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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02

merely solitude, and sometimes mere particF
patton in some male employment, whatever its
nature may be. But solitude is not necessarily
freedom; a man lost in a desert is really locked
Up in a desert if he were locked up in a box.
The size of the box is nothing so long as he
wants to get out, but cannot
And association with masses or miscellane-
Gus people is not freedom, or slaves and con-
victs chained together in the galleys would be
the models of comradeship and liberty. Free
dom. in the only positive sense which gives il
any value. is the possession Of a wide range OF
choice; for choice is the primary condition OF
creauveness. Now. doubt IL any woman ever
had less Of this range OF choice than the mod
ern woman who works the typewriter or turns
the sewing machine. And doubt IL any woman
ever had more of such range OF choice than The
middle-class woman OF our grandmOthers' and
great -grandmOthers time-the woman who did
a little in landscape and a little IN housekeep-
ing-a little in water color and a little ~ wine.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02
Feous Things All These How Revealed
[rcnEn
Asks Nine Mn SoulStrrng Wounded

near the Park Monceau All the passers-by
were walking with their noses in the air. as
they already had got the habit of the visits
OF "the bad pigeons"
One little boy had his bicycle to follow the
fight another a pair of opera glasses. But
look around in the sky as / might, could see
nothing. Then a little boy, this one about
six or seven years old, pulled my coat
Straight up, madame; straight up, over my
head!' That's how they frightened our little
kiddies!
The next day was passing through thickly
populated neighborhood over which they had
been flying for an hour. Suddenly child
bolted out of a house as fast as it could 60
But his mother caught him and administered
two resounding slaps. 81 told you to stay in
the house" "Ah" protested the urchin, "ye
don't only keep me from seem de tobe but
cher lick me in der bargain"
These are trifes, will perhaps be said. Do
you think so? Nothing is small that reveals
the immortal soul of people. And we found
it so everywhere. Don't lose patience with
me if l speak without order. My words re.
semble the days 1 am living. They have a
unity, however as from them always shines
forth the trials, the smiles, the bravery of my
country.
What have 1 seen? 1 white
glove stained with a gray spot and a brown
spot. Here is it's history. When war was de-
clared all the young students of the Saint Cyl
Army School were promoted second neutenants.
Their average age was about twenty years
How happy they to fight for France
But to fight was not enough They must do
it with grace, with style, carelessly, according
to French traditions. They all swore, those
boys, to go to the first battle wearing white
gloves. They kept their word. But the white
gloves made them a mark for the ambushed
sharp shooters They are all dead The glove
/ saw belonged to one of them. The gray spot
is of brain-the brown spot is blood. Pously
this relic brought to the mother of the
dead young man. This special was only
nineteen years old.
And let us not think that it a useless
sacrifice. 1t is we'll that in the beginning of
this war of surprises, mud and shadow, some
of children died in the light, facing the
enemy, and facing the sun, for the good re-
nown of French allegiance.
What / have seen Yesterday | re-
ceived a letter 1t came from a sergeant in
the Argonne, uneducated workman. Here
it is. with the spelling and punctuation cor
rected:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02
Puts Duty to
His Country First.

Madame, thanks for letting me know that
my wife has had little girl But do not think
/ am worried. We love our families, but our
duty is to love our country first. And if l
do, those at home will be taken care of. l
know it, madame.
I'm going to tell you something you'll be
glad to hear, not at the beginning, but you'll
see at the end. couple Of weeks ago we
lost trench and almost everybody was mas
sacred, including our commander. l escaped
with few more of my men. From our
trench we could see the bodies of our com.
rades and officers down there. The worst of
it was that the Germans would get behind
them to shoot at All, that all those
Frenchmen, dead for their country, were made
to protect the enemy! | couldn't look at that.
So here's what l did l said to my men, I'm
going for them but if stay there don't want
my body to be made a rampant. Tie a rope
around my body and if you see I'm done fer,
pull me back by it. At first things went all
right l got back three of our comrades
corpses. But the Germans began to see some
thing up. To mix them up | ordered a
feint on the right-another on the left kept
on.
81 was all right Never would those people
suspect that l would risk my life to save dead
back-there were sixty-seven. And you
believe it. madame, there were two men still
living. They are IN a good way to getting
well, and they indeed say they came back
from pretty far off. We buried the others
They are now sleeping peacefully. But l
couldn't resist letting those in the opposite
trench know. Not a bad trick. was it.
madame?"
What have seen The other morning
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02
By G.. K. Chesterton.

A n excellent English weekly paper, The
n Nation, is discussing THE New Wife.
When it speaks of The New Wife II
omits any possible doubt of modern civilization
Queerly enough, The Nation has put the two
inconsistent views Of women into quite COM
pact contradiction.
There is no need to take a sentence here and
another there, and separate them by dots, as
usually happens in controversies about incon-
sistency. These two sentences really follow
each other: As woman goes out more freely
into the world in her capacity as citizen and
worker she can no longer rest contented with
the existing economic and social structure OF
family life. Her place in the family, by virtue
both OF her maternal capacity and her home
making arts, is more central than her hus
bands: and in both these capacities reasonable
authority belongs TO her"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02

aiming the men who came to the vestiaire
Wardrobe), where l am occupied part of the
ume' and who are generally very gay and
good humored. there was young soldier with
a sober, set, disagreeabe face. | shook him
up with, why what's the matter that a French
soldier makes such a face? Won't you look
me in the face and make me a nice smile"
But he didn't Change expression. l took him
to one side. whats the matter with you.
my child? First of ALL where are you from ?"
Il am from the North, madame"
"Oh, then 1 understand why you are sad
You do not know where your dear ones are"
He looked at me with a fierce, wild ex-
preston and suddenly replied: Il do know,
madame. My elder brother was killed beside
me, struck by the same shell that wounded
me- That is war. They have burned my
home killed my mother and my father. My
sister, sixteen years old, has been violated and
disappeared" A black flame burned in the
sombre look of the boy and made it unbear
able. received that look straight in my eyes
Tell me, madame, will get to their coun-
try, won't we, won't WEI"
why, certainly, my boy-nothing surer"
"Oh, madame, they will pay for all this
misery. But do not fear, their women and
children will not be touched"
Their women and children will not be
touched" That is what this martyr of bar
barism and of the cruelty of the enemy found
in his heart to say-this sombre, uncultivated
child of a northern village. l shook his rough
hand-I squeezed it kissed the poor cheeks
of this orphan with maternal kisses, and l
said 81 thank thee"
But they-what are they doing with our lit
tie children? Here's a letter from a lady
frend-a great musician. MY sOn-in-aw,
Lieutenant -- has been defending Verdun
since August. He's all right But when will
these barbarians be entirely driven away?
Lately my spn-in-aw had a German soldier
who was very badly wounded picked up.
When stripping him to give him aid they found
diately shot"
Don't think it's single case. The children
who are mutilated, assassinated, burned, are
counted by hundreds At Blamont, in the
presence of the Baroness de v, the Ger
mans killed a child in its mothers arms.
"Why did you do that?" asked the Baroness.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02
Comforting Words
for a Woundc Boy.

He awoke-lOoked at me and smiled. He
then murmured Why are you so good to u.s.
madame? We not near to you"
To this dying child, to give him back his life
it was necessary should explain to him his
glory. | said: Not near. my boy? Why, un
derstand then what l owe you If the enemy
has not entered our Paris-if NOtre Dame is
intacr-if l. myself, am Hving-it is because
you gave your blood for us. But that is not
all When you fight for France you do not
only fight for your country, you do not only
save your native land; you save an ideal, an
ideal supreme. universal In helping all that
is pure and beautiful in the world YOU save
the liberty of peoples. the liberty of the SOUL
You say TO each one of US the yoke that weighs
you down l shall help YOU 10 cast Off
"You do not understand me well. my boy.
But see-yOu must live Later IN the eternal
books of history you will learn the meaning
OF the blood YOU have given. You must livei
Y0H must lire! Years from now your little
children will look at you with eyes OF love and
admiration because you were soldier I the
great war. They viii know the meaning or
tie medal shining your chest and for gen
eratiOns they Will be proud of the honor or
their name. You must live. my dear boy!
As ! spoke something wonderful illuminated
the youths eyes. "Oh. l shall live. madame
one only has TO Will it. l shall live.
lie is saved
do not know why stopped to recount the
agony and resurrection Of that child, because
almost all of them divinely ahke-chlld-
Ike, confident, smiling.
Another had had a whole leg amputated-
a young man Of twenty-five. with q charming
face. Doubtless be had already been loved by
some pretty girl At last the day came when
All, now little ! knew the soul or our chill
dren Of France He arose, poor boy so thin,
on his one leg; and as he was also wounded
in one arm. I'm spite of the crutches he couldn't
balance himself. That made him laugh; made
hia iqYght
= turned him over 70 a nurse because tears
were choking me- But they were not tears OF
sorrow; they were sobs of tenderness, respect,
edmiration.
Another had received nine wouDSs He
didn't want 10 have them spoken Of He only
wanted to talk about HIS days of batte-to
live them over again Those last days,
try 20 walk with crutches. dreaded that
moment. / expected complaints ! already
had made mp my consoling arguments
madame, we were so near the enemy that
they could not get TO us 10 bring US our ra-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02
By Nine. Catulle Mendes

tions. We had to find our nourishment our
selves. When evening arrived some OF Us
would steal out Of the trenches and pick carrots
we lived eleven days like that. One day
brought down a pigeon. When was able 10
get it we broiled it with matches. An, that
a royal feast! How glad we were!
Content" (glad, happy, that was the word
he used most frequently. One morning when
] got to the hospital, believing him still very
ILL., he greeted me with, Il go back to my depot
in three days; in a fortnight l shall be under
fire! Oh, how content 1 ami"
Since then he has written me, Il received
the tobacco. We had an awful fight at -.
/ nave finger less and am still in the ambu-
lance, but still content"
All, let me still tell of my country's smile
in her sorrow-so sweet, and which is such
a comfort to my heart. have so much to tell
that is horrible.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02

TVT HAT I have seen-can tnae 90 told7
W When will words be found simple
w enough and infinite enough to tell OF
10 much heroism. so much sorrow. so much
beauty, so much terror? Ali those sublmities
now can they be explained without losing
heir soul without taking away their value.
which IS of mystery and miracle? All those
lideous things. all those unnatural crimes; how
AN they be revealed with cold and ponderous
reasoning, while one is still trembling, keeping
back tears. smothering cries?
It must be DONE though, and that French
hyEess that hates all that is bluff or Dragging.
md which fain would wait that our glory and
suffering be understood, It roo must be con-
iuered We must rise above that too delicate
conscience which says: Speak? What good
will it do? Truth is luminous; it shines before
all eyes" Yes, but it must be helped to shine,
md without delay.
That is why have decided to address the
American nati> =. to tell it that which 1 know.
hat which Is evident, undenable-to take it
the frightful and divine Calvary of truth.
For six months have been living among our
soldiers, our wounded. l live in my Paris.
That Paris that every one visits and that no
one knows ! have only left it for some brief
excursions to the cathedrals in agony, to the
villages in ashes, to the ambulances at the
front. to the old peasants who have nothing
eft-nOt even tears! To the little orphans
With tragic and stupefed eyes.
Sent to distribute wooens to the combatants,
I have heard a language, naughty and superb.
have clasped the rude hands, sometimes de-
formed of more than twenty-five thousand
soldiers, some wounded, others well again, re-
tLIning to the firing line, tame in their eyes
and in their hearts. / nave bent over more
than ten thousand beds of mutilated young
men, many of them with gangrene have held
hundreds in my arms on the operating tables
| who could not support the sight of blood nor
Of illness-hundreds OF poor things with
Rtrocious wounds, and only felt during those
minutes one care-a superhuman desire TO
discover in the surgeons look or attitude the
hope the poor boy would be saved.
remember, above all, youth twenty years
old, who had such complicated wound in the
chest that it is indescribable. l held the poor,
inert body while the surgeon lay wide open
the thorax. Take him back" said the sur
geOn, "and be careful" / did so. Then from
The deep. bleeding wound the whole chest
smptied itself, one empties a bucket of l
don't know what unnamable liquid The sur
geOn approached then, and leaning the
now visible palpitattng lung murmured: What
can be done? 1t Will only begin again" How
ever, he did find out what could be done He
had him put back in his bed-he w1s still I'M
awaited his awakening. | wanted rim to be
saved. that child, While he be;rl ChlOrO-
formed a few minutes before, while he was
holding my hand without saying a word, there
was in his look, before his eyes closed, such
2 gentle desire TO live, such prayer for pro-
teCtiOn-such confidence in the infinite aid |
gave him. If he died should have felt myself
guilty don't know of what.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-02
The Fear of
the Belgian Children.

Some time l shall go into the details OF the
arrival of the Belgian children in Paris, with
their terrorized looks, their screams OF fear
il anyone approached them. l haven't yet the
courage to 90 over it. The memory am go
ing to call up is almost frighuul, though
1t was Sunday, August 30 All at once l got
a telephone call from hospital where l often
assisted: Come. quick; they're bringing
lot of wounded"
AS arrived they we're carrying in a young
woman, either dead or unconscious. Every
body was under the strain of deep emotion
We undressed her. Her body was horribly
mutiated with hideous wounds She was the
victim of the first "taube," as the Parislennes
called the German aeroplanes. She was pass
ing along the street, humble and inohensiYe
Her husband was at the front. She had
child at home. From above death smote her.
The French gave men wings, and that Is
how the barbarians use them.
l left the young woman dead. I went TO see
the child. He playing at a table, laugh
ing. The contrast was sad l couldn't stand
It. / took away his toys, You mustn't play
any more just now, baby. You will not see
YOUR mother again today" He looked up at
me sadly as if he understood. 1 took him In
my arms and wept over him.
There is a little-so litte-of what have
seen and heard.
Just as / finished writing l received a photo
graph from the painter Guirand de SceVola,
showing an old woman of sixty-hve, who had
been attacked-then slaughtered. With IL was
a part of the Belgium official report, not yet
made public. / shall divulge the paragraph:
September 18th, JOsephy Louis Buron. OF the
Twenty-fOurth regiment OF the line, declared
that having been made prisoner by the Ger
mans, near Aerschat, they made him plunge
both hands into kettle Of boiling water. DR..
Thone, of the TwentyfOurth regiment Of the
line. declared he saw the wounds of the burn"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-08-05
Sent
BY PARCEL POST

Rolette, N. D., July 30.-Two human
beings were delivered by parcel post
at the local postoffice by Earl Edwards
who picked them up on his rural route,
with the required amount of stamps
affixed and addressed to A. A. Stavert,
at Rolette. When Mr.. Stravert got his
mail there was a red package" card
in the mail box he presented at
the window and received two parcels,
Gordon and Dorothy Stavert who had
been visiting with their grand parents
at Island Lake and were returned by
parcel post as the most convenient
and safe way. The mail carrier is not
permitted to carry passengers and
could not take them as such but may
carry parcels up to weight of Is
pounds.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-08-05
MANY NEW SETTLERS %.
FOR NORHT DAKOTA

Bismarck, July 28.-Immigration
Agent Murphy of the 500 Line says
the prospects for getting new set.
tiers in North Dakota the coming
year are very bright. From Septem-
Der 1 last year to July 1 this year,
almost thousand new settlers have
been brought into the state through
the efforts of the 500 Line immigra-
ton department.. In that time 1852 cars
of immigrant movables have come in.
According to Major Murphy, more land
has been sold in the state during the
past two months than in the entire II
months of 1914. a..... q. ..-
The 500 Line expended $4,000
last year through it's immigration de.
partment, and expects to spend more
this year. They figure that every
farmer brought into the state who
buys a forty is worth just $3.50 tc
the gross earnings of the railroad.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-08-05

POSITION WANTED = Experienced
cook wants position on cook car. In
uuire of 249L between and p. m.
27-2tW
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-08-05
JOHN BURKE IS NOT A
CANDIDATE FOR SENATE

Bismarck, July 28.-Honorable John
Burke, United States treasurer and
former governor of North Dakota, ar
rived in Bismarck last evening, on his
way to Washington. Mr.. Burke is re-
turning from attending the Panama
Pacific exposition, and also from Wis
it to several of the United States sub
treasures. He stopped off here en-
route east to visit a number of old
friends.
When interviewed at the Grand Pa
cifc last night, Burke exploded the
rumor that he was to be candidate
for the United States senate at the
next election. 1--WE got pretty good
job right now, and never considered
being a senatorial candidate" he said.
my present position as United States
treasurer is one of the most respon-
sible positions in the world. It will
only be matter of short time when
the United States will be the finan-
cial center of the world. If we con.
tinue to keep out of the Eurouean
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-08-05
NJ CUN!|B|E:R] BACKS
WILSON POLICY

Bismarck, July 28.-United States
Senator P. j. McCumber, of Wahpe-
ton, accompanied by his secretary, K.
w. Farrar, and former United States
Marshal, James Shea, arrived in Bis
marck last evening on a tour of the
state. .l
Senator McCumber in discussing the
present situation that exists between
the United States and Germany, said,
"The note to Germany is what ex-
pected it would be, and is the only
thing it could be under existing cir
cumstances. The issue is sharp one
and at present is entirely in the hands
of President Wilson, but I think the
American people are in entire accord
with the president and stand back Of
him in all that he does"
Senator McCumber stated that he
is little out of touch with the situa-
ton at present, due to the fact that
he is making an automobile tour of
the state and has not had the oppor-
tunity to keep informed on most re-
cent happenings. However, as men,
Der of the senate foreign relations
committee, he is we'll informed on the
subject. The foreign relations COM
mittee, he stated, is liable to be called
to Washington at any time to confer
with President Wilson and the men,
bers of his cabinet in regard to the
relations with Germany.
II am for peace" said Senator Nc
Cumber, land think that entirely too
much blood has already been shed in
the European war. The rules of civil
lized warfare must be followed, how
ever, and passengers and crews of
acknowledgement vessels must be given
fair chance for their lives, even
though the boat is carrying contra
band cargo"
In discussing the matter the senat-
or stated that everything, at present,
is in the hands, of the president and
that it is up to the American people
to stand back of him in everything he
does.
Senator McCumber is making tour
of the state. This is the first oppor-
tunity he has had in seven years to
spend a summer in North Dakota and
he is making the most of his oppor'
tunity. While the trip is not wholly
in the nature of a political trip, he
stated that the campaign is really on
for the senatorship, and he is selling
this opportunity to cover as much
ground as possible.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-08-05
CROP
SINCE STATEHOOD

Fargo, July 28.-Barring unexpected
calamities through black rust, EoI
winds or hail storms, North Dakota
will harvest this year the greatest
crop since statehood. That appears
to be the concensus of opinion of those
who have investigated conditions in
all sections.
Wheat, oats and barley are all look
ing fine, a trif1e later, perhaps, but
otherwise the conditions arc most
satisfactory. Potatoes are we'll up to
the standard, rye is being harvested
and the corn crop improved greatly
as a result of last weeks fine weather
but is still far behind the conditions
that prevailed during the last -four or
five years, and is regarded as about
the least promising since the cereal
grew in popular favor in this state.
Many farmers anticipate little matur-
ed corn and are planning to use the
crop for ensilage.g
There is limited area in parts of
Richland, Cass, Trail and Grand
Forks counties where the precipita-
ton this year has been highly excess
sive. There are fields on which no
crop will be raised, others on which
the damage will run up to high per-
centage, but even in this wet local
ity there are magnificent crops on all
the higher or better drained lands.
The loss will fall heavily on some in
dividuals but the percentage of the
total for the 100000 acres of wheat
in North Dakota is relatively small
Strange as it may seem, while por-
lions of four counties suffered from
too much rain, there was also dry
spot in the state. This is chiefly cen
trail around Rugby and up the Great
Northern branches north of that
point.
In practically every other section Of
the state the precipitation has been
ample. The crops are ranging from
fair to perfect and the general In
dications are for the greatest yield
ever harvested, when considered from
statewide standpoint.
Recent conditions have been ideal
for the rapid maturity Of the wheat
crop.