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NINTH EPISOD—(Gonia)
"I join in your belief that something
unusual is going on around here. Last
night I am sure my private safe was
tampered with. The secrets of my
business are there—and you have con-
vinced me that the actions of Drew
and Elliott certainlydo not place
them above suspicion,
Jackson did not arrive at his place
'of business the next day, and for two
weeks- more, nothing was seen • or
heard of the head of the firm, Finally
to the consternation of his employees,
and to the great grief of his •Niece,
Jack Elliott, the factory foreman re-
ceived a cablegram.
It was sent from London and read:
"Robert Jackson died here to -day."
Wallace' Drew end Jack Elliott
worked fast, Elliott took charge of
the' business and Drew, acting official-
ly for Miss MacLean, urged a speedy
reading of the will.
There wore preliminary difficulties
encountered, but Draw retained good
counsel and managed ultimately to
have the contents of the will disclosed.
The result was a surprise to Elliott,
who had hoped to be among the bene-
ficiaries,
- But to his great disappointment, the
ppr,incipal bequest read: "To my niece,
IVlarcy MacLean, I leave the business
known as the Jackson Motor Company,
together with the -factory, machinery,
inventions and accessories." Not a
word about Elliott.
The foreman of the factory, having
nothing to lose or gain, decided upon
avenging himself because of what he
fancied was an injustice.
Pat, oY course, was conversant with
Bae'hdex and had explained to the -au-•
tharities the ;object of the move.
There was a surprise for the girl,
however, when Phil Kelly appeared on
the' scene .the next day, retained by
Elliott to investigate the disappear-
ance of his employer. When the
' Sphinx heard the complete story, all
that Elliott could tell him, in addition
to the little Drew was able to contrib-
ute the detective asserted:
"This is all fictitious, Jackson is
alive. He has done this as part of
some scheme;" And in proof of his
conclusions, Kelly was able within the
hour to exhibit proof that Jackson had
never left the country.
" •Ie is 'hiding out' as we say," said
Kelly. "You tell Miss MacLean not to
take possession of whatis not hers."
And the story Elliott had to tell
Drew was. not pleasing' to that worthy.
For Drew had doped to marry Miss
MacLean and thus get his .hands on
the Jackson millions.
Mary MacLean, for a girl who had
seen=afortune swept away as unex-
pectedly. as it -has arrived,. took inat-
ters'rather complacently. After the
first shock of surprise she recovered
her composue rapidly.
"The Golden Cup at the Speedway
begins tedinteest me again," she said.
"I had entered a ear for the race,
expecting to exploit .the Jackson mo-
tors, but when uncle 'died,' "—the flip-
pancy of the remark made her halt
abruptly.
"You can go on with your idea now,"
said Elliott, to whom she had been
speaking.
"Yes,' that's what I intend to do;
but I couldn't—oth.eriyise."
The next few days were times of
much excitement around the Jackson
Motor factory. Miss MacLean was
watching' progress ,on the egtiipment
of her car,
Drew was likewise interested in
Miss MacLean's car, and Pat, sus-
picious of every move that Drew or
Jackson made, aimed to he as close
as she could to the scene when Drew
was near the racer.
Kelly also concerned himself in
passing events. He was instructed by
Elliott to prevent Pat from interfer-
ing in any way with the machine.
Pat closely watching her opportun-
ity, was within,hearing distance when,
the day before the race, Drew ap-
proached the men who were putting
the finishing touches on the car.
. "I'll make it worth your while to
see that this car doesn't win the race,"
Pat heard Drew say to the men. But
try as she might 'to catch the rest of
the conversation she failed.
Awaiting her opportunity, which ar-
rived shortly after; Pat engaged in
conversation the men at work upon
the machine. Her• manner aroused
their antagonism and their own ac-
tions confirmed Pat's easpicious that
they had entered intoan aareoment to
put the car out of commission.
While Pat could not fathom the
cause, the facts were that Drew and
Elliott were prompted by malice, be-
cause of the disappointments that had
resulted from the outcome of Jan -
son's "death," -
Elliott hacl informed Kelly that he
-- believed one of the mechanics in the
employ of the firm was plotting
against the organization.
The disguised and active Pat was
of course, the workman designated as
' Elliott's "suspicious character," and
Kelly, on the clay of the race, set him-
self to the task of watching the girt
closely in all her movements, When
Pat left the factory Kelly and his men
followed her,
When she entered her house Kelly
and his- men decided to investigate.
Finding an open window leading into
the cellar the three detectives crawled
in.
In the dim light that was afforded
by two small windows the detectives
crawled cautiously around the room
in which they found :themselves. Pass-
ing through a door that communicated
with another room they.Had.taken but
a few steps when they were suddenly
confronted by an iron wall that had, to
all appearances, dropped through the
ceiling and halted their progress,
When they turned aboutwith the in-
tention of. retrneing their steps a
similar wall, or partition, dropped and
terminated their progress. The three
en thus found themselvee
d.
prisoners
r
isoners
na long narrow eonpart e t tol
arkness and deathly tenant: .,yi,;ye.
reondfng thein,_—,.....--
Sts dish y above their heads, soiled•
g as though coming from. Sema chis -
"If they remain there" she Was say -
,rig, "they must egmbat both water
Old the fumes of deadly gas, I did
not order you to do this -•-neither will
1' order their, release, ,• infill . I rim
ready.,,
R'at's veioe ceased, and the men were
left alone„
She hurried to the 'garage whei•e
Miss MacLean's raeing machine wee
presumably being tuned up for the
race having signaled to the Apaches
scattered among the other werkrocn to
follew, When Pat reached the ear the
men who were trying to block Miss
MacLean's plans had just started to
wreck the machine.
Before they could do serious dam-
a(a'e, Pat's Apaches had disposed of
thein in a short and decisive strife
Then the -girl jumped into the machine
and started for the• speedway, When
Pat reached the inclosbre, Miss Mac,
Lean was awaiting anxiously the are
rival of her car.
"Your driver was just injured, Miss
MacLean," said Pat. "But snake the
substitution with the starter and I
will drive for you in the race."
As the spoke Pat started for the
troche. When she turned into the
speedway the first car in the Golden
Cup race was off and away at . the
starter's signal.
There was no turning back for the
venturesome girl. The race must be
run and if possible won. Without hesi-
tation Pat ran her machine into line
and in another moment heel darted
away to'win fame in the great con-
test.
(To be dontinued,)
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BUYING COAL BY HEAT UNITS.
How the U. S. Government Deter-
mines the True Value of Coal. '
The plan now adopted by some
cities and many manufacturers of the
United States of buying coal by heat
units and not by weight was originat-
ed by the 'Federal Government.
If, on analysis, a sample proves to
contain more than a certain number of
heat units to the pound, a proportion-
ate premium is paid in addition to -
contract price. If it falls below the
.mark in this respect, correspondingly
less is paid.
The matter of ash is also consider-
ed. If the sample contains less than
the percentage,af ash mentioned in
the specifications, the price paid is
proportionately higher. But if the
ash content is gToater, just so much
is subtracted,
The U. 5.,Government, of course
buys its coal in great quantities. Be-
fore paying the bill, a sample (200
pounds) is taken, crushed to line pow-
der, passed through a sieve and thor-
oughly mixed.. Then a weighed quan-
tity (an ounce or so) is put into a hot
dven for one hour. 'At the end of that
time, being free of moisture, it is
weighed again. The difference repre-
sents the water that was originally in
the coal.
Another small weighed portion of
the same sample is put into a little
platinum cup and exposed to high heat
until tiro gases it contains are driven
off. These may represent from 15 to
20 .per cent. of its total weight. The
residue left behind is a button of
termine the quantity of gas in the
coke. By this method the experts de.
coal.
Yet another weighed portion is put
into a miniature furnace, where it is
completely burned, only the ash being
left. This is duly weighed, the result
shelving exactly how muck incombus-
tible matter there is in the coal.
Still another weighed portion is put
on a little tray inside a steel "bomb,"
which is placed in an air -tight recep-
tacle containing water. A small bit
of fine platinum wire is so arranged
as to pass through the tiny heap of
coal and to ignite the latter when an
electric circuit is closed. Then the
contrivance is shut and oxygen is in-
troduced into the bomb at a pressure
of 370 pounds to the square inch.
When the circuit is closed, the coal
takes fire and, in the presence of the
pure oxygen, undergoes a very com-
plete combustion. The heat develop-
ed thereby passes into the water sur-
rounding the bomb (the weight of wa-
ter being exactly known) and the rise
of its temperature is recorded by a
delicate thermometer.
The quantity of water in pounds
multiplied by the difference of tem-
perature in degrees represents the
number of heat units in the coal—a
unit being the, amount of heat requir-
ed to raise one pound of water one de-
gree,
MILITARY INVENTIONS.
The "Jokes" of To -day are the Real-
ities of To -morrow.
It is a curious thing that invariably
the new idea in military invention is
greeted at headquarters with skepti-
oism. The suggestion very frequently
is termed a "joke!' The Government
to which the idea is first toted is loath
to take it up—it is not "feasible."
Some other nation takes hold of the
idea and then the first nation finds
that it was asleep at the switch and
hastens to catch up again.
England's first airplane and hydro -
airplane were "jokes" until Germany
seized upon them and "made" them.
Then one day a member of the house
of Commons arose to inquire who had
let the plans get away from Downing
Street.
Simon Lake had a monopoly on the
rsubmarine which he offered to Wash-
gton. The United States started to
build submarines only after Germany
had a flying start.
The Lewis machine-gun was turned
clown in the United States but taken
up almost immediately by Great
Britain. The troops of General Persh-
ing, however, had Lewis guns with
hem on the Mexican border.
Mucilage which can be used M both
g
stick and book form, and of which
only the quantity desired at any
particular time can be utilized, has
been invented, the purpose being to
guard against the loss consequent
upon the drying of lr"quid mucilage,
A. new' prof eot of American engine-
rs is a giant canal 250 miles long to
eonyteet the Arctic Ocean and the
(title Sea, extending 'heat), $itndalas-
e. on the White -Seta to T'ornce, near
le Swedish frontier ori the Gulf of
inland, The cest is estimated at
150,000;000,
e
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tense, Kelly heard a voice he then- a
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Iittrplo Mask girl, r
58TH BATTALION'S TRIBUTE TO FRENCH COMRADES.
On thebattlefield of Vitny Rlcige the'oaptois gathered the remains of heroes' of former oontiicts.d erected
an cot d
omorials to them, The is." Tho
on this one reads; "1i o P. In on of'y•o£uiilrngwn grencli comrades, lilroa-
,ted by 68th :fen„ Canadians." Tho 58th is the famous Toronto battalion of the gird Di1'lsiou,
WHEN THE WARS
WAS PLOTTED
ON JULY 5, 1914, MATTERS WERE
DEFINITELY ARRANGED.
At the Council at P,otsdain the De-
cision Was Made Which Plunged
the World Into War.
On the eve of the fourth annivers-
ary of the outbreak of the war there
was published in the London Times a
statement of the first importance as
to the origin of hostilities. From this
it appears that the war was deliber-
, ately atranged ori July 5, 1914, at a
Council at Potsdam, at which the
Kaiser was present.,
In a report of a recent speech in
the Reichstag by FIerr Haase, an'In-
dependent
Independent Socialist, printed in the
Leipziger Volkzeitung of July 20, ap-
pears a reference to "the meeting of
July 5, 1914," as one of the matters
which would have to be explained be-
fore the, origin of the war is fully un-
derstood. "This," says the Times cor-
respondent, "is the first public refer-
ence to a date whigh will probably be-
come the most famotts of the fateful
month of July, 1914."
The Conspirators.
At the meeting in question there
were present:—The Kaiser, Herr von
Bethmann-Hollwog (Chancellor), Ad-
miral von •Tirpitz (Minister of Ma-
rine), General -von Falkenhayn (Mini•,
ster of War), Herr von Stumm (head
of the political department of the Ger-
man Foreign Office), the Archduke
Frederick (cousin of the late Emperor
Francis Joseph, who took command of
the Austrian forces at the outbreak of
war), Count Berchtold (Austro-Hun-
garian Foreign Secretary),,, Count
Tisza (Hungarian Premier), and Gen-
eral Conrad von Hoetzendorf (Chief
oft the Austro-Hungarian General
Staff).
- It appears that Herr von Jagow and
Count Moltke were not present,
The correspondent goes on:
"The meeting discussed and decid-
ed upon all the principal points in the
Austrian ultimatum -which was to be
dispatched to Serbia eighteen days
later. It was recognized that Russia
would probably refuse to submit to
such a direct humiliation, and that
war would result. That consequence
the meeting definitely decided to ac-
cept. It is probable, but not certain,
that the date of mobilization was fix-
ed at the same time.
"The Kaiser, as is well known, then
left for Norway, with the object of
throwing dust in the eyes of the
French and Russian Governments.
Three weeks later, when it became
known that England would not remain
neutral, Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg
wished to withdraw, but it was too
late. The decision of July 5 was ir-
revocable,"
Shutting the Gates of Mercy.
It will be recalled that the Arch-
duke Ferdinand and his wife were
murdered at Serajevo on June 28,
1914. The Austrian ultimatum to Ser-
bia was presented at Belgrade on July
23. -"In accordance with a Long -formed
plam,of aggression and conquest they
'shut the gates of mercy on mankind.'
Millions on millions throughout the
world were doomed to slaughter,
laceration, ruin, privation, sorrow, by
one arbitrary camarilla of half a doz-
en men. More crimson 18 their guilt
than that of all the private homicides
that ever lived, and this war cannot
end until it ieoriade certain that uni-
versal war can never again be brought
on the world by similar mon and simi-
lar means,"
WASTE OF FOOD STUFFS.
Odds and Ends Thrown -Away Amount'
to Vast Aggregate.
Do not waste a Slice of bread.
There is an old saying, "Many miekles
male' a mucicle," and, if there are
many individual savings the total gain
will be great. Do not be too proud to
notice whether anything usable is be-
ing wasted ;;'iio not be too proud to use
odds and ends which might, otherwise,
be cast into the garbage can, In Chi-
cago, recently, the garbage was re-
duced from 400 loads per day to 200
loads a, day due largely to the preach -
!dents of economy, Economy in the
use of food stuffs should be praetised
by those who live in the country as
well as by those who dwell in the
towns ancl cities. Get the real vision
of economy and put it into daily prao-
tice, Every individual must realize
the food shortage in all its magnitude
and he must realize what want
and
famine would mean and then he must
put forth every effort to prevent it,
Do not leave it to the other fellow, Do
your ,part, In this matter prevention
is a thousand times better than euro,
)ruminate all waste in your house.
hold:
A COURSE IN HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE COMPLETE IN
TWENTY-FIVE LESSONS.
Lesson VIII. (Continued). Proteins.
The remaining proteins, milk, fish,
cereals, peas, beans and lentils are
dealt with in this lesson.
The protein of milk is in the form
of casein which precipitates when acid
is added to the milk, as in the com-
bination of tomatoes and milk. When the pound after cooking starts. Be -
milk becomes sour, the sugar content cause of .-the delicate texture of fish,
of the milk changes to acid. This ahvays wrap it in a piece of cheese -
acid will also cause the milk to pre- cloth when broiling. Use a double-
erm te, , Casein is also clotted by
ffold wire- broiler; when baking, lay
ferments or digestive juices, which are the fish on a fine wire rack. This
present in the stomach. permits greater ease in removing to
Use a double boiler to heat milk. the platter.
Fish
The protein of meat and of fish are
similar in character. , Fish may be
cooked by boiling, broiling, baking
sauteing or frying. Use a steady
even heat and allow twenty minutes to
Slow cooking ata temperature just Cereals
below the boiling point will give best All cereals require long, slow and
results when cooking foods that con- continuous cooking. The best method
tarn milk. When combining milk is to boil for five minutes, then`, place
with acid fruits or vegetables, if a in fireless cooker over night, then
quarter teaspoonful of baking soda is beat thoroughly foe breakfast. Flak -
added to the fruit or vegetable to ed oats require about three-quarters
neutralize the acid, the milk will not of an hour if cooked in a double boil -
separate. This amount is for one 00; oatmeal and cornmeal need an
pint of milk. Or instead you may hour or more. Wheat should not be
blond one tablespoonful butter, one used at this time cf food shortage.
tablespoonful flour and two cupsful a Legumes
milk, Heat to boiling and slowly Have water boiling for cooking
add the fruit or vegetable. Bring to fresh peas and beans. Boil gently in
scalding point and use. When cook- barely enough water to cover. Dried
ing puddings and custards always peas, beans and lentils should be soak.
stand the dish containing the mixture ed first in plenty of cold water for
in a larger one containing hot water, twelve hours. They are best steamed
then bake in a moderate oven. but may also be boiled gently.
Balancing Meals.
A common sense method i,, the dis-
tribution of the various kinds of food
when planning a menu will enable an
intelligent housewife to feed her fam-
ily well, if not wholly scientifically.
In our daily dietary we should have
-one part cell -building foods to four
parts of heat and energy -giving foods.
In other words, one part lean meat or
its equivalent to four parts of bread,
butter and potatoes; with green vege-
table foods. This does not include
For example. If roast is the
principle dish we should not go to
the expense of buying, cooking and
digesting another dish composed of
the same tissue -building material. We
should serve potatoes with this meat
because beef is rich in the coarse pro-
tein, thus calling for a rich, heavy
carbo -hydrate or starch. This is et
the same time true of greeh vege-
tables.
The coarser and heavier vegetables
are chosen to accompany beef and
potatoes, such as beets, cabbage, tur-
nips, kale, etc. On the other hand,
chicken and turkey being lighter in
flavor and texture, the more delicate
proteins require in the starchy group
rice, and such vegetables as
aspara-
gus greenPeas, celery,
cucumbers
umbers
and tdinatoes. Mutton, or
the same
reason, calls for potatoes, turnip's or
cauliflower with chili or caper 'sauce.
Lamb, being less mature and more
delicate than mutton, would require
peas, tomatoes and a delicate mint
sauce. With 'wild duck serve sweet
potatoes and tomatoes. With game
serve hominy in croquettes or squares
and asparagus. Opossum, sweet
potatoes and tomatoes. Vension re-
quires the same as beef, with currant
jelly. With goose, serve apple sauce,
mashed potatoes and watercress.
Clear soup is a stimulant served be-
fore a heavy meal to bring the blood
to the stomach and cause the flow of
the digestive juices.
Cream soups are served for the
luncheon or the meal where meat or
protein element is not heavy.
Fish for Dinner.
Clean and prepare the fish. Wrap it
in cheesecloth and boil it for fifteen
minutes to, the pound. When ready to
serve, drain well and lift to a hot
platter. Garnish with hard-boiled
eggs and serve with a sauce made of
one cupful of stewed tomatoes, one-
half cupful of onions, two green pep-
pers, chopped fine, one cupful of wa-
ter, two bay leaves, small fagot of
soup herbs. Place in a saucepan and
cook for fifteen minutes. Now add
juice and pulp of one lemon, one table-
spoonful of Worcestershire sauce, one-
quarter teaspoonfulof mustard, one
teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoon.
ful of black pepper. Mix well and
serve.
"LET LOOSE THE .
DOGS OF WAR!
99
CROSS BETWEEN AN AIREDALE
AND A BLOODI•IOUND.
As Hospital Scouts, Messengers and
Outposts, Canines Army Proves
Its Worth.
The present trench dog in active
service with the Allies is a cross' be-
tween an Airedale and a bloodhound.
. "A student of breeds can see at
once the value of such a combination,"
says an English expert. "The blood-
hound for its sense oe smell, its abil-
ity to scent, and the Airedale for
speed, stamina and gameness. The
bloodhound alone is too heavy and
clumsy for the woi'lc. It does not have
the endurance of the Airedale and
will not stand by as long. The Aire-
dale strain takes care of these short-
comings. •
Whole armies of. these dogs, are in
training back of the . lines and in
England, They enter different
branches of the service, the same tial
their fellow Tommies, and remain ,in
camp till the make of the "rookie'
aro completely wiped off,
"0f course you have Beard about
our canne ho
pit 1 - nor s,a
continuedtinned
the mats who has 'devoted his life to
improving breeds of doge.
Nuineraus,easos are on record o4
war• dogs going on the field of bat-
tle, searching out a wounded soldier',
dragging hien from mulct dead canm-
racl'os or debris, licking his Wounds
and returning to the base, where he
reports his find and leads stretcher
bearers to his patient. Such a per-
formance is no longer regarded as an
evidence of superior canine intelli-
gence. It is the usual thing. Hun-
dreds of dog Tommies are doing it
every day. Whether or not they are
cited for distinguished service makes
no difference to them. They obey
orders, do their duty to the limit of
their endurance and let it go at that.
Invaluable as Outposts..
"Another popular branch in the dog
army is the messenger corps. Here
each dog is taught to regard one or
two 00 even three men as his masters.
He is drilled in carrying messages
from ope master to the other. When
his regiment reaches the front these
masters are in positions some distance
apart, He is led from one to the
other. Afterward, when the battle is
on and it is difficult to communicate
back and forth the message is
strapped to the clog and ho is told to
go with it to his other master. Once
on his way nothing but death will stop
him. If ho is wounded he will drag
Himself foe miles to reach his goal..
"Both as messengers and as hospital
scouts the dogs are invaluable. They
are shell wise, for during their train-
ing big guns have been fired over
their heads to accustom them to the
noise. They can go to places where
men could not and cover ground with
greater swiftnoss than any man.
"The outpost branch is also import- •
tent, Outpost dogs will
steed for
hours, scarcely moving a muscle,
tening for the tramp of enemy feet or
eembiug the air for the enemy seeat,
Such a thing as it false alums is lin-
kman in the history, of de;; out -n •t3,
When the news is baikrel lh' '; o'e niy
kno(vs the boehus are on lb., inou
BRITAIN'S .THEE
NARROW ESCAPES
WORN IMO FA'Sll OF 01T4 M -
PIR EIJNG IN THE BALANC4r,
Pre-eminence of Great Britain klas
Open Threatened Three Tlmee
Daring Peet Three Years.
If we over• pause to refleot on the
narrow margin that has separated
our Empire from disaster,, is itnot
true that we are left with a profound
sense of Providential intervention, so
mh do our escapes mble mi.ra-
elseuc7 says an Englishresewriter, We
are, perhaps,too close to the /events
to apprebiate their full meaning; hat
M the happier years that are to come
our sons and daughters will ponder
the facts in the written page, and will
silently offer up a prayer of thanks-
giving that in the days of the great
peril salvation was not denied us,
Onmany an occasion, since Europ
resounded to the tramp of armed mil
lions, the fate of the British Empir
has trembled in the balance; but o
three occasions, in particular, has L•h
danger been most acute. They were:
- Dodging 'Disaster.
•
dispute with us talc mastery of rho!
seas, So far-reaching was the peri
to our empire which the saving of
Parse and Prance largely neutralized.
Thrust back frail Paris, the Ger-
man cry became "Vorwrirts each
Calaisl" To break through the thin
Brih ey had mssraw
troopstiswlinoho fethll in swathaese0, We0f were
pressed so hard that we had to call in
the assistance of cooks, motor -trans-
port' drivers ,every man, fn fact, we
could muster, ouch though the Germans
never sparedtheir soldiers, the Brit-
ish line, with little or nothing behind
it, held, and the road to Calais re-'
manned barred,
At a later stage, with the use of
poison -gas, the enemy' breached the
Allied line' in front of Ypres; but the
Canadians filled the gap, and once
more khaki triumphed over field -grey.
e Imagine our plight with German
- long-range guns sweeping the .Chan-
- nol from the shores of Calais, and
n their submarines using its harbor asa
o lair 1 It is serious enough to have the
Germans a Zeebrugge, but the men-
ace to our Channel communications
would have been infinitely greater had
(1) When the Germans at the ver
gates of Paris were turned back, an
the original war -programme of th
Kaiser was foiled. The first escape.
(2) When the attempts to reach
Calais and the French Channel ports
were baffled by "the contemptible lit-
tle army." The second escape.
(3) When the "starving, us out i
four months" U-boat campaign'faile
to come up to promise, although th
sinking of our shipping at first wa
very heavy.- The third escape.
The German submarines are still at
work, and a second phase of the es
say of our destruction is being enter
ed upon, But, with relief, we are tol l
that, given a substantial reduction i
the bread consumption, and a substan-
tial increase in the home wheat pro-
duction, we cannot be starved out, let
the enemy do his worst .
Look well over the thirty-four
months of war- to that September in
1914, when the first steps in the crea-
tion of a great national army were
being taken. We had neither reserves
of trained men nor reserves of muni-
'tion's. We were minus heavy guns,
machine-guns, shells, aeroplanes, in
any degree approaching war standard,
For every shell that we could fire the
Germans could discharge ten.
If We Had Failed.
1 Calais fallen to the Germans as a
o base..
What Next?
Why we were able to hold the road
to Calais with such few troops and
guns as we had in those early days ie '*,,,,a
almost as much a mystery as the sav-
nn ing of Paris ,
Though the attempt to starve us
e out by sinking our shipping was cun-
ningly conceived, it has failed for a
variety of reasons. We have cut off
the import of all unnecessary eommo-
- dities, and so established a reserve of
- shipping, we have accelerated the
c building of new ships, reduced the
n bread consumptign, and the cultiva-
tion of more grain -land promises us a
larger home -production of wheat,
Meanwhile, we have developed, with
increasing success, defensive -offensive
tactics against the U-boats, With
"Save bread and save England" as
our continued motto, we shall definite-
ly make good our third escape, as we
did the other two.
But we must not tem;nt Providence
unduly, If after these three narrow
escapes we feel that nothing can
harm us, and are tempted to relax our
efforts, we may undo all the good
work of the past, There may not be
a fourth narrow escape.
Across the Channel the most won-
derfully -prepared army in the world,
bent on our destruction—for we stood
between it and world -domination—
had flung forward its outposts as close
to Paris as Chantilly. Flushed with
victory, that army saw the French
capital within its grasp. The out-
numbered French and British armies
had fallen back all the way from the
Belgian frontier to the Seine ,and be-
ybnd the Marne. They were supposed
by the enemy to be too done up by the
hardships of the long retreat to make
any effective resistance.
At that moment not only was the
fate of France being determined, but
that of Britain. Had Paris fallen, our
Ally might never have been able to
make her glorious -recovery and re-
organize her full resources; the issue
as between France and Russia, on the
one hand, and Germany and Austria,
on the other hand, might have been
decided before we had had time to
build up our vast armies and turn
Great Britain into one huge arsenal,
and long before Italy was ready to
come in.
The Miracle of the Marne.
Paris was saved. To this day we
do not quite ]mow why. All that is
clear is that, contrary to his owii
judgment and in obedience to the or-
ders of Von Moltke, the German Com-
mander -in -Chief, Von Muck, turned
aside from advancing due south on
Paris, which was scarcely in a state
to offer any sustained defence, and
passing across the British front,
drove at the French left Ming. While
thus engaged his own right wing was
attacked by General Manoury, who, l
reinforced at the critical moment by
fresh -French 'troops despatched
from
Paris in taxicabs by General Gallieni,
won a great victory which, in combin-
ation with other factors, compelled the
Germans to begin their retreat to the;
Aisne.
What fatally injured the reasoning,
power of Moltke and saved Paris we
may learn some day. Maybe it was
nothing more than ail extra bottle of
the fine French champagne; maybe
his liver was out of order. On such
trifles does history show the course
of great movements often to have
gone wrong. And side by side with
Moltke's blundering was the crass
stupidity of the Kaiser in detaining a l
quarter of a million troops in East I
Prussia to meet Samsouotl's invading
five army corps, instead of pouring
them all into France and overwhehn-
ing the already -outnumbered French
and British armies.
The working out of the Garman pro-
gramme, of which the fall of Paris
was the corner -stone, presupposed
peace with Fiance and Russia by De-
cember, 1914. Then Germany would
have turned on us ,
"Vorwarts Nadi Calais!"
Iter appetite, titillated by the
French, Belgian, and Portuguese Gloi-
onies in Africa, would have asked of
us the remainder of the African Con-
tinent, and on our refusal would have
proceeded to attack Egypt with the
aid of Turkey, through the Sinai De-
sert, and India through Persia, Si-
multaneously, secure from challenge
by the fleets of. France and Russia,
which she would have taken over,
Germany would have concentrated on
the bunching of an enormous fleet to
TO WIN SUCCESS.
Fulfil Your Duties Promptly is an .,ar
Excellent Rule of Life.
One of the most successful of men
said recently that ho attributed his
success to his early formed habit of
doing at once what he saw ought to be
done.
Whenever a task, big' or little, pre-
sented itself he gave it his immediate
attention, despatching it with all pos-
sible promptness, and his splendid
achievements are proof of the success
of this early formed habit.
Much of the mental worry and
physical ill -being comes from putting
offdone until to-today,morrow what should be
A task promptly accomplished sel-
dom brings worry or fatigue.
It is the delay in getting at it that
worries and tires us.
Quite apart' from the mental and
moral discomfort of dreading a task,
it does our work actual harm.
It is a common failing among wo-
men, this failure to-attacic our oblige -
I tions instead of worrying over them,
I Just why this should be so is a puz-
zle unless it is because most of us
have not had much, if any, executive
training.
How often do women exclaim:
"Oh, I should have wfitten that let-
ter long ago;" or "I have owed that (+*.,.,,r
call so long 'm ashamed of myself;'
or "I've put off going to the dentist so
long my teeth are in a bad condition;"
or "My rubbers have a stole in them
and here it is pouring pitchforks; I've
had it on my mind for the last week
to get a new pair," etc. Now a cry of
despair over some really big obliga-
tion, neglected until too late; now a
wail over sonic small one.
Some one has said that the hardest
part of work is getting at it. This is
so true. Work's irksomeness is al-
most invariably in .our fretting over
the fact that it lies ahead of us.
The executive person that we all ad-
mire has perfected the art of "getting
at" doing what has to be clone,
The minute we treat this "getting
at" the performing of taslcs prompt-
ly as of primary iin_rortance and
starting right oft at our work we have
accomplished the worst part of it,
Care and worry comae through our
putting off till to -morrow what we
should do to -day.
Life is much brighter when we are
abreast with our duties. Surely it is
worth while to make every effort to
keep abreast,
Why think e week about buying a
pair of needed rubbers? Save ,your
mine! and nerves and get the rubbers.
a
Too Big To Fight.
I'm not easy-going or meek,
Trouble I quite often seek,
But no one ever fights with me.
I get lighting -mad. Oh, yes!
But I really trust confess
That no one ever fighteawith rite.
I can elbow through a crowd,
Swear or jeer, long and loud,
But no one ever fights with mo,
I can hurl threats and abuse,
But it's never any use,
Because—Pm broach and six -feet.
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