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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
THE WAR AT A GLANCE

tremity OF the Chemin des Danes.
Unconfirm ed reports have been
received in the American lines
along the Nesle that the enemy
is Withdrawing north Of that
river. toward the Aisne-
Enemy forces are putting up a
violent resistance against the
British. but to no avail Since
last Wednesday, they have been
driven eastward an average Of
more than four miles on the 80
mile front. The greatest allied
gain has been six miles. toward
Bapaume. one Of the most i'm
portant points in the salient. The
British momentum apparently in
creased in spite of the strong ef-
fort of the Germans to stay the
oncoming rush Of tanks. cavalry
and infantry.
1900 Foe Prisoners Counted
More than 1900 German pris-
oners already have been counted.
and the enemy losses in prisoners
are said to be in excess OF the
British casualties. Unofficially,
the number OF prisoners is placed
at 10000.
on most Of the front the Brit
have pushed the Germans
from the high ground so neces-
sary for defences. Also the en-
envy has been forced out Of muck
OF the crater country marking
the old Somme battlefield of 1916.
This has opened up new oppor-
tunities for the tanks and cavalry.
Allied airplanes continuously
bomb troop movements and STRAIT
egic centers behind the German
lines.
British Near Bnpaume-
The Germans held onto Ba-
paume throughout Sunday in
heavy fighting Gen Byng's
forces, however, are now in Aves-
mes. a suburb one half mile TO the
west, have reached Favreul. two
miles TO the north and are re-
ported in Thilloy. one mile and a
half southwest. The fall OF Bray.
which came after the capture Of
Albert. has enabled the British TO
press on eastward. and they are
reported in Suzanne. two miles 10
the east. and at the edge Of the
swamp country which lines the
Somme 10 the Peronne.
II the enemy has counted on
gaining the Hindenburg line and
there finding secure positions
from which to beat off an allied
attack. his plans may be upset by
the rapidly with which the Brit
ish have progressed toward Bulle-
court once inside the linden
burg defences around Bullecourt,
the British have q good path to-
ward Cambria.
french Employ ARTILLERY
North from scissors. the French
are hammering the Germans with
their artillery. Except on the
vital sector north OF scissors, the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
FRENCH on AMY SIGNS.

ITe Fre0c1 as vel as Inc Englisl
rames II the several buildings and
places in and about Fort Bliss have
i-sen placed on the army sign boards
for the purpose Of teaching soldiers
50 much Of the French language as
win enable them 20 carry messages
after they reach France
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
Patcher Still Good Al
Kdling-He Uses Bauonei

PittsbbrE Pa Aug IS William
Ca1ena. a butcher before he entered
the military service. Is still following
his trade on the western front, &C
rordinE 70 letter sent TO friends in
Braddock- To prove that he is still
good at killing, he sent a piece OF
German uniform with a number and
insignia for fdentification. Calena
says the German IS below par with
the hayonet and eve can give them
b. with ours"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
ERENcH - PAssEs-

Lieut.. Emmanuel LeMaitre. French
aviator and ace, and formerly in
structor in aviation at Fort Worth.
passed through Ell Paso Sunday on
his way TO San Francisco. From there
he will 90 TO New York and thence
to France &c join his unit.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26

Does your roof need painung2 1900
gallons Cabot's Single Stain at pre-
war prices Lander Lumber Co Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26

aids Digestion. relieves Sour stomach.
Diarrhoea and FluX- Il Is just a ef-
fective for Adults as for Children Per-
fectlv harmless.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26

Capt Eugene T. Harris. Instructor
iu the Cody training division for some
time. since his tour at Camp Travis.
VAS in II Paso Monday visiting HIS
vie and parents
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26

TXTENDING the Picardy battle
L line far TO the north into the
Artois sector. the British launched
an attack this morning in the
Scarpe region east Of Arras. This
attack may be considered as a
new development Of the terrific
battle east Of the Ancre river,
which has been going on since
last Wednesday.
The British war office reports
good progress being made in the
new attack. which was begun in
an area where the Germans hold
strongly fortified lines, and which
have teen held by them for the
last two years.
Encounter slight Setback.
South Of the Cojeul river the
British have seemingly encoun-
tered a slight setback, for to-
days reports show they are fight
ing west OF regions where the
battle was said TO be going on
yesterday.
Bapaume is seemingly being
slowly pocketed BY the British.
Favreuil. a mile and a half TO the
northeast, has been taken by the
British. who have passed beyond
the village, while further north
Mory has been taken
Progress on each side OF the
Somme river is officially reported
from London, and il is said that
the British are advancing toward
Naricourt. four miles northeast OF
Bray.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
@TO HE'LL WITH THE KAISER"
Hr1r-ar-H aaarss r~H

Parcel Post. Expert shoe repairing.
Chas. RO<ahr, 81 Texas St.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
REGISTER AT RED CROSS CAR.

Lieut.. Col A. H. Holingsworth, first
Lieuts. Bernon r. Taylor and Z. n
Percical, and second Lieut.. Paul F.
Showalter. all Of the 18th infantry.
passed through FL Paso sunday and
registered at the Red Cross hospital
car at the union station.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
send Us rour Man orders,
A Word To
Teachers

THOSE of you who have taught
IN the El Paso schools In the
past. need no introduction to The
Popular" its policy. its service and
the quality Of goods for which it IS
famed.
This year we are better prepared
than ever before to supply your
every want. Stocks are larger than
IN any past season and a guarantee
Of satisfaction or money refunded
goes with every purchase.
We cordially invite teachers who al
ready know The Popular" and
those VINO are strangers to US. to
visit this store at your earliest op-
portunity. Make It your head
quarters; take advantage Of its
many conveniences; meet your
friends here; use our writing and
rest rooms. telephones. etc. View
the new Fall and Winter styles. We
extend you a hearty welcome and
assure you that you will be courte-
ously treated whether you wish to
purchase or not.
,str..o &S47hE&e
Gslslf7ssIsE sslas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26

Hotel LauEhIIn. three blocks from
best cafes and depot, FL Paso. Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
ay @ Sunday Papers On Sale Long AS Lots Last
BANKING BY MAIL

PASO BANK & TRUST COMPANY.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26

Hotel LaughIin, army headquarters.
ADV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-26
French RepuIse Attacks-

There has been great artillery
activity from ROye to the Aisne
river, according TO the French re-
port, but there is no mention OF
new infantry attacks in this VIZ
tai sector. German surprise at
tacks on the French lines in the
Vosges sector have been re-
pulsed.
As the battle stands today. the
British appear TO be quite near
the old Hindenburg line. south OF
Arras. while they are making an
attack directly against il along
the Scarpe river. If the attack
launched this morning is success
full. it way have a determining ef-
feet on the course OF the battle
further south. for a German re-
treat over a wide section might be
forced. It also viii affect the
Flanders sector 10 the north from
which the Germans are said to be
retiring
Heavy rain is falling over the
battle area
From Vesle.
French pressure continues all
along the southern wing TO Sois-
sons. Between the Oise and the
Aisne. Gen. Mangin is pressing
steadily toward the western ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03

through some fancy dress ball. where every
emotion represented in the guse of
fantasy, were to come upon a group
of exquisite youth attired as Grecian gods
and goedesses. For Mr.. Mestrovitch is
stark He lays bare the soul of & passion
ate land, and is not. ashamed. His great
widows arc not dim, passive before DESERT
ed hearths; their losses tear them in agony;
every line in these ten sculptures expresses
an abandonment in despair; their hearts, as
in some old Mexican sacrifice, have been
rent from them, and lie bleeding before
God Their great heroic heads, Srdj and
Milosh, are character studies as we'll as
sculpture. There is no. striving to make
these men palatable; neither would grace
dress shirt or a tennis costume; they have
passed long ago out Of the realms of reali-
ties. They have become great Oscillations
of the desire to exist, great egoists, crafts
men with the sword, living in fable more
for their deeds than for their worth; there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03

she felt that the trend Of the last letters
had become somewhat sentimental. and
that the tender kisses dispatched to
Jacqueine had really been intended for
her.
But when she saw a tall young man,
very blond, who blushed like girl and
hardly dared to look at her. she lacked
the courage to be severe.
Jacquelne, as serious as young
woman, was greatly impressed and at
tcntive, showing her godson through the
various rooms of the house, presenting
him to Maria, the servant; to Bobby,
the dog, and to her doll
"Ah," thought Nine. Chabris, when
the soldier on leave had taken his train,
how foolish | would be to interest my
self in that. young man.
A widow, after three years of mar
riage to an arbitrary husband, who had
tyrannized over her and whom she didn't
love, enjoying her freedom to the full.
she wished to be dependent on no one.
Only-and the more so because she was
just IN the full bloom of her beauty-she
couldn't forget her twenty seven years.
Besides, she had Jacqueline.
For that reason the handsome widow
had declined an offer of his hand from
Lerande, the, lawyer, who was fairly
eligible, and another offer, more hatter-
ing, from NJ. Marat, broker.
The exchange of letters continued.
But now Nine. Chabris wrote herself.
She let her pen wander over pages and
pages, and then inserted her epistle in
the same envelope with Jacqueline's
scrawl. Or she at least saved IL little
place at the bottom of one of the beau
t'ful lavender letter sheets on which the
little girl Joined with mamma etc,
etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03
THE TWO GODMOTHERS-B Jacques Constant

the villa.
''Be very careful, my dear" said the
mother, greatly treasured. eve are
going to take a short walk, Jean and l."
The little girl nodded assent. But her
darkened glance, weighted with re-
proaches, followed them until they dis
appeared under the trees of the nearby
forest
They walked along under the tower
ing branches, she leaning on his arm, he
bending down, almost carrying her, and
kissing now and then the waves of hair
caught at the back of her neck. And as
IT they were really to dispose of their
own fate, they elaborated projects.
building castles on the shifting sands
of the future. When they returned
Maria, the servant, ran to meet them
Has madame seen Jacqueline any
where? I've been looking for her for
the last two hours"
With a beating heart, Nine. Chabris
ran through the house, from the cellar
to the attic; through the garden, from
the treillses garlanded with wild grape
vines, to the stucco wall, topped with
pebbles, which separated it from a big
country estate, for the moment unoccu-
pied. Climbing over this crumbling
barrier, it was a simple matter to pene-
trate into the deserted park, where
huge basin, covered with water lilies
and rushes. shone amid the centurv-old
trees
Nine. Chabris was seized with a fright
ful presentiment. She scrambled over
the wall, her short skirt catching in the
roughnesses of the surface, and ran
toward the ycloT..s h water. Suddenly
she distinguished on the soft ground a
child's footprints Then she saw white
dress floating near the edge of the
water.
Jean, who had followed her. had no
difficulty in dragging Jacqueline's drip
ping body out Of the water. He bent
over and put his ear to her heart.
She is alive" he said.
When the mother, still in tears. had
been assured by the physician that all
danger had passed and had thrown her
arms about the little girl, the latter
murmured:
Naughty mama. you took away
my godson You made me cry. But I
, made YOU cry, too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03

is little Arthurianism in the Serbian
legends; these men lived and fell by ego
ism. They are portraits forever of what
kinghood stood for in the past. And over
against these, the ego and the nego con-
trasted, there arc the wood carvings Of
Christ
But how is it possible for nation
whose whole creed is made up of negations
to realize or yet further TO love this one
which is all assertion? How is it possible for
those whose chief pride is in their reserve
to understand those whose creed is aban-
donment? And if the spirit cannot be under
stood the beauty cannot be felt. l am sorry
that those days are gone by when We
danced round the May pole and roasted
oxen on the church green, for in those days
l think it would have been more easy for
us to understand what Mestrovitch means,
and perhaps through him to to
clearer understanding of the Slavonic
shirt"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03

Besides these regular messages she
received, in return, long letters. respect
full, but impassioned, which filled her
whole being with languorous fever.
Jacqueline recognized the white en-
velopcs and the fine handwriting of her
godson. Her big black eyes grew SOM
bre, her movements took on a singular
gravity and her lips closed tight on a
secret.
"Why don't you play" asked her
mother. Are you sick?''
"No, mama
When second furlough brought
Jean under their roof, Nine. Chabris's
uneasiness increased. Now gay and
smiling, now nervous and ready to weep,
she had lost that tranquil self-mastery
OF which she used to be SO proud.
The young man, who had risked his
life twenty times on the Sommc. had the
audacity to pass resolutely to the often
sive, and he realized that the adversary
fought back very weakly
Look here. Jean, have YOU consid-
cred the fact that | am three years older
than you?"
He employed so much eloquence that
he ended by persuading listener who
was only too ready to be convinced.
A long kiss. sealed their betrothal.
which was to be subject (alas.} to SO
many hostile contingencies. The two
young people were in the garden, hid
den by the screen Of vine. At the
moment when their lips met they heard
light cry, which startled them
\Mon Dieu.' said Mime. Chabris. is
that you, Jacquelne?"
NO one answered. They thought that
they had been mistaken, when they
found the child seated on the porch .of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03

awkward hand and sometimes blotted
with ink.
Jacqueline tried faithfully 20 keep
her promise. But for brain of seven
years the composition of u letter offers
insurmountable difficulties. Nine. Cha
bris was obliged to make a first draft,
which the little girl, signing big signs
and twisting her tongue, painfully
copied. But what was her JOY when the
postman, ringing at the gate of the villa,
brought her an envelope with the adj
dress: "Mlle. Jacquehne Chabrs"
Often she could not declpher the fine
handwriting or grasp very we'll the sense
of phrase. Her mother had to help
her out. In this way Nine Chabris be-
gan to interest herself in the prose of
Jean Belvat. Moreover, like many
young men who have discovered them
selves in the course of this war, Jean had
true talent for letter writing, which
tended to confirm the maxim of Vau-
yenargues: "Great thoughts come from
the heart
After Jacquelinc's third or fourth
letter he perceived that the style was
certainly not that of Il seven-year-old
girl, and his answers accommodated
themselves to that discovery. Over the
head of his little godmother, his deli
cately shaded phrases were aimed at
Nine. Chabris herself She came gradu-
ally to await with more impatience than
her daughter the franked envelopes
from the front
One fine morning Jean arrived on
leave.
Nine. Chabrls had sworn to appear,
if not cold, ut least little distant. for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03

ME- fact that the word camoufage,
when it is boiled down, is nothing
but actors war paint and poilg
is merely an unbarbercd SOLDIER
"Munsey's" observes editorially, is the
most modern evidence of that love Of
metaphor which makes the whole world
kin. The writer goes on in diverting
fashion:
"Havelock Ellis remarks that keen sense
OF metaphor has ever been leading char
acterstic of great minds If that be SO, we
all started on our illustrious path carly in
life, for every family has ~ own little
stock Of gradually accumulated metaphors,
which are not used much in public, but
which is the freemasonry of family life arc
frankly if not brutaly apt. We always
used to refer to a certain set Of childrea as
the Leghorns,' for their father, prosper
GUS poultry dealer, driving by one day win
buggy full of projecting children's legs
called out to us:
These are the best of my Legborns.
During the summer we often used TO
make the remark, put the milk in Mrs.
Cove and used 70 hear the question, is
Aunt Maria full of huckleberries? Mrs.
Cove and Aunt Maria were two pitchers
whose complacent curves and perky noses
seemed TO US to have some resemblance 70
the human form divine Of the two ladies
mentioned
"Then there were circumstances. Al
exuberant and enthusiastic aunt, returning
from a summer on Cape Ann. had told Us
that the wild roses at home were not CIR
cumstances beside those that the Cape pro
duced. We never in her hearing referrea
to wild roses as circumstances; she woulohs
have known what we meant, but the epi'ns'
lived on in childish circles.
This family treasure troyc Of metsphoS
forms practically our first foreign languss'
and starts us on the Joyous use OF "o's'
And many an American doughboy has ve'
coined the French slang of the trenehss
more quickly than the literary language y
cause of remote home influences in the -,
Of catchwords. He is not surprised 10 ~.
the French soldier referring to his pas''.'
AS his sweetheart Rosalie or as ms ~
He sees the aotness of calling shell ppis,
ing in the air kettle boiling over a e,
man is II sky scratcher and drunken w
is one we'll peppered. The ambuanee Z IS =.
| packet boat. and the observation balloon ~
sausage, All eminently fit. ss3<
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03
The Boy in
France

q TEEPED in hot haze of the August
- afternoon
~ The garden dreams of many
splendored trance;
The locusts dronc Il long issistent
tune;
And the boy-the boys in France.
Down the stone steps the rose-pink
phloxes stand,
Like delicate sculptures, through the
breathless day,
Brilliant yet shadowy, as the bright,
vague land;
And the boy-the boys away.
The dogs about the terrace listlcss lie,
Waiting springing step they used
to know;
We wait, we also-and the days crawl
by;
The boy--we miss him so.
! Green fields reach over hills to fields Of
u gold;
Far off the city shimmers, gay but
wan;
Tie radiant scene breathcs loneliness
untold;
The boy-the boy is gone.
Sudden his service flags innpetuous story
FLASHES a bugle note across the
flowers;
Sudden the aching loss is pride and
glory;
lie is in Francc-he's ours
Lad of my heart From all across
your land
One thought wings to that land Of
old romance;
One proud America stretches loving
TO the boy---the boy in France
Mary Raymond Shipmqn Andrews,
in .Scrfbncr's.
a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03
g A GoDsoN twentyfour years
~ old?" cried Nine. Chabris.

~ old?" cried Nine. Chabris.
"No, no. | am neither young
enough nor old enough to be god
mother to him."
"My dear niece" protested M. Hen
riquez, II can guarantee jeans manners
and education. His father, manufact-
urer in Roubaix, had intended to send
him to the university. Some weeks be-
fore the war broke out he had gone on
visit to England The brave fellow re-
turned to join the army. Since then he
has heard nothing from his family"
Jacqueline, kneeling on the carpet,
was sewing a dress for her doll She
seemed completely absorbed in her work,
but, as matter of fact, she was not
losing word of the conversation.
Mamma" she said suddenly, II
should like so much to have soldier
for godson."
Little goose, godson is not a doll"'
AS tears began to show on the black
eyelashes of the little girl, Nine. Chabris,
who. adored her, lifted her up, wiping
her moist eyes and nose with a fine
batiste handkerchief.
Look at this godmother, who doesn't
even know how to dry her own tearsw
ooh, mamma, / should be so happy!
1t would be so amusing to receive letters
in my own name"
But have you thought that it will
be necessary to answer them--witlout
my helping you?'
Jacqueline reflected moment, and
then, trembling little, took this solemn
vow:
Il promise to work hard and write
them all by myself"
That is how Jean Belyat, infantry
man, became the godson of Jacqueline
Chabris.
He received regularly packages, in
which useful objects were nterminged
with luxuries, and letters, written in an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03
TIME Slavs are a widely dispersed
body of people. The Serbs are
"A Slavs, but they have a tradition


of freedom which is all their own
and goes back long way 1t is tradi-
ton sufficiently matured to bear a vigor
GUS fruit, for the sculpture of Ivan Mes
trovitch, the Serbian, is largely an ex-
preston of Serbian history and of the as
pirations Of these people whose land bore
the first impress of the world war. John
Sails, writing in "The New Witness" in
the following gives his impressions of
some of these works as he found them in
the Scottish Academy at Edinburgh:
at is thus strange adventure to come
upon in this Scottish Academy, these power
full works of Mestrovitch. 1t gives some
thing of shock, as though, wandering
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03
Translated by William J.. Mcpherson
Copyright, 1918, By Neao York Tribune Inc.

Copyright b N Ym Trbun Inc
"a htt t. H. gosM of ddn AeodmoMe
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-03
Treasure Trove of
Metaphors

ME fact that the word camoufage,
when it is boiled down, is nothing
but actors war paint and polg
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-01-04
FLENSBURG

Jan. 2.-Miss Lydia Axnark return
ed to Minneapolis Sunday, after
weeks visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Axmark. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. l.. Larson euter-
tanned a number Of young people at
their home Saturday evening. A
pleasant evening was spent at playing
games.
Miss Rose Peterson arrived from
Minneapolis Saturday for a weeks
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. A. Peterson.
The Farmers Mutual Telephone
company will hold their annual meet
ing next Saturday, the 5th, at o CLOCK
in the afternoon, in the school house
in district No. 81. All members
should try to be present.
Miss Ethel Axmark Of Little Falls
spent the holidays at her home here.
School will commence in the districts
here next Monday, after two weeks
vacation.
Elmer Rylander is Little Falls
caller today.
O. R. Holmstrom Of Freedmen visit
ed with friends here a day last week.
Miss Margaret Larson returned to
Minneapolis last Thursday, after an
over Christmas visit at her home here.