0 "SAMPLESPACKED SEPARATELY"
When forty mother*, each with a baby, descended on the University settlement temporary nursery at the
emergency workshop for women In New York, the problem was where to put the babies. It was solved by the gift
of a number of wicker clothe* baskets, which were ntted with small mattresses and pillows.
VICTORIOUS CARRANZA TROOPS
9 A
Company of Carranxlstas who heroically defended one of the trenches
near the Rio Grande at Matamoros against the attacks of Villa's troops and
captured four of the enemy's flags.
REPUDIATE PLEDGE NOT TO FIGHT
Kw'!*. ' - -
British prisoners of war, captured by the Kronprlni Wilhelm, being
. transferred from a tug boat to the dock at Newport News to take the British
ship Cassandra to England, where they planned to enlist apd go to the frotyt
despite a promise given to Captain Thierfelder not to do so. They asserted
? the pledge was given under compulsion and so not binding.
NEW DAREDEVIL OF THE AIR
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Art 8mlth. the young Indiana aviator, who has been doing moat sensa
tional stunts in the air at San Francisco since the death of Lincoln Beachey.
He recently made 22 loops in one flight. >
TOWELS FROM OAK LEAVES
Another Triumph for American In
genuity In Utilization of Virtual
ly Waate Material.
The proverbial leaf which started
the first spring fashions In dress In
the Garden of Eden has now appeared
in a leas artistic role as a bath towel
for the cultured descendants of AdAm
and Eva Instead of the fl* leaf, how
ever. It Is the oak leaf from the miles
at waate woodland In south Jersey
that Is being stripped from the trees,
carefully cured and then shipped to
New York city to be converted Into
cheap bath towels.
The Industry of gathering and cur
ing oak leaves, which has flourished
In the barren woodlands of this region
for several years, threatened to be
hard hit by the war, as the principal
market for the product was In the
?uropean countries. Now the Amer
ican towel market promises to keep
the leaf gatherers busier than ever
The leaf gathering Is largely car
This heroic statue of Henry Hud
son, which will be erected on Spuyten,
Duyvll hill when cast In bronse. Is the
last completed model by Karl Bitter,
the sculptor who recently was killed
In an automobile accident
WILLIAM BARNES, JR.
William Barnes. Jr., Kepubllcah po
litical leader of New Yolk state, as
he appeared at Syracuse when his
libel ault against Colonel Rposevelt
was called for triad.
Thoughtless Explanation.
"You say this will be your farewell
appearance?" asked the Interviewer.
"Yes." answered the eminent ac
tress. "I shall detlre from the stage,
never to return to It."
"What la your reason for such a
decision?"
"My manager thinks It better for
business to make every other tour a
farewell engagement."
A Catastrophe.
"There was a terrible train wreck
In our neighborhood last night."
"What was It?"
"Some boob at the party stepped on
my wife'a ftsh-tall party gown."
rted OD by Jewish farmer* who settled
In small colonies In parts of Salem,
Cumberland and Atlantic counties and
wbo were quick to recognise the Talus
of the oak twigs on the large tracts
of waste- land covered with pine and
scrub oaks which natives of the region
bad regarded as worthless. The twigs
are cut two feet long and packed 6,000
to a bale. The? sell at from tt,0 to
)60 a ton when' properly cured, and
Industrious Jewish families have made i
more than enough to buy their farms
through the gathering of the leaves. '
ENGLAND IS A
SOLEMN PLACE
MD SHOWS II
Face and Pace of Briton Indi
cates Effect of War on Mind
of Populace.
TENSENESsj BUT NO ALARM
Edward B. Clark, Fresh From Ship
Paaaaga. Through Mlna-Strown
St. George's Channel, Qlvea
Hla Imprtaalo'na of Trip.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
London.?The Americas ahlp Phila
delphia made Liverpool?tale, for all
the pre-aalllns scare. St. George's
channel and the Irish sea may have as
many submarines In them as they hare
Bah. which is exceedingly doubtful,
but they are pleasant places with a
sufficient half-moon shining down
upon their waters.
Was there danger aa the American
liner made Its way through these
?alt seas toward Liverpool? Perhaps,
but. If so, no passenger on board gave
expresalon to It In word or face.
There was a tenseness among the
men and women on the ship, but It
was an Inward thing. No one with
sense believed for a moment that a
submarine would sink an American
passenger ship. Thought dwelt on
the possibility, but It seemed to be
one which could come only as the
offspring of an awful mistake.
Other American ships unquestion
ably will continue to go through the
channel and the lesser sea unmen
aced. There was the spice of a sense
of danger to make the trip exhilarat
ing or depressing as spice affects the
human frame and mind. No one spoke
of danger save rarely, and then the
speakers were meat The women said
nothing. In times that seem to be
those of emergency, even If tbey are
not, women always are stronger than
men, but few men there be willing to
p/lmlt thn natont foot a
Show Up Vessel's Nam*. (
Aa soon aa the lights of the South of t
Ireland were sighted, and the Phlla- t
delphla entered what in truth la a war 1:
rone, the aallora rigged two great a
electric lamps and hung them over the o
aldea of the vessel, where their con- li
centrated beams fell on great white t
letters announcing the name of the t
ship and the fact that she was "an i
American." The name could be read
over a long distance, for It was high v
enough above the tumbling waters to t
stand in the line of vision, clear and t
beacon-like. a
Until the edge of the war rone out- I
lying Ireland was reached no flag was t
shown by the Philadelphia. When the li
waters of so-called danger were ap
proached the Stars and Stripes were s
broken out at the proper station. Or- s
dlnartly the British flag would have v
been displayed forward as the ensign n
of the port of destination, but the c
American captain was talcing no c
chances wfth the British flag, either o
forward, aft or amidships.
There were five natives of England i
to one native of America on the Phlla- v
delphla, and for once at least on the a
high seas the Stars and Stripes looked t
good to English eyes. At sunset the I
flag came down and the bright elec- I
trie lights were turned on to the name f
and nation of the ship, where within t
certain sea limits all men might read
them.
Man-of-War Asks for Information.
Some forty - miles beyond Daunt's
rock the lights of a man-of-war ap
peared. The vessel was lying In the
sea shadows, not more than three
quarters of a mile away. Nothing but
the lights were visible, but their dis
tribution showed even the unpracttced
eye that the vessel displaying them
was a warship of a greater type. Sud
denly from the stairboard side of the
dreadnaught, predreadnaught or cruls
re. whatever she was, came a sharp
flash of light, which was followed by
successive twinkles. The Britisher
was signaling the Yankee, and the
Yankee Instantly pdid heed.
"What ship la that?"
An answer was twinkled back from
the bridge.
"Where bound?"
Back went the answer.
If the response had not been given
quickly and readily a shot would have
come across the Philadelphia's hews.
The British guardshlps where''"'St.
George's channel meets the ocean are
taking no chancus,tand this notwith
standing the fact that German mer
chant and German war ships virtually
have disappeared from the waters.
No Fear Felt by Americans. c
There may hare been no submarines 1
In the Irish sea when the Philadel- 1
phla nfade Its way toward Liverpool. I
If there were, let It be said again that r
no American ot seasoned sense on
board thought for an Instant that the '
ship was In danger of a torpedo from l!
any German craft unless the missile r
were Bred as the result -of gross error. '
Some Americans in America may 11
think differently about the matter. It 11
would so seem to one who had to take ''
leave of some friends more or less
fearful. One American on board said
to anotber when midway between
Queenstown and Liverpool, the place a
of reputed greatest danger, that there a
was more worry On shore over the ship e
BLAMES HIS RUIN ON BOOKS
t , .
London Hermit'* Peeaion Caueed Him
to Abandon a Prosperous
Business.
London.?"Books bare been my
ruin." was one of tbo beat thine* said
by the lata Charles Augustus Ward,
who In his latter days was a curious
old hsrmlt ot Walthauatow Infuse*
His passion tor books had led blm to
dispose of th* prosperous wins bust
RUSSIA BUYS AMERICAN AEROPLANES
r ? ^ _ *
View oi a Murgea* Dunne aeroiuaue having Its offleial try-out under the
eupervtilon o/ agent* of the Kuaalan government, who have been buying n
number of American aeroplane*. <
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han there was on Its deck. He told
he truth.
Only one boat waa swung out pn tta
larlts by tha crew of the Phlladel
>bla; It could- not hare held by any
hence more than a doaen or fifteen
wople; It waa swung out a lone time
>efore the war aone waa reached.
.Vhy? No one knew, it la aa much
if a puzzle today aa It waa the day that
be crew swung the lifeboat orer the
eater.
It haa been aald of other voyages
hat passengers on ahlpa passing
brough the Irlah aea at night did not
;o to bed, or If they did, they turned
n with their clothea on. There waa
inly one passenger on the American
lner who atayed up all night through
he Irlah aea. and he waa a Jolly, old
etlred naval officer who had served
?la time and who could not get over
he habit of ataylng on watch. This
>ld chap must be seventy-fire years
>ld, but he showed up at the breakfast
able shining, rosier and more gen
irally wide-awake than uy compan
on passenger.
The night before the Irish sea was
intered an Englishman who was play
ng bridge and aide talking about the
natter of stewards' tips said:
"Perhaps the only steward we must
lp will be 'the one waiting on Davy
ones "
England a Solemn Place.
This word from the Brttlaher >u
bout the only one heard from a man
uggestlve of any dread poaalbllltlea
rom the calling of the war-cone 'aea.
rbe women, aa I hare said. kept off
he aubject of the war and of danger
rom atart to finlah. About an hour
lefore turnlng-ln time fifteen or twen
y of the woman paaaengera gathered
a a cotper of the ao-called aoclal ball
nd conferred together. There waa
ne woman In that throng of whom I
iad the presumed right to aak quee
lona. I Inquired concerning the ne
ore of the conference, and my anawer
tea, "No matter."
I found out later, however, that the
romen In aolemn conclave had agreed
bat It waa aafe to go to bed and to
urn In attired aa they were ordinarily
.ttlred on aleep occaafona, and "to
iasa the danger by," and with It all
bought of anything except a aafe
ending on the morrow.
One man 1 can aay who waa going to
leep with hla trousers on and with hta
boes exceedingly handy, turned In
rearing the uaual habiliments of the
light, and tried, not altogether suo
esafully. to banish thoughts of sub
narlnea and to woo sleep after the
rdlnary coaxing manner.
Liverpool was reached early In the
aornlng?the sea and Its submarines
rere behind, but the war In Its other
xpeets was In front, and one knew It
he Instant that foot was put on land.
England Is a solemn place, and Shows
t In the step and In the faces of the
icople. A solemn place?and so must
>e Germany and Prance and Russia.
ADVOCATE OF FEMINISM
r
Jules Bolt, chevalier of the legion
if honor and prophet of feminism In
'ranee. Is now in this country to
nake an Investigation of our food
iroductlon and exportation. He will
nake a lecture tour of the United
States and will study the methods of
eachlng French In the schools ofCal
Fornla. He summarised his views.of
emlnism thus: "Yes, women should
:ave the vdte, not that we may havn
nore votes, but that a new moral ele
nent, the mother eleihent, may enter
nto the political world."
Surprise for Hughes.
Elisabeth, N. J.?Andrew F. Hughes,
roused from sleep by an earthquake,
s he supposed, found a big auto truck
imbedded In his house.
ness at May fair he Inherited from his
father.
One of hti hobbtee was cook books:
at eighty-seven he was compiling one
for bis own Use from ancient sources
when death overtook him. He had
just Inherited a small fortune from
hia sister. His collection of S.OOU
volumes has gone to the London II-1
brary.
He was often seen around London
In a Holland smock, or a blue frock
coat with brass buttons, and a Pana
ma hat with yellow ribbon.
WAR BECOMES HABIT
People Quickly Adapt Themselves
to New Life.
Take It Caralaaaly Like Ufa on Vol
cano?Boya All Expect to Fight
and Arc Not Unaaay Ovar
Proa pact. .
> By GABRIEL DELAGARDE.
(Correspondent Chlcaao Daily Nam.)
Amiens, France?In the laat few
daya 1 have made Inquiries among
many persons to And out the state of
mind of tha civil population aa regards
the war generally. 1 have talked with
tradespeople, manufacturers, retired
merchants, ordinary laborers, other
employees?aa many aa possible of
each. It Is easy to enter upon a con
versation ; at the present time It la
not necessary to rack one's brains to
And a subject, and the subject la In
exhaustible. People have grow.n wise.
The fantastical reports which at the
beginning of the war ware Invariably
believed fall now on skeptical ears.
Moreover, things are now In order.
The other day. at a prominent hair
dresser'd shop In town, a man an
nounced to those who would llstan
that the Germans had Just entered
Albert. An officer, who was being
shaved, Interfered, had' the man ar
rested, and for his Imprudence he
.passed eight days In prison.
Who would Imagine, while walking
through the streets of Amiens, that
the Germans ware' M kilometers
(about twenty mUas) from here, not
more? The soldiers from f^e trenches
do not come here, or If they do the
officers and men are obliged to come
clean and In good style. Automobiles
only have the light to be dirty. The
imputation, it appears, must not-see
the war In an unfavorable light. ?
So the people are gradually growing
accustomed to this abnormal state of
affairs. Just as the Inhabitants of a
town near a smoking volcano go about
their business srtthout giving It. a
thought. As a friend of mine, a lit
erary man of these parts, said to me:
"War? It's a matter of habit; heart,
soul. miAd. all become dally hardened
to It. We have adapted ourselves to
Our new Ufa."
And the remark la Just. It applies
to the people, especially to the men
who bare remained here. All the
young men are alike; that Is, the great
majority. They realise that. U the
war lasts, their turn will come to g<
to the front, and It causes them nt
uneasiness.
There is the mental anguish whlcl
affects all without distinction, wltf
terrible equality, from the minister t<
whom we are Indebted for the thret
years' service law and who has Jusl
lost his son, to the poor little womar
who chars to make a living, whoat
husband Is a prisoner In Germany.
This It Is wblcb makes war odious
which creates the Uerceat hatred!
both In the heWrts of the soldier* and
the civil population. One day I re- I
turned from Albert with a poor worn '
an, who baa no one at the front, bo'
who has witnessed the ruin o*
by a bombardment. She stretched out
her thin arms with the suppleness Of
a cat as she said:
"Let tbe women have a hand Do
liver to me four 'boches' oqly. and I
will undertake to put out the eye* of
those highwaymen."
The refugees suffer and have snf
fered materially. They are virtually
the only ones. One may say that, fat 1
from Increasing misery, tbe war hai
diminished It. 8uch a wave of official 1
and private charity has swept ovei
the country! Nearly all of the poorer
classes receive from the state eithet '
an Indemnity for their enforced Idle '
nees or relief because of tbe war.
Am I to pity the manager of a large
factory who told me be had lived on
an Itf^ome of 500,000 francs before tbe
war, and now doesn't spend 10 francs
a day? No. beca jse he himself does
not complain and accepts It In tbe
proper spirit, even though, Instead of
having his automobile watting for him
at tbe station, he Is obliged to walk, '
with an alpine sack on his back In \
place of a valise. He says that he |
has never felt better. Like other*, he (
soon adapted himself to t! Is new
state of afTalrs.
j
Tabby Adapts Wildcats. . I
Silver Lake, Ore?A pair of baby ]
bobcats, whose mother was klltjd by
F. R. Rasa, have been adopted by a I
big tabby cat on the Bass homestead. '
south of Arrow. When the tiny wild
cats arrived at the Bass place the. I
feline at once picked them up, "at 1
fashion, and carried them to her bed
Mute Accused of Nagging.
Milwaukee. Wla. ? Answering hit
wife's suit for a dlrorce, Carl F |
Scbeel, a deaf mute, declared that she ,
often lighted the gas at night. and ,
nagged him. Mrs. 8cbeel Is also a |
mute.
Wanted te Be a Hero. |
New Tork?"1 wanted to be a her* ,
and get a medal like the boy In th?
morles." said Samuel Balk, twelve |
charged with starting a 8 re In hb ,
borne.
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"MmnoNAt
SUNMrSM
riaBr?t
(By E. O. BKLLKIU. Ac tin* Director of
Sunday School Count, Th. Woody BIMc
Institute, Chicago, III.)
LESSON FOR MAY 9
FRIENDSHIP OP DAVID AND JON
e.- ATHAN.
-'1
? I.EBSON TEXT?I Samuel u n a
CtOLIiEN TEXT-A Aland.loveth At all
Ujnea.?Prov. 17:17.
There U perhaps no narrative In all
history or Utcratara which so perfect
ly Illustrates the conditions of friend
ship as this which ta before us. Jon
athan was every lneh a man; affection
ate. sweet and tender, deeply pious
and withal loyal to both duty and
friends. His rights, as the king's son.
he gladly set aside for David, whom he
"loved as bis own soul" (ch. 18:3;
20:IT). Jonathan Is a great type of
the surrendered life (ch. 23:17).
I. David's Danger, w. 32-38. Three
times la the previous chapter (rv. 6,
14, 30) we read that David "behaved
himself wisely." ^Baul eyed David"
(v. 18) and his jealous anger grew as
he gave vent to his hate. Jonathan's
desires for David drew the anger of
Saul (20:10), but it only put him more
upon his guard and made him more de
termined. If possible, to save both
David and Saul.
Following David's escape (12:12) he
consulted Jonathan regarding bis
safety (20.1-10). They renewed their
covenant and swore fealty to each
other and to those of their house
holds (v v. 11-17). It Is a standing re
buke that Christians treat so lightly
their covenants with the church and
with the world. David was safe at
Naioth , (18:18-24), for each company
sent after him, and Saul himself, were
hindered by the Spirit of Jehavab from
carrying out Saul's foul designs. This
seemed for the moment to humble
Saul (20:1; Ps. 87:1). Jonathan,
though great and mighty, was not ,
strong enough to deliver his friend
from the renewed wrath of his father.
"Vain is the help of man." "Our help
Is lit the Lord." Jonathan showed his
true friendship In that he told the ex
act state of affairs to David (v. 10).
When Saul became convinced that
Jonathan was taking David's part, he
tried to kill Jonathan and reviled the
mother who bore him (v. 30). In his
loss of eelf-control Saul allowed David
to escape. Even so. sin overshoots its
mark. The contrast is a dark one to
contemplate. When Ood was with
Saul (10:7), when the Spirit of God
was upon him (11:*). he did battle for
Ood and was humble, brava, generous
and obedient to Ood. Bnt his bright
beginning ends in an eclipse, the com
mencement of which was his rejection
of the word of the Lord (15.23).
II. David Delivered, w. 36-42. Jon
athan did not revile again (v. 34) when
lUBuium bdu BBsanea oy DiB i&roer, ?
and bis manifestation of lust anger
(for bis mother vas reviled) was
quite different from tbat of bit father.
Any attempt to reconcile Saul to Da
rid (r. 34) was a useless exposure to
danger and for Jonathan to be seen
with his friend would imperii his own
life. This explains the expedient of
shooting arrows In tbe Held. Jonathan
shot his arrow* "beyond." 1. e.. David
must go "beyond" and out of tbe reach
of Saul. David trusted Jonathan's fidel
ity (r. 13) when the test came, though
Jonathan might have good reason for
playing him false In order to promote
his own interests.
How many of 14s, like 'Jonathan's lad.
unconsciously bear tidings of mighty
import, messages of life or of condem
nation. as we go about tbe discharge
of our dally duties
Dismissing the boy, Jonathan drew
near to David's hiding place, to the
south of the stone Exel (v. 41 R. V.),
where a most touching parting took
place between these two friends. First
of all David bowed ceremoniously"*
three times, touching his head to the
ground, perhaps to show bis unshaken
loyalty to Jonathan as the king's son.
This was but for a moment; as men of
the East and friends, they rushed to
each other's arms and wept for a long
time. These were tha manly tears of
two brave men not afraid to show
their love and emotions. It has been
suggested that Jonathan should have
accompanied David as Ood's elect
(Heb. 13:13), but we tee! that duty
bade him to remain by the side of his
sln-strlcken father. Only once subse
quently. and that briefly (23:15-18),
did these two meet. Jonathan's vio
lent and untimely death drew from
David one of the most touching and
yet beautiful laments to be found In
literature, sacred cr otherwise (II San.
1:17-27).
The Lessons of the Lessen. True
friendship costs. Ood's love gave to
the world his Son. Jonathan's friend- '
ship for - David was costly, but was
given gladly, not grudgingly. True
friendship neither forgets duty nor '
neglects Its desire towards the object
nf Us love, it is not governed emotion
ally. yet It disregards all other ties. If
they are wrong. Not even a father or
mother should lead us to wrong a
friend. When David caipe Into power
be remembered the everlasting cove
nant made with Jonathan (II Sam.
?:C). Our "Son of David" has made a
similar covenant with us (Acts 16:31:
1:33). True friendship is of slow
growth, but is not easily killed.
-hilled by reverses, nor froxen by ad
versity (Pro*. 18:24). True friendship
Is unselfish. It gives and doe* not
?eek. Jesus owiled his apostles friends
(John 16:15). for a true friend will
give up even his life for those he
loves. True friendship Is not conven
tional, performing the merely perfunc
tory daily duties of man to man. True
friendship demands a great soul. Jon
athan bad an exceedingly great soul
and one of the greatest titles pos
leased by our Lord is "the friend of
sinners."
True friendship Is founded upon re
ligion and the best friend, the Ideal
friend. Is Jesus Christ
KARL BITTER'S LAST WORK