The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-29

sIon' They cease working on the lit tIe home they had begun to buir, bnt before Franz leaves with the troons they are married
 AS the brief honeymoon passes Joan becomes more and more deDress ed by a sense of impending tragedy ana at length the young husband leaves With his regiment One by one the other brothers are drafted into the ranks. until al last the bride. the sister and the mother are left lone 10 weep and hope against fear for the return of the loved ones
 Then comes news of great battle and with it information that Franz has been killed. Joan. in her desper- alton, first thinks only of her bereave. ment, and is determined 10 end her own life as well. But the aged moth CT of the dead husband reminds her of new duty which Confronts her A sewing basket filled with baby garments in the making brines Joan back to a realization of her responsi. bility to a child which will be born. fatherless. So she sadly takes up the thread of her existence once more
 Meanwhile soldiers are falling by thousands in the tremendous battles and the military authorities conceive the idea of virtually compelling the young. unmarried women to marry soldiers on the eve of their departure for the war, so that in the years to come there may be more soldiers 10 carry out the imperial ideas of pewer. To Joan, in her prief-Durdened state. the idea is revolting Her old talents to leadership. developed in the strike. come to the surface, and she goes among the women arguing against
 emitting themselves to be made vie time and tools of the ruling powers
 This action brings Joan under he displeasUre of the military authorities and when she persuades her sister-in- law, Amelia. not to become the war bride of the commander in the village. Lieutenant Hoffman, Joan is ordered shot When it is learned that she is to be the mother. however the order is rescinded. and she is sent to jail
 In her cell Joan learns that the king is to pass through the village, and working upon the sympathies of he woman jailer she escapes and spreads the news Mourning has been forhid- den by royal edict, but Joan persuad es the women 10 disobey, and in lee est black they go to meet the monarch carrying their babies in their arms as a protest against the war. She prom ises to deliver message to the King that may perhaps bring their loved ones back from the trenches
 The king approaches. and the wo- men go to meet him. Without using violence the civil and military author ities are unable to stem the tide of distressed humanity a nd as women are now held immune from punish ment for purposes of state the wo- men march on. As they near the royal entourage the soldiers make desperate effort to stop them by threatening tc shoot their leader Joan. But the fearless woman darts to where the king is watching the strange scene and there delivers message her own message, in her own way, typifyins the revolt Of the women of the country against the op- pression under which they have suf fered. It is a dramatic situation, car ried out with tragiy force. logical conclusion to the powerful drama.
 War Brides, commanded prices ranging from $15O to $2.50 in Chicago and New York. The Princess an rounces the following grioes in Hot Springs-All adults, 70 cents. All children 10 cents.