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on September 12 Please 'let me know It ho
li1 must register or not?
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consequently, under the dnft nge and will
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The thought that CJerminv Is famed for
her Christmas trinkets naturally occurs to
the optimist at the ery moment when ho
hears that permission to send present"? to
our soldiers from America hns been denied
A PARKWAY SUGGESTION
"tREAT streets eerywhere In the world
often embody n vivid sjmbollsm In
their names or In their architecture This
Is especially true of Europe, where tho
spiritual experiences of the people hae
left them scnsitlo to great memories.
Surely It Is not too early or too lite to
consider means by which we might give
to the Parkway some permanent and
dominating feature commemorative of the
nation's greatest adventure and of the men
Who participated in it.
Hie thought that comes first to mind
fcHJ-Cij-ot a great memorial which might be
Itected In the names of the Philadelphia
' Idlers who died In Trance. It should
the work of great sculptors. It should
J--. magnificently conceived and magnifl
I j ently executed And it should be so iiliced
m is Wo be visible from cither end of the
splendid thoroughfare.
i With the acnuisltlon bv the Allien of
$5 JCOO miles of the Siberian Railway we are
beginning to understand why bigger armies
lyr were not sent to Russia Perhaps they
Kx weren't needed.
FEMININE CROSS-CURRENTS IN NEW
K 1 OKK.
t" fJlHE position of women In politics Is far
a.1-!..! .a. .B.kM v..t.. ti. -i.3 , . ..
t-7 nuiii ucuiK tieariy uenrieu oy ine pres-
hl nr. situation in New York State In com
monwealths where the franchise is denied
Ist'them, specific zeal for suffrage unites
E-iUrre numbers of the feminine population.
Eki Recognition of the desired status, however.
f, Is immediately productive of complexities.
p3nie alignment of feminine phalanxes in
K, New York, though faintly illuminating In
j oertsJn instances. Is really no reliable index
& , the probable course of political currents
F& Sit '.communlty where all adult citizens
C. have the ote.
Mz-to be elected to the Senate 'in Albany by the
rx..v.ii ji. .i ......
SrTfii the Assembly for the same party would
t5eem to argue that the choice of feminine
glBJindidates warrants consideration and
I!Pn e "ler hand, the doubtful glory
tret, the nomination for the lower house
t&pt the Legislature in emphatically Repub-
rtHcan districts has been accorded to eight
jYwomen by the Democrats. Manhattan Re-
-publicans have played a similar game In
l't.wu uiiiiiiuiiiiB nu wuiiicii iui wuiiKrcsa in
Ok Ytrlcts which will almost certainly be
IjATfiurTled by the Democrats.
Kif ouwii taiius jjiiiji mui mo puiuicai
leaders hae In view a double purpose, in-
Fi? volving flattery of the enfranchised 6ex
?Jjj. by 'nominations and playing safe by sup.
lyortbi? women in territory where the
;c --ohances of their election are slim.
?Vv3P'6 baz,ness or tne Present time is par-
h "" Vl'aisiliai-tir ovamnllflorl In tVin fnoa nf -&
i-- flWWK ,-..w...k....v- - vtwo W. Ut 9.
atLaLaaIilHai.f i"i VinTil nfTlpA TTnmiAotlnnnhht
ffMiklntne purposes in the political arena
. ftl 1u'nlAK t r Hlat In rrfilal. it han 41-a a-v.
wiiiciifco vjl iiutcthj' in -cv iurK
Lhave worn off.
college yell, apparently, is to be
nong nonessentials for the duration
IE BOYS' WORKINC RESERVE
K APPEAI. is made by those in charge
a'na inm TTnttaA Rlnlna TOrtvo tTTN1rt-..
w- .w w-..- wMbVd nwj a MUlAUIb
Ivjaen who must go into the army and
rt.
('work, they are asked to do Is as
rtant as1 that in which the men in
Tpunltlons factories are engaged. The
Wy.must be supplied with food as
.ItSa a.tai tnlinUlnnii -i irtn nn metin
t ntt lIUIIIWU.,d aIV4 LIID illOII Vlil
anuions also must be re a. Tne
1 'In, 'the ground. If the are
fdMekuse of lack ..of labor to gather
L-fi- '1.-1.1 .4 L .
.jBittui, tinnier nut nave uecn
i a; .ePortunlty '"" bo' ,0
o .tBelft bit Daclc ot
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ig'.JttMrve. fpr boys under eighteen to go
;vJ'4qthfn farms to help harvest the crops.
.' Twill take the place of the older boys
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WATCH THE REVENUE! BILL
DEBATE
It Is Likely to Foreshadow the Issues on
Which Future Presidential Cam
paigns Will lie Fought
AMBITIOUS politicians with their cars
-close to tho ground will follow the
debate on tho eight billion dollar reve
nue bill, which began in Congress yester
day, and look for tho reactions of the
country to it in order to discover what
the issues of future political campaigns
are to be.
The admission of Mr. Kitchln, chair
man of tho Ways and Means Committee,
that tho peace budgets for many years
after the war will not be less thnn four
billion dollars indicates that the question
of taxation and revenue must occupy the
attention of stntcsmen almost to the ex
clusion of everything else.
Taxation is the very essence of gov
ernment. No government can exist
twenty-four hours without tho power to
levy taxes. How those taxes arc to be
levied has divided men into parties. It
has produced wars. Tho schoolboys know
that it was a tax question which piecipi
tated the American Revolution. Stu
dents of our political history are aware
that tax questions have divided parties
almost from the beginning. Thcic was
bitter controversy in the first half of the
last ccntuiy over the levying of taxes to
pay for internal improvements, and the
taiiiT question piovokcd almost as much
difference of opinion. The fight over
these two issues was hottest in the years
of peace between tho War of 1812 and
the Mexican War.
After tho Civil War the protective
tariff issue, which is a tax issue, grad
ually ovci shadowed every other question
and for years it was the question which
divided the Republicans from the Demo
ciats. Sevetal presidential campaigns
were fought out on it between the Civil
War and the Spanish War.
At the present moment all parties aie
agreed that tho money needed to piose
cute the war must be raised. There is
no disposition to block the plans of the
Administration by being hypercritical
over the methods to bo employed to laise
it. Consequently the debates in Congress
will be to some extent academic, for the
nation is willing to put up with a levenue
bill that has many injustices in it. It
knows that it is difficult on short notice
to draft a just revenue measure calling
for the enoimous sums needed. But it
will not be, deaf to the warnings sounded
by the critics of the bill, nor will it fail
to note the tendency of the present Con
gress to exempt certain groups of the
population from taxation and to lay
heavy burdens on other groups.
It will be exceedingly unfortunate if on
this issue of taxation on the question
of how to raise four billion dollars a year
after the war the country should be
divided into a paity of the rich and a
party of the poor that is, a party of
the vested interests and a party which
lives from hand to mouth. The English
labor leadeis are looking for such a divi
sion of parties in Great Britain, for they
are committed to the destruction of great
fortunes by taxation and to the gradual
taking over of all great industiies by the
Government, and the use of the profits
and the levies on the great fortunes to
pay the war debt.
Republicans and Demociats alike will
vote for the revenue bill from patriotic
motives. But when the war ends it will
bo discoveied that the taxation issues a3
they will then be presented will cut
across the old paity lines. They will
appear in a form which they have never
before taken in America. Republicans
and Democrats will find themselves fight
ing Democrats' and Republicans and
there will be a readjustment and realign
ment of men in accordance with their
beliefs on the new issues.
The Government-ownership issue will
appear as a phase of the taxation issue
just ris internal improvements made by
the national governments was once a
taxation issue in which the constitution
ality of the use of national funds for
such purposes was involved.
While the ciiticisms of the theory on
which the new revenue bill is framed will
be largely academic, they 'will, serve a
useful purpose in assisting the public to
a knowledge jf the great financial ques
tions that must occupy our attention in
the near future and the records made
now will lise up to bless or curse the men
in Washington when they are candidates
for office in the future.
Those who arc wise will recall that it
was the heroic stand of Rutherford B.
Hayes for sound currency in Ohio while
he was Governor that made him a presi
dential possibility in 1870. The voters of
America are essentially honest and es
sentially just, and they will not stand for
any policy of confiscation, however
plausibly it may be presented.
With Secretary Baker In Trance It will
be some job for him to substantiate the
Sherman accusation that ho thinks of the
war as three thousand miles away.
A WOEFUL WORLD SERIES
NOWHERE in America Is there an in
stitution that mirrors the changed life
of the country so vividly as professional
baseball in these days of the world
series. We can all remember the old sun
shiny afternoons toward the end of other
seasons when, in an atmosphero of flags
and festival at Shlbe Park, Mr. Cobb or
Mr. Wagner or Mr. Speaker, or others
equally exalted, lined up like brides at a
wedding to receive the glittering rewards
lavished by friend and fan for their serv
ices In the final games.
Who cannot recall photographs of famed
tw triers In tho glossy new devil wagons
bestowed on them with gold and flowers
and diamond scarf pins in the blessed day
of peace? The demigods of the big league
were accustomed to manifest a sort of
shy condescension, to blush a- little, to
nudge the gravel with an embarrassed toe,
to cast down their ey at those, evidacj
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of the devotion of worsh'lpfut "devotees.
And now wo are forced to read of them
ns they sit with pencil and paper and
wonder whether to strlko because they
are to receive so little in gato money and
bonuses.
Players on the winning team In tho
scries, It appears, will receive a piltry $1000
or so Tho losers will be lucky if they get
$S00 each What changes lias tho mad Knlser
ivrouglitl Hut a few ears ago the mem
bers of a winning world series team went
away to I'lorldn, and white flannels, with
extra emolument calculablo mainly In
thousands. And tho music of fnndom's
cheers helped them under the burden.
Wo aren't disposed to believe that tho
Federal War Labor Board will Intervene If
tho plajcra should strike and refuso to
play because tho managers aren't nblo to
pay them an increased percentage from
the diminished earnings ot the scries.
.Some one ought to suggest to tho unhappy
big leaguers that money Isn't everything
in life. There arc men now working for
a dollar a day in the ranks who volun
tarily turned away from incomes bigger
than any ball star ever made. And they
aren't thinking of n strike for more pay.
Secretary Daniels, In instituting what
the headlines describe as "Increased U-Boat
Precautions," may bo said to havo taken a
tip from tho enemy.
THE DRAFT AND WOMEN'S WORK
"TOT until the new man-power law Is m
' full operation will the women of the
United States begin to realize tho .extent
of tho responsibilities which tho war
brings to their doors. The Tederal Labor
Board, the Wai Depaitmcnt, tho men who
mado the new law and thoe who will ad
minister it havo proceeded upon tho as
sumption thnt women In this country will
osbiimo a much larger Vart In the Indus
trial life of the natlorj. and accept duties
and burdens In almost every field of effort
heretofore occupied ecluslvely by men.
In England much of the work Is now
done by women and glrl In America
women now provide 8 per cent of tho
cneigv icqulred In the fields of commerce
and Industrj. To av that American
women will respond adequately to such
demnnds as are midc upon their strength
and courage and theso demands will
never be so great as those made upon tho
women of England and Prance Is to say
the obvious Tor the present, therefore, it
is more interesting to look at tho remote
aspect of tho matter and to consider tha
ultimate effects of the impending economic
change on tho future life of the country.
The experience of Euiope has shown
that tho most Important .result of the sud
den expansion of feminine effort and in
fluence has not been an economic one. The
most momentous reactions have occurred
In tho spirit of England's womanhood The
service of Englishwomen In the war has
been of an epic character. And jet observ
ers who have been the first to applaud
are uneasy. Women, no longer economi
cally dependent upon husbands, fathers
and brothers, have been frankly disposed
to make their freedom permanent. They
have, moreover, manifested a. distinct re
pugnance to many of the familiar domes
tic responsibilities. In many cases they
havo refused longer to bo tho central and
essential factor in a humble family. And
tho reaction is not from established cus
toms or conventions, but from the codo
which formerly assigned them to a sec
ondary place in tho home, to its drudgery
and to most of Its anxieties. They have
tasted a new freedom. They will not re
turn easily to the old order. And no one
In England knows Just what is to happen
In tho end, when tho soldiers return seek
ing new places In society. Some sign of
the outcome, however, Is visible In the ac
tive part which the women workers of
England are now taking in the affairs of
the British Labor partv, with a view to
establishing flrml their rights as voting
citizens upon an equal footing with men
Though the women of 1'ianco have
served valiantly in eveij Industry asso
ciated with tho war, the Trench have no
such problem as that which confronts
English economists. Trench women are
temperamentally different from their Eng
lish sisters. They are more given to the
conventional order of life, more at ease in
a second place, less restless of spirit and,
In material ways, less ambitious. Tho Eng
lish and American characters run parallel
In most Instances. And it Is natural to
wonder at this moment whether, If women
are to do all that the Government expects
of them, we shall have a problem similar
to England's to trouble our souls, and
whether theto will be In Washington and
in the national philosophy means to meet
it wisely.
When jou hear a man
A Kicker's rage about gasless
Calendar Sundas jou are in
the presence of ono
who will not know" there Is a war afoot until
the Government announces Bunless Monday,
Pokerless Tuesday, Brldgeless Wednesday
Showless Thursday, Banquetless Friday and
Golfless Saturday. Then he will die horribly
of ennui.
Mr. McAdoo promise
Can Such Tlilntrs e a good four -course
dinner for a dollar on
his railroads If this forecast be not tho
"baseless fabric of a vision" victimized res
taurant patrons rniy find it more economi
cally alluring to take a half hour's train
ride at dinner time than to dwell at home.
Tor once the world
VVronr! lllanio w ill admit that there
It on l'orhl is fcomething of reason
and discernment in
Hlndtnburg and the Crown Prince. Each Is
blaming the other for the Hun collapse on
the west front.
Now that the Thlrt -second American
Division has been dubbed "I.cs Terribles" the
characterization of their Hun opponents as
"Les Mlserables" would seem to be In order.
If the Weather Bureau could only back
up the fuel administration Philadelphlans
might face the approach of winter with un
sullied Jubilation.
The rhetoric with which the Democrat lo
party in this State resounds Is beginning to
make a lot of people wish that all days were
gasless. .
Absence of Hun power In the west ot
SU Gobain, forest may cheerily convince the
advancing French that K' sot la the wood.
Sr,.,;4T .7-7'. 7'
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,
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THE CHAFFING DISH
A New Version of
Our Favorite Joke
If tho Knlser were electrocuted all tho
world would sing ohm Bweet ohm.
Memo for Future Historians
The ono thing that Americans will nover
forgive Bcrnstorff Is that ho drank cock
tails after dinner.
Llfo moves so rapidly It seems a bit
blurred round tho edges. Why won't It
hold still long enough for us to getn good
look nt It?
"If Mr. Baker stays In Franco will It be
because he Is kneaded by the doughboys?
ANN DANTE.
Among the books that tho Kaiser will
not tako with him to St. Holena for light
reading will bo those by Mr. Gerard and
Dentist Davis.
September Cruising
O, this is the month that was meant for me,
O, this is the month for me!
Days that are long and careless and free,
Pounding along through tho open sea,
With spinnaker set and running free
Yes, thla Is the month for me.
And this Is the ship that was meant for me,
Yes, this is tho ship for me!
Trim and slender from topmast to keel;
Swift and steady and ready to feel
The slightest touch of my hand on the
w heel
O, this Is the ship for me.
And Jim Is the mate that was meant for
me,
Yes, Jim Is the mate for me!
Ho smokes his pipe and he spits to lee.
Ho seldom speaks and we never agree,
But all the same he's the niatc for me
O, Jim Is the mate for me'
II. TARR BELL.
The Third Fridav in October
We havo been thinking again about that
speech wo have to make on the third Fri
day In October.
We have a dim and uneasy feeling that
the man who booked us for the occasion
expects us to be light, chafllsh nnd nmus
lng. That is sad. for it is so hard to be
buoyant and cheeiv It requires terrible,
concentiated. nusteio thought Whereas
we can be solemn and serious with com
parativelv little effoit
We understand that tho following sub
ject has been assigned to us: "Is the
Kaiser Conscious of Ills Sins?' Thoso who
have nnj data on tho subject will do us a
aor bv forwarding tame to the office of
the Chaffing Dish, Sulto 6C6.
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Do Prussian Officers Do This?
Afr. Charles C. Hell, of BoomlUc, tells us
the fol'oulm anecdote of the Civil H'nr.
Wr uondcr whether 1'rusiian officers eter
act as Mr. llell'i commander did? lie uas
Captain Julius Somhait, of Itoonville, who
died last vcat at the age of nearly ninety:
It was n very cold winter night In the
last j ear of the Civil War. The writer
stood the midnight watch at post head
quarters. Then at the age of less than
seventeen jears, and having been exposed
a great deal to cold, oolng escorting and
scouting dutj, I suffered frequentlv with
toothache and frosted feet, especiallj on
that cold night while on guard duty. The
commander of the post, in passing by,
seemed to have noticed my discomfort and
pain, and, halting, he Inquired of my
trouble. Looking at me for a moment with
that kind and compassionate look so nat
ural with him, ho said, 'Charley, give me
that gun, while jou roll up In jonder
blankets, get warm and go to sleep, and
I will do jour guard time for jou." I at
first refused, repljlng "If I do that I
will be reported In the morning and pun
ished" He replied, while reaching for my
title, "Well, If they report jou, don't that
report have to be made to me?" Without
another word I accepted the commander's
suggestion, I rolled up in the blankets, got
wnrm and fell asleep
More than fifty jears have passed since
this incident. I have met with many per
sons In different parts of the world, but
nono with a kinder nature. Perhaps none
except those with actual war experiences
can fully appreciate this act of kindness,
but to me it has ever been a cherished
Incident in my life, and an example and
Inspiration for good. Whllo he knew no
fear In his line of dutj", he always was
considerate and humane
CHARLES C. BELL.
A Smoker's Lament
When I haughtily produce my best cigar,
(And I alwaj's smoke the flntst that there
are)
Some one's sure to sniff and spot It
Always some one to bojeott It:
"What a rum one! Must have got It
From a bar!"
When I daintily bring forth a cigarette
And (to try to show a bit of etiquette)
I sajF, "May I smoke a little?"
They don't care .one Jot or tittle;
Some one's Bure to spring that: "It'll
Get you jet!"
And when I fall back humbly on my pipe,
And have It clutched serenely In my gripe,
With its fragrant Incense rising,
What Is. there so agonizing
As to hear that criticizing:
"My! That's ripe!"
C. H. A. F.
That tragic event that will occur In De
cember 1 we cannot bring ourself to
name it shall we call It passing the
bock? SOCRATES.
There Is a tjpe of
Yea: Wei Know lllm American who, since
the time arrived for
small personal sacrifices, has found life one
endless round of displeasure.
Too many of the Democrats out of office
who are eager "to support the President"
would have to have the President to support
them.
It Is Indisputable that as our enthusiastic
troops sail for Europe in Increasing num
bers they go Into more transports than ever.
Cashless political campaigns are becom
ing the fashion )n New Jersey. It Isn't plain
whether this Is due to v lrtue or war economy,
, Maine's unparalleled silence concerning
alcoholic lsju.es in h.u- fail political campaign
itfgeat mat mum, not, rum, was thawor.
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THERE MUST BE
Helping Hindenburg
By an Amateur Strategist
THE time seems appropriate to look back
over the last eight weeks and recapitulate
the persuasive arguments by which Foch haH
been convincing tho Kaiser that Paris Is not
worth visiting after all
Abcmt the middle of Jul', In spite of tho
fact that Hindenburg had been solldlj
checked along the Marne, at tho Montdldlei
bpearhead and at the suburbs of Arras, thero
was reasonable ground for grave uneasiness.
Germanj' had loudly proclaimed a "Frlcdcn
sturin," or Storm of Peace, which was to bo
another terrific assault comparable to that
of March and April. .This was to be tho final
ciushing stroke which would bring a htrong
German peace Tho German public was
uiged to believe that paper garments and a
diet ct turnips were wholesome In hot
weather, and bj- tho approach of frost all
would bo altered. At the same time Ger
main" sent out repeated rumors that Hlnden
buig was dead, and, now that his gentle nnd
pacific personality was kaput, tho Allies
might look for a taste of real ferocity.
The Germans were trying to encircle
Rhelms, as the Crown Prince was said to be
short 6f champagne They were only forty
five miles from Paris '
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N JULY 18, a date as memorable as
March 21, Foch counterattacked with
French and American troops South of
Rhelms and between Solssons and Chateau
Thierry were the first Jumplng-off points,
and It did not take tho German command
long to realize that the psychology of tho
campaign had altered. Tho Second Battle
of tho Marne, as hlBtory will probably call
It, contained all tho drama and color of
retributive Justice that satisfies the human
conscience. Never In human history will
potts And a more deeply thrilling theme than
the turn of the battle fortunes In the trough
of tho same river where tho happiness of
civilization had hung trembling nearly four
ears before Philadelphia will not forget
the tolling of the bell at Independence Hall
on July 19.
By tho 4th of August the Germans had
been driven back to the lino of the Vesle.
and even Ludcndcrff admitted to Berlin that
"certain strategical regroupings" had taken
place. The "pocket" below Solssops and
Rhelms had been w Ipcd out.
IT WAS soon evident to observers that
Foch's plans, carefully and patiently pre
pared, were systematic, effective and pos
sessed a certain psychologic aspect discon
certing to the enemy. Instead of a brute
onslaught at one given point he delivered
quick, telling blows at varying sections all
along the line Military critics' have been
sajing that Foch's theory of the art of war
Is the Imposition upon the enemy of the
will to be licked In some curious and still
unexplained way It soon came to be appar
ent that In the contest of wills the Trench
commander held the greater strength.
Having reached the line of the Vesle, there
was a brief lull Phlladelphlans were as
much concerned about the heat as about any
thing else, which had reached the unparal
leled figure of 10G degrees on the afternoon
of August 7. Then on the morning of the
8th came dramatic news. The attack had
been taken up by Halg. At dawn that morn
lng. a foggy day with a white ground mist,
tho British struck east of Amiens, from Mor
lancourt to Moreull, supported by the French
farther south. After a three-minute "crash
barrage" the British Infantry pushed for
ward following their whippet tanks, two com
panies of which had been secretly got across
the Luce River during tho night. This ad
vance was reported by Halg at 10:15 that
morning aB "progressing satisfactorily."
When Halg speaks In that accent It means
much. The attack was of particular interest
not only on account of the extraordinary suc
cess of the small tanks, but also In the work
of the bombing planes, which, flying very
low, dropped smoke bombs In front of the
tanks to conceal their advance. It was In
thla nctlon that a German general was said
to have been closely pursued by an audacious
whippet with little sense of the dignity of
Hun commanders- One correspondent ax
the front says that the secret concentration
of .these whippets, unknown to tv enemy, la
an Intarafctlns? fitorv thct CAtitu ?aa' tk tnlal
tins; story that cann
b. told
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AN XWlOL ERROR IF
Change His Mind
(unllko most military experts) wo do not
know It.
THE story of the month from that foggj
morning will fill many volumes In future
history Tho Impressive featmo that out
.stands If, the calm, resolute and oiderjv efll
cacy of Toch's strategv Of the tactical
problems, only those Intimate with tiro ter
rain ma be permitted to apeak In general,
it may be pointed out that tae British be
tween Arras and Albert wire over the water
shed, and had downward going toward Doual
nnd Cambral ; against which must ba said
that the enemy will undoubtedly stand as
lone as possible befuie thesi two town,
which form the ball-bearing of all his north
ern wing Tho Trench, fighting up the
valley of the Olse, had serious dllllcultles of
contour to meet, but tho rapid advance of
Halg's men upon Bapaume and Peronne made
It necesxary for Hindenburg to evacuate tho
Montdldler elbow swiftly. Such are the ad
vantages of successful unified command Tho
Ueii'taiis clung desperately to the "massif"
of Lasslgny and Thlocouit, which covered
their kej stone position at Nojon. Lasslgny
and Noj on were the hinges that linked them
with tho Alsno and Allette valleys. Once
these wero lost, l.aon and tho Gobain high
land became the axlo of their wheel
IT CANNOT be Insisted too strongl that
(barring unforeseen developments) the last
month may havo totally changed the aspect
of the war. The British, bursting through
tho Wotan switch from Drocourt to Queant,
have menaced tho Joints of tho whole north
ern arch. Hlndenburg's great angle below
Laonj Is now In doubt because of Foch's
secrecy as to his disposition of the large
American forces, which are practically intact
under Pershing In readiness for a decisive
blow. The Immense German bulge which ran
from Arras through Montdldler and back to
Solssons has been entirely emptied The
maximum advanco has been nearly thirty
flvo miles; and even in tho Ypres-Bethuno
salient the enemy has had to give ground to
the extent of ten miles Almost everywhere
the old Hindenburg line has been regained ;
toward Cambral It has been shattered.
"ITTHETHER Hindenburg can stand through
VV the autumn on tho line of Cambral-St.
Quentln-Laon U now the critical question
La Fere and Laon form a valuable pivot for
tho German: but Mangln Is now so close to
La Fere and Anlzy that Laon may be out
flanked In the course of the next week or ten
days. In the meantime one may expect some
neavy EtroKe by Pershing's men toward Rethel
or Vouglera, east of Rhelms, which would as
sist the French movements farther north It
should bo pointed out that, owing to the bends
of the Alsne and Meuse, an advanco between
Rhelms and Verdun would bo down the
course of these streams. And the finest fight,
lng weather of the year is still to come. If
the next two months should prove as
profitable as the past two. It would not be
Impossible to see Lille and Valenciennes back
oi the war maps.
HINDENBURG has repeatedly explained
to Berlin that he has been shortening
his line to great and congonlal advantage. It
new runs practically straight from Lens to
Tort de Conde on the Alsne, where It hinges
eastward. It Is now to be seen whether
Foch can help him shorten It to something
even shorter than a straight line a line with
ho es in It.
ONE other consideration of extreme Im
portance Is to be mentioned. General
von Ardenne, tho German military critic, has
spoken anxiously of "the suspicious move
ment between the Meuse and the Moselle."
That Is to say, Foch haa been concentrating
troops In the southern wing, bolow Verdun
toward Nancy and the Vosges. East of
Nancy, along the Marne-Rhlne Canal, Is one
alley Into Germany, East of Belfort, around
the southern spurs of the Vosges and the bal
Ion d'Alsace, Is another. In this Alsatian
sector tho Rhine Is within easy gunshot.
There Is more than one way of examining the
works of the watch on the Rhine.
"A Country Without a Man"
It Is bald the Kaiser never liked Edward
Everett Hale's "A Man Without a Country"
and proposes to change Its title In the present
war. He Is proposing the title shall be "A
Country Without a Man," and that It shall
apply to the Fatherland. The Kaiser is doing
all right. He Is sure to win In this little
artistic affair if he can keep the pawns stand
lng by r their guns long enough. El Past)
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WOMAN'S PART
KNEEL down, kneel down, je mothers;
Kneel down, ye sitters and wives.
And plead with the God of Battles
To spare your loved one's lives
Pray for your stricken sisters,
Who wait by the lonely hearth,
Whence the glow is failed and the gladness
fled,
And the light Is lost from earth
Kneel dow n, kneel don n ! for the conflict
Grown deadly nnd fierce and long,
And tho hearts of the foe arc hateful
And the aims of the foe are strong.
Yet the Tudge of the whole earth glveth
The battle to whom He will.
Weep on, je mothers If ye must weep
Till He whispers. "Pca'ce, be still!"
Kneel down, kneel down' They are thinking
This momert. perchance, of j'ou. . ,
Thev see vou bow In tho silence.
Alone 'mid the stnrllt dew.
Thej they must stand fit the cannon:
They must look to the Catling gun; ""
But the might of your prayer upholds thenv,
thore ,
Till the field Is fought and won.
Rise un, rise up. ye mothers ;
Ye sisters and wives, arise'
To the wide, ripe fields of labor
Lift up, lift up jour eyes I '
There are suffering ones by thousands f
Your ministering hands may bless,
And desolate mourners that weep alone,
Widows and. fatherless
To pray, to hope, to succor,
To comfort the sick at heart ;
This Is your field of battle.
This Is your woman's part. i
Then pray while ye toll and suffer,
Yes, weep, If weep ya will.
Till, quelling to quiet the clashing arms.
Comes the whisper, "Peace, be still!"
Lillian Levorldge, In "Over the Hills of
Home."
The Thrifty Landlord J
Rudard Kipling and several of his friend
spoke at the opening of a Y. M. C. A. hut'
In England recently. One of tho friends lr?
IrT
the course of his remarks told the following
story: - ,
"Kipling," ho said, "wrote to the landlord
of an Inn near his home pointing out that
the Inn bus had damaged a tree on his estate, t
"No notice was taken of the letter, and
again Kipling wrote. There was no reply t
to tho second letter and the author, much .
annoyed, called on the landlord and de
manded to know why his letters had been
Ignored ,
" 'Why,' said the landlord, with a cheerful ,
grin, 'I was hoping you'd send me one every
day. I sold the first to a traveler for ten
shillings and the second for a pound. They
pay a great deal better than innkeeplngl'"
What Do You Know?
QUIZ i
J. Who Is the present Kins of Sweden? n
2. What Is the meanlnc of the word nadb-ti I
S. What la a bellwether?
4, Haw many Presidents . of the United State
were burn In Virginia?
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cut, on the western coast of India.
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forces defeated those of General Custer art t ,4
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