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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

Il see that you know what hap
pened to me-"
Pradil had an air of surprise.
what was that"
"You know very we'll. Your ex-
preston itself indicates that YOU
have heard. And otherwise, if YOU
didn't know, you would have asked
me about my wife - which you
haven't done"
"But l assure you-"
Anyway, listen to me. | want
you to know, because you are
almost my only friend. Jacqueline
left me-"
Pradll made a movement to speak.
but Bernage didn't give him time.
eyes, she left me. She ran away.
1t happened about six months after
you started for the Indies. Yes, you
went away toward the end of the
summer of 1913, wasn't it? Well,
on February ~, 1914, she disap-
peared. Where? How? With whom?
| don't know. We had been married
four years and our life together
seemed to me to be very happy. We
had no children. If I regretted that,
am sure it didn't cause Jacqueline
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
7HeSiLenc|
ofR0berd
Bridges |
What has become q,
England's Poet Laureat.
in this hour of ora..
issues and events?

w la" .:'a. has ' '::'". .. .s +,
Where is his ode to
signing of the peace
subsequent momentous celesI
tons? Surely it would seem u
the events Of these great 4,
would inspire national poet to /
highest and most prolific exprewl
Of his genius. Yet Robert BridI
is silent.
And, according to one EneI
publication, Land and Watel
this unexpected, perhaps unuI
alleled, silence is the subject of j
verse criticism in England-"ofte,I
the writer notes, "curiously enou.I
from the same people who nesl
failed to sheer at the carefua|
timed outpourings Of Mr.. Brides
predecessor. Apparently" 81
writer continues, "these people NJ
quire a poet laureate like the On.
lie bufoon in Gilbert's eomep i
the Guard. Not only must hs
quips be good ones, but there niue
be an ineXhaustible flow of the vs,
best:
If you refrain they are at 70,
again,
For they like to get value for
money,
And will ask then and there
With an insolent stare,
If you know that you're paid 70
be funny
Mr.. Bridges friends in the pres
seem to find it difficult to defen
him. Some one suggested in Tn
Times that his feelings might be to-
deep for words. Like Lord Bur.
leigh's in The Critic his silenx
might mean a great deal. But h.
seems to have had no difficulty Il
putting into words his opinion d
his present critics, for he told thu
reporter from The Evening News
that, as regards their views, he
didn't care damn And he was
right. For if the nation wanted 3
poet laureate who could be relied
upon to turn out patriotic verse or
suitable occasions it should not have
agreed to the appointment of Mr.
Brldges-nor Of any real poet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
The Last Hope

The young man sighed, mumbling
the cigarette in his watering lips, then
said very suddenly:
"Perhaps you'll kindly give me a
light from your cigar, sir"
The elderly man moved throughout
lis body, as If something very sacred
had been touched within him.
I'D rather not he said; "if you
don't mind"
A quarter OF an hour passed, while
the young mans cigarette grew moister,
and the elder mans cigar shorter.
Then the latter stirred, took it from
under his gray mustache, looked criti-
cally at it, held it out little way
toward the other with the side which
WAS least burnt down foremost, and
said:
"Unless you'd like to take it from
Inc edge"
On the other hand, one has often
travelled in these last years with ex-
RENE embarrassment because our SOL
ers were SO extraordinarily anxious
at one should smoke their cigarettes,
BIT their apples and their sausages
he marvels of comradeship they have
Performed would fill the Libraries of
~ "V1so~ - ~ "a uaxra*SnfIsf&
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

question Of principle involved is sim
ply this: Is any place to remain sa-
cred? And if the answer is Yes then
why not Shakespeare birthplace The
invading firm Of aluminium makers
comes from Birmingham; it is sug-
Gested that they should stay there
that is all. They order these things
better in New York. Those New York
ers who are rich enough and fortunate
enough to live ON Broadway have
started vigorous agitation against
the erection of apartment houses
(Which, we believe, are blocks of fats
beside that famous thoroughfare, be-
cause these buildings are, for economic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

you will never reproach me more
than | rcproach myself. | went to
India to work, to paint. But l be-
came sick and lazy. l intended to
send you news, but from day to day
| put off writing. With you, who
have always been a friend so con-
slant, so good, so sincere, there was
no excuse for me. And the months
have passed. You aren't angry with
me, are you?'
"No. I'm too glad to see YOU
again"
They walked side by side along
the platform. Bernage, with his
spare and grave figure, his tense
look and his gray temples, seemed
ten years older than Pradil, whose
delicate face showed no wrinkles.
whose mustache was blond and
whose blue eyes still sparkled with
youth.
Pradil resumed:
"When | returned the war broke
out. became a sub-lieutenant. Now
am convalescing from a wound in
the arm. It's nothing serious. l
don't ask you what you've been do
ing. l. know. People have often
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

NOR centuries q controversy
~ has been waged over the au-
thenticity Of Shakespeare. Now
arises new argument: Shall
q progressive Birmingham manufac-
turing concern be permitted to put
up an aluminium factory at STRAIT
ford-on- Avon? This is a question
which, as Land and Water" OBJ
serves, "raiscs a big question of prin-
ciple which should not be lost sight
Of To quote this magazine fur
Their:
The controversy about Stratford-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

any concern. l loved her. I believed
that she loved me. There was never
any friction between US. She seemed
happy, didn't she?
Zone day-that 18th of February
i came home and found no Jacuue-
line. She had left letter in which
she told me that she loved another
man and didn't want to live anv
longer with me. She added that she
disappeared thus because she feared
my wrath-not so much on her own
account as on account Of the other
man. | have searched and searched
and searched. But in vain. | was
nearly out Of my head. 1t was then
that l needed a friend to confide in.
But you were at the other end of
the world.
THAT'S what happened to me.
The next summer the war came. l
had been an artillery officer after
leaving the Polytechnic and had re-
signed in order to get married. l
resumed my rank and l have had
many other preoccupations. That's
my story. Don't let us talk any
more about it"
81
The cry of station employee, an
nouncing the train, interrupted Ber-
mage. He climbed on a wagon and,
standing on the steps, grasped Pra-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

reasons, apt to climb to skyscraper
dimensions, and it is argued that they
would destroy the dignity of Broadway
and alter its whole character
This public spirited campaign,
which we hope will succeed, has been
christened by its organizers the Give
a Thought to Broadway campaign.
Why do not Londoners wake up and
start, FOR instance, Give a Thought
to Piccadilly' campaign, the object of
which shall be to prevent the hotels
and restaurants from hopping up the
clubs? For Piccadilly also has char
acter to lose, and it Will lose its char
acter when it loses its clubs"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

spoken to me about you. Yes, COM
rades who have been under your or
dcrs, or in the same sector with YOU.
and who admire you. | had a shock
last year when | heard that YOU
were gravely wounded. Are YOU all
right again now?"
eyes; absolutely"
* st j
They took some steps in silence
and Pradil, as if to renew the con-
versation, asked:
"What are you doing here?"
Il just got off train and am 90
ing to take another in ten minutes.
am on a mission. l must 90 to
Paris, and then return to the front
And you, have you relatives here?
1T seems to be an attractive place
all these woods and gardens, and
the villas which you see down there
inclosed in verdure!"
Eyes, indeed, it seems to, be de-
lghtful spot" Pradil answered, with
indifference.
They crossed the tracks in order
to reach the platform where the
train for Paris would start. Sudden
ly Bernage said to his companion:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
FTER buying the Paris
/ newspapers, which had just
arrived, he made turn or


arrived, he made turn or
two up and down the sta
ton platform. Travellers Fastening
toward the exit rubbed shoulders
with him, among them soldiers and
officers. One Of the latter attracted
his attention. He gave a start, hest
tated a second and then stepped
forward.
"Pradilw
The other lifted his eyes and see
ing an officer superior in rank to
himself made a gesture of salute.
But at the same moment he recog-
nized the man he was saluting. He
turned red, then pale.
"Bernage," he stammered
yes. 1t is /. But calm your
self. l am very glad to see you
again." said Bernage, putting his
hand atfectonately on Pradil's shout
der.
II was SO surprised. And it has
been so long,
"Four years. But who's to
blame? Why didn't you write me
after you started on your trip to
the Indies? We were comrades
since college. We were always the
best of friends. Yet because you 20
on long voyage you forget me en-
tirely. You send me no word
nothing"
eyes, yes" mur1nured Pradil.
''You are right, and I assure you
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

<TT MAY be cheering to as
sumo that those who have
been almost superhuman
these last four years in one
environment will continue to be al
most superhuman under conditions
the very opposite" writes John
Galsworthy in "Scribner's." "But,
alackw he adds, at is not logical"
And then the writer goes on to say:
On the other hand, think that
those who have had this great and
racking experience will be left, for the
most part, with real passion for
Justice; and that this will have pro-
foundly modifying effect on social con-
ditions. I think, too, that many of
them will have a sort Of passion for
humaneness, which will, if you will
suffer me to say so, come in very
handy; for I have observed that the
rest of us, through reading about
horrors, have lost the edge Of our
gentleness, and have got into the habit
of thinking that it is the business of
women and children to starve if they
happen to be German; of creatures to
be underfed and overworked if they
happen to be horses; of families to be
broken up if they happen to be aliens;
and that a general carelessness as to
what suffering is necessary and what
is not has set In. And, queer as it
may seem, l look to those who have
been in the thick of the worst suffer
ing the world has ever seen to set US
in the right path again, and to correct
the vitriolic sentiments engendered by
the armchair and the inkpot in times
such as we have been and are still
passing through.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
The Burden of Babylon:

ut is in the soul that things hap
pen."
0CENE: An upper chamber IN
y tho palace Of tho King of
- Babylon. Dusk on hot sum-
mer's evening. The voice of
one singing far off beyond tho pal
ace gardens is heard vagucly from
time to time. The King is sitting
By an open ,Uindo,c.
The King of Babylon
Since I am Babylon, am the world.
The windy heavens and the rainy skies
Attend the earth in humble servitude;
And I am Babylon, am the world:
The heavens and their powers attend
The Voice of One Crying in the Night
Babylon, the glory Of the Kingdoms,
And the Chaldee's ercellency,
Is become as Sodom and Go7norrnh.
Whom God ouerthye1v By the sea.
The King
Who is that fellow crying by the
river?
I think heard him lift his voice in
OF Babylon: some minstrel seeking
hire:
I need him not to tell me who am,
For | am Baladan of Babylon
The splendors Of my sceptre, throne
and crown,
And all the awe that fills my royal
halls,
The pomp that heralds me, the shout
that follows,
Are flying shadows and reflections
only
From the wide dazzlings of myself, the
King.
This I conceive: and yet we kings have
To apprehend Ourselves imperially
And see the blaze and lghtnings of
our Person;
The thought of their own sovereignty
The princelings even and the lesser
kings:
But I am Baladan of Babylon.
The Voice in the Night
Meier again inho bited,
Babylon, 0 Babylon!
Ecen the qcondering Arabian
From thy aceo1'y ecoste is gone.
NetheT shdU the shepherd tend his
fold there.
Nor anV green herb be gro1rn:
1t co1neth IN the night time suddenly,
And Babylon is oueythroarn.
The King
Pale from the east, the stars arise.
and climb,
And then grow bright, beholding
Babylon;
They would delay, but may not; so
they pass,
And fade and fall, bereft of Bavlon.
Quick from the indian line the sun
comes up,
For he expects to see my palaces;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

And fatten toward my final harvest
ing;
When | am ready, I will reap them in.
For it is written in the stars, and read
OF all my wise men and astrologers,
That l, and my great line Of Babylon,
Shall rule the world, and only find a
bound
Where the horizons bounds are set,
nor end
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
A Poem by w. F. S. in
1.-The Poetry Review"

| And mild beasts out of tho islands
In thy fallen chambers cry.
Where now are the viol and tho
tdbret?
But o1Uls boot in moonlight:
And ovcr the r1ti7as of Babylon
The satyrs dance BY night.
The King
Yon voice that seems to hum my king
dom's glory,
Fails in the vast immcnsity Of night,
AS fails all earthly praise Of him who
The ceaseless reclamation of the stars.
What needs there more ?-the apple Of
the world,
Grown ripe and juicy, rolls into my
lap,
And all the gods Of Babylon, we'll
pleased
With blood of bulls and fume Of fra
grant things,
Even while take mine ease, attend
The figs do mellow, the olive and the
And in the plains climb the big syca-
My camels and my laden dromedaries
Move in from eastward, bearing odor-
Gus gums,
And the Zidonians hew me cedar
Even tall cedars out Of Lebanon;
Euphrates floats his treasured freight
age down,
And all great Babylon is filed with
Wherefore, upon the summit Of the
world,
The utmost apex of this throned realm,
stand, as stands the driving chart
oteer,
And steer my course right onward
toward the stars:
Mean-fated men my horses trample
under,
And my wine-vats have drained the
blood of mothers,
And smoothly my wheels run upon the
necks
Of babes and sucklings, while l hold
my way,
Serene, supreme, secure in destiny,
Because the gods perceive mine excel
lence,
And entertain for mine imperial Per
Peculiar favors. am Babylon,
Exceeding precious in the High Ones
eyes.
The Voice in the Night
BGbylon is fallen, fallen,
And necer shall be j;nolcn agoln!
Drunken acith the blood OF my be-
Iored
And tranapIing on the sons OF
men.
For God is owoke and aacore OF
thee,
And sharply shines His sword,
Where orey the earth spring sud
denly
The hidden hosts of the Lord:
Armies of right and Of righteous
ness,
Huge hosts, unseen, unl:nown:
And thy pomp, and thy reuellinqs.
and glory.
Where the winds go, then are
gone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
The Club

A clustered life in times like III csc
engenders bile; in fact, | think it
always does. For sheer ferocity there
is no place, you will have noticed, like
a club full Of old gentlemen expect
the men who have come home from
killing each other to show us the way
back to brotherliness! And not be
fore it's wanted. Here is a little true
story of wartime, when all men we're
supposed to be brothers if they be-
longed to the same nation. In the fifth
year of the war two men sat alone in
railway carriage. One, pale, young.
q little shabby, had an unlightcd cigar
cite in his mouth The other, elderly.
prosperous and of ruddy countenance.
was smoking large cigar.
The young man, who looked as If
his days were strenuous, took his I'M
lighted cigarette from his mouth. gazed
at it, searched his pockets, and looked
at the elderly man. His nose twitched,
vibrated by the scent of the cigar.
and he said suddenly:
Gould you give me light, sir?"
The elderly man regarded him for
moment, dropped his eyelids and
murmured:
DIVA M m az cLoo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Translated by William L. Mcpherson
Copyright, 1919, Menu York Tribune INC,

CH 9NY k TrUne1
1vHinu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

Survives in domination down the
years.
know, but am concerned not, that
some peoples,
Al the pale limits Of the world. abide
As yet beyond the circle of my sway,
The miserable sons Of meagre soil
That needs much tillagc ere the yield
be good.
| only wait until they ripen more,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14

Till the world ends: 80 shall all other
lands,
All languages, all peoples, and all
tongues,
Become a fable told Of olden times,
Deemed of our sons thing incredu-
lOus
The Voice in the Night
Woful are thy desolote palaces
Where dolefM creatures lie,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
Because He
Had No
Matches
John Galsworthy, in a
recent article in "Scrib-
ner's," tells a story that
hitshard at snobbishness

<<TT MAY be cheering to as
sumo that those who have
been almost superhuman
these last four years in one
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-25
REAL ESTATE BOARD
ENTERTAINED TUESDAY
IN SAMPLE HOUSE

Members Of the real estate board
were entertained at cafeteria
luncheon at noon Tuesday by Whit
comb & Keller at one of their sam
pie homes nearing completion on
Edgewater park. About 40 were in
attendance +. W. Keller presided at
the business meeting that followed,
addresses being made by L. c. Whit
comb. Homer Robinson and J. H.
Kelsey.
II was, indeed, Whitcomb & Kel-
Ter day with the real estate board
the plans of the firm being pretty
well laid bare. for the present build
ing season. The plans contemplate
$50 houses this year in the firm S
four additions. Indiana av. addition,
Oak park, Edgewater park and
Vassar park Forty houses are al
ready in course Of construction and
the majority of them have been sold.
The real estate board is TO hold its
annual picnic at Eagle lake, July Is.
for which a committee on arrange
ments has been made. Several mem
bers Of the board also expressed a
disposition 10 attend the national
meeting of the real estate aSsocia-
tions Of the country, 10 be held al
Atlanta, Ga. next week.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-25
MEMS LEAGUE H0N0RS
FORMER LOCAL PASTOR

The Mems league of the Grace NJ.
+. church entertained at ban
quet Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock
10 about 200 guests in honor Of Rev.
r.. X. Daugherty, former pastor of
the church, who is now pastor of the
Grace NJ. Z. church in Terre Haute.
Rev. Daugherty talked on The
Challenge the World Gives 10 the
Church" The league president
George S. Gall. and Lieut.. Floyd
Jellison, who has recently returned
from overseas. gave short talks. The
invocation was given by Rev. j. y.
Greene. pastor OF the First NJ. E
church and II. r. Lang presided as
POSTMASTER. Music was furnished
by the Apollo orchestra. and vocal
selections were rendered by Mrs.
George Fulmer ard Rev. Rodney
McCurry. pastor of the First Christ
ian church.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-25
PRICES LOWER AS
BUYERS L|QUIOATE
Feeble Rallies Cause Temper
airy Gains, But Clos
ing is Low.

NEW YORK, June 24-Today's
market was a liquidating affair
throughout the entire session. with
feeble rallies at times which were in
effectual in preventing a general
lowering OF prices. Prices ruled be-
tween one and five points under yes
terday's close
Stiffening rates for call money and
some short selling were seen as the
reasons for the lowered prices Call
money shows increased demand al
six percent for railway stocks and
nine percent for industrial stocks.
American Car & Foundry and L.
S. Rubber common were among the
few strong Stocks on tOday'S market.
The volume of business was good.
and the close was slightly above low
for the day
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-25
BOARD LETS CONTRACT
FOR MADISON ST. SEWER

The Madison st. trunk sewer will
soon be under way. The contract
was let by the board Of works short
Is after noon Tuesday after a fight
for the installation had been waged
by the people who will be benefited
by the sewer HOban and Roach, OF
south Bend, were awarded the con-
tract. the construction price being
$31,232.90.
a resolution was ordered drawn
for the paving of an alley between
Wayne and Division SITS. and William
and Taylor SITS.
The assessment roll and hnal esti-
mate for an asphalt concrete pave
ment on Elder and Carroll SITS. from:
Michigan TO Wenger was filed with
the board, and also for water con-
nections on Walnut st. fsom Divi-
sion to sample SIS. and sewer con-
pections on Keasey st. from Carroll
ST. 20 High st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-25
TO MAKE DEPORTATION
LAW PERMANENT, PLAN

Rs United Press
WASHINGTON. June 24.-To
provide the government with more
effective weapon in its campaign
against anarchists, legislation max
ing permanent the wartime powers
for deportation Of undesirable
aliens will be pushed through the
house this week. Chairman John
son of the immigration committee
stated today.
John VII 60 before the rules
committee for a special rule so that
the legislation may be considered
Immediately. Signing OF the treaty.
il is feared. may set aside the war
deporta ton powers.
Under the proposed legislation the
undesirables viii not only be de-
ported. but forever barred from
again entering the United states.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-25
ENGLISH PRINCE VISITS
MINE TO LEARN LIVING
By United Press !:

BY United Press:
CARDIFF. Wales, June 24-The
prince of Wales donned a miners
garb and went down into a coal
shaft today to see how a British
miner earns his living.
The prince was taken through
several tunnels, humping workmen
as he passed, and was shown
through the various stages of min
ing.
Arriving at the shaft mouth the
prince acknowledged the hearty
cheers OF the miners. His frank
directness made a great impression
on the miners.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-25
KIWANIANS OFF
FOR BIC OUTING
Thirty Auto Loads of Pic
nickerS Leave For Indian
Lake tuesday.

Riwanians with their wives and
sweethesrts along with a large num-
Der OF guests. left Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock for Indian lake where
they enjoyed their annual outing.
The procession OF 30 automobiles
was headed b. Mr.. Platner. Banners
nickers told the passerbys just what
the group Of machines represented.
''Nels" Jones. chairman Of the en-
tertainment committee, said he had
some unusual stunts and surprises
for the day az the lake but refused
10 disclose the nature Of them. He
asserted that the surprises which
carried with them prizes, concerned
the ladies as well as Kiwanians.
To Have Fish Dinner.
A fish dinner awaited the party
upon their arrival at the lake. A
number OF Kiwanians left Monday
morning for he lake and succeeded
In catching enough FISH for the en-
tire party. Games and contests Of
various kinds added 70 the entertain
ment OF the day.
Through a little misunderstanding
between g. =. Steed and George NJ
Platner officials OF the day found IL
necessary 10 put them in the cooler
for time. The protection committee
felt that but one cell would be need
ed at any one time during the day
and therefore did not prepare for an
emergency case.