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AmidtAbelit SRtiVOSIty intestdeTS-
AtbleVeNtenIS,
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RULE ROUEN
There is epperently a dispeeition.in the .supremacy M Menitieument and
Groat Britain to be peashniotie, writes .in artillery ha a paleed Over to US in
A. Winison, staff. correspondent of: the West. UnInda is:equipped again.
Thtl",Toronto Daily New a in Great: Gradually Overcome,
Britain. Let us look at the aituation, We • havn nett 1110:$3411.1re, of the
Germany began begun the atrliggle. over A great GerMan General Platt which
year vex°, after forty years of pre- as to smash France, or, failing that,
Parallel); and at a time carefully sel BilSeia, We WON Seen the Gerznan
leeted by hereon 44 the *nest Wyatt. suprethaey in manitionMent and ar-
Intone. It WaS essential to the tillery-based upon . 40 years' pre-
' grand' strategy Planned by her .great paratienegradually overcome by the
General Staff that she should break Allies. Her Zeppelin campaign has
me of the oPPOsing*trtiv4beforelbe failed. She has no coloniee. Iler
other lemma formidable. I SW the :fleet is powerless. She has turned to
Other, beCalaSe" X- ara .convinced that the Balkans* ee.eicing to secure •eolla,
• the advent of England Into the strug. municationwith Turkey and, by con-
" gle*Waa,Veillky a surprise. .England trolling the .Belgrade -Constantinople
came in, upsetting at one Geri:41)4'e line,
. to munition •her ellY • and 'secure.
1„ plaeand. ereating, a Situatien :cotten... 'She has :also, likely, larger
whieh madaTit ter Than Valli; '''''Itreb," aS7refelne. Bri.ourn IO.
ever that she Should break one of, her :abandon the Dardanelles •expedition,
continental - opponent immediatelr,and thus, weaken British -prestige' in
•• France was .selected. The violation the East.' News Comes, that the
7a, • of Belgian neutrality, ong planned as Allied,forhee, rushed up frOin ,Salenfici •
• .•bna Of the essential pointe of German and. operating With the Serbians, have
•' etrategy, followed, • But Belgian) held scored a decided success agaleet-the
• :thneneMy for priceless day. -.Frande. Bulgarians. • Germany iniy succeed in
had time for preparation. Yen Klink *aping the BeIgrade-Cenetantitiople
With .14.s forces : broke through railWaY, hat.thele is littlelikelihood
taallY and r:toyed with MarVe110004-. that she Will • bo .able to operate. it,
,pidity Open. Paris, In frorit,ef the ,She is taking a desperate chance by
CORP, he blundered. ,The great Ger- admitting the Aefelialve in the West
. Man plan,fOrthe Western theatre was and the East and mining her . troops
completely upset. Her hosts Were to the Balkans,
„forced haelt to, an* their present It is hard to discover ,Gerniany's
• position, The enemy fought (lest*, dominating motive. She Mayreally
ately In the first battle believe that the war WM be decided
of Ypres, she nearly- succeeded.. In in the Balkans. It willnot-at least:'
the second battle of Ypres, she would if there is a decision there it will be
• have ,,succeeded had -ehe- aialY; known in:favor;-of Great Britain- andthe
that behind the Canadians .praetically, ,Allies. :Germany cannot win win this war
. ‘nothing. intervened between her and. in 0, Minor ;theatre. She must break
the coast. She did not know. It was France and England and Russia, be -
Napoleon who; said that .war is won fore she can Win, and, thatshe can -
by the i.side making the ;fewest hhin- not 410. If she had been -able to she
Germany 'blundered too. often would have dot* it months ago. We
and lest her chance-ferever. held the sen. Ve have greater mare
"The Vona Spread- Over .4cr firatrefaiLIW:ottati,v;!.;e'14"vana;
- We turn to the , Eastern theatre. APProcichda the period of exlienatibif.
1:41SSiOf with amazing rapidity, con Britain grows more. formidableevery
sidering the difdpelties of herinternal day. There is no footn; for anything
situation, the la* of proper meets Of but optimism. . The end is in sight.
communication, :mobilized her armies,, But it will likely be the end :antici-
. and 'while Germany was henditig. :her. Patois by Kitchener -4 three -year's
main efforts to the Western front, war. Europe Will do well if it Sees
• advancedittn Austrian territory and -
petiee'-within'a-,year- frein,:nekt,
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sum-
practieally created. the Carpathians. mer.- • ..
Gerniany, held up on the West„ turned ,
Lord Derby'sAppeal'.
upon Russia. Thea.,felloWed,.one Of • -
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•• the Most dramatic; retirements in , AS -7,t� the internal :cenditien ie.
Wry history. It was the .Mons spread Great Britain, Lord Derby's appeal is.
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•over weeks instead.: of days. ' Fight- meeting With much success. • Greater
-Mg artillery and machine. guns with London- has ,,heenarecruitingeat-•the
men, Ruseia.:.• Went hack and, ever rate of a batten.* a .day. In one hour.
, hack... The experience Must litiVO'been jn a &ten recrifitinr stations in Lon -
appalling beyond' words. • 'don 360 'Men Were enrolled. „ We may
, But Bessie was ...ectual to it. Her get through • Without-. -;:clinebriPtion.,;
forces alweya eluded the enemy:: Te- The Derby needled of :national
ser-
• day,she is relovering.' .Germany his Vice by national- appeal. upona vela*-
. Tailed in'aeother great -etteinPt. tary bails may suffice. ?Whatever
• •thet in tire East non' the' West has criticism May • be 'iinposed. anon Mr.
she1,4;1..40 to carry out .her great Asquith, he is a great leader of par-
, general. Plea. The campaign which ales,*reasteriactician
••ehe planned- for years has . faired. an 'able manager 'of refractory, Cad-
Unen_Ifte-West to -day her.: newer is , leagues.. But he a War
Minis -
gone -her effensive:Power. Unonthe ter. . Yet,the verdict of history
East, Russia is Menacing. again. :-The I thiek,he-That-thelnost Striking- pea -
great defiCieney in -ammunition Which 'turd' of the:Wei-was the Military ef-.
' so hampered' the Allies at the 'out,' fore •of Unprepared Britain. ,'Leolting
• • break of war has largely .heen, over- at'trent...the large viewpoint, , the
' Otte. The Hun will .not :again. he military 'organization of Britain has
'able to fire with impunity. . :.Arid webeen nothing Short. Of amazing. 'She
knew: that the Allies have sufficient has achieved stupendously: But she
stores for Crotreeted. action When real hasunquestionablyblundered in Ways
offensives are in progreas.,aGernieny','and means,. and - one 'Cannot- accept
has. lost the power offensive in the sacli..defenCes as: that of Conan Doyle
West. She has laat it-ar nearly lost of the fiardanellea-nimeriment,
the East„ Her submarine earn- •tain Should •neveflave attempted. that.
:paign has largely failed. ••••Tne Allies 'Undertaking without combined neval
• .dominate . in the aim Slowly, •stireIY* andmilitary'lorees:-.
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'The great Tirol Marsn, ii eauSing he Gel.,•mans great ..-nlIricalty ftz heir campajga' against Wga .0a1 restpooi •
. ing them. to a cOnniiirlitiVinY narrow front, in:attack; • -` • ' . " • •• , . • •
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TEle, TPIT;C1EG'
Tea time at college, just at candle
4ight, is ,perhaps the most enjeyable
time of the clay. The lonely girl from
the: West meet % 'the jo i,gr1 from
the 'East, and friendships spring up
which often endure through life.
Many and •)iaried are the topics of
conversatiOn at thee late afternoon
gatherings -clothes, of course, come
M,for a large Share Tlf attention, and
often a 'girl with 43 small clothes al-
lowariee given a hint or two which
helps her to improve: her appearance
with' little added cost. ,•
. college And ,boarding'-gehder girjs
aften enjoy an hour' er two sewing
inow Andthen; it varies the- inenotony
of :staily and enables.them to add ef-
fective little touches of their Own to,
frock and blouse, rendering them
somewhat 'different, and more suited
to their Own POtsonalitY. At tea the
ether afternoonone girl wore a.Sim-
Ple,.aerg.9 itlInPer frock made- with
Short full skirt and sleeveless over -
blonde and an underwaist of dark blue
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• THE SiNDAISC110011
&Men . cletb, ,tir• ust,, jn a, bartriba%
euslY sontrestiag -shade ,,will render
the eostume dressy enough And most
betoming, . •
• Another convenience. is the -three-
piece, P. emi-teilOred waifr consisting of.
coat and skirt.eombined with blouse
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Of satin, phiffon cl'
oth • crepe de Chine
or other contras iligsirraterial, in the
same color 'or a'ili,lida that collibinea
well with the color of the suit, A suit
like this is easily fashioned at home,
as there is absolately no Sign Of the
old-time tailored stiffness, padding,
and various other thin.gs which a few
seasons ago made the idea of fashion::
iag a ,doef at home se alarming. The
touch of fur which is SO Much a- part
'efiliese_suita just AWN. renders them
snaart and becoming, as Well as warm.
Among_tlieply'sitieS IX:laced .on many
of these fur trimmed suits is ,the
"muff cuff." These are ; wide and
flaring, made of .fur or a fur fabric,
arid arranged so that the lands- may
be slipped into them quite as one
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UILDING A BIG
BATTLESHIP
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HOW THE'MAMitIOTH :VESSEL IS
'D.E$MTED.. ' •
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• The Naval Architect Must ;Have
Rriewledge of All Sorts of
,•-• , Craft. • .•
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- ,- -Talk 'Of a Chinese puzzle, it is. noth-
ing to the Problem set before' anaial
- • &signerwho has. to build t battle-
ship, • •• •• . •
_lOLSteet strnetm'e oL
such and etch a length and breadth
and depth, a4 into this=spaee,'Which
.7 is contrialed_by,liard_and, fast mea.
'f'-aure'mantals bar te-fit-So inttele.Coar-•
-so mach erma'nientrotna fersonruch
ammainition, quarters for "so Many
. mien, space forengines of, a certain
power, and aleo.'ellew' for An:itaiiiejise
weight, of armor,. says .London An-
• .sWera. ' •
Take the original Dreadnought; for
instance., •.•The task whieb, was given
td Sir Philip Watts -Was to• ;shirt a hat,
• tleship capable of • steaming 4,000
miles at 21 knots, with roora ter 800
. officersand men, and able to earry..ten
twelVeLinch guns with eighty rounds
- of ammunitiort for each .• •
, Told in Tons..
She had also to be. enornteuslY
• heavily_ Manorod. This. armor "alone,
when the sum. was -worked • out, was
found to weigh nearly 10,060 tons, and
• ...the neeessety Coal to weigh 2,500
tone, The gunsand their ft:Writings
'weighed 1,600 toils, their ammunitiet
'4 0 tona • , •
hen you add to this that the boil
OS and 'tnaehirtery•ef the lira Dread-
nought Were celeulated to weigh not
leas than 1,200 tofis, the reader may
begin. to ,get aome, taint idea of the
•difficulties before •the 'tie -signer; • .
We have not even Mentioned the
smaller but quite. .important
such as boats -Some of them large
ate;latincliesTin 'feet long--anehers
nad ctibles of gigantic : size ; and
. weight, tOrpechies, ate. " ' •
To be a god naval designer, a 'men
reuet be ler more than A Mere naval
nrchltect. •IIe must have the most ek-
tenSive. knowledge of all sorta'. of
• ertiltS,, 'Mid be lileetied witha large.
Aare' of lantgination into the bargain.
-Now, fake the Dreadeought again.
SW. ie 400 feet.Jong. It ber•hull bad
been built of the same shape as-prea
vious-hattleship's, she would have been
very unhandy: Her great Jength
Would have *vented her from turn-
ing quickly, as is always necessary in
a sea: fight. • • ' ,•• •
Like a yacht.
Sir Philip got oyer thisalifficultyhr
shortening,her keel base. Under wa-
ter she is Very like a racing -yacht, be-
ing mueh shorter bele** water than,
above. Another clever dodge of her
designer was to it •two rudderst
abreast well under the 'Mere. .The
same dodge ha i been, adppted in all
the Dreadnoughts,---iVith' the result -
that they are Wonderfully :quick to.
,answer .their "Wens. • •. • -
Quite apart Train the marvellous in-
ternal fittinge.ofa grsat iirershin, and
• the utilization of. every inch of snace
insidethe hall, the hall • itself is a
nerie-Straining problem. • A battle -
not .only be feat; 'She iatist
also be -a -good see boat
• this is all important, for if the is
not steady in a heavy sea she is not
a good gun -platform. •..
To gain _the 'requisite combination
csi speed and • steadiness, each new
warship, -as soon as her plans are
complete, is built up in model, and
thes:e, models are tested in a big tank
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'.:,-.„,,,•.: ShoWiag; the-Muff-:Culf.--- '•,----,-:
' 6827 Weald use . a Muff.. ; This idea' is : es-
. ".. . , - .•'• . ..peciallY practical -for . the suit for
, ,.. • Riblimi- Triinmed Serge Frock;'. • -shopping .or. 'general *ear, • also ' far
-.green -Crepe:Georgette-. ' The guinnin of losing .a....v.1.1.h.lier:.ril, l•t' ird ' - ••• .. ''..' ..
,the. h.ealfy coat,. as there is nntlanger
crepe ..• Georgette 'Veiliiig,' . enrrerald
While speaking:. of the Muff ' 'it . is.
was • Made .with a high 'Collar 'fin. ,islied -
interesting to note that the Mid -cord
at...the...top •avitha ' tiny fru of. White;.
and . closed straight. down the front -4.6. r -c-Ifaxn*is• ag.mmiii favor- ' One sees
It often knotted satin and moire .ritt
with small dull gold -button •Nerrovi • . ... ••
be .'o 'ten orm he..cm ,. the ,regu a -
'black moire ribbon formed the girdle,
small tion flat. titan tiviited; ..si*.• Cord is favored too,
closieg on the left Side inn
i,....,end...-thejayelled. "Chair' ii., snfart. and
hoWititrealning'-tnS"'" Off etiVe. 'run trininied :Petticoats:
bands • of the make P 'ribbon had been • .
larict.L.pantalettes., are Ornong:thec--sea-
set-on to the Skirt at graduated later; 1.
Son's. startliag-noveltieli; . while.: the,
addiag_, Wonderfully. to the appear -1
rifice•ef the simple frock, -Ile ribISO.41.,:of •thi -ful'-edged l'ettic(taing"
which tbe Wearer bad .herself,applied, , beneath the heavy :mot-is:nevertheless.
made •the,commea.lanee „Ir., „,,,,,,s t..latiiiiietive 'arid' fetching. .•
Pattermt can be obtained at • your
tractive and unusual..; • '.• •• , , ;
' local McCall • dealer, :or trona The Me.:
The •sidiplest frochs or blouses May Call Company, ..Deriartnient. '.tir.-,."."17.0
Me -
be Made attractive and .beeonaing
by 1-:Batid,St.. :Terontri; .thitarin • • ,• .....
ridding' contrasting caffs,,,:, or an. iin-
'usual 'kollat; these May be made .re- 1 ..: • ,.._.___4,.. • : : , ,,,. .
.models, Which •are ,absolutely o
five or stx 'hundred feet long. . The, i movable . and. others substituted •.at 1 •
• built't Will, thus', achieving a pleasing change . FACING FEAKFUL ODDS. • .
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scale' are drawn throdgh the water when the 'circa% becoming, scanewhAti•
giYhig 'of 66tnid(45' and:.iaeals somewhat ridiculous, glimnse
at certain speeder. and -the waves Wein. , It is all easy. niatthr to' faahloo.4 1'.
which they make are measated by.rii Any eurabhr tir these eontrasting seis: Vicul-r"): il• 6 -..X(' -t. •At__ ""7:0-:-• :91? -7°' B._ig
clever - apparatus loo technical . to he from bits of .velvet, ar ribbon ( whi(h', • ' ' • • . ' Batta10."-_-14", .. : ..- z- • • ,. --;:
here 'described.: .' ' • . • ' • is a the height of pOpalority for ., ..It is it fatal Mistake-forO c'oinmand--
• . • • Arirernings of' all sorts just no'il,), ' er to despise the the ariny, in ..front of
., ' • in'Cdnaulfritiod. - '
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" crepe Geor.gette„ er chiffon. Notbing•.him, elten tholigh its numbers May be
The designing' of a . new type of is softer 'or mere beeotaing than a 1 -Much Tess than IiiS Mil, as the Ger-
battlealap is not a one -Man job. ' When hemstitched colter Of Crelie..ar chiffon,' man•getieral before, Liege found to h*
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a new departure is to be made, -the it will add a dressy look to the plain- : cost, and ap Edward . IL " learned • at
.indiribers • of the Board of AdmikaltY est Of costumes." .There is a great .,Bannockborre • . .. . . '
:call together a number of • naval ex- choice in girdlek, too; this whiter". thie I. From clagiical tiines to the preSeet
perts,"and the opinion of eaeh is'asked of the popular 'notions- is the narrow I 'day, victory has by no Means alivais.
and disiassed. ' When the general de- handl of velvet, faille, or picot edged gone to the big battalions.' :Garibaldi
'glen haw been approved, then the IN- moire ribbeh, drtivin ereand the waist4 lied his iWo 'thousand Or so.red shifts
meter" of Naval Construction and his and tied in long e'nded, flat: bows. • ' made the kingdom 'Of Italy possible
assiatante get, to WOrk.- :. • • - ":'Fiehaps the • greatest nuMber of r while- the Bribah Artny has nothing
, The extraordinary. aceurney of sueli possibilities 'far varying the Simple, liner to . show ' than the defence . of
work aitay be gathered tram the , fol- dress, when one has a 'belied supply! Rorkee .Drift, AM) eighty men of
lowitig: • -, Of clothes, he in the guimpe.,, These stile 24th, with A few men of; other,
The htatestie„ or 15,000 to, wao Ate noLavir, charmingly. einipic, (10,1 regiments, defeated some- 4,00 Zalna,..
designed by Sir William White when pending for effeet upon. the eolor Con- '.nrid salted Natal: ' • . , : .
fittished and armed, . she was •exactly, trast, tl'a. soft sheerness of the ,Mit- *One of the hardest' fought . betties
to a very few pounde, the ' weight tertal, And perhaps a buttotf or two,.:. of the . Pranio-Piatesian 'War •wes
Which he had estiniated beforelland,' or a ieuretted laultle by way, of Ulm' 1'8:forth, .Wheite the Fretich were out
while her ceritre of gravity' was. within Ming, The everyday dress ',of • serge,;.'numbered by nearly three to one, but
two iheilfts c't the P°111t '401 11'.: 'had taffeti , or br Nideloth Mar lurv'e O niaile such • a gallant rosiatanee that
•creermialy fixed •en.•
, . Nlayiuty of these vimpes for 01 haiirs 1 their fosses in lilted' and wounded
, 'of tilt, day- - for, nlornin‘r Wed' there ',were fewer than the Gerrit:lea.
• , Will be mut of plain blind; satin dr 1 At • Agincourt the English were
When a .rnan begins to lose groultd taarabl,,. for hrt: r 100.1 cunt ;informal' outnumbered by five to4one,,while at
lie 1141 hatarallY dissatisfied with; lO4 .,,,,viiinf.,: sfi'cir..,, dab 1,:ncheons, and 1 Ciecy they pot to flight a foree rather
16t.... - tea % it gtr:riie of crape, Greoratte,, more than twice as strong, • •
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON,:
DEcEMBEW12. ,
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Lesson RC- Jehovah Yearns, Over.
Baelialiding••Israel, Iles, 11;
Goldea 'Text: Hos. 11. 4.
• 1, The Waywardness of Israel
' (Verses 1-7). •
,Verse 1. My sori-:-Egypt, Assyria,
• and -Phoenicia were -all powerful • ine,
tions withpioelivitieS and possesaions
which Threel could eot commend. Yet
God passed them over and called puny
Iserdarnel arei
wheno'itef;a:;e2hAl4 dtic') ),son
(pJoln
Out of •Egypt.. -The prophets and
Psalmists, as well as the. historians,
fneier let Israel -forget hovrGod called
them from- their misery in•Egypt to
their well-beiag in. Palestine..
'2 The more they went from tnent.--
Israel was favored with the best
Teadfiera- .theifi:-.11tit7the
more they ▪ were • taught the mere
wayward they became. God's bounty
was too procligat for th;...in. •
anus -As a
child.
:d1" took. them cm Oiy.
loving -father would take a disobedient
• 4. As -•they' that ii.tt up the yoke -
The pietnre is that of a team of bhi-
locks driven by a hind -driver. tirael
il pictured net , as i'wonten• young
Tattle which' need the 'yoke* firmly
fastenedaw. their 'tech; but a tcain of
Li1ing.oxen' maunting some stee
road.". They,ate not driven from be,•
hind,but. drawn fr6m front. No
man can ,to ine," soitb Christ,
exeent the Fathet (Int,* him."
• , 7. My .aeoptie arnhent on -baCkslid-
itri:-:•11Osed Sees' ficat:ITrid-
*ness, as stieh, will not prevail; !Stern-
er disoipline is, necessary.
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_11 The Enduriag Love of :God
(Verses 8-11).-
1finv shall if give'ithei
..sea's optimism, We: of ,hia•faith_aud
love, saneet let him see Goa casting
Israel off. • God's mercy is • exhaust-
less. No 'sin of Man can •enthain it
nor use it up. • • • • .
' As Ada: ZeTiina----Ohatere
Of mine er-•-Justice will be .tem -
9. i Will not' execute the fierceness
cities of the plain (Dent. 29. 22,23).
ft will make them to
dwefl-
TiII finally weary of their waY-
ess., their. 'sniart 'ander the
lash of their enetnies; :and as subdued
-transgressors-will; return -•-to- their
wed'
They
.ward
Lt.:PUPPETS:
RARELY SPOKEN IN BAVARIAN. DIPLOMAT WRITES
VAMOVS CITY. . • REMARKABLE BOOK.
and the Salvation Army Bluperar William Is Supreme and the
Hein to Keep the Soldiers
Empress Is a Fire.
Etaight,
Ewaritettreik
s.
ri': remarkable,
ve &dock tekka, smoked 11411, roast BarOn .Boyens, Belgian, Minister at
beef; belting matehee„ cricket, golf, :Berlin from the end of .the Agachr
cornea beef, marMalade„ pickles, Tont-, crisis in 1911 until the outbreak of the
niy Atkins and the Salvation Armr great war, bus ;
have so -completed the Anglicizing of book. "Germany Before the War" is,
Rouen, France, that Itichard the Lion- I we suppose, thus far4,11c only eemPre4
hearted himself would aeareelY reeog.,hensive and. considered *Una! ihia
•Olge 'writes • the 'Associated Press'exists of the Germany which, after „
MgrieliscPe°11thdeents.econd week Of' the #41: • tVheentgOarielit*:et4feuthteogn7,talate Mr:adrilee;baiet
the :streets lia,v0 been 1,011 of ;khaki', ended in the European conflagration,
'and from. that -tirne on. the En .14,1Lperhaes.,theanose,iaterestingfe,atureer,••
aniaage as encreac ied antir Frenchcif the book are the br.ill!ant'sketelle.1
is A'nrelr heard, excepting in the cafes, tif German aersenalitlear7frera Jim
fgem-wbieh Yoniray.AtIcina hi excludo''''reanPeror and Kanifeoe, to the hareal.14-.
ect by order _all* general. Even the eats, of the witheheetiesse and the
oflicial cominunique is More English Wire/Milers of industry ainFfinanee.- -
Most of them; are drawn in Berlin; hot •••...*
the forgotten, as
may be be 'judged en) the follbwing •
,cbaromthie0
ngr :40.srstaage7eot
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'than French ,tici.Rotten. Ask 'o•
boY Sor`41. paper and he will, inquire',
"Dail Y ',;11/1ail, Telegraph?'Times 9"
Here and thei a boy has a French
*per, but seems to consider it sheree.
1.Y.:Worth mentionitig.. ' •
If any . one hada building or an
-apartment to let"' he •advertises it in
English, and it is promptly taken:.
'Officers, kuhalterai andlirwates of the
auxiliary serviee lodge ,in town, while
the lighting Tonunies are camped
just outside. The censor forbids men-
tion of the number, and discretion al-
lows nothing more. than the hint that
there are enough of them to make a
town of a hundred and twenty thou-
sand .French population appear to he
English. -
Where -Coal Was Formerly King.
Rouen was the second English base
in Pranee after e; it aa
• Thenav
ew Xing 'of Bavaria,ho
a fine and .acute 'intelligence under a1•
battered' exterior- the lune of ax-•-,
orty, with the 'loa'
d .6ice the riolayi
laugh' and the soldierly figure$ thel
King of Wurtemberg, most correct of
mafnN
.gentleen; the iable Grand Dult0
of Baden, and the other 'minor gode
of the modern Gernnic Walhalla ar?
the ver,y humble servants of the Kai-)
ser. It is vain for therreto exchange '
with hiin,. with a tone of equality];
telegrams in which the affectionate,
use of the second perecon sihgular
a Matter of ettiquette., It is in vaint,
for them to swell and puff themselves,
within the boundaries of their respee-
tive • States,' to acIdresS abundant
Havrwasbn-
cloned-for Nantes dining t'he mareh of
- speeches W their Subjects, and to lend
the Germans to id. ...Parisr..but since their presence on public occasions. •
For GerniarUptiliey they are nothing
the, 'battle of the Marne the nuavs
along the Seine,, where, coal was. for-
- but the instruments of the whines of; \
the master who live,,s at Berlin.
rnerly king, with •wine as queen, are •
Baron Beyens describes the effect'
lined with piles' of : cases Containing
craelters, cheese, marmalade, eorned Of the war upon these potentates: '
In the cast of some, the war tlisa.- •
beef And ether essentiala of, British turbeci old and ' comfortable; habits:, _
soldiera', fare. Where there are no
eases there are flocke of sheep :and No moretravels abread•as long as the
arrived from the slopes war Should last. No more stays int
goats freshly
„of the Himalayas to feed the Indian .watering places, nor Olen hunting
trips. The war exposed almost ail of
t area, , • - • rrencb peoie hthoewmevteor, crueltshoerrhoeilvps.(4Acililsolpflitnheempr,
Qwith
atelete
hi.the"waritlisvallaand unloading, of an outburst of, sincere patriotism,
supply shipLwith about the same thought it necessary to ,greet the war • •
'Curiosity' as that -with which English with • enthusiaam. • The King of Bit-
variwand- the • ring of Saxony deliv-
ered speeches- justas •bellicose • as -
those of the ,Emperor. ..A.11,the m�n-
arehs
hastened be howl, with the.
wolves. •,
• , The Kaiaer and Entlanct •
tourists watched the movement. • of
vast cargoes ef wine before they own-
ed t e town. When the Saint Patrick,
the Saint Andrew • 'and the Saint'
George steam iat9 port 'these •crowds
watch . the ambulances ,• bringing
' wounded to the 'docki ancl as-,the-nos-
pital ships drop down the river, wave
them,a feeling adieu. ••
-"Here We take -English money," is
announced in some places; unneces-
sarily, Tor 'English copper aWdThilver
•_circulate_ qaite as freely ,as Ereneh
money. Freely ,ts the word, for in,
-the early ' days -of the "occupation"
the English were accused of--",thrciw;.
ing meney out of the .windovii." Their
expenditurea'were heavy, but g•radual-
THE 'FOREST'S PRIME -EVIL.
By Jas. Lawler.
A...Mari there, was and lie.let his- fire
' Barn down his neighbor's shed,
But .be. was tried and 'sent to jail, •
. And "Served him light" -they said.
_ • ,. _
- 1 ' •
Oh,--yeari•-hespends-atiareakingsto ,
And 'he. sleeps On a sat Plank bed
rot -roarelessly-bilrhifig..bis. nefghb61:7.
fence
' .And his "ilfti-•tiollar Shed.'
A man there' was and he let fire
Burn dOwn,.a forest Wide; • '• •
•
of dollars went up in sinoke;
• Thpasatals•of animals died.
' • ?; • • ,
Settlers reShed 'from' buinirig homeS,
Some were .blirhed in their ,bede.;
AiuI'today o'er the place 'where this
• • was, dont ' • '
.1a deathliltet ciesert•Sprads: . '
: .. • .. ' ' : • 7.,"- ' • .^,1
•And. the raaa-Wenthea' tic -hi distant -1-
i
Of the Emperor himself Baron Bey- .••
ens gives .an account not greatly dif-•
Teient-frona,. --those, Ofether' .7,
formed ohservers. He • describes as ,
follows the Emperor's final, bat- im•-•-• -
fortunate, approaches. to Great BA, •
tan: ,• • . •
--1-1e-had reckoned too -high- the-sa--
voir faire "of his hew ambassador,
Prince Lichninvsky-7-popular in high
London soeiety7-as well as the in -
if the people of Rouen have learned ffluence of the friends• -•whom Germany _-
posse• ssed inside the Asquith Cabinet •
thpt though the War Office pays liber- -the Haldanes, theqturns.ei, and the
Harcourts. ,The language of -the Ger-
martophil organs of the English preas
also helped -to deceive him about the
true sentiments of the English people
towards England's chief naval and
commercial rival. " •
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t. -
Less frinrliliar is the account oT the .
GerMan4Empress: , •
. -
As mistress. of her :household sh-e
nag rmich• to do. It is her business to
still the little' storms which ariie •
court, to reconcile the .Crown _Prince
with bis father after • every new eaca-
pride of this turbulent, heir, or to in.?
duce the Emperor to consent to the ,
morganatic marria,ge nalether of
their sons, desperately in love with a
mere maid. of honor.. Tne preparation'
of Christinas trees in the Muscheisaal • •
of the rococo palace at Potsdam is
her great pleasure at the end elf the
year. To Make family life in the •
royal domains' as gemutlich as it is .-
capable of being madeintlikhOme
of -a small. Prussian farmer ig: her
principal cart. •
• But, according- to Baron ,BeYens, it •
would be a -•mistalce to regard. "this- .
inotlice e, family arid ihis- petseni-
••7
.. •
ally, a is not without counting.
"Tommy" Shows the Camp.
_ _ •
' Tornmy Atkins 'relations with the
French population have became &mil:
iar; • if not cordial. He did many
things in the beginning to raise diffir
cultiea: -Thde"-brought by Eng-
lish officers particularly caused
amazement, but that. wears. off; and
the men: �f the expeditionary corps
have found many . ways of ,dispellieg
first impressions. • Two hqndred of
them saved the of the contents
of a big-7warehonee destroyed by fire
and Were thanked in otfieial. order by
the French geiieeal commanding the
district.. On Sunday .afterncion many
a "Tommy" may be seen showing the
• camp to a French, family, generally
taking charge of younger menrkers.
Heisnot always sober, and is -Often
Overgellant, • Kitchener's orders not-
withstanding, and he is so conspicuous
that every peccadillo is.magnified- sev-‘,
eral times;- but while Passing for a
"terrible • charmer," ."Tommy" con-
ducts himself. generally 'so as to do
ditato-the-Anglo-Saxoe race, and isz
regarded, as a ,,"jdln't fellow."
-.The-YoUng'Meri's Christian Aisoci-
' tion co operating with the•Salvption•
Atiny• is trying. to keefi ToMmy
straight RS headquarters are -the old
Bergerer -where -instead -of
.girls and liquors, there are now By,
.giene drinks and high ' moral Mere-
.,
French, People -Astonished. ,
•.
•The torganization of, ,repose and
pleas:14TO iti the Britieh camp astonieh-
ett the,French people. There is a ch.,
cus 'tent requisitioned for the troops
where .there • ire Moving • &turd;
acrobatic lierformanee.s-atal,shdoting'
'galleries,. where the_ soldierseercise
their niarksnianslup• on the- silhouette
of a Gerinen spldier as a' target
• • There, is n� social life in Batten Tor;
the officers. Every one is too °au -
pied .in haspital or relief work. Seine
are 'even scandafized :that at Certaip
times ia iiMite quarters the •tow n has
the aapeet of a city of pleasure, -Tor
just outsideein-thezSaintiSeVer
teryjhere are 400. mounds, :ierninder$
of more setious',things. There is 4
Britishsoldier wider each mound
with trieolor erseltadee attaehed to the '
cross or stone above and..flowersoon-• •
stantly renewed by•the French people.
'of Itoupa. . • • "
home -• ••
With it buck end a hunting tale, •
;And -none ek his.' tieighbora •rose •,trt.
remark' •• • • '
'that he ought to be seat. to init.., 1
• ,
'
A. feel _there is eird his nanrie• is 'US,
•As the blindest Man eall gee:
If 'Vs jail•for the man wbO;liutria...11
While thelairrier ''of foreats .gOes
. • free. • .... ,
• • neVideviee brought out by an
• '"
• Deice .to Stye Wasted •Titie....".
•
cute an end to waste of
time in using the telephone .; The ita
.stentiOn , AIL .-ainnAlger, ad.
can bo tonnected with the receiver .by
,pressing A Mitten. ' 13y this
rtiegemerit one does. not have to wait •
at. the 'telephone While the person at
the other 'end goce in search, or the
person you seek... Inatead; the tunpli-
fier is switched en. The receiver Can
theit' be placed on the.desk and work
of the .ealler resumed. ,Witen.the -par-
ty eoughtealls his tone is greatly: in -
'avenged by the iiMplifier ...Alla can he
bedrd across a large-etzed room: •
•
dation Of 'protestantism. on the • •
perial throne", as a pacifist: He re- •
Iates that •duringild Agadir crisis thir ,
Empress; who •disliked Herr Von Rid- •
ellen Wachter, aid to to him ,r.eproaclir
-fully, "Are we then -always going to
retreat before the French and to put
up with their impudenee?"'.
. .
Crown Prince. and Chancellor. •
. . •
- The most interesting feature of Bir -
roils Beyen'.kremarks.about the Crown. •
'Prince . is, perhaps, that he by no .
means - 'exaggeratea his importance,"
and ;explains that it is an Absurd mis;:
take to suppose that the Keiser,:
has. _.far. too_high_a...sense of.lis...own'....-.„,..-
iniportance,1 is jealous ok
Baron .13eyent draws with a firm:
hand the.. portraits Of Herr von Beth -
Mann tionweg and his assistants. Of
the Cbancellor's• attitude at the out-. •
hreak of war he sayst
His. personal ieclinations leaned to. '
Wards a „peaeeler solation, • but thit
weak maw let his, hand he forced by
the WM", party, and hewed, accordieg. ,
to ilia' custom; before the will of the
Einperer, all the more because he was
a mere instrument, no dinibt unaware;
'of the rear, designs.. concealed tit thc.
bottom -a the Imperial, Mind; Wbet`
he saw where this breakneck:110HW ' • •
Was going to carry Gernamy, he did
not ruiet or Priitest;• bat turned' all ,
hie spite-. against England, - who -'
destroyed all the illusiona on. Which,
people 'fed. in Berlin, by not remaining
'• differerit and impressive fate- 'of,
the violation Ilelgian neutrality. .
The philosopher 'of Mph en-I/now , tern.
rd inta.an• angry Teutoe; the
•
Prussirin bruteltty hiS vehisonixed
`with •Iiis Frankfurt 'Wood, came, sod- ,
denly to .the surface arid the..profts- ,
ettim • of the . Maturate eeefia-
teraol coetrol nerVes gave way
to a eramathbur3t of Inge, . •
The.P.roper Pince.
. draee--I'Ve been trying fer:-yerirs'
to get my brattier to take it vaca-
tion. •
Harrit-.And he 1von't do it, eh?
• Graee-No; says he'd be lonesome
a.waY StiOnt his , Work. Zee it chiro-
podist, yett'know.
• HarrY-.4l. 'chiropodist , Why dente.
you 'Suggest his spending tt fe'W•titlYS I
at, the foot 'of a Mountain? . •
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