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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
The Short Of Il

When, some thirty years ago, we
began to turn the art Of short-story
writing into an industry to meet a
rapidly growing demand, there was
much talk of the technique of the
genre. Brander Matthews, who in
those days was in the midst of all
such discussions, and always sug-
gestively and helpfully, proffered the
distinction between a story that is
merely short and the short story
proper. He pointed the difference
with a hyphen. Like this; short
story"
About this time, too, we had only
just got through an ardent discus
sion Of the proper length of the
novel. Eighty to a hundred thou
sand words, said Daudet. But lola
thought differently. So did the Rus
slams, decidedly. The proper short
ness of the short story became logi-
cally the next topic of burning in
terest. There were the mot juSte and
the excision Of all superhuous words.
Maupassant's mastery became a
mighty influence. In our youthful
American ardor we went further.
We invented two bizarre forms Of
the stort story: the pastel in prose"
and the "prose etching" The rules
of the pastel we have forgotten, but
we remember that Mrs. Freeman,
who was Miss Mary wilkins then,
published a whole volume full of
them. The prose etching consisted Of
four hundred words, no more, no less.
1t was an ingenious game, played en-
Enthusiastically in the magazines of
the period. Happily, it did not i'm
pede the technical development Of the
American short story proper.
There was, therefore, nothing
strikingly novel in "Life's" recent
prize competition to determine how
short short story can be made with
cut ccasing to be one. Fifteen hun
dred words was the limit set; for
every word below that limit Life"
paid ten cents. The rules of admis-
sion to the contest need not detain US
beyond the one stipulatlng that the
story, while complete in itself, must
suggest an idea larger than its con-
tent. In other words, its ending
must bring the reader face TO face
with a new situation Of wider posi-
bilities. That, by the way, is good
ending for a novel as well. Stevenson
understood this.
The rules of exclusion barred the
expanded anecdote and triteness Of
expression, the verbal clich6. Thirty
thousand MSS. were sent in. The
longest contained 1,490 words; its
author received 81. The shortest one
consisted Of seventy-six words, COM
pletely throwing the prose etching
into the shade. The best cighty-one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
War Officially Labelled

Brigadier General Crowder, the
Judge advocate general of the United
States Army, is not the only official
who in the pursuance OF his duty
has been compelled TO rule that this
country is at war. The Tribune IS
in receipt of samples of the official
war ballot for the general election
held November 7, 1916" which Secre-
tary of State Hugo is to distribute to
the soldiers of this state in service at
the Mexican border. These ballots
are to be voted by the soldiers at the
border under a provision OF the cleo
ton law reciting: whenever, in
time of war, any qualified voter Of
this state shall be in the actual mil
itary service of this state or Of the
United States, in the army or navy
thereof, and by reason thereof alb
sent from his election district, such
absent voter shall be entitled to vote
as fully as if he were present at his
place Of residence in the manner
hereinafter provided" That provi-
sion was enacted pursuant to a pro-
vision of the state constitution declar-
ing that Gin time of war no elector
in the actual military service of the
state, or of the United States, in the
army or navy thereof, shall be de-
prived of his vote by reason of his
absence from such election district"
The Official war ballots" were pre-
pared by the Secretary of State after
advice by the Attorney General that
this was "time of war" They are
the same kind of ballots as those
issued to the New York troops in
1898, another "time Of war;" differ
ing only from this in that then there
was a declaration of war between
this country and Spain. There has
been no action taken by any citizen
or official to prevent the issuance OF
these ballots or to challenge the de-
cision of the Secretary of State that
this is "time of war"
For campaign purposes President
Wilson may have "kept US out Of
war" But when it comes to trans
acting the business of the nation
and the Empire State, of carrying
out the laws, no such silly notions
are permitted to prevail. The plain
fact is that this country is now at
war with Mexico. Our soldiers have
shed the blood Of Mexicans, and the
blood of American soldiers has
stained Mexican sands. The United
States is occupying Mexican soil
with an army of invasion. Officials
recognize that these conditions
answer every possible definition Of
war. In fulfilling their sworn duty,
therefore, they call war by its right
name and refuse 70 be swerved from
on admission of facts by campaign
oratory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
The Mad Woman

From Contemporary Verso
She sat home long, the woman
Who came through our wood,
After years of seeing
But what her window could
/ wonder IL the wild eyes
l saw as she passed
Found beneath the river
What cleared their gaze at last.
I wonder il her face
Was not a girls again,
And IL she found the flowers
Thick about the glen;
And IL among her thoughts
So dark We couldn't see,
II only was her reason
Came 70 make her free.
ORRICK JOHNS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

Staff officers, now, that Kluck was
the ablest general that appeared on
the German side on the West front
during the war. When, on Septem-
her 8, his army was threatened with
destruction and his right flank was
menaced by terrific attack from an
overpoweringly strong force coming
out of Paris, he instantly Haired the
danger, moved his two southern corps
from before the British right around
his rear to the Ourcq, transformed
Maunoury's victory into an approx
innate disaster and seemed on the
point of disposing of this army al
together, when failure in the centre
of the German line compelled him
to retire. His retreat, like his ad-
vance, was a model.
Such details as we have of Kluck
all point to the same thing. He was,
il would seem, the sort of soldier
that belonged to the period of Fred
erick the Great; his rough, grim,
efficiency suggests the "Old Des-
sauer"; the worst things done in Bel
GUM and in Northern France were
in the main the work of his troops.
He was an apostle of "terribleness"
and his operations were little ham,
pered by any regard for the hu-
manities of the military code. A
commoner, man who rose from
the ranks. a soldier through and
through, with a bluntness of speech
that did not moderate before royalty,
Kluck was probably the most pict-
uresque of Prussian generals. he
was also at least entitled to take
rank after Hindenburg in the early
days of the war.
Maunoury, who fought Kuck at
the Ourcq, has disappeared. Like
Kluck he was subsequently wounded,
hut unlike Kluck his wound was
severe and he is now in retreat, blind
and broken, far from the firing line.
Field Marshal French, to whom
Kluck owes not a little of his early
success, has at last found the retire
ment from the field that he deserved
so richly for his long succession OF
failures. Since legend is invariably
longer lived than history, Kluck will
doubtless be remembered as the man
who Just missed getting Paris, and the
failure for which he was not in the
least responsible will doubtless fol-
low him forever. Among military
men, however, Kluck will probably
cain rather than lose stature as the
truth of the Marine campaign be-
comes more and more generally
known.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
The Chameleon
From Others

From Ofhers
What happened yesterday?
What terror drove me here to hide away
Gray
Under a stone!
My lizard soul needs warmth,
Light, color.
1t brightens into beauty in the sun.
| will 60 out again to the dappled earth,
To tho gold, to the blue, to the
green
Never mind to-morrow's
Or yesterdays dim sorrow
That drove me here TO hide alone
Gray under a stone.
JEANNE D'ORGE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Feet

From Contemporary Verso
Where the sun shines in the street
There are very many feet
Seeking God, all unaware
That their Fastening Is a prayer.
Perhaps these feet would deem it odd,
who think they are on business bent)
II some one went
And told them. You are seeking Cod"
MARY CAROLYN DAVIES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

tanned in the act Of Congress under
which this conviction was obtained
will receive a similar construction
The management of Gimbel Broth
ers, whose advertising methods are
dealt with elsewhere in The Tribune
to-day, may find food for serious
thought in the noteworthy precedent
which has been so strikingly estab-
lished.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Dishonest Advertising

A decision likely to have far
reaching effect in the prevention Of
dishonest advertising methods of the
nature exposed by The Tribune, par
ticularly false statements Of mer-
chandise values, has been rendered
in criminal court in Washington,
d. c.. In the first case arising under
the act of Congress designed to pre-
vent false advertising in the District
of Columbia a New York corpora
ton. Southwick Shops, Inc, which
has a store in Washington and one
at No. 200 Fifth Avenue, New York,
was convicted. The corporation was
fined $500 and Henry c. South
wick, its secretary-treasurer, was
sentenced to serve a Jail term Of
sixty days. The court announced
that as this was the first conviction
the Jail sentence would be suspended.
The Jury reached its verdict of guilty
after only four minutes delibera-
ton.
The conviction was based largely
upon the testimony of c. f. La
Vigne, formerly director of The
Tribune Bureau of Investigations
and now representative of the
American Fair Trade League. Mr..
LaVigne's testimony, which was cor
roborated by other witnesses, was
that the Southwick Shops, Inc, had
advertised various articles of mer-
chandise TO be of value far in ex-
cess Of their true worth. Palm
Beach suits for which the company
had paid $3.50 were advertised by
the convicted concern to be worth
SO or SO each.
The testimony was remarkable
arraignment of the methods used in
such shops. Mr.. Southwick admit
ted on the stand that the Palm Beach
suits represented as SO and So
values had been purchased at prices
ranging from 1925 to $3.50 each
"from a man who blew in there one
day from a house" he had never
heard of. Mr.. Southwick declared
that such dealing would not hurt his
conscience and that he would not
consider it an imposition upon the
public to sell goods advertised as
/ being worth so and S12 for which
/ he had paid only $3.50. A salesman
who testified as witness for the
defence was forced TO admit that
the suits were not S12 articles.
When asked by the court why he
represented that they were, he was
unable to make any response. The
same salesman said that the prices
fixed were what the company re-
Parded as the highest reasonable
value, but they we're not based upon
cost.
The great Importance of the de-
cision lies in its effect upon false
advertising of merchandise values,
a method Of deceit which has been
fragrant and widespread, especially
in this city. Hitherto dishonest
dealers have sought 10 hide them
selves behind the contention that the
statement Of a particular value is
not "false advertising" because val
ne is a mere matter Of opinion. The
decision affords a complete answer
70 that unworthy contention. II is
anticipated that the section of the
penal law of New York which
declares untrue, misleading or de-
ceptiye advertising 10 be a INSIDE
rncanor and which has provisions
substantially similar TO those con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

You can purchase Merchandise "u-
vertised in THE TRIBUNE with aoso-
lutte safety-for if dissatisfaction re re
sults in any case THE TRIBUNE
ru.rantees 10 pay your money back
upon request. No red tape NO quio-
Ming We make good promptly IL the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

Owned and published daily by The Irlo-
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OGDEN Reid. President. G. vernon Noses'
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Entered st the Postofice at Ne" 10TH 40
second Glass Mail Matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
SISTER JULIE
By ARTHUR GLEASON

and blood all the day long. | saw them
and watched them we'll in this street
was at the door. Yes, there were six
of US at this door They put fire to the
houses, house by house, shouting as
they burned them. Picture to yourself
a human wave, where the bank has been
broken down. They poured into the
street precipitately, with their light
hing conductors" which shone brilliant
il the sun (the point Of their helmets.
They sat down, seven and eight in front
of a house. They kept going by in
great numbers, but these who were
ordered remained behind in front OF
each house. There these sat before the
houses while those others went past
without a word. They put their KNAPP
sacks on the ground. They took out
something that looked like macaroni.
They hurled it into the house. There
wasn't a pane of glass left in our WIN
dows, because of the pom-pom Of can
non on the Fraimbois road. | saw
them ordered 20 go on with their work
of firing the houses, when they coolly
stopped for tiny minute to talk
In one OF the burning houses
woman was living in her room on the
first floor. Two Germans came to our
house and said
"My sister, come quick and look Tor
a woman who is in the fre!"
The woman was Nine. Zinius. 1t
is our sisters who went there at their
risk and peril.
A few minutes later we saw five or
six vehicles draw up, the GUM
bardes's" vans for plunderng and
carrying away the linen and the
clothing. Women came with these
vans, young women, we'll dressed, rlcn
enough. They were not bad"
have told you that they threw
persons into the fire. NJ. Potter was
forced back into the fire. His wife
moaned and called for help.
Help me get my husband out OF
the fire!" she cried.
go die with him" they answered
her, and she, too, was pushed into the
flames.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
They" Arrive


"They" kept coming on, playing the
fife. We awaited them at the door.
only thirteen wounded French SOL
diers had stayed WIN US. They had
been scattered through the different
rooms. But we put them in one room
in order to simplify the service and
give them a bit of "coddling."
We saw four officers on horseback
approach. They dismounted in front
of our town hall, twenty metres away.
They entered the building, and there
they put everything upside down.
They remounted and rode up in
front Of our house. They sat there
looking at us for a moment. They
had the manner cultural and hard
which is the German way. They be-
gan speaking German. When they
showed signs of listening to my reply
said TO them:
Speak Frenchl That is the least
courtesy you can show me. Speak
French, beg of you, and will an
swer you
"You have French soldiers hidden
in your house with their arms said
one of them.
And he tramped hither and thither
like a mailman, and he sputtered and
clattered (Et il sc promenait de long
en- large CONNIE un fou, ct ii bavsit
ct degoisaitD
! answered:
1--WE have no French soldiers
here"----
The German you have French
soldiers"
"Yes, we have French soldiers. but
they are wounded. They have no
arms"
One of them. mighty, with trucu-
lent air, pulled out his sword.
They have their arms" he shout
ed, and he brandished his sword.
"They won't hurt you. Enter!' |
said.
A Lorrainer TO say TO German
Enter" that means mischief. (Un
Lorraine dire a un Allemand, EN-
trezl"-Que celia fat mal!)
The finger on the trigger, they
nodded their head for me TO 90 on in
front Of them. went in front and
led the way into this room, where
there was nothing but four walls,
and no furniture except the thirteen
beds of my wounded. | entered by
this door, not knowing in the least
wha. they wanted to do. Imagine this
room, with the first bed here. and
then the second here, ETC., etc.
went automatically to the first, and
more involuntarily still, placed my
hand on the bed of wounded No. /,
Dragon wounded by horse.
See, now. what took place: The
imposing one of them walked in with
his dagger in his left hand (son
poigrard, la gaueho); the other man
with his revolver was there. ready.
With his dagger in his left hand. the
first man stripped the bed for its full
length. lifting the sheet, the coverlct
and the hedclothes. He looked down
in manner evil, malevolent, ill
natured.
lie said 10 my poor unfortunate,
with a harsh gesture:
"You and your men. you make our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22

SISTER Julie" wil Be eo"e'D'''
merit SUNDAYS TrIba'lG
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22
AMES WILL BUILD
NEW BUILDING

Ames, June 21-Two new buildings
will be added at once to the equipment
for teaching agriculture at Iowa State
college, one modern abbatolr ana the
other an up to date dairy barn. They
are authorized by the state board OF
education.
The abbatoir will for the first time
give the college adequate means Tor
instruction and experimental work In
the slaughter of animal and curing OF
meats on the farm and in the packing
plant. It will also in time help the
college to deal with the important
problem Of encouraging the local kill
ing and packing Of meats through the
state. i.
1--WE need to develop agricultural
industry along that line" says Dean
G. F.. Curtiss. Iowa is too frequently
sending it's live animals to Chicago
and then shipping them back as dress
ed meat. II that needless transporta-
ton can be avoided by encouraging
the local killing and curing Of meats,
that should be done. The new building
will give us a chance to work at this
problem and train men to deal with 1t.
The abbatoir and laboratories con-
nected with it will cost about $780, 600.
A barn has long been needed at the
college dairy farm. The new building
will house about 120 animals and will
be the last word in ventilation, SAM
tation and convenience. The old build
ing will be used as a dairy Judging
pavilion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22
PLAN TO APPEAL
RAILROAD CASE
ACTION INVOLVING ATLANTIC
SOUTHERN TO COME
UP SOON.

Des Moines, June 21.-Arrange-
ments will be made this week for an
appeal to the Iowa supreme court In
the case in which the state Is trying
to force the owners Of the Atlantic
Southern railroad to operate between
Lyman and Villisca, as ordered by the
state railroad commission.
M. s. Ling, representing the inter
ests affected by the suspension of the
line, came to Des Moines Saturday to
confer with Attorney General George
Cosson and c. A. Robbins. assistant
1t was determined that the case
shall be appealed and that the high
court be asked to advance the hearing.
The Atlantic Southern ceased opera
ton January 1, 1915. The state rail
road commission ordered Robert
Abeles Of St. Louis, owner of the line,
to resume operation November Is,
1915. Abeles appealed to the Polk
county district court. That court sus-
tanned the contention Of Abeles that
the order Is unreasonable and that the
owner of the line should not be forced
to operate at loss. There also was
question of $4,000 to be spent on
the road before it could be operated.
The state contends that the road. II
economically operated, will pay divi-
dends.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22
CHILD PROVING TO
BE REAL WONDER

Corning, June 21.-Little Miss Lots
Daggart, aged 8 years, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Daggart Of Wash
ington township, has been creating
quite stir in that neighborhood by
her extraordinary ability along must.
cal lines. While the child doesn't
read music nor has ever had any train
ing whatever, it is said her knowledge
and performance Of both popular and
old music is nothing short Of phenom-
email. She has baby sister q little
past years Of age who, while sne
doesn't talk yet, can and does sing tho
old hymn. "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul, .
perfectly. A kind neighbor expects
soon to take little Lois in hand and
teach her the rudjments OF music,
thinking perhaps that it may be the
the initial step to a musical education,
If not a career.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22
EXPECT TO FINISH
TEMPLE IN FALL

Clear Lake, June 21.-Work on the
new Masonic temple here is progress
ing and with no more delays it's COM
pletion by the first Of October is as
sured A slight delay has been caus-
ed by the slow shipment of the stone
trimmings, but these have arrived.
The foundation is now in, work Of lay.
ing the brick for the walls began Mon
day. If present arrangements mature
the ceremony for laying the corner
stone of the new structure will be
held June "a at which time the grand
officers of the order will be present
and a general invitation will be sent
out to the other lodges. The commit
tee in charge of the arrangements are:
DR.. John Wright H. N. Halverson and
A. r. Swenson.
The new Masonic temple when COM
pleted will be one of the finest in the
state and will be structure Of which
the Masons of Clear Lake may be
Justly proud It is one story struc-
ture for club room and lodge purposes
exclusively.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22
NJ WICKER HEARS
SCHOOL APPEAL
kEOkUk COUNTY SUPERlNTEN.
DENT WILL DECIDE THE
LOCATION LATER.

Sigourney, June Fl. County Super
intendent H. s. McVicker has taken up
the hearing OF the case, which came
before him on appeal from independ-
ent school district No. 2 In Jackson
township, known as the Walden dis.
trict. The controversy arises from an
attempted removal by the board of di.
rectors of the school house something
like three quarters of mile northwest
from its present location. The board
of directors Is composed of John l..
Farmer. B. Burroughs and Lemuel
Dick. Soon after the spring school
election the school board made an or
der removing the school house to the
proposed new location. The people Of
the north half Of the district are in
sympathy with the board and favor the
removal while the people of the south
half are opposed to the removal. As
soon as the board made the order re-
moving the school house some of the
leaders opposed to the boards action
sued out an injunction to restrain the
board from proceeding with their work
until the matter on appeal could be
heard. This matter Is a controversy
Of long standing. About ten years ago
similar action by the board Of direc-
tors was taken and an appeal to the
superintendent was taken that time.
but the county superintendent revers-
ed the board and upon appeal to the
state superintendent the county super.
intendent was reversed and sent back
for a new hearing but the matter was
then dropped 1t will likely take about
three days this time to hear the case
by the county superintendent, as there
are a large number Of witnesses on
both sides of the case. The parties op-
posed to the removal claim that 1t is
for the best interest for large major
ity Of the school population Of the dis
trict to leave the school house In Its
present location. In this hearing, it Is
confidently expected that whichever
way the superintendent may decide the
matter an appeal to the state superin-
tendent will be taken by the losing
side