Be Buncoed
PUBLIC OPINION Bcored two great vic
tories yesterday. It drovo Senator Mc
Nlchol halfway Into the open) It forced from
his lieutenant, John P. Connelly, an agree
ment to permit tho Finance Committeo of
Councils to meet. )
It Is only halfway Into the open that Sen
ator McNIchol comes. Publicity has wedged
Connolly and Beger apart, and behind them
their master is revcalpd. But he fears to let
his opposition be seen In Its naked ugliness.
Ho draws before it the curtain of economy,
raising nn Issue where there is no issue, con
fusing where there Is no excuse for any con
fusion, clothing in subtle but weak verbiage
his master plan for perpetuating tho Inndo
quoto transit facilities of this city and tho
scandalous oxchango ticket abuse.
To amend tho ponding constitutional
amendment la to kill It. Yet Senator Mc
NIchol declares that It must be amended or
100 millions of Philadelphia's funds will bo
tied up In transit and port development to
tho detriment of other public needs.
Tho argument docs not hold. Of tho 30
millions to bo authorized at tho special elec
tion but a small part will bo charged against
the city's present borrowing capacity. Money
will bo appropriated only as it is needed and
all funds for transit appropriated after tho
passage of tho amendment will bo charged
against tho loan capacity given by tho
amendment.
The margin of legal credit will bo moro than
40 millions after appropriations for transit
work this year are made. As the new lines
earn Interest, a corresponding proportion of
tho capital Investment Is no longer to bo
charged against borrowing capacity.
These men, who parade a fictitious poverty
of tho city, who moan and groan about its
financial incapacity, slander Philadelphia, for
In truth its untapped resources aro enormous.
No other city In America la now or ever was
so well fixed for undertaking a comprehensive
transit program. To belle that situation, to
make it appear that the contrary is the case,
is to traduce the municipality, to scar and
muddy Its good name.
It la not Philadelphia that is worrying
about tho money; it Is sordid Interests op
posed to tho well being of the city that have
the money lust, as will be amply demon
strated before this fight is over unless there
aro some quick changes in policy. In an
other matter now before Finance Committee,
tho Mayor referred to "mysterious influences
which seem to be at work." Mysterious in
fluences, so far as transit Is concerned, may
well beware tho flashlight.
Finance Committee will meet Its mem
bers aro known. Those who are for transit
do not hide the fact. They aro proud of it.
Those who refuse to state their position are
probably against transit. They are not proud
of it
Let public opinion drive them Into the open.
"Writo them, telephone them, buttonhole them
on the streets. Tou are a straphanger; make
them tell you face to face if they insist on
your remaining one. Your Councilman may
try to hldo behind the economy plea. Tell
him that Councils is not asked to decide the
financial question. That is what tho election
is for to let the people say whether they are
for tho project or against it. Make him
stand up like a man. Each and every one of
them has had ample time to Btudy the plans;
each, it may be surmised, has the capacity
to understand them. If any pleads ignorance
he should bo cleaning the streets instead of
legislating for the city. There Is no place
in this crisis for the mentally unemployed.
Tho time has como for the citizens of Phil
adelphia to fight, and that Is what they In
tend to do.
Lords of Creation!
THE passage of the woman suffrage reso
lution by the House yesterday was ex
pected. Tho conviction seems to be settled
that the electorate as a whole should be per
mitted to pass on tho question.
A remarkable argument in opposition was
advanced by Representative Beyer. "You
are called upon," ho said, to vote on the
question of whether there is manhood
enough in tho men of Pennsylvania to gov
ern themselves'." Mr. Beyer evidently for
gets that it is not a question of the men
governing themselves, but of tho men gov
erning themselves and everybody else, too.
It so happens that the Commonwealth Is not
Inhabited by male humans only.
A man and a Hon entering an Inn together
stopped before a Urge picture. It showed a
man with a great whip and a Hon cowering
at his feet.
"Ha, ha!" said the biped boastfully.
"What do you think of that7"
"A man painted It," yawned the Hon,
"Mollycoddksl" Where have we heard that
word before?
If the British army la using five tons of
foot Balvo a week, how many tons are tho
Germans using?
Bread is still sold at 6 cents a loaf, but
what good does that do to tho man with
out a nickel?
They know In Camden that a police car
nival Is much more to be desired than a car
nival of burglary.,
Now, If tha vote for suffrage In tho Btato
should be proportionately as large as for the
constitutional amendment in tho House, the
most ardent suffragist would be more than
satisfied. " '
Government under a blanket may thrive
for a while, but an Indignant people will tear
off the blanket and expose the secret plot
tinge. The point of this remark U In the ap
plication thereof.
The New York Germans who are boasting
that eight German spies went to England on
the LUflt&nla, may ppsslbly be following the
example of BJswarok, wjj0 told the truth
yrhta be knew It would not fee believed.
EUROPE IS BUSY
MAKING NEW MAPS
Futuro Frontiers Will Bo Linguistic nnd
Racial The Scnttcrcd Slavic Bnccs
See Liberty Ahead America's Word
In tho Final Summing Up.
By VANCE THO.MPSON
r? IS nn exact fact that tho political nnd
ethnographic geographers of Franco nnd
England and, I presume, RUssla aro busy
theso days mapping out Iho lands of tho old
Austrian Empire and of thoso parts of the
German Empire which aro Inhabited by non
Gorman races. I think you can see the im
port of thla governmental work.
With sercno foresight tho great Powers are
looking forward to that ultimate day when
peace shall bo declared. It la nn Intimation
that tho final settlement shall be mado upon
tho lines of raco and nationality that lin
guistic frontlors shall follow tho natural
curve of raco and kin.
Now it was discovered thero aro no authen
tic maps of this sort moro recent than 190!
or thereabouts. Tho German maps, not un
naturally, minimize tho Importance of tho
Slavs', Serbs and Wonds In tho empire; the
Austrian maps aro not scientific. For theso
reasons the great Powers havo ordered their
geographers and inapmakers to draw up new
maps, linguistic and ethnographic, based on
tho latest and most exactly ascertained facts.
What action our own Department of Stato
has taken I do not know precisely; but, ns
It la certain that we look forward to having
a word In tho final summing up, It Is not
likely our Bcholastlc President has overlooked
tha obvious preparation.
Long-SulTcring Slavs
If I may bollevo what I read in tho news
papers thero seems to bo somo dispute ns to
tho origin and meaning of the Great War;
but whatever It meant in tho beginning, it
has como to be, for many of tho minor na
tionalities of Europe, a war of liberation. The
subjugated races sco In It a chance to gain
autonomy to rejoin tho family groups to
speak tholr own languages and llvo under
their own laws,
Tho struggle is old ns tho years. Tho Bal
kan wars marked Its moro recent successes,
for In the fight for man's liberation each fail
ure is a success, a part of tho strategy of
evolution.
If you glance at an ethnographic map of
Europe you wilt see that tho race which has
most bitterly suffered by conquest Is the
Slav; but, with one exception, all tho conti
nental nations have suffered. The exception
Is Germany. Nowhere are there subjugated
Germans. To bo sure there are over 5,000,000
Germans under tho Russian flag, but they
are thero by choice, as 11,600,000 Germans llvo
willingly under the flag of our country.
(Spain and Portugal are unconsidered.) Tho
subjugated Italians of Trentlna and Trlesto
aro numerous, but It Is the Slav who haa
borno for many sad ycara tho heaviest bur
den. Of tho nlno great Slavic nations six havo
passed under the yoke of one or another of
tho three great empires the Austrian, Ger
man or Turkish. You can understand why
thoso who are looking toward the establish
ment of a sano and righteous peace nro
studying now tho sad subject nations which
stretch from tho Carpathians to tho Adriatic.
The Great Slavic Host in Europe
It is difficult, until tho geographers havo
finished tho work now In hand, to get an
exact statement of tho number of Slava In
Europe. Tho estimate given In 1907 by Pro
fessor Florlnsky, of Kiev, la this:
Russians In Europe. .,.. 103,000,000
Bulgarians 6,100,000
Serbs and Croats 0,000,000
Szechs 0,641,000
Slovaks 2,600,000
Poles ..... 20,355,000
Wends 150,000
In round figures this makes 148,000,000 Slavs
In Europe for tho year 1007. Now tho ethnog
raphers say the natality of tho raco Is 1.7
per centv so that each year you may add
2,500,000 to tho population. Then the Slavs
In Europe, this year of 1915, are over 18G.000,
000; and of these 65,000,000 are subjected to
Germanic rule. (The figures are thoso of
Prof. Lubor Nlederle, of the University of
Prague.)
Theso llttlo nations, scattered and subju
gated, form the rest barrier to Germanic ex
pansion toward the east and south. For a
hundred years they have presented a steady,
substantial and race-sharpened opposition to
the German advance. Thoy and they alone
have made possible Russia's "southwesterly
strides" toward Ice-free coasts. And If for a
hundred years Sultans havo been allowed to
rule In Europe It has been only because they
held the great Balkan highway, which links
the East and the West. Geographically tho
balance of power has oscillated between tho
Slav nnd the Teuton; the liberation of the
Blavs means tho end so far as territorial
conquest goes of the "Drang nach Osten."
Tho Poles a Tragic Bulwark
Further to the north the Poles have been
for ages a tragic bulwark. It was not until
1870 that their darkest period began. The
census of that year proved how steadily the
subjugated Poles were Increasing In wealth
and number. Then Bismarck began his vio
lent attempt to "deracinate" the Polish na
tion. As Prof. Nlederle says: "The Poles wero
not -wholly at their ease In Russia, but Rus
sia had never taken measures so violent nnd
so subtle in their cruelty as those Imagined
by the Prussians."
Unquestionably this world war has given
the Poles a chance for liberty or the next
best thing, which la to rejoin their Slavlo
brothers. Tho latest ethnographic map
shows the true Polish State should run far
east of Posen and Warta, and should Include
evfcn tho old Wend colonies now Isolated In
Germany. The Wends form a llttlo group of
Slavs which has had a history as gloomy as
that of tho Polea, though It has not been so
picturesque. Their little colonies In Saxony
and Prussia still persist, though many thou
sands fled to Russia or the United States,
(Qlddings, Wenden, Warden, Burleson and
Berbln. In Texas, were orlglnaUy Wend col
onies.) Of all the little nations that have stood for
Slavlo civilization as opposed to Teutonlo,
the most remarkable are the Czechs and the
Serbs. The Czechs and their Slovak brothers
form a compact mass In Bohemia, In Mora
via, In the Duchy of Silesia, In Hungary,
and In a degree In Prussian Silesia, in all
they amount today to about 10,000,000.
Serbs Held the Turks in Check
I have said the most remarkable of these
races of brotherly Blavs Is the Serbian race,
moulding, of course, the Croats. Their his
tory since the fifth century has been as he
roic as any In Europe, For ages they but
tr ed Europe against the Turk, And never
for a' moment did the Serbs !ee their dream
and purpose of a greater Serbia, "When
tho 'Drang nach Osten' of Pan-Germanism
found concreto geographical expression on
tho map in 1D08, by Austria's absorption of
Bosnia and Herzegovina" I havo quoted
Leon Domlnlan, tho geographer then it
seemed that the cream of the Serbs was
definitely slain. They had conquered tho
Turk and set themselves free only to -pass
under nnother yoke.
Under tho Austrian seizure lay the seed of
tho present Austro-Serblan War. Bosnia la
n portion, at once national and geographic,
of Servla. Its selzuro by Austria was part
of tho Pan-Germanic drlvo toward tho cast
and south, of which bo much has been writ
ten and so llttlo is understood. A definite
part of tho same plan was tho attempt
which ended In blood and derision to create
a now Balkan nation: Albania.
This war will decide tho destiny of tho
llttlo shattered Slavic nations, whoso age-old
homes Up along the great Balkan highway
which binds the East to the West. In that
sense It Is a war for tho liberation of all tho
subjugated races. Indeed, Franco has almost
officially declared: "This 13 a war for tho
liberation of tho shackled natlonaltles of
Europe for all nations, great or small,
strong or feeble, old or young; wo shall
strlko tho shackles off the wrlsta of Polo and
Serb and Slovak and Alsatian, and not will
ingly will wo see them fastened on tho Bel
gian." Foreseeing such an end, tho governments
have set their ethnographic mapmakers to
work. (Possibly Mr. Wilson has not over
looked the matter.) It seems to bo public
opinion that no peace settlement will enduro
for a year If It is not based upon freedom
and enfranchisement for the BUbjugated
races, that tho new frontiers must be lin
guistic and racial. And when peace comes
when the soldier gives way to the statesman
the great Powers will havo exact and def
inite information as to Just where theso
eternal frontiers run.
THE LION OF FLANDERS
(The National Gone ot Belgium.)
They never will subdue him,
The Flemish Lion proud;
Think they by savage onslaught,
To find his spirit cowed?
No, never will they crush him.
So long as Right is Right;
So long as Flemish honor.
Unstained shall live and bright
Old Tlmo consumcth cities,
And thrones may pass away;
But the strength of Delglo manhood
Shall die not In a day:
Let Caesar bring his armies.
We've laughed their rage to scorn;
As ever from wild carnage,
A nation new Is born.
We've met the Roman Caesar,
And legion was their name;
Led on to dlro destruction,
Who foil when Caesar came.
The ancient Belgia honor
Hath stood two thousand years,
Its youth and strength renewing
At sight of blood arid tears.
"Mlaht Is nightl" No. never,
That lie hath cursed the past;
But "Right is Right" forever,
And Man shall rise at lost;
In lowly toll unceaBlD?,
We live In peace and plod;
Nor ask a sweeter portion,
But man Is not a clod.
The cry of "little peoples" .
Shall rlso to pierce the sky;
And God shall keep our nation,
And reckless Might shall die;'
Ton long hath slavish terror
Kept down the souls of men;
Up springs the Flemish lion
When bearded in his den.
We fight for home and home-land,
For freedom's holy sod;
For honor, virtue. Infancy,
For Justice, and for God;
The noble Flanders Lion,
With fire-light In his eyes,
Springs forth to certain conquest,
And low the bloodhound lies.
The hand of God Is mighty.
Is strong to guard and smite;
Preva(leth not Injustice.
The people's prayer for right
Shall rise, like hallowed Incense
Before Ills holy sight.
Purgation must we suffer.
Awhile In pain and strife;
Whence we shall rise triumphant,
To new and endless Life.
Then hal, the Flanders Lion.
Let covert foe beware;
For thrones ere not unshaken.
A nation proud and fair
Shall lue forth In splendor.
Surviving pain and loss;
For Flanders lives forever.
And triumphs on the Cross.
XesHtk vewtoJi frr MU Tereea K K. In the
SMASHING THROUGH
'iSBIlSllil I
GENERAL JOFFRE, to whom all Franco
pays grateful homage, la not too great
to mako a pun. After that swift retreat
from Belgium to tho Marno, which brought
consternation and discouragement to his
countrymen, ho suddenly took tho offensive
and the Germans did the retreating. Seem
ing defeat was turned into victory. It seemed
a miracle. The mlraclo was this: In thoso
dark two weeks tho gererallsslmo bo recon
structed his army that in tho end it was at
last fit for offenslvo work. The pun was this:
When tho Germans began to fall back and
Franco began to understand tho accomplish
ment of that startling retreat tho victorious
General chuckled, "J'offre mals Je prends!"
"I scorn to give, but I really take!"
Today Franco has unbounded faith in tho
commnnder'-ln-chief. Ho himself radiates
confidence. Ho is a man who docs things
with few words, with no fuss. Ho is an ef
ficiency, engineer. Four years ago ho was
raised to supremo command of tho army of
France. As hla predecessors hod done lesa
efficiently beforo him he sot about getting
ready for that next war which both Ger
many nnd Franco had long expected. Ho
reorganized the plans for mobilization. Ho
forced the 3-year-servIco law on tho coun
try. The war came. Mobilization was ef
fected in surprisingly quick time. Tho 3-year-sorvico
law most unpopular of laws
saved France. Thirty or more generals whoso
work failed to meet tho commander's stand
ards of efficiency havo been retired since tho
war began.
The Man Who Is Never Tired
Joffro la never tired. He takes good care
of himself. Ho carefully regulates his eat
ing nnd sleeping. He is nlways brisk. Hla
oye8 nro always clear. Ho is always ready
for work. By his observanco of strict hy
gienic rules ho keeps himself up to tho high
est point of efficiency.
Says a writer in L'lllustratlon: "Wo have
heard by what self-imposed discipline Gen
eral Joffro haa trained himself to enduro the
fatigues of the campaign regularity in his
work, sobriety in his diet, regular exercise
and sleep. An English Journalist has nar
rated how ho saw him arrlvo at an Inn In
Flanders, whero tho cook, In provision of the
coming of tho Illustrious soldier, had killed
her fatteBt chicken and prepared her moat
savory sauce. Tho Generalissimo cama In
Ilka a bomb, asked for an omelette and was
gone ngaln. One had time only to notlco the
clear look In his eyes, the rich fullness of his
voice."
Hla personal appearance gives the impres
sion of great manliness and vigor, He Is
tall, deep of chest, with a massive head, the
broad forehead of which Is underscored, as
It were, by the sharp line of bushy eyebrows,
a heavy mustache and a strong Jaw. Thus
ho la described by a writer In the Corre
spondant, of Paris, who continues: "Ills
clear blue eyes, set wide apart, are bright
and attentive. They attract instant atten
tion. Their expression Is more often mild
than otherwise. They are tho most expres
sive of his features, which, like his build, are
of tho heavy type," Slxty-three years old,
his hair and mustache are gray, almost
white.
Fought the Germans in 1070
Today General Joffre haa behind him 45
years of Service and 13 campaigns. He has
fought tho Germans before now. A sublleu
tenant and student In tho Ecole Polyteoh
nlque when the Franco-Prusslan war broke
out, he took part In the defense of Paris.
Lieutenant In 1872, he was made a captain
four years later, and went to the east of
France to organize the military district of
F?ntarller, Then he saw service Jn China
and In Tonkln-Chlna with Admiral Courbet;
be organized the defense of Formosa under
tho enemy's Are, was present at the battlo of
Bening, and already Impressed his superiors'
as a great chief. Then In Africa he relieved
the expedition of the unfortunate Bonnier,
and entered Tlmbuctoo victorious.
Major in 1889, lieutenant colonel in 1894,
colonel In 1S97, brigadier in 1901, he then car
ried out the admirable fortifications of Diego
Buare, after which he lectured on fortifica
tions at the Bohool of War. General of a divi
sion in me, he became bead of the Enslawe
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"OUR JOFFKE," THE HERO OF FRANCE
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ITis Passion for Efficiency Turned a Nation's Despair to Joy HeM
Likened to the Wine of His Native Province, "Strength
Veiled In bweetness.
nnd commandant of tho 2d Corps at .
On Fobruary 23, 1910, ho was madaamcniJ
of tho War Council. On July 21, 1911, hit
appointed Generalissimo. Promoted to im
rank of "grand crolx" of the Legion 4
Honor, he received on November 26, lilt 'm
"mcdalllo mllltarle," tho greatest rcwardM
fore the attainment of decisive victory. .; I
No Mollycoddler Is Joffre
General Joffre plays no favorites', U tf
cera and men well know. Efficiency lit
test, and ho assigns tasks of rcspomibE
by that standard alone. Personal frlendiS
have tlmo and again been subordinated, eft
sacrlflced, to this method of measuruit?
This soldier who hates nolso hates also IS
very Idea of coddling others or belor ca
died himself. But ho Is likable. Tha us
llkos him. Ho Is mild-mannered, with edits
strictness and rigidity as a commander,
is kind-hearted. His voico reveals hla.ll
la a low, pleasant, carefully modulated roM
Ho often visits tho trenches to talk 1
tho boys who aro fighting for France lis
la no fuss and feathera about these cm
slons. Tho white-haired old General t
down by tho fire If there happens to hi
fire and talks of simple things thltpj
eat and supplies of blankets. He show1
personal Interest In the wclfaro of hi
dlers. Ho wants to know how they are p
ting on. It Is a friendly chat, not u
vidnnls. Thnv rosnnmi ns freely S5 1CB
worn nnn nf thfilp onmrnrlp.l In therllnil.
soldiers of theN army of France D ji
"Notro Joffro." Ho Is called "Our Join''
the wholo French people. J
At homo that modest dwelling In AW
nnnp Tnrlfl wliprn Mm irntn 1 nOWadaYJP
orated with bouquets placed by wtB
hands Joseph Joffro is one of the
kindly and courteous men you could w3'
meet. Tho old warrior ia a lover of doW
tlcity. He likes to have his wife read f
aloud or listen to one of his stepdM.SJ
playing tho piano. Social functions
hors. Ho likes rather to .ride a honjf
dlt? in his carden.
"Notro Joffro!" "All France," rj
L'lllustratlon writer, "watches """J?
the man who bears the immense TtflJ?
bllity of the protection of her future
but there Is n spot In our country wheretf
wear a softer look, where tears flow frffl
deeper emotion, from a more tender p'k
tiny Catalan homeland of tho Generate
hla 'pays,' ns they call It down tw
Rlvesaltes, where he waa born, whwj,1
haa grown up, whither he always rt'tjg
palgns and from tho overwhelming H4
had undertaken on the General S(aft 3
"In his little eunny town of BoM
with Its houses gathered round an oHg?
cen tower, with Its walls skirted by tW
rentlal River Algy, General Joffre ! gf
...All f...n... nM.l Irtni ntrn theV kS??i
...11.. j 1.1- . ...) hi. henrf 'CVVBi
del seu endret !q moscat de RlvesallaK
leiesa y parrum emDoncuw t.-
lo llirn Iks nlns of Mo mMTltrV. tB8 Vty
of Rtvesaltes-strength veiled In sweets 1
Belongs In PhlUdelpnU
from tue Boston Transcript. SM
mi-. ...x .1.. A...a(tnn nf SfHft9v1
Liberty Bell to the Pan Francisco JffSM
tor exhibition la again at white w J
rt.lnV.Co onri nntrlnMn ROCletleS Bf Ff
protests against Its removal. Ther 'lJa
ot city and State politicians "" 'J ,,
Bu mull, iv E.UHIU ..- p-- -"',. iirj
penses are paid, but who .would W
guardians In such an event Tnwj'v
and cherished reiio "ouw oououw -;
tha rruLt and hroueht back In f"l'L
belongs in its present safe quarters. "8
la of great value, but Its value I Wyf?j
that is insurable. We cannot !' -vi
1.- .....i..i.. nA -aihv take
Nor Is It for the best Interests of
City that it should be seni PVr..Urtffl
country. It Is one of her local tTj
11 means more in m v""" -", ,t I
would as a piece of cracked meiai'
the gaze of the curious, inus km.
part of Its significance.
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Mexico' Social rropw
UvMm Via Van Vstvto Cvaitlnr POjti
The sotial problem In Mexico W kM
fhwio unreft will surtiy ena w -
lias idrvfcl s trm tt.m Ti Ci llQai