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The Washington times., 1917-03-25
DIXIE BALL COMMITTEE
Young Women to Be Under Chair
manship Of Miss Moffett.

The young ladies' committee for the
Dixie ball to be given by Robert E
Lee Chapter, No. 644, U. d. c., at the
Willard Easter Monday, April 0, will
be under the chairmanship of Miss
Eleanor Moffett with Miss Hattie
Bowie is vice chairman, and is as
follJws:
Miss Jeanne Louise Aud, Miss Mary
Abernathy, Miss Katherine Barr. Miss
Ruth S. Bissell, Miss Virginia Bopes,
Miss Ethel Brockman, Miss Josie
Brockman, Miss Elsepth Campbell,
Miss Elise Carberry, Miss Nellie Car
berry, Miss Elizabeth Chaffe, Miss
Helen Claxton, Miss Italy Carter, Miss
Jeannette Cowan, Miss Julia Collins,
Miss Mary Key Compton, Miss Nora
Davis, Miss Maud Dunlop, Miss Mar
tina Dunhau, Miss Mary Ellery, Miss
Laura Elmore, Miss Mary Furgerson,
Miss Helen Griffith, Miss Virginia
Griffith, Miss Julia Hampton, Miss
Virginia Hereford, Miss Nellie Claire
Howard, Miss Sarah Hickling, Miss
Adelaide Heath, Mrs. Harry Holt,
Miss Ethel Johnson, Miss Harvie
Jones, Miss Christina Kemper, Miss
Helen Kalstrom, Miss Mary Latimer,
Miss Caroline z. Luxford, Miss Ruth
EollhlCAg 2hAcS
Miss Louise Mattingly, Miss Grace
Maud Morgan, Miss Margaret Mulhol-
land, Miss Janet Murray, Miss Martha
Poole, Miss Kitty Poole, Miss Marie
Peary, Miss May Petty, Miss Olive
Plant, Miss Gladys Pugh, Miss Mary
Pugh, Miss Lee Gary Rucker, Miss
Edith Richter, Miss Gertrude Robin
son, Miss Aileen Stewart, Miss Marian
Spragins. Miss Josephine Saunders,
Miss Edna Saunders, Miss Frances
Saunders, Miss Frances Wrenn Todd,
Miss Bertha Thomson, Miss Fisher
Taylor, Miss Margaret Trimble, Miss
Alice Theobald, Miss Mary Williams,
Miss Mildred Wright, Miss Lena WIKI
ins, Miss Frances Weeks, Miss Nancy
Weeks, Miss Margaret Young, Miss
Elizabeth Younger.
I'M addition to the list of patron
esses as published are Mrs. II. c.
Ansley, Mrs. John Bell, Mrs. James
H. Boggs, Mrs. r. +. Bopes, Mrs.
Charles ID. Carter, Mrs. r. A. Ca1d-
we'll, Mrs. Charles Mills Galloway.
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shown at Crandalrs Apollo on both
next Sunday and Monday. Miss Bara
will be seen in the role of a Russian
woman, almost devoid of all the soft
er human feelings. who lives only
that she may crafty her passion for
Jewels and costly raiment.
Tuesdays attraction will be an
nounced later.
Other pictures to be shown that
week are as follows: Wednesday,
Vivian Martin in "The Wax Model"
Thursday, Olga Petrova in "The Sc
cret of Eve" and Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Drew in the Metro comedy, Handy
Henry" Friday, feature production to
be announced later, and Beverly
Bayne and Francis Y. Bushman jim an
installment of "The Great Secret"
Saturday, Sessue Hayakawa in Each
to His Kind"
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Apollo.

"Panthea." a screen version of the
stage success of that in which Olga
Petrova was originally starred, will
be shown at Crandall's Apollo today
Norma Talmadge, who portrays the
titular role, 10 seen as a Russian girl.
who, to escape the police of her coun-
try after becoming involved in polit-
ical intrigues, fees to England.
She becomes the wife of a musical
composer whose whole life's ambition
is to have his opera produced. How
she makes a great sacrifice in oruer
both to save his life ana make pos
sible the realization of his ambition,
forms the climax to the drama.
Other attractions scheduled for
showing during the current week are
as follows: Tomorrow. wallace Reid
and Anita King in "The Golden Fet-
ter" Tuesday, Doris Kenyon and
Robert Warwick in "A Girls
Folly" Wednesday, Virginia Pear
son, in SISTER Against Sister,"
Thursday. Harold Lockwood and Nav
Allison in THE Promise: Friday, Nav
Walthall in THE Lighted Lamp" and
Bayne and Bushman in 1.-THE Great
Secret" Saturday, Clara KimbaII
Young, in Hearts in Exile"
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Avenue Grand.

"a Girls Folly" featuring Doris
Kenyon and Robert Warwick, which
is today's screen attraction at Gran
dall's Avenue Grand.
Miss Kenyon portrays the role of a
simple country girl who, fascinated
by the reports of the ease of the life
o. a picture star, runs away to "a
studio and succeeds in gaining en-
plOyment as an extra"
The scales fall from her eyes, how
ever, and finally she returns to her
country home.
Johp Hines and June Elvidge are
other members of the cast which made
this picture.
The program for the rest OF the
week is as follows: Monday, Dorothy
Dalton and William Desmond in "A
Gamble in Souls" and Fred Mace in
"a Janitor's Wife's Temptations"
Tuesday, Cleo Ridgely and Wallace
Reid in ''The Yellow Pawn" Wednes-
day, Blanche Sweet in unprotected"
and Beverly ,Bayne and Francis Y.
Bdshman in THE Great Secret"
Thursday, William Nigh and Violet
Palmer in 'The Blue Streak" Friday,
Mae Marsh in 1.-The Wharf Rat" and
Charles Murray in "The Great Vac
uum Robbery" Saturday, Marguerite
Clark in Miss George Washington"
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NEXT WEEKS BILL
OFPLAYS IN FILM
Advance Announcement OF
Photo Dramas in Local
TheaterS.

Foremost among the photoplay at
fractions to hold forth at Crandalrs
next week is Burning the Candle" in
which Henry B. Walthall, star OF
Griffith's THE Birth OF a Nation" is
pictured in the principal role.
According to advance reports, Walt
halls Characterization is by far the
best he has ever attempted. Burn
ing the Candle7 is scheduled for show
ing on Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week.
For the last three days of the week
the attraction will be "Vera, the
Medium" starring Kitty Gordon.
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far also includes Mrs. Charles L Fitz-
hugh, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs.
Henry +. Dimock, Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood, Miss Martha Goldman, Mrs.
William Cary Sanger, Mrs. William c.
Rives, jr., Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs.
Thomas Ewing. Miss Charlotte Cul-
len, Mrs. John II. Hewson, Mrs. Frank
B. Noyes, and Mrs. William A. Slater.
The sale is in charge of Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins.
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Savoy.

THE Poor Little Rich Girl" a photo
play adaptation from Eleanor Gates
stage success of that name, with Mary
Pickford pictured in the titular role.
will hold the screen at Crandalrs Savoy
on next Sunday and Monday.
For the following Tuesday, the at
traction will be The Secret Of Eve"
starring Olga Petrova.
The Drews in Handy Henry" will
provide a supplementary attraction on
hat date.
Other pictures for the week are as
follows: Wednesday, Fannie Ward in
The Winning Of Sally Temple" Thurs
day, attraction to be announced later !;
Friday, Bessie Love in Nina, the Flower
Girl" Saturday. Mae Murray in "On
Record
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ANenue Grand.

"The Web of Desire" featuring
Ethel Clayton and Rockcliffe Fell
loves, will be given a showing at
Crandalrs Avenue Grand next Sum
day.
On the following Tuesday, "The
Price She Paid" the drama of a wo-
mans great sacrifice, will be shown.
''The Secret of Eve" featuring Olga
Petrova, is the central attraction for
Wednesday. The eleventh episode of
'The Great Secret" featuring Bever-
ly Bayne and Francis Y. Bushman,
will also be shown.
For Saturday, Pauline Frederick
will be seen in the leading role OF
''Nanette Of the Wilds," the scenes
of which are laid in the Canadian
northwest The attractions for Mon
day, Thursday, and Friday have not
yet been announced.
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Robert Z. Lee Chapter, No. ga, u.
d. c., will give its regular monthly
dance Tuesday, March %, at Con-
federate Memorial Home. Those who
will be in charge of the dance are
Mrs. George Covington, chairman of
entertainment, assisted by Mrs. Hor-
ace Whitaker, Mrs. Wallace Streater,
Mrs. George Horning, Mrs. Porter
Barrett, Mrs. Hunter Laughton, and
Mrs. Stephen II. Ford.
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Mrs. Mccarthy Hanger, Mrs. William
Harlee, Mrs. Milton Johnston, Mrs.
James X. Jones, ST., Mrs. James K.
Jones, jr., Mrs. Z. H. Kemper, Mrs.
Bessie Kibbey, Mrs David Meade
Lea, Miss Virginia Miller, Mrs. w. T.
Rucker, Mrs. r. d. Shepherd, Mrs.
Rex Smith, Mrs. E. C. .Tieman, Mrs.
Richard b. Watrous, Miss Mary Will
cox, and Mrs. George TulIy Vaughan.
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PICTURE PLAYS ON
WEEKS PROGRAM
Pauline Frederick, Mary Pick
ford, Theda Bara and Doug
las Fairbanks Among Stars.

A double photoplay attraction is an
nounced at the Leader today and Mon
day when Mae Murray in ION Record"
will be seen with the Black Diamond
comedy, THE Magic Vest" as an added
feature. In "On Record" Mae Murray
is seen as a young country girl, am
bilious to go into business. She goes
to New York, but just as she secures
position as private secretary, she is
arrested by an overzealous detective,
and although. not sent to jail. has her
Identification placed on record. An un-
scrupulous attorney knows of this>fact
and when she is about to marry the
young inventor whom this attorney
seeks to ruin. he induces her sweet
hearts mother to accompany him to
night court and there shows her sons
fiancee's identification mark as a GRIM
inal.
How matters are adjusted and the
girl exonerated are brought about in
most thrilling manner.
Tuesday and Wednesday Pauline
Frederick will be seen in Sold :"
Thursday. Friday. and Saturday Mar
guerite Clark in THE Fortunes Of Fiji" !"
The Washington times., 1917-03-25

Mrs. Henry Fitch and Mrs. Theo-
dore V. Boynton have been added 20
the list of boxholders for the benefit
TO be given April 3 for the A. B. F. B.
Permanent Blind Relief. The list so
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Apollo.

"The Tiger Woman" a Fox photo.
play featuring Theda Bara, will b.
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Savoy.

Douglas Fairbanks is the featured
player in THE Americana" (which
holds the screen at -Crandalrs Savoy
Theater both today and tomorrow.
This picture is based on the novel.
Blaze Derringer." Derringer, a red
blooded young American, goes to Par
agonia, a South American country.
arriving just at the time when the
country is in the throes of a revol-
tionary struggle He starts out to
find the former president, who has
been ousted by an usurper, rescues
the daughter. forces the usurper to
relinquish his office, re-establishes
the former president. and incidentally
wins the girl other attractions for
the current week are announced as
follows: Tuesday Harold Lockwood
and May Allison in The Promise" :"
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew in the
comedy, Reliable Henry" Wednes-
day, Lou-TelIegen in THE Black
Wolf" Thursday, Ethel Clayton and
Rockliffe Fellowes in THE Web of
Desire;" Friday, Dorothy Gish in The
Little Yank," and the Keystone play
ers in Love Under Cover" Saturday.
Theodore Roberts in The American
Consul"
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The Observation-Disclosures of Chile,
Senior Aldunate Bascuman, Sonora de
Bascuman, and their children, who
were expected in New York yesterday,
will come to Washington within a day
or two. The ambassador comes to his
new post from Italy, where he has
been serving as minister. Senior and
Sonora de Bascuman will be Joined in
May by their eldest son, who will>then
have completed a years military train
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin d. McQuade an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Virginia Leontine Nc
Quade, to Joseph Henry Kirby, of
South Dakota The wedding will take
place in the early spring.
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PEABODY CLUB-Y.M. CA.
DANCING

The Dupont StudioMM22. PSRGRt Fgi9R GITS,s; wfs;
Wheeler. PHI N. 2OtI, Ballroom. interpretive
and folk dancing. VIII rent ballroom.
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shower for Bride-to-Be.

Miss Mary Key Compton entertained
the members OF the Winnie. Davis
Chapter, U. d. c., at a handkerchief
shower Wednesday evening in COM
pliment to Miss Nell Rose Baggett,
president OF the chapter, whose mar
riage to George Frederick Mitchell
will take place next Wednesday even
ing.
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CrandalT's.

The screen attraction at Crandalfs s
for today, tomorrow, and Tuesday is
"As Man Made Her." with Gail Kane
and Gerda Holmes jointly featured.
1t sets forth how a woman marries a
young man to be revenged on his
older brother who had wrecked her
life.
Other members of the cast which
made this picture were Edward Lang
ford and Frank Mills.
A return showing of "Skinner's 8
Dress Suit" featuring Bryant Wash
burn, is scheduled for Wednesday. 1t
Is en- adaptation from the story of
that name, recently published in the
Saturday Evening Post, and shows
how an impecunious young man
mounted to success by pretending to
be better of than he really was.
For the last three days of the week
areissue OF "Trilby," featuring Clara
Kimball Young, will be shown. George
Du Maurier's story is of. the artists
model who became a wonderful singer
by reason of the hypnotic influence of
Svengali. Wilton Lackaye Is pictured
in the character of Svengali, the role
he created in the original stage pro-
duction, while Paul McAllister, for
merly a member of the Poll Players,
portrays the role of Gecko.
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DANCING
MlLLER'S,

HlLLLN -,
THEATER- PHONE NJ. ss2s.
1851 DANCES.
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President Wilson and Old
Mother Hubbard
Mother Hubbard Is Angry Her Little Dog "Fritze Hohen
zollern" Is Furious. But Even Mother Hubbard Will
Recognize the Presidents Wisdom in Time

This is good cartoon by distinguished contribu-
tor Mr. Powers It goes right to the mind Of the people,
delay, the meaning is plain. .-r,...
Old Mother Hubbard feeding her dear little Hohen
zollern dog named Fitzie regularly Fze got his sup
ply of food from Mother Hubbard Holland and he doing
very wel-thank you.
Then President Wilson after displaying infinite
patience decided that the time had to join in sup
pressing the little Hohenzollern dachshund.
And of course the first step wisely decided upon by the
President was to cut off Fritzies food supply.
There was no hostility to Holland or other neutral
counres-far from it And hostility to the German peo
pie, mised by the Kaiser.
Mr. Wilson would like to every lady in Holland with
fat goose boiling the stove and ten other fat geese in
the back yard waiting to be boiled.
He would like all the people of all the neutral countries
to have everything they eat also plenty Of "copper" o
OIL and explosives for THEIR OWN use. vi
But would be unwise to put enough into old Mother
Hubbards cupboard to feed her AND her little Hohen-
zoern pet Fre Dachshund The President of the United
States did wiser thing humane thing,
better calculated to end the quickly than when he
decided to let the Germans try out schrecicheit at
home, basis of mo food from America until you get
tired of fighting
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What Peace Would Be a Just
Peace?
Peace?
An Attempt to Answer Difficult Question

Sooner or later peace will come It may come before
any considerable number of Americans are killed and be-
fore our expense exceeds say twenty bonstwenty
times the former national debt
We believe and hope that the var will have ended
before the coming Of spring. 1918.
But it MAY go on for two years, four years. or as
Lord Northcffe thinks possible for years
war lasts seven years more it will mean. the killing
of at least million Americans and probably more for
shall do share.
It will mean the spending of at least, ONE HUNDRED
thousand times million dollars.
necessary pay this price in and in money
for an honorable and for permanent world safety this
the other hand it possible to get peace with the
saving of million lives and hundred billions of dollars
saving heavy load Of sorrow and of debt the nation is
anxious for that peace.
The question is WHAT PEACE can this nation accept?
And what peace therefore would all its influence
COMPEL the allies to accept?
The nation that began the and caused it IS GER
MANYnot the Germany Of sixty millions of human beings
that want peace and prosperity but the Germany led by
Prussia that is ruled by autocrat Hohenzoern de-
handing for his personal glary.
Germany having begun it must STOP it. and stop it in
contrOn of spirit and with all the repatriation that is pos
Talk of vast indemnity from nation that bankrupt is
perhaps foolish.
If you fighting with an inmate of the poorhouse
will stop
We shall therefore not demand of Germany money that
she hasn't gobu justice permits that shall for Bel
GUM and for France and for Serbia any money and AS
MUCH MONEY as Germany is able to pay.
There could be no just peace except basis of COM
pee restoration by Germany of territory conquered in
Europe.
Belgium should be restored completely her ruined cities
rebuilt her impoverished people repadeven though allied
nations should be compelled to help bankrupt Germany in
the paying.
France, matter of course should have Alsace and
Lorraine stolen from her by the grandfather of this Hohen
zollern forty years ago.
And France should get back from Prussia the five thou
sand millions of francs with interest that the Prussian
Hohenzoen stole from France in 1S0-when France had
the misfortune to be led by Emperor arrogant and
ambitious Hohenzolern but without the Hohenzoern
power and ferocity.
Serbia should have compensation, and be made safe
from Bulgarian and Austrian brigandsge.
In addition, such arrangement should be made such
pledges and guarantees given would forever prevent
Continued a Of LastC olumn.) 1
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Mrs. Wilson Woodrows Article on commonplace

impulse was not strong enough,
the dream not sufficiently vivid to
push him beyond the confines Of
routine. Yet the spirit which had
been weak in him was strong in
the boy. The boy had embarked
on the greatest adventure Of all
the ages-the conquest of the air.
He was realizing, as a fact, that
desire which has haunted the
imagination Of men from primitive
times-to fly.
And the mother. Those chilled
steel eyes of hers-the boy had
inherited them-showed that she
was not of that race of mothers
described by George AIDE in one
Of his exquisitely humorous "Fa-
bles in Slang" in the August Cos
mopolitan-
"The mater had not raised
Erskine to be a soldier; she had
raised him to be a lounge lizard"
All the Romance of Her Gray
Life Conferred IN That
Youth.
But when chilled-steel eyes
soften, that is a revelation. One
felt sure that she had never had
any romance in her life. 1t was
impossible to imagine her murmur-
ing: Thine was when life gave
US kisses, moonlight and roses and
June"
1t was probable that she had
married her husband because he
asked her and it was the sensible
thing to do. He was a steady, re-
liable man and was laying by
money. And he had asked her be-
cause she was a good housekeeper,
a girl of sterling qualities and had
a nice bit of property besides.
The marriage had turned out
well; she had been content with
her lot, wouldn't have had things
different-but here was her boy.
He was the Springtime which she
had missed. He was to her the ex-
preston of that beauty and
romance which lies deep in every
human heart. She loved him so
that her eyes ached when she
looked at him, and her heart
swelled with pride at the splendid
youth and spirit of him, and broke
with agony at the thought that he
was daily and hourly to risk his
life. He was all her joy of the
present and hope Of the future.
For him she and her husband
had saved and scrimped and man.
aged and planned. And he had
chosen the newest and most haz-
ardous profession in the wrold, and
had gone into the service to help
win the war for America.
Commonplace! There was some
thing so fine. so truly great about
the three of them, that / felt proud
to be sitting in the same room
with them.
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aura, an agreeable one, Of spotless
kitchens and fragrant linen closets
and shelves with orderly and shin
ing rows of pickles and preserves
upon them.
Imagination failed at the
thought of her being the life and
soul of any party; but, if not ex-
actly popular, she would always
hold the admiration and respect
of the neighbors. She was plainly
Mortified with the prices on the
menu, and when her frugal order
was filled, she looked at it and
shook her head a bit, as if about
to murmur: $50 little food, so
much to pay" She ate her meal
disapprovingly, but was careful
not to leave even a crumb upon
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ing material; I
don't care any
thing about the
style"
And then fancy
follows her to
the village mil
liners.
"No, / don't
want a ny Of
t h o s e fus sy
shapes; just a
plain everyday
hat. Not any
flowers, they are
SO perisnable
and they fade;
and no feathers
they are too
fussy. Just a
bow or two of
rib b on, very
quiet and-n OF
too expensive. "
She was a
thrifty body, one
who rejoice d
more over one
penny saw e d
than over ten
thousand spent.
There was about
her a sort of an
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versation during meals as unneces-
sary and even frivolous. II there
was nothing that actually had to
be said, why talk?
A commonplace picture, lacking
in color and charm and emotion,
and yet, looked at just as a pic
ture, it was full of sentiment and
feeling. For twice. at different
moments, l saw both parents look
at the boy. He did not see them,
his eyes were on his plate. But
oh, the pride on the fathers face!
This was not only his son who sat
there beside him, it was the spirit
of his own youth, glorifed.
In this prosaic, plodding young
manhood, he had cherished his
own dreams of adventure. But the
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What Peace Would Be a Just
Peace?
summoned
(continued from First COlumn.l

fresh outbreak Of mad dog Hohenzoenism disturb the
worlds peace
There should be fighting ships left playthings
the Hohenzoerns And there should be Hohenzoerns
left in power to plot future warhe German people, how
ever may be trusted to attend to that last they get
peace and chance to estimate what Hohenzoernism has
cost
Such in opinion conditions upon which the
United States should be willing to make peace regards
this country and COMPEL peace regards others by
fusng to continue reasonable peace refused by
allies.
This country will ask nothing for itself and it has the
right demand that England shall not postpone peace by
making any unreasonable demands for herself.
We set the example to England in our war with Spain
when made Cuba Free when paid the Spanish gov
eminent for the Philippines which Spain could not take
Of Unidentified the Catholic church for its properties
the Philippines and promised the Philippines as soon as
they might be ready for it, the freedom given to Cuba
The whole world needs peace Germany MUST have it.
But peace will be delayed if are made impossible
is suggested by friends of England that England
must have something"
Bagdad and the African colonies of Germany and Pa
cc Islands and other things suggested for England
with control Of conditions at Constantinope England
owning Gibraltar which is door to the Mediterranean
being kicked off his throne England is free of any pledges
about Constantinope that English royalty made to Ro-
manoff imperialism
But England should not ask for ANYTHING She has
got Germanys trade She VII have got rid of great and
dangerous commercial rival She will be able to save vast
smaller navy-with the German navy eliminated
and the nations combining international police force on
sea and land.
Peace is possible, and peace as we all know is coming
sooner or later 1t ought to now, NOT after France
shall have been bed white ENGLAND exhausted financially
million or two million Americans killed hundred billions
left at the mercy of yellow Asia that has been saving its
power.
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h e T PHI t e.
W h eth er she
wanted it or not,
it would have
been sinful to
waste anything
that had cost so
mnch.
The husband
was stout and
stodgy and mat
ter-of-fact, b u t
prosperous. You
seem to see
b r o a d, we'll
farmed acres be-
hind him and to
feel that his safe
and sane invest
ments W e r e
drawing e o o d
interest.
The son was a
tall, handsome
lad, stunning in
his khaki uni
form. The fam
lily did not talk;
a few brief ques-
tions, few re-
pressed answers.
They evidently
.nps;darad ran