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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-14
A Bit of Conceit.

6sM brother III the trenches" said
@V9 a French chef of Milwaukee,
writes me little anecdote a bout Gen.
ioffre. the generalissimo, you know.
Our brave JofTrc was examining
map under fire. The map was held by
u young subaltern, a boy of sixteen
from the military school of ST. Cyr.
Bang. S-s-s, went the marmites and
Jack Johnsons and whistlinG Willies-
for so they call those shells. you know
and the boy could not help starting
and trembling he held the map. and
this lost our brave Joffre his place.
The generalissimo was vexed when
he lost his place three or four times.
and he said to the boy soldier:
VOLTA, you are too conceited, dodgins
the shells like that! Do you suppose
the Boches aim those expensive shells
at you? You are only little boy SOL
der. Do you take yourself for cathe-
dralT'
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for the greatest number of recruits
is the immense sign at the base of the
monument to the great British admi-
raj, Nelson, which stands in the cen
ter of famous Trafalgar Square, com
memorating the winning of the battle
of Trafalgar.
The sign reads simply, England ex-
poets that every man this day will do
his duty The words are those of
Nelson himself. No real Britisher can
contemplate them unmoTed. Day after
day they stand. a challenge to the pa
triotism of every least citizen of Lon
don town. and day after day men stop
before them, read and turn to demand
of the sympathetic bobby" across the
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additional hours of his day patrollins
a beat as a special constable.
Possibly he has found that his serv
ices are required on some Belgian re-
lief committee. Many a tired man de-
votes himself to Red Cross aid and
thousands of former routincrs are
spending a part of their recrea-
ton allotment in drilling with the Ma
tional Volunteer Reserves, so that they
may be prepared for home defense
should the enemy ever succeed in
invading the coast of England
All this comes on the heels of in
creased business demands. Intense In
terest only can account for the ease
and cheerfulness with which il is be
ing accomplished.
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one seek refuge on sunday in stroll
through the parks or the suburbs there
he finds great companies of men OF all
sorts and all ages. without distinction
of caste, ununiformed but filled with
martial ardor. traIhpins back and forth
across the rain-soaked ground under
command of hurriedly commissioned
officers.
Consequently the Londoner who must
stay at home for imperative reasons
and whose conscience therefore does
not hurt him becomes thoroughly in
terested in the situation about him.
His ina gina ton is fired. He longs to
obey the call to arms which confronts
him on every hand. but his family and
business obligations prevent. The con-
dieting emotions he feels have their
effect He becomes actually interested
in life, a state of mind very seldom
attributable to the average English
business man of year ago.
AS for the man who has no good rea-
son to give for remaining out of the
fight. he is daily succumbing to the
goadings of conscience and the re-
cruiting offices doing Il steady busi-
ness with him.
Danger. too. is playing it's part in the
awakening of the Londoner's keen in
terest in life. With the fall of every
night comes the fear of the Zeppelin,
and that fear is given official recogni-
ton by the darkening of the city.
Though London by day seems but little
changed by night it has become a
place of romance and suspense.
Streets which in peace were the
brightest are now the gloomiest. Picca-
dilly Circus, center of theaterdom,
where the brilliant electric signboards
of a few months ago rivaled the splen-
dor of New Works. great white way, is
darkest of all. handful of dim cleo
trio lamps on the corners. so painted
as to throw only a small circle of light
downward to the sidewalk, coupled
with a; pair of one-time brilliant arc
lights, now painted a gloomy orange
and hooded with heavy canvas, are all
that remain to show the way to the
crowds of pedestrians and the crush OF
an immense traffic which centers on
this spot.
Theater and restaurant fronts that
used to boast their brilliancy are now
distinguishable only because of their
surprising darkness. Strings of cold
blue lights about their entrances are
all the illumination allowed them by
the war office.
ON clear nights shadowy. mobs OF
shoppers and business men. homeWard
bound through the dim streets about
the Circus, line the sidewalks and
watch in grim silence the wheeling
searchights cutting through the dark
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ness above, as, alternately, they scan
sky and cloud-bank for the dreaded
aerial visitors from across the North
sea. then swing swiftly together to
converge on single point and signal
each other that all is well.
Everywhere is seen the warning that
the night is fraught with danger.
Everywhere the complacent Londoner
has walked to the reality of living in
the danger zone. He is infused with
suppressed excitement.
He finds that his right to live is being
questioned. and that his interest in
living has increased in proportion.
Business fields hitherto unexplored
are opening and claiming the interest
of London manufacturers and business
men generally. The importation of the
article stamped Made in Germany
has utterly stopped. To sell such an
article is a treasona bic offense. Ger
man patents hold no more force in
England. and enterprising capital IS
being encouraged to take advantage of
the circumstance.
Socialists can 70 longer talk of the
horrors of the unemployed problem. In
this respect London Is exactly 100 per
cent better off than New York There
are no unemployed. The fearful dest1-
tuition in the East End district of the
city, where stretch miles and miles of
sordid slums, has disappeared. Thou
sands upon thousands of positions made
vacant by the wave of recruiting that
swept the city in the early stages OF
the war have been left vacant and the
men to fill them cannot be found
The question now is not one of buSl-
ness depression, but of dearth of la Dor,
both skilled and unskilled. The cap
tain of industry and the meanest clerk
alike face the one problem of how TO
accomplish in a reasonable time the
work at hand.
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geliStic fame of his having reached
the masters ears, nor known that
Milcho was profoundly superstitious
aud cowardly.
Milcho. upon the arrival of the OK
slave in the vicinity, had departed
simply run away. and burning all his
houses and sheds behind him. None
of his neighbors knew where the
frightened fellow had gone. There is
one report that the two men got to-
gether later and Milcho was converted,
but this is not substantiated.
Palladius of Rome had failed in his
work in Ireland. He had died in de-
spair among the Picts. And st. Pat
rick, armed with his commission from
the Vatican, had been consecrated by
the Bishop of Milan soon afterward.
So. bearing the red-sealef< papers of
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Special Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON. England, March 4, 1915.
q ONDON has speeded up. OF all
il the great European capitals,
neutral well as belligerent
@ London is the only one whose
life has not been deadened by the
Gala nifty of war.
There is no mista king il. The life of
the Londoner today runs faster than
ever before. There is now vigor throb-
hing through every nerve and vein of
the great city.
No returning visitor Tho knows what
London was year ago can fail to
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During
Stoid Bntsher
Of the City Special Correspondent The Sunday StaRectg the
Methods Life Zppeins.
AgoThe
Business Conditions and National Ienped the New Wachwod
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only the deacon. Paliatius, and twelve
assistants into ireland during his
reign, so he granted the request of
the Zealot who had been named Succat
but now assumed the name of PatriciuS
Or Patrick. Patrick was given a group
of attendants and. made haste to the
old familiar fields OF his youth.
Having crossed the channel and come
upon the River Dea. he decided to go
ashore there. near Stamford Tough.
and remain for a time. The fishermen
idling along the banks refused the en-
treaty for enough fish to sustain the
small company for few hours, and
the missionary, in righteous wrath
cursed the river, whence no more fish
were ever taken, says a legend, and
turned and took his men northward
without further parley.
After a time they found the road to
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devised a small flower pot shaped like u
shamrock which he had patented This
pot filled with shamrocks proved SO at
tractive that within couple of years
all the large florist establishments of
the country were growing shamrocks
for sale March II.
The shamrock is said to have been
adopted as the national emblem of Ire
land because st. Patrick selected a
spray of this plant to illustrate to the
Irish the doctrine of the Trinity, or
three persons in one God. According
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way the shortest cut to the recruiting
offices in Scotland Yard.
The Londoner who passes that sign
unheeding must be fortified with an ex-
cellent excuse. AT every stretch of
bare wall in his path are flaming post
ers demanding of him in three-inch
red letters: why are you here when
your pals are out there?'
Every snorting taxicab that hurries
by him in the muddy streets bears a
Autographed representation of
brawny arm plastered to the wind
shield and printed over the knotted
muscles of that arm runs the legend.
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the home of Milcho, the former Succat's
aged master. There the price of his
freedom was to be rendered by Pa
trciuS and the labor of love for his
church begin.
st. Patrick. quite wisely, had ever
tried to reach first the ear of the chief
the best reputed man in Il commu-
nifty, and found it prudent a plan
that he never veered from il. but this
time, back in the old paths of his Serf-
dom. he had not counted on any evan
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Lend your strong right arm to your
country.
Peering into shop window to admire
a cravat or price a fetching pair of
shoes, he will come face to face with
a full-color portrait of Lord Roberts
surrounded with the challenge, He did
his duty. Are you doing yours?"
No ordinary human can withstand
this sort of thing very long. Not a
signboard. not a shop window, not an
alley, not a public building. not a rail-
road station but what bristles with re-
cruiting posters.
And should the conscience stricken
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people, and held ii aloft, proclaiminS
II as a sign for them His simple
teaching SO won the people. and the
timely illustration SO caught them,
that they have since treasured the
shamrock. according to this tradition,
as their national emblem.
But this pretty little tale cannot be
confirmed from any of the ancient or
medieval lives of the saint. even in the
most legendary one of all, the twelfth
century biography of Jocelyn of Fur
ness. Although the Irish reverence for
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to this comparatively modern legend,
St Patrick, shortly after his elevation
to Bishop of ireland, set out upon Il
preaching tour through his diocese. He
was received with joyous welcome and
great acclaim. But, finally, one day
his audience failed to comprehend his
preachimgs regarding the Holy Trinity.
They grew angry and demanded some
sign.
ST. Patrick stood for moment alb
sorbed in thought. Then he stopped.
plucked a shamrock, familiar to all the
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The effect of this new and quite I'M
heard-of interest in the daily events
of life which the war spirit the
atmosphere of danger. romanticism and
the business exigencies of war have
awakened in the Londoner mas already
commenced to show in d score of strik-
ing ways.
LetharGy is giving place to that very
neuroticism. for which the American
mode OF living has so often been crit
icsed by the Londoner. The spec
tacl. of an Englishman in d tearing
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In more northern cities. and espc-
ciaiiy near cities where there is Il large
Irish population, the shamrock is
grown in much larger quantities, for
example much is grown Oh Long Island
to supply d heave, demand in New
York. near Philadelphia and near Boston.
The raising of nrocks III the
United States commercially was started
il is said. by William X. Harris OF Phil
adelphia. now dead. To make the novelty
more attractive for st. Patrick5 day he
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we can't fight we will work" appears
to be the thought that each man takes
to his days labor.
Routine. always the hane of the
average Londoners existence, is fast
disappearing. Even though his par
ticular rut in the business field has not
appreciably widened he is finding
every sort OF demand made upon him
outside of office hours.
The London county council may call
him aside from the onerous circle of
home and office to devote four or five
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served greater purposes than the law
of litanies and the fneSSe of dogma.
In any event. after he had accompa-
MED SITS. Lupus and GermanuS into the
British isles, ito preach against the
growing Pelasian heresy,' and had re-
tired again to the continent, Gernanus
Induced him to go into the presence OF
the pontif and ask for a regular mis-
sion to his old home.
Celestine was head of the Roman
church i'll that period. and he had sent
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Under the conditions il is remarkab bic
that the demand for plays of this lat
ter sort is even greater than for war
themes. Most successful Of all the Lon
don shows il the decentralization OF
Charles Dickens novel, David Copper
field. at His Majestys Theater. As
early as : O'Clock each evening long
line of applicants for seats in the pit
commences to form ut the entrance.
Not the least among this waiting
company are the khaki-clad English
lighting men, themselves eagerly en-
bracins an opportunity to forget for
the short space OF three hours the war
which they are in process of waginE
In fact. DC it in pit or box, the male
clement of playsoers is attircd, by
oNerwhr lining majority, in khaki. Wer.
II not for the women in the audience
the inside of a London theater would
present the appearance of garrison
lecture hall. The civilian is 50 fatigued
under the strain of the Speeding-up
process that he has turned his wife
and daughters over to his son and his
brother in the army and left them to
do the social honors, while he hurries
off to bed and stores up energy for an
other day of rush and nervous tension.
Speed. That is the new watchword OF
London. Minutes. for the first time in
the modern history of the city. are
shoulders has fallen an additional bur-
den. He has been forced to hustle. War
gave the Londoner something to be In
terested in. His interest has communi-
Gated itself to everything he does. He
has walked up to new opportunities
and found more to be accomplished
than ever before.
Now he arrives early at his office.
neSlects his meals, works after >
O'Clock and then rushes away to plunge
into charitable or patriotic duties
Dignity is thrown to the winds. He
casts a frightened glance at his
watch and. taking a lesson from his
American cousin, he grabs his hat and
hustles in most un-British fashion.
London has speeded up!
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hurry is no longer a matter for specu-
lation and surprise.
Every body in London is in "A hurry
There is less time taken for luncheon
at the club. Business and professional
men have actually been known to have
their tea served in their offices and
even to omit il occasionally for the
sake of the half-hour longer At their
desks that this novel departure gives
London may be taken as a fair sample
OF every large manufacturing and bust
ness center in England today. and AS.
Its character is being metamorphosed
by the war. so the character OF all
England is changing in the same way.
Theaterdom, always barometer OF
business conditions and national tenn
per. is III the midst of a more than
ordinarily successful season. London
managers WAX opulent even under the
handicap Of reduced prices. Explaining
the thriving business done at the box
Offices night after night they will
point out THAI the nervous tension at
which the London public lives is at the
bottom OF their success
The people Cry for amusement. They
want to get away from the grim reali-
ties of war that the daily press bring
home to them with tireless insistenc>
Either they seek plays in which war
becomes romantic and pleasurable or
they ask for drama in which their
minds are taken entirely off that grue-
some subject and given rest.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03
MOTOR TRIP
DOWN THE EAST COAST

w A. Nickel and w. II. Harvey
and wives returned Saturday night
from Palm Beach and Miami. They
gypsied through for pure enjoyment
OF it and returned in fine spirits.
Found the road quite passable.
although there were muddy places
to be avoided all along They report
that there are about as many people
in Palm Beach and Miami in pro-
portion to size as in Daytona and
vicinity, and that the rainfall is about
the same.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03
Lyric 7hcater
SHOWING
HIGH CLASS
FEATURES
DAILY
Is OF scRAPER HAS
c.rA1ly IMPROVED STREETS

|rbo scraper has been at work for
past week rounding up the Sea-
Lsga streets, which were full Of
|las occasioned by the frequent
|rs The street committee came in
,s share of criticism for tearing
The two mains parallel thorough
les North Halifax avenue and North
rnsula drive at the same time, but
| last three days of sunshine have
the streets in passable condition,
/ the fill between Ocean boulevard
/ Oakridge boulevard on the two
|eets is a decided improvement over
h conditions. The committee has
been able to secure the prompt
livery of dry shell which was or.
red
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Captain and Mrs. Thos. A. Cobb,
OF Orange avenue, are pleasantly
anticipating a visit from Mrs. Cobb's
daughter, who. with her husband, is
enroute to Daytona Beach from
Springfield, Mass, They are making
the trip by automobile and had reach.
ed Richmond. Va, without accident
when heard from Monday.
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l.. II. White, horticulturist has n
very beautiful new species of the
nasturltum. called the burning bush.
The flowers mass in the center, are
deep red and the leaves are of a
rich, dark green.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03
Must Have Pleased Henry,

Wife" Henry, you need a rest. Let
90 10 Bongtong Springs" Hub
bat place Why. It's only At for
men and fools" Wife-"I know it.
Is 90 there together.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03
TOURIST CLASS ROOM TOO
SMALL FOR ATTENDANCE

The Tourist class room. the east
annex at the Methodist church. prov.
ed entirely too small to afford seat.
ing capacity for all who applied Sun.
day morning, a large number being
turned away. The splendid lecture
delivered to the class by DR.. Chas.
Frederick Goss of Cincinnati, Ohio.
was greatly appreciated. The en-.
rollmcnt Sunday morning was 1877.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Mr. and Mrs. r. d. Eby and Mrs.
Eby's mother Mrs. Margaret Cole,
of Connersville, Ind. who spent last
winter in the Orr apartment house.
are this season located in a fiat in
the Phillips apartment house on Sea.
breeze avenue.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Daniel Castle, brother of Mrs.
Campbell, returned from the hospital
at Daytona Saturday and rejoined
his sister in their apartments on
Palmetto street. very much improved
by the treatment received.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Rocker, of Jack
sonville, who are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Ballough on South Pal.
metto avenue, enjoyed spend-the-
day party with Mrs. Emma Freeman
at her home on Halifax avenue and a
six o'clock dinner with Miss Blakes-
lee at her home on Peninsula drive,
Saturday. On Sunday they were din.
ner guests of Mrs. A. W. Powers at
the Princess. Mr. Hooker left Mon
day on his return home, leaving Mrs.
Hooker here for several weeks long.
er stay.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Messrs Nickel and McGregor have
launched their motor boat and are
spending good deal of their time on
fishing expeditions on the river.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Mrs. Carrie A. Rape, of Dalton,
Ga. and daughter. Miss Mabel Nc
kenney, of Chattanooga. Tenn. have
taken the Selden apartment They
are expected to arrive here today.
Mrs. Rape and daughter are friends
of Mrs. Cora Powell.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Scott and son, Morris,
OF Lansing, Mich. after spending a
few days in Seabreeze with Mr.. and
Mrs. R. E. Odds and family at their
winter home on North Halifax ave.
nue.. left to continue their journey to
Tampa.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Mrs. Moon. proprietor of the Palm.
entertained at musical and social
evening, Friday. in compliment to
Mrs. M. l.. King of Atlanta, Ga,
and her niece, Mrs. g. w. Venable,
who are house guests of Mrs. Moon
for the week. Mrs. King is cousin
of Mrs. Moon. Vocal and instrumen.
tai music and one or two whistling
numbers by Miss Della Walker
pleasantly varied the conversational
bee
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Mrs. NJ. i. Guy, wife of Dr. GUY.
is reported very sick at her home
on Hollywood avenue.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

DR.. w. F. Evans. of Ohio, delivered
a fine discourse at the Methodist
church Sunday evening.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Mr. and Mrs. r. l.. Graham, of Ly-
man, Ohio, are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. A. w. Hall at their winter home
on Orange avenue.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-03

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hardness and
daughter and son, Janet and Mark,
Jr., of Parkersburg, w. Va, who were
located in rooms at the Longee home,
left Saturday on their return to
Baltimore. Md Mr.. HARNESS is a
contractor for gas wells. This is his
first visit to this vicinity and he was
very much delighted. and only re.
GREETED that he was so limited in
time