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Where He Had TO Stop,

There's child among you, taking
notes." said the poker player as the
man next to him drew down a big pot.
Eyes. but he daren't print EN-"
chuckled the man who had just been
"ca!led" for his roll.
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Seventh Grade Proarar,,.

The members Of the seventh grades,
taught by Hiss aNitilda Mckinney and
Miss Knabenhue, gave very good
program at the chapel exercises at
the Central school yesterday morning.
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The Lower Orders.

"A man walked right In front o. our
limousine yesterday and was quite
badly hurt" "still, don't you think
the pedestrian class is less sensitive
to main than We are?'-Life.
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Uncle Eben,

Oar wouldn' be so much need OF
an S. P. C. A. said Uncle Eben. IF
human folks was Us patient an for.
bearin' towards an animal as dey Is
towards machinery"
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Diamond street. will entertain the
Hope Sewing Circle this evening.


The Geisha Girls Club will be en-.
tertained this evening by Mrs. W. =.
Buckley on Locust avenue.
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Accounts rendered gas and electricity demonstrate
a light bill Is always heavy
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Paw Knows Evurytnine.

Willie-Paw. does taking great pains
with anything mean being careful
with it,
Paw-Ses. my son. Why do you
ask?
'Wil!ie-I wanted to know II you
could say that dyspept!c Is a man
who takes great pains with his eating.
Paw-Iou SO to bed, young man.
Sou are getting too blamed smart.
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Names Is Names.
Dr.. J. B. Ache Is a dentist at Union.
town. Pa, Dr.. II. D. Cure lives at
Weston, ". Va. Dr.. Dye lives at
sistersville. ". Va, and DR.. A. Sick.
man lives at North Chartered, Pa.
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Man.

Beware the man who Is half shot,
He Is q pest. by ling,
For he can talk an awful lot
And never say . thing.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Beware most any kind Of man.
II you would get on swimmin',
And rest your vocal chords bit,
Go visit with the women.
Houston Post.
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Things to Worry About.
The average man has 9,oo00 900, 900
brain cells ~.
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Miss Winnie Musgrove is spending
The weekend at her home on Burners
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Il was said to he of no use to visit
them. Mobilization threw so many
men out of certain mills hat "A GER
tain amount Of reorganization was
necessary.
some firms changed their product.
The cutlery factories in Sheffield were
quickly turned over to the manufaC-
turing ~ supplies needed for the army.
one very large order for raZors Vas
divided mor the six leading cut
lery companies in Sheffield and a
large order for cheap knives and
forks to supply the army was also
broken up among Sheffield concerns.
In the woollen and worsted districts
of Bradford and Leeds heavy orders
were Immediately placed for uniforms.
So great vas the demand that cloth
already made up was said by English
woollen merchants TO have been
dumped into the dye tanks and turned
out as material for uniforms. This
reimbursement Of British industry tn
war conditions, which began go sOon
after the war started. has continued
and England has accordingly fallen 1f
instead OF increasing her normal eX-
ports of finished products.
II England's hopes Of picking up
Germany's trade proved visionary for
the time, what about the high hopes
made in America? II Is possible tu
gather from the Government stats
tics an idea of the volume and des-
tination NJ our own exports since the
war began, The total exports from the
United States for the months Of war.
August 10 April, inclusive, havo been
s2,O70,o0O 600, as compared To $685.
300 600 for the corresponding months
of tn" previous year, The following
table shows the course NJ our imports
and exports for the months Of the war
AZ compared to tho same months for
the previous year:
EFFECT OF THE WAR IPON IMPORTS
y EN- PpRTS or II UNITED
STATES tn millions # l~pllurs,
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OF WORLD TRADE BY THE WAR ANALYZED

np Of coffee and rubber. The shrink
= in value of exports was for the
months of August TO December. 1914,
thuut 20 per cent. below the figure for
these months in 1913. American en-
loris To- Brazil Cor the nine months OF
the iiscaI year ended April / were
seventeen millions of dollars IN value,
~ ,%untrast'd with twenty-thrce mill
ions a year aGo, and thirty-two mill
IONS tw' years ago, again not a very
satisfactory sIowlUV.
chic = largely dependent upon the
export of nitrate FOR her prosperity.
In 1913, Oh; ~ IA total export of lI3
million dollars In value. III millions
represented nitrate. Export hounties
on nitrate also yield 80 per cent OF
tho Government revenues. This ex-
port has been heavily Curtailei. the
falling of July to November, lgl4,
being from ~ to so per cent Prices
ais" colinl 'cd. our exports To Chile
tor nine months ~ the fiscal year fell
from I23 Millions "A year ago to -
millions. showing the decrease in
Chilc'S purchasing power.
This drop IN exports To Argen-
hhh"'H - Aaa ' ~ As VIZ
tive of what has happened in the rest
"f South America, in China and Japan
and Nthcr markets. Nowhere outside
OF Europe have We held our own with
u exports since the war began, not
to speak of adding anything to repre-
sent what Germany has annually sold,
ON the other hand the markets are
there. Countries in South America
and the Fur East are more anxious
Ia sccur American goods to-day than
ever before, They are in fact coming
To Us and asking that something he
done The delegates to the Pam
American Congress. composed of
prominent men from the South Amer
lean COUNTLESS, have Just concluded an
important conference in Washington.
Az honorary commission of business
men representing the Republic Of
China has 'ust left New York after n
week spent in being entertained by
commercial organizations and business
men. what We must do To- improve
our trade has been emphasized in
these conferences.
Countries in South America and the
Far East require in the first place
credit, pubic and private, if they are
To- buy in large volume. If this is to
he properly arranged there must he
branches of American banks IN these
countries. Now is "A time for the
development of mutua. banking facili-
ties, These countries are willing 10
meet us 1T least half way.
y second absolute need Is better
shipping facilities. These foreign
delegates emphasize this. American
firms also emphasize it when they tell
Of the great difficulties they have in
securing space for their shi1ncnts
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There can he no doubt that an acute
emergency exists in shipping. An
American merchant marine is no
longer a visionary proposal. We must
have II.
In the third place, many American
manufacturers who have had little
experience in entering the foreign
market are to develop their ex-
port trade. Many agencies are now
attempting to he OF service 10 these
firms and the Federal Trade Commits
sion Is considering what may he the
best method for American firms 10
sol abroad. II is q time Of making
plans and getting ready for many new
Richmonds In the field.
And in the fourth place. we must
not forget that the personal factor in
any business enterprise is one Of In,
most important. American eXpor
trade has been largely conducted
abroad by foreigners because they
have been better trained and cheaper.
Americans may continue to he high
priced, but we must see to II that they
are not poorer trained. A real Ameri-
can invasion Of foreign markets can
come only through a distinctly Amcri-
can personnel.
Tho question in foreign trade to-day
Is not, Are there markets which de-
mand oar goods? The market is sure.
Germary's shoes have not been filed
We have not even managed to M our
own The great question Is. How are
We to transact the trade which walls
II is CALLING 20 American business men
10 feel that opportunity has come and
that We are not equipped to meet it,
And yet great questions like foreign
banks, a merchant marine, effective
organization and well trained repre-
sentatton cannot he solved in a day
The opportunity Is here. But we AN,
not put a full hedged national foreign
organization into tho field quickly
enough 10 meet the emergency, il ar-
pears. ENGLAND has spent centuries
and Germany decades in perfectine
their methods Of c%onduct!rG foreign
trade.
II Is moro than likely that when the
war is over we viii find that We have
not increased our exports To Countrie.
which have been shut Of from Ger.
many's goods, Then the conflict ~,
foreign markets will begin in earnest
II ~ TO. 81 much the question, W,
must realize, ms 10 how much trade w.
ar" going 10 gain during the war. tn,
gain here is in war orders only, anc
this Wi! he temporary. The german,
question is as to how we'll equ!ppec
we shall he to win trade our way II
tn" real ~dis'ocation OF the worlds trad,
THAI which will come when wit,
new economic conditions the nation.
Will again under peace fight for tn,
markets OF the world.
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tccr'h century decorative pictures in
were in Grasse CAlpes Maritimes) in
the very house for which they We're
painted. and II was the sensation ~
the day when they were removed from
Grassc to Princes Gate. the London
residence Of the late Mr.. Morgan.
I'm thi, eighteenth century collec-
ton " works = art | am proud to he
able 10 say that many Of them " re-
purchased from mo. ! might well hc
proud to SOC my creates, competitors
keen Il purchase them. even at a big
advance-thc many Clodionc, tho two
husts BY H'ud1n. the unique regulate"
clock which came from Nine. de Saint
Georges. and many other objects which
were my contribution 10 this royal Cu!-
lection. The famous Boule clock made
To order by Charles Boule for Irstro
Ot,1h,0i who VIZ Pop" from 1859 To
1881 under the name If Alexander
VIII. has a great historical Interest,
and was purchased 10y mo some fifteen
years ago from the Duke de FIano in
Rome. | sold II AT the time To- Count
Boni de Castellane. and from there it
passed II Mr.. Morgan's collection.
1t IL certain that eighteenth century
works Of art could % fail to i%ncreas-
enormously and in proportion with the
increased knowledge ~ the art patrons
iu America Notwithstanding this fact
! deeply regret that present Circum-
stances prevent European competition
for the purchase ~ this wonderful col
lection How Mrssrs Duveop
must have been to hc able to secure
This coil elton without the fierce COM
petition which otherwise would surely
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For the nine months of war our
halnhce of exports t.tallcd NjGG mill
ions, as compared to Ar for the pre-
vious y ar.
II viii he noticed that Our exports
fell off materially in. the month Of
August, when an excess Of exports
in Our favor for tho previous year Of
So millions was changed into an en-
cess of imports of 1873 millions. Dur
ing this time the rate Of foreign o.
change responded to this cause md
there Was a high premium FOR credit
In London. ON August IS sight
drafts on London ranged t. si,O7.
september was another lean month
for American Exports, although trade
was turned in our favor to the extent
of 1872 millions. Our figures for OK
ports owing t. war orders continued
I" increase steadily month 10y month
until they reached the maNimum IN
February, March and April have been
just about on a level with February.
During the early months of the war
the foreign Governments sent over
commissioners to place orders for war
supplies, AZ these supplies have hccn
In course Of delivery our figures for
exports have mounted up. As the war
continues II Ia probable that our oN-
| ports Will continue At the present level
or possibly %lncreass, since tho demand
Of the Allies for our war material is
nrute. Credit in london gradually fol-
- n discount, due to the balance in
oHr favor piled up by this excess of
Nports.
There can loo no doubt that the
t'rong position ~ our exports is
t,nrg IS du" Ia war orders, The fol
4 lowing Table of selected exports for tho
ni"" months ended ipril ! shows the
J great increase in supplies which m. :
ho utilized for the armies,
UNITED STATES ENrpRTs sHONING
INCREASE lin millions Of dpI'trsl.
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Prof. Kennedy Finds Huge Trade Balance Deceiving..
Demand for War Munitions Opens New Channels,
but Clogs Od-Credit Needs Hamper
Commerce With Neutrals

serve tn illustrate tho situation which
developed after the war began. Ar
e%entint. Uruguay ard Paraguay.
countries referred to as the territory
~ the River Plate, although perhaps
in the strongest position Of any of the
south American countries. have no,
been In a position TO purchase com
modlties needed. Even before the wal
started Argentina "a n the midst of
3 severe economic depression. due ~
Misrepresentation in land.
This situation was adversely affected
10y the war because exports of cereals
and wool dropped almost To- nothing
immediately after the war started. not
reaching normal until the close OF
January, The chilled beef export
rightcd itself after two months of
depression, August and September.
Under these circumstances the
Argentine did not have the where
withal to buy from abroad and pay
down for il. American houses have
been required to refuse numerous
orders because they could not be- sure
# collecting their money. one Amcri-
can manufacturer, for example. whC
had actually shipped $4,000 worth OF
merchandise to Bucnos .Nyrcs. wit
draft attached To hill of lading. shipped
the goods straight back I, New YORK
when the Cons.guee CoIld not handle
tic draft, Tho situation I'm Uruguay
has been about the same.
Instead NJ increasing the figures for
the first nine months If the hsca'
year, July | to April I. show that our
exports To the Argentine and Uruguay
actually fell IF from AZ millions a
year z to GA millions. New Yors
l"nks have stepped into the breach
and loaned the Argentine $4,000. 600 [,
enable her Ia buy what she needs
THIS has helped decidedly. but trad,
Is still far below normal a Govern,
mont bulletin ISSUED ON March f.
estimates that Tor next year our trad,
with the River Pate win he at leasr
one-third below normal.
Brazil has been in much wnrs,
nnan"iai condition than the Argentine
h Government has been almnsr
facing bankruptcy and is oper.
ating with a greatly deprecated cur.
roncy, The war has also s~crlousl,
Affected tho value Of Rrazii's cxnorts
- PEI ceat, Of which have been mad,
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Walter Coles Cabcll. president; Maud
Howe Elliott. secretary; Charles Biesel.
treasurer. Ruth Payne Burgess. John
Elliott. Helena S%turtevant. John B.
Diman. Mrs. Livingston Hunt and
Hartford W. II. Powell. The Harrison
:. Morris prize OF 500 viii he awarded
10 the best picture in the exhibition.
Through the generosity Of Mrs. Liv-
!ngstpn Hunt "A peoples prize of s25
will he awarded by popular vote. The
object Of this award IL to encourage
the public To look at the pictures with
personal interest and discrimination.
Many anecdotes are being told Of
the varied activities IF the late
Sir Hugh Lane. who lost his life on
the Lusitanla. T. +. O'Connor. NJ. p.
says he had an unerrlng flair for a
picture. went quietly in search Of II
and was one Of the first TO discover the
great new race Of American million
aires with n taste FOR pictures and
cash means to buy them. There is a
story ~ hi| selling to an American
lady-a wealthy Cincinnati wldow-a
Titan. the original portrait OF Philip
l.. for $500 600. which he himself had
bought some years ago for a much
smaller sum. Another Titan. which
he bought for slO.5O0, he sold for
$4,000. He had n splendid collection
Il Dutch masters. which he disposed OF
AZ n considerable price To a well known
Rand masntte. He organized the coll
lcotions in cap" Town ami Johannes
burg. He lived in London. but he
never ceased to take an intense in
terest in tho art movement in ireland
We brought to the movement that
quiet and d!sarminG enthusiasm which
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ny PHILIP r.. KENNEDY
Of New York University. school ~
Commerce, Accounts and Finance.
w THEN the war started in Au-

IHEN the war started in An.
\A/ 1t appeared to people
wv in England and the tinted
States that "A wonderful OPP
portunity had presented itself for
Capturing Germany's immense over
sea trade. Before the war had been
In existence for two weeks news
dealers throughout London were sell
ing copies of a pamphlet containing
statistics of Germany's export trade.
In the Introduction to this pamphlet
was the remark that. since It was
possible to see Just what Germany's
foreign trade was and with what
countries it was transacted, II would
he possible for English merchants to
take over this trade. London news
papers gave considerable space To APP
plauding this sentiment.
At the same time Il occurred to a
great many people, and particularly
TO a great many newspapers and mag
azines In the United States, that we
were in a favorable position to handle
the trade which Germany had for
merry. Now that the war has been
rNnn!ng for ten months, II may hc
Interesting to take stock and see in
now far Gcrmany's lost trade has en-
EChed 9TH. countries.
. In as far as II was surmised that
trade during the war would go on
~ usual and that Germany's export
gould be divided up among several
hvOred countries, the forecast has
3roved TO be incorrect. The buying
power Of various countries has proved
70 be very much C%urtailcd. and oX-
depting in war material. foreign Trad
the world over has decreased.
England's effort to absorb Ger
nany's trade was very soon post
noncd until more pressing matters
4era out Of the way. The writer
who was In England at the time the
var started, engaged in visiting Eng.
Nah factories and studying thcil
pethods, had an opportunity to no.
dec changes which tool place at THU
ttme. In Bristol, for instance, wlicr,
the largest tobacco manufacturing
plant In Great Britain IL located, IN,
demnyAlization In the factories at III,
umS70f mobilization was 10 bad tina
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have exiated am Mica sed 10 ahle 10
remark that, Nessrs Duyeen had 10
admit and said themselves that The.
Niors,n collection cnuld only he
~eoualled by tho mar, of the Richard
Wallace collection which had been
stored in the Rue Lafrtte inherited by
Lady sackyule."
...,
no ,ho 80 ~, o,bar na-,. 40 80 80,
-. seuo..a a." c.V
m,,''u ,'nnL 'e-
p", ~
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ton had been purchased either from
him or with his advice.
MIR. Seligmann when asked what
he thought ~ the collection of porcc-
lains which Mr.. Morgan recently sol
unhesitatingly said that. although the
price the estate received left him an
exceedingly handsome profit. the col
lector thought the selling price very
reasonable, considering the Increased
value since the original time of pur-
chase.
This collection Of Chinese porce-
lains was made up ~ purchases from
many sources" MIR Scligm mn SAID
hut one must not forget that 1t was
Mr.. Morgan's good luck 60 have the
advice Of the creatns' expert IN
Chinese purcelaius. Thomas ~.
Clarke. This collection 81 Chimes
%porcclains can he considered as IN
starting poin, ~ m" great Morgan
collection. and the iu,roa~. N value Is
thus explained, ~ many years nave
elapsed since its purchase. The won.
dcrful pair Of yellow square Kanghl
vases which he had purchased from
the Duke of I.uyues came from me
When asked about the recent sale
of eighteenth century works ~ arr.
Mr.. Scligmann answered that In this
case as well as In tho case az thu
%porcclains there had been an er'r-
nous advance on the purchase priC"
IT IL difficult To state In detail
he said. the great increase i'm v,luc
pf each work nF ART nNElnt lFrIaIN
in the case Of the FraGonards. which
to-day belong 10 Henry e. Fries
and can be considered the finest cigh-
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An Experts Opinion of the Morgan
SALESMAN Appreciation of Jacob
Epstein, Futurist

found its way to "A collection IN fIot.
ence: later to a collection in London
and has been liz the Fogg Museum
now for eleven years. Dr. Oswald
Silen. the Swedish critic. who h,,
made a special study Of the G.u'.
tesque masters. was the first To- .dcu.
tify the panel in the Fogg Museum
as the missing n from Monte
Oliveto.
Meanwhile in 1870 the wings were
discovered at Rapolano, In tho terri.
tory Of Siena. on the suppression ~
the onven these relies had h,or
transported to a small chapel which
was afterward used as a hay loft. and
where they were shametul'v uhan-
doned for many years. Taoy were
ultimately purchased by Ssnor Ram.
boux, inspector OF the Gallery "
Cologne.
AT some time the top and hott m
compartments which belong with tie
central panel and represent the coro-
nation and death Of the Virgin ape
peared in the gallery at Siena. whore
they are now.
When NJ. RamhouX's collection vas
sold the left wing. containing san
Nemisio with St. John tho Baptist.
went TO Budapest. where It Is now. and
the right wing. with the predeiia which
belongs under 1t. went To- Mr.. Jack.
sons collection in oxford. from which
1t will come to the Fogg Museum.
The right wing represents - Bene.
dict and st. Lucilla. st. Bencd II n
red figured robe. showing a striped
green lining. over the habit Of his
order, stands holding a crosier IN his
right hand and a book in his left.
beside him Is st. Lucilla. in mauve
figured cloak over a silken gown.
holding the emblem Of her MARTYR.
dom: In a quatrcfoil compartment
above Daniel is seen holding a scroll.
On the bottom OF the frame Is n.
scrihed the name of tho glider. Ga.
briellus Saraceni de Scnis aurtvl'
MCCCLXXXVl." The panel l. So
inches by "a inches.
The predella for this wing represents
the death Of 81. Benedict and tho mar.
tyrdom of 81. Lucilia. In the first
compartment the saint lies .nihis bed
attended by his lamontniE brethren
In the second St. Lucilla is being he
headed. st. Nemcsius, the father o.
the saint, looks on, his hands TED
behind him: between these panels g.
the figure of ST. Augustiu. Tbs pane,
is 1872 inches by 30i! inches.
There is also another panel n a
saint in brown and mAuvo gowns
which doubtless belongs somewhere IN
the altar piece. DR.. TancreJ Eo~erlus
has published an account II i..-
panels with PHOTOGRAPHS IN On, Bu-
HnOfon MdJd2inc for April 1915.
Spinello Arotino Was on" ~ the I''-
ter known and more impurtar' - pit,
painters who carried on the trad
IF tiiotto in Florence ana the u''..
Tuscan cities during the fuur;''r'.
century. He was born about 1885 t-I
! died in 1+l0. He was 4 bold not
dashinG draughtsman. less rrua- rh''
for carefulness Of execution iute e.
vigor and force.