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fflfflkv President.
'ffiWOMEN ARE DOING THEIR HALF
W r(k BRuU StAflfllnnAn n w A w. A n - M J A .
$35 v the aPPeaJ t0 work or f.ght does them
Jl!iii tritrfft- Thn nrrlnr tlint mon nnm cnH In
th credit.
The order that men engaged in
EfrjrL.i
certain
nonessential occupations should
Wither enlist In the army or find soniethtntT
t? if tfl Irt that n 111 Main tn n-tt-t tliit tno ti hlnh
PS--.0 I"'0 effect today, has found the
pL tft-women ready to take the places of men
?a? iri Women nrr rnnnlnrr lAVntnrs nnil :nrv.
ti . .
p,?Fjr in place of Moormen in some o the
&viciuds, ana they are willing to do any other
.X?JBlirV frtf. rVll1l 1.a. oA H.tA1 In ..Inn
3l'WJj .....V... UllJ W t.W..U ... U.UV.
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J-, All honor to them!
THE DAY THAT BINDS
il V MB.
K-yijAXKiuiiBii is a noDio ora, Dut its
fey meaning, as In the case of Gcrmanj.
j"jsn be corrupted Into an pxcuse for blind
Sia wiurui national seinsnness. L,oe or
tjijlberty defies frontiers. The checkerboard
rjjsyaarceung out ot tne biodo emuarrassc? tne
risarff- nt thnf TaAlnnt rneelnn Thnnrrl, In
alkamA eancoa rnt nf tliA mnot Inlti'lrltinl-
Ifj'JjtJltlc of countries, France has Ions known
t J'vF''11 anew her faith in it in declaring
WiyAmp .Fourth of July a national legal holiday
Lt,iyii.i 1
lysfjljlearever tne Tricolor ines.
f'liwaA'iTHft fnwnlltnont in Amnrl'i la tint nno
inect of this act. In its dec nor. slcnift-
!$&Cnce it effaces boundary lines, absorbs
?jy ! ocean barriers. "We are thanked for
rtOBT am in r ranee e nuur ui iriai, uui most
2Wgnlficant ' all 8 tne partnership in a
Mfewninon Joy. 'France has read the Decla-
yfWMtUH TiAr.san4nnnn l n e,nle.lt ,. i,nU
Li?k, !? aii Vitimfl n nt-lrlo nn rvio i- Vintra nnnn
rTj law UUi iiui'iuu jiuu w iuu; iita,v UV.VU'
(almially overlooked. Not merely "All
KfjCr.'Anirlcans are created enual." but "all
gif6m,i Th ring of these deathless words
..i ; aeen uuiireiiiLtfu lu Lilt lull iiv inn
Swber of Deputies: "unanimous." ac
'J.'e4rlnc to a Socialist Denut. "on anv
Wk tfj&ijtiOTt for the first time in its history."
Bt -J AaWwlca is thereby honored, but liberty
Sjnt?,, more.
"iJOT Reciprocation Is happily under ,-vay
tfvjtedom has been born and reborn. We
""t'kalva Bo mnnnnolv nt Its irlrtrlnna m.lnlfo.
C.SafiotiB. July 1-1, which is to be duly ob-
kfc'K.fri n una tuuuuj, B.iuuiu uo (.'(.arui'u
W imk etmpiy in acKnowieagmcnt of a debt of
jv tratitude, but as tribute to the supreme
J' Mai which civilization is fighting to pre-
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r ' J"1 orazii nns long ceieoratea uas-
.Way," ana it was inevitable that that
bile should battle for the cause it
ilftes. Holidays purged of prminclal-
IV may speed world unity in liberty
( tVian vtrt tha Vnsnt.lntrl nl ino rf
Lr'MhjBnen.
( , . MONEY IN TIN CANS
rJnEFORE the war German ager.ts were ln
' 'the habit of shipping to Germany from
land 150,000 tons of tinned steel-plate
used cans, from which the tin was
'oved before tho steel was melted for
In the arts.
rlco consumes much more canned
than England. But wo allow the
tc be wasted. The vacant lots are
ed with them. They roll about the
dav, after the worlC is at peace,
Ifort will bo made to save the steel,
'and tin that are now thrown away
iver 'a can of peas, corn or fish is
Then tho thrifty housewives will
m tiali iimnlv rarta far thn ttinkman
' feeling that they are doing some-
t to conserve the resources of- the na-
, why shouldn't the cans with the
elf b used ovw again? They
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HALE THEM INTO COURT
The Beef Packers Mut Defend Thcmclves
Before a Jury Against the Damning
Charge of Profiteering
VTOW we know why beef has gone to
" fifty and sixty cents n pound, bacon
to forty-five nnd fifty cents and lamb
nnd pork to prices twice what they were
two years ngo.
The revelations of the Federal Trade
Commission, based on nn investigation
at which the packers were allowed to
picscnt their side of the case, are
astounding. The five great packing com
panies have made a profit duiing the last
tin cc years of $121,000,000 in excess of
their normal gains. The profit of Mor
ris & Co. is reported as 2(13.7 per cent
on it's capital stock, whcieas its noimal
profits have been 8.G per cent. Armour
& Co. inci cased their capital stock fiom
$20,000,000 in 1010 to $100,000,000, with
the result that its percentage of piofit
was reduced, but none of the five compa
nies has earned less than 27 per cent and
the piofits hnve langcd for nil of them
except Monis & Co. up to 47 per cent.
On then fnco these statements of fact
justify the conclusion of the commission
that "these packers hac pi eyed upon
the people unconscicntiously."
The commission is not content with
chaiging exorbitant profits. It accuses
the five packing companies and their
subsidiaries with "manipulations of the
maikct that embrace every device that
is useful to them without regard to
law."
There is a piima facie case against
them. Eeiy householder knows that
the prices of meat have been and still
aie exorbitant. He has been told that
tho demand of the armies and the high
cost of feed and labor hae made it nec
essary to put up the pi ice. And he has
believed it. But the evidence from the
books of the companies themselves that
an excess piofit of more than $120,000,
000 has been made in three ears, a
profit amounting in the case of one com
pany to moie than 250 per cent, makes
it impossible longer to accept these ex
planations. The evidence as it stands is proof of
unconscionable greed at a time when
every patuotic citizen vvas expected to
make sacrifices. There can be no justifi
cation for it in the minds of men not
warped out of proper balance by the
commercial spirit run mad.
The nation will not be content until the
Attorney General has haled the accused
men into court and has presented the
evidence gathered by tho commission to
a juiy of householders and permitted
them to find a verdict in accordance with
the facts.
If these men hnve violated the law in
this ciisis they should be sent to jail for
the remainder of their natural lives.
Whether the law is broad enough to
cover their case or not, they have been
guilty, on the evidence as it stands, of
stabbing the nation in the back. They
have made it moic difficult for us to live
at home and moic difficult to feed our
armies in tho field. They have robbed
the poor of the food needed to maintain
them and have i educed the value of every
dollar received in wages or salary by
the great middle-class population.
This is an offense the cnoimity of
which it is difficult to magnify.
Proof of guilt in court should be fol
lowed by the seizure by the Government
for the duration of the war of the plant
of every packing company and its opeia
tion in the interests of the public. The
stock raiser would then get a fair pi ice
for his cattle and the consumers would
get meat, confident that it was being sup
plied at the lowest price consistent with
fairness to the capital actually invested.
The commission also charges the
millers, the oil refiners, the bituminous
coal operators, the United States Steel
Corporation and other industries with
making excessive profits, hut the greed
of the men engaged in these enterprises
has been petty in comparison with that
of the meat packers. But if they are
guilty they also should feel the hand of
the law.
Profiteering is a moral crimo today,
for it weakens the nation when it is
straining every nerve to win the most
stupendous war of all history. There are
laws under which the little men have
been punished. We shall know in time
whether tfiere are any laws big enough
to reach the great offenders.
The profiteering packers will now find a
use for the squeal, the only part of the hog
that failed to make a cent per cent turnover
for them.
PRECIPITATE PROHIBITION UNWISE
THC "drv" foiccs In the Senate persist in
their attempt to bring about national
prohibition for tho period of the war by
a "rider" to the agricultural appropriation
bill.
The latest proposal comes from Senator
Norris, whoso amendment to tho bill pro
vides that no distilled spirits may be hold
for beverage purposes -within the country
and that no food products may be used in
the manufacture of malt liquors and no
fruits in tho production of wines, The
prohibition of spirits and wines is -to take
effect on tho passago ot the bill, but threo
months' leeway Is given to beer.
In the first place, this issue should be
met fairly on Its merits in a separate bill,
instead of by a rider. Discussion of It as
a rider utll delay the passage of a neces
sary appropriation bill.
In the second place, the enforcement of
national prohibition at this time is of
doubtful expediency. Tho managers of
tho great war industries havo protested
against experimenting when it Is desirable
that no pretext be given to any body of
workers for complaint because of inter
ference with thelri habltB.
And anyway, the constitutional amend
ment is before the country and the State
Legislatures which will meet next winter
will have an opportunity to decide then
whether they want prohibition or not.
i DMrds la not Interfering with war .work.
to any appreciable extent, as It did in
England when Lloyd George appealed to
the workers to become sober. The Ameri
can workmen ns a class are sober. And
they are lojally doing their best to help
win tho war,
There Is no crisis which would Justify
precipitate action. ,
It is tho hope ot nil ot us that the whole
of Jul will be fully ns Ftlmulntlng to civi
lization ns the rourth nf It
COOLING THOUGHT
neutral, loftily null Is the goal that
TCII.Y
J- Itnal
aid Amundsen seeks, No subma
rines lurk through the waters of his ad
venture No cruisers hold up his errant
vesel with Irritating demands for "the
papcis" There wilt bo latitude ln his
rovlngs but none ln their terminus
"Nothing will i nine of nothing," Bald
Lctr The statement Is a half truth,
Nothing lmT Indeed rnme of the nothing
tow aid which Amundsen advances, If one
cNcepts. quarrels, nitterlv have they raged
over that sublimation of negation. Con
celvabh they may be the fruits of this
latest quest
It were insh to expect more, for even
honors born of a void must necessarily be
empty, liven science can no longer np
praise such a venture with Its pristine sin
gleness of authority. How respectfully tho
voices of learning should be heard now
depends upon In which (.amp one happens
to be enrolled.
"I'ndcr which king, liezonl.in, speak or
die'" cry the throats of mankind today.
"Tho top," ltoald Amundsen may answer,
and who, .save possibly two ot his predc-rc-sois,
will care? Certainly Germany
will not, or long ere this sho would have
claimed tho realm whereto he sails This
means that her foes don't caro a button
either. It alo means another vovage to
the North Pole has been undertaken.
That's a cooling thought for a summer
which promises to be hot, both metcoro
logicallv and mllllarllv.
A New York paper
It frounil i:rltlne sa s that nt a garden
part held III tho sub
urbs oung girls- Imitated goldfish nnd flogs
in a "pool. AVo would lili to hear further
details. i
The next time the Austrlnns drink to
Dor Tng let them alro think of Dor Taglla
mento. Hlndj savs his offensive ln August will
bo po-dthelv the last Hut I'och may havo
a word to say about that
General Confuplon remains the com
manding olllcor ln Itussla
Advice to t'nele Pam If ou have prof
iteers, prepare to shed them now.
"March sounds optimistic note on 'West
front," savs a headline Julj, however,
sounds a much more hopeful one.
Regarding next winter's roil supply
VlllInni Potter declares that Philadelphia
will "fnre well" Let us devoutlv hope that
those two significant little sjllnbles will not
become jammed together In a single word
during the coming months
Evidently Ktiehlmann Is the wind shield
of tho German military machine.
The deduction that "food will win the
war" ran be lnterp-ntcd as an Injunction to
"cat or fight" is wholly irroneous.
The Pug Hlver would seem to be the
likeliest whereabouts of Lcnlnc and Trotsky.
Does the stern Government order bar
ring both drugs nnd women from the Canal
Zonp mean to Imply that they are In any
sense synonvmous7
Did KerensKv go to Pari with the Idea
of getting a boulevard named after him?
THE CHAFFING DISH
Getting Ready for Kercnky
E
XfSLAXD is covered with blushes be
cause Kerensky kissed Arthur llender-
t-on, the British labor leader1 Think of nn
Hngllshman, nourished on beef nnd red
giavy and open air exercise, being kissed
like that, publicly.
Think, too, of the panic of Mr. William
B. AVilson, our ow n Secretary of Labor, as
he contemplates Krrensky's predicted visit
to this country. Surely he would bo Jus
tified ln having the bussing Russ turned
back at Ellis Island.
If the apprehensive Mr. Wilson sought
to put his sensations Into song he might
say to Kerenskv :
Salute me only with thy fist.
And don't attempt to buss me:
The very thought of being kissed
Is quite enough to fuss, me.
If jou must kiss, try It on Gompers
Ho hasn't been kissed since ho wore
rompers.
Suppose Kerensky war-Ted to kiss tho
President, would Mr. Tumulty havo to
take It?
Tho only one of our statesmen who, we
think, would accept that salute with com
posure would ho T. It. The Colonel Is
alwavs ready for anv thing.
In Kerensky's favor it must be said that
he is clean-shaven. We would rather be
kissed by him than by Lenlne or Tlrpitz.
Members ot the I. W. W ,
Don't let osculation trouble jou:
You must turn our other cheeks
Llko tho peaceful Bolsheviks.
Tho Japaneso have alnavs been indig
nant at us because tho custom of kissing,
formerly unknown ln Japan, vvas Intro
duced over thpre by American movies.
Now, if Kerensky is coming over here to
crribarrasH all our statesmen, they will
know how Japan feels about it.
Tumulty and the shouting dies,
Cabinet members blush apart,
Their bashful and embarrasted eves
Reveal the palpitating heart.
The European Socialist , ' N
Thinks nothing' of aiearty smack.
So If Kerensky should insist,
Intrepid statesmen, kiss him back!
It seems very natural of Hlndy to post
pone his offensive until August. Nobody
wants to be in Paris in July. It isn't fash
ionable. Packer rhymes with slacker. Rhymes
often have mora senso than you mljht
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READERS' VIEWPOINT
't
will the Government Relieve the Housing
1 Situation?
To the Editor of thr Evening Public Ledger:
Sir After reading nn article from a build
er and real estate operator In which he states
that houses were not of paramount neces
sity, one would, naturally, assume n feeling
of security nnd brush this question of rent
profiteering from his mind. Yet we must look
Into the future, even though the present Is,
ns ho states." takf n care of, and wo must be
guided by the gieat possibilities of our city
In our various lines of war activities nnd ns
to what thin Is to mean ln the requirements
for homes
Upon Interviewing Mr. J. Wllllspn Smith,
housing director, tho writer was Informed
that at tho time the Emergency Fleet Corpo
ration moved Its force from Washington
It experienced great difficulty In obtnlnlng
300 new houses required, but he also states
that the number of rooming accommodations
was not fu!l exhausted, which would seem
a ver natural condition, as even todny there
could he found thousands of such rooming
acioiiimodatlntiH If they were renlly essen
tial. A spare room Is not uncommon In many
homes
However, this Is not exactly what Is most
practical, as fmplo.ven of the Government are
fully capable and able to buy homes If they
are obtainable, and they, like others, ate
nixlous to have their own, homes and not
merelv exist In rooms.
As we have for tho last twenty cnrs found
It necrssarv to build early about 7500
houses to supply the real estate demand, It
would hnrdl.v seem practical to figure that
ln view of this demand and considering that
thousnnds of new people have moved to our
clt, new houspn Bhoald not be built to take
care of tho future.
We must keep ln mind that It takes from
four to six months to erect nn operation of
100 to fioo houses, even In normal times, and
If no houses are contemplated or stnrted this
ear the onlv alternative Is that old proper
ties will enhance ln vnlue and become Just
ns high In price as the demand assumes.
Rents, too, will be raised to meet the ques
tion of that of supply and demand, nnd It Is
not dllllctilt to see the result, remembering
tho fact that owners of houses ln the past
j cars have found them a poor Investment on
account of the rents being low ns compared
to the carr.vlng charges, which means that
real estate has been more one of speculation
than an Investment.
The idltor of this paper Is, to my mind,
correct In urging the application of the only
remedy that will bring relief and offset suro
possibilities of high prices on old houses nnd
Increase In rentals, nnd If wo want to he
able to house new people this car, or the
eais of prosperltj which, are sure'to fol
low, hou-e'i must bo built '
Vc now find our houe market virtually
exhausted and the consensus of opinion Is
that llko 'ships," tnoro houses are very es
sential and very necesv-ars, nnd the question
Is one to be wotked out by the bulldeis nnd
real estate men, so that building cap be gone
on aluad of the great developments In our
city.
If concerted action Is taken to obtain Gov
ernment help, tho question of mortgage
money nnd labor villi, In some way, be over
come WILLIAM R NICHOLSON, JR.
Philadelphia, Juno 29.
The Joys of the Morning
To the Editor of the Eicning 1'ubllc Ledger:
Sir Given a good digestion and a mind
nt ease, I never leavo homo In the early
morning without feeling nn Intense desire
to shout aloud out of sheer exuberance of
spirit
As I turn to wave another good-by to my
two- ear-old son, whoso laughing blue eyes
peer out through tho porch railing, the very
front of the house presents an Interesting
and svmpathctlc appearance. So dull nnd
piosaie looking tho evening before. It seems
to havo been washed ln the magic air of the
night nnd to look out upon tho morning like
the shining countenance of a schoolboy.
Bven tho dolls nnd grotesque-looking toys
lu the window of tho corner store seem to
sejjso the ndvent of n new day as they turn
tneTr glistening painted faces to meet the big,
admiring ejes of tho children on their way
to school.
And this trolley car of brilliant yellow that
comes humming cheerily along, casting Its
long blue shadow ahead, with the sun strik
ing balls of fire In Its windows surely this
cannot be the same Jolting, tired convevance
of the evening before'
I find myself looking with keen Interest
upon my fellow pnsiengers and through the
windows at the passing s-cencs
That burly looking Individual across the
aisle with the battered suitcase to which Is
strapped a bulging gun case. Is he, too, con
scious of the morning's appeal as he buries
his nose In his newspaper.'
That pretty, slllt-stocklnged stenographer,
with the sun flashing upon her lljlng knit
ting needles nnd making spun gold of her
hair, Is her mind upon that Utter that peeps
from the sewing basket In her lap?
And now we arc crossing the bridge over
the Schuvlklll. Who will deny that the river
has its moods and that it is happiest In the
tarly morning? As It rlpplen around the
bridge foundations and laps the Bides of the
sand-laden barges. Its tipples: seem to be
beckoning to tho long freight train that Is
poking Its way through the haze along the
trestle high above the adjacent railroad jard.
To those who are responsive to Its fresh
charms the appeal of the morning is irre
sistible, more potent than anv thing that the
imagination may (onjure and offering Itself
equally to the banker In his limousine and
the ui chin In the tenement court.
J. WARNER BOWERS.
Philadelphia, June 29.
The War "Sits" for the Painter
The present war, says Robert C. Holllday
in the July Bookman, Is not in an) thing
more unlike an) other war than In lis rela
tion to art, both the art of literature and
that of painting. Most of the authors of the
world are now soldlera, and most of the sol
diers who were not nuthors before the war
are authors now. And tho "art artists" (as
they have been so aptly described) aro nor
only at the war today but In It the real
artists, that Is, of England and Europe.
Only the artist can show the vislbie scene
In the light of the vplrit in which It Is lived.
He does not merely draw ruined, churches
and houses, great guns being aimed, guards
and lorries, doctors and wounded men. His
Is the mission ot making visible by his art
to those remote from the scene and to dis
tant ages the standme.'s and patience, the
faithful absorption In the next duty, the
extraordinary humor, the standards of com
raihshlp and good nature all the strains of
character and emotion that go to make up
the temper of a great army In tho field. He
'does not merely draw armed figures ln tho
act of proceeding across a plain ; he paints
moments of transfiguration, when all the
glow of courage that has been banked down
and husbanded through months of waiting
and guarding bursts, at a word of command.
Into flame.
At the request of General Pershing for
eight artists for the American expeditionary
forces, the War Department a few months
ago ordered a committee on selection to be
formed, C. D. 'Gibson, chairman, and this
committee chose the men who aro to make
drawings and paintings of the reenes where
the American army Is fighting, and whot-e
work from now until peace comes Is to be
preserved by the Government as part of the
historical documents of the war. These eight
men, commissioned with the rank of captain
in the engineers, and who recently (failed for
France, are Ernest Pelxotto, Wallace Mor
gan, J, Andre Smith, Walter Jack Duncan,
Harry Townsend, George Harding, Harvey
Dunn and William J. Alward
What they will do with the war remains,
ot course, to be seen. At any rate, there Is
no record in the annals of art of any other
group of joung men having hao so great an
opportunity.
A New Order
Not only Is the old atlas no good any
more, but tho old dictionary Is a back num
ber, vn If you jutt bought it a year or so
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What Happened
By Our Special
T AM glad you aro here," said Rosncr,
-- "but you will havo to bo very careful
what you say to tho All Highest. He Is
very savage this morning. Ho has Just
heard that a street ln Paris has been
named after Wilson. You know ho had
always Intended that honor for himself.
That is really why ho was so anxious to
get to Paris."
I took a modest scat in tho corner of
tho council room.
OUTSIDE I heard the sound of a num
ber of people listening. A harsh voice
was speaking. The Kaiser was sajlng:
"It Is not that I am afraid of the American
soldiers. They are too well fed to be good
fighters. But what I object to is the vil
lainous way they talk French. Their ac
cent is barbarous. If they keep on coming
to Frnnce In such numbers the purity of
tho French langungo will bo utterly cor
rupted. As jou know, I am concerned for
tho liteiary and cultural future ot France.
As a Geiman province it Is essential that
Its artistic instincts be not perverted.
Therefore I must absolutely forbid that
moro Americans enter the country."
There was a chorus of guttural Javvohls
and the company entered. Rosncr and I
sprang to our feet, saluting stiffly.
WILHELM seated himself at tho head
of the table. At his. light were Hln
denburg and Ludendorff. At his left, Hert
llng. who looked a little battered. Rosner
took a chair nt the l.ower end of the board,
where pencils nnd paper were waiting.
"Now, gentlemen,'" said the Knlser, "we
have a number of Important matters to
discuss. I have been up since very early
this morning. Here is a draft I have pre
pared for Kuehlmann's next speech. After
he has delivered it I fear we shall have
to send him to Swlt7erland in a cattle car.
Of course, it Is unfortunate for him, but
I will see that he Is compensated by having
a street In Paris named for him. Hertllng,
jou will see that this speech Is uttered as
I havo written it. I don't mind Ktiehlmann
punctuating it his own way. Understood,
not?
"Then wo will proceed to our geography
of Paris. Hlndy, will you tell mo hoW you
would proceed to go from the Arc de la
Trlompho to the Champs Elysees?"
A PLEASANT little, morning stroll,
"Highness," said Hlndy, removing the
clinical thermometer fiom his mouth.
"Passing down the Wllhelmstrasse and
across the Place Hohenzollern, I would
halt a moment to admire tho ruins of Rue.
Woodrow AVilson. Tho Furchtbarstrasse
would perhaps be a short cut, hut enjoy
Ing the flagrant savor of the Shreckllch
keif sausage market I think I should take
a detour In that 'direction, passing tho
statue of Trotsky on the Boulevard Bol
shevik. Leaving the, Preusslsche Kulturn
vercln on my left hand, I would turn
smartly to the left and find myself salut
ing your efflgy at tho entrance to the
Champs El) sees."
"Excellent!" said the Kaiser. "And
when will this take -place?"
"In August, Highness," said Hlndenburg
a little uneasily, I thought,
"Pardon me, All-Highest," said Rosner,
"but for accuracy ln my notes may I say
tt'Alch August? I mean, August, 1918, or
1919, or 1920?"
"Certainly not, Idiot!" roared the Kaiser.
.(iTTERTLINQ," said theEmperor. "you
tl will please give us a brief ausstel-
lungsge.chlchte of recent, events in Russia.
Jta-rt lrtdyacle U A ,,
SPEAKING OF WAR BABIES
at Headquarters
Correspondent
what has happened, but I wish to seo how
near right you may be. Commence!"
Hertling looked rather groggy. "Your
Majesty will forglvo me," ho shld, "If I
seem a little uncertain, I have caughtcold
from wearing a paper vvalstcoast and a
constnnt diet of turnips. I find "
"Simpleton!" shouted the Kaiser. "Our
good old German turnips aro nourishing
enough for civilians. Continue."
"Sire, as I understand It. Lcnlno and
Trotsky havo had to flee from Moscow and
are surf bathing at Murman while waiting
for ono-of our U-boats to call for them."
"Surf bathing or serf bathing?" said the
Kaiser, who must have his Joke. All the
table roared and tho All-Highest was so
delighted that he forgot all about Russia.
ifVroW, Ludy," said Wllhelm, "it Is your
-- turn. Tell mo what we can do to
celebrate the Fourth of July. Tirpltz wires
me that theio aro no American women
nnd children on tho sea now, so wo cannot
hope for any U-boat successes."
"All-Highest," said Ludendorff, "I havo
become convinced that the Americans are
enthusiastic Germans at heart. From all
quarters where their troops aro engaged
I hear of their eagerness to get Into Ger
man territory. Apparently they are not
satisfied with France. Their sole ambition
Is to press on, to become more familiar
with tho great German institutions, to
tread upon Gormnn soil. The secret of
military success. Highness, is to keep the
enemy In a good humor. Therefore I sug
gest that wo allow them to make a little
gain on July Fourth, Just because it will
please them so. Tho nearer they come to
Germany tho moro they -will be convinced
of the beauty and serenity of our land
scape. You yourself, Sire, have pointed
out how much fairer oun country is than
Frnnce. France Is a land of shattered
villages, of blood and flame and wreckage
and nasty ditches dug In slime. But In the
Fatherland we have quiet beauty and
placid fields of turnips."
Hertllng shuddered.
T HAD not thought of it In that way,"
said Wilhelm. "Now that jou men
tion it, tho American eagerness to become
better acquainted with Germany is a touch
ing thing. By all means let them gain a
little If it will please them."
"And now," he added, "you must excuse
me. My little class ln architecture meets
this morning. I am giving them somo In
structions on the restoration of Gothic
cathedrals. Rosner, you will let me look
over your notes before you transmit them.
Good morning."
rpHE others looked at each other sadly.
"It Is all veiy well," said Hertllng, "for
Wllhelm to say that turnips aro nourish
ing, but he doesn't have to eat them. Also
Geheimrat Woodrow Wilson will utter an
other speech on July Fourth and I shall
be expected to reply to It. I'm sure I
don't know what I shall say. I hato those
speeches of Wilson: there seems no proper
repartee to them,.''
Hlndy was examining his clinical ther
mometer. "Ono hundred and three," he
said dolefully. "I ought not to be going
about this way. I am a sick man. I wish
I could havo some easier Job, like com
mander of the Black Sea fleet."
"Look here," said Ludy, "There Is one
perfectly bully way for us to get to Paris
by August. And they say that the French
give their prisoners threo square meals
a day."
"What do you mean?" sld Rosner, '
."Simple enough." said Ludy, "Let's all
UM fcttaWt-lMte" ifr,X?"?'
THE FIGHTING SWING
THE FIGHTING SWING
"VNCE again the regiments marching III
'-' down the street, J;
Khnniaofa lmre nnrl Ifla Vinrral. ewlnnln. ."Jll
all ln time-
Let the slack civilian plod; ours the gayer M
r . 4.
Dancing to the music of the oldest
pnrthlv rhvmp
Left, right, trim and tlchtl Hear thi
rnilnnpn fnll. i
w w. "--h-"" -."" '" "un. I"-
Csrt Via Inrvlnn "- T.nn In-atArl -ls, ass. IV Jh S.1
mains oi uaui,
Fighting b!6ods of all the earth in our M
pulses ring. j n
step! lads, truo to tne dads. BacK to ;.
11IC3 JlfellllUK OW111K1 Vf
Wo have kissed good-by to doubt, left th a
fret and stew;
Now the crows may steal the corn, now
tho milk may spill. -jS!
All the problems In the world simmer down
to two: " 'jS
Ono is how to dodgo the shells, one la 'M
how to kill. as-
Left, right, glints of light! Down tht &
ranns tney run. ,sa
ou mo uuiuzury bjjuuis cuuKnt ine aeserc
sun. , V.
rVneo (.train 4Vin anntnnl elnat ha. 41m 3
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. loraiy ning.
Flash, sway, battle array! Back to thtljfjjj
jigming swiiis;
Rat nnd dIIam! anfr mM,1t .t.aili, .,..m i .-TT. J I
eye '
Groping, wrangling days are done; let
the leaders lead.
Regulations how to live, orders when to ;
die-
Life and death ln primer print any man ,iH
can rend. 'Ji
Left, right, eat and fight! Dreams ar
blown to bits.
Here's the Old, Guard back to life, bound M
for Austerlltz.
Shake the soft and quit the sweet; looaa w
tho nrms that cling.
Blood, dust, grapple and thrust! Back ,v
to the fighting swing! '
Badger Clarke, in Scrlbner's Magazine.
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Wliat Do You Know?
QUIZ
Where la Radellir. Collese?
Who la General Ton Klurk?
What Is the eapllnl of Maine?
Wlnt la the national lumn of. Great Britain?
Who wrote "The I-adr of Phallolf'T
Who la the Ruaalan nmbaasador to the
United StateaT
When did the) rilirlma land at 1'lTmoutb.
Ilork?
Who are the Ctechi? '
Who the fifth I'realdent of tho Vnlttd
Ntatea?
Where la Camp Devena?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
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