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a ee ee ee ee ee ee | ee eee ce ee ere ee FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918 Seventeenth Decisive Battle, Biggest in World’s History, | Now Being Fought in France Gettysburg Added to Sir Edward Creasy’s Fifteen, and Present Great Battle of the West, Seventeenth, Has at Stake Same Best Interests of Humanity for Which All Sixteen Others Were Fought and Won. By Albert Payson Terhune | Copyright, 1918, by The Press Pubilehing Co. (The New York Evening World). | OR a week the whole world has been waiting breathless for every scrap of news obtainable from the Great Battle of the West, the! mightiest conflict in all history, the battle on whose outcome hangs| the fate and the future of civilization. This is not the first, nor the tenth, time that the whole future of man- kind has depended on the winning or the losing of one battle. Tacticians all agree with Sir Edward Creasy’s claims that, up to 1851, there had been exactly fifteen such world changing battles. Gettysburg, a few years later, was acknowledged as the sixteenth. Thus the present battle is the! seventeenth all-decisive battle of the world since the dawn of history. There have been bloodier and more spectacular struggles than some! of those cited by Creasy, but none upon whose outcome so-much de-| pended. Here, in brief, is the list of his “Fifteen Decisive Battles,” with the problems and the result, for humanity, involved in each: | The first was Marathon, between the little army of Greece (which stood for democracy and freedom and enlightenment) and the host of one million invading Persians, who were seeking to bind the earth to slavery| and to the wishes of a single tyrant. The Greeks were victorious. The! Persians were hurled out of Greece ~~ in ut defeat. cen {invasion which was threatening The second was the Battle of 89TA-| 1, oneuit Europe and to destroy the cuse. The Athenians hed grown 4F-| Christian religion. The victory at régant from much wealth and suc-| Tours was a glorious triumph both cess, They departed from their early for civilization and for religion. | democratic {deals and strove to| The elghth was the Battle of Hast-| | ‘ngs, when the French conquered the spread broadcast @ military autoc-| i ouen and dull Saxon race (an off- racy—not wholly unlike Germany's. shoot of Germany), which was mis- A great Athenian army invaded Syra-| governing England. This battle cuse. The defenders fought so hero-| blazed the way for progress and edu- cally for Mberty and for national in- nee rn ayeainde ; 6 ninth was Joan of Arc's {n- dependence that the Athenians were) 1144 victory over the English in- routed. The military domineering Of) vaders at Orleans, a victory which Athens was forever destroyed. woke France to new national life and| The third was the Battle of Ar-|eventually set her free from the bela, Persia, recovering from her de-) Raped ee, e tenth was the rout of the feat at Marathon, had once more) 4. ois, armada, the huge fleet sent sought to rule the world and to 4e-| out from Spain to destroy England| stroy all seeds of progress and per- and to wreck the work the Snglish| sonal liberty. The entire earth was| were then doing for human advanee- {f peril of subjection from this ty-|ment, A small British fleet, alded by yannical country. Alexander the/a terrifle tempest, wiped out the self- Great, with a far smaller but far|styled “Invincfble Armada.” better drilled Greek army, met the The eleventh was the Battle of Persian hosts at Arbela. He not! Blenheim, when England and her al- only annihilated the foe, but he) les broke down the martial world smashed Persia's dream of world domination which the French King, dominion, then and for all time Louis XIV., was trying to build up The fourth was the Battle of Me- at humanity's expense | taurus. Rome had succeeded Greece as the standard bearer of democracy and freedom. Carthage (with a power almost as great and quite as barbaric as had been Persia's) sent her foremost General, Hannibal, to conquer the whole known earth.| Saratoga, the turning point of the Hannibal was making a success Of American Revolution. In that fight the bloodthirsty job when he clashed | Iingland’s strongest army was forced with the Roman army of democracy to surrender to the patriots, a sur- at Metaurus. He was there over- render which won us our alliance thrown. So was Carthage’s last hope with Franc of chaining a free world into mili The fourteenth was the Battle of | tary slavery to a tyrant. Valmy. There a body of supposedly | ‘The fifth battle was fought at Teu-| disorganized Frenchmen conquered! toburg between the disciple of free-, and drove back a huge allied army dom, Arminius, and the Romans. which was seeking to take advan-| Rome had ceased to be democratic. | tage of the French Revolution to dis- Heavy and boastful with too much member France. ease and wealth and power, she had = The fifteenth was the overthrow at last tried to inflict a tyrannical of Napoleon at Waterloo, when auto- ule upon all the rest of the world.| cratic militarism received a death- Arminius and a band of other 80-| blow at the hands of an alliance that called “barbarians” rebelled, and) stood for democracy. they struck a staggering blow to Rome's very heart in this battle. winning aa overwhelming victory and clearing the way for a new era of freedom. Here, for the first time, Rome's tyranny was checked and her power overthrown, The sixth was the Battle of Cha lons, when the Kaiser's admired forebear, Attila, met and was routed by a smaller army which had made France stemmed the wave of Sara- The twelfth was when Russia, at Pultowa, put an end to the designs of the Swedish King, Charles XII, to conquer the world and to estab-| lish a military despotism The thirteenth was the Rattle of The Battle of Gettysburg may be accounted the sixteenth, ast marked the turning point of the Civil War and led to the final tri- nmph which maintained the United| te as one great nation Instead of several groups of States \ In every one of these battles, you will notice, the best Interests of the| world and of democracy have been saved, in the very nick of time, by a stand against his attempt to over-| the heroism of the right men {n the | run and enslave al! Europe. | right cause. So,shall tt be in France, The seventh was at Tours, when! in our war of to-day. oe York Had First Cats Blamed for Fires | | Street Cars spite of the fact that many beople are fond of cats, a num- BW YORK had the first street ver of charges are mado against | car lne on Fourth Avenue as been pointed out that they opened in 1832. Twenty-five are carriers of disease germs and later a road also operated by horses | enemies of birdiife, in addition to the| was built between Boston and Cam- | oid ation that they draw. the bridge. j breath of infants from the latter's The from Croydon to Wands- | lungs. worth, England, completed in 1801.| A new count has been added to the was the first iron tramway in the|indictment, Cats may have been re world, but it was not until 1870 that | sponsible for fires supposed to be in f& permanent street railway system |cendiary or due to spontaneous com was cstablished in London. Raills|bustion. It is well known that fr were laid there in 1861, but the House | tion will generate electricity in a cat's of Commons refused to authorize the | fur, and, according to a recently pub operation of the line, so the tracks |lished statement, this electricity is het to be removed. capable of igniting Uluminating gas, ‘ Some Types ot Impractical Men Dr. Blackford Describes THEY ARE ILL FITTED, THEY’ RE MUCH BETTER OFF WHEN THEY SEEK ADVICE. ARB OFTENTIMES CREBULOUS Hie “} ° po vor mhwe. Soacnency tear He hace werions WELL FORBHBAD, FLAT AT THE } vet BROW BINDICATES LACK OF REASONING POWRR ean, , E wr BYEN GO INTO FARMING, AGRIC TURE OR POULT RAISING ; OR SOME KIND OF @ me FANCY FRUIT PRODUCING. i THEY LOVE TO DREAM TO BUILD ASTLES In Which Friend Shadrack Is Warned Against the Evils of Gossip and the Perils of a 60-Horse-Power Tongue in a One-Mule Skull--Gossip Has Ruined More Homes Than Catalogue Cooking—Nevertheless, the Junior Richard Has His Curiosity Piqued by That Scandalous Chaise Ride of Brother Doodlebury and Sister Smithux—Conserving Daylight With a Cuckoo Clock Has Its Weak Points. BY ARTHUR (“BUGS”) BAER. Covsright, 1018, by the Preas Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World,) RIEND SHADRACK—Thy letter duly received by the wéekly post. | F ‘Thee art as full of gossip as a shad 1s of bones, It seemeth tome that thee needeth a gyroscopic stabilizer attached to thy Jawpiece and a rudder on thy skull, It interests me not to learn that Friend Zach- ariah hath placed a new shingle on the roof of his henhouse, The man who gossips overmuch hath a@ first mortgage on the foolish factory. Please do not shoot any more of your scandal shrapnel in my direction, What color 1# the shingle? And I care not th chaise with Sister mother in Flappburgh. toadstool looketh like t Bullshevik! have turned, Well, a carousel {8 a carousel, no matter in which direction it is going. The Bullsheviki may have turned, but thee rememberoth my proverb, that even if the worm doth turn, it ts still a worm, Matters in Europe hath tangled themselves up into a terrible piece of macaroni, The Kaiser is still intent on reaching Parts, but mark me well, by the time that Billhelm getteth to Paris he will be in his sec- ond ohildhood and will be able to travei on half fare. The Germans have contrived a gun that barketh seventy miles, Just 20,000,000 miles less than my mangy dog Towser who barketh at the moon, Thy Uncle Sam has seized seventy-six Dutch boats from Holland which have been lying idle in American harbors, much to the anger of Holland and the spiders, We have received protests from the Hollanders, but I noticeth that the spiders keepeth quiet and spinneth new webs, Thee shouldst ponder at Friend Doodlebury was observed driving tn his Smithux while Mrs, Doodlebury was visiting her Thee shouldst not judge from appearances, The » mushroom which 18 the reason why 80 many fe insurance companies refuse to insure suburbanites, A sixty-horse- | well upon the spider who useth his jaws but to spin, power tongue in @ one-mule-power skull maketh a dangerous combina- In thy next communication avoid gossip and wiseth me up.to tion, The mumps maketh a man look smug and prosperous, When the whether the Goofums hath paid their fourteenth instalment on thelr second-hand fitvver, mumps departeth so doth his well-fed appearance, It seemeth to me that since thy wife bent that frying pan over thy head that thee have been thinking with a decided limp, 1 abjure thee to cancel thy gossiping ways and in thy next letter to advise me whether Brother Doodlebury had his arm around Sister Smithux, Gossip hath ruined more homes than catalogue cooking. Avold scandal and telleth me whether Brother Doodlebury taketh Sister Smithux for enother nde in a chaise and also advise me where I can hire @ chaise just like it, Keep thy feet dry and never carry # bundle by the string Hoping to remain from you, I hear, yours sincerely, POOR RICHARD JR, There hath been much difMfculty in my own family owing to the Governor's edict that all clocks be moved up one hour in order to con- serve daylixht, Theo knoweth my failing for arriving home late, two jumps behind midnight and one jump ahead of a fit, Thee also knoweth my weakness for staring at the wine when tt is pink, I arrived at my QUICKLY RECOGNIZED. N old man living in South Berk- shire was leading two lively calves out to early pasture in “GERTIE GLOOM.” at last the vicar thought . last eve ear ly shoes o ands and ove °) ume he domicile lat Hay bg, Wearing my shoes on my hands and my glov i |the morning, When he came to the fo4n4° something about. whigh she ie: 0m on my feet in order not to awaken the pug dog that the goodwife hat | field he tied one of the calves to one| could make no complaint—the old i h I h B stuffed at taxidermist’s, The abominable cuckoo suddenly went | of his bootstraps and the other to th le ess the etter | | Democratic and cuckooed thrice, While endeavoring to save daylight | opposite bootstrap while he opened | tho finest for miles around, “A and move his cuckoo up one cuckoo, I was surprised by the goodwife, |the rickety gate, The calves ran} once you must be well pleased, She steereth me by one ear upstairs and caromed the cuckoo contrivance | *W® When he was picked up his| said with a beaming smile, as he met| | wife asked him off my brow, The cuckoo ts cured, My ear is also convalescent, Friend | , | her in tho village street, “very one's Shadrack, etayeth single and conserve thy ears. When a man te a “Didn't you know any bettor than] saying how ndid your potatoes| , to do a foolish trick like that? are this year." The old lady glare bachelor his ears are ears, but after he is married cars are but aL he atawarad, HL Gatolb bean ck Glin ae ahb anuwared) etnies! Sk handles, | dragged four rods before I saw my|not so poor, But where's the bad ip despatches from Petrograd, or St Petersburgh, | hear that the a | mistake,” ‘ones top the pi RS, HIGGINS was an incurable] grumbler, She grumbled at| Stage, the platform and the pen. everything and every one. But P he had = lady's crop of potatoes was certainly s) for! 66/7. BRMANY the Allies want pieces. ~Philadelphia Star, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918 PICKINGAMANFORSUCCESS.--NO. Shape of His Forehead Tel | Impractical Man’s Nature, DAY DREAMERS, CREDULOUS, POOR COLLECTORS, DRIFTING INTO OCCUPATIONS FOR WHICH} Dr. Blackford Affirms { { His Type Varies According to Intellect, Imagination and | Natural Inclination, but He Will Never Succeed f Until He Learns His Limitations and Studies Practical Affairs. Katherine M. H. Blackford, M. D., co-author with Arthur Newoomd of “Analyzing Character,” “The Job, the Man, the Boss,” and inventor of the Blackford employment plan, has authorized The Evening World to reproduce from thcir books a series of articles describing how to fit each type of man to the job which will bring him success. | . THE IMPRACTICAL MAN. | OW often have you heard of the man who graduated with high honors at the head of his class and was unable to make a living afterward? How many men of highest scholarship have you met who could not make a living for themselves and their families? Not long ago we were offered the services of a man who had degrees from several universities in America and Europe, who was master of several languages and who was glad to offer to do a little translating at 25 cents an hour. The impractical man is easily recognized. He may be blond or brie nette, large or small, fine textured or coarse textured, energetic or lazy, aggressive or mild, friendly or unfriendly, ambitious or unambitious, honest or dishonest—but his mark is upon his forehead. If his brows are flat or if his forehead immediately above and at the sides of his eyes is undeveloped or only a little developed, his powers of observation are defi- cient. He is not interested in facts and his judgment is based upon hasty ,and mistaken premises. As a general rule, in such cases, the upper part of the forehead is well developed. This is always the case if the man is intelligent. If the forehead is both low and retreating and flat at the 4 | brows, then the individual lacks both power of observation and reasoniniy power, and is very deficient in intellect. The number of great authors, scientists, philosophers, poets, actors, , Preachers, teachers, lecturers and musicians who were ludicrously im- practical is legion. These people deal with abstractions, ideas, with theories and with emotions. They may be very successful in the spinning of theories, in the working out of clever ideas and in their appeal to the | emotions of their fellow-men. This 1s their realm. Here is where they ‘are supreme, and it {s in this kind of work they find an expression for {all of thetr talent. P | Men of this type are babes in all practical affairs. As a result of | their impractical type of mind, they neglect details, they overlook {mpor- | tant precautions, they are oftentimes too credulous, too easily influenced. |Phey usually make poor financiers; they do not make collections -wellt | they are incautious in extending credit and in maintaining thelr own credit; often they are inefficient and wasteful in management; they do not take proper account of all the costs in fixing prices; they enter. into | foolish contracts; make promises which they are unable to keep, and oftentimes, as a result of too great optimism, undertake far more than is commercially feasible, | Lake the children they are, these people seldom suspect their aeés \clencies. Oftentimes they aro ambitious to make a success in @ commer- cial way. They try salesmanship, or, if they have a little capital, they |may embark in some ambitious business project on their own account. | They even go into farming or agriculture or poultry raising, or some kind |of fancy fruit producing. When they fail, it is more often through their 4 own incompetence than hecause some one comes along who is mean |enough to take candy from a baby. They usually dissipate their assets by impracticable schemes before the unscrupulous can take them, ‘The fundamental difficulty with the impractical man is two-fold, | First, his powers of observation are so deficient that it is dificult for hin, | to obtain facts. Because it fs difficult for the impractical man to obtain, facts, he has little desire to obtain them. He takes little interest in them, | does not appreciate their value. He therefore assumes his facts, takes | them for granted or proceeds almost wholly without them. Even whes he does take the trouble to ascertain the facts he is inclined to be hasty and slipshod in his methods. Second, the impractical man, as a general rule, has well developed + | powers of reason, logic and tmagination, With highly developed powers * of imagination, it follows that the impractcal man loves to dream, to | build castles in the air, Observation for him 1s a slow and painful | process. He does not enjoy it, He has no patience with it. | The only hope for such men ts to learn their Iimitations;-to learn ‘that, even though they may be ambitious for commercial success, they are | utterly unqualified for it; that, although they may wish to do somethin: \in the way of production or selling, they have neither talent, courage; | secretiveness, persistence, nor other qualities necessary for a euccess tn | these lines, They are too credulous. They are too impractical, They aré too lacking in fighting qualities, and, therefore, too easily imposed upon, They are usually lazy physically and find disagreeable situations hand, so | that they are out of place in the rough-and-tumble, strenuous, hurly- | burly of business, manufacturing, or ordinary professional life. When the impractical man learns his limitations he {s all too Ukely |to go to extremes in depreciating his own business ability. Those who | are impractical and have little business sense can improve in this respect ‘and they ought to. Such people ought to study practical affairs, ought to give their attention to financial matters. The impractical mag ought to | take an interest in his affairs and ought to do his best to handle them, } | Naturally, he needs to seek competent counsel in regard to them, but he should pay some attention to the counsel given, try to learn something | from it, watch results of every course of action and in every possible way | study to make himself more practical and less theoretical and abstract im |his attitude toward life in general and toward business affaire in particular, | There is a great difference between the impractical man who bes |energy, courage and persistence, and the impractical man who {s lay | and cowardly. No matter what a man’s natural talent may be, it take hard work to be successful in such callings as art, muste, the pulpit, the Lazine cowardice, weakness and vacillation are incompatible with true succ wanis peace, but| of th Tin Can, ‘Red-faced In the|a better man than he was a beginning 1t *vas the other] «go,’ sald the bartender of the| Tin way.” The speaker was *aoyvelist. If} Can Hostel, ‘Has he reformed?! the Allies win,” he resu‘@ed, “I tq) the citizen, The bartender rubbed ‘d/ one shall be In favor of the apes {down the bar with a gray rag. PNot considerable parts of Germany.) he said; ‘he had two fingers bit off I'll tell you why. I'll tel you with alin a fight. There's less of him ows story—a story about Redfaced Leary you know.’—Rochester Post. !