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MERICANS note with pride that German expert testimony also goes to show the American Army has been given the job of smashing out a keystone of German defense in the west. “Tt is on the unconquerable resistance of the Verdun front,”, wrote Gen. von der Marwitz, Commander in Chief of the Fifth Army, | in @ recent order which has come into the possession of the American command, “that depends the fate of a great part of the western front, perhaps even of our nation.” The German General goes on to explain that the American attack on this sector is aimed to cut the Longuyon-Sedan line, which he declares to be “the most important artery of the German Army in the west.” Every German soldier on this front, where they are massed in extra strength, is urged “to realize the greatness of his mission and do his duty to the very end.” Thus it becomes clearer than ever that the taking of Longuyon and Briey would not only cut the enemy from the French iron mines, upon which he depends heavily, but also imperil his entire line in France and Belgium. In watching the progress of the First American Army on the lun front, therefore, it should be remembered that Marshal Foch has honored the American forces with a job of the first magnitude, where they will find the pick of German troops ordered to hold out against them at all costs. America thanks the Marshal and compliments him on his judg- ment in selection. . a TOO NEAR NEW YORK. HE feat of saving 8,000,000 pounds of T N T by directing | from an airplane the work of those who fought the recent fire| at the Gillespie shell-loading plant at Morgan, N. J., was! nétable enough to induce the War Department to make public the facts and the names of the air pilot and the observer. But how does the War Department expect the public to receive the news that 8,000,000 pounds of the most powerful explosive used in the war have been and, it is assumed, are still concentrated in a comparatively small area not twenty miles from New York? Judging from the alarming effects produced in Manhattan by successive explosions of minor quantities of T N T in the Morgan disaster, what would have happened to the five boroughs of Greater New York, to Jersey City, Hoboken and the whole densely populated section of which New York is the nucleus, if those 8,000,000 pounds of T N T had NOT been saved but had exploded in any considerable volume, at once or successively? © The civilian population must take its proper share of the risks of war. Shells must be made, loaded and shipped in great numbers a6 fast as human effort and-ingenuity can get them ready. But surely there are enough thinly populated open sections on the Atlantic coast to make it possible efficiently to handle 8,000,000 pounds of T N T, if there need be such accumulation, at some point where upward of 6,000,000 people in the country’s most thickly settled metropolitan area would not be thereby endangered. Right million pounds of explosives belong a good deal more than twenty miles away from the skyscrapers, bridges and tubes of the City of New York. ee “GERMAN HOPES DASHED.” ERLIN does not like the President’s reply to the German peace proposals! The fact will cause no loss of sleep in America. The President’s answer to the German Government was meant, nat to please Germans, but to make them think. * (With a few the process of thought was already under way. With others it has been accelerated. Reports by way of Copenhagen and Amsterdam to the effect that since the President’s note was pub- lighed in Germany Berlin banking circles have had a bad case of chills, crowds of the Berlin population have been pulling down Hohenzollern statues witl appropriate demonstrations, while employees of the great minition works at Essen have struck for peace—all indicate that the German mind is turning further in the right direction, German hopes, we are told, were greatly dashed by the Presi- dént’s words. t The more German hopes were dashed the better chance for Ger- mans to emerge from the struggle with enough of Germany to be worth saving. Hits From Sharp Wits. The Kaiser says his troops are “Joyal to the core," but the fact re- inains that the majority of them now degin to recognize there ain't gonna be ao core.—Philadelphia, Inquirer, © m™ Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "An empty bin.""—Philadelphia Inquirer, ia ear Your fountain pen oan shoot a Boche if you use it to write a Liberty Loan bond — subscription,—Memphi “If.the husband who starts the row | Commercial Appeal. ’ i said {@ fair-minded,” remarked the Man “ae haar in the Car, “he'll let his wife last word and live happily ever “Toledo Blade, eer wer Happiness comes at various ages, but one Boston woman has confided to the Transeript that the happiest days of her life were spent during re can all profit from a great dea! | ‘he three years that she was eighteen, aavice by not luking it—Atbany . 2 8 ral. A barkeeper who is handy with tools . . . can 4 up the mahogany and go A : to the antique (urniture business . won't there be a mighty ain, HH . > s ¥ Med with a strange explosive thrill, |MXt, July. — Pittsburgh Gazeue When Germany some day starts in Vestigating Kaiser Till! Yi one eng eer sette Siar Spanish influenza is bad enough, x y os but at ast it is not @ humiliaung to succumb to it as. to German! an Dare. come fe heae @ PASS | measies,--Baltimore American, but we eat paying and pald in fives and --Memphis Commercial Appeal. me marriage service does not al- secure a divorce from war Columbia (8. C.) State, Bag WS war ar We pay to eat, and pay to wear ‘The clothes that are just right; We pay for rent and coal, and so We gotta pay to FIGHT— Buy @ bond! ~Mempbie Commercial Appeal, 7 F It Is one thing ae cst the truth and another to recognize a i Clinch It! Le | | eI | Copyright, 1915, by ‘The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) WESTERNER spoke to me something like this: “I'm sur- prised how little civic pride you New Yorkers have As a rule you don't take the least interest in public welfare and try to get through as quickly and as easily as possible. For example, a friend of mine whom I am visit- ing actually pays people to be hon- est. Rather than be bothered with correcting an abuse he pays, and the abuse goes on. As @ consequence everybody suffers. “For instance, if a porter is taking care of his baggage he pays him a ridiculous price, He told me that the reason he does this is because if he pays a modest sum he will find something missing in his baggage. “When he was building a house he paid the workers top notch prices, for he said that if he didn’t they would ‘swipe’ everything they could to ‘get even.’ The Westerner went on to tell how in petty ways we subsidize everything and everybody for fear they will "do" us. The whole trouble is that nobody wants to take the time to correct anything. Everywhere it is possible we pay the price asked, regardless of whether it is right or not, in order to avoid the trouble of going into the matter, The people who would take advantage know this failing on th Women in War By Albert Payson Terhune = ees OOVTTight, 1918, bY The Press Publishing Os, (The New York Grening World), NO. 33.—-MARGARET OF ANJOU; the Warrior Queen. galloped to battle in a chariot at the head of a horu of half-naked barbarians. If she had lived a few cer turies later she might have led England's militant suf- fragettes in a hair-pulling raid against the House of Commons. As it was, she made all the trouble she could, and fn as ferocious a manner as possible. So much so that Shakespeare speaks of her as: “A tiger’s heart wrapped in # woman's hide!” She was Margaret of Anjou, a French princess who, at the age of fifteen, was married, for political reasons, to young Henry VI., King of England. England just then, was on the verge of @ civil war—known as “The War of the Roses”—which ravaged and soourged the realm for almost a whole generation. King Henry's cousin, the Duke of York, claimed the throne. His claim, at first, did not amount to much. If Henry had been anything of a man and had been married to any one but Margaret, he might easily have crushed the revolt at the very start and have sent the Duke of York to coo! his heels in the Tower of London. But Henry was a pretty poor specimen—at least, for the rough age in waich he lived. He was keenly interested in education and in the gentler arts. He hated warfare. This at a time when only a hand of iron could have kept the country loyal. He was meek and trresolute and easily swayed. And his shrewish wife had a terrific influence over him. Whenever statesmen or Generals found some way to settle York's claims, Henry's feebleness of character marred the plan, or else Margarets Henry Too Gentle a King. _— fierce tactlessness spoiled everything. Most often it was Margaret who, by cruel treatment of helpless enemies or else by being defiant when she should have deen diplomatic, wrecked these wise schemes, Soon after the birth of Margaret's only son, Edward, the King went insane. From then on he was crazy most of the time, and Margaret was left with a free hand. The Duke of York was dead. But his two sons kept up the war against Henry and Marguret. In person, the Queen led the royal armies into battle. And she undid the advantage gained by her few victories by hideous cruelty toward the vanquished. This behavior estranged her most loyal friends. For her idiot husband she cared for him. $ Woman Tries Hard $ to Save Throne. Oe VL was already in prison, And there to rule as King Richard Tt, for Margaret to fight for. dying in 1482. nothing. But she adored her yours son, Edward, And she fought like a wild thing to save the English throno But her battling was in vain. Twice her armies were dispersed. Twice, in disguise, she and Edward had to flee to France for refuge. In her exile she was without money and was half starved. But always she managed to bully or wheedle her French kinsmen into financing anoth expedition into England, And again the miserab!) hopeless war would go on. At last, at the battle of Tewksbury, Edward was captured and put to death. Margaret herself was captured a few days later and was thrown into prison. Poor old Henzy he was murdered—supposedly by the hunchback son of the Duke of York—the Duke of Gloucester, who was later Her husband and her beloved son were dead. There was nothing left ‘The warrior Queen's career was at an inglorious end. Because she was now powerless to do further harm, she was set free from the Tower and packed off to France, There, broken-hearted and in poverty, she eked out a wretched life, part of the average New Yorker and therefore many gross injustices are inflicted on people who can least af- ford the abuse. The Westerner knows things are di¢- ferent place considerably west of New York. The people there are not willing to stand for extortions and they are soon eliminated Consequently there is more fair play. I believe the Westerner’s observa- tions contain a considerable element of truth, It is true that im our hur- ried and flurried existence we often pay for a thing, although it is wrong, to avoid being bothered. I have seen so much of this every day. The average person who can afford to pay, in order to get rid of a matter, does not realize what an in- jury he is inflicting on thousands of others, No man or woman is performing his or her citizen's duty unless they take it upon themselves to correct the wrong. They owe this to themselves, but even more do they owe it to the public at large. They encourage dis- honest charges because of the eave with which they pay and thus make it dificult for others, Hyndreds of examples could be cited, The ticket evil of the specu lators is one of them, Many artisti people, lovers of good music and drama, are unable to satisfy thelr longing to attend fine performances to pay @ ridiculous price to a specu- lator who, because of this encourage ment, has bought up all the tickets. Civic interest ts lacking in any onc Even the Worm Has AVE you noticed how few H worms there are in the chest- nuts this year? If not, just! buy a nickel'’s worth from Tony on| the corner and you'll find that of the ten or @ dozen nuts he doles out only four or five will contain a worm, No such low average as this has been touched in years, The Food Administration, with an to conservation of foodstuffs, the chestnut is a neglected deli- cacy, and urges its use in any one of |@ hundred different ways. It can be eye stewed, boiled, fried, baked, pickled and is delicious when served hashod brown, au gratin or in cream, With it you can stuff anything from a Spanish mackerel to a superannuated suitea, cording to the F. A, Now, says Ignace Rosario, peanut, chestnut and banana administrator jot Battery Park, the worm has Turned on the Kaiser wormy way is doing his bit for Uncle | Sam, The worm, take it from Ignace, has heard that thechestnut, if used as a food, would assist Mr, Hoover in keeping his promise to send 17,600, 000 | tons of foodstuff to our allies, Says Ignace: "So the lectle worm he say to heemself, “Thees for me is nutless year. I keep away from the shestanut’ Only one out of five cents worth you will find with # worm, The leetle worm be has turned on Kaiser Bi eee UNFORTUNATE CRITICISM, | OBERT W, CHAMBERS, talk- | I heard Ga jolly good one, |my_ boy, about a member of your craft, The chap had roasted a pop lular lady novelist, and he met her | that night at a party, “T think it was awfully mean of you to roast me,’ the lady novelist said to him, ‘especially when you know that I have three children and turned on the Kaiser, and in @ quiet, ® husband, who is a literary critic, to support.’ "The Bookman, ae OT DEVE NERA RINT FS a I I a where he came from—some| because somebody has been willing, P aying P eople to Be Honest By Sophie Irene Loeb who allows himself to be used in this way. This is not so in other coun- tries. In England a block of the best seats in the theatre are reserved at the very lowest prices and no one can |purchase them ahead of time to the | detriment of the poorer classes. Also it is almost unheard of for a taxi driver in London to charge you more than the rates set by the authorities, Why? Because the people of London wouldn't stand for it and the mere mention of “Scotland Yard" would scare the wits out of any cabbie who attempted a high charge, They don't pay people to be honest there, but the people take hold them. selves as a general thing and act as a deterrent of petty thieving. In a word, the public polices for itself. every person would refuse to be one" and sacrifice a little time to securing justice much suffer. ing and hardship would be alleviated. In the last analysis this is the first duty of @ real citizen, by swagger sticks. The Jarr Family Copyright, 1918, Ly The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) HAT’S this about the vim- min suffragettes picking on the Senators at Wast- ington, Why don’t they stop picking ‘on people and buy bonds?” asked Mr. Slavinsky. “Why, all I know,” replied Mr. Jarr, | “is what I saw in the pape: But it isn’t picking, it’s picketing. Mr, Slavinsky cocked his head to one side and reflected very carefully for quite some time, “Vell,” he finally said, “I don't know vat's coming over the vimmin, As Gus says, ‘They ain't no livin’ mid dem and der ain't no livin’ midout dem.’ If my wife was to become a military suffragetter’?—— “Militant guffragette,” corrected Mr. Jarr. “Tt all means a fighter, don't it?” said Mr, Slavinsky, “and, as I was goin’ to say, if my wife was to become military suffragetter she would want me to get her a ooniform that Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), O you want a “reason” for buying more Liberty Bonds? Well, three thousand “perfectly good reasons” marched under my window the other night—three thousand of them, clad in khaki, and singing “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!” in the perfect faith that YOU would see them through! Fashion Note—Crowns are being worn looser than ever this season, and sceptres are entirely superseded “Beware the Greeks most when they offer gifts,” the Kaiser most when he offers peace; and a woman most when she offers you platonic friendship. A frank husband 1s is ke @ photograph before the re- iouckitre canoes and far more terrible than fiction. Tt ien't the initial cost of a mai worrtes his wife; it’s the money he spends, afterward, buying libations for his friends so that they'll listen while he tells about it operation for appendicitis that It requires at least three men td perfect a woman's sentimental educa- tion; the one who teaches her to love, the one who teaches her that she is lovable, and the one who teaches her how to inspire love. Man proposes—but not often, until] woman has (blindfolded him and got him so tangled up that he can't see his way out of it. “Giving in marriage” is easy; it's GEI'TING anything alto requires all a woman's effort and ingenuity. rd that ' One reason why a man meets with more sentimental temptations jhan 14 woman is, because ho always takes the trouble ta meet them halt way. By she could go oud and scrap mit the vimmins, too, Do you think the vim- mins is going to get wotes that way?” “What way?” asked Mr. Jarr, “By fighting among demselves,” said Mr. Slavinsky. “I read it in the papers that all they do is to hold meetin’s mit flags, insulting them Senators, and, say, them Southern |Senators won't give them wotes on account of social precedence.” “Social, or rather, racial prejudice, you mean,” said Mr, Jarr, “Well, anyhow,” sighed Mr, Slavin- sky, “whatever it is, is an oxcuse for the vimmin to fight.” “What do you care?” asked Mr. Jarr, “As long as they are fighting each other they are not fighting us. Anyway, except these few militant suffragettes, Ameri¢an women are not fighting us just now—they are fight- ing the Kaiser!" “T find it,” said Mr, Slavinsky, “that them suffragetter meetings is only trainin’ camps for fighting at home after the war. My wife never went to them meetings, though, because we know a lady whose husband is in the wholesale glass bimness, and I am only in the retail trade, and that lady puts on airs to my wife, and that lady was a 6uffragetter, so that’s why ny wite wasn't.” “I'm gure I don't know anything about it,” said Mr: Jarr, “I should worry about what a few women do in Washington! But you don't seem to be in a good humor ebout it at ail.” “1 guess I ain't,” said Mr. Slavin- sky. “I got house notves.” “What?” asked Mr. Jarr. “House noives,” repeated Mr. ‘i! vinsky, “That's vat my wife sets when she needs a new dress or a new hat, She is cross at me, and cries and says she's noivus, and the only way to cure it is to give ber all the Toney I have and tell her I'll hit her in the eye if she don't go down to the stores and blow herself to what she wants, But I dop’t git out nowhere to see nothin’, not even the soldiers’ parades. Don't I want a good time, too? Sure! So I'm going to have house noives and then go out.” “Now, I'll tell you what we'll co,” aid Mr, Jarr. “I'll get house nerves and go out with you and we'll see the Liberty Loan campaign winding up.” “I’m mit you!" cried Mr. Slavinsky. “And I tell you vat I always wanted to see. I ain't never been in the bar- room of the Fritz-Cariton or any of them big hotels yet. Let you and me shust go round and be rea! swells and took them places over.” “You're on!" said Mr, Jarr, “Don's we have to put on full eve- Roy L. McCardell ning dress or we can’t get in them But Mr. Jarr shook his head tm the negative and soon the two went around the big hotels, decorated and F ehe hed lived « few-centuries earlier she would have crowded and astir with Liberty: Loan activities. “Would you like to see Peacock Alley?” asked Mr. Jarr, “where ali the finely dressed women are sitting? A lot of army and navy officers wil there, too.” “No,” said Mr, Slavinsky. “We will g0 right In the barroom. I don’t vant to look at no ladies or soldiers aad sailors foist.” Mr. Slavinsky was very much im- Pressed with the handsome appoint- ments of the cafe in the big hotel, and immediately he and Mr, Jarr were in a warm altercation as to who should be the host, Finally, Mr. Sla- vinsky turned to the white coated attendant and said: “Give us the dicebox, them to see who pays.” “Nothin’ do! aid the white coat- ed non-essential, “No dice throwin’ allowed on these premises!” Mr, Slavinsky was abashed. “Let's go in the back room and play a littl» auction pinochle, if any of the gentle men here care to join us to make a three or four handed game?” he guid softly. We'll chuck “Nix!” the reply. “No card Playin’ in this establishment!” “Well,” said Mr, Slavinsky, “Can I buy a Liberty Bond in here, or don't you give no service to cash customers at all?” New York to ia First Steam Ferry Route. HE first steam ferry in the wo:!d made its maiden trip betweci New York and Hoboken 107 years ago, The craft'was the inven- tion of John Stevens, a pioneer ia many inventions and the father of the United States patent syetem, Ho invented the first condensing, double- acting engine ever built in America, In 1807 he constructed the steambut Phoenix, completing it only a few days after Fulton made his epochal trip on the Hudson, Shut out from that river by Fulton's priority, Stcv- ens in 1808 took his vessel around »y the sea to the Nelaware and was th first to navigate in the open ocean in a steam craft. Later he secuica the first American patent for a steain railway locomotive. His steam feriy was successful, and the waters around New York have ever since swarmad with such craft, v Se