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OT long before the present
war was begun (lie kaiser
attended a shooting festi
val in Switzerland during
the grand inenenvers in
that country, lie was
naturally attended by a
Swiss general, to whom
he plied his questions.
"How many men could your coun
try put in the field in a week?" in
quired the German emperor.
"About five hundred thousand." an
swered his guide, slightly exaggerating
the real number.
"What if I should come against you
with a million men?"
"In that case, your majesty," suave
ly replied the Swiss general, "we
should have to shoot twice."
This anecdote may or may not be
authentic, but it serves to show the
true military quality of the Swiss
army, which for its size and cost is
one of the finest bodies of marksmen
|n the world.
From the days of the mythical Wil
liam Tell and the apple the Swiss have
made shooting a national sport. Prob
ably no army in the world can show
so high an attainment for sharpshoot
ing as the Swiss, and during the last
three years the knowledge of this
quality no doubt has not been entirely
without effect in the preservation of
the Swiss neutrality.
Surrounded by belligerents sine*» the
war was begun in 1914, Switzc* and
has been able to maintain its moral
ity. and this despite the fact that With
in her borders are opinions that sharp
ly favor one or the other of the coun
tries at war.
While the cantons which border the
German empire are, so far as the
issues of the war go, profoundly pro
German, and while the inhabitants of
the majority of the cantons speak
nothing but German, this favor does
■not extend further than the borders
of the country. Switzerland as a
country is a neutral state, and has
refused to enter the war on either
. t, ■ preservation pu,y» a great part
in this view, no doubt, for were the
country to align itself with the cen
tral powers it would soon be overrun
from the south and west by the troops
of the allies, only too eager to find a
more direct route into the center of
Germany. On the other hand, any
attempt to ally itself with the entente
powers would result in having German
troops pour over the eastern borders in
such numbers that the little country
could not expect to escape suffering.
The part assigned her in tin» great war
has been recognized by all the bellig
erents as that of the Good Samaritan.
And there the little country stands in
the nlidst of war's alarms, serenely on
guard, but otherwise playing the
part of the neutral and the friend
of all.
One of these days there will be a
peace conference, and as almost every
civilized nation is now engaged in the
war on one side or the other, indica
tions point to _ Switzerland as being
the logical country for a round table
talk of the powers, and, furthermore,
the capital of Switzerland, Berne, un
doubtedly is the place where such
conference will be held.
Berne is one of Hit* most fascinat
ing cities in Europe. its founda
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CONDENSATIONS
Denver it is estimated that there
10.000 women who speculate in oil,
probably 500 who keep a close
,• watch on the markets,
vo crops of rice, known ns the
lg and winter crops, are raised on
ly in the Foochow district.
Pittsfield (Mass.) druggist refused
*11 a woman cough drops oil Mon
beeause he didn't know whether
were considered drugs or candy
lie did not wish to violate the law.
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tion dates lac k to Burt hold von Zah
: risen, who in the year 1291 erected
there a stronghold. Since the early
days of the fatal month of August,
1911, and especially again in the last
1 few months, it has been frequently
referred to as "The City of Diplo
I mats," for there are now more diplo
I mats, special envoys, peace apostles
! (and also spies are plentiful) in
; Berne than there ever was in any
! other city in the world. Berne has
j come to be considerd as the most prob
able place for the conference which
I will follow tiie war.
j The keen recognition that the coun
try lay in the midst of nations that
never have lived in neighborly love
made Switzerland for centuries a mili
tary country, although the conscription
law now in force does not date hack
beyond the revolution of 184S.
Even in its military relations the
country is truly democratic, because it
has no standing army, for no canton
may have more than 300 armed men
permanently ; yet It has a militia sys
tem, by which every man between the
ages of eighteen and fifty-two years
j is in one or another of the classes
j likely to be called to the colors, and
I the mere training begins when tlie
; hoys atteud school, for from the early
j age of seven the Swiss boy is taught
j to hold a rifle and to shoot it, too.
The value of the training and the
j system which has been in force in
1 Switzerland since the last military up
heaval in Europe in 1S4S was strongly
j shown when war began in August,
11914. It was Switzerland which first
mobilized her troops. She had hire ■
bodies of men on her frontiers evon
before France had mobilized complete
ly and even before the German mob
ilization, with all its perfection of effi
ciency, was accomplished.
For the next six months the forces
on her frontiers were constantly
strengthened until there are now per
haps 400,000 men of all arms defend
ing Switzerland's democracy.
I Pity for Unmarried J
When we consider the ordinary lives
of unmarried men, we must give them
j our pity, for they have deprived them
selves of anxiety, says \Y. L. George, in
Harper's Magazine. Nearly all earn
as much as they need, and nearly all,
in their isolation and purposelessness,
learn to need all that they earn.
Their work done, tlieir pockets full
enough, there is no mortgage on their
time, no compulsion ns to tlieir resi
dence, no demand that they should in
terest themselves in the occupations
or ideas of wife, or child or friend—
in anything, indeed, except themselves,
a limited field for one's interest, for
soon one can know one's seif too well,
and intimacy may breed contempt.
Marriage releases you from the un
real by giving you many real things
to think about, by satisfying your need
for association with the solid earth.
That need satisfied, your spirit is fret*
to wander in the unreal, in abstract
thought, in artistic desire, instead of
■ being bound by the continua! aspiration
i of the unmarried to the real things
j they do not possess.
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Austria's production of raw sugar
during the 1917 campaign amounted to
530,000 metric tons, or about 200.000
tons less than in 1910. Hungary's out
put is placed at 130,000 tons, ns against
200.000 tons in 1910. Prices are high
er in Hungary than in Austria.
In Auburn. N. Y., an altar of ice
was used at an outdoor service of the
Church of SS. Peter and Paul, which
was held for the purpose of demon
strating that fuel is unessential In con
nection with worship. The service also
included baptismal rites
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Swiss.
With this spirit of militarism a part
of the daily national life there is noth
ing of militarism in the attitude of the
people, because all the preparation and
system of training is purely for de
fense and not for aggression. At the
same time it is believed that the train
ing given boys and men is of the great
est service in raising the standard of
the Swiss manhood and in improving
the health of the whole population.
Nothing is wasted in this land of
thrift, and the old remark of the hum
orist that nothing escapes the Chicago
pork packer hut the squeal could not
he truthfully said of the Swiss efforts
toward efficiency. It is doubtful If
even the squeal would he wasted.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1917 has
been awarded to the international Bed
Cross committee in Geneva. This com
mittee has, since the outbreak of the
war. thanks to the Swiss and untiring
efforts of its president, Gustave Ador,
lately elected federal counselor and
chief of the political department of
the Swiss Confederation, achieved such
a remarkable and enviable success
that Switzerland today Is generally re
ferred to, as Mr. Stovall, the United
States ambassador to Switzerland,
himself said, as the "Good Samaritan."
The most remarkable of all tin* vari
ous humanitarian undertakings in the
world war, organized by this commit
tee, is the agency for prisoners of war
at Geneva. The huge amount of work
performed by this in- itution and
titer benevolent organizations in
rland is rebooted by tin* latest
out by tli" Swiss postal
authorities. This shows that since the
beginning of the war until the end of
October. 1917, 33l.772.Osi letters and
postcards and 02.210,(540 small parcels
have been taken fiver and reforwarded
to the prisoners of war of both bel
ligerent groups held in the various
countries.
Latest in Artificial Eyes.
To make an artificial eye practically
indistinguishable is the aim of a Brit
ish army surgeon who is experimenting
with a hall made of carliliage as a
substitute for a metal or glass one. A
sphere of such construction when put
in place establishes connections with
blood vessels and the surrounding tis
sues. When thus fixed in the cavity
it is supposed to bo capable of move
ment corresponding to that of a nor
mal eye and furthermore fills the space
so that there is no depression, as is in
variably the cast* where a shell is used.
Although time must yet prove the prac
ticability of the scheme, there is rea
son to expect that tin* war has brought
forth another triumph in plastie sur
gery.—Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Get Your Full Share.
Are you getting your full share ol
good out of the tilings around youl
A sunset will make an artist happy,
and a poet will draw from a common
wayside flower ''thoughts that lie too
deep for tears." t Do not lie one of the
people who having eyes see not, and
having ears hear not. Beinember that
ail things have good in them, and that
a share of it is yours.—Girl's Com
panion.
Why, the Brute!
"<41i. have you lost your dog?" ex*
claimed the visitor sympathetically.
"Why, I didn't sec anything about it
in tin* 'lost' column."
"No," replied Mrs. Leonidas \V. Van
Quentin. "My husband put it among
tin* cards of thanks."—Kansas City
Star.
Big Hat, Bigger Bill.
•*My new hat is pretty big."
"I thought so, too, but when Ï got
the hill for it it made your hut look
ime the head of a piu,"
NO SECONUABLE
This Man Has Gone Back on
Time-Honored Institution.
Event of His Youthful Days, in Which
a Parson and a Barrel Stave Fig
ured Prominently, Soured Him
Permanently.
"Wonder if that measly custom of
maltin' children wait whenever there
is company at the table is in force
anywhere in civilization today?" asked
"Dune," the barber.
"Why?" asked the customer, who
knew Dune's tailing. "That does not
concern you now, does it?" He was
about to say something else, hut the
lather was too close.
"Not directly," replied Dune, "but I
was a victim of tin* cussed tall timber
style so many times when 1 was a kid
that I never have forgotten it."
That was enough. The customer, a
regular, knew that Dune was in a rem
iniscent mood, so lie closed his eyes
and let the yarn unravel.
"I never could understand the sense
in such a fool custom. I never eared to
cat with company. In fact, I preferred
not to, as their presence interfered
with my freedom of motion. I used
to eat by the 'touch system;' that is,
I never had to look. My lather said I
was a walkin' allegory of hunger. I
have been intendin' for forty years to
find out just what he meant, but some
how I haven't had the time.
"Weil, anyway, if mother had just
given me a handout, anything in the
1 orm of food, 1 would have been willin'
to eat it in the kitchen or the wood
shod. But, no, we must wait and wait
nice. There were live of us, each one
just us empty as i always was. But
if tiie children didn't wait nice the
family wasn't in good staadin' when I
was a kid.
"The worst lickin' I ever got was for
baw lin' out a preacher when lie took
the last piece of chicken. Five of us
were on the firing line just outside the
dinin' room. I was in the first line
trench, lookin' through the crack. Af
ter that salamander had finished his
pie he said: 'Sister Beezer. you cer
tainly cook tiie best fried chickin' of
anyone I know. I'm not goin' to leave
any for manners. I'm just goin' to
take this lust piece.'
"And it was the last piece and I
knew it, for I had counted 'em from
where I stood. I had that piece set
and intended to grab it at the first
charge of the bread line which I head
ed."
"Why did he call your mother Mrs.
Beezer?" asked the customer. "Y'our
name is Duncan, isn't it?"
"Duncan McCarty Beezer," replied
Dune proudly, "that's it. Well, any
way, I let an awful yelp out of me. I
was hostile and told the preacher he
didn't have any manners to leave. I
got a wallopin' with a barrel stave,
and nothin' to cat at all, and I always
have been sore about that.
"I swore then that if ever I grew
up, got married and had children
they'd get theirs if the company had
to do on half rations. And I've kept
that oath. The four Boozers at my
house never had to wait for tlieir
chow."
Clemenceau's Way.
M. Clemenceau, in his capacity of
minister for war, is setting itis house
in order. No matter in hand of less
than first-rate importance—-and then
lie deals with it himself—is to take
more than three days to settle. It is
not a reform, it is a revolution, is
the remark of those who have experi
enced the circumlocutions, delays and
red tape of officialdom. "No longer is
the head of a department to ask for
written reports front itis subordinates
on insignificant questions, when a few
minutes' conversation would settle tiie
whole question. No longer Is pen to
he put to paper, and stacks of docu
ments collected, when a simple tele
phone call would suffice." And as
final proof that the order is griffe du
Tigre, the Tiger's own mark, it may
be added that departments are to be
subjected to supervision when least
expected, and that disregard for the
three-days' rule will result in severe
penalties for the persons concerned.—
Christian Science Monitor.
How He Got His Uniform.
He was a recruit in an aviation camp
in Texas. Uniforms were short there,
and many were forced to wear civilian
clothes. One young man. who was es
pecially resourceful, was missing from
inspection one morning.
"Where's Blank?" asked the lieuten
ant.
"In his tent, sir," replied a friend.
"He has no clothes."
The lieutenant made haste to get to
the tent.
"What are you doing here without
your clothes?" he shouted.
"I borrowed the clothes I wore down
here from a friend and promised to re
turn them. Last night I boxed them
up and sent them by express to his
home."
Needless to say the lieutenant soon
"dug up'' a uniform for the recruit.
Put Ban on Chocolate Candy.
Tin* I'aris Association of Chocolate
Manufacturers, because of tin* short
age of sugar and as the result of an
Interview with the minister of food
supply, lias decided hereafter to make
Ciily tablet chocolate and to abandon
entirely the production of the vurioui
forms of chocolate candy. It has also
requested that under these circum
stances the importation of such prod
mis be likewise prohibited.
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SUIT WITH CLOSE FITTING COAT.
There is a choice this season in the
line of the silhouette. We may dis
avow curves entirely and wear a coat
or dress that is straight from neck to
hem. or go to the other extreme and
choose a bodice or coat that is fitted
in to the figure closely, or stop any
where between these. Half way be
tween seems to be the happy medium
that Is most generally becoming. But
the possessor of a very good figure
may go even farther than the semifit
ted coat with fine effect as is attested
by the coat suit which reflects this
place of the style as shown in the pic
ture above.
This hrahl and button trimmed suit
of serge sets snugly to the body above
the waist where the lines of the coat
flow out into ripüles at the hack and
sides, but are almost straight at the
front. Parallel rows of narrow silk
braid, stitched across the sides and
back of the coat, end In a row of small
bone buttons at each side. This is a
novel placing of braid which is char
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HAT STYLES SAIL TOWARD TRIMMING
act eristic of this season. Correspond- i
lug rows of braid, endfhg in buttons j
ire placed on tiie sleev
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shawl collar and an over-collar of
washable white satin.
In order to preserve the snug lines
about tiie waist this coat is fastened (
with three buttons at the front. There i
are several ways of arriving at this
closely fitted effect by means of in
genious cutting. They are novel hut ,
not more successful than the simple j
and direct methods shown in the pic- ;
turc.
: Tho style of the skirt in this suit !
may bo taken as a criterion for the j
season. It is a straight-line model, j
fitted about .he hips, with waistline !
very slightly lalsed and it could hardly j
be simpler. These are the Ideals that j
all skirt makers seem to have in mind j
Just now.
Millinery shops are radiant with Joy- j
otis Easter hats all proclaiming that j
styles have taken a new tack and are j
sailing in the direction of bright trim- ;
tilings anil plenty of them. Flowers- are ,
sprouting all over some shapes, others !
are fully covered with foliage. Gibbons ;
are nothing if not abundant, made up j
into all kinds of fanciful and beauti- '
ful garnitures and applied in novel
ways. Ornaments, after a long, par
tial eclipse, have emerged and are
given a conspicuous place of honor in
the millinery firmament.
This return to favor of millinery
trimmings comes as a surprise, for
hats have been so meagerly ornament
ed f"* - *wo seasons, that we were about
to pronounce the obsequies over those
lovely furbelows—the flowers and
feathers and ribbons and laces and ev
erything—that seemed to have lan
guished to the point of death. There
is no telling what will come to pass
over night In the world of millinery,
for here they are again, ready to form
a joyous Easter parade proclaiming
the eternal feminine.
The three hats pictured are typical
styles. At the center is a wide-brim
med model of leghorn braid with its
crown covered with crepe. Having
gone this far last year the crown
would consider nothing more expect
ed of it. But now it is first dotted
■' ,l1 "'Z' 1 ' heads and then its auua*
, :, .v in tin. new style adds as many
tight roses of folded silk as it can cir
ri' without concealing the heads. Rose
1 tag* lies in a flat wreath about the
nm ' , U iH on " 'he hats that trim
mers class as belonging to the "bumpy"
style. Below, at the right, a poke bun
te t cevun .,1 with crept* georgette, is
f:ic ' ;,i ' vith J'wWn braid. It has a long
snsh of ribbon that wanders over the
mown and through slashes j n the brim.
lie ends loiter along their wav. which
b'mls them half the length of the tig
ore. A cluster of cherries and leaves
are Joined to the shape with chenille
stitches that are disposed to divide at
tention with them.
I he satin-covered shape at the left is
tiie simplest of the three models. Ex
cept for folds on the side-crown the
satin is put on plain. But there is
method in tills madness, the hat is
merely a foil for a large ornament of
eut crystals mock amethysts—set in
metal and elaborated with beads.
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