,T1 -t T? r . Ai ", y. 'i,S i l'fcU'k HHMMHHMHHH Fmt ' ii- '$': .vtEVBNINjGI- PUBLIC LBDGEPv-PHTLAlELPilIA, .SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1018 EAkS KEEPS NTL&S YOUTH AGLOW r. talch, Commander of Legion of Honor, Mtary Midkl for Valor at Verdun and -ftr tfnqb'anchable Spirit . i v Bv HENRI BAZIN Vr. I i ... - j ',.. .- .-.J,.... ..,.. . I BUtn rVQIiC ixsarr spnn inc imrriran rtn ' ' jalj "i ' (ico Mm 'til that Honlenelo hsd said lo a WTMER & M '- prtnlK, hah Just been Hrtokiry wr.escnt qftlifl -sitae "haa 'ijust pawed hi" WrUilifc,JIo la'utttJ, hitf .'l ' JiT-a--'-J II.. as jrar DiireJiiTiii.ni4i:r wi ,tv MerWr.Vlilaiiilnie'l" Kelouard I fnn ttie wnt- beeun he. vvns Ma native viIIreo In Hi mule no ollelfU It let pfrviceB, naseei ft Aohmlury eurH spent In amir, in ,-imiearuhce anil l t?MKV t, tlut tlm. I lave iM-nhniil flfiv.flvn. Todav he attMa.older. Ills citations In part i Mtittetl a uvia pflinonsm nm cunderr severe, clreutnsltnt'rs! B hlBh "moral effect unon the 4fc Mfi'tlntoon': iTlstliiL-ulsheit hlin- ttt action before Verdun during tho rtW S:jililuite'd grr-at bravery ntid frowvnt the initial nuac-k upon mia Tlitt. ijivlne hi platoon' from h1llloii-4.1irouBh his soldierly ncu-afieVoour-Be." jaofcKS at Tim vnna TWpelilte, culled from Vila record, nre nouttfi,, A J nee It. and ns I under. tend the, iwllu, be bo with a commls- ton or, without one. here wn u man wfcon' record la sis one whoso soul waa , -Bopped up lit the folds of the tricolor. n4 whoia rout vision whs France. He "wan example amen many In, a great nuvaw)io havo performed equal deeds. Van beyond and In the death lie typl- tiwff Framta and licr iidriilrnble army. ntikJtftur clear hoW and why she held fast odUruV while Kngland prepared, and 'stll .while England fight and Aipeift-.i rflar". i Ji,bowto IMounnl Amcnlch. To bo " efltty-elght and valiant. strong, n soldier ' lev the core, a brine If modest leader of ' mee.fand to maintain as well eternal iyptthtbt something. Tor wo hear and 'raitA'-nt thn hurden of years, how at tMrWcoro or dose to It man Is full of ArtiM and palnsKft poor, de.Tplt, rn Mt, machine, walking wltli to canci, aMhnt painfully, That t!nuea, mar rair,1 brain, bonei, muscles afe traltoroun, tlat,WP 1" tr behind, and that the V,aYa-yawni! Here lia brae of alxty- "ffwho ele all thU the lie. What jwrth, among all the do id Jcuncwe of (Trance was more tho man? Whit mm 'ot twenty-eight had more Ugor, what kArt 'morA heart? V -Truly, there in nothing In ohlTiKc but ,u'th4"ol4 ace of the head and tho hntt, ,' i.VBanldh,. thehi througn im win, i 'kt a'Uraal . nllth miiuintl! .IHll V, hell ,J. ".. ''tim-n inne-K. tthen through ery Hiouiuerfs jmysiwn there remains all tint if the Vl wara itnon lhn ff r"--,:.l j"" .. . . , -LWtmrL uetrrMJn, ii 'MAlr h.nlilv than S" ' . . .. --- I '.ibea-utv of growing oni wirne remaining t ' yeunK'tho beauty of yean. Knowing how to age mi an not ' IV tiveti' to all of u Tito thought li C' Mrihvr a voiinir Voltaire, If one eMs. B ' There Ja io more eupienicly high moral .'ewgance man inn wriKiu o jw "" thlr ekperlence1". together with mental iy aMllty to bear inem ueaiiiuuuy. hrJkEN'cn.vu lrraiiNAUA- younh TaHe tne preeeni i-rnnw -"iiuincr u ' 'Syanea.'aa an example. M. flementeau VmaerKanda what I aim to portray, re- t?vtatalncide8ilta his yeaw. .mBnlflrint yUth.of the head, the heart, the mind. Who 'Would dare, call him nn old man? '"fhere.-")!! all France Is there a younger ,jnfr i vtSaclt age has Its pleasures as each fcaa Ita merlt.i. The fabulist of f.iliullstM, tiKontalne. has written that theru Is J-lriJeAery garden, that of eprlng as ret! aa auiumn. finu u" it iciitcuiucn'i ranee beautiful woman who had dropped her fan: "Ah I Madepioltelle, If I wcjo but forty," How many of us In theeo strenuous times Imagine jvb aro old at halt a century? If you wl)o read are suth. If you U6 read meet one thinking With, nhleper this! "There l n garden of old age. a better gardcil een than that nf Im I"onlalne, full nf grea'er rharni mid beauty than he dreamed In all his phi losuph), It hai many loiellnessts for Mm who keekx them tt'a a winter garden to be sure: hut It ha Its floAets neverthele, Ita rap of life, Its mitilight. Us beauty of ear." ' U. S. MAY SEIZE LAND FOR SHIPMEN'S HOMES Real Estate Profiteering in Hop; Island Housing Project Barred CAN TAKE BUILDINGS Ileal ettate owners In the vicinity ot the Hog Miami housing t-lln who lire holding their land for a speculative prim In tho hops nf being nhto to unite t'ncla Hum come throupli ulth 11 hand lutnn prollt nro duo ti bitter disap pointment, according tn an nlllclal an nouncement from the shipping board, Not only will the (loiernnieiil re fujo to pay exorbitant irh'cn for land on which to hultd homes for Hog Is land wnrhmrn, but luinl will he Kim mandeered where It Is found neccawiry for the purpose of providing the hous ing facllltlcH required fqr the shlp.i ird workers. This decision aa rent lied at a conferenio In Washington attended by J. lingers Klannerj. ihalrm.iti ot the housing tommlttee of the llmergency Fleet Corporation, who Is In iharge of the hiiualng progrnni lil'hlladclphln, HulMlngs already erected will bo treated In tho ramc manner aw un occupied lots, and where such buildings are needed for l!oertiment purposes and an agreement cnij not be reached Us to the price to be paid the will be seized and Will ho pild for In the same manner aajf they lmd been rented from their owners by private parties. The power to commandeer rial estate In this manner Is fonveved In the housing bill recently passed by Congress, In which J'iO.oOOOOO Is appropriated for the pur pose of providing for workmen on C'oV crninent projects ttlds will he nsktd todnv by Director Dalesman, of the Depirtment of Public Works, for the construction of the boule vard(that Is to unmeet the Hog Ihlnml shipyards with tho cation ot tho I'ortlelh Ward where the housing com niunlly Is to ho rrn ted. 'iho bids sub mitted last month were rejected because they exceeded tho estimate of tho De partment. i;rneed promlsese that the original program of launching fifty ships at Hog Island this year will he can led through according to the schedulo were given In the hearing before the Kenate Coin mltteo on Commerce at' Its last session by Harris D Connlck, vice president of tiiR.Aiuerlcan International Corporation, and In 11 speech to the emplojes of the shipyard delivered at Iho Adelphla last night by Charles A. Stone, president of the corporation. Eva. 2"aiialE: PETROGRAD RIOTERS SLAY MANY WOMEN Unarmed Female Soldiers Full Before Bloodthirsty Bolshevik Mob LOYALISTS UNPREPARED auuHcuryiCAiu . SB z233M'3,1''HiBW"i 3 ) v w w iv m y s k" ' ''S.'c-.Tew ti. v:viijiw t-j-v- w '.' -i. jj j rilHiHB&aVj llnS1 'pzsfe&wP' 8fl54-i- 1 1 -' - A GROUP OF GOOD BpO AJodipi in flwli PEARY'S GUIDE TO THE NORTH POLE The Rear Admiral Tells How to Travel in the Arctic Regions I seized the weapon xlic hail pointed to. "Let us llRht. buck to back," I Hitid. "Wc will illc IlKhUns." Kcrcnbky Appalled ut Horrors Scene, Ordcr Disbanding of Uattalion of lly EVA ZAINTZ ii ' Wo had been al-c weeks In the bar racks at Pelrogrnd on Juno C, a night which let loose tho flrst red ripple of the lea of blood which ,now rises lo submerge llussla It Ilowed upon us In the streets of I'etrogrnd. It touched my garments und It left a horror In my heart. I am as strong as any man. but when I think nf that night my lips aic c'oseil and I (Mount speak. Tor weeks I inuld not tell about It, Hut I could not cease Miliiklng about It. It was the picture ot It tho evcr-vlvid view of Iho mad, iivvf.il n'ght In tho rtrccts of Pelrogrnd never fading from my ineiilnl vision, that decided me lo leave Uussl.l. It made mo rhmdnn m dreams nf a rtussla saved by her sous anil daughters I lied as a child in'ght from s"ino mvae beast aiouwd from sleep by a kindly touch. I (led b.u). to my homo from Petrogr.ul. and then, with the two help less, hopeless, starving old people there. I fled on and on, through a Journey ot weeks, with every iU- fretli miseries befoie me. seeking nulv perje and safety. Always the scene of Pclrogiud, with Its p'oplc transformed to howling bears and slinking wolves, was before my eci. liven now, far from It nil. In freo America, the dreudfulness of that iccnc Is scarcely lessened Once, In front of a theatre In Pctro grad, I saw n sold'er n stmng lum In the uniform of rn nilWr come rushing from the door and hurl himself Into a cab. He knelt upon tho floor of Hie vehicle and pressed his fai" iigalns' the cushion of the tcit. and his shoulders shook as he wept, hvlerlcally. as a woman weeps. Ills nerics had ben shattered hj the exp'osloni of shells at th front and some inning, im-'jiiicii.-u happening In tho theUre peril ips Jul sonl,, suuuei lime poise wtir n ......i.. not hnv- alarmed a child had brought a lecurrenco of the disease. So It wni with me about tho mem ory of that one night In Petrograd. Through tho long weeka of our journey urro's Siberia, crowded with hundreds of other refugees In a slow-moving, III smelllng train, with my mother In an almost living stupor beside me and my father Fitting apeechless for hours upon hours. I have prajed to Cod lo glvo mo unconsciousness and i lenched my (1st until t could feel the blood trickle In mv palms because 1 could not forget. ui:TUrtN" or otnt woiiNni;r During the six weeks of our ttalnliiA In Iho camp at Vasslllfjkl there was no Ai :sgmtff St lessening of tho ardor wo felt Tor ouri cause. It was. In fact, Increased by lhn pissagc of time and even bv the return of the maimed and wounded sis ters who had prueded U3 lo tho ftunt. Wc visited them In tho great hospital and Hpoko lo llieiu an hcioei whom we envied We resented the report that Kcrensky would ullov no morn of the women of the battalion to go to lhn front. Wo wore tin bailee of death upon our arms with growing ptli'e ns rouiediltig of In cteaseil i-lgiillliauce. In tho gient hos pital vliltms Miotic with deep plly and commiseration lo oui wounded We sokn as soldiers to comrades who had encountcn il u ncioenry risk In tho line of diftv. Nrnrlv nhiavs we spoke thus Om e Nut-a Popova founil among the wounded a girl Mie Ind known The wounds of her face viere tirrlb'e. .N'utsa wept when the nurse described the vvound'c We rebuked .N'u.i-.l when wc li.nl left tho hospllal. sui.Dicns i.v siv wi:i:ks In six vveekii our training had made us well taught nnd well disciplined sol dier' Wc nmrched wllh nriclidon nnd carried oursclvis Miiartlv. We liad learned to louil, aim and lire onr heavy rrench rifles und wo had been taught tho llitrlisicles of nlliuk ami defense in hivniiet praitlep. In this laEl cvrnlse 1 was especlallj prnnelenl, on account of mv stiength and I was ict to lead (lies of our soldiers as an Instructor. I had great pride In thin. 1 did not realize then that I was soon to owe my life to my "kill, and that It would not be against Itussl i a roulgu enemies but against llussl.uis thcmsihrii that I should light with tie havonet. Ill May wo had reached null a tatls- factory state of training that companies ot our liittallon were assigned as esioiln to Kcrensky .it the meetings In Petro grnd when he spoke, on the night of the 1Mb of May It was our lumnany which was gum mis duty Wc felt a great priuo anu exaltation as wo matched to thn ilty and dining the whole hour which was leiiulred for the march from the hn tracks to tho meeting pljio. wc were greeted with c'licrH and hand-clapping We aligned ourselves . at . ?? ', a .'nil- t i 2venmg jtudiic JLeager Jrnotop THIS PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Pnotoplay Calend ar hA f MtM ADtTAD 1 ll:'X-TQ MAR. 9 ,; ALttAMBRA' APOLLO LVACADIA I a- T - B ' "T. &. wt',iTF fi'i I il. ,1 , 1 " MONT BIRD ADWAY MPPlrflsR; tWBUM, 1NTAL gaS I ' , jjgrJMa ISA r'T IOUNT CKFORD tNORTH. mPERIAL Sfperson ' m if t CRB'K'R ry.r ST. 7T t U TT, y. rry MONDAY Allnjony Wsllior Itflil In niinrtxk Jonrs Ullll- rturkx tn Hve's lHuglitcr million Kills In Thn Krlnxe of Hwlvty Jullnn ntllncr In Tim Wliluw's .Vtlsht Tom Ml .'Jlx Shoolcr Andy Talll Aokl Tin curse of Iku Psthe los Mlsersbles Pauline PrrderlrVs In Miidam Jpslouny Wsllnre ltplu In Nun ct Music Muuntsln Clara Klmbill Voune In Hhlrley Kaye tVIIIIsm hussoll In The Mldnlitlit Trsll Wllllsm S. Hart "In Wolves ar the Hall Marr Plckford In fitella. Marls JhW TJormsnd In DodKinff a- Million lpr"k Keennn Th Coward In Ctiarlw Ttlrhiusn lu I'uMIe Ho Damned l'sthe 7;a MUerablea tJesoe Hayakawa In Wrath of Ood Wallare Reld In Th" 'fhlina V lov ffaHefs X. tluahman In Under Huaplclou Wllllsm S. ltsrt in The Hllent Man Tlobrt Th Heart Warwlelr In or a Here Juns Ulvldara In Uroken Ties Viola Dani In , Th Winding Trail Wallace Itrld In Tho Thine Wo Iov Carlyle lllarkwell In i Ala Hoy I H.ghneaa 'WStMy iota Dana in 'avef ot Drearoi TUESDAY Alimony Tli Zii'elln's I,nat Paid H1III-. lhc'n Park In Liaufftiter Mlltnn Sills In Tie- Krlnae n( Hint! Jullnn latins In Tim Widow's .VIU1U k Tom Mix tils Hhootcr Andy lorn Monro "in Ilrown nf Harvard Pstho l.ea Mlaerables ruullnc Fredericks In M idain Jeatouay Mlne Klllot In riRlitlna; Odda Mao Marah in Th Cinderella Man WlllUni Pirnum In The Conqueror Vlv'an Jtarlln In Tlie Fair Harbarlan Marv Pkkford In Htflla, Marls IMal-rl Nonnand In Dodsli z n Mlllkni Ll'llan Walk- In (told, tks l.uat of Aces I'harlm ?lnv In Ills Molher'a Iloy Merlatr The Warrior Pharos rtv n Tho Hired Man Wallace It'ld In Tho Thlnaa We love Mnrnuerlts Clark In The Seven Hwana WUllam H. Hsrt In The Silent Man WHIIam Ituaaell In Now York f.uck Aekl Ifi vi m Tifea?affl.a, m Mo f tlw y la a,y ri',. BatOM .S l-Wf. aesp Norma Talmadtfe In Olioala of Yeaterday Poualas Pal-banka In Habit of llappfneaa Wallace Bld In Tho Thing Wo liio . Cryl- n'srkwell Ur JIU Boyal II a-hneas Jack Plckford In Tho Spirit of '17 Duabman and ffayno In Under Huaplplon , Viola Dana m A Weaver of Dreams Kfllo Bhannoo Her pay C'armel Myora.ln Vt cinmarrltd. Wlf ' Hdltb Stnrey In Kre of Mystery 'jewel' Carmen In Ctrl WRIi CUBpane ISy liaroM Uaikwond la Mar aU . ' WEDNESDAY Alimony Alice, rirs'lv In Darkest Haasia llllllo llvo's Iturko In Dauffliler Pari- Wllllmna In A Mottier's Hln I.llllan Walker In (told, or the I.nat of Axis Tom Mlv Hlx Shooter Andy Oeraldlne Parnir In Iho Devil Hlonn VUlin Martin In, Tho Pair liarbarlan Pauline Frederltkn Mudmn Jealouuy Vivian Martlr In A Petticoat Pilot Umlly Htevena In A Meeplnu Memory Trlanslo rajera in Utile fed Decided Harold IcStwnod In Ilroadnay Hill Wllllsm H. Hsrt hi Tho Cold Petk Allro llrady In Her hllent Haerllko Madae Kennedy In Ilaby Mill June Klvfrljre In Hroken Ties Marlate The Warrior Marguerite Clark In Mire and Men Mary nirden In Ibala Domrlaa Fairbanks In A Modern Muaketcer -William H. Hart In The tillent Man Mra Vernon Caatlo In' Sylvia of .Secret riervlco Frankln Farnum In A nouxh lover All-Star Caat In the (lelglan Wallaco Held In The Thing We 1.OV0 Cnrlyle lllackwell In Ilia lloyal II ghneas Oeorge Walah In Prldo of New York George lieban In Jules of li Strong Heart Viola Dana In A Weaver of Dreams Marguerlla tlark In Tb Sevan Hwana THURSDAY Clar Kimball Young In The Marlon"lteo Viola Dina In Tho Winding Trail rtllllo Iturke In love's Daughter llsrl- WlllUine In A Mother's Sin Maeltte the (limit The Warrior Mary Plrkfnrd Mtella Maria Oeraldlne Farrar in Tho Devil Stone, Vhlan Martin In The Fair liarbarlan l1allllne Fredericks Madam Jealouay Udllh Morey In Hfa of Mystery .bine KlvbUe In The Strong Boy Carmel Mejers In The Ulrl In the Dark Taullne Prederbk In Mra. Dane's Helenas William S. Hsrt In Iho Cold Deck AHes Drady hi Her Silent haerlllro Raputln. The Jlrik Monk C-s Kldd'es In Treasure Island Charles Ttay In The Son of Ilia Father 1 lleda Pars In Iloae of Blood Mdry Oarden In Thala For the Freedom of tho World Hatel Daly-lom Monro lr. llrowii of Harvard Jean hothern In Mlaa Deceptloi.' Harold I,ocliwood In Proadway Dill Norma Uhotts Talmadgft In of Yeaterday Wallace Held In The Thing Wo Ixive Madge Kennedy In i vvue Our Utile ' Marie Osborne In Tho Utile Patriot Madge Uvans In Galea ot Ghvdneai Dorothy Dallon In Uive Lellera FRIDAY r(ra Klmb.it I Vhuti? . In ih'i Mr!uneU a Klttv tJorJon In Tho UMno Hftirldn lUUli, Kuri.ii In Vt n DeiuBlilrr Olh Tho nun tn Limousins IIf Arnrtta Kllrpiann r A Daughter nf llio Gtxla Mrv riikfnnl Mtellu Mftrls .TtuU PCkfoM In Tin; Prlrlt of '17 M'alltc KrlU hi HlmrcicU Joiieu Paulln KrrrtprUkH Jladain Jeatouay .Son In Markma in A llenrl'u fteveiiKO rannlc AVard H !nn khwu In Th Chat D, ThompHon'n (Irrmun Curi-o In nutria II. Kr I.Intln In for In rrecdoni of tli WorlJ .l-ik Plckford In Th- Pplrlt of MT Clara l.Imhalt oumr lu Tlif Markinctl(n Nnrma Tnln.Hd&c In Ohotttit of Ttfrduy Crane Wlltwr In Thn lltond nf His Palhers Tyonff Power In Tlw Planter m H H-rt lu The Disciple Vidian Martin tn A Petthoat rilot Paulina Frederick In Jtra, Dane's Defense Ita 11 Daly-Tom Mooie Ii. Ilrown of Harvard Cfara Kimball Tnune In The Marionette The Girl with the Champagre Bes Harry Morey In 111 Own People AVallace Held In TfiN 1 hi ntr We Iove .fndek) Knnft1 Our Little Wl ft.-" Marcuerlle Claik la The Been Swan Prankhn Farnum In The though (Lover Dorothy Dalton In Love be It ere SATURDAY Clara KImhalll Tonne In Tho Mnrhsieltes Mn Isle the (Hunt In In "be Warrior nun Kie's Iturke In Diuslitrr 'I lie Thomas In I.hiioiuiltio I.lfo Vivian Martin In The Fair liarbarlan Kitty Cordon In The Divine Bacrlrice Charles Hay In. . 'I he Hired Man Clara Kimball Young ' i mtly Kr T a;iri'K, 1lT&a1oi4i!TrUor i i aai.nH I'V j Mae Marah. In llelda of Honor Douglas Fairbanks In A Modern ,Muskteer Kitty Gordon In Th Divine Hacrlllco Alice Jorc. In A Woman lialw'n Frlenda Kthel Clayton Ii Wbtajarof focltty Ma. Marsh In The' Ualoved Traitor WtlKJl4yfJKrWef '", June Elvtdgo In The Strong Way Douslaa Fairbanks In A Modern MuaUieer Kthel Chulon In Whlma of Uoelety Wallace field In r.lrnrock Jones Alice Joyce In A Woman Detvv'nl'rlenda Ma. Marsh In Iho Heloved Traitor ,,W&ri!s?H,, iv llh ease ami piec'slnn about the speak ers' nlntfmm niij tho peoi'le cheeml iiriIii nnd ac.iln Hut It ricme'l to me lliat there were tears In Kerensliy's Kreit, wonOcrfiil ces at he looked down at us. On the iilulil of the lltli of Jiine.Nuya and 1 wire ninmiR the soldiers of our batlnllon who eie ii-nnltterl to ko Into 'ftroBinil on lave. Theio wire more Hun .1 hiindreil of u, and we unlked t' PetiORr.ul toRothei, noornlnir. as soldleis should, to ride In tho trollev ears In the center of tho cltv vr st p.ir.iled Our mill jnr,ty of leu or twelve vient lo n inovliiB-pIclure theatie, vviieic u tiini was to he dlsplajed showing the opcr.illons of rrtalii troops nt the front. .inionK which wis n replment rotnnianded by a rel.Hlve of one of the solflleni of our h ittallon The the.itro ws In n purl of Petro ei. id where I had never been Tntrlnir all mv .vinr-i of study in Hie Rvmna slum I hid learneil I'linparntlvely little nf the c It) . Ilefoie inv parents would give their roni'nt lo inv ilepnrtuie from our home In TaRanros they had in irte me promise that I would not Ro about tho town, either bv da or hv nlRht. ai it. any of th? students were mpposed to do Hsu illy, when I left, tho cvinnasluin or the pension wheie 1 lived It w.is with some friends of piy parents or with some acquaintance whom they li.in nconi' mended lo me. iiiDicrM.u hv run pi:opi,i: As we m.uclied to the theatre on this nlprht I uotlicd that perron i of the lowei elans tiented us vlth les rei)cet Ibiin I hid been Hiiiistoined to observe 'Ihem were smiles and unpleaH.uit re iniul.s and now and then ules of ltdl cule ,Sonie members of otu party were smoking rlp.uettes We told them to stop jin" tb fiilo mtRlit find pru'm for ildlculo In that. There h id been rumors of disaffection anions Hie lowest ilarn with the Ker pnsky eoveiumeut, but I had paid llttlo ti t ten t Ion to them Ami on this nlElit. when I t.iw tho (lrst eildenees of a disposition to look upon oui orR.inlitlon with .ill tlilnt: less than a great irspect, I ui'counled II I" Iho f.irt lh.it we were In u pait of the town where tho people were l;iiouiit and uneducated lu the theatre wc sat near each other and gJve our."lvei to an Interested view of tho war .w.enr-1 on thn seieen Hefore the presentation nf the lllms was half o.er one of our pirty viho had cone to the cntranco of the theatre for lome purpic-fl leturned and whhpeied n nies sjbo vvlih Ii mndn iu Middeiilv lo loe nil Inlcrert In the ncenej upon thci niton. 'There In llotliiB III the strceti near tho Winter P.ihice.' iho said "file Holshevlkl have irleu to ovu'hrow KerensKy. The) tjjlhat p'opli h.ivo been hilled nnd that ICiensk 1mm or dered soldiers lu put down the disorder" One woman union;; us was one of the prtt nillceru of our lompanj. blio took the situation In hand at mice. "Leave the theatre quletl," sho s.ihl. "two and llino at a time. Walt ut the door for each other. When we are nil assembled llicio we will icturu to Hie huracks at once " Wo did ai sho onlercd A croup of rurlcua iieonln observed us. home of lh( m wcio lallKhlnfT, soino llltcrlni,' lude cxpicvfclons of ildlculc. 'miuiik men shouted vllo remarks ufler us .is wo inarched away. We were moving to ward tho Pushkin statue. In 11. o street of that name. There wo hud ariniiKed to londezvous with ether soldiers of the battalion, leturnlns to tamp. Unfortu nately that point was the very center of tho dlsturb.nn.es of the night, though, us )et, tho fait was unknown to us. Long befoni wc neaied the statue tho found of ride firing startled und alarmed u. It feemed lo come from tho dlrtctlon of the Nov ski Pi cf peel di:ki:.si:ji:.ss woman attacked As wo proieeded the llrlns grew mon freoueut, and occasionally wo could dis tinguish the tiouiul of volley tiring, prov ing that dlfclp'lnrd toldleis were In bat tin with tho rioters. Also wo heard fo Iho first tlmo for many, of us the dealt tattoo of nuuliluo guns. Wa paused tit a street Intersection o consult. Our leader thought us had better male our way directly lo tho tump rather than attempt to keep our rendezvous at the Pushkin stntuc. We were unarmed and, of course, entirely unprepjred for coin- bat Tho sound of Urine and the clainoi of the moh was now qulto near., to us. As wo stood theie IrrrtiOluta a patty ot rlotera poured Into tho street a block away, from a cross street. They were, raising Dolshevlkl cries anil there was a note like that of wild beasts In their howling. When they saw us, their leaders shouted warnings and the members of tho inch stumbled upon each otherJA heels In their haste to regain the Shelter or tho side street. 1'rom that ouri uniforms had misled them and their shouts una execrations we knew that they believed they had encountered a patrol of regular soldiers. Wo begon slowly to retreat. (Skulking In the darkness from doorway to door way thn bolder membera of the mob followed us The dieud realization ot wliat threatened chilled tho blood In our veins. Wo were foldlers no more, but women, unarmed und helpleis, menaced by savage beasts. At last a pistol shot was fired at us by one of the rioters. More rhots tn quick suc cession followed. There was no response from us We had not a firearm anion Us. Iliad grasped Nussa's hand. t was trembling. A girl beside me stumbled against me for support, mho was, pray ing In a whisper. We hastened our1 strp-c. , The mob,. emboldened by our tactic? and finding that'1' no answering shot cairm froim pur ranks, pressed closer. Theyjuad .notv-howevor. penetrated our secret. , They feared A flap ot soiho sort 'and, kept 'WltWd the 4nrkneai of door- It mora effective, tint again and again with Increasing frequency their pistols cracked. s One camo holdly Into Uie inlddlo of the street nnd exhorted us lo Join Willi the nolshevlkl. "DOWN WITH Kr.ItnNSKV." "There. Ii lo bo no morn war I" ho shouted. 'The people will rule. Uowu tilth Kcrensky I At that moment the Ilrst ot our partv was wounded. A bullet struck her In We breast, hhe shrieked In fright and ngouV. That ieveale.1 nil to the mot). It was n woman's slulek. I.lhe a PJCK or wolves they weie upon ns, "Women!" they n-rcamed. 'Keren nkj's women soldiers I Kcrensky 8 bat talion of I I cannot write the shocking para-phras-s they made of the name of out organization, dragging Nussa hy the hand I escaped the mob's onslaught We v.ere both fleet of foot and cour ageous. I wni strong rnoiignioi i"- A fortunnte thing lioipea us to wr "" sclvei also. Tim few electric lights In the ulrect were suddenly extinguished Just us the mob swept upon us. 1 tun ning madly In the darkness Nuvsa and I Humbled and MI once, t vice and rose, bleeding and limping, to run or. and on away from the hoiror wo had escaped. I ho shrieks of our rlslcrs came fainter nnd fainter to our ears. Others of tiur party h id sought safety In as ours. We enuifl near ine rioiris pui V Myrllii T lf.l-rta la A Pettkoit Pllni -Marv Plekfnnl Melln 'I u'a I"' k P' ' 'nr.l In I he Hplr I i f '17 V"llle- Held ltlniiiMk Jones Paiilhie Piederlrks In Madu'n Jealou ay All Msr cnst.The Xep. n-llu o I.uet Raid Tho aim of Hear Admiral reary in writing his "Secrets of rokir Travel" Is to give to future explorers the hcnellt of his tivei.tj-three jeira of exploration work, from 1S36 to 1900. In extreme hlRH latitudes. Kor ho Is confident that, as soon as the war ends this work will bo taken UP, and ho Is eager lo aid lt to the besl of his ability. Mh ''; ;"'; with adinlrahlo clearnes, and I'tedaloi the perfected equipment and methods of Arctic exploration, lie f'"""' ' scrlblmrvln minulest detail ho v he Itoosevc t. n which no i ."," ' wo vojagos, waa built under his per ro"al supenlslon so as to overcome , auo cessfully tho dldlcult and .e lls of Ice navigation. Then he emphasizes I caie with which the mtmbtrt ' "" expedition should be selec led. iU thn essential supplies and cqu pn i. . how to navigate the Ice, and to i mVke night shelters and Inter quarters, im portant Information Is given In regard .. the most suitable clothing and how best to travel by sledge. Stress Is laid on his fortunato discovery of a metliod of Icing the runners of his sleds so that they went further and faster than ever before and with a smaller loss of dogs The most IntercstlnB part of his boolt to the casual rcuder Is that wh ch re tales', to quote his closing words, to the -U.J. ..-a , nerfect of all innchlnes tho animal machine man and the Ilsklmo dog." Probably the secret of his success .In conquering the Pole wns due to the fact tint In the thorough studv of the IMdinos "f made thee night such people my friends. In 1901 there was loters pur- ' not a man. woman or child In 1 c w hilo M.I. g them with blood-curdling veils and I tribe between i.apc . oi .i - - - shocking ribald s.iouls We had lost I did not '"'"""V'k 1, nv 1st completely our seme of direction, but for endurance and work. In my last wTdnr,ed,o0tUp,u,,.. At lasl. turning a expedltlo,i It was "my Poiie r to mlUr ik I Knew, it i me ciuuu cm-n,, ..-. . --- IK i nt'i . iMin ., mv work ThJ"1!';1" I'"ium In Tho Heart of u. r.lon ,"l',e Thomas An ilrlren for R In Pay Jlino I'aprloo In Tho llesrt of Ilnrnieo lack Plckford n Tho t-llrll of '17 .'"rS,Jclmba" Voung ' The Marloi.lt," virs. Vernon 'aeti0 )n onvlel H03 WjiIIhc r, Things v, jy, Tt..?r.B." vVnl.h In Th, Prldo of n,w York lougla Fslrbaaks In I ho l,a m I, Vivian Martin lit A Petticoat. Pilot Sonla Markovs In A Heart' Revenge Haiel Palt-Tom Moore lr, Urown of Harvard. Clara Kimball Young In Tho Marlonettea Paulina Prederlek In Mrs. Dane's Defense Tox Mix In Six-Shooter Andy Wallace Reld In The Thing We I.uve Madge Kennedy In Our Little Wife Marguerite Clark In To. n.ven Hwana Roy fUevtart In Keith of the llorder Dorothy Dallon la Ijov. Letters Pouglaa Fairbanks In A Modern Muaketeer Clara Kimball Toung In Shirley Kay. I.V rnrnpr. I m.iw a Inllilmn was n confectioners shop at which we h id often bought chocolates, r spoko words of encouragement to Nussi and we turned Into a side street which would loud us to tho road lo Veisslllfskl. l"or (he moment wc Imagined we were saved Hut soon the wolves were on our trail. .Some nf the street lights which hsd gone nut began to burn again. My heait Fault Into my shca-s as I heard dreadful tries nnd know we were pursued again Wc were breathless and well-nigh exhausted As we desperately sought to Increase tho distance between us and our pursuers we came upon the scene of u tecent conflict. I fell, Iieavllv, my vi hole length upon the stones, over the body of a dead soldier My uniform vi as stained with his blood when I arose. Two other soldiers, one dead and ono living, lay at the same spot. The dying mail, halt conscious, spoke to us na comrades who had come; to Ills aid Nussh .seized a soldier's rifle, wllh bavonct fixed, fiom tlio ground and pointed to me, where another lay ' Let us Kill each other before they overtake lis!" she laid Her breath came In gasps I seized the weapon she had pointed to "Let us fight, baclt to back." 1 said "Wo will die lighting " Of the conflict which followed I have no recollection that Is dlttllirt. jet I would to iTod that I could blot what 1 recall of It from my sight. No. shots weie (lied at us. Three of the dogs who attacked us I know I struck down with Iho bavonet There were not many of them altogether. I was encouraged and I shouted In Nussa thnt wo would de feat them Our conflict vis only a frag. ment of the grest upheaval In tho cltv. The half doren beat,t of the cinnaillo who still fought to overcome us were wary of my bavonet t.irusts und nana came, to Join them. But they found wuv. Tno. who had apparently le treatcd. returned with paving Mones In their arms. As we dodged the hiIbsIIcs Nussa and I became separated. When Nuss-a's scream told mn I was fighting ulonr, I (led Thc did not follow. Till; PATTALION ih:lu BAItltACKS I never slackened1 my speed until I reached the camp at Vasslllfskl I rushed through tho barrnc-ks entrance.' past the sentries, sobbing and all but dying ut exhaustion and horror The battalion was under arms, awaiting orders tn march against the rioters. "artr!ds had been Issued and lllled tho belts of tl.o roldlris. They were waiting in Impatience, but ,i special courier hud ranio from Kercnslty with u messige thM tho Battalion ot fJeaflt soldiers should not leave their barracks except upon nin personal order. 1 gasped my dreadful story to the women soldiers who gall ercd about me. They htujKht my ilflo nnd urged me to tak iiy plsie In th lankB. Hut t looked a. Nnsi.i's viicint place in our hut mil wept. I was hoIdler no longer On the next day they found Nussa in one of the hospitals. She was prajlns for death. As sho lav unconscious In the .reet after the awful ending of our light against the wolves of theBolshevIki fome ono wllh a blow of wanton, dread ful cruelty had half severed one of her feet. She lived, but I did not see her until a week had jiassed, for I nivaelf Iry raving and unconrcloun with a, .fever nf the brain In the hospital ut tho c-.unp at Vasslllfskl. More than fifty of our women soldiers failed to return to the camp on the night which I have dcrcilbed. Fourteen were killed. Theirs wan tho merciful end Ono cannot wonder that Kerenslty ordered the dlsbaiidnic.il of tho Bat talion of Death. , (Copyright. IH1H. by the Poll Vindicate. Inc.) GOSSIP ABOUT BOOKS AND AUTHORS V1",.,T,,'1, reviews bealdes tho author! and publishers and tho men who write them? r.vlrtently they nro reud, for recently a c iprreapoiident wllh a curious taste In ata- ,.vi.n iiiiuriuru iconerc .VI, Alclfrldo ft. Co . the pub 'iliera of Ihomoa liurke'a "I.lmei houso NJ.nla," that In a total or sevenll nine, reiliws ot that book whlrli he bad per aonally ,xamlned. there were to ha found In all 183 different adje.llvea descriptive ot tho Quality of tho book, of these, thlrt three were deacrtbed as fulaomc. ninety, four ii commendatory, luelve deprecatory, four ahocked and twenty scurrilous 'ihua far th, cubliahera have not verified their correapondcnt'a statistics. A new book by Ohrl.topher Morley la an. nounced by Doubteday, Taio & Co. for spring publication. -Ibis will f the thlr.I book fiom him to appean within leas thun a I.Hr. Th, 11ml wn. i.r..J u... - lirL . i. i .i ' - ' i -IU.RPU. Ull Wheelj'' and Iho aecond. "Sonta for a T.lt. in iioua. - "me new one la to bo . uh.,1 "Bliandgaff " Mr. Morley baa written of 111 .... luuii'iiri inn Mr irunieil lo fflvo a Periecily unbiaaed description of a book. cntlte resources or the trine on my worn and objects." Ho characterizes them U4 "unequaled by any other known ahoilgln.il rsce" In their powers ot en durance nnd their skill In adapting themselves lo their surrounaiiigs. i-oiar exploration In the future, he believes, will be largely done by means of air planes, and tn Investigate the unknown regions will take "a few weeks Instead of several sears." But thlt does not innn lhn clvliic up of ships and sledges nnd the cmplovmenl of the natives. The resources of Iho Antic regions In Ilsh. anlmuls and birds arc very great, and It will need ships to secure them. And wo owe Himcthlng tn Iho people He does not refer lo their being In danger now of starvation, as John Mulr does In his recently published "Cruise of the Ce.rwln," In which he describes his Arctic vojagn In 1881. Then he cum to several tetllements where every one was starved to death, tho bod'ci lying ill the huts or tho snow outside It nieli conditions prevail now wo must provhl for tlielr ncds, and that em h,st he, done hy ships. The numerous Illustra tions from photograpliH add much to tho attraction of the book and to Its value. SiPI'IPlTB OP POLAR 1 R.VA 111... ny Robert r. Penri Illustrated v llh phoioj-rnnlis New ork: Tho Onlury I'ompsiiy. 2..i0 Recreations of an Economist Rtophen Leacoclt Is by profcsslo i a teacher of political economy. He ap parently attempts to preserve his hanlfy by writing humorous books which have no more relation to his profession than the fioth on u mug of beer has to the heavy bcvcingc which It mask). Hut so far ns wc know he Is the only economist who can lake .i humorous view of life. If he would wrlto u book on the laws of trade and get Inlo It sonic of the whimsicalities and sound sense which characterize his other books II ought lo rlvil the lateft fiction for a pluco on the reading tables of lovers of light literature. Ills latest bodti, "Fren zied I'lct'on." Is a renaming burlesque of tho curicnt inaga7lno laic. It bcg'na with 'My Uevelatioiu as a bpy" nnd ends with "Merry Chi Istinus." with 'Simple' .Stories of Success," "Ideal In terviews" and "Personal Adventures In the Spirit World." und a lot more sand wiched In between. If the render does not laugh nt one ot them ho will split his sldcj ut another. PRH.NiSlllll PICTION Dy Stephen Lcncoik. New "Vnrk: John l.nne i onipmo. $l.;,v. The Truth About "The Deserter" Whoever has lead and admired Ulch- ard Harding Davla'a last and one of his greatest stories, "The Deserter," should also reud William a. Shepherd's account of the events which Inspired It, Theie was a real American youth who wanted to desert. He visited the rooms of the war correspondents In Salonlca and made arrangemeiitB to get away. Shepherd and Havla and John Mif'utcheon enter tained hint and McCutcheon persuaded him that he ought not to desert. Davis left Salonika before tho outh was heard from again. It appeaia that ho had been seriously wounded In the abdomen while rescuing n comrade from No Man's Land and that the Injury had not been properly treated, lie had to submit to two more operations before he --'i. was in shape. These operations! performed lifter he hail planned in httl Then he won uccoratea byjtl Hriiisii iving ior nrnvcry in rescuj his comrade, nnd Shepherd saw him f H,ln,i arid ll,1l(1 til. fllll KtAf, ..dentures. Mhetiheiil told It in c rnnf,slnns of a War CorreHnntufi ..l. ....t.ll-I.A.-H hut. lllll till bin iL. II1S llliwnaiit.o .. . ,.-- ...... otwi'inifl little volume for the delectation ot-tho-i' who wish to prrscrVe It along (,, uivis iicuoum vsii-i"n. is in.ms niher cases, tho true story Is more Inti estlne; than the story cnihellhthed by. Imagination oi so skuuui a iicuonlfL Davl:. ,r Till! Hi'Alt THAT TltlP.Mni ... tmi, uiL of tho clrenl vv.r nr William a; gbe. licru, isciv iui.i iinfir . iirna, sttt I r,) jvu&aittii. iuciuiiebsi' if The HolHievlkCd iiiueh'twHetL bowy t..l h vn l.lalt1 UII.1 (ItlVarl ...111. L- ..fl KCOIOIC- lt ..... ..,. .t..vu .ICIlHCWri ful violence In fqur'of Alexander pstro skj's playa, preseninnor me first tin 111 I jllef linn ,cn-i.j, nnirTuni uy VieOh Itnnalt Noven Though less known lion-ltiisslnns than Tsc,hekov fitiej (JorW Ostrovsky is laucieu in tno nuroductjel 10 tills VUIUUI, n ik uiniiiuiiHC ot hi IHiwcr lino poiniinriiy in ins jiative tn II l nil vicinal 'inenire," comin ses feu t-elglit plas In addition to six vvrfthji in collaboration, vipuany all of lhtt aro bitter anil depressing pictures' the Muscovite met chant clabs, froi which the author's! father, a lawjer, di rlvcd most of his clients. The edit) describes these attempts nt dramatt portraiture as iuei una faithful. If i the Itusslan niiame cinsses must he i serving of nil TrolsKy'8 most thunder. ,1latrlh,t- Tho four plain In the current celleW Hon, "A Protege or the Mistress," "Pof eity Is No Crime" "Hln and Sorrow Ah Common to All" and "It's a Family All fair won settle it Among ourselreaJ1! aro as snarling una-angry in tnelr bM slstent gloom as the molt rampant Marx-j Ian could desire. Constructively, thy nieces aro lamentably weak, and. a)3 though there Is a certain force In Uwl . ,.i.. .e ,1... l....... .1..I -i ki. . '9 iianciiins; "c iii iiiiij .icicncniiio per sonnges, and a kind of hopeless paths In the treatment of the persecuted vlr-1 tuous Individuals, efforts to present' lb development of rhaiacter nearly alwoHl meet with disaster. Tnc suaaeis con,a version of the wicked mercnant, (lordjj Karpych Torlsov, In "Poverty Is Nt Crime," Is as crudely devised as anj-1 ibliiiT iu Iho s lllest melodrama. kA It Is hard to nee the value of eucV'ij whining volume as this to the L'ngllrtiJ snaking render. With many of tljffl best lil.ijs ot .1. hi. unrrie, n. c. c.arionj Augustus 'Ihomas to mention only few of woith-whllo dramatists In vernacular ft 111 unpublished, whtf should this muddling dramatist be thn favoied7 osirovsicy is s.ua to suit lag Itusrlan taste. Ho does many anotherl form of madness to wiiien westerntM have not et learned HUifl Chiyton In of boclety Julian Biting. Ii h. WHow'a hi jht Vivian Mantn In Ptltkpat Pilot Ma. Marah In Th. Uejoiad Traitor Bcaaus llnyakawa In ' ... 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