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Saturday, July 7. 1917 PATRIOTS ARE NOT GRAFTERS rpHERB aro civilians In Washington - whoso patriotic purpose doos not manifest Itself In schemes to milk the Government. When men such as How ard Coffin, not to mention scores of others, are willing to face the fire of criticism which la the Inevitable reward of public service, with little to gain and a. great deal to lose, Intent only on doing their utmost to prove that efficiency Is at least as much the handmaiden of democracy as autocracy, and to estab lish anew the corollary of that truth by a practical demonstration In this era of the Invincibility of democratic nrms; when buch men take up such service, w need not despair of the Republic or doubt tho eternal verity of the Institutions which breed and bring to fruition citi zen of this type. But tho glorious sacrifice and patriot Ism of these men emphasize by contrast the pusillanimous, niggardly and utterly reprehensible nttitudo of certain other gentlemen, whoso patriotism expresses itself In a mad desire to augment their bank nccounts and swindle Undo Sam. There wcro some lumber Interests whose exuberant demands for ships of wood wcio only equaled In violence by tho underground pressure thoy exerted to bo sure of "getting their share." So soon as It seemed probablo that tho Government would build an Immense lect of air planes, ono thousand horsepower patriots with one-horsepower door and sash fac tories, In Providence only knows what condition of dilapidation, rushed to Washington and began yelling for con tracts. Civilian boards, composed of citizens 100 per cent American, have been botherod to death by expectant grafters, although tho former wero pro posing to do business only with othei 100 per cent Americans, who were en titled to and wanted to get a profit suffi cient to assure honest manufactuie, and no more. Some Senators and Congressmen have given an exhibition of obstinate lgno ranee by attacking reputable citizens who have done nothing more criminal than serve their country. This has tended to confuse the situation. The honest and dishonest ought not to be boiled In the samo oil Secretary Baker, when he denounced the proposed price of $3 a ton for soft coal delivered at the mines, had his finger on an outrage and he knew It. His was an attack worth while, for It was backed by incon trovertible facts. No good business man resents the truth, and no pa triot wants nnythlng else. The Ameri can people would kick half way to Jericho an Administration which did not protect the Government and them against extor tion in the present crisis. The real giants of Industry now at work In Washington will not have their willingness to serve weakened by the Incidental Injustice that has been done them. To be put in the category with gratters Is not pleasant, but the Mftlng procesi will be sure and reasonably Bwlft. Besides, a giant does not become a skunk just because he Is In the vicinity of its odor, When the history of these times is finally written, not one but many pages will be devoted to a recountal of the In estimable service performed by Industrial leaders of the nation, who dropped their appointed tasks and left off money, making to devote their talents and their energy to the successful prosecution of the war. There will be no question then as to who were grafters and who were patriots triumphant and undeflled. WAR TOO BIG FOR DRAMA W. Til the stage now becalmed In Us annual doldrums. American dramatists have sufficient time to get busy on a crop of war plays. It seems safe to prophesy, however, that there will be no rich haivest of such products. The tre mendous realities of the conflict seem to thme)ves to neither fictional nor it tytint. In .the former flWl naKWpkM W tsM wr Paul Geraldy'a "The War Madame" Is nn exqulslto little masterpiece from tho French vlowpolnt, "Mr. Brltllng Sees It Through" has been generally ncceptod as "tho book of tho war." But what of humbler competitors? There are virtu ally nono of them. Identical Is the professional play wright's course. American attempts were mado two seasons ago with tho melo drama of "Under Fire" and earlier with the moro nmbltlous piece, "The Hyphen." In both Instances tho dramatist was a pygmy besldo his subject matter. Mr. Mogiuo's "Under Fire" futllcly sought to depict actual warfare on tho stage. Mr. Knoblauch's "Tho Hyphen" was too closo to perilous facts to bo comfortable ns art. Indeed, before the foo'llghts tho only war triumphs havo been Sir James M. Barrio's. His "The New Word" and "Tho Old Lady Shows Her Medals," cur rent In both Now York and London, strlko tho right key with rare delicacy. But these are only one act "tabloid" dramas, duly shunning tho grand man ner. If, therefore, our playwrights are wlso this summer they will discuss once more tho ctorrml domestic "triangle" and other standard social themes and keep clear of tho war topic PHILADELPHIA WILL "ADOPT" A FRENCH TOWN WE SUGGESTED to tho French Am bassador that tho poople of Phila delphia, following tho oxamplo of Wash ington, would doubtless bo glad to "adopt" n devastated town In the recov ered provinces of Franco and aid In tho rehabilitation of Its people and business, provided he would be good enough to name tho particular town about which Philadelphia should throw Its protecting arms. Wo print elsewhere a facsimile reproduction of Ambassador Jusserand's reply. Men talk of our debt to France. May wo not forget the burden of specific obligation and base such helpfulness as wo cun offer on tho love and admiration wo havo In our souls for a brave and dovoted peoplo, who havo offered them selves and all that they possess In classic sacrifice for the defense of their homes and their Institutions? It Is a privilege, a very great privilege, to be able to reach across the seas and clasp tho hands of such a peoplo, to work with them and to help them. AVhat a glorious thins If one community In France, above all others, should wear tho word Philadel phia graven on Its heart, from cratltudo ono equal bears another for generous set vice done! Wo expect to be able to announce In tho near future the name of the French town to bo adopted by this city. COLLECTING A REPUBLIC THREE-FOURTHS of China's 400, 000,000 live In little Isolated villages, each with Its own laws, customs and re ligious traditions and with a surprising degree of local self-government. Tho Chinese are called "tho freest people in tho East." Having observed that the Russian people wore fundamentally demo cratic. President Wilson was on equally firm ground In expressing the hope and belief several weeks ago that tho Chinese Republic would eventually pull Itself to gether. Slnco 1912 Chinese intellectuals havo been trying to collect a republic out of tho "makings" contained In a myriad village-republics. Civil war reopens without a national consciousness anywhere except among the Immediate followers of the Manchus and the republican Intellectuals. Tho vil lagers, almost entirely made up of farm ers, industrious, home-loving, provincial, know their own vicinities and but little about tho people living a few miles away, owing to tho Impossible transpoitatlon facilities. The rival armies nio deciding something which appears to concern them only remotely, as tho Manchus did not or could not Interfere much with tho local provincial administrations. In tho long run tho republican Intellectuals ought to win because of the leaven of democracy In tho whole mass. The vil lages have probably learned In the last Ave jears that a President at Pekln In terferes In local affairs even less than an Emperor. "Bases are opened for Pershing's men," sings the cable. Time to play ball! It serves Mr. Creel right a news paper man ought to know better than to try to bo a censor. "Why do you cpell Brusslloff with two s"s?" Inquiry by a correspondent Because he does. We do not know who the German spies are, but there Is a man In Chicago who would stand investigation. According to Senator Pomerene, there Isn't much difference between the Coal Trust and tho Black Hand. What a simple people we are' Washington thinks that German secret agents are paid huge nalarles for read ing American newspapers. The Goulds' marriages with non millionaires are said to have made So ciety "sit up." According to some folks, a little uprightness for a change won't do It a bit of harm. Daniel Blumenthal, former Mayor of the Alsatian town of Colmar, Is re ported to be on his way to America to "expose the Kaiser." At the risk of UBlng a long word, wo venture to call his mis sion somowhat supererogatory. Norway has lost S80 ships by Ger man assassination and wonders why we won't release more of our tonnage to supply her with fpod and materials. Peoplo who want food these days must fight for It. Borne farmers who have been caught In the maelstrom of overproduc tion and face bankruptcy as a result are crying for help. Mr, Hoover would have given It to them weeks ago If Congress had been willing. There Is always some Idiot to play a practical Joke, but a term In Jail would do no harm to the man fir men responsi ble for tho hoax relative to draft num bers. Conscription la a serious matter, and Intimation that there Is anything reofeta about rt, which la contrary to EVENING GOVERNMENT NEWS MAKING Friendly Rivalry Botwccn tho Congressional Record and Mr. Creel's Official Bulletin Special Correspondence Citnlttg Ledatr. WASH1NC1TO.V, July 7. SOME weeks ngo a new member of Con gress was dlitcusfilng the wnr. Ho was doing It dlncrectly. ns moat no v members do. but In the course or his remarks he en tured tho opinion that the wnr uns not as popular as It ought to be because tho peoplo wero not MiltUlcntly Informed about It He thought thrie should bo more publicity and that tho arlou.s departments of tho Gov ernment should lake the newspapers more Into their confidence and tell thorn what was going on Thereupon nn member, a now member from Texas, n ml. ob taining permission to Intel i . ' tho epenkcr, naked If tho (Jovernmont was not providing for nmplo publicity through the Official llu Ictln. The Implied compliment to Mr. Creel's publication, though perloujly Intended, provoked a smile. Nevertheless, tho Official Bulletin, which Is less than two months old, Is going ahead, grouping the ex ecutive orders and other ofllclal pronounce ments of tho departments mid making tlrv public ns fnst as may bo deemed cotnpatlb.i. with the public service It Is filed In con gressional ofTlces for referenco and Is Issued to the newspapers; but as there Is no direct appropriation for It, tho expense being borno out of war funds appropriated to tho Presi dent, tho edition Is ncccsearl.y limited. Publications Do Not Clash There Is no financial rivalry between ths Congressional Record and the Official Bul letin Both aro Government publications and neither In permitted to take advertise ments. Both, therefore, will bo exempt from taxation on gross receipts, on advertise ments, or from an lncreasa In Eecond class mall rates, or any other of tho ta-cs that are now being discussed by Congress and tho legltlmato publishers The Congres sional Record Is tho mouthpiece of Congress which frequently carries such news ns Is now contained in tho Official Bulletin, whilo the latter Is spokesman for the President and the departments operating under his direction If Congress says anything about tho President or tho aopartments In tho Congressional Record there would be an opportunity to "como back" In the Bulletin If thoro criticized wero so minded, but up to date there has been no clash The Bul lotln, Indeed, has begun to summarize tho proceedings of Const o-s, which, considering the bulk of tho Congressional Record. Is a public service not to be derided The "Leavc-to-Print" Habit Speaking of tho Congressional Record, ono Is reminded of constant efforts to re duce Its size. Tho temptation to speak for tho Record and to "extend remarks" In tho Record is strong. Most of tho ninety-six Senators and the major part of tho 435 members of the House aro addicted to tho habit. Slnco they como to Congress from every corner of tho United States and rep resent a thousand and ono angles of thought, this Is not to be wondered nt Nearly every one, however, realizes that the Record Is too large for comfortable or sat isfactory rending and that much of tho ex cellent material In It Is lost to tho public. Occasionally bills are Introduced to rem edy alleged defects In the Record oi to make It moro serviceable, but they never make much headway There Is now pend ing ono bill to print nnd distribute free 1,000,000 copies of tho Record reduced to an eight-page paper; but tho cost would probably make it prohibitive Then ngaln, sporadic dashes at Improving tho Record aro made by Individual members of Con gress, who eeek to reduce tho amount of reading matter in it by objecting to the "extension of remarks" hy other members Of course, no ono popularizes himself by thus Interfering with tho wishes of his colleagues, nnd generally these reforms dlo early. An objector must be steadily on tho Job from tho moment Congress opens until it closes to bo successful In stopping tho "leavo to print," and few are able to keep It up for moro than a few dayn Quiet Members Extend Tho Senate sometime, takeo pride In asserting that It does not permit of tho ex tension of remarks The Senators "speak In person" and, as Is well known, thoy sometimes speak long It should be remem bered also that the number of Senators Is limited There nre more than four Repre sentatives for every' one Senntor The House rules limit the longest speech to one hour. In the Senate, until recently, the senatorial speech could run on like tho brook There Is a better reason for "ex tending remarks" In the House than there Is In tho Senate The House members can not get tho time they want to speak on all questions, and "leave to print" Is often tho rfnly way to get their views before their constituents An to the expense of printing, which Is sometimes criticized It 1 about as broad as It Is long, except that the extended speech that Is generally circfully prepared Is supplied by the member on bin own nc eount. while tho spoken speech Is first taken down by an official stenographer and then typewritten for the Government printer It Is likely, therefore, that the "extended" or "leave-to.prlnt" (.peech In the House record Is less expensive to the Government than the speech actually delivered on the floor If the leavo to extend were not granted In the House many worthy members who aro not speechmakers, or others who cannot get time to debate because of tho rule, would be debarred from a hearing upon public questions The American Dog a Topic The dog is not a very popular animal with the sheep raisers of the United States. He Is said to do more to discourage sheep husbandry than any other Instrumentality Phlladolphlans Interested In the "more-wool more-mutton" agitation started an anti dog warfare several vears ago They suc ceeded In getting a small appropriation from Congress to encourage sheep hus bandry, and they tried to get the war tax revenue raisers to put a tax on dogs to protect sheep against their ravages. But It remained for senatorial "leave to print." through Vice President Marshall, to get the dog properly Introduced to public life About the time the Ways and Means Com mittee was throwing the proposed dog tax into the discard Mr. Marshall received a letter. It came from a Mr. Bonney, of Buck Grove, Iowa. It Is not clear whether the Vice President regarded the letter as wise or witty, or both, but evidently ho thought It good enough to go In the Record. The appearance of the Buck Grove letter In the solemn pages of the Senate proceedings oc casioned remark. The writer said a tax of 5 on male dogs and 2S on females, there belog 20.000,000 dogs In the United States, would help some toward paying our war debts. Moreover, It was suggested that as dogs destroy sheep, a reduction of dogs by taxation would help to Increase the meat supply; and as dogs consumed about as much food as humans, a tax on dogs would bring down the cost of living, One of the Sen ators, commenting upon the letter, said the reduction of dogs to sausage meat might also prove an Important factor In our great national problem. That, how ever, was merely an aside, which did not deter the Vice President frpm giving the dog a conspicuous place In the national archives Tho Senate took no action on the Buetr Grpve tetter, but the correspondence col umns of various newspapers throughout the country suggest that It otvfrM a tln ana .las. i mo Ainncn oj row a nv LEti&BB-PHILAbBIiPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917 Tom Daly's Column THE VILLAGE POET Whenever it's a Saturday In sweltering July An' scashorctcard or mountalnward the rich heoin to flv, My heart goes out In pity to the neigh bor tcio iHJ wind The patriotic gardens that those slackers leave behind. I've seen so many councils held across the garden fence, It iin't any trick at all to tell how they commence. The horticultural slacker, with apologette cough, Remarks: "You know, my ttlc an' I arc takln' three weeks off. The doctor says ice need it, Ocorge. You sec the xcay we're placed. We hate to have our onions an' potatoes go to waste, An' though you've got enough to do. Oh, will you, arorget That's kind I" The patriot takes the garden that the others leave behind. The slacker nnd the slackeress they pack n trunk or tico An' ulth a merry "tare-ye-well" they disappear from view. The plain, heroic stay-at-home he watches, hoe In hand, With feelings that are anything but "glorious an' grand"; An' when his own apportionment of gardening is done, He sighs to think the neighbors' bit Is still to be begun, ' An' wearily he mops his brow an' bitterly regrets That he's the foster-father of those orphaned onion sets. And so upon this Saturday lit sweltering July As scashoreward or monfaIn;ard the rich begin to fly, 3Iy heart goes out in pity to the neigh bors who will mind The patriotio gardens that those slackers leave behind. WHY shouldn't the Government exact of each man found guilty of being a "horticultural slacker" the equivalent of the vegetables his vacationing permits to rot? It would provldo some work for our .statisticians, surely. Kow many toes to potatoes? OVER In England Lord Desborough has been advising people to cut nn oyo out of each potato before cooking It and to use theso eyos as seeds. Whoroupon nnother peer. Lord Dartmouth, thus warbles; A tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye Were the lessons we lesrnt In our youth ; Now Lord Desborough shows how the care of an eye Will provide for the needs of a tooth Logolcpts on a Spree Wo had occasion to Invade tho don of our proofreaders yesterday to search for a piece of copy containing a street ad dress we needed and we overheard a couple of the wise denizens discussing tho misfortune of Sam, tho nlghtworkor. Sam, you will remember, had his um brella stolen from htm In a police station by a stranger he had befriended. "Pretty tough on Sam, the lychnobtte, wasn't It?" quoth one. "Yes," quotha, "lyohnobltes and nycta lopses seem naturally to proy upon each other." "But to be preyed upon In the exi gency of celestial lachrymation!" "Quito so. Speaking of praying, that's what my wife does at the first fulmlneous rumblo." "Subject to astraphobla, Is she?" "Terribly. It keeps me poor erecting paragreles." "That reminds me," said this one, 'draw ing his plpo from his pocket, "have you a locofoco? Thanks!" "Logolepts!" wo snortsd and went our way. IT MAY be we will not be able prop erly to appreciate the value of poems In spired by the war until the war Is over, but It seems to us there will be a perma nent place for these lines from the Chi cago Tribune, built upon the news In a London dispatch that "General Pershing stopped In his walk, turned sharply and faced File Three": FILE THREE File Three Mood motionless and pale. Of nameless pedigree; One of a hundred on detail But would I had been hel In ears a youth, but worn and old. With' face of Ivory ; Upon his sleeve two strands of gold Oh, would I had been hel The General passed down the line, And walked right rapidly. But saw those threads ann knew the sign Ah, had I been File Three! "Twice wounded? Tell tin where you were," Tho man of stars asked he "Glvenchy and Lavenze, sir" ' Oh. where was , File Three' Then crisply quoth the General; "You are a man, File Three." And Tommy's heart held carnival God ! Would I had been he 1 P. S W. "MY OBJECT ALL SUBLIME, ETC " Those Pekln correspondents may be able to fool the younger generation, but they can't palm oft on "us old-timers" any of that Gilbert and Sullivan "Mikado" stuff and call It news' For Instance- PEKIN, July 1 (delayed) Tha edict Itiue today In the nam of Htuan Tunc, tha youns Emperor, rollowa: "I.I Tuan Huns memorial Izee ua to taka over tha Ooernment, atatlns that ha waa toreed by tha troops durlna the first revolution to become tha nation's head. Ha bemoane hla defects aa head of tha re- Kubllo and aska ua to punish. Wa reeosnlze Is mistakes, and also his merits. Wa hereby appoint him duke of ths first class," Pooh-Bah I "And so he bemoans his de fects, does he, Koko, and asks us to punish him? Well, then, we must surely make the punishment fit the crime so I hereby ap point him a duke of the first class I" CAMBERTH. Paper Golf era There was u young golfer names JenslI, Whose grip and whose stance wire pre hensile ; " He turned In each score Around seventy-four; But his favorite club waa a pencil. GRANT RICE. Another, moit oddly named Gentle, Whose victories mostly were mental, Performed Ms best rounds With the guttural sounds , And the labial, lincual and den fa. LA LIBERTB, to the dispatches tell us, vouches for tho truth of the story of the German officer's encounter with the Belgian lad whose donkey was not named Albert because he had loved his Xlne too much nor Wllhelm because he loved the donkey too stucn, we are ready to be Wev M lNr.at.,that fcjrt th-1 AT THE FRONT WITH BAZIN What a Man Sees and Thinks While Watching the French and English Fight the Boche By HENRI BAZIN Sfo Correspondent of the Evenlno Ltttotr in trance. PARIS, June IB. M1 IDST a moonlight as dulcet as .i lovely dream, I looked from afar. Away up In tho heavens In a field of deepest blue there was a great peace, tho peace of a million stars crowned In tho reflected glory of tho sun upon a satellite dead But be low nnd before my vision, men fought fought to the death for a piece of scarred earth, a piece of this dear, dear martyied France, while nrtlllery boomed and the pure sweet air of tho nfght was poisoned with that which has prostituted science. I looked upon these men, those of France In blue nnd those of Germany In gray, each seemingly a hideous monster In tho Impres sion that came to my mind through the gn3 masks covering thilr faces A Httlo while ago, a mere matter of diys, I had been this same tenltory taken by those of Franco And now I saw It de fended against a tremendous mats of Boche In cloe foimatlon, defended as men ('' fend their kouIh, their loves, their honor For tho thousandth time I bowed my head In a great admiration, In a full reverence for tho pnllu. the silent, patient, sacrificing pollu nnd more's tho gravo pity, tho old pollu of I'm ice Ah they held true ngalnat vicious nttaclt, tho thought flashed through mo that theno wero of the men who, despite venrs, despite soiled uniforms, despite their gathering from high and humblo walks of life under tho banner of n common cause, had taken upon their shoulders In full worthiness the mantle of old For It was their prototypes who were compatriots of St. Genevieve when she defended the Island fort In the Seine; who went crusading with St. Louis; who fought at Rocrol, at Fontenoy. at Aueterlltz And jet, what wero these ancient glories In comparison with the dory thnt has come to Franco and Frenchmen since tho Marne? As nothing against tho Infinite As a grain of sand against the sands of the sea As the lamp upon my table against all God's stars Since It Is neither for conquest, nor saintly rever ence, nor the ambition of a king, that the pollu Is in arms, but the purer, nobler, more deeply Ingrained thing within the souls of all true men honor and the right With theso thoughts passing In a certain sub conscious mistiness through my mind, I looked out upon the moonlit scene before me. And I saw: Five successive attacks by the Boche against the two plateaus of California and Vauclerc, five successive advances of massive close formation, shoulder to srrav shoulder, man touching man Afterward I was told coven full enemy regiments were engaged And all upon a breadth of ground measuring at most 1200 meters! Courage of the Boche They came forth bravely to their death, these barbarians. They came under an In describably withering lire from seventy five tlr de barrage. And as they came they fell. And as they fell the gaps were filled, And again And so they died died for evil ambition, vainly, for tho thwarted fantasy of their vainglorious Emperor In but one Instance, In but one tiny space, did fiey sue- ceed In occupying the trenches of France at 3:30 In the morning, with the certain sign of day to come forecast In the heavens as It always Is to those who know the night and love It. It was a corner of California plateau to the northeast. A corner lost to France at 3:30 and regained "by sjib. All during tho hours before and until S In the morning the fight raged, a fleht . such as it is seldom given observers to see. It was wonuerjui, iiuuiuic, lascinating, unfor gettable I Those of the enemy who succeeded temporarily In. occupying a trench of France were In the very occupying Isolated from their companions In arms, surrounded by the braves of France, Those that did not surrender died. Not one of these odd-hundred escaped save as a "kamerad." Then It was overl In the full Ugh of tha early morning sun I looked out upon tha field. Not a square Inch Of Its territory was In the hands of Germany, and all aha had for her futile effort was but the daiVi In gray. It seemed a. )f they were un countable. My escorting officer from our point of observation estimated that thai numbered 1600. They lay In all irtsTof positions, position that wtfe groteue. Ilk marlonstttaj sow sitting, some wm w PREPAREDNESS IS STILL AN ISSUE and others upon their sides, their backs, their breasts. Among them lay tho dead of France. They were pitiably many, but nothing In comparison to the number of the Boche. And every one of them, I thought, somo mother's son. Every one Yet for the tree murderers, the violators of women, those that had tacrlleged houses of God and the humblo homes of God's wor shipers, I felt not an atom of pity. It was only for the hons of Franco who, as mil lions before them, had rendered the supremo sactlflco tbnt my bentt filled with tears. They were of the Batque, the Bearnals, tho Gascon, whom I had witnessed take this same ground In victorious attack but a fow days before. They had defended In equal gloiy. mals pas avtc la meme bonne chance. Yet they have held, both tho living and the dead, In a common cause. Sanctified tenltory redeemed and re-redeemed. God save each of their memories! Before noon, with my officer escort, I had motored to tho English front. There In the hot June sun preparations were, under way ns, Indeed, they are always. At every point passed work was alwavs visible, the constant getting teady to die. Under Fire in No Man's Lanl With the night we went forth Into the first line There was but vigilance, since nothing In the way of Immediate attack was plnnned In a party of four we treaded No Man's Land with tho patrol of England The rwmnn first line was hardly 600 me ters b'fore uh And the moon shone as the n.qht before Suddenly a Bocho mitrail leuse began to spit lead With the first familiar crack we threw ourselves flat, tho palls passing harmlessly over our heads And as suddenly' as It began It ceased and silence reigned, save for tho far-off boom of heavy guns It was "nothing of Impor tance " So wo aroso nnd went on, quietly, past the mark of battle and skirmish, past German dead, some recent, some that had been dead for davs. For It seems for a little time past tho Boche does not gather his dead ns rapidly as of yore. Now and then we passed an outpost, and I noted the English soldier was always voting young and full of vigor, full of enthusiasm, by no means stolid as th pollu of France; less tired, perhaps, since the strain nas Deen teas iuhk mm mu jctro are less heavy We hac regained tho first line, had tramped over two milts upon the shell torn land that Is no man's and that Is destined Boon to become again the land of France It had been but a harmless Inno cent 1 ttle walk In the moonlight Just a walk In which "nothing of Importance" had occurred Fave the ever-present, always ready, always eager waiting for the hour. And yet It seemed to me as full of thrill as tho excitement of tha fight I had looked upon the previous night Not the excite ment that grips the entrails, but that calmer thing that sinks Into the soul and gives one time to think, to hold secret con verse, In some tiny measure to fathom upon the spot where It Is being done that which England and France are doing, that which, please God, America has to do ere Prussia and her III Ideals are laid flat upon the ground It's coming But before vfhe day this blood-soaked land of France will drink new vintage, the blood of liberty's sons across the sea. With the thpught something gripped me by the throat, held me as I walked And I stopped and looked up at the North Star shining In a great calm and a great beauty far off In the heavens. "What Is It?" asked my escort. "Nothing," I answered, "nothing. I was but thinking of other mothers and the sorrows to come to them, mothers over there across Atlantic's summer sea, moth ers who will drink deep of understand ing and sacrifice ere Bight triumphs and the world Is Free." NO TIME FOR "SOB STUFF" Here Is a sensible hint from an officer In the navy: "I wish." he says, "we could censor the 'sob stuff.' A boy gets a letter from home filled with 'Your dear empty chair Is at the table,' or 'Mother cries herself to sleep every night, wishing for her boy,' and the result Is a homesick sailor made doubly so. Cut out the 'sob stuff.' Write the boys cheerful letters and stop feeling sorry for them." It will occur to any one who considers the subject tenslbly that there can be no good In writing or saying anything tltat will have a tendency to make the boys who have gone Into the army and navy regret their action. Any mother who wishes to do a real service for her boy who Is in the army or the navy will write him cheerful letters ltfstead of assuring him that she Is heart' broken because of his absence, it u J best a selfish sentiment that prompts n parent to describe his oher suffering be. Let there Vvtawtajw at heat u well u In tha isakaar-J!)Ckvlse SM u. " V' 7. '" the 1 What Do You Know? QUIZ !j 1. What Chlneoe general has Juot replete! it boy Kmperor on the throne at rvktn?j 3. Where Is Tonta Delcada, which wii rt rently bombarded by u German mbaa rlne? j 3, What Is retarded as the national tines; Canada? 4. Allien lid St. I'ntrlrk Ike? f fi. In what Thlneee city Is there sn Ameritu court for I'nlted btntee citlrens? , J. What Is n mlrnte? 7. Who la the author of the remark, "Owl Americans when they die, so to Fir"t . What waa the real name of mil N! t 0. Of what Island l Premier Venlielei t u- 10. What plant Mooma at nleht? Answers to Yesterday's Qui 1. The l'nulUh word for nn Inhabltnt il Cyprus Is Cypriote. j S. The Society of the Cincinnati was asndel In 183. It was orUinally comwite officers of the American Coetlwitil Arm. The orcnnlzstlon Is now mtli talnril hy descendant In the eldet nis line. The name refers to the loan t Inclnnatus nnrl was adopted In sllnla to the Approachlnr change from mlUUtr to civil pursuits after the Revolution. 3. Kthnn Allen demanded the nurreojrr if l'ort Tlronilerosa "In the name pi lt treat Jehovah and the Continental Ca srri." ' 4. Lord Rhondda Is the Tlrltleh food contrtlt 5. Sir Robert Laird Borden la Trailer i Canada, fl. The planet Jnplter has elshi moone. 7. fet. Elmo'a Fire In the rlow Ac-omnanriM the alow dlarharire of electricity to ear frum tho atmonpliere. Dili, tliMharteie pe-irx usually aa n tip nf lltht ea l extremities of pointed objects, aoth church steeplra, maats or ehlps anl eta on the lingers of the putatretched ban; mrnmpanled by a crackllnc nolle, . 8, Jerome Itonaparte, Kins of WWpbtlla ui brother of Napoleon, married CUsabtD 1'atteraon, of Baltimore, In 1803. 0. The Germans under William I defeitel t French under Napoleon III at Sedan. a the Department of the Ardennei, 1'riM on September 1, 1870, ' 10. Delhi Is the rapltsl of India. PRISONERS OF WAR GEBMAN treatment of prisoners lJ accordance with nil classic tradlt!t The ancients looked upon prisoners utenj! battle as proper subjects for pennant slavery. In fact, tho bulk of the enorn slave population of f.ie Roman empire almost entirely made up of the captives (ui descendants of captives) taken in campalp of conquest. J However. The Hague war regulstlonl to fully with the treatment of prisoners IjJ required that prisoners bs humanely treaty All their personal belongings, except V& horses and military papers, remain tW property. They can be confined any-flif their caplors desire, but only as a InJJ pencable measure of safety and only sokjl as circumstances demand their close-aW tlon. The State may utilize their labors cording to their rank and aptitude, wlf exception of officers. Their tasks nrnrt w be excessive and must have nothing JJ with the military operations, They nwjf authorized to work for the public MfJJSJj for private persons or on their own sccgi Work done for the State must be ps according to the schedules In force foro) soldiers of the national army employ?? similar taska The wages of the prlK must go toward Improving their condltto and the balance must be paid them on ttw release, after deducting the cost of ,U maintenance. As regards food, quarter! if clothing, prisoners must be treated on J same footing as the troops of the Oaur ment that has captured them. Any s44' Insubordination warrants the punlshmc' that would be received by soldiers e'' capturing Government, Escaped prisoners, recaptured before tt' havo succeeded In rejoining their army. J liable to disciplinary punishment. Pr1 ers who, after escaping, are again csptuj in battle are not liable to any punlshmf for the previous flight Every prisoner war Is bound to declare his true nam rank If questioned, and If he disregard! tt rule he Is liable to a curtailment of the vantages accorded to the prisoners of I class. Prisoners may be set at liberty parole If the laws of their country author! 'it, and In such cases they ar bound on Im personal honor scrupulously to fulfill, at rtgardsthelr own Government and Government by whom they were ma v oners, the engagements they have traded. Any prisoner of war who. 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