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The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11

regular meals. No tWinge of indiges- tion or of rheumatism from exposure was to interfere with the working of their precious intellectual processes. No detail of assistance would be lack ing to save any bureaucratic head time and labor The bedrooms were appor- toned according to rank-that of the master awaited the master; the best servants bedroom awaited Francois. his valet
 When Bouchard. the chief of intelli- gence. who fought the battle of wits and spies against Lanstron, came, two hours before Westerling was due, the last of the staff except Westerling and his personal aide had arrived Bouch- ard. with his iron-gray hair bushy eye brows, strong. aquiline nose, and hawk-like eyes. lis mouth hidden by a bristly mustaehe. was lean and sat urnine and he was loyal. No jealous thought entered his mind at having to serve a man younger than himself He did not serve a personality; he served a chief of staff and a profes- sion. The score of words which es- caped him as he looked over the ar engagements were all Of directing criti- eism and bitten off sharply, as if he regretted that he had to waste breath in communicating even thought.
 T tell nothing, but you tell me everything said Bouehards hawk eyes He was eld-fashiened he looked his part, which was one of the many points of difference between him and Lanstron as chief of intelligence.
 It lacked one minute to four when Hedworth Westerling, chief of staff in name as well as power now, alighted from the gray automobile that turned in at the Galland drive His Excel lency had not occupied his new head quarters as soon as he expected. but this could have no influence on results. If he had lost fifty thousand men on the first two days and two hundred thousand since the war had begun, should he allow this te disturb his wet being of body or mind? His we'll being of body and mind meant the ulti- mate saving of lives.
 Confidence was reflected in Wester- ling's bearing and in his smile of com mand as he passed through the staff i rooms, Tureas and Bouehard in his train. with taeit approval of the ar engagements Finally, Turcas, now vice chief of staff, and the other chiefs awaited his pleasure in the library, which was to be his sanetum. On the massive seyenteenth-eentury desk lay number of reports and suggestions. Westerling ran through them with ac- customed swiftness of sitting and then | turned to his personal aide.
 Tell Francois that l will have tea on the yeranda."
 From the fact that he took with him 1 the papers that he had laid aside. sub ordinate generals, with the gift of un- spoken directions which is part of their profession. understood that he meant to go over the subjects requir- | ing special attention while he had tea
 Everything Is going well-well!" he added.
 "Welll" ran the unspoken communi- cation of confidence through the staT. l So we'll that His Excellency was l calmly taking tea on the yerandai For the indefatigable Tureas the detail; i; for Westerling the front of love.
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days fighting along the frontier had cost the Grays fifty thousand casual ties
 In order to make an omelet you must break eggs!" she remarked.
 Spoken like a true so1dier-like member of the staff" was the reply.
 In her constraint and detachment they realized her conscious apprecia- ton of the fact that in earlier times her people had been for the Browns; but in her flashes of interest in the progress of the war, flashes from Woman's unmilitary mind, they judged that her heart was with the Grays. And why not? Was 1t not natural that woman with more than her share of intellectual perception should be on the right side? From her associations it was not to be expected that she would make an outright declaration of apostasy This would destroy the value and the attractiyeness of her conver- sion Reverence for the past for a father who had fought for the Browns, against her own convictions, made her attitude appear singularly and deli cately correct.
 The war was a week old-a week which had developed other tangents and traps than La Tir-on the morn ing that the first installment of junior officers came to occupy the tables and desks Where the family portraits had hung in the dining-room were now big maps dotted with brown and gray flags. Portable field cabinets with sectional maps on large scale were arranged around the walls of the draw ng-room. In what had been the loung ng-room of the old days of Galland the refrain of half a dozen telegraph instruments made medley with the clicking of typewriters. Cooks | and helpers were busy in the kitchen; for the staff were to live like gentle men: they were to have their morning baths. their comfortable beds, and |
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
No Chance.

Smith and Jones, while talking over the garden fence one afternoon, be- came tangled in a discussion that re- quired some mental calculation.
 T tell you, Jones'" declared Smith, in response to an assertion of the other, that you are entirely wrong in your conclusions!
 You will pardon me, old man." was the emphatic rejoinder of Jones. but l am absolutely right"
 And I say that you are not!" shouted Smith, losing patience. Didn't go to school, stupid?"
 Yes" was the calm reply of Jones, "and you came back stupid.''
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
TheLastShot BRICK PALMER
EnExazzszII I.zsulIIIzansnn 1l

first call. when he returned the next morning did not enter unannounced. He rang the door-bell.
 T have a message for you from Gen. eral Westerling," he said to her The general expresses his deep regret at the unavoidable damage to your house and grounds and has directed that everything possible be done immedi- ately in the way of repairs"
 In proof of this the officer called at tention to a group of service-corps men who were removing the eand-bags from the first terrace. Others were at work in the garden setting uprooted plants back into the earth.
 His Excellency says" continued the officer, that, although the house is so admirably suited for staff pur- poses, we will find anotLer if you de- sire"
 He was too polite and too consid- crate in his attitude for Marta not to meet him in the same spirit.
 That is what we should naturally prefer" and Marta bowed her head i'll indeeision.
 We should have to begin installing the telegraph and telephone service on the lower floor at once" he remarked. Tn fact, all arrangements must be made before the generals arrival.
 He has been a guest here before" she said reminiscently and detachedly.
 Her head dropped lower, in appar- ent disregard of his presence, as she took, counsel with herself. She was perfectly still, without even the move ment of an eye-lash. Other considera- tions than any he might suggest, he subtly understood, held her attention They were the criterion by which she would at length assent or dissent, and day, who yesterday had been creature of feverish impulse.
 It seemed a long time that he was watching that wonderful profile under the very black hair, soft with the soft ness of flesh, yet firmly carved She lifted her head gradually, her eyes sweeping past the spot where Del larme had lain dying, where Teller had manned the automatic, where Stransky had thrown Pilzer over the parapet. He saw the glance arrested and focused on the flag of the Grays, which was floating from staff on the outskirts of the town, and slowly, glowingly. the light ripping on its folds was reflected in her face
 "She is for us! She is a Gray!" he thought triumphantly. The woman and the flag! The matter-of-fact staff officer felt the thrill of sentiment
 T think we can arrange it." Marta announced with a rare smile of assent.
 Then I'll go back to town and set the signal-corps men to work" he said.
 And when you come you will find the house at your disposal" she as- sured him.
 Except that he was raising his cap instead of saluting, he was conscious of withdrawing with the deference due to superior.
 In place of the smile, after he had gone, came frown and a look in her eyes as if at something revolting; then the smile returned, to be sue ceeded by the frown, which was fol lowed by an indeterminate shaking of the head.
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
Marker for a Funeral,

Matt Hogan was making a collec- tion to meet funeral expenses for one of the fraternity who had died sud- denly and penniless He asked five dollars from each contributor, typi- cal stinhorns came along and said. Put me down for five"
 Where's the money?n asked Matt
 'I'l give it to you later ,
 What are you trying to do?e de- manded Hogan sharply, put in a marker to help bury a dead man?'
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
How to Clean un' Yards.

It has remained for picture show man to clean up a Kansas town in most effective way, and by a simple method. He offered a free ticket to his show for a limited time to any boy who could bring certificate from his mother that he had thoroughly cleaned up the back yard, and some three hundred boys-about all there are in the town-got on the job. There are great possibilities in scheme of that kind it can be made to do el. most anything.
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
A Success.

The conversation had turned to the many men who had met success There. for instance" said one man pointing down the street. goes man who began life in poverty and now lives on the fat of the land" Melee looked "Yes. l know him." he re. piled. Hes an agent for an antifa' concern "-Judge.
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
Road of Success.

Author-It'll be a fine feather in your cap if you produce this play.
 Manager (glancing over scenario)- I'll be the goat-why?
 Author-Why, you'll have the laugh on the l9 shortsighted managers who turned it down.-Puck.
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
A Trouble m aker.

What sort of fellow is her" A troublemaker."
 He seems peaceable enough" T know, but he's the sort of blun- iering chap that denies all the lies you've told your wife"
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
TryinQ to ForQet.

He-Don't you remember me?
 She-Why should I?
 We were engaged to be married last summer at the beach"
 Yes; but don't you recollect you told me to forgive and forget you?"
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| luxurious Travel.

Tired Tobias-Say, Dusty, wot would youse do ef youse wuz a milly- unair?
 Dusty Darius-Pd hay CT private car yid CT feather bed on de trucks.
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
ReasonahIe Theory.

Boss-No; We have all the men we need
 Laborer-Seems like you could take one more, the little bit of work he'd do.-Judge.
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
Speed of Run of Stream.

A stream runs most rapidly one fifth of the depth below the surface and its average speed is that of the current two-afths of the depth above the bottom.
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
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The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11
The Reason.

Your new clerk appears to be very blue about his work"
 That's only because he's green"
The Monticellonian., 1915-02-11

The devil may have his faults, but he never puts off till tomorrow what he can do today.
Evening star., 1915-01-17
SNN
TORN BETWEEN THREE MASTERS Pc

and, finding private letters in Polish,
dismiss the teacher.
She says the PruSsians want their
land for Prussians.
Thirty thousand Poles have been eX-
PEELED from the Duchy of Posen, all
classes, many Austrian Poles by birth.
but having done their military service
i'll Prussia, passed all their lives in
Posen. lost their Austrian or Russian
domicile. Russia, replying by SINH
lar law, they were sent back and forth
like tennis balls. And Austria per-
mitted it: she did not intercede for her
subjects
The Russian colonization commission
has 100,00o.o00 marks capital, from
Prussian state subvention and Polish
taxes.
Its object, SAID the great Polish
lady, lis to buy up all Polish real
estate possible, and the acts stipulate
that the farm, etc, shall never again
pass into Polish hands. Good Poles re-
fuse to sell to them, so they put up
straw purchasers with Polish names
Evening star., 1915-01-17

Posen, Pole. the Pope would not con-
sent that his successor should be Ger
man. The Prussian government would
not yield. Only after eight years, at
the breaking out of this war, did Will
ham III consider it wise to wipe out all
the lnJustices, notifications and
Mutations of the Polish clergy by
appointing aged Pole, of seventy-siX
years, to be archbishop. 1t did not
work. We are not blind In 1870 they
led PoIlsh regiments to the hymn of
Poland Is Not Lost. and as So'n as
they had their victory they began the
prosecutions of which | have told YOU"
she looked up, in splendid diguation.
Then she started III OH Russia
All, Russia. what will you take for
your influenza.
Patience, everybody.
Only Poland is innocent, as innocent
as Il ha he.
''In Russian Poland she says, few
indeed of the rights of the congress
of Vienna remain We have hal
similar prosecutions of language.
schools, etc, but we of the
same race as the Russians we some
tunes find way to arrange in detail"
y to the Russian revolution of 1905
they had deportations to Siberia by
thousands.
in Siberia. she says. Those atroci-
ties were well known. Poles were ban
ished for being too liberal, but the
greater prosecutions were religious.
Entire villa geS were surrounded by
Cossacks, to be inscribed on orthodox
church registerS-thiS to eXterminate
the Unat Church. i. e., that of the
Greek rite under the Popech, is the re-
ligion of the Ruthenian population"
There was rSuch of this mission
arying that much of the rural part of
east Russian Poland was "converted'
orthodox.
took it out of Russian Poland, and
called it completely Russian" says
Helene Bronislas "In 1905 they, nat
urally, all returned to the Uniat
Church. nevertheless, they remain di-
vided from Poland
For the instruction of 11,5O0,0OO
Poles there is at Warsaw only one
university of Polish foundation-but
become Russian.
The high schools are Russian Since
1905 we have the right to private
schools teaching in Polish. but the sys-
TEN remains to keep all classes. if pos
sible. in relative ignorance.
4
1t would seem as bad as prussian
Poland.
Yes" she says, but with this diff
ference, the system of oppression was
employed against liberal Russians also
the same eXiles. restrictions, diff
Guilty of instruction, etc But it is true
that of late years nationalsm has
made Poles suffer. Our representa-
ton in the douma has been cut down
by half
Personally, pointed out to her that
this backward spirit seems to follow
Russian conquestS. AT LcinburS. the
c,nlpiis I'IuSIayiSt, Cte. BObrinSkN he
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Monument TO CAT THAT
SAVED SOLDIERS LIFE

wv HAT, probably. will be the first
wv monument that has been raised
to cat since the days when these ami
mails were worshiped in Egypt viii, it
is now practically certain, be erected
by the quaint old Pembrokeshire town
of Newport. England. in the grounds
OF its feudal castle. The feline to be
thus honored is a French one, which
saved the life of Lieut.. LLOYD of the
Grenadier Guards, the home of whose
historic family, as well AS his own, is
At Newport.
The story runs thus.
After becoming separated from his
regiment near the French frontier, the
of1cer found refuge in an outbuildinc
where he remained, in an exhausted
condition, for three days When he
was found, tabby cat was discovered
curled round his neck, and his rescuers
say that but for this cat Lieut.. Lloyd
would have perished from the cold
Romance is added to the incident by
the fact that the officer in question is
the heir of Sir Marteine Owen Mowbray
Lloyd, Bart, the chief commoner of
Wales and the last of the Norman
lords of the marshes. He is hereditary
standard bearer of Wales and lord of
the corporation of Newport. His resi-
dence is Newport Castle. in the grounds
of which 1t is purposed to place a me-
the future owner of the estate.
To the foregoing story of Good
Samaritan cat. II is quite appropriate
to add that of a now famous rat-per-
haps the only rat on record that ever
went through military campaign, and
which was present, ensconced snugly
in it's soldier-owner's pocket. at the
battles of Mons, the Marne and the
Aisne. and which is now in London.
That owner. Sergt. Johnson of the
Royal Field Artillery. has just been
promoted second lieutenant and ap-
pointed gunnery instructor. He was
wounded at scissors, october %. and
now, with his strange pet, is in London
on few days leave.
Billy, as johnson calls his rat. is
pure white, and was given to the Eng
Iish soldier by French girl at the be-
ginning of the war. During the battle
Of Mons, the rat sat on its masters
right boot. Twice it wandered away.
but came back all right. and was in the
fighting all the way from Mons to
Melum. southeast of Paris, and back
10 the Marine and the Aisne. Billy was
never hurt When the soldier landed at
Southampton. after he had been wound
ed by shrapnel, woman who saw the
white rat, presented to johnson
black terrier pup named Toby to Keep
Billy company, and the rat and pup are
now, curiously enough. close friends.
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WI<1~Au<2~Nk News g

recite in their schools a poem about
kosciusko. will not hear me, They
will organize a commission to inquire.
and wipe the tears of the poor.
She wants a Polish commission.
She wants shiploads of food
How get the cargoes to Warsaw"
America will find a way. with her
power and prestige. Communicate with
the aid committee of the city of War
saw, or with Prince SEVERN Czetwer-
tynski at Warsaw. Only America can
keep millions of poor Poles from starv-
ing. Oh tell them to hasten!'
There is no question Of sides here.
1t is not a question of belligerents.
Let Americans of all sympa athies take
interest.
Twelve million Poles are starving.
says the great lady of her land. They
are victims. They are innocent as
babes. Whoever made this war. their
hands are clean. i ask an American
commission for them there she gathered
up her papers with emotionD lin two sa-
cred names for both our people-Kos-
ciusko at West Point. Pulaski at Sa-
Tannafl. STERLING HEILTG.
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They put law before the Prussian
diet by which any piece of property not
held III j family several generations
might he condemned hy the commission
and forciblS purchased at its own
valuation. II frightenS even the con-
serVatives. who objected. but they We're
iranquilllzed-the law was only for
Poles. II passed But. making such
scandal in the world. it was not ap-
plled. Only two years ago. when the
Balkan war distracted attention, did
they begin eXpelline families from
their homes, even before the term
stipulated, and not paving the full price
named in the act"
And, so, up to the present confllagr
ton.
Now. suddenly. we learn that Prussia
loves the Poles, SAYS Helene Hrouislas
Al the death OIL the late Archbishop of
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and Cities LeVeled BY Cannon and Torch.

altered names in birth and baptismal
certificates. Poles are forbidden to
assemble. even for scientific subjects.
Only at election time may they meet,
in case they are 80 per cent strong in
Il ward. If only % per cent no. So, by
shifting ward boundaries, they obtain
their will
SO. at times. they preserve Il look of
equality, while the commission grew
more daring.
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civilization is less? Their mentality
is nearer ours. The Russian is only
artiticially the enemy of the Pole, not
by race or principle. Prussia egged
them on-calculating If the auto
crat gives Poles better conditions, we
shall be obliged to do the same So
that on each visit of the kaiser to the
Evening star., 1915-01-17

came governor, is erecting schools
after the model of Russian TurkeStan.
with great care for the Russian Ian
guage. forbidding sale of books not
Russian. or Ruthenian not published i'll
Russia.
Yes. she said. Il read that they are
bringing i'll Polish Speaking police
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ear, Russian Poles lamented: Now
look out for trouble ahead"
She sighed again.
The cZar has made us PROMISE.
says Helene Bronislas. so has the
kaiser We would consider both prom
iSeS lill's"rN. chincrical and utopian in
view of last experience of car and
Evening star., 1915-01-17

from central Russia instead of en-
ploying natives. In this idea. Galicia
will be divided, the RuthenIau east
into three Russian wards, and only the
west come back to Poland"
She sighed. hcsitatcd and continued:
WHY. th"n do we prefer Russia,
" here liberty is uoi much greater and
Evening star., 1915-01-17
POLAND HAS TWELVE NQMLLONPEOPLE ENEARSTARVING

Bonra Great Woman
Kosczo Pulaski Reasons Why
Her Bleeding Lnd-Co
nentA Country Laid Waste Armies Germany Fighting
Ground Like Belgium the West for the Warning Nations Where Homes
and(tp sTeveed NC dTonh
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Correspondence of The Star.
LAUSANNE. Switzerland.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland.
January A. 1918.
x 0ELENE BRONISLAS is part of
I'LL her name. Her titles and prop
critics are various say no
q q more She is a great lady of
Poland. Paderewski comes to pay her
his respects at the hotel. Sienkiewicz
and his wife. at Ouchy, take the tram
up the hill to see her.
Switzerland is the most cosmopolitan
spot in Europe at this moment The
great come and go.
Paderewski and Sienkiewicz pure
Polish patriots, are reserving them
selves for some great occasion. An in
fiuential Polish committee watches po-
litical events. Meanwhile some one
ought to cry aloud to grand America.
FreedSm shrieked when Kosciuszko
fell, but Freedom has grown hoarse
Il am only a weak woman" says
Helene Bronislas
Speak. madame" l said eve have
not forgotten Pulaski at Savannah"
In her youth she knew Bismarck
who made her a feminist by snubbing
women. From Lausanne she touches
the pulse of a vast network of feminist
centers doing a great work of mercy
In the eastern fighting zone BY prop
erty. family. etc, she is equally au-
thoritative on the three sections OF vi
visected Poland. Prussia and Russia
she SAYS, have been equally cruel
craSpinE and false. Austrian Poland
has been hest treated. Aud Nct-but
you shall see.
You know that i'oiard was cut up
alive by her three neirhbors Maria
Theresa weeps for Poland" said witty
Frederick the Great. she wecps, but
she takes" Some time after Freedom
shrieked. as stated Napoleon heard
the noise. and started to release Po-
land, but the congress of Vienna, which
settled UP his affairs. would do no
more than guarantee the Poles certain
rights-to which Austria, Russia and
Prussia solemnly subscribed They
were to have their own parliament, re-
ngion and language i'll army, schools,
administration. law. etc All are gone,
in Prussia and elsewhere.
Here Helene Bronislas gets excited
She swats Prussia first. but Russia
gets hers after.
Prussia first, then, il is understood,
she will turn and soak Russia
ut was Bismarck. my old friend"
she says. who really started the cam
paign to exterminate dense popula-
tion. absolutely Polish. of four mill
lions. which forms tenth of Prussia.
declaring in parliament that the prom
ises of kings are scraps of paper Bis
marck told me when | was a girl that
women are too weak-minded to srasp
statesmanship. In any case we have
hearts. and some intelligence"
She looked extremely intelligent
NOW all our sworn rights are gone"
said Helene Bronislas. You heard OF
Nreschen. the strike of primary school
children? Ii lasted for months. because
they obliged them to say the prayer III
German, which they did not understand
Parents were punished by progressive
fines. II failed. and since all instruc-
non has been in German. Even chill
dren ignorant of German must frequent
The schools, and learn by rote, with
difficulty. without profit, The teachers
must always employ Germantown
when. exceptionally. they are Poles. |
have known an inspector taIw;tys Ger
1nan) 10 arrive, snoop through desks,