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News of the Week as Caught by the Camera for Readers of The Journal i V i II I I l l . . . . . . . SFIRE DESTROYS GREAT EI~DSON PLANT %.: . . 40· as , _ý ý! ý.. 4 11ýý e Photographs taken during the burning of the Edison company's big plant at West Orange, N.. The property 4u-drofyed was valued at 7,000.000. ISLE OF MARKEN FLOODED - - ? y ".. ''. ::- : " "?": .... . . The Isle of Marken, in the Zuyder Zee, known to nearly every Amerlca. i sufering from floods caused by the cutting of the dikes in Flanders of its streets is here shown, with natives rowing about in their gardena WITH THE GERMANS IN EAST PRUSSIA BEAUTIFUL CHURCH LAID IN RUINS erman soldiers grding an outpoet In Iast Prussia, near the Russian , pusln raway the time by studytnl war pictures. The lower pho- w serm un supply column making it way to the base of supplies. BEAUTIFUL CHURCH LAID IN RUINS :1* ,~Lg-,Cmw4, *~t *p t m Is GERMAN WINTER HELMETS . . .. .. These are two types of knitted hel mets adopted by the German army for the troops daring the winter. Not only are they warm, but they also cover the metal helmets so their shia ing does not aford a mark for the en emy. MAJ. DWIGHT E. AULTMAN Ian at Lover to etssre t hhe paates to m Hmmmr--------- }' J GUARDING TIIE NEUTRALITY OF HOLLAND is 4 ' '. At the frontier stations and along the Scheldt the Dutch authorities are exercising a very strict guard over all Pedestrian, vehicular and boat traffic. Such scenes as here pictured are of everyday occurrence. GERMAN BATTLESHIP BREAKS THE BLOCKADE ` ' t The German battleship Von der Tann, which is said to have broken through the blockade established in the North sea by the British fleet, and started across the Atlantic to Join the cruiser Karlsruhe. -------------------- - --- ---,,~,,,, norn sea by the British fleet, and sta -----r--------------------, HELPING THE BELGIANS Miss Mary Canfield, a society girl ef New York. wrapping up goods in "Little Belgium," a novelty shop es tablfished on Fith avenue for the pur pose of raising funds for the destitute Belgians. FRITZ KREISLER * ..'.. . Flts Krelsler, the famous violinist rhbo served in the Austrian army eari in the war and, having been wounded, has come to America. "I havet had musk chance to talk to my comstltaeats." you are wedsre ' i ktnow whetbgr to orry oa g-t. I have Just 9r gM a . . * Uled, who S r 32 GERMAN SYMPATHY FOR BELGIANS Two little Belgian war waifs, orphaned and homeless, being fed by two sympathetic warriors of the German army at an outpost near Antwerp. ONE OF JAPAN'S WARSHIPS This is the Japanese battleship Hizen, one of the best in the -adado's namy, which, with others, Is searching for German erulaers that rave bees 4ttrosyIng merehast ships In the Pacific The Wage carries tour 1" inch t es t-e ,/~ iY Thi~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~; isteJpn9 atlsi /e.Jeo h etInt, l~~' HER MAJESTY'S FUND By HARMONY WELLER. (CO')right. 4!-1.4 hy "I, .1.,('lure NewS pa t, r S"' !, t at, º Elaine looked long and wistfully at the beautiful ring lbi:e ini the palm of her hand. She had lIromised faith fully that sholltl anythin~r h:appen to her soldier biy w h lad go'ne to the front she would takel off his ring and dispose of it. 'ilt will only be a con-tant remind er of mile," he told iher at parting, "and if the battletleld clalms nm you will forget me the quic.ker without that ring." And Elaine had wept, as nearly all of the women in England had wept, when the regimnints had gone off with pipe stanl drumi pla3 ing. Jimmny Thorpe helonged to the fatlmous Illack Watch. Elaine found lher home cheerless and decided upon a trip to Ne, York. America at l;east ~as neutral, and there was littlh danger tof b.olsil,. and spies to furtlier thlie wrec'k of her al ready ra.gtd lter\ es. Two days after Elaine had sailed for neutral lands Ethel Davis was walking down Oxford street. She stopped interestedly in front of a win dow that displa.ý ed an odd assortment of jewelrv, emibroidery, paintings. In dian relics and historical gemns of all kinds. TheseI acre bIeing sold for the queen's fund, andti lany a treasure had been sent llen Ilperhapls the send er had not eVeni a shilling to offer. Ethel gazed longingly at some of the jewelry. It was one of her hob bies to collect odd bits of adornme. :. She knew that she would be helping to augment the queen's fund should she see anything in that assortment that lured her into purchasing it. When Ethel caught sight of the I beautiful ring that formed an E. her own initial. she was lost. Never had she seen a ring so comliletely desir able as that one with her birthstone set in to fortm her letter. Opals and iamonds clustered with exquisite charm made a most lovely ring. Ethel went into the shop. When she emerged her slim figure felt warm sid very much delighted with Itself. The new ring was wonderfully dainty an her hand and seemed made to adorn its new owner. A few days later she motored down to Brighton. Ethel was in the habit of driving down in her luxurious car and taking wounded soldier boys for long, bracing drives. The day that Jimmy Thorpe was lifted into the seat beside her was a most exciting one for Etl.sel. She gazed sorrowfully at the kilty, who seemed to be all bandages, and tucked the rugs about him with her own slim Ihands. "They are supposed to have done for me now," he confided, as they whirled away from the hospital. "I was reported as having been killed. My mother fainted when she found )ut I was still in the land of the liv ing. Nice reception that, wasn't it?" Ethel smiled as she listened to Jim my's loquacious tongue that had sut Ocient of the Scotch in it to charm her American ear. "My girl, too, believes me dead," he continued, "and I cannot comma iicate with her even now. Awful blow it will be to her." Ethel realised suddenly what a real ly fearful blow it would be to any girl to lose a Jimmy Thorpe. She was so th6roughly annoyed at herself for blushing that she determined to put down her chiffon veil and hide herself away from his keen blue eyes. During the process of adjusting the rail those same eye caught aight of he ring he had given Elaine and he Irew a swift breath. He was indeed aumbered among the ghosts, "Tell me," he questioned quickly, 'Just how you came by that ring--it s the one I had made for my fiancee, Elaine Harris." When Ethel had told him the whole story she flashed an indignant glaneo at Jimmy. "I don't see how any girl could wring herself to give away a rin- ander those elreumstances!" "She was only keeping her word to me." Jimmy said quietly. "You could not have made me prom. se," Ethel told him with laughter In aer eyes, "because if I hadn't loved you I most certainly would have loved :he ring. Strange that It should be my birthstone and initial-lan't it?" "Not so very strange," Jimmy Msid, 'when you think of the future-is it?" "Perhaps not," she said. Academy of Birds, On a little house in London appealrs the interesting sign, "Academy for Birdbs." and from the open windows ti summer comes a most amasing vol ume of bird-song. The "professor" is not at all particular as to the breed or value of the pupils offered. Any song-bird is eligible; terms, 50 cents for the course. The "academy" gusa antees that each pupil shall leave the establishment fully proficient to render three airs without omission and In correct time. The method of Instruction is very simple, and is said to be remarkably successful. There are three rooms, ta each of which is a phonograph whleh plays a single air. A new bird has his cage hung in room No. I until be ha learned to sing correctly the constaat ly-repeated air, and is then transferred to the second, and in time to the third room. The professors are hope ful that some day it may be possible to teach Strauss to a parrot or a Beethoven sonata to a starling. Heredity and Color Blindness. Color blindness is always Inherit ed through the mother, and never through the father. There appears to be no Instance in which a color.bliad father has traqsmltted his defect to h: children except in connection with ,. a mother who was a transmitter. Another Try. Recrluiting Offee--What's the good of coming here and eyiag - " seveateem years old! (O