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MAIS 3000 VT Jlddrtss all communications to TTrenlno l'ublto Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia. t Alember of the Associated Press THC ASSOCI.VTtD PltEtiS ii rxclu llvelv entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or tiot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local ncus published therein. All rights of republication o'f special dis patches Act riii nic also lcscrvcd. 1 - I'hilidtlphla. KriJ.y. Augti-t 9. Kin REFERRED TO WASHINGTON TN THK RiPatcst days of history, when - everywhere in the woild tliern nre swiftly movliiR events about uliich the people Bhould be ndvlsetl and informed for their own weliitro. the ar Industries board has ordered a fifteen per cent re duction in newspaper readlnp matter. Will the tar industries board have the frace to exempt, under the rule", the space given to casualty lists now runnlns to the extent of a page sometimes? Or is etH dency a ereater consideration in Wash ington than the anxieties, soriows and con cerns of soldiers and their families? It seems a pity tht fashion rules against the fair sex's wearing of opera clothes in the summer time. They'd be Just the tiling for Ahe girls this August. ALIBI CLARENCE AND ALIBI ? M THK star witness for the prosecution In the Frop Hollow conspiracy cases won undying celebrity some sixteen years ago When he became known familiarity as "Alibi Sam." The star witness for the defense in these tame proceedings at West Chester now dispossesses Sam of his title and may proudly regard himself as "Alibi Clarence." The Incident needs little Interpretation to the public. But it is hardly amiss to point out to District Attorney Hotan that the neuest wearer of these laurels ndmitted under oath that he knew of a plot to commit a erlous crime before It was perpetrated. There are clear definitions in the law books covering the point. JS'ot the least of the airman's compensa tions has been that he could alnajs climb higher than the mercury. EMOTION AND SUFFRAGE IP DOCTOR LOCKERY and Mrs. Law rence Lewis and those other over ardent suffragists are expressing aston ishment because they were arrested when they -went from this city a day or two ago and picketed the White House, It may be baid that they are oversensitive to the emotion of surprise. It is Impossible .not' to wonder what the militants expected. Had they wished to prove that suffragists are impatient, tactless, hasty, unreasoning and hopeless amateurs in the game of politics, they could not have proceeded more adroitly to this end than they did In the recent lamentable gibing at the President. The suffrage amendment Is approaching a close vote In the Senate. Mr. Wilon has argued with all of the unreconciled mem bers of that august body in behalf of the measure. The wisdom of this means of establishing equal suffrage is still seri ously doubted even by men who have long admitted the entire Justice of the women's cause. But the President has proved to be the most powerful champion of the amendment, and he has used his Influence. as he himself might say, without stint or limit. Yet'tho militants refused to perceive the certain logic of a patient attitude. They appeared before the White House with . banners upon which were black-lettered legends charging Mr. Wilson with "weak ness?" Thus, at a stroke, they prov ided new arguments for the incurable oppo nents of suffrage and doubtless lost some badly needed votes for the amendment in the Senate. J 'Counter-attacks are aluays In order against profiteering shopkeepers bt - nf- ships Aiin thru is r . ". ;.:: TT IS altogetner prooaDienat newspaper readers occasionally weary of reading about ship production. It is altogether cer tain that curt statistics are forbidding and .lack chaj-m. Tne comparative tables of ' yard activities are often fully as baffling MA to laymen as were those of leaflets concern- F.-;lnK "express" and '"way" trains, once so - profusely distributed and now, In the In terest of conservation, become so scarce. Moreover, that "ships will win the war" Is a slogan that has been so drummed into us that we are inclined to say "naturally" and resume the adventures of the Tooner- - ville Trolley. The boat-building program la succeeding brilliantly. We know that K-.i 'fate nnA nnopnt If nnmAtimpa tn milpli tlio .irMme spirit as we do other wonders wire---es telegraphy or Airplanes. f ' Nevertheless the speed of our shin- 'making is worth a gasp or two of raptly i;,ytppreclatlve amazement from those most k'witcoloisal ,plans. In restating the mlr- 1 aide' of the last July no complicated ton- M, .- . ..- -1 - HSJifft) uata nccu mar ijib ciutiucui;u ui a. isle. fact. During the last month the United States Ned more Bhlps than In any single -xbeter .the war. The achievement ute'.a thrill. Even the man who do'U",fhould not r ' THE VICTORY DRAFT I: Will Justify That Name If We Use the Best Man Power Available, Young or Old rpHE prime reasons for speedy passage of the new draft bill nre as simple as they are overwhelming. It is no secret that the essential object of the legislation is the creation of a military machine which will enable America and the Allies to end the war conclusively in the right way next year. The last Allied conference is said to have been convinced that with an Ameri can army 5,000,000 strong the entire league of liberty-loving nations can de feat Germany next summer. In view of what was accomplished this year, when civilization faced its extreme crisis, the hope docs not seem to be extravagant. Every forecast is, of course, humanly fallible. But the odds in favor of the accuracy of this one are at the present moment sufficiently picponderating to make any failure to grasp the opportu nity criminal folly. To stress this gen eral point is almost superfluous. Every patriot is eager to finish the war as quickly and as completely as possible. We can contribute our important share to the work of saving democracy by rais ing a great army. It is the belief of those high in the war councils that our present huge force is still insufficient for the needs. Assuming that this deduc tion is correct, there can be no true American who could brook the thought of our falling short, of requirements. So far nil is plain sailing. We must have the men, but the question "what men" has given rise to congressional con flict. The Administration's request that nil citizens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five inclusive be registered as soon as possible and made available for army service has occasioned protests ngainst applying the draft to any one below voting age. Part of this opposition is from chronic obstructionists, not intentionally unpa triotic but perversely zealous in espous ing the other s.idc of even the clearest issues. The bulk of it, however, though mistaken, is sincere. The weakness of this side of the case lies in the injection of sentiment into a situation in which it does not belong. When the regular sessions of Congress are resumed some of its members will unquestionably draw pathetic pictures of the sacrifice of the nation's youth in volved in drafting "mere boys'' into the army. We have no desire to minimize the feelings of mothers Tor whose sons a tragic fate may be in store. We hae no desire to be callous to the grim exac tions of the world shambles. But we do feel constrained to emphasize the fact that the best aimy procurable is the most efficacious instrument to end the war. So far as the men in the ranks were concerned, the Civil War was won by the youth of the North boys under twenty. The most useful soldier in the vast modern armies is the young one. Armed strife is a pitiful business, but the speediest means of ending it will avert a thousand other pities. Those that are needless are the most poignant of all. The best intentioned sentimental ist cannot afford to disregard that truth. The eighteen to forty-five age limits provided for in the Administration's bill Sliould stand, not because they will not work hardships the terribly unsenti mental business of war always does but because they make for the highest armed efficiency. That factor is the one indis pensable to the Government's purposes. To approach the question on any other basis is t'o enter a maze of complexities. It has been argued that no one should be made to fight who is not entitled to vote. In that case there are adult Washing tonians in the army who have been un justly treated, to say nothing of Porto Ricans, who have no share in presidential elections, and IJawaiians, living under the rule of an appointed governor. The wartimes are replete with inequities, but all of them are secondary beside the monstrous injustice of Teuton tytanny. On the other hand, where consideration can be shown without weakening America's sticngth it should be. That is the whole purpose of the selective draft, and it will be significantly executed if adaptable young men, fired with the en thusiasm of youth, unconcerned in vital industries and exempt from family te- sponsibilities, are enlisted. It is a cruel but incontestable fact that there can be no ethical appraisement as to who should bear the burden of war. If our most objectionable middle-aged citizens could be developed into the best soldiers it would be a fine thing to send them to fight the Hun. Every nation would enjoy victories won by the least possible sacrifices. The problems here involved, however, are too baffling for human ingenuity. In blazing the way to world security there is only one question to be asked: What is the best material for the ugly but necessary job which will bring such im measurable tewards? And when that is solved there is only one sane injunction, "Use it." THE EASIEST WAY TN THE quickening tendency to central- ized control of all business, we In America are like the carefree men in the song. We don't know where we are going, but we are on our way. The Federal Ad ministration, which has done Its best to reverse, all our familiar practices, may be aware of the name and the nature of our ultimate destination. But it will not tell. There isn't time, apparently. The war overshadows all else. Ends and conse quences aren't" discernible in the dust of effort. Mr, Burleson caused it to be known in Philadelphia yesterday that he wants the Bell and the Keystone telephone systems merged at once. At the same moment, tt wm proposed formally that the Fed- r Government yataKe ,,over the uneat business and absorb the packers and their systems. The fervor of the concentration theory Is rising dally at Washington. And thcro Is an unvarying explanation for each new adventure In Government con trol. We are informed that the competi tive system Is wasteful and that it is un suited to the high efficiency necessary to win the war. Estimates must be made to suit the times. And yet It Is not enough to say of the competitive system, In meat pack ing or telegraphy or railroading, that It is wasteful. The competitive system may bo called wasteful now because it" employs great numbers of men and women who, If they are dispossessed of their Jobs, may easily find useful, comfortable nnd profit able employment In the Industries stimu lated by the war. But what is to happen when the war ends? Will centralized con trol of big businesses and the utilities re main or will the Industries be disentangled, separated nnd established as they were before? Surely it is not altogether logical to say that a system of business is wasteful be cause it employs a great number of people for a service that might bo performed more cheaply by concentration. People have to be employed. And If competing systems found it possible to gtve work to thousands whom the Federal adminis trators now declare superfluous then the triumph seems to be on the side of com petitive business. It Is conceivable that some genius might find a way to do all woik by means of a few machines. But what would then be come of the people who must work for a living? It remains to be seen whether Mr. McAdoo or Mr. Burleson will be clever enough to suggest future occupations for those who may ultimately be left without employment in the process of concentra tion. The passion for formalism of operation nnd control In nil Industry seems limit less In the President's Cabinet. And it is uncomfortably suggestive, at times, of the trend which brought the detestation of the whole world on Germanized efficiency. Ordinarily we wouldn't recommend It to Cuba, but "raising cane" down there Is an ccellent way of relieving the sugar short age. THE CITY'S WAR BUDGET ANY ONE who wishes to see the devasta- tlon and chaos of war at the high tide should keep an eye upon the financial side of the City Administration in the near future. Elemental darkness and confusion seem immediately ahead. The budgets pro posed by the various department chiefs for the coming year represent a grand total of about $30,000,000 and an Increase of approximately $11,000,000 over the budgets of the current fiscal year. The estimates nppear inevitable and, on the whole, fair enough under the circum stances. The city cannot keep efficient men in its employ unless It pays higher wages. It cannot purchase materials without paying current high prices. The disintegration of the police and fire de partments can be averted only through increased salaries. Yet It is doubtful whether the required funds can be made available. The super fluous Jobs at City Hall and the large ex penditures which these Jobs necessitate will be a fatal irritation In this instance. The thought of a vast sum expended an nually in unnocessaiy salaries and the persistent dominance of the expensive theory of patronnge will certainly confuse the public temper and hinder the city In any effort that may be made to meet the emergency. Thcro Is a diverting side to the matter. It is odd to realize that the principle of feudalism has ' been rejected everywhere In the world but In the Teutonic countries and In the American system of municipal government. No one has ever been able to estimate with pencil and paper the sums expended each year in the Interest or for the upkeep of the favorites and dependents who swarm about all political leaders. A determined consideration of this sort of waste Is likely to be made imperative by Increasing financial stresses nnd forced economy in the administration of tho city's affairs. Certainly until the Mayor nnd his associates and the mem bers of Council manifest a willingness to economize at the place where the waste Is most conspicuous, the people will not be In any mood to accept a new tax In crease. If the wholo system of municipal admin istration Is not to go to pieces it will be necessary not only to economize, but to find a source of lnci eased Income. There Is no sign now to Indicate that Mayor Smith's Administration will be able to do either without great delay and matchless travail. The consequence of the proposed budget is likely to be a tie-up In Council, speeches, recrimination, outcries and lost motion. Ultimately, In all probability, the police will have to go without the Increased pay which they should have had long ago. The fire department will remain dis satisfied and underpaid. Essential repairs and Impiovements will be postponed or abandoned. But life will continue to be easy and comfortable In the nonessential Jobs at City Hall and elsewhere. Public opinion was tolerant of this sort of thing in the easy days of peace and plenty. But It Isn't tolerant now. The sum wasted by the city government is not the ,thing to consider. It is the principle involved that is irritating. The Mayor will be wise to realize this before he and his aides get In a hopeless and disastrous tangle. Recalling that one of Marie Henry Henry TV. Walter- Knows son's most passionate desires was to sec the Hun humbled, it becomes easy to understand his valedictory remark that "all his ambl tlons have been gratified." Restrictions on sugar Compensation ought to count for comparatively little as the still more Indispensable sweets of vic tory increase dally. FOUND In the nelgh- raje the Fuel borhood of this ofllce, Administrator number of calories for which we have ""no pressing use. Any one who will remove them may have them. Mr. McAdoo has returned from his vaca tion, and his vocal cords are said ,to have been spliced and all ready for action. Angina of the purse will soon become Uahlonabl .again in all quarteri. S SINCE YOU INSIST JpVVItY now and then you have to hand it to ATcto York. It teas a New Yorker who thought of saying Vcslc." "Pop goes the We can never resist a good poem nbout a dog, and when our ten-year-old neighbor, Norman Powell, brought over tho poem he has written about Mike, his Airedale ter rier, wo were delighted. And Mike says it's the best poem ho ever read. Here it is: To My Dog Against tho baseboard there he lies, With tawny back rind fast-closed eyes. His nose, a shlnj knob of black, Has often smelled his master's track. I love my dog and he loves me My faithful friend he'll always be. NORMAN POWELL. Ludcndorff's "Friedcnsturm" into a Bratsnc-storm. has turned In spite of our temperate lcbuke, the Senate is still saying many things In fif teen lines that might be put In four. For instance, Senator Johnson of California: What He Said The Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Lane, recently has present ed a remarkable nnd. In my opinion, n most Intelligent nnd worthy and valuable treatise ns to his views In this regard nnd In respirt to the service under his J u r I s d I c tlon nnd what might be ac complished by that service What He Meant Mr. Lane has pre sented a very able report on this mat ter. Tir trorst job in America must be edit ing the Congressional Itecoid, We tcoiKer what the editor reads for recreation? "We have become spare of figure, sub dued In mind, hard of face," says n Ger man newspaper In commenting on the effect of four years of war on the German people. Germany may have her poses, but adipose Is no longer one of them. , Two Kentuckians It wouldn't be a bad thing for some of those long-winded lads in Washington to recall Abraham Lincoln's brief biography as he Jotted it down for the Congressional Record in 1847. Brevity Is no longer a virtue, it seems. Take this home and try It on the pipe organ: DAVID H. KIN- ABRAHAM L1N CHRLOi:. Democrat. COLN Born Febru of Madlsonllle, was ary 12, 1E09, In Har born on a farm near din County, Ky Ed Sacramento, McLean u c a tlon, defective. County, Ky . on the 9th day of April, 1877 : attended the public schools and afterward one year at Valparaiso, Ind., and two years nt Bowling Green Col lege, Ky., and was graduated from said Institution In July, 1808, with the B. S. degree : read law at Calhoun, Ky.. and was admitted to tho bar In May, 1899; was elected county attorney of McLean County In November. 1901, and served for four years and was the youngest county attorney In Ken tucky at that time ; was married on Jan uary 14, 1904. to Miss Laura Stateler, then of Evansvllle. Ind , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Stateler: has one girl, now threp years old named Laura lmmogene Klnche loc ; moved to Madl Eonvllle, Ky., Janu ary 1, 1900, and has been practicing law there eer since in the firm of Gibson & Klncheloe : received the Democratic nom ination for Congress on the 1st day of August, 1914. de feating his Demo cratic opponent and etc., and etc., and etc., and etc. Profession, .i law er. Have been cap tain of olunlera In Black Hawk War. Postmaster In a very small ofllce. Four times a member of the Illinois Legisla ture and a member of tho Lower House of Congress. He Has His Troubles The Kaiser is having a good deal of trouble making up his mind whPre to spend his vacation this summer. Ho does not care for Marne any more; Picardy Isn't safe; Berlin woq'l have him at any price, and Kiel is said to he in a peevish mood. He has been warned away from Austria, so It looks as though he'd have to Join Lenlne and Trotsky if he Is to have any fun at all. Sailing on Sunday WHI1 '" Li! HILE all the others were at church Istening to a sermon on Free Will I was out sailing. RIpple-rlpple-plash sang the cool green water Along the boat's hull. The morning sun gilded the canvas, And the wind, gilding against the cheek of the sail And slipping oft the leech, Pressed her forward Rlpple-rlpple-plash-plash ! I THINK a catboat knows more about Free Will Than the preacher. She knows that if you run dead Into the wind's eye You hang there in stays, fluttering; But you can tack and tack about, nosing up into the breeze. Slanting along and keeping your canvas full. So, though you can't exactly contradict the wind. Yet you can beat it In an argument. In fact, it's more fun to sail against the vwlnd Than with it. Now is that Free Will or isn't it? IF THAT isn't sound theology I don't know any. DOVE DULCET. The Germans are now saying that they withdrew from the ltheims salient because it was a cut de sac. They tried their best to make it a cui de sacrilege. "Little Women" hat been filmed for the movies, and xoe are wondering trftof Hiss Theda Bara will think of. it. SOCRATES. "' -art1. V'----ruS&tl THE SOCIAL STANDING OF DOGS Japanese Ideas of Canine Welfare By Etsu Inagahi Suginwto E" VEN the most loyal of Japanese must acknowledge that our country Is a land of contradictions, for eery custom has its two sides the Ideal and the (practical. This Is shown nowhere more clearly than In our attitude toward dogs. Some special tributes have been paid to dogs by our greatest writers, artists and war riors. One of the best-known novels In Japanese literature, written by Bakln, a novelist and philosopher who lived about 200 jears ago, Is a, wonderful tribute to the eight virtues of dogs duty, courage, intelli gence, loyalty, faithfulness, sincerity, un selfishness and friendship. Many of the most intimate customs of the land, those pertaining to babies and little children, are celebrated on Dog Day calcu lated by the ancient zodiacal calendar. This denotes a trust, almost a prajer, that the wee ones may absorb the qualities of healthful ness, faithfulness and steadfast loyalty. This seems to Imply that Japanese peo ple have a keen appreciation of the fine qualities of the animal, which they say "will remember a three days' benefit for thiee years." Theoretically, this Is true, but prac tically Japan Is not a good home for dogs. AN A Xi. sa AMERICAN friend, living in Toklo, once aid to me that she could not under stand how It Is that the Japanese, who are such strong believers in transmigration, aro not more kind to dumb animals. I told her It is the belief in transmigration which causes so many of us to be negligent and Indifferent to the discomfort of animals. According to transmigration belief, the boun dary lines between the orders of creation must be strictly maintained. If we place an animal above its proper position we may pre vent its advance In the next Incarnation. Every devout Buddhist Is absolutely sub missive to fate, for he is taught that hard ship In his present life Is either the atone ment for sins committeed in the last exist ence or the education necessary to prepare him for a higher place In the life to come. This belief has kept the masses of Japan's laboring classes In cheerful resignation through ages of hardship, .but also It has taught us to look with such Indlfferenco upon the suffering of creatures below us In the order of creation that we have gradually hecome, as a nation, sympathy blind. This Is true, and yet there nre hundreds of in stances where a dog is a most loving and loved companion. AT T ONE period of my childhood my dearest friend was a white dog named Shlro My father was very fond of dogs, and from the time I can remember he always" had one or two. Shlro was virtually mine, but, of course, I could not call him mine, as It was considered rough and unladylike for a girl to own a dog. But I talked with him, played with him and even ran races with him In tho privacy of the garden. I strongly suspect the women of my family looked upon me with disapproval, but I was all dearness to my father and was allowed privileges not ac corded to my elder and less active sisters. S WE were a Buddhist family, we ate no XX meat except fish, and on holy days even that was not on the table. One day, on the anniversary of an ancestor. It chanced that Shlro was sick. I was greatly troubled, for I had a childish feeling that If he could eat he would get well, but as we had only vege tables for dinner there were no good scraps for poor Shlro. My kind nurse saw my anxiety and smuggled me some fishbones from somewhere, which I took to a distant part of the garden and ciushed between two fiat stones. Then I mixed thern with bean soup from the table and took them to the kindling shed, where Shlro was lying on his straw mat. Poor Shlro looked grateful, but he would not get up and,, thinking per haps he was cold, I ran to my room and brought out my crepe cushion to cover him. WHEN this became known to my grand mother she sent for me to come to her room. The moment I lifted my face after bowing I knew this was not orte of tho times when I was to be entertained with sweet bean cake. "Little Etsuko," she said very sternly, "I must speak to you of something very impor tant, I am told you wrapped Shlro with your silk cushion." ' tfctartled at her one, I meeHIjt bowed. THAT'S SETTLED! '&Gigi?-. jrrafflssss& --"-' JJ 1SS3--" "Do you not know," she went on, "that you are guilty of the utmost unklndness to Shlro when you do Inappropriate things for him?" I must have looked shocked and puzzled, for she spoke very gently after that, ex plaining that as white dogs belong to the next lower order to human beings, my kind ness might postpone for another lifetime Shlro's being born in human shape. A3 SOON as possible I thlnked my grand- mother and huriled to beg Shlio's par don. I found him covered very comfortably with a matting of soft rice straw suitable to his station, and out In the garden were Iematu nnd nhother man engaged In burn ing the crepe cushion Their faces were very grave. Poor Shlro ! Up had the best care we could give him, but the next morning his body was asleep under the straw matting and his spirit had passed on to the next state, which I pray was not lower because of my kindly meant mistake. He was burled in the sun niest corner of the garden, beneath a big chestnut tree where many an autumn morn ing he and I had happily tossed and caught nnd raced with the fallen blown nuts. It would never have done for the grave to have been publicly marked, but my father quietly placed over It a small gray stone In memory of his little gill's most faithful vassal. AN ENGLISH lady in Toklo had for several X years a Jlnrikisha-puller who was her most loyal admirer. One day a little hrown puppy was presented to her, and it soon be came the pride of Its owner's heart. Starting out to call on a friend one afternoon she placed the little dog on the cushion of the Jinrlklsha and was about to step In herself when she noticed that her man, Instead of w.iiuuk wun nis usual nappy bow, was standing back and gravely watching the dog on the cushion. "What Is tho matter, Jlro?" she asked. The man bowed and leplled, quietly: "I would like to resign, most honorable lady master." "Why. Jlro! What does this mean?" the astonished mistress asked "Pardon me," again the man politely bowed, "but I respect my position highly as a human being. I cannot pull a dog as though he were my master." "Oh, Jlro, that Is nonsense. This little creature Is now a member of my family." Then the well-meaning lady added, "but, of course, the dog makes a little more trouble, so I will raise jour wages." The offer of money was a serious mistake. The coolie was furious, but he made' a deep bow and answered, "Honorable lady master, I wish you would understand that I will starve on rice and salt rather than allow myself to be tlje servant of an animal." And he left his splendid position and his really much-liked mistress. THE golden ago for dogs in Japan was during the reign of the fourth Shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was born In dog year, 1681. Probably from superstitious belief, he did not allow any dogs to be killed during his lifetime. Indeed, they were treated better than most of the common people, for the penalty for killing a dog was far heavier than that for the murder of a coolie. It was during this reign that one of the Dutch envoys from Nagasaki made the mistake of failing to bow to a dog In the Shogun train and thereby came near losing his head. Notwithstanding the? prospects of the passage of a draft law placing the age limit under twenty-one, only three lads be low that age applied for marriage licenses at the City Hall last week, Just because one kind of selective service Is so near our marriageable young men evidently take that circumstance as no precedent for rushing Into another variety. The report that "Vienna's electric tram ways are In bad shape" need not necessarily indicate that the enemy Is at her gates. Transit ills have been known to be Just as prevalent in cities more than 3000 miles from theoattierront. v ,: ' - - - - o;i $ 1 THE ENCORE "H, THE First was not less than colossalr "S -' Just cause for libations of wassail, ' For the crowds locked in hand-clasping ' Jostle ' But, lads, tho Second Marne! ' J It was worth the long furlough of waiting, The heart burnings and the breath bating-, The dogged anticipating To cull the Second Marne. The first was a clarion. 'Tentlon' In a. welter of faithless dissension; Tho Second God's "honorable mention" Accolade of the Marne. The FIrft was half feint and halt parry, The blind counter of a trapped quarry, But it drew to lii3 own hari-kari The monster on the Marne. The First was a resonant hinting, In coin of invincible glinting, At this clangor of liberty minting i Issue of Second Marne. The First was a gleam nono too hardy, ,, Avant courier through Picardy, t, That breaks now divinely tardy A rainbow on tho Marne. , Ay. this is the First Marno ignited. A beacon four years has not blighted, By Its own smoldering embers relighted Deathless tho Second Marne. STANLEY KIDDER WILSON, i Oqg. ? 7741 Domestic Surprises 31 The man who takes a wife as a helpmeet fii often finds that he has ndnnted n hn. : "t'l Chicago Herald and Examiner. Vacation Note Fred William Hohenzollern Is home from" the Marne, where he has been spending two -fAT-l or three weeks and several hundred thousand gjM German lives. Syracuse Herald. What Do You Know? QUIZ Ardltl"? t. What nre the 3, What nre the ruiiltal and the larrest cltr of Connecticut? 3. Who Is ticnem! Hemlnoft? 4. What are "roiisols"? 5. Wliut nre the ssmbol. of the Evangelists? r 0. Where I" the lurcest llbrurr In ihe United Mates? 1. Wliut Is the poetical nanio of England? 8. What Is the legend or Sjlnt George and the Drngon? B. Where nnd what Is the'Esrurlal? 0. Who said: "No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man. It Is to this hour nnd In nil hours the vltlfilng Influence In man's life"? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Frledrlrh Anton Mesmer (1731-1815); man lililslrlan. mlled the dlsrovi ilrleh Anton Mesmer (1731-IhIS): a fler- fj,vl an iilDslrlan, tailed the discoverer of. .,! hm.H.m. fhniirh tin renllir nnlv iiflnntMl .'1 niekmerlsra, tnoiign ho really only unantefl " something that was known from the time A? F of ine urcrKs unn r.K)iiians. -; t'umn Nherldan Is ut Montgomery. Ala. ' ' Colossus or Ithodesi n brass statue, one nf ' i the wonders of the classical world, astrlda , the entrance 01 me nori or intones, 7-1 Aumirai iirinimrui ncnrrr, lurmrrir com-' . niundcr of the dermaii llaltlr licet, named ' to succeed Admiral 1011 lloltiendorff as ', chief ol the Admiralty .staff. . rf.-" S, Curfew few belli An evrnlng bell which rang at 8 W1 Mock In medieval England, when Unlit.... WV iad to be extinguished. From a corrun- 111 Ion of the trench words "couvrs feu" J rniee lire). ' Tt had tlun (cover Are) Fuhlun polio i a military etratesy of delay "' nnd avoidance vvhlrb keens the encrai ae- l . . -.;,-,, J. .... ii.i - -. iiuinfus x-uuiiin .allium 1 uuciuior I' JIM Delayer"), who successfully opposed thS Invasion of Italy by Hannibal by tbesa tactics. Kumhilusku! a town In Ilusslun Lapland which, the r-ntente envoja retlrta, Tirana Jf. Voiogaa, Daniel Webster wns celled "Kxpauncer ijf the Constitution." Also r.uullcd to ChisT justice rfoiiu .uarsuuii, Columbia Is the poetical nnme of the"L'nltd'.i mates. rt.rji 10, "t-Stty nun feels Instinctively that all liiiillful tenlluieutH in lh wttrlil u lea than one lovely action")., ouota from Jaiuca Kussell If nfll'tt'MaaaoMa the SeattaeataUsts." ' J tbc ScattatstaUsts." i M i s. '. -;-a f i v 'HI n ti i d-? f I M l 4w in .?i ?1 ' x'jj u. V H . -z v , & ,.. , . - j - . - I -tnV' fi - ,' '.fa ft Safins.".' i ,e fj --In-';."'" ; !- f ' BV.r-,. f . I- M' ' ?, ' W A f -. 1V1 -J :: r: &M X ftf . V-'' - r-'. , fc T.-'-J. "t-s-Csj-v., i? ..j
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