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THE WAR IN ITALY
"lAPITAIi Is timid and speculative ac-
counts rush to cover at the first sign
of storm. The greatest of tho Itothschllds
founded his fortune on the nervousness
f London financiers, for there seemed
to be no bottom to the stock.exchange of
that time, in the period when the Invln
J elblo Napoleon was about onco more to
meet tho Allies In Belgium. It was
Rothschild who personally watched tho
conflict at Waterloo, rushed back to Lon
don ahead of the news, bought nnd
bought and bought, emerging from the
campaign with huge profits. Time and
again tho markets trembled during the
Civil "War. nut those men who believed
In the power .of America, who did not
doubt tho ultimate victory of this nation,
lived to cash In. Xo man can lose who
Is a "bull on America."
The retreat to the Tagllamento, tho loss
of the offensive to the Italians, the pour
ing down of the Kaiser's hordes into the
plains of Italy, are disconcerting episodes.
But the Juggernauts of tho Hun were
not stopped dead at the Marne to bo
victorious In Holy Italy. France with her
bare hands- did not hold back those per
fectly equipped armies of Von Kluck tit
have Cadorna and his veteran troops, as
sisted by French and British gunners,
routed and disintegrated. There Is a
divinity that shapes men's ends, and It
does not shape them to the mold of a
German helmet.
Not once since the first days of war
has a German army met an enemy witu
anything like equal training and equip
ment nnd beaten It. It may be that Ca
dorna IS' faced Just now with the best
troops the Kaiser can bring Into the field.
It may be that the German assault has
been too formidable for any power to
top, but between the Kaiser and Italy
, proper are many rivers nnd a country In
which trenches can be dug. If they Have
not been dug already. "Who owns the
seas owns Italy, and the seas are tho
Allies'. No lrretiievable disaster Is pos
sible on this front, wo believe. The real
menace of the drive. Is a political one, and
here again Germany may have blundered.
Instead of a despairing Italy there may
be a determined Italy.
It was only a question of time before
the tragic seriousness of the war would
be driven Into the Intelligence of the
American people. The German Initial
Victories on the Italian front have turned
the trick. The more difficult the task
before us the more complete our prepara
tion. The graver the danger of German
success the more absolute the dedication
of our entire resources to the fight. For
tjyery Italian captured there are ten men
to move Into the American army. For
' every ounce of Oerman gold there are ten
of, American metal. But a small part of
our enormous power is now being brought
fy. lBt !. K1n. tll.MIIDV.M ttA miluA tt
V ' Taft l"f" " UHilimiVl" ." J.M.OW .
preparation Is quickened by the recent
news. Within a few months the actual
results of our shipbuilding program will
bo apparent. Wo are able even now to
aMrert supplies to Italy. So, too, Is It pos
sible for Franco and England to send
.'troops. The Germans would nave us
feMik: that their campaign In Italy Is an
vjdence df their triumph and a summons
i0 peace. It is In fact only an evidence
o( the absolute necessity of beating them
back and confirms civilization In its con
viction that there can be no peace with
junkers.
, .Let no man underestimate the impor-
of this latest challenge to clvlllza
The Hun U still untamed, still
for a. decision by tha mailed fist,
h his propaganda Is for peace. His
changes as fortune seems to change.
mile that he advances simply
how mighty must be America's
jtt us with renewed courage and
nation go after him. He will be
dawn, but It will require pur full
ttta. to do It
THEY STEAL WHO WASTE
I
t, 11(17 Mti United. State exported more
Hgtu. viffetMfl tiwMM m much supar a
iHxan MagpiaHaT mm aivaw
a I if ,i i.m I . I l nil.,1.
W N,47,7't pHih and in i w
Before the war the per capita consump
ilon of Uar In England was ninety
three pounds per year- This has been
reduced elnca the war to twenty-six
pounds. The annual per capita consump
tion in the United States Is ninety
pounds. The Food Administration asks
for a reduction of an ounce per day per
person. The per capita consumption In
this country would then bo sixty-seven
pounds, as compared with twenty-six
pounds In England, eighteen pounds In
Franco and twelve pounds In Italy. If
each person In America has flvo times
as much sugar as each person In Italy,
we can scarcely arguo ourselves Into the
belief that we aro suffering undue hard
ship. Certainly a decent man would fear
to face his God with his stomach full
while millions of other human beings
wero actually suffering for want of tho
baro necessities.
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WHOM THE GODS WOULD
DESTROY
WHEN a political organization, many of
whose representatives In public offlco
are accused of major crimes, searches
tho statute books and robs the libraries
of technicalities In a desperate attempt
to deprlvo citizens of the right even to
have tho names of their candidates ap
pear on the otllclal ballots, thinking
thereby to win a victory without a tight,
It Is high time that the community as
seit Itself. We have known tho law to
be Invoked for putoses of lawlessness.
Wo have never known It permanently so
to bo used. The gang, with Its accustomed
stupidity, is adding fire to tho flame o:
revolt, and Its present disgusting tactics
foreshadow Its uttlmato tepudlatlon.
Whom tho Gods would destroy they first
make mad.
"HOWEVER"
IN THOSE charming self-appreclatloni
which Congressmen are wont to write
for the Congressional Dliectory, that
lnnocent-mlnded ruial product, Mr. Wil
liam Scott Vaie, Is fond of Inserting the
lino phrase, "I5oin on a fnrm In the Fiist
District of Pennsylvania." Further on
In this material for political obituary ho
Inserts: "Unsuccessful candidato for tho
mayoralty of Philadelphia at the Itepubll
can primary of September, 1911, receiv
ing, however, nearly 85.000 votes."
Noto the "however." That "however"
Is eloquent of gieat ambitions, of great
expectations. My personal stiength (says
"however") Is, at rock bottom, never less
than 85,000. Had I not been stabbed In
the back by tieacherous friends (declares
"however") I would long ago have been
Muyor of Philadelphia, my fellow Con
gressmen. But In spite of tho criminal
conspiracy against me, I polled as many
as 85,000 votes nearly however.
The autobiography In the Congressional
Directory proceeds to tell what sort of
Mayor he would have made: "As a citi
zen and public olllclal he has been
partlculatly solicitous In behalf of the
public school system of Philadelphia,"
and, to show how far those nearly 85,000
had weight nt Harrlsburg, "as Recorder
of Deeds he was Instrumental In having
the Leglslatuie of Pennsylvania uuthoitze
and Governor Tener appoint a commis
sion to Investigate nnd suggest a more
modern system In order to expedite and
cheapen" the cleaning of the streets?
No "the cost of recording deeds and to
Insure titles of property, his administra
tion of the offlco being publicly com
mended by the secretary of tho Civil
Service Commission, as well as all the
leading trust companies and real estate
brokers." Here tho record of public
service abruptly stops. Just when we
hunger and thirst for more righteousness.
What Is of singular Interest Just now
Is whether the lecord will have to be
changed for tho next Congressional
Directory. Will that formidable array
of "nearly 85,000 votes" be Increased to
"fully 85,000" or perhaps to "nearly
88,000"? Six years Is rather a long time
to keep on talking of past performances.
The ispuo is Infinitely more impoitant
now than it was In 1911, according to Mr.
Vare. Now, ho maintains, the lssuo be
tween the Fifth Wnrd party and the
Town Meeting party is a national Issue.
The fate of the Republic and the pro
tective tariff hangs upon the condoning
of the trivial offense that was done to
Special Policeman Eppley on that down
town sidewalk.
Surely, on such a momentous occasion,
It should be worth while to bo able to
record In the Congressional Directory
that one polled as many as nearly 87,000
votes nay, nearly 83,000 votes however!
We begin a new month today.
Let's begin a new era Tuesday.
Maybe we are lucky that the tax on
gas Is so small. Suppose the bus works
were run by street-cleaning contractors?
Maybe the Governor also does not
know that the police are In politics In
Philadelphia. All he has Is a letter to
tell him so, and that may be a "frame
up." It Is not the first time that Ger
man hordes have poured Into the plains
of Italy, On one famous occasion the
Roman Martus saw to It that not even
a single one of them ever got back.
How would you like to employ our
city officials or their backers to run
your business? Incidentally, the city's
business is your business. Vote along
that line and you'll get the proper re
sults. '
Theodore Rposevelt is the sort of
American who cares nothing for party
ties when they stand in the way of decent
government. He is dealing sledge-hammer
blows for Mltchel In New York, but
the "Bull Moose" candidate Is John F.
Jlylan, of Tammany Hall. '
Mr. Jllllqult ovor In New York
thinks that this Is a commercial war.
It's Just like a lot of crazy Americans
to spend billions of dollars In (ho hope
of getting trade that does npt exl in
exchange for a trade already possessed
which taxed Jha capacity of our Indus
trial eaUbllshments, Why do politicians
bwaatt o-n bHvinc that tka pwbllo ar
A
T
EVENING LBD&ER-J?HMlv.;.;BLPHXA, 'IHUBSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,
SAMMEES' LIFE IN
"A QUIET SECTOR"
No Great Trouble With tho
Bodies, but Much From
"Enemies Within"
AX
Ti France. Henceforth the line of trenches
taken over by American troops will bo
known as the "American Front In France."
The name will cling to It until the end of
tho war, nnd unquestionably will ring with
fame.
Such was the consensus of opinion ex
pressed by foreign officers, trench veterans
themselves, after hearing that tho training
of General Pershing's men had reached the
flrlng.llno point.
Small casualty lists from the American
tranches may be expected within the next
few days, It was said. Kven War Depart
ment officials In Washington have ad
mitted that much.
This should not bo taken to mean that
Pershing's men aro to be subjected to heavy
fighting at once, but British officers In this
city pay that it would bo almost miraculous
If thcro were not some casualties In the
American ranks In the near future.
Regardless of the fact that the American
front for the present lies In a "quiet
Bcctor." ns reported In cable dispatches, no
trenches are really quiet, us virtually all
are bombarded from time to time.
It Is known that the Sammces In the
first lino already havo been under fire, nnd
will bo so for many months to come. The
(lerinnn lilgh-cxploslve shells often do far
moro d.iniugo to the trenches themselves
than to the men In the "quiet" sectors,
but they come at unrelenting Intervals.
Then there Is the danger from snipers
and aerial torpedoes, even If the trenches
are several hundred yards apart, ns dis
patches would Indicate. Besides, th men
must be rendy for nny emergency. As nn
English officer expressed It, "one can never
tell what the Frltzles will attempt to do"
If the attack comes tho Americans will have
tn meet It.
In rcferonco to tho casualty lists, army
officers say the Germans, who know the
Americans are In the trenches, will do nil
In their power to attempt to demoralize the
Sammces who are getting their first taste
of trench warfare.
Less Exciting Than Ball Game
One officer only recently predicted that
the American troops would be In tho
trenches within two weeks. Tho prediction
came true The opinions of such men carry
weight
There are several officers In this city
who know the almost exact location of the
trenches the American troops have taken
over, they sa. They also told of the
conditions which tho Sammces nre meeting
at present, of what they will have to put up
with, of their dally life, work, discomforts
nnd even simple pleasures.
In the first place, guarding trenches,
regardless of occasional bombardments
and shell showers, is by no means danger
ous In tho present war sense of the word,
unless tho Germans decide to launch an
attack.
Tho guard work is Irss exciting than
a ball game, one English officer said. It
gets even very monotonous and Is enlivened
only by tho Frltzles from time to time,
and by tho good humor and flippancy of
tho trench soldiers tnemsclvcs.
The trenches In thnt section are well
drained They havo Improvised flooring.
Few men are stationed In the front-line
trench, most being stationed in the support
and reserve trenches. All thrco connect, of
cdurse, with communicating trenches.
American machine guns unquestionably
havo been Installed In picked places to
sweep tho front in caso of an attack. Our
own artillery Is stationed In tho rear.
American officers also arc getting their first
taste of living in dugouts, within lange of
the German guns Grenades have been
distributed to the men for emergency use.
During the day thcro will be little to do
unless the trenches need repair. Tho first
meal of the day Is given out before C a in ,
the last about 5.30. The men unquestion
ably will make good use of the trench
periscopes , some may try snapshooting ;
all will have to be on the qui vivo for gas
attacks. For these, of course, all depends
on the wind and weather With their train
ing In quick use of gas masks, the Sammces
should suffer little other than discomfort
on that account.
At night the scene changes In moro than
one respect Bven No Man's Land swarms
at times wlt'n crawling creatures onco the
curtain of darkness has fallen
American troops then will get their share
of the more thrilling guard duty at the
listening posts, advanced near the enemy's
line. Byes and cars then strain the night
air for signs of nn approaching attack or
patrol. At such a time tho slightest noise
often sends the heart racing.
Enemies Within
In the trenches most of the men use sleep
ing bngs. The cold becomes intense, but
the Sammees havo had long training In
the open and ought to stand the Btraln In
good shape. It Is too early in the season
for "trench feet " Rain, mud and darkness
bring discomforts, but American soldiers
will take them good-naturedly, as millions
of their allies have for several years,
Incldentnlly, the trench soldier has little
use for men who grouch and sulk. The
flippancy of the "pollu" and "Tommy" Is
proverbial. Standing under the shadow of
death for days at a time, they have been
known time and again to Joke even while
going "over tbe top"
The men even Joke about their most
biting foe. one which Infests the trenches
In millions. We'll name them as fleas for
politeness sake.
A Tommy not long ago astounded his
comrades by announcing that he had found
a way to get rid of the pests. Men crowded
about him to hear the welcome news.
"Why. It's like this," he said In n dry
tone; "all you have to do Is to get some
salt and rub It all over your body. When
the beasts get thirsty and go for a drink,
then you grab your chance to run away
from them!"
Another suggested that by rubbing the
body with, sand the "fleas" would break
their teeth In biting'
Let's hope the Sammees will not have to
face that foe and that. If they do, American
ingenuity will find a way to solve that
problem. F. R. G. F.
PAY OF FIGHTING MEN
Orades and pay go together. A second
lieutenant receives yearly J1700; a first,
$3000, Captilns, majors, lieutenant colonels
and colonels draw, respectively, $2400, $3000,
$3500 and $4000, This Is the Initial or base
pay; It is Increased 10 per cent for every
five years of service, up to 40 per cent;
this Increase is known in the army as a
"fogy," Lieutenant colonels and colonels,
however, stop at $4500 and $5000. respec
tively. The pay of a brigadier is $0000,
that of a major general $8000, Gen
erals get no "fogys." Officers receive
besides quarters, fuel and light. The pay
of enlisted men depends 'on their grades,
ratings and length of service ; It Is too com
plicated to set out at length here. A pri
vate, however, gets a base pay of $15 a
month; a corporal, $S1 or $24; a sergeant,
$10 or $$; first sergeants, $46 all with
inrrcaBea for length of service. In add).
tlon, be it said, all noncommissioned officers
and men draw clothing, and, of course, are
fed, These rates have been materially in
creased during the present emergency
"Commencing June 1. 1917, and contin
uing until the termination of the emergency,
all enlisted men of the army of the United
States In active service whose pay does
not exceed $21 per month shall receive an
increase of $15 Per month; those whose
ba pay Is $24, an Increase of $13 per
month; those whose base pay is $10, $38 or
$40, an Increase of $J per month, and those
whos base pay Is $45 or more, an Inciraaa
or f per raimjiu- uoionei u. itW, WIU
mm, .m. mmmmw,
Tom Daly'B Column
McAront Dnllnds
XC.
DON'TA BE EOAnr.:
itoi' cvraboddu dot com' fo nty itan'
3taa torn' fresh klnCa crack:
"Wat klnda soldiers you oot cen your
Jan'r
"Wen ces da front comW hack?"
"Bmasha da Germans ccclh softa ooimn';
Chucka da sheens een dclr track."
Dai's klnda stuff
Vat dey talk; an' eet's tough,
Uut pretta soon cet teeell stop;
Taka decs tccp from your Top
Don' ta le scare" of da copt
Bom'boddy say: "Dey arc secck o' da
tear,
llcbbe dey looka for peace."
Dot's kind talk dat ces mak' me so sore
I pona call da police.
Plcasa don't talka sooch nonsense no
more
A'ot fccH da Kaiser ces grcasct
Dat's how ice stan'
Tccll da Kecng of m'j Ian'
Leeft up hecs han' an' say "Slopl"
Just Ilka irafflca cop
Don'ta be scare' of da tcop!
THE MISSUS, over the coffee cups yes
terday morning, was counting up war
damages. She began with her household
expenses, of course, and got lftle extract
of hope from that direction.
"If this thing goes on much longer,"
she said, "what on earth will become of
us ull?"
"Goodness knows!" said we. "Let's talk
about pleasant things. Let's knock the
neighbors."
"Oh, that reminds me," said she. "You
remember how Mrs. carried on
when thnt lazy, lanky boy of hers was
taken In tho draft? Well, she got a letter
from him yesterday and ho says ho
weighs fifteen pounds more than ho did
when ho Joined the army a month or so
ngo nnd that ho never felt better in his
life."
"Our own youngsters at homo are look
ing pretty good theso days," wo remarked,
"Why shouldn't they?" said she.
They'io getting only tho plainest nnd
wholesomcst food. And, oh, by tho way,
did you hear about Mrs. being out
on her porch ycstcrdny7 Yez. You know
she was bedridden for ten years. Of
course, you've heard all that, and how
when her husband dropped dead a couple
of months ngo she Just 1 ad to get up and
call tho neighbors, and how she's been
working around the luusc, moro nnd
more each day, cv cr since "
"What about that fellow who mado so
much money and moved up to Chestnut
Hill? Ho had a nervous brenk "
"Oh, Mr. ; yes he was very sick,
but his llttlo daughter was stricken with
typhoid and that gave him something
else to think of and the two of them got
well together,"
"Nevertheless," wo said, as she helped
us on with our overcoat, "It's no easy Job
for on optimist to seo any good crmlng
out of this war."
"Oh, I don't know," said tho missus.
REUBEN PRICHARD, sharing our
scat In tho train, took up the war talk
where the Missus left off. Mr. Prlchard
Is a merchandise broker nnd an honest
man at ono and the samo time. You can
believe anything he tells you about the
II. C. of L. He held In his hand a small
can. "This," said he, "contains good that
grew out of tho war." "Empty?' wo
asked. "Far from It." said he, "and this
Is only a sample. Before this war started
buttermilk was thrown away by the big
creameries, but a genius out West dis
covered 'condensed buttermilk' ns a help
In making bread and cakes better and
doing It more cheaply than with old-fashioned
j east and shortening. Before this
war canners of tomatoes allowed the
seeds and Julco spilled upon their pack
ing tables to run away. Tills past year
several of them have set drip pans for tho
stuff, canned It, and found a prompt
market for It, A chemist of my acquaint
ance, experimenting with peanuts for tho
making of oil, discovered nn entirely new
food product which jou're going to see
advertised shortly. Oh, I can't tell you
that. Watch tho papers," said he.
IN ALL tho world there Isn't a gontler
gentleman than Dr. Austin O'Malley, of
South Broad street. Yet one of his an
cestors camo within nn ace of commit
ting an assault upon Ungllsh literature
that would havo amounted to a catas
trophe. In 1641, when the Irish ros.o In revolt
against King Charles, tho established par
son of Burrishoolc, in County Mayo, was
the Rev. John Goldsmith, who turned out
to be a grand little Informer. Now, when
Owen Roo O'Neill ""ent out" the Clan
O'Malley, In whose district Goldsmith
lived, was In his army, but Edmund Mnc
Loughlln O'Malley, the last chief, was too
old to go with the troops; he, however,
captured Goldsmith. In his own deposi
tion, made In 1643, Goldsmith told how his
property was seized by the Irish and thnt
Edmund MacLoughlln O'Malley "beset
the house where this deponent was, with
about twenty of his men." The old chief
said to the clergyman: "Mr. Goldsmith, do
you remember how the English Berved
us? How they silt our noses and
scarred our faces? Come out here."
John continues: "O'Malley was so bit
ter against the deponent, that had not a
friar, whom he knew, begged for him, as
the neighbors told him, O'Malley had
cut out this deponent's tongue, for which
purpose he had come thither as this de
ponent .was informed. At length, with
much difficulty, this deponent escaped to
the Lord Mayo's house."
So John .Goldsmith was allowed to live
and to marry and to raise a large family
and so Oliver Goldsmith, his grandson,
was spared to tha world. For that,
whenever you pass 2228 South Broad
street, take your hat off to Doctor
O'Malley.
On the verge of what promises to be a
most lively Election Pay this definition,
accidentally happened ujton in "Wrlght'a
Dictionary of Provincial and Obsolete
English," may not bo uninteresting to
Home folks:
ACnVSl CITIZEN A louse. ThU
cant torm la given tn the Lexicon Bala
troalcwn and Is too piquant to be omitted.
FEAR DISEASE
AFTER THE WAR
Experts in France Prepare for
War on Tuberculosis in
Prisoners
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Correspondent of the Evcntna Ledger
(ti France.
PARIS, Oct. 10.
FRANCE Is n land of Individualists Just
now, bound up In a common cause. As
to tho latter, comment Is superfluous. As
to the former, one has but to ride in the
Paris underground, or upon a train going In
any direction within or without tho mili
tary zone, to note a genuine distinction In
type, each man different from his neighbor
despite racial characteristics. Nowhere else
In the world Is this striking fact so patent.
One Kngllshman is very much like another,
nnd the same applies to the German, the
Italian, the Spaniard. But each French
man Is himself, despite his race, and therein
lies the crux as to why so many dis
tinguished men among them have not only
genuinely accomplished something In a
field of chosen llfework, but are very en
cyclopedias upon Its pro3 and cons,
Occasionally there are men In France
who, asldo from a national or International
reputation in profession or else, aro en
grossed In another work dearer to the
heart, and with which they nre In astound
ing touch. Of such Is Leon Bourgeois, who
received me recently at his residence. No. 3
Rue Palatine.
Statesman and Author
M. Bourgeois, It Is hardly necessary to
relate. Is a statesman, iho nuthor of re
maikable viorks upon social philosophy, a
member of tho French Senate, ex-presldent
of the council and of the Chamber of
Deputies and several times member of
French Cabinets. Since his retirement as
Minister of the Interior he has devoted his
entire time and attention, publicly nnd
privately, to fighting tuberculosis, a work
that has constantly occupied him to more
or less extent for the last twenty-two
i'i e-Bnerallv suDDosed," he said, "that
the Increase of tuberculosis In France Is
entirely due to the war and Its consequent
exposure to wet, cold and mud In the
trenches. As a matter of fact, this Is both
the case and not the oise. For In the last
Instance the war simply uncovered and
hastened the development of the disease
where in many Instances the germ was
latent In the patient. Evidence of this as
a true deduction is to be found In statistics
showing that for a term of years before
the war fully 50 per cent of deaths in
France were rrom tuDercuioais mono, in
many cises these deaths might have been
prevented. In many, also, the patient was
not treated at all for the disease or, at
best, treated In an Indifferent manner.
"And In the last Instance we shall have
a gravrf Influx of tuberculosis when, after
peace, thousands of French prisoners now
in German concentration camps are re
turned to their own country, This we
realize and are preparing to combat seri
ously. Our soldier prisoners must not bo
discharged from the army and permitted
to return to their homes without careful and
minute examination ior tne aisease, assured
constant medical care and attention If It
exlats and Instructed as to how their af
fliction should be treated and as to the best
possible manner of preventing its con
tagion. Headway Against Scourge
"For many years I have devoted as much
time as I could from a multitude of duties to
preaching, speaking and writing In warning
as to what Uberculosls Is. As president
of the Social Hygiene Alliance I was able
to bs the establishment throughout the
various departments of our country long
before the war of sanitary stations where'
tuberculosis was treated In all Its stages.
a. well as to foster the work of the Asso
ciation of Visiting Nureea of France, who
went out among our people In aid, counsel,
advice and hraienlo Instruction. But th
work was slow and uncertain, due in large
la a ajinu apaiay, we accom
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AND GLAD TO PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE
plished much, but tho disease accomplished
more.
"Now that the war has given a concreto
example of Its ravages, wo havo mado
genulno headway against the scourge.
Through tho central committee of assist
ance for military tuberculosis patients, of
which I havo tho honor to bo president,
marked progress ngalnsc the disease has
occurred, not only In military circles, but
In the civilian ranks of our people. Wo
have branches of this committee In every
city In France, nil doing noble work.
"It has been and ever will bo a campaign
of education that tuberculosis be known
for what It Is, an insidious thing to bo
fought nnd dreaded. We nro now finding
a co-operation where before a general
apathy. Indifference and almost resentment
existed. Not only have wo now a num
ber of hospitals and sanatorlums devoted
to tho special purpose, but preparations are
mado for a determined continual fight
after tho war. In which wo now happily
see an eagerness of co-operation among all
classes of our nation, and for which wo aro
assured governmental as well as municipal
aid from every city In France.
Expects Prisoners to Be Infected
"When our prisoners ore returned to us
we shall undertako in each Instance the
same education for the individual now
being pursued In the cases of tuberculosis
patients already discharged from the army,
to- the end that those who have contracted
tho plague within or without France may
equally and intelligently combat it In a
system of hygiene and sanitation. I have
high hopes In coming results. I have per
sonally visited every military tuberculosis
hospital In France during the last eighteen
months, and have noted moro results during
that period than during the entire preced
ing twenty-two years this work has been
so dear to my heart. Yet much as this
Is, It Is a verltablo nothing against that
which remains to bo done, and which must
continuously be carried on for a long term
of years, that as a race we may become
at last as free from the white plague as
Is the caso In England and America.
"In all my long life I have accomplished
no single thing of so much value to France
as the responsibility for a law bearing my
name and dating from April 15, 101C. It
creates public dlspensirles for combating
tuberculosis In particular and compulsory
medical nttentlon for those Buffering from Ft
In nny stage, ns well as generally promul
gating social hygiene In every city and de
partment In France. These dispensaries nn
now understood ns standing for the publl
good, nnd in no single case has It beei
necessary to more than open their doors ti
receive willing patients.
"The remainder of my allotted span Is to
be consecrated to aiding 'and fostering this
work among and for the people of my m
tlon. I am proud to make this statement
and as I look back Into the past, preser
and remote, no two things are so dear to
me as the actual existence of the law Leon
uourgeols and tho fact that here In Paris
the largest tuberculosis dispensary existing
under It honors me in bearing my name.
"For nothing In a man's career, publl,
or private, Is of greater privilege than al
cere intent to benefit his race, to give
greater strength, to guard It agulnst tn
secret encroach of the least feared and most
mortal disease that has ever fallen to the
lot of human kind. I would prefer that
after my death Leon Bourgeois be remem
bered, not as he of politics and statesman
ship, but as one who had fought a good fig
against a great social evil, who had for
twenty-odd years utilized his every pov
to rouse the French nation against tuber
culosis. And I pray such may be the case "
RILEY'S FIRST POETRY BOOK
James Whitcomb Riley has told himself
of how early his Jkve of poetry begat
"Long before I was old enough to read"
he says, "I remember buying a book at an
old auctioneer's shop In Greenfield. I can
not Imagine what prophetic Impulse took
possession of me and mads me forgo tha
ginger cikea nnd the candy that usuallw
took every cent of my youthful Income The
slender little volume must have cost all of
twenty.flve cental It was Francis Quariea's
Divine Emblems' a neat little affair about
the sUe of a pocket Testament. I carried
It around with met all day long, delighted
with the very feel of it Wat have yoS
got there, Bubr some one would ask 'A
book.' 1 would reply, nyhat kind of a
bookT' Toetry book,' 'Poetry I' Would bo
the amused exclamation. 'Can vnn .m
poetryr and, embarrassed, I'd shake my
head and make my eeeapet but I feeht on
tu m wnwvaaa anaaa
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Name n tartar which made the ataliwt
clnHa of tho Middle Arra more btautlfu
t tin n the modern product,
3. Ilxnrtly 400 rrara nro n rrllitloii rrformri
iuiIIfiI on tho door of Vilttenlttrc (hurrl i
nlnrt-!lio tlitae ocnlnat ithAi he (If
rlnrrd were ecclealuatlcat abutea. Villi
uim lie?
3. tvlint oltlcer becomra artlns Secretary ol
State la the abnence of the Hecrttorr?
4. Define "emeiltuV In auch exnresalonai n
"nrofemxir emerltua" or "prealuent
einerltua," ;
5. Of hat republic l Sfenoeal Frealdent? ,
0. Joan of Arc wa beatified br the Cnthellr
I hurcli several tram mo. la tha prelU
"Haint" uaed before her name? ,
T. In viliut part or Knjland la Deronahlrt?
8. lien did William the Conqueror take En't.
land? j
0. October 12 la n legal holiday In a number if
Muten. What event la then cod
lueiuoratedf
10. Dellne "pun sold." v
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Tom Thumb waa nn American dwarf
n
llarnum encased him In. Civil War tlmaa.
Muit nimui turee teei in neitnt. r. T,
'i. Slrutford-upon-.Vion: birthplace of Shake
speare. 3. AiiiulilMousi Hi Ins both on land and In
wuter.
4. JUon'H fctatue atanda on the tolumn in
rrnraUur Square, tendon. The nquare Is
mimed for Ida sreateat naral vlctori.
5. Ilerliert fepencer: Knill.h philosopher, who
ueirioped the Darwinian evolutionary
tneorlea to the moat far-renchlnr cen
rrullzatlona. Ilia dlitlnctlte trait la an
eitrrme lndlvldunllani.
0, Vdlne Ir about thirty miles from the tenner
llslillnc front on the lnonio.
7. Ileckllnct InterruptlnE a political speaker
by naklne queatlona.
8, llarleni llltcrt small atream runnlsc from
the Ku.t Klver to tho Iludnon acroea the
northern part of New lark city, separat
ing the Uronx from Manhattan.
0. "Over tho top": descriptive of the bciln
nlne of an Infantry charse from trrnchoi
the men leap over the top of their parapet.
10. Cndornai Italian commander-in-chief.
EVERY INCH A QUEEN
MUCH has been said and written of King
Albert of Belgium, but Hugh Gibson, sec
retary of the American Legation in Brussels,
enjoyed a most pleasing familiarity with
both this King and his consort. It was on
tha occasion of the American secretary's
calling at the villa on the sand dunes a
llttlo way back of the lines, where tbe
King and Queen were quartered, that tha
following Interview took place:
"The Queen had wanted to Bee me about
the subject of surgeons for the Belgian
army. The Belgian surgeons In the Brussels
hospitals have been replaced by Germans
and have nothing to do, although they are
desperately needed here. The Queen Was
terribly depressed about the condition of
the wounded. There are so few surgeons
una sucn iremenaous numbers of wounded
that they cannot by nny possibility be prop
erly cared for. Legs nnd arms are being'
ruthlessly amputated in hundreds of cases
where they could be saved by a careful
operation. Careful operations are, of course,
out of the question, with the wounde'd being
dumped In every minute by the score. In
these little frontier towns there are no
hospital facilities to speak of, and the poor
devils are lucky If they get a bed of straw
under nny sort of roof and medical attend
ance within twenty-four hours. We went
to see ono hospital In a nearby villa, and
I hope I shall never again have to go
through such an ordeal. Such suffering
and such lack of comforts I have neyer
seen, but I take off my hat to the nerve
of the wounded and the nurses, most pf
them the best class of Belgian women, used
to every luxury and getting none.
"The Queen gave me tea and one of her
small supply of cigarettes, and we tallUOi
until after dark. The monitors off shr)ra
had been 'Joined by a battleship, and tha
row was terrific and rendered conversation
difficult.
"The Queen was still full of courage arid
said that as long as there was one square
foot of Belgian soil free of Germans she
would be. on It. She said It simply. In
answer to a question from me, but thsro
was a big force of courage and determina
tion behind It. Aa I waa not dismissed. 1
finally took It op myself to go, and tbe
Queen came with me to the door and sent
me on my way Bhe stood in the lighted
doorway until I reached the motor and then
turned slowly nnd went In, a delicate llttlo
woman with a Hon'a heart. Jnglebleek atifl
the Countess de Caraman-Chlmay came out
after we had cranked the car and gave m
messages for their families and friends, it
la a pretty hard change, for these pioafi.
who three months ago were leaduw stasia
a ftttU. comfortable life, twt Umv havS xZ2
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