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Evening star., 1915-02-14

6f7HE most striking contrast be-
tween the wars of the present
century and those of half a CEN
tury or more ago is the astonishing
difference between the swiftness with
which today troops are mobiliZed ana
marched, battles fought and cities
stormed, and the ponderous dellberat1on
with which in times past every military
movement was effected.
Restless readers are prone to complain
Of the tediousness and slowness with
which military operations drag them
selves along in Belgium and France,
forgetful of the long and dreary spaces
of waiting that intervened between the
battles and movements of earlier wars.
Let them contrast the present with the
past
Within a fortnight from the day in
last summer when Europe awoke to find
herself plunged into war. more than half
a million of men had moblized. fought
fortresses, and this. too. not alone in
one theater of war, but in several fields
hundreds of miles apart. This feverish
activity was not peculiar to one army
corps, but characterized the whole body
Of the warning soldiery. Now, after
peTlOu Oh several UOuliS elC Joy
the first shot was fired. there have been
more battles fought and more men en-
gagged therein than in all the four years
of our civil war and the entire twenty
years of the Napoleonic wars combined.
Furthermore, at sea the loss of ships
and lives through naval engagements
exceeds by three times the total loss
and destruction in all the maritime wars
since the days of the Spanish armada.
In the recent Balkan wars, from the
firing of the first shot, the battles were
immediate and continuous. Also in the
Russo-Japanese war. although the field
of activity was hundreds of miles from
Japan and thousands of miles from
Russia, it was but few days after
the declaration of hostilities before a
severe battle was fought on the Yalu
and this was swiftly followed by heavy
fighting at Nanshang hill.
What contrast between the star
thing swiftness and continual fighting
of these wars and the leisurely de-
liberation of former conflicts In our
civil war the actual conflict was ush-
cred in by the firing upon Fort Sumter
Evening star., 1915-02-14

''Dey is aftah me-" he repeated. SOL
emily. There was a note of surprise in
his voice. He did not seem to be MAX
ing the impression he desired.
why don't you give them the money
you took from them?" demanded Smith,
suddenly.
Ethelbert was thunderstruck.
You don't think 1 done 'em wrong,
does you?" he asked plaintively.
II think" said Smith with decision,
Evening star., 1915-02-14

things with the gang.
One detective says:
you can tell whether mans n liar
or not as soon as he walks in your Of
flee. II isn't often that the bets go
wrong
To the big cases now.
A call comes in. The cry OF murder
rings through the precincts. And from
central office go men who must clear
this mystery or suffer the ignoIniny OF
Evening star., 1915-02-14

dressed negro stood before the grille
and called imperatively
"Ofsuh.". he said
Smith. who has the air of a Supreme
Court judge, eyed him.
"Offisuh." repeated the young colored
man, commandingly. He shifted his
coat, the better to show a magnificent
waistcoat and huge gilt seal which
hung from his heavy watch chain. He
reveled in his Importance.
Evening star., 1915-02-14

name of pitched battle.
K *
The wars prior to that We're even
more deliberate. In the great seven
years war. wherein all Europe pounced
upon Fredericks the Great and his little
Prussia, there were not a dozen pitched
battles fought altogether. And, in the
wars of Marlborough, generation pre-
ceding. the proportion of fighting or
other military action was even less.
Even the great Napoleon, with his vo-
racious appetite for war, numbered
comparatively few battles, at least
when compared to the terrific fighting
that marks the present war. In his
most brilliant campaigns he rarely
fought more than two battles. In the
Evening star., 1915-02-14

a man of discernment. He was man
who could study faces and learn
things.
Whats the trouble?" he demanded, a
trifle gruffly
Dem checks vat my wife she cashed,'
elucidated the visitor. "Dem checks vat
she cashed wat l didn't sign Dem
checks-''
His complaint now began to take on
the outward attribute of a ritual. He
Evening star., 1915-02-14

count to which she religiously adhered
and which she held entirely for herself.
The husband, man of large ideas.
had been told that she could not cash
a check unless she had his name signed
to it. This was the complaint
Central Office grinned when the truth
came out A burly sleuth. d man who
would make two of the individual with
the mustache, patted the aggrieved Wis
itor upon the back.
Evening star., 1915-02-14

"Offisuh." he reiterated.
Patiently the detective approached
the brazen grille outside Of which stood
the negro.
Yes" said Smith.
rs you in cha ge?' inquired the
young colored man, with dignity.
Yes" replied Smith.
"Ah wants some protection" an
nounced the negro.
Smith merely waited. Magnificently
the young negro announced himself
Il is Ethelbert Roadside Sniff" said
he. Il done won some money often
some bucks down de street. Now dey
says All done 'em wrong and dey is
after me-"
There was slight silence while
Ethelbert let this portent message sink
in
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service. Hardly a man who serves un-
der Capt. Robert Boardman who has
not in his time known the lonely night
Vigils of the flat foot" From plain,
ordinary cop they have risen by de-
grees to precinct detective and finally
to central office man. This is a ira
dition.
During a lull one of the patriarchs of
the service told why some men fail.
There Il number of young detec-
tives who land in central Office, re-
main for short while and mysteri
ously disappear Subsequently they are
found patrolling beats In remote sub
urbs. They have somehow failed to
make good.
veteran who shall be called Smith
tthat is not his name) dscoursed on
the subject between whiles:
The thing that the average detec-
tive hates more than anything else"
said he. rs the guy that tries to
'grandstand' things Most of us be-
lieve that the catching of criminal
is a matter of experience. After you've
learned what ten thousand men do in
trying to dodge the cops and plain
clothes men you come pretty certain
to knowing what the ten thousand and
first man will do They don't amount
to much in the end-these criminal
tricks. It's Il sort of game of hare and
hounds, and we all know that the
chances are always with the hounds
He paused a minute while he filled a
heavy pipe with tobacco, one Whit of
which would have lifted the ordinary
tired business man right out of his
chair. To the detective it meant moth
ing, yet there was evidence of nervous
ness here. He emitted huge cloud of
smoke.
IT remember one young man." he
said, who was suddenly promoted to
central Office. He had been reading
Sherlock Holmes. or Dupin, or lie Cog.
Anyhow, he was romantic He was
burning to distinguish himself
n1n nj iey1, -naYr r Wy
est arrival-decked himself up in
regular Lew Dockstader costume and
prepared to raid 'speakeasy.' 1t
wasn't much of a 'speakeasy.' It was
a plain, ordinary shanty where beer
tective went to the place blacked up
like a minstrel show. He ordered
drink. He drank it. Then he whipped
out two huge revolvers, covered the
covering crowd and ordered the pro-
prietor to go with him..
Again the detective smiled
He was walking the pavements as
a plain fiatfoot in less than three
months"
Why
TOO much show" replied the de-
tective, calmly. THAT fellow showed
right off the start that he didn't know
his game. Why, he'd try to locate a
murderer with the aidof brass band
and a sideshow.''
So the central office man has little use
for the pretensions He relies more on
common sense.
And now came voice Of an entirely
different quality. A young and highly
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second Italian campaign the war com
menced and ended with days fight
ing at Marengo. In 1905. in his first
Austrian campaign, he fought but one
battle-AusterlitZ. In his war against
Prussia the following year-most bril-
liant of his campaigns-there was no
fighting that could be dignified by the
name of battle from Jena, in October,
until Eylau. the following spring, and
Friedland, the ensuing June. That end
ed the war. In his second war with
Austria he fought only three battles.
Echmuhl, Aspern and Wagram.
Wherefore, those who now complain
about the slowness of modern war and
assert that men have lost their spirit
and fight no more the men of old,
have simply overlooked their history
Almost any famous war could be tuck
ed away in one corner of the present
Evening star., 1915-02-14
9. L. PHILLIPS AND CHARLES MULLEN.

that before you come to the police de-
partment with the idea of securing a
bodyguard you had best square things
with your own gang
Ethelbert's jaw was set mulishly.
Don't you know that 1 can slap you
in Jail right now on your own confess
sion"' demanded Smith
There may have been times when
Ethelbert was well composed. but this
was not one of them. He started to-
ward the door. 1t was a swinging door.
He dived right through it without
backward look. Where he went is
problematical, but it is a sixty to one
bet that he went back and squared
Evening star., 1915-02-14

~ 9th a motion that had be-
NA\U come automatic through
WW years of practice, the detec-
" " tive lifted the telephone
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21
COUNTIES OF ALL SIZES

There Is very little uniformity In the size or
other characteristics Of the American county
u means something entirely different from the
English county. which will average 1000 square
miles and a population OF 300. 900 The smallest
county In The United States is Bristol county.
X J., which covers Is square miles. The largest
is Custer county. Mont, which embraces 20, 400
square miles The smallest In population H. or
was 10 years ago. Brown county Ter, when
had four inhabitants. The largest is New York
county. which contains between 100000 and
100000 Before Nevada was made a state Z,
was Nevada county. OF the Utah territory, GOV.
ering more than 100000 square miles. There /.
no question that In a number OF states counties
might be much fewer than they are. with advant.
age TO everybody concerned, unless perhaps the
officeholders We can make this statement be.
cause in proportion 10 population Massaehusetts
has less number than any other state and
except for Typographical conditions they would
be fewer still.-Boston Transcript
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21

privilege. among them being. diplo-
mEtic sinecures, armament manufac-
tire for pront, protective tariffs. and
the practice Of pseudo-statesmanship
for profit.
That pacifleists OF the Norman An.
gel and Andrew Carnegie type DO
more narm than good By their ignor.
ant disregard OF true causes OF war
and the substitution OF sentimental
ism for an enlightened program:
That the present Is no time TO end
the "fght OF the Eve German mon.
archs." II viii be better to let the
affair go on to exhaustion and nan-
sea. then the world win be ready to
consider ways and means for max
ing such things in future less possi-
BILE.
Mr.. Schvan asserts that the rem
edy Is In the complete abandonment
OF theories OF nationalism and the
adoption OF Worldwide free trade. so
that al industries and markets may
be availed OF and specialized accord
ing TO the adaptations Of nature with
not Jealousies among contending riv
ais fis urges the adoption Of an In
ternationa. supreme court ~ which
people will be represented In proper
ton 10 poIulatjon--a delegate to
every ave million. except that no ma
ton shall have q preponderance OF
delegates; the DEGREES OF the court
TO been forced by feet contributed
by the present nations. and that 9TH
er ornaments will naturally OF them
selves be abandoned. Universal
peace and disarmament. he says. VIII
take away from governments their
pre-occupation with foreign affairs,
relieve them Of their greatest ex
penditures and leave time. money
and attention for the more import.
ant problems Of social ard economic
Justice.
These are merely high points In
one OF the most interesting presenta-
tons OF a peace program that has
reached the city. There are many
interesting details. such a the sug-
gestion by Mr.. schvan that all rifles
for the use OF the International police
might be manufactured In the Unit
ed States. while the powder and am
munition for them should BE manu-
tured in Australia, so that neither
could get at the other. Mr. Schvan
thinks that the most favorable signs
for universal peace are found In the
gradual enlightenment Of the work.
ingman and his realization that he
has no quarrel with the other work
ipgman Who is dragged into war by
the so-caIled ruling classes. Every.
where. he says. the toilers are be-
ginning to see that their common In
terests far surpass In importance
those merely national ties which for
so long have been supposed TO hind
them 10 the classes who waste the
hard-earned fruits Of their patient
labor In cruel competition with other
parasites and sycophants.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21
One Thing Certain.

With rumors of peace negotiation In
Europe floating around, and all sorts Of
promises being made as to the terms
upon which it may be concluded, there's
one thing that we want TO get off our
chest, even if our opinion has not been
officially asked, and that is,
That any peace treaty which did not
restore Belgium's territory intact and in
iennnify II to the last penny for the ter
rible property loss, as well as the suffer
ings. Of its people, would be most
shameful documents.
Such a conclusion Of the war would
stand as a perpetual disgrace to every
one of the contracting nations, both on
the side of the alliance and the entente,
equally.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21
Learn How TO Relax.
BY n. ADDINoToN BRUCE.
Author Of "The Riddle Of Personal
Ity," Psychology and Par.
enthood," etc.

A physician OF my acquaintance.
one OF the busiest and most sue
cessful OF men. has what seems on
the surface to be a most singular
habit.
Az frequent intervals during the
day he leans back In a deep arm.
chair. allows his whole body TO be.
come relaxed. closes his eyes. and
takes a momentary nap.
Il don't exactly sleep" he once
explained TO me. II merely pass
into a borderland condition midway
between sleeping and waking But
this has a wonderfully restful ef.
feet. and I return TO work thorough
ly inyigorated"
All OF us would be better on
would be in better health. and &C
compllsh better work II we appreci-
ated the value OF mental and mus
cular relaxation.
We live too tensely. We are in
a constant state OF strain and hurry.
hustle and excitement. Even at
night. when we 90 TO bed. we fail
TO relax az we should.
AZ a consequence many of US suf-
fer from insomnia. Many OF US
also suffer from nervous troubles, a
direct result OF our persistent refu-
sal TO "iet down" at occasional in
tervals
without exception. therefore.
recommend to everybody the pro
cedure adopted by my medical
friend.
No matter what ones calling In
life, II IL always possible TO find mo-
ments during the day when we can
practise relaxation. But be sure
really TO relax.
Don't hold yourself In chair:
let the chair hold you. Make your.
self a dead weight In Il. That IL
what chairs are for.
or, II you prefer TO lie down on
a sofa or bed. give up TO the sofa or
bed entirely. instead OF trying 70
hold yourself on H.
Shut your eyes and make your
mind as complete n blank as you
possibly can. II will help you to do
this II during the period OF relaxa.
ton. you take long. slow breaths
without. however. unduly strainine
your lungs.
AFTER a little practice you will
find that you can relax nj will. And
after you have had a little expe
Renee with voluntary relaxation
you will be sstonished at the In
creased bodily and mental vigor Il
has given you.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21
PdcifciSf Would End
Teaching of Patriotism

To discard the whole tribe OF pres
ent-day politicians who are for the
most part intellectual heirs OF the
old-time MEDICINE men.
To discard likewise the entire out
at Of diplomats;
To face the fact that the present
day craftsmanship Is bankrupt. that
peace treaties between nations are
like agreements between criminals
net to commit crime;
To awake 10 the fact that the
earth is an entity. entirely explored
and without mysterious. lurking. hos
tie aliens
To realize that the theory Of the
nation. as we now regard II. Is born
o. fear OF hostile aliens and Is an
artificial organization Of people to
repeal attack:
To realize that all men are eco
nomically interdependent: that eco
nomics and nationalism are as IT.
reconcilable as are the superstitions
OF the medicine men with an age Of
electricity;
/, To observe that man Is primarily
an economic animal moved by q
healthy desire to get a maximum OF
result from a minimum OF effort:
That the idea OF the nation IL an
artificial incubation dr1mmed into
children by means Of nag-wavins
and miswritten history:
That the natlonalistic prejudice IL
fostered by various kinds Of special
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21
Getting Down Deep Into the
Hearts of the Men in the War

One of the most splendid things we've
heard of in many a day came of the
other evening out in Los Angeles.
Belgians, French and British-Ameri-
cans of that city and many unhyphenat-
ed representatives of those three foreign
nations gathered in hall to celebrate
the fortieth birthday anniversary Of King
Albert or Belgium. After they had been
singing. making speeches and otherwise
celebrating for a while, somebody said
that there was German singing society
rehearsing next door.
Hold your breath here. You can al
most see the blood flow.
But those Belgians, French and Brit
ish invaded the German meeting, merged
with it, so that instead of two meetings
there was but one. The allies sang Ger
man national songs. The Germans came
back with "Tipperary" till the ceiling
cracked Nothing but jolhty, harmony.
fraternity.
Now, you tell Us what il was that
made but one meeting grow where two
grew before.
We guess that down deep in the hearts
of men is the seed of brotherhood, and
that, under the Stars and Stripes, that
seed is finally going to terminate and
bear fruit such as the world has not yet
seen.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.
BY FRED c. KELLY
Copyright. 1915. by Fred c. KellyJ

From Diary:
About the cutest things at the San Diego Ell.
position are the little wicker eectic cnairs VA.
run by means Of batteries. They are cross
hot veen "A wheel chair and an v.ectric runapou..
when Won throw one OF these into the nign "
will make about four miles an hour ana you can
travel madly about the grounds seeking what
you viii. . a,
one afternoon I had real adventure In one
of these machines. I was driving across Dig.
open plaza where pigeons gathered 10 De Iea.
one pigeon was strutting leisurely along Few
y. raa ahead of me and honked TO IL, for am
mot n reckless chauffeur and had no desire 10
main or cripple pigeon pedestrian Inc olrd
waited until was almost upon IL ana then step
ned nonchalantly 10 one side without giving me
40 much az a glance Then II appeared that we
were both going in the same direction. We
travelled along aide by side, the pigeon afoot
and In my fine wicker car Neck and neck
yye were and neither seemed able TO gain on the
other This soon got on my nerves. Nothing
can be more humiliating than TO pay VI an hour
for a conveyance and then not be able to pass
pigeon. Before ] realized What was up we
were having a race had no desire 10 do any
speeding or enter into n race with anybody. but
saw a number OF bystanders looking on and
II was impossible TO ignore the pigeons impu-
dent challenge.
determined not TO let that pigeon pass me. and
vet that was Just what II seemed about TO do.
for my batteries were weak. and was beginning
TO gain. jockeyed II a bit. but still II seemed
to be forging ahead. was making a brave try.
under great odds, and the crowd seemed TO be
with me as the under dog but that was not
enough. painted for victory. Then thought OF
BIT Of strategy. ] knew that unless I could out
general my contestant all was lost BY turning
my machine and changing our course a bit, /
headed toward stretch OF downgrade In the
big open space we were, crossing I knew this
downgrade would help me more than II would
the pigeon. II may not have been quite accord.
ing 10 race rules 10 shift ones course but the
pigeon foolirhly made the turn. giving me the
pole, and my machine began TO gather momen-
tum. Soon we we're going fully four and a half
miles an hour.
brought up at a curb had personally selected
for our goal nearly half a length ahead of the
pigeon had won the race had shown that
pigeon up. The next time pigeon tries to start
ANYTHING with me. II had better know Just what
10 In about.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21
BIZ gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, April 2i.-That
patriotism il a prejudice and the ma
ton = relic Of the Roman period. AZ
cut OF date In the presentday civil
IIation as the catapault. Il one OF the
startling doctrines brought TO this
country by August schvan. who re-
Gently lectured before the woman's
Peace Party In this city Mr. SchYan
IL q Swedish man OF Affairs who
came 20 the United States hoping TO
clear the way for a more intelligent
peace program at the conclusion Of
the war. He has held important
posts In Sweden. having served as
secretary 20 the Swedish legation Al
Petrograd. and for Ave years In
Stockholm was private secretary TO
the minister OF foreign Affairs. cham
herlain to the king and introducer OF
foreign ambassadors to the sover-
eign. He was secretary to the royal
commission for reorganization Of the
diplomatic and consular service ait
er the break with Norway. He re-
Gently declined q seat in the Sved-
fish senate.
Mr.. Schvan told the voman's
peace party that to insure perrnan-
ent world peace. IL would be neces-
sary:
To abandon all ideas Of national
ism and so-called patriotism;
To junk all socalled international
lava thing which does not exist;
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-21
A Poem q Day.
THE LEcEND or rHE SPINNING
WHEEL.

WHEEL.
When bedtime came. the ancient dame
Forsook her spinning wheel
And said: Now hear, my children
dear,
All that would reveal.
Know YOU that l, In years gone by.
A shtrt I've spun for each new son
borHetas mile or more.
by ssndlsttEht have changed TO
These cheeks. once. on. SO red.
That the young bride might pro-
vide
with nne sheets for her bed.
never 40 TO church, you know.
Yet much ! pray alone.
AS here. within. my shirts | spin.
For those who else had none.
''on Sundays. too. my work 1 do.
Yet fear not Gods wrath.
lie knows. at least 'tis for the prlest
I make that tableeloth;
But. ere long. l must look TO die.
And 50 must soon prepare
Ny winding sheet--as IL most meet.
or linen, white and fair"
That very night. ere morning Hight.
Snapped was the naxen thread.
As pale and wan stole In the dawn.
The ancient dame lay dead.
Alas she who her whole life through
Clad others with her spinning.
Into the clay was thrust away
Without a shred OF linen.
The calious clown that nailed her
down
In coffin OF thin deal.
In brutal jest upon her breast
Placed her loved spinning wheel.
Now. ~ you bark when ~ IL dark.
You hear whirr. a beat.
TITS the poor soul In shame and dole
Making a winding sheet
Theodore Botrel. poet or Brit
tany" in T. rs Weekly.