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ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Press Publishing Company, Noa 8 to Datty Recent Sunsey, WY ow. New York. President, 63 Park Row. soot SUSHAR Faecal, Bat ho Post econd-Class Matter. pg rs Raa Tie vent NiFer tnelens ‘and the Continent and” Countries im the ipternationsl World for the United States au ia om Canada, Year. are $8.80] One Tear. + ‘Meath. 801One Month... TIME TO THINK IT OVER. F THE President makes it plain that there nmst be no uprising there is no reason why we should not declare an armistice in as we are already maintaining it in fact. ae If we are otill sincere in our oft-professed unwillingness to go m at the expense of good sense. : pl ‘The most encouraging reports that have yet come out of Mexico hose which describe an increasing number of citizens es disgusted Hoerts’s policy of detuding them with stories of aggression end and keeping them in ignorance of the real sttitude of the States. The more such public opinion as may exist in Mexico @acouraged to reflect upon Mexican policy and mesenre Huerte ithe actual value to the nation, the more likely is mediation to pro- * along lines where this country can follow. The best condition We ertins te Marioan mind to wor und work calmly fou tase >. We started ont to chastise Huerta, not Mexico. We have gone enough to give Huertistes ami anti-Huertistes plenty to think 2 @ pause will offord partion in Merioo « chance to relly to ae wa. . * Our ctrengtti, our dility te enforce cur demands, is beyond (question. The United States ts mot going to be charged with cow- Qeonuse $8 extends ¢0 « weaker nation every chance and every ‘Pasvuragement 40 pull ftself together and ect for tts own good. % el Wetoty wil quarrel with great wealth because ft chooser tw-bo marrieé at heme tn the partor. — io SLIPPING BACK THE BOLTS. DMIRAL FLETOHER mest heve felt like an old-time Mb- erator when he broke into the “prison beneath the ere” at ‘Vere Crus and relensed from its dungeons 895 poor wretches _ {felled tor no other reasen than to force them into the Federe! Army. . A passage in Petit's Chronicle describes how, during the Moody Spent wars in the Lowlands, when Alva took Antwerp and percelled "fe the story runs, meSernised tn Mary A. Robinson's verve, when the © quldiere asked what they dhould do with the strange booty, ted Ortts, mmecret | flu Bit i 3 ih Ht { i ii it Hi Ww I dgn ot Ba Re Tat eh against Americans in Mexico and no flying in the face of peace | wer with the Mexican people, then the best we can wish them | to stady their situation without distracting alarums to inflame! BACHELOR CIRL-. HELEN RERLAND. edie to empty them fe a privilege. Many.e man rushes into a fiirtation like « lion—and comes out # shorn A man often fancies that he hae fallen in tove with a girl when he has ‘Feally eucoumbed to her milliner, her dressmaker end her druggist. Wit, Wisdom and Philosophy. NO. 4é-—-GEORGE WASHINGTON, By Bancroft. never for-himself or Ser from rectitude. And crines in the fortunes of his country when earth and seemed actualty to meet, and hie emotions became too suppression; but his whole being was one continual act eternal, intelligent, moral order of the universe. ‘They say of Giotto that he introduced good men into t! ing. Washington carried tt with him to the camp and the Cabinet and established a new criterion of human confirmed his fortitude and as he never faltered in hie faith in virtue he stood fast by that which he knew to be justly free from illusions; never dejected by the apprehension of him and drawing the promise of success from the justice of Henoe, he was persevering, leaving nothing unfinished, devoid of afl tat of obstinacy in hie firranees, seeking and gladly receiving advice, but Im- movable in his devotedness to right. Of a retiring modesty and habitual reserve, his ambition was no more than the consciousness of his power, and was subordinate to his sense of Guty; he took the foremust place, for he knew from inborn magnanimity that it belonged to him, and he dared not withhold the service required of him. 8o that with all hie humility he was by necessity the first, though of Everyday Folks for their ‘very own" use and called their chauffeurs by their last names. ‘They would spend hours mirror trying on one ‘creation’ The purity of his will GMMoulties and perils that | Fables young woman. She worked in a shop. Her wages to ‘The shopgirl would sly after ue and whis- reelt: le rich man, a tired busi- nese man, an old man. He sew her stery—youth bartered for @ yemnant woman argued it out Yi ave the auto: le and the ee “World Dafly Magazfne: Th The Tug of War PIPABIDAADADIDDBBDAISSIAAIISIID BIDS Man Rushes Into Flirtation Like a Lion; And Then He Comes Out—a Shorn Lamb| fevrrrereerrrrererrKerrrrrEKE KEKE s The reason why an ideal sweetheart is seldom an iieal husband is be- cause {t's so much easter to be happy with a person two or three evenings in the week than ali the time. Most of the men én the world are eo charming that it ts an astonishing mystery where all the bad husbands come from. A marriage certificate fe the prop on which a woman leans, the shield | that defends her from the world, a crown that glorifies her—and a chain and ball that hoide her down to the commonplace. Civilisation has Gone @ ict to “uplift” men; dut any one of them would die before he would admit that he te not as ‘‘Gevilish” as he ts supposed to be. | ‘PM eo man Mat Poo had a weakness for wine, that Byron was flirtatious and that Pope fied a temper, and he will thing of a gentue bienself. By Famous Authors prtvate ends. He loved fame, the approval of com- ing generations, the good opinion of his fellowmen of his own time, and he desired to make his conduct coincide with their wishes. But not fear of censure nor the prospect of applause could tempt him to swerve |* the praise which he coveted was the sympathy of the moral sentiment which exiets in every human breast and goes forth only to the welcome of virtue. been soldiers who achieved mightier victories in the field | time? conquests more nearly corresponding to the boundlessness of self- statemen whe have been connected with more startling up- it 1 the greatness of Washington that in public for the public good; that he was the life and Momentous revolution in human affairs— restraining power. Finding the colonies dis- left them such a united and well-ordered com- ad believed to be possible. truly said “he was as inate as great and good.” ‘This also is the p of Washington—That never in the tide of time has any man lived who had in #0 great a degree the almost divine faculty to command the confidence of his fellow men and rule the willing. Wherever he became known—in his family, his neighborhood, his county, his native State, the continent, the camp, court life, among the common people, in foreign courts, throughout the civilized world—he beyond all other men had the confidence of his kind. Caportgts, 2094, by The Prem Publishing Os. (The few Yous Brenteg World). feur by his last name without Mister in front of it. I can have e fine house on Fifth avenue. I can have things A etill emal) voice w! + But how about the ? You bewe to take HIM, too.” which came the and the fact that they were her “very own" formed a source of GRATIFI- CATION, But brane by the gilded walls were the 6A! piides walls, The dresses were only changed in color and style. The jewels glistened the same, the dog was the same, and the vhauffeur answered to the same call. The man wae the same wan, weary man who on! Sie Be alas —a & urs ‘Apitl $ By Maurice Ketten aay: | vantage. | tion to insure agai ——_ \ja Popular Here begin to wonder if he isn’t eome- Bo that it has been By Sophie Irene Loeb alone. She could not enjoy outdoor, them of the drees, so of course could orts because HE was not agile.! not ask them to go with me to buy friends came to call, came around the uthful conversation stopped. a mY jis wes sorte. ie wanted | “settle down” (whatever that come one of remorse thet I panion, and should she not will-| buying the dress. Already in my uth for all of this? he | if reain, and he wanted her to keep it, as he did every id ad made in the business that brought him money. fo the years went on, and the! gradually forgot all except how chain tightened around t! Unwillingly she shut out all that was glad and young. crawled in her shell and became weary as he was. And when freedom did come it was too late for her to for youth had fied, Every sigh car- Gradually she profit thereby, and she was alone. ried the message that she had missed he BEST of life in her hunger for Fas fot . e Kal of 100 men,” wrote Scott. Cerro Gordo had been won. The Americans had pushe@es to Jalapa, 140 miles east of Mexico City, expecting to find thee |g new obstacle, But the Mexican garrieon fied before them without stelle |tng @ blow, leaving behind them many half finished forte and quantities |of arma, ammunition and food. Perote fell as easily into the victors’ Ramp | with fts castle-fort and sixty-six big guns. y! ‘Then camo a halt. Every obstacle between Scott and the Mexienal ‘capital seemed to have melted away. The road for many miles ahead lag \clear. Santa Ana had not yet been able to reassemble his scattered treape ‘or to rearrange any effective stand. The whole game was apparently &% ‘gcott’s hands if only he would press forward and make use of bis a@ Instead he remained inactive—waiting. He would not move on without enough provisions, men and am! nat his being cut off without troops and supplies heart of @ hostile land. Some of the things he according to his own report, were “medicines and Dethroned. pital stores, clothing, ammunition, blankets, bread, ———————— con.” His force had been decreased by death an@ wanted reinforcements. Until he should receive the foregoing he refused to take the risk of rushing blindly ahead toward the capital. An army short of ammunition and food is as useless as & car with an empty gasoline tank. The best military critics agree that Scott was in the right. But ia | United Staes his delay caused a whirlwind of angry protest. The | Deople who had cheered loudest at news of the Vera Crus and Cerro | victories now screamed denunciations at their hero's prudence. | Polk, safe in the White House, led the chorus of discontent, In « | Meeting Polk declared: | “I would not only march to the City of Mexico but I would pursue | Ana’s army wherever it was and capture or destroy it. If I had a | commander of the army who would lay aside the technical rules of war be found in books I have no doubt Santa Ana and his whole army could destroyed or captured in a short time.” Scott wrote to the War Department complaining of the delay t= Sige warding supplies to him and the need for more men to push the advamap and to guard the road from the coast. | No less than 3,200 soldiers were in the hospital. Hundreds ere going home. Scott, never at beat, flercely accused the War Department of holding back men and | plies in an effort to “destroy” him. The Secretary of War returned ap | angry answer and a lot of correspondence followed. Meantime the Americans advanced one step further, _ the second city in Mexico, after a brief but hot battle. ‘halted again for another dreary wait. i . P. Trist, chief clerk of the State Department, | Mexico to negotiate peace terms. Scott went into another rage at the and wrote: “The Secretary of War proposes to degrade me!” | at once quarrelled bitterly. Scott referred to ‘a letter from Trist as | farrago of insolence, conceit and arrogance,” and wrote to him: “1 o have cause to be thankful to the President for not degrading me by p ime in any joint (peace) commission with you.” childiahly refused to speak to each other. President Polk joined in the silly squabble by complaining that was @ foe to the Administration and by threatening to remove him command. Scott retorted by writing to the Secretary of War: “Considering the many cruel disappointments and mortifications I | been made to feel, and the total want of support and sympathy on the of the War Department, I beg to be recalled from this army.” For three months the tangle of quarrels continued, to the delight of the @———_——-4, Mexicans and the ecandalized derision of all Europ® | A Tangle The American army lay inactive while its s term of enlistment ending, The President sent of Mistakes. snarled at one another. OHAPTER XXIV. | HE dress came in the morn- | ing, and [ stood for some time gazing at it as it gleamed alluringly throush its tissue paper wrappings. Presently I undressed and put it on. Even here, in our simple surround- fog it had the same fascination f I ed aloud in my delight. thinking I was trying to amu: laughed and crowed at me. After admiring myself for some time I reluctantly took it off, and as 1 folded it again in its wrenpioge I wendered what I should tell Jacs I pushed under the bed, without coming to any decision, ! wouldn't wear !t for @ week, and who knew what might happen in thet e Then I eat down and tried to fig out how I stood, [ owed Mrs, Somers $200; Madame Loraine $100, I had run bills for the house of which Jack knew nothing, of $12 or $14. To offset this I had just $50 of the $62 left in the bureau drawer. Then there was the remainder of the doctor's bill, some $85; and §25 for the carriage— Jaok hed paid for his auit. It I wore dress I should be obliged to have gloves, shoes and stockings to go with tt, That would take at least $10 more, Well, I was already in go 4 I might ag well get in a little deeper—i reasoned with my non-mathematical mind—eo clipping @ tiny piece off one of the seama a sample, I left the baby ;with Mrs, Banks and went down town to shop. I eo wanted to stop for Nell or Gertie, but I had not decided to tell the other things. I had quite a time matching the color and it was lo after luncheon time when I reach home, tired and with the tired feel- had allowed myself to be led into thoughts blaming Mrs. Somers—-who knew nothing of our resow —in- stead of myself, who did. But as I sipped the tea and ate the criep toast Mrs. Banks fixed for me, I lovely I should look when dressed for the,gtudio te ‘That Right Jack came in w 1 had a streak of luck were married returned it to-day. 1 never expected to get it, nut the fel- low wes in such distress I couldnt refuse him. I stopped and gave the the material things. Poverty and freedom a: te be chosen than prosperity fix i for ductor ten, and here's the other ton tor your dress. Do you think you can "l don't The Story ‘of Our First War With Mexico By Albert Payson Terhune Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Oe. (The Now York Evening Weld). No. 6—A SERIES OF BLUNDERS AND DBLAYS. E might safely take possession of Mexico without « lose, perkegm Sickness was scourging his of others, too cool capturing And ‘here ad He and Te After which he and upertogp Golden opportunities of ae ? vance and conquest were thrown away as a cranky | child might throw away its toys. Finally Scott and Trist were reconciled by sane friends of both. Tetss | declared Scott had always shown “the purest public spirit, fidelity and ee votion.” And Scott wrote of Trist: “Our intercourse has been frequent ami cordial. I have found him able, discreet, courteous and amiable.” But the mischief was already done. chances of negotiating a peace treaty. The still longer delay had given the Mexicans time to raise a new and stronger army of defense, and it had eased them of the terror that had been inspired by the earlier Americam victories. More damage had been done than could readily be undone, ‘ Bisa. Alc AE tice ka Mb tcl co" Recbanas Mika Mh 255: The long quarrel had ruined ai Chapters From a Woman’s Life By Dale Drummond Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Co. (The Ni any more about it," I “Well, you bett los than @ week. muke any engagement for ¢ ? We'll go out in the coum 4 here and just loaf all tej "Do you ay any more tips on (am paerried, | think! You have wasn't it? you tired of scrimping ! For bea Here we have ways that a could live just ae cheaply as a that Bad hover been married,” a itterly, a gave me a distinct shook. also becoming disillusioned? marriage to him ing the lem it was to me? and lent earnestness to way insinuated, “don't you think Cy right, onl} more money while ‘worry like other men? You watch it and see if he Go Be y iS Hue, doa’ next other day that he said was big advance soon. By the way, I met Somers to-da: asked me some question: game stock. Queer, course I didn't tell him anythii but I'd like to know who put hi hes been in the office free quently of late and Mr. Fram “ me if I knew whether he in‘ to open an account with us, I him I had heard nothin, he said he supposed I would know, he, Somers, seemed to be eo friendlys ck, | want to talk to said when he had fini you, ‘Arent long in Worrying yourself to about a little bill or two?” ‘You know I am, sake don't rub it in. I feel Mke ting sometimes! married eighteen monthe and than when we had or] days, I hay of it and 1 suppose: you haven't told You could have been than independent, all joy of living because you worry. over ten or fifteen dollars. Py that the next no use in talking I'd have to borrow mi margin any trade, paper and I'll show you th