R?'
i
&
r
to
ih.'-
r.
I
I
ry
V
Ci.
i
m
Mr
m
w
V
x
lT..
Bl
fit
IS'
K.
Ih
WJL
Rx
Kv
w
!'
J. '
?
V.
.'
f
Mi
j;
tk
B?
r ' ..v
;.
' 1l Vi .
... 3kr, '
;;r
,.
'.V.' ..-,
ci i ini auamamii-a it
.. - ,: vtr!o"Y"T')'
tutnin(Ubici:cf.gcc
THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
CTRUS If, K. CUItTIS, PriIMNT
frX.- cnarlea h, Lmaington. vice rresidcnts Jonn v.
tffciitXaftln. Secrstary and Trensurer: rhlllp 8. Collins,
JffiMJohn li, Williams. John J. Spurccon. Directors.
il EDiTonfAii noAnD!
EDITOJlIAIi riOARD!
Pif . CitDR II. K Ccitu. Chlrmn
D WID E. SMILEY
.Editor
i" vwun W AlAim.i.iiiUCiiciKi uuaiiiraa uiauabci
yrtttVT mnnm n-K..-t !...,.. tmm
MET Published dally at I'csLld I.tMtn Ilulldlne.
Sv" i Independence Square, l'htladelphla.
.,' LEDant fTiaTiiit Hre-rt and Chestnut Streets
ATLANTIC CITT.......I IV'U-l'nfO Ilutlding
slaw Vnir.
SUB Metrc.'olltan Tower
4U.I i'orJ ilulldlne
loos Kullerton ltulMIng
. 1202 Tribune Building
'DCTKOir
T. L.OCIS...
CUICIGO. ....
NEWS BUREAUS:
WainiNOTON tiotic,
N. E. Cor. Pennsylvania, Ave, and Uth St.
New York Ili-KEic The Sun Ilulldlne
Lonpon Ucnciu London Timet
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
The Etsmnu rmi.10 Ledqeb Is served to sub
scrlbers In rhtladelphia and surrounding towns
at the rate of twele 11) cents per week, payable
to the carrier
. By mall to point outside of Philadelphia, In
the United States. Canada, or United .State pos
sessions, postage free, fifty l.in) rents per month.
Six ($6) dollars per year, payable In advance.
To all foreign countries one ($1) dollur per
month.
' Notice Subscribers wlshlne nddmss changed
must sle old as well as new address.
DELL. 3000 WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN 3000
C Address all rommiiiilcntfom to Kvcnlno Vuhlla
Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia,
Member of the Associated Press
TllV ASSOCIATED PRESS is rxclu
tl.fc'v rfitffOrt to the use for republication
O) ill ncics dispatches ci edited to it or not
olhericise credited in this paper, and also
the local news published therein.
All rights of republication of special dis
patches herein arc aUo lescrved.
rhiladelphia. MonJi. Aucuit K, 141B
TIIE WINNING CONCERN
TT IS likely to be Increasing!- dimeult to
conduct a loan campaign by emphaslz
lnp; the beauties of self-sacrifice., The fit st
Issue of the three and one-half per cent
war bonds went aboe par on the New
York Stock ExchanKO last week, when
a block of $100,000 was sold at 100 02. The
patriot who yearns for self-abnegation will
have to adopt a different channel of
activity from that involving business with
Uncle Sam. The bond purchas-er is .t
partner In a winning concern.
What a fine prosperous business 1? car
ried on by that organization is also
exemplified by the fact that the.se first
"three and a half per cents" are the only
, war bonds in the world now belling for
more than their original purcha.se price.
When the next loan comes nrourd in
the fall any refusals to subscribe cannot
only be ascribed to unpatriotlsm but to a
mighty poor conception of what is "gool
business."
Any tlmo the weather man feels like
boosting the summer fur business again ho
will meet with scant opposition.
COLOMBIA UNDERSTANDS
i rpHE huge failure of German propaganda
J- In Amerlcn dnllv nsmimna Inrrp.nspd nrn-
portions. Following its collapse in the ter
ritory of the United States, the Latin Re
publics furnished tho chief stamping
ground for ambitious though futile In
trigue. Plot after plot has gone for
naught. The latest disaster Is recorded In
Colombia, where tho strongly anti-Hun
candidate, Marco Fidel Suarez, has Just
been overwhelmingly elected.
, This news from Bogota is highly stimu
lating. Ever since the Panama revolution
Colomblu has nursed her grudge against
us. Germany diligently labored to feed It
fat. Her commercial exploiters, her tccrct
agents and official representatives availed
themselves of all possible chances to in
flame the sensitive feelings of a nation,
"which though weak was proud. But the
true meaning of the war has penetrated
even up the sultry Magdalena and Into
the highest Andes.
Second in importance to a better under
standing with Mexico is the establishment
of the new order in Colombia. Moreover,
It Is well worth noting that the recent
election was legally conducted. South
American BolshevikI arc becoming things
of the past.
Compared with the extortions of. ticket
speculators, even the proposed double tax on
theatre seats Is a very moderate burden.
THE HARVEST
fTIHE Germans have, been encouraging
themselves by reports that the Ameri
can harvest was deplorably poor. Accord
ing to Berlin, we hae all starved long
ago.
What are the facts? The Bureau of
Crop Estimates of the Department of
Agriculture reports that the Pennsylvania
crops of oats, bailey, rjo and buckwheat
aro all abose the average. Corn is some
what below average and the potato yield
is disappointing It should be added that
the tobacco crop is above the normal and
probably wheat also. Tobacco is almost
as much a fighting staple as any of our
food products.
The weather this summer has been
abnormal. Long spells of cold and drought,
followed by the recent sudden and
extraordinary heat, are not good growing
weather. Yet there is no reason for
despondency, and those who are wise In
these matters have assured the public that
with proper restraint and economy there
will be no shortages, either for us or our
allies.
If Berlin tells you you are hungry,
don't believe it.
"See your own city first" Is the highly
forcible advice of Parisians to the Kaiser.
THE PLIGHT OF SPAIN
mfTT5 snectflcle of nroiid Knnln Rpel-lne in
' quell German madness by a bombard
ment of official notes Is distinctly sadden
" lngr. It is also suggestive of the fate of
- any 'nation which, pledged to the gospel
' of military dominance, eventually suffers
it disillusion. Having had their fill of wars
of conquest, having seen all their fruits,
both in Europe and the Americas, wither
JV s away, the Spanish people is now averse
.?lJf,i.r waii in Ilftlntr n. fiwnrd for thn rlirht.
f.-'Si.P pivillzatlon'a attitude on the scene should
tfc ni- P 'Bympaineiic ruuier muri uauy can-
! demnatory. Tno lormer mistress or tne
'VVD41U la ca; UL Ulllia, x cake 01141,0 11113
Cuban war has brought her many bless-
jf Jf ings. She seeks to preserve them and is
' ?$f rewarded with Hun Insults, It is poss'blo,
''4 .however, that the outrage against the
'"vcA steamship Larrinaga, which was rec;ntly
K'x- destroyed with the loss of eight lives, may
Lfcj iij'rivo Premier Dato to some action moro
.'t- drastic tnan tne aispatcn 01 veroiage. 11
1 -.w . . . , t.
V,, lee DreaK aoes not come, ner cup 01 nunui-
'.-. yUua will be full Indeed,
SHOP TALK FOR A MOMENT
Readers Will Tardon a Brief Discussion of s
Difficult Ncwpaper Problem
XTEWSPAPERS and their makers, like
' dramatists and their actors, seldom
find it policy to inflict; upon their clients,
the public, the discussion of their per
plexities and problems of behind the
scenes. But the war has changed so
many things of intimate concern to the
public, including the milking of news
papers, that pcrhnps wc may be par
doned for digressing long enough to dis
cuss n question of large importance now
pending before the War Industries
Board.
Difficulties of fuel distribution, wood
pulp and finished-roll transportation and
a variety of other factors have made it
imperative in the view of this body that
thcio shall bo a considerable curtailment
in the use of ncws-piint pnper. That
this situation exists is indisputable.
Competent persons who have investi
gated admit the necessity and the news
paper publishers of the countiy, like
manufacturers and producers in many
other lines where the consumption of raw
materials comes in competition with the
production of strictly war munitions, are
patriotically co-operating with the Wnr
Industries Board in an effort to find a
proper and equitable solution. Conserva
tion must be practiced.
The War Industries Board has ordered
that, beginning today and continuing
until October 1, the reduction in the
daily and Sunday editions shall be made
nccording to a sliding scale, affecting
only the rending matter. It is calcu
lated to cut down at lcas-t 1," per cent
of the space devoted to reading matter,
which includes pictures. Consequently,
readers may find some favorite features
missing from accustomul places.
With due respect to the judgment
which formulated this dictum, we believe
that it is entirely on the wrong tack. It
does not sufficiently recognize the rights
of the great newspaper-reading public,
which rights, after all. ate the only ones
supporting the very sensible opinion that
newspapers are ptoductive and essential
industries in this time of national stress
and striving.
If newspapers as a whole were not do
ing a highly valuable and indispensable
service to the Government and the people
they might properly be classified with
any other private industry which has had
to get out of the way of work for win
ning the war. They might justly be shut
down "for the duration," as the popular
war phrase puts it. But they do serve
tho public and the Government, as must
be universally admitted, and therefore
they should not be crippled in their most
vital essential space to keep the public
fully informed of every new development
in the war as quickly as telegraph and
cable can deliver it; space to perform
their chief function for the National
Government by simultaneously publish
ing notable pronouncements by its of
ficers, such as addresses of the President,
throughout the country; space to keep
the public abreast of war intelligence by
critical editorial discussion of the news,
and space to keep the public in good
sheer and fit for the arduous work of the
war by entertaining articles, pictures and
comic3, such as have come to be the
necessary complement of many live and
thriving publications. These are the
rights of the readers.
Therefore any proposition arbitrarily
to limit by hard and fast rule the amount
of reading matter which compiehonds
all these features is a limitation of the
service which the newspapers are able to
give to the public. The logic is ines
capable.
The simpler alternative is to fix a per
centage of reduction in the number of
pages allowed to be used within a given
time, figured on the basis of the par
ticular publication's usage in a like
period previously. Then the use to which
such space is put would be entirely at the
discretion of the individual publisher. If
he chose to cut down only on the space
for reading matter, he would he di
rectly answerable to the public, his
readers, and the lcmedy would lie in their
hands. If he chose to continue giving
the public as much service as before he
would be fulfilling his duty even though
it might vitally affect his pocketbook.
The wise publisher will not hesitate at
such losses to his present interests where
service to his Government and tho
public is concerned. In cither event
there would be the same saving of
white paper, which is tho primary need.
The public has had to sacrifice much
since -the war began. It seems needless
to ask that it even be forced to forgo its
full daily ration of news at a moment when
there are more real, pulsating, heart
gripping and vitally important facts to
lay before the public than ever before in
the history of journalism. That is what
has impelled us to talk shop this way.
And we hope we have fairly presented it
from the side of the great voiceless but
potent public, which makes newspapers a
necessity. The American public is enti
tled to tho news, all tho news, of the
great happenings in this war if it takes
ten or fifty or two hundred columns to
tell it adequately in any one day, and no
board representing the public interest
should be in the position of saying "nay!"
Rejuvenated Marshal Koch seems to
take off years In proportion as his men take
on miles.
THE GREAT "DISROBING ACT"
4C"vH, be early English," sighed the
'-' twenty esthetic maidens of "Pa
tience," "ere it is too late." In their
credo, from which Mr. Gilbert derived one
of the wittiest of libretti, the ornate was
taboo, the rococo a poignant offense. The
simple tunic of the Saxon herdsman or
the unconstricted toga of classic days was
voluntarily glorified.
Humorists of the eighties had a lot of
legitimate fun with the idea. It expired
' EVENING PUBLIC IiED(ER-PHIIAtELPHIAV rB0NDA A$3$08T
In a gale of ridicule. Intolerant the
legions of ovcrdressers may have been,'
powerful they assuredly were.- The days
of bustles, long trains, ponderous flank
lugs of passcmenterlo for women, "pot"
hats, I'rlnco Albert coats and barrages of
side whiskers for men wero unprofitable
times In which to woo nature. Besides
clothes were plentiful and reasonably
cheap and fashion enjoined "wear a
plcnty." Subtly but surely she changed her tune.
Bustles vanished, men shaved, the under
takers took most of the high silk
hats, peek-a-boo blouses blossomed, skirts
shrank. The mode monarchs deserve our
thanks. So gradually, as partly to relieve
the coming shock, they have been pro
paring us for n reerslon to early Eng
lish or early Polynesian garb.
What tho fashion experts have left us
tho patriotic tax collector seems Inclined
to take. Down In Washington "few
clothes or pay up" is becoming a wartime
slognn. Imposts nrc planned In the new
Tecnue bill on women's suits, hats, skirts,
lingerie, ishoes, men's suits, silk shirts,
pajamas and overcoats.
The list roads like a department store
directory. Should the mercury climb to
106 again we could contemplate forgoing
tho whole assortment with comparative
cheerfulness, Hut the weather man's win
try coolness will compel cither our apparel
or our imrses to shrink. It will be hard
to keep both fat and healthy If the con
templated taws go through.
At the diaphanous economies of unshod
Lady Constance Richardson and tho
"single pl" coeringi of the Duncans.
Isadora and Itajmond, we have sometimes
smiled. Condescension Is out of order
now. These apostles of simplicity stand
out as prophets of letrenchment long pre
pared to cry "exempt" when Uncle Sam
passes round the collection plate.
Rpports from Austria Indlcato that
"cabbages and Kings" are hardly on speaking
terms in that stanlng nation
MOBILIZING "OLD PROBS"
rpiIE Jubilant English correspondent who
- wrote from Belgrade at the opening of
whnt was to have been Austria's "little
war with Seibla" "We are having glorious
weather" Inspired many a good laugh
among newspaper readers. In lew of tho
magnitude of subsequent events, yio ob
servation seemed ludicrously trhla! And
yet. though the exultant Journalist was.
possibly naive rather than prescient, his
meteorological reference was of real Im
port. Weather, Indeed, has played a role of
marked significance thioughout the war.
Weather conditions, sometimes too much
rain, sometimes too much sunlight, have
often had an unhappy effect on the plans
of the Allies. For ,i long time it seemed
as though Germany had a much clearer
idea than her foes of what made "good
fighting days." "Low visibility" was a
signal handicap to Britain In the Jutland
naval battle and the Hun made the most
of his advantage.
"We cannot," declares a chronicler of
the great Plcardy victory, "command the
weather, though a good meteorologist may
prevent us from being Its victim as so
often in the past." In other words, the
forecaster for "northern France, Cham
pagne and tho Vosges" can help a whole
lot if he be properly equipped and the
general staff take his tips.
Wea'ther topics are no longer mere'y con
versational reserves. They have been en
listed under the head of essential war
subjects. And when one thinks It over
It isn't a hit odder to mobilize "Old Probs"
than to summon canary birds, as Per
shing did, to test tho potency of poison
gases.
It behooves us therefore to respect the
weather man. Presumably ho was con
sulted on tho Amiens front, since the
fighting is said to have been conducted
under conditions wholly favorable to our
side. Furthermore, the silver lining In the
war clouds makes an Inspiring picture.
Under the suggested new taxes heels
won't be the only high feature of feminine
footgear.
THE BROKEN SWORD
WE CHANCED to pick up a volume of
Duruy's "History of France." It was
first published In 1863, but after the
Franco-Prussian War a new edition was
Issued. In the preface to this edition, 1873,
while every French heart was still smart
ing with the stlns of Intolerable humilia
tion, Duruy wrote:
Who knows but that the broken sword,
left In our hands after a sudden misfor
tune, may not one day be required to
di'fend unhersal liberty against brutal
ambitions?
A modern historian says of these words,
"There is no more arresting sentence In
the whole world's history."
We think ho is right.
The Englishman who
But Davy destroyed a U-boat
Jones Laughed with a bomb made to
look like a baby had
a very subtle sense of humor. It is too bad
he didn't hae a moro appreciative audience.
Rosner hasn't Bald
much lately. And the
Kaiser hasn't said
llut Oh, What
Thinking!
much lately. And Lu
dendorff hasn't tald much lately.
The Vesle Is rather
The Aline Next pleased with Itself
these days. In fact, it
may even bo said to have some swelled
bridgeheads.
Though William the Second may not
know much about baseball, he is by this
time becoming fully acquainted with reign
checkB. Furthermore, his pet little game Is
postponed Indefinitely.
Czar Ferdinand, who Insists that he
"must rest some time," should put his case
up to the Allies. They'll grant htm a per
petual leave of absence from international
activities.
m - "
Every Cockney Tommy Is now Joyously
aware of the fact that it -was a "strictly
fresh" and not a broken Hals that changed
the German war menu.
Lieutenant Colonel Replngton declares
that "War Is Indeed an art." That helps to
explain why the French, so long supreme In
that field, are superb soldiers.
.
Those iron heels can certainly go when
they start for home,
CAMPHOR BALLS
The Triumphs of German Science
"pnOFESSOR LANGLEBEN had devoted
the best years of his youth to studying
tho methods by which human life might bo
prolonged. Ho was convinced that for In
telligent people to die nt seventy or there
abouts was simply pusillanimous. Ger
mans particularly, he thought, ought to
live longer, because the world needs them
so.
In years of laboratory research Profcs-.
sor Langleben had learned that the longest
lived men on earth were the cannibals of
New Guinea. By using tho blood of these
unsuspecting natives he devised a serum
which, when Injected Into men of pure
Teuton race, caused them to llvo 7,036
years longer (on tho average) than they
otherwise would have done. To be sure,
somo of tho cannibals died during his ex
periments, but this fact was not Included
In the published data for which the pro
fessor's Nobel Prize was conferred. His
book "The Postponement of Senescence"
was the scientific best seller of the year.
Stimulated by the success of his experi
ments, Professor Langleben labored early
and late. Presently he was able to an
nounce that tho observation of certain
formulae as to diet and exercise would pre
ent hardening of tho arteries and make
Jazz dancing possible for great-grand-parcntB.
He confidently asserted that no
educated man or woman need die under
ninety.
The professor passed away very sud
denly of overwork nt the ago of forty-one.
Ho was cremated, and all the leading
scientists of Germany followed the urn to
Its safe-deposit vault.
How pleasant It would be If cleaning
one's desk could be put on tho list of non
essential occupations.
Ask Rosner
Dear Socrates Why don't German of
ficers wear Sam Browne belts?
ANN DANTE.
Wc must confess this puzzles us. Can
It be that the belts catch In the branches
when any orchards are to be cut down?
That curious epidemic of death and
Switzerland that teems to afflict Germans
of high Rtatlon may bo expected to at
tack Ludendorff before long.
Between Montdldier and Noyon lies the
village of Canny. The Scotch should have
no difficulty in retaking it.
The Crown Prince is convinced that the
Devil Dogs have hydrophobia. The mere
sight of a river makes them m.id, he s.iys;
every time they come to a stream they
Insist on crossing it.
How delightful It would be if American
advertisers were as eloquent as the Jap
anese. An American tecently returned
from the East reports this from an ad
vertisement of a Japanese store: "Parcels
done up with such loving as a wife be
stows upon her husband,"
Foul and Warmer
When the commutation ticket expires,
the tobacco pouch runs empty and that
hole in tho shoe gets through to the sock,
and all In one day. It does not do to listen
too attentively to language in the suburbs.
Every time anybody treads on Trotsky's
manifestoes he declares war.
The Germans don't even stop to get a
receipt for the villages they surrender.
Hog Island wants to fly the largest flag
in tho world. We don't know any place
that has a better right to, unless, perhaps,
tho town of Chateau-Thierry.
Two publishers In New York are bicker
ing over a novel said to have been dic
tated to an "ouija board" by the spirit of
Mark Twain.
The lawyer for the defendant publisher
says: "We will put the Issue up to the
Supreme Court. We will have a final rul
ing on immortality."
Most of us will, if we wait long enough.
In tho meantime luckily Mark Twain's
immortality doesn't depend on an ouija
board, whatever that may be.
There must be some days when German
editors wish they' didn't have to get out
any paper at all. Not even any safe-and-sane
Rosner stuff to fall back on.
They say that since this last drive
Marshal Foch feels twenty years younger.
But how about old Ludendorff? Ho must
feel beyond military age altogether.
Every time some one says the police de
partment is no good, we think of the cop
at the corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets
who reads Al's letters to him. Al, you
know, is the blind newsdealer on that
corner.
Lenlne and Trotsky might as well give
up the ghost. General Otanl, the Japanese
officer commanding the Allied Siberian ex
peditionary force, Is the seventh son of a
seventh son.
Whenever any one urges us to tell the
truth wo always reply that the truth is so
inaccurate.
Tragic Vacations
Mr. Shortt, the Chief Secretary for Ire
land, informed Parliament that he would
spend the recess in drafting a Home Rule
bill "that would be likely to pass."
We often wonder whether Germany
would endure 1470 days' Invasion with the
same spirit that France has.
The question arises whether hotel cats
should be allowed to have vacations. Mr,
Dudley Barrlngton Is suing a. New York
hotel because on August 3, 1916, he ordered
a kidney saute en casserole and found a
mouse In It.
The best-laid schemes of mice and menu
gang aft agley.
Foch's favorite hymn:
More River to Cross."
"There's One
SOCRATES.
Disillusioned Germany Is reported to be
winding up the "watch on the Rhine," and
the fun of breaking Its mainspring may be
soon In store for us.
There are times when a temperature of
eighty-five or so seems positively frigid.
The complete failure of the alrgraft pro-
) gram would not be generally mourned,
X W A
v v a -Td -- ml
'IHKaW'
- - - ---- 7 St - wr- .f.. .-jyp.-
" ""'""" T' --rtBe5lJseatiaHlES3ff33SCSS-' . Atv
i 'in"u -..L. --c.H;;:""' '''"zzt
THE MISFIRE
By Lieutenant Leon Archibald
British Royal Engineers
fTlHE best laid schemes o' mice and men
J. gang aft a-gley," and this was no ex
ception, for on this occasion a very elabo
rately planned and most thoroughly rehearsed
trench operation went completely wrong.
Rarely, If ever. Is the stay-at-home public
Informed of the failures that sometimes mar
the constant and heroic attempts to carry
destruction Into the ranks of the despicable
Prussian bully. The reason for this silence
Is In part tho result of our desire to keep
the boche In Ignorance of the nonsuccess
of the enterprise, and due also to that ad
mirable characteristic of a people who wish
to cut their losses by according them no pub.
liclty.
TRENCH raids, or "cutting-out stunts,"
as they were known by the originators of
the Idea, the Canadians, became from the
ery night o-f their Inception one of the most
Important numbers on a regiment's program
during Its tour of duty In the trenches. No
two were ever alike In composition or hap
pened twice In the same place. Ah each one
was the means of Improving the next, these
ventures soon attained a degree of smooth
running completeness that created no Incon
siderable amount of alarm and despondency
among the boches. The chief object of these
swift and deadly visitations in the dark was
to secure prisoners, from whom would come,
after peculiarly persuasive agents had been
administered, a certain amount of informa
tion of Inestimable value to ub; and at the
same time they provided the marauders with
an excellent opportunity to accomplish no
end of material damage In the enemy's
trenches.
A CERTAIN battalion, which had already
J. that spring carried out successfully two
of these raids, became suddenly possessed of
a desire to stago yet a third that would be
bigger and better than anything of Its kind
that had gone before. In view of the splen
did coups that had been executed already,
this would Involve them heavily. Notwith
standing this, they told themselves It could
and would be done. For several nights this
unit sent out Its most expert scouts to make
exhaustive reconnolssances of the enemy In
treuchments and wire, In addition to which
It studied minutely tho airmen's photographs
of the same positions. At last a section of
trenches was selected upon which their de
scent would bo made, and tnen auring ineir
next two four-day periods in "rest" they
rehearsed thoroughly the whole performance
from the raising to the ringing down of the
curtain. An exact duplicate of the enemy
position to be dealt with, een including Its
wire entanglement, was constructed In a field
behind their billets, whero day after day
for eight days the operation was practiced
zealously. At the expiration of th(s time each
man of the forty or more who were taking
part knew his work so well that he could do
It backward and with his eyes shut.
IN FRONT of this position was a very well
built piece of barbed wire tanglefoot which
at first glance looked impregnable, but In
reality was less so than some similar and
decrepit-looking defenses which adjoined It.
In that this particular piece was but thirty
five feet In depth, while the other was from
fifty to one hundred feet deep. This would
permit of the Use of a contrivance of the
engineers for cutting entanglements that was
a perfect marvel of efficiency. In fact, tho
whole success of the enterprise may be said
to have hinged on this method of opening a
path through the wire, plus Just one thing
more. This was a star-shell that was to be
shot simultaneously with the cutting of the
wire, directly above the cleared path, to
Indicate Its location to the crouching raiders.
TWO a. m. was the time selected for the
blow to fall, and at 1:45 all was reported
ready. Our front line, with the exception of
a few scattered sentries, had been previously
cleared of Its garrison, so that any retails,
tlon that would naturally follow such liber
ties would vent itself harmlessly on empty
trenches. As usual, the artillery was to co
operate. Us activity being timed to coincide
with that of the attackers. These consisted
of three parties of bombers, fourteen to a
party, each In charge of a subaltern, They
had Bilently taken up positions about half
way across No Man's Land and Borne fifty
yards short of the boche trenches, or Just a
safe distance from the engine of destruction
in the enemy wire. To watch proceedings,
the battalion's commanding officer, to
gether with a Junior or two, had taken up
... .juAniiiMiiii Dositlon In one of our front-
l'lln re-cnXorced concrete machine-gun em-
ittjK?
V- vv nyv
"SAY! WHOSE OFFENSIVE ISS IT, ANYHOW? " l
fcggii'WiiiiiifciyBtmafcsfeiiiK - -KJt . i ..r. '..
if "'' ' iiiiiilMllil 'I' TirTlUWfflwMiiiii inih jTlir b .",-r-.'c ..-w-
Ja-tK """k; r C Xe
placements. Suddenly, and away behind
whero lay the batteries of field pieces and
howitzers, tho sky was painted a lld pink
as each battery delivered Its salvo In a olley
at the prearranged target ; and so finely had
the timing been calculated that tho shells,
with a roar, arried at their destination
coincident with an angry red flash in the
German entanglement. At the same time a
faint trail of sparks through the air aboe
the heads of the raiders, halng origin In our
trench, Indicated, the passage of the star
sl.cll which was 'to guide the men through.
Right here Fate took her cue, and then
ensued a spectacle that completely beggars
description. The star-shell failed to explode:
It was a "dud" Three men and the ofilcer
of the leading party actually found the
opening In the darkness and managed to get
through and Into the enemy trench, where
It Is certain they exacted a heavy toll In
exchange for their own gallant lles; but
of the remainder of the foremost party
and of tho ether two the most and best that
can bo bald Is simply chaos. 'One party mis
took another for an enemy patrol and let
fly its bombs with deadly effect, while the
third, and naturally enough, made the same
error with like effect with regard to the
party which had so hastily delivered its
bombs, and then followed Immediately a
furious battle out in tho blackness of the
100-yard strip between the two lines. AH
senses of direction became obscured, and as
a consequenco our own parapet was mis
taken for the bodies', with tho result that In
a few seconds after the hideous combat
started the fighters were messing up their
own trenches after a very successful fashion.
One bomb rebounded from the parados and
landed In the machine-gun emplacement oc
cupied by the O. C , to be Immediately and
heroically set upon and kicked out Into the
trench, but not before It had exploded and
wounded seriously, but not fatally, the three
occupants.
As
S HAS been staled," our trench was al
most empty of men, and this fact alone
saved the raiding party from complete anni
hilation, for here they wero fighting one
another, unable to penetrate the trench's
wire defenses and at the meny of Its occu
pants. For fully ten minutes the horrible
fray raged, when finally some enemy star
shells brought the raiding party to Its senses.
It may be explained that, with no knowledge
of the true state of affairs out In front of
them, our sentries had observed strictly
their original Instructions and had refrained
from sending up any lights.
THE action had commenced at 2 a. m., but
it was not until the first rosy tints of
dawn were' beginning to show In the cast
that the last traces of It had been removed
from the ground whereon the awful tragedy
had taken place. Of the original forty-odd
which had constituted tho party only eight
came out of the mess unwounded, and so
completely were they at fault In their bear
ings that they traversed over a quarter mile
of the front before making up their minds
to come In, and even then It was the coming
of daylight and the flip of a coin that
eventually fixed their course for them. Of
the remainder over B0 per cent were either
killed or missing, while the rest were more
or less seriously wounded. And let It be said
to tho everlasting honor of their comrades
who tad remained behind thtt not one
wounded man saw the sunrise of that day
rrom his desperately situated position out
in No Man's Land. The succoring patrols
worked Indefatlgably until the last man was
gathered In and right In the teeth of a raging
tornado of fire from the opposing trenches.
May those who make munitions be careful I
Nonessential Industries
Coining of campaign phrases.
Building of castles In the air.
Whitewashing of grafters.
Wringing of hands.
Raking up old scandals.
Threshing out theological problems.
Sowing wild oats. Syracuse Herald.
It Can't Be Done
A war tax on hotel bills Is proposed. Does
tho man who thought of that believe that
many people have any money left after they
pay their bills? Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Sometimes Right
Russian proverb; When tn doubt assassl-
natev-rColumbla. 8, C, Stats,
U - viN
..
'ri tJ" ;
W 4 '
"
- , t '
-.a
n
41
il
-'
i
I J!
T-' i
.1 A&?
vi : .Alii---
JL'l
yv. i '- ;A
Art I 'i f
V-
THE ANZAC SIGHTS LAND,
By Jack Hamilton '
THE long sea-lane draws to a close twelve
thousand miles from home; ' (
The Indigo has vanished from the furrow
of the foam ; , t,
It's greening as she shallows in ; her head la
cast-nor'-east ;
So rouse below and let her go, and churn the
green to yeast! "
Virft Rtnrlnir from thp trnnsnort deck with
i. .ru...i l
iiaii-ucuevuiK Kir, ,
As purple peaks of Cornish land peep shyly i
through the haze ; ('
Our spray-stained escort dips and swerve
, her zigzag course ahead ,
Ho ! rouse below and let her go, and board
the deep-sea lead !
For sixty days and sixty nights we've trailed '
the mighty deep, "
Ay, half-way round two hemispheres we've
trailed Its spring and neap:
From forty south to fifty north, the route the
clippers piled
Ho ! rouso below and let her go, to catch the
flooding tide! r
The meadow lands of Devonshire all fra
grant, fresh and green
In April garments He ahead, with Plymouth '
Sound between ; , " '
And knights of old have her In tow Dick ;
Grenvllle. Hawkins. Drake
But rouse below and let her go, the port, 'la
yet to make!
in
Where buxom maids with rosy cheeks are
waiting pn the Hoe,
Bidding us welcome to the land we've never
seen, but know
By thrilling tales of grandslres told, by art
and rhyme and rote '
Ho ! down below, ease up to slow, here
comes the' pilot boat! . j
So-long, old deepsea caravan, we're bosom , I
friends by now 'I
we know your holds from stem to stern, ,1
your decks from poop to prowl -v A
Good luck, old girl 1 Our sea-stale limb
move stiffly Jn advance.
Your way Is south and home again ; our roada
lies there to France! !
synney (Australia) uuuetin. ai
The retiring nature of the Hun wu' "
never rightly understood until now. '
What Do You Knoiv?
QUIZ
1. Wnat Is a rnmn?
2. ,' me two kings of France taken prisoner to
3. Whnt Is the first name of Marshal ForhT Q
4. mint- Is too ranitai or celomninT '
b. Of whom wns M flt sild. "Nothlrn- lit "Ms
llfO'tieenmo him like the Imilnr Iff, i
0. Wit Air'l-n soldVr is nrllr railed C
"I-m-l Stlrllne" and claimed that HeoUlak "
7. Whnt rannl has the Greatest volume of com
merce In the world?
8. Who isi ".rtrmun Ward"?
0, Whit rronri of peonle In Europe apeak the
Knmnnsh laacniniv?
10. What Is the origin of the word "boulTSrV!f
Answers to Saturday's Quiz '
1. Cainn Custer Is at Ilattle Creek, Mich. A
t. Habeas corntis net. nased In the reljra of '
Charles II of England, nmrldes that the
body of any person restrained of hla lib
erty must, on nrnnep umilletlAn. 4m
brought before a Jndro ond the reason for N
hU confinement stated. One of the frond aTT
Haih nt ltrlllfth nnrf An.mmL.am - ' M
3. Albert UMlIni the director general of the
Hamburg-American Una nnd a well-kaovra
German publicist. ,y
.4 Tho California "gold fever" was la 1840. A
S. Order of tho Carter! at hall a garter of i
eltak rnMntaaa nt Heitt siKbibw kailwai !! avfV
It was nicked un br King Edward III. ao&
pnt ft around hla own knee and .said to the' p.
smirking courtiers, --iiom soli qui mat r
rwnte" ("Kill to him Mho erll think").
I.nler he Instituted the order which la t2ia Tl
la aim ! I
highest order of knighthood In Oreal .el
Britain.
A ninvabal m. fllntle race rlnselv related, In
Ciecbs. or Ilohemians. but lltlng in aortas u.
ern Hungary, i i
7, Julian calendar. Instituted by Julias Caesar f
48 II !., as a means of rectifying; errors r
which had accumulated In tho older, nMlaoi '
of reckoning time. - -
a, ituko ;uuiimi rrii-oricn or .iieciensaa,v
SSmlnatM KtTol KnuTnd? " . " ,
0, Land of Promise! Canaan, tho goal of aaa
Jewish wandering In the wtlderns. .vTSf
10. 'Gpd bless yon' I tho ld-faihlar W ,
mlng up. of alnrere " ' TrtihratTK
iinj
. "?- t "
.'-" ' Z r. T, .. 7T4- " ". ...!- !
'M
v-'u' 4pV . .?$&" ' t &'ty)$
wfI?'iTJ
f5Jt
ew
r"-V
w
.4l-..Jial
.
saaatAiiVii -i'
rJtW
,.Siv.1