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SsMons, postare free, rirtr (SO) cants per oath. Six ($0) dollars ier year, paable tn atarance. -To all foreign countries one (II) dollar per Snontn. Notiob Subscribers wishing address changed Must give old aa well as new address. ". 'MX, J00O WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 3000 i .mz.' tl,!.K E& ft v. OSBBBSn i IT hnvo Bonl pooU, hnd doubtless painters, to tho front But tho lyra nnd tha, pal, letto nro not tho only symbols that will wear n now luster whon tho war Is over, especially linn and thrilling has been tho rcsponso of musicians to tho call of nation and self. Grainger, 'Scholllne nnd Spald ing aro threo who havo laid nsldo catgut nnd piano keys and exchanged tho "faultless evening dross," beloved of rural society rcporlers, for khaklvind sovoro hair cuts HISTORIC TOWNS NOW UNDER FIRE i SMdrfrrjs alt communications to Kvrnlng , litietr, Indevendcnct Bquart, Philadelphia. jwimid at Tnn rmLitucLrnu rosTomcs as SECOSD-CUM MAIL UATTE8 rhfltdriplils, MoncUj, September:!. 1917 BOUGHT AND PAID FOR ITIO WHAT depths do mon sink when hypocrisy dominates their public ut terances and their poso Is forever a He? Citizens of this city havo been deceived, and Borao aro deceived yet, when a pious Mar, who happens to occupy a Uifty posi tion, Itself obtained by guilo nnd fraud, talked about high purposes and, In tho manner of tho Kaiser, called on God ns his witness and support. Those who dally aHirter away tho funds and character of Hie municipality do not havo to go far to traffic; In human life. If they havo ruined no man by bringing unholy lnllucnces to sear against him, why should they not ut another man out of tho way by tho Ampler expedient of murder? There havo been goings-on in City Hall since Blank Rburg left Just as mean and conscience toss as those recently revealed. Hypocrisy, however, Is subtle, and there aro always many minds easily to bo confused and led astray by tbo vernacular of hypocrisy. It boasts a vocabulary of holy words, and, sw wo pointed out on another occasion When tho Governor of this Commonwealth Tfraa attempting to extricate himself from tho entanglements of guilt, phrusos havo begun' to lose their meaning since tho evil uso tho tonguo of angels to disguise their neforiousness. But when words fall there Is still left the old trick. Bespecta Mlity, on more than one occasion, has been seduced and trained to carry tho tm'nners of tho wicked. ' "Wo aro now told that tho "gunmen were Wred to shoot Carey at a 'murder auction' in tho Bronx," that "Fifth Ward rep resentatives outbid New Yotkers for tho TFrog Hollow Musketeers," " who wero brought to Philadelphia, Ined and dined ' and told to "go tho limit," because if anything happened to them they would bo ranted Immunity and tho "cops are all Tgxed." There Is no reason to doubt the accuracy of the above description of facts. Headers of tho Eve.vino Linwnn aro not ignorant of tho conditions 'hat mado them possible. For months wo have been shejut Inff from tho housetops that never wero Municipal affairs In a moro "deplorable" vendition than now. Wo possessed In- c (formation that was rcllabjc. AVe knew th'at a carnival of wrongdoing was planned and under way, but wo cquld not fcet tho legal proofs. Tho most we could io was to cry )ut almost every day in protest, and wo wero not in tho least de- ' eelved, nor wero our readers, when tho Mayor and his subordinates continued day fcy day to utter pious phrases. It did not scour to us that a man who cashed in on Ms occupancy of office by tilling his .jr'ockets with bond fees would bo above factional contracts. We rather guessed tliat tho debauchery of tho police arm of Jtli? city government was known to him, . jr hr had not given ovldenco of being a i.KdL When, a vear nun. after ttm nnin. ipnal and vicious police raid early in tho &.?.?" sgnmer, no Kepi wuson In oince and 4.trA, .,,nHl.. . MR-.... . a.,.. . . sw-iSt Mm;., m .iiy uui iiia promise to Rt.SoBometlilng worth while, wo realized that ft political revolution would be needed to utmlgbten matters out. It Is doubtful if legal proof to convict the Mayor can bo found. Voters, how ver. need no legal proof. They can goito 7tlit polls in November and give "a moral let" That Is what they must do if SCANDAL mil 13 TcxaH .Senate, sitting as a high court of impeachment, has found Governor Ferguson guilty on ton of tho twenty-one charges presented against him. Chicago Is engaged in an oITort to throw Its Mayor out of ofllce. Tho Chief K.xecutlvo of Philadelphia, has been arrested nnd is out on ball In tho sum of $10,000. The Committee on l'ublid Information has released incriminating documents which show that some citizens und Jour nalists have been contaminated by Ger man bribes, nnd a dispatch has been pub lished In which it Is revealed that tho German Ambassador used funds In at tempts to influence Congress and was en gaged in a general program of bribery. Thero Is plenty of scandal and moro coming, but wo trust that oven tho most exact moralists will not blame tho news papers for it. A FAKE 0'PARTISA,SlIll, Many of tho Austrian Places Shelled by Italians Havo Pictorial Aspects Tlin National Nonpartlsnnship league, which says it Is enrolling 90 per cent of tho farmers In Dakota, Wisconsin, Montana anil Minnesota communities whoro it Is at work, cannot be called non partisan when it Is noted thnt Senators La Follette, Gronna and Borah rushed nil the way from Washington to St. Paul to attend its meetings. Tho- League's platform might havo been written by La Follette. "Whatever Ideas wo ni in dividuals may havo had ns to tho wisdom of our nation engaging in this war," it says, "wo realize thnt a crisis now con fronts us in which it becomes necessary that wo all stand unreservedly pledged to safeguard,, defend and preservo our country." It might as well read this way: "Wo nro opposed to tho war, but wo aro going to makp every effort to twist languago Into such a shape as to luro both patriotic farmers and unpatriotic pacifists Into tho samo political camp." It is to bo hoped that tho farmers get a Just price for their products, In ac cordance with tho basic demand of tho League. But what has tills to do with tho following La Folicttlsms in tho plat form: "We urge that our Government make immediate public decarntlon of terms of peace. Wo demand tho aboli tion of secret diplomacy. To conbcrlpt men and exempt tho blood-stained wealth coined from the sufferings of humanity Is repugnant to the spirit of America." Theio is no nonpartlsanshlp in belong ing to a peace-at-nny-prlco party ITALY'S sliver sword, flashing with such exlrnordlnnry nnd recent brlillnnce against the Austrian hordes, points not only at speedy victory for Mnzzlnl's countrymen, but nt places of hlstorlo and picturesque, Interest to the casual "tripper," reader or motion pcturo "shark." Naturally, tho clllef of theio Is Trieste, Among tho most stirring and significant ndvlccs from the thcatro of buttle lntelv nro thoso which haa dealt with the stoady double advance upon that city Hy water and land has it uorn subjected to tin nttrltlvo assault. From the west and northwest Italian forces havo borno down upon the place. Attacks by essols of Italian and British owner ship on tiio naval defenses are recorded, too, Tho fanatic on things Italian finds In Trlosto only a reflection of ' Naples. But con ho will admit, when pressed, that the copy Is nearly tho equal In beauty, In nt mospherlo charm, In pictorial vlvldlty of tho crlglml painting, out of the hay, foimed llko a semicircle, the city nirlngs up. homo aloft by escarpments that nro both plrture.so.uo In themselves nnd pic turesquely arranged Llko a dark shadow niralnst this, visual loveliness Is set the Villa Mlrandr. symbol of a tragic event In tho Hapsbutgs' historical records. It fctandb on the left shore, Its bases wet with the bay-salt Mlramlr was built by Mnxl mlll.in, btother of tho Into Kmperor of Austria, and himself the man who, by a ge3tute of fate, became Hinperor of Mex ico. It was In that tedltlous and strlfe rldden land that ho came to his death by violence. Today Mlramlr Is Inhabited by bis widow, the Bmpross fnrlottn. Her body lives, but her mind Is lcnd. Tho cnuse. of course, was her husband's tragic ending. Before tho war shut off Inspection by tho tourist the latter would hardly lmo been nlilo to tell precisely why the city was Austrian, fo much was It dominated, so far ns language and buildings wero concerned, with Italian influences. All tho shops and street signs wero In the latter tonguo; hut when you went Into the outlying dis trict signs In other languages wero to be found. Curiously, the chief one was Croa tian, not German. Ono can easily Imagine that all this has been changed by-the Iron und Ironic pat of tho Central Kmplro's lin gers. , Tom Daly's Column BLACKJACKED INTO CONSCIOUSNESS McAronl Ballads LXXXV1I ATllOTEST Ol call mo "Dago," cef vou plcate: You do not tease. JaV Jokes weeth mc; I don'td mind. For pou are kind, Dcro ccs no talk I wecll not stand From vou, mv frand, Bavcauae vour smile ccs kind an' siceet lion back of ect. llttt wan thceng, please, I ask dat vou Wccll nevva do, Dcre's Jus' wan word dat I would slop Don't call -to "Wop" know dat "Dago" corn's to mo l'rom l'orluguce. Who came bayjoro we settle doiw Vcn deesa town. "Diego" was so common namo Wen first dcy came. You called dem dat: an' now, jott see, Uct corn's to mc, I don'td mind cef vou should call Dat name at all ilitr don't ho like dat Irish cop An' call me "Wopl" 1 s'posc dat cet ttould mak' heem kcecli To call hecm. "Mccckl" lint dot's a name dat vou could use itYrffc frood cscusc, An' "Dago," too, haycausc wo seen Jus' what cct mean, Don't do no harm or sound so tad To mak' vou mad. nut here's wan word 1 don'ta know. Or like, an' so Please don't 6o like dat Irish cop An' call me "Wop t" : E JVestlgo of political prestige and honor 'to be ldft to this great city. SM ARTIST IN TROUBLE ;EPnES3NTATIVEH of tho great V arts, thos arts wo usually asso. td with placidity and pcaco only, havo placo in tho annals of war. Tho test War lias shown that Ono can- enotrate beyond page threo of any ip-r wiinout discovering soma k' Blory, or ehame, attaching to tho cr painter, singer or poet. Nearly ays it la glory. - 3T that ni nt TAhIa ,u- ,r . - ... - -. .,, ,io Hungarian Mr, tt would seem 11 Is not glory. He , Won interned. Although, a technical ajien, tie haa been allowed to mn 1 1 fndotj society slnco the conflict , zsow sorno dark act. soma sinister , ttwttaJit is hinted at Loszlo, however. Innocent of the sort of Dlottlnc )H $X m ul to Jn America, but he sBfirct; or im uflvcrnmont "would no i THE POPE'S PROBLEM TIIK Teuton replies to alio Pope's peace appeal having been published, what form will tho next act In tho drama take? A reply will be forthcoming from the Entente, but it Is taken for granted In foreign capitals that this will follow tho lines of the American statement. Tho next important move, then, will center about Pope Benedict's treatment of tho American and German replies. It would naturally bo supposed that ho would now seek to determine how these two docu ments could bo mado tho basis for nego tiations. By tho one tldo ho is told: "Tho Ger man Government is guilty and wo will mako no peace with It, but only with tho people it now misrepresents." From tho other side comes tho state ment: "Tho German Government Is Inno cent, has always sought peace under a peace-loving Kuiser and appreciates tho importanco of considering peaco negotia tions." The KaUer and Mr. Wilson aro not Catholics, nor are the majority of Ger mans and Americans. It Is In the sphero of bccular diplomacy, and not In that which decides questions of guilt and inno cence, thut tho Pope's quthurlty is recog nlzed in this cape. Tho truo middle courso, which his greatest admirers hay ho will always take, will be most dlfllcult to follow, for America has taken by no means a mlddlo course, but stands lucidly extreme In her demands so far as compro mise Is concerned. America's position Is one of cxtremo charity toward tho Ger man people, proof of which Is given by tho fact that it was seriously feared that our Allies might find It entirely too char itable. It does not even pntory tho Kaiser as an individual, but only tho system of government which permits him to dictate. If tho Pope makes a second appeal, as many bellovo ho will, that appeal can elicit only the same reply which America gave tho first one. Government by murder and murder by auction! Why was it necessary to go to New York to get thugs? We apparently havo plenty of-our oyrn. Argentina has bent another ultima tum to Gormany. What good Is un ultimatum? Tho only thing to send is an army. Rumor Is not to be relied on. Tho report current In April to tho effect that tho Mayor had agreed to glvo tho P. It. T, a) per cent dividend was obviously Just talk. Tho Gorman reply to the Popo speaks of "an Intellectual rapproche ment." Tho United States has been giving plenty of oxamples recently of what tho German Intelligence system is. ' Doctor Delbrueck, professor of his tory In Berlin University, Is pleased with the German note, but only wishes It "might have definitely Incorporated tho statement that the restoration of Belgian sovereignty and Integrity Is self-understood." Jf that Is "self-understood,' the derrnan Government certainly took great asM'.t 'anybody else from urn Trieste Lacks Social "Tone" One of my best friends, a cosmopolito of parts and an especial devoteo of tho lus cious south of Buropo, tells mo that ho was not Intrigued by Trieste to tho point of wanting to stay n lifetime there He ob jected mildly to the general lack of "social tone" of the place. Trieste was exceed ingly valuable to the beauty lover, because It gao on the l3lands, cities nnd towns di rectly south nlong tho Dalmatian coast on the Adriatic's eastern shore. Pola Is another name to conjure with t less days. Its quality of popping up In tiid Italian-Austrian news Is marked. This leading naval station of Austria comes into view after you turn the end of tho promi nent cape of tho Istrlan peninsula. It Is no tedious task to bring beforo one's Inner eye the clash between modern and ancient, for while tho harbor must bo often full of warlike craft, those who havo visited Pola will recall that etately Roman amphitheatre, In a decent condition of preservation, rising In full view of tho center of the town. At some dlstnnco off, although you cannot rco them from tho sea, aro temples not yet turned Into dust by the advance of the years. These too, havo a. historical back ground of moderate Interest. Tho first genuine hint of Balkan color strikes the vision In Pola. Native Dalma tian dress Is by no menns Inftcquent. Faith ful adherence to this picturesque national ity In costume Is to ho observed in this part of Continental Burope, nnd In very few others. The huo and cry nfter hues and crying colors which Ilakst and Urban have sounded in the modern theatro might have dictated the color schemes of theso gar ments. Yeljows, reds, greens nnd blues lift their client voices in a chorus of praise to the rainbow which Is exceedingly telling before Anglo-Saxon eyes, nnd bo character istic, su distinctive, that ono "has ees to wonder, but lacks tonguo to praise."" Tho truly theatrical aspect of theso brave tints is supported by the fiercely pugnacious character of tho men's adjuncts. Theo men, at least tho Slavic element In the community, make much Miow of their pis tols, while belts with daggers thrust through them do not subtract from tho en semble of bristling bravado. Today you are (or should be) as much interested in Sebenico as any other south ern point. For here is u naval fctatlon, with a large training school for cadets. Sobenlco's position seems a safer one than most. It Is situated on tho shores of a landlocked harbor, such situation offering u natural protection from assault. Pagan Times Recalled Spalato, the next port of call, unlike other places mentioned In this article, is generally regarded as of little ttrateglo Im portanco. But, llko false Jewelry or tho mystery of the mirage, it is fascinating in Its minor wu. : minor only to tho naval or military "hug," for to tho poet or the historian it has always teemed a very fine sort of tpot indeed. Not many towns shel ter the majority of their population lnsldo i an emperors paliL-e Tho great Diocletian, weary of royal rule, caused this cdlflco to bo built in the fourth century He wanted to havo on constant tap a draft of clo gant boiedom, like the famous beaux of England's vvuteiing places In tho eighteenth century. There Is a touch of pagan pathos in the statement that tho Bmperar lived there and died there In tho faith of Dkinu, Apollo and Venus. Over in the Borne which tho poly theistic conservative has quitted "tho pale Galilean" had conquered. Constantlne bad thrown down the sun-god and the moon god and the goddess of love and llfo and laughter and raised up the Cross In their stead. The official Boman world, not slow to follow the way blazed for It by Its leader, had renounced paganism. Yet Dio cletian dwelt on for nine years, unchanging, doubtless feeling: I have llv?d lone enough, having teen On- thing thut luvo hath an end. Goddess and maiden and queen, Ho near me now. and befriend. Thnu art more than tha night or the morrow. The seasons that laugh or that weep. For th--a brins labor or sorrow, Hut thou. Proserpina, sleep. "Just as men of today," ns ono of my contemporaries finely puts It, "who have risen to high placo take joy tn returning to the (scenes of their humblo beginnings, so it was with Diocletian, who chose a coun try In which his father had been a slave for his retirement nmld tha glories of .this marvelous structute, many est whoso apart ments can still be identified." Proceeding touthward, you encounter Trau. In between lies the coast of Dal 'matla, which Is synonymous with beauty. Itagusa looms up further on, with Its walled promontory which suggests a Parrlsh land und sea scape, Austria's meet southern outpost In Dal matta Is Cattaro. This Is on the last of a series of Inland lakes, A narrow and peril ous channel" links them with the Adriatic Xn the comparatively early stages of the war tho "peppy" Montenegrins shelled Cat taro from tho heights. One wonders what precisely Is going on there, and Indeed In all these places now. B. D. II. G. WELLS'S WARNING We could have won the war In 191C If we hadn't been so stupid. I hope America won't be so stupid as we've been. If It Is, the result I bound to be a stalemate in stead of a victory. We've mudaled- along with a lot of old men who have had an Idea that the only honorable thing was to take one another's part and see that Sir John Crackpan or Lord Blumpers wasn't chucked out of office Just because he was Incompe tent, That's a great mistake. We should nave young men to run this war. Old men rn t tlMluie. Tiiey can't meet new cob- And They Lived Happily Ever After An automobile horn sounded In tho dis tance. "He's blowing his own horn," said John. "What horn?" asked his wlfo, without looking up from tho flowers sho was transplanting. John Glanced sadly at hi3 do? Scrub. Tho dog grinned sympathetically ns John went silently Indoors. Tho next Sunday John's son camo with his family to dinner at his father's house. After dinner they wero sitting on tho porch. A Jitney rattled past. It was labeled "Jitney to Blackboro"; its passen gers wero all negroes. "That fellow's carrying coals to New castle," said John's son. "Whore's that?" asked his -wife. John and his 6on exchanged glances. Scrub smiled at their discomfiture. Como Inside, son, I want to show you something," said John. Thoy went indoors together. Ono Sunday, n number of years later. John's son's son and his parents camo to John's house. Tho grandson had brought his flancoo to meet Grandfather John, It was a hot August nfternoon. As tho fam ily party sat on tho porch, fanning und panting for breath, threo girls went bv. lhey wero wearing whito summer furs, tho stylo that summer. "Gee, look nt that bunch of false prophets!" exclaimed John's grandson. "Yes, nnd In sheep's clothing, too," added his fiancee. Mop, a descendant of old Scrub, dashed off Joyously after neighbor's cat John and his son smiled happily nt each other. "Thank God!" murmured old John. 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W., "In which you ask us if you are too tardy In telling us that tho Kcyser Building is on German stroet, in Baltimore, tho answer is: No, you aro not Teut tardy, but couldn't ?ou move it around to the American office''" nnwAia: tiw dog: ' "You're nice enough to cat!" she cried. "Hush I" said her Vrau, "mv dear, you Must know your papa's dog's outside. Speak lower or he'll hear vou." i- Pi'iissians Ordered to March on Guns Against Terrible Odds I HA wh Food "Conversation" Mistress Bridget, Mr. Hoover saya you must stop feeding tho policeman every time he drops In tho kitchen to see you. Bridget Yes, mum. An' they say lie do bo afther youso wimmin that keep thlrn dnrlin' pet poodlo dogs " Master Now, Bridget, Just how do you mean that? ' Bridget An' I've been takln' notice MIsther Hoover'd bo doln' well f give attention to some other fine feeders I cud namo if they wasn't mo employer. ' , 1 Unnatural History Somo strange new knowledge, every now And then, wo learn by bits and snatches; Wo gather from tho Fifth Ward row What ugly blftls a mare's net hatches. Just can't stop Yercas from malting anagrams, and he's solmpertlnent about it. The nerve of him turning this in to us! EDITORIALS ADROIT LIES Tho horrid fear strikes ua that unless there should be a chango for the better In tho neighborhood of tho City Hall we may havo to quit letting a Bleeping dog Ho, and Just naturally resurrect ft a faithful nnlmnl. Wo loaned that bunkhound of ours to Chester or Coatesvillo or some other corrupt and contented 'village, ir we re member, and ho was never returned. cts--Ov IUA f"x"""r V Y What No Woman Can Do Hang up a blanket or tablecloth on the lino In tho yard and go back Into tho house -without turning around at the door to give it the once more over. Fut a hairpin back in placo without a final Pat. Refrain from using her eyes when some man tells her alio knows how. William Marryat. of Hamburg, was considerably lacerated by sitting on a paper of ping left on a cha(r by his wife. , Franklin Fr Presa. iri ai- mLuhyi ' 9x4 By HENRI BAZIN Staff Lurmpondnt o the Kvenlno LtJotr trllh the American Army In Vranca AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Aug. 17 HAVE como over from tho French front here I Intended stopping a llttlo beforo returning to the American entraining camp direct to tho Canadian front. I say Cana dian, although It is, so far ns I know, a non existing front, since Canadians aro Britons. But they surely nro a real bunch, these "bluenoses," and, all by my lonesome, I tag them with a front c-f thslr own. Shortly after dawn this morning I saw thoso half-Americans finish up a battle begun In September, 19in, tho battloof Loo, then only half won and now entirely so. I have looked upon nothing moro spectac ular In nil this war's work. Theso soldiers from across the Atlantic stormed nnd took tho whole of IIIU 70, famous In earlier days for ono of tho toughest struggles over fought by men. Then, as now, the enemy were. In the main, Prussian Guards. Only now they were tho veriest cream of all that Is left of tho German army. A 2000-Ynitl Advance It was not any tea party. Tho Canadian attack covered a front of two nnd n half miles, extending noith from Victor Hugo wood, where the Lens salient begins to out line Itself, and reaching full way on tho south to Lens itself, embracing tho whole of two villages, Cito St. Emlllo nnd Cite Saint Laurant. Something In tho last name for a Canadian, through whoso land runs the St. Lawrence to tho sea. The depth of the advanco before me was1 perhaps 2000 yards, and the go and come, tho glvo nnd take, to bo compared to naught else than i cracking whip In its sinuous lines and curves of fighting men. Most of tho Boche neither fought nor surrendered on their part of the field when they broke beforo the bayonet onslaught of tho Canadians. And ns I looked from a height and witnessed through my glass tho guard breaking I saw some of them fall In a barrago fire they ran Into the very thick of it. One becomes accustomed to seeing men dlo, and one takes It as part of tho game. I thought this as I looked and shuddered a bit at my nonchalance. Out thero mothers' sons were giving their llfo blood My mind went bock to the mental Impression It would havo made upon mo two years ago, and it frightened mo, I had not hardened. I had only seen so very often how millions of men consider honor greater than lovo of life nnd made no hesitancy of choice between. Tho Old, Stupid Bocho Way I saw one thing I had eee,n before on tho French and again on the English front and which I expect to see still again. The Prussian Guard double counter-attack after repulse, counter-attack In the old stupid, arrogant Boche way. Their efforts were magnificent, but surely not war as war is fought In these days. They marched out as on parade, In column of fours, to find the north of their own line so exposed to a hell of British lire that they could not deploy and were forced to walk on to their death or die In their tracks. They chose the for mer, or their goading officers chose for them, the ancient Prussian thing pvre and simple. Undet direct fire they kept on, decreasing In numbers yet keeping still on. It wan truly magnificent, bt rrtbtr suicidal, i men was shot down beforo my eyes. They died and did not kill. What Is tho llfo of German soldiers to Prussian military pres tlgo. that proud thing fading Into a past? Suddenly they broke the second time. And almost instantly tbo British artillery flro slowed down and out sprang tho men from Canada, nicy carried everything be foro thorn. The guard, that which was left of It, wilted llko a flower. And Canada went right through. Every inch of ground threatened in tho Bocho counter-attack re mained In Canadian hands, plus some moro that was found to be a mass of tangled wlro defenses thickly strown with German dead bodies. All along a line as far as tho eyo could reach the fight went on; far to the left ft could Just mako out tho blue of tho pollu's uniform, for a certain French army was fighting In unison. I saw them ad vance, and I knew what they could and would do. Here, I thought, was a real com bination, tho fighting pollu and the fighting Canadians putting It across. Toward noon there was a lull. Appar antly nothing In tho way of added counter attack would take placo for a little while. The artillery fire resumed and great shells passed from behind mo far oft Into Ger man lines. With my officer escort, I left tho observation post and went forward to meet the first of the incoming prisoners. Tho first bunch I saw comprised perhaps fifty men, that met us In the ruined street of a ruined village, now but a mere blot of crumbled stono in the landscape. I noticed that with perhaps the exception of fivo, tho lot I looked upon were a mlx turo of seasoned guards and boys of tho 1918 class of tho 165th Prussian regiment. I wondered how they had been mixed up with tho guard. No one will ever know, perhaps. What Do You Know? THOMAS-JEFFERSON ON DRESS Hero are a few remarks that Thomas Jeftcrbon, statesman and sage, had to make a century ago on woman's dress. Writing to. his eleven-year-old daughtor September 23(1788, ho said: "I omitted In that letter to advise you on tho subject of dress, which I know you aro a little apt to neglect I do not wish you to be gayly clothed nt this time of life, but that your wear should be fine of Its kind. But above nil things and at all times let your clothes bo neat, whole. and properly F.V,' ?" P not fancy you mut wear them till the dirt Is vlslblo to the eye. You will be the last who Is eonBlble of this. Some ladles think they may, under the privilege of the dishabille, be loose and negligent of their dress in tho morning, But be you, from the moment you rise till you go to bed, as cleanly and properly dressed as at the hours of dinner. A lady who has been seen as a sloven in the morning will never effaco the Imnrenstnn h i,OH ..t. with all the dress and pageantry she can afterward Involvo herself In. I hope therefore, the moment you rise from your bed your first work will be to dress your self In such style as that you may be seen by the gentleman without his being able to discovers pin amiss or any other clrcum stance of neatness wanting." Kansas City QUIZ 1. In what famous' noTel does the ehsrutw "Becky Sharp" appear, and who wrKe the book? 2. About how many "drafted men will be lot Into training nt Coinp .Meade? S. When will ths serond Issue of Libertr Uu bonds be put on the market? 4. -What aro the three meanings of "palm"f C" W,,'.u,,a,.MrV. "rownlng's sonnet-SMrMaee, s.?n,n..,'s Ironi the rortugneie," n called? . Who was William Krnest Benin? 7. Who composed nn "unfinished iraDhonj,'' which has since become popular? 8. What charge has been made against des ert! KornllofT, of the Kuwlan arm? 0. What Is n panegyric? io. In which Testament, Old or New,, U tka tory of the l'rodigal Bon? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. "Make the welkin ring" means to raaU the sky ring. The noun "welkin" It a pottlf term In this connection. 2. The nearest equivalent to the English aUee- tlve "bored" In Trench Is "enmwe." S. St. J-rancI of Assist was the founder ei Us oror of the Friars Minor, or Franciscan. He Hied In tin twelfth and tblrteeots centuries. i. The most recently launched llrltlh drift !i along an eight-mile front east at Vprei, In J- ranee. S. Students of fiorernment schools of narks Jlon and marine engineering who sstsis licenses n seagoing engineers or at nsrl rating oirieers will be exempt from senlts In the atlonal Army. 0. The chief tenets of the MennonlU faith am iNclpllne rather than dogma. abtunesM from the vanities of the world, refusl to take jmrt In cltlo duties, to bear arm or to take oaths. 7. a he expression "puttlnr teeth Into a bin" Mgiilflni making n legislative act en-stlr uwrajlre with retard to ths purpose Hr which It was framed. 8. A Laodicean Is a person lukewarm la eols- lons. with especial bearing on religion and politics. 0. The Monroe Doctrine was enunciated for tie first time In that l'resldent'a menage to Congress, December 2. 1833. 10. Walhallu Is the bill of the fallen In battle. Times. IN THE NEXT YARD Oh. yes, you are very cunning. I can see that; Out there In the snow with your red cart And your woolly gray ooat And those ridiculous -, Little gray legalngst Llko a rabbit, A demure brownie. Oh, yes, you are cunning) But do not think you will escape your father and mother And what your brothers aral I know the pattern It will surely have you. For all these elfish times In the 4aow As fcommont)lc as the 'the term Is used In Icelandic, mjtliolorr. MORE ABOUT FAIRMOUNT PARK OF ALL the charming spots In Fair mount Park, perhaps the third division, WUsahlckon Park, Is the most entitled ta that adjective. It is a romantic tract, plete with legend and visual beauty, Tie body of folk-lore which hansrs arounl Wlssahtckon has grown to be a prominent part of national American romance. There Is a sort of analogy between the way tt tales of the Wlssahlckon are held In rever ence by Phlladelphlans and Pennsylvanlani and the way- in which the average Kw Yorker regards Washington Irving "WP Van Winkle." When one "trips" through this part ot the Park one may follow the Wlssahlcknn drive six nnd seven-tenths miles until ons reaches the county line. Sunlight and noli of trafflo become negligible matters as one enters the place. In the ravine's rect&MJ nature's grandeur and omnipotence are felt Irresistibly, just over the top (not in til' case the British "Tommie'a" top at trench, but Just the top of the hill) trolliy ars rattle by clangorously and builnen speeds up. But one forgets It. For nearbr. In ths shaded recesses, one sees the tret' growing close to the edgo of the water wlta rustle vines hanging from the bouft Great rocks that have loosed themselvM from the hills have rolled down the lopea They are covered with moss, whence tlnT rlvulots start, and these find their wr through little valleys, eventually meetu the waters of the Wlssahlckon, , Tills part of the Park may be entsrta vr way of the drive, where the pier of JM No rr Is town Railroad rests on the nortaww bank of the creek. It's said that on thlj site there was a flour mill In the dsys the Revolution. The owner ground ' J Plaster with his wheat, and thus fnrnUM a. mixture tn nntrlnta nf tha army. Tt' thought Is not a nice one. It recalls inodtrn criminal trials. Being detected, It wouja seem, at his nefarious business, tin mn was seised by some of General WaialMtt" soldiers, and hanged from a sycamore tree In front of his own mill, It was nerj tn" General Armitrbng's corps attacked BritUh and Hessian soldiers on October i 1777, during the progress of the battle w Germantown. . . Going a quarter of a mile furt..cS one encounter Wlssahlckon Hall UM. now a shelter and a guardhouse. In view Is Maple Spring Hotel, a restaurant t"t has much to offer to the wearied Palrlri; carved from the native laurel. ThM y i the hostelry. Juat beyond li ths l7 a eVU). Opposite Is. a flb?2L i 1 ksfl 4l h i n "I . ?F- sS-SKlS$i; Wiowp ' - . ise!l-, tsR-3w, UiKL'-" w T"WT . .! . , .1"" aiWTfta., a "' Wl J hi 3 i,' SSL
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