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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-09

c. w. B. Griffith, Shakespearian reader, will deliver two readings at the Annunciation academy Tuesday, March 13, Macbeth" at 2:45 p. m. and Richard III" at 7:45 p. m.
 The Married Ladies held their busi- ness meeting yesterday afternoon with Mrs. E. Scull. 1921 West Twelfth ave- hue. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. w. M. Earnest, 814 South Locust street.
 Mrs. George Spencer, Miss Thelma Spencer and Mrs. J. E. Shell of Mon- tlcello, delegates to the missionary convention, are guests of Mrs. M. J. Mead at Moscow. and motor in each day to attend the sessions of the con- vention.
 The return of Dr. and Mrs. w. J. E. COX from Baltimore, where Dr. Cox underwent a successful operation, is source of pleasure, not only to members of Dr. Cox's congregation of ne First Baptist church. but to Pine Bluff folk generally, with whom Dr. ana Mrs. Cox are deservedly popular. Df. Cox is rapidly recovering his strength, he spoke at the prayer meet lng Wednesday night and is gradually 'aKlng up his church work again.
 Mrs. M. D. Randolph has been taKen to the Davis hospital from her nQmel 502 Locust street, in the Rob- lnson ambulance.
 Mrs. Corinne Knox was elected president of the Sesame club at the ouslness session Wednesday after aoon; Mrs. c. H. Bolinger, vice presi- !ent; Mrs. Lutie Montgomery. record "s secretary; Mrs. w. A. Waldrep,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-09
Floating.

If ono would reflect, let him em. bark on some placid stream and float with the current. He cannot resist the muse. As we ascend the stream, plying the paddle with might and main, snatched and impetuous thoughts course through the brain We dream of conflict, power, and grandeur. But turn the prov down stream, aad rock, tree. kine, knoll, as. suming new and varying positions, as wind and water shift the scene, favor the liquid lapse of thought, far-reach- ing and sublime, but ever calm and gently undulating.-Thoreau.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-09

Mrs. M. D. Randolph has been !aKen to the Davis hospital from her nomel 5O2 Locust street, in the Rob- lnson ambulance.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
Chicago's Mayor Leaps
Into the Limelieht |

CEVERAL events of the last few weeks
y have made William Hale Thompson
the most widely known Mayor in the
United States. And Mayor Thompson
cannot be accused of being the kind Of
man who stands still humbly until Fame
yanks him by the forelock into the light
Of publicity. Mayor Thompson has him
self. to the contrary, contributed largely
to the fame which now surrounds his name; (;
first, by an apparent reluctance to welcome
the French and British missions to Chi
cago, over which city he stretches a SOW
creign hand; secondly, by an expressed un-
willingness to push the sale of Liberty
Bonds in the Chicago City Hall, and, third
ly. by strategic advance upon the Board
of Education in Chicago, ir which circum-
stances he was forced to retreat from the
council chamber few feet ahead of a
bulky volume Of the law aimed at his
head. That Chicago talks impeachment of
its Mayor is merely incidental to the
events of a career that has already con-
tributed much to the nations headlines.
Mayor Thompson, strange it may
seem to some and possibly expected as it
may be to others, was born in Boston
the Massachusetts town. However, with
his parents he removed to Chicago at an
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
Persons Prominent just Now

man sentiments. Last week one OF 'he
leading Austrian Poles, Leon Billnski, ere
ated a sensation by declaring IN the
Reichsrat that an independent Poland IN
cludng Galicia, should be Incorporated un-
der the sceptre of a kaiser, presumably
meaning that either The German or Aus
trian Kaiser should be crowned King OF
Poland.
The man who made this proposal Is
statesman of first rank. BllinsN was
Minister of Finance in the Austrian Caoi-
net some years ago. He is the president
Of the Polish Parliamentary Club IN the
Austrian Parliament. This body voted
for the imperial budget after Bilinskrs
declaration, which found favor in govern
ment circles, thus going on record as sup
porting Emperor Charles. Bilinski was
also UP to a short time ago chairman OF
the Polish Supreme National Committee
This committee was formed early in the
war to lead the movement for the restora-
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
/ twenty-five Per
Cent Military

4 SA CLIMAX to General Sir William
~ Robertson's graphic review Of
the units of the human race at
war comes the alarming assurances from
Former President Taft that the United
States will have to put millions of men
and billions of money into the struggle.
Speaking at Pittsburgh, Mr.. Taft said:
Canada alone has sent 100000 men out OF a
population of not more than 100000 II
we arc to do our part in the same proportion
we must send six million men to the front.
General Sir William Robertson in a
recent speech employed statistics which
are available to him only for building up
a remarkable picture of Europe at war.
The Sum- quotes him as follows
It is a warfare of machinery and mechan-
isms, many Of them new and heretofore al
most untried. These have required to be
produced. to be tested and to have great
bodies of men trained for using them.
"ln the present war the killed alone can
be counted by the million. while the total
rumber of men engaged amounts to nearly
24,OOO,OOO. In fact, this war is not, a. in the
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
One of the Militants

HHABEL VERNON. national secretary
wi of the National Womans Party,
is a firm believer in militant tactics when
it comes to suffrage. Like the other mem
bers of the Woman's Party-formerly the
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage
she advocates Federal amendment
1t was her particular suffrage organi-
zation which was responsible for the suf-
frage banner which, hung out in Wash
ington late in June as members OF the
Russian mission were driving to the White
House, evoked cries of Treason! and, 1t
is said, caused bitter opposition to the suf-
frage movement. 1t was rumored recent
~ that Miss Vernon had been lodged IN
iail. This, however, was denied at the
local headquarters last Thursday.
Originally from Wilmington, DEL, Miss
Vernon is now a citizen Of Nevada, with
residence at Reno-and vote. She was
the organizer Of the suffrage automobile
trip by which ENJOYS from the suffrage
convention in San Francisco brought their
resolutions to Congress and the President
two years ago. Recently, when a deputa-
ton from the various liberal parties went
TO the President, she represented the
Woman's Party in group which has been
described as composed If Socialists, Pro-
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

business. Last week General Brusiloff
began the first offensive undertaken by the
New Russia It's initial successes were
enthusiastically received in this and the
Allied countries. General Brusilof is
again the man Of the hour.
Who is this military genius? The story
Of his beginnings was told recently in "The
Times" by Charles Johnston, whose wife is
a sister-in-law to General Brusiloff:
Born at Kutais. Aexe Alexeevitch
Brusilof went to school in TAis, the capital
OF the Caucasus; thence 20 one Of the Rus
sian military schools, where he greatly dis
tinguished himself and laid the foundation
Of future staff appointments; thence once
more to the wild, magnificent. semi-Oriental
Caucasus as a Lieutenant in the dragon reg
iment which bears the name of Tver, an
ancient town on the railroad between Moscow
and Petrograd.
"As a subaltern Alexei Brusilof entered
thoroughly into the daring and adventurous
life which was traditional with regiments
quartered in the Caucasus, in the midst Of
some of the grandest scenery and some Of
the widest, most warlike tribes on earth;
the life that both Lermontof and Tolstoy
have depicted. He had a heart for every
adventure, but, most Of all perhaps, loved the
wild and rather perilous boar and bear hunts
in the mountain forests which are a part OF
the regular training of officers and men sta
toned there. Alexei Bruslof earned a repu-
L. -, ,l-,. .1o1o
region, whether after hounds or in regi-
mental steeplechases'
His military rise was steady. Brusloff
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

adopting the kilt for boys and for adults
in certain lines Of work.
In support of kits government fashion
expert says they dispense with the nuisance
Of pressing, and of their durability there
can be no question, because Scottish fami-
lies have passed one kilt from generation
TO generation.
Another argument advanced in favor Of
the kilt is the advice Of physicians, who
gay that it is the ideal dress for boys, be
cause it gives them the greatest warmth
around the stomach and greater freedom
than trousers.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
Which Shall 1t Be?.

the knees and all in vain. Trousers bag at
the knees because they ought to, and it is a
crime against nature to try to keep them
from it.
Which is it to he? The pantaloon Of the
civilian. the leggngs of the soldier, the
kilt of the Highlander or the bell-shaped
trousers nuisance of the sailor? The New
York Call" thus makes merry over the
kilt:
This is the psychological moment to take
the pants off the Britsher and rig him out
in n short petticoat, as was the fashion among
the ancient Britons. The ancient Brtons used
2 sort of blue for their scanty skirts. They
called it 'woad.' And sometimes, as history
relates, they painted their bare hides with it,
also.
"The kilt should henceforth always be re-
ferrcd to euogistically as the garb of old
Gaul,' and all disdainful references 20 bare
legged savages' should be frowned down by
the best society. That was all right to throw
out as gbe against Scots, but this is no
time for such fool mockery."
Godolphin e. Ginkle, British agent in
this country to purchase socks for the
Tommies, stated recently in THE New
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

with the old-fashioned Glengarry cap and
feather and leather brogans. OF course, the
kits are quite all right for fellows built on
the plan of an Apollo, but what about the peo-
pie who are bow-egged or knock-kneed?
81 never intended TO kits, and
swear that | never will again after an ex-
rerience | had even if / should be compelled
10 adopt the costume and customs of Hot
tentot on Africa's burning sands
The narrator proceeded to describe a
tragedy which occurred at an out-of-doors
luncheon, the principal participants of said
tragedy being the rector's wife, Ginkle's
are shins and certain insects of saw
age type" technically known as "a spiny-
tailed gezeka" and "a double-horned flying
goozgog." The wearer of kits was stung
simultaneously on both unprotected shins,
and his wild rise into the air is reported to
have precipitated the rector's wife "over
into the ditch"
But it seems there are even more ex-
treme reforms on foot in England. Says
Mr.. Ginkle:
"ln addition to the kilt revival crowd. an
other lot of dodos have formed society to
have men and women dress like the ancient
Romans. You know the kind of thing
mean-toga for the men and Jacket with
I. sarong like the Dutch women wear in Java;
no hats, and sandals for all, without socks"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
Americas Lagging 6
Demand for Books

TIME complete subordination of the
American. book production TO the
newspaper and magazine world
was demonstrated by Congressman Rainey
of Illinois. in his recent speech in Congress
attacking the mail privileges Of periodicals.
He does not call Americans illiterate, but
he does show that they are next to Spain
in the smallness of their book output. We
quote from THE Congressional Record:
To-day the only nation in the world that
produces as few books per million population
as does the United States is Spain In Spain,
instead Of having cheap magazines 20 crowd
out her literature, they have bullfghts and
entertainments Of that kind, just as edifyng
and contributing just as much to her culture
as these cheap publications, and she produces
for each million Of inhabitants as many books
as we produce.
The figures | have given you are startling.
Little Switzerland, one-eighteenth Of the size
Of Texas and one twenty-ffth the size Of the
United States, publishes more than three
quarters as many books to-day year as we
do ip the United States. Denmark, Sweden,
Norway have each an output of eight times
as many books per million of inhabitants as
the United States. Rumsnia, with only one
thirteenth Of the population of the United
States, publishes each year one-quarter as
many books as are published in the United
States. Japan, with half our population. pub
fishes four times as many books. Russia,
which has an ignorant class comprising 7s
per cent Of her population, produces nearly
three times as many books as the United
States. and has a population only two-thirds
greater.
Americas movement commenced in this
particular with the advent of 1-cent postage
in the land. When this law went into effect,
permitting cheap periodicals 20 be carried
throughout the land, we had 1000 bookstores
in the United States, selling nothing but
books To-day we have less than 1900 book
stores in the United States, and they are
diminishing in number with each passing
month.
Our Ambassador TO England, Mr.. Page, a
member Of the publishing firm Of Doubleday,
Page & Co. before he left for England made
the statement that American men spend less
money to-day for books than they do for
nccktcs and that American women spend
less money for books than they do for the
buttons that 20 on their dresses.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

ton of Poland, and was regarded by the
Poles as their chief executive body.
At the other extreme Of the Austrian
Poles stands Ignace Daszynski, the leader
of the Polish Socialists. He represents the
elements which look toward the defeat of
the Central Powers as the only sure guar
antee of reunited Poland The Russian
upheaval added much force to Polish So
cialism. His resignation from the Polish
Parliamentary Club, which took place last
year, had an importan: effect on the Teu-
tonic governments, as it amounted to a
clear warning that radical Poland would
no longer identify itself with the groups
supporting the policies of the Central
Powers.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

as hypocritical as a dickey, reminding one
Of Gunga Dins costume. 'nothin' much
afore, and rather less than 'arf o that
behind"
In the matter Of neckwear the soldier
has something to learn from the sailor, but
not in the matter of trousers. The trous-
ers of the modern soldier are tight where
they should be tight, at the bottom, and
loose where they should be loose, at the
top. Best Of all, they bag at the knees.
An enormous amount of money and worry
and time and energy have been wasted in
trying 10 keep trousers from bagging at
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
The British and Canadian
Food ".DictatOrS'

DARON RHONDDA. the British Food
ID Controller, is another of the leaders
Of "big business that war has
called from private enterprise to direct the
destinies of an empire. Until 1915 Baron
Rbondda was David Alfred Thomas, Mas
for Of Arts of Caius College, Cambridge,
and head of one Of the largest coal busi-
nesses in England, known as the Cambrian
Coal Combine. He has been in Parliament
twice as a Liberal, came to the United
States TO direct the manufacture of mu-
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
Here's Another War
Prophet

"HERE have been so very many
prophecies concerning the end OF
the war that prophets land they
continue to fourish) have come to arouse
rather an emotion of mild curiosity than
cne of breathless intensity-although the
whisper of hope is not silenced.
DR.. Arthur Shadwell, writing in The
Nineteenth Century" believes the nations
are approaching the end. The fame. be.
cause of its sheer fury, cannot, he feels
endure much longer. While:
Events have moved so fast of late that
though the future is still uncertain it is less
obscure than it was few months ago The
veil is thinner. and some things can be seen
through IT, One is that the war will not
last very much longer, by which mean that
It will not drag on indefinitely or even for
two or three years.
II cannot; the pace is too hot and the
strain too great Il might have been other.
wise. II the pace had slackened and lulJ
had occurred, giving time for rest and re.
cuperation, the war might have been drawn
out longer.
That is what used to happen in the old
wars, which lasted for decades Troops used
20 go regularly into winter quarters, and
there were long periods of inactivity. with
arm'stices and occasional spells of peace.
Warfare was not continuous
Nor when it went on did it involve efforts
comparable with those demanded by this war.
in which the whole strength of the belliger-
ent nations is thrown into the struggle. This
unprecedented strain we owe TO the German
military policy, which set the pace in the
scale OF armies and development of weapons
in preparation and finally, of operations in
action.
The result is 10 make a long drawn war
impossible the strain cannot be borne. And
by a just decree of fate the consequences OF
Germany's own policy are recoiling on her
own head.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
Lord w iIIiam Ran.
dOlph Munsey
f"HE DRAMATIC MIRROR" is
authority for the announcement

4
authority for the announcement
that Mr.. Munscy. cnvious Of the
profits which Mr. Hearst is understood 10
have made in his motion picture enter
priscs. is about ~ enter tic motion picture
field and add moving dramas Of food and
field" 20 his rcpcrtory.
In many quarters both Mr. Munsey and
Mr.. Hearst arc credited with ambitions
10 become the Northcfc Of America.
Thus. curiously. and IN divers ways. the
names Of these three men have been linked
~ late i'm popular comment II is not
recorded that Lord Northclife has sspira-
tions in the direction of the movies, but
journalism. At any rate, unites the des-
tinies of the trio.
Frank Harris recently skctched them
IN into single picture very acrldly.
lie said:
There is only one man IN America with
whom 20 compare Lord Northclifc as news
paper proprietor. and that is Mr. William
Randolph Hearst know little or nothing Of
Mr Hesrst's record. I have heard % said
that he is distrustcd by union workmen and
H. A foe 20 socialism. but surely remember
tha, he advocated naturalization Of al rail
roads. There BE- good deal Of socialism IN
that proposal
orhe true person TO compare with Lord
Northclfc in brains is Mr.. Munscy Both
Of these worthies are perfectly unconscious
Of their weakness. or. rather. they arc both
dcluded by monetary success into believing
themselves men Of light and leading. The
achievement Of both men shows curious
similarity. Mr Munsey. ! believe. has been
successful In hitting the popular taste in
magazines. while notorious for running half
n dozen daily newspapers. Lord Northclife,
though = success In cheap journalism, has
fniled whenever he has appealed 20 the classes
vho read and think"
THE New Republic" noting the fact
that "Englishmen are disturbed by Lord
Northchfe's absence" suggests that
America ought TO send over some one to
take his place:
I'VE have nothing quite like Lord North
cnfe 10 offer. but let us give freely our least
inferior substitute. He must be an owner
Of many newspapers. he must never be wrong
about anything, his control Of the English
language must be more or less insecure. Such
speeiaea,ions point 70 a composite figure, a
sort Of William Randolph Munsey. II he
does not exist. or declines to be exported,
the best we can do Is 20 SET our ally an eS-
ample Of fortitude. The English will recover
their missing serenity when they learn to
take Lord Northcliffe's absence as easily as
Americans are taking his presence
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
Are the "Bonnie"
Scotch Dying Out?
4 n ALARMING story of ,.u
~ birth rate in Scotland has just b..s
received by "The Chicaoo

4 received by "The Chicago M sa
News" from special correspondent " !,
Manson, writing from Glasgow. He .. :
The Registrar General has provided ,,..
tics which have suggested to some pe.,;r,'.'
writer's the idea that the people Of sco,,.
are dying out, and that one result. OF ~.
will be a marked decrease in the popu,,.
The birth rate in 1915 was the lowest a, :.
ord and the marriage rate the hishe,, ,'
1866. while the death rate was excep,;o,.n
high. next to that of the years 1875, lss, ,,.'
and 1900.
1t is not possible to explain the,. o..
fully. as the circumstances arc wholly ,,,..
tional. The high marriage rate is proA,,,
explained by the fact that many young =.
married before entering military seryie. !.
that their wives might be able 10 draw H..
full army pay. But there is no such e1u,,,
ton Of the low birth rate or the high ~,
rate. The former is perhaps attribu,sy. }.
the fact that for some years back many AZ Il.
young men of the country have been enir,,,
ing TO British overseas dominions, and q,
latter to the other fact that there are no. 4,
Scotland more old people and people phy,,,l
" unfit than usual. The young and s,,,,,
have been sifted out for military service. 81,
il is only natural, therefore, that the p.r.,,
age of mortality among those left should !.
higher than the normal.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

Many important newspapers have come
cut for the kilt.
"The Liverpool Post" says:
Certainly something should be done "a
abolish the hideous cylindrical bags in which
we hide our legs to-day. Whoever saw a
statue that looked dignifed in trousers"
The presence of thousands of Scottish
troops in all parts of the country has made
the kilt popular with many civilians
As "The Independent" points out. the
soldiers Jacket looks loose and comfortable
and it has real pockets in which it is pos
sible to put things without spelling the set.
He has discarded the sham vest, a garment
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

past, war merely of opposing armies, but
{. war of nations, and there is not to-day a
man or woman in the empire who is not do
ing something either to help or to hinder the
winning of the of great dis
tinction told ME the other day that he esti-
mated the weight Of purely military effort at
only 25 per cent of the whole. the remaining
rs per cent being strictly speaking of a nom
military nature, and made up of many ele-
ments agriculture, food. shipping, diplomacy,
etc. | think he is probably not far wrong,
and when people ask me. as they sometimes
do, how the war is getting on. feel inclined
to reply, Why ask me? Why not ask your
self and the remainder of the IS per cent"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

early age. where, exceot for five years
spent on his fathers ranches in Wyoming,
Colorado and Montana, he has remained
exposed to the rigors of the Middle West
ever since.
He is a wealthy man by inheritance
rather than by politics, former Alderman
of Chicago and Mayor since 1915. he Is
married and lives in an aristocratic neigh
borhood on Sheridan Road.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
Foreign Students at treneD
Universities

."HERE were 2,046 Of them Jan.s'
Is, 1904; 6.l32 January To- nv ~
or an increase Of 200 per CEN :
ten years. OF the 6.l32, there were -, :,
Russians, mostly Hebrews; the reIs.'e
small number of Russian colleges ana :
verisities, the low status OF their eI'l'''s
and the restrictions to which the Jew
students in pre-revolutionary times y. "
submitted explain the exodus OF t' -,
sian intelligenzia TO the seats OF 'cs'..'
of Western Europe. mainly Of f''
Switzerland. Belgium and Germany. 4,
The Rumanian quota of 45S tes'ine' ., !,
attachment of the Rumanian pe0ps :
the. at present. highest representa-"
consanguineous Latin civilization -.
Turkey was represented by Sll sun -
mainly hailing from Syria, Pales'"'
Armenia. 4.
OF the POI Bulgars Of 1914, vel.
will have the courage TO return 7" ~
they can thank Gar Ferdinand i''
ostraciSm. .,x
Curiously enough, Franccphlle eOu1 ,s, q:
such as Serbia (03). Portugal '-;s,,s
Brazil (3D. sent only an lns'S"
number of their youth to Frenen o.,ni)
while South America (outslde oi s,at
is represented by the insignireSH'
of az
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

was chosen to be the right hand man OF
Sukhomlinoff. later made War Minister,
and acquitted himself brilliantly. Soon
afterward Brusloff came into close touch
with the elder Grand Duke Nicholas. The
experience gained at this time, it is said,
helped him lay the foundation for such