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looking at him steadily. You've talked
to her for"
For heavens sake" he began,
keep the peace!"
well, what have you just been do
ing?"
SIR he said. Listen to your IA
ther-in-iaw.'
Sheridan was booming and braying
| louder than ever, the orchestra having
begun to play The Rosary" to his
vast content.
Il count them over. la-la-tum-tee-
dum," he roared, beating the measures
with his fork. Each hour a pearl,
each pearl tee-dum-tum-dum- What's
the matter of all you folks? Why'n't
you sing? Miss Vertrees. / bet a thou
sand dollars you sing. Why'n't-"
Mr.. Sheridan" she said, turning
cheerfully from the ardent Jim. you
don't know what you interrupted!
Your son isn't used to my rough ways,
and my soldiers wooing frightens him,
but | think he was about to say some
thing important"
"Ill say something important to him
If he Doesn't the father threatened,
more delighted with her than ever. by
gosh! if I vas his age-or Il widower
right now"
oh, wait!" cried Mary. "If they'd
only make less noise! / want Mrs.
Sheridan to hear"
shed say the same" he shouted.
Shed tell me was mighty slow if l
couldn't get ahead o Jim. Why, when
| vas his age"
You must listen to your father"
had grown red again. He's going to
tell Us how, when he was your age, he
made those two blades of grass grow
out of n teacup-and you could see for
yourself he didn't get them out OF his
sleeve!'
At that Sheridan pounded the table
till ii jumped. Look here, young lady!'
he reared. Some o. these days I'm
either goin' to slap you-or I'm goin'
to kiss you!"
Edith looked aghast; she was afraid
this was indeed too awful" but Mary
Vertrees burst into ringing laughter.
Both" she cried. Both! The one
TO make me forget the other!'
But which" he began, and then
suddenly gave forth such stentorian
trumpetings of mirth that for once the
whole table stopped TO listen. 'Jim,"
he roared, IF you don't propose to that
girl tonight I'll send you back to the
machine shop with BibbS."
And ~Bibbs-down among the retain
ers by the sugar pump works, and
watching Mary Vertrees as Il ragged
boy in the street might watch Il rich
little girl in a garden-Bibbs heard.
He heard-and he knew what his IA
Tiers plans were now.
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The Turmoil
BOOTH HARRINGTON
Copyright 1915, by uarper & BrothcrsD

| getting these, would renew his friend
ly railleries, or perhaps, turning to
Mary Vertrees, who sat near him,
round the corner of the table at his
right, he would become Autobiography
ical. Gentlemen less naive than he
had paid her that tribute, for she was n
girl who inspired the photographed
impulse In every man who met her-it
needed but the sight of her.
The dinner seemed, somehow, to cen
ter about Mary Vertrees and the jocund
host as n play centers about It's hero
and heroine; they were the rubicund
king and the starry princess Of this
spectacle-they paid court to each 9TH
er, md everybody paid court to them.
Down near the sugar pump works,
where Bibbs sat, there was audible
speculation and admiration. wonder
who that lady is-makin' sue a hit
with the old man" Must be some
heiress." "Eeiress? Golly, / guess /
c1uld stand it to marry rich, them
Edith and Sibyl were radiant; at
first they had watched Miss Vertrees
with an almost haggard anxiety,
dering what disastrous effect Sheri-
dams pastoral gayeties-and Other
things-would have upon her, but she
seemed delighted with everything, and
with him most Of all. She treated him
as If he were some delicious, foolish
old joke that she understood perfectly,
laughing at him almost violently when
he bragged-probably his first expert
ence of that kind In his life. 1t en-
chanted him.
AS he proclaimed to the table, she
had "a way with her" She had, in
deed, as Roscoe Sheridan, upon her
right, discovered just after the feast
began. Since his marriage three years
before. no lady had bestowed upon him
so protracted n full view of brilliant
eyes; and, with the look, his lovely
neighbor said-and it was her first
speech to him
II hope you're very susceptible, Mr..
Sheridan,"
Honest Roscoe was taken aback,
and. "Why?" was all he managed to
say.
She repeated the look deliberately,
which was noted, with a justification
equal to his own, by his sister across
the table. No one, reflected Edith,
could imagine Mary Vertrees the sort
of girl who would 'really firt' with
married men-she was obviously the
opposite Of oil that Edith defined
her as thoroughbred" a mice girl; -
and the look given to Roscoe was as
founding. Roscoe's wife saw 1t, too,
and she was another whom K puzzled
though not because it's recipient vas
married.
"Because!' said Mary vertrees, re-
plying to Roscoe's menosyllable. And
also because we're next-door neighhors
at table, and it's dull times ahead for
both of us If we don't get along"
Roscoe was a literal young man, all
stocks and bonds, and he had been
brought up to believe that when a man
married he married and settled down.
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,,rpe,u. and ~dcorep,ng and teetota,.

gorgeous and deafening and teetota!.
We could have lived a year on 1t. !
think the orchids alone would have
lasted US a couple of months. There
they were, before me. but | couldn't
steal 'em and sell 'em, and so-well, so
| did what I could"
She leaned back and laughed reas
suringly to her troubled mother. 1T
seemed TO be "a success-what could, :
she said, claSping her hands behind
her neck and stirring the rocker to mo-
ton as a rhythmic accompaniment to
her narrative. 1.-THE girl Edith and her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Roscoe Sheridan.
were too anxious about the effect Of
things on me. The fathers worth a
bushel OF both Of them, if he knew 1t.
He's what he is. | like him" She
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vi.

Mrs. Vertrees sat up" for her daugh-
ter, Mr.. Vcrtrees having retired after a
restless evening, not much soothed by
the society of his Landseers. But Mrs.
Nertrees had a long vigil of it.
she sat through the slow night hours
in a stiff little chair under the gaslight
il her own room, which was directly
over the front hall" There, book in
hand, she employed the time in her
own "reminiscences. though it was her
belief that she was reading Madame de
Remusat's.
Her thoughts went backward into
her life and into her husbands; and
the deeper into the past they went, the
brighter the pictures they brought her
and there is tragedy. Like her hus-
band, she thought backward because
she did not dare think forward definite
ly. What thinking forward this trou-
bled couple ventured took the form OF
Il slender hope which neither Of them
could have borne to hear put in words,
and yet they had talked it over, day
after day, from the very hour when
they heard Sheridan was to build his
new house next door. For-so quick
ly does any ideal of human behavior
become an antique-their youth was of
the innocent old days, so dead. of
breeding and "gentility," and no
uron them than hat of talking about
things without mentioning them. Here
in was marked the most vital differ
ence between Mr.. and Mrs. Nertrees
and their big new neighbor. Sheridan,
though his youth was of the same
epoch, knew nothing of such matters.
He had been chopping wood for the
morning fire In the country grocery
while they were still dancing.
1t was after one o'clock when Mrs.
Vertrees heard steps and the delicate
| clinking of the key in the lock, and
then, with the opening Of the door,
Mary's laugh and, "Yes-if you aren't
afraid-tomorrow!!'
The door closed, and she rushed up
stairs. bringing with her a breath Of
cold and bracing air into her mothers
room. Yes she said, before Mrs.
Vertrees could speak, The brought me
home"
She let her cloak fall upon the bed,
and. drawing an old red-velvet rocking
char forward, sat beside her mother,
after giving her a light pat upon the
shoulder and a hearty kiss upon the
cheek, -
"Mamma.' Mary exclaimed, when
Mrs. vertrees had expressed a hope
that she had enjoyed the evening and
had not caught cold. why don't you
ask mcy"
This inquiry obviously made her
mother uncomfortable. Il don't" she
faItered. ASK you what, Mary?"
How I got along and what he's
like"
MARY"
"Oh, 1t isn't d~istressingr said Mary.
And l got along so fast" She broke
of to laugh; continuing then. but
that's the way I went at 1t. Of course.
We are in a hurry, aren't we?"
MY dear, I don't know what To-"
.what to make OF tnything" Mary
finished for her. $50 that's all right!
Now ~ tell ron al about L. 1t was
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SYNOPSIS.

Sherldan's attempt to make a business
man Of his son Bibbs by starting him in
the machine shop end In Bibbs going to
a sanitarium, a nervous wreck. On his re-
turn Bibbs is met at the station by his
sister Edith. He finds himself ar incon-
siderable and unconsidered figure In the
New House" OF the S~heridans. He sees
Mary Vertrees looking at him from a
summer house next door. The Vertreeses,
old town family and impoverished. call on
the Sheridans, newiy-rich. n afterward
discuss them. Mary puts into words her
parents unspoken Wish that she marry
one OF the Sheridan boys.
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He knew that young married people
might have friendships, like his wife's
for Lamhorn; but Sibyi and Lamhorn
never 'hirted"--they were always very
matter-of-fact with each other. Roscoe
would have been troubled II Slbyl had
ever told Lamhorn she hoped he vas
susceptible.
"Yes-we're neighbours" he said,
awkwardly. Il live across the street."
"Why, nor she exclaimed, and
seemed startled. "Your mother told
me this afternoon that you lived at
home" Slowly a deep color came into
hcr cheek.
"N0.v he said; my wife and / lived
with the old folks the first year, but
that's all. Edith and Jim live with
them. OF course"
I'll see," she said. the deep color
ssa deepening as b turned rom him
and saw. written upon q card before
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Here is a young woman, one
of the poor aristocrstss deiiber-
ately setting forth to capture a
rich husband. Perhaps Mary
will honestly fall in love with
Jim Sheridan and be happy In
her marriage. Do you think she
Is wagine her warfare" in a
manner the. will bring her sue
cess?
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Doea Il seem to you that
Edith Sheridan has enough fine
stuff In her soul 20 write such
vcrse-even though II was writ
ten when she Was seventeen
and now she's past twenty and
rather hard?
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CHAPTE VII.

Edith. glancing casually into the
"ready-made" library, stopped abrupt
ly, seeing Bibbs there alone. He was
standing before the pearl-framed and
gold-lettered poem, musingly inspect.
ing Ii. He read 1t:
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FUGITIVE.

rpStIlF IT,
l will forget the things that sting:
The lashing look, the barbed word.
l know the very ard hat fling
The stones at me had never stirred
To anger but for their own scars.
They've suffered so, that's why they
strike.
I'll keep my heart among the stars
Where none shall hunt ii. slh, like
These wounded ones / must not be,
For, wounded, / might strike in turni
So, none shall hurt me. Far and free
Where my heart flies no enc shall learn.
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Mrs. vertrees' expression had lost
none of Its anxiety and she shook her
head grs yely. NY dear. dear child"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-20

The manly man respects himself.
which e. more important 'faa io
have the admiration of tge world.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-20

There has been uHmauly kIae-
and unwomaDly queens la- az
there have been manly and eCmanit
slaves. For IL 10 character tha.
makes the real man art OBJ" rrai
woman What We are wien To- The
dark or IN tho desert Us what wr
really are ever where SOM qIa.'-
tea are our real strength or weak.
ness. They alone make marIafss
or unlnanliness
There arc two thul- 'laf men
should never weary OF goo-Les- ana
humility; ne gct none 100 much OF
them in the rough aorii and AMONG
cold. proud people -stesenso"
The manly man respects himself.
which is more important pan ,o
have the admiration of tpe world
We become like those v.,a Faru
We associate. That 81 why tb' finest
qualities Of mauliness sincerity.
courage, gentleness. taado. md
sympathy-are found in those Nao
keep company Nth lne Man ..-
Jesus.
Goodness is expressed os Tar.,
ness
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Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic Of the Young
Peoples soeieties-ChriStian En-
deaVor, ete.-for Oct p Mani
ness and Womsniiress. '--Neh.
e:f.f3: Esther 4.6i6,
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There arc two thna- har men
should never weary Of goo-Les- ana
humility. ne gct none TOO W1cA OF
them in the rough aorii and among
cold, proud people -stet'n-t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-25
German Freedom
z OF Thn Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: When speeches were recently made
IN Madison Square Garden by the Germans
TO one interrupted or interfered. A. Carne-
gle Hall, however, on Monday evening there
was an exhibition of Kultur that gave an ink
ling % how things would be If the world
were under Teutonc domination. They not
only tried 10 howl down the speakers by
cries Of "liar" and worse, but tried to break
I'D the meeting altogether.
Til. Germans are not willing TO give any
one else half chance. They not only wish
for themselves the freedom OF the seas" so
that they may be free 70 slaughter women,
children and non-combatants generally, but
they are also trying 10 get the freedom OF
the earth so that they may be free TO curtail
and deny the rights Of others. The contem-
plation Of this peculiar brand Of freedom"
makes the liberty loving American gasp.
II is monstrously preposterous that the
Germans should be allowed to exercise their
Hohenzollern policy OF intimidation and re-
preston in our country. AMERICAN.
New York, March Is, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-25
Unpreparedness and Inc fficiency

Tc the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: With no idea as 10 what he IS getting
into. President Wilson is sending a handful
0! soldiers into Mexico to perform job tina,
will require four or five times as many men
as will compose this punitive expedition. The
sublime ignorance displayed By this Wilson
in the last three years is now
20 be surpassed by this new invasion. Lack
Of ammunition, lack OF supplies, lack Of mules
and means of transportation all point to
Democratic incompetence and inefficiency.
Over week elapsed before start could
be made agains. the cutthroat Villa, and FOR
three years it has been realized that just
such an emergency would arise. The utter
lack Of preparation in this particular instance
makes Mr.. Wilson'S big talk about prepared
ness seem ridiculous and makes US question
his efficiency and ability 20 grspple with n
bigger proposition in, diving the expenditure
OF millions of money ne is now asking Con-
gress 70 appropriate. JAMES L. GLASS.
Tampa, Fla. March II. 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-25
Premier Instead of President.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: have read with great deal OF IN
terest the article entitled around the
Trough" from the hand Of Edward g. Long
man. His desire 20 abolish the ONCE o.
President and establish that Of premier,
who, assume, would be elected By the party
in power in the joint houses OF Congress, Is
A fins idea, because then We could hold the
party 80 electing responsible, and not
single individual, as now, as he would be
the creature Of their making. | do not
know IL this idea originated with him. II
il did, we should give him credit for 1t.
But this is not the proper time TO put
such an idea into force. Just now we who
love our country are contendinG that 1t be
placed on proper military and naval foot
ing. consequent upon the plans which we
know have been formulated for our conquest
at the close Of the present cataclysm. and
we ought 20 bend all our energies toward
that task and to putting the greatest living
American At the helm in directing the Ship
Of State during the four years following
March l. 1917.
ONE WHO WANTS ROOSEVELT
East Moriches, Long Island, March Is, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-25
They Must Bolt Their Food

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Having been a constant reader for the
last two years of The Tribune, did not miss
the article Forty Thousand Children Found
Underfed," and, having children Of ny own
who attend the public schools, | think tina,
from my own observation, and from conversa-
tons had with both teachers and physicians
| am right when | say that the Board of
Health is in error in this case. as il was whom
IL forced tenement house owners 20 fumi
gate apartments in certain cases of sun.
posed contagious diseases.
would like 20 ask the Board Of Health II
1t ever stopped TO consider the fact that our
boys and girls who attend school under pres
ent conditions cannot help being weak
in body, sight, etc, for the reason that they
are not given sufficient time TO eat a decent
meal. even if they have it provided at home.
for IL is next 10 impossible for q boy or girl
who resides four or five blocks from a school
70 come and go from school and eat and prop.
erly chew his food in one hour, and in most
cases they sc: but from forty 20 fifty
minutes time.
In all European countries the school hours
are from a. m. TO ~ IN. and from > D. M TO
! p. nj. We are supposed 10 be Il nation OF
dyspeptics, and that il the exact truth, for We
train our children to be so from the rst day
they attend school. JOHN BOZZUFFl
w York, March 90, 1916
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ridiculous grounds and often merely for
the asking. Another circumstance to ne
considered is that the provisions made
for the families Of married men are eX-
tremely inadequate. Lord Derby himself
admitted some time ago that he never
suspected it would be necessary to call on
them so early, and as no one foresaw the
serious shortage of single men sufficient
preparation was not made 10 meet the
difficulties Of those with families and de-
pendents.
The trouble. like so many other troubles
that England has been obliged 70 face Is
a natural consequence Of unpreparednes'
Lord Derby dwelt on this point not long
ago. Of" he said. "the present scheme
for getting recruits by groups had been in
existence before the war, all details could
have been thought out. II should be re-
membered that the first time this group
system appeared before the public was
October 70. We had TO make the organi-
zation and at the same time we had 70 get
Inc best men in the best way we could
while that organization was being per
fectcd. You will see, therefore, the dim
cultes which existed
The enemy foresaw these difficulties
clearly enough. and when compulsion was
first talked of in England it was pointed
out by many German observers that the
work of twenty years could by no means
be accomplished in a few months. And
now, as Lord Derby remarks, the German
Kaiser will not wait and the British war
Office cannot wait while the married men
argue about their rights. 1t has come to
be A matter Of life or death for the nation
and the nation must either perish or pay
the heavy cost Of unpreparedness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-25
Comfort for a Noted Philanthropist

1t must be comforting TO Dr.. Won Mach
to be assured that those German babies
about whose condition he was so pro-
foundly concerned are at last free from
all danger of starvation. His compassion
seems for a while to have blinded him TO
the omnipotence of that German efficiency
he has preached so often.
1t was thoughtful of the British En-
bassy to call his attention to the public
statement of the Mayor of Berlin show
ing that "the difficulties regarding the
milk supply in winter time have been wiped
out" that the mothers, children and in
valids of Berlin have now an ample sup
ply, and that when the cattle soon are
turned out to Craze the milk production
will be greatly increased throughout Ger
many"
DR.. Won Mach can therefore rest at
case; his vision of steadily increasing dis
tress, of millions of starving babies, was
manifestly delusional. He may now safe
ly return TO his Boosting about the mar
velous perfection Of German organization
and government, or even TO his earlier
occupation of twaddling harmlcssly, if in
effectually, about art
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-25
Consequences Of Unreadiness.

Whether married or single" says Lore
Derby, every man should be prepared
TO defend his country" and at the moment
it looks as if general military service
would have to be adopted in Great Britain
before long. If any one can allay the
resentment so openly expressed by the
married men it is Lord Derby himself, but
it is evident that their opposition increases,
and 10 overcome it may be too difficult q
task even for him.
The fact is that the measure Of COM
pulsion devised by the government was a
compromise, and like most compromises Of
the kind it has failed TO work. Nearly
a million and half of men were needed
10 maintain the armies, and the problem
was to secure them without resorting 10
obligatory military service for all. Com
pulson within prescribed limits was ac-
cordingly tried, but it proved 80 unsatis-
factory that large number Of men who
had offered themselves on certain definite
conditions were called upon Immediately
20 fiji up the gaps. They were married
men and had volunteered for service on
the express understanding that they
should not be modified until the single
men Of military age had been exhausted.
The belief that the younger men have not
played their part and that the efforts Of
those in authority have been VIGOROUSLY
insufficient accounts for the indignation
so general throughout England at present.
There is something ridiculous about their
protest. seeing they were not obliged
TO enlist even condtionally. Hav-
Il ing offered their services, it was surely
reasonable 10 suppose that they would be
willing TO come up when called upon. On
the other hand, II must be admitted that
| they have some excuse for finding fault
with the manner in which the compusion
act has been enforced. In many cases
exemption has been granted on the most
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-25
A Source Of Supply.

To the Editor of The Tribune. 4,
Sir: Can't We get organized? lou snO
and all Of the other fellows who want Ie'''
in the White House on the next N' '.
March? Individual voices call unheS'o' " ~
get them together and believe there W"
be quite some noise.
All it needs is some one 20 start T. me
are thousands Of US just waiting ior ~
chance 10 &c. in line for Teddy Some00.'
start the linc, and it will reach from "
Atlantic 20 the Pacific. -
It's up to the citizens 20 put nm o.
where We need him. The politicians vi. "
thelr best to keep him out. for wen 'H'i
know that he will eliminate the graft ..
PORK" SO let's get together and DO SCI ~
thing definite toward that election next w
yember
Como on. Tribune. start something. lhus,
are thousands Of Us ready 20 get on the pS''
wagon and contribute
CHESTER T. BENTLhl'
New York. March Is, 1916.