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TRAVELETTE
BY NIKSAH.
XIII.

Brussels enjoyed ninety-nine years OF
comparative peace from the time OF
the neighboring battle Of Waterloo TO
that of the neighboring siege OF Liege,
and in that ninety-nine years she wen
proved the prosperity that lies IN
peace.
Part of Brussels is old-the ancient
town hall and the Flemish buildings
that surround the square In front OF
1t, a square paved with absurdly awk-
ward cobbles and given over to the
most brilliant of flower markets. Then'
too, there is st. Michaels. the cathe-
dral that has preserved even from the
middle ages the finest stained glass
windows the world now boasts.
Fleming and Wallom have amalga-
mated in Brussels. and they are all
truly Belgian. with a considerable dash
of uaalloyed French in the mixture.
The city itself Is beautiful, and the
wide streets adorned with statuary
and furnished with green trees lead
one not unexpectedly to the two
crowning glories of the place-the
house of parliament and the palace Of
justice.
Perhaps Belgium can boast Of an
other thing-the best looking king still
in the king business. King Albert Is
as handsome as he is brave. and his
subjects sadmire him for this as well
as for his democratic demeanor and
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Strawberries and everything I set out IS
Ina May sobbed.
Mrs. Peel turned pale. She passed to
the window. Scattered about over both
dustriously engaged in scratching for
worms or taking dust baths. The gar
den was inded a wreck.
II can't stand that" breathed Sophie.
The garden was Ina Mays pride. and
they looked to 1t for most of the proven
der She had never dreamed that Mrs.
Delaney would keep hens. But she re-
membered with start the two big crates
which the cartman had carried into the
Delaney barn just at dusk the night be-
fore. She had wondered then what those
crates contained. Now she knew.
At that moment she saw Mrs. Delaney
sit down at the open window with a
book. She seemed entirely oblivious of
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Preveatable Blindness.
,m the Philadelphia Press.

Few laymen recognize off-hand the sae-
ntficance of the announcement. made In
the current news that the first steps are
now being taken by the city bureau OF
health to enforce the new law intended
TO safeguard the eyesight OF newborn
babies. Yet 1t means nothing less than
this. that, IL enforced, the regulation Will
prevent blindness for future generations
In at least one out of every three cases.
The facts about preventable blindness
are no longer a matter Of optnion-they
are we'll known. All authorities agree
in estimating the average Of preventable
cases as between S3 per cent and AZ per
cent. This means. taking the lowest av-
erage. that 400 out of every LOCO blind
persons might have been saved from
blindness by proper care. The great ma
fority of these cases are due to infection
al birth. The disease is known as oph-
thalmia neonatorum. or infanttie purulent
ophthalnia Any physician can cure It
by washing the babies eyes with weak
solution Of silver nitrate. IL the wishing
is done within two or three weeks after
birth.
The object Of the new law is to mako
such treatment universally compulsory,
in every case where Inflammation ap-
pears during this early period. Doctors,
nurses and midwives are compelled to re-
port cases, under penalty II they fall to
do SO. Such law 10 In force In Germany.
and eleven states In this country have
recently enacted similar legislation. The
method Of enforcement no far undertaken
n to warn all medical practitioners by
means Of an oflcial circular.
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Englishman in hiding has fugitive
glimpses Of the Incompatible qualities
of Kitty lyman. But Kitty. prodigious-
ly busy. gets the wife to Askatoon on
plea Of Shells illness and hustles the
pair. reconciled. back to- England. be-
fore any irreparable dents are made in
Shells affection for this inconsiderable
woman. And Kitty goes her way,
laughing. or at least she appears to be
laughing. This is one of Parker's real
frontier stories-not SO obviously seri-
Gus as one or another of them, but in
stead a very important and serious and
vital matter handled with the ease that
practice has given to his writing hand.
AS a piece Of work this story is a
rounded and balanced thing. coherent
and pointed. AS something to read it
Is picturesque and vivid, full of human
interest-altogether a strong and ap-
pealing novel.
FAITH TREsILIoN. BY Eden Phill-
potts, author Of Children of the
Mist" etc. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
The many who accept Eden Phillpotts
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do. For instance. he makes a good
deal of how these various play-writers
construct their dramas. discussing, as
he goes along. the aims and purposes
that lie back of these constructions.
Besides this he makes clear the chief of
the problems with which every writer
Of plays is beset. defining the nature
and bearing of these problems. He
gives also many of the ways by which
certain dramatic effects are produced.
All Of the points made by this author
are made concretely with the play it
self in hand. Among the continental
dramatists of whom Mr.. Clark makes
this SO suggestive and helpful study
are Ibsen. Btornson. Strindberg. Toll
stoy, Gorky, Maeterlinck. Brieux. Ros-
tand and DAnnunzio. predatory es-
say on What Constitutes Play" sets
the reader straight before the studies
that follow. The volume Is addressed
to the general reader as well as to the
student Of the drama. To this useful
study of the continental drama Mr.
Clark will add similar studies of the
British and American modern drama.
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by land and sea hold one in bond to the
fortunes Of this marauding crew. The
full SAVIOR Of those picturesquely law
less days pervades the bold adventure
and half a dozen characters animate
it in the homely lifelikeness of this
writer's familiar men of Devon.
AS If suddenly remembering what 1t
had set out to do, the story. toward its
close. grows diligent about the wooing
and wedding Of Faith Tresilion With
the second of these events it comes to
an end, quite as II the destiny OF this
young woman had from the heginninc
been it's chief concern and as II no ad-
yenturous seafarings had for tbs most
part absorbed its best art.
THE CONTINENTAL DRAMA OF TO-
DAY. BY Barrett H. Clark. trans
lator Of Hervieu's THE Labyrinth"
etc. New York: Henry Holt & Co.
The excellence of this study rests
mainly in the fact that Mr.. Clark
shows definitely how successful drama
lists do the thing that they set out to
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that, under the circumstances the best
that luck could have done for Shiel
Crozier would have been to leave him
undisturbed in Askatoon. For Aska-
toon. out toward the Canadian Rockies,
meant long miles of concealment from
England and his folly, from the scorn
of his English lady wife, and the su-
perci1ious forbearance of companions
whose shortcomings had not yet found
them out. And Askatoon meant, too. a
fresh start. the simple life and the
friendship of lovely Kitty lyman. But
If luck really had gone that way there
would have been no story to tell. save
a tawdry tale of immediate pleasure
at the final cost of a brood Of nasty
remorses and regrets. And. as 1t
turned out, this Is the chronicle OF a
square, game, golden-hearte Kitty
lyman always in the lead with laugh
ing courage and a genius of good sense
that turned her clean secret devotion
to Shiel Crozier toward his rehabilita-
ton in his native place and station and
in the good graces of a wife who. be-
side Kitty lyman, is an altogether neg
ligible person. Now and then this
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THE EVENING STORY.
WINGED TROUBLE.
DOWNRIGHT. 1914. by W. werner.)

Copyright, 1914, by W. Werner)
Sophie Peel, with a knife in one hand
and a basin in the other. her little square
shawl over her shoulders. and a blue sun
bonnet, that morning resurrected from the
tomb of a winter packing chest. upon her
head, was roaming the narrow confines
Of her yard in search of dandelions. Inc
grass had only just begun to freshen, for
the season was late. and dandelions were
as hard to find as the proverbial needle
in the haystack. But even two or three
would make a bite of tasty salad such as
Sophie hankered after.
She had espied a delectable herb and
was just about to pounce upon 1t when
she heard the sound of wheels. and, look
ing up, saw a load Of movables coming
down the street. Sophie recognized the
cartman and his assistant, but she did
not recognize the goods. Curiosity began
to grow within her. When the load drew
up before the next house and halted she
stared openly. The quest of dandelions
was forgotten.
carry in the furniture. There was good
deal Of it. and it looked new and nice.
Whoever the new tenant was. she had ex-
C6llenl nOIHeIudAlAl6 liupiCiAChtSs 6OPAAS
racked her brain in an effort to guess the
name of her new neighbor. The house
had stood empty all winter. and 1t was a
very good house, too. She could not re-
member that she had heard anybody say
word about its being rented. But she
determined to know who was coming
there. Cautiously she crossed the inter-
vening space Of lawn and spoke to the
cartman.
Good morning!"
Morning, Mis- Peel Beautiful day!"
1T is so, Mr.. Rogers. Whose goods
have you got there, If I may be so bold
as to ask?"
"Why-I'm moving Mis- Delaney. She's
rented these premises. Expect to have
her all in by tonight"
DO tell" said Sophie Peel. She stood
in amazement. The man went on to the
wagon and left her. And still she stared.
Then the power of locomotion returned
to her, and she bolted homeward to tell
Ina May.
Ina May was Mrs. Peers niece. She
was fifty years old. but had curious
immaturity Of feature and expression.
Intellectually, life had paused for Ina
May when she was fifteen; she had never
got any older. She was sewing carpet
rags when Sophie hurried in. her shawl
flying, her sunbonnet askew.
Ina May. we're going to have some
new neighbors. Guess who?''
Ina May gasped and shook her head.
She never guessed. Her mind was not
capable of so involved a process.
Mis- Delaney" exploded Sophie. She
sat down in chair.
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Ina May eyed her. taking in the news
gradually.
You're pleased, amt your" she uttered.
I'm tickled half to DEATH cried
Mrs Delaney was the object of her
deepest admiration. Though they had
both lived in Westmore for years. Mrs.
Peel had not met Mrs. Delaney a half
dozen times. Mrs Delaney was a lady Of
prominence and moved in quite a differ
ent circle from Sophie's. She had money
and an aristocratic air; she was hand
her; she was chary of her favors: she
was. indeed, all Sophie would have liked
to be had nature and fortune been kinder
to her. Sophie strove after her favor
as the moth seeks the candle.
And now the star had suddenly con-
descended to draw nearer to its Worship
er. Mrs. Delaney was actually moving
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the genuine internationa1ism that is

the genuine internationalism that is
being wrought by economic and social
forces. In this new world military
power is a relic of old isolations, of old
conditions. 1t Is rudimentary organ
persisting long past any use for it.
and as such 1t is always a drain upon
/ the national system, always a menace
10 1t, and often its most malignant foe.
These studies make a powerful peace
propaganda. But unlike many peace
projects its basis is not sentimental.
not pointedly altruistic. Rather Is 1t a
scientific investigation of facts that
form a substantial part of the irresis-
tible tide of the worlds political, eco
nomic and social evolution.
You NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK.
BEING the Story of q Matrimonial
Deserter. BY Gilbert Parker, author
Of THE Right of Way" etc. Illus
trated by w. L. Jacobs. New York:
George H. Doran Company.
If the title of Sir Gilbert Parker's
new novel means anything at all in
relation to the story itself. 1t means
Evening star., 1914-08-22
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the hens. Sophie flung up her window.
She leaned out.
Mis- Delaney, are them your hens?"
she asked.
Mrs. Delaney looked out.
'Wry. yes. they are" she replied.
Handsome fowls. aren't they? I got
them last night. I've always wanted to
keep chickens. but I've never lived
where I could. There is plenty of room
for them here"
They've ruined my garden" said
Sophie. you'll have to shut 'em up"
Shut them up! Oh. no." replied Mrs.
Delaney. She looked ruffled at the sug-
gestion.
Then you'll have to fence them in, -
said Sophie. also beginning to be ruffled.
Il can't have them in my garden
''There are two sides to the fence
question" said Mrs. Delaney, with a
little sharp laugh. You can fence them
out as well as can fence them in.''
Sophie trembled. She felt the very
foundations of the earth sliyering under
her tread. But the spark of temper
which she had inherited from her old
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into the neighborhood. She was coming
next door. Another day would bring her
within twenty feet of Sophia Peel's win
dows. Such proximity seemed to place
them on the same footing. They would
have to be intimate from necessity.
Sophie Peel felt happy and triumphant.
All the rest of the day she watched
eagerly the goings-on next door. The
last load was brought, and Immediately
after Mrs. Delaney arrived with stout
woman to aid her. All the evening the
sound of tack hammer was to be heard.
Next morning Sophie rose an hour be-
fore her usual time and made breakfast
rolls. When they had come forth. hot
and brown. from the oven, she arranged
some on her best blue plate. covered
them with a napkin and took them across
to the next house.
Mrs. Delaney answered the rap at the
door.
''Oh. thought 1t was the hired man."
she exclaimed. You're up early, Mrs.
Peel"
II always get up early" replied Sophie
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his intense devotion to the independ-
ence Of their little nation.
Brussels is entertaining to the sight
seer, and here the old-fashioned guide
still fingers in undiminished glory. He
takes you out to see things and makes
you blush with a certain little statue,
and then. to cover your confusion, he
leads you straight into lace manu-
facturers establishment. where you are
.. properly trimmed. Later the guide
goes back for his commission.
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A Practical Reason.

From Puck.
Hamlet-why is it, Simon. that they al
ways have bloodhounds IN an Uncle
Toms Cabin" show?
Simon Legree-To find the manager on
salary days, my boy.
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For the Worthy Poor.

From Puck.
..By the way" said Mn. Dc Style.
yes"
do you know Of any poor parsons yhe
would care for Q discarded lorgnstter'
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
AUTOMOBILES, RAILROADS AND
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.

The following books are to be found
In the Industrial Department OF the
Public Library:
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BOOK REVIEWS.

HauI, AND FAREWELL. Vale. By
George Moore, author of Memories
. of MY Dead Life" etc. New York:
. d. Appleton & Co.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-20
NINETY 'LABORERS"
BUILD TABERNACLE
Nit. Union Business and Profess
sional Men VOluteer For Big
Evangelical Work

Mt Union, Pa, Aug. 20.-To-day is
a gala day in borough history-all Mt.
Union figuratively speaking has turned
out with pick and spade and hammer
and saw to begin the construction of
the great Johnson Weaver tabernacle
for the accommodation of the thou
sands who will attend the four weeks
series of revivals beginning August 2S.
Mt. Unions lawyers, physicians,
school teachers, carpenters. stone ma
sons, merchants-aye, even the news
paper editors and reporters-were rep
resented by several members of their
respective crafts when the actual work
of building the tabernacle was started
this morning.
The plan had been to finish the
structure by tonight and at a late
hour this afternoon, the indications
were that the job would he complete
before darkness At least 100 men
were busy on the tabernacle all day.
1t Will be 80 by 100 feet and will have
a seating capacity of 1000. Some
$4,000 feet of lumber will be used in
the work.
A feature of the days work was the
serving by the women of all Mt
Unions congregations of splendid din
ners to the men who were employed
on the tabernacle. Some ninety odd
'1aborers' were fed. The midday meal
was served in the Methodist church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-20
CLOSER COOPERATION
BETWEEN POLICE Of
PENVA. CITIES AIM
Heads of Department All Over
State Will Form Association
September Is

AT A meeting of police chiefs. su-
perintendents and captain" of Pennsy1-
vania, to be held in Hat - rg Tues
day, September 15. Stat association
of Police Chiefs will DE organized.
The object of the State body will
be to better police conditions through
out Pennsylvania.
At present, it is said 1t is almost
impossible to get a reply to inquiries
and kilograms concerning. prisoners
and fugitives, from many cities. A
State organization. 1t is the belief, will
mean better cooperation on the part
of all chiefs of police in preventing
crimes and making arrests.
James N. Tillard. chief of police
of Altoona, has been made temporary
president of the proposed new body,
and George w. Harder, chief of police
of Williamsport. is temporary secre-
tary. The chairman of the committee
on constitution and bylaws is James
Robinson, superintendent of police,
Philadelphia. Associated with him is
Colonel Joseph b. Hutchison, Harris
burg's police chief.
The meeting will be held in the
Board of Trade building and will open
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. Sep
tember Is. II is expected that fifty
chiefs will attend.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-20
Assassin Denies He Had
Accomplices in Crime

Paris, Aug. 10, 11.35 p. m.-Raoul
Villain, the assassin of the French
Socialist leader, Jean Leon Jaures, de-
MED at preliminary hearing to-day
that he had accomplices in the crime.
He reiterated the assertion that
Juares had betrayed and wronged the
country.
Villain, slight of build and with his
blond hair brushed back so that he
looked like a student, told how he
had sought the Socialist leader after
buying revolvers, and said he would
have shot him in the streets or wher-
ever he found him. Extras announc-
ing mobilization had melted him to
anger and he declared that he spoke
to no one of his intention.
Villain will probably be submitted
to a mental examination later.
London, Aug. 20, 2.3O \. M.-The
Brussels correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, teIegraphing Tuesday night,
says:
"The Germans seem to be moving
i'm the direction of Antwerp. Any Bel
.fan backward movement in that di-
rection may therefore be explained as
strategic maneuvering which points to
the early discontinue of the enemy"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-20
SANTA CLAUS WILL
ARRANGE TOY MATTER
MDealers Confident There Will Be
Plenty on Hand For the
Youngsters

The American infant won't need to
do without his toys this year, for even
If the war keeps up Santa Claus will
arrange 1t all right. This is accord
ing to advices from big toy dealers in
New York and Philadelphia, and Har-
risburg toy dealers are confident that
the situation will be all right. At
the Kinder Markt. 220 Federal Square,
where there are all sorts of interest
ing devices to amuse the youngsters,
no cause for uneasiness is felt
The last shipload of German toys
for the Christmas trade arrived on
Tuesday on the Hamburg American
liner Arcadia. Although there were
100000 worth of German toys
aboard, this is only a drop in the
bucket in the American Christmas
market. Toydealers, however, say
that while they will be without some
particular kinds of toys, they will
have plenty on hand for Christmas.
The Yankee is quite some toymaker
on his own account and rapidly he
has been supplanting the German toy
maker. All through New England
are scores of toymaking factories, and
in Philadelphia is one of the biggest
in the world.
Then again the American toy-maker
has turned away from the old stock
pattern of dolls and the new product,
far different from the old expression
less stock patterns, are finding favor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-20
Hospitals Give Evidence
of Approaching Battle

Brussels. Aug. IS, (Tuesday). via
London, Aug. 90 $50 a. m.-The war
evidently is rapidly drawing nearer
this city. Already four hospitals are
filled with wounded soldiers. German
aeroplanes have been seen scouting
above the city after sundown. German
cavalry is reported frequently in the
region on the farther side of the forest
of Soignes which f1anks the city This
forest IL the point from which the at
tack is most likely to come in the
opinion of many here and a net work
of trenches has been thrown up
along the woods The trenches are
occupied Up Burghers and a few rivil
guards.
The forest of soignes, which is to
the southeast of Brussels, extends in
the direction of Wavre where fighting
has been reported.
Trustworthy reports have just been
received of an engagement near Char
leroi. 1t is claimed by the Belgians
that 5000 Germans were killed in this
battle.
The censorship here now is so strict
that no news of the war is going out
of the city except by courier.
The Belgian papers because of the
rigid censorshi- have ceased to be
sources with the news. They are pub
fishing chief. local matter unconnec-
ted with the war. The mails also are
being held up.
An order has just beer issued pro-
hibiting the granting of further mill
tary passes to newspaper men or 9TH
ers and without this it is impossible
for people to go outside the city.
The populace does not appear un-
duly excited over the prospect of fight
ing in their streets. The crowds seem
placid and the people are attending
to their business as usual.