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right away. 1t is nothing serious. Yea
viii soon be WELL" %
While they washed the wound vifA
tincture Of iodine and an assistant got
man gave some more details: So,
Yes. your mother is well and suffers
no inconveniences. The house il al
ways in order. as II for a fete.s Her
scrupulously polished that 1t IL q pleas-
ure to look at them In passing. She
waters her flowers; she trims her rose
bushes. An attractive house! a nne
womanw -
Then his voice wavered . Mtt1e;, he
grew stiff. soon he relaxed and Softiy
passed into slumber. s..sS
In the midst Of the operation hs Gave
a start, turned his head to one s-eidA
and babbled some meaningless words.
The assistant was about to give him
more gas. but the surgeon stopped HIM
Not too much We are nearly,
through.
The prisoner began to talk again.
This time his words were preciso. hla
phrases clean-cut. His voice, which d
little while before had been so calm,
smiled between his phrases with q huge
smile which shook his abdomen ana xls
arms. -
Go ahead. Go ahead. Take that .ola
wardrobe out and burn It! Brexk 4
open for me FIRST! Linen? That's good
to wipe our shoes with. What does she
say? A spigot for the wine casks? Ho,
there. the rest Of you! Get an axe and
draw the wine out in buckets"
The doctors hand trembled
Hurrah!" the wounded man went On.
Seize the old woman. Tie her 10 q
chair if she is obstinate! She has 1 SON
who is an officer? Hal Hal Slap her
on the head till she gives US the Key
to her strong box!"
The old doctor stood erect, very paia.
his big, bloodstained hands wide open.
For an instant his terrible eyes ran
from his fingers to the neck Of the
boche. Then. in a very low voice he
said to his assistant. as he bent down
again:
you do SO I am afraid I can't 70
ahead"
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Woman Heads Important Division Of Department Of Labor

of the Department of Labor in carry
ing out its plans by taking up research
and investigational work. 1t will also
relating to placement of women
throughout the country. thus central
izing all the work of American women
in industry in this new branch OF fed
eral service. The state and city organi-
cations. especially employment bureaus.
have promised their cooperation IN Sc
curing results in the individual states.
and It is expectation that In a short
woman's bureau. to which employees
and employees will come for assistance
and to which the community will TURN
I'VE want to have an advisory COM
mittee wherever there are women's bu-
reaus. with representatives of capital.
labor and all civic organizations" said
Mrs. Richards. Such committee
arouses community interest and assists
in extending a wider use of the bureau.
We do not feel that women should take
mems places, but we do feel that there
are places which women should take
rather than men. because they can bot
ter fill them Men and women and or
ganizations in every part Of the coun-
try have long hoped for a woman's di-
vision to handle the important matters
therefore. with anticipation Of real ac-
complfshment that the country looks
to this woman's bureau for results to
make IL permanent organization OF
the federal government
81
1t should be clearly understood that
we are. not now facing a shortage Of
labor, but when we do. women win bs
called upon to do their share of work.
Just as the women are doing it in
France and England. And when our
women are called upon they must be
ready by preparation for work for
which they are needed. OF course, we
are adjusting our standards to war con-
ditions. but after the war is over the
have laid plans for themselves in all
avenues Of endeavor. as we'll as secured
the confidence OF the country"
Mrs. Richards 10 a member of the
labor committee of the Council of Ma
tional Defense. and 10 vice president of
ployment Bureaus. which includes all
the bureaus throughout the country. She
has done valiant service in securing
legislation in favor of women and chfl-
dren In industry. 6he drew up and was
instrumental in securing the passage of
the Juvenile placement bill for the
state Of New York, the nrst of its kind
vocational direction OF boys and girls
leaving school. The purpose Of these
Juvenile placement bureaus II to On
courage young men and women to con-
ttnue their education and prepare
themselves for vocations, rather than
trial world. Mrs. Richards desires to
raise the working age from fourteen
The aocomplishmsnt Of this young
|, woman inciudes the AutbarShip Of Dev.
kral vuhlicatiens. TAesA iaclnda IN
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people of America during the four
firmness and unselfshness of Lincoln
as at different stages of the war his
iron resolution took control of mat
ters military and civil.
Lincoln's definition of liberty was:
'It Is not our frowning battlements.
our bristling seacoasts. our Army and
our Navy. These are not our reliance
against tyranny. All these may be
turned against us without making US
weaker for the struggle. Our reliance
Is in the love of liberty which God has
planted in US. Our defense is in the
spirit which prizes liberty as the heri-
tage of all men, in all lands, every
where Destroy this spirit and you
have planted the seeds of despotism at
your own doors. Accustomed to
trample on the rights of others. you
have lost the genius Of your own inde-
pendence and become the fit subjects
of the first cunning tyrant who rises
among you
Lincoln, doubtless, early realized that
his inexperience would lead him into
many mistakes but he was firm in the
conviction that the war was his war. in
the sense that he must see 1t fought to
a finish and the principles for which he
stood vindicated. AS some one has apt
ly said, his greatness largely consisted
in the power to grow, and the bungling
novice of the early part of his admin
istration grew colossal in the flames of
war. He had no patience with the gen.
erals who made war mildly What he
wanted was action. When Hooker was
removed from the command of the
Army OF the Potomac the President
asked the cabinet to suggest a sue
cessor. Various names were suggested
and discussed, but the cabinet soon
learned that the order putting Meade in
command had already been issued. I'VE
were consulted after the fact" Secre-
tary Welles records in his diary. He
evidently relished the Presidents in
itiative. However. Lincoln is said to
have contemplated dismissing Meade in
the midst of Gettysburg glory because
Meade had only won the battle Of Get
tysburg and had not annihilated Gen.
Lee.
Gen. Grant seemed to be a fighter
after Lincoln's own heart. for when the
north was shuddering and denouncing
the bloody toll at Spotsylvania, the
Wilderness and Cold Harbor. Lincoln
was telegraphing Grant: Il begin to
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have government contracts. This will
be undertaken in order to assist in
speeding up the delivery OF war con-
tracts.
"In regard to standards, the policy
taken by the industrial committees Of
New York state regarding women is
one that the Department OF Labor ap-
proves of. 1t believes that no woman
should be substituted for a man in any
Industrial process. SO long as there Is
man labor available. The time may
come. and we must be prepared for 1t
when 1t does come, when the labor OF
women in industry must be used on
much larger scale than 1t Is at present.
but no woman should be substituted for
a man In an industrial process until IT
10 absolutely necessary.
-.
"One of the early problems that will
be taken up will be connected with in
suring protection to women in indus
try. This will include prevention of
exploitation by factory owners who.
under the camoufiage Of an alleged
labor shortage, seek to replace we'll
paid men with underpaid women. At
the same time we shall prepare women
for work, so that when the time comes
for their employment on much larger
scale than at present they are ntted for
their work We intend to see that the
employers are pEopctiy oSi'Se, ~ eAe>
their confidence in US and our judgment
as to workers will be increased as the
work progresses.
'Then there is the subject OF women
on farms. It is as yet an open question
whether or not this country should fol-
low the example of England In assisting
in the production on farm lands by pro-
vtding women to do such work as they
are capable of doing. Suggestions have
been made that women could do garden
ing and the lighter forms of farm work
This is a matter which will fall to the
woman's division for action"
It is one Of the hopes of Mrs. Rich
ards that colleges will open courses for
training women so that they may take
up certain employment as a lifework
Such training would give employment
bureaus sources upon which to draw for
experts for investigational work, for di-
rectors of employment bureaus and for
placement secretaries. While directing
the employment bureau in Cleveland
college there a course in placement
work. She also had the graduating
class come to the bureau for practical
training. so that number OF young
women took up employment as their
vocation.
only to college students. but to women
in industry who wish to add academic
training to practical work.. said Mrs
Richards THE need for experts In this
line Is great. and the number now avail
able for service is small"
The committee on women In industry
Of the advisory commission OF the
committee on women In industry of thu
woman's committee of the Council o
National 8efenDe Will co-operate with
the naw womAn's Jeup1oyxneat bufeaS
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tent or group to group he never failed
to notice the small personal interests
which go to make up the soldiers life
In camp. He would personally inter-
fere to secure some favor or right for
q soldier and meet the frowning face
of the commanding ofilcer with q pleas
ant nod or a cordial shske of the hand.
1t has been suggested by some Of his
biosraphers that Abraham Lincoln had
in him the making OF a great military
chief had he addressed himself to Ques-
tions of war instead of those of law
and politics. They reason that he was
physically courageous. intellectually
calm. arm of resolution and showed a
Intimately and officially associated
with him during the civil war say he
studied the different war problems as
siduously and untiringly, making many
valuable suggestions as to organiza-
ton and execution.
genius militaire or not. he never tired
Of telling the soldiers Of his soldering
in the Black Hawk war. Many a home
sick and dispirited young officer was
put into a happier mood by the COM
mander-in-chief relating the circum-
stances of his being made captain
in the war and his slowness in grasp
ing the manual Of arms and military
tactics generally. He would describe
to them how he drilled his men and
their very warlike but most unmilitary
appearance, their uniforms, or lack of
them. and the trials that beset him in
trying to remember the manual Of
arms. No two men Of his company
were equipped alike. but buckskin
breeches and coonskin caps were
types. Each man had q coarse blanket;
hintlock rifles were the usual fire.
arm, with now and then a Cramer. The
men were generally of fine physique
and over the shoulder OF each was
flung a powder horn.
The men of Lincoln's company who
were used to the free democratic life
Of the frontier were not much given to
discipline and were just as likely to
laugh or poke fun at Lincoln when he
gave an order as they were to execute
it. On one occasion when he was
marching with a front of twenty mon
across a field he discovered q gateway
into the next inclosure. He said: Il
could not for the life Of me remember
the proper word Of command for get
ting my company endwise. SO that 1t
could get through the gate; SO. as we
came near I shouted: This company
is dismissed for two minutes, when 1t
will fall in again on the other side of
the gate"
Lincoln afterward wrote that his cleo
ton to the captaincy of this little COM
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see you will succeed. God bless you
ALL" To him there must be no red tape
he could not unloose, for he believed
he was fighting for not only the politi-
cal liberty. but the very souls of hu-
man beings. and that aggressive war
fare must be prosecuted to the end.
In May. 1851, he sent the following
diplomatic dispatch to Minister Adams:
from the habits as it is revolving from
the sentiments Of the American people.
War in defense OF national life is not
immoral. and war in defense Of inde-
pendence is an inevitable part of the
discipline of nations"
The policy of the present admin
istration and the governments of
France and England to call into the
conduct Of the war the advice and
counsel Of men successful in the COM
mercial and financial affairs of the
countries, was. according to Lincoln,
not only Of inestimable value In CO.
ordinating the forces OF a nation, but.
as he expressed it,, necessary to the
breadth and poise OF q statesman.
In speaking of his intercourse with
men outside of official life he said:
Men moving only in an official circle
are apt to become merely of1cial-not
to say arbitrary-in their ideas, and
apter and apter. with each passing day,
to forget that they only hold power
in a representative capacity. 1
go into these promiscuous receptions
Of all who claim to have business with
me twice each week. and every appli-
cant for audience has to take his turn,
as II waiting to be shaved in a barber
shop. Many of the matters brought to
my notice are utterly frivolous, but
nf IMPORTANCE.
and all serve to renew In me clearer
and more vivid image of that great
popular assemblage out Of which !
sprang and to which at the end OF two
years I must return"
Men Of affairs of the sixties. after an
interview with the President, some
times expressed amazement at the ex-
actness Of his knowledge of sources.
regulating the supply and demand OF
the armies and the minuteness with
which he went into all details govern
ing the conduct of the war.
He was the personal friend OF the
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fighting, they brought into the hospital
a batch of wounded prisoners one OF
them, a feldwebel (sergeant ma1orl.
whose shoulder was shattered by
shell, astonished him by the dignity
of his bearing and the refinement OF
his talk. Examining the wound. he
asked the prisoner in German:
where do you come from
From. Magdeburg, in saxony, Mon
sieur lie 9oip-Majeur," replied the
subofficer, in good French.
"Ah." said the doctor. with an in
tonation Of regret, for he had hoped
conscripted by force The latter seemed
to understand, and murmured:
what can you expect, doctor war
is war But that doesn't prevent me
from loving France. where grew up"
OF a sudden the blood mounted to the
face of the old sturgeon. Pushing up
his glasses and looking sternly at the
prisoner. he hurled at him this ques-
ton:
"And are you not ashamed to ravage
this country. to ruin these poor people.
who before the war received You witt
kindness?"
YES" the other answered. softly. Il
am often ashamed. For my part 1 have
always striven to be humane. to be Just,
to avoid mistreating anybody and to
as lay in my power. The combat over,
one becomes human being again; and
the inhabitants of the occupied regions
are not responsible. Their persons and
their property ought to be sacred. I
have to apologize for those Of my COM
panions who have not understood this.
For instance, my regiment has been for
the last six months at ST. Quentin
The doctor gave a start.
You have been at St. Quentin for
six months? I came from st. Quentin.
Perhaps you can give me some news.
Often in the evenings 1 see hres-now
in one quarter of the city, now In an
other. You haven't destroyed the place
systematically, have you, as you did
Noyon, Peronne and Bapaume?"
t'Alas. doctor, that is foul blot on
our arms"
But" pursued the surgeon. his voice
almost choked, "you have been burning
only public buildings. haven't you? Not
private houses?"
No: the private houses are prac-
tically untouched up to now"
"Ahi Do you know a street called
Beffroi streetr
Il know it very well. 1t is there"
'1t Is there that my old mother
lives" said the doctor slowly. my
name 10 Journau. Do you know my
mother?"
II was quartered in her house."
"Ah! Mon Dieu! How Is she?
'She IL well-very well. She Is
very worthy person. and I suffered
from the annoyance which our pres
ence caused her. I. too. have an old
mother in Magdeburg. and I thought
of her when saw your mother weep
ing. But such is warw
Tho doctor breathed freely: Big
tears ran down his checks. But he COLI
lected himself. and, bending again over.
the wound, he 4nnounced:s. so
sMe aEe gnla - Yut yo1 - 9ee1
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Secretary of War. appointed Miss Null
hauser to be that citys representative.
Her speech at this conference SO i'm
pressed William B. Wilson. Secretary
of Labor, with her practical ability that
he elected her a member Of national
committee of twelve to consider the
whole question Of Unemployment in
the United States, the only woman 30
honored, and he later secured her serv-
ices for the federal service to fill her
present position.
In her ONCE in the Department of
Labor Mrs. Richards outlined some OF
her ideas. ideals and hopes in the work
before her.
This is the first time that the federal
government has arranged for a division
to be devoted entirely to woman's
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, N the evenings. when the wounded
were asleep, when there were left

0N the evenings, when the wounded
Ill were asleep, when there were left
burning in the halls only the Ar
q gand lamps, shaded by hoods OF
cardboard. the old doctor used to take
a little turn up and down the road.
His pipe stuck between his teeth, he
used to climb the little hill. from which
through the trees he could see the de-
nuded plain, the villages. whose mutt
lated profiles made strange, sharp
drawn figures against the sky, and.
further of. st. Quentin, which for eight
days past had been Illuminated by the
glare of incendiary fires.
Then. his back bent forward, his
hands in his pockets. he watched going
up In smoke the city in which for
twenty years he had visited the poor
and the rich-the peaceful little city
where formerly the old people whom
he had cared for and the children whom
he had brought into the world greeted
him as he passed by: the sorrowfni
mother awaited him. Now and then. as
the wind blew aside the smoke and the
flames licked the black horizon. he
would say:
maybe it is the city hall-or the
church"
ClenchinK his hsts. his lips tram
bling, he made his way back to the
hospital-older. moro weary. heavier At
heart.
On the mornings Of tho days Of tho
attacks. when the cannon passed at q
Eallop, when the tread Of regiments on
the march echoed through the silence,
he stole softly from his bed to watch,
buoyed with the hope that this time at
last they were going to retake his city:
that he would re-enter 1t and see there
once more his old mother. his old home
and his old friends.
] But when he saw the soldiers coming
back. when the thunder Of the can
nonade slackened and died away, he
would. sigh. mot this time. either = and
one dsz. Hhsa tAsrs had bssn4 shasp
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The Sailors Joke.
NAVAL OFFICER told q sea ste

A NAVAL OFFICER told q sea story
~ at banquet.
sailors have q strong sense of hu-
NOR" he said "a certain young sailor
was lust back from a nine-month cruise.
He celebrated his return In great
many bars, and when the last bar
closed he danced jovia1ly down the
street with all his pockets filled with
bottles Of beer. and waving q bottle In
either hand above his head
"Boys,. he said. ats disgraceful what
I'm eoiue TO cay for q salloe. but It's
the truth - ,hays~a horror Os Watasr :
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BY MAURICE LEVEL.
Translated by WILLIAM L. MCPHERSON.

Here is another venture into the realm
Of German psychology. Here the con-
trast is between the fawning servility
Of a German under-oflcer, wounded and
taken prisoner. and his turbulence TO
those whom the fortunes Of war put in
his power. No defect in the German
character is more marked than this vio-
lent fuctuation between arrogance and
sycophancy, whenever circumstances
alter. The French have 4 right to their
low opinion OF the Boche. for his saw
agery has been written even on their
soil in characters which will not be OBJ
liberated for generations to come.
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A Bad Attack.

MR SIMON FLENNER Of the Rscks-
fellery Institute. congratulated on
the new and better 'saiversan" whtah
he discovered. said: :. aS
MY discovery will be attacked BY
the Observation-Disclosures. Those peopis
attack everything new. They are about,
as logical as the woman who said: Il
ct don't hold with this here vaoek-
nation 4ssa- sssss
"Nof. said her friend. ssg>e <sss
"a No. she declared Lack tt my
Timmy. Though we had him vacc1nnte4.
he's been down with about alt - 81
eases on the oa2e06or-muxRp4 D0o11nB
chisken4ex Mheel1eaep96|k 80 -.
svsFyf1lae - 8 s.
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pany gave him more satisfaction than
any other success he had experienced
had had dealings and who had broken his
word to him and acted dishonorably in n
small m-tter, wished to be elected cap.
tain. Lincoln later volunteered and was
mustered in at the mouth OF the Fox
river by a man in whom thirty years
later he was to have a keen interest
This was Gen. Robert Anderson, COM
mander at Fort Sumter in 1861: Lincoln
became a private in Capt. Elijah 1les'
company OF Independent Rangers, mot
brigaded." a company made up. Capt
lies says in his Footsteps ana WANDER
fngs." of generals, colonels. captains
banded army which had gone In pursuit
of Blac,. Hawk. r-=
With almost a worldwide effort TO
perpetuate the memory Of Lincoln in
some tangible form, many Of the patri-
otic spots which have been neglected
for years are being located. Among
these is the simple and stately pew
which stands in the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church in Washingtons the
pew in which President Lincoln was
to be found almost every Sunday
throughout the civil war.
In the many changes In this ht9tor10
church Lincoln's pew has remained Just
pews are new and of light wood. max
ing this one more conspicuous There u .
silver plate marking the Dew. ana
hanging at the end are some vere4e
neatly framed. These verses are BY. the
Rey. Lyman Whitney Allen. a minister
in England. They were found by the
wife of the present pastor when she
and DIR. Radcliffe were staying at
Dinard. France. On the table in the
reading room of the hotel where they
were stopping they found an English
newspaper in which were the verses.'
The Lincoln Pew in the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church In Wash
ington. d. c., U. s. A"
As the troubled nations turn to Lin-i
coin now and find In his words hope and
strength for waiting for the ANAL out
come OF this war. 50 the mothers and
fathers of hfty-three years ago ware
cheered on to bear the loss OF 1oved
one by a letter from their President,
written by his own hand, thanking.
them for the sacrifice they had made
for their country in giving the beloved
son or husband. and placing always be-
fore them the object for which they,
had fought. Not for their own genera
tion. but for the centuries. until the
world should recognize the rights of
individuals and America had fulfilled
her mission of carrying freedom to the
downtrodden of the earth.
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spection of Private Employment Bu-
ployment," Public Employment Bu-
reaus and Their Relation to Managers
of Employment and Industry" The
latter was published by the American
Among her magazine articles are "Vo-
cational Guidance and Juvenile Place
ment," Corporation Of City, State and
Federal Governments in Extending q
System of Employment Bureaus" and
Clearing Houses Of Employment"