The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-11
BY Gertrude Atherton OF
The NigiIantcs.

Il, more than to be forced TO ad,
init any superior quality IN a race
Tor which we have Il profound loath,
ing and contempt. And vet it is
fact that the national habit oi
thrift in Germany is one secret oi
lis prolonged resistance to the COM
, biued might of the civilized world
II is quite true that before the war
the Germans were gross eaters,
but they wasted nothing. The
moment the civilians were ordered
to eat less and save the scraps they
drew in their belts and did As they
were told. 1t might be difficult to
control the cravings OF their dis
tended stomaChs but to scrimp and
save involved no long apprentice
ship, cost them practically no effort
whatever.
The same may be said of France
While a.ngland-as wasteul a ma
tion as our own-was issuing re-
peated and almost frantic warnings
TO her people, devising constant new
li'e'''o"s 10 'o''''o' '"''' ""'u' a. "a
travaganCe, and At one time threat
encd with starvation, the French
simply went on economlzing and
never were in danger for moment
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80 80 a. - - ""S ~ - ''''o' N"o
Nv Gu ~ S'V"' =! 'Ou' II "'PP'"1u
u" I'ei ""'S"'H u"' ,'S ''' u'S VI
"I'1n J went " pea i"'e' '''ile'
I"u ",, ~. ~ So nuns "! '".'''' -"
!, ,'"it"S ~, Ip"'s 'Pp''''' - " 'o't ,,
l''''T' ''e'T 10 "T'e al e. SN'' a 'o''
II - Ie''' nouse''o'o' n'ouse'o'o' .Nao' >. "a "a
.to'' ION "'' oD"sh' ,h e','! '',I, p,iIs ",'s ~,
nv u'l' NY ,,,',.,.'' N','io''" 49,
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neTis, ': ''''L - P' oH ',''u !o,, uu'
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'V''''' H., ....., 49,, !,
Iep0''Iu oo"u''''' "''N
% ou"oeo '''e + ei'sI '' i"o"N'
'n's!' 'Oo''oi'''''I i"G'' my oPp'o
mum eN'ei'o''S 20 '''V N'''l' II 'A''S
u" N,'',cu '"P'"''' '"'O '''> -"
'p'"I i'u', ,!, ,.., =. 49,, fac.
i,''V'e u'u '%iiNH % ~ '"po. L.. u'!
lat '''' "'''o''"' '''p'' VI '''' ~ '''u
sFI'e : economy III ! "'N[ va ln o'1.
). '"''' s'e"'es' sources % s'''''s'''
lie H"''ol'"l ucp' % "'''e y"
'Fe 'he war was Suosei 'peu 10 "'-
lost excl"'''ely oy 'ne PeasaH' I
ass ana IoWet Dour reeols'e' Pe"P:e
no Peflodicaily aug mo , '"e,'
ockil'Ss ana pouSh' " new pol!u; i
o'n'hg ca" exceed 'he seii-u'.t'"' ma.
tho'r classes, II was io1 'nlH
'""' I'e h'e,'- i.''e uu e'. nless''
men was formed d 'he ieq"eS'
inc frelch government 10 P'1
dc dehcao'eS lol t"T "ounueu SUI
ers III 'he HosPl'"'9 u li!o wa, wa
me, was private u b"'iiA"''o''
.e iuhds 10 De l"'7tu ny supSe' tP
on. Inc men must nave the
mpuhg and de!icale ioouS OF ale'
II II 'he SoNe! !'''e'' "@u '"N'"
.er the task itseil, that would nave
cant another tax, 10 De. lolloWeu
by popular outci!'
D the average frchch Hlhd ueii-
cy rhymes with luxury ana II
ould have been Impossible to con-
nee the millions drurglng at nome
at wounded men needed What
ey never had had before, Ill or
ELL,
W hen ! lived in Munich ! had a n
ylss maid in whom l had lmphcit c
nd justltlable) faith. She woNf :,
me to me periodically and say: "
tadame, je mai plus d argent, ;
d | would hand out several hun e
ed marks. That was all | mad &"
do with the housekeeping dur /,
: my seven years residence IN ,
rmany. And yet my lncomPara-
. Elise would never give me any q
ng TO eat between meals but '