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ASSOCIATED PliESS is cxclu S iftW entitled fo f.'ie sc o tcpirblicatfon i i IT ncivi dispatches credit' a to it or ho; gK&Wieije credited in this paw, and also w;m local neus puoiiincn incrcui tfAU rights of reimblU attci of special du pilches hcteUi arc also merteJ. f i FailaJtlphu, Tue-d.v. Julv 30, 191S MODEST GERM ISY THE dtscoeiy thnt Ccimanj, that the war would pooh elaborate plans Fhoitlj Ixtoie entrance Into the conflict for ij rHHB dtScoeiy thnt Ccimanj, asoumlns end laid Amerk tN a inonu .mental adettllng campii?n hpio ntn- jjj''vl4e? unaUspecteJ etldence of Teutonic aoietty. Can It lie that our foe vi ts tin .Wsre of'bclris- the greatest self-adert!er In 'Kistoty? NP millions that she sunlit to spend on exploiting Clerman products could pos iltfly have availed to ni.ike them better krioTyn th'an they already were Hun frightfulness, Hun sreed Hun bulhlnc, HilM frenzj.Hun unscrupulojsnebs already were a brand perfecth well Known from the, equator to latitude ?eto at either pole. AU"the fortunes of the ace- could not have extended the sphere or lntensit of publicity. R, iasc masters ot aavertisin;.', ata tne m- KS' deed, so deprecate their achiev ements as to reel mat anjtnins more was neces'irj Omnia forced to believe tint a late as 1917 there were actuilh net mans who feared that some civilized beincrs on the "jj globe j, had not jet heard of what was "Made in Berlin." The pleasantest waj to aecipt the news that HIndenburs Is ' entireh well" is to reaflxe that the latest Ally ictoilcs enable bin to get sick all oer again E, SKY DREADNOUGHTS V VtlANNT HAPRONT the Itnllnn wizard Wl !. Vljiof aviation, wasn't talking airy per- is alflage when he said In Paris i esterday g" that" hUge airplanes, large enough to carry wf a nunarea men ann engineu as poweriuny i ' destroy er, will be common within a Hnfejijjeora, Ana no oetter argument tor Stfcacomplete extinction of German mili- t&? Mrjr ambitions than this easj -going pre- fc diction of Sitrnor Canronl's can be im. wined. 1 With Germany completeh ci ushed, it ia conceivable that future great wars will DKPermanently aoided. The means of warr on the other hand, gtow more terrible every day. The prospect of a war in which the contending forces would find It aay Jo obliterate whole cities in a night is Intolerable. Tet the methods of un- i,t imaginable destruction which warring na- . tfnina -will Krtnn i a l e w Ittlti tVioff rrcnon Wr 7 . V. . . e... gffi. is .BUKgestea o ine bKy areaanougnts or ktm latiiut. i.niuiii a Jiuttn. Civilization itself would fall lnmitably lnVjlhe sort of conflicts that will be pos. Slbleiwlthln. twenty jears And the only safe course for mankind now is the elim ination ot the cause of war at Its deep 'est source. Perhaps Kcrensky's decision not to come Ps "to jpie.United States has been inspired by the y . tfteujrit that He can obtain an excellent Idea ,tv ofur population and it-, accomplishments by remaining right In France. LET FA(?TS SUFFICE VEN bo brilliant a ictory as Second Marne" may be tarnished by oe.- etatement. Ulsappointment that I'och hs not yet bagged the half million Get mans alleged to have been caught in the Vesle- 'A . V M TO KL.Vtion In which sane patriots should indulge BLf.i, ....-..... . jsxaumre to see a iaorue tncorj work out V i-nmv tltr lllt nno'e l.nn 11. . . M f atj .( .,t a -ioiuj. kiiii iuajject '"tafijnuch substantial actomplp-nmeni. r Paris is no lontrer serionsK ImncriUH "Many square miles of important territory E) -nave oeen regainea tor freedom. The inl- IS tiatlve in the titanic war game has passed ',jito the Allies. It is far better to derhe t our, rejoicing from these incontrovertible facU than to entertain etraagant specu lations. Should unforeseen successes be LVV5 Wiw, vui 4,1111. is inci ilicili LUIJ UQ Un- K? V clouded and doubly Keen V?1 Mt'mating the blgnlflcance of the iHiWesent action in Champagne It Is well Pjj remember that German military skill $$& n, jinone wun especial btllllancy In de KVMMive operations. The establishment of iSSjinw ninuenuurg line in laiB i ilpjXlYCk's retreat from the llarne KWKfjSsV" notable examples of this i on In 1914 attribute. lTh most glaring Teuton blunders has ifcaflk' inn v lKL-''TTZ-i g -'- - ' -. - .. .wwiwo jiiBtoric cases ianures were occa- las.afl hv rlAnrprlntlnir thn etrnr.v. n? u. rA mW J r- T--.-. o ...w ..v..0.u ui liIC ce the war began the French com-d-i-has heroically and consistently jW.syjkird.thi error Knowledge of this fact K'Himlly enables us to appreciate without 'Sfs4MUncation3 the superb gains which Mk 'already has made. Solidity rather i IRshai" showlnesa is their Inherent nnniii,. -5 -v..t...w.,f u. wuuipv, tiiat ine ,squeiing or tne lines between land Solssons may hae far-reach- fnsuences and that the Germans i j 1i ye listen, oust at present, now- i it is wisest to exult because the tide V . ja...... . , ... r an uwyu utiumeiy turneu mis f Inateaft ot picturing its conclusion FiltM present campaigning season. ping of the great d';eds already LatMuId sufc for Uta day. M .lull ' 1JIJ..IJJ( II a ..fT l"i ."- i -'4MliJ(J. 1 JW..1 i Z " - , - -I t t SS 'tt'r ! T J T i-W T ,. IT J, 1 -,r l h H - B ' ll- ufl I 1 ' L V. I, ..! If i,Jl -1 - T . -f- 1 . . SSrOT T-m$ TBeBKING PUBLIC XEDGERPHILADEEPHm' TUESDAY 4JUOT3d; . .. THE OTHEh SIDE OF FREEDOM These Are Times When We Ignore the Rights of Small Nations NE of the oddest thinps about this wnr is tho difnculty which the aver ago man experiences in adjusting his in dividual action and viewpoint to the high motives for which he is willing, in the mass, to stake his life. Thero are land lords who never have hesitated to plunder poor tenants whom they find at a disad vantage. Yet they send their sons to battle for the rights of imall nations! Men who have bitterly opposed every movement for tho betterment of labor are the first to cry out of the depths of genu ine indignation that tho Junkers must go. We in America are just now applaud ing tho Czecho-Slavs for one of tho bravest and noblest adventures ever en dured for the cause of liberty. And here at home we are accustomed to isolate these same Czecho-Slavs in slums and regard them with prejudice and suspi cion as people different from ourselves. Italians and Serbians arc people whom we seem able to undei stand only at a dis tance or in the second generation. We are moved profoundly by their fidelity and valor in the present war. When they come to America we too often put them in "quarters" and leave them to the politicians and the exploiters to be mis led, cheated and oppressed. The parable wntten by Albert C. Barnc-. and printed in another column on this page .shows the manner in which the law of compensation reacts upon US' in consequence to help political corruption in Amoiican cities. The ward politician has altogether a shicwdcr view of the foicigneis in this country than the aver age Amoiican in or out of Congress. He finds i state of affairs that makes his singular job easy. The public schools work miracles with the second generation of foreigners. But the immigrants them selves arc another story. If the war has done one thing it has interpreted the spirits of these people. They have adventured this far to escape from torment. But most of them do not escape it. They go bewildered to their graves. Tho waid boss is to them the permanent sign and symbol of the free country. Through his friend, the corner policeman, the alien in America feels what he believes to be the might and power of the great republic. That the new country should seem to its new citi7cn to be unkind and limited alike in its intelligence and its sense of justice is not stiangc. It is often said that the foreign quar ters arc obstacles in the way of good municipal government. They are. And the fault isn't with any of the ordinary practices or theories of government. It is with the viewpoint of the average American, which tends to keep aioof all those who do not know our accent or wear clothes identically like ours or eat the same food. It was in this city not long ago that a manufacturer excused low wages in his factory with the announcement that almost all his employes "were Italians." In the coal regions of Pennsylvania Poles followed the lush, English and Welsh miners when these miners died or retired after having sent their sons into other less rigorous employments. The Poles who took up the work were gentle, credulous men of great physical power. But the older residents in that region in vented a term of kindly derision for them, set them apart and viewed them as a lesser breed. These were the de scendants of men who had warred for libeity before the Declaration of Inde pendence was written. There is in the natnc xiewpoint of nil peoples a trace of snobbishness. Most of the foreigners who conic to America to live ate despei atcly poor. And it may be north obtcimg that m this country prospei ity is worshiped to the exclusion of many things better north while. In the end it may proie that it ts the pov erty of the alien that makes his way diffi cult in l?iteuca. Now we are seeing these people of the European continent in the mass for the first time as people who are as spirited, as biave, as eager as oui selves. Those of them who come to this country bring trends of character and faiths that prop erly might make the national character of Ameiica still licher and more various. ll'e shall not haie finished the fight for the rights of small nations until each new citizen is given an opportunity to be a good one and made free from the unmotal exploitation by politicians on the one hand and dependent i7idii3trics on the other. The war should be ade quate to show that the little people who arc our ullici abioad a)c fitted to be our allies not our denendents at home. Immigration will increase after the war. The great unleavened masses of the foreign born, isolated in many east ern cities, are already a peril to many institutions of local government. Left to themselves, uninfoimcd aliens ar; easily made the prey of selfish interests. They aie swayed by self-interested men of their own nationality. Properly, the Government itself might devise means of a better approach to this new element and might find means to make the privi leges and obligations of citizenship clear to every newcomer. Otherwise it would be far better to limit immigration. Present conditions tend to make the difficulty of self government in American cities grow con stantly more acute. THE BAN THAT BRACED US TN LIFTING tho ban on wheat, save with respect to its proportion In "vic tory bread," from hotels, clubs, restaurants and dining cars, Mr. Hoover's appended praise for the "sacrifice" made becomes almost embarrassing. The individual con- J eumer, whose diet foi for newly, a year baa dfcu ..T &j IfH-rA. Jl ..,-' H.murf- been so entertainingly varied, has actu ally reciprocal thanks to bestow. "fcat up your bread, dear," insisted many a solicitous mother in peace days, Tan trums and tears occasionally accompanied Infantile protests. Is It not conceivable that the monotony of an alleged luxuri ous fare was partly responsible for such exhibitions? Wheat bread, Indeed, became sufficiently conventional to be almost ir ritating. There were even grown-ups who, rejoicing In freedom from parental man dates, ate very sparingly of that common place nrtlclo of food. It took the war to make the bread dish Interesting. The lore of southern mam mies was Invoked to propagate the Jovs of corn muffins north of tho Mason and Dixon line, rive bread, with or without carawav seeds, appealed nttractively to many a Jaded palate. Graham flour, oats, rice and potatoes gave the onco invariable staff of life a wide diversity of tastes and hues. The baker's Ingenuity rose tri umphantly to the occnslon, and butter made a host of agreeable new acquaint ances And now a grateful food administrator permits us to return In all restaurants and public eating places to the rut of an Invariable and "standardized" bread and to pies and cakes no longer made with deli cate rice flour, but with wheat, which, in the hands of the inexpert, sometimes pro duced dubious desserts. With characteristic human perversity there, mav be tome of us who will chafe over tho restoration of the old order as at first. In our Ignorance, we fretted over the new one. This much, however, Is cer tain. Our easiest sacrifice in the war was the conservation of wheat. It Is conceivable that Germany would g!adl exchange the war tool of Austria for the war Toul of France. GOING AND COMING Reading Terminal A dingy vault of noise and steam Vast arches and a scoop of sky; A clang and tumble, and the stream Of smug commuters pressing by A word all heads weic turned and then: "A troop train uaiUng" "Drafted men!" The little groups were clustered, each To watch its men pass out of sight; Brave lips that shook with trivial speech, Eyes marred by secret grief all night. "Well, Kid, I'll uear a senice pin!" "Send us a postal ft am Berlin!" The boys were game. Shirt-sleeved, they smoked ; Taunted their friends "Your turn next draft!" Eyes swam. Apart, a sister choked; Her bosom shook as though she laughed. It was not laughter. "Gee," one cries, "This coal-gas, honey, stings one's eyes!" That is the time when teeth are set! Those sickened hours, thank God, are few Thrust out from one life, but not yet Redeemed and girded in the new. That is the time when naught will serve But each man's elemental nerve. I could not watch. Kind eyes must shut When human hearts are bare and raw; When all the webs of life are cut One does not dwell on what one saw. Yet all the passions of our race Vibrated in that gloomy place. A dingy vault of noise and steam Vast arches, and a scoop of sky; But trait great shed can never seem The same drab place as I pass by I'll see that girl, alone, apart, Choked by her leaping, naked heart. There will be hearts for whom that place, That crowded arch of heat and trains, Will be a shrine for some lost face, An altar of old joya and pains. Ah, when you pass those gates again Think, God be with you, drafted men, Social Notes Sam Scovllle, Jr . of this city and Main Line, tells In the August Atlantic Monthly what lo do when one comes face to face with a black and-white animal with a pointed nose, a bushy tail and an air of Justified confidence. Briefly, Sam's advice Is be civil to the civet. Dudley Harmon dropped in to see us j esterday on his way from Washington to Independence Square. Dudley is the Ladies' Home Journal's machine-gun nest In Washington, and the most harmonious per son we wot of. Ned Musehamp, of Narbetth and the ad vertising business, was in here about cock crow this morning. We didn't make out whether Ned was on his way to today's work or returning from jekterday's. Now they say that Kerensky isn't com ing over here after all. Have we missed our last chance of meeting a clean-shaved Kusslnn? Bill Stltes says It must be p. cinch to write pieces for the paper. W feel rather embarrassed about this, but we don't quite see w hat we can do. aeneral von Hlndenburg, who will be remembered as one of the Hlndenburgs who used to be so fond of the Marne, is officially reported as having recovered from his recent death. He is feeling much bet ter, but we predict a relapse about the time tho first ship is launched at Hog Island. SOCRATES. Paradoxical 'beefing" on meatless days continues In Germany every time Foch pushes his iine forward. It is superfluous to Inform us that the troops which gave way before the Franco American advance were "Aack divisions." There are some of us who would greatly rejoice to begin a counter-attack when the food profiteer on the other aids tries bis rjttorUou tactics, . .' . 1 V , J, .sit JlJ li.i. rsafe. i-ij.jtr ., ;at; J -. -J4IT "!' S ' 3) .K i i.ftj--:v. &&:?f?n'tfM A Parable of Patriotism 1 ' ON'n of our large cities a man of ex 1 al alted public position addressed an assem blage of more than 6(00 of his countrymen of the same foreign birth. The occasion was the commemoration of the death of one of their nttlve patriots The verbatim transla tion here given Is verified as exact by the orator himself: FeHow Americans I am going to make a confession, an'applogy and a promise. I have never been true to you, to our country or to myself. You, tie unthink ing part of jou, have looked upon me as a hero, because I posed as one of yourselves who had risen by merit from your state of obscurity to a position of eminence and worth In the social and Intellectual life of the city. But I have never told you the truth about any of these things. I am only a sawdust hero, L am not representative of genuine things that make life worth living. My position I hold largely by virtue of the same kind of vicious politi cal and social s stem that holds you In your present bondage When I got where I am, vi lth assured position, money, family and social standing, I did nothing to lighten jour burdens or make you good Ameri cans The political kennel from which I graduated to security had fixed its habits upon me and I exploited jou, my official position, my country's needs, all to gratify my vanity. At your celebrations I make speeches, but I tell jou nothing that touches your Intimate, personal lives or needs. In your parades I ride on the band wagon with aristocrats whom I emulate In my social life I have sunk Into the slippered ease of a smooth. Iazj', luxurious routine In my home, my clubs, my official position. Consequently, I have made virtually no progress In intellectual or moral develop ment so trat I could deal with jour prob lems, which are manv On the contrarj-, mv name and political pull have been the means of putting In vour midst unscrupu lous ndventurers who hold jou In subjec tion while the fill their colters They have oxen plnjed me false. But those davs and those conditions are past and done, I am from this day one of jou In spirit, sjmpathy nnd determination to become ronest men and good Americans I'll make a sjBtcmatlc effort to develop my mind and mv character so that I can help vour nssimllitlon Into our regenerate Amerltanlsm. I'll stop exploiting jou. I'll work to educate jou, to develop vour enlightened ideals, to make jou socially nnd Intellectu ally fiee and to give vou vour birthrights of unhampered self-realization I will no longer be a tool of the Ignorant autocrats who hold vou In subjection bj' means of fear, and 111 drive to helpless cover those rascals who are ho cheating our country and us No more cheap newspaper no toriety and misrepresentation at jour ex pense, and no more counterfeit people, Ideals or poses will figure In my soul or outward life. It will take time to form these new habits, but vou hive my word that It will he done nnd I'll work for jou as human beings and Americans, bo help me Ood The constermtlon of the audience was greit, but tho applause was greater. When one of his friends asked what was responsible for his change of heart, the orator replied: 'Well, I Just realized what President Wilson meant when he wrote that no foreign power will ever ngaln be permltted'to exploit a weaker people. I saw that democracy must begin at home, nnd I've started to do mv share" ALBCB.T C. BARNES. Mellon, Julv 29. The cloud effects were so wonderful jestcr daj' we spent a good We Watch the Clouds deal of time out on our flre-escape balcony watching them Evi dently, after ajen dajs' drought, the weather man was concocting something new. "The traveling mountains of the ky" were all moving northward, great tumbled billows and crags of Bnow. There was a moment when the flag on the tall staff of the Drexel Build ing was framed in an aperture of pure, serene blue. We took It for a good omen and went In to measure how far our men are from the Vesle Itlver. If we don't get a de Wrnther Mn, cent rain soon the row Do lour Bit of elm trees In front of Independence Hall, planted some vears ago by the Colonial Dames, will be In danger of permanently Im paired health They look verj seedy from lack of moisture, and by a quaint Irony they adjoin a bubbling horse fountain on which is carved "Give us water, loW we perish." A British naval officer sajs that when there are a few more fast Perhaps He Meant ' on the Nubway destroyers on the Job the Atlantic crossing will be as safe as going up Broadway. But the Jolly tar might have been more fortunate In his choice of a parallel. To us slow-dodging rustics Broad way doe3 not seem a happy example of safety. The age limit of the Ah, Gallantry! naval reserve force has been raised to forty. But It need not be assumed that any of the jeogirls who look so dimity and dotted swlss along our pavements are any where near that age Indeed, they must come perilously close to the minimum. While they are re nut This Time treating to the Alsnc, Is Final perhaps the bodies everj now and then experience that curious feeling that It has all happened before. They ought to have the technique of retreating to the Alsne down to a fine point. ( "I'm delighted to ln Those Dashed form you, Mr. Inter- Americans locutor, that .the hy phen is winning the war." 'That's a surprising statement, Mr. Bones How do you make it out?" "Why, hasn't the victory on the Marne beeiT as cribed to the 'dash' of our troops?" Bankrupt Nat Good- But They're win perhaps antlci- All Receivers pates that the hands of a receiver will be kinder to him than those of the five or so wives whom he wooed, won and lobt. The heat wave will be nothing compared to the wheat wave that will be unleashed August 1, when griddle cakes go back on the menu. It seems as though there ought to be some Joke about Mr. McAdoo being the Mikado of the Treasury Department, but it still eludes us. TearB for the departure of the sugar bowl may be at least partially assuaged by exodus of the housefly who made it his habitat. "Extravagant" would bo the Kaiser's comment on the whole Hog Island under taking, even if it were found that not a dollar was wasted on that monumental plant. Foch's troops have triumphantly proved that "none but the brave deserve the Fere." In this weather the sunny aid of the &MiMMiMM "I STILL Twelve Centuries of Meatless Days By Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto THE other day I attended a banquet where there were several Japanese gentlemen who had recently returned from London They spoke of the meatless dajs there, nnd all said they had been surprised to find that they seriously missed meat from the (able That the absence of meat could seriously affect a Japanese person shows how quickly we have accepted foreign customs, for from the introduction Into Japan of Bud dhlBm the religion which forbids the killing of animals until about forty j'ears ago, the Japanese were vegetarians That was twelve centuries of meatless days u REMEMBER very distinctly the first time ever tasted meat I came home from school one day and found that my father had Just returned from a trip to Toklo Such an occasion was usually one of re joicing to the entire family, but this day there seemed to be an air of depression everj where As I stepped into the "shoe off" place I heard my mother'B voice in low, solemn tones giving some directions to a maid. The servants all seemed excited, but they also were talking In hushed voices Of course, I did not ask any questions, as I had not jet greeted the famllj-, but I had an uneasy feeling that something was wrong. And it was hard for me to walk calmly and without haste ns I went to my grandmother's room for the usual respect ful salutations My giandmother was sitting with a maid before the gold thrine I nas greatly sur prised to see the doors closed, for It was the hour when they were usually open and the shrine lighted In readiness for the evening obeisance before eating There were rolls of white paper on a big lacquer traj" ; ana the maid was pasting It over the glided doors. Almost every Japanese home has two shrines In the time of sickness or death, the plain wood Shinto shrine, which honors the sun-goddess, the Emperor and the nation. Is sealed with white paper to guard it from pollution, but tho elaborate gilded Buddhist shrine Is left open, as it Is the Buddhist gods who give comfort to the living and guide the dead on their heavenly Journej'. I had never known the gold shrine to be sealed and, young as I was, I knew that something very strange and mjsterlous was about to happen MY GRANDMOTHER returned my bow with her usual gentle smile, but she was graver than usual. "Honorable grandmother," I anxiously In quired, "Is somebody going to die?' I remember now how she looked hair amused and half shocked "Little Etsu," she Bald, "you should not talk In this way. Your words are fre quently very reckless" "But, honorable grandmother," I per sisted, "the shrine is being sealed with the pure paper of protection," "Yes," she answered with a little sign, and said nothing more I did not speak again, but sat still, watching her with a troubled heart. Presently ehe straightened up and turning toward me said slowly: "Your honorable father has ordered his household to taste flesh. He believes meat Is the food to make children as robust ana wise as the people of tho western sea. The ox flesh Is to be brought into the house soon, and we must hasten with our duty to close the holy Bhrlne from pollution " THAT day wa ate a solemn dinner with meat In our soup and no friendly spirits near us, for both shrines were sealed. We felt strange and lonely. Of course, grand mother did not. Join us. She said she would rather not grow aB big as a westerner nor as cunning. THE Introduction of foreign food had a great deal to do with breaking down the wall of tradition which shut us away from the world of the West. After the Restora tion, which, of course, means the fall of feudalism, the great majority of wealthy ramural suddenly found themselves separat ed entirely from the system which had given them suppott, and yet they were bound as firmly as ever by the code of ethics whlcn for centuries had taught them utter con tempt for money. As a result the land was flooded, those first years, with business ex periments, where high class gentlemen at tempted to imitate tradesmen generally with disastrous results. ,. . !i-frTWfav'Vii. TiTfl f-TrfiVrnf - V rriftffti.JITl4Mif ffl MiMiM III ml i !:'' i ,. .... . . INSIST IT ISS A SILLY friend of my father. He was a man of good brain, and after several vain attempts to adjust himself to new conditions and at the same time, retain his dignltj, ho con cluded to throw tllgnltv aside and enter Into somo practical business which wotlla bring material results At that tim n.ticti vi.it. being said about foreign food vnd 'ta usefulness In making people strong ann act've As Mi Kato owned a gool-sl?ea estate which at that time noSodj would ac. cepl even as a gift, he converted It 'nto A grass-farm, and sent to a faraway coast fo- some cattle Then with a few -jri enced men as assistants, he once moio ventured Into the business world; this Hire a., a dairy man and a butcher. THE blue-blood name of Mr Kato did not harmonize at all with his new occupa tion, and he was looked upon with a sort of curious horror. But nevertheless manv bought and 'ate the meat, and the business prospered Tho simpler part of his work the selling of milk was also prosperous, but it also had serious drawbacks Most oi the common people believed that cow's milk would Influence tho nature of those who drank it, and this caused much gossip Wo children heard from servants that Mrs Kato's new-born babj' had a tlnv horn on Its forehead, and that Its fingers were all clubbed together like cow's hoofs This waB not true, of course, but fear Ins a strong Influence on our lives for happiness or mlserj-, nnd there was real and desperate anxiety about many trifling things In the daily lite of the Kato house, hold As j'ears passed the trouble did not lessen Three children died In succession and the constant friction between old and new Ideas filled the air with tragedj-. BUT Mr. Kato was an unflinching tjpe of man, and being honest In his progressive Ideas, his active brain thought out a scheme bj which to broaden the views of his super stitious family. The majority erf Intellectual men of that day, though broad thinkers themselves, allowed the women of the fam ily to remain narrow and Ignorant; and so It was that the female members of the Kato family were In the habit of taking their prob lems to a certain priestess who was rever enced for her marvelous supernatuial pow ers Their faith In her was absolute One day Mr. Kato called the priestess to his home, apparently to assist in settling some puzzling matters. Really It was an attempt to open tho cyet of his family to the absurdity of their superstitious belief. He thought If that could be done that peaco would come once more Into his home The priestess went through a very elabo rate ceremonj-, part of which consisted In falling into a trance and interpietlng mes sagesysuppoied to come from unseen friends In the spirit world While she was In this state Mr Kato asked her many questions, the answers of which were well known to the family. At first the replies weie only vague, hut gradually, by skillful leading on his part, they became more direct ; but they were unsatisfactory and even untrue. Finally the spirit messages from the revered ances tors became so absurd that the entire family was aroused. The children were startled, the gentle wife was puzzled and grieved and the poor old grandmother shocked bejond w ords. REFORMERS sometimes us"e cruel methods. No rnvii could have greater love and re spect for a parent than Sir. Kato had for his mother, but this experience saddened and shortened her life A Japanese woman knows only one way to right a wrong, nnd that la to sacrifice hetself The brave woman sickened, refused till medicine, and soon was laid to rest vvltl. the ancestors whose dignity and honor she nau died to uphold. THIS tiagedy, over what to an American seems a trifle, is only one of many during the lasf decade In Japan. To a greater or less extent, It has been tho experience of al most every family that has drifted from old to new In Ideas and customs, And amusing as. It may appear to an American, mere of these tragedies than can be readily believed have been due to the Introduction of meat. Now things are more settled. Meat Is hot yet eaten universally, but even In the Inte rior It is no longer looked upon with horror and loathing. It Is found In all restaurants and hotels, it la eaten dally in many homes. ss. and in Toklo there is scarcely a block that does no nave us mue "AiKuya. wnere meat UadaHaHMraaaaal.aHHaakl. I ' W "4"'BLLw sfs afifllHrLaawiaBa'l iSkQaV'.P V t l v. aff3a0EisaB vaLLLB sTsjaWaaal Br TW:aB- JM mJittBfl t ,Bsllllll 1 .t aBkM " J 0 ... -. - ., i MMMMMM i WAR!" ;-" The Heavenly Hills of Holland Tlin heavenly hills of Holland, How wondrouslj- they rise Above the smooth green pastures Into the azure skies! .With blue nnd purple hollows, With peaks of dazzling snow, Along the far horizon The clouds are marching slow. No mortal font has trodden The summits of that range, Nor walked those mjstlc valleys Whose colors ever change; Yet we possess their beauty, And visit them In dreams, While tho tuddy gold of sunset Trom cliff and tanjon gleams. , In days of cloudless weather They melt into the light: When fog and mist surround us t Thej'io hidden from our sight; But when teturns a season Clear shining after rain, While the northwest wind is blowing, We see the hills again. The old putch painters loved them, Their pictures show them clear, Old Hobbema and Rujsdael, '" Van Goj-en nnd Vermeer. Abovp the level landscape, ' 4 Rich polders, long armed mills, ' Canals and ancient cities, Float Holland's heavenly hills. Henry van Djke, in "The Red Flower."' Obeyed the Injunction The Smiths had a hen which insisted upon neglecting her comfortable nest to lay a dally egg In the coal cellar. " "I can't think," fretted Mrs Smith, as she and her small son John together hunted for that particular egg, ' w by this one hen insists upon using the coal cellar." ' "Whj-, that's easj, mother," exclaimed' John. "I suppose she's seen the sign, 'Now Is the time to lay In your coal.' " Pittsburgh ' Chronicle-Telegraph Many a bitter battle is waged by the war gardener in Hoe Man's Land. 1 What Do You Know? QUIZ 1, Wlint U u "coYUisniun"? 2, Mho Is (icnernl (lOuraud? S. ume the author of "SwUs rsmUr Robin son." 1. What Is a Munchausen tale? 5. Mho la Doctor von Iliissarek? 0. What Is a service flag? 1. Mho la the queen ot ItaUT 8. VVhut is the capital and what Is the largest dry ot Alabama? y. What Is (he strength of an armr division . In the United Mates and abroad? 10. IVhat Is the correspondlnc armr rank ef a toinmandrr In the iJnltxl States narx? Answers lo Yesterday's Qui 1. Gcnrce II. Roberta la the British Minister ! of Labor. 2. Cettinje Is the capital of .Montenegro. f 3. i.eneral S. It. M. Young, re 1 1 red i la the former chief of staff of the United 8 tales armr. He san distinguished aerrlce In the HpanUh-Amertcan war. He adrocatea an American righting army of 3,000,000. 4. The Cadet party In Russia la that of the Constitutional Democrats. The name la a coined word from Ihe "K and D" which are the Initials of-the two words of tha party name in Russian. 6. The heir to the throne ot Italy U styled "the rrlnre of niles." , 0. Ilenrlk Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist. Is the author of ,! Woll'a House," a play which was revolutionary In Its turning of the stage from romance to realism. (. 7. The tioiinit Pretended l'rlnce Charles Kdward' Htuart, whose partlaamt plotted for hlsr restoration to the throne of Knxland. 8. Hiienos Alrea and Bio do Janeiro are the largest cities of Mouth America. 9. Kin press Zlta. la the spouse of Bmperor CarK Francis or Austria. 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