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at Hotel Denison on Sunday. A num-
Der of other friends shared the pleas
ure, covers being laid for twelve.
The H. H. club will meet on Thurs.
day evening with Miss Alma Wright
as hostess.
Miss Dorothy Tucker entertained
eight young ladies at a theater party
on Monday evening. "A Prince for a
Day" was the attraction and the jolly
crowd Of girls had royal good time.
Those who made up the party were:
Misses Dorothy Tucker, Ethel Cham
berlin, Fannie Woolston, Hertha Leh-
feldt, Irene Cook. Grace Inghram,
Alice Swanson and Ruth Weiss.
The D. A. RS will hold their first
meeting of the season at the club
room on next Monday afternoon from
5 to O'Clock. A tea will be served
and a program given. The committee
in charge being Mesdames 0. A. Pat
terson and, Will Laub and Miss Ethel
Miller.
The Misses Winifred, Alma and Ed
ma Wright were hostesses at ken
sington on Thursday of last week.
when about thirty young ladies were
invited to enjoy the afternoon at their
home. Mrs. Hugh Butterworth, of Dow
City. and Mrs. VIM. Torbett, of Den
yer, We're pleasant out OF town guests.
NJ. l.. McElwain was in Omaha Mon
day tranSacting business.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-09-01

County Clerk j. w. Monaghan in
forms us that not single license to
wed has been issued from his office
since the last issue of the Review
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-09-01

Frank Norman and Henry Mesen-
brink were business callers at the L.
Fl. Meyer home Friday afternoon.
Fred Weinbrandt was a pleasant
caller at the Aug Weinbrandt home
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-09-01

The regular August teachers en-
animation was held at the Office of
Supt F. N. Olry in the court house
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of last week. This examination was
held for teachers who have complet-
ed the twelve weeks of normal train
ing. Only seven teachers took this
examination.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-09-01

Col. E, T. Malone. the auctioneer,
was over from Charter Oak yesterday
transacting business. While in the
city he made the Review Office pleas
ant call. Mr.. Malone cried the first
sale of the season on Monday of this
week for Louie Borchedt, who lives
south of Charter Oak. and reports an
excellent sale. Thirty head of steers
were sold at this sale and those weigh
ing from 600 to $50 pounds brought
$500 head. while those weighing in
the neighborhood of 500 pounds sold
for $1,000 head. Spring calves
brought $3.50 and spring pigs $500
q head.
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Grating). and that swift and slender.
long-Iegged Melinite. who always
danced alone, dance crazy They in
vented the eccentric quadrille." called
realistic" 1t makes me feel old
Every tourist saw it.
Once came cousins from Bethlehem,
Pa, foremost. austere family. After
dinner. in the cleaning. Dewey and I
we're and thoughtfuD his choice Of the
E.fel Tower or mOrgue by moonlight.
1t was in the Champs Elysees. where
prudently kept between him and the
suggested the top of bus. No.
said the elder. I'VE can DO those to-
morrow. Isn't there place they call
the Moulin Rouge?" Later. he added:
The next evening. we took the girls
out for ice cream at the Rond- Point
They were loath to stroll home. and
would see the lights of Paris. We Of
fered them a cab ride beneath the
locust blossoms. and moro ice cream
on a terrace in view of the opera.
No" they answered, I'VE can do that
with mamma. Isn't there a place we
cali the Moulin Rouge?" We nearly got
mobbed that night. because those We'll
lesley girls looked SO supercilious.
Later. they suggested: Don't tell
papa"
ouf. 1t was over! The third even
ing, strolling with the aunt (strict,
stern and vigilant. objecting to tobac-
COZ, we just followed. In the Concorde.
we watched the fountains. Here" I
said, Marie Antoinete was beheaded. -
She muttered: "Babylon" We went on.
THAI the Madeleine fold her
Babylon" she snorted Growing foot
sore. I suggested tea at the Neapoli-
tan. Maybe We shall see a poet" I
said, quite made up to point her out
Verla!ne. no matter. No. she said.
no poets. IL there not a place"
Yes" I said. at is called the Moulin
Rouge"
Yet 1t was nothing to mako such q
fuss about.
1ts capital was its gsy~Auesstry,. TIT
Moulin descended IN 3 Straight I'M
from the Mabills Gardens and the
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wards together. for he must return to
his post perhaps tomorrow-and the
next day bullet may find him.
Out in the wide street louder rum
BILE rises over the snorting and bump
ing of the taxicabs. 1t draws nearer
steadily. and a moment later huge
motor truck, painted ulan- of-war gray.
with a very little soldier in very
large bearskin coat on the drivers
seat, plunges past.
There is barely time to catch a
glimpse of a big red cross on the side
of the car. and it is gone. leaving be-
hind host of disquietng reflections
on the amount of suffering that may
have been concealed under its khaki
hood. The specter of war once more
has passed.
At night the life of the boule-
wards presents distinctly war
time aspect The cafes are closed by
order of the military governor of
Paris at O'Clock. but the doors of the
restaurants are allowed to remain open
for belated diners until 10. There the
thirsty houlevardier may find refuge
in small glass of something consol-
ing. provided he buys u meal at the
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ICES Of PRESIDENTS
AT INAUGURATION

IN the discussion of available candi-
dates for the presidency of the
United States there is usually a good
deal said about age. The oldest OF the
Presidents was William Henry Harri-
son. When he was inaugurated. in
1S41. he was sixty eight years old. hav-
ing been born February 9, 1878. at
Berkeley. Charles City county, Va He
died of bilious pleurisy in Washington
April 4. 1S41, just one month after his
Inauguration, and was buried at North
Bend, Hamilton county, Ohio, that hav-
ing been his home.
James Buchanan was sixty-five years old
when tnaugurated and he died at the
age of seventy-seven, June l, 1868.
Zachary Taylor was sixty-four years
old when inaugurated, and he died
July 8, 1850, of bilious fever, at Wash
ington. after a White House term of
one year, four months and five days.
He was sixty five years old.
John Adams was sixty-one when In
stalled as President and died at the
sixty-one at Inauguration and lived
until his seventy-eighth year
James Monroe was among the odd
Presidents. being fifty-eight at the
time of his Inauguration.
George Washington was not among
the young" Presidents, being nifty
seven years old when inaugurated.
Jefferson, Madison and John Quincy
Adams were of that age when in
augurated.
Dropping below the figures fifty
seven. one finds that the Inauguration
ages OF the Presidents were: Johnson.
Harrison, ffty-fve: Cleveland. fifty
FIVE; Van Buren,. ffty-four; Hayes.
tifty-feur; Mckinley. fifty-four: LIN
fifty-one; Fillmore. f1ftys Arthur. fifty.
Roosevelt was the youth" among the
Presidents. being inausurated At the
age of forty-two. Grant was forty
six. Cleveland was forty-seven, Pierce
was forty-eight and Garfield and Polk
were forty-nine.
OF the ex-Presidents who have passed
away John Adams lived to the great
est age. ninety. Madison died at the
age of eighty-hve. Jefferson at eighty
three, John Quincy Adams at eighty,
Van Buren, at seventy-nine. jackson
at seventy-eight. Buchanan at seventy
seven. Fillmore at seventy-four. Cleve-
land at seventy-one and Hayes at
seventy.
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lamps that shed their radiance over the
gay scene in better times gone by: and
the show windows of the shops are
many of them as dazzling as ever they
were before the war Just those lights
are sufficient to keep the boulevards
thronged until midnight
The Partisan requires more than sew
en- months of war to sadden him to
such a point that he loses his Unborn
love of the lighted streets at night.
Nowadays he comes early to the boule-
ward; sips his after-dinner drink on the
cafe terrace until he is driven away by
the profusely apologize proprietor. and
then strolls back and forth under the
comforting lights with thousand 9TH
ers like himself, until bedtime sends
him home.
Yet. with the subtle changes which
the boulevards exhibit by day and the
more apparent differences that show
in them at night. 1t Is still surprising
to find them. they are, thronged
with men and women. filed with traf-
f1c snd. at night. flooded with light
Ina einatton is apt to picture them de-
serted and wrapped In steadfast gloom.
Another picture, purely illusionary.
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n YEAR or two ago there was ap-
IN pointed by the Italian minister Of
g q public instruction a commission
charged with the task of ascertalnins
whether several paintings by old masters
In the Florence galleries, which had been
washed and restored, had suffered any
damage. The commission recently made
its report, from which 1t appears that
they failed to agree in their conclusions
The painter Sartor1o deplores the restor-
alton. He states that the varnish or
outer coating Of paint in the old paint
ings constituted. as a rule, an integral
and essential part Of the execution OF
the work, and very often the aspect OF
the painting depended upon the varnish.
Hence, he contends. 1t is a mistake to
remove it, as invariably the character
tstic features Of a picture arc thus al
tered
Canevaghi and Pagliaghi, the other
commissioners, defend the restoration
They admit that some Of the washed
paintings have lost their original patina
and the special tone of the color, but
on the other hand, they have not been
damaged.
These commissioners examined each
patntipg restored and reached the con-
clusion that slight mistakes in the treat
ment adopted may nave been committed
as the restorers did not succeed in pre-
serving the original harmony Of colors
but that the washing was necessary to
save the paintings from decay.
One Of the cleverest restorations Of a
painting was that conducted under the
supervision Of New York expert. By
reason of the great age OF the picture
the canvas. which was about six feet
square. had become rotten. The first
step in the work Of restoration was the
glulng. by means Of a vegetable COM
pound. of a thick sheet OF manila paper
over the face Of the painting. The pic
ture was then turned over and from its
back there was picked. thread by thread.
all the rotten canvas. This delicate
operation required four days. Then all
that remained of the original work was
a delicate shell of pigment glued by
its face to a piece of paper
The remainder Of the task was com
bare back of the painting with strong
fish glue and fastened to it a new piece
Of canvas The manila paper was then.
by means of hot water removed from
the face Of the painting. There was the
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ART OF RESTORING PAINTINGS

picture the same as before, but now
upon a strong, new canvas.
No picture ever passed through q
stranger series Of vicissitudes than The
Picture in Disguise" a magnificent paint,
ing which now adorns tho residence o1
Lord Leigh in Warwickshire. England
This remarkable picture appeared foe
many years to be merely a painting u
flowers Tho floral study WAS. hoveyen
pronounced BY an astute art dealer 10
be in reality a mask for another painting
With the permission Of the owner. ID
to be removed. whereupon there was disa
covered beneath q very fine portrait az
Charles I by Vandyke. While no au.
thentic record Of this masterpiece haa
been found, 1t is supposed that the DOR.
trait was disguised by some royalfst ia
order to guard against its Destruction
by Roundheads during the revolution.
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ATRINcH CORPORAL OF INFA11TR;1, HorLfRoM TAE
TRENCHES Ion A FEW DAYS, oEs SHOPPING ALONG The
Bou1LYARD HAuSsFA11N WITH HIS WIFE AND LITTLE

the news of the day. There is an at
mosphere of intensity and gravity over
the whole scene that contrasts strik-
ingly with the spirit that pervaded the
Springtime boulevards of a year ago.
Smiles are interlopers and the occa-
sional laugh that breaks from some
remote corner of cafe terrace strikes
Earring note.
Kaleidoscope for gay color. The bright
gowns of the women, designed with
that inimitable originality and taste
of which the Parisiennes are past mis-
pageant. The color has gone now.
There are few women in France today
who have not donned the black. Those
fortunate ones who have SO far es-
moved by the sorrow of their sisters
to display themselves in stunning
clothing.
Nearly all Parisiennes are. by tacit
agreement, stunning brilliant colors
out of respect to the nations dead.
In these somber times, when bright
frock does flash into prominence on
the boulevards it strikes the same jar
ring note that the untoward laugh pro-
duces.
The uniforms of the French and Bel
gian officers, of whom there are scores
along the boulevards. do in way
make up for the loss of the chic gowns
of the women But, lurking behind
e'iS Sc'u VI hii anu tHe CliHhtIB
is the specter of war. The uniform
fills the eye with romance and color.
but it crowds the mind with hundred
unwelcome reminders.
And OF the specters of war there are
many. Here is a solemn chap in the
bedraggled uniform Of private OF in
fantry. who limps along bearing a
crutch under his arm to take the place
of the leg which went to pay the toll
of the German guns.
There Is a corporal of artillery. home
from the front on leave. who, oblivious
to all about him, is reciting his ex-
periences to the eager girl at his
side. both Of them well knowing that
they may never again walk the boule-
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is not complete until he has strolled
through the fashionable throngs that
move along the broad sidewalks, sa
luted the friend or two that he is sure
to encounter on the way, taken stock
of the latest fancies of clothes or jew
elry in the big shop windows that
flank his path and slipped his favorite
liqueur at one of the hundred odd brill
liant cafes en- route, where scores of
others. like himself. sit at long rows
of handicapped tables set three
ranks deep on the pavement, enjoying
their "aperitives," if the hour r be
fore dinner. or idling away the night
if 1t be later.
Thus because the boulevard, with its
throngs and its lights and it's shops
and cafes, is an integral part of the
middle-class French citizens scheme of
liging, it is on the boulevard, where
he is easily accessible. that he is best
studied and that his state of mind is
best recognized. The story the boule-
wards tell today Is one of a great COM
munity trying its best to live nor
NAL life in the face of an abnormal
situation.
Unless one is familiar with the boule-
wards in peace 1t is hard to see that
there is anything on them today that
bespeaks war. The stranger to Paris
sees the sidewalks crowded with men
and women. the cafe tables we'll pat
ronized. the shops doing a thriving
business, the street alive with hurry
ing CaIlS, ana ne asks HlInSelI, Is lIllo
the center of n war-stricken city,"
But the seasoned bou1evardier finds
= difference. Vivacity has all but dis
appeared. One thing holds the minds
of the men and women grouped about
the tables or drifting past the shop
fronts. The war, its progress and out
come, is the subject Of their thoughts.
Their faces, their gestures. their at
titudes betray their state of mind.
newspaper is In the hands of every
man
By twos and threes and tours men
pass along the sidewalk, engaged in
earnest talk, or sit about the tables,
their untouched glasses forgotten be-
fore them their cigarettes extinct in
their moving lips and. with set faces
and short, incisive speech, thrash out
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Vain Ambition.

GORGE SHIMA, "the potato king"
VI fs a Japanese resident of Lodi, Cal,
Mr.. Shima praised the other day tho
governmental Department Of AKricuA
ture, to whose help he attributes much
of Californfa,s success.
THE American department is too
good" he said. ito be hit by the story
OF the ambitious farm boy.
PA said a farm boy. why can't !
rise in the world like Washington or
franklin: Why, for instance. can't +
become Secretary Of Agriculture SOM,
day.?
"Alas. my son. too late. too latA$
the father sighed You know too much
about farming"
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I remember two Englishmen being
exploited by saucers.
1t was one OF the good customs that,
once you were served at a little able.
1t became your table until you gave 1t
UP. With each cup Of coffee or glass
of lemonade the waiter brought
saucer. the price painted on 1t plainly
To pay and go, you settled for your
saucers.
Now the entertaining young pirates
USED the custom. On entering they
chose a table. gave their order-it was
almost obligatory. and they had tnelr
proper pride. But each girl had PAID
cab fare-she could not walk in those
skirts and slippers. She might have to
nay another to some night cafe or
homeward Therefore she would not
pay, right off, for. the coffee, but just
nurse 1t. to retain the table Later
some lonesome party would pay the
saucer.
you lof' wiskey? MOI Gin? MOI
Nor I, Garcon. two coffee. You haf
see ze quadrille aerienne in ze airs!
Yes? You hat see 20 aeroplane Wilbur
Wright? Yes? l max ascent. Beau
ti-ful! You hat automobile? 1 haf
automobile
Now admit that making conversation
like this for two stolid Britishers is
worth n cup of coffee. While the con-
versation sparkled saucers kept IN
creasing on the little table. Other
girls came up and slipped their saucers
to the girl conversationalists until
Berthe Whispered to his tourist chum:
Il say. old top. are we supposed TO
pay for all those saucers? It's a
swindle."
They are on our table"
mo. It's the girls table.
Then why bother?
But 1t bothered BERTHE ana Augustus;
Something deep inside them Whispered
to the hardy British that they could
not decently quit the table with the
saucers unpaid. although two words OF
explanation With the waiter would re-
lieve them Of all obligation. Sullenly
they paid and walked OF.
"1ts not right. you know, they
Grunabled. and, a. in reply, thing less
You have torn my skirtr' remarked
brunette gracefully to BERTHE ""hy
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Special Correspondence.

PARIS. France. April 81. 1915.
FI HERE is a popular illusion
abroad in the world that Paris
has ceased to live any longer
q and is managing barely to ex-
ist. The truth of the matter is far
otherwise. Paris is city that is
waiting" but in the waiting it is man.
aging to achieve considerably more
than a hand-to-mouth existence.
There are very good reasons why
this should be. When it is considered
that low statement of the peace pop
ufatfon Of the city puts the figure at
three million and that a high estimate
of the number of able-bodied men gone
to war gives three hundred thousand
as the number, it then appears that
there are still living in Paris and it's
suburbs more than two and a half mil
lion human beings.
Obviously, nothing short of tremen-
dous economic pressure. such as only
state of effective siege could imagi-
nably create. would be capable of max
ing any sweeping change in the mode
OF living of so huge community of
men and women.
Partisan life has been considerably
modified by the exigencies of war, but
II has scarcely changed it's tone or di-
rection to the point of making the city
siS toiIu VI populdF 1ndRlna-
ton.
There was a time. indeed. just at the
opening of hostilities. when the life of
the city was engulfed in the stress of
mobilization and when the spirit of the
Par1sians was. as they themselves
would express it. devastated" But
equanimity has returned and the BUOY
ancy of the French spirit has set the
wheels of civil life turning again, not
so swiftly as before. but with degree
OF speed that is surprising in view of
the circumstances
Boulevard dife is the barometer of
Paris today. as it has invariably been
for generations back. If there is any
thing unusual In the city il always
shows first the ''Louievards." TO
understand why this is true il is nee
essary to remember that the Partisan
IN normal times spends anywhere from
one to six hours daily in the bright
thoroughfares that cut the business
district Of the French capital. His day
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The Amputation.

ID REPRESENTATIVES, ANTHONY, ad,
Nv vocating increased ornaments "a
a luncheon IN Washington. said:
IT firmly believe that the opponents
OF ornaments understand present-day
conditions as little as tho Hackney lad
understood war.
'In Mare street, Hackney, a lad said:
Have ye heerd about Jim? He's
been wounded by the Germans Amt
it terrible?
Flows he been wounded" asked a
girl.
"Tt seema,' said the Hackney lad.
sadly. that the Germans have cut on
his retreat"
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promenade on ladies' skirts? The hall
She lifted up the skirts edge. study
ing 1t. A., u.,,s,, +o,--
ists. natives, Germans. everybody.
There were giggles. Everybody fore
saw what was coming. ~,
oh. those English" ~ We n VI. IN
demnify her. mot ne! ooserVe
those feet"
BERTHE protested.
IT felt nothing.
The crowd wondered.
HE felt nothing. But 1t Is a man I'M
feeling!'
''This is painful" said Augustus:
Cant you square her. old top! See IL
she will take 20 francs
The young woman accepted ~ ana
the crowd melted or course, g.. some ON e
it BERTHE? 1t might have been other
wise. because skirt accidents made
nightly gayety.
"They get their living by such tricks.
Who would refuse them a cab fare to
get rid of them gracefully? Ten cab
fares amounted to $5! said an old
Paris American. what chance has
that big miner from South Africa to sit
alone ten minutes?'
He pointed to husky, Wen dressed
man of clean Anglo-Saxon get-up
smoking good cigar at a little table.
There was no time to make a bet.
Monsieur, you have our table"
laughed two girls.
The South African got up scared.
No, but. Julie. we ought not to drive
this monsieur from U.s." chirped the
brown haired to the blonde. Monsieur.
since you are so gallant. you may sit a
moment at our table. Do you love
flowers? All, the beautiful bouquet!
The Moulin Rouge has lived.
The girls who had formerly strung
strings, swindling strangers. sat there,
sewing for the soldiers.
Now and then q tear dropped from
the eye OF Magdalen.
And a short circuit did the rest.
The Moulin Rouge made itself q
burnt sacrifice. Tho smoke of Its
burning Is incense to the patrie!
STERLING HELLO.
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Special CORES pondence Of Tie star.
PARIS, April 20, 1915.
NHHE Moulin Rouge has burned
q Laughter and music had al
feads ceased in the famous resort.
Glils sewed for the soldiers on it's
dance floor
y tear dropped from the eye of
Magda!en. II made a short circuit.
The Moulin Rouge went up in smoke
in th- odor OF sauctity
III. Moulin Rouge.
Tn. name Will throw into reyerie
nl..i on the pampas o! the Argentine.
the >Jeppes of Russia, the p-airies of
iowa New York brokers. Manchester
cotton marnates. Chinese mandarins
and Transvaal miners will remember
how. once. when they were lonely in
Paris the Moulin Rouge launched
them into society.
They are not proud of it. yet they
look back tenderiy. Ashes Of the past.
Paris feels thus. also. 1t was Baby
lonish society, and ParIs is no longer
Babylon.
The man beside you might be a
forger, ana the woman an adventures.
There We're clerks from the depart
ment stores, who dressed better than
young dukes. There were sha bby stu
dents, who were heirs TO great estates.
When you met real duke, you said:
ITEMS, it's YOU" There were clerks
from the department stores who did
that. too.
Crash, Bang The great qiadriLe
The Moulin was dance hall. in the
grand old days of repose, before the
modern dance revival. SO, the public
stood around. sat around. strolled
around while experts did the grand
quadrille and Nalentin the Boneless
waltZed the ladies'.
There was Nini-patte and heI
Young pupils. There was Rayon dor
.-fRay Of Gold and La Goulue tths
Giuttou,. Nome Frontage (chees<
Bab?J.~la Grille d'Egout fths Sewer