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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.
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Many Young Patriots Eager to
Do Their Fighting in
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'Tha Krsifiixi I.irxim It served to auhacrlbere
Philadelphia a. a surroundlnc towns at tha
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foraum countrlea ono (11) dollar per
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THB MONTH OF JULY. 11117. WAS OMID.
SLACKERS AND OTHER
BACKSLIDERS
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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
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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
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.'. s v ' ta tne howler now. He has been peeved
VBuyhow becauso of his own Incapacity,
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..TS!Va h8 Bee a chance to cry that this Is
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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
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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
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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.
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Tom Daly's Column
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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.
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GERMAN UNIFORM
HID FRENCH HEART
Alsatian Killed Boche Officer
and Joined the Repub
lic's Army
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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" . ' .