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guage doin' 1t. either. On my way in
where he's waiting I passss through
the hall and gathers up his new derby
and yellow gloves. holdin' 'em behind
me as I breaks in on him.
EXCUSE me, Mr.. Bicycles" says I,
"but it's all off,"
TT beg pardon?" says he, gain
at me fish-eyed and stupid.
"Ah, let's not run around in circles"
says l. Miss Gray presents her COM
pliments, and all that sort of stuff, but
she's goin into another line. If you
must know. she's going to bust up the
cook combine. and from now on she'll
Bicycles stiffens and stares at me
naughty. II don't in the least under
stand anything Of all this" says he.
II had an appointment with Marion
for this evening; something quite i'm
portant toto us both> I may as well
tell you that had asked Marion a
momentous question. I am waiting
for her answer"
well, here 1t u.s." says T, holdin' out
the hat.
Bicycles. he gurgles something in
dignant and turns purple in the gils,
but he ends by snatchin' away the
derby and marchin' stiff to the door.
understand" says he, with his
hand on the knob, II do not accept
your impertinence as q reply. IL
shall see Marion again"
Sure you WILL" says I. She'll be
around to get your dinner order early
next week."
BAH" says Bicycles, bangin' the
door behind him.
But, say. inside Of five minutes he d
been wiped off the slate. and them
two girls was plannin' their food
campaign as busy and excited as if it
was Marion's church weddin' they
were doping out. It's after midnight
before they breaks away. too.
You know Wee. though. She amt
one to start things and then quit.
She's slayer. And some grand little
hustler, too. By Monday mornin' the
Harbor Hills Community Kitchen Co.
was a going concern. And before the
week was out they had more'n forty
families on the standin' order list,
with new squads of soup scorchers
bein' fired every day.
What got gasp out of me was the
first time gets sight of Marion Gray
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The Quick Shunt for Puffy

in her working rig. Nothing old
maidish about that costume. Not SO
you'd notice. She's gone the limit
khaki riding pants, leather leggins
and zippy cloth cap cut on the over
seas pattern. None of them Womens
Motor Corps girls had anything on
her. And maybe she amt some pic
ture, too. as she jumps In behind the
wheel of the truck and steps on the
gas pedal! -
Also, I was some Jared to learn that
the enterprise was payin' one almost
from the start. Folks was just tickled
to death with havin' perfectly good
meals, well cooked, well seasoned and
pipin' hot, set down at their back
doors prompt every day. with no frac;
around the kitchens. and no local food
profiteers soalkin' 'em with big weekly
bills.
This has been goin' on a month
when one day as l comes home Wee
greets me with flynn tackle.
oh Torchy" she squeals, what do
you think his happcned?"
TOOTH"
NO" says she. "It's-its about
Marion"
"Oh!' says I. "she amt bumped
somebody. with the truck, has she?"
"HoW absurd" says Vee but, lis
back"
What! The old favorite?" says L.
But l thought he was over with
Pershing?"
Not vet" says Wee. Gle has been
out at some western camp training
recruits all this time. But now he
has his orders. He is to sail very
soon. And he's seen Marion"
Has he?" said l. did 1t give him
a jolt or what?"
Wee giggles and pulls my head down
so she can whisper in my ear. "He
thought her perfectly stunning. us she
is. of course. And they're to be mar
ried day after tomorrow"
%-z-z-zing" says l. "That puts a
crmp in the ready made dinner bust
ness. l expect"
Not at ALL" says Wee. Until he
comes back. after the war. Marion is
going to carry on"
Anyway" says I, at ends Puffy
Biggles as an impendin' tragedy, don't
it? And l expect that's worth while,
too"
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to look after for protection from the
perils of the road-collisions, country
cops, busted tires, shortage of gas,
and so on"
right man to serve as u saint for
chauffeurs," said Ptolemy. Nobody
could say exactly what great figure in
history embodied in himself the quail
ties required in their protector. st.
Christopher Is the natural saint for
sailors because he was sailor HIM
self, but there were no chauffeurs in
the old days and 1t would be hard to
settle convincingly upon the right
man for the job"
II don't know about that" said
Homer. There's old Priam--he'd be
just the man for it, To begin with,
he was ruined by a horse, which
naturally puts him in full sympathy
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said Napoleon. you may not have
cured the evil. but you've proved your
self stiff dose for Bill.''
Thanks, Boney." said st. George,
Says gad yor o %us g. forge ., Aaa
alongside all the time to bear the
brunt Of the battle"
True" said Napoleon. land we
mustn't forget either those sizzling
drops of tabasco our as yet uncanon-
lately. giving 1t a sort Of peppery pep
that Bill finds a trifle hot to the
taste"
posite saint" queried Jonah. Seems
saints to tackle the Job, consisting Of
st: George. st. Joan Of Arc, Garibaldi,
King Albert of Belgian and Uncle
Sam. Call 1t st. Antibilius."
JONAH said BENJAMIN Franklin, but
it won't work. This is Il case for q
homeopathic saint. To cure an evil
the best way Is to turn that evil in
on itself. and I say give Bill dose
Of his own medicine if you want a
catch thief, and it will take Hun
HIM" said Doctor Johnson, dubl7
ously. THAT sounds fairly we'll. but
er-Whom do you suggest for the
patron saint to protect us against
BillY ',
Bill himself" said Franklin.
"What?" roared Homer. Napoleon.
Johnson and Jonah, in unison. Can
onize Bill of Potsdam?'
Sure" laughed Franklin. "Why
not? -Canonize him and his whole
gang of tunkers with one of his own
long-distance guns. Canonize 'em
squarely in the eye. It's the only way
to effect permanent cure of the
things they represent"
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with the automobile, and instills In
his heart the antipathy to horses
that all well regulated chauffcurs
seem to have; and it Is certainly an
undeniable historical fact that the
ancient kingdom of Tyre, over which
he ruled, was the most completely
busted tire in the annals of mankind"
THANKS for your kind words,
Home said Priam. But I don't care
for the job. It's time for us kings
to get out of the spotlight. and as
a substitute suggest my old Indian
friend Jaganath He's just the man
to act as >patron saint for chauf-
feurs."
II don't seem to recall the gentle
mans name said Homer. Where
did he work in the old days. Pri?"
He's better known as Jugger-
naut," explained Priam. "He was the
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and sufrragettes and chauffeurs, and
all these other latter-day creations
that had no existence when saints
were inventedw
"Canonize new saints II you need
them" returned the doctor. "That's
what the ancients always did. If there
wasn't a saint on the calendar to fit
into a newly developed need they'd
order few new ones to fill the bill.
Take our old friend Saint Crispin, the
patron saint of cobblers, here-you
weren't born a saint, were you
Crispy?"
mo" replied st. Crispin. II was
born Just q plain garden per-
son like all the rest Of you guys. My
lineage was extremely humble, and I
followed the trade of a shoemaker all
my life" "F
II suppose they made you a saint
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because of the fineness Of your SOLE"
suggested Hannibal with wink at
Caesar.
Maybe" said Crispin, innocently.
II never knew why they did it, but 1
always supposed it was because. like
uppers most of the time, thereby be-
coming one Of the upper classes, as all
we'll regulated saints should be-
:.
This is q serious discussion, Girls
PIN" protested Socrates. land 1 advise
you as one-time cobbler to let humor
alone and stick to your last. A man
might make very excellent pair of
brogans and slip up as the editor Of
Punch. But DR.. johnson has made
very good point, and one that COM
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original maker and operator of a
high powered car that was forty-five
feet in height. thirty-five feet square
and ran on sixteen wheels, each one
of which was seven feet in diameter"
"Some jitney!" calculated Jonah.
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pletely answers my suggested difficult
ty-that there are not enough saints to
go round. Create lot of new ones
when the supply runs short. Take the
chauffeurs, for instance. What boon
1t would be If they had patron saint
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Jdm

we're getting down to brass tacks."
ITS some job. Boney." said st.
George, scratching tho head of his
tame dragon affectionately. "Ive been
doing my best"
You sure have, and you've made a
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AS to Patron Saints

IN" ODAY," said DR.. johnson.
with one eye fxed on the
calendar and the other
rowing wistfully across the
river from his favorite
nook on the forward deck of tho
houseboat on the Styx. lis st. Michael
mas day among my people on the
upper crust, and in thinking 1t over
last night 1t occurred to me that one
of the things the world is suffering
from at this time is it's departure from
ito old-time habit of choosing saint
OF one kind or another who embodied
in his person certain conspicuous, or
possibly merely homely, virtues to
serve as sort of presiding officer In
the court of human destiny on certain
days devoted by devout people to the
celebration and commemoration, and
in "a sense to- the preservation and
perpetuation Of" ~
y ..Excuse me, Dock" pleaded Jonah,
clapping his hands to his head, .but
would you mind starting in again on
that merry little spiel OF yours!
followed you to comma 81, semi-co!Dr
number Z. in phrase II, and then
ness Of your thought sort Of caved
in on itself and / lost the thread"
: "If 1 fail to make myself plain" re-
torted the doctor, sharply. 1T is not
my fault"
Il -
The sun., 1918-11-07
NATION FEARED EASY PEACE.
Taft Says Wilson Correspondence
Cost Him Prestige.
By WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

Copyright 1913, bv Public Ledger Company.
~ nuILApELPHIA, Nov. ct was un-
fortul. Cor the President and his party
that his .. sning note to Germany and
the correspondence alarmed the people
lest he might make a peace by negotia-
ton, and when his prestige was thus
affected he wrote the appeal to his fellow
countrymen in which he asked for un-
controlled power for the next two years.
and in which he reflected on the Repub-
lican minority.
This II was which aroused the Repub-
licans and many Democrats and stirred
their sense Of Justice They felt he
should have been grateful to the Repub-
lican minority, which saved his selective
draft bill from defeat by his own party,
and voted him money and power with
out stint.
Instead OF being a verdict against
a vigorous prosecution Of the war to VIC
tory II is a verdict In favor OF that end
and object. Nor is there any doubt OF
this created in this country or abroad.
The sun., 1918-11-07
GERMANY BREAKS ~
WITH BOLSHEVIKI


AMSTERDAM, Nov. e. Germany has
demanded the withdrawal Of all Russian
representatives in Germany, a Berlin
despatch to-day announces. The German
representatives In Russia. It Is added,
have been recalled.
The German Government has de-
manded guarantees from the Soviet
Government that in the future no revo-
lutionary propaganda against State in
stitutions will be carried on in Ger
many by Its agents. and, further, that
the assassination OF Count Won Mir
bach, the German Ambassador to Rus
sia, will be adequately expiated.
The Russian Government has been
requested to withdraw all it's official
representatives from Germany until
these demands are fulfilled and the
German official representatives in Rus
sia were recalled.
The discovery Of Russian revolution
airy propaganda pamphlets printed in
German In the baggage OF courier OF
the Russian Embassy at Berlin is prob
ably the cause OF the breaking Off OF
diplomatic relations between Germany
and the Russian Soviet Government.
The sun., 1918-11-07
JERSEY Y. NJ. C. A. AID KILLED.
Dies I'm Automobile smash on Duty
at Front.
BY the associated Press.

AMERICAN HEADouARTERs IN FRANCE.
Nov. 6.-Dr. Leon Alanson Carley, OF
Caldwell. y. j.. secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association, has
been killed near Barbecue as the re-
suit OF an automobile collision. DR..
Alanson was on his way TO a base to
secure entertainers when he met his
death. He mas been buried at Bar
le-Duc.
Joseph Grove of Binghamton. y. Y. a
Knights of Columbus worker. has been
hit by a shell while serving at a canteen
on the front line. He will lose leg.
Guy Williams OF Darlington, No. a
Y. VI. c. A. worker, has been hit In
the leg by shrapnel while distributing
candy and cigarettes near Montfaucon,
northeast OF the Argonne Forest. He will
recover.
The Y. NJ C. A. is now sending home
soldiers money. 1t amounts to $4,000
900 monthly.
The sun., 1918-11-07
MCALL SAYS WEEKS
NEVER HAD CHANCE
Bay State GoDernor Praises
Walsh as Vote Getter.

Boston, Nov 6.-One of the biggest
after election surprises was sprung
this afternoon by Gov. Mccall when he
issued a statement declaring Senator
John w. Weeks never had a chance of
being reelected.
Gov. McCalls statement reads:
"As to the Senatorship Mr.. Walsh Is
one of the most remarkable vote get
tiers in our history. Believing that a
personal contest between Mr.. Weeks and
myself for the nomination would leave
the nomination OF no value to Mr.. Weeks
II he should win, especially with an an
tagonist like Walsh. I withdrew and
gave him the advantage of an unop-
posed nomination. His election was not
in the range OF possibility.
"As to Mr.. Lawson. II he had followed
my wishes he surely would not have
rum"
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Gives Credit to Hays.

''rhe American people have reflected
deep honor upon themselves. and while
we owe much to various leaders We owe
to Mr.. VIII Hays. chairman Of the Ma
tional Republican Committee, who has
shown not only extreme practicable
efficiency but the high purpose to serve
the Republican party by making that
nation"
The Colonel is suffering from a slight
attack OF sciatica. He has for two days
remained indoors except for going out
to vote. He has cancelled a speaking
engagement in Pittsburg on Saturday
for the United War Workers campaign
He probably will be out in a day or two.
The sun., 1918-11-07
PERU FIGHTS OIL INTERESTS.
British and American Tankers
Leave without Getting Loads.

LIMA. Peru. Nov. 6.--The Peruvian
Government having refused to permit
the American tanker Bradford, under
charter to the International Petroleum
Company, and the British tanker Lobo
OF the Lobitos Ollfelds Company to load
oil at the Peruvian fields for Vancouver
unless they first brought cargoes of oil
to Callao to avert serious oil famine
in Lima, the bradford cleared yesterday
for n Mexican port in ballast.
The shortage OF oil here threatens
a complete suspension OF industries, In
GLIDING the operation of the Central
Railway, which serves large copper
mines. The famine is due to lack Of
tank ships
Speaking in the Chamber of Deputies
on the incident, Deputy Felipe Barreda
declared:
The absorbent imperialism OF the
British and American oil syndicates in
Peru Is more intense and antagonistic
than German Imperialism
The sun., 1918-11-07
TESTS LIQUOR SHIPMENT LAW.
Government Argues states Cannot
Permit Exceptions.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 6.-Argument in
the Governments test case OF the Reed
amendment prohibiting liquor shipments
into dry States began to-day in the
Supreme Court.
Assistant Attorney General Frierson
contended that the amendment bars per-
sonal transportation OF liquor for ones
own use into dry State even though
the State law may permit.
The test Is on the Governments ap-
peal from a decision Of the West vir-
ginia District Court quashing an indict-
ment against Dan Hill for carrying a
quart Of whiskey across the State line
when a passenger on a trolley line.
The sun., 1918-11-07
Gloom Among Democrats.

Around the Democratic national head
quarters there was an air OF intense
gloom. From time to time in the course
Of the day statement was issued con-
tanning insistent protestations that the
Senate had not been lost. The Demo-
Gratis refused also to concede the House
Of Representatives.
Large numbers of Democrats Joined
the Republicans in declaring that Presi-
dent Wilson's partisan appeal to tho
American voters had been Ill advised
The campaign, they insisted, until the
time the appeal was issued had been
drifting listlessly along to what prob
ably would have eventuated in an in
conclusive sort OF election with the
chances OF Democratic success reason
able Thousands OF Republicans would
have let the Democrats run the cleo
lions to suit themselves had II not been
for the Presidents intrusion of the parti-
san issue
The sun., 1918-11-07
PEACE TERMS SAFE
NOW, DECLARES 7. R.
Republican Congressional Vic
tory Means No Leniency
for Pacifists, He Says.
GIVES CREDIT TO HAYS
Unconditional Surrender and
Americanism Called Basis
of Gains.
GIVES CREDIT TO HAYS

Col. Theodore Roosevelt, in COM
menting on the outcome Of the election
said yesterday;
"It appears we have n Republican
Congress. Such result must be a
cause Of profound thankfulness to loyal
and farsighted Americans. The Repub-
iicans made the fight on the uncondi-
tional surrender issue, and their vic:
tory serves notice on Germany that
Foch will dictate the terms OF armistice
and that the terms OF peace will be
determined by all the allies represent
ing the free and democratic world. act
ing together against Kaiserism in the
first place and against all tyranny
whether OF the Hohenzollern or the
Bolsheviki.
THE Republicans will heartily sup,
put forth whole strength and efficiency
in the war and to secure a peace that
will guarantee the result OF the war
End TO All Leniency.
ANY extravaganza corruption or In
efficiency in waging the war. any
leniency to German spies or conspirators
at home, and any effort to interfere
with the freedom of speech and with
the press on the part of honest sup.
porters Of the war who protest inef.
ficiency in waging II will. believe. &c.
suit In Congressional investigation and
exposure Of the guilty persons.
THE result OF the election Is really
extraordinary inasmuch as the entire
pro-German and pacinst vote was be.
hind the Wilson Democratic ticket. and
in view Of the further fact that tbs
enormous war powers OF the Admins
tration have such adroit and unscrupu
lous partisanship. ] regard the result
as much more a victory for straight
Americanism than Republlcanism, for {
great multitude OF Democrats. without
whose aid the victory could not have
teen won. voted the Republican tickle
under issues of straight Americanism
of genuine democracy here at home. anC
| OF the aroused purpose 20 stand bes!d'
our allies and against Germany to tn,
end
The sun., 1918-11-07
SMELLING KILLS U. S. CONSUL.
seven British War Prisoners Ais,
Perish at CharlerOi.

AMSTERDAM. Nov. 6.-The American
Consul and seven British war prisoners
have been killed by the bombardment
of Charleroi, southwest OF Namur, in
Belgium. This Information was given in
Berlin dispatches received here.
The name of the Consul Is given as
Eugen Davens
twenty miles east OF the British posi-
lions on the Valenciennss sector
The sun., 1918-11-07
HARDING A WINNER IN IOWA.
Defeats Porter for Governor in a
Close Contest.

DEs MONIES. Iowa. Nov. Gov. w.
L. Harding, Republican, was reelected
yesterday in one OF the closest contests
In Iowa in recent years. returns to-
night showed. He defeated Claude r.
Porter. Democrat. by approximately
900 votes.
Returns from 1901 precincts OF 2.34s
gave Harding 1882 and Porter
1886.
The sun., 1918-11-07
27s New Omcers in Porto Rico.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Nov. 6.-At
the close Of the third training camp for
officers at Camp Las Casas to-day 27s
men received commissions as Leuten-
ants OF infantry. The new officers are
TO be assigned to the local troops.
The sun., 1918-11-07
G. O.P. TAKES FULL
CONGRESS CONTROL


show plainly that the farmers resented
the fixing OF a price on wheat and not
on cotton by the Democratic Administra-
tion. Also these States apparently were
swung back to their old moorings by
the Republican attitude on the war.
many OF them having suffered heavily
In the casualties. The women have not
stood by Mr. Wilson, as was the Demo-
cratic expectation.
Longworth for speaker.
The Republicans are practically GER
tain to organize both houses. with the
question OF the Speakersh!p already I'M
der discussion In Washington. Repre-
sentative Longworth COhio) appears to
be already in the race, and Majority
Leader Gillett (Mass.) 10 certain to face
q contest. The financial policy OF the
Government which will now be deter
mined by a Republican Ways and Means
Committee will be largely under the
direction OF Representative Joseph w.
Fordney (Mich.), with Senator Penrose
tPa.) having charge OF these matters IN
the Senate as chairman OF the Senate
Finance Committee.
Chairman Hays OF the Republican Ma
tlonal Committee last night contented
himself by saying that his estimates OF
Monday Of a gain OF seven seats In the
CtnatS anu tWchty-biA ut1tb ih s''S
House would be exceeded. Republican
leaders throughout the nation were
jubilant. Nearly all OF them took the
view that the Presidents appeal had in.
tenshed the Republican tendencies OF
many inclined before to waver and that
this was shown by the remarkable ana
unexpected gains made in the Repuo-
lican States like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
"Drys" Make Big Gains.
One feature Of the election apparently
has been an increase in the number OF
dry States, which seems to insure the
ratification OF the prohibition amend
ment. Missouri defeated a statewide
prohibition measure, but Ohio. Florida,
Wyoming, Nevada and Minnesota, pro-
hibition leaders asserted last night, had
Joined the dry column. Counting the
dry States as sure to ratify. there would
appear to be good reason for their
claim that thirty-seven States had been
secured for the amendment. or one more
than necessary.
One recruit has been gained for suf-
20 in tho election Of w. r. Pollock az
Senator from South Carolina The suf-
fraEists have needed two votes to win
in tho present Senate.
The sun., 1918-11-07
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The following table shows the repre-
sentation by States IN the next House OF
Representatives. with the net Republican
gain or loss In each state, and the net
Republican gain In tho House over the
present House organization:
The sun., 1918-11-07
GERMANS PLANNING
TO QUIT RUMANIA
u. S. Pledges Aid to People
Near Liberation.

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 6.-German news
papers received here say that negotia-
tons are pending for the withdrawal of
Field Marshal Mackensen's German
armies from Rumania.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The United
States Government to-day promised 10
exert it's influence In behalf or Rumania
in its effort to secure political and terri
torial rights at the final peace confer
ence.
Rumania always has hoped for re-
union with its people of Transylvan
held within the boundaries of the Austro-
Hungarian Empire. The assurance OF
sympathy and support from the United
States was given in a message from Sec
rotary Lansing to the American Legation
at Jassy. cabled for transmission to the
Rumanian Government
The sun., 1918-11-07

list elected.
Even IL the Socialist and the Indepen-
dent elected vote with the Democrats the
Republicans will have a clear majority
or 81. The actual Republican majority
over the Democrats Is 80