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weeks to years. and she awoke each
new day braced to hear the news OF
some fresh outbreak. and wondered
children were already learning their
rudiments. and plans for more build
ings were going forward.
Sometimes Jeb came over from the
brick house to see his sister, and on
the boys face was always dark cloud
a settled resolve. II Juanita never
questioned him on the topic that she
| knew was nearest his heart II was be-
cause she realized that to do SO would
be the surest way to estrange his
friendship and confidence.
In one thing she had gained point.
She had bought as much property as
she should need. Back somewhere be-
hind the veil OF mysteries Anse Havey
had pressed button or spoken word.
and all the hindrance that had lain
across her path straightway evaporat-
ed. Men had come to her. with no
further solicitation on her part, and
now II seemed that many were animat-
ed by desire to turn an honest penny
by the sale of land. In every convey
ance that was drawn-deeds of ninety
ntne-year lease instead of sale-she
read a thrifty and careful knowledge
Of land laws and reservation of min
eral and timber rights which she
traced to the head Of the clan.
AS summer spent itself there was
opportunity for telling timber, and the
little sawmill down in the valley sent
up its drone and whine in proclama-
ton that her trees were being turned
into squared timbers for her buildings.
Once, when Milt McBriar rode up to
the sawmill, he found the girl sitting
there, her hands clasped on her knees.
gazing dreamily across the sawdust
and confusion OF the place.
"Ye're right smart interested In thet
thar woodpile, hain't ye, ma'am?" he
inquired with a SLOW benevolent smile
His kindliness Of guise invited conf
dence, and there was no one else with
in earshot, so the girl looked up, her
eyes a little misty and her voice i'm
pulsive.
"Mr. McBriar," she said, every one
| of those timbers means part of a
dream to me, and with every one of
them that is set in place will go a hope
and a prayer"
He nodded sympathetically. Il reck-
on" he said, we kin do right smart
good. too"
"Mr. McBriar," she flashed at him in
point blank questioning. "since came
here l have tried to be Of use in
| very simple and ineffective fashion. l
have done what little I could for the
sick and distressed, yet am constant
| ly being warned that I'm not allowed
to carry on my work. Do you know of
any reason why l shouldn't go ahead?"
He gazed at her fer moment. quiz
zically, then shook ais head
"Oh, pshaw!" he exclaimed, Il
wouldn't let no sich talk es thet fret
me none. Folks round hyar hain't got
much ter do except ter gossip round.
Nobody hain't a-goin' ter hinder ye.
We hain't such bad people. after ALL"
After that she felt that from the Nc
Briars she had gained official sanction.
and her resentment against Anse Ha-
yey grew because of his sccrnfU un-
graciousness.
The last weeks of the summer were
weeks of drought and plague. Ordi-
narily, in the hius storms brew swiftly
and frequently and spend themselves
| In violent outpourings and cannonaa-
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a man may deliver convincing
barroom Grafton concerning tres
country, and then be required 10 put
his money on the counter before being
aAryed.
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all parents refusing to allow their chill
dren to tear out the eulogy of the Ger
man ruler. II Is understood that the
elsewhere" referred to is the govern
ment's secret service.
Unanimously the board adopted a
recommendation from Superintendent
Shoop that he be given permission to
eliminate" from the 10000 spoilers
now owned by the board, the entire
forty pages used by the eighth grade.
Among these forty pages is the one
praising the Kaiser.
"You are willing to tear the page
out Of our own 10000 books, yet re-
fuse to ask 70 have 1t torn out Of the
10000 spoilers children attending our
public schools row possess" comment
ed Trustee Czarnecki. There was no
reply from the seven.
The boards action eliminating the
tabooed page from its own spoilers
and refusing to go further came at the
end of hot session. The meeting
began nearly an hour late because
seven of the trustees were too busy
comforting in the presidents office 70
enter the board room.
When the seven finally struggled in
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a plea against hurting anybody's feel.
ings, and wound up declaring:
81 don't understand that this country
has declared war against the German
citizens in our country"
When she sat down, Kisses from the
spectators who filed the rear OF the
board room greeted her efforts. Mrs.
Thornton declared she was taught when
little girl never TO tear up or destroy
anything.
ave cannot make war with kid gloves
against the worst despot in the history
Of the world" retorted Trustee Gar
necki. I'VE cannot make war gently
against the one man responsible for
more murders than anybody who has
ever lived before.
at is just as necessary at the pres
ent time to kill poison infesting our
own country as it is to kill the Kaiser's
troops on the battlefelds Of Europe.
This is not the time for displaying any
kind Of sentiment except real, true
blue American patriotism, and some Of
you will find that out when the lists of
our American soldiers killed and
wounded by the Kaiser's shells and ma
chine guns begin to come over the wires
from Northern France"
The two trustees who supported
Trustee Czarnecki were Trustees Gan.
non and Loeb. The seven comprised
President Davis and Trustees Arnold,
Hanson, Severinghaus, Mrs. Snodgrass,
Mrs. Adair and Mrs. Thornton.
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Plays and Players

B. Iden Payne has become the gen
eral stage director for Charles Froh-
man, Inc, according TO an announce
Ment made yesterday. Mr.. Payne. who
came to America in 1918 at the invita-
ton of the Theatre Society of Chicago
to give a season of repertory, had pre-
viously gained reputation in England
by his work in organizing the Roper
tory Theatre at the Gaiety. Manchester.
for Miss A. E. P. Horniman, and for
establishing the Manchester School. Al
ter his year in Chicago Mr.. Payne
came TO New York with his production
of Sheridan's Critic" which was fol-
lowed by Justice" "The Case of Lady
Gambler" and the Barrie plsylets. In
addition to his professional produc-
tons, Mr.. Payne has directed student
performances at Carnegie Institute OF
Technology. Pittsburgh of and on, for
the last two years.
The Lights will celebrate Actors
Halloween in their lighthouse at Free
port tonight. following Christmas and
New Years in their arbitrary read
justment of the calendar.
Miss Justine tombstone will begin re-
hearsals for ooh Justine" next week,
revue to be produced on the roof OF
the Forty-fourth Street Theatre some
time in September.
"Chu Chin Chow" will be produced
by Elliott, Comstock & Gest AZ the
Manhattan Opera House in October,
Frank Mccormack. their stage director,
having landed from English yesterday
- IL ah
weeks ago 10 study the English produc-
tion Of the play.
Richard Walton Tully, who returned
yesterday from his ranch In California.
will make several new productions later
in the season. Meanwhile he is re-
hearsing road companies Of The
Flame" "The Masquerader" and "The
Bird of Paradise"
David Abrams, the animal impersona-
tor, has been engaged by Edward B.
Perkins for one of the principal roles
in "The Red Clock"
The opening Of "The Inner Man" has
been postponed until next Tuesday
night, owing to the sudden breakdown
of Arthur Lewis. II was to have opened
tonight.
The opening Of Here Comes the
Bride" has also been postponed until
Tuesday evening.
The cast Of "Daybreak" includes
Blanche Yurka, Frederick Truesdell,
Margaret Dale, William B. Mack, Cath
crime Tower. David Terrence, Regi
maid Mason, Frank Goldsmith, Jack
Grey and Arthur Dennis. II will opeH
Tuesday evening st the Harris The
atre.
The long run Of THE 18th Chsir"
in New York will come TO an end on
September 1, Labor Day having been
set for the opening Of the plays Phil
adelphia engagement.
Laurette Taylor's projected season
at the Liberty Theatre will not be In
terfered with by Raymond Hitchcock's
engagement there beginning August n,
it has been announced. Miss Taylor
will appear about the middle Of Sep
TENDER.
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On the Screen

"Mary James Pa" was shown In
screen form at the Vitagraph produc-
ton room Yesterday, with Marc Mac
Dermott and Mildred Manning as Mary
Jane and Mary James Pa. 1t is Tot so
good a picture as it was a play, for
one feels the lack of dialogue, and at
times the action drags.
A picture that is taken from stage
success lie rarely so pleasing as a
picture which had its inception in the
mind of scenario writer, for one is
bound to contrast the two, and par
ticularly in pictures such as "Mary
James Pa" the spoken drama seems a
better medium for telling the story.
However, Marc MacDermott is par
ticularly suave and pleasing Hiram
Perkins, and even if he did desert her
and altogether treat her very badly, no
one was surprised when his wife chose
him in preference to Rome Preston.
Eulalie Jensen gives a good perform
ance as Portia. the wife, and Mildred
Manning's Mary Jane is quite delight
full. The exteriors are beautiful. and
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Praise of the Kaiser
Stays In Spelling Book

and Trustee Czarnecki made his mo-
lions he was at once asssiled. Mrs.
Snodgrass, who is q member OF the
board, and Trustee Severinghaus led
the attack. Mrs. Snodgrass made
lengthy speech, in which she said that
TO ask children to tear or destroy would
teach them to do wrong, and that II the
board voted TO ask the children TO tear
out the page entitled "The Kaiser IN
the Making" she could see written on
history a new page, entitled Anarchists
in the Making" Mrs. Snodgrass made
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People who have country homes are
rushing TO the rescue Of the children
Of the tenements. The hot spell Of
last week made them pity the young
sters, and during the last four days
they have flooded the Tribune Fresh
Air Fund Office with offers Of hospital
ity for boys and girls who need vaca-
tions.
So far the fund has scheduled eigh-
teen parties TO be started for vacation
land this week. Up to the time OF
closing the Office yesterday the invita-
lions included in these parties totalled
about 600. This number will doubtless
be somewhat increased by last minute
calls from people who hadn't made up
their minds about entertaining Fresh
Airs" when the invitation lists were
sent in.
The first Of the weeks seventeen
narties arrived in their vacation places
Yesterday after ride that began from
the Grand Central Terminal at 1880
o'clock Monday night. They were
three groups Of youngsters invited by
the people Of as many Lewis County.
" Y. towns-Lowville, Lyons Falls and
Beaver Falls. The three towns are
caring for ninety-nine children alto
gether.
% Leave for Auburn
Last night another party Of thirty
eight children left the city on the same
trsin for Auburn. n. Y, where they Will
he distributed to farms in Cayuga
County this morning.
This morning a crowd OF ABOUT nity
children sets out over the Lackawanna
Railroad for towns and villages scat
tered along the main line OF that road
in the neighborhood of Scranton, Penn.
Although they leave town this morning
~ o'clock, some Of the vacationists
viii not reach their destinations until
weII along In the afternoon.
Tomorrow Herkimer and Boonvilies'
N Y. are TO receive about sixty chill
dyen between them, and a party OF nifty
oirIs will be sent TO St Helens home,
~ Interlaken, Mass, for two weeks IN
the Berkshire Hills.
On the next day seven parties OF boys
and eirls will be sent OF. In the order
- their going they will be: Fifty boys
for ST. Helen's Home, twenty gir,s TOT
Elm Cottage, thirty girls Tor North
Shore Holiday House. thirty negro girls
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you he Is behind you and that between
you two you are going to give the
Kaiser something TO think about, you
realize that you are an important COM
Blatant in the war Of wars. Life takes
on q more necessitous aspect. The war
becomes your war-and being your war,
you are going to win It
Make no mistake about t. The sol.
diers of the farm. the soldiers Of the
mill, the soldiers Of the range. the SOL
dicrs Of the transportation systems are
enlisted for the war. As q mere war Of
distant trenches. they might never have
become periodically conscious Of n As
q war fought at home with everyday
implements - their implements II It's
their war--and 1t will be their victory.
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fsr>ciL ocrrespoudencel

CHICAGO, Aug. Seven to three
the School Board defeated to-day a
motion by Trustee Czarnech TO urge
parents Of 10000 children to tear out
of the Chicago public school spelling
book the page which contains praise
for the Kaiser.
Seven TO three the board also de-
feated another motion by Trustee Car
necki to have the superintendent re-
port "for use elsewhere" the names Of
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arrived in New York this morning from
Washington for the opening Of the Off
cial war films of the Italian govern
ment tonight at the Forty-fourth
Street Theatre.
The firm, which is the first authentic
pictorial record of Itsly's part in the
European war. arrived from Italy few
weeks ago.
To-night's receipts will be donated to
the American Red Cross and the Fund
for Italian Families Made Destitute by
the War.
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The Sinews Of War
Colorado Bankers Farmers, Mlmen, Railroaders
Cooperate to Beat the Kaiser, as Do All the States
Poodle Realize That They Are Beligerents
Bv THEODORE M. KNAPPEN

more. Your duties as member Of this
council are first"
Right you are," says Nudge, and
goes OFF and does the Job, and works
harder doing ii than he ever did be-
fore--and gets up and reads In the
paper next morning fine line Of abuse
Of himself for serving private instead
Of selfish ends.
Word comes in that farmers Of Weld
County's uplands are in sore need Of
power. Arapshoe County, it is ascer-
tanned by q little on-the-spot telephon-
ing, has twenty Idle tractors Of the big
farm kind. Professor 1er's job A
telephone message to the railway su-
perintendent, telegram or two, and
the next day the squadron Of tractors
from Arapahoe arrives In Weld.
1t isn't here, in these shirtsleeve
| state councils, a case of "the Hon." and
esq" and "Sir" and all the stiffenins
formality Of due respect and official
dignity. It's the good, old-fashioned
kind of "Mac, old boy, you'll do this,
won't you ?" and "Jim will see TO this, "
etc.
" some poor devil Of newly started
| dry land farmer needs little fnanc-
ing to help swell the proportions of
next years bread loaf, it is not case
| Of sending him half a-dozen blanks TO
| fill out and make him take civil ser
vice examination. It's q case Of call
! ing up Ed Smith, the banker at Bean
Vile, and asking him for the honor Of
Beanville, the glory of Colorado and
the good Of the Republic to lend the
farmer q few hundred.
Passing II Along
Ed will not demur unless his little
bank has already gone the limit In
that case he passes the notes on to Den
yer, where some Joe, Of the council or
the committee, has already squared the
matter with some Jack, Of the big bank,
and the paper is rediscounted at 51s or
per cent.
There's another side Of the magnif-
cent work Of these state war or defence
councils, or whatever they may chance
to be called. II makes the war q sort
of family, home folks affair. II It were
not for these home bodies the war
would still seem a very distant, far
away affair. Now it is right up to the
ploughboy and the brakeman, right up
to the miner and the cowboy.
When the big man Of the county, who
you always thought was more intent on
the size of his pile than the salvation
Of his soul, comes out TO you In his mo-
tor, dusty, begrimed, sunburned and in
tense, and makes a personal plea for
you TO plant more potatoes. and tells
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there are some wonderful effects in
the lighting; also the individual work
is good; these are some Of the things
which MARY James Pa" has.
What the picture lacks is sufficient
action to keep the characters busy
through five reels, and that human note
which should be found in the titles.
The Italian Ambassador to the United
States, Count Macchi di Cellere; Cen
eral Pasquale Tozzi, head Of the mil
General Guglielmotti, military attache,
itary mission to the United States, and
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Godfrey Mathew ..................Ed Edmund Breess
sarah Msyhsw. ,..,.,....... Lizzie Hudson Collier
Aaron oasSs.........sydn.y Greenst ass
Arabela Neeks. Fl3Tenoe Edng
Colonel Shirley ............ Charles A Stevenson
Harry Shirley ,................,...k Leigh Denny
Judge Genett ...s''....'..'..'..'"sia ce EtsHhe
JOB FOX. JOhn Ia shhe
Jonathan. .................. Arthur LYMAN
Friend Martha" is severely simple.
Like most things which carry simple
ity to the point of severity, it is not
much fun. Edward Peple's new comedy
gives presumably accurate picture of
| life-or perhaps it should be called ex-
| istence-in the Quaker settlement Of
! Germantown in the year 1880, but in so
doing 1t extracts but little drama and
even less comedy. With TOO little sub
stance to be an interesting play,
| Friend Martha" is not a sufficiently
| painstaking effort TO be ranked as
| character study. Accordingly it falls,
neatly but surely, somewhere between.
Mr.. Peple has spun over four acts
| the somewhat tenuous tale of the re-
| bellious daughter. She quite horriiies
the good Friends by her worldliness,
| and to escape a marriage with a par
/ ticularly Quakerish elder she elopes
with a dashing young Philadelphia
! who uses neither thees nor thous. Sub
seouently she is traced to an inn by
the good Quakers. and in the final act,
when her case is considered in the
| public meeting house. the intervention
! of her mother serves to bring down
| happy curtain.
Although Mr.. Peple has bolstered his
plot with little more incident than
| this bare summary would indicate,
there are inevitably many dreary min
utes. There are, however, several mo-
ments of real charm in the third act,
and the piece has the merit of lmprov-
ing as it progresses. The glimpse OF
Quaker meeting in the final act was
/ interesting.
The piece was on the whole well
acted, despite the fact that several OF
the characters appeared to the un-
Quaker eye to be caricatures rather
than characters. The princlPal weak-
ness lies with 0za Waldrop, who, strive
though she does, has neither the range
nor the personality for the title role;
MISS Waldrop looked sweet and played
her ouieter scenes capably, but the
dramatic possibilities of the part went
glimmering.
A majority Of the others are excel
lent. Edmund Breese, exclusive OF a
first night tendency to tumble his
lines, has not done so we'll in half
dozen seasons, and Sydney Greenstreet
made the Quaker elder fearsome hg-
ure. R. Leigh Denny, as the young
hero. had to struggle with some partic;
ulariy stilted lines, but in spite CT
that fact he triumphed Charles, A.
Stevenson and John l.. Shine lent
valiant assistance in lesser roles. Helen
Lowell and Florence Edney were ac-
ceptable as q pair Of unreal Quaker
spinsters, and Lizzie Hudson Collier
was a sympathetic figure as Martha's
mother. The piece has been carefully
staged by Edgar McGregor.
"Friend Martha" successfully de-
picts the rigors Of Quaker life, but
rigors alone do not quite make a COM
edy. IT, D NJ
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The Tribune Fresh Air Fund

for the Garnett Home, fifty girls for
Happy Land, twenty-five boys and girls
for Newton Farm, and an as yet unde-
termined number of boys and girls for
Walton, n. Y.
Two Parties to Leave Saturday
Even Saturday will have its quota
Of children sent out. At o'clock in
the morning of that day two parties Of
about fifteen children each will set out
over the Lehigh Valley Railroad for
Sugar Notch, Penn, and Orwell, Penn.
Later in the morning a small party Of
girls. the third this season, will go to
Hyde Park, N. Y.
This will mean busy week for the
members OF the Fresh Air Fund staff
who make UP the country parties and
get them started on their journey, but
il by no means tells the whole story
of the response of the country to the
pity aroused by the hot spell. A score
more of parties have been planned and
reported TO the Fund within the last
few days.
Contributions TO THE TRIBUNE FRESH
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The Coming 7ower
The Grapes

The officers uniform is hot;
He swaggers around with his little cane;
Ne stares with gaze that sees you not;
And his manner gives you shooting pain.
~. seems so cruel, he looks so warm,
His attitude is the kind to scare one,
c,,uttipc around in that uniform
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Gosh but wish that I could wear one y

apr..ian women doing wonderful work." said Mr. Ehu
terday n shaming he-men into fighting and where
NV hors American women will follow their example, There is
doubt that women have tremendous influence in determining
son of cowardce Womans influence being what is,
ny nice girl would save the umpire of this and get him
" AL Il off on account Of darkness.
That however is unlikely In the time the American
.,,s best work is to holer, Mr.. Root suggests
bvor Mr. Roots slang for that exhortatory injunction
=. ,be lads that are going up for examination.
. , 49, 7 ,,,cbeon Gard. Su66eSted by Various Contribs
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Drama
Friend Martha, a Simple and
Slow-Placed Comedy Of
Quaker'Life

Friend Martha" comedy in four
acts, by Edward Peple. Presented by
Edgar McGregor at the Booth Theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL; On
SPELGTNG-EIGHTH GRADE
December 10, 1910
0lApI Eid17
December 10, 1910

December 10, 1910
tho pupils the following text aud the list Of
below Tho pupils will be marked the words in italics
and the words Ia the list.
THE KAISER IN THE MAKING
In the gymnasium at Cassel the German Kaiser spent
three years Of his boyhood, dilgent but not brcn!
pupil ranking tenth among seventeen candidates for the
university.
Many tales are told OF this period Of his fe and
Of them, at least is illuminating.
professor it is sad wishing II curry favor with his
royal pupil informed him overnight of the chapter in Greek
that was to be made the Of the next days lesson.
The young prince did what many boys would not have
done. As soon the class opened the follow
ing morning, he entered and wrote conspcuousy the
blackboard the Information that had been given him.
One may say unhestatingy that boy capable of such
an action has the root of fine character in him. possesses
that chraous of fair play which is the nearest thing
to religion that may be looked for at that age, hates
naeanness and tavorsm and will wherever possible expose
them. There is in him fundamental bent toward what
is clean, manly and aboveboard.