SMART CLOTHES FOOL COPS French Police Allow a Modern "Raf fles" to Walk Calmly Past Them. A gang of young criminals, with more than fifty burglaries to their charge, is now being tried. Their mis deeds extended over a period of two years, and one of their victims was the present minister of the interior, M. Malvey. The burglars are of good families, and they made a feature of always "operating" in the most scientific man ner, with implements perfected in ac cordance with the latest thing in bur glarious art, and they were always faultlessly dressed in smart man about-town style. On one occasion, when surprised while at work in a flat, the member of the gang charged with the opera tion, escaped to the roof, crawled from there into another flat, sending a woman who was dressing there into a faint by his sudden appearance, and then calmly descended the staircase, slowly walking past half a dozen wait ing policemen who did not dream of suspecting that this well-dressed man was the burglar whom they had been sent to catch. From the house of M. Malvey the gang succeeded in making off with a large quantity of valuable silver, a part of which, curiously enough, they returned in a mysterious manner a few months afterward. —Paris Cable to the London Chronicle. TO CUT ADULT DEATH RATE Expectation of Life for Man of Forty Is Year Shorter Than It Was Decade Ago. The statement made in a recent bul letin of the New York board of health by Dr. Charles F. Bolduan that the ex pectation of life for a mau of forty was actually at least a year shorter than it was ten years ago, receives confirmation from Australia in the re port of a commission appointed to in quire into the causes of death and in validity. The Lancet (London) quotes this commission's report as saying that the principal risk of middle age is in high blood tension. The principal causes of this are found in overstrain and in chronic poisoning of the blood by foods and drinks, and from the bowels and the throat. The Lancet says the recommenda tions of the New York and the Aus tralian bodies are somewhat vague, but it welcomes a campaign against avoidable adult mortality which it says, "need not become an opportunity for the exhibition of rampant faddi ness, though risk lies in this direc tion." Palace Furnished Food. At a harvest festival held at Bishop, Ca!., the principal attraction was a great palace built of alfalfa. The city of Bishop is located in a hay-growing center, so there was ample material with which to rear the unique struc ture. Baled alfalfa —more than one thousand tons of it—was used, and a number of men were employed for sev eral weeks on the job. The palace was designed to be an exhibit half. It was 90 feet wide and 370 feet long, beautifully proportioned, with an imposing entrance and walls turreted all the way around. At night it was outlined with hundreds of elec tric lights, making a picture more charming than it presented by day. It was built around and under towering Lombardy poplars and other trees and was open to the sky, bat so arranged that all exhibits which required shade were protected. Journey Was Over. The little son of a prominent rail way man was playing with the draw ing-room chairs one afternoon when his father entered, accompanied by a man whom the child had never particu larly fancied. As the visitor took a chair the boy remonstrated, "I beg your pardon, sir, but this is a train of cars." "Very well, my lad," was the answer, "I'll be a passenger." But the youngster didn't want the grown-up for a passenger, so he said, "Where do you wish to get off?" "Cincinnati." "All right," said the boy, "this is Cincinnati." Rather Strenuous. "That new neighbor of mine told an acquaintance that I was a jabbering idiot," said Meeker, "so I started out to make him eat his words." "Good for you," said Naggsby. "And did you succeed?" "No," replied Meeker, in tones redo lent with sadness. "He proved to be one of those strenuous chaps who would rather fight than eat." Friendly Criticism. Criticus —I say, old chap, what was your idea of painting that picture of a fried egg in a hayloft? Artist—Why. you idiot, that picture represents a summer sunset in the Rocky mountains. Criticus —Well, I don't think much of the sunset, but the mountains are certainly the rockiest ever. Let Them Go to It. Visitor in Courtroom —What is this lawsuit about? Stranger—The creditors of George Bump, bankrupt, are suing his trustee in bankruptcy. Visitor in Courtroom —Are you inter ested in the case? Stranger —Not in the slightest. I'm George Bump.— Life. 'WHAT? YOU REMEMBER ME?' One Secret of Success of Well-Known New York Hotel Owner. One of the many things which have contributed to the success of the late George C. Boldt, the well-known hotel man, was his ability to remember the names of his guests. Early in his hotel experience Boldt discovered that there is no item of courtesy which pleases a guest much more than simply to be remembered, to be called by name. And so Boldt made a special effort on this point. Finding that he was rather lacking in this phase of memory, he set out to develop his mind in this direction. He found that even the simple proc ess of repeating over to himself two or three times helped tremendously. You are introduced to a man, and are apt to be looking at him so intently that you do not even hear his name when it is spoken. Boldt always made it a point to catch the name —to have it repeated if necessary. Then he said it over to himself two or three times, while associating it with the man's face and with his general appearance. He made a mental picture to himself of the way the name would look when written out. —American Magazine. TEACH YOUR SON CITIZENSHIP Few Mothers Realize Ideals of Citi zenship Carried by Sons Must Be Fostered in Childhood. It was not long after the war broke out that Queen Elizabeth of Belgium protested a little that her fourteen year-old son was in the trenches. And it was King Albert who ex plained to her gently: "I have him with me to teach him how serious a thing it is to be king." To every American mother should surely come at some time the desire to teach her son "how serious a thing it is to be a citizen." Yet how few mothers realize that the ideals of citizenship which their sons carry with them must be fostered in their boyhood days. Every time a mother teaches her son to regard the interests of the family as a whole she is teaching him to be a good citizen. And every time she teaches him that being a member of a family carries with it obligations as well as privileges she is teaching him the meaning of citizenship.—New York Evening Sun. The Great Adventure. The romance of the great towns! Do the city-bred ever thrill to it as we of the small towns? I wonder. Not vulgar bedazzlement with glitter and swirl—your minor poet or Broad way dramatist can dish up that emo tion —but the mental intoxication of guessing at the epic sweep of human destinies interwoven in these inscru table buildings, these teeming streets. I mean a glamour as of first hearing a majestic symphony, long ago learned from a piano score, performed by full orchestra; I mean those first weeks of our Great Adventure, of the sense and sound of the city drenching us with hope and dread; of lifting eyes to the upper murk shot rose-pink from the glare of boulevards; of the muffled road borne vaguely up into remote brick courts as from spring freshets thundering in deep woods oyer the cataracts of life. —Seymour Deming, in the Atlantic. Panama Fans Want League Teams. Baseball fans in the Isthmus of Panama are booming that section as an excellent location for one or more training camps for the big league teams. It is claimed the sanitary con ditions of the canal zone, under the care and direction of the army and canal officials, are excellent and that with the dry season extending from December to April the major league ball players could not find a more satisfactory location for rounding into shape for their pennant battles. Base ball is exceedingly popular there and the teams would be sure of good gates at any exhibition games that might be staged during their stay in the canal zone. Wonderful High-Speed Engines. The past few years have seen won derful strides made in the develop ment of the high-speed engine. A shorr time ago engines which would develop their maximum power at speeds in excess of 1,800 or 2.000 revo lutions per minute were marvels of scientific design and workmanship. Today we find gasoline engines pro duced in this country and abroad which not only stay together at speeds of from 3.000 to 4.000 revolutions per minute,' but which actually develop their greatest power at speeds in the neighborhood of 3,000 turns. Proof Positive. "You can't fish here," said the farri er to an angler who was gloomily making his preparations to quit the post. "Don't you see that sign. 'No Trespassing' ?" "Oh, yes. I see the sign," replied the fisherman, "but I wasn't convinced that I couldn't fish here until I had waited nearly seven hours without get ting a nibble." Misdeal. "Ah, there, Jack!" exclaimed the cal low youth as he slapped on the back another young man, who was walking just ahead of him. The young man, who proved to be a perfect stranger, turned and sr.id: "Old chap, you have evidently made a mis tical. I'm not a Jack; my name is King." ORIGIN OF KHAKI EXPLAINED Dun-Colored Cloth So Widely Used for Uniforms Was Discovered by Accident. The dun-colored khaki so widely used for uniforms was discovered by an accident. For many years the Brit ish troops in India wore a cotton cloth of a greenish-brown, but it always faded when washed with soap. While talking over this defect with some British officers, a business man from England said that a fortune awaited the manufacturer of a cotton drill that would not fade. One of the officers, a young man, took the hint. When he got home he employed a skillful dyer, and the two began a sys tematic search for an olive dye that when used on cotton cloth, would not yield to soap or soda. They spent years in experiments, but without suc cuss, and had almost begun to give up hope. One day, however, they found among numerous scraps of dyed cloths one that retained its color under the most severe tests. The puzzling part of it was that this scrap had been taken from a piece of cloth which had gone through the same processes, but which had failed when tested. For a long time the experimenters tried to solve this riddle. The one bit of cloth men- tioned was the only piece that kept its i color against all attacks. Finally, by the merest chance, they hit upon the secret. The dye in which j this scrap had been dipped had re- ! mained for some time in a metal dish of a peculiar kind. This metal, in com bination with the chemicals of the dye, had furnished the very thing needed. They made the experiment with other pieces; the dye held, and their for tunes were made. WHY NOT IMITATE ANIMALS? Universal Instinct Teaches Them to Go Through Certain Exercises on First Waking. All the higher animals go through certain exercises on first awaking There seems a universal instinct which teaches that certain stretches, expan sions and breathing are necessary at tiiis time. The movements of animals j 011 awaking are yawning, deep dreath- j ing. expansion and stretching. But men rarely take such exercises. As a matter of fact, man possibly takes more time, whines more, and does less than any other animal between the moment of awaking and standing j erect. Although the stretch has been care- ! fully explained by science, few know the real meaning. The stretch ex tends the body so that the veins, where congestion is most liable to take place and where pressure of blood is weak est, are so elongated that the blood flows more easily from the arteries, where the pressure is strongest, through the veins back to the heart, and circulation is equalized and stimu lated. The yawn is similar to the stretch. The yawn is a stretch of the lungs, while the stretch is a yawn of the muscles, And both express a hunger for oxygen. The half hour between waking and rising should be freshened by thoughts of joyous things—chuck ling, laughing, stretching and yawn ing.—New York Sun. Guarding the Bank of France. There are plenty of ingenious burg lars in the world, but he would have to be a very ingenious burglar indeed who should find a way to rob the Bank of France. The measures taken for guard ing the money are of such a nature that burglary would seem to be impos sible. Every day when the money is put in to the vaults in the cellar, and before the officers leave, masons are in attend ance whose duty it is to wall up the doors with hydraulic mortar. Water is then turned on, and kept running until the cellar is flooded. A burglar would thus have to work in a diving suit, and break down a ce ment wall before he could even begiD to break into the vaults. When the of ficers arrive the next morning, the wa ter is drawn off, the masonry torn down, and the vaults opened. Hard Winters of Long Ago. Why do most people believe that the winters were more severe and were at tended by heavier snowfalls in their childhood days than they are now' The myth of the "old-fashioned win ter" is almost universal, and is another proof of "counting the hits and not the misses." Heavy snow and intense cold produce a more lasting impres sion upon the mind than open, mild j weather. We remember the excep tional weather of the past, and forget the normal weather. In some cases a change of residence accounts for this belief. Some parts of the country have a much heavier snowfall than others. In any given locality the weather conditions are usually uni form. Sure Sign. A minister, while visiting his peo ple one day in the bush, was asked to stay for dinner. While sitting down on the veranda. a little boy, about five, came round tc him, and alter talking a little while, : said: "You can't guess what we are going to have for dinner?" The minister said he would give it up. after several guesses. The little boy then said: "It's roly-poly puddin', I know, 'cos mother's only got one stocking on." — Weekly Telegraph. AOSTA, CHOSEN BY ALLIES TO RULE GREECE, COUSIN OF VICTOR EMMANUEL OF ITALY . JpdgK* '»rjfc' J&SiM ■Bfefo. rtftl i^ii : (# ■. . - H mm i|r jhlhl KM&Slflk pJtlmi ijl .a 1 ■M W . k js? WM> M I JkT MM a gyH mK MMHMMg iMMirai r^.^p Hi HD BRPH l^11 ' i i'notos by American l'ress Association It was reported in Rome that King Con- Btantine of Greece would be deposed by the allies because of his so called pro-Ger man sympathies, and the Duke of Aosta, a cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, would be placed on the Greek throne. This de cision is said to have been reached at the recent conference of the entente leaders in Rome. This action, according to report, has the full approval of the Venizelos faction and will be carried out under the leadership of the former premier. The Duke of Aosta comes of a family of kings. Victor Emmanuel 11. of Italy was his grandfather, Humbert I. of Italy was his uncle, Victor Emmanuel 111., the pres ent Italian ruler, is his first cousin. His father, Amedeo, duke of Aosta. became by election, for a short and stormy season, the king of Spain. For a number of years the dazzling vision of the Italian throne itself was held before the duke's eyes. While his cousin, the present Italian monarch, was still the prince of Naples his health became so im paired thet the duke was looked upon by Italy as the heir presumptive to the throne. That this alluring hope came to naught was a bitter disappointment to the Duchess of Aosta, it has always been said in Eu rope. The duchess was Helene of Orleans, daughter of the late Count of Paris, and was' one of the most beautiful women of the European nobility. Her wedding to the duke took place in England twenty two years ago, at a time when his pros pects Tor a crown appeared the most happy. "EARLY TO BED" OBSOLETE Benjamin Franklin's Motto Does Not Apply to Modern Life in Busi ness World. Early rising hours for students with classes at 8 a. m. are recommended in the annual report of the dean of Co lumbia. A sound and time-saving reform, maybe, for the academic world. But it reminds us that business of recent years has tended t6 begin the day later and later without, so far as can be seen, any loss of volume or effi ciency, remarks the New York Eve ning World. Time was when city stores and offices opened their doors never later than eight in the morning, but today a visitor in this city would find it hard work to transact much business before nine or even ten. We venture to say the number of New York professional men who are at their desks before ten o'clock in the morning is not half what it was a gen eration ago. Yet nobody would assert that less work is done or that braiD workers are lazier than they used tc be. The obvious explanation is, of course, that labor-saving devices, like dictophones, typewriters, index sys tems, etc., enable the modern business or professional man to use the time his father passed in pushing a pen or studying ledgers in concentrated, rap id-fire attacks upon the day's work which disposes of it in half the time. Correspondingly, the modern way is far more tiring. The tendency is to begin the day's task later and leave it earlier. Benjamin Franklin, whom we have to thank for familiar sayings that hit us hardest on the score of our late habits, rose at five, went to bed at ten and worked from seven to six. Today there would be little trouble in pre paring a goodly list of citizens as capa ble and successful as Franklin, many of whom rarely show up at their'of fices before eleven and leave for the golf links soon after three. WHEN IGNORANCE WAS BLISS How Elderly German Came to Pick the Winning Number in a Lottery. When the old Louisiana lottery was still running full blast, the barber si aujl ci' stores in most p q-ts of In the present war the duke has proven ; himself an Intrepid general. Even before Italy had entered the European struggle he had been one of the first to place him self at the command of the minister of war. He led the Italian army in its drive on Trieste in August of last year. This advance swept across the Carso plateau, and before it Gorizia fell. The Duke of Aosta is fifty-two years old. His mother was a member of the fa mous Flemish house of Merode, and from her he inherited a large fortune. A great part of his income has been cut off since the Germans occupied Belgium, in which country he owned coal mines and estates that yielded an income of 5300,000 a year. He is an enthusiastic horseman and, like his brother, the Duke of Abruzzi, has been an eager and extensive traveler. _ the "country