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Value of VSoationa.

Vacations, according to the New York
Medical Journal, are natures safety
valves for the relief Of the high pres
sure resulting from efficiency. Ef1cien-
cy demands that throughout working
hours all the faculties be taxed to the
utmost without waste of material or
OF energy, but II properly directed 1t
aims at making an efficient man before
an efficient product. Therefore pro-
duction may not exact that the man
speed up beyond his endurance.
The recent application Of efficiency
methods makes the vacation more than
ever necessary. ''The vacation" says
the Medical Journal should be the
nearest approach to the simple life. It
is for this reason that the country, with
all its many Inconvenience, is so often
chosen for the place Of vacation. The
vacation period allows for the ABSORB
ton and elimination Of the fatigue
products from the system accumulated
In the pressure period of the work.
The longer the vacation, therefore, the
better the subsequent work"
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Dream. May 5. oy.rsim. Work.

Dreams are a good test of the need
Of sleep and many times answer the
question OF overwork or idleness. &C
cording to DIR. Percy G. Stiles. who
lectured at the Harvard medical school
on Sleep"
at Is possible to Judge By ones
dreams whether one needs Sleep" he
said. IF the dreams are Of q ram.
bling variety. the kind that seem to
pop from nowhere or anywhere, 1t Is
q pretty good sign that you are not
overtired. On the other hand. II the
dreams are a continuation Of the days
worries the chances are that you are
overtired. Dreams remote from the
days work are a vacation, but dreams
connected with the days work are
overtime.
ITO 60 to sleep get the body and
mind comfortable. The body Is easier
to make comfortable than the mind
A rundown, a bath and a little bit to
eat help bring that about. To compose
the mind read some familiar book or
poetry. That soothes the mind. for no
exertion Is necessary to read it"-Bos
ton Journal
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What as.rr.os E;r.s 4.

An. interesting feature Of artillery
IRE IL the curtain" or ''barrage" fire.
This means simply keeping up such q
terrific fre on a certain area that an
enemy cannot or will not cross It.
When an infantry attack is launched
q barrage on the ground beyond the
enemy's front line prevents bis re-en
forcements coming up while the at
lacking infantry are having 1t out with
the defenders Of the trench. II the
attack carries beyond the first line the
artillery Of the defense promptly In
terposes barrage to prevent it's reach
ing the second line. II the attack on
the first line fails the defending ar.
tillery puts a barrage behind the at
tacker's line to prevent endorsements
coming up to 1t and to enable the VIC
torious defenders to comterattack and
destroy the enemy In his own trenches
1t is merely a wholesale development
Of a long established method Of sup
porting the infantry.-Major e. D.
Scott In National Service Magazine.
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A Short Business Talk,

In a certain store the merchandise
manager sent for the ready to wear and
millinery buyers and said to them:
you men are getting a bad accumu-
lation Of stock that is hard to move.
Hereafter you will make daily and
weekly inventory and send the report
to this Office"
Both buyers declared this to be i'm
possible, but the merchandise man told
them to go and do it. Especially he
wanted them to show the age Of the
goods in stock, the sizes and the colors.
After attempting to take some Of
these daily inventories the buyers de-
cided that an easier way would be to
get busy and sell the goods faster. This
same plan has been used In many de
partments with fine results.
There is nothing like the spot light to
engender selling activity in a store
Philadelphia Record.
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Mysterv of n Eish.

In the economy of nature nothing Is
more remarkable than the metamor-
phosis Of the founder, which when
young swims in an upright position, as
do all other fish, but when maturity
develops it becomes topheavy, falls
over on its side and its existence Is
passed as fat fish.
That nature moves In a mysterious
way is here freely illustrated, for when
the founder falls fat the two eyes,
which originally were on either side Of
the head, are transposed to the upper
side Of the fish, where they always
face the light.
The process by which this strange
change is accomplished has never been
discovered by scientists and is a mar
velous instance Of natures operations
for while the fish usually rests upon
bottom 1t can readily swim about in
any depth Of water.-New York Sun.
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Art and Nature.

Art Is the revelation of man, and
not merely that, but likewise the reve
latiOn Of nature speaking through man
Art pre-exists In nature, and nature is
reproduced in art As vapors from
the ocean floating Iandward and dis
solved in rain are carried back in riv
ers to the ocean. so thoughts and the
semblances of things that fall upon the
soul of man in showers flow out again
in living streams of art and lose them
selves in the great ocean. which is ma
ture. Art and nature are not, then.
discordant. but ever tremendously
working in each other.-Longfellow s
Hyperion"
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k..n, Milk From BOILING Over.

Among the various devices which are
intended to prevent milk from boiling
over we noticed one which solves the
problem In a very simple way. says the
Scientific American. 1t consists Of a
straight tube Of say two or three
inches In diameter at the top and ex-
panding somewhat toward the bottom.
where it is provided with fiaring and
cup shaped end Of rather large diane
ter. the whole being somewhat OF
trumpet shape. Out Of the lower part
are cut. say four suitable openings, and
We set the device upright In the vessel
with the small end just out Of the
liquid. Should the milk tend to boil
violently this action commences at the
bottom. and the liquid is forced up the
tube. then falls upon the surface again.
so that the boiling action will continue
in this way and the milk has no ten
dency to leave the vessel
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~nha 1ranafnrmaflan.

After the hero Of seventeen looks at
the heroine Of fifteen she Is q different
person. Before he looks at her she
likes the fine brick houses In the neigh
borhood. In fact, she sees many ele-
CANT houses In town that she thinks
would make ideal homes. Unlike her
mother, she even likes the house in
which the family lives. But after the
hero looks at her you couldn't give her
q big brick house. To her such places
look cold, and she hardly would take
one Of them as a gift. But she Just
worships every little four and five room
cottage she sees. They look so cute
and neat and dear and sweet and coy
and snug. Oh, IL she could Just have
q house like that and hero like him
he Is the only one there Is Of his kind
she would be just too happy for any
thingi And she would make fudge
and have a regular home, only 1t would
be far happier than other homes
Claude Callan In Fort Worth Star
Telegram.
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The Actors indifference.

1t is probable that the height Of In
difference Is reached In the veteran &C
tor. / saw one at the Press club re
Gently who confirms this suspic' r
thoroughly.
He is In a good show, but has d
small part. appearing only in the first
act
How is the shown" asked him.
pretty fair, I'm told" he answered
whats 1t about?"
Cant say
How does 1t end"
Don't know"
"For goodness sake" l asked
haven't you ever seen the play? You
are In 1t yourself?"
"No." he answered. Fith a look of
being bored. Several times i have
thought Of going around front to see
what it was all about; but, my dear
old chap, i have never seemed to get
around to Washington Star.
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KITCHEN HINTS.
helps For Mrs. NewIywed In Her
Struggles to Succeed.

OITu9Q!eS TO succeed.
Everybody does not know that food
general should not be allowed to
@0 in tin, copper or iron. 1t must be
paced while hot in agate, china or
veil glazed earthenware.
Green vegetables should be dropped
.lO boiling water, to which a pinch
%Olcarbonate of soda has been added.
tut In salt when the article is half
cooked
Ii You have covered a pan in which
neat is Ia be roasted never open it to
OeSIe the meat. Keep it covered from
AArt to finish. The idea is that the
pms are filled with steam, which pene-
yates the iibcrS of the meat. If desir-
utO brown the outside leave the cover
VI Tor the first half hour in a quick
oven.
ine shank bones of mutton, of so lit
a general value. if well soaked, add to
~r richness of gravies and soup stock.
"nen boiling haricot beans or dried
-uaS do hot put in the salt until they
y. NC nearly cooked; otherwise they are
~ 10 split and come out of their skins.
lucy Should he brought to the boiling
I'm The water poured off and fresh
'"ing water poured over them.
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Submarine Torpedoes.

Launching a torpedo from a subma
rine is simple. The torpedo fits closely
In a tube or cylinder. with an opening
at the rear made alright when closed
At the desired moment there is a dis
charge Of cordite and the torpedo is OIL
its way.
When the torpedo is projected from
a ship or boat into the water a lever
is thrown back. admitting air into the
engines. causing the propellers to re
volve and drive the torpedo ahead
The torpedo travels under water at a
high rate Of speed. 1t carries large
charge of explosive. which is ignited
on the torpedo striking any hard sub
stance, such as the hull of ship.
The distance the tube is submerged
depends on the target, but the nearer
the surface the more effective.
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Where the Five Points Was.

The Five Points, once a most dan
gerous part Of the New York slums.
Is now the site of Paradise park. 1t
Is at the crossing of Worth, Baxter
and Park streets. near the junction Of
Park row and the New Bowery and
Chatham square and practically ad-
joining Mulberry bend. In 1740 four
teen negroes were burned here dur
ing the negro insurrection. Here the
Dead Rabbits had their headquarters
and fought the Bowery Boys. The
Seventh regiment was called out July
3, 1857. to quell riot here. The Five
Points mission was Incorporated in
1850.
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All In the Dialect.

A New Zealand man vouches for the
truth of the following story:
Dick Seldom was Of Lancashire orr
gin. and when he died the Lancastrian
society in New Zealand sent wreath
with the following inscription: 81 have
gone whoam." The journalist who re,
ported the funeral evidently did not
come from Lancashire and consequent.
ly was somewhat puzzled by the word.
ing and. after thinking hard. conclud
ed that some one had blundered His
report read:
The Lancastrian society sent a
beautiful wreath bearing the inscrip-
ton: i have gone Who am II"
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DESTROYING an Idol.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs. Tor
kins, you can say anything you like
nowadays about George Washington.
can't your"
"Yes. The lid seems to be off,"
"Well, / never liked to mention it be-
fore, but / have my doubts about his
being incapable of an effort to deceive.
His pictures look to me as If the old
gentleman wore a wig."-Washingt
Star.
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sminations and was Immediately as
signed to duty under Lieutenant Com
uander F. Il. Payne of the United
States Naval home. by whom she was
sworn in. The oath was administered
at the home and was witnessed by a
large number of women attached to
The Navy league.
The young woman enlisted under
the recent order of Secretary Daniels
directing recruiting agents to accept
The applications of women for enlist
nent in certain classes.
The ruling reads: "a limited number
Of women may be enrolled for clerical
work to take care of increased CORE
spOndence in the various naval dis
tcS during a war. All reServiSts
when in active service either have
quarters and subsistence furnished by
the government or a money allowance
Is paid them for this purpose. The
pay of nurse is $50 a month. The pay
Of a woman enrolled for clerical work
ts33."
YeOman Walsh has been furnished
With uniform and will take up her
tuteS as recruiting officer at the sta
lOn as her home. She will pay par
tcular attention to other women who
Wish to join the service. but also will
Use her influence to persuade men to
Enlist
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Indian Ornaments,

was to he supposed that when
- grew enthusiastic about the
tu'al novelties that were introduced
s~ Nhma and Japan some clever
,,s would look up our Indian work
N oflng ii out as rival.
are now Indian beads from
ma Ona used as trimming for hats
sownS. and the Indian embroid-
y. as Well as the beaded work, tas-
I'm, WIN queer Indian ornaments
k,ss together. and sweaters made Of
v.'o blankets are among the things
~e'eo and accepted.
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A Tidy Linen Closet.

A linen closet that is tidy and neat
Is a delight not often met with. The
linens may be placed in neat piles
when the laundry comes home. but
when searching for a particular sheet
or pillowcase or towel the pile is apt to
become disordered. If you will use
bands and tie each pile you will find
that the shelves will present a much
better appearance. A band of linen
about ten inches long and about three
or four inches wide is scalloped in
blue and the words Sheets" "Pillow-
cases." or whatever the article may be.
are worked in cross stitch. Tape
strings are attached to each end.
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sbun "Tip.p If You PLAY Stocks.

Whatever you do. don't go it alone y
Is the advice that Harold Rowland
gives to women investors In the Wo-
mans Home Companion. "Shun the
financial gossip of the uniformed. the
cocksure counsel Of the irresponsible,
the glittering generalities or the more
insidious particularities Of the con-
ceited ignoramus. Beware Of rumors.
tips and inside information Base
your transactions upon the firm ground
Of accurate information, sound judg-
ment and disinterested advice. Don't
try to get rich quick"
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For Sweepino Day,

A common handled basket that sells
for 8 or 10 cents will save more steps
on sweeping day than one would think.
Line with table oilcloth, make pockets
all around to put in such things as
tacks, string, soap; then in the basket
proper put dust brushes and cloth, bot
tie of furniture polish-all the other
things one needs for cleaning. Try It
and see how many trips to the kitchen
Il saves.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Diet and Health.

= In an article on Tanning the
. Liver" Worlds Work says that 1
. the daily meal Of the average
. business man consisting Of meat I
. and potatoes and white bread Is I
Q ideal for inducing constipation
. Most of US should not eat more 1
. than once a day. Eat the shells 1
. of your baked potatoes and eat 1
Q whole wheat bread or graham 4
Q for the help that what we call :
q "roughage" has In stimulating I
Q bowel action. And see to II that
. you take liberal portions Of at I
Q least two kinds Of vegetables at
Q both luncheon and dinner. such
Q vegetables as peas. beans, let
. tuce. parsnips. carrots. turnips.
Q celery, oyster plant. cabbage.
Q Brussels sprouts, tomatoes, saisi
. fy. Spanish onions. asparagus
. and spinach. If you dislike these I
Q you will be able to substitute I
O fruits that you do like. Eat the I
Q right things. get sufficient exer- I
. else and rest and you will have I
Q no need for habit forming laxa-
. dives which eventually may do
. you much harm
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Restrain n Couch,

. A patient German statistician
. has calculated that a patient who
= coughs once every quarter of an
. hour for ten hours expends en-
= ergy equivalent to 25O units OF
= heat. which may be translated
. as equivalent to the nourish-
= ment contained In three eggs or
. two glasses of milk In normal
= respiration the air Is expelled
. from the chest at the rate Of
= four feet per second. whereas In
. violent coughing 1t may attain
. a velocity Of 800 feet This
. waste of energy is especially i'm
. portant because It occurs for the
. most part In persons whose as
. similative functions are already
= working under difficulties; conse-
. quently the ingestion of the cor
= responding quantity Of nourish-
. ment by no means compensates
. for the exertion. It follows that
. persistent cough Is per Sc a
. cause Of emaciation, though
. there are many other factors
. which tend In the same direc- Z
. don: hence the desirability Of re- I
. straining cough within safe linn
. its. especially when 1t Is due to I
. Initiative refexes, such as are I
. excited by laryngitis and pharyn- I
. gitis.-Medical Critic and Guide I
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A A new ROLE
, Woman Becomes a Chief Yeo-
man In Our Navy.
,esIeNED IN PHILADELPHIA.

l., Twenty Years Old, This Young
W" Iv Passed Both Her Physical and
..,,,I Examinations and Went Di-
...Iv to Work as Recruiting Agent.
,uss Loretta Walsh. cousin Of DR..
-os l. Walsh, former dean Of the
'.rltv of medicine Of Fordham uni
.itv has entered upon her duties
chief yeoman in the United States
:, tbe first woman ever enrolled for
TOO in the country's naval arm.
Miss walsh, who is twenty years old,
.,,ad her physical and mental ex-
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BINDINGS Ready,

When making children's clothes have
bias binding and facing ready to put
on. Save pieces Of lining lawn, col
ored linens and gay plaid ginghams,
and cut them into one inch bias strips
and sew together and fold into neat
rolls and put in the machine drawer,
where they will be handy when need
ed. The linens and ginghams are ex-
cellent for pipings on contrasting ma
terials for children's school dresses.
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What She Wanted.

A woman was knocked down by a
horse, but happily escaped with few
scratches.
A man rescued her and said. Can
get you anythingT"
She much out Of breath and gasping
with excitement)-Oh-oh you
kindly get me
He-Some brandy?
She-No-not drink-some safety
pins. feel I'm falling all to pieces
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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On the Lookout.

Friend-You are not going to run
again? Congressman - No; it's too
strenuous. was sent down to Wash.
ington to look out for my constituents.
and from the tone Of their letters I've
got to look out for them when l get
home.-Puck.
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Heard at the Club.

That's Fred Darling just come In.
You know his wife made him."
"You mean that fellow with a waxed
mustache and manicured nailsT'
"Yes."
"Well, l knew women did fancy
work. but I never knew they did any
thing as fancy as that. "-Exchange.
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Shrewd.

The manager, writing out the an
nouncement Of his show. ended with
these words:
THE patronage Of children under
eighteen is not encouraged"
That" he remarked shrewdly. will
appeal to the children over eighteen"
New York Post.
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A Matter of Protection.

Actor say, old man. ] wish you'd
advance me S. and take 1t out of my
first weeks salary. Manager - But.
my dear fellow. suppose 1t happened
that I couldn't pay your first weeks
salary. Where would be?-Boston
Transcript
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His ModastY.

Are you an art connoisseur?"
YES" replied Mr.. Cumrox. although
l should never speak of myself as
such"
why notT'
Because I'm not absolutely sure
know how to pronounce the word
New York American.
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Hard on the Records.

Freshman Gin awed voiceD-See that
big fellow over there? He broke
three records last week. Sweet Young
Thing-Mercy. wouldn't let him run
the phonograph!-Penn State Froth.
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LuxurY and Labor.

Alexander the Great. rejecting on his
friends degenerating into sloth and
luxury. told them that it was a most
slavish thing to luxuriate and a most
royal thing to labor.-Barrow.
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Second Sight.

do you believe in second sightT
mo, but my wife does. When / 60
shopping with her she always says to
the assistant, III come in and look at
these again London Telegraph
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10 Bead Georustta Crane.

IN ~ SI SONk0 NTdP0s
hn.. "eau Seorgette Grape stamp the
AsSr 10 he headed on to a piece Of
Ss - white writing paper, then haste
s;tcA VI 10 the cloth with little, fine
B taN The pattern can be very plain
b, wU"ed' and being on the stir pa
" very easy to handle.
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PnohahlN.

Pop. you know that famous bare
foot winter at Valley ForgeT'
Eyes. son. What Of itY'
WAS that the time they said tried
mems soles Baltimore American
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did Aer Best.

sTeacher-Do you know the popula-
tion of New York; Mamie Backrow-
Not all of them, ma'am; but then.
we've only lived here two years.
Puck
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Thu Champion Lie

Probably the unmitigated falsehood
most frequently told year In and year
ont takes this form: We welcome hon.
eat criticism.-Ohio State Journal
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Happiness.

Happiness rarely is absent 1t is that
we know not Of its presence. The
greatest felicity ayails US nothing if
we know not that we are happy.
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To fret and fume II undignined. SUD
cidaIly foolish and theoretically unpar
donsble-Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Sharp.

Jack-Do you know that Kitty Is an
awfully sharp girlf Percy-Yes: she
cut me on the street the other day
Cornell Widow.
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8lindfolded.

If blindfolded, it Is said, no person
Is able to stand five minutes without
moving.
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Mar Rhokoaraphs.

The best photographs Of the canals
Of Mars were taken through red and
orange screens.
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Perseverance always wins In the long
Tun-usually In Q walk
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very satisfactory uniform for small
rogues to rOmp in. Short sleeves are
best to punch things in.
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FULLY PREPARED.

For Play Is This Comfortable Tive
Piece.
Blue linen trousers strongly, obvious
~ buttoned into a waist cut with q
stylish twelfth century neck makes a
The Robesonian., 1917-07-30
AsTOUNDED AT CONDITIONS

German Western Line is Imprepnahle
and the Germans Are Snnren,. in
the Air-Allies Looking t. T' s.
for Greatest Kind of HEN
The New York World last Wednes-
day morning printed the followino
washington dispatch:
companied General Pershing to
France and made a tour ALONG the
western front returned to Washing
ton today cIuesday) prepared to sub
M NIT report to the general staff.
These officers represented virtually
every arm of the service. They were
sent with General Pershing to make
first-hand observations and to come
back Immediately to the capital that
tney might give the War Department.
detailed reports on conditions in the
trenches and outline the principal
needs of the Allies.
"Despite the fact that these Of
flcers, or at least most Of them have
studied every move Of the war from
long distance and are supposed to
nave fairly clear idea of the stu
atlon, they announced at the War De-
partment that they had no concep-
tion Of the situation until thew had
| followed the line of trenches from
Switzerland to the sea.
They admitted they were astound-
ed at conditions and that virtually
all OF their preconceived notions were
faulty.
According to the observers the
German line on the western front is
virtually impregnable, as far as the
nr0Sanf oil af -
cerned. The Allies cannot bulge
this unless they receive tremendous
assistance from the United States.
"There is no evidence whatever
that the backbone of the German
empire is about to be broken be-
cause Of internal dissentions or of
shortage of food.
"The allied officers on the front
admit freely that they cannot break
the German line with present force
Temporarily, at least, Germany is
in the ascendancy in the air.
"There are at present approxim
ately 100000 French and British
troops in France and they are facing
approximately 100000 Germans
Behind this force Germany has
J 100000 reserves. Of this numbe
100000 have been called out t,
meet the anticipated spring drive
beginning on March l. The othe
100000 will be called to act as tn
! third line.
| "The officers reported that the
had been informed repeatedly tha
| the Allies are looking to the Unite
! States for the greatest kind Of helr
and unless this country meets thni
| expectations it is useless to hazzar
an opinion upon time when tn
war will end"