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The Economies of It.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
Those hardscrabble citizens Of the
world who sniff at ideals and principles
and altruism in general have an I'M
pleasant way of now and then coming
out on top. Shut your eyes to such fac
tors as hunger and self-interest, and
sooner or later the world will behave
most ineNplicably to you. 1t has been
the economic changes in the lot of
women which have furnished the chief
basis for modern feminism. You can
argue against theory of suffrage or
equal rights. but You cannot argue
against the stream of women on their
way to work that you can see any day
on Park row or Broadway or Wall
street.
So with the present bitter-enders
against suffrage. While they repeat
their old. well polished arguments To
prove that wonans place was and is
and ever shall be in the home. women
are becoming ear conductors and mail
carriers and goodness knows what else.
The economic pressure of the war upon
unsentimental corporations is accom-
plishing more than an army of elo
quence Women are doing mems work
the world over. from national necessity.
and the whole anti-suffrage argument
is left without a foundation TO rest
upon.
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Silhouette Features Fashions of January

some of the luxuries that have replaced
necessities
There are also several hundred yards
of black and silver and black and gold
brocades They were very expensive
last year and they remain high in price.
but they are used by the exclusive de-
signers as an offset TO the somberness
of too much dull velvet and satin.
They are particularly well used in
evening wraps and gowns, but one has
grown tired of these fabrics In mil
lincry. The Russian hats which At the
head and flare outward, depending on
their shape. and not their trimming. for
their price and beauty. have been made
Of this metallic brocade all winter. and
were SO popularity Worn that the ma
iorit% of women are weary of the style.
The same " earineSs comes in the use
OF this metallic brocade in com hinstion
with sturdisr fabrics for coat suits and
street frocks. hut there is no feeling
Gaiust IL when il is Slsshed into view
through the medium Of evening apparel
1t seems TO belong there
by the way. on one of the newest Of
these black velvet and silver brocade
evening wraps there is trench muf-
( 7er OF fur that wraps well around the
neck and hangs in two long ends at the
back. The wrap itself presents the APP
pesrance of an antique Chinese garment
from the back, especially when the
wcarer lifts her hands 1t was really
one of the most successful garments
worn at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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The Yellow River.

rom the LONDON chronicle.
Ii the world were not at war. humanity
would deem the tragedy of the Yellow
river the greatest disaster of the times.
China's Sorrow. So they call this mighty
devastating torrent. which periodically
ravages the land. Earthquakes and vol
canoes claim their thousands and scores
of thousands. but the Hoang- Ho browns
millions. To Marco Polo. familiar with
the bridled waters of Venice, It seemed an
appalling fact that the Kara Moran. as
he called it, was ''of such magnitude.
both in respect of width and depth. that
no solid bridge can be erected upon it,"
but he did not know all.
The Chinese had the cantilever bridge
ages before we applied the principle, and
they could have spanned this raging mon
ster if it could be kept within its bed
But it cannot. With its tremendous vol
ume OF water it brings down and slowly
deposits such volumes OF detritus that il
raises its bed. The Chinese embank and
embank TO keep il within bounds bur
still the river rises. The race between
river anG engineers goes on from age to
age. till boats sail upon a broad expanse
of water up in the air. while men walk
far below Then the breach cEs.-az. .nd
the far-hung food, and the deyastation
and drownings-as now.
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The Little Ghosts.

tBy Theodosia Garrison of the Wig
ilantes.)
He shall see many ghosts before he
dies
The ravished and the murdered and
those slain
In torture, shall arise from earth and
And close about him. mute and shad-
oW-wise.
And ever first and foremost TO his eyes
From the red streets and from the
sea vast plain.
The little children shall come back
again
The frsil. crushed blossoms of the sac
rifice.
And in their eyes no fear will be, nor
wrath,
Only chila's bewilderment at hate.
And in their hands no lifted menace
dwell:
Yet these frail shadows shall obstruct
his path.
And OF the last, or be IL soon or late,
These helpless hands shall push him
into He'll.
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Sandbag Architecture.
From the London Chronicle.

h
Two Tommies straying out of Smith
field into the church of Great st.
Bartholomew walked about the historic
building with idle curiosity and little
interest until they came to the mound
of sandbags which bury and protect
Ranere's tomb against air raids. In
stantly their attention was fired. They
examined the sandbagging closely.
critically and professionally. Look at
it--as broad at the base as at the top.
Not in headers and stretchers-not even
Old Flemish bond. let alone new. l
wouldn't feel safe under them sand
bags, not even il I was dead-would
you. Toni"
And as they passed on, of the csa-c.
oblivious of the older architecture, they
saw on the notice board a request for
subscriptions to defray. the expense Of
sandbagging the exquisite, tomb.
Thirty ouid for dumping down them
sandbags in 'eap-a cap l call il:
What price for the sandbags we built
fair and proper by the old convent
trenches? Tom. II that's hdw they pay
here. you and me ought to be blinking
miilionaires." XIII
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WARNS WOMEN
NOT TO CHATTER DURING WAR
Mr.. Man, You, Are Supposed to Follow BITS
Of Advice, Too-Things Every Family
Should Bear In Mind.

"A new deeaiogue of war for women
the University of Turin" says DIR.
Anna Howard Shaw. chairman of the
women's committee of the Council of
National Defense.
This decalogue, like that of the
Scriptures. applies to both men and
women. and by close attention to it's
rules every one will be able not only
to do her part. but to do it so sys-
tematically and efficiently that there is
no demand the government could make
that would not find us prepared TO re-
spond at once. If every family kept
this decalogue where il could be in
of their duty as well as the glory of
sharing in the great new struggle
/ which We trust shall bring TO us a
fulfllment of the spirit of Him who
came to bring peace on earth, good
will to men The decaIogue is as
follows:
Do not chatter. Keep to yourself
the news you hear, your own impress
sions and your apprehensions.
Do not listen to alarmists. to slack
ers or to those who would spread dis
couragement. Silence them.
Be moderate in your spending, neither
/, lavish in gifts nor sordid in your econ
omies. Let everything in your life.
even your daily expenses. take on at
this moment its true national i'm
portance.
Encourage national industries, avoid
ing imported goods. even though they
may seem better and less costly than
| those made at home.
Do not look upon the departure to
the front of those dear to you an
| aba ndonmelt. Be with them constant
| ly in thought. as they are with you.
! particularly in the hour of danger, and
do all that you can to replace them in
! their former occupations.
/ Do not complain of the difficulties
iannoyances and privations caused by
| the war. Think of those who are
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dying for their country and complaint
will halt upon your lips.
Multiply your activities. in your home
as well as outside, thereby rendering
yourself useful to your country by the
work of your hands, the warmth of
your heart and the clarity of your in
telligence.
Exhibit day by day and hour by hour
the same courage a man shows upon
the field of battle. Instruct the ig-
norant. uphold the feeble. console those
who are stricken; transmit your own
confidence to others.
No matter how long the struggle
may last. await victory with strength
and patience.
If you are stricken in your dearest
affections, bear your sorrow nobly.
that your tears may be worthy of the
hero whose death you mourn.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The following list, arranged by sub
tects, includes some of the latest addi-
tons TO the Public Library
The lists which appear in this column
each Sunday are reprinted. at the end
bulletin. Copies of this may be obtained
Fl ee at the library or viii be sent by
rail for Is cents :: year
Architecture and Decoration.
American Institute Of Architects city Plan.
nng Progress il the United States. 1917. We
Ani3T5.
tails WBS3 Ara. Reference
Arnold Hugh. Stained Glass of the Middle
.stes in England and France 1913. WkK-Ar68s.
gruce. ". G.: comp. Grade School buildings.
1911 VIII -Es3sg.
Brnnner. 2; de $: The Now Country Church
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Wf1Ic114h.
Cridiand. Il. b. Practical Landscape Garden
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Kelly. A. A. The Expert Interior Decorator,
WISH K.9sc
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OH Landscape Gardening WEPG7Sil.E.
Robinson. l.. f. Domestic Architecture. VIM
t5GGI.
Wright Mrs. A. +. Interior Decoration for
Modern Needs. WISH Wa33i
Literary Essays.
Bangs. i. ~ Half Hours with tho Idiot WV
Eth
CHnhy. II. s. Facts. Thought and Ina gina tioi..
"a tee
Freeman John. The Moderns ZY-fs75m
k.lmer. Joyce comp Literature in the
Milking ZY k5aa J.
Long. W, J. outlines Of English anil American
! Literafure ZY-Lsaao.
Mitchell. s. Il. George Moore. ZYA-M 7S3m
Nelson. W. A. Robert Burns How to Know
Him. ZYA-R93n.
pain. %. E. o. The Short Story. 1914. zcF-
PICS.
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Powell, Mrs. 3. n. H. The Chiidren's Library
q Dynamic Factor in Education. jzs-Ps7a.
z, Treble. H. A.. COMP English Prose. Y-9T713c.
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human beings. 1t is at this point that
the book deserves serious consideration,
for it shows, in Il realistic manner. the
treatment to which animals are sub
jected before they are brought to do
the things with which. upon the stage
or in the ring, they delight the thought
less and essentially cruel. From this
point of treatment the book deserves
to have it's place as textbook for
children. From its other lines of in
terest it is typical Jack London dog
story---a prime adventure through
which one adds to his list of splendid
dog friends.
garet Widdemer, author CT Why
Not?" etc. Frontispiece by Willy
Pogany. New York: Henry Holt &
co.
The theme of this. tale is. one sur
misses. rather more common in stories
than it is in life. At least, one never
hears of the girl who imposes a make
believe engagement upon de:'enseless
man just TO extricate herself from some
sudden diffculty-never hears Of il out
side of books, though between their
two covers il is not an uncommon eX-
pedient. Such an engagement is the
basis Of this story, a story that is cal
cuiated TO delight the very young girl
reader. Everything happens SO for
tuitously. everything comes out just
exactly as il should in a romance of
the fairy-tale type. that the book is
bound to please. Then. too. the girl is
a joy to the eye and the hero is just
what hero ought to be, and the whole
to-do is worked out in SO delicate an
atmosphere Of youth and gayety and
pure romance Oh. it is the very story
for young dreamers who secretly yearn
to see themselves possessed of the
charms that the youthful heroine of
this engaging romance so undeniably
possesses. A very graceful and charm
ing story.
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the edges of these are carelessiy over
whipped with silk thread.
While there is some embroidery and
worsted threads the idea is faboo when
"a rried out in a lavish way 10 is said
that there many odds and ends
left over from worsted yarn. which are
not needed by the knitterS. that il is
quite simple and not unpatriotic to use
them up in all manner of ornamental
ton, and so. when ono sees a gown that
is fiecked with colored wool and has
splashinE embroidery Of It AT sleeves
and belt. there is no use getting hySter-
zeal over IL The pieces that go to make
it can he picked from the waste basket
The dresSms kers seem IL prefer tAs
lsTish use Of braid 10 any other kind
of applied ornaipentation. The wide.
"loselFwoven variety known as Her
cules. and the tiny thread known as
Soutache. are both snlashed over clothes
with a generous hand. The extra wide.
white Hercales braid is used for a roll
ing collar. cuffs and broad belt on
gowns of black and gray satin. as well
as on frocks serge and deeply col
ored wooden fabrics
There seems to be no scarcity of
metallic tissue and silver lace in the
hands of the dressmakers and on the
shelves of the shops. They are probably
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Twain. Mark pseud. What is Man 1.lei3"
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THE ROMANCE OFTHE ROMANOFFs.
BY Joseph McCabe. author Of The
Soul of Europe" etc. illustrated.
New York. Dodd. Mead & Co.
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Poetry and Drama

Twain Mark. pseud. What Is MAN. I-T913w.
Week1ey. Ernest. Sirnames. XDcP-W1las.
West Rebecca Henry James. IVA -J231w.
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We need not fear for the fashions in
the hold that this instinct will have on
women. Individuality of dress. a vast
amount Of alteration. the employmen mt
of thousands of seamstresses will be de-
manded by the women who buy=ctot1es;
and it may be-but of that / am not
competent to write-;hat the mills
themselves and the vast wholesale net
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

Y way of this dramatic sketch
J. of the Roma loff dynasty SIR
McCabe traces the rise, and fall
of Russian autocracy. The
aLatch cnyers a neriod of about
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The Daughters of Union Veteran
Mrs. Ellen spencer Nusxey Tent. No. l.,
Will receive New Year day a G. A. r.
Hall from / o'clock until 4. All men
in uniform are invited.
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Monticello Chapter. ID. A. r.. held its
December meeting at the home of Mrs.
De Lancy Gill, 1905 18th street. The
hostess was assisted by her sister. Mrs.
Frederick Kroop. A letter was re-
cciyed from Mr.. +. Ellis. head Of =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
FIRST SHOT FIRED ON u. S. SIDE:
BATTERY CAPTAINS OWN STORY

fire next morning if only had ammu
milton. He knew of the rivalry be
tween the batteries and appreciated
how eager we were to get in the frs
dfately to Capt. HIS battery and HI
would give orders for twenty or thirt.
rounds to be turned over to US.
Il went over to the mems quarters
where they were just getting supper
My proposition to pull the gun into
position by man power was met will
unanimous and loud approval. 1t wa.
little more than a kilometer to tn.
battery emplacement. The only roat
lay over low. marshy ground, which
had been peppered with big German
shells and was full of craters How
ever. the men were anxious to take the
gun out. and after two hours of the
hardest kind of work in mud and slusf
that came above the knees and filled
the mems shoes and leggings. it was
dragged or practically carried into po-
sltion. There was no need for the
trumpeter's first call the next morning
Every man in the department was al
the gun before daylight.
First Shot Fired by U. S.
The first shot was fred precisely
at FIVE minutes ten seconds past IN.
October %. 1917.
IWenty-four shots We're all fired
about ten hours before any other Amer
lean battery got into action. The next
battery to open was A battery, which
began firing about o'clock in the
afternoon of the same day. The ar
t1Hery got into action before the in
fantry, or even the marines. These
men marched from their billets in r
soon after pm. on the 23d of October.
just twelve hours after the artillery
had commenced the war for America
During the night these troops occupied
sections of trenches which were sup
ported by the French artillery group
to which I was attached
Just before my battery left the sec
tor these infantry trenches were heav-
i!y shel1ed by the German artillery and
then rafded by hostile infantry. My
battery took part in the fire which
the French artillery delivered in re-
taliation.
After the excitement of getting in
the first shot had subsidized the battery
settled down to the more prosaic task
OF digging themselves in. We got a
taste of weather that was really BIT
ter, raw and dangerous Several men
weakened under the exposure and try
ing work and had to be replaced by
men from the supply base at D. The
greatest abominatiop of all was the
mud. Everything seemed to turn to
mud under the constant rain. If Sher-
man were here now he would surely
say that mud. not war, is hell.
Due to exposure and the men being
unused to the climate and conditions
of living, it was impossible to carry on
the work of digging as rapidly as could
have been done with more experienced
men. Nevertheless, our stay at the
front. however short. is going to prove
invaluable to US. 1t gave US a vivid
realization of our shortcomings. par
ticufarly in matters of clothing and
equipment. Moreover, I believe that
every man at the front with me
realized that war is not a joke after
all and that wars greatest terror is
not shells and bullets, but suffering
caused by exposure in severe weather"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-20
Position Mapped by Germans.

Il left ID. Monday morning with forty,
mounted men and the first piece (Runl
OF my battery. 1t was the French COM
mander,s scheme. in placing my bat
French battery emplacement and the
other three pieces in a new position
about zoo yards farther back The old
French battery position had been she'll
ed heavily Few months before, fore
ing its abandonment, and its exact po-
sition was supposed to be known to the
Germans. After the guns were re-
moved. the position had lain open and
Completely exposed, and beyond a doubt
had been accurately mapped by the
Germans by means of aerial photo
graphs. Consequently any guns discoy-
cred By the German aircraft to be
firing from this position could be de-
stroyed at leisure by the enemy, by
simply using previously determined
firing data used on the old French
battery.
! This made it necessary to camou-
nage or conceal the gun in this po-
sition. The cemmandant wanted me to
begin active firing with this piece as
soon as / could get into position, and
then begin simultaneously the con-
struction of the new positions in little
orchard farther back.
'.In accordance with this plan. we
hastily constructed a base of heavy
timber for the piece to rest upon, OBJ
tanned the necessary camoufiage ma
| terial and constructed a light shelter
| of corrugated sheet steel as protection
against shrapnel bullets and shell frag-
ments. BY. night Of the 22d the EN-
placement was ready.
Fortunately. it had been foggy all
day. permitting us TO work steadily on
/ the emplacement and also to bring our
| piece on up to the village of F. Ordi-
narily the roads leading to F. could not
be used during the day when observa-
ton was possible. because this sector
was closely watched by German sau-
Sage balloons. The gun had been con-
ceaied In an old building and the horses
| sent back. told the French con-
mandant that I would have my gun
| put In position that night and could
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Start Made in Pitch Darkness.

pitch darkness fell an hour before I
was due to leave the park. In spite of
EdarAnests ednfusjon and baIky horses
Let dxSy > few minutes after 8. got
thfS&1h tskhe night with nothing more
serious than several injured horses and
an accident to ono driver.
s'sWk arrived ak the little town Of d.
one h0nr after Bark. tho 1eth. Wood
and water had TO, be RUSHED by the
cooks. To get rations for supper. we
had TO hunt for The supply train OF the
battalion, which was supposed to be in
that vicinity. Energetic, undaunted
cooks, however. found wood and water.
We got the ratfons, and at late hour
sandwiches and hot coffee were served.
We had billets-a big barn. with lit
tie straw and countless fieas in it-and
everybody piled In, to sleep
Early In the morning Of Sunday. the
21st, rode up to the little village of E.,
Just behind the French front-Iine
trenches.
From 3. / was taken to r. 4(also Just
behind the front, Iine) and Introduced to
the French group commandment, Mai.
Roger yillers. My battery was to be
attached to his group. and was to be
under his orders during my stay at the
front.