Irt l"i t' - y a EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA', TUESDAT, OCTOBER a, 1918 .V l ' U C1 t&ehmg public HcDgcc THE EVENING TELEGRAPH s PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY Jt CtntIS If, K CtlllTIH. rsrsmrsT '. ' " I.ualngton. Vice President, John C. ifc, wun. secretarr and Treaaurrri rnmpn t oium i.- """ Williams, John J spurgron. Director! r editorial hoard Cts.cs It K. CcgTis, Chslrtnsn VAVID K. SM1LKT .Kdltor whn c. iiAim.v.. Oeneral Uuelness Manager i rubllehed d.llr at riatio lacnun Ilulldinr. t independence pquarr, t-nuaueipnia, , Lmn CssTRiL Uroad ami Chestnut Streets ' tATLlKTIO ClTI , Press lnlon (limiting gam Yosk,.. .'00 Metropolitan Tower r' BgnoiT (01 I onl HulMIng k St. Lotus 100S Kullerton Hull Unit ) Cmciao 1J02 Tribune Uulldlnc t ,f, NEWS DL'IIEACH 'V w,WiiBiori)i Tlcatio. J N. K. Cor. Pennsylvania Ave and Mth St . ' N Yogs: I)iiu The .Sim HulMIng i IivnnM nniEif ... . . I.nn Jon Tlmis M , sunscniPTio.v terms TIia !eivri Pi hi Irt l.crM.rn 1 sene! 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All rights of republication special dis patches herein arc also reientd, v Philidrlphli, Turida?, Orlohrr 1. 1911 THE SUFrit GE SPEECH rpHG President, In his appeal to the Sen ate to pas the resolution submitting to the States a suffrage nmentlent to the Con stitution, asked the Senator to substitute Ills Judgment for their own When he apoke, more than i thltd of the Senators were opposed to the resolution. Mr. Wilson announced that he nppoircd as the commander-in-chief of the army and navy and he declared that the ndop tlon of the resolution was nocessai as a war measure. In the sime wa he uled for tho passage of the draft laws for the authorization of great loans, fur tho taking oer by the Government of tho ralltoads and the telegraph and telephone lines, and for all the regulations of Industry and com merce to which we are submitting The Judgment of the 1'iesldciit has been accepted by Congiess In tho past It has loially followed the lead of the commander In chief of the mllltarj forces of the n i tlon. It may follow him In this It must not he forgotten that the adop tlon of the resolution b the Senate will not give the privilege of voting to women In the States in which they do not now enjoy It. The amendment mut be tatltled by the Legislatures of at least thirty sit States before It becomes effective over the whole nation. But the adoption of the resolution will serve notice on the world that the na tional Government Is willing to do what jVfyj-lf can to secure for the women hero the L- I -MM llArrn Trtf n h Ml, II.aI, l.n.1...... 1.... ,. 1 fighting for many ears The grade in Udgrarie at last runs up- ward. WHY THERE Is SO I.ITrLL CIIEKKIiNG AN ENGLISHMAN. wrltln' to London from ICancas Cltj Mo , professes to be surprised at the calmness with which the Americans are receiving the news of the splendid eploits of th.lr .irmies in Europe. He expected manifestations ot en thuslasm and boastful language, but he Is impressed by what he calls ou. modest j The Englishmat Is dilating with the wrong emotion We taKe the achieve ments of our men riuletlj , not because we are modest, but because we Knew what they would do before the went We tal.e the brilllanco of their attack and their determination to win as a matter of course "We sent our men to llurope to win the war. They are winning it. We knew thev would. And we aie all having '! told im so." an tpresMon which Ins never been regarded as the utterance of modest The solnr. armistice has started the bawl DRESSING UP TOR THE BIG SHOW? TJAVING perfected his stvle of lighting "-wIth troops that have refticd to turn back since their entrance Into thf wir, Uncle Sam now turns hl uttentlon to in fighting stjle. Otliclal announcement ' a been made that the quartermaster (. depju ment shall fit the uniform to the man In atead of fruitless! striving to fit the man to the uniform. The creation of a rcall "nifty" army Is thus In prostcct As this attention to mllltarv modes has but scant connection with mllltar effec tivenessthe dauntless poilus who be it back von Kluck at the Tlrst Marne corn posed the most sloppll dressed of all modern armies is it not conceivable that the American soldier is being scrupulously tailored with some new purpose In view. The melodramatic Hun Is much moved b externals. Can the War Department he counting on his emotions as tho spectator of a smart full dress parade "Under the Lindens"? It seems to have been a recreation prlpfboard which threw Major Smith v AS TO HUNS AM) SHOTGUNS fTTHE protest of German against the use of shotguns because they cause "un v necessary suffering" Is mi example of the ' most stupendous hjpocrisy of which there Us any recotd. ,' Germany has violated every agreement made among the nations to prevent un Mcassary suffering In ar suffering In Meted on civilians as well as on soldiers. She has massacred noncombatants. She has willfully destroed whola towns. She "Wented and first used poison gas. She Imls used the submarine against passeneer , Ahlp. She has bombed unfortified towns Jrem alrshlpu. She has tortured her prls- Mi-a and mutilated her civilian captives. And now she threatens reprisals upon 5 mr soldiers taken as prisoners unless ne tuft using shotguns! Can.lt be that she Is preparing for the 'when she Is to be ha.cd before the of the world charged with her crimes la saatClrVK for evidence that her uwng abhorrent THE MAYOR UNDER ARREST We Shall Soon Know Whether the Civil Service Law Means Amlliitig or Not TVTAGISTRATE CAHSON showed greater respect for the tHRtiity of the oflicc of Mayor limn wits shown by the Mnyor himself when hcvwent to the Mayor's oflicc accompanied by n con stable to serve the warrant for Mr. Smith's arrest. Tho Magistrate thus snved the city the humiliation of the spectacle of its chief executive ofllcer going through tho streets in tho custody of n constable to give bail in coutt, But he could not save the city the humiliation of the nil est of the Mnyor. This arrest, however, is but one of the mnny humiliations that have been heaped upon Philadelphia since Thomas B. Smith took the oath of office. He is accused of a misdemeanor in forcing the appointment of n political favorite to a position protected by the civil service laws. If he has been inno cent, as we hope, for the sake of the city, he may bo nblc to prove himself to be, and if he had been well advised, he would have made tin instant demand that there be a full and fair investiga tion of all tho facts connected with the case and ho would have hastened to dis close tho whole lecord. Instead he has taken refuge behind his technical rights and he apparently plans to light the in quiry with all the lesources of the law as intc'prcted by skillful counsel. His alleged offense is not uncommon in this city. Our political organisation leaders, who make the laws, have no re spect for their creations. They lnlciprct them to suit the eigencics of their po litical desues. No finer illustration of this disposition has been afforded than the announcement last spung that Sena tor Penrose, one of the Town Meeting leaders of last fall was not to be allowed to ote in the Republican primaries be cause ho had voted the Town Meeting ticket, but that all the lank nnd file of the Republicans who voted tho Town Meeting ticket would be welcome to the Republican pnmaties. And the leaders cited the law which would keep Penrose out, and made so bold as to say that it would be disregarded when it came to the littler men! What Is the civil seivicc law which the Major is charged with disicgarding? It is found in Chapter 83 of the laws of 11)06. That law provides that when there is a vacancy to bo filled by appointment in the service coveted by the statute an examination shall be held and at least four eligibles "shall" be ceitified to the appointing power. The only exception is when some one is needed at once to fill a acancy. Then a special examina tion may be given to a single candi date, who may be appointed to hold office until a list of at least four el'nibles can bo secured, from which the perma nent appointee is to be selected. Who ever violates this law is guilty of a mis demeanor. The Mayoi is ihaiged with coercing the Recreation Board into appointing the sole man on the eligible list and with inducing the Civil Service Commission to arrange such an examination as the man whom the Mayor desired to have appointed could pass. The Recreation Board protested against appointing the man and insisted that a list of four eligibles be submitted in accordance with tnc law. The protesting members wete summarily lemoved and complaisant men wete named in their place and thee new men appointed the Mayor's candi date. This is the state of facts as set forth in the affidavit on the strength of whith the wan ant for the an est of the Mayoi was issued. And this is the law which the Mayor is said to have violated. Yet his counsel is reported as saying that he is guilty of no offense which justifies tho issue of a wanant. His counsel may be right. But whether it is right or wrong, the Major is guilty of an outiageous violation of the puipose and intent of all the civil service laws because he has used tho Civil Scivice Commission in securing the appointment of a political favorite to a well-paid office. It was the intention of the law to reach just such an offense. We shall soon know whether it actually docs reach it. it is ppitinent to remember just now that the epstntlil meaning of 1--Iim la ' mr tender ' and the Turks hae alwajs been noted for their devout orthodox OCTOHFK "VCTOHKH. the month of gold and russet leafage, of sparkling sunshine nnd crstal air, enters upon her career with happier gesture than .mv of the fifty sis ters that have pieceded her since August, 19H With the ver trees tolniug tlieli foliage Into gold us more than one rhyme ster has pointed out, the Victory Loan will take the hint and roll up a tide of loal mintage With sl or eight weeks of flno lighting weather ahead, Hrtinnhildo and Krlemhllde and Alheilch und the other grandiloquent! rhrlstened defensive sys tems of the enem may go the wa of the Hlndenburg "granite block" Koch Is putting the doubt In redoubt, as the paragraphcrs will say; and the Allied plans on the western front are not like! to fade Into that "crepuscular remoteness," which Is General von Ardennes latest con tribution to tho embossed phraseology of the war. The swift dramatic capitulation of the Uuluar CVardom Bets the scene for further shifting and surprise In the Bal kan proscenium. And the Kaiser's pundits can ill afford to spend much time and energy In repairing rotten fabric In the southeast. All hall, then, to October! Month of scrapple and cider and oversubscribed loans, month of yellow and crimson leaves, month when the wisest men take their vacations, forge4naitthe blaze anil mas- I qulto bite of July and August. Tho only drawback In tho minds of some of us Is that, after having hoarded our vacations nil summer, events arc now moving with such electric swiftness that tho easeful mood has vanished. All hall to October, nnwa! In tho fortunes of a perplexed world she unrolls thirty one tlas of supremo 1m-poitance The S'ulttn of Turlirv ,Tlrnl of wbo is playing for a rationing; l.tirlfer break with Germany, find himself between the devil mill the deep ea lie thinks tint ho can get a life precrver, but he knows that tlieie aro no asbestos suits In the market. It would be lnteret I'nge Knrl Itosner lug to heir the Kai ser's opinion of selec tive frrvlce as It works out In tho Ivlid of his seared and flikle nil With his panicky rill Alms for the for funds from Berlin Je f Allah! the Turkish Sultan re. veals himself as a fln- ire rhimplnii of the caMi-and-cnrr -on s- trm. The great driving lit Washington nil not fall to be productive of tho falrct pic lure of vlctorv Todiv h quotation for the Kaiser's cal endir "i:it is east and west Is west, and never the twain shall meet" The dlrert antithesis of a Libert Bond Is the one for which the Maor li is been permitted to inter bail ' I et us pre ' has been forcibly ruled out ot tVir 1'erdlnand s liturgy fornurl dedicated to the Kalcr'H Gott. With the .Milt r In lontrol of the trunk linns lo Sofii the Hun may still rail at Inline, but no longer in Uulgatia CONFETTI We Pull Some Jaz? (Klndlv nccompiny with drum and onibals) TT J- n TS the llnd of the Ikginnlug, 'or we've learnt tho trick of v Inning, Anil the boehe'x undei pinning Starts to bui Me and to bend It's our lu l.v -eventli Inning, When the bleachers' chceis ure dinning, I'or the Hurt of tho Ueglnr.lng 'S the Beginning of the Und! The lluiiiiiiiini of the I'.ml, When the llun hat not a friend, lie hasn t cicii not a Clott Un u ho in 7ie cui depend, ml hi'll net a liutlii tlunlmi li a penatti for slnutno, for the l'.nd of the Itcptnnlng 8 the Bojlnnlng of the Und! The m in inoit eager to claim eemptlon from this new draft will be William Hohen zollern. r General I'euhlnn'i simian U said to he ' Heaicn, Hell or HoboUen by ChrUtmas," and thoughtful iltlscni of Ilabohcn may be uondcilng Just ithat Is Impliid. I iberly Limericks When McAdoo mangles jour purse, Tor a moment otir wad will feel worse, But the wound will oon heal And the coupons vou peel Wilt bu 1111 n rubber-tired heifo dovi: dl"lci:t Revied Timetable on the Berlin-Bagdad Railway Information far Commuters The management of the Birlln-Bagdad Hallwa announces the follow. tig changes of schedule, effective Immcdlatel, or sooner: Those holding commutation tickets be tween the Setblan suburbs and Constanti nople aie recommended to Inform the t stenographers that thev niav be an where fiom a week to a month lato In n aching the otllce This Is due to the suspension of direct tialn seivlce between Nlsli and Con stantinople. Train No Z1 will stop at .Msh, wlienee passpnt,eis will proceej on foot to the Iron Gate on the Danube It Is hoped that no compHlnts will be made In tcspect to this touting, lor the Fccncry on tho Danube Is prachtioll, and fora8 by hcstlle Ilumanlan natives will prevent any monoton. T'rom the Iron Gate passengers will be ferried down the liver b rafts A few Pullman and club rafts will be furnished, If poislble, for those accustomed to luxurious tiavel Vnles dispersed In the neighborhood of Bucharest, the putv will tiansfir Ht the river's mouth to Turkish dhows, even tual! (It Is hoped) arriving nt Constanti nople Howevei, those expecting to spend Christmas in that city will do well to start Immcdlatel. Passengers are offeted an alternative loute A cuav in of smoking palanquins will leave Belgrade every morning at S a. m. bound foi Montenegrin Feaports, where tiavelirs mav embark upon an Aus trlan submaiine As space on submarines Is necessarll limited, and there Is much oil machlnei. commuters will wear tar paulin overalls and limit their luggage to a toothbrush and a tork belt. In case of capture by enemy vessels, fares cannot be tefunded No return tickets sold. Commuters who llnd themselves even, tually In an llled prison camp must not write complaints to the management of the rallvvav. which cannot hold Itself re sponsible foi an fallute of Gott and Allah to make the proper connections. These ar rangements aie liable o change without notice The management feels that the wisest plan would be for commuters to break themselves of the habit of going to Con stantinople as soon as possible. .oic that the Czccho-Bloiahi Keep on advancing in Siberia, the Uolshciikl had better watch their steppes. As far as Hlndenburg Is concerned tho Argonne Is gone. Ihe crlclet uho has made himself a loud nuisance all summer pipes a little plalntiielu Just before the frost. And the llun uho complains of shotguns because they cause "unnecessary suffering" re minds us Just a little of that cricket. We said some time ago that we could see Mr. McAdoo' s handwriting on the wal let, and It occurs to us to add that his autograph will never be a rare curiosity, because almost everybody has an engraved facsimile of 1L rf. SOCRATES, THE READER'S VIEWPOINT City Myslerif J To the Kdltor of the Kicning Public Ltdatr: Sir Whv do the water carts start on their terrible voages between ten and eleven 0 clock, Just before tho theatres close and the ladles arc abrcad In their beautiful Rirments? Why do tho bridges over tho same devoted streets totitlnuo to rain for several das after J I'luvlus has ceased, also dropping their slimy contributions upon tho aforesaid beautiful garments of the aforesaid fair? (To si nothing of the toppers and the glased front of their escorts 1) In more (Ivlllsed communities, such as TImbuctoo, where tho engineers are not wise enough to put some laers of waterproofing over and between the ronerete, tho rude and ready carpenters or tinsmiths came and put roofs under the bridges. , Why are all the wagons made to unload from the rear Instead of the side, espe cially tlioe which do business between tho elevated rallroid posts and tho curb and wlij Is a colored driver of a coal tart permitted to halt us with his cart while he sings a blithesome song? Whv do the gentlemen who macerate tobicco expectorate out of tho car win dows, espeilillv against the walls of the esteemed Mibwa" it cannot be called camouflaging, though It might bo called cascading Whv do i-neercrs especially In this grlppy tlnrr prefer the alread much-occupied air to a h inclkerchlcf or, even. In Its absence a sleeve? Win do the heathen rage from one end of the hole under the City Unll to the other whenever i ear enters or departs? Don't some of em think thev might be nearer If the would stand quite still? Why dors the brave copper choose the occasion r.f holding up traffic on both sides to vllt with a friend from the country. Wh do the wood blocks on Market street erupt so often like .voung and avid Vesu vltises mid remain In eruption far longer than Vesuvius possibly could? Wh do tho gentlemen who cut trenches across tho streets, not for defense, but for gas pipes, try to conceal their villainy b lilting the nforcsild trenches with dust Whv dors the headlight fiend continue, to rave up and down Broad (and other) streu notwithstanding a carefull drawn nrdln.mie against him providing for fine and Imprisonment'' Whv ih the locomotive engineers continue to smoke nnd smoke us until Hut 1 I now a lady who Is after 'cm And liell get 'em, never feir' Whv does the tpewrlter romplaln of these weird in stories when nothing has helped to lve them since Herodotus began to bother about them? , Joii.v n-Tiinn LONG, Philadelphia, September 30 Sundav vniu'emcnt for the Men in Uniform To the I.dltor of the Hictilng Public I.ftlpn Sir s a member of the ITnltcd States navv stationed In the clt of New York, I delre to tell of tho treatment of enlisted men In tint city nnd to suggest tint a "Imltir movement bv the people ot Phlln delphti would be greatlv appreciated bv the soldiers and sailors stationed In this vicinity. During the week there are various dances nnd entertainments held In New York for the enjoyment of the mllsted men, but on Saturday and Sunday these amusements In cieitf greatly to supplv the needs of thou sands of soldiers, sallots and marines who como to the metropolis to spend thcli short week-end liberty The greatest pleasure, how over, that the enlisted men enjoy Is the entertainment given every Sunday afternoon at the Casino The atre where talented vaudeville actors volun- teei tneir services for the pleasure of the service men. Actors and actrtses from tho Keith circuit, as well as soldiers and sailors with experience on the tage, have contrib uted to tho success of thee shows, which have been In existence for approximate! a car To follow tills plan in Philadelphia would bo giving the strvlce men an opportunity of seeing refreshing entertainment during their vifek-esid llbertv, and would end them bick to camp In a far bettor frame of mind thin If thev would have spent theli timo wander ing almltslv about the streets complaining about ' nothing to do In thlB place on Sun da." C W I) , U S N. Philadelphia September 30. The Delaware lo Philadelphia A Prophecy To the I.dltor of the Ihcnlng Public I.cdgci. silr I am eomlng ti you Philadelphia, with the sunrise of your sky; r am tolling from tho ocean with new stars of silver de: I am rolling onwaid to ou with my waves ot great unrest : I am rolling on to clasp jou In my arms, there lo the west, Philadelphia. I love ou with a heart that's all ni own, I will make vou gi eater greater than our pat has ever known, In the latei wars of history I still roll on mv wa To greet vour suns at morning and our stars at set of day The oaks along m shores chant in tho roar of winter blast' Of your heroes, Philadelphia, who shine brightly from the past! Your sword shall slay the German and his blood shall spout astteam; And his ti cities of deception shall become an Idle dream"' HHNiw cry Walters, President Plant Research Institute, I.anghorne Pa , September 30. Statues to the Animate BOTH Chaunce M. Depew and the In habitants of Peekskill, N. Y, who have raised a statue in his honor, are to be con gratulated The cc-rallwa president, ex Senator and beaming banqueteer Is es peilall fortunate. Sidestepping tho du bious Jos of post-mortem honors, he may peep at his own bronze eftlgy with much the same delectable feelings aroused In a living mortal Itnpossibl privileged to read all the succulent compliments In his own obituary notice Peekskill Itself derives almost commen surate advantage.! from Its up to-date "me morial." It knows that bronze so elo quent, so dignified, so Impressive forbids betiayal of Its significance least of all by so notable a "subject" as Mr. Depew. The Incentive to be worthy of one's graven linage must necessarily be strong. Pity It Is that If the elevation of the Quay statue In Harrlsburg were Inevita ble it could not have taken place before a politically powerful I'eiinslvanla Senator had passed away. That monument per peluates a record to which amendment cannot be made. If Mr. Quay had beheld the statue In his life who knows to what acts nnd purposes warranting the honor It might have uiged him? Monuments to the living may conceiv ably be solemn stimulants. On her lot la a French cemetery Emma Calve has erected u marble image of herself as Ophelia, and that role In Thomas's opera of "Hamlet" Is acknowledged as one of the finest In the singer's repertory. That carved figure Is Irresistibly a spur to Idealism. The statue as a stolid mentor to the animate original Is a theme with possl blUtles, One can't help speculating, for Instance, on the effect on Philadelphia of a Mayor Smith In marble. .r sjHPHSWjSHHHHBVBRSyf SaWrs2j9aQiBBB9alallllllilBHSsHr i '3JW tCK,' i .imAIi JgaaEs3rsg!aaMt22K SBaaBIHaalsaaHHgsasHaSaaaaBaaaaaaaaaaaaUaVT "" -iPMimmyKtL. ? " ' !''"'" '.---'""""", , .--'JiiilJfif Miffed &S'?'Vi;f'' AMERICAN WAR POSTERS Possibilities of the Medium of Art Expression Recently Re vived to Help Loans, Shipbuilding and the Red Cross By BART Ax N EXTRAORDINARILY vivid expod- tlon of one of the most difficult aits was baldly to be expected as a b product of war. Yet that Interesting cul mlnitlon Is upon un Tho posters that nppear ever where to advertise the Liberty Loan and the Red Cioss and the aspirations of the Emergency Tleet Corporation aie notmeiel adveitlscments They lepiesent the full extent ot the progress wo have made with one tremendously potent method of Interpretation. Some of the posters ate good. Somo aren't. Tho mass of tho assembled work contributed by American nitlsts In this field Is likely to have n peiminent effect on general taste. The poster may leturn to Its old popularity, and If It does we shall have an additional grain of comfoit when the costs of tho war are summed up POSTERMAKING Is an nrt that was never greatly encouiaged In America, Consequently the postcis now being used so extensively by the Government and the war organizations are obviously the work of men aciustomed to the icstralnts ot popular Illustration. The Emergency l'leet Corporation has distributed the best of all the newer posters. This Is the ship aril picture made by Jonas Lie, a painter whose work Is familiar to any ono who Is In the habit of attending the successive shows at the Academy of the Fine Arts. Mr, Lie's plcturo Is an altogether unconventional work, filled with eneigy and as arresting In composition and color effect as a poster should be. .1 bcott Williams has made a poster almost equally forceful for the fourth Liberty Loan. It Is the familiar flguie of a heroic woman against the tumultuous background of war and march ing troops. But It Is a far more conven tional poster than Mr. Lie's. PROPERLY to understand the alms and difficulties of tho artist who would make a great poster It might be well to accept a leading hint fiom the work of men like Stelnlen and I'orain, two French dtafts men who display In all they do tho sort of skill essential to this method of expres sion. Of Stelnlen and Foraln It may bo said that they so grounded themselves In the 3rts of draftsmanship and so ardently observed life and the worjd about them that they can see .instantly be.voml dis tracting details and render In a few lines and masses the dominant, poignant or sig nificant passage of form or line that Is the heart of a picture. To be equal to this miracle a man must have first learned all that Is to be known about drawing and much about llfo Itself. Before he knows what to leave out of a picture he must know what to put In. Behind the few swift lines of a Stelnlen drawing there Is u world of knowledge and experience of knowl edge painfully and patiently acquired, tested, relieved of Its bit of truth and cast aside. The resulting work Is without a dlsti acting line or u superfluous detail, simple as a cry, startling In Its almost harsh simplicity and unforgettable. . STEINLEN, Toraln and the few other living artists who are equally as skilled are suggestive In their work of those men who, having grown very old, realize that wisdom needs but a few words and that rhetoric and metaphor and Ions vocabularies are eaMfltlal only to those I who know to know llttls of, "I'M CURED!" HALEY npilE making of a great poster Is from the begli nliu to tho end a task of cllmlnitlon. The completed woik should be a shout filled with meinlng and ade quate to attract attention above all else In Its environment. It should be an idea re duced to its elements and, If possible, noblv pit Hired Theio have been schools of post ermaklng that tended to bewildering masses of beautiful dccoiatlon, to fantasy nnd to Involved design and coloring Mucha, who flourished In Paris twenty cais ago, was tho leader of that fashion. But he did not succeed in changing the basic con victions of the rank and file of poster men, who never have departed far from a quest after the sort of expllcitness and simplicity that Is best lepiesented in the older Japanese pi hits. hi France and In England, where posters have had n consistent vogue for a genera tion, many attlsts have shown that sub tlet and tenderness tiny be lefleeted In a few lines or in simple masses. A painter will paint his subject as he sees it. The poster man will consldei that same subject for its essential lines and misses, and, like a mural pihiter, will tender these masses nlwa"s with a view to miking tluni effec tive In i elation to the border lines of his composition. The completed woik should need no explanation. It should be plainer than wotds, whethei It alms nt the sugges tion of terror or fantas. One who ob serves u group of workmen, si, will not bo aware of the buttons and buttonholes In tho plcturo as ho recalls It. He will see In re trospect only the majot lines, the masses of shadow, tho light on a hand. This la the aspect which a postei maker tiles to get Into black and white or color. TT WILL be appaient. therefore, that -- while .theio is muili good woik in the present ciop of Liberty Loin posters, much thnt Is appealing and vnluablo and even Imposing, thero aio few good postei s. Mr. Raleigh, for instance, In Ills study of tho foi lorn little ghl with tho infant unshed to hci breast, has not made a poster. He has done something more or less according to our point of view. In tho sensitive profile of that little child's face he has plctuied neither teiror nor fright, but something more subtle the ills, belief and the half sensed horror that would afillct a child under tho circumstances, which ho has suggested in the rest of the drawing. He has sounded tho cello note that other ears in Fiance have heard con stantly under the boom and crash of the war. But ou have to listen to hear It. Weie Stelnlen to have seized upon the same subject for a poster, he. being one of the few masteis of puio lino and mass alive, would luivo made his whole picture ring like a cry of desolation. There would have been nothing to take the edge off tho mean ing of tho work. His meaning would havo stood out, challenging, solitary, without any adornment. Raleigh's drawing Is full of tenderness and feeling. Rut it Is the work of a man accustomed to making Illustrations for peo pie who Insist upon being shown all the details in women's gowns and gentlemen's gloves. The work of the other poster makers for the Liberty Loan Is similarly hampered, more or less. Howard Chand ler Christy's unbelievable Columblas pale, enervated, bloodless and overdrawn show how deadly this Inhibition can be when It takes, deep and permanent root, f t, Lr $& The Turkish Trench Dog XTIGIIT held me ns 1 crawled and scram- bled near The Turkish llnc. Above, the mocking stars Silvered the curving parapet, and clear Cloud latticed beams o'erflccked the land with bars. I, crouching, lay between Tense listening armies peering through tile night. Twin glints bound b tentacles unseen. Here in the dim-shadowed light I saw him. ns a sudden movement turned His ecs toward me, glowing ejes that but ned A moment eie his snuffling muzzle found M trail; nnd then as serpents mesmerize Ho chained mo with those umelentlng eyes. That muscle-sliding ihthm, knit and bound In sparc-Ilmbcd sinmetry, those perfect jiws And softappioachlng pitter-patter paws. Nearer nnd nearer like a wolf he crept That moment had my swift revolver leapt But terror seized me, terror born of shame Brought flooding revelation. For he came As one who offers comradeship deserved. An open all of the human taee. And sniffing at my prostrate form un nerved Ho licked mv face! Geoffre.v Deai met, In "Poems." Sixteen Health Bules for Children 1 Begin the day by drinking a glass of water and drinking at least six glasses dur ng tlie da. :. ho not go to school without breakfast 3 Eat regularly three times a lay. 4. Eat slowly and chew all food well. 6 Drink milk every day four glasses are not too much 6 Eat some breakfast cereal every day. 7 Kit some vegetable besides potato every day. 8 Eat bread and butter at ever meal, dark breads are best. D. Lat some fruit every day Spend the pennie ri apples Instead of candy 10. Do not eat cand between meals, eat candy and other sweets onl at the end of a regular meal. 11 Do not drink tea or coffee; It does the bod no good but docs do It harm 1 Do not eat or touch food without first wash ing the hand 13 Do not eat fruit without (list washing It H Do not eat with a spoon or fqrk which has been used by any other peison without first washing It. IB Observe the same rule with reference to a glass or cup 16 Do not eat from the same dish with anv other person Massachusetts Com moiiw ealth. What Do You Know? QUIZ ' M 'iJj,!,"0'1'1 '"""wor ai king of Mae. 1, What Is the I'orte s. What Is baksheesh? 4. What Is the second largest fltr In Bulgaria? 0. Who Is the present Nullan of Turkey? . Intii what o leading .eels is the Mnham. medan religion divided? lue 7. Who are the Janlturlet? 8. What ritr nua the undent capita! 0f .Serbia , Who Is the king of that country? 10. Who rommansVd the Hnlonlrn armr durlnv Its long, period of Inactivity? T luting Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 '"!1,i,..Mian!!.n. '". ""nmandliir the French "nTe'r'lca'r? oVcf..1'"""""'" Jrt' ' " ",Il,tsi.-,MsPu' '.'"V ".1d "' reproach" was the characterization of the Chevalier J..A"K..1,rV,li ",'. n Illustrious FrJ"eh rauuln noted for Ills courage and chlValrr In the nara of ( harle. VIII. I o'lj xB und I run, I HI .l.t.- -tA' .V..'"..."!1 ' A ,'illiteIelh I" ,"t "onl r opinion dfe- 4. The I and of tockalgne Is an Imutnarr region of Idleness nnd lusury. It Is met2 iliorlcally und whlm.lcallr applied to thj - - - .... . niv JSO-IOSt, fhS'cItx. "" tMtd ""' tockl,?' tiSn"f 5. There lare four kingdoms In Ihe Herman Km. feSbTrg?" ' M"onjr' rl and! i Hurt 6. A holograph will Is one. wholly written br the person who signs It. the testator" 7l Thy. .dltliriitshlng characteristic of Corln. capitals carted to 'represent atantbug 8. A ruminant animal la one that chews Ita est, B. Zacharr Tailor end U. 8. (Iront were the two American 1'rcsUeota wbe fought G (as Mrilcan War. " : ra 1 .1 If v It i ;. -i H it . K n it. hJ, v .' - J V ,; - fa- y., K, I .. 'd&iJ' xt' . j ' " n . - - 'w ., --Jf -. Vs, J" :V'
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