New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1917, Page 6

BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8', 1917 F Britain Herald. — D mx.l::lt:xg COMPANY. M dally (Runday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., Merald Bufiding, 67 Church St. 'ed_ &t tie Post Office at New Britain Bacond Class Mail Matter. - By carrier to any part of the city 8 centr a week, 55 cents a month. for paper to be sent by mail, in advance, 60 cents a month, ar, s st e IBly profitable advertlsing medium In el Circulatlon books and press alwavs open to advertise und on sate at Hota- 42nd St and Broad- Board Walk, ford Depot. Newy Stan. New York o City, and 1 TELEPHO Office . Rooms CALLS. rial Land of Our Iove, at tattered flag vour father kissed, Fling, boy, against the gale! d join the cry that rcnds the . sky: Hail, home of freedom, hail! 1 son of peak and prairie! [Hail, lord of coast and sea! prayers and song—our lives ° belong, nd of our love, to thee! —FRED'K KNOWLES. 'ATCHMEN OF THE NATION. becial agents of the Department Tustice having unearthed a gang Inarchists in this city, New Britain bn comes into the national lime- Since the series of fires here in 1 this is our first appearance back he front pages of out-of-town Ipapers. There is no need, of for alarm. If there are more operating here the hs that uncovered the den last may be expected to do likewise the others. Eternal vigilance is tchword of twre Department of dce. Little is heard of the work- mmethods of that gallant body of Hiwho belong to the Bureau of In- figation of this Department; but; the code of the criminal might sal, “they get there just the same.” er the able direction of A, Bruce aski, chief of the Bureau of In- ligation, the special agents of the rtment of Justice have become Jirmidable working force. They are etimes confused with the Secret ice which is another and different ch of government detective work. king for no glory, but the welfare I'ncle Sam, these ‘‘silent sentinels” he night and day merit the praise entire nation. With such men iguard the people of forty-eight tes and the territorles can slumber efully and well, fortified with the rwledge that the hands of justice stretched ever toward society's same mies, 1 N ACTOR FOR ‘“ THE CAUSBE.” ‘ natural inclination and native Hlity, Dudley Field Malone is an for. It is admitted by all who know I, or who have seen him in action, t when this gallant young scion of Irish-American family went into fleld of politics the stage lost one the greatest thespians of all times. it to prove these assertions true . Malone last night sent to the dent of these United States a let- of resignation from the $12,000 a r post, collector df the port of New rk. There are, of course, other fees pposed to go with this political rth. With this letter of resignation be youthfu! politician throws down gauntlet at the feet of Woodrow lson and annoints the new cham- on of woman suffrage,—Dudley Field one. If that act in itself will not n the desired millennium for “the use,” what will? If Dudley Field alone, good-looking, stylish, daring, vable, cannot win the fight of forty foars who there left to turn the ck? Where is Cagsar? This action on the part of Democ- hey's brilliant son' will undoubtedly Ave a telling influence on the battle It may and it iay not causc the President to hasten » the sacred corridors of the Capitol Bd there and then line up the Sena- brs and plain Congressmen in favor the Federal Amendment. It may fnd it may not, we say, because the fident will probably take the outhful Malone's letter, go to sleep n it, and decide that after all this is o time to play with a ball of dyna- fte that the majority of the various tes has yet refused to touch, It as always been the President’s can- lention, regardless of what Mr. Malone ays, that the states should pass the linal verdict on this celebrated case; hat states’ rights should be preserved. ‘he President, be it understood, be- feves the same in regard to another ational movement,—prohibition. helieves in letting any amendment to he Constitution of the United States ome about in the regular prescribed is v woman's suffrage. , preferably.‘‘on the application of l the l.egislatures of two-thirds of the several Whether President Wilson, or the leading members of the Democratic party, will be willing to admit Mr. Ma- lone's contention that California “ulti- mately decided the (past) election by the votes of women” Is another and far-reaching question. The late presi- dential campaign is one which will go down in history as second only to the Hayes-Tilden campmign of 1878. Fu- ture historians will have many rea- sons to advance for the reelection of Woodrow Wilson and, of course, Cali- fornia will get its full share of the credit. In this connection though we must not overlook Vermont. Even with its four votes it lent a helping Wilson, and there was not a woman voting in the Green Mountain state. In California, with its thirteen jmportant votes, there were women Just how many Wilson and just Charles Evans hand to Woodrow voters. Woodrow voted voted for how Hughes is s many for mething that will be never fully known. With the leadership of Dudley Iield Malone to spur them on it is now possible that there cannot be faund one woman in the entire Golden State the who voted White Hou against the man in And vyet their ers picket his residence in a time when the nation is at war and do other things to divert the thought of the nation from its proper channel. He | Jven with such a gallant young leader it looks as if the women will have to wait awhile before the President per- mits himself to be lassooed into their bewitching charms. THE PEOPLE, NOT THE PURPLE. “There is," sees fit to put, as Sir Kdward Carson “a great deal of very loose and mischievous talk about peace.” There are those who, cording to the British Premier, seem to imagine that all to be done now for the Entente Allles and the United States to.conclude a treaty with Germany and the war will be Granted that such a treaty were entered into at the present mo- ment the Premier asks, “What is to come after?"” That is the serious question which bespoils all attempts to talk peace at this time. What is to come after? This is the manner in which the Brit- ish statesman formulates the reply, a question in answer to a question: “Are the nations of the world to proceed with preparations for the next conflict—to pursue their re- searches in science to the expansion of still more deadly weapons of war for destruction; to spend their resources in the creation of enormous fleets of airplanes and submarines for the destruction of un- fortified towns and the murder of the innocent women and children that in- habit them; to take advantage of the experiences gained in this war In the improvement of lethal and poisonous gases for the destruction of human- ity? And are we Yo live in daily ter- ror that at any moment another cou- flict may arise which might almost lead to the extinction of civilization itself?" This war is either one thing or the other,——it is the last great war of its kind the world will ever know, or it is but the first stepping stone to a serles of even more colossal strug- gles to come after. What has hap- pened in the past three years is all new to the human race so far as frightfulness and war go. ‘What taken place between the dates of August 4, 1914, and August 4, 1917, would, if dimly prophesied by any novelist before that period, be branded as the wildest fiction. The world 18 now so weary of war that It would like to talk peace; but can it afford to talk peace when the ultimate future is consid- ered,—that is, a peace that is any- thing short of a permanent peace? “The truth is,” continues England’s spokesman in his statement printed yesterday, “‘a treaty of peace does not necessarily secure peace in the only sense wherein it can be of any real use to ‘progress and humanity. We talk platitudes about a league of na- tions to enforce peace without con- sldering conditions essential to its but there was a league of to protect Belgium—there were solemn treaties and conventions at The Hague to apply the principles of humanity as far as possible in war ac- is over. and creation has success, nations and give effect to international law. How did these avail on the outbreak of the war That too is a fair question and one worthy of the deepest consideration. Tts answer will show In a moment just how mueh chance there is of setting up a permanent peace sched- ule so long as the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns are the persons with whom the world powers must con- On the very day that in England, pro- nounced the previous question, Gas- ton de Leval, of the Bar of Brussels, stood before the convention of the American Bar Association in session at Saratoga Springs, New York, and o clude treaties. Sir Edward Carson, told the story of three years’ German violation of ¢pvenants of The Hague Convention. These violations oc- curred during the Teutonic occupation of Belgium since the world war be- gan. And the articles of The Hague Convention with the invaders of Bel- gium applying their tions proved almost were as ‘‘seraps of paper.” Alluding to The Hague Convention, Mr. de Leval, who was the lawyer in the famous Edith Cavell case, quoted Article XLIIL Which states that the military authority when oc- an enemy country will of that country own interpreta- valucless. They now re- and cupying spect the laws make no changes unless there is an | “absolute necessity.” According to this distinguished lawyer, Who points the world at large part, “The Germans have given ‘absolute necessity’ derful extension. If a law quired by which a machine can be taken out of Belgium to be used by a German manufacturer for Do mat- ter what kind of work useful to the German empire, it is soon found an absolute necessity to empty a Belgian to replenish a German factory. If a German politician thinks that a cer- tain rule imposed on Belgium will have some political importance Germany in a quarter of a century, that rule will be established in Bel- gium by ‘absolute necessity.’ If Bel- gian courts seem too fair to the Ger- mans to be relied upon when a Ger- man interest is involved, it will be an ‘absolute necessity’ to modify the rules of those courts and to bring before a special court, made in Ger- all in which such interest is concerned.” & These things are true. The world knows they are true. Belglum protected by the covenants of The Hague Conventlon. We know how much protection Belgium really got. There was a league of nations in back of The Hague articles. And yet we have Jad three years of the worst war the world has ever known. Now, it comes down to this: If the articles of The Hague were treated so lightly by Germany when Germany deemed it an ‘‘absolute necessity” to ignore them, what would eventually happen to similar treaties, were they enacted now, if Germany at some future date saw fit to do likewise? That ques- tion delved into far enough will show the reasons for the outstanding fact in the case as it stands today. There can be no peace with the Hohen- zollerns. And Germany, as it Is known now, is the Germany of the Hohenzollerns,—not the Ggrmany of the German people. When the ( man people get around to it that the Hohenzollerns are made suh- servient to the Reichstag and not the Reichstag to the Hohenzollerns there may be some chance for the dove of peace to alight; but not until then. There is, indeed, a great deal of loose and very mischievous talk about peace. That talk not only in out something knows in a won- is to re- in many, questions was ier- and sce is being pro- England. but in It is shouted from the top of soap boxes in Piccadilly and re- echoed from nounced America. the same super-struc- tures on Broadway. It may catch a few people and turn their minds away from the business hand,— the making of the world safe, for democracy,—but it will never stay the hearts that are determined to wipe from the face of the earth all those who promote the doctrine of Might makes Right. It will never cut an inroad on those true patriots who have made up their minds to scratch from the olden books the false preachments about the Divine Right of Kings. When peace comes it will be on terms of the people, not of the purple. in George M. Landers, Connecticut's Food Conservator, in asking the Elks to conserve foodstuffs reminds them that meat is a little dear. New America. America, God's grace to thee in thig thy trial-pressed hour. Humanity- thy service is; swift indus- try thy power; ! staunch courage steeled to force thy goal; true faith in Verdict Wise; Great heart and soul unbruised and whole in gift of sacrifice. America, thy hearth-light warms a host of aliens’ hearts. Thine out-stretched arm of Liberty a gesture-hope imparts. Flare forth thy message o’er the world —at natlon’s need prove true. The flaming freedom-words unfurled on thy red, white, and blue. America, thy dawn shall rise when cannon-thunders cease,— A dawn that smiles on sacrifice; that hints of deeper peace. At drum-throb, face an iron foe which cunning weapon wields, That men may labor, songs unpraised, amongst grain-mellowed flelds. —MARJORIE HUMASON. Resemblences. (Woman's World.) Wiggins—Speaking of facial char- acteristics, do you knew that I was once taken for President Roosevelt? Biggins—And a man once mistook me for the kaiser. Diggins—That'snothing; a few weeks ago an old school chum of mine stepped up to me on the street and remarked, “Holy Moses, is that you?” i city | painstaking or Town Topic wion of Dr. T. Eben superintendent of health, is regretted by all who had ever come in contact with him, either in public or private life, and his loss to the will be a severe one, for New Britain never had a more capable, eflicient official. To fill his place capably will be a difficult task and the health board will doubt- less experience considerable trouble in finding a satisfactory successor. The salary paid to the superintendent of health in this city, $2,500 per vear, with = $600 adajtional for trans- portation, considered low, and unless the council sces fit to increase the amount, the city fi"‘f‘_ itself considerably em- ssed in getting a competent man to fill the position. \\q,enp it is con- s;dered that a man to take this po- 2 ‘::;";n \rl::ls}:a,\‘?: & graduate physiclan Practised medicine for at least two years, it may be readily seen what a low salary the city pays. Certainly any physician capable of handling such a position would be earning more than $2,500 per year in his chosen profession. 1t was only through a combination of cirqum- stances that New Britain was ever able to secure the services of Dr. teeks. Three years ago when he took charge of the heailth department, Dr. Reeks’ health was so impaired that he had been compelled to give up his practice because of the strain of at- tending to his private cases and he accepted the city office only at the earnest solicitation of Mayor G. A. Quigley and the assurance that there would be no annoying strings tied to him. That he has succeeded in the management of the health depart- ment is too well known for additional comment. Suffice it to state that than New Britain there is probably no oth- er city in the east with a better de- partment. But it is plain that had not the doctor unfortunately been in poor health, three years ago, New Britain would never have been able to secure his services at the salary mentioned. Now arises the question of his suc- cessor. The seemingly happy sugges- tion of Health Commissioncr Milton Davenport that a public health doc- tor, probably from' the Harvard school, be secured is blocked by a hapless wording of the city charter. This charter amendment having ref- erence to the health department sup- erintendent was drawn up after a careful perusal of similar paragraphs in the .charters of other cities and from the wording of the New Britain document and the Hartford charter it would appear that those drafting the amendment followed almost too close- ly the wording of the Capital City charter. The paragraph s question (Section 158) states: “The board of health shall appoint a physiclan of at least two years' practice, who shall be under control of said board and shall perform all dutfes Wl Thus it is evident at the start that no graduate public health doctor can be secured by the health board, with- out a charter change, unless such a man happens also to be a physician who has had two years' practice. Such a combination would bhe almost im- possible to find. For the information of those who are not aware of the fact it might he explained that con- nected with Harvard University is a school for public health doctors where the students are graduated with a de- gree of Ph.D. The entire course con- sists of teaching the men public health wnd sanitation and how successfully to administer the office of superin- tendent of health in any American city. To show how valuable such a training is, even to the skilled prac- titioner, it might also bhe mentioned in passing that before he assumed his duties here three years ago, Dr. Reeks himself took a short intensified course at this school. There is no question in the minds of most of those who have carefully studied the situation that the present charter is wrong in this respect. A man trained specific- ally as a public health doctor along public health lines should be just as well, if not better, qualified to take up public health work than a phy: cian who has only been a practitioner and who knows only of the individual disease cases. After coming to a city such a public health doctor, by a months’ sufvey, could apply all his theory and practical knowledge rined at college and should make a wpable man. At present this is im- possible and the health board is seem- ingly hard pressed to find a suitable man. Recks, resig is P In the criminal statutes as revised by the 1916-1917 legislature are sev- eral changes of more or less interest in thie city inasmuch as they apply to certain penalties that may be in- flicted by the local court. One new statute provides that in any offensé in which the penalty may be not more than $1,000 fine or five years in prison, or both, the local judge can, if he thinks the facts in the care war- rant a milder punishment, take juris- diction and sentence the accused to six months in jail, a fine of §200 or both,As of old the accused still has the right to appeal. Another change is that in all crimi- nal cases where the accused Is under 14 years of age, unless he is arrested in the act or upon speedy information process shall be by summons rather than by arrest unless the prosecuting authority thinks there is danger of failed to obey a similar summons pre- viously. Furthermore the statute provides that when such a youth is arrested he shall be confined in a ‘‘detention home provided by the municipality or placed in the care of a suitable per- son, such as a probation officer or charitable institution.” The meaning of this is evident. It intends to pro- tect hoys and girls under 14 yvears of age from being subpected to the stig- ma of arrest and incarceration in a policestation. Thus, it would appear that if the local police have occasion to arrest any such young people they cannot confine them at headquarters awaiting a hearing without violating the law themselves. As an added protection for the youthful offender the statute insists that all complaints against children up to eighteen years of age must he made in chambers if their offense is a first one or unless their crime is one punishable by im- prisonment or the infliction of the death penalty. For subsequent of- the court can hear the cases °n court or in chambers, as he sees fit. This new law also gives the prosecuting attorney the authority to bring criminal action by summons rather than by arrest, and provides that in the cases of the aforemen- tioned minors the judge shall keep a separate docket not open to the pub- lic unless the offense is so aggravated that the penalty must be imprison- ment or death. This, obviously, is to protect the offenders from the stigma of publicity and give them a chance to live down their past. P The police department, through its plain clothes agenoy, might do well to watch the Soidiers’ Monument more carefully possibly and arrest those offenders’ who are | committing depradations and other nuisances in the interior of the struc- ture. Ior some time the fron ‘doors have not been locked, giving the pub- lic an opportunity of entering its por- tals and reading the names of the Civil War heroes inscribed thereon, but this is being taken advantage of and must be stopped. e The coming wrestling bout in Turn- er hall on October 6, hetween Flavy 1. Benjamin, formerly of Fairview street, this clty, but more lately of Chicago, and Alva Ventres of Berlin is a revival of the athletic interest in this citv. For a number of vears athletics of the professional variety have been dead. Two or three vears ago Billy Hanna and others tried revive boxing, but several of the matches were fiascoes and there was but little interest. It has been almost a decade, however, since the wrest- ling game has been a live one here. Time there was, back in 1907 and thereabouts, when some of the bhest wrestlers of the world exhibited here. Among them were Stanislaw yszko, one time world champion, brother, Wladek, the present rywelght wrestler, and Hacken- schmidt the famous Russian Lion. Philip Bonenfant, a local boy, was also a wrestler of note, being at one time regarded as one of the best lightwelghts on the mat. On one oc- casion an hour and a half battle with Pro- fessor O'Connell, instructor at Yale and later at Cornell. Anderson of Hartford worked here and it was he who trained Alfred Swanson, a New Britain man, for his match with Harvey Parker of Brock- ton, then lightweight champion.of the world. The match .took place in Waterbury and although Parker got one fall the match was a tie as the agreement was the best two out of | three. Izzy Winters, Yale instructor, also performed here as did a score of other men of prominence in wrestling world the city a variety of promoters who “framed” their bouts and the soon lost confidence and the died out. The coming re be a zood one, however, as the boys are well known and neither has ever lost a mateh. The spirit of the drafted men in New Britain is admirable. Thus far not a single man has been found miss- ing when the time came for him to £0. The parting was not without s rifice either, bui, true to past tradi- tions, New Britain men have respond- ed nobly. .o While the women folks of the city are busy rolling bandages, knitting socks, wristlets, sweaters, etc., let the men Who are staying at home remen- Der their brethren in the field. Don't forget how much you enjoy vour after- dinner cigar, pipe or cigarette. Re- ember the soldiers’ and sailors’ tobac- co fund. Enough said. e ox During the past’ few weeks a large number of children between the ages of 14 and 16 years emploved at the local factories have been discharged owing ta the néw federal law, effective September 1, which provides that no concern manufacturing articles for in- terstate trade can employ such labor- ers more than eight hours a day or between the hours of 6 p. m. and 7 o The Herald “about town man” is un- able to verify the report that Bogg: L. K. Boggs, he of the Barbary Coast fame, is dead. Something must be the matter with him though. Maybe he has lost his facile pen. oo All roads will lead to Berlin next week, After all, there is but one fair —the Berlin fair. ‘e This is partly true. The ladies at the Wednesday afternoon sewing cir- cle of one of the churches were dis- cussing the high price of milk and one remarked that it would not bother her very much. She confessed that she uses cream in her coffee and on cereals, therefore she cared not wheth- er the milk tickets soared. P Just remember the new automobile law when approaching interesecting streets. Watch vour right side: the man on vour right has the right of way alwa . Among the other objects of beauty about the city is the attractive wooden box, surmounted with a beautiful red lantern, which occupies so conspicuous a position on the northeastern corner of Central Park, where once stood an ornamental light standard. ‘e The chilly weather of the past week has made many of us think about get- ting our winter overcoats out of ‘un- | cle’s” and exchanging summer straws for the fall and winter felts. rings on the fifteenth. more to make up vour mind, boys, whether you want a brown one, a green one, a blue one, a black one— or are you going ta economize and buy a cap. Only a week * o ox Attention of the prosecuting author- ities has been callled to the fact that although the city ordinance prohibits detective | to ! he wrestled to a draw after | The late Alfred | the | Then there came to | 1 public | The bell ( HOME READING COURSE LESSON NO. ETTING AHEAD IN Preceding lessons: 1. Honor. 2. Making Good as a Sol- dier. 3. Nine Soldierly Qualitie: 4. Getting Ready for Camp. 5. First Days in Camp. 6. Cleanli- ness in Camp. 7. Your Health. 8. Marching and Care of the Feet. 9. Equipment and Arms. 10. Recre- atio In Camp. 11. Playineg the Game. 12. Teamwork in the Army, 13. Grouping Men Into Teams. 14, The Team I.eaders. 15. Fighting Arms of the Service. 16. Staff Branches of the Service, I. 17. Staff Branches of the Service, II. 18. Army Insignia. 19. The Army System of Training. 20. Close-Or- der Drill. 21. Extended-Order Drill. 22, Guard Duty. Since regimental and company of- ficers have full responsibility for the efficiency of their teams they are giv- | en corresponding authority in pro- ;n]oting men from the ranks to posi- non-commissioned officers. tions as | For all practical purposes their | Judgment as to the men under them is regarded as final. One point as to which you may feel assured is the earnest desire of every officer to give promotion to the men who are best qualified—in other words, to select the men who have cultivated the soldierly qualities and 23. THE ARMY. Your Post of |G | In addition show capacity for further | development and for leadership. The | officers are fully as much interested in promoting men on the basis of merit as any of the men are inter- ested in securing promotion. For the officers’ own burdens are lightened and their success is increased almost in direct proportion to their ability to promote the right men. Chances For Promotion. | The first rank above private 1s | corporal. The corporal should be a real leader. He is expected to be | more familier with the various man- uals and regulations and with the du- ties of the men in the squad than are the men themselves. He is expected | also to use his influence strongly tow- | ard building up soldierly qualities | among these men. Among the qualifications which all non-commissioned officers should pos- | sess the following have been selected by one military writer as being of the first importance: . Proficiency &s guides in close-or- | der drilis, and particularly as column leaders in route marching. Aggressive leadership, drilling, marching, especial- Iy in and fight- ing. ! 3. Ability to act as instructors. 4. Thorough knowledge of the ele- ments of fleld service. 5. Thorough knowledge of interior guard duty. 6. Skill in range finding and in esti- mating distances so as to assist men in firing accurately. 7. Proficiecy in leading patrols. 8. Ability to prepare written mes- sages that are clear, complete, and concise. 9. Ability to sketch and read maps. This list will suggest some of the lines along which you should work, when- ever you have the chance. Many of the non-commissioned officers in the National. Army will be chosen, not only because of the knowledge or skill they already possess, but also FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS | Thirty datly lessons oftered to men selected for service in Na- tional Army as practical help in getting started in the right way. . No attempt is made to give binding rules or directions, the course be- ing informal in tone. These lessons are issued by the War Depart- ment which reserves right to reprint. DOING HIS BIT GERALD CREAN. “Don't Read American History, Make It,” evidently appealed tc Gerald Crean, son of Mrs. Mary T. Crean of 515 Main sireet, and ir April 1917, he was ushered into the ranks of Company I, C. N. G. Af present he is stationed with his com- pany at New Haven but if there fis& any truth to the reports which have been current for some time, he wil soon be sent overseas with his con- tingent. Crean is a brother of the well known “Jehnnic” and is popular witk his many friends and acquaintances | After graduating from St. Mary's school he attended St. Thomas' Semiys nary for three years. Fraternally he is & member of the T. A. B. society. | because they show capacity for fur- ther development and for leadership Developing Soldicrly Qualities. This question of! winning promo- tion all comes back to the question, of making yourself a thorough sol- dier, of demonstrating that you pos- sess loyalty, disciplined obedience, physical ‘fitness, intelligence, cleanli ness, cheerfulness, spirit, tenacity, and self-reliance—the nine qualitiet of a soldier. The National Army must for effective service at the front ir the shortest possible time. To ac- complish this result it’ must produce out of its own ranks men who are { fitted for promotion first to places at noncommissioned officers, either in the first contingent or more prob-« fably in later contingents. This need is your opportunity. If is an opportunity not merely for per- sonal advancement—wwhich in time of, war s a snall thing to work for— but more than that, an opportunity to render to your country the mosf effective service of which you are capable. Strive to fit yourself for the duties and responsibilities of leadership. Make yourself count to the utmost in the victorious defense of American rights and principles tc which the National Army will dew vote itself. fit itself the parking of any vehicles within 15 feet of any fire hydrant the city has taken no steps to so notify the itinerant public. Why cannot suitable warning signs be erected, not unlike the re- stricted district signs, or even zonc marks painted on the curbing fifteen feet away from each hydrant would help. The idea of the ordinance is not to secure convictions in court, but rather to prevent the blocking of the hydrants, Y . Might it not be a good idea to de- tail the motorcycle policeman some night to take a trip around some of the streets and roads of the city to ascertain how well the public is ob- serving the law in reference to having all bicycles, and other vehicles, a load of hay alone excepted, lighted at night? A few examples might in- duce some peope to believe that the law was made for a purpose. *ACTS AND FANCIES. Who would be a student of human nature should begin with himself.— Albany Journal. One way to escape injury is not to go autoing on a holiday.—Springfield Daily News. It isn't necessary to make excuses for the pacifists. They make enough of them for themselves.—Charleston News and Courier. Tt is never necessary to go out of town to study human nature. Inter- esting specimens can be found at home.—Toledo Blade. Germany says she will not give up Alsace and Lorraine. How about giv- ing ’em back? She might put it that way.-——Memphis Commercial Appeal. Concerning President Wilsonks war utterances, it may be said that the further they go, the better they get.— Toronto Mail and Etnerprise. The man who owes an apology and | refuses to offer it is the kind of chap who would take advantage of any kind of moratorium.---Philadelphia | Inquirer. RETURING THE VISIT. Americans In France Three Years Ago Were Our Lafaycttes; Per- shing Returns As Rochambeau. (New York Times). It is not. true, though it is orté: said, that General Pershing is 1t turning Lafayette's visit. He is re- turning Rochambeau’s, Lafayette's visit had already been returned. Ro- chambeau came here with an army of Frenchmen to fight for endangered American freedom; Lafayette was an individual, an enthusiastic young lover of liberty, who came here three vears earlier to place himself under ‘Washington's orders. In the days when Lafayette came over France had a kindly feeling for us, but was not yet prepared to enter the war af our side. He loved liberty well enough to fight for it three yeard before his country had come to thud decision. In the pride we take over our army in France and the American Rocham« beaun at the head of it, let us not forget the American Lafavettes. Thres years ago, like Lafayette, they heard the call of endangered liberty in an- other land and went to risk their lives for it, without waiting, as did not wait, for the slow processgs of statesmanship. The seed Lafayette sowed has yielded a harvest. Many of them have given up their lives, asg he risked his, for freedom across the ocean. All of them have longed, while they have fought under an alien flag, to see the Stars and Stripes come over to join them. All througk the war Clancy of Boston and Texag carried an American flag in his K and when he heard the news that his country had at last come up to joix him he brought .t out and carried 1! “cver the top” at Vimy Ridge ané fell wounded with it in hand. The west front is dotted with Clancys They are the men who returnec yette's visit, ‘0 serve America, my dear Gen- eral, is for me an inexpressible hay@ piness,” Lafayette wrote to Washing- ton. In the Foreign Legion. in the Lafayette cadrille, in many and many a ecommand- that steadfast loye alty and unselfish z are reproducedy . | Iet us not forget the Lafayotees.