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help train his children to be farmers do all we csan to attach them to the soil. We teach thesm the scientific part of grain ana stock raising, and of butter end cheese mal1int;; we show them how sS keep farm accounts so that. they may know wfetherathey are making money out Of any given crop: the farmers daugh- ters are taught farm housekeeping, with special attention, to the rational utiliza- tion of foodstaffs; when we get through with them they have no longer any ex- cuse for hapha gard or wasteful use of provisions.
 War prices have helped the farmer in one direction and hampered him in an other. He gets, the equivalent sof $191 a bushel for his wheat, or 47 cents more than before the war. He gets the equiv- alent of 86 cents bushel for oats as against "A cents before the war, and this year the oast crop was a record one Wheat was deficient as compared even to last year, but the farmer prob ably realizes mora in cash than for last years crop. On the other hand he pays a great deal more for all that he buys-fertilizers, fuel. salt, sugar, flour.
 "The French farmer will after the war still be beset by difficulties that We must tighten Traction farm machinery, now almost prohibitive in price D the individual farmer, must be provid ed to make up for the lack of farm labor.
 ''The desertion of the farm for' the town had long ago developed a crisis that will be aggravated by the wasstage of war and the upfteaval of conditions afterward; it is another of the problems these syndicates are trying to solve
 Farmers sons and simple farm hands in the long watches in the tren ches alongside of the city boys have lealmea many things they never knew about town life," MT. Laujardiere thinks. "Clari- osity aroused by tales of tfta town will draw them in even greater numbers tlEan ever after the war unless counter at fractions are provided. The syndicate
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prop DS es to make their life on the farm morea attractive by higher comfort in their5 habitation and by such distractions as re transportable from the city to the cou ntry.
 aC pposed to the alluring descriptions of tty life they will set forth the high CT ,ost of living and the illusory char actet of the supposed town diversions.
 She new farm construction will be made more pleasing than before and for the Hong winter evenings profitable light occl ipations will be provided such as the ma nufacture of toys by man and lace by women, already tried in a number of loc ilities with promising success.
 The mutilated farmer-soldier will also require attention Improved implements will be required to keep him at home, alid they will be provided He must h ave machines that he can operate as cas- lily and effectively as he did before his 8lysical capacity was diminished.
 'In working on that question we are at the same time contributing to the movement for repopulation. The farmer 1 in France, we calculate, needs child for each 20 acres of land, which is far above the average, We organize compe- titions of large farmers families. There were "A women in the competition of the syndicate of Loir ct Cher in 1914 who had altogether given birth to 73S chil- dren, an average of just about 10 and the children already had given birth to 470.
 'The organizers of these competitions in which the recompenses are purely hon. orary propose to go farther and help the modest farm hand acquire little plot of ground of his own that will at- tach him to the soil and encourage him to raise family.
 Farm hands, as rule, pay from 100 to 150 francs year rent for their habita- tions. The syndicate offers to pay halG that rent on the birth of the third child, three-quarters on the birth of the fifth, and all of it on the birth of the sixth,
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Government Pays Alimony
n the World's Work.

ErOn the WOrlQS WOrk.
 In the Ashbrook pension bill, which passed the last session of Congress, the American government for the first time offers certain of it's women citizens an insurance against unsuccessful mar riage Up to the present time pen stoned scAdier's widow who remarked automatically disappeared from the pension rolls But now, under this new legislation. she can resume her questionable status on the death of her second husband. But the law does far more than that. In case such a soldiers widow marries again and is divorced from the second husband for causes that reflect no discredit upon herself, she again automatically re- gains her pension. Evidently remar- riage is thus made safe for soldiers widows the sacred institution so far as they are concerned, loses it's tra- ditional character of a lottery Taken in connection with the easy divorce laws of reany states, the eligible sol dier's widow runs not the slightest risk She enters the state with the foreknowledge that If the prospect i've husband prove unsatisfactory, the government stands ready to protest her against the financial consequences of having made bad choice. Such widow has her alimony provided for in advance: for there stands the fed eral treasury, which, on presentation of divorce decree, places the happy "grass widow" upon the federal pay roll at rate of from SIP to $30 a month.
 James Sabn of Rutland, Vt, has been the secretary of a life insurance com pany in that state for 50 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
ITALIAN ROYALTY ARE TRAINED BY
 ENGLISH WOMAN
Miss Brown, GOverness of the Kings Children, Has Much Influence and Is
 Much Loved

Rome, November O.-CCorrespondence of the Associated Press.)-The least known and yet one of the most influential women in Italy at present is Miss Margaret Brown, the English governess of three of the girls of the royal family.
 Since the publication of the arrange ment of marriage between Edward AL bert, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the English throne, and Princes Yolanda, edldest daughter of the King and Queen Of Italy, the position of this humble gov- erness as the domestic power behind the throne is said to have been greatly strengthened. Should the marriage be- tween young Edward and the wealthiest royal heiress of Europe take place. as is expected Miss Brown will receive due credit as the match-maker
 The mystery that has grown up around
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the pc ersonalfty of Miss Brown Is one of the sources of her influence. Also, it Is of the kind that 'pleases the King. who has a horror of the publicity which his position forces upon him. Those persons O. the court life Rho dislike Miss Brown because of her confidential position. be- cause oE her power to hold her tongue, and her custom of standing beside the Queens chair during receptions have tried in vain to discover exactly who she is. To date. all bey have learned is that she is a strong minded person of some 4 years who apDeared on the scene at the birth of YolaHsla, the first child, and who has been hs charge of the children eNer since, It appears that the King and Queen wanted their children brought uP after the English fashion and that Miss Brown was recommended by some member of the English royalty.
 The influence of Miss Brown in modern izing the eslucatisl of Italian children of the noble families has been remarkable, and far wider than that of the more pop ularly known system of Dr. Maria Mont essori Miss ,Brofwn has introduced into Italy the English customs with the re- spect to the education or girls, in partie- ular. Her example with the royal chill dren, who have been taught to lead an outdoor life, to swim and ride and play vigorous games. has been followed by the noble and wealtley families, who formerly brought up girls in the strictest indoor, nun-like seclusidn.
 Quite stir was caused sometime ago by the way Mss Brown let the girls run in athletic clothes about the beach and woods of Castle Porziana, the summer home of the royal family. The o5ojecting court ladies, whan they attempted to dis cuss the matter with the King, were asked if strong bodies were not to be preferred to shcNvy clothing. Tine won- CT of the royal nursery have also, on several occasions. discovered that this English womans will was law. Once. 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
FRENCH FARMERS ' HAVE DONE THEIR
 BIT FOR COUNTRY
TilIers of Soil in Trenches and Wives Are Making Crops to Feed
 Armies

Paris, November 0.-(Correspondence of the Associated Press. )-"The farmers of France have done well for the country and their efforts in the wheat field as we'll as on the battlefield must be rec ognized." said Oh. Brillaud de LauJar- dere, head of the great national agricul- tdrists' society of France, to corre- spondent of the Associated Press
 Farm hands alone furnished more than a third of our fighting strength-more than the men of any other occupation, and their exploits have furnished pages oe citations in the Journal Official The peasants at me-particularly the wom- en-have, in their way, done quite as well. They have really been the stair of life to France during these trying two years, since they have provided the bread, but until lately they got only praise While those at the front get decorations.
 Every peasant woman or farmer wife or daughter who has replaced man called to arms shall have sort of dec- oration, too in the form of a diploma that will tell what she has done for her country, just as a generals citation makes known an act of heroism on the battle- 1ield".
 M. Lauiardiere is qualified to speak for
 
 of French agriculture every morning wien he opens the thousands of letters that come to his office from farms all oyer the country. He presides over the Syndicate Central des Agriculteure deI Trance. This is not quite the same thing as the National Grange in the United States but in many ways it bears the same relation to it's members. Its men1- bership comprises more than a thousand local syndicates besides 1000 individual members among the elite of the French agriculturists.
 ''The French farmer was formerly es- sentially individualist' said M. Laujar- diere, "but he has learned the value of association and nearly every farming community is organized. There. are 6l7S agricultural syndicatess in France, with a membership before the war of 1,250,000, assembled in 8 different. unions of sym dicates.
 "A single one of these syndicates in the department of Loir and Cher bought for it's 1S,0OO members to the equivalent of $1,200,000 annually before the war.
 .'Our syndicates are not merely the sales and buying agents of the indvid- ual farmer; they go farther; they stand between the farmer and the man from whom he buys or whom he sells in any misunderstanding, saving him from law suits and expenses; and they act as his banker, in a way, through the organiza- tion of mutual agricultural loan societies which are separate from the syndicates.
 'Any land owner can borrow the money he needs to exploit his farm from one of our 9S regional or 4000 local agricul- tural loan banks, whose combined cap ital was 35,0O00O0 francs in 1915; the state has also placed at their disposition sums aggregating S6,000,O0O. They discounted about 370,00O0O0 francs of farmers pa pers in that year.
 I've not only help the farmer but we
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Of Course

| From the Detroit Free Press.
 Why do you always have to be ex-
 amined by a doctor before you can get life insurance?" | T presume the company Is anxious to 1 know whether or not you are strong | enough to carry f."
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All He Could Do

From Life.
 1Iinister-And ao you forgive your enemies?
 Penitent--Well, I can't say exactly forgive them, but I do my best to put them in a position where I can sym pathize with them.
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The swallow has larger mouth in pro- portion to its size than any other bird.
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in addition to the use of one and a quarter acres of land in proximity to his habitation"
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James Sabin of Rutland Vt, has been the secretary of a life insurance com pany in that state for 50 years.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
ANOTHER BLACKLIST
IS ISSUED BY BRITAIN
Neutral Shipping to Extent Of 152,'
656 Tons Is Represented in
Admiralty Order.

LONDON. August 4. a:15 p.m.-The
latest blacklist OF neutral shipping
issued today by the trades division OF
the admiralty represents 1885 tons
OF steamers and sailing vessels un-
available to British charterers on the
claim that they are now or have been
engaged in unneutral service.
The latest list contains. in addition
to those published in a previous list,
the names of the following ships flying
the American flag: Clara Davis, Fannie
Palmer and Oakley C. Curtis. all sail
ing vessels.
These American ships have been re-
moved from the blacklist since its
last publication: Steamer Seneca and
sailing ship Edgar W. Murdoch.
Wagner liners which have been
captured by the British and are now
In the service of the government while
awaiting q decision of their status by a
prize court, appear on the list without
any indication of their nationally,
while the other Wagner boats appear
a American.
A large number of ships on the list
are bracketed under a caption stating
that they have temporarily been re-
moved from the black list while under
charter to entente allied or innocent
neutral interests.
Unlike the statutory black list of neu-
trail traders. the shipping black list
never has officially been made public.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
TRAVELETTE
By Niksah.
Wagon Mound.

Not long ago transcontinental auto
tourist of the theoretically gentler sex.
writing of the romance and perils that
beset her path from the Atlantic to the
Pacific over the Santa F'e trail. men
toned Wagon Mound as the place
where the real wild southwest began.
She spoke of it, too. as a genuine Mexi-
can village and gave the impression, in
general, that it was a place to go well
in fiction of the active and scarcely
realistic variety. That sketch must
have created a mild sensation in Wagon
Mound.
1t is difficult to conceive of any
thing which could create violent sem
sation there. Wagon Mound does not
go in for the more violent emotions.
But the offending sketch was doubt
less passed from hand to hand with
grave and disapproving shakes Of tho
head and sighs of resigned but out
ragged sensibility. The staid. decorous
American city of Wagon Mound. with
it's ambitions centered on civic prog
ress and the gaining of the county seat.
pictured as exotic and romantic, po-
tentially lawless-horrors,
Wagon Mound does not conceal her
true disposition behind any false ex-
terror, either. There is apparently no
excuse for the most casual passer-by
spinning along in his car to carry
Evening star., 1916-08-04
DENIES BIG FIRE STARTED |
IN HIS COMPANYS BARGE
T. B, johnson Ascrihes Munitions
Explosion to Fire in
Box Car.

JERSEY CITY. N. J.. August 1.-The
explosion of munitions on Black Tom
Island last Sunday morning when
killed at least four persons and did
approximately s2O,0O0,000 damage was
caused by some persons with the OBJ
ject of doing just what was accom-
plished." according to Theodore g.
johnson, one of the four men who were
arrai gned today charged with man
sIaughter in connection with the blast
The hearing was deferred until August
IS.
Mr. johnson. president of the johnson
Lighterage and Towing Company,l said
he would produce one of his employ es
who would swear that when he hrst
saw the fire il was in box car on
Black Tom Island, and did not originate
In one of the Johnson company's
bargeS as charged.
Up to noon today the police detailed
by city authorities to watch incoming
trains for shipments of explosives had
found none, and no cars were turned
back.
A statement on the recent explosion
on Black Tom Island off New York,
shows that the interstate commerce
commission believes no law or regula-
tion of the commission governing the
packing and transportation of explos-
ives was violated, but that state or
municipality may have the right to
prescribe limits within which explo-
the United States.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
EAST VS.. WEST AGAIN.
Eight of First Ten Tennis Players
of Country Will Compete.

NEW YORK, August flight of the
first ten ranking tennis players of the
country will compete in the east VS..
west matches which rae to begin on
the courts of the West Side Tennis
Club at Forest Hills. l. L. this after
noon.
Maurice Mclaughlin. No. 3, and w.
Merrill Hall. No 10. are the only mem
bers of the championship group who
will not figure in the second annual
struggle for court honors between the
leading racket experts Of the Pa
cific and Atlantic coasts.
The opening days play will consist
entirely of singles matches, In when
the east will be represented by X.
Norris Williams. I'd, Of philadelphia;
Karl Behr and Watson NJ Washburn
of New York city, and George NJ
Church Of Tenafly, N. ].
The western players for the singles
will be William N. Johnson, national
singles champion: Clarence ]. Griffin:
r. L. Murray and w. E. Davis. all OF
San Francisco, Cal
The east VS.. the west matches were
first played in 1915, when the eastern
team travelled to San Francisco for the
opening portion of the series, and the
matches were completed at Forest Hills
in September. In the Initial meeting
the western players were victors, win
ming seven out of twelve matches
played.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
Swedish Vessels Seized.
ITALIAN AIR FLEET
IN BIG ISTRIA RAID

BERLIN. August I. by wireless TO
Sayville---An Italian air raid on Istria
1y "a squadron Of fourteen machines
Oh august l is reported today by the
irs-ro- Hungarian admiralty. one ma
chine vas brought down by an Austri-
an aviator. The statement says:
"DE August !, at 1890 am, an Italian
air squadron, comprising fourteen
great battle planes. few over Istria by
way Of Pirano. Lieut. BanfeId, in a
hycrOplilue, asceuded from Triest and
pursued the leaders Of the hostile
squadron through the whole Of Istria
and reached a group Of seven Caproni
ma hines over F.ume At a height Of
Zoo meters he shot down one Of the
'apronls- The pilot was killed and
me two observers We're taken prisoner
Lieut. Banheld and his hydropIane re-
turned Unharmed"
The Italian war Office report of Au-
gust : announced a raid by a Caproni
squadron upon the Whitehead torpedo
and submarine works near F'iune on
which four tons Jf explosives were de-
cared 20 nave been dropped with Ynuch
oamage TO the plant The statement
reported that one Austrian machine
Whicn engaged the italian aircraf,
vas brought down and that one Of the
taproni machines was observed land
ing IN austrian territory the otber
machines returning safely.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
BARS NEW YORK CHILDREN.
Pennsylvania Health Office Orders
Quarantine. Beginning Today.

HARRISBURG, Pa, August 4.-State
Commissioner Of Health Dixon today
ordered a quarantine against children
under sixteen entering the state from
premises in New York and New Jersey
where infantile paralysis is prevalent
The following message was sent to
the New York and New Jersey health
commissioners:
The commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
this day placed quarantine against all
children under sixteen years of age
coming from outside this common
wealth who have had or have been in
contact with infantile paralysis, or who
have been living in premises in which
there is or has been "A case of in
fantilc paralysis during the present
epidemic Other children less than six-
teen years OF age from any stricken
district viii be held under observa-
ton
Evening star., 1916-08-04

auto road runs through the main street,
aud three-Quarters Of the town 10
strung along It. Wagon Mound reveals
herself frankly AZ q little city OF tho
q bank and . post ofice, where teams
and Fords from tho surrounding plains
are banked at the wooden curb two
deep.
living in the town. but they have
failed singularly to impress it with the
Individuality OF their race. either in
spirit or architecture. It Is American
in tongue. appearance and spirit: and
1t stands. II must be admitted. as a
proof of the sad fact that the Ameri-
can town OF the southwest lacks three
fourths of the picturesqueness and
charm OF it's Mexican neighbor.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
MISS GIILEAUDEAU VICTOR.
Surprises by Defeating Miss Wag-
ner on Woodmere Courts

NEW YORK. August Miss Helen
sprang the biggest surprisel
of the Long Island tennis champion
ships when she defeated Miss Mario
Wagner. the playing through champion.
on the courts ofsehe woodmere Tennis
Club yesterday. Miss Wagner. four
times holder OF the national indoor
championship. won the first set. but
lost the next two. The final score was
3-6, 60. 60
Miss 9illeaudean will meet Miss Heller n.
Bernhard In the final round this after
noon. Miss Bernhardt won her placs
in tho final bracket yesterday by de-
feaking Miss Gertrude Della Tore. at
e2, 60. Play In the doubles also
reached thOdnal round.
Evening star., 1916-08-04

its Flemish namo Of Dendermonde. At
the outbreak Of the war it was one OF
the Eve fortified towns Of Belgium. but
its defenses were not Of modern de-
sign Tho city Is twenty-five miles by
rail southwest OF Antwerp. It Is nine
miles from Lokern and thirteen miles
from St Nicholas, two other towns OF
Belgium where rioting occurred sinul-
taneously with the outbreaks at Ter
monde.
THE most interesting buildings in
Termonde are the Hotel de Vile
formerly the Cloth HalD, fourteenth
century structure, and the Gothic
church of Notre Dame. which contains
two valuable pictures by Van Dyck.
"Termonde Is only twenty feet above
sea level, fact which accounts for the
ease with which the surrounding coun-
try was flooded when besieged in 1867.
Evening star., 1916-08-04
BRITISH DENY CLAIMS
LONDON WAS SHELLED

LONDON, August 4.-Investigations
made here fail TO bear out the German
claims that the last two Zeppelin raids
reached London. Many people from all
parts Of London and the suburbs have
reported they did not see or hear any
Zeppelins or any guns. Whenever Yep
pelins have reached London or the
suburbs in the past the news spread
quickly, and there was no difficulty in
finding plenty Of witnesses to testify
to their presence.
An official statement from Berlin on
August ! said that German Zeppelins
in their raid over England on the pre-
vious night had reached London. Ber-
lin also claims officially that bombs
We're dropped on London during the
raid on the night of August 2
Evening star., 1916-08-04
TWO HURR|CANESD DRIVE
BARGE THOUSAND MILES
Detroit, Formerly U. S. Gunboat,
Towed Into San Juan After Hav-
ing Almost Reached New York.
of the Associated Press.

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, July 29.-Al-
most eighteen years to the day after she
had fired on the old Spanish Notifications
of FL Morro at the entrance to San Juan
harbor the barge Detroit. formerly a
United States gunboat, and in the Span
ish-American war part of Admiral
SIMPSONS fleet, was towed into port this
week with a tale of having encountered
two hurricanes but few hours apart and
being blown back here almost 1000 miles
after having been within 400 miles of New
York.
Capt. Mattison laid most of the De-
troit's i'll luck to the fact that she had
aboard what remained of the cargo of the
Inflated schooner Forest City, which
burned at the wharf here New Year day
after encountering foul weather and sick
ness on an eighty day voyage from the
west coast of South Africa
Evening star., 1916-08-04
Alleged Jury Fixer" Confesses

CHICAGO. August william ]. Gal
laRher. 40 was arrested recently in
Flushing. l. :. and brought here as a
fugitive N~om justice in connection with
the Union traction jury fixing" scandal
hae made a complete confession. accord
ing 10 an announcement made By States
tttoruey HOyne. While prosecution Of
-ile persons accused is prevented by the
sta tate Of limitations. Hoyne said the con
fee on VIII be valuable In the present no.
ts.' graft luyestI cation. .Galiagh will b.
witness In Il graft case which comes
70 tcial soon. it was stated
Evening star., 1916-08-04
Money for Ireland Not Held Up.

LONDON, August 4, 2:04 p.m.-The
British foreign Office today published a
denial of the allegation said to have
originated in the United States that
postal transmission of money to Ireland
from America had been refused on the
ground that such letters were detain-
ed by the British authorities. The
foreign office stated that any American
letters addressed to Ireland and pass
ing censors We're delivered.