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list a che pe, Coto WIFE of Genera HOME PAGE Monday, September 1 Daily MIG By Cullom Holmes Ferrell-= First Pershing Comes to America From His Native Alsace in Search of Liberty. CHAPTER I. (Copyright, 1918, by William Fox.) § BOY on a galloping plough horse dashed from the market square and down the narrow street. A shot rang out above the cries of women and the angry shouts of men in the «quare. ‘The horse lurched, but recovered and kept his pace. Just ahead a squad of Landwehr wheeled into the street. ‘They were too close for the boy to turn; so he used his heels vig- orously on the sides of his horse and plunged at them. Before the bewikdered Landwehr could collect their wits the heavy vorse was on them, and sent them sprawling in the dust. One, quicker than his fellows, ran at the fleeing boy, reaching out to drag him from his eat. Just in time the boy, a husky lad, turned and with all his strength struck the soldier a staggering blow in the face. Now free, he dent over the horse's neck, expecting a volley from the enraged Landwehr. An old bewhiskered Sergeant, less hasty than his men, restrained their ftir ‘A fine young cockerel, that! He'll make‘good cannon fodder for Maria Nheresa’s guns. Wait until to-mor- row, when we her him in, and hen, I promixe, you will see some sport. With threats that boded ill for the boy the men returned to thelr work, and the boy, now at the end of the street, turned into the open road that led down the valley of the Rhine. Between the sweet-smelling fields and the river, across an old bridge that spanned the stream, and over rolling hills, the good horse, near ex- of its men to meet new advances of the savage Magyars, ‘This waa the situation when to the little Alsatian village, in the year 1744, the boy Daniel’ Pfirsching raced from Kehl with the first news of the new draft. Damel lived with his old grand- father, Frederick Pfirsching. His father had been taken earlier by soldiers of the Emperor, and had given his life in battle, So it was with fear and hatred that Daniel had witnessed the taking of the boys and men of Kehl by the Landwehr, Barely sixteen years of age him- h ; 10 7 self, he knew he could not hope to tummed AbFuptiy, into ‘the square ot ¢Soape the grasp of the usurper, and a small hamlet, flanked by low, atone {hat he was destined for the same | Fomor at that had befallen his tather. There was no love for Charles in Alsace. All the love of the people for their native land belonged to France. Just opposite a sign that bore a ‘weather-stained legend, "The Golden Crown,” the old horse staggered, € If the call had come from France “Uropped to its knees and rolled over, every man would have gone forth dead. The boy managed to fall clear Gheerfully to fight the foe. of the animal, and in a moment was “"Wrederick” Pfirsching, the grand- surrounded by the venerable dnn- father had lived on the west bank keeper and the village loungers. of the Rhine for sixty years and Such excitement had not stirred the more, His ancesters had lived there hamlet since Charles had been chosen for centuries, They had seen the Emperor of the Cerans, The news time when the Miles of France had spread fast, and already the priest flown in the market square, They and the Mayor were hurrying to the had seen the invader come and go. scene, The fugitive boy, well nigh breath- less, had told his brief story in hys- terical haste: “The Landwehr are coming! ‘Maria Theresa has defeated the Fmperor and he is calling a new drat n Kehi they are taking every one mn sixteen to fifty! “They will be hi At the: Who knew but he might go again? So the grandfather was content to give his life to the humble craft which was his, and had been that of the Pfirsching family for generations, He knew Daniel was in danger; that the family would end if Daniel were taken: so the old man, in tears, ad- vised the boy to flee from the devas- tating power of the Germans. The old artisan was determined that his grandson, reared in the love to-morrow dread tidings a eilence fell noon his hearers. Too well theyknew of liberty and all its traditions, the meaning of the draft should not spend his life in the For centuries each new king and shadow of the tyrant’s throne. From emperor had drawn the inhabitants of beneath a stone in the hearth he the valley to fill the ranks of his brought forth a few gold pieces which armies, Only a year ago there had the watchful tax collector had over- been a draft. Then they had taken looked. only the cream of the country’s man- “It is little, my boy,” said he, “but hood, This time they were to take enough to take you far from the the children and the fathers of fami- Landwehr lies, It struck terror tothe hearts of ps you will go to that new lan¢ feeling himself. He knew well that that you may this supreme law was vested in a ( man who believed that those who in id in her deliverance, . and God be with you. ith his slender fortune Daniel set OL. DAD HALL SMa duaby ya : SHEEN We GN 2 habited his dominions were created h in the night, By morning he > SE RWANTT OR ShHE PERSHING PRROINES ASS Tce hh apeclal purpose oe arattying wae {a0 away trom the vilage ana ARNALDO RAISE his inglorious desires under the suuny skies of France. SSR FO Rea NRA The smiling valley in which these Remembering the advice of his ete po a ipsa Pec as a part of beautiful srandfather, he set out for Calais, 62% c sl iether —_ r the battle ground of He did chores for farmers, earning meal here and there as he travell the centuries. The.Teuton hand still lay heavy on for he felt sure he would need all of fy ran that part of the fair province which his © store of money to take him the docks in Baltimore for a period familiar with the language. , Was then the Far West diana t frontier To tho fertile val Jay nearest the Rbine, although to that wonderful land, America. of three months—a system of buying) His ability and determination fin-| County, Pa—with his wife and little) where Daniel Pershing, his wife and France, to which every’ inhabitant At Calais he found it would be im- the services of a person for a stated |ally brought success and a small in-|family, It was a wild country, full| sturdy boys had made their home to felt an inbred loyalty, had retaken sible for him to obtain passage period which prevailed in the colonies {terest in the business for which he|of hostile Indians, Hardly had he| gether with a few hardy pioneers of | moet of the domain nearly a century for America, Only English ships @t that time, ‘The individual thus| worked, Finding that among his | cr Ia litle farm below the primi-| kindred spirit came the eall to inde- | before. plied to the English colonies, bound became practically the elave| English speaking neighbors the name | tive mountain side that resembled 80) pendence in 1776 ‘The soldiers of the German rulers A friendly fisherman finally offered of the purchaser for the term of|Pfirsching was a handicap, he An-|his beloved Alsace when the voice of! The people of Massachusetts had | Comyvilght, 1918, by The Drees Publishing Co, stalked about the countryside and on the boy passage to Dover, He worked service, | glicized it into the more euphonious | that Liberty which had done so much | resisted 6 of taxation with the streets of the towns, pushing the hard for that passage, but each mile After three months of service| Pershing, bestowed it upon a/for him called—and he was glad to} out representation, The other colo- | Novel Blouse for natives from the walks with the inso- brought him nearer to the land of Daniel Pfirsching was free to begin} \ue-eyed of the old colony answer, : es had med the d fence of their kind. There was inva- promt his own life in America—with no| Thus was founded the American ‘ gates had sent to form a HIG diatinctive 4 fon of the very homes. There would | In England Daniel waited for weeks money, but with an iron purpose to|family of Pershing, one of whose CHAPTER Il. tinental Congress, which should sveak | little affair, if be no respite from this persecution before he could find a ship sailing for make his way. “he broken English] descendants, Gen. John Joseph Per. | ee : oo. ¥ the free people of a free country. | Seat ‘until beloved France again could as- America, When he found one a great that he had been able to acquire in| Shing, to-day is leading the hosts of) 3 news that flew on the wing: he idea that Kings ruled by Di asked whether | sert her mastery disappointment awaited him—the these few months made it difficult| this mighty Nation of the free against of the wind was the call of|vine right obsessed the Teu ie » a jacket or a Charles, elector of Bavaria, had P “ge Would cost several times the for him to obtain employment; so he| the oppressing German, freedom King who at that time sat upon the! yi ise would answer been elected emperor two years be- Sum he possessed, Seeing his dismay, returned to the ship chandler whom| The spirit of the ploneer possessed From mouth to mouth it| throne of England, the mother coun- Fee ear cs fore, in 1 Immediately upon his the Captain agteed to take what he had served. Here he found @ wel-|Daniel—the finger of opportunity ‘try, and. proven \ reasonable ad | by proving its abil ‘assuming the throne he became jeal- Money he had and let him work his come and waxes that permitted him| beckoned him westward. Selling out | Spread across the sparsely settled justment of the dispute, which would | to take the place of ous of the growing power of Maria Way. to live while he was becoming more| his business, he emigrated to what’ mountains and through the valleys of have been possible had the saner| gitner, It was really Theresa, Empress of Austria, and had or weeks the ship labored on her . anes —— aceaeeaeaie eae —— ae me ered hawivars as forced @ war upon her. ‘Phe empress, WAY al 4 Analy reached Baltimore, . ek Auelebesel whose influence was great in Hun- Here Daniel nearly lost heart, for ~ a novel blouse to ac- gary, bad thrown the hordes of Mag-, the Captain promptly claimed’ that a r Yr 1] e By Charlotte Wharton A yers | company any skirt yarns upon Charles. Rae taee the work he had performed on the jone might have, Soft Greatly outnumbered by the forces voyage was not sufficient to pay for ¢ - ; RA ‘i ot the Empress, routed in fierce en- his passage. In this dilemma, and to Sara Permits Herself to Be Flattered and Entertained, Al-| put off with one excuse or another, | rived for her in the rondater be ale duvetyn or velvete counters, Charles had ordered every avoid return to England, Daniel aged ti I iz She didn't even know where the in-| Ways drove, she was ready. They went | in peayer brown color field and every village to be stripped to be bound to a ship chandler near| though Her Great Purpose Still Is Unrealized. lvestigating committes had offices, or VP ine like drive and on out. Sars! would interpret It Seems $$$ —- = $$ Copyright. 1918, by The Press Publishing Go, (The New York Wrening World She would have tried to see them on | going down into the business section | prettily, with the em ‘ 9 | CHAPTER XIII, | her own responsibility, It never once|ot the city at first-—Blake was so en- | proidery done in self- P ] ine F u r l on S | a | ks HEN Sara reached the station she found that Blake had | occurred to her to doubt Blake's hon-|tortalning, Hinaily ahe gave an ex | color chenille and dull a u g | taken a section on the sleeper and had a box of candy | esty in the matter, chery they were approaching, and | #0ld threads. and some magazines for her. She thanked him witha Every morning wh then she realized with a distinct shock | AS may be seen, the | d t smile, She was nervous and distrait, and Blake did | would like to de that dav -pne would ttt thay ware repldly RolDR oul: OF | front of the: prdues (0) n e a a n e a u y his best to keep her from dwelling on the object of her first ask about the possibility of see Ae ittaa ABBEN(E HEve Oihoae (SR oe bb x Bs oti } . and s g ? y. ing the committee, Blake would laugh- | out of town?” she asked in a wonder. | nes, @ dar ning ii ii i i) 4 Dg Res, te G88 Col ad aor mm delay and 5 they were still too busy hank 1 not answer. Sara looked | the bust on each side, Baths Big Aid in Reducing Flesh. to anything else. to ace her, but that he would take tho| at yin Anears BAIA looks Heh A, oat les HE bath is an important factor in the process of acquiring a healthy, When they arrived at Chicago Blake took her to Ytty first ia hile wen aece wae allel ieee m faced man gazing stead: | rooting a diagonal line attractive figure. It is second only to exercise and diet. There one of the big hotels and engaged @ suite Sara pro; (winence: 10, this way Sara was Aled lily ahead, Her eyes widened with eae semen ere certain systems for reducing weight which depend almost en-| |, tested at this extravagance, but Blake explained that ity of the committee, and made tol "Oh, Mr. iilake,” she cried, (what I8 | to the whole. ‘To har- tirely on the bath, but I doubt their effectiveness, though they seem highly | jt was all at the expense of the committee; that they were very busy Juat [rl that Udi mos itere” Were of AEC") the matt Have I said anything to) monige with the point attractive to the lazy, fat woman who prefers the passive comfort of the then and it might be a few hours before she could lay her charges before | Pinully a week had slipped by and | yt? Nive tothe slide of the maa ler the $6D ee one ; tub or slab to the effort demanded by exercise and the /them and she must be made as comfortable as possible. Sara was no near proposed . pped ar. Then irned | ch the pockets temporary restraint laid upon her diet. Sara wes disturbed that she could not go to the committee at once, as ‘eye ag ed a A raibte| pr neat than | 7 1 Isa You © to a point, and I am sure the bath alone will never improve the| she had expected to get through and ibe back before Swain had returned. Se Ung inner were having dine dn't Bay ar to ef] decorated with a bit tone of the muscles, which is the all important matter in! towever, she was beginning to realize that all connection wita Swain’s Sid earnestly Lae, neers that [of tH same embroid any physical culture course. Moreover, many women | office would naturally cease after this break. rim worry to be such post, Mr 4 ory. At the back a are not robust enough to stand the after effects of the) In the interim Blake insisted on rms | coe ittea. You kacw thie delay | small strap, also em Turkish, vapor or hot baths, which must be taken at taking her about to see the sights. He ) delay do them a great deal of harm?” makes it m possible for Mr. Swain broidered, Is placed at very high temperature to be of any value in the matter | said he was responsible to the com- Blake smiled as he ans’ ed heart to oar out hie » ans--and be " uat 6 waistline to con of reduction, They are extremely enervating, and to-| mittee for so valuable a witness in |!ly: “Not a bit. It will take Swain Og. ith « little break in hers Harealp rice hers ot gether with the shocking cold bath should be avoided |case they decided to press the charges |20d Fruegelheim some time to or-\syou'ye been so kind about helping reney stitching oF & ty by women past middle life, or highly nervous women, |against Swain and his associates, ang |sanize their company and put in the /me so far t you please try f ne pasting stitch j | 1 bids, and the Lake company will jog |arrange for an intery to-morrow? | had Ae ep ‘may finish the blouse or those who suffer from any disorder of the heart. jhe could do no less than look after her | Dem anc’ thi STARODy MU OR a eee tine: ap ane co Hany : a a nN fiok aiece, NRA Yet for health’s sake ever woman should take some sort of bath|¢Mtertainment that the time might | along Just the same until the De |, lake busied himself menu. | would you feel bing t0 fhe Meh lbuitonn are aovared ee ana too beaee < er hands, tracts have positive een awar “AN right,” he answere Clo r am t 4 a - each day in the year. For those who are strong enough the Turkish bath |"@t hang too heavy on her hands. t pel gsoyneky igs PONE hy agg : : who a nf Unt OR with the materi 3 a jonesome the big hotel » some othe hip an t r u 1 4 that a may safely be indulged in twice a week, hit \t should be avoided if it does {58% was lonesome in the big hot ‘ ae Nees i bo Dhina alk or : and glad to av herself of the op- is reassured Sara somewhat and,‘ ma , het i not leave the body al! aglow, the nerves rested and the entire system | Sara's a phad ¢ ’ . n this i lightfully exhilarated. Certainly it should not be made to take the |POTtunity to see something of the city. she put the subject out of her mind | been kind th ona Antes ‘ 4 pee ‘ s 7 : Mente sy we bi Aa La bp a ° . i ' ©} As they were starting out for a for the time being. But each morn-|done cverything he could to make nm vard they fig ROHOW| meteen eae ee place of exercises, which for the obese must be continued to the point of | | tor ride the next morning, Sara|ing when she was away from Blake's | the time pass msantly, Bd Q renthey are helpless | suitable If the oogas cleanse the pores, and a final cold shower, which never causes shock! «{:m worried about the Lake Lum- jof her part in the thing and wonder jing the dinner and music. \ iv wit > | blouse to give the * when the body is sufficiently warmed through increased circulation, ber Company's prospects, Will this |just why whe was continually being| ‘The next morning when Blake ar- (To Be Continued) | Warmth of a Jacket ) » _— nai is sim ii Ate te cm pr INTIMATE VIEWS OF PLACE WHERE PERSHING STARTED LIFE, HIS MOTHER AND OLD SERVITOR, Gen. John J, newspaper of miles to gather the facts. of army of West point and as a fighte: patriotic motion pictur minds of Engiand been permitted to speak. Thus, on July 4, 1776, with the proclamation of independence, Amer- ica repudiated the yoke of Teutonic oppression. Daniel Pershing had suffered in the Old World under Teutonic oppression. So when the call came be and his sons answered, Nearby was an outpost of the en- my. Savage Indians, heretofore the common enemy, were let loose upon the setilers who championed the cause of freedom, Massacres were frequent. Pershing, @ natural leader, organ- ized the men of his region Block house was built and they success- } fully resisted several onslaughts by the savages Minally there came their way the vanguard of the Continental Army the expedition against the frontier outposts of the enemy. Pershing, with his little band, joined the expe dition and participated in its success; but the unprotected farm in Indiana County caused him to hasten back to its defense and prevented his tak- ing an active part in the final victory in the east The war over and liberty firmly established, the Pershing family re sumed their peaceful existence in the little va The sons married, and soon grandchildren added to the group, The years passed swiftly, At length John F. Pershing, a grandson of Daniel, found the farm in Penn- ylvania too small, ‘The valley was becoming crowded from the en croachment of civilization during twenty-five years, Possessed of the same plonecr spirit that had caused his grandfather to seek opportunity % in the West, he looked to the farther 2 West Railroad development was boom- ng. Already the rails were pushing thelr way-into the wilderness, Con truction crewa were a familiar sieht, even to the Indians. Tt was natural, perhaps, that John F. Pershing should be interested in this great work of empire building, It was essentially the work of the pioneer—work that required dogged perseverance to win, He joined one construction crews operat- of nnesser entucky and T His merica, which T hear rive r t bil all who heard it. is free from the oppression. under Fe eee LUMEN goad Sakae: ION With a sinking heart the Mayor which one lives here. Tt ts possible f Matta GF tie. OheW urged a respect for the supreme law that you or your sons will hear some Seettrned (yeeinn fhe py PA A ) any # ennessee hi he t of the land which he was far from the call of our dear Alsace and i odie he ily pelea IN. LACKED , pred hak nd § Oo FA new url the beautiful Ann Thompson, A work was catling him to far Missc Complete Life Story of U.S. Leader This is the first full, authentic and intimate life story of Pershing, America then spent months and travelled many thousands They interviewed members of the Pershing family, the general's boyhood friends, and a host rs with whom he h in the Spanish war, in the Philip- pines, Mexico and finally in France. The facts thus gathered have been made the ba: entitied, “Why America Wi produced by the Fox Film Corporation. A Chapter Every Day for Two Weeks on Th ~ Original Fashion Designs | For The Evening World’s Home Dressmakers By Mildred Lodewick THIS DAINTY GARMENT MAY BE rin France. Trained 4 after a very briet courtship he persuaded her to marry him and spend their honeymoon in a construc- tion camp, with all the hardships that this entailed. The work upon which John F. Pershing was engaged was that of building a Jine of the Hannfbal and St, Joseph Railroad. ‘The rails had been extend 1 to within about three miles of the small town of Laclede, | M when it became apparent that? & very important event in the history of the Pershing family was about be occur There were no conveniences in the construction camp and no doctor nearer than Laclede, So it was de- cided to remove Mrs, once to that town. Th plished with one of th - ons used to Raul supplies for the rati- road, drawn by two Missouri mul Fortunately there was a house ready to receive Mrs, Pershing, There the doctor was summoned; and in this humble and primitive abode the pres comman of the American forces now fighting in France to ush the German and his brutal first saw the light. His proud and mother decided that he should be known as John Joseph Pershing. He was born Sept. 153, 1860. ul rugged constitution and dogged ® determination are a heritage from hia parents. His love of freedom and hatred of oppression were inbred fo xenerations, His mother sprang from @ stock as sturdy as was that of her husband, ‘There was strength in her frame and in her character, but wit al a certain gontioness that created a strong bond of sympathy between } nd her quiet though determined # Throughout all the years that boy struggled to gain an educat and @ start on the highroad of life the understandig. between mothe and son never flagged. There were limes when she sought to restrain the ambition that led to excess of study, but in the end she always gay way aswured that after all, he wa right. Never for a moment was the! relation of entire sympathy and af~ on strained or altered ives of many really great men of history pecially American his tory--have had their beginning in much the same fashion. Born amid by privations, a never- ng le to obtain an edu tion, obstacles to overcome and fi victory due to dogged perseverance (To Bo ¢ mntinued.) The New York ening World). All-Around Wear EASILY MADE AT HOME,