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riiiLADi.i.niiA, mioAV, apiiil 30, 1913.
All thin at are possible, to Mm who tcorki
dltlocnilt.
Garrison HIscs to the Occasion
EVERY level-headed American citizen
who faces tho facts as they nro will
agree with Secretary Garrison when ho
writes to tho president of tho Army War
College that there la no subject of greater
Importance before tho country than tho
formulation of a proper military policy to
bo adopted and pursued as occasion per
mits. Tho Secretary of War realizes that ho lian
a splendid opportunity to do a big piece of
constructive work, and ho has set himself
about It. Ho has called upon the depart
ment commanders and all tho leading mili
tary men, aa well as on tho officers of tho
War College, to gtvo him their best advlco
In framing a plan for creating a military
establishment that will bo adcciuato to tho
admitted future needs of tho country. His
appeal must move tho men to whom it Is
addressed, for ho writes:
This country has never had n well
thought out, wrought out and agreed-upon
military policy. This Is tho first opportu
nity within the lifetime of those now active
to have this done. Wo havo tho privilege
of being called upon to do It. Wo should
give to It every ounce of whatever Is worth
while In us. "Wo should worlc as If assured
that wo were to succeed. Even If tho de
tails are not all accepted and mado ef
fective, tho general plan. If woll prepared,
Will remain for years afterward as a monu
ment to thoso whoso labor produced It.
If Mr. Garrison can carry out his purpose,
and if ho can persuado Congress to approve
tho plans that are mado by tho best military
talent available, ho will carry through one
of tho most Important pieces of con
structive work undertaken by any Cabinet
officer in a generation. And no ono wilt bo
grudge the Democrats all tho credit they
can get out of It.
All Together for Philadelphia
THE verdict yesterday was an overwhelm
ing victory for rapid transit and an Im
perial Philadelphia. Any lightness In tho
"voto was moro than compensated for by tho
practical unanimity of it. A project that
haB behind it a favorable vtrdjet in tl'i'cV ratio
of 10 to 1 Is backed by eo formldablo a
public sentiment that nothing can prevent
its accomplishment.
It waa the lrst chance the people have
had to speak their will, and they did it
emphatically. No man can now doubt what
tho people want. Nono can question their
purpose or assumo that tho demand for
transit Is an artificial, worked-up clamor.
It remains now for Councils to glvo effect
to tho verdict of yesterday. Thero Is a
technical nrocedure to bo followed which
requires time. It Is Important, therefore,
that at the next meeting of Councils an
ordinance bo Introduced authorizing tho
borrowing of the money. Tho primary ob
ject of tho election yesterday was to make
possible the beginning of worlc this summer.
Unless it is begun this summer tho cost
of yesterday's election was an utter waste
of city funds.
The public Is sincere in Its expectation
that Councils will do its part to get quick
action, and It confidently hopes to see actual
construction operations under way beforo
many weeks have passed.
AH together for Philadelphia.
"Who Will Muto tho City's Noises?
NOW that the season of open windows is
upon us tho annual irritation of useless
noises has begun. Tho rattle of steel-tired
vehicles over roughly paved streeta makes
conversation impossible In some parts of tho
city, besides wearing out the nerves of thoso
who have to listen to the din. The constant
strain of attention decreases the efficiency
of the workers, if it does not shorten their
lives.
Rough pavements are not necessary, and
even the smooth pavements, which act as a
drum and sounding board carrying sounds a
long distance, can be Improved. Wooden
pavements, properly laid, deaden sound in
stead of increasing It.
The clangor of the bells of trolley cars
and the screeching of the wheels as the
cars turn the comers keep hundreds awake
in the early days of summer until they get
accustomed to the noise, and, even later,
prevent sleep when the nerves are tired from
unusual strain. But it is not necessary to
enumerate all the irritating sounds which
assail the ears. The societies for the sup
pression of useless sounds would have a
membership almost as large as the popula
tion of the city If any one believed that' the
noises really could be suppressed within a
reasonable length of time.
The poets may write about the symphonies
or the cities played on muted strings, but
the strings are muted only for those who
have more imagination than nerves.
Taxing- Drink in Great Britain
THE British Ministry has .decided to limit
the production and consumption of alcoholic-
drinks by Increasing the taxes on them
and; thus making them mora expensive.
This is a, method that will commend Itself
to political economists, whether It meets with
ifce approval of the moralist 0 not, for
Avery studsrtt of Jemajt and supply knows
ih4 as tha price 0 a, commodity goes up
tb number who ean buy it goes down, and
thai wfeen a shortage is impending Ul in
seas in prtee automatically observe the
iwinjly an4 delay the exhaustion of the stock
. Uam4
U us MUy an adaptation of the Amsieaa
ifuoi of fetgli lHne tha the Britteh are
jmmm, tsuutepi. Hfth icoft, w Waits th
VJJfifgfcv
number of places whero liquor Is sold and
decreases consumption. They hope that it
will work tho samo way In Great Britain and
Ireland. But beforo they get through with
It the Liberals are likely to bo charged by
their poll tidal opponents with taxing the
drink out of the ppor man's mouth, while
allowing the rich to havo nil of it that they
want Buch n charge would help a political
party in tho United States, but In Great Brit'
nln, whero drinking Is more goncral among
all classes than It Is here, even Lloyd-George
Is nfrald of It.
Suffrage Day
TOMORROW Is Suffrage Day. A glgantio
parade and outdoor meotlngn will mark
the beginning of nn aggressive, but In no
wise hysterical, campaign In favor of tho
suffrage amendment.
It Is a pity, In view of tho argument that
women themselves do not, want tho vote,
that women should not be permitted to ballot
nlso on tho proposed amendment. But they
ennnot, and they must rely for a vindication
of their rights on tho men. They must
arouse tho interest of tho malo electorate and
then convlnco It. They must overcome tho
prejudices which havo accumulated during
years of political femala disqualification.
They must win favor for a now Idea, which
Is always difficult, particularly in a Com
monwealth notoriously conservative. They
havo nothing but arguments and tho Justice
of their cause with which to gain votes.
Thero Is no "Big Stick" In their hands, no
capacity for revenge. Thoy cannot offer
votes to Influence any politician, as advo
cates of moat other causes can. Thoy must
rely entirely on the sense of Justice of tho
malo voters.
Women pay taxes, they nro amenable to
all laws, they aro active In all Industrial pur
suite, they havo been driven into business,
their facilities for education they havo them
selves multiplied. The march of events has
fitted them absolutely for tho ballot. They
demand It, therefore, as a right, not as a
favor. An argument advanced against them
Is that they havo got along very well with
out tho ballot, that they havo not heretofore
had It. That is an argument of political in
ertia, too weak to gain many adhorents.
Nations do not advance by standing still.
Tho demonstration tomorrow will bo a con
vincing one. All true friends of tho causa
should Join In It. help It along, combine to
make it a magnificent success.
The right to be governed, in America, must
moan tho right to tako part In government.
The Sad Case of the Lobster
THE rights of tho lobster aro protected
neither by tho Declaration of Independ
ence nor tho Constitution. This disturbing
conclusion follows from the decision of Judge
Patterson that a chef is not punishable for
cruelty to animals when ho "pegs" tho crea
tures to prevent them from fighting among
themselves. Tho case had been beforo tho
court for three years, so difficult did tho
ministers of Justice find it to decide this
momentous question.
Hereafter, therefore, the chefs may peg tho
lobsters without fear of punishment, and
they may throw tho lobsters alive Into boil
ing water, also, without bringing down upon
their heads tho penalty of tho law. And the
trado In lobsters will survlvo for a tlmo. But
thoro Is no knowing when it will be attacked
ngaln. for Is It not tho height of cruelty to
oat broiled live lobsters, to Bay nothing of
thoso boiled alive? Tho sonsltlvo femlnlnes
who object to these culinary processes Im
agine themselves treated In tho samo way
and thoy become sick at heart becauso of
tho needless cruelty which they bellove is
practiced every day by hardened wretches.
Fortunately, tho lobster has not many nerves,
and If ho loses his claw in yielding to his
natural instincts to fight and kill his neigh
bors ho can grow nnother one If he survives
the appetite of thoso of his friends whom
ho has not himself devoured.
The attack on lobster cookers is likely to
bo renewed, for thero Is always a new crop
of reformers ready to rush to the relief of
the suffering. The oyster has not yet become
an object of gravo solicitude, but there Is
still hopo, for this beneficent bivalve tastes
best when served nllvo on the half snell and
swallowed while his tender heart Is still
throbbing with love for his mate. If some
ono docs not arise to make a plea for the
oysters that aro eaten some other will surely
organize a society to succor tho widows and
orphans of those fallen In the war of
mankind against the edible creatures of
the sea. In the meantime, let us enjoy our
meals while wo may.
With Its usual enterprise, the Evbnino
Ledoeii tomorrow will devote a full pago of
pictures to the illustration of the suffrage
activities of that day. This will be In addi
tion to the regular page of pictures, which
visualize the general news events of the day.
The full suffrage page will be changed dur
ing the afternoon, as the parade progresses,
and In the late editions will bo found a full
pictorial history of the great pageant.
Do the muscular Christians use smoking
tobacco?
If the streets were only as clean as the
street cleaners looked yesterday afternoon
thero would be little more to be desired.
Spain knows where to come when it wants
to buy ammunition, But will Germany pro
test against the sale of cartridges and shells
by Americans to this new customer?
The American merchant marine will have
to remain in the Jitney class until some
statesman arises big enough to remove the
restrictions that hinder its growth.
It would be necessary to search a long time
to find a better textbook on the way the
game of politics Is played than could be made
from a properly edited report of the Syracuse
trial.
Some one will be certain to charge Presi
dent Thompson of the Boys' Central High
School with opposition to the Germans be
cause of h)s order forbidding the puplto to
go out on the street to buy Wienerwurst at
noon. .. ,.
When a man who has been proved guilty flf
robbing hjs employers admits that the proof
is good and confesses bis guilt, it is fitting
that he should be compelled to do works
meet for repentance before be is praised very
highly. He may be only trying to mitigate
tha S verity at Urn punishment-
GERMANS AT BAY
IN WESTERN ARENA
End of Hard Winter Campaign Re
veals Invaders on Defensive Along
Lines in France and Belgium Re
view of the Campaigns.
By FRANK 11. SIM0ND3
N THE minds of all observers of the
great war May 1 has been a dato mark
I
ing moro than a calendar division. Kitch
ener had been quoted as asserting that
whllo ho had no guess ns to the date of
tho termination of tho war, It would begin
with Mayday. But however apocryphal
this legend, the solid fact that the condi
tions of weather, of soil, of roads woutd
then be favorable to active campaigning
established It as tho time when the winter
campaign would end, tho summer'operattons
begin.
In any review of this winter campaign
It Is natural to divide tho resume Into two
parts, tho campaign In tho west and that
In tho east. Turning first to tho campaign
In the west, tho simplest and easiest method
of estimating what It has meant Is to return
for a moment to tho conditions existing
when It opened, to tho situation In Franco
and Belgium on the morning of tho fall of
Antwerp nnd in the succeeding days.
Antwerp fell on October 5, when tho Ger
man occupation began. In tho next fow
days German Invasion flowed over Western
Belgium like a torrent released by tho
breaking of a dam. At tho samo moment
that a German forco was approaching War
saw tho bulletins of all combatant nations
reported tho approach of tho Kaiser's troops
to tho Channel, to Calais and to tho cliffs
of Boulogne, from which Napoleon had sur
veyed tho British Bhorcs a century before.
Consider now what wcro tho allied pre
occupations at this moment. From Switzer
land to La Basseo tho Trench army stood
solidly in tho trenches It had taken up nftcr
tho German retreat to tho Alsno. But In
tho desperate fighting nt tho Marno, In Al
saco and In Lorralno French losses had been
enormous. Efforts to outflank tho Germans
from tho OIso to tho Lys had been beaten
down by superior Gorman numbers. Tho
process of reorganization of French armies
had begun, but had as yet mado llttlo real
progress. Equipment was still lacking to
tho EOldlers, nmmunltlon was as yet in
sufficient for immcdlnto needs.
The "Thin Red Lino"
As for tho British, n "thin red line" was
Just taking root in tho salient about Tprcs.
After two months less than 120,000 British
troops wero In tho field. On this llttlo nrmy,
presently reinforced by tho remnant of tho
Belgian army retreating from Antwerp, tho
great storm wa3 Just breaking in Flander3.
For a wholo month tho world was each day
to wait with excited Interest to loarn
whether tho Jerry construction thrown
across Flanders from tho Lys to tho sea
could bear tho terrific hurden thnt was
being Imposed upon it.
Its failure would not In all probability
havo meant tho advanco of new German
armies to Paris, but It would havo meant
complete conquest, not alono of Belgium,
but of Northern France. It would havo
meant tho capturo of tho Channel ports. It
would havo meant fortifying German posi
tion in tho west almost Impregnably.
In sum, ns tho winter phnso opened, Ger
man armies wcro on tho offenslvo In tho
west, as thoy wero also advancing upon
Warsaw in the east. Success or falluro for
their second great offenslvo hung In tho
balance for at least a month. Tho extreme
limit of allied effort consisted in rushing
new formations, as they could bo assem
bled, Into tho storm-beaton gap between
Armentleres nnd Nlouport, where, under tho
eyo of tho Kaiser himsolf, German military
power was writing nn Imperishable pago in
tho history of devotion and courage.
Now, to measure the dlstanco between
October and April, it is but necessary to
revert to tho April situation in tho same
fields. In that later tlmo French offensives
wero being carried on in Alsace, about St.
Mlhlel, In Champagne. English forces wero
attacking north and south of Armentleres.
For months tho German energy had been
concentrated in tho heavy effort to meet
fresh allied troops with numbers not equal
but adequate to parry dangerous thrusts
from Alsaco to Flanders. Everywhere on
this broad front, too, ground was being lost,
not much, not of decisive valuo, but actually
tho German lino had been recoiling slightly
for a continued period of time. Neuvo
Chapelle, Lea Eparges, Hartmannsweller
kopf, Hill 60, all marked recession under
pressure.
What German Reports Show
Read the German official statements for
October and April, and the transformation
Is Instantly evident. In October each bulle
tin reports new advances, towns taken, dis
tricts occupied, the arrival at the sea, the
approach to Warsaw, Until April 20 there
THUKL0W WEED'S GRANDSON
THURLOW WEED, after making a reputation
aa Journalist and politician In western New
York, went to Albany in 1S30, at tho age of 33
years, and founded the Albany Evening Journal,
He set put to oppose the policies of Andrew
Jackson. He acquired a wide reputation and a
national Influence. It Is admitted that he was
more largely responsible than any other single
leader for the nomination of Harrison for the
Presidency In 18(0 and Taylor in 1313. He waa
active In the campaigns for the nomination of
Clay, Scott and Fremont. For years there was
no political manipulator In the country equal to
him. The only office which ho ever accepted waa
that of State printer.
He had no sons, but his only child, a daugh
ter, married William Iarnes, an Albany law
yer. His grandson, William Barnes, who wrote
Junior after his name until 1913, set out in early
life to win the place in the Republican party
which Thurlow Weed occupied in the Whig
party. His physical resemblance to his dis
tinguished ancestor is said to be remarkable,
not a resemblance of face, but of figure and
carriage, A man who knew Weed has said that
when lie first saw Barnes pacing up and down
one of the long plaxzaa of a Saratoga Springs
hotel, prior to a Republican convention, the
likeness to Weed, whom he had seen similarly
puclng up and down the corridors of a New
York hotel, was startling. j
Barnes wa graduated from Harvard n l&,
and returned to Albany,, where he worked for, a
time as a. reporter on one of the morning newspapers-
The next -year he astounded the city
by buying the Journal. He wan young, and
those who did not like him insisted that he waa
reeh." Hy stalked about the city with his
ghln in the air, as if he own4 the town, He
waa not oouoUlatory, and be had supreme faith
In his ability W aecsmplUSi what aa bad sat
1
appears tho monotonous record of allied
advances checked, of French assaults that
broke down under "our artillery fire." Pris
oners onco taken by tho thousands aro oc
casionally reported by tho hundred. Eng
lish and French claims, official roports of
trenches taken aro denied with oxtrcmo
acerbity, but for tho most part tho denial
and tho staccato lnslstcnco upon ground
held furnish tho body of tho reports.
Wo nro then faco to faco with a com
ploto change, a chango that had como al
most Imperceptibly, by Buch fine gradations
as to awaken no real comment when it had
becomo absolute. Germany in tho west,
from Fobruary to tho latter half of April,
has been on tho defensive. Moro and moro
her energies havo been exerted, not to at
tack but to ropel attack.
Now, in this period in which liar foes
had been advancing dally In numbers nnd
In efficiency, In tho tlmo which hnd seen
tho arrival of tho first armies of English
recruiting, which would now bo succeeded
rapidly by others, for the enlistment had
assured this, what had tho Germans ac
complished? For tho thousands and thou
sands who had glvon up tholr lives nt tho
Yscr, about Ypres, for tho torrlblo month
of fighting In Flanders, for tho sorles of
struggles that marked tho approach of
spring, what had Germany to show?
Teuton Claims in May
Just this: Bhe had held her lines. From
December 1 to May 1, with Incidental local
changes, sho had retained her footing In
Franco, her occupation in Belgium. But In
doing this sho had definitely accepted tho
dofenslve. In October her champions, her
press, talked about tho capturo of Calais,
tho second advance to Paris, tho slcgo and
fall of Verdun. But In April tho samo
voices wero proclaiming that tho contest
was a draw, that German defenso could not
bo broken. To support this they pointed to
tho lines themselves, to German resistance,
as splendid as German attack had been.
Thus reviewed, tho second phase, so far
ns tho west Is concerned, becomes simple
onough. It saw tho rise of a new Gorman
offensive, a fresh effort to dispose of one
enemy France for England was still but
a French auxiliary, holding a section of tho
French line. It saw tho falluro of this of
fensive, thanks to Belgian and British de
votion. Then It saw tho swift transfer of
tho German effort to tho east a repetition
of tho attempt to disposo of ono enemy be
foro tho other could como up. But always
with tho perfectly clear condition that the
Russian foe must bo disposed of beforo
French and English menaces becamo too
dangerous, In sum, Germany had to beat
RuBsla completely In the winter campaign,
given her falluro In Flanders.
In sum, In tho west Germany had in the
winter phase passed from tho offenslvo to
the defensive.
"CHEAREFULNESSE"
Chcarefulnesse
Doth expressa
A settled, pious mynde,
Which Is not prone to grudging,
From murmuring refined.
Anne Collins.
out to do. And he waa not backward about
letting It be known what his purposes were.
Indeed, he Informed some friends when he
bought the Journal that ho had Invested 1100.000.
in the Republican party,
Twenty-slx years have passed since he set out
on his career, He has risen to the post of
dominant leader In the Republican party In tho
State, even If he has not yet nominated a
President His grandfather, however, had nom
inated his first President at the age of 43, and
Barnes is now 49. But he did his best to name a
President In 1912. He was aware, as were all
Other Republican leaders, that It would be al
most, if not quite. Impossible to re-elect Presi
dent Taft. A conference of leaders was held In
the Union League Club, in New York, late in
1311 to discuss the situation and consider avail
able candidates, Mr. Barnes sat silent during
the discussion, listening to all that waa aald.
When every one else had spoken he arose, and
delivered himself substantially this way "Gen
tlemen, my candidate for the Presidency is
Hughes." There waa a surprised look on the
faces of bis hearera, "You know how much I
dislike the man and how bitterly opposed to
him I have been. But we want a man who can
win the election, and I do not know any man
with whom we should be more likely to win
than with Hughes." And then he set forth his
reasons.
Some day the story of why Hughes waa not
nominated will be written. Mr, Barnes knows,
and ?o does Colonel Roosevelt, and so doea Mr.
Taft, Rut this is an article not on the history
of the 1313 campaign, but about a wan who
early in life set out to become a political leader
and succeeded in what be undertook. His grand
father would probably call him a Sunday school
politician, ao greatly have political standards .
efeanstd. G, W. D,
"BUT, OPERATOR, I KNOW SOMEBODY'S THERE!"
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BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA
DIGEST OF THE MAGAZINES
(1) International "April Shadows."
(2) Scrlbner's "Tho Frcelands"."
(3) Collier's "In tho German Trenches."
(4) Vogue "In tho Wake of the Paris
Openings."
(5) Everybody's "Tho Springtime Gem."
SPRING FANCIES
SPRING Is a tlmo of mixed emotions.
After tho lethargy of tho still whlto win
ter, tho intoxicating sweetness of tho spring
breeze, tho fragranco of budding treeB and
flowers and hedges, tho subtlo enticement of
lambs and heifers and colts at play, and all
tho poignant thrill of llfo Btlrrlng and green
things growing stir up a keen susceptibility
to both tho pleasures nnd tho pains of tho
changing season.- Among tho pleasures are
taking off one's flannels, helping to open the
baseball season and drinking Iced tea with
whlto ribbons, or gin rickeys without. Among
tho pains aro housecleanlng, moving, giving
up oysters and reading summer-resort book
lets. Tho women havo tho additional pain this
year of throwing away all their last sum
mer's dresses becauso tho skirts aro too nar
row. Or there is tho equally harrowing
alternative of two weeks of tho dressmaker
whllo all tho skirts are turned upsldo down
nnd trimmed with ruffles of contrasting
material.
It is springtime in the magazines, as well
ns out of doors, and In spite of nil the hack
neyed witticisms about the springtime poet,
ho nnd sho have contributed some very
charming verses for tho occasion. Helen
Hoyt appears In The International (1) with
a charming, tripping spring poem, called
"April Shadows."
Shadows, shadows, shadows,
Netted all across the grass!
How would It feel to step on them?
Would they trip mo as I pass?
Gentle-spreading, cloud-gray patterns,
Pale and delicately laid;
Lovely trees, with twigs and branches..
All of shadows made.
I will dance among these branchesl
In nnd out the sunny spaces!
Where the shadow trees aro lying,
Whero they bend In hollow places.
I will dance an April dance,
In between tho branches gray;
In and out the soft young shadows,
I will skip and play.
John Galsworthy, who writes such -wonderful
lyrlo proso, gjves a senso of spring
time nnd young lovo In his serial story In
Scrlbner's (2) to set the pulse a-flutter.
May blossom waa beginning to como out along
the hedge of the private grounds that bordered
that bit of Cockney Common, and from It,
warmed by the sun, tho scent Btole up to her.
Familiar, like many children of the cultured
classes with the pagan and fairy tales of
nature, she forgot them all the moment she was
really by herself with earth and sky. Those
great creatures In their breadth, their soft and
stirring continuity, rejected bookish fancy.
They woke In her rapture and yearning, a
sort of long delight, a never-appeased hunger.
Crouching, hands round knees, she turned her
face to get the waimth of the sun and see
the white clouds go slowly by, and catch all
the songs that the birds sang. And every ndw
and then she drew a deep breath. It was true
what dad had said; There was no real heart
lessness In nature. It was warm, beating,
breathing. And If things ate each other, what
did it matter? They had lived and died quickly,
helping to make others live, The sacred swing
and circle of It went on forever, full and har
monious under the friendly stars. It was won
derful to be alive! And all done by love, Lovet
More, more, more loyel And then death, if it
must come! For, after all, to Nedda death waa
so far away, so unimaginably dim and distant,
that it did not really count
Springtime and death
A very different sense of 'springtime la
given In ft recent article by Albert J. pev
eridge In Collier's (3), describing a recent trip
from Berlin down Into northern France. "It
is a grimly Incongruous picture he draws, of
death and rotting decay spreading over' tho
budding fields which should be stirring with
new life apd hope.
You "are many milts into France when the
gaunt walls of shell-destroyed houses first flash
past you. A space farther on, and you stop for
a moment t a good-sized town, three wagons,
burdened with great loads of straw, driven by
soldiers; other wagons loaded with provisions;
a, long train on the siding bearing munitions of
war covered with canvas: two coffins resting
on the station platfprm, and one more borne
by four stalwart soldiers; along the central
street, houses smashed and crumpled in an
open apace, some 300 sturdy, bearded, middle
aged, grave-faced men In long black uniform
coats with black leather caps bearing gold
crosses above the peaks all these are signals of
your approach to the fighting zone. Yet, ab
surd paradox, lust beyond the town a flock of
sheen grazing-, in a nearby field a peasant plow.
Ins; on a roadway a ateam roller grynting
baok and forth in its leveling toll.
Strange psychology, you are more attracted
by the phenomena of fresh and growing life
surrounding thta h&voo than you are by the
cannon's heavy handiwork The pale gren of
winter wheat already coloring faintly tat fields
below, astonishes you more turn the huge pock,
marks dug 00 tholr faces by the high ex
plosives. ,A11 a&aut 1U has vHak$a deatb
oven tho slopo from which the fortress hUU
rises is iresniy piowca. An earnest thl
what you ore soon to behold even tvhen b.,g
ncatn ino monstrous missiles of great guns J
nature and the heart of man, triumphant overs
death's temporary ravaging. a
Gay Pareo Trying to Bo Gay 3
Anothor plcturo of spring, as It struggles!
to surmount tho horror of the European?
maelstrom, Is given by Voguo (4) In a gos
sipy letter from Paris.
Spring In Paris, Indeed, Is welcome. SunshfneV
is a joy arter tno months of rain and dull
weather, nnd It Is nn added comfort to think
of tho men In tho trenches ns warm, Instead of i
half frozen, and aa dry, Instead of standing all
, day In mud and water, chilled by a damp raw 1
wind. But the work for their relief goes on 1
much as usual. Women knit without ceasing,
and thousands of pairs of socks and mufflers !
aro still bolng sent regularly to tho front, J
It Is said that In England, when a sturdy j
young chap Is encountered In tho street In j
civilian's dress, he Is presented with a small
white feather. This may account for the num- ,
bers of young khakl-clad Englishmen who have $
suddenly appeared on the Continent; and al
most every Englishman who crosses the Chan- "
net comes to Paris. Dull as tho French capital 1
Is, It proves as Irresistible a' magnet as when ,
clad In Its usual gay attire. Tho tearooms and ,1
cafes aro moro and moro crowded with unl-
forms, and their terraces are literally blazing ?,
with medals pinned to army coats of varied
color. The recent warm days havo restored i
to the open-air cafes their old-time air of
gaycty and Unconcern, nnd except that the
brandy-and-soda has replaced to a certain ex
tent the sweet sirups to which tho Parisian U !
so devoted, tho llfo of the cafes goes on biuch '
as usual.
The Porte Dauphlno Is open for vehicle trafllo,
and the trench dug thero early In September
has been filled up. The sheep and cattle herded
at Longchamps during the first days of the "
war havo long ago been led to fields and pas
tures now, and the marks of their hoofs are
being slowly but carefully obliterated. L'Ave
nue de Bols do Boulogne has been repaved. and
along tho broad walk nurse maids In volumln- ,
ous cloaks and gay berlbboned caps push tha
flag-decorated "prams" containing their small
charges, while llttlo tots of four or five launch ',
their toy aircraft or drag their small cannoa-,
alongside. The brldlo path alone is deserted
No one rides in Paris when horses are needed "
at the front.
In Everybody's (5), Virginia Roderick de- J
scribes "The Springtime Gem," tho emerald.
"It Is springtime always springtime,"' a
great American gem expert who loved emeralds 1
said to mo said It In a dingy office In busiest1
downtown New York, with eyes lighting as It J
It were, Indeed, tho fresh green of new leaves 1
and grass that filled his vision. For Pliny, the
emerald out-greened nature. "No other color," i
he said, "is so pleasing to the sight: for grass ',
and green foliage we view, Indeed, with pleas- j
ure, but emeralds with so much the greater
delight, Inasmuch as nothing In creation com- 1
pared with them equals the Intensity of their 1
green. Besides, they are tho only gems that i
fill the eye with their view, yet do not fatlgus'jj
It"
Just now the perennial appeal of the emerald
Is aneclallv reinforced. The wave of fashion.
which affects Jewels as well as sleeves andn
sKlrts, has tossed It high. No other stone u
so liable to defects not only unevenness of
color, but cracks and lnclosures of foreign
material that make its clear green "mossy.",
At present $1000 or even J2000 a carat is not ex-j
ceptional for average sizes. Two emeraiai,'
weighing nearly 14 carats each, owrtad In New,
York, are easily worth 150,000 each. The
Czar's superb collection includes one of 30 carats
which is considered the finest cut emerald Is'
the world.
Purhnnn It la ttirniirti thn Intrfnnln filcmlfl'
rnnrA nt Itn living trr,nm,! that tha emerald
has gathered beneficent rather than baneful
naanrlatlona. With Itn nndvlnir freshness It,
has been accounted the symbol of Immortality!
and of conquered sin and trial. It was suPja
posea to nave Deen brought oy miners ai -
flnltA rutHI frfim h mvthlpAl homa of tha
griffin. One curious notion, quite untraceable!
was that the emerald rendered Its wearer JnI
visible If he were unmarried, It served, tw
as a test for the constancy of lovers;
If sltVifnt It Im lltr h l.nVAt fit MnrlnCT.
If faithless, like those leaves when wltherfia
MY CONSCIENCE
Sometimes my Conscience, say he,
"Don't vrju know me?"
And 'I, says I skeered through and through, M
"or course I do.
You are a nice chap ever way,
I'm here to aayl
You make me cry, you make me pray,
And all of them good things thataway
That Is. at night. Where do you stay
Durln' the day?'
And then my Conscience says ono't ort,j
"you know me shoreT"
un, yes," says 1, a-iremoun jamw vi
"You're Jea a saint!
Tour ways Is all so holy-right,
I love you better ever night
You come around 'tel plum daylight,
When you air out o" slghtl"
And then my Conscience sort o' grits
His teeth, and spits
On his two hands and grabs, of course,
Some old remorse.
And beats me with the big butt-end
O' that thing 'tel my closest friend
Uflt hardly know me. "Now," eaya u,
tBe keerful as you'd orto be
And alius think of mal" N
Jamas 'Whltcomb It lit, In Tha CW'wf 1
t'IKV. WAT.TnN'S PRAYER"
Tha poem by James Whltcomb BUy; "&
Walton's Prayer," wmen w pupusna
issue of April jj, should nave eorne ino -
lag eopyrlght credit 'rora tne "'
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