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Max, don't ship no more soldiers no
where's till we hear how things are
breaking for Hil1kowitz in New York.
or maybe he said Mitchell or Hylan-
you couldn't tell. and Hindenburg says:
But understand Mitchell is pretty
strong up in the twenty-third assembly
district in certain parts of the Bronx. so
I think. chief. It might be good idea to
have a couple Of dozen divisions Of ar
tillery sent to Dvinsk and Riga"
But the kaiser says: Now do as I
tell you. Max. got a wireless from
Mexico that Hillkowitz will carry 3os
out Of Alb election districts in the bo-
rough of Richmond alone And Hin
denberg says: Where did they get that
dope? tell you they don't know moth
ing but Hylan down on Staten Island.
and II you take my advice. chief. you'll
phone Ludendorff to hold the Siegfried
line, the Lohengrin line. the Trovatore
line. the Travvyayter line. the Bohe-
milan Girl line and all the other lines
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lMM walking sticks now as in days
NJ gone by. Once, and that was
q " not more than two generations
ago, a gentleman could no more be
dressed without his stick than without
his stock. He would as soon go out
without his coat and hat as without his
cane. He did not, to any great extent.
actually walk with his walking stick
He used it to swing. to twirl and to toy
with. Instead of the stick helping to
carry him, he carried it. 1t was used
more as an aid to grace and ease OF
manner than as an aid to locomotion.
It is almost as unusual now to hear Of
a man being presented with a gold
headed cane as with silver or tortoise
shell snuffbox. The cane-carrying habit
was no doubt a survival Of the sword
carrying habit. A few centuries ago
every gentleman must needs carry his
hanger. his rapier, his claymore or other
blade. He carried it into the politest
and most peaceful society. When the
sword dropped from the thigh of all but
professional soldiers the civilian took to
carrying a stick. and every young
blade" or "old blade" kept his trusty
cane, usually of malacca or bamboo, by
his side. It was often gold-headed. and
when not gold-headed 1t was apt to be
silver-headed.
Some men may argue that the walking
stick is a survival of the pilgrims stan:
but men, did not take up. that kind OF
a walking stick until the years pressed
on them and age weighted their rect or
made their Joints ache One authority
on the walking stick has said: The
cane. as we know 1t at present, gained
it's popularity in France during the
carried by rich people who had no right
to carry sword.
THE handles twirled thin bamboo
cane in their fingers. but the great
financiers-who had considerable in
fuence at that time-made the stick
fashionable addition to their ward
robe and sometimes paid as much as
10000 crowns for one. This carrying
of the walking. stick was regarded as
a democratic Triumph over the nobility.
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back to the lieutenant with note. The
lieutenant read the note. and in his turn
shook the hand of the American.
s dc YOU w saae to so NTH ne SAID
'Mauperin. my lieutenant" answered
Curt. saluting.
"Mauperin.' said the officer. tonight
you will go on a confidential mission
with Curt. You will obey him i'm
plicitly in all things during the dura-
ton Of this mission. for he has been
temporarily invested with the rank Of
functionary corporal. Do you UNDER
stand?"
yes, my lieutenant" mumbled Maui
perrin. almost speechless with rage at the
idea of being under his enemy's orders.
~
That night Mauperin reported to
Curt. who handed him an automatic re-
volver and ordered him to leave rifle
and bayonet behind.
Followed closely by Mauperin. Curt
retraced the path he had taken that
day. When they arrived at the crest of
the hill he beckoned to his follower
and explained his plans.
The captain wishes a prisoner. He
needs information which only a pris-
oner can give him. He does not wish
to start an attack or a bombardment II
it can be avoided. SO we are to use
trickery instead of force.
When 1 was up here today. took
note of the positions of the German
sentineIs. See there in the corner of
the wire sntanglemen as., . That gray gray
protects them. Only their heads show
above 1t. 1t is necessary to lure one
of them out of there. l Will do It and
Grab him by the throat and squeeze
tight enough to stop him from giving
the alarm. but not tight enough to kill
him. for we need him to talk after we
get back. will help you: AS soon
as we have him. hurry him to the road
over there. where we will be sheltered
now. When 1 whistle. grab him. He
must not be allowed to give the alarm
Do not use your revolver except at the
last extremity. Do you un1erstandr
Mauperin.
why do you think I asked for your"
responded Curt piaci Gnn,,u.n. d..
how are we going to get close enough
to them to grab them?"
From the German. trench a din of
voices and clattsr Of pewter arose.
Listen" said Curt. ut is their sup
ger hour. You know the boches. When
they have a piece Of sausage between
their teeth they forget everything else.
Now is our chance to creep down among
, those cOrpSeS tndt lie IN tno wire IN
front of their post. Oh! I was about
to forget. If do not come back, tell
/ the captain that my notebook is in my
knapsack and to send 1t to my folks.
How about you? Any message to be
delivered in case the boches get your"
The boches won't get me-" answered
Mauperin surily.
!, "All right. Come on"
, And the two men crept silently
? toward the dark. motionless shapes
that had been soldiers of France like
3 themselves. and whose fate they might
share.
, Otto sulzbach, soldier Of the 18th
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Abe and Morris ON "Nationa1 Music and G

"but the money which they earn be-
longs to the country in which they
spend it. understand me. which my idea
is that these are war times and If the
ordinary people is willing to take their
wheat bread with little potato flour
In it, them big league music fans should
ought to be willing to take their fiddle
playing with a few sour notes in it.
SO If the best fiddler in the world is an
Austrian who spends his money at
to be contented with the next best one.
and if he is also an Austrian or a Ger
man let them work on right straight
down the line till they find one who
amt. because trading with the enemy
is trading with the enemy. whether you
are trading with n German fiddler or
German fish dealer, and If you are go
ing TO hand over money to Germany. it
don't make much difference If you do
It in the name of art or in the name
Of fish,
well. you couldn't exactly feel the
same way about an artist with his art
as you could about fish dealer with
his fish," Abe protested.
"I didn't say you could" Morris said.
1--WE got every respect for this here
Kreisler as O Teller which plays some
thing elegant on the fiddle. but at the
no hoe had hinsn1f eyfen-
sively advertised with pictures and
that's probably what made him. Abe,
because it's pretty safe to say that IL
YOU could by any possibility induce and
ing about art being international and
Kresler being the best fiddler in ex-
istence, understand, to go and hear
Kreisler at a concert where under the
name of Harris Fine and wearing false
whiskers he was playing a programme
consisting principally of Rabinowitz's
Concerto in G, Opus No. 256 B. y'under-
stand, they would come away saying
it was awful rotten even for an ANA
teur and that you should ought to hear
Kreisler play Rabinowitz's Concerto in
G. Opus No. 256 3. and then you would
know how that Teller Harris Fine muir
dered it, so that's why I say. Abe.
that advertised art comes under the
head of merchandise, and I amt so sure
that the artist who advertises amt just
as much of a business man as we would
say for example n fish dealer"
well. there's one thing about this
here trouble with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, Mawruss." Abe said ut has
put Boston on the map for few days,
which the way New York people is
acting about electing a mayor in New
York city, understand, you would
think that New York, England. France
and Italy was fighting Germany and
Austria. and that If the mayor Of New
York said so. the war would go on or
stop as the case might be and otherwise
not"
You couldn't blame New York at
that" Morris said. People out in Seat
tie. which has never been no nearer
New York as Fall City. Wash. or Sno-
qualmie goes round singing, Take Me
Back to New York Town oder Give
My Regards to Broadway and young
ladies living in st. Louis. which Is a
good sized city. understand. reads In
a magazine printed in Chicago-also
good sized city-story after story which
has got TO do with a wealthy New York
clubman. a poor New York working
girl or beautiful New York actress,
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cause the American was ever noting
things down in little black book; and
the nickname had stuck.
Alas, when the reorganization was I'm
ished Mauperin found himself still in
the same squad with Curt. He expressed
his disgust openly to the further amuse-
superior Curt a monologue regarding the
sad waste of German shells which failed
to remove from the earth such a useless
object as the Auvergnat-
The fourth company was in the trenches
In the sector which joins the Colonne ditch
to the north spur Of Notre Dame de Lo-
rette. Curt and Mauperin were in the
front line with their squad At bst that
slight rise, and the German trenches,
dug a couple Of hundred yards away on
the other side Of the crest, are invisible
from the French lines. A highway, cut
into the side Of the rise. runs between the
trenches, and on either side stand the
poles of an electric Transmission line, the
wires dangling In twisted strings. through
which the wind whistles discordantly.
y
Curt, an excellent shot, amused him.
self in picking of the glass insulators
from the poles, much to the disgust of
Mauperin. who was rather mediocre
with a rife and hated to be outdone.
Just then a hawk lowered into sight
about bringing down that bird?" taunt-
ed Mauperin- IF you hit him you may
cut OF -"
Curtis gun interrupted him and the
bird of prey dropped like a stone.
Curt drew his knife from his pocket.
What did you say 1 might cut off?"
he questioned railingly.
In my country a hunter always
n hafnra of
his mouth" returned Mauperin.
Curt leaped over the parapet and
started toward the body of the hawk.
which lay a few yards in front of the
top he dropped fiat and crawled the rest
Of the way. reaching his prey. which he
stuffed into his ''musette." Then. to
the surprise of the watchers, instead of
returning to the trench. he continued
crawling toward the German lines. dis
appearing over the crest of the rise. AS
he crawled over the summit a cry
rose from the French trench.
He 10 trying to desert XIII him." And
q fusillade rang out.
A few minutes later Curt reappeared
on the crest and ran back to the trench
which he reached at the same time as
An orderly from the company com.
mandant, who brought a peremptory
order for the man who had left the
trench sS to report IT, Immediately.
croaked Mauperin as Curt accompanied
the orderly to the rear.
You should worry" (Ten fails pas)
answered Curt.
The captain received Curt with a vol
ley of oaths and an announcement of
punishment OF eight extra days in tn
trenches.
What were you doing those few min
utes you were out of sight?" he roared
, do you know that I have a good min,
. to court-martial you? Dou you realiz
I that as foreigner you cannot be to-
; careful. for any misstep can well la,
, you open to suspicion as q spy"
. Curt looked the captain straight in tn
eye and explained. The captain believe
>. and shook hands with him, sending hin
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By MONTAGUE GLASS.

EfRT seems that this here DIT. Muck
w wouldn't play the national an
them, Mawruss. because he
Nuund It was inartistic." Abe Potash
aid as he turned to the editorial page
Of his daily paper.
well, how did he fnd the national
currency. Aber' Morris Perlmutter IN
euired. ALSO inartistic?"
~He didn't say" Abe replied. but
abatement was given out by Mai Hig-
kinson that"
who's Maj. Higsinson?' Morris
asked.
Hes the Teller that owns the bos-
con Symphony Orchestra which this mere
n- Nfuck ia the conductor Of it," Abe
replied.
THAT mus. be an elegant orchestra
Abe" Morris commented "A major Is
running it and a doctor is conducting
It. I suppose they've got working Tor
them as fiddlers lot of attorneys and
eounselors at law. and the chances Is
that IL a Teller was to come there look
ang for a job operating trombone on
account he had had experience as a
practical tromboner with the New YORK
Philharmonics, understand. they would
probably turn him down unless he couio
show a diploma from a recognized
school of pharmacy"
For all 1 know they might insist on
having a certified public accountant.
Mawruss," Abe said, but he would
have to be a shark on the trombone
anyway. because / understand this here
DR.. Muck and Maj. Higginson run
high class orchestra"
We'll, it only goes to show that you
don't got to got whole lot of common
sense to run high-grade orchestra.
Abe" Morris retorted. (which. If 1
would be German doctor stranded in
Boston, understand. and 1 had to Colt
living, would consider to myself that
there amt many Americans in or out
of the medical profession conducting
orchestras over in Germany just now
which is refusing to play Die Wacht
Am Rhein' or He'll I'm der Sieger-
kranz' on artistic grounds and getting
away with it. Furthermore. Abe. DR..
Muck should ought to figure that no
matter if he was running the highest
grade orchestra IN existence or any
how in the state of Massachusetts,
understand. and If nobody pays for a
tdcket to hear it. what is it? Am right
Or wrong?"
HE probably thought there was
enough Americans crazy about music
did insult them. Mawruss." Abe said.
because you know as well as I do.
Aawruss. there was a lot Of sympathy
shown by Americans to them German
singers which got fired at the Metro
politan Opera House for insulting
Americans or being pro-German. 1t
seems that one Of them made up
funny song about the sinking of the
Lusitania and some of the Americans
which heard him sing 1t said that the
tome production was wonderful. and
that such a really remarkable breath
control. understand. they hadn't heard
& since Adelina Patti in her palmiest
days, and 1 bet yer If DR.. Muck was
% take that song and set 1t to music
% as the Boston Symphony Orchestra
could play It. them same people and
plenty like them would say that the
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to obey. Instead, he began to unwrap
his sash from around the head OF the
German.
What are you doing?" cried the
puzzled Curt.
You will see in a minute" answered
his insubordinate subordinate.
Answer at once or I will shoot you"
threatened Curt. drawing his revolver.
Mauperin paid no attention to the
menacing revolver, but Engaged the
German and tied him round the mid
die with his sash. Then in an ex-
pressive pantomime he made the pris-
oner pick up the helpless Curt and
start with him toward the French
lines. which they reached without
further mishap. They evoked a roar
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No Millennium Yet.

~ HIS war against German autocracy
~ is a righteous war; said a war
essayist. but they who think It is the
last war-they who call It the war that
will end WARFARE more hopeful than I
dare to be.
"A war to end war; A drunk to end
drunkenness! It reminds me OF the man
who said:
well, I've got that anti-noise cam
paign of mine started in great shape. We
parade Saturday night with a steam cab
hope and three brass bands"
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erans Of the Foreign Legion in NO Mans Land'

of laughter as they appeared, Curt
riding the bewildered German piggy
back" while Mauperin drove him on
ward with menacing revolver, keeping
him in the right path by Juggling on
one or the other end of the cash. like
children do when they play horse.
Curt got the croix de guerre, and so
did Mauperin. Some people think that
the German should also have been dec
GRATED for bringing Curt in under fire.
Mauperin is as surly and provoca-,
tive as ever. He delights in picking
on Curt. but the American never gets
back at him any more. He just lets
him talk and answers with an affec-
tionate smile.
Copyright, 1917, by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
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from Aida to Tampa, because In my
opinion Mitchell has a walkover."
That's where they both made mis-
take" Abe commented. because it was
a landslide for Hylan."
Vow they was mistaken" Morris said.
do you suppose for one moment that
the kaiser had got so much as an in
king that they were going to elect a
mayor in New York; Oser! And with
this here Hindenberg. you could tell
from the feller's face that for all he
understands about the English Ian
guage, Abe. the word mayor don't ex-
list at all. As for the way they choose
a mayor in America, that grobe KerI
couldn't tell you whether they elect q
mayor. appoint a mayor or cut for a
mayor-aces low. And that's the way
it goes in New York, Abe. They think
that the whole OF Europe is watching
with palpitations of the heart to see
who is going to be elected mayor Of
New York, and they never stop to fg-
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BY GERALD BRANDON.

a T the close Of the offensive at
A Arras on the 9Th Of May, 1915,
A\ but a handful of men answered
6 y the roll call of the 1st Regiment
a. the Foreign Legion. which had been
Nractically annihilated, some companies
having scarcely a score Of survivors In
Aeed. IL seemed as II the finest fighting
organization of the French army was
doomed to disappear. There was no
means Of finding recruits to fill the vacant
paAces in the ranks. only volunteers oeins
eatRible, and every ft man In France
vho was the arbiter of his own destiny
having long since enlisted.
For a time the regiment was stationed
- a quiet sector. awaiting the return OF
tts convalescent wounded. but. alas, tney
were not sufficiently numerous 10 count
In the meantime the I'd Regiment OF the
Foreign Legion was also seeing severe
service in a distant sector, the enemy
shells daily letting its blood and exhaust
Then it was that the powers that be
decided to merge the two regiments into
one, and the Regiment Of March OF
France Of the Foreign Legion was born:
veterans, and which possessed the giori-
Gus traditions Of its two inustrious pred
ecessors.
When the news Of the merger came to
On at our camp at st. Sauveur- we were
haddened at the thought Of losing our
a>xtnental Identity. Mauperin alone re-
tpiced.
IA a reorganization I will probably be
Assigned to a different squad and see
Inherent faces around me. Most Of you
ssnows are all right. and / WIN De sor IT
nerves. and / would like to lose him"
The reporter" accustomed to Mauper-
fn's sallies. imperturbably continued to
Arrange his knapsack. merely muttering
0isdainfully:
"Taik less and wash oftener."
eocket and held It before his foe.
The entire squad roared with glee
truly there was little choice between ths
Two The Champagne mud had plasterec
them both impartially. For once Mau.
Serin had the best of the argument.
Maupertn, as the French saying goes
Auyergnat." This word. which woult
Seem to bear some dreadful meaning. sim
ply signifies that Mauperin was a nativ'
Of Auvergne, an extensive section o
central France. where civilization ha.
not yet penetrated the peasant class. ant
Where personal additions are notoriousl.
anfrequent. Most Auvergnats migrate Il
thousand francs selling charcoal an
Suasted chestnuts. They then return :
thsir native soil and buy q piece o
Ind. where they proceed to raise futur
: charcoal sellers for later generations o
Rarisians-
Mauperin could not got along with Cur
because he sen1ed q superiority In IN
Santed. He never failed\to make fun Q
The New Workers. morning wash. .waxtn
0articularly hilarious over his toothbrush
which to Mauperin was an asset OF Of
feninacy.
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ure that there amt six persons out of
the six millions In New York which
could tell you the name Of the mayor
OF London, Paris. Berlin. Vienna. st.
Petersburg or for that matters Yonkers
or Jersey city"
From the mayor which they finally
chose in New York. Mawruss." Abe COM
mented. "a Teller needn't got to be so
terribly ignorant as all that to sup
pose that not only did the people Of
New York instead Of voting for mayor
cut for him. aces low. understand.
but that they also turned up the ace"
They turned up what they wanted to
turn up. Abe" Morris said. which the
way the people Of New York city elects
Tammany Hall every few years. Abe. it
makes you think that everybody should
have a vote. except convicts. idiots.
minors. Indians not taxed. and people
that live in New York city"
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
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Suddenly Otto started to his feet and
rubbed his eyes. Had he counted
wrong? Were there fourteen corpses
there instead of twelve? He recounted
twice, and then called his comrades at
tention to the miracle. Yes, there were
without question two extra bodies in
front of the wire.
GO and tell the herr lieutenant"
Otto bade his companion. 81 will go
out and look into the matter"
When laying barbed wire, a passage,
tortuous as the way out Of a labyrinth,
is always left clear. Otto. winding his
way through the thorny entangle-
ments. soon reached the group of black
shadows that lay as mute witnesses to
German craftsmanship.
There they were, fourteen bodies,
twelve of which were lifeless and two
either masquerading enemies or fig
ments of his imagination. Otto
chuckled. He was not at all afraid of
ghosts or of Frenchmen either. He
advanced toward the nearest corpse
The steel came out again clean as
before. Frozen corpses do not bleed.
Otto applied his test to the second
corpse. Identical result. However.
before he could withdraw his bayonet,
two shapes rose up from the ground
and while one of them took a strangle
hold on his throat, the other gagged
him with a blue wooden sash.
Otto had started to struggle. but
when he saw the blue sash he decided
that 1t was safest to surrender to the
inevitable. He had recognized the
sash as the insignia of the Foreign
Legion.
The two men, with their prisoner,
ran at top speed across the open to
the road. which. with its deep-cut
banks. offered shelter. By this time
the alarm had been given and the Ger
man trench was lined with men who
emptied their magazines at the three
shadows that zigzagged their way
southwark.
AS they dropped into the road ten
feet below Curt let out a cry of pain.
"My leg! have broken it. think"
Sure enough. the American had
snapped his ankle and could not rise.
THAT is just like you" grumbled
Mauperin. Breaking your ankle in a
ten-foot jump. What are you made
of, anyhow? See what all your wash
ing and brushing does to you? 1t
softens your bones"
shut up and take the prisoner to
our lines" ordered Curt. 81 will try
to crawl back by myself"
Mauperin grunted. but made no move
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ton experts was going to hold meet
ing and regularly move and second that
a COPY of the said resolutions suitably
be transmitted to her, care
Krupp Manufacturing Company. 2042.
4. and Buelow boulevard. Essen. on
Metropolitan Opera House for pretty
near twenty years. which the way some
of them singers goes on singing year
after year at the Metropolitan Opera
House. Mawruss. sometimes you couldn't
tell whether the Metropolitan Opera
House was an opera house or a home.
That's neither here nor there, Abe"
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STYLES I'm WALKING STICKS

OF as much timber is turned into
walking sticks now as in days
gone by. Once, and that was
not more than two generations