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"WONDERFUL!"
T"OUBTLESS there were many slenlfl---'
cant things that President 'Wilson
might have said jesterday when he ap
peared at Hop Island for the launching ot
the first ship of the American miracle fleet.
There Is a new and dramatic suggestion
In the faet that Mr Wilson's formal ut
terance was limited to one word "Wonder
full" said he. and he probahlv w-as think
tngr not only of the. ship and the ship
yard and the great crowd, but also of the
unity of national will and purpose which
the occasion made manifest
This Is the first time since the war
began when the President Ins appeared
officially at a function of great mtlonal
Importance without making an address of
any sort. In Germany thev would have
read with Interest anv expression of
opinion offered at such a time bv the
man who Is looked upon as the leader
of opinion and policy among the Allies
But It Is likely that the absence of any
such expression, the attendant Implication
that the last word has been said and
the last bid made to the Imagined reason
of Germany, will seem more ominous in
Berlin than any threat or promise
The President's silence was unepected
But It was. In Its way, eloquent enough
"Ferdinand of Bulgaria 'is after peace."
i declares a. dispatch, which adds that he Is
"en route for Vienna and Berlin" Evidently
the king lias an excellent "hunch" as to
where the first submissive request for that
long-desired state of affairs will be made.
P. R. T. WAGE INCREASE
pETTERMENT of both public service
- and public servants Is assured by the
increased wage scale which the Rapid
Transit Company has flved for its em
ployes. Unquestionably, under present con
ditions of living, the conductors and motor
men deserved higher pay Unquestionably
13 'the need for Improved transportation In a
!- . .city that Is a giant dynamo of war work
was imperative. That the new scale will
prevent experienced trolley men from
drifting to other lines of activity and. as
a practical earnest of good will, will Insure
a higher efficiency of service Is scarcely
to be disputed
Best of all, the raise, which is from five
' to nine cents an hour, is voluntary. The
danger of making it contingent on an in
crease of fares seems to have been realized
The two Issues should he kept apart. Add
ing to the complexities of increased fares
will not benefit either the transit company
or It patrons. The findings of the Public
Service Commission, the clarification of the
relationship between the holding and the
subsidiary companies warrant careful con
sideration in determining fare increases.
In regard to Its employes, the Rapid
Transit Company has done Its duty.
Tangled though It still is, the fare prob-
'lem can now be handled with far more
directness and sincerity.
May the new German retirement from
the region of Albert presage a still further
retreat on the hoped-for day when the gal
lant king of that name comes back to his
own.
THE SUBWAYFARERS
"VTEW YORKERS, after a few wild days
of unexampled confusion and dismay
and outcries for the riot squads, are at
.'lit able to find their way about their
"odd little Island In the new subways The
outside world has been watching them
with awed interest and reading in the head
lines of a happy and a gradual return to
the order which disappeared In black chaos
when the Manhattanese were turned mo
mentarily from the familiar routine.
Borne new subway connections upset
the balance of Innumerable thousands
Hundreds were lost. Men and women
without number, whose Judgments count
heavily In art, literature, war and politics
and the drama, were rescued In the tubes
or found astray and hopeless in the wrong
places and guided by the police to the
bosoms of their families a mile or two
away. There Is an accent of Jubilation
and of hallelujah In the news headlines
with which the newspapers In New York
assure the populace that the crisis is o'er.
How shall this news be kept from
Kokomo and Waukesha and all that defer
ential hinterland which Is accustomed to
look to the Manhattan for guidance In
Ji very affair of the mind or the spirit?
i New York, after days of terror that foi-
jLtwaou luc augiucBv uiiiuroance in us la-
t K miliar orbit, Js at last able to find Its way
.VJ fewne to dinner!
f It' is the pleasure of the city man to
' -. ' sliev6 himself at the top of the world
& tS) lOOk down UDOn the rul nf mankind
- !?, ' with a touch of pity. And yet his tenden-
.. .1S' ( en occasions that require dlscrlmlna-
"; ' tton almost Invariably indicate that he Is
' to busy Keeping- nv with the crowd to
.'lvthr than think in circles. The new
,fcpa ta Nw York might have
; w kom mm truth of this dread-
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THE RETREAT IN FRANCE
What It Actually Means at This Stage, to the
Allies and to Germany
PROFESSIONAL observers of the mili-
tary, situation in France have not
been disposed to share tho feeling of
exultation which the most recent Allied
victories have inspired in the morr im
pressionable minds here and abroad.
The Allies, say those Whose technical
experience should enable them to per
ceive the matter whole, have won impor
tant victories. But uc are assured in
the sa'me breath that the German pur
poses -emain unshaken. The soldier
writers see Ihe German system of
strategy still secure, still operating with
n measure of success. The retirement of
Wilhelm's armies has been orderly and
effioient, despite the losses in men and
guns. The Hun commanders have merely
withdrawn impetuously from expeii
nicntal positions and abandoned an en
terprise upon which they had staked
nothing definite.
The drive which has just gone to
pieces appears to the eye of the piofcs
sional strategist as a peace storm of an
extraordinaiy sort. It was not meant to
acquire and hold new territory or new
spoils. It was merely a feint of terior
ism in the face of civilization. Apprais
ing the consequences upon this giotind.
the militaiy experts pciccive een the
shadow of a new peril in the Allied vic
to'ies. They see Germany bcatn back,
establishing herself in pievtously pre
pared line.', behind impassable defenses
where for years slip may defy the power
of the rest of the world in the common
effort to battel a way through to the
root of the trouble. Disintegration may
come about in Germany and Austria, it
is argued. But may not disintegiation
also begin sooner or later among the
Allies if they are required to face an
interminable period of sacrifice and loss
for ends not yet clearly defined or un
derstood ?
To evciy one who looks not for the
fact, but for the tuith behind the fact,
it must seem that this analysis shows
either undue bins on the side of caution
or a lack of the essential quality of
imaginative insight into a swiftly chang
ing situation. The occasion is one upon
which a layman, with nothing but his
knowledge of human nature to guide
him, propei ly might pit his opinion
against that of the technical experts.
It is true that the Germans might
withdraw to the Aisne, or even to the
Rhine itself, and yet give up nothing that
they wish or hope to possess peima
nently. The Hun's heait, his interests,
his hopes aie now in the East. His
arms are full of Russian loot. He would
be glad enough to have his hands freed
elsewhere. But to presume, even with
this knowledge, that the German army
staff has not been dazed and stunned by
the recent reverses; to believe that the
recent events in France were not in tho
nature of a disaster for Germany or that
th" failure would not have been averted
at any cost if it had been possible to do
so is to ignore the chief clement in the
German line of offense. This element ia
the state of mind of Germany.
The Berlin Government has suffered
a dismal humiliation and a great mis
fortune at the instant when its need of
public confidence at home was bitterest.
The maneuver devised to encourage and
unify public opinion in Germany in an
hour of almost utter hopelessness has
had a result exactly opposite to the one
intended.
There are cumulative evidences in Ger
many that the collective mind of the
population has been staggered by the
news from France. The burghers had
been assuied that peace was near.
Peace, in Geimany, meant food for the
hungry, medicine for the sick, clothing
for those almost naked, fuel for the win
tor. And in a day the delusions of
mightiness with which the existing Gov
ernment has fed and clothed and warmed
and sustained the people were shot away.
Germany now can look forward only to
limitless periods of new suffering, to
more poignant years, to endless hunger
and cold and sacrifice beyond the place
where the mirage of peace arose.
The blows in France have stiuck most
terribly far behind the German lines.
The confidence of all the people has been
shaken. The civilian population is
clamoring to the Government for an ex
planation of things that are unexplain
able. And so, even though the war should
ultimately resolve itself into a contest of
morale between the Allied nations and
an isolated and tortured Germany, there
can be no doubts whatever of the out
come. For it is a rule of all life that in
every contest one adversary gains
strength and fresh determination as the
other shows signs of weakness. That is
the essential truth which the military
strategists who write seem for the mo
ment to have overlooked.
Germany Is said to be threatening
"severe penalties" for those responsible for
rumors of the Marne defeat, but the Allies
don't a bit mind being the guilty parties.
ARMS OR THE LAW
IF THE proposed draft bill is passed,
thirteen Senators and one hundred and
ten Representatives will have to fill out
questionnaires. By virtue of their legisla
tive roles, exemption from service can be
legitimately claimed. Fiee choice, limited
only by physical disability. Is not denied
these statesmen. They may take up arms
If they so desire. There Js, moreover,
ample precedent for such endeavor in the
present war. Several French Deputies have
served at the front At home the case of
the late "Gussle" Gardner, who enlisted
soon after the war was declared, evokes
the memory of a nobis concept of patriot.
ism.
iovuuuo, ecueiauy BpcaniiiK, are irrB
awe, "jairBii'Tui - among Araei
statesmen are uncommon. Death some
times changes the political and personal
lineup, impeachment hardly. ever The re
grets of constituents are futile until bal
loting time comes around again. None
the less. It would be Interesting, were It
possible, to compare the viewpoint of In
dividual voters with those of the Congress
men directly concerned In this new Issue.
Standards nf duty might perhaps differ.
As It Is, however, the "homo folks" are
powerless Assuming that the new draft
ages are established, It will be the precious
privilege of each Congressman within the
prescribed limits of deciding for himself
where he can best serve his country In
Washington or In Trance Those ques
tionnaires will moke .significant reading.
Hverv time the Kaiser -seeks to establish
"neneral Lull" on the French front "General
Retreat" quickly relieves him
scenes orr the capes
Nc
O WONDER the German U-boats,
which came over to "terrify" the
United Rtites and succeeded In sinking .1
few unarmed ships schooners and barges
hovered so uncasllj for a while off the
Delaware Capes Thee coastal projections
were something worth worrying over. For
between them, and originating In the port
of Philadelphia alone more than $500,000,000
worth of exports passed through to the
ocean trade routes fiom which all Hun
commerce Is barred
Moreover, the ilue of materials which
we -shipped nbin-iil dining our flist war
vear was $1SOO0OO0fi more than that of the
previous twelve months The total will
doubtless, be outstripped again in 1018
The pie'ent flcures have lust been pub
lished hv the M-irltlmn n-vchinee Thev
proclaim I'hhlltriclphia as one of the great
poits of the woild The decrease of
$0.000 000 in the value of our Imports was
relativelv small compared with the Im
mense increase on the other side of "the
trade sheet Philadelphia's commerce is at
last becoming worthy of her other civic
proportions
Scenes perlscoplnllv viewed off Hen
lopen and Mav must remind a handful of
depressed pliates of peace days near Cux
haven on the i:ibe
Happllv the Qulsteonrk slipped more
ally from the ua than It doe from the
tongue.
A I ESSON propounded
A Ct'RE for thp chronic incoherency of
those Hun statesmen who babble for
peace .suggests itelf in the words of a
prominent neutral lournalist The prac
tical application of his formula in Ber
lin would conceivable settle the war in
short order The date which we here omit,
could readllv be changed to suit the situ
ation Here is the significant credo:
"I will use the full strength of mv pn
and voice to make mv country know the
truth .about the fnlted States. In . . .
wo suffered a disastrous disillusionment
because of our ignorance It shall not oc
cur again If I can prevent It"
Notwithstanding their contriteness. It Is
entlrelv conceivable that something like
an echo of those words will some day be
heard from the German capital, already
reported br plunged in the depth ot "pro
found discouragement" Their memoriza
tion Is being dallv advanced hv certain
eents on the western front
It mav be added that the date to which
the tet of the little formula refers is 1S9S
The writer is an eminent Spanish publicist
Joe M Rinz Without boasting, he it said
that historv has a particular knack or re
peating Itself when questions concerning
the fieedom of mankind are Involved.
The rlcheft prize which Trance secured
in re-entering Solssons was her own superb
cathedral
SETTLING DOWN
TOLAIXLY we are settling down to the
1- serious business of the w'ar. We are
less excited and far more efficient that
we were even si months ago Newspaper
readers who are able to recall the spir
itual reactions reported from all parts of
the country will easilj perceive the change
that h&s occurred
It is easv to recall the time when the
Germans were supposed to be Introducing
ground glass into all the apple pies made
in New Jersov If a barber In Rlverton
became indisposed, the rumors went forth
of a plot fathered by Captain Boy-Ed for
the extermination of all barbers in Amer
ica Did Cap'n Enoch Pringle's wooden leg
catch Are when Pap'n Enoch absentmind
edly dozed before file fire, there were
mercurial folk who instantly felt assured
that a pro German had started on a cam
palgn of terrorism to make a conflagration
of all the wooden legs In the country
Every little town In every State trumpeted
at one time or another of conspiracies to
poison, burn, desolate, destroy and ob
literate We aren't so Jumpy now The truth was
so much more ominous than the fiction
that we have settled down to calm esti
mates and systematic work. It has been
found that the Germans In their elaborate
and expensive campaigns didn't waste time
on relatively harmless ground glass and
poison Their favorite weapons have been
fire,, dynamite and peace talk. The lively
imagination of an isolated alarmist Is no
.longer adequate to divert the attention
or the country from the actual and ever
present dangers.
If there had been a
This Bounds Serious definition of useless
employments In the
old davs the man who Invented the patent
stop for an alarm clock bell would have been
the first to be discriminated against. That
device when you stop to think of it, seems
the shining symbol of a time that provides
with painful care for all sorts of warnings
and safeguards and then prefers to forget
them.
"You can look at It
Try This both wnys, Mr. Tam-
on Your IMano bo." "Look at what,
Mr. Bones'" "Why. at
the cause of Germany's defeat. She failed
to reach Paris because the gait was too alow
and yet, on the other hand, It was much loo
fatt." "I think I get you, Mr, Bones."
The Germans are In-
A question of variably either unrea.
Nationality sonable or stupid.
They are blaming their
naval officers for the failure of the subma-
tlnes when, ss a matter of fact, the failure
of the submarines is due to American and
jh nil n navai biml v. a
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RUBBER HEELS
LtJDENDORFF'S masterly skill in re
i treating prompts one to believe he In
tends to do more of It.
It is said that the German verbs lag so
far behind Ludy's retreating armies that
they are being captured In millions. After
all, Germany has always been the home
of lost clauses.
And a Callous on His Palm?
The Crown Prince is proud of having
worn a wrist watch as early as 1905. May
be hy 1020 he'll wear a hall and chain on
his ankle.
This Is Enrnuratdng
Each soul is filled with power
To use at any hour;
To rise out from his hole
And grapple with control
SAUL. TATUREN.
"" That which is most prominent isn't al
ways the most Important The bust of
Longfellow Is the most visible thing In the
Poets' Corner In Westminster Abbey, but
Henry W Isn't the greatest poet there hy
many syllables.
Human Beings
Human beings are divisible into two
classes, those who enjoy being called on
for a speech, and those who are panic
stricken at the mere thought of such a
catastrophe
The latter, of whom we are one, take
pleasure In these words of the late Henry
James:
I neer consenting! v or wittingly, go to
dinners where that custom (speeches) pre
vails The mere thought of it fills me with
terror and anguish, and at the faintest
svmptom of being looked to to contribute
anything hut a charmed silence I become
umllcoverahle on the spot.
Ballad of Simple Simon
T cannot regulate a clock.
I cannot Keep the furnace going;
I cannot button up a frock.
Or cut the lawn when It needs mowing.
I never know Just how to greet
Mv wife's relations when they're calling,
And when I cross an lev street
You may depend upon mv falling.
Each time I shave I cut mv thumb;
I hate to give the kids a whipping;
I cannot carpenter or ntumb.
Or stop the bathtub tan from dripping;
I cannot grow a decent beard,
And Mrs Simon does the carving;
To tell the truth, I've often feared
The family would end by starving,
I cannot keep my trousers pressed;
I spill the ink when I am writing;
t drop potato on my vest.
My fingernails are marred by biting.
And yet. In spite of all this list
Of awkward and adverse conditions,
I still continue to exist
.11 father-In law make munition it
DOVE DULCET.
A Tragedy
It takes Who's Who to tell a tragedy In
few words:
HARRIS Frank author , born Galway Ire
land lS"i4 Tdueated Universities of Kansas,
Parl Heidelberg Strassburg, Ooettlngen,
Berlin. Vienna and Athens ftto degrees)
Thunders of Silence
Speaking of Frank Harris, he tells an
amusing story of Oscar Wilde Lewis Mor
ris, a Voluminous poet of small merit, com
plained to Wilde that the press would not
notice his work "I am the-victim of a
conspiracy of silence," he lamented "But
what can I do? What would you advise
me to do7"
"Join It," said Oscar.
Quo VadU?
Ludendorff lives up to his already high
reputation aB a humorist by the statement
"the enemy evaded us "
Rut sometimes we wonder whether the
German people enjoy Ludv's subtle brand
of humor as much as we do?
Gain of ground" and "Marne" are only
catchwords, Ludendorff adds. What if pan
Germany and Hohenzollern should also
prove to be only catchwords?
As the German general staff moves
backward, the most unpleasant thing It
has to face Is the communiques It strewed
so plentifully behind it a few months ago.
Hurry up, Ludy' Keep moving, or some
of those catch words will catch up with
jou
Humid Humor
Let's kick the Weather Man Into the
humlddle of next week'
How angry Germany must be at Hoe
'island for having launched a ship whose
name she can t even pronounce.
Probably the German papers are per
suading their readers that Hog Island Is
not one island, but a whole archipelago.
Now that we have Ludendorff's "hip
pocket," let's go ahead and take the whole
garment. SOCRATES.
"The suffering of this terrible war has
spared no German home ""The Kaiser.
Wrong as ever, William. Potsdam and the
members of its "divine" family party are
still unscathed.
Even though the Germans are hustling
back toward the "Ladles' Way" (Chemln Des
Damesrthey are unlikely to enjoy any spe
cial politeness from a rude enemy in that
region.
What a pity that the famous slogan
"They shall not pass" cannot be practically
applied to mounting mercuries which near
the ninety mark.
Can it be that the original Inhabitants
of Hog Island are about to take their re
venge on a nation of sausage makers?
Were It not for tainting a French prefix
by applying It to a Hun we might call him
General DeLudendorff.
Aucutt, too, seems to have started its
offensive.
Polish, problsms are brought pslafuily
ner to us by a-ceat-shlnejLatl '" . tri J-
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TRAVELS IN PHILADELPHIA
By Christopher Morlcy
WILLOW CROVE
SPEAKING as a foreigner every man
Is a foreigner In Philadelphia until
he has lived here for three generations
I should say that no place Is more typi
cal of the Philadelphia capacity for en
Joying itself In a thoroughly genteel and
Innocent way than Willow Grove. Cynics
have ascribed the placid conduct of Wil
low Grove's merrymakers to the fact that
eighty minutes or so standing up in a
crowded trolley blunt human capacity for
abandonment and furious mirth Physi
ologists say that the unprecedented quan
tity of root beer and hard-boiled eggs con
sumed at the Grove account for the staid
bearing of the celebrants. Be that how
it may, Willow Grove has the genial and
placid flavor of a French amusement park.
Contrary to popular theory, the French,
like ourselves, are comely behaved on an
outing People to whom enjoyment Is a
habit do not turn their picnics into an
orgy.
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W
T TAKES practically as long to get to
City, but the sunburn does not keep one
awake all nlarht and asleep at the office
the next day. That rolling watershed
where the creeks mn alternately Into the
Delaware and the Schuylkill Is well hilled,
watered and aired. There Is no surf, it is
true, but a superb panorama qf the whlto
combers of the sky, the clouds' And fields
of plumed and tasseled corn, flickering in
the wind, are no mean substitute for sand
beaches. Let us be practical; no one can
eat the surf! And the most important
matter In a picnic Is to have plenty of
food.
Let. me state, In passing, that the Ideal
picnic lunch Is always packed In a shoe
box, there should he Included an opener
for root-beer bottles, and doughnuts cal
culated on a basis of three for each adult.
Inside the ring of each doughnut should
be packed a hard-boiled egg. Each party
should Include one berson (preferably an
aunt) of prudent Instincts, to whom may
be entrusted the money for return car
fares, Ada's knitting bag, Ada's young
man's wrist watch and registration card
in draft Class 4A, father'? spare cigar for
the home voyage, grandmother's pneumatic
cushion and Cousin Janet's powder-papers
and copy of Spumy Stories, This prudent
person will foim a headquarters and great
general staff, a strong defensive position'
upon which the maneuvers of the excur
sion will be based.
THE first thing that always strikes me
at Willow Grove Is how amazingly
well dressed everybody is. The frocks, hats
and ankles of the young ladles are a vision
of rapture. The young men, too, are well
dressed, In the best possible style, which
is, of course, the uniform of Uncfe Sam.
The last time I was there It was a special
celebration day for the marines. Several
hundred of them were loping about In their
cafe-au-lall khaki, fine, tall, lean chaps,
with that curious tautness of the trousers
that makes tho devil dogs look stiff-kneed
Bronzed, handsome fellows, with the char
acteristic tilt ot the Stetson that must flut
ter the hearts of French flappers. And as
for the glrlp, If Willow Grove on a Satur
day afternoon Is a fair cross-section of
Philadelphia pulchritude, I will match It
against anything any other city can show.
WILLOW GROVE, of course. Is famous
for its music, and at dusk the Marine
Band was to play In the, pavilion. That
er ha -1--I -' I
,..,-., "smjp ), vuer,
mores, with the green and silver shimmer
of the darkening lake at one side, is a
cheerful place to sit and meditate. I had
a volume of Thoreau with me, and bean
to read It, but he kept on baipln: uron
the blisses of solitude which annoyen me
when I was enjoying the mirths and moods
of the crowd. Nowhere will vou find i
'happier, more sane and contented and
typically American crowd than at Willow
Grove Perhaps in wartime we take our
pleasures a little more soberly than of old.
Yet there seemed no shadow of sadness, or
misgiving on all those happy faces, and
It was a good sight to see tall marines
romping through the "Crazy Village" arm
In arm with bright-eyed girls. Those hovs
In the coffee-andmllk unifoim will see
crazier villages than that in Champana
and Picardy. It is well to store up all the
innocent miith one may In days iiko those.
rpHE last arrows of suplight were still
-- quivering among the upmost leaves
when the Marine Band began to play and
the great crowd gathered under tho trees
was generous with affectionate enthusiasm.
And then, at a bugle call, the rest of the
sea-soldiers charged shouting down the
dusky aisles, climbed the platform, and
sang their war songs with fine pride and
spirit. "America, Here's My Boy"; "It's a
Long, Long Way to Berlin, But Weil Get
there, by Heck", "Goodby, Broadway: Hello,
France" and "There's a Long, Long Trail"
were the favorites. And tljen came the one
song that of all others has permeated
American fiber during the last year ''Over
There." There Is something of simple gal
lantry and pathos In It that I find genu
inely moving. The clear, merry, audacious
male voices made me think of their
brothers in France who were, even at that
very moment, undergoing such fiery and
unspeakable trial. The great gathering
under the trees seemed to feel something
of this, too, there was a caught breath and'
a quiver of secret pain on every bench.
"Over There," unassuming ditty as It Is,
has caught the spirit of our crusade with
inspiration and tiuth It is the Informal
anthem of our great and dedicated resolve.
AS WE walked back toward the station
, tho rolling loops and webbed frame
work of the scenic railway were silhouet
ted black, against a western sky which
'was peacock blue with a quiver of greenish
crystal still eddying In It. The bullfrogs
were drumming In the little ponds enam
eled with green scum And from the train
window, as we rattled down that airy val
ley, we could see the Grove's spangles and
festoons of light. Philadelphia "may take
her amusements placidly, but she knows
how to enjoy them.
A good Instance of America's determi
nation to win the war Is the fact that Mr
Taft vvas in a New York hotel the other
morning at 7 o'clock hunting for a public
stenographer.
St. Helena Is not the only Island eager
to welcome William JiieJOamned. Hog island,
Nova Zembla and Tlerra del Fuego would all
be glad to welcome him with open harms.
The new taxes on tobacco will arouse a
good deal of grumbling among the Grand
Army of Nicotine. Another grudge against
the Kaiser,
Mr. Hoover Is In France, and probably
every reaurant.keeeerJ Paris wants to
I Black Slippers v
AT the table beyond us "
With her little suede slippers off, I
With her white stockinged feet
Carefully kept from the floor by a napkin,
She converses: ' .
Cdimalssez-vous Ostendef ,
The gurgling Italian lady on the othr
side of the restaurant i
Replies with a certain hauteur, ,'! -
But I await with patience
To see how Celeetlne will re-enter her
slippers. j
She re-enters them with a groan. .
-Ezra Pound, In "Lustra."
READER'S VIEWPOINT
More About Boonville! r
To the Editor of the VventngTubtlc Ledger:
Sir Some friend has forwarded to me vour
paper of July 3liand marked Socrates's artVy
cie - l orncons" concerning Boonville. Me.,,
my home town He also sent me the repjy
to said article hy an "Old Boonvilllan," pub
lished in your paper Permit me to say
that especially the reply of the Old Boon-' I
niiian is very goon and tru". "
My people came to Boonville In 1854, ,Is
was past six years, and remember condl-,
tlnna as fh vlet.t ih.n rnnn..in ...-- .
the starting point of the Santa Fe trail, and"
also an important center for slave-market.
I well remember later as a boy of thirteen ,
wnen on tne morning of June 17, J86.1. .we ;
neara me cannonading and musketry Of the
battle of Boonville. where, as Vour Old Boon.
villian tells you, "the first blood of -the
Civil War flowed " Father's farpi vvas onjyv '
a few miles from that battlefield. Th.
defeated Confederates retreated past 6Ur 'Jl
farm, and today our apple orchard (C C 'I
Bell Trult Company) is on a.-part of that
battlefield. )
I am here for another week, when I will,
come to jour city to attend the International
Apple Shippers' convention, which wlli,be
held August 13 to lfi. and If It be acreeiBW"
to you (and Inasmuch as I vvas part ownerS
oi a newspaper at one time) I might call.
I havo written to my orchard supertntep-'
dent to send an apple exhibit to the comj
Ing apple shippers' meeting, when you" can,
baa lh& AflaeMiel nnnlB- , kl.k ha... ...-.
,,... ,... '..,-wu.. ....tk ,.n,t iiuw K1VW DHi I
part or tne Boonville battlefield of '61, .?
CHARLES C. BELL. "VI
New York, August 5 4
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That Frosty Feeling As
Turkey, It would seem, is giving Germany ?
the ley mitteleuropa Chicago Evening Posi.
Spelled Several Ways
What the business world needs right now jl
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. W hn Is VJintton Spencer ChurchlllT lVInstoa i
inureniur
2. What la a Gordlan knot?
S. Where Is Cami Tunnlon! -
4V When and what was Ihe Hetira? n. .
S. What Is the location of the Great FTramlaf
0. What l an Iconorlust? ' '
7, W'hit Is the largest rlrer In the IJnJtM.,
niaiear
8. What la the capital of Spain?
D. Wiiat Is a nonrom.?
10. Who,- said. "For me It vUl be erouth that
a marhle htone should declare that a
uueen. haling relaned such a lime, llrad '
and died a vlrcln"?
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lni nf 1'ek-m near thm filha-rliin IiamIa.. Vvu
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Z. Lord W'elr la chief of the Ilrltlth Air Mis- g?
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S. The Hundred Tas! from March 20, lSU.nl
when npoifon rrapra rrom the island Mlrl
Klb.v. till Juno 32 when ho abdicated. hi
4. The Ilolr I-andi ralcttlne. . Jg
5. Citizen rnreti, the name clren br the rreockjj
revolutionists to Louis XVI of nt'M
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7, KUlntton Field 1 tho United States TisttMi
crounds near Houston, Tax, ''
8. Hurrlkburc la the capital of rennsrUas.,,'
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