Mre-Mwatv : ' rrumxxwwM- - t ,-- "Tn-nnnrnwa "T"i ! r -sTiTaaaaaniirn" --aiiiffli urn rn ra "5iefqr v"5f .' 1 " vm)ST r rw - v-iw,-'v wa? r;T wfflEp? ' '.sr?i v :- l'f" -I .4,' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918" fentng public Hedgec KftHB EVENING TELEGRAPH PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY 1'. UinU9 II, K. C'UHUS, 1'HFSir-SST gsries li. i.ucllncton. vice I'reaidcnti jnnn u. Ito. Secretary and TtMiurw! Philips. Colllnn. I B. Williams, John J. Spurgcon, Directors. , J EDITOllAc, HOARD. 4 Cracs II. K Curtis, Chairman KVtt E. SM1LET .Editor IN C. ItAnTlN. ..General tluslncsa Manaiscr ! Published dally at Tunic Lrnaisn Ilulldlnc. maepcnoence Fauare, muiuicipnia ora Chntril Itro;d and Chestnut Streets fclMTto Cut J-, rsj-Union IliiUiltug r York 20tl iletrulolltan Tower cntolTi. im l'ord llulldlni: t. Lona inn Kullerton llullillnE Chicago, ., l'JOJ Tribune llulldinz news nunEAUS Fisiiinoton Uciijuu r . K. K. t'nr lannkvKnnla Ai onH I J 1 1, Sit. aKsir Yojik lit iiur The Sun liuildlne Xo.NDo.t Blreal' London limes SUBSCRIPTION TEn.MS l-Thi TCrEVlsn Ti m.n' I.riNiTn l aaptiul li iiH. trlbers In Ihlladelphia and surroundlnc towns Kat the rata of twclln fllM rentH npr uepk niattle L,to the carrier. ... . IlW mall In Mtlnla nlil.Lla nf Phll.il.ttitiln In fl tile United HtntpN. Pnnnilj nr ITnlloil xtut t,n. i . f tilonn, postage free (Ht (.VII cents per month. WXvt 6 dollars per year, paable In advance. EVft.v To all rorelcn countries one ll) dollar per jppjust give old as wrH ai new tiddresn. IBEtL, 3000 TTUMT M18TOM, MAIN 3000 ICy Add Mt nil mm i un (rations to Kvtnina Vublie if, ' Jedccr, Independence iSqiinn? Philadelphia, Member of the Associated Tress THE ASSOCIATED I'liKHS is ixtln- I'alM.tll .Jl...l In fl... ..... AK ...., ffj..f rt.l ?ial 1' liilliiii. iv .,,,. no, jvi iif'iii'iit.iiui pSso alt iicus ilispiitchcs credited to it 01 not feJ3-ofheruj'fac cirflifcn In llm paper, aiul also tfce: local neu 1 ntibfisfirtf therein Jill nnnis or repuonrniln o' special ms ftatches herein are aim rrsrri rd rhilidrlphll. "UturdlT. Aunuit 2t. 11 BUDAPEST BABY BUNDLES . 'TJUDAPEST complains because the shnrt-"- age of textiles compels her bublcs to be Wrapped in paper clothing Her lamen- Katlns seem unreasonable. There Is enougn incendiary language In the Jour. rials of the Central Kmnlni to keet nnv pwUnkef ounpster warm. Moreoei. should (subsequent Issues of these sheets cool off av ns Foch forges ahead America micht be CT 'irlrt il Futnl.ll.IllA l.n..l. ....nKn... ,,? I nt lo m.uu vu iiiiiuuuiu i'(t.i iiiiunrci 1 "i- vm- Kf,f ,taln periodicals formerly issued in this m, country. vciinK' unuer me ekijion tge act, I1, the Postotllco Denartment has lust an- j?4 .Tiounced that the Milwaukee Leader, for- wjt rtierlv fnrntnir xi ki TTm-t Ho if n nd uiinh rea papers ns me .Mivy .Mir, 01 ." 'Tork', and the Cronaca Soversia, of j't Lynn, have been barred from the malls. iT Even so. couldn't a well-aimed airtilane ship them in order to allow the Miper- J babies to derive what warmth they could i2 from their words'' Mr VIereck's incan descent lanpruuRO might be tried as a rub- t stltute for coal during the tomlng Austro- f "Hungarian winter. A Budapest baby swathed in the Fatherland should be a S41 -fiUmuIating sight to a land that has spent Sils UUlLUIl 111 il 1UUI jcaia ULLCIIipi tu K?"Bhoot up Taris. p Tet, all things considered, the home Sfqupply should sutllce. There are scraps "and scraps of paper lying about the realms tof the'two Kaisers i. - - it ? m. v.. .- .... xiinu 3 iitii wie iiiiei ijnKiiJn line ?Lw.S. accredited to a poet or literary Rcnlu? ;(no me seiecucm oiien proOKea deoatc. nut Jgtho identity of its creator is open to no ques- ?5o. lrtM nnitt Tt'it TJntr byrtuuu 4iwn( .1 tt iiaii Kfri n-- && RAsFIlATI. .1X11 PITSQIA r " '" " """ jpROFESSIOXAL, baseball, oddly enough, W?sJ-has been a lonely companion to Russia riSl.tha- valles of tribulation A sensitive rifiWwnlrl VlFlu itnllVxn.l l...U .1 . i?.7"'" ,to uuuki-i. ijuiii uii iiiu ,llJlr Sgrounds. There has been a suspicion that PEithe ball players, like the Russians, had pgfssomehow failed in relation to the war. Meanwhile the big leagues and their play- K. .rfi llkft the folk At Pdlrnrrnr! Tnor,n ifdf Aflrl nnintR PllSt llSIO hontl uAnrnhlnrr fn. It&jUielr bouls in daikness. They have tra- r--,oicvi annual uuuv;uiLitf jiui lliorotlgniy ra&understood by their critics. And It ap- Kears that ball and the Russians may yet Igji emerge in high triumph. j Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker are to go Bky-flghting with the naval aviation serv- i4.'lce. Eddie Collins has gone forth glorious in the habiliments of n Dpvll irmtnil Tn. Ki K, ipumerable other plajers arc serving splen- S'.dldly in the service and, since the War Aj-TJepartment has made its wishes known. gOthers are prepaiing to join them. In Tance the gladdest news Is heard. The rench army is considering the formal rrtwrnmmp.nrlntlnn of nn nt iio rrpnnPnin 5.ihflt baseball be. taucht fnrmniu- nnA a. WXZi vMnnpA 1n nil rllvtalnna cf tliA lnn.1 .M .V.VJ-..V. ... .. . . .w.w..u u. UIU IftlJtl IUIUC3, General VIdal, one of the distinguished divisional commanders under Foch, has eummoned Johnny Kvers of blessed mem- "sory to becln the process of tuition fiC'iThe Tintlftnnl trntnp. Imfo-trl e i-i Attt- . -.-".. iuiiok 1 presnge, may oe internationalized and ac- h corded new glory In the land The disappearance of hundreds of mil- B; ji JJons in the airplane program confirms the i& email wastes are no longer faHh- t T- J NEW FASHIONS IN POLITICS gTIOVERNOR EDGE, of New Jersey, has Mt'sVJ formally announced an Intention to fviihun the stump in his campaign for the -aMf jjUnlted States Senate. Even the guerrilla Warfare being waged unon him bv the inevitable George L. Record, of Jersey ijvlll not tempt him to fight back, with 3tvptds. Mr. Edge observes, with a good ,' aeait or, wisaom, tnat tne people are well ft enough informed about dominant Issues Ito b depended on to use their own good iudgrpent in every political contest of the r future. ijETnrj' Ford has left his campaign for he Senate in Michigan to take pare of fcV;itself. He will not make a speech. He OUwill not spend a cent. "The people know jine ana moy Know wnat i m lor, says iO.JfW'ry, "and they can make their own KAr . . . .. Dice.' LCftvlously this style of politics will be- more popular. The day of trl- gphant metaphor, when men were ed to high office because they could Hk 'dramatically of the everlasting hills, Lrassed, People know their world and Hr country Detier man tney usea to , "t decided," said Colonel Hous.e in his Bnt autobiographical narrative of Pres et Wilson's second campaign, "that we 't need to make many speeches, Colo- .RooseveU was talking a great deal. I to let Colonel Roosevelt elect us!" , law of reaction here suggested Is f that astute politicians are beginning tf But' (Most Doiujc&ittga are au- 'and WMtnd this vheolHHHHHIHBUirably LO, WE.1IAVE A CALIPH! But Senator Vare's Tcclmiqtto In Tljat Exallcil Role Ncctls BurnisliinR Up TT IS getting wtum again. This, there A fore, isn't a time for the excitement and the high blood pressure that prop erly might ensue upon the spectacle of Senator Vnre in the lole of All Highest and as the frank embodiment of mu nicipal authority addressing the real es tate men of the city with promises of a fixed tax rate. That was an odd spectacle, to be suie. It was luminous: with strange intima tions. It left a beholder with a giddy sense of uncertainty ns to whether vvc arc going forwaid in a stiaight line or swinging aiound in a ciiclc back to ancient principles. And yet the thing was incomplete. There should have been a tree for Sena tor Ed to sit under piefciably a palm tree. And there should have been a ver milion dais and a bejeweled turban to be tipped at a nonchalant angle upoq the Senator's head, and there should have been sword bearers and com tiers, war riors, executioiicis, slaves, mciry il lageis and awetl travelcis in vivid hordes gathered in the Presence. Then had Citizen Woiroll and Citi7cn Craw fold and the hundreds of their delegation ad dressed themselves, not to Senator Vaie, but to the Most Astute High and Low Ruler of the World the Keeper of the Seven Great Vntues and the Protector of the Poor, we should have been in Bag dad. We should have been back in the days when justice was done swiftly anil fiercely with a gcstuie of the ruler, be foie wars of liberation and the older of democracy were even dreamed of. The leprescntatives of the real estate interests passed by Councils and the Finance Committee and the Mayor. They ptoceeded to the Head, quite in the manner of the Orient. Who will ques tion the excellence of their judgment, the wisdom of their proceduie? So far have w;e progtessed in two thou sand years. And yet the Caliphs of Bagdad were wiser and better qualified than the Caliph of Philadelphia. That is the dis tiessing pait of it. Your Bagdad Caliph seems, even at this distance, a likable old gentleman who preserved through all his pomp and ferocity a high sense of jus tice, a biavc tongue anil the humility of heait that is the last attribute of the truly gieat. He wasn't a pussyfootcr. He would have been frank and honest with a delegation of his subjects who called with supplications relative to a killing tax rate. If the Caliph of Phila delphia wasn't frank or brave it is not his fault. He didn't become Caliph by nccident. He is sustained in his state of authority by the suffrage of the multi tude. And he is said to have his good points. Perhaps he has. But a good Caliph shouldn't dodge an issue. If Bagdad' of old had been at war, if the officers of the guard weie huriying to the shipyards, if all the institutions of the caliphate weie threatened with confusion and decay because of a lack of funds, if the palace were threadbare and the ways of tiaffic were filling up with the sands of the desert, the Caliph would lecognize the need of inci eased revenue or deci eased expenditure in the loyal establishment. If he were a good Caliph and a wise one he would summon his executioneis and order off the heads of a few thousand expensive tetainers and tell his subjects to go upon their ways in peace. The Presence in Philadelphia listened pa tiently to the arguments of his visitors and assuied them that the tax rate would not be increased. "We shall leave it," .said he, in effect, "to Allah. Gieat is Allah. But the tax rate will not lie bigger. I'll do my best to have it le duced." The letainers at court will live as easy as befoie. They will eat as well and sleep as well as ever and there will be as many of them as there have always been. The Caliph will not leduce his train or his army, though such methods of economy would have been the first to .suggest themselves to a wiser ruler in older times. How ho shall run his caliphate with revenues less than now seem essential to maintain it at the mini mum of efficiency he diuVt even suggest. How funds that aren't adequate now shall be adequate in hinder times he didn't say. He didn't promise to cut olT any heads, to eliminate any expensive offices, though such a course would have given his people a good example and an assurance of his sincerity. The delega tion, as a matter of " fact, might have done as well to stay at home. Caliphs aren't what they used to be. According to a German report "Hlnden burg's back" And that's Just the part of him the Yanks expect to look at ENGLAND'S NEW FERTILITY . rpHE spotless, green hedged lawns of 1 England have prompted many a favor ite German day dream. The weakness of a foe whose soil was mostly one vast park was agreeable to contemplate. The Hun saw England as a nation whose economic Structure was essentially aitlfleinl and unsound; a country of great, still undi vided and unproductive feudal estates; a manufacturing and maritime country forced to purchase its existence with money, incapable of life by any otner means than trade. It is undeniable that England before the war presented certain defects of a, civiliza tion far advanced along some lines, han dicapped along others by ancient prece dent, prejudices and outmoded survivals of the past. But like most of the weak nesses of which Germany hoped to taka advantage In starting the war, the agri cultural nonproductlveness of England becomes less and less alarming with each day's progress of the conflict. Sir Charles Fielding, director pf British food production, announce that; England Hllll'taaUA .kjiAihftr iref'ln nns fill Ani. Tr a,, .ww ,a,M J VIM the largest since 1868. Where were once olvety swards nro now flourishing fields awaiting harvesting by city clerks, boy scouts, schoolbos, undergraduates, vil lage and college women, Belgian and fier. blitn lefugeos, who havo helped to make "this Uttlo woild set In a silver ea" per haps less poetically beautiful, but to a now degree self-supporting. German pris oners, too, have been drafted Into the work. Since tho war began the llbcrty-lovlng world's appreciation of deficiencies which Germany sought to capitalize ns assets of victories has brought about many re forms by her foes It is Indeed the-Irony of fate when the new England must thank the Hun for encouraging her to till her once Inviolate parks The "largest strtct-i leaning contractor in the world "announces that tho $1.75 prop erty tax" Is to lie the limit" Not a few inhabitants of a plumlcu-il city thought it was Just exactly that a car ago. HOW IT WORKS OUT "TJEPOUTS from San Antonio, the prln ' fipal city in the Texas congressional distiict lcpiesented bv .himcs F. Slajden, who was forced tn withdraw from the rain for rrnomlnation because of the op position of the IN evident, indicate the Issue of lnjn.lt is not jet disposed of. The organization fawned the nomlm tlon of A. V. Barrett a wealthy San An tonlan Interested in moving picture houses, who has been on both sides of the prohi bition question. He was opposed bv Cailos Be a State Senatoi Iiee was nominated at the pilmaric", but the law In 'ias permits tho rongiesslonal con ventions to reject a prlmarv nominee. When the State Democratic Committee met this week a resolution was offeied calling on the congiessional convention to repudiate Bee on the ground of dislojaltj li oof of his lack of lovaltj was offered in the foi in of a statement that he had been nominated bj the Mite of Comal County, which two jears ago had polled almost Its entire vote foi the ReptlbUeaa presidential candidate after tasting its en tire vote in the Democialic primaries 1'islojaltv seems to consist in voting for n Republican candidate There site .some Texas Democrats who suspect that it takes more than a will ingness to vote for a Republican to es t lbllsli dislojulty, and they are attempt ing to ptove that Bee had the support of everj- one with a German name. And now we are told that if the congii'i-sional con vention dues not repudiate Bee and name Biuett the newspapeis of the district are likelj to support the Republican nominee If tliev take this coutse thej, too, are liable to be charged with disloyalty by the members of the State committee, who accuse the Comal paity voters with tieason to their country because they oted for Dcmociats in the primaries and Repub licans at the polls. As there aie about four times as many Democtats as Repub licans in the district, tho elecflon of n Republican is unlikely, but the ,InJeLtion from Washington of the charge of dls lojalty has ptoduced a prettj ml-up, the untangling of which the Republicans can watch with complacency. llerlin Is now admitting the. accuracy of our inny figures From admission o sub mission is onlv a step WISE WORDS WITH BUT A SINGLE, SLIP rpiin editor of the Cologne Gazette is' -L wise wlioft he protests against the sug gested demolition of the Potsdam statue of gallant, libert -loving Baron von Steu ben, who fought for freedom with Wash ington. He writes with discernment, too, as may be learned from the following ex tiact from his newspaper, which wo quote verbitlm, save for tho change of a single word: Moreover, we do not need to eopv everv aslnlitlty of a crav govi rnmeiit or a rahld populace. When the iliv lotnes when rea son shall have nttirntd to the Germans, nothing will lie inure cakulnted to make tin m blush with shame than the sight of tin It own memorial Wo have ventured to substitute the word "Germans" for tho word "yankees," originally written by the Rhenish editor. But for that little slip of an otherwise acute pen, Its wlelder would be eligible for the ranks of patriotic American jour nalism. No taxation without downward Vnre iation seems to have become the motto of certain real estate men THE SOCI LISTS CATCH UP IT ISN'T easy to be enthusiastic oerthe plans of Socialists for an international council at which the policies of President Wilson will be foimally approved It has alvvavs been the boast of the So cialists that thev were more enlightened than otheis And yet they were three jears late In recognizing the Justico of the war. They are falling Into line behind President Wilson but they are at the tall of the procession All the rest of. the country preceded them. The ordlnar rank and file In the United States suppotted the President and the war while the Socialist leaders in this countr were railing against both in a na tional platform which they are now trying to live down and forget. It begins to appear. Indeed, that the Socialists often are slower minded than their less pretentious rivals In politics. The Kaiser will recog Hon ? They nlze the new Rolshe- J latten Out! vlk Government at Moscow. That ar rangement Is fair mough since the Bolshe-.. vlkl are almost the only ones noadas who maintain u bowing acquaintance with the Kaiser Rene Fonck, the Illch Premium! French ace of aces, has brought down his sixtieth boche plane Insurance rates must be prohibitive among the German fliers. The German "retreat This 1 Wanton specialist" Is called General Von Boehn, Foch may do something toward spilling the beans. To clear up any German doubts It may be freely stated that Mr, McAdoo's restric tion on travel are Inapplicable with respect to certain European sailings now undergoing ,dU; BEEF, IRON AND WINE Ballade of an Ambrosial Evening I KNOW a pub where I can chowat dusk On lentil soup, gilllcd kidneys and white wine; Take coffee In the garden, with a rusk, And smoke black leaf tobacco while I lllne Can drink liqueurs until my seasoned spine Begins to tingle and my brain to whir: Then bring a candle, landlord, Just at nine, And have the sheets peirfumed with lav ender! POUR me a claret (Medoc, sweet as musk!) Carve me a Juicy cut alng the chine. Then watch me ply a not unwilling tusk And quaff the western sun down his decline. Perhaps some olives, seasoned well in brine, Or pot of shandygaff, it you prefer; But, landlord, to complete tho fair de sign, Pray hav e the shee'ts perfumed with lav ender! "VTO HEAVY vintage: nothing strong or --' brusque. The smooth and mellow essence of the vine Pel haps some green corn, roasted In the husk, And omelette singed with brandy O benign! Allcpro ma lion iroppo Is my line: The graceful mean whero all the arts concur To make one long ambrosial evening mine, And then O sheets perfumed with lav ender! Envoj- OBKST of landlords! Let your light so shine That main another thirsty wanderer May (after dinner) all his cares resign And find jour sheets perfumed with lavender! TVmf Lincoln lUahitay sipn at the -nrncr of 1t'o( and Brand streets scrim tn mi voy mUlcmllng. It points tn Lnntaitcr and Han rrancittn, but yirc? jio lint that there aic any other tribulations en toutc 1'rrhapi it ten? some simitar sfrn i7inf led the Kaiser to believe rails nai Just around the corner. Wh is the theatrical orchestra alvvajs bald from bass viol to utility man-" Does the close proximity of the footlights scorch oft the hair? A pipe tastC3 fine uhen a man is .cork ln). Tint he ought not to let uork inter fcic ti ith his smohc. Those two hip pockets that the Kaiser has lost In Prance the, 7tari j pocket and the Picnrd pocket seem to be something more than mere pockets after nil They begin to look like whole trousct legs. 77ic pleasutcs that the tcoiM rorrM lire simple and unsophisticated. .1 ool ctc ulnti, ulthout too many 'oqititors, spent in ttndina the Kalsci's obltuaiy, tt,o7d satisy almost any of us. An Emergency Fleet Chanlv And there'll be no banquets at these monthlv conferences of shipbuilders either for these meetings are serious dead seri ous Director of Shipping Charles M Schwab Oil, sing a dirge tor champagne and tho wine both red and white, and mllllonaiies conferring ftom the bleak of dawn to night without n wind up banquet and single pause for sips, for Schwab has canned the menus while he's speeding up tho ships. "Take the cocktnlls from the table and the ojsteis and the veal, ou are heie to tend t" business not to dieam ahout a meal, and we'll get sufficient taiiUeis b not tanking heie in state, and a lot more other tonnage than we could get If we ate. "So pull jour belting tlghtei, stow away the thought of dinner; if I fatten up the tonnage I should care If ou glow thin, ner; and the wines you used to tipple when oil got your good old buns, I shall sprinkle at the launchlngs of a million deadweight tons. "So when I call a meeting, Just remem ber this, my boys: there Is apt to bo plain speaking, but no after-dinner noise; and jou'll feed on rolls of data and reports and printed slips, and we'll all grow lean together, but by heav'n we'll turn out ships'." FERDINAND REYUHR. Camping Out One who takes the train fiom ie Read ing Terminal, and sits on the left-hand side of the smoking car, will observe (after the Wayne Junction cinder has been mas saged out of his eye and Just before the Fern Rock flake of soot arrives) a little encampment at the brow of a hill. There are several tents In the lee of a fringe of woods, a pole with a flag flying, and a baseball diamond that has been roughly laid out In the wide field that slopes down toward the railway. We don't know who the cheerful people are who have been camping out there all summer, but they have the right idea. We have often watched the smoke of their evening cooking fire rising pleasantly against that dark band of tree3, and seen the boys gathered In the cup of the hollow field (where a the sunset light gathers In a shimmering pool of ellow brightness) batting out flies against the glowing sky. It used to be said that the battle of Waterloo was won on th.e playing fields of Eton and other English schools. It Is equally true that what the Kniser has most to fear on the tragic meadowlands of France is the quickness of eye, the hardness of hand, the decisive and fearless habit of body tljat have been Ingrained In American young manhood by our national pastime of camping out. Arms that have been muscled with ball and paddle and axe are arms that can hurl a grenade and aim a bullet to their appointed targets. We like to sit on the left-hand side of the smoking car on the G:02 train, Just for the pleasure of, watching that little camp near Fern Rock. As long as Americans keep their taste for "spending the summer in sleeveless shirts and under canvas the Kaiser will only conduct his little tours through other nations on the pay-as-you- enter principle. rRAKjUfe "FRESH CHEWING GUM By Etsu lnagahi Suginwto QNE Vy An day soon after my coming to America I was on a street car with a fiiend. Just opposite was a little girl with ii big bundle. She was eating something. I especially noticed her because in Japan 'Children never eat on the street or in a public place. My fiiend's conversation held my atten tion for a while, then 1 chanced to glancu at the child again, and was surprised to see she was .still eating. Several times after waul I looked at her, and finally I asked mv fiiend: "What is that child eating?" "She is not eating an thing," she replied. "She is chewing gum." AGf sitting, diooped and weary, her loose hands lying in her lap and her feet spread aiound her bundle In a very awkwatd and difficult position. As I watched her tiled face, buddenl I rcmembeted something that had happened on the ttain on my tilp acioss the continent. "Is she sick?" I asked. "No, I think not. Why do -ou ask?" "I think I took that medicine on tho train," I leplled. My friend laughed. "Oh, no!" she said. "Chewing gum is not medicine. It's a sort of wax she chews because It tastes pleasant." I MADE dawn uii no reply, but light began to pon my experience on the train. I had been uncomfoitably carsick and a kindly looking old lady had given me u small, squaie block of something which she said would nlwajs cine nausea. I put It In my mouth and with conscientious gratitude chewed caiefully for a long time, but I could not swallow It. I explained to myself that it must be a medicine possessing won deiful meilt, as it would not dissolve. After a while I gpt tiled and was troubled what to do, for tho old lady had been kind to give it to me and I didn't like to thiow It awaj-. So I w lapped It up In a piece of white paper and put It In my mirror cabe. That was my Introduction to chewing gum. I HAD another experience with chewing gum, but this was- in Japan. One of the unlveisal customs in my country is to take a gift almost every time one calls upon a friend One afternoon I received a very formal call from a daughter of tho new arlstoctucy ptogresslve, wealthy and altogether what is called in Japan "hlgh kaia," meaning the very essence of tho stIish and piogresslve In-dress and man ner. My caller was elegantly dressed, In Japanese dress, of course, for even pro gressive Japanese women have not reached the placo whero European dress is worn on elegant occasions. After a long, ceremonious bow and tho usual' complimentaiy Inquiries regarding the health of family and Velatlves, and also a few tactful remarks in praise of the flowers ai ranged on the tokonoma, she leaned forwaitl and unwrapped a square of beautiful crepe cloth, exquisitely dyed apd embroidered. As the folds loosened she lifted out- and presented to me mod. estly, but w'th evident pride, a large Im ported paper box with English lettering on it. It was a wholesale package of chewing gum. The elaborate, ccicmonlous manner of my guest, every movement being In ac cordance with the strictest etiquette, made the sudden appearance of that plebeian package a most Incongruous ahd ,Vaif. YeVtlu waa 'a'-, perfectly amusing natural EFFERY DAY, MEIN HERR!" v happening. It is not easy to choose a suitable and welcomo gift for a pet son who has lived for several jears in Ameiica and who Is believed to be foreign In her tastes. So my friend had gone to a stoic vvheto fin eig'n things were sold and selected a box which was labeled "Imported Dainties! A 1'oicign Delicacy Possessing tho Fragrance of Flowers. Used by Ladies and Gentle men In the Cultured Society of Euiope and Amcilca." QIM.IL.AR advertisements to this may be - seen in many first-class cake shops of Tokio, so possibly at some no distant day the familiar sight of unwearied moving mouths may be seen by American tourists ns they whirl In their Jinrikishas through the land of the Rising Sun. Although we havo not heretofore been a chewing-gum nation wo will have to ac knowledge that history accuses us of some thing much worse. It Is said that our an cestor s, ages ago, were addicted to the habit of betel-nut chewing, and that this was the origin of the custom which survives today 4n the harmlessly blackened teeth of Japanese old fashioned women. It Is a fact that tho first conquerors of Japan, who no doubt camo originally from tho hot shores of India, planted betel orchards In the warm islands of the South where they first landed, but on. account of. difference In soil and climate It was almost Impossible to make the trees grow, even with the greatest care and the most con tinuous labor. RARE things are always precious and their dlng use Is naturally confined to thoso who leprescnt rank, elegance and wealth, so the time came when only peo ple of the highest class had betel-stained teeth. Imitations must have become the fashion then, for during the Middle Ages, long nftei the nut.s weie extinct la J.apan, both men nnd women of high lank 'black ened their teeth with a preparation made from eggplant peeling. The Imperial cour tiers kept up this custom to thq time of the Restoration, but the warrior class never accepted it, they seeming to scorn any fashion which spoke -more of rank, elegance and ease than of strength and power of arms. Then this emblem of vanity drifted lower in the scale until It rested altogether with women, becoming the em blem of marriage. Since then women of all classes have blackened their teeth on their wedding day and kept them black ever after. The custom is rtow dying out, but it is seen everywhere In tho rural dis tricts, and even In large cities almost all old ladles still cling to the custom. The fashion Is not an ugly one. When blackened every morning tho teeth look like polished ebony, and the gleam of shining black behind rouged lips brings out the clear olive skin, and looks as beautiful to Japanese eyes as does the dot of black court plaster on the Ivory skin of a maiden to the eyes of a European. The Berlin Tageblatt's declaration that the Allies are beginning to show signs of weariness suggests a keen appreciation of how exhausting a job counting prisoners has lately becom'?. ' ' Revised for the Plcardy battle front "Ye Bumps and Brays of Hunny Doom!" Nobody Knows . One problem which we do not expect to solve until our pastor returns from his much needed six Aeeks' vacation. If then. Is how ,tJv,) Hunevei contrived , tflt. aJIp. into the ,citUa wt-rhlo THE RETURNING THEV passed: the crowds dissolved, the music died; But one old man with hair like wind swept foam Gazed Into space with somber eyes and cried, "God bring the dear lads, when their work is over, home!" God biing them home, those boys? ah, they who bear The dreadful shock, they shall return somo day With new-born souls, and they shall ever wear A loftier mien than when they went away. But they who fall, knights of the living God, Who meet the dawn upon a foreign shore, They shall come back from France's pop pled sod ' To be our boys, unchanged, forevcrmoce. Louis Dodge, In Scribner's Magazine. It begins to look as though General Von Boehn, Germany's retreat specialist, had been engaged Just In time to conduct his armies in tho only movement of which they are now capable. Foch's Indorsement of the Bible as' a battle Inspiration recalls the sentiments of Stonewall Jackson, whoe military qualities also were vigorously akin to those of the Illustrious marshal. The Silver Lining Postmaster General Burleson Is having the time of his life applying his theories of national communication In the greatly en larged field that has lately been Intrusted to him. Providence Journal. What War Is Coming To It Is now planned to Invade Russia with a movie army under the command of Gen erals Chaplin, Fairbanks and Plckford. New York Evening Sun. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1, What Government Inventliatlon la now la rhurce of Charle K. llulhrt? 5. What la the origin of the word mauHoleum? 3. Who la the American Ambassador to Ruatlaf . 4. What American President waa called "Old lllekorjr?" 8. What la the mennlnc of "I Pacllarrl." the title of Ioncavallo'a popular opera? 6. What Is the capital of New HamnihlrtT r ' 7. What character In Shakespeare declared "Uneaar Ilea the head that wear a crown?" 8. What Is the meanlnr of the word "soatTU" anil how should It be prononnred? ' 0, When was the Spanish Armada defeated? 10. What were the "locusts" In John .the nap- , tlst's fare of "locunts and wild hiaiejr?" Ansvter to Yesterday's Quiz 1, Hubert Dent l chairman of the Hoase Com mittee on Military Affairs. t. Mardl (Iras Is French for "fat Tuesday." It Is speclllcnllr used to describe the last day of a rarnUal. Shrove Tuesday, which Im mediately precedes lnt. 3. Clement L. VIIandlisham waa n Congress man during a part of lancoln'a Admlnls- tratlon. lie was tried by court-martial for making Inrendlary speeches against the (ioTernment and sentenced to Imprison ment. Lincoln, however, changed the sen tence and had htm deported Into the Con federate lines. 4. A marllnsplke la a pointed iron tool, nied on hips for splicing ropes, 6. 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