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MASCAGNI AT THE FRONT.
.omDosep's Two Some Are Fighting
Against the Austrians.

ROME. Aug s.--Pictro Mascagni. the
author OF "Cavalleria Rusticana.' Is now
on a visit to the front at Tolmezzo.
where he has two sons on the hrinK line.
The eldest. whose pet nanc Is Mimi.
Is In the military automobile service. and
has been mentioned In dispatches FOR
driving his motor lorry with the greatest
coolness and skill under heavy fire. carry
Ing munitions and water and food to the
advanced trenches and returning with
che wounded. lie IL a fair haired. deli
cate looking boy. who has greatly i'm
proved physically. however. since joining
the army.
The second son. Dino, Is a private In
the engineer corps. and has done remark
able work blowing up Austrian wire en-
ENGAGEMENTS, repeatedly facing what ap-
peared to be certain death.
In a letter which Signor Mascagni has
written TO a friend here. abiding TO the
uninterrupted roar Of the heavy calibres.
he says; -.
an the big drums In my orchestra had
been multiplied by a million and suddenly
gone mad ~
signor Mascagni has given open air
concerts for the benefit Of the soldiers
back from the trenches for "A brief rest.
On one OF these occasions the King un-
expectedly arrived IN the scene In his
gray motor. and warmly congratulated
Signor Mascagni. telling him that he was
doing as valuable work as II he were in
tho trenches.
The composer In working at a great
patriotic symphony. a new opera. which
will he the musical apotheosis OF ltaly's
war OF redemption"
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SELF-DENIAL WEEK
HELPS BOND SALES
Throughout England NUM-
tiOns Workers Put Earnings
Into Securities.


lnSpoN. Aug. iB-As the result OF an
appeal by the Government to the people
during the recent so-called self-denial
week The number Of los. Cd O3.72)
certificates sold by hundreds Of war
savings associations reached the record
total OF 2,s26.oaS. The aggregate sales
for the Ave months from February 20
to July 20 are l4ss5.sso.
q m remarkable results Wsrs
achieved during war savings week. In
West Hartlepool f37.o00 0lS5,0O0) was
Invested IN certificates n excheQuer
bonds. an average OF lis. G2.6+) per
head Of the population. In Sheffield
COCO H10O. 5000 was invested. and
on several evenings the post Offices wers
crowded with munitions workers and
others eager 10 buy certificates.
At Clayton. near Ashton-under-Lyns.
the war savings association collected
fb.6l2 t2s,060D In the course Of three
days. and In Nottingham nearly 10000
lbs, I'D, f372) certificates were sold In
"A booth in the market place.
During the five days from July II
to 22 no fewer thar 79s associations
were affiliated. and last week this num-
her was increased by 1866. bringing
tho aggregate number Of associations TO
date III to 4.274.
Applications for Is 125). eco ($lo0).
ESQ S25o) post office exchequer bonds
during self-den'al week numbered $4,000,
compared with 10000 In the previous
week. The value OF the bonds sold was
100000 CS3. 500. o0o). bringing the az
gregats sales Of post Office bonds 70
date TO fS47. 900 Hi.2s5.o Oo). and the
aggregate value to f27.35o, 900 Hl36,-
750.o00).
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POPE BEAUTIFYING
SIMPLE APARTMENT
Benedict Nv. Changing Prcde-
~cesSOr's Suite With RPnais-
sance FrescOes.

ROME. Aug. S.-workmsn and up
holsterers are busy turning upside down
Pope Bensdict's private apartments, re-
moving furniture. s%crubhins. painting
and decorating. The tastes Of the aristo-
cratic pontif differ greatly from those
Of his peasant born predecessor. and al
though austere simplicity may be . Mt
ting setting for the ssrvant Of the SER
wants Of the Lord" Benedict Nv. seems
to incline toward the opinion that the
vicar of Christ on earth should surround
himself with the attributes Of awe and
majesty.
After having remained on s%uferance
up to now Plus KS humble furniture,
more betting the abode Of . good parish
priest than that Of a Roman pontin. and
sing ularly out Of place In the handsome
suite OF rooms glowing with Renaissance
frescoes, has been bundled out OF the
papal apartments n Ia being replaced
by masterpieces OF tho cabinet makers
art.
In lieu Of the simple desk at which
Plus Y. used to indite his encyclicals full
OF primitive Christian love and charity
a magnificent creation Of the empire Pc
riod has been installed and rich tapes
tries adorn tho walls TO the exclusion of
many saints and Madonnas.
Benedict XIV. does not do things by
halves. and his reform 10 a radical one,
extending all over the Vatican palaces.
now ruled with an iron hand by the new
maestro del sacri palazxi.' Chevaiier
Beccari, who was formerly the Pope's
factotum when Mgr. della Chiesa occu-
pied the archiepiscopai see OF Bologna.
Chevaiier Beccari In a perfect martinez
on court etiquette. and the Noble Guards
who had such an easy time under Plus
X. who hated pomp and ceremony. are
pulling very long faces during their In.
terminabls hours on duty.
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Scene, in Amphitheatre Of Low Hills, as
Secretary Of State for War Lauds and Thanks the
Fghters-"Empire," He Says, ito Be One
Great Coherent Unity After War"

the old South country laborer.. inn
pressed as they were. would 20 no fur
Their than to say that they looked n
men and would make grand workers.
They were much interested In n negro
who marched behind a field kitchen.
The march past was a remarkable
piece OF work. not q single hitch oc-
curing from first to last. the men bear
iirs themselves In a fine. soldlcrly way
and keeping the line ws,l-in some cases
exciting the convalsecent British soldiers
who were there to say good as the
yards"
OF sparndid Physiqus.
or conrse all the troops did not reach
his perfection. but II wa impossible not
to be impressed by the general physique
OF the Canadians Many OF the lines
were tall as ~grenadiers. and walked with
the easy. tircless footing OF gillles. The
plpers were particularly good. and would
have had a good word from MacCrimmon
himself. The Maple Leaf ''orever" was
given dramatically AZ the end. Tho Of
fcers came quickly IN. making q pic
turespue rms rs tho mounted oficere
tore IN to within "A hundred yards Of the
salutins post and d~ismounted.
After congrstulating Gen. Hughes and
the men who had been on parade, Mr..
Lloyd George proceeded
at Ia a wonderful thing that in the
third year of the war. when our foes are
beginning to &c; exhausted. We should
be prepared TO pour into the held troops
OF this quality. II was an Inspiring
sight IL was a sight which gives IN con-
fdence.
AT the beginning ~ the war We sent
100000 men AS our evolutionary force.
II was our conviction at that time that
that was the contribution which the
British Empire could make. Now Canada
alone has sent 10000 men, and she has
many more IN reserve. That gives hope,
that gives confidence. that gives con-
Sict!on OF ultimate victory to US all.
Why has Canada done Il? She has
done 1t undoubtedly In order TO stand
by the old country IN her difficulties.
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That 10 not all. II the old country had
got into trouble through her own folly
" she had got into trouble through mere
greed of possession. as is suggested by
our foes and IL she had done II from
mere envy OF tho prosperity OF others.
Canada and Australia. New Zealand and
South Africa would not have caused
their best blood TO have flowed.
"It IL ~becauseof the conviction which
they had Of the old country's chivalry
that Canada has hung her weight into
tho battle in order to protect the weak
against the oppfessor. 1t II why her
sons "a all parts 0: ere weird have
stood by her side In this great struggle
They have come from the prairies Of
Canada. from the great Isles OF the
southern seas. from Africa's sunny
mountains and ndla's coral strand.
They have come TO help Britain IN
the greatest struGgis for human free
dom In which she has been called upon
to take part. And we'll have they helped
ua
Heroes Of YDres.
"T am here a. . Pritishsr TO thank
Canada for her contribution in this war.
Tho brilliant description by Sir Max
Aitken Of the second battle OF Ypres will
be read for many a long day. Just as
The sun., 1916-08-27
LONDON UPSIDE W
Everything U~nderEoes Change By
Reason Of the War.


LONDON. Aug. 16.--August usually
marks tho end OF the London season,
when society folk HE themselves 10 sea
and moor and take the waters at the
fashionable resorts, This year. OF
course. there has been no season In the
real sense OF the term. and society
misses Cowes week and the Continental
spa.
The metropolis Ia fuller than ever be-
fore at this time OF year. 1>wenty-nv
theatres, opera houses and variety
theatres are open n new plays are
coming on. A daily paper has disap-
reareh, hut, on the other hand. W SUN
day papers have arrived and are -four
ishiug in var conditions. The fashion
papers come out n usual and vast
quantities of American fashion papers
n fiction journals come over to solace
the multifudcs. Sport Ia restricted to
small racing meetings and cricket
matches between soldiers.
But there are drastic changes in the
surface life OF London. Some days the
streets seem a part OF Australia. an
other day they are Canadian or South
African, again they seem to he part OF
the Highlands Of Scotland. or Ianca-
shire or Yorkshire.
Tho licensing laws ave been 90
altered that every day Is a Sunday Ia
the thirsty man. The bus conductors
rave ''iuincd up and have been re-
placed by young wOmcn Of 4 new and
unplaceable type. Motor wagons OF the
great dry goods stores are also mostly
driven by women Woman has come
into her own
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MRS. DEPEW'S HOSPITAL.
President Poincase's wife Pays !,
. Visit.

PARIS. Aus. 10,-Mme. P~oincare. wife
Of the President. accompanied by her
sister-in-law. Nine. Lucien Poincare. has
paid a visit of inspection to the hospital
which Mrs. &. Mitchell Depew installed
in her chateau near Compiegne. at the
beginning Of tho war. August 7. 1914. to
be exact.
Tho Chateau d'Annei II now a model
hospital. containing some eighty beds.
Dr. Lyle of New York In In charge of
the surgical work. He does not limit his
labors to the skilful removal of limbs.
but always offers the wounded man an
artificial member to replace The removed
one.
Nine, Poincare arrived at the chateau
nj 3 40 i. NJ. and was received by Mrs.
Depew. Mr.. Bliss Of the American EN-
bassy and Mrs. Bliss, who In one Of the
most generous and energetic workers
for sufferers by The war. accompanied
Mime. Poincars.
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and most OF my customers to whom I
have spoken about tfN natter accept IL
willingly. although some are uneasy,
being afraid II Will mean n sort Of in
QUESTION into their private affairs.
Il think the new tax will be accepted
on the wholc without u murmur. but I
have no Illusions about IL once this new
right is created. IL will always remain.
Temporary rights are eternal with us"
NJ. Cormuch6. whose name Is known
10 all who have dined Mt Msxim's or at
the Ambassadors. in the Champs
Elysees. or who are millionaires enough
70 have stayed At h Normandy Hotel,
bcauville. IL even stronger IN favor Of
tho new tax. provided 81 IA temporary
and solely for the benefit Of prisoners
and the wounded. His customers assure
him that they will face tho increase
gladly.
" N!gnon. proprietor Of Larue's RS.
taura"t said:
Eve can ~ofuse nothing to war chari.
ties. We. the ;sscla behind the front.
owe everything to the men who night
for us n our well being. II such a
tax is created I will apply it at once for
reasons Of humanity and patriotism.
Whnt would | not have given to save
my son. killed by the enemy! What
gratitude we owe to the soldiers who
have served us! am sure that my
clients will pay this little addition with
GU II complaint"
The writer and q friend lunched last
week In Montmartre, close TO tho new
cathedral. They decided to ask the
pa'ronne's opinion on the new tax after
paying their hill. The menu was melon,
sardines. radishes. stewed veal with
green peas. fried potatoes. and peaches,
..,, @nA k.<Sl - ..A -lA 49,
The bill amounted for tho two to sos
francs, or s1,21. which shows that It is
stlll possible to lunch well and cheaply
in Paris. and that the new tax may bc
avoided by any one wHlo wishes. The
p%ltronne declared that for her little res
taurant the tax would yield practically
nothing.
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LOSES EYE ON FIRST AIR TRIP.
british FlieP, Manned, shoots Foe,
Lands, Cables Mother.

LoNpoN. Aug. IAN army medical
officer back from the front reported the
case Of a Royal Flying Corps observer
whose eye was shot out. A German air
man got a shot at him on mis- first trip
into the air over the German lines.
at sounded as II some one were play
ing n mandolin when the bullets came
through the wires OF our machine" ne
said.
one missile EouGed out his eye and
embedded itself In tho frontal hone.
Despite the injury the observer let 20
with his machine gun and drove of Tho
enemy.
The pilot brought me machine back TO
the British lines and helped the observer
to walk to tho casualty clearing station,
where he cheerfully asked that his
mother he informed that he was
slightly injured"
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TRoNEs WOOD Is "D'EsTRoNcs."
Vicomte Guy Danger Tells the Real
Name Of Historic Spot.
Special CorrsspoNds~os 70 The Sus.

LONDON. Aus. II. - The question
whether thrones Wood should really be
thrones Wood has now been pretty
definitely settled. The French stan
maps say Thrones" and the British
"Trones" As a matter OF fact. neither
word Is correct.
The wood and the Longueval estate
generally belong to Vicomte Guy Ban
ger. The Vicomte states that In all the
family papers. going back 100 years. tho
wood Is described as 'd'Estroncs," The
Vicomte does not mind tho destruction
Of the WOO II the allied cause 10 helped
thereby.
lie says the plans Of the property were
bul led by n gamekeeper. now dead. and
he does not SNOW whether they have
been rescued by the British OF found by
the Germans, incidentally he mentions
that u"lviil. Wood WAS formerly "d'El-
villo," that tho Foreaux Wood ahould
really be "'ourcaults'' and that the Ber-
nafaye Wood IA not been diSngu to
any great extent by shell nr~
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ssecssi Correspondence to TINS sus.


LONDON. Aug. by q happy chance
Mr.. Lloyd Georges irst review n Sec
rotary Of State for War was q review
Of . Canadian division.
The scene Itself was remarkable-an
amphitheatre Of low hills with bold out
line. their purple heather lost in the hot
haze. with green marshy parts at the
far end, and In the distance \ ma ~ OF
green trees such as are rarely seen here
In August, n one or two old fashioned
villages smoking in nests Of trees.
II was q business review. and there
were only q few hundred spectators.
mainly friends OF the Canadian officers.
In motors cranmed with children. bows
In their hair . few girls on horseback
who had ridden In from the n~cighboring
big houses. and groups OF villagers. OF
whom the old men had all como to see
Mr.. Lloyd George. him a. gave h e old
" pensions"
Then In the middle Of the amphithea-
tire were the men from PARKWAY Canada.
tremendously Significant In this very
English scene. thousands OF them wear
Ing the kilt and the Tam o Shanter or
the Glengarry. the costumes Of legend
ray Scotland that few Of them had seen.
Gaelic barred n Treaches.
Yet some OF them could speak the
language Of the Highland Jacobi,es.
whose habit they wore. II In forbidden
now to speak Gaelic in the trenches ow-
ing TO one lamentable mistake early In
the war where a Highland regiment vas
fired upon by the British who heard men
In the next trench speaking In an vn-
known Tongue. The tremendous eweep
OF the great dominion was related as
the regiments strobe by. and some ca
madam ambulance men tried TO tell some
old villagers what II meant-men from
the Yukon. men from Montreal. men
from the great lakes. men from the
Rockies, men from the wheat lands In
Saskatche war and Manitoba.
They explained that the British Stands
would 1T nicely into Hudson Bay. But
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BRITISH CREDIT STILL
STRONG IN WAR STRAIN
Chancellor McKenna Shows
How Big Expenditures Fail
to Imperil Treasury.
Specie, Correspondents. to IN. SIS.

LONDON, Aug. l6.-Rritons who some-
what ruefuliy admit that the spending
power Of the sovereign Is rapidly near
ing a so per cent depreciation are COM
forted by he expressed opinion OF the
Chancellor Of tho E%xchequer that there
Is every reason 10 be proud of tho way
in which British credit IL standing the
strain" and that II wps certain England
would be able To maintain hrr credit 20
the end. no matter how long the war
might last!
MIR. Mckenna's review Of the financial
situation after two years Of war and his
estimates for the remainder of the inan-
year, which ends March 81 next,
were not only highly interesting but also
splendidly encouraging. Some OF his
figures were startling in their magrA-
tude
National Indebtedness. ...........e III. 100. ooo. ~
Advances TO Allies and dominions. <.000. 0o0. 00o
Estimated total indebtcdness... y. zoo, 00o. 90
National income .................. 1900. 0O0. 0D
Capital wealth., .................... I5.cSO. OOO, 600
Another batch OF figures vera given
To show how the war has been financed
during the first four months Of the IMAM
cial year
Treasury biil. .nnerssssd by)...... N.E!. oco. 80
n,rh"ansr Gcnas s.SSS. go g,
War savings certihcates. ......... ss.75o.oO
Paid on "a months securities). ..... $50, 0OO, 40
Received 10 actual revenue. ........ 60o, 900. ON
The magnitude OF tho task Of financing
the foreign supplies Was also indicated
by the Chancellor In an Illuminating pas
sage.
Britain. II appears, has TO pay day BY
day sums abroad which were certainly
more than 100000 and probably
nearer 10000. 900. At tho end OF tho
month tho national income and Indebted
ness will be about "A sixth Of the total
national wealth, and that, as the Chan
cellor said, isn't a burden intolersble
to contemplate
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blind o. Years, Woman sees.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Aus. 26.-Biind
since she Was I year old. Mrs. Mary
Josephine O'Farrell. q widow. SO years
old. OF San Francisco, recovered her
sight through an almost miraculous OPP
Grafton. Tomorrow she IL to zee her
own son. horn thirty-eight years ago.
when she was blind, for the first time.
Hs Is +. j, O'Farrell, n druggist Of
Santa Clara. Mrs, O'Farrell never SAY
her husband. NJ. !. O'F'arrell, whom she
married in Galway. Ireland, forty years
ago and who has been dead for some
yeero.
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IpnAlN, ohio, Aug, 2G.-.Alhcr, Baker
az Annie Il, VITO has been nominated for
~tieasurcr ~ Ioraln county By the Re
publican barry, attributed his success Ia
the enorts of his nine daughters, The
Baker sisters early in the murling went
10 the larger communities of the county
and ~Hmpaisred for their father.
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HE WHO EATS MUST
HELP WAR CHARITY
Paris About to Levy Tax Of
Per Cent. on All Who Dine
in Restaurants.

PARIS, Aug. i0.-Paris In threatened
with a tax on restaurant bills, The new
levy ,s to hc made in the name of war
char!'' nc Min!ster OF the Interior.
in WI 50 d '-.n'nt the matter rests. In
In favor of 1t. there is little doubt that
the new tax, which levies 6 per cent. on
all restaurant bills Of more than a dol
lar a person. will o o be In effect.
T. @ municipal and departmental u
..!o.s have vo;ed that the tax should
lie urged upon tho Government a. a
pressing matter. The restaurant keepers
have shown no open opposition tno
doubt those who dislike the idea hnd 1t
preferable to keep silence). and the
local Deputies and Senators are being
induced to favor II, The only open on
position comes from the walters. who
fear that customers will decrease their
tips.
The war charity which IA 20 bcpent
by this new tax IL the Departmental
OfrlSe," established early IN IN" war. AZ
the city Hall OF Paris. which add all
needy men In the army who are from
Paris and the Seine department. Money,
clothes and food are sent to the men In
the trenches and 20 prisoners In Ger
many whose relations are too poor to
assist them. The work needs $4,000
a month, and the city has hitherto SUP
piled the sum not raised by voluntary
subscriptions. Tho city's budget these
days Is not In such a f1our'shinR state
as 1t might be. and voluntary subscrip-
tions naturally decrease the longer the
war lasts.
Collection Through stamps.
II was argued At frst that the new
tax arrangements would require such a
large stan for collection and supervision
that the result would not be worth the
expense. u a system OF stamps of vari-
Gus values has been proposed to avoid
this difficulty.
and dine each day In restaurants has
pleaded that such a tax Ii unjust and
discriminating, as he will be paying
twice a day IA tax that others will pay
perhaps ten times a year and then when
they are out for enjoyment. hut tas
solitary bachelor these days " a man
that gets no sympathy anywhere,
Some restaurant keepers point out that
theirs Is not the only 'commc"cc NJ
luxury" in existence and that 1t In highly
taxed already. They suggest tina an
extra tax might be put on Jewels, per-
fumes. furs. laces, silks and high priced
leather goods.
In this connection the manager Of one
Of the biggest stores in Paris told THE
SUNS correspondent that for the past
qua rter the two lines that had given the
greatest proht at his place were per
fumery M silk stockings.
Approved by N. PaiIlara.
u,l,v,A .t,,.,. A.. t..s -...I
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GERMANY GIVES OUT
LIST OF WAR GAINS
Occupies 14s,885 Square Miles
Of Enemy Territory-2,-
658,283 Prisoners.
MUCH BOOTY X ALSO
Ninety Per Cent. Of Wounded
Treated in Hospitals Have
Resumed Service.
MUCH BOOTY X ALSO
Special Corrsssoadencs 10 Tas suS.


LONDON, Aug. 1o.-A remarkable
series Of statistics has Just beer issued
by the German General STAR to show
the results achieved % far BY Germany
In the great raj These statistics were
published on the occasion Of the second
anniversary Of the VA. II y eniy fAir.
however. to cay that no account what
soever has bssn taken OF the results
achieved by the Allies.
The German estimate 10 a. follows,
the version given being an exact trans
latlon Of the ohiciai statement issued BY
the German General STAFF:
A the conclusion Of the second war
year a few figures are herewith given
regarding the results Of the war thus
far:
IL. The Central Powers have now &C.
cupied the following enemy territory on
Europaau anti.