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r?J? ?an purchase merchandise advertitied ln
.,,,,- TRIB1NE **?th aiWute ?*?*''''**?
II iunuttmtotmon rrnult* in anv eBBS TM
rglBl SEgaaraateeatafay >?>?r mmmy aaei
Ml re(1...*t >r- red tape, no quilihlmg. W e
make g?.?d promptly tf the advertl^rriees; not.
Which Are the Good Hotels?
the publk that eati we
? o ask for the fnets which thc Health
Department is getting from IU mspect.on
and hotob. lt is all ro***.
6 good work is going
on ar,<l that reforms are proprcssinp. But
- not the pablfc who pays for tbe
inepeetiOB and furn.shes the stomachs
,- ..nccined entitled to know the re
All the milk that comes into New
York is praded and labelled. Why should
not our hotels and restaurants also be
graded and labelled?
The downtrodden ultimate eonsumer is
espeeially defenccless before the hotel
m\ is set before
him?he ha* IM way of knowinp of the
freshness or dc*irahi!ity of the food until
after he has raten it, and the sanitary con
ditioni under which it is prepared are a
to him. Very soon the
h DepartmerBt will know ju.*t which
taorantl are models from a
? .rv point of view, and which are not
and don't try bo ha, W? after a wnrning
.,Cnn.l inspeetion. The department
will know. in short, exactly what the ulti?
mate eonsumer ought to know?just what
?rortci'ii-iinps of each are.
Bul at present this information ll
Mng whispered in the ear of the rcatau*
ran. keeper only?an-l no one but the
th Departntnt force will reap any
deflnite practical baneflta, except in to
reaet \. .untanly I >
the inflpectlon. Public opinion should de?
mand publieity. nnd the Board of Health
-hoiild taka aetion to require the p
of grading cards and the publication of
tha final findinga. Then the circle would
b? eonplatS and every one woald be ben.
:, __m tnaximum. The man who
his money iu the hotel eould in
telligently bestow hi* patronaga* the
keeper who is spendinir mon >v,
- ond labor tO h SUM BW_ maintam
-y conditions would be orotoeted
froin the unfair eompetition of the man
Who is running a cheap and dirty placo;
and the Health lV-partment would be made
more efticient by having the lipht of puh
Iteity Uun ed en its findinga.
The idea of prading hotel *. retail
anri food handling esUiblishments
? , a wild or djogarous tanoi
n;a, Tennessee and North l.ikdi
all done it succcssfully for year*. nn 1
?he differences in conditions between NT<*w
York and these states are such as only
make thi.* preeaution more neces-ary
- | Ul ennpt-iion. greater num
1 tr* and greater eomplexitj. Th<- I !
missioner of North Dakota, "Bn'l
Ladd, chuckles over the fact that
"he ha*n't pone to bed without a libel suit
a Single night in three y< ar.*." and he is re
after year try an ab rt and BD
preeiative public opinion. Only a public
whieh givi ' Food *'??ninns.-i'iner and
i,,,;^:!, ,,tr ? roeh ropport ean hope
? viee it otie-ht to have.
,-ner ladd not only prades hot.-ls and
. * and the like, but he puhlishcs a
? f his fimtinps yearly and di.*tributes
i, M ? poaaiMo. Why eannot Now
.;,, i wall as North Dakota?
It does not require mallcfl and murdenms
?-, to run a dirty, disoaae htfaetod
hotel. It only eertnin pre. sure,
short BPital, ipnorance and con
trihutorj on the part of the
proprietor. Evarj housawifa knows that
intell | 'nal vigilanc. and ec
MTfl the price- of a cl-BB ieebox
and a nanitary kitchen. This is under
iloniestie conditions?and with only tWO
?,r three *.r\ant* to control and wateh.
A.* wfl ondoratand lUe worUagi of our
Health I >i partment's inspeetion STflry
tjgori to insure a fair, impartial
rating. Tr, begin with. every requirement
?.tt the inspaction blank, from medical
, ard*. C ean elothes and proper wu-hromi
facilities for handhrs of food* to g?r*
bagB and refriperator requiretr.ents. reprc
? eodfl repulatioii, passed by ths
Botrd Of Health ard having thfl foiCI "r
]aw. The firal im-pectio'i earne* with lt
gi.es to thc roataorai.t
. r only as a warning and SUgg
and dttfl tune il giveti for the eorreetion i .
the evil OT OYOraight On second in?
speetion the rCSUltS are entered, and thfl
report, without the name or address ..f the
roneern, ll given to another official, who
prades it on its merits without knowledge
of it* identity or location. Another pe.
?on identilies the records and IMVM the
rating, whieh will be poor, pood or fl*
?-ellent, according to an automatic sysien
<?f pradinp the importance of the .-?
requirement*. I'nder i*uch a system
errors cannot be frequcnt and the danger
4>f real hardship altopether disappears.
The Health Department io doing a fine
wrvice in clesninp up our eating places.
J_et it give full publieity to the results snd
,\.'v consiinier of a "beat and " luACfl
eon uill become a health LtlBptCtOT Ofl W
own arciuiiit. j-iad tfl help the food work
along.
Beware the Dynamite.
Thfl failure <>f the 1-Y.lcral Iloanl oi
Mediation and ConciliaUoti ?<? scttb' tba
railway dispute lcavcs thfl tt prosonUtivcs
Orf the "Hik' I'"'"" just where they were,
before mediation 8TS8 attempted. They.
can set .ff the ".-tick of dynamite." M one
Of them ti-rmed Um strike vote. or thev can
do wliat tba nnlways have propoM'.i all
Bk>ng they can arbitrate umlcr tin.- Ni w
landa act. If thay accept tba nrttti-atiofl
propoaaJ thej arill be bound by Um Itad
ings of the arbitrators, which WOOld be|
! ased on an impartial investigation of the
hours of labor and waircs issuos.
Why should they hesitate? If their
claima Bre jual they can have n.. fear flf
the reftilt. Tho same rcjjard for "common
ilecency" which impelled th.m to con-ent to
mediation rather than to impose on tho
public nll thfl horrors of a general strike|
should imp.'l them now tO n<rcpt arbitra-,
tion acording to tbe regularly established
?ft>\.*rnmont machinery. It would bfl just,
as outrngeous. just as Bfllflafa and arl'it rary
a proceeding to eall a strike now as it would
have been a few days ago.
\ trike will indeed bfl dynamite. It
may easily destroy the men who set it off.1
Arbitration cannot fail to help them if
their cause is ju-t. Too much hesitation
will equal confession.
Everybody Satisfied.
Judge Seabury, that "anti Tammany"
Democrat- who on more than one occasion i
has received Tammany support, has ln
effect been nominated as the Democrat;:
candidate for Governor at Mr. Murphy'.-.:
Saratoga direct primary. Judge Seabury
was the choice of the "independent"
Democrat >, therefore this must bfl hailtd
as | great victory for the "better i?le
ment" of Dcmocracy. which not 80 very,
:4*taa- aga was -roing to oust Murphy. and
made several atlempts. with leaders rang
ing fr..m Mr. Conmrs. of Buffalo, to Mr.
William Church Olborn, of Dutchflfla
County and New York. Judge Seabury,
that is, has been foreed on Murphy to ju.-t
the extent that Mr. John A. Dix wn
forced on that capable politician
Tbe net result is that Democracy ha-. a
candidate for Oovernoi oatentati
woar.ng the tag of independence instead of
Murpbyiam, and Mr. Murphy and his .1
Bociatea hav? tbe real of the jobi on the
tieket. That suits both. It will al
Murphy that no particular responsibili'y:
for electing Juclgc Seabury can devolve
on him and his organization, in thii year
when Tammany men are declaril g
the eondud of the national campaign "ha*.
relieved the Democratic organization of
this state of all re.-ponsibility in the earn
i>aign thia fall."
If |fr. Wilson and the "independent-"
like this lay-out, there musl be, for once,
?i genuinely harmonioua Democracy in this
atate.
The Channel Tunnel Again.
Those who in former times advocated
the construction of a tunnel across the
Straits of Dover have found iii the prefl
ent war a suitable occasion to revive the
projeci and to fortify it with many argu-j
ments hitherto uiulreamed of. A fortnight
gjBjO ? number of Krench and English en
gineera, railway managera and Iflgialatoral
dined together al tha House of Commona
and discussed the problem at length, all
apparently agreeing thal the objectiona of
a quarter of a century ago were n<> longer
valid.
The French gueata w/i re less urgeni in
their appeal than the othera, because. as1
If. Yves c.uyot aaid, though all of hia eoon
trymi-n hoped for a Channel tunnel and
believed it to ba most da I they
felt it was a question for Knglishmen to
decidfl and had DO desire to OBfl the present
alliance as a means of bringing pressure
to bear on them. One of the j.rincipal
technica! speakers pronoimccd the on
ginacring problem oomparativaly aimple.
i There was an excellent BUbflOil of white
chalk, into which there had been infiltra
of mud, and from numerous BOUndinga
it had been pretty well established that
then- was an uninterrupted bed of "that
beautiful, ideal material" all the way
acrosa. Other apeakera dwell on the im?
mense impetus that would be impartad to
trade by the building of a tunnel, ar.d all
belittled thfl objections current when a
wlflCt committee of the Lorda aml Corn
mona nndertook to eonsider thfl matter
thirty years ago and decided that the
KhflVBfl was "not exp<'dient."
There are a good many people. however,
wh<> remember that military opinion was
.at that time overwhelmingly oppoaed to
tlie undei taking. and it will not bfl
Uflfy them that the arguments then
advanced are wholly irrelevant to-da\.
\\ laelfly, Robarta and Kitchener all re
garded it as a miataken propoaad; the Dukel
of Ca^nbridge, at thal time thfl field mar
shal commanding ln chief, apoke atrongly
Bgainal it; Admiral Sir Cooper Key. Ad?
miral Sif John Hay and moat af the lead?
ing naval authorflies af the time werCj
among thOflfl who opposed it. Admiral,
Sir AJgernon d? Horaey raealla some ofl
their obflervatlona on the occasion. The
I?uke of Cambridfa, ratnarking that Q
'many "migiit wish to puniafa our alliance
with France by thfl aflisure of D i
wrote:
"I wish to record my opinion, an
opinion shared by the abk-st of our
officers. that our only p irity
ran be found in foUowing the example
of our neighbors by creatinj** a vhm
army like theirs, an army which would
probably MltflJJ tbfl necessity of a com?
pulsory sy.-tem of universal military
service."
The an.-vier may bfl that that 8*
has already been established and that the
taking of Calaie is not so simple an enter
pli t as the Germans .upposed it to be.
But thc possibilities <.f suirprine must bo,
fiikcn into BCCOUnt, and on this head the'
late I,oi d .Wo]ifllfly :aid:
"To assert that no such operation nti
a surprise ean be clTocfed without our
ohtalning anplfl ararning of it is t<>
assume that thc general Charged with
its aei-iiniplishnient is as entirely
ignorant of the buailMM of war hs the
man must bc who makes .*ueh an a**
Miniption."
Oppoaitioa to the projeet seenrs to hnve
wrafcrnfld, yet if tho reasons then ndvaneed
were sound it is dillieult t<> see how they,
can bc t-ttorly disregnrded to-day, when
thc i*.ilation of (ireat Britain is less com?
plete than it was thirty years ago.
The Romany Flivver.
It had t.. come, of course. When youj
band the brenit of Nature with steel rails
for raahing railway trains an.l smudge
your blue air with ehininey> and factory
smoltfl and finally produce real, live flivrsrs
at |825 per flivver, f. 0. b. Detroit, yOU
muat prepare to take fhe eonsequonre*. * ??'
even with this preludc we are slow to state
fhe facts, whieh . re (to take the hill on
high) thal a rypsy earavan of flivver_ hai
been reported Bomewhere north by eaal ol
Chocoraa Mountain, state nf New Hanrip
shire.
Now. pypsies of our day nnd penera
tion are no partkular treat to any one.
They must have been better once, when
Georpc Borrow followed their wanderings
and GflorgC Merodith took tmich-me-not
women out of their camp* to praise for
pluck and loyalty. Perhaps univcr*al
hathtubs and .*oap af tive cents a cake
have shifted our pofalt of view and made
us narrowly proud of our white ukins?so
that not even a king and qucen of the
Little Epyptians enn stir us to enthusi?
asm. browned ns they are by unwashed
time. But, for thc sake of a mysterimis
past. begun nobody knows ju*t where on
thc baek of the world somewhere twixt
Kast and West, wc have consented to pay
a certain perfunctory, romantic re.*pcet to
thc children of this lost and v.-ry dirty,
tribe. In the midst of subways and eloeks '
and BOap wc have likfl to dream of being
"fevered with the sunset" and yearning
for the trail that is cwy new- pyp
i ur account.
That i- the *r_LS*Ufl romance whieh tln
tidingl from Chocorua threaten to punct
urc like a ...OOU-mile tire. Stow your b/*
coined nnd becolored kingS ar.d queens and
duke* and COUntl 'ind all their courts and
trappingl into a coup'e of flivver.*. and what
ii left of ancient wanderings and distanl
dreams. Not enouph halo to eomp'
tor thc ahsen.v of *oap, f<>r sure. N'o
wonder the thrifty folh of the Notch BM
crowding aboul in wonder and laugl
It is a humorous trapedy. Thc last, r/agUfl
remnant of *ragabondia rashos in its paat;
:hc tribe of R< i ' resiated the
blandis-unenti of cMlization for een
turies goflfl flivvering down the Hill of
Time
Better Blueberries.
Efforts to improve thc breed of blue*
berries still occupy mighty minds, wa
gather from "Th.- National Greographic]
Magazine." Thc la t we heard the cxperi
mentors had failerl: the more kindne
COrded to blueberry bushes the more they,
peaked and pined. But now science is
triuniphing a bcnevolcnt fungUS has been
diseovered on the roots whieh ean exist
only in a BOUT SOil, and thus planted, with
the aid of selection aml grafting, marvel
lous bushes have been achieved. Blue-'
berries as largfl as Concord grapee, to
wit, seven-eiphths of an inch in diameter,
arc reported. All the sour lands north,;
south and wc-; of New Jeraey an- yearning
I , become mothers of better blueberries.
There should bfl a nicniorial of thanks
from the STOall boys' lierryin' BSSOClBt-On
for thi* vast n on. tl ho eould ob
to picking a quart of blueberries a*
large as Concord grape* - bflfore beating
it to the swimminp hole! Vanishfll at ai
stroke one of the f?W objectionS to the,
otherwiae beatific existence of a barefoo.
boy with eheek of tan.
But we cannot yield an equal enthu-:
siasn* from the viewpoint <>f blueberry con
sumers. Larger, fatter bHieherries nwy
bfl better eating and apain they may not.
No StrawberriflS arc ar* wonderful as wild,
ones; t?e always regretted the inpenuity of'
man -.7hieh flducated thCM rm-y. little
berries into the mild, Bophisticated ar?
ticle of commerce and the hreakfast table.
Wild grapes likowise. And. in view of the
eonvflniencfl and aconomy of labor whieh
tl.r- larger fruit ofT.-r.*, there is no ques?
tion of whieh is dest.r.ed to -urvive. The
elever, effieier.t improvement quiekly drive
out its country rival. Blueberry pie andj
blueberry puddinp are amonp the (ov:
giories of American DOOkery. If they are
improVfld off the bill of fare by strange,
tasteless subatitatoa, be thc.*.- a* large a*
Ipumpkins, a whole nation will mourn its;
loaa.
Tbe Old Gypiy.
i n
She il tOO old to flflfl again,
The age of .kresscars yenrs and t?B|
IA an old 11 (?
, ? it* -hrivt llcd stem
i.iirk;
Children sad _??? ?
?
?
Under a roo:
And never arill, allvfl ot
And whether death eOSSSfl soon nt late.
)\?r baads . ? ? Ith g<*id i . .
Ur, every tinfjer, sarriagfl
.
For sei
llet voice i*. gentle aa a hird'fl,
And there is r-.vur in bfl! ward-,
? , ig_ with stealth she h
The pr.vate ?pee,h her people have,
goovi aell sl e\ei>
Her ?| ? ?? ? leeret, u : ber tnouth
A c nt!e and grave hypocnte;
8hl read* the heart nt age and J
?. net Sndl ' ' ? '
Ai.d tell* for money half the truth;
n her ancient soul th?re liea,
l'eep* r
The root, laid open l-lce a I
01 c_rth and ot our dflfltinj
ARTHUK SY_0X&_
CRADLE SONG.
.r. faatn I
-fteflfl Ih* Oa< IB ?l f ?" - ''? ?,'"r ''r,?-"l'n,
,,f ll." lat* Ir 1 ? fl* Rl i ? II ' I Thntnaa
!..,,!, ?, ra mm bt paMUi aa tnHarfl |
u little head of gold! 0 caii<ll<* of my hnu-"!
Thofl will guide all who tra--<i tin* country.
II.. quiot. 0 houae' An.l 0 little f-ray mice.
? bOBBfl tfl nicht in sour hidderi lairr.!
(? motha at Ih* window, fot I your win-**'
i r.isr vour .lionmjr, <> littlfl blacl guafflral
(i alarar aad 0 eaHflw, over my baa i ifl n?'
tratall
Spoak not, 0 baraaela ajaaaa, ajaiag over the
Bioaataifl heral
0 uaatataa of tho ateuBtain, thal araka a
? arljr,
Btif aat t" ala*hl nll tha sun arhitaaa ovrryou.
PADBAIC PBAR8B.
"Tobaeco."
'ftzr-tlr' )
i have Bflfln, Ib an lalaad ?*>ty,
With a fl-fl-flet, laddea larpriae,
A man ?ii.' haa eoaaa fraai tha wid<* '-a
Witli thfl wide BBB ifl hil I ?
Aad ha laaghfld, aa ;. HUla bay iaaa,
At r!1 things gTBJ BBd a '
I'l... m.ti arho uaftli hi.n7.ons
1 hflj* ii rr n..t likfl BBfl Of you,
For thfl BTll that is in them
Shiaea ap throagh laagnei <-f I> 1 *i?**?.
Am-I likfl great aaila Ib tho aaalight
Ai.- thr <,',.od thiaga that they da.)
I hav* aaaafld hiflfl on tho pavement
And hfl never knew l ha.l ."*m
Behind th* xmow of the faatoriea
l he Atlanttc'a -ft.rmy greefl
And felt the ??''?' i aa toa Devaa eoa I
Wtehfhf my body eleaa.
Bfl in tha niol-i of ihell I tt
(Like ? Bian fren tho arida i
'I be itrong reck ot tobaeco
ll..! eonifl aa a friead '" flie.
I have kaoani great peace Ifl 'I*'' evening
Such as there used to bo.
In tha ilcrp slums of liorror,
There araa ihat familiar thing.
Aad instant iata tho tra-achci
Ftk f-o.iil blufl flBBOkfl could bi ii t
Tho imwarliko Bflldfl of Knglaml
VVIwre th* *ano nan la king.
B i. F. Pranee. TIPUCA.
Home.
i Iftom 'i h- Lc** Iflfl Nfltlflfl i
I RETUIN.
Under the brown, hir.l haunted enves of thntch
Tho holl-rhocka ifl erimaon glor) baraad
Againal blaek timbera aad aid r..s;. urick,
Aad "???' the green doot la ela tarfl thick
Hung tangled peaBioa-uewera, arbefl w? re?
turned
'I ti our own thrcshold; and with hand on
latrh
Wi- sft.nd a moment in thp 88884 I |
And Iooked upon our hiuno* hs in a
? .. golden glow of "fill delight,
Togethei afl tha thrcahald ln tho
Wt tood n ? ie ng that wc two had "-ron
?? goldflfl peace ere day WBfl dono,
["hat aver glooBBj* plam aad fltarra iwepl
height
u ,? !<?.... m :,.. had won ta hoaaa ara night.
Ii CANDLE UGHT.
Where through thfl "[.on ariadow i eould fer
appor table in tha goldflfl I;t-hi
Of ta)I whita candlea bra ea glinting bright
On tho blaek gleamiag board, *nd r1
: lika gerdena of old Araby
In >our blae gOWB Bgaiaal tho wall* of white
tood adraam, nnd in tho starry night
tranpe lonolineai steal over me.
toad with your eye? upon the candlo
. ed your thick haii f-? "hnrnished
gold,
tn vtoll that aeentfld to hoM
My heart'.s loTfl rapt from mo for over
?".
. ? j-0fl stirred, and Opflfliag the door,
liitu the starry night you breathe.l my name.
WII.FKIH 6IBS0N.
The Chooiers.
i aai n si>- etetoi i
<>h y ' Pragilfl and tremuloua
Hauatei ? of the deep giadea I
Bhall I Bflfl ye again,
I'arting the leflTi l beecl id flspea
l.re ) a fifti through ?
Men hn\e said unto me:
but flying light* and lhadofl ;
Light o ? 'ii holes, cloudi ihadowing
the eoi;, ni Ida;
fl ia autumn,
Wind ihadowing tha elear pools.
But ya oriod, laaghiUfl*, tlown rho wind:
i bul shadowa, but ? rain braath.
Bo, here, rometh unto tne
ty from the rejoicmg ?ir:
Men ara hut shadow:-.! And prone about me
1 ice them, huahed and ileeping in the hut,
Madfl lOli mn and h.dy by the r.ight,
In the dead light o' the moon;
. rathfld ia thflir blankata,
1 ? epalchral i
Egypt'a aad Amu'^ K':-.- .
letWflflB thflBI are the foOtfltflPB
Of glitteriag praaencea, i Lo, one
? BB rd upon my th ,
And tha xleepers Bl r n-Mles.-ly, murmuring,
BB thl
The bright-mailed chooaara of tha
Sliall I -ce \e again, oh, flying rout
<>' thfl a hiU ! eouch .-..lent
Ib a wet hraki a' 11 i -<om,
Dark ivj arraathlng your al
Era I "tn torn from the rcabhard?
Lo, ?
'! n h.. ? -.word upon my thigh! |
Knowing BO longer that earth
, ihin.ng and -.acred.
' ng.
Youth't Consecration.
IThe
'
?-I .- I h . v ? :
in iala graa
?
? i
I to, draamflra with lifti ?
at thy command wo cnalienge
Tho mo- ? .* tflll our '?>?'? ?
?shall be the altar* of our 8BC1
Dau:.' .n,
I.uughing at deHth. berau*e within *foBth'a
? a*t
Flame lambflUt tire? of Freedom; man for
man
'tage, 0U8
oduct jrouth axult ? Life;
We are Olympian god* :r. o"r.-ciiuiii-?s;
? ?. u? i* aweel.
'v1-? ...:. Ea when 11.II sound* the
? rlfe.
Lovflra of L;:-. ???? i ? ige thoa liberty
And go tO death r .
JOHN WM ! !\M STBEETB.
-cr.'ce Battalion, Vurk?h.re and Laa
HIS MASTER'S VOICE
Th-* ' Vlaamsche Stem" ("Flemish Voice/'). a Flemish Paper. Was Bought by the Germans. Whereupon the
Whole Staff Resigned, as It No Longer Represented fts Title.
/.oiris- RaOwUtalcOfO i? "I.nnd avd Water" Kdition oi Racnuiekere Cartormn.
THE AMERICANS AT VERDUN
By ARTHUR GLEASON.
OND Al'-i 11 LE.
\ tl light fell **e started on tkfl
a 4 nf tke
bb tmb il t ser ice for
Hill 304 snd r>< id ItaB'fl Hill. It ?j? on thi..
I ,j, tbal 1 ? rdBB, the centre
of the dead' lines mSB learned how
Tiie real Verdun :s the 'S4j
?treagtk of all France. flowtag ud the main
?ing down the _ide roads nnd
.wing up? ' ? ' l! v'r
fed and arei-d by the thouiaadfl of
raatot eai "?"? lr"m for,y
,? .. by the networfc et tiny narrow
. ii ,i by tkfl boi ? ' ' Hll the
rassdowi snd fon
trains sre itrsteked
., all the flector. They look like s
ekild'l railroad. the locomotive not more than
four feet high. Tkey brask aloai hy the
rood, bi through field.* BBd gflt loat
? rf? ?? in tkfl Bsld serviee
traiaa run* along
hillside, sn i i I baek of it is a batti
? screi ?
a height of three feet. Tlie little train com.*
ekaggiag aloag full of ammunition. The SF.
tllli ry BieB yell "h tentloB," and begin Rrtag
all together. Tke train tratita till 'here seem.;
to b< .'i lull, snd
W? a-ere st.ll ta ': tron the fi
see this enginery ot wnr a. ? iBBCtaels. Ihl
I
the imtn.nM eonc :;St or-|
derl) t.imult, tkoasaadfl ot mmei iteen, ????
raU tkiBgS and men, I b| ""<" ***HI
. onuaoa parposs, sll of it elotl
? thia pro
Ight to me with trr*
I ?,. al b nemoty sf ekildl
., ? it i.mind me of'." I _ep
mg to inyseif. Now 1 I
9\ i,. r. i ' ' ?y ' ?**? ,0 *??
irt one
wu. ,h, i . . ?' July an.l the other aras the
,. eireua eamfl to town. The elreas
came while .iiiir.-r
. inpaeked thc
?; bnilt its bauss frais
the groaad np. \ t*nit
The tl ' IBIS full circle. Se-.
tha ? uns li rlsib ?
. a mile loi |
-h,and
| down
the road before ? ftsrlaB skarch ball
r'lliillipht.
A raa ild te rae of a world I
general: MHe is B gTCBt SBOCS re. ilecouldi
run a circu- ? . ' It was the per-|
. ? ' '
ard his n*/e nager
irenerald of bifl lUfl are B-COSflpliflktll|
to My they ate running one thouaand el I
.' I iv
Our l.ttle car WBfl like a carriasre dog in'
the fll ? ich it kept out of th ? I
ivelling in the centre of the
road. Tfcras-toB spon
d round aad
Ifl. Th,' boys told ? ?
tfl once pushed a huge camion
.-, aad w. sl St and
?raed, sad work
'
HMt teos w* passed out of the seas o'
tranii'ort* sad into the ahell .prinkie 1 ar.a.
. no'h
d._d as a place, lately inh
II on. Ther
mouldering <1e?h, the|
itiloei " 'resh horror. Just as
we left the villag.-. tkfl road n.rmwed down;
neck of a nan
only one stre.-im of traffic can flow through.
The young man w.th me had been hending
over hi* -teering gear. a few daya before,<
?apnel ball cut through the seat,
? the level of hi* head. If he had been
real I have killed
him. And anothe?- hullet went pait the fsce
.__ ___> __._ _.___ _,__. i 1.4. Jkni-rman K.ulU.'
? has had no'hing but luck.
"Hut don't publlsh my :ame," *aid m>
frioinl. "II ry the folk at home."
Wi- rode on tll! we had gone eighteen
milafl.
"Here i* our station."
I didn't kaow aa "<*re 'here. Our Poste
d? ""o.-ours waa .-imply ono more hole in tke
giouad, an open mouth into an invisthle m .
Biora mole hole in honevcombed
greund
We entered the -av?, and lomethlng hit
my faee. It wa* the flnp of na.king which
hung there. to i.revont any hrrht being 84H8B.
Wo walked a few atepa, hand nxtended, till
| flnp. Wo itaffwd in*o a
little round room, like the dome of an afetro-j
? rvatory. It wt* ht by lantern.j
Three itreteher bearera were sitting there,
Bfl I two chaplain*. one l'rotestanr. one Koman
-hort. en-j
ergetie man ia.the early tortiaa, with stubby
elUat Bow
nan Catholic was wh.te haired, withl
Id fel*
low wlth fa gnitjr.
These two m.n, the best of friends, live up1
'. where thfl] can
niaiatar to the wounded aa fast aa theyj
come in from the trenches. Oi one group,
rty French itrfltcbflr bearer* who have
briaging wounded from Dead Maa'a
Bill t? thia tunnel, where the Americans pick
?h.-m up, ton have been killed.
\\ e weat out Imm the ?tuffy. ov. rcrowde.l
j |n thfl Httle communicat
Defa that led rrom tha Bad CreK room
to tho road Wo wera loaking out 88*8*80,808
? no*t a man of them visible, but
thflir BB alnarjf tilling the air with color and
tound. We a-ere nol allowfld to smoke, for a
r .-I- Hgt eoald draw tire.
We were |tand<Bg on 'he ere>ft of a famo'l
hill. We saw, elOflfl by. HUl 340 and l>eadl
Maa'a Hill, two pointa of t; af tba
tiag. '? aaa tha wouaded froai
Dead Mnn's Hill for whom wo waitad. Night
. ht the American* wait there witnin
SflflBfltiBlflfl the placa ia
? | tfl attention
p ..nt*.
"I ahouldn't stand o;i'-ft\" -'if-|*ested one
of the stretcher bearer*. "The oth-r even-1
aur men had his arm blown otf
Bt the m-i'.i'h of tho
tuanfll. Hflthfloghl ? i golBig ta ?? a fljaifll
evening."
lactar liked fresh
air.
lt arafl a woaderful night of Btara, with a
boll-l:- ,f> ti* mild air and little
A aarffli I fl 9*a\ for flying.
? ? ?
b v.vre out. Search
lighta beg-m to play. I eeaated eight at
once,and niore than twenty between the hills
they ran up m paralle! lolumn*.
th-- weaterfl heaven. Sometimea
thay locatfld the nij-ht errant and played
thflir stream* on him at the or.e intcr ,
,- poir.t. Again the lighta would each
? aaarcb, Bicking
?:n and dawa tha flaaaa of the sky and
rippliag over baaka of thin white cloud.
roee b| raekata and hung *us
bering Intenaity of hght till it
i- ? ? :'ace, then slowly fell
..-rrr.au flterllghta were bwift andbnll
. ly and long contmumg.
"Nfl geod, tha Bochflfl' lighta*N said a -."ice
nut of the tunnel. A Fronch stretcher bearc
had ju?t joined us.
- rocketi di>charg*.l a dozen balls at
ometimes red, somotimes green. Then
ihe p<v - play the light*
Ahich mcrnal direction* for artillery fire.
Thev zigiagg'*d likfl a snake and again made
I'eometncal tigures. .Si.mt, of the fifty gun*.
bflhiad u.?, tired rapidly for five
minute* and thon knocked off for a smoke
From the dir. etiefl af Rill 884 heavv gun*.
ner-.ap* 220s, thundered briefly. We could
u?j.r th* .Iron of laiWfl aieiL* in tbe dutance.
'The G
tion of the village through wt Wfl yti
driven, a few toward the bfl ? r,f ?"?
V. e eould hear th. ' raxeb
'ing west and of their shells comirr* ?a?'.
itaad midwav betw-fls b* h
yet stimulat:n_ flitUBl
the pently slopinjr. inno--, I
about us tons et m.tal passed high over nt
I ?
iv-frv tfty found its man. ** th
?h. fp~ni has it, the _!.. .
"It
|| a 11 Bl If BTS were in the __ntl. ' i
vatit cavitv; there were no I -. _4
trees, nothing but di8tar.ee. anrl tkfl difltflSflfl
Blled with tii"Works. I o.ice saw Bi
rtridce garlaaded with rlresn
to me a irreat afT.iir. We ?pok* * ' I
days aftcrward. Hut hero in h B
were twenty miles of ex:-' ?
continuous performance for fonr
With our heads thrust over the tunnel ?d_s,
we stood there for four hours. 1 bfl n.ght,
the play of lights, the naked kill I
us with rt sense of something va*' a- ? I
The I'rotestant clergyman came and ttid:
"Let us go across the road to my abr "
He Ktumbled down two steps cut Ifl (\tj
and ber.t over to enter the ear?h ?? ? - 1
will lfiid you," he said, tak:nr? rr* tv th?
arm.
"Wait while I close the door," b< Bfl "*"
mti*t not show any !i?h'."
When the cave was aecurely c!e?. | m he
ilashed a pocket electric. We Wfllfl .n a room
?I out of the earth. Tkfl roof *?? Bl
lon- that my casque struck it. A cot fill*. s
third of the space. The available 3t_HfJin_
room wa? three feet bv six 'eet.
"You will faiftafl r " ?
went on, "but p!ea*e u-.' your pocket lirap:
mine is getting low and I am far away from
?tjpoliflfl. Wc can get nothing ur
lly fnend handed over The
, rr-.an fla?hed if on a photoirrtuh I ' * ?
Bgaiast a plank or' wood.
"My wife," he said; "sh. is |
girl from Bensonhur*'. I . __d
that Is my rhiId."
He turned the lijrht sraasul ,t,? Tttnrrt.
There were pages of pieture. from "Th?
Loadoa Dailj Mail" and Th- - Trib?
une. <?n* was a pieture of Gen
in a church, drinking bv fhe altar.
"I aal] this my NflB 'i ., ser," h* ei
plained, "and this is my visiting eard " From
a pile he lifted a one pa_e pr ?
which r
"Declsration Relige.
"l, the saderslgasd, beleng l
tarst reltgion. Tn eoascajBOBce bb I nform
:ng to tki Iaa sf 1*01,1 fenafll
wish: In ense af I Bfl ?' "**
the visit of a Protestant pnstor
cor of his ministry wh
T.atment at a h
af death i wish te be bai "* *-*?"
sistance af ? ."ro'eatant pantor .i
of that C'hurcn "
Space in l.-ft for the se' - '
SBSBfl. T^e little circular -
chanlflin, I'astor . chaplaiti flf th4
Division.
At I o'clock in the morning we wan li"
dered to load our car with -he i
"l-.irg caae." three "stttin_ eaies " We dll
charged them nt the hospi-ul. mi I imb!?d
into the tent at IppoCBBI. at 1 o',-' %
Quatrsi ns. M
av
?n Nfltffl ,
THI vvoi.F AT THI DOOi
fafl Russtsn traveller in the Umtf '"'
The wolf attack, caflta out h * prec!??
store.
i*r> we snrrender all that we v"'d bflflfl,
To drive back him who elamors at the de?B
THE AN'NIVKKSAKY.
With no ohsenance is my birthday set
From other times asrde.
But once each year would God I eould BBB
get!
Comes back th* night 1 died. _.._
fiCTH H_-?