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Oswald did not ask what route to disilu-
sionment Germany might choose But he
believed that she would come to disilluson-
ment. She only little later in phase
than her neighbors; that was all In the
end they would see that that white-cloaked
heroic figure in the automobile led them to
futility as surely the sidelong Gar Not
that way must the nations go
"Oswald no premontion of world
catastrophe in this German youngsters de-
votion to an ideal of militant aggression.
nor in the whole broad spectacle of strain
ing preparation across which he and Peter
travelled that winter from AK to Wirbalen.
lie was, as it were, magically blind He
could stand on the Hanover platform and
mark the largeness of the stations. the
broad spreading tracks, the endless sidings
the tremendous transport preparations, that
could have no Significance in the world but
military intention, and still have no more
10 say than that These Germans Give them
selves elbow room on their RAILWAYS. Peter.
| suppose land is cheaper He could see
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ages, one distinctive palld face something
melodramatic, something eager and in
great hurry, something that went by like
the sound of trumpet. figure Of vast
enterprise in shining armor and mailed
fist. This was the symbol upon which these
young Germans were being concentrated.
This was the ideal that had grippcd them
Something very modern and yet romantic,
something stupendously resolutc Going
whither? At any rate, going magniiccntly
somewhere. That was the power Of it. 1t
7vGs going somewhere. For good or bad it
was an infinitely more attractive lead than
the cowardly and oppressive Czardom that
failing to hold the refractory minds of
these young Russians, or the current edi-
tion of the British imperial ideal twangng
its banjo and eXhorting Peter and his gen
Grafton 20 tax the foreigner as a worthy
end and aim in life
Oswald, with his eye on the dim preoc-
cupied audience about him, recalled a talk
that he and Peter had had with young fell
low traveller in the train between Hanover
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4 Motion for Judgment on
"a the Pleadings

After the Issue had been Joined Mr. Ha
merstein continued to publish his pro-
nunciamentos in the newspapers. He wonld
begin his season on November II and plav
English opera all the year round. and
French and Italian part Of the time This
was in October, when the newspapers were
showing a generous spirit toward the Cen
tury Opera, which had crystallized into q
TACT Ii judgment went against him in the
equity proceedings he would turn his ron
tracts and properties over to a corporation
"hlch was to be organized for the purpose
OF giving opera in the Lexington Avenue
opera house. The Metropolitan Opera Com
pany. having fled a demurrer to the an
swers of the defendants. finally decided 70
quit trying the case in the newsnapere and
fled a motion for judgment on the plead
lngs. averrine that the defendants had ad
mltted every material allegation in the com
plant and urging that the defence set m,
were unsound in law. and even if true were
immaterial This motion was argued before
Justice Pendleton Of the Supreme Court or
October ~, 1913 Before Judgment was ~en-
dered Mr.. Hammers Elm announced anothef
change OF plans he completion of his
mousse had been delayed by the architects
but the theatre would be opened in Ianu-
ary, 1914, and series Of oneras in ENGLISH
would be given az popular prices. In due
course Justice Pendeton pronounced iudg-
ment granting the injunction praved for nv
the metropolitan Opera Company. holding
that the giving of opera was not trade or
commerce and that the Sherman antitrust
law had nothing to do with the case Tb;s
Judgment was affirmed on appeal by the Ar
peilate Division Of the Supreme Court ir
April, 1914. but long before then work had
stopped at The opera house and Mr. Ham
merstein's protestations Of an unalterahle
determination to give operate reorescn4a-
tons, whether or no also caYne IL an end
In view Of the fact that the enterprise fos-
tered by the City Club had made loss
OF $4,000 in the season. which also cano
to an end for the time being about the tino
Of the decision, Mr. Hammerstein's- jndi
cial friends and counse'lors were diQnoss1
70 congratulate him upon his irvolnn.ar-
inactivity; but he was more an object of
pity than fehcitation.
Within four months faur Of his eo,s dioa
ana ms health was so shattered that AZ I
write he is not yet fully recovered tboueb
V'"e ~ ''e oiu spiil1 seems to be flaming
up WITHIN HIM. After some delay he com
pieted the building Of the opera house. and
1t was used for picture shows and vaude-
Viae performances, with melancholy sug
gestion Of its original purpose in the wav
OF performances of fragments Of operas
1t was found to be impossible to meet III,
running expenses of the house from the
receipts, however, and, Mr.. Hammerstein
failing to pay the interest and othcr
charges the Manhattan Life Insurance fore
closed ITS mortgage and purchased the pron-
erty to protect its loan Only in the season
l9l7-18. when it was hired bv the cbira~o
opera company for season Of opera. did
Us walls give back the echoes with which
VT iiammerstein contemplated that they
should always ring
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LIE Told Them About His
Ill London Project

Though barred from the field of grand
opera, that Of comic opera or operetta was
free to him, and to this form of entertain
ment he opened the Manhattan Opera
House, on September 20, 1910, with an ex-
ceedngly bright little piece called Hans.
the Flute Player" adapted from the French.
which had Won success at its first pro-
ducton at Monte Carlo, in 1906, and at the
Theatre Apollo, in Paris, in the spring of
1910. Called before the curtain after the
second act on the first night in New York
MIR. Hammerstein told his audience that
ne intended going to London, not for the
purpose OF making it his permanent home.
but to advance the new enterprise on which
ne had embarked. l make no doubt but
That ne had already formed a resolution to
set up rival to the ancient establish
ment in Covent Garden and that his visit
was for the purpose of finding site for
8 new opera house. About wear before
this time wide thoroughfare had been
opened in London in the heart of a district
nch with the clusterings of theatrical ira
ditions. 1t called The Kingswav. was
about equidistant from Covent Garden and
Drury Lane and debouched into the Strand
In this spacious street Mr. Hanme rstein
caused beautiful theatre to be built of
granite and marble at a cost Of about
N5oOo0. OF the money expended on the
construction $4,000 came from the sale of
the Philadelphia and New York interests.
that sum being still in his hands after he
had paid off the mortgage held by Mr..
stotesbury, similar encumbrances on the
Manhattan Opera House, the Victoria and
the Republic theatre, which he owned. in
New York and other debts amounting to
about Sl5o0O0
With Characteristic confidence and en-
ergy ne began his London experiment. and
mad seen the foundations of his new build
ing lad when he returned to New York, in
January, 19l1 Characteristic also was his
reply to reporters question: "What do
you intend to open the house with 2"
With debts" was the reply; ~ always
open house with debts"
There was suggestion that the English
people might not take him seriously. and
out came another exhibition of his char
aceI:
i will make them. 1t is not a question
OF what they will do, but of what shall
dor
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club before he addressed the Metropolitan
directors.
The history of the undertaking which
grew out Of the public spirited endeavor of
the City Club deserves attention, which it
shall receive in these columns later; am
now directly concerned with the other prof.
ect Mr.. Hammerstein's acts now become
more significant than his words In March,
1913, he bought a plot of land at Lexington
Avenue and Fifty-frst Street and announced
that he would begin within two weeks to
build opera house on it, which would be
opened November TO- The style of per
formance should be that which he had pro-
posed to the directors of the Metropolitan
company. The site was that formerly oc-
cupied by the Nursery and Child's Hospital,
rs feet on Lexington Avenue by 22O feet
on Fifty-first Street The building was to
cost 81 100000. Through the newspapers he
told the public that he was going to give
opera in English, and if the Metropolitan
directors didn't like it they mght-go to the
courts for redress. No other man being
found willing to throw himself into the
breach for English opera, he was going to
do it. Why? He answered the question
thus: ~ am a child Of New York. I revel
in its greatness. 1t has about one hundred
theatres, has a good society opera house, but
has no opera house for the population at
large. Our municipality can not and will not
aid in the founding and maintaining Of such
an edifce and to our government such
proposition never appeals. With what am
doing will earn the appreciation of my fell
low citizens and the millions Of lovers of
music and adherents Of musical culture
The house will be known as the American
Opera House. I think l will open Monday.
November TO- at o'clock"
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a skiing No English
I "A Help at All

ne story Of the London attempt can be
V"'y short interlude here. The opera
"'use IN The Kingsway was opened on No
uo r'"oef 10, 1911, with performance of
Su0 Vadis.' Mr.. Hammerstein was his
w." manager; he asked no English help,
ea'ied to his side two trusted, faithful
~ '' capable servants from New York, Lyle
hnofews and Jacques Coini, who had
respectively treasurer and stage man
10 a. the Manhattan Opera House. At
nIs. ou'Set fortune seemed to smile pro-
r''ously upon the undertaking. On the
night the receipts amounted to
o., CO.., so'oVO and in the first week to over
'OOo' A winter season of fifteen weeks
"' given, at which twelve operas were
,0''oed and summer season of twelve
a"'' from April % to July 13, 1912.
e 'he operas performed in this second
N'Vh was Les Cloches de Coraevlle,"
"'e" 'he redoubtable manager himself con-
lhen came an incident of kind IA
enough to operate history, but con-
y, winch the public is seldom informed.
Il, >'oslng days of MIR. Stanton's consul
snar a. 'ne metropolitan Opera House saw
an occurrence; the closing davs of
~ H'au another, in the first Of which
*, o"aru TOOK the shape of baubles dis
.ouahN ny royalty, and suspicion has
s.s ss'aed "a. at least one Of the productions un-
~ ,ne present administration. Doings of
,h.. ana involve no moral turpitude. vet
~ "ie always surrounded with mystery.
t;t.. t"' present instance a wealthy and
sa amateur composer wrote an onera
,;n anseu TO have it performed and paid the
Aos mis- dance. Lord Howard de
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- liza possessed of an ideal-whch is
certainly the case with Miss
Helen Fulton, young woman still in her
twenties, who got tired Of being an ine6nue
in Broadway productions, and who orig-
mated and now is boosting a movement to
make the words of "'The Spangled Ban
ner" known to all Americans.
Miss Fulton, who is chairman Of the
Mayors Committee on the National An
them. spread her campaign yesterday,
when at each performance the foar hundred
motion picture theatres in New York
flashed the words Of the national anthem
on their screens, and when Miss Anna
Fitziu sang the song from the steps of the
City Hall
A few weeks ago Miss Fulton, then en-
trely unknown to the politicians of City
Hall Park called on Henry Mcdonald, di
rector of the Mayors Committee on Nation
al Defence, and told him that it was a shame
that Americans did not know the words of
their own national anthem Mr.. Mcdonald
agreed, and was 60 interested in the young
woman's scheme that he had her appointed
chairman of the Mayors National Anthem
Committee. Miss Fulton then got the May
or to proclaim September IA as National
Anthem Day
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- Metropolitan rivals. Manageri-
.,v b. had been decapitated but his head
,,., trunk was like the Irishman's snake.
bic trunklcss head was like that of the vic
tina Of Ko-Ko's fictitious executions:
~Now tho you'd have said that head was
dead,
fFor the owner dead was he).
II stood on its neck, with a smile we'll bred
And bowed three times (to me)'--
poeh.bah tells us. il that aristocratic indi-
vidusl's circumstantial account of the Incl
dent which Mr. Gilbert's operate people
cooked up for the edifcation of the Mikado is
TO be believed. The Metropolitan's sabre true.
having cut cleanly through the Hammerstei
nisn cervical vertebre, the Hammersteinian
head bowed first most politely to Mr.. Gill
bert's home city. It's owner had been COM
uelled to relinquish his managerial ambi-
ton for space in four great American
cities. but the rest Of the world was his
oyster could he but open it. Mr.. Ham
nerstein resolved to try, and inserted the
point of his sword in the worlds periphery
a. London. He was in Europe when the
contract Of sale was signed by his son.
Before sailing from New York he had spoken
Of his plans for the next season in New
York and Philadelphia. These plans en-
braced reform in the sale of tickets some
thing like that which was forced upon the
Metropolitan company three years after
ward by disgraceful scandal, and also
the employment Of a Russian ballet, toward
which the thoughts of managers in London
and New YORK had been turned by
Partisan success
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Our Own Star -Spangled Banner

The first result Of The movement culmi-
mated in the motion picture houses and on
The steps of the City Hail. and Miss Fulton
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LITTLE woman is tremendous
thing If she be both pretty and
possessed of an which is
cnrtnit,l.. thn 1850 mith Miss
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

IRFADY the world before the
war looks like another world.
4 1t isn't so far away yet as to
give if persnective vet some
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Hammerstein Built a Beautiful
Theatre in The Kingsway, and
"Opened With Debts''
By H. E. KREHBIEI,
CHAPTER VII
Copyright, 1913, by II. f. Krehbiel

= ER. HAMMERsTEIN did not long
MI lie Quiescent on the field of
battle after the war with his
- MetrnnOlitan riNale Mnnacror ri
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USING UP ENGLISH TREES.

The war has necessitated a con-
siderable sacrifice of England's fa-
nous forests. Lumbermen from
Canada and the United States are
everywhere cutting out the timber
that is fit for commercial use. In
some forest stretches little more
than a shelter belt of trees is left to
protect new saplings, says Chris
tian Science Monitor. The woods of
Virginia Water, at Windsor, have
been worked over by the lumber
jacks; so have the woods of Beau
lieu; the magnificent silver frs of
Longleat; the Spanish chestnuts of
Welbeck, in the historic Sherwood
forest Of Robin Hood and his merry
men and the oaks of Forest of Dean
and of New forest. Still known as
the best of ships material for the
famous wooden walls of England
these oaks are going the way of their
bosky compatriots to do their "bit''
for the war.
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EFFECT OF FEAR ON ANIMALS
pend for Safety and Preservation
Solely Upon Flight.

Fear is experienced only by ami
mails which depend for self-dcfense
and species preservation upon fight,
according to DR.. George W. Grille.
The skunk, for example, whose chief
means of protection is its odor; the
porcupine, defended by its quilts;
the snake, which repels its enemies
by its venom; the turtle, which is Sc
curely encased in its she'll; the lion
and elephant, secure in their SUI
perior. strength-these all exhibit
little if any fear reaction. On the
other hand, the rabbit, the bird, the
deer, the horse: the antelope, the
monkey, and man-these are the
animals which prominently exhibit
fear and an irrepressible desire to
flee from danger.
Fear is the mental part of the re-
action by which certain types of ami
mails preserve themselves, and it is
most interesting in man, who has re-
Gently changed from fleeing ami
NAL into fighting one and who I'M
dergoes often agonizing inner strug-
giles between the newly acquired in
stinct to fight and the age-old in
stinct to run away.
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AERIAL LooKouTS.

An airplane's life is reckoned in
flying hours; )" what it does on the
ground does not matter, but what it
does in the air has to be recorded,
and the log-book is the record. The
log-book starts with the airplane's
pedigree; its maker, its number, its
type, its instruments, its peculiari-
ties, all are entered in detail before
the log itself is begun. The log
proper begins with the machines
first moments in the air. The first
entry is of its flight test. On such
and such date, says the log, with
such and such a pilot, this machine
did so many minutes "time in the
air" And those minutes are the be-
ginning of an addition sum which
only ends when the machine is dead.
Thenceforward every flight is re-
corded in detail, the date, the time
of starting, pilot and passengers
names, its route and the inevitable
time in the air."
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RABBIT SKINS FOR FLYERS.

Skins of rabbits grown in the vi
entity of Los Angeles, Cal, will go
into the making of coats for avia-
tors. Many of these skins will come
from the Ramona Acres district,
and at that point they will be pre-
pared for shipment.
M. A. Mann, D. F. Letter and j.
Bisbee, well-known rabbit fanciers
Of Ramona Acres, have offered
their services to the Red Cross for
the purpose of handling this work,
it has been announced. Many rabbit
skins have been received by the Red
Cross, and these will be prepared for
use in the jackets of the aviators.
The three men mentioned have vol
unteered to prepare all the rabbit
skins that are donated for this pur-
pose. The process of handling in
cludes grading and tanning of the
skins and the removal of the hair.
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BROKE ALL RECORDS.

All building records were broken
recently at Grasmere, S. l., where a
United States base hospital is To-
,ated. In five hours force of 300
men erected building $50 feet long
md SO feet wide. In the finished
building, when the workmen laid
down their tools, was Steamboat
ng plant, sewer connections, cleo
.As lights and a bathroom with tiled
floor. The work started at seven
o'clock ia the. morning, with men
digging post holes. When the
whistle blew at noon the last work.
man in the building was putting on
his coat, with the task completed.
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NEWS OF THE LAMBERTVILLE
AND NEW HOPE CHURCHES.
First Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Theron Lee, Minister.
Sabbath School 10 a. m.

Sabbath School 10 a. m.
Sabbath morning worship l / a. m.
Twilight evening service $50.
This coming Sabbath morning
Mr.. Lee will preach on the theme:
Avenues of the Life Sublime
This will be a Union Service of the
Baptist and Presbyterian Churches
in the Presbyterian Church.
At the evening Union Twilight
service, Mr.. Lee will speak on the
subject: What Christ said to the
Human Conscience. +"
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SOMETHING IN HIS CLASS.

A few weeks ago my nephew came
running in the house to his mother,
much excited.
Mamma" he said, "Palmer and
mes goin' to join the army and go
and fight, too"
'Well, son, think you are too
little yet, don't your" she asked.
"Ain't there no little Germans to
fight, mamma ?" he asked, seeming
ly greatly disappointed. Chicago
Tribune.
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THE GOOD coNsoRT.

Bishop Evans Tyree said in a
Nashville interview:
"The German 'Gott' is a warning
divinity, heather divinity. The
German idea of goodness reminds
me of the bereaved widow, Mrs.
Wash White.
$50 you've lost your husband,
said Mrs. Cal Clay. He certainly
was a good man, wasn't hep
"'He certainly was,' said the wild
ow. NO three cops in Nola Chucky
could handle him."
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LOVES LABOR LOST.

"Ever take your girl to baseball
gamer"
"Once," replied the fan, in dis
gusted tones.
clad to explain it all to her, eh ?''
81 should say not She wasn't
sufficiently interested to ask me a
single fool question"
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Proclamation by the Governor.
State of New Jersey
Executive Department

State of New Jersey
Executive Department.
Whereas, WILLIAM HUGHES was at
joint meeting of the Legislature of
the State of New Jersey, held on the
twenty-ninth day of January, A. D.,
one thousand nine hundred and thirteen,
declared elected a. member of the Unit
ed States Senate from the State New
Jersey, and subsequently duly qualified
himself as such member of the United
States Senate, and after such election
and qualification, to wit, on the thir-
tieth day of January, A. d., one thous-
and nine hundred and eighteen, depart
ed this life, thereby causing vacancy
to exist in the representation of this
State in the Senate of the United
States.
Therefore, |, WALTER T.. EDGE,
Governor of the State of New Jersey,
pursuant to law, do hereby issue this
my proclamation, directing that an
election be held according to law in the
State of New Jersey, on Tuesday, the
fifth day of November, next, ensuing
the date hereof, for the purpose OF
electing a member of the United States
Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the said William Hughes.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the State of New Jersey al
Trenton, this sixteenth day of July, il
the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eighteen and the Indepen.
deDce of the United States the one
hundred and forty third.
L. S. WALTER E. EDGE.
By the Governor. Governor.
THOMAS f. MARTIN,
Secretary of State.
Endorsed;
Filed July l6, 1918.
THOMAS F. MARTIN
Secretary of State.
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CANDIDATES. CARDS

| hereby announce myself as can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for State Senator at the coming Pri-
mary Election on September oath, 1918,
and will appreciate your support.
GEORGE f. MARTENS, Jr.
This adv. is ordered and paid for by George
f. Martens, Jr.
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Centenary M. {. Church
Rev. Edward A. Wells, Pastor.

Services for Sunday, August 18th,
will be as follows: Mems Bible Glass
$50 a. M, taught by the pastor.
Sunday School session 9.45 a. m.
Preaching services 10.45 a. m.
Evening. Twilight Service to
p. M,
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A WAR WORKER.

GAS usual, Pm undecided about
my vacation"
"Hesitating between mountains
and seashore, eh ?"
<'No, between munition factory
and farm louisville Courier
Journal.
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New Hope Presbyterian Church.
Rev. M. E. Bartholomew, Minister.
SUMMER SERVICES

Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at IL o'clock
Sermons in the Psalms.
Vesper service Z to 8 o'clock
Meeting with the C. E. Society with
short sermon by the pastor.
Prayer Meeting Friday evening al
8 o'clock. Illustrated studies in the
Prophecy of Daniel. Teacher train
ing class following.
Everybody welcome at all of these
services.
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CROSSED WIRES.

GLOW do you like the ragout,
Henry? It's war recipe Mrs. Ben
ton gave me over the phone"
''To be perfectly frank, my dear,
it tastes as if the wires had got
crossed" -Brownings Magazine.
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Thompson Memorial Church
Rev. w. w. Harris, Pastor.

Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at 11.45.
Sunday School at Wood Hill Chap
ell 2.20 p. m.
C. E. at 7.30 p. m,
Evening worship at 500.
Cottage prayer meeting on Friday
at 500 p. m.
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THE EASIER WAY.

"Going away this summer"
"No. Going to stay right here
where l can ask my husband for
money. It's such nuisance to have
to keep writing for it."