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CULATION OF TIIK EVKNINO LEDaClt
FOR APKII. WAS 118,027
I'hil.drli.hi.. -Wf.lnf.J.r. M.y 16,1117
The French havo liml tliclr VpiiIuii.
The English nre havltiB theirs at Hulle
couit. The CJerfnan Chnncelloi' has Anally
4ecidcd not to dNcuss peace. Nolioily
(outside of Germany) asked him to.
From the notebook of an optimist:
"After all. a Congress that will not take
action can make only one mistake that
f remaining innctlve."
The bent amhassadois to .Japan
always ko from Pennsylvania, hut it is
not always to the best Interest of I'enn
nylvanla to have them ro.
One thing sliould make the genial
Mr. Dalfour moie cheerful than ever:
He did not hae to "grind," like other
pollege men, to net that Phi Hutu Kappa
key.
In order that hli silence should not
be construed a meaning something, the
German Chancellor has managed to make
a long speech the purport of which is
more silence.
"An American Port" (possibly
Peoria, 111.) reports that seven T'-boats
have been captured on flielr way to raid
our shipping. Why Is it that news from
"An American Port" always sounds too
good to be true?
A news headline, "liar Admission
Rules Relaxed for Soldiers," must have
discouraged prohibitionists until peiuf.nl
of the appended aitlcle revealed the fact
that 'allusion had been made to legula.
tlons of the law boaid examiners.
If old Ike Walton Is really as val
uable a guide to lod and reel men as his
admirers Insist, must the boosting of the
price of a first edition of his informatlvo
little book to the price of $1950 bo viewed
as an unfair speculative effott to reduce
cur chances of a much-needed supply of
food flsh?
Some of tho biggest fools in the
country hae collcgo educations and
some of the biggest men in the country
have not college educations, but any
man who thinks lie can get Into the
nation'.s aviation seivlco without a col
lege education Is a fool the Government
won't let him.
Call it man a horsethlef in Penn
sylvania and he will laugh at jou. Call
liim that In Oklahoma and you'll prob
ably get shot, for the accusation may bo
true there. This piinciplo applies to the
report that 11 policeman has been trans
ferred for reporting ten speakeasies said'
to bo protected by high otllclals. It Is u
Wild charge to make ngalnst high olll
clals; but, then, In Philadelphia it is fo
often true.
If "Society," with a big "S," means
anything at all in peace times, it must
mean primarily tho spirit of heroic sac
rifice In war times. It is, therefore, not
. pleasant to read of a Philadelphia debu
tante going to a cell on the charge of
apeedlng an auto beyond tho legal limit.
'Jt? Now that America Is beginning to rcalizo
' why auto ambulances havo to go at top
7peed on the roads of France, It is time
i'.-Tnr frivolous sneedlntr on our minis nt
wfe'-'home to Btop.
?V4 . .
msirict Attorney Kane has given a
Wiki ; coou example 01 now an ouiciai can save
&& the people from being gouged without re-
Sg'vt course to me biuw process 01 legislation.
.VUV QUMl'lJ'l ujr ui,iui. ji.wi.cao ui WCJI1K
iways wide awake. The Insolent asser-
Bn of coal men that a fuel famine was
spending, due to a shortage, Is refuted
W the prosecutor, who shown that during
'the( first, four months of this year there
-were rnjned 1,403,710 'tons of coal more
i man in me same periou nisi year, rue
"'P, ft. T. haa been taking down the street
&!Uaw 'aAm' U'lilnH Wflmfffl tllA mihltfV r.t
the dire effect "tho coal shortage" Would
have on prices, and will not tolerate such
.notice 1 1 the future, without carefully
tRlinuig: uie siaiemenis. ii buuiius easy
uglj. now: that' all this has" been done.
suppose, pir. ivane mn ueen a
1i.
i That the French have not forgotten
Icr whose brilliant Initiative
b'Mfci-M Victory Is happily re
fojgMfH ', qoawttlgpch to
now becomes Chief of Staff of, the War
Ministry, succeeding General Pctaln, who
is appointed commander-in-chief of tho
nrmles operating In France. A ccitaln
group of nrmles Is placed under tho
leadership of Nlvclle, who Is at present
two notches below tho top position he
occupied about sIk weeks ago. At my
shake-ups nrq moro frequent In Franco
thnn In uny other belligerent land save
Russia. A bright side of such rapid
changes may be found In the quick tula p.
tabitlty of the Gallic mind in adjusting
Itself to each new situation. It was
,'offro's wholesale ousting of officers In
fuvor of new blood that contributed veiy
largely to his saving of tho Republic In
September, 1014.
A CHANCE TO SAVK. RUSSIA
A.MKHICA can save one-sixth of tho
land stnr.ice of the globe Iusla
for democracy.
If the United States In 173:1 had been
one-half so strong as It Is today n could
h:ie turned tlu Fiench Resolution Into
thu paths of true llbarty nnil tho prisent
war need never have been fought Our
weakness lost for Us that golden iippoi
tunlO. Moreover, wo weie then turiely
un Ameiican nation, not a world State.
Fiance, dazed by sudden ft pedum, be
trayed her originally noli'e Ideals, and
een a liberal nation llko Rngland was
compelled to league herself with Prussia
and other autocracies in older to over
tluow tho aichtype of military Impel tallst
- Napoleon Ronapaite.
In every way our equipment foi tho
io'- we have to enact In the gieat new
diam.i of llbeity Is mlghlltr than weio
our assets of u bundled odd eais ago.
We hao tried democincy, tested It In the
Hie. pi oved Its woitli. Also, the stakes
for which we play uie huge. Russia Is
the world's Iuigest nation In leinoiial
extent. Save this enoiinoiis domain for
fiecuom and the futute nsecudanev. of
t.wanny on t'lie globe Is Intimcclvuhlc.
No friendly commission ever sent from
one nation to anot'ner has been fieighted
with lesponslbllitles compaiable with
those devolving on our envos bound for
Petrograd. Russia, unslinekled. after
centuries of oppression, Is illzzy. tumul
tuous, uneasily gi oping after the llaine of
freedom. A'lltllally evel y pioblem which
the Slavic peoples now face Is new to
them. Small wonder, then, that gen
cials and ministers resign; that theorists,
on the one hand, launch fantastic propa
gandas; that self-seeking politicians, on
the other, seek to make personal capital
out of the unprecedented crisis
The real wonder Is not that Russia is
unsettled, uncertain and waoilng, but
that tho situation Is really as good as It
Is. Almost without excesses a tlirono has
been overturned in the midst of tho gieat
cst. conllict of hlstoiy. Our commlssloneis
will have to meet no sinister Fouquler
TInvllle, no Infatuated Robespierre. The
envoys will doubtless encounter many
statesmen of honest convictions. Some
of these men may sincerely believe peace
with Gel many to be the best policy.
On the other hand, we know, and our
President has declared, that neither per
manent peace nor demociacy Is pos-slble
while a HohensEolIern wears a crown. As
the unselfish champions of liberty wo
must convince Russia of this vital truth.
Ablo commissioners will seek to dilve
these facts honie. But there Is ono man
the fotce of whose magnetic personality
and the widespread extent of whoso
repute could pel haps enable him to aid us
more than any of the legates already
appointed.
This man Is Theodore Roosevelt. At
homo long a storm-center of criticism,
abroad he is unquestionably legarded ns
tho "standardized'' typo of American
driving energy and aggressive patriotism.
It Is not what wo ourselves think of
tho Colonel, but how Uuropo considers
him, that should count now. That he well
knows Russian history and the courso
of Slavic development was strikingly
attested some years ago in his admit able
introduction to .lercmiah Curtln's pro
found work on tho Mongol ascendancy
in Moscow. Moreover, Mr. Roosevelt Is u
skillful politician. His Rougli-Rldcr
heartiness would go far to win the Rus
sian mujlk, now almost childishly eager
for recognition.
Tho Colonel, should go with the com
missioners. Another San Juan Hill would
be a petty victory compared with that of
winning Russia for freedom. Without
him wo still havo a brilliant chance of
triumph. With him tho road can bo made
easier, if only because of his signal ap
peal ns an American typo to tho mind of
Europe.
SOURCES OF LIBERTY
THE mania for suppression and censor
ship got a good start when several of
the States, including Pennsylvania, up
pointed boards to decide what kind of
moving plctuies should be shown. It Is
a short step from the suppression of pic
tures to the suppression of news. There
are ways of preventing the production
of obviously Indecent moving pictures
and there nre ways of preventing obvi
ously Improper publications without re
course to censorsMo. t
One underlying secret of Amet lea's
success as n democracy has been tho
wide distribution of knowledge In printed
form at Jow cost. A tax that would pre
vent such distribution would be a cen
sors!,' p more stifling than any other sort
of censorship Imaginable. One would de(
stroy where the other would only hcbble.
A free P'8" ,s eentlal to the well
lnit.of this nation. It is gratifying to
'jbMftoaM that'CongreM'haa refused to
CONFUSION IN
WASHINGTON
Departments Swamped by Flood
of New Problems Mr. Gom-
pers.and the Labor Situation
Nlireint Corrtnondece Eieninii l.tilaf
WASHINGTON, May 16. .
CONFUSION nnd still moro confusion
In Congress, In the depaituitnts and In
(lie public mind All this gronlng out of
our war necessities and tho olllclal efforts
being made everywhere to meet the serious
conditions pointed out 'by the President.
Tho contracted quarters of the Slate and
Aiiny and Navy Departments nre already
overcrovded. while similar conditions pre
vail at the Treasury Department. It Is
necessary for the employes to carry catds
of Identification, since tho public generally
Is not now admitted to any of these build
ings, The month of May Is u fnvntlte
month for visitors to the capital, but this
enr I lie ilsil.il tallro.id exclusions me dis
couraged. Their Is 'great disappointment
nniong teachers and pupils of neuiby In
stitutions, who nie unable In go through
some of the public ilepnitments. even for
educational purposes Of course. II lias
been nectssaiy to cut out White lloue
functions which formeily gave so much
plt.isiire to visitors.
Business Men on the Ground
While sightseers ale not solicited tn come
to Washington, tho vailoiis railroads nre
not suffcilng for want of passengers There
Is heavy travel from tho South, and, asldo
from tho fact that the South Is now puis
perous and some folk are traveling foi
plenjuii', there Is a steady sttenui of appli
cants for new Fedeial places and for up
polntmints In the army, lliislness men and
Lonttnctnis are also largely In evidence.
Tho Government Is piepaiing to spend mine
iiionty than ever, and tint Is pleasing to
the business community. The captains of
industry are here to council with the Na
tional I'niiucll nf Defense and the vai lulls
other agencies that nic springing up to
have a hand In the war business Some of
them have their gilevances anil contend
there nre too many irons In the flic to suit
business men. Others Insist th.it one or
two of the Picsldent's Cabinet might be
deposed without doing harm to the general
Welfare. Of enmse. these h rlt.itions ailso
In consequence nf the new and stringent
conditions. They also add to the geneial
confusion.
Causes of Irritation
There are two conspicuous phases of na
tional confusion. Om l elates to the per
sonnel and ranges fiom the enlistment of
a marine all the way up to the organization
of n Roosevelt division Congiessmcn have
been concerned not only with tax prob
lems, but with appeals fium constituents
oveivvvhere who desired to enter the train
ing 'cunps or to obtain other positions In
advance of icnscrlptloii Mllltar.v methods
and those which hold In politics ate so dlf
feient that it has been diUlcult for members
of Congiess to convince the folk at home
that "pull" Is not so potential with military
olllrers as It Is with Governois. Mayors and
the like chatgis of favoritism have been
whNpued about rom-emlng some of the
officers' training camps, and it has alo
been suggested that Democratic recommen
dations ate stronger In the dip.irtmenls
than recommendations bv Republicans. Hut
these suggestions nre trilling compared with
tho gossip Incident to the Roosevelt revival
Republicans of the Progiesslvn tvpe havo
not been slow tn hail tho Colonel as the
logical candidate for President to succeed
Mr. Wilson after ho shall have put 'the
punch" Into the Ruropean war Some or
them admit they ioted tn send lilm to
Franco for that reason and that Is " "
illation to the Administration leaders
Property anil Contracts
The other bothersome departmental mat
ter affects material the property Intel ists
of the Government ns distinguished from
the clerk or fighting man The navy Is
working over contracts fur ships and the
army for guns and equipment. Some of
the stoiles told about tho pauellV of lilies
for the use of enlisted men nnd for the
training camps are astonishing in view of
the appropriation authorized bv Congress.
Hut ships and guns nnd powder are not
the only ptopeity considerations. Tho
taking over of munition plants and other
establishments having to do with war Is
receiving tho thought of eaih nf the depart
ments, mixed up somewhat bv tho delibera
tions and surveys of tho National Defense
Council. Tho selfish Interests crop out in
some of these deliberations and lead to mls
undei standings which are not calculated tn
hasten the conduct of the war. A yacht Is
being tendeied to tho Government for sub
marine chasing, and It develops that the
owner would like to have a commission.
That is one storv. An association passes
patriotic lesolutlons and proffers Its taw
mateilal to tho Government. It develops
that the tender was made when the price
of tho commodity was at the highest.
That's another story, nut they aio each
war stoiles and were Incidents to the con
fusion Influence of Mr. Gompers
Associated with material is the labor
question. Perhaps no man except tho New
York banker, IJaruch, has bad moro to do
with the Government mobilization schemes
In Washington and elsewhere than Gompers.
tho president of the Ameiican Federation of
Labor. The bankers and tho business men
look up to Mr. Raruch, but tho committees
and the departments all have much con
sideration for Mr. Gompers. If ships aro
to ho built Mr. Gompers Is consulted about
labor. If railroads nre to bo opcratod on
a w-.ar basis Mr. Gompers Is Interviewed
Do we want to run mines or munition fac
tories? Consult Mr. Gompers In the Depart
ment of Labor Mr. Gompers is a power.
Ho is a fast friend of Secietary Wilson.
As there aro workmen's organizations In
the War and Navy Departments. Mr.
Gompers has Influence there Ho Is nlso
of assistance to tho Stato Department to
dealing with oiganlzed vv inkers hi Canada,
Mexico and tho belligerent countries. In
all theso war pieparatlons Mr. Gompers
plays a conspicuous part nnd in labor
matters his Is about tho last word. Which
goes to show that labor Is scarce and that
the closing out of Immigrants and the return
of aliens to fight in their own countries
have given an increased power to the or
ganized labor forces of tho United States
No Jap Labor Yet
The labor situation will grow more seri
ous after conscription sets In The 500,000
men of the first draft, withdrawn from tho
Industries, will leave a great void, and theso
B00.000 will have to bo fed. Astute labor
leaders, having defeated Immigration, know
what that means. Labor prices will go up
and probably stay up until there Is peace
or a panic. Operators In the building
trades know what that means. Already
some of them who have contracts with the
Government are suffering delays and de
murrage due to enlistments. Mine opera
tors know what It means, and their anxiety
Is reflected In the price of coal. Some re
cent appeals from the coal regions have
protested against the location of foreign
recruiting omceB near the -mines on the
ground that the foreign workmen are needed
here more than they nre in Europe,
It may not sound good to the labor
unions, but the suggestion has been made
and Is gaining ground here that the time'
has come to aumit Japanese labor to the
United States, Of course such- a proposi
tion would bo strenuously opposed In labor
circles. It has gained such headway as a
possible solution of our troubles on the
farm, howover, as to attract the attention
of the Department of Agriculture. Chinese
and Japanese! labor is worked extensively
on sugar plantations and farms In other
countries, but Is excluded from the United
States at the present time, and Secretary
Houston, of the Department of Agriculture,
Is authority for the statement that that de
partment. Is taking no steps to supplement
our visible labor supply by Importation
irom tne uriewn, tie manes in nne omw-
Tom Daly's Column
McAroni Ballads
IOCXX.
TO THE DYSPEPTIC
.My fraud, you would like I should tnl w'at
I theenk;
You vveesh mo ndvlsln' you, too?
Wal, den, eet ces Justa da food an' da
ilreenk;
Dat's till dat's da matter'vveoth you!
O! 'Mcrlcan man, you nro mnka mcestak'
For catu so moocha da meat.
W'ut for you no learn, for your stomacha
sake,
W'at theengs ees da besta for cat7
You llkn roas beef an' you llkn da pie,
An' nil so reech fooda llko tint;
An' den you weell growl an' you wundra
for why
Sooch pain cen da stomach you gat.
You ovva seo Dagoman sceck from hoes
food?
I bat you fl' dolla, not mooch!
liaycauso for bees eatln' ho flnda more
good
Ken fruit nn' da salad an' sooch.
ii vegeiauais uat ees grow cen
spreeng
Ees vera lies' food you can gat,
So how you gon' 'scusa decs fooleesha
thocnu
You do to Giuseppe Unratt'?
Giuseppe Gluseppo da barber, you
know
He tnl me you com' eon bees place.
An' while ho ees shnvo you you growl at
heem so,
An' inaka sooch frown wceth your face,
Baycnuso he no Ilka da samo klnda food
Dat mak" a man cranky llko you,
You tol licetn da stuff dat ho eat ees no
good;
He tnl mo you swear at heem, too
Eli? Yes, dees young onion dat grow ecu
da spreeng,
So tender, so Juicy, so sweet!
You tlicenl: ees no tight ho should eat
soochn theeng?
Dat's vera bos' fond you can eat!
You would no bo ciank eef you theenk
llko I theenk,
You gonna be happier, too.
You no gndrnslan' da good food nn' good
dreenk;
Dat's all tint's da matter weeth you.
A candid commercial printer on North
Seventh Rtreot announces: "If jour
printer lias tho habit of disappointing you
In the delivery of stationery, forms, etc.,
try us. We make a specialty of this kind
of work."
Overheard at Fort Slocum
Sentry on Post No. 1 (at 11 :30 p in )
Halt! Who's there?
Figure In darkness Officer of the day
Sentry Well, what in heck are you
doing nround at this tlino of night?
Blue Sky
Ulue sky the phrase recalls all we have
lead
Or viewed or dreamed of glories overhead.
IMle blue when fleecy vapors drift away
Healing our thoughts to Arden or Cathay.
Deep blue when skies leleasc their warm
spring rain.
And Apill airs drift from some lilac lane.
Ice blue when cloudland hints of polar
parts.
With royal summer radiant In our hearts.
T. .7. MURRAY.
DR. LAWRENCE F. FLICK has dug
up some Interesting things in the parish
register kept by the Rev. Peter Htihiount
Grcensburg, Pa., eaily in the last century
(1S0U-12). Many nn odd-soundmg patro
nymic now at largo in tills Stato may have
been born of the old pastor's application
of Teutonic phonetics to the Irish names
of some of his flock. Listen:
Sara Mecenaldy Patrick Mequire
Andrew Campbell Cnthailne Meglaililcn
Rose Koyl Margaret Morfy
Neal Meclansy llrldget Calegnr
Urldget Mecil.irmet Mary Megennery
John Denaho Mary C.illalgher
Margaret Mecmolland Patrick Mecdniiuor
uv; WAS TO IT
The Masque of Amvrtum Drammcr
ihii neveial actors that stammer;
Hut the show it all right
7 'or ii pleasant May night.
Go sec it, olid don't irear your hammer.
And In the Drammcr program we
noted that tho "Eating hendqunrters for
U. of P. students" is presided over by J.
S. Gicasley, prop.
SINCE DOC MARTIN has been playing
golf In his few spare hours he has re
named all his dental Implements. Wo
think It was .an ovorheatcd niblick he
used In our trap yesterday morning be
fore he sunk the pellet In the hole with
his putter.
BALLAD OF TIIR BOOKSTORE
When she came In, the bookstore seemed
A strange nnd. holy plaro to me,
Her face was ono of which I dreamed
The face all lovers sometimes sec.
She tinned the leaves of old-time books;
To fancy's mystic land beguiled
Until she felt my ardent looks,
And then oh! heaven of mine she
smiled.
Uoldly I braved her scorn nnd fear.
I talked of books I loved and said
Each smile they brought, each furtive tear
Were living tributes to the dead.
Through gtecnest fields of Arcady
I led her 'mid the birds and flowers
In ancient Romo we paused to see
The glory of her proudest hours.
I spoko of Helen, Maid of Troy;
And then Rossettl's Damozel;
Of Beatrice and the anguished Joy
Of Dante's love his heaven and hell,
At that she raised her gold-crowned bead.
Her moist eyes dried with white-gloved
hand,
"Did jever read 'East Lynne'?" she said.
"Oh, my! I think It's sumpen grand."
VARLEY.
Psychic Stuff
WALKING down Fifteenth street
yesterday morning In tho pleasant May
shine we thought we saw our friend
Colonel Louts Kolb walking toward us,
but when the man came abreast of us
wo saw It wasn't that Industrious patriot
at all. But remembering what hod often
happened to us before when our eyes
had played that trick upon us, we
scrutinized keenly ail passing faces us
we went upon our way. BUI Hussle sud
denly hove Into view. "Whatcha staring
at?" sez BUI. "Well," s' I, "looking for
Col. Kolb. You know, they say If you
mistake a stranger for a friend when
you're walking along the street the real
fellow hlmbelf will come along"
"Yen " aez he, "I know. Maybe he's try
ing to dodge by on the, other side of the
street." "No; this Is probably one of
the exceptions," we started to say, but,
looking across the street, there, was the
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The Pathetic Message Left on the Battlefield of the Marne by
Woman in Search of Her Lost Son The
Moroccans in France
By HENRI BAZIN
Reriiiltmt of the Croix de lluerrc. inemher of Oie Hodete do (lens dts Letups, atari tonespondent
of thn llvr.MMi I.ttiEit In 1'runce.
PARIS, April 21.
I HAVE made a pllgiimagc to the battle
field of the .Maine. I left Paris in the
lato afternoon with an old friend. Ho wears
an empty sleuvo and cat lies that which Is
often teuned "line belle cicatrice" across
his left cheek. It's a scar, a tangible mem
ory of the power behind the thrust of a
Gcimaii bayonet.
My friend Is a lieutenant, a Parisian,
who conimanJed a company of Moroccan
Infantry, of those who 10 the number of
3000 took part In the repulse of Von Kluck's
army in eaily September, 11)14. My friend
and I had not met for years. I had gone
to America and ho to African service. After
our greeting ho said:
"Come, let us go to the Marne I have
not seen It since I left my arm there."
We spent tho night in Meaux. Early the
next morning, under a gray sky, vveeft the
town behind and walked a few kilometers
to the village of Neufmontlers. It was
partially rebuilt, having been almost entire
ly destroyed by the enemy. Just beyond It,
in a field of potatoes, we saw tho Hist ceme
tery, seven mounds of unequal length, side
by'siile. Four h.ill wooden crosses at the
head, painted white. Ono was marked by a
stone at head and foot. Two had nothing
but tho mounds to record them. On one
of tho crosses was.u fading tricolor cockade,
and upon tho slender galvanized rod be
hind It a tiny metal plate, upon whlclubad
beon evenly stamped with die ami hammer
blow tho words, "Soccn French Soldiers."
A little distance apart, near, yet qulto by
Itself, was a single grave. Upon tho cross
at Its head I road, "Un tirailleur Marocaln."
A Moroccan infantryman! Why, it was
here they fell by the score for Franco.
Where were the others?
AVIth tho thought, I felt a pull at the
beartstrlng, and, military fashion, I saluted
this Moroccan grave. For I saw in It a
symbol. "Al Koubia," nnd that this brown
man's last earthly home portrayed all tho
war-like virtues of bis race, all its allegro
disdain for death, all Its chivalrous gener
osity for its adopted mother, France, to
seal which this bon had given Ids life.
And then I remembeied having seen In
the Boulevard St. Germain a fortnight
back a Moroccan woman dressed In the pic
turesque biuo and white of her native land,
sandals upon her naked ,feet and silver
SUFFRAGE MAKES GREAT GAINS
It is becoming more difficult nnd less
necessary to differentiate between States
of the North American Union that are
wholly or only partly committed to equal
suffrage. For example, tho really impor
tant thing about suffrage In Illinois Is that
women in that State are privileged to vote
In national elections. They cannot, It Is
true vote for Governor, but they can vote
for President, and with the ability to vote
for President they nre a long way further
on the road to Federal suffrage than they
would be If they could veto for Governor
and yet were excluded from participation
In national elections.
The legislative method of conferring suf
frage on women Is much more expeditious
than the constitutional, even If It has some
drawbacks. Seven States havo fallen In
with the suffrage procession thus far In
1917, Nebraska being the latest. The Leg
islature of that State, following the example
of Illinois, as other States have done, lias
grunted to ftomen what has come to be
known as "presidential suffrage," and Gov
ernor Neville has approved the measure.
It will be well Tor readers to take vln
the suffrage situation as It presents itself
along broad lines today. Nebraska makes
the nineteenth suffrage State. It was third
to grant suffrage by legislative enactment.
This suffrage, as has already been explained,
Is limited, Lut the limitation Is confined to
State nnd not to United States franchise.
Altogether, the States In which women are
now privileged to vote for President have
172 electoral votes.
interesting and significant Is the trend
of equal suffrage eastward. Illinois was Its
first landlp place' east of the Mississippi ;
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bracelets about her ankles and her wrists.
A pollu en permission was the center of a
little group about her. As sho held a
little brown-skinned boy of seven by the
hand sho was asking directions and ex
plaining that she was the widow of a sol
dier, dead on thn field of honor, anil had
come with her ton from Mogadnr to find ills
burial place.
AVIth tho memory, my heart hoped this
giavo beforo which I stood was her grave,
that she had found It, that after the man
ner of her people she had sat beside it, even
among potato plants, and anointed It with
esbenco of roses, while telling her dead all
that had comet to pass since his leave
taking. And I recalled the ancient Moroc
can pioverb, wherein it Is' said that lie who
dies on tho field of battlo goes straight
way, with neither rite nor prayer, to the
eternal gardens of Allah.
Then my filend touched my shoulder and
we went on. Presently we came to a great
grave. "Here rest thirty-two French sol
dleis," and then "Here aro forty-one Ger
mnns." Everywhere among harvested wheat
and potato fields graves and more graves,
hatborlng In their last sleep Indicated num
bers of the dead; over the French, white
crosses and the cockado ; over tho Germans,
crosses In black. Through the village of
Monthyon we went and on to Barcy, where
one great mound covers 308 men.
Near It were single graves again, four In
number. Upon ono cross hung tho rem
nant of a handkerchief, a dusky gray. Upon
one corner I found embroidered "Jeanne."
And next to it, upon another grave, a lit
tle tin biscuit box, rusting in tho weather.
It was attached to the, oross by a bit of
wire. On Its lid was painted, "A regarder,
S. V, r." Obeying, I opened to find a piece
of linen, upon which was written In violet
Ink:
"I pray, If you please, to whomsoever
can, send Information to his mother re
garding , a missing soldier of tlte
Infantry, which fought here." A name and
address were inscribed.
I wonder If this mother will ever find her
prayer answered, this mother who thus
reaches out 1,1 her grief toward the distant
hope that perhaps a member of her son's
company may some day pass, lead and
write to her. I wonder.
As we walked on my friend was explain
ing tho victory to me, telling mo of the
battle.
But I heard him not.
the further spread of equal suffrage over the
eastern, States Is excellent. Several of'
them, including New York, will have an
opportunity of voting on the question In
November. Presidential suffrage Bhould
greatly accelerate desirable congressional
action, and the Susan B, Anthony amend
ment, Judging from all appearances, will
receive favorable attention next winter.
Christian Science Monitor.
WHO'S BOSS?
It appears that the State Fenclbles of
Philadelphia, nn old and renc-wned' military
organization, has been promised by one offi
cer to tho United Stntes Government and by
another to the gentleman at Oyster Bay
who Is raising an army of his own. Such
little misunderstandings us this aro bound
to happen when first-class powers come Into
rivalry, New Ycck World.
AFTER THE DUEL '
Take the cloak from his face, 'and at first
Let the corpse do Its vvorbt.
How ho lies In, his rights of a man!
Death has done all death can.
And, absorbed In the new life he leads s
He recks not, he heeds '
Not his wrong nor my vengeance-both
strike
On his senses alike,
And are lost In the solemn and stramra
Surprise of the change.
Hal what avails death to erase
His offense, my disgrace?
I would we were boys, as of old.
In the field, by Uie fold
His outrage, God's patience, man's scorn.
Were so easily born, '"'
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TH.I.llJ.,,.
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What Do You Know?
Ourrfri o acnrral Interest ufll e muttered
in thts colitnxit. Ten uueattons, the antwen fo
which cieru v cll-i.tonntd person should Isou,
are asked dally.
QUIZ
1. n lint nre anient spirits, mentioned In ton
nertlon with the nroitosal to limit the
minurncturo of Intoxicants as a war
measure?
S. The 1) Knll Is n newly commissioned ehl
In the Anierirnn ntivy. It hat Is Its for
mer name?
3. Wlint Is "ent-nnd-iloi!" situation, as one
writer Uestrllied tonitltioim In Itimla?
4. Coolies are living used for iiillitarr labor
In northern France. It bat are coollei?
5. Who wuh tirlmm?
(I. W lien ii soldier or sailor Is "rourt-mir-tluleil"
N he neresxariry Built?
7. Wlii was Siegfried, after whom one of the
liernmn lines of defenses Is named?
8. Correct the sentence: "It's nolicx Is set
tles!. "
. Wliut Is It.iL.Lltt metal?
10. In vtlmt country la (he Kiver Jordan?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. A coalition government Is one condoctei
y a union of rival parties or fuctloni.
I'Minny it Is only u teinimnirs combina
tion for meeting a p.irticiil.tr rnierrrner.
It In pronounced "ko-nl-lsh-un," lth the
accent on the tldrd s.vll ilile.
5. Admiral Alfred Thiuer .Mnlian was an
American naval oflleer whoset tirltlmsen
seta-power attracted attention tlironiiiout
the world. ".Malum" is pronounced with
the necent on the last Billable.
3. The (ire.it Mnoky Mountains ore In North
lariillim anil Tennessee. 'Hie highest
peak In the rongrt Is tiliigmuii Dome, 1019
feet above sen level.
4. Hene Vlvlunl. Vlt President of France. In
heiiil of the Frenili War .Mission to the
lulled SUntes.
5. Corrugiitrd Iron Is sheet Iron pressed Inta
grooves or convolutions nnd galvanized.
6. The Herman word for "submarine" Is "
terseeboot" (undersea-boat), ucrountlni
for the fact that every dermun submarine
Is designated by "V" and a number, ft
g U-30J.
7. Miss Liangellne. Ilooth la commander of ibl
Saltation Army.
8. The lllble tells how T.nzarus, a resident f
llethany. was raised from the dead yj
lirlst after lie had been four dais In
the tomb.
0. "Sergeant" Is' the correct spelling ot the
w ord,
10. "rletcherlrJng" ronslstn In thoroughly Chen.
Ing food. It derives Its name from lice
nce Iletclier, an advocate of tlinroml
rhen Ing of food us an nid to digestion.
Citizenship
A, J. It. You automatically became a
citizen of the United States It you vvera
not of age (twenty-ono years old) vvhea
your father became a citizen. It l no'
necessary for minor foreign-born lesldents
of the United Stntes to take out citizen
ship papers when their father becomes nat
uralized. If any one doubts your citizen
ship, refer him to the United States Bu
reau of Naturalization, In tho Federw
(Postolllce) Building.
Family Compact
L. J. N. Probably the most noted "fanv
lly compact" In history was that in 1
between Charles III of Spain and Louis Vv
of Fiance, both being members of u"
House of Bourbon. In effect this agree
ment was that the "enemy of one was the
enemy ot tho other," the particular enemy
being England, At the time France's navy
had almost been obliterated In her lonl
war with England and Spain's navy con
sisted of about fifty mediocre fighting ship.
Against this array England had 120 flnt
class ships and 70,000 veteran seamen
England declared war January 4 Ii
against this hostile nlllance and easily
won. The result was that by the terms ot
the Treaty of Paris, signed February 1.
1763, Eiigland retained virtually all of In
dia ; Senegal, In Africa ; Nova Scotia, CP
Breton, the Ohio Valley and all lands east
of the Mississippi River, In America, and
other .less important hinds,
Medals
M. L. (a) Tho German Iron Cross and
the American Medal of Honor correspond
to the British Victoria Cross, (b) The first
military decoration ever awarded by tM
United States was a medal presented to
George Washington. It was provided tot
by Congress in 1776, but the presentation
was delayed. ,
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