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hands on some Of the supplies, such as
lard and any kind of fat.
Were YOU really hungry" | asked q
womaH who was packing some things
into a prvambulalor before leaving for
n safer place. and she said in French.
which H. better than English for this
phrase. There was too mitch for death.
but not enough for life"
She plSspd her hand over hey face
smiling q litti, at her own words and
said. You will MOI find us looking fat"
aud. truly. she ana other women had q
piuchcd look with sharp cheek bones and
pale skin tightly drawn.
Their memories went back to the old
things Of horror In the first days OF their
raptiv,.- four years ago AT Crevc Occur.
whom the English soldiers retr6atcd
there they fastened steel chains across
the road 10 ChUok the pursuit of the
German cavalry. and when the enemy
arrived they accused the civilians of
having done THIS ara eighteen of them
wcro shot. The cure of Malincourt, so
one man told me though ! cannot believe
him wilhou, further evidence was shot
tor giving hot soup to a wounded Eng
li>hmau.
Old Talrs of atrocities
Nuumbcr Of English soldiers were cut
of during the retreat and stayed with
those French pnupl" working as their
servants. but when this was discovered
by the Germans they made the men
kuoei i'm a ditch and q firing party was
brought up and they were killed Even
the people who hlrbored them were pun
ishod and sent into Germany to forced
labor Those are Old stories in the first
days Of Il terror
a.. Il.
fines uC ZOO francs az Scvigny for not
producing enough eggs They rruu,-
stoned their butter ana their milk and
their ytg. tables. and the people would
have starved. or r.arlN starved. is II
had not been for the lntcrna tional Re-
lief Committee stores. which came I'm
rynry fifteen days But even the SOL
diers did brutal things, by order or
without
They told the inhabitants that the
English We're couiue and they must ny
but when the civilians refused 20 go
CRYING ont "No. no. we VIII stay. Moth
ing viii make ne GO they were or
drrrd down into their cellars in case
they were bomblrdcd. and while they
were there the German soldiers nil
laCcd upstairs and smashed their rur-
njturr and their ornaments. and rum
mayed about their private things.
searching for souvenirs and any booty
that could be carried away easily
The cure Of Scyigny. with whom had
long talk. told me other things more
tragic I found him iu his kitchen sur
rounded by women 40 were helpius
him to arrange the evacuation of their
children and old people. and as he
told me his story they listened and
broke iu now and then to add some
detail which he had forgotten. or raise
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will create despair among many. German
soldiers These men are painting for
peace and have no will for further
fighting unless they have to fight as
beasts at bay will fight.
The British pursuit is everywhere in
touch with the enemy apd is pressing
his retirement.
But almost as important now as these
military operations Is the effect of
peace proposals on the psychology OF
the German soldiers.
They want to go back to their homes
In Germany That is their constant
plaint. and they are ready for peace on
any Terms which win end their misery
in the fields Of war.
Tuesdays battle between Cambrai
and the positions north Of ST. quentin
gave the Allied troops more than 5000
prisoners They had very hard hght-
ing for the village of Lesdain. which
remained in their hands. and took many
prisoners. one American division alone
took more dhan 1.50O prisoners In the
capture of Brancourt and Fremont,
which have described previously.
Heroic fighting was done by English
and Scottish battalions of the Twenty
nth and SiXty-siXth divisions in their
storming of Sprain They nave their re-
NdIu lot llltlI udllllE III Alisii liA'''N 'N
dacious battle in all this war, perhaps,
when masses of men attacked in pitch
darkness, and before daylight broke the
enemy's strong position by smashing
through his Beaurevoir line, where he
still helt long strip of trenches and
earthworkS.
The regret of all the British sol
dicrs aad of the Americans who are
their comrades is that the enemy Is re-
treating so fast and so far that they
can hardly keep pace with him. Ter
man prisoners tell us that 1t is the GER
man intention to destroy everything IN
the wake Of the retreat as they did IN
March. 1917. But we have hurried them
too hard to allow their inccndiaries TO
get to work in some of the villages now
liberated. although at some places We
youd fires are visible
The Germans also had to leave behind
them several thousands of civtlians-5OO
i'm Sorain and 500 IN Bohain. a friend
of mine saw some of these poor people.
Being in Cambria, I did not meet them.
They greeted the arrival of the British
soldiers with tears and cheers ana
showed great JOY at their liberation.
There were scenes like those ] saw at
Thiaucourt during the first German re-
treat--proCession among the guns ana
transports of old people i'm wheelharrows,
! sturdy grandmothers carrying big bum
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PUBLIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
HOPE OF PEACE COMPLETELY DEMORALLZES
FOE IN WILD RETREAT, PURSUED BY BRITISH

ple hut said that this was due largely
Ia conditions of war and that no pro-
t,st could he made for what was the
inevitable misery of war. What anger
cd him. what seemed to him useless and
incredible cruelty. was that ny the Ger
man high command. all machines by
which these people had earned their
living in time of peace were destroyed.
Machinery Destroyed
At Sclvigny. wallncourt and other
villages all around the people make
embroidery and tulle and for this work
have delicate and expensive machines.
French Inhabitants from the district of
tha Suun, were ordered to break the
machines which their poor owners
would not do. even though they died
for their refusal ana this destruction
was carried ont before their eyes az
part of the general scheme to destroy
French industries
\ cure took away some of the ma l.
chiuory and hid them, but this was dis
covered and he was fined 100 marks aud
the machinery was broken up and scat
tered outsid" his doors. Some time after
ward Bavaridu priest came to the
village and was lodged by the cure
and because he could speak no French
the old cure wrote down in Latin the
things that had been done to kill the
handiciart Of his people. The Bavariar
priest read the words and made nc
kind Of answer, but was very much
confused
All these villagers told me that the
German soldiers are cnragcd with their
Government for having caused them SO
much misery and are especially savage
at those whom they can capitalists
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dlds and grandchlldrcn cllnglng to their

dies and grandchildren cllnglng to their
skirts.
At Serain they had their choice Of
staying or leaving eight days ago, and
most of them stayed in tine big cellars
beneath the lace factory, in which they
mad barded food The German COM
mander prepared "A large white flag with
Red Cross on II and hoisted " over
the village ASA sign to the British gun
ners not to shoot, and they did not shoot.
but an hour after the British entry the
Germans began to lombard the place
and the. poor civilians had to escape
under this shell fire That was at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning
So begins another chapter of the his
tory of this war for with the capture
OF Cambrai and the new German retreat
we end these amazing two months of
hEhting for The city all the way from
Amiens, and have inflicted definite de-
ftat upon the enemy and killed all his
hopes as n military power.
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SERB TROOPS SWEEP NORTH
Line Now Ten Miles Above Les
kovatz-Take 5000 Capiives
IN. IL. I..nrin,nL prnsr

London, oct 1l.--Serbian troops, after
capturing Leskovatz. again advanced
and on October s. had reached line
ten miles to the north Of that town, says
an official statement issued by the Serbi-
an general staff. More than 1000 pris-
oners were taken and five more guns
were captured
The text of the statement reads;
After the capture of Leskovatz our
troops on the eighth instant reached
thesine OF Lipovtza and Kossaneeeivch.
ten miles north of Leskovatz. Up TO
the present the number of prisoners cx-
ceeds 5000. Five more guns are re-
ported to have been captured
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Allied Victories Crush Spirit
of Germans. Who Show
Readiness for Any Terms
kaiser's Army in Flight Over
Terrain Made Famous in
l9liby old Conlempiibles'

Continued from PAGE One
voir line with It's belts or rusty wire
which they Stormed In their las, big
battle. that I saw fresh tracks Of tn
strife ana relics that always tell one
when only day or two hay" passed
go co the war was here
Along that .road and u the bitches
or either side Law dead horses and
overturned gun limbcrs and smashed
E'llN. ] have uevr" seen the road 50
st"'wr with dead hcasts. not Ven i|"
Mruin read in Flnndors Every yard
along The way shelf holes had pmCtur"d
'Nr banks on crh,r -i1r AND artillery
teams. driving ar Iallop toward VII
lcrs-Outreaux had been s'ashrl by fire
II was "a way Of the German retreat ana
q way of terror.
NilI"rs-OutreauN was the place the
Wclshmen attacked in pitch darkness
twr nights ago when they closed I'm upon
the German garrison aud fought their
machine gunncrs and then Stormed the
village from end to end, taking many
prisoners The British side Of II was
damaged i'm the usual way wy sh"llng
and the walls were smashed to rubbish
heaps. but the center of the village,
which is large place, was hardly
touched. and the buildings round lis old
u.rityt place were unScarrcd by the
battle.
Beyond that village there was a clean
country with fields plowfd after the
harvest and smooth roads and little
towns like Malincuurt and Wal'ncourt
and Sevigny, which were quite uh-
srathcd by the war and beautiful to see
by eyes. tired to death Of ruin. They
had whit,-washcd walls and red tiled
roofs and the mairics stand solid and
square near market places and the ecoIe
communale CpublC schooD Of the ham
let safe with uubroken walls and win
dows.
Truly it was wonderful to see SUCH
plaCcs beyond that forty miles Of misery,
hut more astonishing was IT TO ma m
habitants still in their houses ana SHOPS
stiIl smiling after four years of agony
in the enemy's hands. They Stoou III
little groups staring with Joyful eyes
at the passing of the Britlsn s"lui'r9
and British transports soldiers "i a
Welsh command. who still has its tan
up though it has Travelled far since
crossing the AvIe in August.
Women surrounded any soldier VINO
could speak little French and poured
out their gratitude for this deHNerance.
one man stood on the step of my car,
taking off his hat and bowing ana shhN-
ing hands with excited courtesy, Mon
sieur," he said you cannot understand
what it means to us after four years OF
suffering. Your soldiers have fed us,
and we needed food but, best of all is
the gift of liberty"
Many Tragic stories
At Sevigny. where there are more than
80 civilians. | chatted with many OF
the women and children and with elderly
-. IL
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Strayer's Business Colleg,
Philadelphia Turngemeinde

School reopens September o. Gymnastics,
Swimming, Drawing and Needlework to chill
dren to Is years for 81 per year Enroll
now. Booklet. Rroad and Columbia ave.
CORRECT ENGLISH. also French. Private
lesson3: capable woman teacher. s74 NJ
93d street.
PRIVATE LESSONS, Languages Mathe-
MATES. English; Elements Of Authorship a
speciality. Miss Wildman 1889 Race.
INTENSIVE TUTORING-Maher Col. Prep.
Maths Univ ref. Witherspoon Bldg
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Now Building in New York

Hotel New York Ito be Staer opersted. win
have 22oO 200 bathsmskng 1t larger than any
hotel in under construction anywhere. IL
will likewise high standards of convenience, service
and distinction Opens about January ist.
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The Canadians deserve honor for hur-
rying the enemy out of Camhrai itself
before he was ready to 60 ny an at
tack delivered at ! 30 that night, when
they took between 800 and 400 prison.
ers and smashed the German rearguard,
From all ] have heard from people
who have been listening TO German con-
Nersations for -four years | am con-
Vlnced that any delay in obtaining peace
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Cambria Presents Varied AS
pect-Desolaiion and Tran
quillity in Sharp Contrast
M any Places Unharmed,
While Elsewhere Wars
Hand Left Brutal Touch

Among troops att"cJing he tatcau
are Manchestors aud Iarcashires and
also lnncskillirg aud Dublin Fusi'lers
and Connaught Rangers The enemy
Is heading the line down from Solesmes
and Is said to be m some strength. but
the British advancing from the ground
beyond Serain. which they had captured
by hard fighting, and where the Con-
naughts had 10 resist a severe counter
attack. are now astridc the old Roman
road leading to the town and are in
the northern suburbs
South of f.o Cateau the Twentieth
Division is near the village of st Benin,
with many German machine gunners
holding positions in front Of them. The
Germans were cleared from EianCourt
and some Of the British troops pushed
forward all day Wednesday ana gained
Bertry and Maurois.
Meanwhile around Cambria the Sew
enth Division has cleared q wide tract
of ground beyond PaillcnCourt. and the
Canadians have. gone across the Erchin
River and are apparently holding Ayes
nes-le-Sec and Navcs, northeast of
Cambrai
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-16
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
by Lce Pape.

Pop was smoaking and thinking in the
setting room after suppir, and | sed, Pop?
Did / heer my fcrst name mentioned2
sod pop.
Do you know wat the epiglottis ISL
l sed.
Wy yes, cpiglottis, epiglottis, sed pop,
wy yes, do you mecn the epiglottis be-
tween North and South America?
No sir, its in theology, everybodys
got one, | sed.
Q, to be sure, that epiglottis, sed
pop, ! thawt for a moment you mite
he referring TO the geographical one, wy,
yes, let me see, the cpiglottis, the epiglot-
It's is, let me see, the cpiglottis is that
part of the body wich in extreme cases
has to be removed
How do you meen, -tremoved ware2
| sed.
That depends on the whereabouts
of the patient, sed pop, but no, on 2nd
thawts I'm rong the cpiglottis is that
comparatively unimportant portion of
the anatomy rite next to the that is to
say, rite between the
Ill tell you wat it is, pop, | sed, the
epglottis is the little thing in your throat
that keeps the food frlm going down
the rong way wen you swallow.
Well blast it all, If You knew all the
time, wat in the name Of Gcrrfnny did
you ask me for? sed pop.
| wunted to see if YOU knew, ! sed.
You go on with yeIr homework, sed
pop, and if | hccr anothsr peep out Of
you LII wake you up at d clock tomorro
morning and remind you that you've ony
got 2 more hours TO sleep.
And he kepp on srnoahin. and thinking
and | kcpp Jon doing my homework.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-16
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
BY Henrietta Grauel.
THE TIN WEDDING.

Wedding anniversaries are interestins
affairs and the tin wedding celebration tx
more than that, for il is always jolifi-
cation-ten years not being long enough
to have dulled the spirit of laughter, or to
have severed all the ties of earlier friend
ships.
''Supriser" writes asking If there is such
thing as n successful dishwasher on the
market that would he suitable for "A tin
wedding anniversary gift. Yes, Supr1ser,
there are several that arc true Joy bnngers
They are not too expensive Tor such n
gift and are practical You viii find them
on sale in any housefurnishng store and
need not hesitate to buy one.
The task of dShwashing with old
fashioned tools is the most monotonous
and time-consuming duty that women
have to endure. The machines do not
wash glassware perfectly, but they do
wash and dry everything else speedily and
we'll
In price, these machines run from SIS
to $40 The lowest priced ones are merely
circular cans and the dishes are placed In
racks and immersed in the hot soapy
water, then lifted out, rinsed and dried.
This is only fairly satisfactory.
\ better machine is the height of
kitchen table, and may be used rs a table
when not engaged in dishwashing. This
machine. and others like It, will wash
dishes for eight persons with one and n
half gallons of water. The water is dashed
upon the dishes in their racks by turning
n crank for two minutes. The sOapy water
is then drawn off and scalding hot water
is poured on and withdrawn. The ma
chime is then opened and dishes dry by their
own heat If white soap Is used, or washing
soda without soap. tho dishes will come
forth shining beautifully and far more
sanitary than when rubbed with kitchen
towel, which is not always sure to be spot
less.
There is always great demand for
hotel dishwashers and not much demand
for the family machines, and tins explains
why drshwashers are not advertised more
largely. Another reason is that women do
not like such radical departures from
established habit. To wash dishes once
n dsv and finish the entire task IN five or
ten minutes, IN the place of spending an
hour or tive over the work, seems sort of
wicked, or too good to be true so drSf-
washing machines are not vet Us popular
as they will bC with the next generation.
Fifteen to thirty dollars will buy good
machine. but if YOU do not want to spend
tins much for one, You can buy wire
dish drainer that will hold the washed,
scslded dishes until they are well dried
and rc,dy to bc replsced uron tie table
The dishes washed in machines must
be carefully scraped. and the water must
be much hotter than you could bear your
hand in which is an excellent thing for
al Int gold-banded china and white glasa
pishwaShing helps are: IOng-handled
cord -sops. soap shakers, fibre brushes,
and hot watcr III profusion: but may you
all find = generous friend vho viii soon
present y~U with a machine washer,
yoH are having wedding an
niverSary or not
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-16
Here From the Wert,

After an absence If iI5ty-four years.
Charles +. Price. = Rative q DE etsrnrs
has returned h ere nom AI5yona TO spend
the summer with relatives He reached
this city several days aaQ accompanied
by his nephew. John Piyee Hyatt, they
having made the trip tegether from
kingnan, Arizona, inclnrhng stops at
the Grand CANYON cf Arizona, Kansas
City, Mo, and Chicago Mr. Hyatt
and his uncle were interested in copper
properties IN AIohave county, Arizona.
which have been disposed Of 1t was
regarding these properties that MIR Hystt
made the western trip. He urged ms
relative 10 come to Delaware with him
Mr.. Price has been in the far West all
these years. He IS m authority on min
cralouical matters, and knows the forma-
ION Of the "Mohavc Desert" from end To
end His camp was ffty-hve mules south
of Yucca The start homcward was
made from kingman, the 60 unty-scat
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-16

for long TING, and hstas AZ the terrible
spider. who had made ner- = prisoner IN
her own house
Il Just cannot liye tkere alone any
longer, said Paper DOH. beginning to
cry. Il must have proteetcr
Il am sure YOU are rrsf, ssrd little
Wooden Policeman Ird 700 viii
accept my protection ! ehsH &c rtad to
offer my services.
Teddy Bear said he thouert that was
Just the thing 10 do, Spd sdv1ses Psrer
Doll to have little Wooden Puhce.sn
Doll guard her house.
Not long after that one night Freds
Doll said: = should think Paper Doh
would have better sense than to be talk
ing with the policeman all the tFnie
Whenever you look that way yc.u sec her
sitting on the steps talking with hI1n,
or he Is sitting on the steps and she IS
looking out I the window. For my part,
think it Is quite a scandal
We'll. she needed a protector" said
Teddy Bear, 'and | advised her to talS
little Wooden Policeman for one. He
offered his services
Nell Teddy Rear. all can say.
said Freda Doh, Is that if she marrleS
hun YOU viii he 10 blame for encouraging
the match, and it VIII be the first scandal
that has come intoithe plavToom.
Il don tsae any harm If she does marry
him said Teddy Bear II they love
esrn othcr v-ere IS the scandal. | should
Ike u know
Cant y.u see. silly" sa-s Freds,
Dol. she would be nsrryIn z tene-sth
her.
I1r.p - acver h.-e=ts -ar-ene, to
NIX v~sr q tldnkIF- sar6 Teddy Bear,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-16

In a minute Paper Doll had the police
man on the wire and told him of her
terrible plight, and the next minute
across the playroom came the little wooden
policeman on the run, everybody jump
ing ont of his way or following him to
find out what had happened
'Oh, save mel save mel" cried Paper
Doll. when little Wooden Policeman stood
NJ her door; "a terrible spider has barred
my door and windows and am a pris-
oner.'
Have no fear. | will rescue you,
fair lady" said the little Wooden Police
man, for he could see through the spiders
web that Paper Doll was very pretty
1t did not take little Wooden Policeman
long to break away the bars from the win
dows and door of Paper Dolls house
and help her to get outside for Paper Doll
was quite overcome by fright and the
strain of being prisoner so long.
Little Wooden Policeman led Paper
Doll TO little wooden chair under the
table, and when she was seated Teddy
Bear and all the other toys who had fol-
lowed the policeman asked what had
happened.
Paper Doll told them all how first
the mouse had scared her and the moth
miller had come in her house and stayed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-16
Special Values in the
Domestic Dept.

Dress Ginghans. 32-inch vide fine QUALITIES
in stripes, pads and checks. Large assortment
to select from When We buy again this sarne
quality will I1e 7Sc. Present prize SOC = I'd.
French Percale IN stripes md checks. So
inch vide. Big values At today's prices, 22c,
25c and 28c q va.
3oinch figured Mercerized Foulards. This
is A nice soft finish and makes up like silk
Regular price 45c. Wednesday. 374c.
38-nch figured r1ercerized Volles, nicely woven
II fine yarns. Light, medium and dark pat
terms in the three prices, SOC, 55c and 4Oc.
3O-nch pink and blue Crepe. This material
is selling rapidly for Wonen's underwear a. $50
yard.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-16
Birthday Party.

\ birthday party was held at the home
of Mrs Roy pIeasanton, 20oo West
Seventh street last Friday evening IN
honor Of her twenty-sixth birthday ANN
versary Those present were MIR and Mrs
II. II Gallaher. Nj and Mrs Olen b
Cannon. Mr. and Mrs John T. Hall.
Nlr and Mrs. Harvey Spencer. Miss
Helen and Blanoe esllahcr and Mis-
Elsie Vernon. h Howard. Alfred and
John Hall. Jr, c 4 Mahoncv, Earl
Sioon and Harvey Spencer. Jr. Mir. sHd
Mrs Roy Pleasantr~ 4 rleasant evcni1s-
was spent, playing games and s-oging
Refreshments were served. Nice presents
XNara rccelXet-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-16
New Silks

36-inch Fouards in all the street shades in
big assortment Of neat and the more elaborate
patterns. All are good wearing fabrics $500,
S2.25 and 81 80 yard
,}6-rneh Taffetas in every good shade, suitable
for strcet and evening wear S1.7S, 900 and
s2.25 yard.
56-inch Satin de Luxe are the coming silks
for refined wear. A nice soft satin which makes
up beautifully.
Wash SatIns in ivory, flesh and pink are
extremely stylish and good qualities. Prices
500 and $3.50.