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New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
TINE picture of night, attack exc
cuted by the English on German
trench in France is drawn in "The

THE picture of night. attack exc
cuted by the English on a German
trench in France is drawn in 1.-The
Cornhill Magazine" by Boyd Gable:
"The hour chosen for the raid was just
about dusk. There was no extra-special
preparation Immediately before It. The guns
continued to pour in their fire, speeding it up
little, perhaps, but no more than they had
done score of times in the last twenty -four
hours. The infantry cambered out of their
trench and filed out through the narrow open
ings in their own wire entanglements.
"out in front faint whistle cut across the
roar of fire. They're off, said the forward
officer into his phone, and a moment later a
distinct change in the note of sound of the
overhead shells told that the fire had lifted.
that the shells were passing higher above his
head, to fall further back in the enemy
trenches and leave clear the stretch into
which the infantry would soon be pushing
9For minute or two there was no change
in the sound of battle. The thunder Of the
guns continued steadily, a burst Of rife or
machine gun fire cracked as spasmodically.
Men gulped in their throats or drew long
oreaths OF apprehension that this was the
beginning of discovery of their presence in
the open, the first of the storm they knew
would quickly follow. But there were no
more shells for the moment and the rattle
OF machine gun fire diminished and the bull
lets piped thinner and more distant as the
gun muzzle swept around. The infantry hur-
ried on, thankful for every yard made in
safety.
But at the attacking point the infantry
were almost across when the storm burst,
and the shells for the most part struck down
harmlessly behind them. The men were into
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
"Battersea Bridge"
Etching by Whistler
Insert Whistler" by Mortimer Menpes

Paris and Venice Whistler returned to
London in 1870. His dry-points of this
period show London Bridge, Prices Can
die Works, the wooden bridges of Batter
sea and Putney and the river front of
Chelsea. In his later years he lived main
ly in Paris, but came back to London IN
1902 and died there the year following.
Whistler's "eccentrcties of pose and
dress, combined with artistic arrogance
and bitter humor," made him conspicuous
wherever he went.
Whistler made many enemies, notably
the critic John Ruskin. This did not
deter him from being indefatigably inde-
pendent as an artist, however. 1t is said
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22

his mots were quoted everywhere. The
following letter to the editor of "The OBJ
server" is characteristic Of his attitude:
"Sir: In your report of the Graham sale Of
pictures at Messrs. Christie and Manson's
rooms, read the following: The next work
nut upon the easel was a Nocturne in Blue
and Silver, by J. NJ. Whistler. 1t was re-
ceived with Kisses
"May I beg, through your widely spread
newspaper, to acknowledge the distinguished,
though l fear unconscious, compliment so
publicly paid?
at is rare that recognition so complete
is made during the lifetime of the painter,
and | would wish to have recorded my full
sense of this fattering exception in my
favor"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22

TT IS not with the intellect we can grasp
the meaning Of this war, contends
n James Oppenheim in "The Seven
Arts"
II. has assumed proportions of mysterious
terror and grandeur. E.
ave have had our century, roughly speak
ing, OF living outside ourselves, Of skimming
the surface. As we turned more and more to
external things, 70 machinery and thought
10 reform and diplomacy, our emotional life
thinned and threatened 10 disappear. u was
merely that our eyes were turned away from
our own depths, from our own mysterious
sources in the Earth and the sun, from those
eeds which were wrapped UP in US when the
planet was a globe Of misty water.
"Put whether our intuition is warped or
clear, the Unconscious Of the race continues
70 irnpel us, and IL needed only the shatter-
ing 81 our surface 10 drop us again into the
profound abygses Of oeselyes. The very
hands that loosed this terrible war may have
been hands Of deeper imsulsss than their
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
A Laborer Dreams

A S HE sat at the fire and warmed his
- toes,
Angus McNab fell into dose,
And he found himself on a stricken field
Where the thunderous voice of the cannon
pealed.
He sees the Camerons, sore beset,
Wounded and bloody, but fighting yet;
Shattered and manned by that helish fire,
Yet filled to the last with fierce desire
To keep the post from the Prussian horde,
Wave on wave, like a flood outpoured
Man by man the Camerons fall;
But our guns are silent throughout it all.
Up dashes painting gunner and yells:
"Shells! For the love of God, man, shells!"
mae" says Angus, 'ye're in ma power,
And want ma extra twopence an hour"
MAN, are we mad?" the gunner said;
But Prussian bullet smote him dead.
And the flowing tide of the men in gray
Steadily kept its onward way.
Angus McNab awakes with start,
For it seems as if something had clutched
his heart;
Swiftly he reaches his coat and hat
"Eh, but there'll be nae mair O. that
On he races, with never a stop,
Till he comes to the door Of the idle shop;
He thinks of the wasted days gone by,
And hears the challenging strikers cry:
"Whaur are ye gaein', ye dirty scab?"
ITO wark for me country" saws
Angus McNab.
. &C, E. B., in The Spectator.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
The Ladies of He'll

(As the Highland regiments are cdlle
By the Germdns.)
THERE'S toss Of the sporran,
= A swing of the kilt,
And skreech frae the pipers
In blood stirring Tilt;
They step out together,
AS the pibroch notes swell
Oh, they're bonnie, Draw fighters,
The Ladies Of He'll.
They are far frae the heather
And far frae the moor;
AS the rack Of their hillsides
Their faces are dour.
Oh, "The Campbels are coming"
Frae corrie and fell
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
Current War Poetry

What a thrill to their slogan,
These Ladies of He'll.
AS they charged at Culloden
Like fire DER the brae,
Their brothers are charging
In Flanders to-day.
And one lesson in manners
The boche has learned we'll:
It's make way for the ladies'
The Ladies of Hell.
&C. B. O., in The Sun
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22

spsaziHe Ss SsSs naTs; 1rsas s'as.' 'sss y
the psychology and ethical cod.
of the natives of the African continent
The following proverbs show that, after
all, the human mind, in its essentials, /,
one from the equator to the two poles:
| am gogota bird and l build for Ii.
gande bird. q do the work and some on.
else reaps the benefit
A stranger is like rain; he strikes 20.
and passes by. Il. e., No use bothsriy
about him.
Two pieces Of meat will not be chrx
by one mouth. do one thing at tir,
An animal running at full speed is ok
followed at full speed. urgent mst'sn
cannot wait for mature consideration
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
How the West
Is Like Judea

an one thing at least, there is great simi-
larity between the West of our day and the
Judea of the time of Christ. There, as it was
in the Judea of that time, it is looked upon as
better to be earnest even to fanaticism than
specifically clever, to be intense even to mar
rowness in ones desire for political social
and spiritual righteousness, rather than off,
handed and blase, and willing to call apathy
and slackness comprehension and tolerance of
the other mans point of view.
"Wattles is a poet in whom this religious
and social consciousness is strongly developed.
"a man who has ploughed fields, who goes
out and works on farms and ranches every
summer getting in the harvests, as he does,
cannot help but do little fundamental social
and religious thinking, and to such man
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
A New Poet from the West

the thought Of Christ, the Christ whom
dogmas have belied, the great, simple carpen-
ter-the thought Of Him must come and stay!
"And to read the New Testament in hay
mows with the light of lantern, before roll
ing up in ones blanket, must bring to one all
the reality and poignancy of the parallels and
sayings of Christ. -... ...
Putting Philosophers
To Shame
"Then one will see, as Wattles does, the
Christ who lived both grandly and simply,
who lived for the morrow by whoesomely
living for the day, who loved all mankind, who
taught generosity Of life and generosity
Of spirit such as to put philosophers like
Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to shame for
their own lttleness.
"Just to dare to be
Ones simple self, to think to love, to do,
And not to be ashamed; to live ones life
Fearless and pure and strong, true to ones
self,
Though the false world were full of lies and
hate,
Where blind men lead each other through
the dark,
Too weak to sin, ashamed of what is good,
Unable to do evil, thinking it.
"The world has always expected that, in the
ripeness of time, great things would come out
Of the West-great artists and great writers
and great leaders in social reform.
"And it must be so. Horizons must count
for more than huddled roofs, despite Genius
that has dwelt in attics and had visions in
cities-and vistas of hills and plains surely
go deeper into the imagination and soul than
cramped and twisted streets noisy with traffic"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22

Of swearing, manly cowboys, marauding Ind
ians and herds Of stampeding cattle, but the
New West, the West that gives votes to Its
women as matter of course, supports great
democratic co-educatonal universities, bring
ing culture to the very door of the people,
while back Of all stands pastoral sense OF
the intimate union of labor and the life OF
thought and art, simplicity of life consonant
with ripping miles Of wheat and whole coun-
ties of green-bannered corn.
81 think that poet should begin in open
spaces.
"Beng born and brought up in Kansas is
the greatest possible thing that can happen
to an American poet il afterward he becomes
a mental adventurer in the world and gets the
visions and dreams that made Greece and
Rome, and are making the world Of to-day.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
A t0ar story translated from the French
by William L. Mcpherson

Here is igar story 1oith a rein Of
hamor. No man can hope to be a hero to
has Uolet, and many hero is far less anI-
posing IN the bosom Of his family than he
is out on the firing line. This story play
fully emphasizes the irony of Uery COM
mon contrdst-thdt bet10een q real fight
ing mans fury IN the field and has bland
docility back home under the spell Of fem
mine influence.
Richard CGuv-de-Lion IS true man
and a prodigious soldier. We admire him
none the less because there are limits TO
his militdncy-becdrse, loherc rule Of the
fttest in the domestic circle is concerned,
he is also model of masculine reasonable
ness and oGdbility.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22

A NEW American poet has risen IN
n the West. His name is Willard
Il IA Wattles, and, as Harry Kemp
shows in "The Independent" his "clearest
and most inspired note is the proclaiming
of the love of man for man, as Christ
taught it, as the only solution for the prob
lens of present-day life
"'Who art thou, Carpenter
Of the bowed head,
And what buildest thou?
Heaven he said"
Mr.. Kemp, by the way, notes what he
calls zone Of the most significant phe-
nomena in the literature Of the day"-a
preoccupation with the life and character
of Christ He finds George Moore, chat
exquisite artist in gossip and vulgarity,"
turning to New Testament theme in
"The Brook Kerith." He finds even "radi-
cal magazines like Masses" becoming ere
markably theological in their content"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
He Reflects the
Modern America

And this curious tendency is most strik-
ingly exemplifed in the work of this new
poet, out in Kansas, of whom the writer
Just under quotation says:
Like Vachell Lindsay, Willard Wattles in
his poetry smacks genuinely of modern
America.
Back of him spread the wide, blue spaces
of Kansas sky, around him roll the endless
acres of the West-not the vaudeville West
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
Caps as Big as
Bushel Baskets

"so when the Marshal of France, after
q triumphal progress up Broadway from the
Battery. dismounted at the City Hall to re-
ceive the official greetings of the municipality,
bo found the steps of that building lined
hv fearsome organization which must have
occa stoned some alarm even to the victor or
the Marne. They wore bearskin caps, these
menacing warriors-black bearskin caps
somewhat larger than a bushel basket; and IL
some of them who had taken off the caps
wbils waiting. on account of the heat of the
dav. had replaced them slightly askew, they
looked, if anything, the more ferocious. BE-
meath the bearskin caps were truculent white
rustaches-drawn swords-jackets of the
color of coffee with milk-dark uniform trou-
sers. This, Mafshal Joffre was informed as
he answered the salute of the bare swords,
was the Old Guard. He repeated the words
with question: La Vieiile Garde?'
II may be doubted if the Old Guard Of Ma
roleon ever looked half as warlike as these
gray-haired dignitaries; and some few OF
them, in their younger days, actually were
warlike. Some of the older ones had fought
in the Civil War; some of the others had
served IN the Natl0nal Gudru TeTHdpS III IhS
distant past the Old Guard had some sort of
military significance, but if so, it was many
years ago, before the present generation
Ct New Workers had moved in from New Bed
ford and Naples and Lemberg and Nashville
and Odessa
"These ancient warriors were reinforced
by another body whose militant appearance
confronted the French mission as it entered
the City Hall-a body of men in dark but
sum- tuous uniforms decorated with much
braid and frogging, their heads crowned by
shakos from which rose stiff red, white and
blue plumes. These were the officers of the
Veteran Corps of Artillery OF the War of
1912, clad in the uniforms of that era; but
for obvious chronological reasons they were
not the veterans themselves. They got their
right to receive the Marshal of France from
the fact that their ancestors had fought in
the War of 1872.
He Calls 1t Ancestor
Worship"
"Now most of these gentlemen devote a
, large part of their lives TO fostering patriot
ism, and quite number of them-they are
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22

"HIS is the day OF commissions Ne"
York has stood host to an almost
Il bewildering succession. And out OF
the restless, straining, cheering cro"d
energies humorist, Elmer Davis, to whom
the spectacle of dazzling display has its
ridiculous side. In "Pearson's" he is found
venting his comic scorn:
II might be thought by uniformed persons
that the Marshal of France, the victor in the
greatest battle Of recorded history and
soldier all his life long, would be interested
in seeing soldiers. But those who had charge
of the reception in New York rose nobiy
above this misconception. Honor, they seem
70 have reasoned, means formality. Formal
ity implies full uniform. The most sump-
tuous regalia of mere soldiers is hardly full
enough for an occasion like this.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22
A Few Nuggets of East
African Wisdom

'E S T E R N E S have, generally
speaking, a very wrong idea Of
the psychology and ethical cod,
New-York tribune., 1917-07-22

"Now most of these gentlemen devote a
large part of their lives to fostering patriot
ism, and quite a number of them--they are
for the most part younger than the Old Guard
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A Fly Story.

a NAVAL official is opposed to tho
~ tattooing habit SO prevalent
among sailors. and in an address on q
man of-wor he recently said:
Il want to tell you boys a story. .
fly story
"A young lieutenant was invited to
dine one evening with the gunners'
mess of a sister ship. He sat opposite
a baldheaded major It table, and just
as he finished has soup he noticed a
fly on the top of the majors head.
The Heutenant's attention was SO alb
sorbed by the fly that he lost the
trend of all the table talk. Why didn't
the insect fly away: Why didn't the
major notice it? Couldn't he do some
thing himself to scare it off?
He sneezed very loud. He coughed
very loud. He fiourished his napkin
close to the majors head. But the fly
still retained its calm and motionless
pose on the majors polished white
dome.
THE fish course came and went. The
roast came and went. Still tho fly
stuck The young lieutenant could
stand 1t no longer. He coughed and
said:
Excuse me. major. but you've had .
fly on the top of your head ever since
dinner began. I've been trying to
brighten it away, but 1t won't CO.
The major Redeemed with rage. Then
he roared:
1.-The fact is. young fellow. when
was your age 1 was as big fool a.
you are. That fly is tattooed.'"
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lustrious of the early patriots Of the
south, who distinguished himself at
the battles of Cowpens. Eutaw and
Kings mountain, and in 1905 was ap-
pointed by Thomas Jefferson first gov
ernor of the territory of upper Louis
became member of Congress from
Georgia, and in all gave sixty years OF
public life to the cause of America"
Mrs. Bellamy's father was James H.
r. Washington, grandson of brother
of George Washington. one Of the sub
stantial early settlers of Georgia. a
prominent banker and. planter and
some time mayor of Macon. foremost
in the upbuilding of the city that grew
up around him. as one of its pillars"
During the days of the civil war he was
a member of the state legislature. and,
as chairman of the finance committee
of the house. helped the cause Of the
state during those dark days.
Mrs. Bellamy's mother, Mary Ham,
mond Washington. who was the daugh-
ter of Col Hammond. was one of the
remarkable women of the south in her
things making for the advancement of
her country .and of her state. AS a
daughter of distinguished revolution
ary officer, she entered the National So
ciety of the d. A. R. as its first real
daughter" as well as the first member
of the society to be enrolled from Geor-
gia. Such was her interest In the cause
Of honoring the memory Of the revolu-
tionary heroes, that, although seventy
two years of age at the founding OF the
order she organized the Macon chapter,
afterward named in her honor, was the
first commissioned regent in Georgia
and received the high honor of being
the unanimous choice to the position OF
honorary state regent The Mary Ham
mond Washington Chapter OF, Georgia
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The lot is known as the odd Washing
ton home place. for on IT stood the
home of Mrs Bellamy's parents and
the site Is given in their memory. The
library building, which is to be con-
structed of Georgia marble. is to be q
memorial to her brother, Hugh Vernon
Washington.
Beyond these tangible evidences Of
devotion to her country and its tradi-
tions. as well as those of her dis
tinguished family. this quiet woman
carries on a wide educational work in
Americanizing the foreign population
of the United States. believing that
they should be taught the fundamental
principles of this government before
being vested with the rights of citizen
ship.
Generous in every direction, feeling
that her personal possessions of his
toric value and interest can give wider
pleasure and profit in a national insti-
tuition than in her home. Mrs. Bellamy
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T the last continental congress

a the last continental congress
IN of the National Society of the
N\ Daughters of the American
q - Revolution tall. slender and
dignified woman was a distinctive fea-
ture in the assemblage. Time and
again she was singled out for honors.
which as often as not she gently but
firmly declined. seeming to prefer to
remain an interested witness Of pro-
ceedings rather than an active partici-
pant.
A newspaper correspondent inquired
regarding the identity of this OBJ
servant but somewhat reserved gentle
woman. and was informed that she was
Mrs. Eleanor Washington Bellamy of
Macon, Ca. one of the earliest mem
bers Of the Georgia Chapter of the
d. A. R.. great-grandniece OF George
Washington and living up to her dis
tinguished ancestry as one of the fore
most women of the day in her practical
efforts in the direction of memorable
ing notable forbears. in which posses
sion she is peculiarly rich.
Toward the close of the session of the
congress. when the women were pledS-
ing liberal sums to close the debt on
Memorial Continental hall. Mrs. Bel
lamy quietly rose and said: What
ever the deficit when all contributions
are paid in. I shall be glad to meet it
Her statement brought enthusiastic
applause and she was given rising
vote of thanks. In making this last
payment on Memorial Continental Hall
Mrs. Bellamy completed a sequence OF
notable contributions which members
Of hr family have made to this Temple
of Liberty" doing their full part in
justification OF the statement which has
been made. From foundation to cap
stone. the name of Washington has
literally been builded into Memorial
Continental Hail. Her mother made
the. first contribution to the building.
her brother sent the check which COM
pleted payment to the contractors for
it's erection. and she made the last pay
ment on the property.
Mrs. Bellamy is a worthy descendant
Of some of the most prominent men
and women of Revolutionary days. and
her main object in life is to live and
give. She is the granddaughter of Col.
Samuel Hammond. one Of the most IL
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has loaned to the National Museum
many of her Hammond and Washing
ton heirlooms. In the section devoted
to revolutionary relics may be seen
and other personal mementos of her
family. Prominent among them is the
regents insignia of her mother. as we'll
as the medal presented to Mary Ham,
mond Washington as the first real
daughter Of the National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
Mrs. Bellamy has been chosen for
many honors. A unique distinction be-
slowed upon her was honorary men,
bership in the distinguished Order of
Washington, the only woman to be
thus honored by a society otherwise
composed of men of illustrious lineage
who have pledged themselves to pre-
serve intact the history and tradi-
tions relating to the foundations OF
their country.
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this program. with the food admins
tration as the driving power. and the
established government agencies re-
ferred to as a large part of the ma
chinery. supplemented by newspaper.
magazine. church, motion picture and
other voluntary aid, 1t is estimated
be about 81 900, 600 900 one billion Of this
will be in the elimination of waste.
The other billion will be represented
by the united effort to buy less and
to buy the right things.
All this program. mind you. is de-
pendent not at all upon the admins
tration food control bill. That aims at
supervision Of retailers. wholesalers. stor-
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PHOTOGRAPH.

age men and producers. The food conser-
walton program described herein is the
phase relating to the voluntary organi-
zation of the ultimate consumer. BY
such a program the government hopes
to avoid sumptuary laws and ration
regulations. 1t is an experiment in the
efficiency of democracy. this plan to
enlist l00,0O0.000 people, grouped in
about 100000 families, in purely
volunteer effort to help America win its
war for human rights and civilization.
1t has a direct bearing on the war, as
talking to newspaper men Our allies
need food. They look to America for
1t. There is no one thing SO disheart-
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ening to the soldier at the front s the
cry OF his family at home for bread.
II we can't feed soldiers and their fami
lies. DIR. Wilbur argues. a peace at an
awful price may come too soon.
Therefore every effort is being made
to make the American woman and her
family feel that she is performing
national service. She Will be asked to
direct her registration card to Wash
ington. She will receive her insignia,
her button. her directions. from the
capital. She will he appealed to on the
ground of the highest patriotism and
service, and she will be honored one
who is doing her part in the, time Of
national stress.