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a supreme honor as well as satisfac,
ton for my conscience to be entitled
to render this homage to our ancestors
in the presence of my colleague ana
friend. Mr.. Balfour, who SO nobly rep
resents his great nation. BY thus COM
ing to lay here the respectful tribute OF
every English mind he shows, In TINS
historic moment of communion which
France has willed. what nations tnat
live for liberty can do
When we contemplate in the distant
past the luminous presence OF Washlhe-
ton. in nearer times the majestic figure
of Abraham Lincoln, when we respect
fully salute President Wilson, the
worthy heir of these great memories. we
at one glance measure the vast career
of the American people. 1t is because
for the nation the right TO govern it
self, it is because it proclaimed and
won the equality of all men, that the
free American people at the hour marked
by fate has been enabled with COM
handing force to carry it's action be-
vond the seas; it is because it was re
solved to extend its action still further
that Congress was enabled TO OBTAIN
within the space of few days the vote
of CONSUMPTION and to proclaim the
necessity for a national army in the
full spIendor of civil peace.
".In the name of France I salute the
young army which Will snare in our
common glory.
to the memory of Washington | do not
diminish the effect of my words when
| turn my thought to the memory of
so many unnamed heroes ask you
before this tomb to bow in earnest
meditation and all the fervor of piety
before all the soldiers of the allied
nations, who for nearly three years
have been fighting under different
flags for the same ideal. l beg you to
address the homage of your hearts and
souls to all the heroes. born to live
in happiness. in the tranquil pursuit
of their labors. in the enjoyment of
all human affections. who went into
battle with virle cheerfulness and
gave themselves up, not to death alone
hut to the eternal silence that closes
over those whose sacrifice remains I'M
named, in the full knowledge that save
for those who loved them their names
would disappear with their bodies
Their monument is in our hearts. Not
the living alone greet us here; the
ranks of the dead themselves rise to
surround the soldiers of liberty
AT this solemn hour in the history
of the world. while salutinS from this
sacred mound the final victor of JUS
tice. | send to the republic of the
United States the greetings of the
French republic
Mr.. Balfour's Tribute.
Then came forward Arthur James
Balfour. foreign secretary of Great
Britain, who stood for a moment in ST
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-30
All Sign the Register.
M. Viviani's Address.

Washington NJ. Niviani said:
I'VE could not remain longer in Wash
ington without accomplishing this pious
pilgrimage. In this spot lies all that is
mortal of a great here. Close by this
spot is the modest abode where Wash
ington rested after the tremendous labor
of achieving for nation its emancipa-
ton. In this spot meet the admiration
of the whole world and the veneration
of the American people. In this spot
rises before us the glorious memories
left by the soldiers of France led by
Rochambeau and Lafayette; a descend
ant of the latter. my friend NJ de Cham
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-30

our thoughts most wildly down to the
present. The thousands who have
given their lives-French, Russian,
Italian, Belgian, Serbian. Montenegrin,
Rumanian, Japanese and British-were
fighting for what they believed to be
the cause of liberty.
There is no place in the world
where a speech for the cause of liberty
would be better placed than here, at
the tomb of Washington. But as that
work has been so adequately done by
a master of oratory, perhaps you will
permit me to read a few words pre-
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lence. a tall. erect. Findly figure. Over
come with all tn.. the situation meant
in the lives of the two great Anglo
Saxon countries, Mr.. Balfour abandoned
his decision not 10 speak and gave ex-
preston to few poignant sentences,
evidently straight from the heart
England had honored Washington as
she never had before.
IN. Niviani," said Mr.. Balfour. has
expressed in most eloquent words the
feelings which grip US all here today.
He has not only paid fitting tribute to
a great statesman. but he has brought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-30

Gov. Stuart of Virginia spoke as the
host on Virginia soil. Washington" he
said. Originally belonged to Virginia. but
his priceless memory has now become a
common heritage of the world. We con-
secrate here today a struggle bearing the
supreme test of the issues for which he
lived. fought and died.
Marshal Joffre. victor of the Marine and
idol of the French people. next came for
ward in field marshars uniform.
Simply, earnestly, he spoke in French
the two brief sentences of tribute TO
Washington.
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during the visitation of the missions to
the mansion was when MIR. Balfour and
Marshal Joffre met in the room where
Washington died, and there. in a small.
unfinished dressing room they. and
other distinguished visitors. sat at a
table presented to Washington by the
first French ambassador to this coun-
try. and wrote their names in a book
where other noted men and women
have registered.
All Sign the Register.
On the preceding leaf was the name
of Thomas A. Edison. Mr.. Balfour in
large. bold script. signed first; then. in
small, delicate lines. appeared y.
Joffre." and following this were the
signatures OF Vice Admiral Choche-
pratt. Rear Admiral II. T. Huse. Col.
Cosby, Mai Rees and Gen. Scott.
James Young. assistant Superintend-
ent. had charge of this book. Harrison
II. Dodge, superintendent, was at the
wharf to receive the visitors. and he
was kept busy answering questions as
they went about the mansion.
Mr.. Balfour. who had visited the man
sion before. went through it again.
exhibiting interest in the relics, and
stopping many times to view the seen
cry from different windows of the man
sion.
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pared by the British mission for the
wreath we are to leave here today:
Dedicated to Patriots Memory.

Dedicated by the British mission to
the immortal memory of George Wash
ington, soldier, statesman, patriot, who
would have rejoiced to see the country
of which he was by birth a citizen and
the country which his genius called into
existence fighting side by side to save
mankind from subsection to a military
despotism.'"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
VANISHING ART IN MASONRY
Ancient New England Dry Walls Are
Things Of Beauty But Few Are
Built Now.

"In dry walls I think the old stone
mason takes the greatest pride of all;
for 1t is the dry WALL mean by that
n wall laid without mortar-that the
sheer art of the mason comes nos
into play. Anyone al throw a wall
together If he has a mortar to make
1t stick, but a dry wall must stand out
for what it Is, built solid from the
bottom up, each stone resting securely
upon the one below 1t. and braced and
nestled In by the sheer skill of the ma
son, writes David GraysOn in the
American Magazine.
The art of the dry wall is the an
Gent heritage of New England and
speaks not only Of the sincerity and
the conscientiousness of the old puri-
tan spirit but strikes the higher note
of beauty. Many of the older walls
1 know are worth going far to see, for
they exhibit a rare sense of form and
proportion, and are sometimes set In
the landscape with a skill that only
the Master Artist himself could exceed.
Those old, hard-wrought stone fences
of the Burnham hills and Crewsbury,
the best Of them, were honestly built,
and built to last a thousand years. A
beautiful art-and one that is passing
away. 1t is the dry wall that stands
of itself that the old stone mason loves
best of all.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
Worthy of His a

The recruit was having his first turn
on sentry duty.
"Now, remember your salutes," the
corporal warned him. "If you see a
lieutenant wearing one star, slope
arms. For a captain with three stars
slope arms also. The major has q
crow on his straps, and you present
arms. For the colonel, who has stars
and a crown, you present arms and
then turn out the guard"
When he was left alone the recruit
went over these orders again and
again.
Suddenly his musing was interrupted
by the approach of an officer. This
was a general, and the recruit did not
know what to do for him.
"An' what might you be?" he asked
bluntly, unable to recognize the badge
of the officers rank.
I'm the general" replied the officer,
affably.
"Sure now, and are ye?" exclaimed
the recruit in CONSERVATION. "Then
ye1l want something big. How'd it do
If 1 give ye a bayonet exercise!"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
DESTROY ANTS WITH CANNON
That Method Has Been Proved In
Tropical Countries to Get the
Best Results.

1t is hard to imagine big guns kill
ing anything except men and horses.
In South Africa and other tropical
countries, however, they are used to
kill ants-the termites, or warrior
ants. These ants are as highly organ
lied as the Huns. They live in a re-
public of their own, and are divided in
to classes Of workmen, soldiers, and
queens.
The workmen construct the huge
nests, the soldiers defend them and
keep order, and the females, or queens,
are cared for by all the others.
The ant heaps of these particular
ants are often 20 feet high and py-
ramidal in shape. Cattle climb upon
them without crushing them. A dozen
men can find shelter in some of their
chambers, and native hunters often lie
in wait inside them when out after
wild administrator the nests have
been deserted, of course.
The ants construct galleries which
are as wide as the bore of q large can
non, and which run 3 feet to 4 feet
underground. If we built houses as
big in proportion a working man would
live in a dwelling as big as q pyramid
of Egypt.
These ants are frightfully destruc-
tive, and the only way to kill them off
is to blow them and their nests to
pieces with guns loaded with grape
shot.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
A Predicament.

1t was the night of nights. Isabella
had said "yes-" Isabella's father had
said YES" and Isabella's "young man"
was happy. So was Isabella.
Minutes licked away as they sat
hand-in-hand, not caring for CONVEX
sation, blissfully content to sit and
sit and sit in each others proximity.
But suddenly Isabella's young man
grew restless. He began to twitch and
pull fearsome. faces. His facial con-
tortions got worse and worse, till at
last Isabella got scared and cried:
"What is it, beloved? Tell your Isa-
bella! Are you subject to fts?"
mo, no, Of course not" said the
young man soothingly. my eyeglasses
are falling off and 1 don't want to let
60 of your lovely hands"
Gurgles London Answers.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
Larry
lnterVeneS
By Alice E. Ives


~ -"
GCopyright, 1917, by W. G.. Chapman)
Harry Graves had always been hav-
Tag accidents during the span of his
tNenty-eight years, but as he always
escaped without being MANNED for life,
one more didn't seem to count in the
scheme of things. So when he opened
his eyes in a room with a sewing ma
chine, q work basket, and "women's
hNn's," he began to try to account for
hfs unusual surroundings. He remem-
bered spinning along through a very
ptetty country road in a hired automo-
bic, then another car darted at him
abound a n there was a terrific
Impact, and his mental machinery
stopped working. He now became con-
stfous that a kindly faced elderly wom-
alb, rather short and stout, was look
tug at him.
:G:Did 1 come through the Window"
hf asked.
1"No; but you were thrown clear
over the fence into the garden" she
answered.
'"What did I spoilT"
Nothing but a few onions" He
shifted with a realizing sense of her
tFuthfulness. I'm glad it wasn't the
tabbages."
"Why?" he querIed.
because they would have been so
much harder to fall on" He smiled
gratefully. But 1 am glad you weren't
killed"
'rhat's kind" he said. 81 supposed
It wouldn't concern anyone around
mere but me-"
"What is it?" she asked, seeing his
face twist with pain.
There's something wrong with this
foot"
eyes, the shoe is nearly torn off.
Keep as quiet as you can. Ruth has
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
ATTACKED BY AN ALLIGATOR
New Maid in Home Which Shelters q
Pampered Pet Dog Has a Most
Exciting Experience.

There are no children in this house
in North Alabama street. They have
grown up, married and gone away.
Their absence is partly relieved by a
small dog, a lively little terrier. This
dog, as he is not permitted to assO-
clate with the rude dogs of the street,
has p%laythings Of different kinds, much
like those that in other households, are
bought for small boys and girls, says
the Indianapolis News.
The other day a new maid came into
the house. She was tidying up the liv-
ing room, and when drawing her broom
from under q couch she gave a shrek
of terror and ran into the yard, where
some carpenters were at work.
'There's some kind of a beast in
there" she said, 'and I'm scared al
most to death.
A gallant young carpenter offered to
go in and tackle the animal in it's lair.
He armed himself with u strip of
scantling and went in.
A moment later he was heard to
strike. The new domestic, looking
through a window, begged him to be
careful and take no chances. at
jumped at me-" said she, "when 1 hit
it with the broom and it made an awful
screech."
The gallant young carpenter had
been so fortunate as to cover the beast
with the board and was standing on
the scantling. When he had stood on
1t for five minutes and thought life
must certainly be extinct, he stepped
off and removed the board.
AS he did so there "a a strange
noise from the animal which jumped
at the carpenter, who ran out to get
assistance. By this time the mistress
of the house had returned with the
dog.
"For goodness sakes," she said,
"what on earth is the matter? Why
all this excitement" Before the ques-
ton was answered the b~lack-and-tan
terrier ran into the house and out into
the yard.
In his mouth was the beast. 1t was
n of his p~laythings, an India rubber
alligator about eight inches long.
"Land sakes ~ said the new maid,
But the gallant young carpenter said
something different.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
WIN Was STARING introduced?

Nobody seems to know what the
starting vas introduced into the Unit
ed States for. 1t may have been
thought that as a picturesque bird of
marked personality and a classical in
labitant of the bowers of literature he
would be a pleasing addition to our
avi fauna. Attempts have been made
to introduce the skylark and the Eu-
ropean goldinch, the latter with some
success, the former without. They are
s~ongbirds. Except in a technical sense,
the starting isn't, though occasional
sweet pipings do vary his Earring
cries, and he does surprising things
as a mimic of other species.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16

gone to the nearest place to telephone
for the doctor"
hWhat became of the fellow drlv-
Ing the machine?"
rob, he wasn't so. badly hurt but
he could go back to town In the other
iman's car; but we thought you ought
TO be brought in here"
Someone ran quickly up the steps,
and a young girl entered the room.
"Mother, Doctor Cary will be here
In a few minutes. Oh" she added, see
ing the patient looking at her. 1--WE
are so glad yor weren't killed"
Apparently a kindly feeling ran in
the family, and Graves felt 1t incum-
bent on him to express his thanks.
The doctor found that the foot had
been badly twisted, and M of the
small bones broken he could not tell
yet but that there might be internal
injuries, and he told Mrs. Fenness If
she could manage to look after the
young man for a few days 1t would be
much better than to try to move him
Just then. Mrs. Fenness could and
would.
Ruth was a bit shy at first about
being alone with the stranger, when
her mother was obliged sometimes TO
lehye him in her care. She had never
hid n brother, her father had died
when she was a little child, and the
two women had lived alone. 1t was
the first time she had seen a man as
an inmate of their little home, though
she was nearly twenty years old, and
mad heen teaching the village school
for two years. 1t was the summer va
cation now, and she had time to help
her mother.
Larry Graves, with the usual I'm
reasonableness Of a co~nvalescent,
seemed to require more and more of
her attention. Whether this was as
Eumed with m Interior motive will
never be known, but Ruth, gentle and
deft of touch, made a good nurse, and
stranger still began to delight In her
work. Her patient was now so i'm
proved, they held long conversations.
Tneu one Gay something struck cold
ar her heart. What should she do
when he went away7
f'po o know a man around here
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16

was being made such as he had ever before dreamed of and which to him
vas sweeter than the imagined chanting of angels. Not until the last note
had foated out and become a memory did the boy realize that he was
half frozen. As a result, he lowered close to deaths door for long days and
nights with pneumonia, but he heard always the sweet melodies ringing in his
ears,a and he had no regrets.
The boy wa Harry I. Buregh, now the weILknown composer, who to-.
day is the proud possessor of the third Spngarn medal, which is awarded
annually to the mar IF woman of African descent who has made the highest
achievement during the year in any field of elevated human endeavor. He
had a faraway look in his dark eyes, a though he was thinking of the shtv-
erng little outcast at First Congregational church when Senator Wesley L.
Jones handed him the medal of gold which meant that the committee of award
had singled him out for the great honor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
Taller in Morning.

The very wise smile knowingly
when someone offers the foolish" as
sertlon that a person is taller In the
morning than in the evening. But
just try it. Between the "a vertebrae
of the backbone are little disks of car
tilage, and these during the course Of
the day are considerably compressed
by the weight of the body, expanding
again when the body is in a recumbent
position. In the cas- of a heavy man
of good average height, the difference
in his height at morning and evening
is generally about half an inch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16

chinery, soap and amberware. Its
most important business, however, was
its export Of grains and timber. 1t
shipped each year timber to a value OF
more than $5,O00,000.
Before all else, Memel was a grow
ing seaport. 1t was drawing an even
greater share Of the distributing bust
ness of agricultural produce from the
neighboring regions of the Russian
Baltic provinces, and was developing
close, fruitful business relations with
Russian Poland, handling Polish tim
Der, grain and meats, and making
Roadway in the competition for han
ding the exports from the rich Polish
manufacturing districts. Memers po-
sition near the farms of East Prussia,
near the fields and factories of Rus
sia's Baltic provinces, and near the for
ests, farms and manufactures of Rus
sian Poland gave the town great prom
Use of becoming a rich city port.
Like many of the ~well-placed cities
commercial center. The town is given
wei almost entirely to the needs Of the
German navy. 1t has extensive ar
senals and mine depots, machine shops,
iron foundries and boiler shops. The
imperial dockyardS before being en-
larged for the present emergencies in
cluded two large slipways, five I'M
mense floating docks, four smaller
docks for the accommodation of tor
pedoboats and seven dry docks. The
shipyards are surrounded by lofty
walls and access to the Enclosure ever
prior to the outbreak of the war was
very restricted. More than a third of
the population Of the town before the
beginning of hostilities in 1914 was
made up of army and naval forces.
Like many of the well-placed cities
of these northern c~oastlands, MemeI
was a foundation Of those crusaders OF
the middle ages, who took their way
north and spread their faith among
the outlying peoples by brand ant
sword. 1t was founded by Poppo Vol
Osterna, ~grandmaster of the knights
of the Teutonic Order, who fought the
natives Of Prussia, the Let's and Finn!
through generations to bring then
within the fold of the Christian church
When founded in 1852, Memel was frs
called New Dortmund, and, later, Me
melburg.
The advanced Christian fortress
early acquired an important trade, anC
became a member of the merchan'
trust, the Hanseatic league. Its place
upon the borders of several unrelated
peoples, however, while possessing tn
same advantages as today, possessed
also, the same disadvantages. 1t wa
burned several times by hostile force
during the 18th, 18th, and 18th cen
turtles. After the crushing defeat ad
ministered to Friedrich Wilhelm II
of Prussia by Napoleon upon the feel
of Jena, the German monarch retire
to isolated Memel, and here, in 1907
the treaty which was to have such faI
reaching results was concluded be
, tween Great Britain and Prussia.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
Cruel and Unusual Fun.

A burly man arose in a train that
was passing into Kansas from Kansas
City, Mo. Gentlemen" he proclaimed,
81 am in the aisle so that l can search
them" Visions of a Jail sentence for
having liquor in his possession flashed
through the mind Of a passenger half
way down the car. Convulsively he
threw his grip out of the window, and
sat back, a nervous and thirsty man.
When he found that the sheriff was
only a travelling salesman having fun
with evaders of the bone dry law. his
nervousness grew upon him and his
thirst became a thirst for blood.-Bos-
ton Transcript.