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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
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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"
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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
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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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COMMIT SUICIDE
Baltimore American Paper Please Copy
"Replying to yours of even date,' wo
would say to H. B. 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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