& V l tvtjgto KJBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTRUS X. K, CUnTISf FaisnwJCT H LOdlnalon, Vlca rrealdentl John imiunr ana Trtaiureri romp b. BBn a. . iiiiauns, ..eiui ,,, cpusm,, Wljaley, Directors. '. vv, KUITUIMAJL, I1UA11UI Cries If. K. Coitis. Chairman. Rat. WHALKT , .Editor KlT? BBS. tllUlT b !Wl Wt .IVM If W iMmm a . Ai C. HAimN,, General Bualneae Manarer Ifhed dally at t'ntio Limita n'UMlnc. xaaapanaettce Hauare, rnuaaeipni. O ClTT. . . Tns ;orr . ... Lotus , .Tlroad and Chestnut Btreata .rre-caioar uuuainf . t...2oa Metropolitan Tower .. ....... 401 kord IKilMlnr inna rullerton Ilultrilrr 0 1203 Tribunt BulMinr KEWB DUnBAUSl iTOTOit Pcarec... nlat pulldlnc mt in TUMK 1)L1 iso Home UHK4U ll JJIBKA0 ..Tha Til .......TO. I ,,, Marconi llouea. to Frleilrlehatrasea -enl llouea. Firanfl HI Bvasav 32 Hue Loula la Urand lulltllnK straea Ftrani demolition of the old Colonnade auggcats a Umoly atanza. Like ships, hotcla be yond a certain age have a personality. In tlie midst of akyacraplng modernism the Colonnndo has lately symbolized thtt restful Chestnut street of the vanished days whon this city was "only a great village." Hroad strcot, near the clty'a centor, donned Its brisk upto-dftto garb when that quartet of hostolrles, the Lafayette, La Pierre, the original Belle vue and the Stratford disappeared. Prog ress Is very' necessary, of course, but that doesn't dotor the retrospective sentiment alist from regarding old clothes with a good deal of affection. IS MR. SI'ROUL PENROSE WILI i J1ETTING THAT RETIRET mv: j NCI LEDG ' SJi'w'r .. ... ,$,; T'A i mXJVt it a. -A , V i1" IT n t '" i t. ' JL." t v 1 u -r -. j ,Y r mvMWtiiB&; iisdmti-m re" M ?i SfW ft '1017 xx j -""-; js T- W V" "JaTTrA vv ". fj,' " JOB-HUNTING IN WARTIME Many Young Patriots Eager to Do Their Fighting in Washington f BUBBCT.nTIO: TZIIM3 'Tha Krsifiixi I.irxim It served to auhacrlbere Philadelphia a. a surroundlnc towns at tha te of twelro (12) cents par week parable tha carrier. . .. . . . , MwVnKi aaalana. it V eiiVanea. H mall ta Tuilnta outalda of Phllaifelphla. in A. - "-.. 1 T - . ..".; i ....- la unuea Biaio u; jRonth. Canada or United Kta((Hi roe- mii.m fr. flftv IriAl rntji -ar Six (10) dollars per rear, parable In foraum countrlea ono (11) dollar per utcrltra nlahlnr nddraaa chanrrd iVvi1 Norica Subcrltra nlahlnr addra . yraat f Ira old aa well a new addren, V .mav um witviT vrvarnvr MAfV lond r v ita -v. . . ' 5'Af4 V .. rv ;A m tWAddrrn all rommanJceflont to rir'tna li&atr, tndtrmdenet Square, rMo Ulvhla. m J awrxaan it xna rRttanaifmi rnf oiticx xi ' tCCO!(D-CLXM Mill. MATTia :3kr m (tUt3? ' rKUaJtIplile, S.l.rd.r. Aninit II, 1417 TltB AVKnAOB NnT TAID CinCULA TION OF Till: KVKNINO LKDOf.K Kill THB MONTH OF JULY. 11117. WAS OMID. SLACKERS AND OTHER BACKSLIDERS .4.?'. !;, TaTO COPPnitHi:AI)3 boasted of their ' pacifism In the years following Appomattox. Men who In tho sixties tought against the draft and rioted to UTOld service spent the rest of their lives concealing the fact. They were vociferous In defense of their cowardice whllo tho tesue remained In doubt, nnd that same cowardice guided them until they died, &r they had no heart to stand on the record and let their children know what they had done In tho bloody day a that tried men's souls. Thero am Individuals BOW who He awako nights thinking not kow they may servo their country but low they can aold serving It. Wo call them slackers for want of a better name. But tho white blood In their veins nnd the chills in tholr feet stump the diction-ry- Tho lexicon has tewns of Ignominy, tut none strong enough to decrlbo tho recreant citizen who boIzcs on any phil osophy or nny straw to savo him from the performance of his duty. That Intolerable proletarian, mease, who Was driven Into obscurity by this votera of South Carolina, hai emerged as n spokes man for pacifism. "What do we caro what happens to those who como after Br' ho is reported to havo argued. In ffect. "All we caro ubout li ourselves r and how things gp for us. What hap pens to the country after we nro gono does not matter." That Is frank tnlk. 'Most pacifists are moro subtle. They con coct plauuiblo arguments with which to deceive tho Ignorant. They arc not brazen In their cowardice. Some, Indeed, are honest, but outside of the Quakers they are so fow In number that they could Be paraded In a twelve-foot lot. And tho Quakers, truo to their teachings, If they refuse to engagn in killing, aro neverthe less foremost In rescue work, nnd they do the kind of rescue work that leaves no doubt of their bra ery or their Integrity. We are printing day by day pictures of the men who will bo Philadelphia's repre sentatives In the now national urmy. .They will fight by the side of those oher Pennsylvanlans who have put this Com monwealth at the head of all the States Jn the number of voluntary enlistments or service with the regular forces. No one of their descendants will blush to ro eount his ancestry. Each will, Instead, thank God that his forebears were men, tj-jiji red-blooded men, ready to ahara not only tjtfc 'n tn benefit of democracy, but to fight fr ,tn lta defense. Character cannot be in Ipt,' ,Brlted, but tho eloments of which It la ffii&flOMa paaa from father to son. 'Wif '' I "" surprising that In the ranks kK. '' -i "'Bf slackers there can hn fniinri innulu fB -- ........ HMM.bW ene auccessful man. The fellow who la Anchored to a fixed spot in hla life work, who has never, shown the courage to be tip and doing, to fight for success and get PfvU,, raw i .'. s v ' ta tne howler now. He has been peeved VBuyhow becauso of his own Incapacity, M'tr'Kl t ..TS!Va h8 Bee a chance to cry that this Is ',.t-WK? -,-. . ... . . a.M'i'Si inns war, mat ms own nonor- j. X .' blood must not bo risked becauso, ,'V!(iter all, he never made a'mllllon under .,V-aemocruuc insiuuiions. uo might make K yat. niter experience In the army and feBBBtact with men worth while, but he Mfrefera to atlck to hla laziness nnd bark ir,W. the moon. He Is of the type of citizens '' "Jf,o make up lynohlng beea, but hava no ' (atomach for real flvhtlnir. ' JjW We do not want t0 he thanking God 'K (that we are not aa other men are, but "?Hie evidenco lndlcatea that alackera find "Hbb climate leaa congenial in Pennayl- 3fBBia'than In any other State. Possibly : of the breed emigrated to Oklahoma , tm Beavrch of easy money. In any event, rLfMte are few of them here. For that we ,be auiy grateful. But tho time is for b national movement .looking the suppression of the whole tribe yjruhle-makera('beglnnlng with a dozen i WBO lniesi tne uapitoi of tho United ,L . 1 'K r INN8 OF'.YbWTERDAY "v r. 'the toWof yeaterdayr' tBUKhtt, pnNnOSK has betttr luck than "noss" Murpny. Tno Tammany cineimin a hard tlmo finding an honest man to run for ofTIco, but our Tammany leader en counters no difficulty In picking a citizen to "stand for" tho Orgonlratlon. Mr. Sproul comos forward to run for Governor on tho Penrose ticket. His life Ih an open book; he made his money honestly; he Is highly respected for a cloan life and good motives. And In November, 1320, he will urge tho to election of Pentose to the United Htates Senate! The situation Is different from that with which Governor Wilson grappled In New Jersey. The boss who made him Govornor gavo Mr. Wllcon his word that he would not run for the Senate. "Jim" Smith said he fett too sick to becomo n statesman again. Then, when Mr. Wilson was olected, "Jim" said he felt bettor und moro llko n statesman Later tho Gov ernor saw to It that "Jim" stayed In Newark, nnd this amateurish political honesty made him Picnldont. But In this case the boBs does not pretend that he Is going to letlie. Penrose lm't sick. Hu has Just shown his husky health by voting against the food bill, following nn exhibition of narrow, unpatriotic parti sanship which puts him on tho plnno of Sherman, of Illinois, nnd bIiowh him to be n much a drawback to the United States as ho Is to Pennsylvania. Perhaps Mr. Sproul thinks he will havo good luck. Perhaps he thinks it Is Just posslblo that Penrose will retire or bo como Indisposed, leaving him fico to be as good a Governor us he doubtless would like to bo. As "Boss" Tweed Uy .dying, ono of his friends uttered solemnly th.it classic of American gang history, "Ho tried to do ilht, but he had bad luck." Wo cannot tiuht to Mr. Sprout's good luck. He may bo ns unlucky as Pennj packer and Stuart, who, In splto of tho fact that they were uvciy bit as virtuous and high minded .-ih Mi. Spioul, did noth ing to offend the bosses. They all try to do right, but they have "bad luck." CAUTION WHKN the Greeks boir gifts wIks men lock their doors. We are exceedingly hopeful that the Mavor and his friends havo been able to write the kind of tran sit leaso which they enthusiastically claim they have wiitten. The public, however, hna learned to havo a great deul of re spect for the nrtfulnesii of the company's representatives. It does not believe tint the company, which was so bitterly assailed only n few weeks ago by the Mayor and his advisers becauso of Um nttitudo on certain proposed legislation at Harrlsburg, has suddenly become a lamb and Is ready to be sheared. Tho eulogies pronounced on tho leaso by certain gentlemen nfter short con versations with tho Major lead us to suspect that they nre merely echoing his sentiments Instead of oppressing opin ions of their own, formed after deliberate study. Tho peoplo can afford to bo cau tious and wait for an analysis by oxperta who, it Is known, have their Interests, and none other, at licait. VIGILANCE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS A LOCAL newspspor apologizes In n halfhearted sort of way for devoting editorial attention to a local matter when nil the woild Is at war. Corruptlonlsts wax fnt when tho atten tion of the people Is distracted. Effi ciency begins at home. Wo cannot havo good armies In Franco If wo havo bad government In the United States. Pa trlotlsm does not mean shutting ono's eye to abuses that He in the Immediate vicinity. We suspect that tho attention OermanH have paid for years to munici pal government has something to do with that nation's amazing power to wage war against the whole world. A fundamental duty of a newspaper Is to keep lta readers informed about con ditions at home, as woll as about condi tions abroad. It la a duty which this newspaper will not neglect. Special Correipomfence of ISe Kitnlng I.edtt WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 10. 0NI3 does not hava to go to Oklahoma, or to Arizona, or to Montana, to find American cltlzena who arc not dlposod to take up arma for the war in Kurope There are many others nearer home who aro lm. Imed with tho same Idea, They nre not all poor young men either. Some of them nra well-to-do. They may not run to tho moun tains and form nmbuscades to resist the oUlcers of the law; thoy simply seek easier methods of avoiding the service. Thero Is tho unmnrrled, able-bodied chap who 1ms closely read the law and tho reg ulations, who Is already In the Tnderal eervlre Ho Is legion In Washington Just now Thon there is that other clever fellow who never had to work very hard, who, If ho Is not In some ono of tho departments of the Government now. Is moving heaven and earth to get there. These young patriots havo observed that tho sons of cer tain rich men havo becomo "yeomen" on prlvato yachts "to chase German sub marines" In Inland waters, or aro gclng Into uniform aa chauffeurs for military and naval officers, or for "Inspection purposes," and thoy aro willing to do their bit whether It be on tho farm, in the Secret Service or In somo other Government place. It Is necessary, of course, to fill many of i,..u ,,.ninna nml in miin the various vol untary agencies like tho Red Cross and the tutvlsory committees of tho Council of Na tional Defence, nnd many worthy young min do their eervlre In this way. But It has t.,.,i nnhiirlv Intimated moro than once 'vi. , .......... - n,. 111 Washington that Borne oi xnese ihi-ih-- tloiu uro convenient iocikcs ir i."'"" who prefer to servo their country In the United States To a certain oztcnt the more .. iu, inrLi nrnnunrtArnontog of Provost Minimi rinnnrAl Crowder nnd others about capital punishment for violation of the conscription law havo stirred up a feel ing among tho rank nnd file that those .,.,,. ....,,, uhnin thn Administration seems to favir for enny positions should tako their chnnces with tho bojfl who nave to no mo fighting This holds especially with respect to aliens who nro not swearing In for their own countries and ,who display no disposi tion to fight for ours A Haish Measure It cannot bo denied now, as It was not when tho bill w.is beforo Congress, that conscription Is a lnrs.h measure President Wilson wns so anxious to have It passed tint ho "rushed" Congiess ovon before Cuniula, which was moro directly concerned In tho war, had enacted mich a law. In many cases It has already torn some very ixiellcnt oung Anifrlcau business men from the civic occupations they had equip ped themselves for nnd throw n them Into the nrmy ranks It has disinvmbend fami lies in tho United Stales and caused great concern to tho parents nnd friends of those who have ps.tiioltc.illy entered the mm vice; but all this was forecen by Congress when the iaw was enacted The President said ho must have men to prosecuto the wir, and as Unit wan self evident, Congress psned tho bill The dllll culties that have arisen In Oklahoma and other States hive befn due to the fact that tho people generally did not understand tho necessity for pnr'iredness and were not ready In Homo places to make the supremo snirlflco that the law contemplated. No law abiding citizen, of eoune, will now ndvocato any other course than a strict observance of tho law, but speeches made In CongresB and explanations made by Representatives outside of Congioss are betflnnlnR to reveal the serious thought of the people on con scription ns If It were likely to becomo u campaign Issue at no far distant date. Tho recent lynching In Montana, taken with the Arizona ttouliles mid the fresher outbreak In Oklahoma, Is regarded an tho rumblings of what may be n political Ishuo, not necctsarlly of resistance to the war, but of protest against tho methods by which ceitaln largo and powerful Interests nro chnrged with proceeding from the control of property to tho phjslcal control of men. Opportunities for Employment It Is not expected by the operators of metalliferous mines In Montana or Arizona that highly educated young Americans will undertake tho work now pel formed by nllens nnd others who will go Into the mines. The same condition prevails largely In tho coal mines of PennHlvnnla, Indiana and West Virginia They cannot get high hchool bojs or college-bred boys, now sub ject to conscription, for this kind of work. Neither can we obtain them to man our merchant marine The averago American boy has been taught to look for somo other kind of work, and to a certain extent. In recent months, he has been finding It, not in Washington only but through the depart ments whoso headquarters aro at Washington. ... i t rt i i i cn. Tom Daly's Column goJltrF0R;WAiNG6L0MES - . rti' r i e There's a hyphen In "non partisan," but this time tho hyphen for once haa an honest flavor. Evidently when the Mayor dis closed his purpose really to clean up the city he did not tell It to tho marinea. Conscripted men, huddled in close rooms awaiting examination, would prob ably agreo that Oeneral Crowder is well named. Judging from the number of ad Journmenta, the only thing tho Irish con vention seems able to agree upon Is to quit working, Germany la now said to be making cofflna of paper, but It la safe to auy that ahe la not getting a scrap from Belgium. She tore that up three years ago. Baer, the new Congressman from North Dakota, wanta to know what the war alma of the United States are. If hla constituents had known ho never would have been elected. The politicians are not ready to say whether the people ahall get the five cent gas reduction or not. We suspect they will make up their mlnda before the electlona In November. Not even Organ ization candidates could afford to run on a "we'll-awlpe-the-niokel" platform. "Qermana give receipt for U-boat sinkings," declarea headline. Unfortu nately, In the case of the loaa of the aobonr,Twohy. Jt wasn't the kind we BBB fltBaVr laiinlnaa Take tho Department of Agrlculturo, for Instance; hero Is where boys are supposed to bo exempt from the draft. Secretary Houston now has under his direction about 17,000 places, and It can be stated without fear of contradiction that most of them do not come from the Northern States. The Secretary of AgrlcWuie, when the food survey bill la passed, will have another fine opportunity to take care of "deserving Democrats" and others. ervms It Is estimated that he will have from 2500 to 7600 additional employ?,. While they are all to be added to the Government ..' "" may win make the ?wf llv'n cheP. The Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce are also having Increased powers conferred upon them. The Department of Labor "nr.. 5S!iMr S'" a"mIn!tlonof the nation?, child- abor law, nnd It will need, In addl. ton to Us numerous mediators and con- vV":, a ,erjr Iar frce of Inspectors with authority to look Into th h,,.i:.. manufacturers miners and others who may be suspected of employing child ihn,. "? working up material that has been produced Hoover's Rich Bureau But one of the richest of ull of the em ployment bureaus will bo that over which Mr. Hoover, the food administrator, ll Tto preside Mr. Hoover Is not restricted to the appo ntment of American dUien" either He Is said to have engaged already tha rervlces of a number of aliens who heloed him on tho other side of the water. Mr Hoover Is to have ,500,000 for admlnls! trarton purposes and 160,000.000 to i con. tiol, and commandeer If necessary, the food supply. It 1. apparent that he Sn hStSne a very powerful employer with UJOoooood plus 12 500,000, at his disposal. were a politician, that appropriation would be a tremendous asset. It Is a large sum 5 "ny a will involve Increased taxation &yh!.Pfer,.dei.. thlnks Mr' Hoowrlna he food administration are worth It. Mr. Hoover Is expected to bring down th cost of living. There are many peopi" n Congress and out, who doubt hla ability to do so, but he Is already at work, li .m Ploying many people and the Prealdam h.L faith In htm. An effort wa, mad. fn ." House to compel Mr. Hoover toTakVrd, em ployes. except na to certain peolall.t8.fJZ" the civil service, but Mi. Hoover VeJsTJS thla and was supported by the Xdmtntstra tier , force.. lie will therefore become 0? of the blr-g.st employers In the nation Government expense, and Wj,hout '" the checks impored on other department chiefs There are some people h.?ei m.an enough to surest that applicant, from thn tirje rji:i' ". m. TUB VILLAGE POVT Whenever Wa o Sat. An' here tome verte you ipif, Jt meant that I have hat To work upon a Frt. Vve written ;'hat" for "had" At you'll observe above I wouldn't be to bad Jf I had tlmo enove. But when you're working att An' rhymes are slow to come, You can't complete the tast Except by Joking tome. For if you worked too long You'd have to out the golf, Which you'll agree Is wrong (If you're a bug yoursolf). But bad a are my rhymes, (I know! You tald It first.) At scores denote, betimes, My golf Is even worst. But just you wait an' read Tomorrouft sporting newt! For there you will have teed How well at tfmes J dewt. Whencicr on a Bat. Such stuff as this you spy, Jt means thai I have hat To practice on a Frt. LEAPING none too lightly from our train In Broad Street Station on Thursday, after having been proporly llcited in the Bala golf tournament, wo shambled down tho platform behind a young woman whoso aultcaso bore the legend ALICE BORIC, Aurora, N. Y. Wo sensed a laugh in that nomowhero, but we didn't get It until wo read it back ward. Then it did us good, for wo were ablo to convlnco ourself that vro only play golf for the exercise anyway. A contributor suggests that wo call our lads In France "American Rangers." But Wobstor'a first definition of ranger runs: "One who ranges; a rover; somotimea ono who mngea for plunder; a roving robber." The Wolking- Goil Sho Starts Upon Her Vacation, Singing Gavly ns Sho Goes. I'm going off to wallow, willow, wallow In the v.oods, But, alas I I am a proper business woman; And whpn It comes to flossy clothes, I simply lack the goods, Though vacationing without them Isn't human. But tho neighborhood has come across with gladsomo rags galore; There arc some that fit me quick, and some mora slowly; How the sweaters and the bathing togs just lately from tho shore Male my trunkful anything but meek and lowlyl For Sadie, with a smile, supplied somo stunning summer smocks, And Myrttlla volunteered a ifijofcv 7onnef; Oh, you will never knoio me in these flossy, fluffy frocks I'm a sumvirr girl, and there's my hand upon It I RTARTMQ UPON VACATION Oh, but I'm praytn' tho gods will deliver ye Safe from the onslaughts of baggage' men drunk; How I am hoping that no bump will shiver ye Lock o' me trunk, Lock o' me trunk I PI. WE WERE on our way homo from vacation and wo stopped in at tho New York Aquarium. It isn't a nice place in summer. When we got out In tho com paratively fresh nlr of the city streets, sister and I brenthod ngoln. "Goodness I" aald I, "I wonder what made that place smell so?" "The sea lion's tank," aald alster. MABEL. THE rNCARNADINER . , Waatilnaton, and hla reanona for oppoalna a food control bill beirtn to dawn upon us F. I', A. In Hew TorK Tribune "Begin to dawn"? Well, now, that's queer! In longitude we're rather near, Yet wa behold the sunset here. KERENSKY la to be commended for ploklng for hla War Cabinet men whoso namoa are more pronounceable than most niisslan handles. The Minlstor of tho Interior, however, Is'M. Aksentieff, who seoms to demand the nccont in two syllables at once. i - . ....... . . i . w , t. - -rni X 1 I il GERMAN UNIFORM HID FRENCH HEART Alsatian Killed Boche Officer and Joined the Repub lic's Army I By HENRI BAZIN Sprcfal Correspondent of the Evening Led ger In France PARIS, July 17. HAVE made a pilgrimage to tho most rrench portion of Frnnce-Alsaco. I spent threo days In Its reconquered rpctlons ns the guest of tha Trench War Otllce, under personal escort of courteous ofTlccr.s, and In tho company of M. Henri Poncot, chief of tho press servlco In tho Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to whoso personal kind nesses the Evening LitDdEn and myself havo become deeply Indebted during tho past J ear. I found this land of Rouget de Ltslo and the Marseillaise, this country of which Louis XIV said that ono family, that of Relnnch had furnished more generals for his army than all Tlcardy, this soil that was tho birthplace of r.lle, of Kellermann, of Kleber, that holds tho proud record of moro names In native tons engraven upon tho Arc da Trlompho than nny other two .departments of France, truo to Its ancient traditions. It Is Trench to the very coro and beyond. It has remained so during forty-keven weary years of trial and onforccd Ger manlo domination. It senses this July day realization of Its neur-half-century prayer that all the area of the provinces of both Alsnco and Lorraine will In but a little while, as time goes, become reunited to Its own, a member of the Family of Franco. Geographically compared to Aleace Itself, the area reconquered Is relatlvo'y small, but It voices a sentiment existent throughout tho provincial boundaries I may not men tion tho names of towns and vllliges vis ited, villages and towns and hamlets under German flro and the French flag slnco early August days of 1914, nor the names of peo. ijiu in uii ciasaaB, upon mountain and In valley, with whom I was freely uiven oppor tunity of speaking, Blnce these things wou'd either be Infraction of military regulation or rebound In added misery to relatives still within German lines. Hut that which I heard, witnessed, felt, experienced, typtry. Ing the true, loyal, always French-Alsace. Is In part here recorded. TO MILTON: 1917 Hilton, J see It's quite tho proper thing To write a sonnet or perhaps a page And call on you to como back hero to wage A vice crusade for us, and with your sting Bouse ut from ease and sloth and dallying. awmourne ana Wordsworth, each for his own age, Invited you. Bo now do I, great sage: Bring dottm your lyre and we will tit and sing. The world Ulna rotten state today! (I can't say much for those who wield the pen; Tho most of them are out to grab the pelf, Though I have never made a cent this way) You ought to come, but If you can't well, then, I'll have to write a line or two myself l WILL LOU. Here's the way the American nam.. run In the list of men accepted for serv ice In a Manhattan District: Welnstoin Segal, Kalaban, Rosavltsky, Klubek, Bl' gansky. Mechanic, Reaclgno, Groenberg UI..M, a..iiniiz, uoyer, uojtax, Arxle, Koltena, Moshcnsky and ao on to h. number of sixty. The only "Anglo-Saxon" namea In the bunch are Cooper and Miller but their Christian (7) fYonta are Loula ana Aaron, respectively, ? !rtP fflJS? He Wa Afcout LrTi-'-grti WfrJf,i'7or A Story of Alsaco In an ancient town nestling within n. lovely valley the pine and beech clad Toiges suiroundlnsr It as If p-otectlngly i arilvcd os the sun was sinking in the west. After presentation to the colonel commanding the "place," I was billeted with lodging In a house that had been designed by Kleber the nrchltect ere he became Kleber the gen eral In Napoleon's army. It lay at the ex treme end of a picturesque cobbled court and in Its very outline spelled past a cen tury. Close beside It. indeed, most as a part, seemed that which might in severity be classified as barracks, but which I was tola had formed nortlon of n ran ., tradition says, Catherlno of Russia received' Nearly training. Within the house my host- coats mia me tins story; There were two sisters in the early thir ties. Their parents were dead. These had remained true to their France despite the T,y Fmnkfort. "d Instructed their children, these two girls and a younger brother, to know and reverence her. Ere the war began the brother was mobilized In the Kaiser's army with a number of his boy hood companions and old playmates Thev all wore German gray over French hearts, these boy. who had 'made but a trip or two over the new frontier ere forced to aid In the Imaj on of France. And at the first opportunity after, when In charge of a air. man officer and while assigned to patrol duty before French lines, their brother plan to wear the uniform of France was put Into action. He separated in seemingly ln nocent fashion his lieutenant from the nal rol. killed him with a well-directed bayonet hrust and crawled toward tha rrend, trenches When well across no man's lanS he rose to hla knees and cried 'TCamarad " but with mora meaning to the word than any boche could conceive possible y Once a prisoner, he tqld hla atory. After hmssiszrjssssi'. ? nd sound of German guns, was later mado a noncommissioned olllcer and later still a second lieutenant of Infantry. Six months ago ho died gloriously upon tho field of bat tle, leading his compan nftcr his superior officers had been shot down. Stop and halute his memory, you who read. Ho was typical of Alsace, being Trench In heart, true to tho traditions of hlb province and tho teachings of his fathers. Entire Population Parades After I had been received at tho head quarters of tho colonel commanding the forces In this town of which I wrlto, sitting at dinner In a house that had been tho abode of a German fornster beforo tho war. I went to the tov n hall where an official re ception was hell. Troiii Its balcony 1 wit nessed an animated Bight, tho entlio popu lation passing through the quaint narrow street, civilian nnd military on feto whllo tho tricolor of France and tho red and white of Alsace flow from church stceplo and every house Beforo tho hall a mixed band of soldiers nnd civilians stood and played tho thrilling Sambre et Mouse march, than which nothing In marching music Is more Inspiring. As tho trumpeters blow their theme, ceasing with Indescribable military flourish, and tho sttlng and plpo Instiu ments took up the contlnuanco with the pop ulace In a dsiii0 mass about tho building, I saw an in a vision the Trance of my fathers and all It utood for. I seemed to see some where between tho red tiled roofn and tho church spro outlined In soft twilight bet 9 the blue of Alsatlnn mountains tho spirit of my brother who died for Franco In AI Eaee In August. 1014, nnd I was filled with a great nnd solemn pride. tMr Batln's cammirj on Ms visit to AU sace will be conttnuerf in the Evening Led gcr of Monday, August 13.1 A MILITARY EDITOR Schorr J"3' heaa of th0 Columbia ran ?L . Jou'na"". writes in tha Amerl can Review of Reviews: ,J?.,Mmar HJrtn Boyescn issued thirty jeare fe of QoethCi on y Jouch yH?e7Jrtl,ch broURht us n close n i ; U. had bcon Published In German and i ask(cl hm as tQ succej told me that when he went to Germany sco tno Minister of Instruction (iiIbo of ccleilasthul Affairs) In Prtusli nnd found the Minister at his desk with a copy of the volume In his hand. py "This," said the Minister, "we feel Ik the bcit life of Goethe that has hl. ?"" Owe are two chapters In It which dwell upon tho liberal views of Goe the. which wo a'l regrc . which ho . ... -. : - M "o u wnoio. if ..,. laKe tha vni,,, ,...: -'"" will chapters or rewrite them so they Irl not a renubl can nrn..j. . .f. "rB nt bTdo S.' . AUStrl " " ba! asBh7XhTr,eund;eso'Rt h,m I realized I was face to face 'with thi "X? tary power of a great country iurinS J"1" dom, and I told him as polltelv nJ tB fre?; hat nothing would induce n e to n,C0Uld those chanters As ii : me to change Germany 'and" byAth0rWac3ouCKh0 '" Geneva convention, I knew Z ,1 0.f..th ter could not alter It; but h i" Iln'3 royalties which woul" have maar?m 0f a competence for life. If this SLv me once made a textbook which Vmn w'ro me whon I saw mv irniimT. . rao beforo vanished." y olumo ,n "s hand, THE ANXIOUS DEAD O guns, fall silent till tho ri. Abovthelr h?ads,"e,e,gCrodnampC?e CThcseught their fight In time of bitter 'Andnot knowing how the day had Ten them, o guns, that we have heard their mat we have aworn, and will . . . aside, u w,u "t turn That we will onward till wa i That will keap ttotSVa tfey "teaa'n ?.a.,I,e",;.nna.--e. Y. anon deop. , i " ""wrapi iq ,t)enco in What Do You Know? QUJZ 1. VTlint wero the two food bills which Fred- Uent Wilson alaned yesterday? 2. Mlint American city was virtually destroy) by nre Mx tlmoVn three year? 3. vllint Is the mcunlnc of the French worj ".leu," used In tlie ewreaalon "In Uea of"? 4. What la a percoln? 5. Wliu nre the ll.isqucs nnd where do they ilitir." 0. Mint U thn American military order of tk Cnrubuo.' 7. What la Uio lamest city In Africa? 8. Who Ih rri oi:nlzed aa the most emlnenl actress of Italy? 0. When was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" flret pub lished? 10. How did the name "Mrs. firundv" rome'ta be proverbial Q( conventional propriety and raorullty? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Colonel E. SI. Ilouae Is n native of Teia. 2. The "j!Inrill!a!a" wa written by Claale Joscvh KotiKet de IJalr, a French ca tain of engineers, hi 1102. 3. Dntlrt I.hlncstonn wan it celebrated ''"'er of central Africa. Ills dates art iol J-JHi.1, 4. The farrtloiiH term "Jehu" applied t . in." driver prUlnntes from this flanta la Kln. Iv. 20: "And the drivlnic la Ilka the drhlnic of Jehu, the son of Mmahli for he drlieth furloualy." B' "".".""'""gem" Is a corruption of the worl iiirmiiigbHin nnd meana cbeap (.how Jew "VWK. ounterfelt Koods. JUny artldu or that sort were made In IlIrmlDiham, iurUnd, In the seventeenth and eljht (cnth lenturles. 0. Uirlushn of the "Kelchsland" of Alaaef l.otr.ilnc. there are tnenty-flve States u the Licrmnn Empire. 7. Cavlnr It pickled sturieon roe. a Koaitai ilellcuo. 8. An enclave la a territory surrounded by a foreiKii dominion. 0. The authorized war strength of the taltal States rreu'ur nrmy la 313,898 men. 10. In Italian ujt the word "quattrocento" It iifceil to doner be the flf Icentli centnrr, that l, the period of the 1400a IJtersl li. however, the word means 400. THE DISCOVERY OP PERPETUAL MOTION , I T WAS solemnly announced In PhlladeV I Phla in 1812 that the principle of per petual motion had been discovered, ana everybody believed It, Charles Redhefftr. of Germantown, announced It early In tW summer and Inserted an advertisement la tho papers. Editorials predicted that to tlia triumphs of Pennsylvania In the quadrant and steamboat was to be added the accom plishment of "that which for centuries taa ocoupled, perplexed and puzzled tho phlk- ) SOPhlo and a-mrHmntni mnM n "vim. 41 pletely and perfectly demonstrated aelf operating and self-moving machine." Th city became wildly excited. As the contrivance was described, it w said that "the power of gravitation wai applied to produce a perpetual horizontal action, produced by the pressure of welghti In two corresponding boxes, on a plan Inclined In an an?ln nf fnrtv.Av rinrrees" November 26, City Counclla adopted a re & oiuiiun appointing a committee to ascer tain .whether Redheffer'a invention "mlgnt not bo made capable of raising to a u flctent height a sufflclent quantity o' uier ror tne Use of thn nltlxamt of Phlia- ?1 delphla." (Noto thn nndln9ii with which Nil Councils, which for years turned down tha nerfectly ri,Mnn,tM,.j iii...i...i. a-a. . ,1 -'iwhhh)m uiuiiiuiavi' e, -" aaj Project, were ready to spend mxiey oavj a wild-gooseh chase.) Next dav the flrtt Ml published objection to the "discovery" M Doared In tha Aiimn .)... nni,,.niinitu.a been seen In action for more than half 'q uny, ana called It a deception. A Mr. Lukena then made an imitation of tho machine, as described, to show It WM incapable of generating power. To thew object ons the editor of the Aurora replied In Indignant terms. Lukena and Ritten house were clogging the wheels of progress, he averred. Tho matter came up before tb Btate Legislature and In 1813 a commltte was appointed by the Uousa to examine IntJ the Justice of the claim that Rtdheffer ha discovered the principle of perpetual mo- wuii. jteanener agreed to an lnveatao (ja on a certain date. Before, tha day cam tl round he tola the committa thavt it woul ' not be convenient rr him arrnlaln tha '1 ",k'nM of hla machine. Later ha said M 1 would not show how It worked at all. TW? ,- i " w" J'scnarged and the editor j the Aurora threw Redheffer over. J '4 ir.T,!?',t11ventor "ok hla machine to NfJ fi-r" BUV '? Dt nl1 trpublea had by .UM. Mn about th nonnen. mA -nnl ..1k . "T"- -w" . ' .
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