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The Brussels Post, 1916-4-20, Page 7• • st'ts. se, of explanation. A record of many of Mr. Jacolaa " agical" feats has been kept, One ofthe most remarkable is related in "The Autobiography of a Magician," e traTOOMWMACSISIMIlaWASe„ barce,selnee. . . eete.eit NIL Jacob of Simla grit t stissis MODERN WONDER -WORKER. I .3° :esti sst sit s litostalaWsalatisalaSSISMOSSMISSaltrokigs ' It is not generally known that the late Marian Orawford, in his remark - fhie novel,. "Mr. Isnace," took as his oro a living person-, but such NVaS ndeod the ease. "Mr. Isaacs" WEIS one other than Mr. Jacob of Simla, Who wee fansous throughout India for his extraordinary powers and file - ()Mating personality. During his travels in India the no- velist met Ur. Jacob, and became In- timately acquainted with him, and Was so deeply impreesed with his won- derful personality that when he res turned to England he wrote a book about him. This book laid the found- ation of Marion Crawford's literary reputation. It sold well, because it dealt with acomparatively unknown Phase of Eastern life and character. Everybody ef any note in India Isnew Mr. Jacob, and his bungalow at Simla b&came the rendezvous of many dis- icnguished personages, as every An- o-Inclian of position who visited the octal cepa! of the country made it is business th call upon the famous wonder-werker. As soon return from India and say you had not seen the Taj Mahal as come home and confess yen had not met Mr. Jacob of Simla. In addition to being the hero of Ma- Sai.1?,ta JAMAICAN ON LEAVE IN LONDON. The photograph shows a group or soldiers passing the Horse Guards In London, The native Jamaican. In the centre wears a fancy uniform, elm Crawford's novel, Mr. Jacob fig- they filled the bowl and held the fires as Lurgan Sahib in Rudyerd stick steady, Jacob standing over it, "Kim." Altogether, he has muttering all the time. A continuous inspired no fewer than six books. crackling sound was then heard, and Mr. Jacob is a human mystery, and Young twigs began to appear from the h math f his power, the upper part of the stick. These grew also brought into Marion Cravrford's novel. Jacob refused to give any ex- planation of either his disappearance or the postponement of -the seance; but later he gave Mr, Heath the reas- on for the sudden postponement of the seance though the way in which he EULOGY FOR FRENCH SOLDIER. In Face of -Death: find yourself outside its hallowed por- German dun that the German army and the They Show An Absolute Lack of Fear . . wireless room; and if by chance you 1 people already are beginning In the late Mille of the Paris Journal tal, we shall point out to you a no- to place responsibility for its under - in woeiler of India. No one has been able rapidly, became covered with leaves, eulogy of the French soldier, the type , bids even the officers of the ship I taking. This much is distinctly stet - Mr. Charles Humbert has written an' tice board hanging thereon, which for- th solve the amazing riddle of his and flowered before their eyes. Then was able to leave and return to the 0enter unless required to do so by their to ed by prisoners in the hands of the table in such a remarkable manner is watamirtahteostishole world isi French, and is being more and more personality or give a satisfactory ex- the flowers changed to small bunches looTianng uls;crtili I these days, duty.openly shown in the German news - of grapes, and in ten minutes from the still a mystery. and whose bravery has won ungrudg-! planation of the remarkable things he The seance was postponed by or er nig recognition from his OIN 11 adversara "Without divulging any of its ar- papers. has done. It was generally supposed beginning a fine vine laden with of Ram Lal, who by some inexplicable lee on the battlefield. i cane mysteries, I may go so far as On the shoulders of the Crown that he was a high -caste Brahmin; bunches of ripe black Homburgs stood to say that it is very different in its Pritice is being laid the chief burden. majority than did the old $1,000,000,- Longbut in reality he was a Turk by birth.The others who with him are regard- 000 Budget. Beyond the fact that we before them. A servant carried it moans had discovered that one of the "With what feeling a emotion," says; residence in «India had given ed as sharing the responsibility have are creating a class which later will round, and they helped themselves. guests was not in good health; and as the writer, "have I not met and greet-' general economy from the wireless The fruit was declared to be excellent. all those who attended Mr. Jacob's ed these magnificent heroes down 1 room of a dozen years ago. At that him the appearance and nature of a there among the trenches. Whether i period the whole of the apparatus was now been narrowed down to three, derive large incomes from war loans, native. A Yoghi by religious persua-One of these is the Kaiser, and the we will be able easily to maintain the In case the whole affair might be due seances had to be in good health, they were on their way to the firing contained in a couple of small boxes sion, and an "Adept" by profession line or were Just returning from • othera are General Count Gottlieb war expenditure so long as the money to hypnotic delusion, the writer placed otherwise a seance could not be suc- Ito which stood on a desk in an other - he presented as interesting a subjeei Von Haeseler and General Berthold is supplied by our own people. The for study as it would. be possible to if the grapes would still be there after chief effect Will be that we will have half of his bunch in, his pocket to see find in any Oart of the world. he left Mr. Jacob's house, to increase our standard of produc- Born in Constantinople in the hum- tion afterwards, which we will be blest circumstances, his boyhood was able to do with the utmost benefit to The vine was replaced on the table, Passed in abject poverty. Later he General's stick. Many other interest- ourselves. and covered with a sheet, and in a low minutes was changed back into the became the servant of a rich pasha, ing feats were performed, and the Welcome Items of News.Th who took an interest in him, and en - company were filled with amazement;' "e Chancellor's Budget speech by giving him all the books he de- indicated two weicoxne items of news. tdr Sacob respested a few words pri- First, our expenditure of $25,000,000 pouraged his inordinate love of study then,as they were about to depart, icnowledge. At this time he acquired They went out on to the veranda and daily, inclusive of advances to our al - oro and every facility for obtaining a deep acquaintance with Oriental lies and Dominions, bringing our net stately with the writer before he left. conversed on occult subjects for a few expenditure down under $20,000,000 leading figure in Anglo-Indian society daily, is contrary to the idea Premier lore which was later to snake him a minutes. Mr. Jacob then offered to cause him to undergo a special experi- Asquith gave when moving to vote a credit. Secondly, there are great signs of economy everywhere, the War Office especially seeming bo have gained a grip on the situation, and making all purchases and expendi- tures on a far more economical basis. "We are now getting down to the bed -rock of our position, and are able to take measures accordingly. We look forward to the future with the utmost confidence. I agree with Mr. McKenna that no other nation would have been able to shoulder such a burden in the same fashion. We are still slack regarding some matters of the nation's general expenditure, but the present taxation goes far to cure this. AVE YOU A POLICY IN THE INSURANCE CO. ? WARSHIP'S 'WIRELESS ROOM. THE CROWN PRINCE 1t‘.1. Quite Different to That of a Dozen Years Ago. IS BEING BLAMED A chaplain of the Grand • Fleet of the most sacredly secret places in FAILURE AT VERDUN LAID ON writes that the wireless room is one a battleship. "If you come o11 board to pay us a HIS SHOULDERS. visit,,when peace breaks out, and we ___ can once more have the pleasure of seeing what ordinary people look like —no, I don't mean 'ordinary' people— we will show you the inside of the turrets and take you down into the engine -room, and anywhere else you please; but we shall diplomatically forget to mention the existence of the The Emperor, Von Deimling and Von Haeseler Are Also Criticized. It is regarded as an ominous fact in connection with the battle of Ver - BRITAIN CAN FIGHT INDEFINAT LY GREAT ECONOMIES A RE BEING EFFECTED. So Long as She I3orrows et Home and Not Abroad Can Continue the War. "Chancel* MeKennu'e new Badp;et is a great piece of work. Its best point is that it follows the opinion of the country, neither anticipating nor trying to lead it, There is not a mur- mur of dissent arom one end of Great Britain to the other," writes Sir George Paish, editor of The London Statist. "It is also a tribute to the eoun- try's financial stability, making every present possible provision for repay- ment of the country's debt, It proves that so long as we borrow here and not abroad Great Britain will be able to continue the war indefinitely, even should it prove more drawn out than is anticipated. Income Rises During War. "The amount of the new Bud.get sounds tremendous, but we must not be frightened by figures in such times as these. It is a matter of common knowledge that a nation's income na- turally rises during war times; ours did enormously during the Napoleonic wars. Prices rise, and wages follow suit, with a consequent ability to pay increased taxation. "I do riot believe this Budget will prove more burdensome to the great ceesful, Ram Lal thought it his duty ag express to svarn Jacob in time. their mnly bearined nothing! wise e but confidence, coolness and an obso- I empty office; the messages were • automatically printed in Morse eode On another occasion a seance was lute lack of fear in the face of death, t. y b a tape machine which always work - held at which six of • the stoutest They sang and they liked, ed slowly and frequently failed to work at all, being powerless to re- spond to the more delicate vibrations, At bhe present time, however, the room is packed full with machinery Von Deiniling. Most significant of all is the fact that the Germans are hinting that the presence of Emperor William at a great military undertaking has heretofore nob been fraught with happy consequences. The history of the Verdun enter- prise is now regarded as clearly de- fined by the Paris newspapers. It was preceded by two councils of war. When it was first decided by the Kaiser and some of his closest ad- visers that an attack on Verdun, un- dertaken by methods which hadprov- ed successful in Russia and in Serbia, would be successful, the co-operation of Field Marshals Von Hindenburg and Von Mackensen was sought. Berlin War Council. For this purpose they were sum- moned to Berlin, where they were met by the Kaiser, the Crown Princes of Germany, Bavaria and Wuerttem- berg, and Generals Von Haeseler. and Von Deirriling. When the mat- ter was laid before them, both the great German leaders, who had prov- ed their worth in the eastern field of the war, opposed a grand assault on the French stronghold, and ex- plained the radical difference be- tween conditions on that front and those which had made success pos- sible in other regions: As both field marshals had already objected to taking part in the opera- tions in France and Flanders unless they had an entirely free hand and complete liberty from interference on the part of the Crown Prince, it is believed their advice did not make a duo impression on the Kaiser and his eldest son. They returned to Verdun to study the situation once more. There a new council was held, at whith the chiefs of the Imperial fam- ily and Generals Von Haeseler and Von Deimling took part. The deci- sion -which they reached was that the capture of Verdun was feasible sceptics in Simla attended. They Hardheartedness, indi erence, fa - were all army officers, and each had talism, you may suggest? Not at all, seen active service in Lune. Mr. ja- insist. When the time for going into action arrives, when they are getting COb had put up with the ridicule of retuly to bound out of the trenches these men for a long time, an e vas into =inferno of shell fire these same and complicated instruments.' determined to show them that there men embrace and say It touching fare - was .1. something in his powers besides well to one another, pressing to their THE FRIENDLY ENEMY. vulgar pretension. He asked one of hearts the precious cherished souven- the officers to give him fin account of irs they have received from a loving — any battliin which he had taken part. wife or a darling child. These heroes Here Is a Very Touching Incident The °friar did as requested, and Ja- are men of fine teeliugs and affection. From the Trenches. cob then said, "Look at the wall and But duty calls. Their country se sum- . " All monsing them. They steel themselves A British soldier, Corporal Holmes, writing from the trenches to his wife in. England, describes a very touching incident: We Nvara attending to some of our sit Simla. On the death of his nias er ence which would give him something you Will see e • he decided to make the pilgrimage to to think about 1 -Xis guest replied quit turned their eyes to the spot indicat- and suppress their tender emotions. Mecca, being deeply read in the rites that was just what he -would like. So ed, and there they saw a living, mov- Proudly, without ostentation, tbey go f Mohammedanism able to recite the M ,T b auto, "Shut our e es and' ing representation of the battle, not s off to battle, to sacrifice, to glory. I have met some German prisoners imagine that you are back in your unlike a bioscope film. Everything wounded men when we Varna across a Koran from beginning to end, and 'also, deleted and miserable soldiers conversant with all the practices of bedroom in your bungalow." He did was vividly depicted to the smallest pitiful to look at, and stiff, obstInate the Moslem religion. He reached his so• and after a few seconds Jacob detail; and there, leading a charge, officers with a haughty mein. Along German who was giving first aid to destination safely,- and later, after ,ag the face . d f 1 the man who side of them. I have seen our oaell solm one of our soldiers. You can imagine Mrs, happy, natural, concealing their we were surprised. We put the wound - retinue and anxious not to. let any- ed man on our stretcher, and the Ger- body notice but their lovable and noble man helped us and came with us to traits. I then could. easily understand the hospital. On arriving, he asked the difference between the two raees, the doctor whether the "Tommy" was one a docile instrument of the insane all right, and when the doctor told him arrogance) of a tyrannical caste, the that he would get well, he said he was very glad. One of our officers asked the Ger- man why lie took such an interest in ono of his enemies. To that the Ger.. man replied, "He may be an enemy of my country, but he is my friend. He the officer had played in the fight, PAID MORE FOR LESS LIQUOR. and I worked together in London for more than fourteen years, and many British Bill for 1915 Exceeded 1914's— happy hours we have spent together. consumption Reduced. I hope that when this war is over he will not forget that we are still In au annual estimate of the national He was lavish with his hospitality and utes. He then walked straight cub One of us wo c drink bill the secretary of the United sramae•" Munificent in his generosity. Hi --.;,--.--:-.- --s of his bedroom into the dining -room, extraordinary feats was walking on Kingdom Alliance estimates that thus rooms were furinished in the most whore he found two of his friends, who the 'water, There Was a wide, deep Mg the year 1915 the total consume. CAPTURED NURSES COME HOME. gergeous Oriental style and full of Were astonished at seeing him, and pond in his grounds, on the surface !ion of intoaicatiug liquors in the Ilia. called out, "Now open your eyes! He w opened his eyes, and found that he had just related the incident, looking was really in his bedroom—two miles as real as life. The officers were b th t ld hi astounded, and evidently believed that Many hardships, found himself in Bombay without money, and nothing but his knowledge of Eastern Ian - s is. was sal. to shut his eyes again, and they would their eyes had been bewitched.. An - tent, however, to obtain him employ- rejoin their friends; but this he firm- other officer mentioned an affair he 'tent at the Court of the Nizam of ly refused to do, as he thought it had been engaged in, but omitted to Hyderabad, where he remained for might all be hypnotic delusion, and he say anything about his own actions In other a logical champion of every lofty orrie time; and, having saved money, wanted to see how Jacob would geb the battle, where he had distinguish- cause. I also recognized why the e moved to Delhi, where he started out of the difficulty. However, the business as a dealer in precious s magician simply laughed good-natur- stones. In a few years Jacob turiassee edly, and said, "Well, since you won't gi small fortune; and then, extending come, I must go alone; so good-bye;" his business, ha established himself at and in an instant he had vanished) and Simla, where he rose to be the first the subject of this marvellous feat dealer in the famous inart, and was was left alone. Looking at his watch, The officers confessed that they were patronized by all the elite of Anglo- as he had done at the commencement completely mystified, and became con - Indian society, who purchased his of the experiment, lie found that the vinced of the genuineness of Jacob's goods and visited him at his house. whole affair had not lasted two rain- uncanny powers from that evening. • ' t eater tilali ed himself by great, bravery. His French. soldier o to -day s gr heroism was, however, shown in the 'ever. It is because his task is much picture which followed, and it was harder and the cause he is fighting for known to be quite correct, though Ja- more sublime." cob himself was unaware of the part — a - priceless ornaments and jewels. Not wanted to know how he had managed of which Jacob often walked. Crowds ted Kingdom, measured in terms of Terrible Work Which Austrians Al- pureenly was he extremely rich, but there to get lobo his room without their see. of people tante to see him do it, and was (pant onsil 1 attl)dolicol, wasni92 per cent. of the ed la 1914 and 90 lowed Them To Do. the man which drew everybody who told them all about it. One of them performed; but they were completely Scottish was something very attractive about ing him pass, He then sat down and try to discover how the "trick" perlotl cionext, olfdtiter figure for 1913. The Eight British nurses of the .iii uli lirortiteirt""1" 1915 Women's Hospitals, ha-ve arrived in 'was anybody to his doors. Viceroys, i (Dr. 5.) asked to see the grapes. Ac- baffled, and were obliged to admit in lin lantoitc3ea n ri 8 shows an Mar- London from Xragujevatz where, as governors, the leading members 'ef cordingly he felt in his pocket, and the end that Jacob possessed powers ease of 101,f, per cent. over the figures • ' prisoners of war in thehands of the the civil and military' services, for 1914 and 9 per cent, over those of Society generally, flocked bo see hint ; Austrians they have been nursing. and there they were sure enough so he undreamt of in their philosophy. Passed them to him. The docto'r turn- Other things no less wonderful he 1911. The amoimi mewled o„ ei„hogo Dr. Inglis told the London Daily t Oeulci perform "miracles," and everas. and finally tasted one "'The arethe' too numerous to be related here, Grad- liquors in 1915 was ,C181,950,00o Sketch that on the -whole they were He soon became known as ono who ed thein over suspiciously, smelt them is alleged to have done, but they are. tiody wanted to see his "tricks" (as " • - • • ($999,750,090), as °watered with treated fairly well, but the wounded and that for many reasona it was I real thing, ray boy genunYie black. ually he built up a reputation that , iC161,463,000 ($807,215,00ce le 1914, Serbians were left in a cruel and cal- imperative. . 'ith . d All indiu being an increase of £17,490,900 bus plight. Deceived by Try -aut. "Time and again," .said Dr. Inglis, "we appealed to the Austrians for When all was ready, at the begin - dressings, medical°, blankets, but ring of the fourth week of February, they always said they were short, it was decided to start without any whereas they had the enormous sup- flourish of trumpets, Lis a try -out, ply which they had captured, it was thought, would show whether "The sanitation was so appalling there was a prospect of certainty in that we decided to disinfect every- the success of bhe -venture, and, if thing. It was - a fearful task, for any failure should occur, the attack there were cesspools, old dressings, not baying been extravagantly adver- ali =imitated linibs to be cleared, tised, would not leave any unpleasant "It was perhaps the most horrible impression on the German nation. work decent women have ever been The first four days during which the French, following their great lino of called open to do." tactics which had been manifested °I. NICE FACES BANKRUPTCY, from the beginning of the war, pre- sented a resilient front to the shock Wa t; Brings Maimed Soldiers, Not of the solid German body and, yield- -- they were termed), and try to findEnglishHamburgs," ho said, and pro- imams NI put how they were done. All Simla 1 seeded to devour the lot "But svhere's knew something of his powers, He (487,,isomm, Was stabled and mystified by his ex- Ithe tat?" exclaimed his other friend. was one of the most -talked -of men in The total consumption of pure aim, trivorditary performances; and though, Tho'Svriter replied that lie had for- that country; but eventually his pow- hot was 711 million gullons, as against Many considered them vulgar impost- , gotten all about it, but supposed he ars failed him, lic lost his wealbh, and 85 million gallons In 1914 and of ibis fens, they Wore bound to admit that had better send for it. Culling a serv- sank into poverty and Obscurity, and quantity 72% per cont, woe taken. in what they saw NNW quite impossible ant, he told him to go to the stables to -day he le a broken-down old man, the form of beer, 25% per ceut. as d. nd a s ce u to Sahib Jacob's friendless and disappointed, eking Out . spirits, and 2 per cent, as wino. •-..........*-4.........* bungalow for the tat- In a fi'w min- a precarious existence in 0111 ay, utes the bearer returned and said that with nothing but memories of a brit - the tab was at that moment safe in his limit past to lighten the darkness and own stable. They stared at one an- I dreariness of' ' and AIMS persorially 'witnessed by the other in arnazemerit, the» went out to Reginald Span in Chambers's Journal. veraci4, and acuracy of his acccount was there. So the horse and cart were author, who vouches for the absolute see for themselves, Surd emough, it also levitated! You moat worlsinothing is to be got Mr. Frederick Heath, a writer of for nothing; and no man who chooses to some distinction, who was well ae- be industrials need be under oblige, quaitited with Mr. Jacob, relates the !dens to another, fol' labor ov every follosainff, 'kied commaeds its reward. One evenieg Jacob had made at - house in Simla. He had invited six When potatoes me boiled, it is a rangemetts to hold a seance at his friends th and Jacob and his convenience to boil enough for two tura was found to consist of then tltey can be ted pavemeets. Many colored dire 'This gentleman Was invited to a din- ner -party at Mr, &mob's bungalow, which was situated about bwo miles ' Iran his own abode, and he and a well-knqwn General drove there ' to- gether. Several Other military offi- cers were also guests. After dinner, When they wore smoking, General 13, egked Mr. Jacob to show them some of , hie tricks.' Their host did nob appear tat like the word "trick," but simply bald, "YesSI'll show you a trick!" end, turtling to a eervant, told him to bring it the sahib's wallcing-sticks. Select- ing st thick geaposvine stick With a silver band round tho handle, he asks ed, "Whoso is WO" The General re- plied that it seas "his; whereupon A glass bowl, similar to those in which t()Elfish ate kept was plated on the able, some wator pouted in, and Mat. , neob hold the stick siptag14 on its oh tor a few moiteobs. Alter a THE THREE LONDONS, -Cities of Roman avid Britain Burled Under the Metropolis, Roman London nes burled about 18 feet below the level of Cheapside. Ia nearly all parts of the city taste have been discovered tesselaied pavements, Roman tombs, lamps, vases, sandals. keys, ornaments, weapons, coins and Mattes 01 the Roman. gods. When, a title over a colliery ago, deep Retina were umde for the sew- ers in Lombard aired, the lowest stn. - guests were all seabed at table, when orthree m , suddenly Jacob vanished. Behind his served, creamed or lyonneise, Ger- chair stood his kitinagar, as surpris- man fried er as potatoes au gratin. ed as the guests at ,Incob's disappear- I -- mice. Only a seem' before he had "Now, the boy 1 wantin this office 'boon plainly visible to them all, and , must be helmet, bright, 0.101111 and had been talking to them) yot he had healthy. Have you perapicacity?" "Oh no sho I never bad Anything buiswhooning-cough and the minim," vanished through closed doors. Hard- ly bad the guests recovered from their stn -prise when Jacob was 01100 more in his ;lett at the table. When queshon- Some -people ere hard to make od, Jacob movoly said that his "Mae- friende svith, Mut we discover when. it tor,"Rnm Lal, liail soitt for him it ov- is too lute Nutt they have ,really been der to tell him that the seance could wanting to be friendly all the time rootleta isetarig from the handle till mysterious Bent 'Lai, by the way, le society, rile they eliW Sitimbere Of shoots like not take' place that evening, The 'Dint they Appeared to be avoiding our Were felled lyhig seattered ebout, and above this stratum. was a thick lay ei of wood asbee, suggesting the debris of chimed wooden builditgs. While building the exclinege work- eamO mom a, gravel pit full ot oyster shells, bones of tattle, old *s- tints and shattered pottery. Two pave'. melts were dug up under the French church in Threadneedle street, Mid other pavements have beeu 1h -to- ugh in. several woes of the oily, The soli scans 10 have over Roman Loudon at nearly a foot a centers', Still further must tho searcher dIg to find the third Lomion, Ole earlier Londoe of the tritons. An Economic Triumph. "As a free trader I do not claim this Budget as a free trade triumph, but as a triumph founded on our eco- nomic necessities, which, incidentallsr, is always a basis of free trade policy. "For instance, we do not put fur- ther taxation on imported manufac- tured goods, because supplies from enemy countries have been cut off, and we do not -wish to hurt our friends by prohibiting imports from their countries. 1Vloreover, it is hard- ly worth the cost of correction, be- cause on account of shipping exigen- cies we have already put out moot of the unnecessaries. Pay for Joy Rides. 'spendthrifts, to the Riviera, ing a measure of ground for the pur- pose of their method of warfare, were PailltrulitcY is staring Nice in the regarded by the Germans as promis- face, according to the Figaro. The ing art overwhelming success for their Muyoe bus ealled an emergeaco meet - Mg of the Town ,Ceuteil to consider massed phalanx attack, In thio be- svhat further measutes call be token lief the Kaiser's lack of judgment on to keep the \volt from the door, military matters was again disastrous Nice Is the land of sunehite Said foe the Ge_rinans• 4. • • smilee, but the world, has tad* tairigs quickly react beneficially, to PONY eon - to thiuk about Jeat now thee to bask Vaseline rubbed ots the scuffed parts aitiote: Alto ether 1 fir 1 1 li tl t ' g . ' '" )"vt5 genmal anencial condition in the sun, Ooterously the town has tel;toTtltie do.p eililtlifot "g°11:astittiultel 1 c' I s'si eig. i-fl,,Initd, 'Iv'fill 8111)1o:1sta betisfe°18.6er attelre still:nevi silibollieSlitleedd l' N It'l aur varrants the highest optimism." prevent the surface front becoming: Vim and frolic, gidds gnyoly tool /110re SCratChed. ."---TITE7,471---la..--- hat whose petite is slender. To save the Lep of stockings artnin . splaithing spettithrifts Ilse easentiol if t "We aim now at preventing the people from spending money cause- lessly. That is why we pub a tax on railroad tickets and automobiles for the ptumose of stopping joy riding of all kinds. I hope these will be taken off at the conclusion of the war, be- cause I believe travelling is beneficial at all times, but just 110W we must have all the money possible, regard- less of everything, es well as doing everything to relieve railroad conges- tion. If the people must joy ride they must pay for it. There is no question but that the new taxation will be met -with the -uttermost chem.- fulnese, incidentally furnishing the best evidence of our ability to meet our outgoitgs. "Some people who are suffering from decreased incomes and !named taxation undoubtedly will suffer, but the overwhelming majority of the nation will be able to etanci the Strain easily. The new taxations on amuse- ments are practically the result of Public agitation, awl will meet ttth general apptobation. "Tho strain is only at temporary one, Taxation will drop quickly when the war ends. The country will .he wheels of Nice ere 10 ,110 smoothyl, • and aitter ow war started islier ultows being Were hy SaSperlder clasps tow She--13efore 1 give you roy answer Tnn camno doom . a piece of tape on the stocking where T must know moi°6 abort: yens Are and thn sown „o so woos ortt' gam- the alaspe come, end aeNV tripe you aiming at enything-werth twee of these, Sitg tooms,lins hemline tt hideous reel. loenti on the pieces;. then faeten the He—You seem te Imee SI Very poOt Ity. . suspenders through the leops. opition of 'yourself,