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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26

well with limbs all twisted. spinal col.
umn broken, hlpjoints blown awayi
Above different beds I saw the names
OF Princess Edmond de Pollgnac, J. B
Duke, Marshall Field, Mrs. u. II. Harri-
man, Rita Drexel, II. - Strawbridge and
many others,
"There's scotchman who wants to
talk TO you" said Sister Rosanne, smil-
ing Hes in the Eva stotesbury' bed,
but he's been allowed to get up today,
and hearing that you are a fellow-coun-
tryman OF hls, he has some things to
say TO your
She led me up to the Eva stotesbury
bed, whereon was seated the Scotchman,
fully dressed, Jock McBennan Grant by
He rose and shook hands with great
cordiality. I'm awfu' glad TO see We,
num-" he said, FOR mebbe We ken some
o. my freends I'm Glasgow-maist o. them
are miners and dockworhersY DO We ken.
Cowcaddens7"
It appeared that Jock McLennan Grant
had been badly wounded in the head.
and just at first I surmised that he was
what Is known in Scotland as "a wee
thing saft." But / was mistaken. he
was only "canny."
Il Gamma talk to ye RIGHT wi az thae
Americans runnin' aroond," he observed,
so will We step into the kitchen, mum7"
fully shut the door.
II aye thocht Americans were heathen-
ish folk" said he in q whisper, but
they're awful kind to me here. baith
nurses and doctors Och aye, like
them 1nel ] wantit to ask ye what
Americas like. I've a bit of she'll in
my back now, and the doctors are aye
trying to find It, but" and he swelled
with pride, INA case clean beats them
al When they do operate on me, and
am better and the wars over. 1 might
gang to America If you yourself would
give 1t bit recommendation"
The x-ray department and operating
theatre were fully equipped with the very
latest devices. and one Of the most in
.eresting wards was one in the swimming
pool building, out in the grounds of the |
hospital The pool had been floored over |
and the ward named 'St. George" \ |
was playing cheerfully and the |
scene was quite bright Screened off WAS
me poor fellow who was recoving slowly
rom the effects of asphyxiating gas. He
ay there struggling for breath weeks
md weeks after the poisoning had taken
,lace, and seemed to be in perfect agony.
rhe soldiers fear this terrible gas moro
han any bursting she'll or bayonet wound.
Tor 1t means torture of long duration AMI
ungs torn and lacerated
However, everything that human skill
an do to help these poor fellows is being
one at this beautiful hospital, and as
IL the doctors and nurses remarked, II
) pity that the women of America can
ot all come over and see for themselves
ne results of their splendid efforts and
ear, as l haye heard on every hand TO-
ay, the gratitude and the thanks of the
rounded soldiers.
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Doctor Smethurst that they resolved upon
course of training they vowed thew
would follow each day of the child's life
1t was the tenacity they exercised In car.
rying through the plan that is responsi.
bic for Katherine Warrens health. an.
pearance and disposition today, they be.
lieve.
Baths have been frequent and import.
ant In the first three years of Katherine
Warren's life. Every day she has un-
dergone alcohol rubs, needle showers.
ruos with olive oil and cold splashes.
The Warrens have never feared fresh ,
air, no matter what its temperature han.
pened to be. Since the early weeks of het
infancy, through summer and winter.
their child has slept in room aired BY
three open windows.
Loose clothing for her child and fre-
quent changes of 1t has occupied the at.
tentlon of Mrs. Warren. There was
long period, nearly two years. during
which Katherine did not walk. The re-
suit is that her knees are only the nor
NAL distance from each other Care OF
this kind in every branch of training has
developed a child who is certain to take
prizes in any baby show and provoke de-
served admiration of its parents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26
An Unexpected Find

"TT1HAT just serves me rightP' ex-
L claimed Billy Robin as the lovely
butterfly flew away; when will learn
to say kind things or nothing? And 1
have always wanted to play with but
terfiy! Oh. well, what's done is done. so
there is no use of worrying. Only 1 hope
do remember this lesson" ana
that sage advice to himself he flew over
to the pear tree. where he hoped to find
Tommy Sparrow. But no Tommy Spar
row was there.
He flew to the pine tree in the next
yard, to the log where Tommy TITLE
mouse had his nest and to the osage-
orange hedge, but not a sign of Tommy
Sparrow did he see Billy was just about
to give up and play something by him
self. when who should come rushing into
the yard but Tommy himself. Such an
excited. fiurried Tommy, Billy had never
seen.
"oh. Billy Robin. come right over to
the park" he cried, there's the most
fun! And I flew home on purpose to get
you and my little mate to share the feast
with me!' (Which just goes to show how
much kinder Tommy was than some
sparrows who are selfishD
"Feast!" exclaimed Billy Robin, "a
feast this time Of day! Where is 1t and
what is IL ana what pity 1t didn't como
earlier before I spent so much time hunt
ing my lunch"
'Never you mind about questions" re-
piled Tommy Sparrow as he called to his
mate in the pear tree, you come along
and see for yourself. You won't wonder
l am excited"
Now just follow me-" said Tommy i'm
portantly; he didn't often have the
chance to do Billy Robin a big favor and
he was so proud and happy he could
hardly speak! They flew right up to the
edge of the little lake, and what do you
suppose they saw there? Yo' never could
guessi
There, close up to the waters edge.
they saw funny looking old tin can II
had no cover and was partly rusted--
Billy frankly admitted that he would
have passed 1t by without a look-which
admission made Tommy all the prouder!
stand right on the edge and look in"
Invited Tommy so Billy and Mrs. Tommy
did as they were told.
And then they saw-down in the bot
tom OF the can were-wormsl Yes, reallyl
Wormsl Nice. fat wiggly. slick wormsl
Just the very kind Billy liked best OF all!
He and Mrs. Tommy gobbled up three
apiece before they said a word. then Billy
asked how the can happened TO be there.
and Tommy told his story.
You see, he explained, Il have been
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26
WHY "BELLISSIIIA ITALIA" HAS
UNSHEATHED HER BRAVE SWORD
The Main Reason the Countries It-Then
Comes National Honor" Liberation of the U7sre-
deemed and Behind 1t Imperialism.
By INEz MILHoLLAND BoIssEvA1N

insists upon a share in Asia Minor. She
And England guaranteed nothing-not
even Trentino and Trleste-unless she
Joined the alliance. SO Italy Joined.
The terms of the alliance are, of course,
unknown. but 1t is understood that Italy
| is pledged to stay In till the end of the
| war, to make no separate peace and to
send troops to the Dardanelles. Such
terms sound probable, and-God help
Italy. believe she has undertaken much
more than she can manage. Her re-
sources viii not permit Of 1t. She is still
feeling the effects of her war in Tripoli,
for one thing; the crops are not what was
expected, for another; the general pow
erty is appalling But more important, l
/ believe, than all else is this fact: Granted
that Italy swung into war with enthu-
siasm Though TO my mind the demon
strations that passed for enthusiastic had
more OF hysteria than spontaneity about
them), will such enthusiasm last when the
people who respond now to the warcry
Trieste and Trentino" realize that Trieste
and Trentino Is but the beginning of Ital-
ian operations and not the end? Those
whom this business of war is able to
throw into state of ecstatic fervor are
stimulated thereto by the cry Of nation
people In the north"-a liberation that
has been dreamed and hymned. But when
this liberation Is achieved (and inciden-
tally, II is being considerably delayed, for
by now the Italians had counted on being
In Trieste, and they are noD, what is to
lnfiame these souls who delight In war?
Then when the pinch of war is felt, when
disease spreads and winter comes, when
Austrian domination is thrown off, what
enthusiasm will remain to fight the bat
ties of England and of France-nations
for whom no love is lost in the best of
times? For the ultimate advantages. il
any, of Italy's alliance are too remote for
appreciation by people who believe that
they march TO battle with the cry of an |
enslaved brother in their ears and for I
whom the results, prophesied and actual. |
must be immediate.
No. I am inclined to think that Italians |
will resent their obligations to the AL
lies; that they will feel cheated and ex-
plotted; inasmucb as the thing they be-
lieve they are fighting for is not ali that
will be required OF them. Italy is SAN
guine now. but the wounded have not
begun 10 come in.
We hear that Italian losses are heavy.
else may be, there Is no at
tempt to deceive the people by accounts
or exaggerated victories or minimized
losses.
The King Is I'm the midst OF the opera
lions TO greater extent even than Is
He is reported TO have been
nearly killed by an exploding SHELF he
saved himself by throwing himself on
The ground-faee down. A colonel who
stood next to him was killed. Very nat
lrally mis- conduct at the front. his par
in the daily life and dangers
II his soldiers. has inspired the utmost
enthusiasm. confidence and devotion. And,
must say, It seems thoroughly deserved.
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Copyright 1915 bv the NetO York Tribune.


Copyright 1915 bv the New York Tribune.
ROME, June 25.
TT is futile to attempt to discuss the
/ cause of war in Italy The causes,
to begin with, are as old as the world
Is old Italy, like every other nation.
is doing international business under
an old system. Granted the system,
war is its inevitable sequence. The
system, of course, assumes that interna-
tional disputes must be settled by force
of arms This assumption. though occa-
sonally modified by accidents like the
peaceful determination of the Dogger
banks and the Alaskan boundaries dis
pute, is the only one that is seriously
considered by the "government-minded
as proof of which take the fact that 1t Is
the only method prepared for all nations.
Alternatives. like peace tribunals, arbitra-
ton arrangements or adjudication of any
sort other than war. are mostly a matter
OF individual enterprise, and as such have
no prestige of the sort that only natural
and official Endorsement Is able to give.
Things being as they are, Italy, like the
other nations, was swept into the current
OF hate, or violence and greed. For war
admits all the hideous qualities and
actions that in civilized life we repudiate
Only, unlike the other nations who have
put forward one hlgh-sounding excuse
after another. Italy frankly admits that
she is in the business of war for what she
can get out of 1t. Speaking from the cur
rent national and patriotic viewpoint,
Italy had more right to war-if an in
terested party to dispute may be consid-
cred as judge of the right or wrong of
tho dispute-than any other nation, ex-
cept, perhaps. Germany. Italy had GER
tain national prestige to maintain; that
prestige was a thing determined not by
internal development, but by capacity for
external aggressive action according to
capacity for such aggressive action for
the sake of "holding her own" a nation
believes that her development internal
and external is checked. Perhaps she is |
right. but other ways OF holding ones |
own" have been devised and accepted. |
Howbeit, national vanity is played upon |
and the belief in ones "country's honor" |
comes TO be sacred and second only to |
a belief in God
This Is one OF the causes of war Italy, |
/ do not doubt, believed that her integ- |
rity as o nation was threatened unless
she swung into line To begin with, she |
spoke with excellent sense thought, /
OF neutrality. And / remembered how,
in America at that time, we looked to
her with eyes OF admiration. Italy had
a great role 10 play here in the heart OF
Europe-a role that we might play In
the United States, II We keep our heads
and tempers. But Italy was not yet
ready 10 play that role So Italy went
TO war Nomlnally because she had been
houted By Austria, actually because. hav-
ing broken with Germany and Austria,
she had nothing to hope for from France
and Russia and England unless she al
lied herself with them. And she saw
herself IN the future, a nation discounted
among the Powers.
Ia such position she had no hope when
the time came for dividing up booty OF
obtaining her share, and she particularly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26
FOUNDED BRITISH SOLDIERS BLESS
AMERICAN WOMEN IN WAR HOSPITAL
Wrecks Ruins of Humanity Being Naused Back "Heal
in Beds ProUided by Women of the United States at
Beautiful DeUonshre Estate
BY ELLEN ADAIR

riman and bearing his name on the wall,
lay cheerful Welshman, James Pol
green, who had had the whole of his
right hip shot away at Fastenburg, and
who had lain in that bed since February.
II seemed likely that he would lie there
or elsewhere-for the rest of his natural
life for he was badly shattered. But he
seemed perfectly happy as he sat propped
ously.
WHEN l GET WELL -"
Have you really come over from
America Miss2" he asked me. Now
do call that kind! Do you know Vir
ginia? My mother lives there now, and
I'm going to see her. Oh. I'll soon he
able to walk, thank you. And l want
to go to Michigan, to see my brother,
There are so many things I'm going TO
do when l get we'll"
1t is terribly trying to listen to hopes
like these, for no matter how smashed
and shattered the poor fellows are, hone
springs eternal. when we get we'll;
they always say And how can one get
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26
LITTLE COTTON CREPE FROCKS
ARE PRACTICAL FOR SUMMER DAYS

THE light morning frock
l. forms a most important
item of every summer girls
wardrobe. And If we aren't
summer girls, yet it is all
the more reason why we
should begin to get ready,
for the summer girl. like the
proverbial dog, always has
her day. and it Is usually a
very delightful one.
There seems to be some
thing particularly rejuvenat-
Ing about a becoming sum
mer frock. 1t looks well on
every occasion and will wear
indefinitely If the materials
are carefully chosen. For
instance, cotton crepe is
used on the little gown
shown in today's illustra-
tion, and its practical wear
ing value has demonstrated
itself sufficiently to beggar
description. Rose and
white is the color scheme of
the dress, the main features
OF which are simplicity and
style. Rose colors of every
imaginable tint are very
fashionable this summer
too. The skirt is made with
a suggestion of the tripllcate
style formed by means OF
two wide ruffles. attached
to a yoke, These ruffles are
piped with white crepe. like
the inserts OF the same
which are seen on the yoke.
More ruffies are seen on
the short. wide sleeves
These sleeves, by the way.
are the very latest thing.
coming as they do from
New York on all the ultra
models. Net ones are seen
on some gowns, with edg-
ings OF silk, flowing straight
from the shoulder and cut
off at the elbow. The or
candle vestee is ornamented
with Irish crochet buttons
and pipings of the creme.
The model OF this gown Is
extremely plain, and II could
be made at home with very
little trouble and to good
effect.
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~ have a delightful
invitation to visit my
brother, who is sta
toned quite n distance
from here" declared a
girl recently. but I'm
not going, as I'm
dreadfully afraid OF a
long railroad Journey" +"
AS that particular
railroad Journey hap
pened to be in Amer
lea, where there was
not the slightest risk
OF zeppelins and where
no notices are posted
in the trains warning
passengers to keep all
the blinds down for
fear Of the auaf1yfg mir
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26
FAINT HEARTS-A FEW REMARKS
ABOUT THE OVER-TIJIID WOMAN
Many Cases Of Ooerought Nerves Hy8tera Are Due
Foolish Womans Inability to Control Her
Fears and FGncies.
By ELLEN ADAIR

FT1HE world somehow or other seems
i to hold many timorous souls who are
utterly destitute OF initiative and who
fear to take any single step out Of the
beaten path or the thoroughly approved
course Of convention.
They are dreadfuily afraid Of trans
sressing any Of these minor unwritten
social laws which, after all, count for
very little. and their fears keep them
from even having any real opinions OF
their own.
Such volume as James Psychology
furnishes numerous interesting examples
Of the tmorous soul. There are ali sorts
OF fear and all sorts of people tied I'm
captivity to its chariot wheels.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26
From Paris

Jenny is showing some
frocks for the very warm
days OF midsummer. and a
number OF cotton crepe ones
that closely follow the lines
OF the garments that she
designed for spring. The
very full skirt Is finished al
the bottom With scallops or
tab effect. Rose, mauve ana
white are the most promi-
nent colors. The sleeves are
both long and short, but the
leaning Is toward the long
tight sleeves. finished with
a frill tied in at the wrist
with ribbon.
FROM PAoUINs.
Al Paquln's Madame Joire
recommended the stiffened
organdie and would say little
In regard to the embroidered
cotton net. for the simple
reason that nearly all OF the
material has heretofore been
made In Germany.
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all one 3 might anu
main, for It Is never
stationary, but tends
to increase as the
years roll by.
There are women
who are so tlmjd that
they fear to sit in a
room alone. In every
leaping shadow on the
wall they see some
lurking terror. 1
once knew a woman
of this sort who
made her own life and
the life of her hus-
band a perfect mis-
cry. To all outward
a pnaa raurau aha had
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26

playing around here all afternoon almost,
watching a fisherman who had plenty Of
worms. And / saw him go home SO
flew down at once to investlgate-sure
enough! He left some and came after
you at once"
We're surely glad you did, said Billy.
and then the three birds perched on the
edge of the old tin can and ate their
dessert.
Tomorrow-The Pansy Bud.
CopVTi0ht-CIdrd Ingram Judson
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26

She was naturally
strong and healthy,
but lacked sufficient
resolution to laugh
herself out OF her
fears. I understand
that now her condi-
tion has got beyond
her, and she is in a
sanatorium un d Q r
constant supervision.
II took her several
years, OF course, to
reach this stage of
nerves." but that
stage never should
have been reached
at all, a n d the
W o m a n W ho is
NJ n tImId
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26

Timidity, Of course, is largely a matter
Of temperament But to a very great
extent II can be overcome. It cer-
tainly must be struggled against with
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26

attack, as they do here in London at the
present writing | really have little SYM
pathy with the timorous soul who could
not summon sufficient courage to tear
herself away from her mothers apron
strings. She was a strong, healthy young
woman, and should have bad better
sense.
Yet It is surprising to learn how many
women are exactly like this one in the
matter of timldlty. They spend narrow,
dull lives. dragged out in the secure but
uninterestlng shelter of their own homes,
and they have not the slightest idea of
what is going on in the world about them.
demonstrating minds have ever homely
wits" goes the saying. And It certainly
is an incontrovertible fact that the
woman who never ventures away from
home is going to be narrow and in a
measure ignorant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26

everything that could make her happy
good health, plenty of brains, nice
friends, beautiful home. plenty OF
money, a devoted husband with whom
she was deeply in love. Yet she was ut
terly wretched through her own fears and
fancies. She had allowed herself to get
into such a nervous condition that she
would not go out on the street alone. II
was torture to her to be alone for a
single minute. Her husband could never
go away on business, no matter how
urgent the call might be.
Various doctors were consulted and
they all said the same thing-that her
condition was a purely imaginary one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26

disposition should make n determined
struggle against giving way to her fears.
For in struggle lie victory and happiness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29
IS WORLDS RAREST PLANT
This 10 the SiIversword, Which Grows
In Profusion on Hawaiian
Volcano Slopes

The rarest plant in the world grows
in Hawaii, fact which is unknown to
all but very few Of the thousands OF
tourists annually visiting the paradise
of the Pacific. It is the silversword.
It's very name is odd and unusual, at
once arousing the curiosity and the IN.
terest Of the stranger who chances to
hear it. It Is q cactuslike growth, the
long, silky, gray leaves Of which give 1t
its peculiar name. The reason for it's
rarity is that it is found only on the
most inaccessible slopes OF the vol
canoes of this group Of islands.
From the earliest times 1t has been
appreciated and greatly admired by
the native Hawaiians, who called 1t
"ahinahina" (gray-headed), because
they had never, before the coming OF
the white man, seen silver, and there
fore could not apply to the plant the
cognomen which 80 we'll describes 1t.
All who have found it prize 1t more
jealously than do Alpine climbers
treasure the edelweiss; 1t Is far more
beautiful thing and more difficult to
obtain than the famous flower OF Swift.
zerland.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29
Booze Sales for March.

Columbia, April 26:-The dispen-
saries in Is counties of the State
sold $240, 0,548.23 worth of whiskey
in March, according to a statement
issued by L L Bultman, State dis
pensary auditor. The operating ex-
penses amounted to SIG, ,433.75. The
Richland dispensaries led in the mat
ter of sales with a total of $751;
453.54. The operating expenses for
the county amounted to S4.34.88.
The expenses for the State Auditors
office were $496.30.
Following are the sales by coun-
ties:
Aiken, $40, 1903 40; Bamberg, &c.
47S.O1; Barnwell, $S,738.86; Beau
fort, $S,92S Is; Calhoun, s4,946.95;
Charleston, s3s, ,914.61; Dorchester,
$6,S32.9O; Florence, $2S,993.94;
Georgetown, Sill, ,327. .92; Jasper, ST.
662.2O; Lexington, $12,504.22; Or.
angeburg, $50, 747.55; Richland, $751;
453.54; Union, $12, ,8O6.33 Williams
burg, 81, 1865.