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CO Y THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918 | adong Martyrdom of Heroic Nation to Be Followed by a Splendid Resurrection, the View of Father Jean B. de Ville, Who Speaks for Cardinal Mer- cier in This Country—‘‘Lesson for Us All; in fact, » Belgium Never Wanted a Peace Not Honorable ~ and Just to the Allies.” By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Y au the Belgians the retreat of the Germans from Belgium {is not a ¥ retreat—it is a resurrection!” se In that vivid phrase Father Jean B, de Ville summed up the + significance of that new and splendid development of war on the western ) tront—the ebbing of the thick gray wave of enemy soldiers which for four “years has submerged Belgium. There is no one in this country better equipped to understand and interpret what the German withdrawal really Means to the first and most gallant of all Germany's foes, Father de Ville might be called the American “Big Brother” to the Belgians. He is of Bel- Bian descent, and since the beginning of the war he has made five separate trips to and through the invaded country, bringing to this country some 1,600 old people, children and other helpless refugees, with relatives in America eager to care for them. He has represented here the charities of Cardinal Moercicr, and when I talked with him it was at the Belgian Relief Bureau, No. 431 West 47th Street. He also has been a most effective speaker for the Third and Fourth Liberty Loans. i on, hold on, for the right peace, others who have suffered nothing in c parison should not groW fainthearted relax their efforts,” ‘What material effect will the re- treat of the Germans have immedi- ately upon the Belgians?” 1 asked Father de Vil “It means, for the timo being, that the Belgians must retreat too,” he admitted. “Where else can they go? They cannot stay in their towns and villages and be bombarded. The cannot walk a path of fire to their friends, the Allies, They must, for self-preservation, temporarily accom, pany the withdrawing forces of th And they must be fed, by outside relief commisaio: ey will have nothing with the and the Germans will give them noth- ing. “This fight of the Belgians with the Germans will not, in my opinion, go heyond the Belgian border, When | that is reached the Belgians will have |the chance to turn and recede into | their own country, while the Germang go on to theirs, And, of course, in every town and village from which the Germans withdraw the Allied re- lief agencies can begin to prepare per= manently for occupation by the Bel- gians, Houses can be rebuilt, ma- chines be set up in dismantled fac- tories, land be gradually restored to productivity, The Belgians, before the war, were thrifty and prosperous. At the earliest possible moment they must be made so again.” “It seems too bad," I observed, “that they should have to flee, even for the moment, from their own sol- diers and those of the Allies, The people muat find such a journey diffl- cult to endure. “On the contrary, their heart be filled with a new joy and er de Ville prophesied confident- , “for they know that the tide has | turned at last, ‘They cannot suffer | more than they have suffered during the last four years, There is a limit to human endurance, This flight away from the direct path of fire will be understood by them as the begin- ning of the end. Imagine the delight “For four years," he pointed out, "the Belgians have held possession of only the tiniest strip of their country some fifteen to thirty miles, con- taining the town of La Panne, aud mot anuch else. All the rést of Belgium Mas deen held by Germany, and there bas been an uninterrupted camgaign of destruction, intended to cripple Peigtum for the future as well as for she present, It has been Germany's intention to put both Belgium and France out of the field of commercial rivalry for years. “T have always said that I thought the Belgian civilians—the common people, the old men, the women, the ¢hildren—even braver than the sol- diera, The latter, of course, have Seen wonderful, and in the first ‘week of the war they held back forces many times their own size, Since them they have fought gallantly ‘whenever opportunity offered, and, | with which they will see their hated fs we have seen by the headlines, they| enemies fleeing, running away, the have been accomplishing great things; taunts they may not dare to utter the last few days, as well as the|>ut Walch shay sll think and whis- French, Americans and British, ‘As for their alee (aoe “But the soldicrs have been well fed. | years must bring balsam, I am not “Phey have had excitement, the com- ATHURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918 | Greater Belgium Will Rise afraid that the children have been fpnion hip of their own, the chance Tesist their enemies, The Belgian civilians, on the other hand, have een isolated from their friends, They have been without proper food, except as it was furnished to them by outside relief, Their agriculture and their industry, all their methods of making a living, have been de- wtroyed. They have been forbidden to love their country, It has been a erime, under German occupation, for ® Belgian to hav A or Queen Elizabeth, to show the Belgian colors or the Belgiaa MSoverything has been done to break a picture of King hurt irreparably, They are adaptable, and with kindness, material comfort and the calm of peace they will for- get the horrors through which they have lived. Hatred of all things Ger- man is something which cannot be forgotten for many generations, And yet, if the Belgian Army, along with the other Allies, invades Germany, there will be no literal retaliation fo Belgium's wrongs. There may be casional acts of indiscipline, but th will be wholesale revenge, “Germany, of course, must pay, in so far as she can pay, for all that Belgium has yuffered. From eight to ten billion francs have been extract- +h bh the spirit of the Belgians, to crush|ed from the Belgians in fines and the national soul. It has remained| seizures, All this must be paid back, uncrushed. It will never yicld. There| and the loss of property must be paid Met a lesson for us, for all the world, gm the fact that Belgium never has _—wanted a peace which was not honor- {able and just to all the Allies; that | Reigium, despite her sufferings, has smever talked of yielding to exhaustion | and oppression, } wat this martyred nation can fight _ ym The Flags of the Allied Nations. By T. L. Sanborn nizing Society, which carried to the No. 15—LIBERIA. west coast of Africa a company of ¥ ee e i HB flag of the African Republic se ‘emer Las of Liberia strikes one at once) whose capital was named Monrovia, ~ _ by its resemblance to that Of! strep President Monroe, In 1847 the United States. It has the same|; ierig abandoned its colonial status red and white stripes and the same and became, like Hayti, an tndepend- “Plue canton in the upper corner neXt) Ont negro republic, the staff as Old) Liberia entered the war as one of Glory, but there! the Allies on Aug. 4, 1917, Far dis- the resemblance | tant ag she is from the acene of the ends, |tremendous struggle in Europe, the The Liberian) jittle republic has yet tasted of the flag has eleven| rigors of war, for not long ago » stripes instead| German submarine shelled the coast of our thirteen,! or Liheria, only to be repulsed by of the eleven being red and five|, getachment of Liberian troops, 1. and the blue canton bears one |i, worthy of note that Liberia is ons of the only two remaining indo- pendent countries in Africa, the lion though for the torture and kill- there can be no material recom- But this is the greatest moment in the history of Belgium,” ended Father de Ville, with a fervent in- drawing of the breath, “and how I long to be there!” ment in 1821 by the American Colo- TIBERIA ving \ x yy ' .) 2. By Mildred Lodewick Copyright, 1915, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), HE “et ceteras” of a woman's costume are of as much importance as T the frock or suit itself. The woman who realizes this fact may ap- pear as smart in clothes that are not new as her more indulgent friends wao, having acquired a new frock or suit, neglect to give necessary consideration to accompanying accessories, This year the styles in gar- ments are so simple both in line and effect that the accessories assume unusual importance, The fancy veil, for instance, has become popular be- cause it is a convenient means of lending an impression of decorativeness to the frock of serge with plain neck line unrelieved. Another means of “dressing” the high round neck which seldom sees a collar is in tae fancy chain, There are many varieties of these on the market, with large Placques or lockets to weight them just below the bust line. One pretty conceit where vanity and sentiment are united is a locket made to simulate tortoise shell, jade, or coral, &c, Waen opened it displays a mirror on one side, while on the other may be placed the picture of a friend or relative in the service, thus inspiring their name of “victory” lockets. Another new neck adornment is the flat bead chain made on a loom, which is exceedingly pretty to wear with satin or georgette afternoon frocks. School of | Copyright, 1928, by The Pres Publishing Co. (The New York Bening World), To Form the Squad. 1O form the squad the instructor places himself three yards in T front of where tae centre should be, but never is. At the com- mand FLUTTER IN the recruits assemble in double-quick time unless they happen to be picking their teeth or reading a two-year-old copy of the Police Gazette. The rear rank forms @ mob at a distance of forty inches from the riot in the front rank. The instructor then commands COUNT OFF. The command should be given in a firm voice, but not loud enough to wake the rear rank wp. Ali the recruits turn their heads and eyes to the right unless they see more by squinting to the left or rear, They count ONE, TWO, THRBE, FOUR. This counting is done by the second hand on the in- structor’s watch and not by the calendar. When each man has counted off he pops his head sharply to the front, and then to the right, left and rear to make certain that he ien’t missing anything going by on the Poplar Level road, Alignments. At the squawk, RIGHT DRESS, each recruit places his left hand near his own hip pocket, executes EYES NORTH, SOUTH OR WBST, and doing a little hula-hula step places himself so that his elbow sticks out like @ railroad semaphore signalling BIG WRECK ON TRACK AHEAD. As there are sixteen elbows in each squad, the proper execu- tion of RIGHT DRHSS ebould make the squad resemble a boarding house hatrack with all the boarders off to the movies, At the command, FRONT, all the recruits drop their knitting and take their hands out of their pockets. This command is executed in a cadence of 120 jerks to the minute. The eyes should be brought sharply to the front, which should still be in the same place or some- where in the vicinity. If you can't find the front ask tye instructor, : ener on on Smart Hat Styles for Fall Days DESIGNED BY THE EVENING WORLD’S FASHION EXPERT By Candidate ARTHUR (“BUGS”) BAER . (18th Training Battery, Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky) Sometaing smart and distinctive that a woman may make for herself, | however, is suggested by the sketch in the circle. A heavy grosgrain ribbon in a becoming color, with bead slides, takes the place of a chain, on which | is suspended a beaded plaque,which any handy woman may embroider. The | foundation is satin or velvet covering a saaped piece of cardboard, Another suggestion for the handy woman is the bead bag made of two round beaded | side portions connected by a two-inch wide strip of“satin or velvet. A pair of beaded handles completes it. It is not necessary to work a design on such bags, for the vari-colored beads in solid rows present an attractive! effect, ‘The small hat in the circle has a saucy air with the round ostrich tip | nodding at the front. A metal brocade material or sealsRin fur would be | smart for tae toque, while the plume may exploit any favored color. Another pretty hat, on youthful lines, is shown above, made of velvet with its crown crossbarred by means of pin tucks, and its brim oddly slashed. On this model is also suggested an individual fastening for a fur) collar, a ribbon being pulled from slits in the fur and brought to tie in a bow under the chin, At the right is suggested a pretty arrangement of plumes on a hat of unusual turns, the Squad In the first drills the squads should be aligned with an interval of four inches between each man, which can be increased as each man becomes more confident, Caution. : Until they become accustomed to one another's cigarettes the re- eruits snould be aligned within easy shouting distance of each other, ‘The best way to preserve the four-inch interval is to handcuff ‘em. SPANISH INFLUENZY. ime Spanish influenzy stuff seems to be the only atrocity tiat hasn't been invented by his Simperia!l Majesty Billhelm der Twicer, You don’t have to speak the language in order to get it. In fact, one of the first cases reported in America was a Norwegian who spoke English wits a Swiss movement and had never been closer to Madrid than a Spanish omelet. The first symptoms are decidedly Spanish. The patient's knees sound off like a set of castanets, his voice resembles a busted guitar and he slings the bul! like a registered toreador, His eyes get as watery as Spanish wine, and he flashes about as much ambish as a canteen dollar watch wits the mainspring on a fur- lough. He is a total loss from his high heels to his sombrero, The best cure of Castillian influenzy is to give the patient a commission in the Dizzy Brigade and plant ivy on the magnificent old ruins. As a preventive, the barracks should be taoroughly ventilated at all times, and the candidates should sleop with their heels in line with the other fellow’s ears. The other fellow may have bunions, but A] bunions are not catching. ’ ‘ In addition, candidate should not eat too many caarlotte russes/or eclairs at meas, NY | THURSDAY, OC LY TOBER 17, 1918 U.S. Finger P —The Impressions of Classes, and Finding Any One of Millions Is Just Like Turning to the Right Word in the Dictionary. s4 ‘Fro. %—Whorl (deltas) Copyright, 1918, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) D's the Civil War thousands of soldiers were buried in unknown graves. In this war, Uncle S: those of his boys who meet a tags and finger prints. individuals will be identical ts one i chance of error is infinitesimal and more than one finger are taken. lines. Th These lines are more endurin ficatidn. The most important use of finger prints is in the identification of dead bodies of soldiers and sailors killed in action or recovered from the sea. Frequently this is the only way to identify them in spite of the fact that there may de tattooing and other marks and scars. The manglea body of an unknown man was found on the tracks of a |railroad in the outskirts of Philadel- ;Phia and taken to the city morgue. The man was dressed in civilian clothes, which revealed no clue to his identity, On one arm was tattooed @ battleship and on the other the in- signia of an artillery regiment. The military authorities were communi- cated with, finger prints were taken and sent to Washington, where they were identified in a few moments as the prints of a former soldier. In this way the remains were claimed by the man’s relatives, Only # few months ago a sailor was found wandering around the streets of Washington in a deranged mental state, He was sent to the Naval Hospital, where finger prints were taken and his identity estab- lished in a short time. In the Army, Navy and Marine Corps finger prints are made and recorded on a card which shows each finger rately and all of the fingers col- vely. These cards are sent to the War and Navy Departments, classi- fled and filed for future referen: ‘The apparatus for making finger sep prints consists pf a piece of glass, a small ink roller and a compressible tube of printer's ink. A shall amount of the ink is squeezed from the tube and spread on the glass by means of the roller Impressions are of two kinds— “rolled” and “plain.” The former are m by placing the side of the finger on the plate and rolling it over to the other side, and then rolling the finger on the card, A “plain” im- pression is made by pressing the un- der surface of each finger to the inked plate and then pressing it on the card, On the finger print cards the rolled prints are placed in the desig nated squares, and the plain prints are taken simultaneously and record- ed on the lower part of the card, At the time of making finger prints an identification tag is made, This consists of an oval disk made of metal, one and one-half inches long by one and @ quarter inches wide. Preserve Our Dead Heroes From Nameless Graves Army and Navy Has Evidence of Every Enlisted Man’s Identity That Cannot Be Changed Even by Death The chance that the finger prints of any two The only requirement 1s that prints must be clear to bring out the do not vary from youth to old age and even persist after death. juries alone change them, ‘but the scar of a cut would be substantive ident!- rint Records All Fingers Fall Into Six jam is going to protect from oblivion hero's fate by means of identification in sixty billion, authorities say. The is still further reduced if prints of than any other marks of the body. In- The finger print of the right index finger is “rolled” on one side and on the other is written or printed the man's name, rank, date of enlistment and date of birth, The tag is then treated by chemicals, after which it is found that the finger print and words are etched on the metal and are therefore indelible, If the reader took his own finger print by means of an ordinary rubber stamp and ink pad and examined it through a magnifying elass, he would note that it fell within one of etx orimary classifications. Figure 6 1s known as an “arch.” Figure 6 ie @ “tented arch.” Figure 7 is @ “radial loop.” Figure 8 js an “ulnar loop.” re 9 is a “whorl,” and Figure 10 is a “composite or double curve.” These are further subdivided by del- tas and cores. There are also loops, beads, the running together of lines the separation °f lines and various combinations, There are so many points of difference that the indexers have no trouble in classifying the cards, and it is just as easy to find a card as it {s to find a word in the dictionary, As before stated, the print of one finger is #l! that is necessary, but the prints of the other fingers are used to confirm *'» first. Finger printing has been known for centuries and once was extensively | used in China by merchants as tures, From there the prac tended to India, In this country great interest was aroused by Mark Twain's novel “Puddin'head Wilson" which | treats of the substitution of one baby another, which was the real heir. | ‘The man responsible for introdue- tion of finger printing into the west- ern world was Francis Galton, an Englishman who published several |monographs on the subject in 1892. In former days criminals were identi- | fled by photographs, but this method | was found to be confusing and un- | satisfactory In 1885, Alphonse } Bertilion, a Frenchman, called ate | tention to a system of measurements, wMich though satisfactory and de- | pendable, is tedious of accomplish- | ment compared with the simplicity of king and classifying finger prints, Such is only one of their many uses Railroads employ them to identify employees, some of the Government employees of the Canal Zone are paid by such identification and.savings banks utilise finger prints to identity ict