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I'm PRAISE OF THE APPLE

~HEERFUL news comes from the ap-
pie trees Blossoms were thick last
~ spring and orchard orioles, blue
birds, catbirds, robins and woodpeckers
have been singing, winging and raising
families there all summer and now the
rosy fruits are bending the branches
with their bulk. Prophecy points to a
phenomenal apple crop. and some Or
chardists says that the trees Of the
United States will yield between fifty
million and sixty million barrels Of
fruit
Without the apple there would be no
apple pie. and without its help mince
pie would pass away. Without the ap
pie there would be no cider. and how
could corn-husking bees. barn raisings
and other rural revelries survive with
out the jug or jugs Of cider? Once the
apple was depended on for vinegar. but
the world has grown Independent Of the
apple in this respect. not because Of any
wrong or shortening on the apples
part, but because vinegar can be made
cheaper without calling in the apple.
However. whenever the apple is called
on to produce vinegar, that vinegar is
honest.
The apple has been responsible for
much champagne. And If the cost be
high and the label brilliant. 1t has been
much esteemed. But let no one charge
the apple with deceit or with the guilt
Of trying to masquerade as a grape.
Each has its uses, and the apple II left
to itself would never seek to invade
the dominion OF the vine Men have
urged the apple to produce champagne,
and the blame, If blame there is, should
rest on them The apple is gui:tless CT
any meaning to deceive. It is an honest
fruit. related to the rose, which stands
for beauty and for love, and would never
cheat mans palate for the sake of
pay.
Without the apple the world would never
have known the grandeur of the baked
apple with cream and sugar. Where is the
peach that can hold its own by the side
of a baked apple? Then. without the
apple there would be no apple jack. Per-
haps some serious and abstemious per-
sons regret that tho apple ever turned
itself into apple-jack. but all the apples
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do not belong to the prohibition party,
and while some have gone in for sweet
cider, some have gone into apple-jack
and apple toddy.
It IL safe to say that the toddy apple
has exereed a stronger influence on men
and mixed more in American politics and
national affairs at Washington and the
adjoining states OF Maryland and vfr-
ginia than the sweet cider apple. II these
two apples should fall into controversy.
one would call the other a miiksop and a
mollycoddle and one would denounce the
other as staggering. blear-eyed mon
ster. The cider apple would denounce
the toddy apple as a home-wrecker and i.
besotted Ben Davis. but the old red
faced apple would retort, IT am the
revenue apple. I pay the government
more revenue for the support of the
army and navy, for mileage and pork
time Of an orchard.
How would the world without the ap-
pie have obtained apple butter? And
how could children have been brought
How could the world have wagged along
without apple sass? How could a
housewife face her pantry shelves unless
they held serried ranks of glasses labeled
dPpic Jcily IN the long and long ago
man appreciated the apple when il was
only wild crab. and from Its sour juices
made 'verjuice,'' which figured largely
in medicine and in cookery.
OF course, the apple has its enemies
moths as well as men. There Is no good
thing without a host Of enemies, insects
and others. Some men have held the
apple responsible fors the well known
incident in the garden of Eden. but that
fruit which caused the world SO much
trouble was an orange. II Eve had stuck
to apples and baked them or made apple
pie or apple sass" everything in her
family would have gone well. A deal OF
damage has been done the apple by CIV
ing its good name to many things with
which 1t is not remotely associated. The
apples OF Sodom did not belong to the
family of the pyrus malus. and the apple
of discord was no relative to the Bald
win, the Northern Spy or the Albemarle
pippin.
If man tells you that you are the ap-
pie Of his eye, he need say no more.
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Hussar Uhlan

erick's tendencies were military, ana
he so improved and enlarged his forces
that nothing could stand against them.
OF course, the German army, strictly
speaking, dates only from the estao-
lisilment of the German empire, In 1871,
but it's handspring in size and I'M
portance is the Prussian army. and the
former is more or less an outgrowth
of the latter. The strictest OF discl,
pline, the maximum of efficiency ana
q ten-year period of enlistment Or
which Fredericks forces were built up,
and many years passed before retro
grade movement set in but set IN II
did after his death. In Frederick
time. for instance. any citlzen hao Inc
suspected of being a deserter and 70
bring him before the military authori-
ties. If his surmise was correct ne
was rewarded. The soldier was rs
conspicuous as convict when In his
uniform, and pains were taken to see
that he never was without it.
BY the time of the early Napoleonic
wars, however. dry rot" had set in
and the Prussian forces were but a
French found them tn easiest sort Of
prey overofficered, underdisclplined,
and with real strength far below
their power on paper. 1t Is said that
active command of regiments who were
past the seventy-year mark in age, in
efficient, old-fashioned. living in the past
and relying on the reputation OF Fred
erick's regime.
whelmed and humiliated by the eagles
OF France, but out OF this tribulattion
and disgrace came the first steps
toward repairing the damage that had
1t was Napoleon's plan to abolish the
Prussian army entirely. and he would
have done SO. garrisoning the country
with French troops, had not Queen
Luise of Prussia persuaded him to al
low small force for the sake of the dig
nifty of the crown. Reluctantly he
consented to an army OF 1900 men.
thinking that that number could make
no difference more or less in case of
future trouble This was the chance
that Gen. Stein. a brave and patriotic
Prussian officer whose srecialties were
discipline and organization, had been
waiting for. Given free rein by the
crown as commander, he enlisted the
1900 men permitted by the conqueror
Of Europe. When they were SO thor
oughly trained that they could drill in
their sleep" he retired the whole lot
were put through the same training
and then. In turn. gave way to a third
batch.
Soon Prussia contained more than
10000 trained soldiers, and when Ma
poleon returned from his disastrous
Russian campaign he found not the
$4,000 Prussian troops he had mag
ined might oppose his progress If they
were particularly foolhardy. but five
equipped fighting men. Thi sarmy. en-
1arged still further by volunteers.
played a heroic part in the campaign
against Napoleon that terminated in
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surmounted with spike, and Yelling
ton boots reaching to nlidcalf are the
footwear. "JagerS'' wear dark green
tunics with scarlet cuffs and trimmings
and a leathern shake. similar to that
formerly worn by West Point cadets.
Certain regiments both of cavalry and
infantry are known as guards and cor
respond to the household cavalry and
footguards of England. Their uniforms
are rendered more ornate than those of
the line regiments by the addition of
plumes, the wearing of white trousers
by the infantrymen and. in the case of
the famous Potsdam Grenader Regi-
ment. by the tall viZorless and pointed
grenadier cap of the time of Frederick
the Great, such a cap as is made famil-
lar to every American schoolboy in the
pictures of the British regulars on serv-
ice on this continent during the reyolu-
tionary war In this regiment several
of the kaiser's sons were commissioned
when lads, and learned the duties of
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Infantry
Dragon
Grenadier Omcer Jaeger

These new clothes, though, are still
much richer and handsomer than the
plain and loose field uniforms one sees
on the English and Americans. ORA
goons still wear helmets. Chlans the
characteristic hour-glass- shaped Uhlan
headdress. and Hussars the fur bushy.
All the cavalry and all officers wear
knee boots OF tanned leather, which give
then a most dashing appearance. The
forces mounted on bicycles wear the only
puttees to be seen In the kaiser's troops.
When in colors infantrymen generally
wear dark blue tunics except Bavarian
troops. which are clad in light blue.
Their characteristic headgear Is the
familiar black polished leather helmet
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The lancers. which is now only term
for all German cavalry. carry iances In
addition to sword and carbine: wear
dark blue tunics. except those of Bavaria,
who are clad in dark green. dark blue
trousers, high boots and the distinguish
ing Uhlan cap. Although all reg ments
are armed alike, they are divided into
light heavy and medium cavalry. Hus-
sars, dragons and the few regiments of
Tight horse" form the light; the lancers
and two Bavarian the so-called heavy
regiments. the medium; the cuirassiers and
two Saxon heavy regiments, the heavy.
Most Of the artillery regiments wear
dark blue coats. but Saxon artillery men
are clothed In dark green. Engineers
and pioneers. dark blue coats with black
collars and cuffs, gray trousers tblue In
Bavarian corps and spiked helmets
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very small, about 5000 in number.
About 1000 troops are always stationed
at Kiaochow, where hostilities with
Japan are now in progress.
The uniforms of the kaiser's troops
are many of them very handsome and
all the various CARDS present an excep-
tionally good appearance. Until very
recently the troops wore colors even in
field service kit. although the costumes
were rather more severe than when on
parade. and even now many of the Ger
man regulars fight battles in a uniform
not much less ornate than the dress uni
fern of American soldiers. Recently.
however, like the French, and following
the example OF several other countries.
such as England and the United States,
a new field-gray service uniform has
been issued to many Of the troops.
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Infantry
Grenadier
!tlian
Queer

his retirement to E1ba and again. un-
der Butcher. in the Waterloo campaign.
Rulers of Prussia from that time forth
saw to it that the army never again
went back" but made it larger. drill
ed it more and equipped il better. Its
splendid condition and signal successes
in 1866 against Austria and against
France in lsT1 are too recent to need
comment. and every year it has grown
larger and better.
The German army is more than just
fighting force; it is national in
stitution. Its province Is the physical
side of the nation. 1t must be re-
membered that the Germans have no
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She Tells of Work
Women Are Doing in
Her Home Town, VAL
dosta - A Refuge,
Planned and Financed
by Women, for Tramps
Who Formerly Lived
in the Streets How
the Poor and Sick
Are Cared For-Mrs.
Vests Idea of the
Capital
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ngtneer Army Service Corps
Field Artillery Officer

line infantry officer, so essential to
German prince. Prince Oskar one of
Emperor Williams younger sons. is now
in command of this body of troops. who
are at the front, and who have already
seen action.
In the cavalry the cuirassiers, of which
there are twelve regiments are clad in
metal helmets, white uniforms and .ack
boots. Dragons and BavaHan heavy
cavalry wear light blue tunics, dark blue
trousers AMI leather helmets The hus-
sars wear TUNES Of variety of color
and many trimmings, some dark blue.
others black, and some even scarlet
with dark blue trousers and fur BUSHES.
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1913 there were TT regiments OF fnfan-
riflemen. no regiments of cavalry, twen-
ty-four of foot artillery. thirty-iive bat
talions of pioneers. twenty-five battal-
ions of train or army service corps,
twenty-six sections of machine gun ar
tillery, 100 regiments Of field artillery,
miscellaneous corps amounting in num-
Der to about 3,GDo men and the staff,
military attendants, ETC., totalng some
what over 5000 and barge, railway,
telegraph and aviation units. The total
mounts up to mare than $4,000 non
commissioned officers and men and more
than 10000 commissioned officers. The
colonial army of the German Empire is
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really knew that Mrs. West had taken
he. place in Washingtons social
scheme. But. once the fact became
known. it took very short time for
her to make a distinct place for her
self in the regard of the congressional
set.
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GERMAN

national sport. Gymnasts they are.
and good ones, it Is true. but they have
nothing to compare with the base ball
and golf of the American or the cricket
and golf of the Englishman. The army
takes the young men of the fatherland
when they are In their prime and 1t
builds them up into strong, agile men,
giving them. in addition to pure train
ing, constitution and a condition that
remain for years as assets. Viewed in
this light alone, 1t is good invest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

AVE you ever en-
countered that vo-
luminous vo lume
entitled the United
States P o s t a l
Guide? It is a book
gotten out by the
government for the
assistance Of those
who would know
the names Of every
state, city, town
and Crossroads In
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HE German people

HE German people
have always been
essentially a war
like race. From
the time of Ar
minus and the de-
feat inflicted by
his savage levies
on the legions Of
the Roman en-
peror, Augustus,
they have been
noted for their
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ent Two years ago upon returning
home from a trip abroad. Mrs West
was called to the telephone and informed
by a friend that her name had been
put up for the presidency Of the United
Charities. That was the first Mrs. West
knew of 1t. and she Immediately pro-
tested that her ignorance OF the work
I'D to that time she had never attended
a meeting of the association-would pre-
clude intelligent work. The only reply
to this was the remark that she could
learn, or resign If she found 1t was too
large a task Mrs. West answered little
and elected her president, an office she
still holds. Incidentally, shortly after
ward the Emergency Home was estab-
Nshed, Mrs. West was made president
of that. too. But that's another story.
I'VE were successful" Mrs. West re-
sumed, I'm taking the tramps of the
streets. But we found that 1t cost about
dollar a day for board and lodging for
having homo for them a place CON
trolled by the United Charities. where
they could sleep and be fed
And, then, too, we were finding out
that there was much broader ASPECT
to this charity work than merely Kidding
the streets Of tramps. We were coming
more and more in intimate touch with
that migratory class, stranded midway
between Florida and their hornes.' This
was a class, thoroughly unobjectionable
provided aid could be given them. but
presenting a problem to the city II they
were forced by lack Of funds to remain
there In many instances these people
were still far from well and needed
actual medical attention.
$50 the Emergency Home was the
natural result, the stepping stone from
that first enterprise to broader, bigger
things. That was nearly two years ago:
today we have an entire building The
oper ating room was equipped by one doc
tor, The United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy furnished another, while the
Elks equipped yet another. Besides the
operating room we have four other
rooms, these making up the hospital por-
ton Of the building, which is on the top
floor. Beneath we have equipped three
emergency rooms. These are for our
down and outs, being sleeping rooms
Then there is the dining room and
kitchen. Executive offices are on the
same floor, and here our manager, who
is a man, lives.
TT Is surprising the scope such work
az this can reach. am particularly
active In connection with the work of
the Emergency Home in its relation to
tramps and sickness. And from the
number of telephone calls 1 receive in
a single day feel like a physician or
lawyer.
''Of course, while most Of our charity
work Ii done for transients, We have,
like any other place In the world. our
own poor, which We care for. too. And
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has become systematized until the re-
suit is what is probably the most for
midable and best-trained force Of
armed men in the world.
The hist4ry of the modern German
army may be said to begin with Fred
erick William I of Prussia. the father
Of Frederick the Great. who. when he
died. left to the new king the nucleus
of splendid fighting force All Fred
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Charity work Is what might be termed
Mrs. Vests hobby" but 1t does not con-
stitute her whole line OF endeavor in
Valdosta-
MY home is, of course said Mrs
West, my first thought, and the care
Of that my primary consideration. And
In direct connection with this 1 place
my church work. My charity work
might give up, but my church work Is
as much a duty as the rest of my life"
Mrs. West is member OF Valdosta's
Christian Church. She is also a member
Of the woman's club Of her home the
Wimodausis Club. Upon several occa-
sions she has made trips abroad. and
while she denies being sufficiently famil-
lar with all the capitals of Europe to
make a strict comparison between them
and Washington, she still has her own
IDEAS in that respect.
IT think Washington is the most beauti-
full city 1 have ever seen." she says.
'.The only other capital which may COM
pare with 1t. to my way of thinking.
might be Vienna That is a beautiful
city The houses stand in long rows.
with equal garden space around them.
set an equal distance from the street,
and about the same height. The effect
thus obtained Is, naturally. very attrac-
tive. But the streets do not continue to
run absolutely straight for any consid-
cradle distance.
Washington. on the other hand,
gives one the impression of having
been planned with Infinite care before
a stroke of actual work was done:
Its cross streets. circles, squares and
all are perfect, and its beautiful
buildings statuary and parks far sur
pass, to my mind, anything in Europe
To me Washington is, indeed city
beautiful"
It was last March that Senator West
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took his seat but Mrs. West did not
follow him to the capital until May.
And even then she refrained from let
ting her presence he known until she
was sufficiently rested to take part in
the social life, which is being kept up.
1t was not until June that officialdom
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the vacancy in the Senate caused by Sem
ator Bacons death.
In the hurry Of modern existence one
might be pardoned for being ignorant in
regard to Neutrality-suspicious. to meeting
Mrs. William Stanley West. After meet
Ing that little southern woman 1t would
denote nothing short Of the impossible.
Not that Mrs. West Is boastful. valdosta
IL merely doing things. that's all It was
Mrs. West who spoke Of the sea island
cotton market and the banks, ending
her remarks with the statement that she
was not trying to give q history OF VAL
dosta, but was merely trying to empha-
size the fact that her home was q live"
place. Needless to say she succeeded.
Mrs. West Is small OF stature, with
slightly gray hair and blue eyes. And 1t
needs not the septence In the Congress
sional Directory in connection with the
senator that says that Miss Ora Lee
Crawford. whom Senator West married
IN 1883, Is from Echols county, Georgia
Mrs. Vests soft southern accent is am
ern II not a Georgian.
A stray mention of Interests elected
the remark from Mrs. West that her own
particular hobby was charity work.
And this in turn brought to light tho
ing.
''Valdosta," said Mrs. West 'fs pecul-
lariy situated. in that 1t lies directly in
the line of migration between the north
and the Florida health resorts. In con-
sequence, We have a constant transient
population. People who have gone to
Florida for their health. people Of small
or moderate means. spend their all in a
vain endeavor perhaps to secure health
and then are stranded on their way home
at Valdosta.
-.
string Of tranps In valdosta A few
years ago our principal street was al
ways infested with men who were beg
g1ng. 1t grew to be a drain upon the
pocketbooks of the men, not to men
ton source Of annoyance. About three
years ago friend OF mine suggested
that there should be some way Of solv-
ing problem like this Why not. she
asked, start a charitable organization
We did. organizing the United Charities
OF Valdosta. primarily established to
keep the tramps OF our streets. The
organization is supported by subscrip-
tons from the citizens. which is no mora
OF drain upon their finances, II as
much. than the constant begging which
We had before"
Mrs. West impresses one with the capa-
biiity for executive work One somehow
feels that II they were in trouble and
applied to Mrs. West for assistance she
would render It, intelligentiy and eff
fectually. and without placing q burden
Of shame or humility upon the recipi-
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Father of Frederick
the Great Left Nucleus
of Splendid Fighting
Force-Discipline, Eff
ficiency and Ten-year
Period of Enlistment
Are Ideas Upon Which
Great Fighting Force
Were Based-German
Army a National In
stitution.
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away our agent is sent to investigate
and bring the child to US If necessary.
Only a short time ago one of our women.
who is deeply interested In the work.
adopted a tiny boy who was an orphan.
There is one delightfully."- refreshing
aspect to all this. Mrs West and ap-
parently Valdosta. too. seems bllsSiully
unaware of having successfully solved
a riddle which has proven almost i'm
possible for SO many other cities. There
is not the slightest .tinge of undue pride
in Mrs. Vests manner. Charity Is mere
ly her chief interest. and she tod of it's
application to her home. More from
things she left unsaid than by direct re-
marks one cannot fail to picture Val
dosta as place where poverty and suf-
fering are being alleviated as much as
possible. place where one finds that
charity means real. sincere help. But
as for any apparent belief that Val
dosta has cut the Gordian knot, and
should consequently be taken as shin
Ing example, 1t Is entirely and complete
ly absent
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erick's tendencies were military, and
he so improved and enlarged his forces
that nothing could stand against them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-04-24

and was examining II under .
microscope when
Night fell
Tho mule-=tho stupid. ignorant
returned TO camp.
Now. look You. my friend. how
III the knowledge OF tho entomolo-
glat served hint There was no
bug. worm or other inject. creep
Ing or Tying. anywhere on earth
that this wise man could not
classify instantly. giving u q
Crock name as long ms your arm.
Aye. he could expound for hours
most learnedly upon ita origin,
habits. productivity and habitat.
Hut when they bit him he could
only cry ont In agony and scratch
and wrlthe and whimper. and
scream and moan. All his knowl-
edge I'D not tell him that he had
hut 90 make a smudge OF leaves
from an "old man" tree to drive
the pests away.
ANY desplsed Niger could have
cured his hurts. The raw Juice
OF any one OF dozen weeds
would have cured him instantly.
Day came. And with II hunger.
He starved In the midst OF plen.
~. A bush niger. knowing tho