The evening world. Newspaper, August 14, 1918, Page 11

5 ‘ Sparta and ~ By the Rev. Thomas Coprright, 1018, by The Press Publishing Co, ISTORY can, and does, repeat itself. It H ‘The ancient commonwealth had its “Kultur, Sts definite and fixed purpose. There was a “ there is a “German mind,’ and the “ Durzle and curse to the other ancient states the world at the present time, Spartan kultur came to a head in the laws of Lycurgus, a man who| @eems to have been dead to all ethical and, us founded his state upon the material//tle knew nothing higher than rate force. Never troubled by the “joy of mined to abide by the physical and the utilitarian. Sparta an aggregation of perfect animals, a nation of fighters. Its business | to be WAR, and VICTORY on the BATTLEFIELD was to be its Righest aim, its crowning ambition. In Sparta there was no such thing as long transcendental linee—along the way of of the field of war. She gave mankind no wplighting spiritual aspiration; and when wone the poorer for her departure. poetry, all veneration of moral and spiritual Machine ran up against a man of genfus. I In Bpaminondas Sparta met her Foch, who tige forever, and, inasmuch as such prestige CUc nine (The New York Bening World.) In Prussia we have anclent Sparta; and what happened to the state of Lycurgus and Lysander {s now happening to the state of Frederick the Great, Bismarck and Hindenburg. | All the world knows what Sparta was, what she aimed to do and be. | jpartan mind” was as much of a fanderstood in the other Greek states. No attention was paid to the mind Imowledge. Guch mental training as existed hed its beginning and end fm the making of sound human animals, efficient fighting men. Outside of things military, Sparta produced no great man or woman— fhe Plato, or Sophocles, or Aspasia. She never originated an idea outside | ‘With an energy that was worthy of a loftier purpose, Lycurgus suc eeded in dehumanizing his people, in crushing out of them all heart, all personal initiative, and in welding them into a great MACHINE—a mill- tary Juggernaut, as it were, which should crush down all opposition and @ecure for Sparta the military hegemony of Greece, and gossibly of the whole world as the world was then understood. Of course, we know what happened the very first time the Spartan ee Prussia B. Gregory. ig repeating itself right now. its cut and dried programme, | ‘Spartan mind,” just as to-day as the “German mind” is to | itual considerations. Lycur- elevated thoughts,” he deter- His plan was to make | education, as education was art, poetry, eloquence, music, | great moral enthusiasm, no she perished the earth was | values, all individuality and it was knocked “galley west.” | destroyed her military pres- | was all that she had to boast | ef, she passed out of sight and out of memory I!ke a rock hove into the sea. Now the perfect replica of ancient Sparta ie found in the modern russia. From the time of her introduction ‘ago right down to the present hour, Prussia mercenary and material, thinking of little he glory of conquest. 4 South Germany has produced some grea: to us by Tacitus 2,000 years has been strictly utilitarian, | besides war and pillage and) t men, some very great men, elthough it will be admitted, even by fairminded South Germans, that ‘with very rare exceptions thie greatness has not been in moral and spir ftwal directions; but Prussia has been as Antellectual excellence as Sparta was, Pyen t! barren of the first order of he inventions and discoveries | fn science, which have contributed so mightily to the boasted German | “efficiency,” have been largely borrowed or stolen from other peoples. @ word, the “German mind” is and always has been wingless, grovelling | fin the dust, or just clearing it, and but seldom soaring toward the heights. | Like Sparta, Prussia has from the start dedicated herself to the material and the brutal, aspiring, first of all, to be the efficient murderers | of the other peoples of the earth, and in this deal. 7 militarism finding her highest And we know what Is going to happen to Prussia. She 1s going to be Beaten down to the earth, just as Hpaminondas served Sparta at Leuctra and Mantinea. + the penalty of her crime Bhe is destined to be completely humiliated in dedicating herself to evil, at her own game, and given pver to the choice between decency and total destruction. It is up to them to say which destiny they will choose. If they cannot | fell into line with decency and right, they will have to follow their old- | fiime prototype into everlasting oblivion, : Salads for Warm Days IME was when salads were served as a side dish to a hearty dinner of soup, meat and veget- dies, besides dessert, but not s0 ‘new, Housewives have come to know fhe vaiuo of salads, and it is quite mary now to make a salad form main dish at dinner. ‘This is the ideal summer diet, ‘and & salad should be served every day @uring the hot weather. It may be waried by the use of different salad @ressings, and tbere, too, the varia- fion can be made by having a meat palad one day and a vegetable salad fhe next. This may be followed by a @shm eaiad, and there are delicious) fruit salads—all nourishing and de-) @idedly cooling. cold meat be made into an appetizing salad. Nearly all cold veg- | etables make good salads. Savory | @alads are made by combining cold sooked vegetables. Asparagus tips, Hima beans and cauliflower blend well. Btring beans, peas, carrots and beets make a delicious combination salad. ‘A rule to be observed in making walads is to have the ingredients well | % ehilled. The successful salad is cold Bad crisp. 0 kee Mold cooked fish or canned salmon, | thet'ss @brimp and tuna fish make delicious walads for a hot day, Serve fish salad on lettuce with a mayonnaise or oiled dressing. Slices of hard-boiled egg over the top will improve i Geery cut into cubes may also be ded. ere and vogetable salads are nice werved in tomato shells and a fruit salad may be _served either in a Boooped out orahge or apple, Com- bination vegetable salads look appe- tising when served on lettuce with each vegetable arranged in a pile. This can be made to form an at- ive disc of varying colors. ‘When the tomato is used cut away thick slice from the stem and re- move the pulp. Set the tomato, in- verted, in a cool place for a half hour, Mix half a cup of cold veal, or other left-over white meat, cut into cubes, with one hard boiled egg, cut email, and a fow drops of onion juice, or, if preferred, a small sized onion ‘and the chopped tomato pulp. Mois- ten with a boiled dressing and fill the of A like a But may; voted hard blame by a they may t! reat mistress will Why blame Miss Arkwright, for growing daily more cordial, more appreciative, more anxious to oblige Would You Do? QQ IF You WORK OVERTIME PLayInG FOR A RAISE OrFreR ! AND ANXIOUS TO PLEASE you T TS THE. Boss Mortimer Stops an Old Friend‘ At the Point of a Pistol \:: And Renews Acquaintance Copyright, Rob « YNOPSIS OF PRINCE 8 el Mortiner finds bimel{ unable to pay the to & runa track of CHAPTER XIV. T the end of three more days Lionel was feeling a little iil- used, There was still no word from Beatrico, and the watch- ing brief he held began to look permanency, a dog will have its pat; if the not give it, and who can blame tho de creature if it lingers piteously by a stranger? Again, why the stranger, moved doubt kindly and unselti in short, tomato with the mixture, Cover with] with the pat? the dressing and serve on romaine, Seely San hive! pele Bor fruit salad cut off the end of a|__¢ was talking to her in the garden one rnoon, They had begun the coop out interior and cut this into dice, Add an equal amoun of diced celery and some chopped walmots, Or cut oranges in half and scoop out the pulp. To pulp of two oranges add two bananas, sli one of well washed grapes cut into Sabre, one apple, diced, und a. slice of shredded pineapp! Mix either salad with a mayonnaise dressing and return’ to the fruit shell. Cover top ‘with dressing and chopped walnuts and serve on a bed of ‘A good boiled dress! red apple. cony goon substa “lm lieve! sphere’ a tuce, 8 made with of pepper. Add one well beaten egg and cight tablespoonfuls of vinegar. t in boiling water over the fire and stir until it thickens, Cream may be j dded to make it rich, should ne inequality as sation on some trivial theme, tossed aside for a subject of nee, It was not long before they were on the time-worn topic, the war of the sexes, one of the old-fashioned be- in the home as woman's “And the thousands of unmarried workers? You forget them.” one tablespoonful of butter or oil, one} “Hard, I grant you, but they're teaspoonful each of sugar and mus-|a mfnority, Most women have the tard, half a teaspoonful of salt, dash! home sphere, Mind, I don't believe in regards laws: be the same for both, they Nature has given you @ power you can use for good, Why not use it?” Sho might con- | sider him in the light of a dog, another 4 hha-Merrill Co.) ING lau HAPTERS, sear sharply. the lawn, f ®be ran forward and shook hands, wed ud Vinifred rose, “You know had never seen b first, but svon realined her helpless 4 shes brightly to Lionel did exactly what yo nest and allowed him to bave his T must v peedily would have donc way. Wh had her safely insid n Stay nd smoke. I still for a moment, his hed I " fi i € i clopping against his rib pga besi aioe egy egies tere ’ You stil, then" ran tha Am> texpvet eae A sat down in bikh feathor on the bed t ted fim ¢ » hint, She in- the Nght, hammoring 4 1 hewlaning 0 eaea'b i him mige—"You are badly frigh 1, you 1 Are we not al- are badly frightenc : aro badly he ted polite: t 21 jer that a man fr ned.” said Le af have'q hong oon oh is anything re- ter. th secor pardonable col pith oan pe und find your lapse, am; but I'l try n i i waiting the other chap!" And with e matter what I € put a swiftness he ran to the window, threw | bir penk i ‘1 and called, there’ ake sl agein briskly, course there Luawer mi ns om Lon- With a thawing of th ties he 4 ew uid me back ran back, seized the poker and tured : attentively to be off the light. Then he pod out y tell me what io oeden the ouiset, Well, good-by, side to look for th prowler, a 50 Dab ‘ibd Beda longing for some tangible flesh to as h Of sald Lionel, shaking beat into « pulp. incor ee cage A “No chance of seeing you The night was a an BES: a8 again presently, 1 sup- breath of wind stirr On, don't He walked round C¥O8 patient! W o” said Miss Ark. and ears alert for marauder, fra ‘push? ly, taking the words There waa nothing to eon, It jae ‘alae A dashing adventurer was only too clear that the watcher ae tl, whese only serious by night had escaped moment van ~ ho was seen, and od purpose pour, fis h the sentence, but could be served by Mn pursult drag me her 1 him off, ting that the slan. in the dark. I back to and lock 4 jer was | 1, Lionel watched the library ured dows and ¢ 1 7 n lisag avy with thought, lighted a. fresh rom you, H t Mixs Arkwrfrht did not come back. — It wag @ quarter to twelve when jon v W u Englisa He was glad of her absence, for he he went upstairs, still smoking. Ills call Mra. ¢ y i o could only think, and think, and think bedroom lay at the of a short “She's sn now," he amtled, #1 é iin What it all meant, trying to pan Anxious distur) shan't wah i « find some key to the perpetual prob- any one at that hour, took of vai ‘ h dienit 1 y ler ro were Beatrice, Winifred his slippers at the font of the stairs maiita ¢ i the ‘alr " : and the Ambassador forever whirling and advanced in his “stocking-feet.” “If you are @ \ aid was a S through his brain, suggesting, per- Without the slightest noise he tip- scornfully aw ease me a by the ambassador, plexing, questioning, toed along the corridor, Just before once.” : In the library, after further futile he reached his room another dogs Afterward,” be replied without ——_ AND A FRIEND ONE DAY GIVES you COPyTHEN, 1918, Pree Pubtishing Co (N.Y. Evening Worth? AND CIGAR A GIGAR Uilarmeny IT TURNS OUT TOBE A TRICK WHAT WOULD you 00? | I wure this torial, other. material the same frock. lent th jersey or main in ble wire or wide long braid to or Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, Making the WONDER women are trying to be as conserva- tive as possible on ac. | count of the demands | of a country at war? Are they making over their old things? if concentrated effort were exerted in direction woman would be able to find at least parts of old frocks or suits which could be made use of with new ma- combined perhaps one with tho Many times a frock developed such a way outclasses in design and atyle one cut and mado of new On the other hand, however, frocks are apt to re- veal their source un- leas good Judgment in the handling of the ma- terials Is exereiaed and Ke | manship employed as would be given a new Tam showing a de. sign that affords excel- opportunity making over of a Hit Into a frock, Serre, weight woollen mater- ial is suitable portion, satin either matching wk le « under tunic match satin is employed as a binding for the tunic DE . pa Magazine Jaden ave one By Mildred Lodewick (The New York Evening Old Frock Intoa N it all Im any in much 1 work- or er Heht for the with for and the the Silk the sof the and of * OVER DRESS. also as a means trimming omplete | the frock, cross-barred silk or organdy Answers to Queries Jas yoke or under-sleoves, is effec-| Fashion Kaitor of The Krening World: tive, though the satin of the girdle Will you design | and tunte would be more practical me a pretty frock when fall weather comes. which I can wear, arties and irmuring something Lionel did not Then, duced the Mr as Forbes retired, she two 1 “Mr, Morti- Beckett.” nassador with curiosity, ions once m he doing 1h ett returned the scrutiny n the manner of a jealous un explanat But he man, and it w Lionel surveyed his wh fa stranger’ >» woul iplomatic ‘as and sin- nd. re," he said in but under less fashion, oO © whole, tea was a successful meal. Miss Arkwright led the con versation--monopolig urdly pausing for r her color he ed with t, or kindred » had studied her attenti r no short period, had never seep erin such a ‘ & Mr kett had little opportunity to displa + social gifts, ‘The abili- t doubtles# great to secure his present office, perforce lay hidden But the few ences he uttered, by y of confirmation or its opposit you how him as a man bent of orig ight, some wit, and in *" touch with the affairs of na- / pressed ag Th A pondering, he thoughts with b he could not yrint London With a French window forgotten to draw saw something brief second 1 the barest ¢ face v retina had sion, but b w ~it wa. man's f STORY OF Opening Jistract his was " 1 ‘ aching from of dis: urned quickly t and § down the blind LOVE AND DANGER ’MID opened, very quietly In’ right, A lin 1 the ed who tllo Lionel, pi und was Mizz upon the agape CHAPTER XY, HIS time Lionel had himself well in hand; he was ready for anything. arm with one hand, he c the 4 scream n half pu forced her alc hing ie the fow 1 them dat © the ¢ mg, bh e impres es at once 4 man he wining yards that separa from his bedroom, § ru deed, upon threw up tot the waiting Seizing Mizal by the oped other over her mouth to prevent g, half STRANGE prene { remaine kee; nl ing And th Then | water, A Ah! t hat, I'm attord the Mival 4 at she hh n dis p o {in 1" a trick Instalment Next Monday have blue color, inehe | Du heid top plast tom. plast SCE Fashion Kaitor, The Prventng ation,” { have # purple gain and } |faillo silk dress if trying to 1 his determination, |Which T would like nothing to explain," to make over foi nuy. "It L had, you ec sn over for el me, If you attempt it}fall WAU you sug- wort Star ® trying.” he sald ur-[ seat & plain atyle toner havent the |for me? Am forty- . five years age, ent for several ]tall, large buat but narrow hips. The dress was Araped on each » the waist surplice with ad revers which ite cap ing care of myself, But L © very unbe- noth What next, ing. MRS. D, W. and began coated Make this plain ke and trim with or Ion MADE sho of wo woh was aided with Mechanics, > TWO LIGHTS | us pat ed uh An k Neve in } box te f twee be tiene Designs For The Evening World’s Home Dressmakers PRACTICAL DESIGN FOR A MADE< affairs? Am twen- ty-five years of age, 107 Iba, chine or satin for foundation, with same color chiffon draped on each aide, | embroidered novelty net. _|Scrub Brushes Mounted as “ | Shoe Cleaner, j | . med off and . One edge of 4 indicated, » shoes are, of at a ctngle candesceut lamp can iuuminate 3 ees r { Worky vy ew One sy afternoon light hate, eyes, good . five fest two os tall, weigh MISS L. B 1 blue crepe de by the yoke at and square ron at the bot- Yoke and ron of blue World © cleaner may 7 rub brushes, mounted at as shown in » brushes, one nd the other narrow, were of the latter t med off, and brushes were ated on blocks The brush was between the wy cleaning mud-—=Popular N ONE, ented a glass na wail bee