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Evening star., 1917-10-14
Adriemm@ de Lafayette Patriot of Two Republics,
and the Chocolate Fund for United States Soldier

America ne had the sword dug up a
found the blade totally destroyed
rust. He managed TO hide the e
handle, il being against the law TO ia
gold out of France. and took IL TO
father. then in exile in Holland. @,
handle a blade presented TO him by
French National Guard and forged FRY
the bolts and bars of the Bastiiic.
Adrienne de Lafayette. a prisoner
sixteen months, escaped the gGiiloti
by the merest chance. 1t was
American woman. the wife Of Jam
Monroe, Americas second minister
France. who saved her. Under
passport of an American citizen, Mn
Motier of Hartford. Conn. she 50
from France with her two daugh q
aboard an American ship At Hambu 4
she went ashore and plead in vain
the liberation of her husband. II W
not granted TO her. but the right
share his prison cell was finally Z
corded. and for two years, Adrienne a
daughters shared the fate of husha
and father in his dre3ry prison az =
mutt until the aScendaucy OF Napole
Bonaparte brought victory TO Fren
arms and release 10 French prisont
of war.
Nine. de Lafayette's longing for
home in America was never gratlt'
for with release neither she nor !
husband had strength or money !or y
voyage. The last years of her life
France Were peaceful ones. She d1
at the age of forty-eight, and lies
the cemetery OF Picus. in the heart
Paris.
In one hundred and ten years WI
have passed since her death th1
standards have been placed on
tomb Of Gen. de Lafayette, who lies
her side, but there is no standard
the tomb of Aorienne. Content to.
the wife of a remarkable man. "
passed into the obscurity shared by couil
less other noble women, yet she w
most remarkable in that from the Vi
beginning she made her life no II
courageous than that of her husba1
Highly esteemed by her contemporar|
as 4 type of fine womanhood. AdrienI
de Lafayette comes back TO inspl
American women.
Today her vision of the ship again
the evening sky sailing away to d
tant country unknown and filled WI
the dangers Of war is the vision
thousands of American wives al
sweethearts.
Adrienne de Lafayette, n patriot
our country a century ago. She IS q
ing it again today. In room in z
Union Saving Bank building, WashirI
ton, her picture, decorated in the cd
ors of two naticAs, is placed in poi
tion of honor amid scenes of enthusisl
tic activity. The room is the headoual
ters of the Adrienne de Lafayee
chocolate fund, where Washington VI
men are doing their part of the grd|
work of caring for the welfare Of q
soldiers. They are procuring funds
buy the sustaining chocolate necessaI
to soldiers kit.
This work has only begun, but
ready 1t bids fair to be an undertake.
worthy Of the name 1t bears. NovemfI
is the 15Sth birthday anniversary
Nine. do Lafayette and the ''Chocola|
Soldiers" as these women call the1
selves, are bending their energies
mako the day a memorable ono FOR q
fund.
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says, Tn sorry, but I disagree with
you"
That must make him pretty popular
in the Senate" Abe remarked.
"Popular's no name for IT. Morris
continued. There amt United States
senator which wouldn't stand willing
to dig down and pay for set OF en-
crossed resolutions out of his own
pocket. just SO long as Senator La
Toilette would resign or something"
But Senator La Toilette amt one OF
them peace fellers, Mawruss," Abe
said.-
Sure 1 know" Mawruss replied. "All
he wants Is to run the war according to
cushing's Manual If he had his way
we wouldn't be able to give an order
for so much as one-twelfth dozen guns.
y'understand, without it come up in
the form of a motion that it is regu-
larly moved and seconded that the Sec
retary of War be, and he is, hereby
authorized to order the same, and all
those in favor will signify the same by
saying aye, y'understand,. and even
then. Abe him and Senator Vardaman
would call for a show of hands under
section IL. subsection (d), of the bylaws .
Then | suppose if a few thousand
American soldiers gets killed on &C
count they amt got the right kind of
guns. Mawruss, we could lay it to sec
ton II. subsection Id, of the bylaws, :
Abe suggested.
And you could give some of them
senators credit for an assist, Abe. be-
cause you take senator like that. Abe,
and when he holds up the ammunition
supply with a two-hour speech. yum
derstand he oser worries his head
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ed to lay down their spears while GO
ing along the narrow, half-hidden
trails which lie above the valleys of
the islands and are as old as Spanish
rule. This was considered by the War
Department in charge OF the Philip
their persuasion had not been able to
do this. Some of their number having
become soldiers and taken to them
selves a change of garb doubtless was
somewhat instrumental IN thls matter.
1t is learned from the bureau OF in
sular affairs that the Philippine legis-
lature has had under consideration for
some time the establishment OF a
training school for the officers of the
constabuIary The amount of money
necessary for the purpose. however, has
been the hinderance. The last annual
report of the Philippine commission
states that act 2605 Of the Philippine
congress gave recognition to a school
of this character already instituted at
Baguio: arranged for the personnel. in
creased the number Of students who
may be chosen following the examtna-
ton and outlined the method of nomi-
nation This law also aid out the courses
of study and specified the duration OF the
training.
The American troops withdrew from
Mindanao and Jolo in october. 1913. the
constabulary thereupon assuming their
duties and responsibilities. The United
States troops in Mlndanao-ouiu are mace
up of Philippine scouts. with The ex.
ception of Individual members of the
service and staff corps. These scouts
have the credit for especially good work
done in connection with the attempt of
the government to prevent epidemics
among the cattle Of the islands. These
come in the form OF a disease called
pest than ticks in Texas could dream
Of creating A strict quarantine con-
Quoted by the scout soldiery has been
a great factor in restricting the disease,
which has threatened the well being OF
the islands.
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a n ocean stretches far out to the
A\ gray horizon, against which
IN ship with sails all set is silhou-
4 S cited for brief moment ere 1t
disappears forever in the twilight mists-
Such a picture must have come before
the eyes of Adrienne de Lafayette when
she bade farewell to her young husband
that spring day so many years ago. She
hid her tears from the world lest the
anger of the powerful Due dAyen, her
father, be intensified against the dashing
young soldier, Lafayette, who had dis
obeyed his wishes by secretly departing to
join the struggling American patriots
across the seas.
Less than three years Of happy married
life had been theirs since. newly neo
trothed, they walked together along the
tulip-bordered path between Enthusiastically
clipped hedges Of yew In the quaint old
garden OF the Hotel de Noailles in Parls.
Of Ste Roche-favorite scene to this hour
of marriages and funerals of the oid
noblesse-the young Marquis Gilbert de
Lafayette had married the Mile. de
Noailles with all the splendor and pomp
Of that period. She was a daughter OF
family for 400 years the proudest mousse
in France outside of royalty" and he, me
orphaned marquis, last OF martial il,ie me
that stretched back to the time of the
Crusades and the heir to more than Two
million francs.
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AS children of nine and eleven they
had played together in the old French
garden, and as children the boy had
dreamed of romance and adventure and
the little girl had been responsive
and loyal companion TO his widest
fancy. Later came their marriage, and
Lafayette. then a commissioned ofhcer
in the Black Musketeers. was shortly
after ordered to Metz, where one day
visitor at the officers mess-none other
than the Duke of York, brother OF the
King of England-told the story of the
Americans and their brave fight for
liberty.
these words had burned themselves
into the soul of the earnest young
marquis. Although in high position at
the frivolous court of Louis XVI. La
fayette was not of it. He had o1ten
been teased by the graceful Marie An
toinette for his bad dancing.
Although this was the time OF the
widest extravaganza and fr1Voiity
among the French nobility. 1t was also
a time of public awakening through
the writings of Voltaire and a Rous-
seau. Democracy was becoming by
word. a thing to chatter about even
IN court circles. young American
BENJAMIN Franklin by name. had come
to Paris recently and created Juror
OF enthusiasm at the court of YER
sailles. He was quiet man. sent
across the sea to ask aid Of the French.
He became intensely popular. He sue
ceeded in tanning into a spreading
lame the sparks Of liberty among an
excitable people and took home to
America as a gift from the same
people the sum Of 100000 francs, ar
ranging for. at the same time. SUB.
sequent loan of 100000 more.
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well, there's plenty of people which
thinks when Gov. Lauben wouldn't let
them peace fellers run off their con-
vention, y'understand. that it was un-
constitutional" Morris said
"Sure I know Abe said, they're the
same people which thinks that anything
what helps us and hinders Germany is
unconstitutional, including the Con-
stitution You take them socialist ora
soap is the boxes the soap comes in.
yunderstand. and to hear them talk
you would think that the kaiser sunk
the Lusitania pursuant to Article LxI,
Section . of the Constitution Of the
United States, Mawruss. whereas when
President Wilson sends a message to
Congress asking them when they are
going to get busy on the war taxes and
what do they think this is anyway
kaffeklatsch. y'understand-it is all
kinds of violations of Article XVI.
XXXII OK and COD of the Constitution
and that the American people is lot
of weak-livered ours to stand for it.
outside of being weak-livered ours any
way"
You mean to say we allow these here
fellers to get up on soap boxes and
say such things like that?" Morris
exclaimed
We've got to allow them." Abe re-
Piled THE Constitution protects
them
What do you mean-the Constitu-
ton protects them," Morris said. Here
a couple of weeks ago Judge in
North Carolina gives out a decision that
the Constitution don't protect little
children eleven years old from being
made to work in factories, y'under-
stand, and now-you are trying to tell
me that the same Constitution does pro-
tect these here loaferS? What kind of
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kaiser. even If it's only United sta|
district attorney. Mawruss, because y
take 1t IL the shoe pinched on the 9th
foot. and this feller was running
American newspaper in Berlin, @
many, by the name we would say
example the Berlin. Germany. sd
Gazette, which is heart and soul
Germany and at the same time prid
articles by American military expei
showing how Germany couldn't win d
war. not in a million years, and d
sooner the German soldiers realize
the quicker they wouldn't get killed 4
such a hopeless Geschaft. y'understap
ALSO, nobody has a greater admf
ton for the kaiser than the Ber
Germany. Star Gazette. understand
but that If the kaiser thinks Presid
Wilson is tyrant, y'understand, "
all the Star Gazette has got to say
Some day when the kaiser is fixing
ends of his moustache IN front ofS
glass init candle grease. or whatey
such chamorrim uses on their motI
taches to make themselves look III
kaisers, understand, that the 1aid
should take another look in the mirr|
ynl,
throat tyrant which President wils|
never dreamt of being in Prlncet|
University. to the shipping clerk evI
Also this here Berlin, Germany, Sd
Gazette says that Germany is the al
of bluff and that
"One moment" Morris Perlmut1
interrupted. What are you trying
tell me-that such a newspaper wou|
be allowed TO exist in Berlin. Cd
many"
'I am only giving you hypo-critij
case, Mawruss." Abe continued, 'whd
| am trying to explain to you that
this was Germany it wouldn't be nea|
sary for this editor to sue anybody 4
liable. All he would have TO do wt|
they ask him if he's got anything
say why sentence should not be passI
was his trade before he became
editor, understand me. and they woq
put him to work at il for the REMAND
of the war"
He wouldn't get off so easy as th|
even" Norris commented. why. VII
do you suppose they would do to 4
editor of this here, for example, 81
Gazette, if he was to just SO much
hint that the crown prince couldn't
such a terrible good judge of Fren|
chateau furniture, understand. on 4
count he had slipped over on the BerI
antique dealers a lot of reproductid|
which they had every right to belid
was genwine old stuff. as ii had be|
rescued from the flames. packed Al
shipped under the crown princes p{
sonal supervision l bet you, Abe,
the paper was on Che streets ut > 80 q
the sun rose at $:35. yunderstand.
authorities Wouldn't wait that lo}
J. -
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Young Lafayette was eager to go to
America. Older men attempted to dis
suade him; his king forbade him, but
barked for England. and there, at his
own expense. the ship Victore was
prepared and he set sail for America
in the spring of 1777. leaving his wife.
Adrienne. baby daughter. Henriette.
and all the ties of kin and country be-
hind him.
The anxiety of the young wife can
hardly be told. Scarcely eighteen, pas
sionately fond of her husband. she tried
to conceal her grief lest they should
blame the absent one too much for
causing it. No cable then to tell Adri-
enne of the fifty-six- x-day voyage, that
finally landed Lafayette on American
soil The letters of Nine. de Lafayette
went astray. probably intercepted by
British ships. No news did the marquis
receive of the death of the little Hen
riette, also that a second child, Anas-
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OOlO yet what this war really and
IL truly means. Mawruss," Abe
Potash said, as he finished
reading an interview with ex-Ambas-
sador Gerard. in which the ex-ambas-
sador said that people had not yet be-
gun to realize what the war really
meant.
Maybe they don't" Morris Perlmut-
ter agreed, but for every feller which
ain't begun to realize what this war
really and truly means, Abe. there is
q hundred other fellers which ain't be-
gun to realize what a number of peo-
pie there is which goes round saying
that people amt begun to realize what
this war really and truly means. yum
derstand. Also. Abe. the same people is
Just as patriotic as they are that they
should brace up and be patriotic. yum
derstand. and they are pulling pledges
to hold up the hands of the President
on other people who has got similar
pledges in their breast pockets and
pretty near beats 'em to it, understand
me. and that's the way it goes
well. If one time out of a hundred.
they strike somebody who really and
truly don't realize what the war means.
like you. Mawruss," Abe began. why
then their time amt entirely wasted
neither"
'I realize just SO much as you do
what this war means, Abe" Morris re-
torted
Maybe you do" Abe admitted. but
you don't talk like you did, Mawruss.
otherwise you would know that if out
OF hundred Americans only ninety
nine of 'em pledges themselves to hold
up the hands of the President, y'under-
stand, and the balance of one claims
that we are in this war just to save our
investments in FraucolAmerican bonds
and that Mr.. Wilson is every bit as bad
as the kaiser except that he's clean
shaved, y'understand, then them ninety
nine fellers with the pledges in their
breast pockets should ought to convert
the balance of one. Because, Mawruss, a
nation which is ninety-nine per cent pa
triotic is like fish which is ninety
nine per cent fresh-all you can notice
is the one per cent. which smells bad
II am just SO much in favor of the
country being one hundred per cent
American as you are, Abe" Morris said,
go about it right
IF you mean we shouldn't argue with
them one-percenters but send them
right back to that part of theold coun-
try which they come from originally,
Mawruss," Abe continued, why, I am
agreeable that they should be shipped
right away, fob, y. Y, all deliveries
subject to delay and liability being lin
ited to $50 personal baggage in case
they should fail to arrive in Europe"
"Sure I know" Morris agreed, but
pretty near all them one-percenters.
was born and raised in the United
States or in st. Louis, Wisconsin and
Cincinnati. You take this here bur-
germeister of Chicago for instance,
and the chances is that all he knows
about the old country is what he
learned on couple of visits to Mil
waukee. understand. SO how could
you export a feller like that?"
Il don't want to export him, Nav
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is proceeding very rapidly. and the
chief of the general STAFF says that
within ten months the whole division
will be ready to do actual work at the
front.
1T mi ght be said that the loyalty of
the people of the islands is shown by
the offer made to the government OF
the National Guard. result of the
concession of an autonomous govern
ment for our people and the promise
of future independence. 1t is difficult
TO say what would have been the atti-
tude of the Filipinos had the United
States been at war four or hve years
ago. At best. l am confident they
would have remained indiff rent. for
they were not satisfied with the ad-
ministration of their affairs and were
certainly distrustful of the future
of their country. since no definite pol
Icy had been announced as to final re-
lationship between the islands and
America
But since President Wilson was
first inaugurated and announced to the
world that the purpose of the United
States as to give the Philippines in
dependence. and to this end he would
gradually turn the reins Of government
over to the Filipinos themselves, there
has been growing widely different
feeling among our people, To carry
out his purpose the President sent to
the islands Francis Burton Harrison
of New York. who. upon arriving in
Manila, delivered a message from Mr..
Wilson. informing the people of the
intention Of the United States to grant
independence to the islands as soon as
possible. With this in view the gov
ernor general was to give the Filipinos
as much latitude as possible in man
aging their own affairs.
Gov. Harrison carried out the mes
sage Of the President to the letter. and
after three years OF his administration,
when the responsible positions in the
islands had been given to the native
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TASTE, had come to take the place Of
the first born. AS for Adrienne, 1t was
in the streets of Paris that she first
heard of the wounding of her husband
at the battle of Brandywine. Also the
Virginia campaign, in recognition of
which the French king made Lafay-
cost Nine. de Lafayette-she afterward
told her daughter Virginia-"untold an
guish.'
Had 1 received word from you at
Bordeaux that you needed me. that you
did not approve my course" often said
Lafayette to Adrienne in after years. II
would never have gone to America"
Had the courageous wife protested
how different might have been Amert-
cas- history. 1t 10 well in these days
to recall Americas long-forgotten
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National Guard of Philippines May See War Service
War Department has given
out the interesting news that
III National Guard is being formed

-HE War Department has given
out the interesting news that a
National Guard is being formed
4 in Philippine Islands The ma
tive soldiery there has consisted, here
tofore, of the Philippine scouts and the
constabulary, the latter having the
credit for being the pioneer force which
is making possible much of the prog
ress outlined by the United States gov
ernment.
The scouts, trained under the tireless
supervision of our Army officers desig-
mated for that purpose. have high
place in the estimation Of the bureau
OF insular affairs, if response for infor-
nation on the subject is a sign. But It
was Mr.. Manuel A. Quezon. once
delegate from the Philippines to the
United States. and now the head of the
Philippine senate and speaker of the
house. whom the bureau suggested as
a better source of knowledge concerned
with the new body of soldiery in the
islands
Senator Quezon happened to be in
Washington while ago. and when ap-
preached on the subject showed a keen
interest in it. From all reports it ap-
pears OBVIOUS tnat our E1llpluO
want to fight for the foster mother. and
their chief legislative representative
was asked as to this spirit. He was en-
thusiastic in his reply. He said:
~
'I had come to me. personally, and offer
their services in the new National Guard
of the Philippines number of the islands
most prominent men All were willing to
letter here with me now from Francisco
Delgado professor in the University at
Manila, saying that the trenches We're
all right for him, If he might join the
National Guard and go to the front.
Senator Quezon then proceeded. as an
1rishman is credited with doing. to go
backward to get started. and said Upon
the establishment of the government ere
in view laying the foundation of an in
dependent Philippine republic therein
promised. the Philippine congress. consid
ering that the creation of army was
one Of the important factors of nation.
enacted law inStituting the National
Guard Of the Philippine Islands. which
would constitute the nucleus Of the future
republic.
This law was introduced by myself.
and before its passage word was received
In Manila that a state of war was about
to be declared existent between the
United States and Germany. Owing to
this fact the measure was rushed through
both houses Of congress and finally con-
verted into law, which provides guard
with maximum of $500 men.
The organization proceeded at once,
and when the United States did de-
clare war against Germany the gov
ernment of the Philippines offered the
States for use at the front. Having in
mind the possibility that the President
may take advantage of this offer. the
organisation Of the new military body
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a Constitution have we got anyway
this much about it anyhow, a lawyer
could get more money out of just one
board Of directors which wants to go
ahead and put through the deal. II Under
the Constitution of the United States no.
body could do 'em nothing. yunder-
stand. than he could out Of all the chill
dren which gets injured working in all
the cotton mills south of Mason and
Hsmlin's line, understand me. SO you
see, Mawruss, the Constitution not only
protects these here soap box orators.
but it also gives 'em something to talk
about, because when they want to
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knock the United States and boost Ger
many, all they need to say is that
you've got to hand it to the Germans:
If they kill little children. they're any
how foreign children and not German
children.
II suppose a lot of them soap box
orators gets paid by the German gov
ernment for boosting the Germans the
way you just done it, Abe,' Morris coma
mented, which I see that this here
editor of pro-German newspaper pub
lished in New York gives it out that
any one what accuses him that he is
getting paid by the German overnment
for boosting the kaiser in his paper
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would got to stand a suit for liable. be-
cause he is too patriotic an American
sitson to print articles boosting the
kaiser except as a matter of friendship
and free of charge, outside of what
he can make by syndicating them to
other German newspapers"
But do them other German news
papers get paid by the German govern
ticles?" Abe asked.
That the editor don't say" Morris re-
piled.
should ought to appreciate the way
them German newspapers love the