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Germany's Military Aeronautics.

French Op Mon is waking up to the fact
that Germany, in the sphere OF military
aeronautics, is leaving France badly in
the rear.
I Gen. LacroiX and a number OF other
eminent strategists unite in declaring
that France has nothing to show against
Germany's aerial cruisers but a fleet or
penny steamers" and they strongly
deprecate the attitude taken generally In
France toward dirigfbles. They think the
sudden development Of aeroplanes caused
an entirely unwarranted enthusiasm for
those machines, and a corresponding dis
arrangement of dirisibles. Gen. Lacroix
holds that The opposition to rigid dirtgf-
bles in France is quite wrong: the supple
type of airship favored by the French
military authorities is. from the military
point of view. exceedingly risky, a pin
prick sufficing to destroy them. Airships
of the German rigid type, with their sew
eral compai tments, are capable of with
standing considerable damage before be-
ing put abs olutely out of action.
Wireless Compass for Ships.
Ships that feel their way along the
coasts of France in foggy weather are
to have the benefit OF new wireless
compass which will enable them to
ascertain practically automatically their
correct position and so steer a safe
course.
The wireless compass permits the
detection o. the direction from which
wireless electric signal is sent, and the
signal itself will designate the point or
its origin Sending stations are to be
established at lighthouses and other
points of vantage along the coast, and
two ALREADY are in operation on small
islands off the harbor of Brest. Signals
from this chain of shore points Will be
q a
whenever fog prevails and vessel
equipped with the receiving compass"
will be able to read the exact direction
of the place of origin of these warnings.
On the receipt of two such signals a ship
will find 1T possible, by simple process
of triangulation, very readily to deter
mine her exact position.
A great advantage of this system of
safety at sea is the fact that the new
compass" Is very cheap; Furthermore, 1t
is self operating and does not require
the attention Of an operator. The next
step Will be to install two more sending
stations near Havre, and others Will be
set up in due course until the entire
course is protected.
Property of Gen. dumas Sold.
The public administrator of Paris has
just sold the property Of Maj. Gen. Alex
andre Dumas for the benefit of the gen.
erals wife
Gen. Dumas. who had retired from the
army after forty years of notable serv
ice. chiefly in the colonies, left his resi-
dence in the Paris suburbs one after
noon sixteen months ago. and has not
been heard of since. He disappeared
completely His wife waited for months,
and inquired for her husband in prac-
tically every country in the world. but
particularly in the French colonies. where
he had served SO many years Of his life |
No nf he SOldiQr e.
ceived, and now the police, at. the re-
quest of the wife, have officially keclared
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WAR SPIRIT STRONG
All Countries of Europe Pre-
pairing for Hosti|ities.
ACTIVITY OF THE POWERS
Germany Surpasses France in Mill
tary ACCOMPLISHMENTS Com
pass" for Vessels at Sea.
ACTIVITY OF THE POWERS
PARIS, March Q, 1913.

PARIS, March @, 1913.
A passion for war seems to be sweep
ing over all the countries of Europe.
The Balkan states have found "a field
of expression for their militaDcy, but
countries which have not this vent are
expanding their energies in warlike
preparations. The small states are in
volved equally with the greater pow
ers, and today France. Germany, Aus
tria, Russia, Belgium and Switzerland
are taking serious count of their mill
tary preparedness.
Belgium is raising her army from a
war footing of 100000 to 10000 men.
Baron de Broqueville, the Belgian min
lister of war, in concluding a speech on
this subject before the Belgian
chamber urged that the army increase
be voted as quickly as possible, for the
sake of Belgian security and honor"
The country lives under the shadows
of the great states, the minister de-
clared. and Belgium must put forth
great eXertions to protect her frontiers
should her neighboring powers fall
upon each other.
The most important newspapers of
Switzerland are publishing the official
notices of the government warning Swiss
citizens residing in European countries to
hold themselves IN READINESS 10 return
Immediately in the event of war, and
Swiss living in the United States have
been requested to stand ready to come
back to Switzerland on call.
Large Force Available.
The Swiss republic, under its present
military organization, could put into the
field 100000 men in twentyfour hours
and 100000 in forty-eight hours. One
third of the governments revenues are
spent on military objects. In case OF
supreme necessity the government eX-
poets to be able to place 275,O G0 men un-
der arms within a week.
The French cabinet has adopted a mea
sure extending the term OF service in the
army from two to three years; this adds
something over 10000 men to the peace
footing Of the army. Every French
man." said NJ. Cheron, official analyst of
the appropriations committee of the
chamber of deputies. in recent address,
Unjust at the present moment fix his at
tention upon the military activity on the
other side of The frontier He then COM
pared Germsny's expenditures on her
army with the expenditures of France
during the pslst ten years. The cost of
the German army had augmented con-
stantly until now it was double that of
France. Next year, under the new Ger
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Copyrighted. 1918. by Willis ]. Abbott

was amazing. For the concerts under
Mapleson's management she received
$1,000 each. and for those in Soutl,
America. whittier she went in 1888, the
same amount. plus a share in the profits
when they exceeded $4,000. In Chicago
once she was paid $4,000 for singing
Home, Sweet Home in the Auditorium.
The list of diamonds and other jewels
bestowed upon her by crowned heads and
other dignitaries is fairly dazzling. In
deed, 1t is improbable that any woman
not of royal birth ever enjoyed intimacy
with so many crowned heads. Her castle
is fairly crowded with rare gifts and
portraits bearing the autographs of Euro
pean sovereigns.
To one who marveled that her throat
and vocal cords had SO well resisted the
strain of half a century of concert and
operate singing. Nine. Patti said: Il have
never tired it speaking of her voice.. /
never sing when l am tired. and that
means / am never tired when 1 sing, and
that i have never strained for high notes.
l have heard that the first question asked
of new vocalists nowadays is: How high
can you sing?' But l always thought
that the least important matter in sing
ing. One should sing only when one can
sing with perfect ease"
AS result of this method. Sir Morel
Mackenzie. the worlds greatest throat
specialist was able to say of her throat
when she was fifty: 1.-The great singer
ever seen. 1t is the only one l have ever
seen with the vocal cords in absolutely
perfect condition after many years of
use. They are not strained or warped
or roughened.''
Married Three Times.
Patti was thrice married. In 1868 she
welded the Marquis de Caux. an equerry
of Napoleon III. and a we'll known figure
on the Paris boulevards. The marriage
much of the diva's earnings, for the hus-
band was a passionate gambler. They
were in the end separated, at last di-
vorced, and Patti. within a year. married
Nicolini. an erstwhile blacksmith, who
had won high fame as tenor. This
was the more amazing marriage of the
two. for the singer had long expressed
contempt and hatred for the tenor, and
had used every effort to avoid appearing
with him. His boasts of conquests over
women affronted her. yet in the end she
was conquered. After a few years of
wretched welded life Nicolni died, and his
widow married Baron Cederstrom, a
Swede. who became a naturaliZed Eng
lishman. With him she retired to her
queenly estate in south Wales, and the
public thereafter heard her but little.
After her debut at Covent Garden the
life of Adelina Patti-Save for her matri-
mOnial Observation-Disclosures primrose
path through the pleasant places of
Europe and America. Kings and queens
her rich gifts of precious gems. All
mankind wooed her like another Dante,
with showers Of gold. In luxury. in state
and in the adulatiOn of men the queen
of song has had nothing to ask of any
other monarch.
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QueenIy Low Shoes
For FaStidiOuS Women

man Jaw, the outlay on the army would
be $IO0,nO0o0 more than that Of France.
The new German military bill will add
$4,000 recruits to the army, giving total
Of SOC, 600 men, excluding officers. Com
pared to this France, including the latest
numerical increase, has a total of 51S, 1S3
men in her army on a peace footing. ex-
cl1dipsr officers
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Amassed Colossal Earnings.

No opera singer ever held her voice Or
her public SO long as AdeIina Patti. None
ever was paid such prices for individual
concerts Or rolled up such colossal earn
ings in a life time. Covent Garden paid
tribute to her Tor twenty five consecutive
seasons After remaining away from the
United States for twenty-five years she
returned in 1881 to receive a truly royal
greeting. In his memoirs Col. Mapleson
says of her San Francisco recepion at
this time:
On the day Of the performance it took
the whole of the police force to protect
the theater from the overwhelming
crowds pressing for tickets. although it
had been announced that no more We're
to be had. Long before daylight the
would-be purchasers of Patti tickets had
collected and formed line reaching the
length of some three or four streets, and
from this time until the close of the en-
gagement some four weeks later. that
line was never broken at any period of
day or night. A brisk trade was done in
hiring camp stools for which the modest
sum of four shillings gD was charged.
A similar amount was levied for cup of
coffee or a slice of bread and butter.
Ticket spectators were now Offering
seats at from "a 600 to E10 $50 each,
places in the fifth row of the dress circle
fetching as much as Ga. being 400 per
cent above the office price
Her Popularity Amazing.
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Wife-Do you mean to tell me you
lost 50 at cards? fss s.
Husband don't mean to tell you, but
may as well-you'll find out anyway-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Adelina Patti was born to the opera
stage and narrowly escaped being porn
| on it. for her mother was singing IN Nor
ma, at Madrid, in 1913, when the first
warning Of the coming birth came to her.
Scarcely had they returned from the
theater to the hotei, "ssaid Patti in re-
lating the event to the Queen Of Spain
years afterward, than she could whisper
to her delighted husband: L am a
mother words which few hours before
was Normas last confession to her
father, the arch-Druid.' Father and
mother alike were opera singers. and Of
high standing in their profession. The
child was able to sing all kinds of oper-
attic airs at the age Of six. She had been
nurtured in a musical atmosphere, heard
artists of every degree at practice and
music dubbed from her throat as natu-
rally as clear water from spring.
Had Normal Child's Tastes.
In tastes and pleasures she was like
other children even though she made her
recorded that on one OCCASION in Cincinnati
her manager, Strakosch, had promised
her doll, and then-man fashion-had
iOISOlltH oil dDOuI It. 4SOI so tic Cliilu-
The time for her appearance on the plat
form arrived, but no doll. Without 1t she
would not bulge. Vainly did the manager
promise indescribable things i'll the way
of dolls after the perfornE>tO. Adelina
wanted one doll first. AT last a frantic
rush was made for the nearest toy shop
and doll procured. Then full of joy she
mounted the platform and sung SO that
her audience was enraptured. Thus early
in life she learned the simple way of
coercing managers, and in her later years
not infrequently employed it to bring to
| light, instead of dolls, dollars that she
feared might be inconv eniently over
looked.
| For great part of her career Patti
was looked upon as an American prima
donna, though she was born in Spain OF
Italian parents, and adopted the Italian
| manner in her singing. This proceeded
! from the fact that her earlier days were
| spent in this country, where her father.
Salvatore Patti, was striving, with scant
| success, to interest Americans in Italian
opera. In 1850, at a concert at New York,
| she made her debut by singing the last
rondo of La Somna mbula" and the Echo
Song" which Jenny Lind had just made
famous. Until she was eleven she trav-
ieled under the management of her
ibrother-in-law, Strakosch, in a concert
| company, in which the other leading at
traction was the violinist, Ole Bull. Her
operate debut was made in New York in
the part of Lucia di Lammermoor. The
Herald, in somewhat guarded criticism.
said: Every one predicts career for
this young artist, and who knows but the
| managers may find in her a long-looked-
for sensation Two years later she took
| London by storm at Covent Garden, and
ever thereafter she was the queen of
in South Wales, Craig-y-Nos (the Rock
of Night.
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that the general left Paris without com
municating his plans to any one, aban-
doning pension of $500 u year The
sale Of his property followed.
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Her Popularity Amazing.

The popularity of Patti, measured by
the vulgar yardstick of dollars and cents.
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Lincoln Relics.

TT YOU will enter the main door OF the
! old National Museum you will come.
after passing the vestibule, into a nall,
the center aisle of which is lined on both
sides with big glass show cases containing
relics and mementos of historic Ameri-
cans 1t is around the first case to the
right that one can nearly alweys see
tourist groups. and now and then, though
not SO often as should be. party OF
observation-disclosures. In this case are relics
of Abraham Lincoln-plaster and bronze
casts of his hands and of his face. Placed
among the relics is a card on which Is
this:
This case contains the frst cast made
in the mold taken from the living face Of
Abraham Lincoln by Leonard w. Vok.
sculptor, in Chicago, in the year 1850:
also the first casts made In the molds
from Lincoln's hands. likewise made by
Leonard W. volk in Springfield. Ill. on
the Sunday following Lincoln's nomina-
ton for the presidency in May, 1850: also
the bronze cast OF the face mold and
bronze casts Of the hands. Presented to
the government Of the United States for
deposit In the National Museum by thirty
three subscribers. COMMITTEES: Thomas
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did any OF his grandsons, but several of
his correspondence clerks knew the ian
guage. and one Of them with imagination
ana with the faculty of genuine transla-
ton. in not being too literal, translated
the communication. The next day Don
Antonio gave orders that his grandsons
should begin the study of English, and
also that two granddauEhters. who We're
in a convent where English was not
taught, should be transferred TO one
where they could learn the language He
himself wrote out the answer ID the New
York merchants communication.
That was the beginning of what has
since become very large business. The
story is so unlike the usual American
methods in seeking new business IN
foreign countries and so much like nc
ton that | would doubt il myself. had
not Don Antonio one day, several years
ago. showed me the letter he received
and given me some details of the large
trade he was doing with the New York
firm Don Antonio died three years ago,
but there are other Spanish Americans
like him still in business
For the Americans who come TO South
America iptroductions which Will enable
them to have access to the cluos are ne
sirable There are good clubs every
where. in Guayaquil, In Lima, in VAL
paraiso and in Santiago. The wise Ainerl-
can will so far as the hospitality OF his
fellow-countrymen and his British cou-
sins permit, avoid making himself too
much at home in the English-speakins
clubs and will cultivate the social inter
cou Sc which the native clubs afford the
opportunity to enjoy. But IL he De sensi-
bic he will not talk business at the clun
other forms of hospitality he may &C
cept or decline according to MS own
wishes and no offense will be taken
The probability is that IL IL is his first
visit to South America he will accept an
invitation to the bull fight. that IS II ne
is in Lima. The institution stu sur
wives here. The Spanish blood of Peru
is largely Andalusian. and the bull nSht
is of Andalusian origin. The American
most likely will justify any conscien-
tious scruples he may have by saying
that it Is one of the customs of the
country and he wants to see the Gus
toms of the country. whether 1t be in
Spain or in Peru. If he goes back
second time, as has been known to hap
pen. he will have to find some other ex-
cuse possibly that he wants to get IN
touch with the people.
While the bull fight in Lima Is well
patronized by all classes of society there
is an influential element which frowns on
it. A prominent Peruvian told me one
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nothings. had been EXCHANGED. came te
the point and the dialogue ran some
what as follows.
rs it true. this report, Senior Hartman,
that your railway would like to carry
twenty carloads of barley for me down
TO Guayaquil@
yes. Don Joaquin it would give us
great pleasure to carry twenty carloads
Of barley for you down 20 Gaayaquil.
And is il true. Senior Hartman, that the
railway desires to do Itself the favor of
carrying these twenty carloads of barley
free?"
YES, Don Joaquin. the road Will ee
pleased to do you the favor or taxing
vour twenty carloads down TO GuayaqulL
without charge.
"a thousand thanks. Senior Hartman
| will arrange the matter very soon.
THE railway is yours Don Joaqu4h' lhe
day you have that barley ready.
Good day. Senior Earman
Good day, Lon Joaquin
The next morning Don joaquin asaih
appeared at the railway office. The
greetings of the dav were exchanged. and
then, after some discussion Of the wealth
er and crops, with especial reference to
barley, he casually remarked
Should 1t so happen, Senior Harman,
that my crop is not all | expect 1t To be
and / have only ten carloads OF barley.
would The railway do itse.f the kindness
to haul those ten carloads without eN-
acting compensation"
Hartman saw his expected advertise
ment for the railway losing some of Its
Importance Ten carloads, nevertheless.
would be sufficient to draw favorable
public attention to the railway, and he
replied:
"All right, Don joaquin. Have your
ten carloads ready.
Good afternoons were said and Don
Joaquin took his leave. That evening ne
met the railway manager at the clup'
where there were number OF his tFleHds.
Il have been telling my friends. Senior
Harman,' he remarked. oI the agree
ableness of your railway in placing itself
at my disposition to transport the hNe
carloads OF barley which | have in readl-
ness within a few days and as you VIII
observe. they are extremely grained.
Hartman gave a start at the caiInneSS
with which Don Joaquin reduced the pro-
posed advertising from ten TO nVe car
loads, but he could not in the presence
of the .atter's friends. refuse the sup
posed prefer, so he said, somewhat
CURLY:
Very we'll Don Joaquin. We will be
ready for those five carloads.
Don Joaquin graciously bade the rail-
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day that two things would 90 what he
and some of his friends had been unable
TO accomplish IN the way OF discourasine
the bull fights One Was the Panama
canal. which ne declares would destroy
some of what he called the medieval
tendencies of Peru. The other WAS the
horse races. The races have become a
very popular sport and may prove uitt-
uiately serious competition to the buzz
fight.
Whether the bun fight disappears soon
or not, the custom seems 70 have less
popularity than in years past Other
Peruvian customs are changing visibiy.
without seeming tn impair the delightful
Peruvian home life. One II these Gus.
toms might furnish the theme for an
essay on political economy. In a neigh
boring country an AIners=san who was
trying To establish a trade IN headgear
used TO discours. earnestly on the harm
full influence on the character ~ the men
of the mantllas which the women wear.
He was won't to assert that the use Of the
mantillas by the women made the men
lazy and took away their ambition. He
would figure that two mantillas lasted q
woman a lifetime. where II she wore hats.
like American and European women. The
husband or father or brother would have
to go and work harder and add TO hts
income In order to pay for the hats. There
would. OF course. be a good business for
the United States and for France in sup.
plying the hats.
This reasoning is not likely to have Eod
anything to do with the changing Gus
tom, but the change Is quite noticeable.
Ten years ago IL was extremely rare 10
see a Peruvian lady In any headSear ex-
cept the rlantilla While at church the
mantll., is worn. and while the majority
of the women met on the streets during
an afternoon in the shops wear the
mantillas there are also an abundance OF
hats. In pointing out business opportuni-
ties and the development OF millinery In
Lima "A mans regret over the possible
ultimate disappearance of the mantilla
should not weigh against the business
side of the question. Fortunately for those
who love the picturesque. the mantiila Is
likely to remain for many years without
iynpairing the business proposition. for !
am told that most of the manti,la Wearers
now have Paris hats also. and that the
millinery industry, while II hourishes,
does not derive its prosperity from the
destruction of the mantilla industry.
CHARLES NJ. PEPPER.