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The Republican., 1919-07-24

trenches and the dugout and the dead
and the dying. There Tommy At
kins basks in the sunshine of success
with matchless, militant "Jock, the
lady from hell" in his prettily pleat-
ed kits, while from all the heights
floats the great standard to which
men rallied to fight for freedom at
the mother country's call from all
the farthest corners of the world
the Union Jack.
Marvels of Masonry.
We are impressed with Cologne, and
as we visit her great hotels and view
her modern methods, her busy streets,
clean, sanitary, splendid, we somehow
have feeling that we are in a mod
ern American city and just that far
removed from the scenes of war. Nat
urally we visit her famous cathedral,
an inspiring symphony in stone, an
architectural poem, veritable tri-
umph in the art of classic construc-
ton. But in some manner our mind
wanders in the very midst of contem-
plation of her beauty, back to her ele-
giant sisters of Scissors, Rheims, AL
bert, Ypres, Amiens, the latter called
by Ruskin "the Bible of Amiens," and
by Arthur Symonds, "the greatest
house made with hands" All these
great churches stand, as in Mexico.
imposing in the center of their cities.
We recall visit to ruined scissors.
ravaged Rheims, Albert, Ypres.
Wreckage, ruins, near-nothingness!
But Our Lady of Amiens, in the an
cient capital of Picardy, has been well
preserved through the general de-
struction and but few shells struck
her delicate structure, so she still
stands elegant in her elevation above
the Somme, not merely one of the
rare beauties of France alone, but one
of the priceless art treasures of all
the world. The idea flashes through
the mind that Cologne might have
been reduced to ruins in exchange for
Rheims, for Scissors, perhaps, or
Ypres. And instantly the thought
flashes back that there has been van
dalism enough, and that no matter
where located the world can i'll afford
to lose these matchless mile-stones
that mark the achievements of men
along the winding lanes of civic prog
ress. Well, we leave Cologne and her
delicate, sculptured gem. AS wrathful
war has spared her, so may an end
less era of peace also spare her, en-
hance her beauty with the growing
charm of venerable years, and restore
the physical structure and preserve
the living soul of art that so magnifi-
Gently expresses itself in the classic
outlines of her majestic sisters of
France.
The Path of Mars.
The Republican., 1919-07-24

quished, and that wreckage and ruin
we left so recently be that of the
victors? 1t seems inconceivable, in
credable, yet it is so and we are
aggain reminded that facts sometimes
stranger than fiction. Up throug the
vine-clad valley of the Moselle all is
wonderful cultivation, thorough thrift,
unmarried cities and unscarred fields.
In the Rhineland it is the same. Up
on the steep cliffs that rise sheer from
the Rhine are the splendid old castles
and occasional picturesque ruins un-
touched by any destroying influence
save Time. In Coblenz, modern and
thrifty, the American army admins
ters affairs, and the bald eagle from
the Western World has replaced the
war-like, black double-eagle of Prus-
sia. All is perfect order and bust
ness bustles briskly in its old way,
while, with the added stimulus of far
western wallets, it booms in a novel,
new way. And facing the west the
worlds greatest, most massive
equestrian figure in bronze, the first
Prussian William-a stern symbol of
military might-faces undisturbed to-
ward the setting sun. But fluttering
far above all on the steepest height,
the most conspicuous impression is
that that thrills as we view Old Glory
floating from aloft over the fortress
Ehrenbreitstein.
We board boat, leave Coblenz in
good American hands, and are alb
sorbed in viewing the castles of the
Rhine and the scenes of its legends
which have long since thrilled US in
song and story. After some hours the
great city of Cologne, famed from old
Rome to today, rises into view, spread
around one of the worlds most classic
architectural gems, its magnificent
cathedral, and soon we land Great
cti VI tIetiil Nello ueloll III anu OuI
in all directions, and all is business
and hustle in the big manufacturing
city. We search for signs of war.
There are none save our splendid old
friends, the British soldiery, who oc-
cupy and administer the military af-
fairs of the city. About year ago
we saw them in the fire and the fury
and the frenzy of war under vastly
different conditions, around far-famed
Ypres in Belgium; ruined Ypres, "the
British Verdun," that will for all time
stand in it's desolation amid the graves
TO one hundred and fifty thousand
British dead, as a monument to Bri-
tain's eternal sacrifce-Ypres, where
the first poison fumes struck dead her
Canadian legions in fearful assault;
Ypres, where with the Old Hickory
Division, our own first fight was
fought. But how different the condi-
tions in Cologne! No longer the
The Republican., 1919-07-24
30S NJ. P. Co., A. P. O., 762.
War Ravaged France
(By LEO I RASCHE)

The sands in the eternal hour glass
glide with a silent, unobserved stealth
that startles. Days weave themselves
into weeks and the weeks multiply
themselves into months ere we are
aware, and so the tides of Time freely
flow. A year ago there doomed and
thundered here the seemingly unend-
ing blasts of the convulsion that
rocked the globe, and that indelibly
impressed itself on the furthermost
corners of the world. A year ago.
At that time we marched up and into
the fury of the furnace-up to the
blazing edge of the earth. How
strange it all seems now in RETROSPECT
tion How quiet, how peaceful
this year with the other-in compar-
ison. The seasons, in their own good
time, have flown into the gulf of the
yesterdays, and another summer of
serene splendor and quiet has graced
the free, floral fairyland of France
in place of that serious summer of a
year ago that so frightfully fayed
her and contended her age-old right
of national existence. Where red.
ruinous war ragged and ravaged, the
poppies blame in the fields again and
the flowers spread gorgeous mantle
of perfumed color. Along the desc
lated battle front, over a wide area
the plows have replaced the guns, and
resolute refugees rustic among the
battered rocks and ruins that were
once their homes, intent upon an al
most hopeless task of restoration.
Over the Waste.
Recently made visit over all the
front, What a wonderful difference
there was between that visit and my
first and subsequent visits during the
war, but especially the first. There
was then feeling that here, indeed,
was the actual edge of the world, for
here was blasting barrier beyond
whose deadly hail men might not
pass. One simply had to obey the
irresistible impulse to peer cautious
ly over the rim of our world-the
sand-bag parapet-drawn by the COM
pelling magnet of curiosity, into the
The Republican., 1919-07-24
Suburban Property for Sale.

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The Republican., 1919-07-24
THE WAR AND AFTERWARD
Lieut.. Leo ] Rasche. Formerly of
Oakland Gives Some Impressions
from Far-Off France.

From First Lieutenant Leo j.
Rasche, former employe of The Re-
publican, now commanding platoon
of Military Police in Paris, the fol-
lowing personal letter to the editor
was received on last Thursday, which
was accompanied by an interesting
article bearing upon the aftermath of
the great World War, which is pub
Iished Herewith.
Lieut.. Rasche's letter is dated at
Paris, France, June 10Th, and is as
follows:
Dear Ben:-For some time I have
been intending to write you some sort
of scrap of stuff from over here, but
always that inevitable something
would occur to intervene with the
plans, and so, having more time than
anything else on hand today, / am
writing several old newspaper friends
and so shall include you with the rest.
l have never seen anyone from Oak
land over here or anywhere near.
Nearly all the Marylanders l have
met have been from down about Balti-
more or from the "Easte'n sho'." 1t
seems to me that have run into peo-
pie l knew from nearly every state
except the old home state. l have
met all sorts of people from all parts
of the country and in all sorts of
places, but never an Oaklander. |
consider that rather unusual, because
no matter where we go, we always,
or at least that has been my exper-
ience heretofore, meet some one from
home. But if l meet an Oaklander
now, / think it will have to be on the
boat. The A. E. F. is fast fading
away, and will very soon now be
nothing but a memory.
At this season of the year over
here the climate is very different
from what it was last summer, much
drier everywhere. 1t is, in fact, pretty
much the same as the climate about
Oakland-warm, clear days, with
snappy, cool nights, and after dark an
overcoat is altogether a very comfor-
table convenience in the height of
summer in sunny France.
/ imagine great many of the boys
have returned by this time and have
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little left now to tell of events and
conditions over here, and so that pret-
ty nearly anything one might write
nowadays would be very much in the
nature of "Twice Told Tales" Well,
however. | have set down a few OBJ
servations at random, and perhaps
they may help you kill space. When
ever l write anything over here it is
such difficult thing to know just
where to begin, just where to end,
just what subject to choose, that the
thing is confusing. There are so many
subjects, so many experiences that
crowd themselves before the mental
vision, that about the only thing to do
is to start somewhere and stop when
you have run your course.
Give my best regards to all the
folks, the boys and my friends, and
believe me always,
Very sincerely yours,
LEO ]. RASCHE.
30S NJ. P. Co., A. P. O., 762.
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Germany!

Is this the land so long securely
sealed as though in a vault? Is this
the land so shrouded in mystery dur
ing the ruinous, red years of war?
Can this fairyland of peace and plenty
and perfect order be that Of the van
The Republican., 1919-07-24
At Height of Dawn.

On a recent visit, not long ago,
how vastly different! "Blighty" in all
her old-time beauty, gallant, grand
and glorifed in the triumph of her
great, world cause A freer air.
lighter life, happier hearts. All the
black, menacing clouds of war worn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-29
True Stories of Successful W0mem
BY Edith Moriarty

ma was amazed. How could she ever
take up dentistry She had no money
and her last experience in school had
been so discouraging.
The dentist, however, would not give
up so easily. He finally worked out
q plan with her whereby she was to
work for him one year and during that
time she was to read UP on dentistry
and save money for tuition at school.
Then she was to work for him after
school hours. as the dental college OF
the big university in the city was
downtown near his ONCE.
She was also to work for him or
some other dentist during the summer
vacation and by that method it seemed
possible that by borrowing money for
part of her tuition and paying her
earned money at home for her share
she might in three years have the COW
eted degree Of doctor of dental sur
gerry. She followed his plan to the
last detail except that her last year
che was able to pay all her own tut
ton.
She was the only girl in her class
and despite her absorbing interest IN
her work and her hours. crowded as
they were with studying and money
making, she still had time for parties
and dances which are a part Of every
young girls life. She graduated third
high in her class and when she took
her state examinations she was fifth
highest.
Today she is just what she decided
she wanted to be FIVE years ago,
dentist who specializes in children's
work and her practice is as large now
as the dentist; who helped her get
her start. She paid of her debts in
year and today. although but "a
years old. she is already successful
woman.
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scenes, with middle man and end men as of yore
and row over row of burnt-cork faces rising am
phitheatrically above them. But the grace Of the
day that Is dead never comes back. Most en-
phatically, the fault does not lie in aging risb-
ties nor yet in the drytop badness of the antique
minstrel joke. The old minstrel show was wittier
than the modern imitation, even when due allow
ance is made for things seen in the dark back
ward and abysm of time; but it was not verbal
antics that made its memories forever golden.
Wit is the smallest part of your true low comedy,
an almost negligible incident The essence of
comedy is character, the revelation Of the sensi-
tive human ego traversed by the grim, insensate
facts of life. Was it George Primrose who told
how he stole the widows flapjacks while she
made love to him? It doesn't matter; Haverly,
Thatcher, West or Dockstader could have acted
the little scene as WELL While Cleopatra enveloped
him in her serpentine charms, he deposited flap
jack after flapjack in his tall silk hat with wads
of butter and portions of New Orleans molasses
in between. But when he slapped his hat on his
head to go, she clinched him in final embrace
and the ooze trickled down about his ear and
upon her cheek. In his startled, guilty eye, Loves
perfidy stood revealed. The thing was done with
one battered tile, few gestures, fewer words, and
of course with no crudely visible widow; but the
joy of it is still trenulous in the midriff. Negro
character has never been warmer, richer, more
deeply delightful, than In the old minstrel show.
Who shall say why fashions in the theatre
rise so gloriousy and lamentably cease?
Changes in our kaleidoscope population have APP
parently something to do with it. The civil war
intensified interest in the negro. Then came the
Irish invasion, conducted by Harrigan and Hart
whose masterpieces eliminated in the dramatic
rally" of running fight between shillalah and
razor. The shillalah always conquered; but its
triumph was short lived. Other things came into
favor It is all so gradual that one scarcely real
ICES what is happening until some we'll remember
ed favorite makes his final exit.
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Life Savers

Here are warnings prepared by the Los An
geles police department that, if needed, will pre-
vent accidents:
If waiting for street car, wait on the side
walk until it approaches before stepping into the
street. When alightng from a car always look
for approaching traffic.
When leaving car go directly to sidewalk or
cross walk.
Don't cross in front or rear Of street car from
out of the way.
Don't dodge back and forth in front of ap-
preaching vehicles-stand still.
Don't use roller skates on streets.
Don't ride on steps of street cars. Don't jump
on wrong side of street car which is in motion.
Children, don't hitch on behind vehicles.
Don't allow children to play in the streets.
Don't cross in middle of block.
Don't carry umbrella so as to obstruct your
view when crossing the street.
Don't walk in the roadway except to cross the
street.
Don't step into the street to gaze at the fire
apparatus that has passed-the next one may hit
you.
Keep your eyes open and head up when eros
sing the street.
Don't step from moving street car.
Don't run across the street.
Don't cross intersections diagonally-cross
with the stream of traffic.
Look to the left for approaching vehicles be-
fore you step into the street, and then to the
right when you reach the center of the street.
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BRYAN AND THE PRESS

Minneapolis Tribune.
William Jennings Bryan Is quoted in address be-
Portland (Ore.) Press Club predicting that
some day all will be issued through government
channels and will have the approval of the autho
ty before printed" Governmentcontrolled news
papers, he said would be expected to give iparay the
views Of each political party presented by
in authority.
1t looks if Mr. Bryan might be taking his nspira-
ton from the designs of Townleyism the press Of
North Dakota. In that he would better bit
how the order of kept press works in
that venturesome commonwealth.
With Democratic administration hostile him MT
Bryan might have Jared under a government-censored
press in 1896 than he did. His paramount
issue of antiperiasm in 1900 would not have gibed
we'll with imperial If been one at that
time. Would the slogan Let the People Rule. as MT
Bryan understood that aurng appear 1908
helped by the effect press censored under Re-
publican administration. under any other kind oppos
ed to his political doctrines?
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she, like most other girls, never
thought of a dentist or dentistry ex-
cept when she had the toothache and
then her thoughts were not kindly
ones.
When she finished high school she
did not know just what to do. Most
Of her friends were going on to col
lege, but Norma could not afford to
do that, and so after casting about a
bit trying to find an aim in life she
decided to 60 to business school.
Disguised with Shorthand.
Her first week was one of terror,
according to her own accounts Of 1t.
Those miserable little shorthand fig.
ures," as she called them, danced be.
fore her eyes all day and haunted her
at night, but she could never recall
the right one at the right time. Each
night she would decide to leave
school and go to work and each night
her family would persuade her to re-
turn.
Finally she gave up trying to master
the dots, dashes and curlicues and
she merely went to school, put in the
time, and went home each night with
nothing gained. Parties and dances
were so much more fun and finally be-
came so important a part of her life
that she forgot that she was supposed
to be learning her LIES work.
Then one day everything changed.
Her father died suddenly and left the
family with little money, and many
debts. Norma had to leave school.
Had my father lived or left US
should probably hold the record as
the city's slowest stenographer, for 1
was well on the road to the title" she
laughingly says when speaking of her
career
Becomes Dentists Assistant
She and her sister both left school
and started to work to help the family
recover financially. Norma happened
to get work as assistant in the Office
Of prominent dentist. 1t was not
| long before she became intensely in.
terested in her work. Even before
she realized it herself she was think
ing more Of work and less of play
She started taking dental magazines
and reading up on dentistry in the Ii
brary and while she was doing 1t she
was unconscious Of any effort on hel
Part. She was merely doing it be
cause she found it pleasant. She
watched the dentist with the interes,
that other girls watch their favorite
hero on the movie screen. She asked
questions about everything she did moi
understand. The dentist appreciated
her interest and her work, but he
thought she was merely an especially
conscientious person. But one day be
discovered her and she discovered her
self.
A little girl came to be treated. She
cried and was frightened and it looked
as If nothing could be done for her
Then Norma took the child and calm
ed her and looked at her tooth anc
finally treated her under the doctor!
instructions. After the child was SEN
happily away. Norma said:
Il don't see why women do not take
up dentistry and why they do no
specialize in children's work, because
children are usually not afraid Of wo
men"
The dentist told her how some wo
men do enter the profession, and hi
asked her why she did not try 1t. Nor
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What Other Editors Say

but that may have direct bearing conditions at
home. Many ago 1t noted at New York that
the outgoing tide Of foreigners taking much
cash. the boarding savings years work high
to enable take fresh in the old home No
objection is raised to this and it contribute to
rehabilitation of the old countries where is
seriously because of the lack of ready cash.
Government support is asked for private credit and
be withheld, but the stream Of flowing In the
direction that have been shut off from mail
service for nearly five years is certain to have
good work Of This is the
least Americas contribution to Europe's salvation.
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From the Chicago News,


~ ONE valuable by-products Of the such as the
better physique and the admirable bearing of the
~ trained soldier quickly visible 1t took little
longer psychological byproducs manifest them
selves. The question of what they would be was OF
course another the question Of the part the
turned soldiers going play in the life and work OF
the Data begins accumulate showing that the
war has given country mental and moral assets of
vast worth.
Employers testify to the added efficiency Of the
turned One large Chica institution recently
piled approved its employees who had been
in military The showed that Ga cent
were better workers than before that 80 per
unchanged that cent below their former
level The greatest improvement found in of
fairly long service The who showed deteriora
had all to the training about two months
before the ended In other words they had been
settled in their habits and had profit
military discipline and instruction.
Even more striking evidence Of beneficial acuons
is seen in the whoehearted in which the newly
turned men are re-ensting for patriotic service in the
ranks Of the American Legion. That organization
holds standard Of patriotism Of democracy and Of
helpful comradeshp. 1t seeks to onward in civil
life principles the soldiers fought for and also the
self-sacrfcing spirit with which they fought
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Good Evening
BY ROY K. MOULTON
BY ROY x. MOULToN.


They have queer weather in Ohio.
One Of the papers describing an cleo
trical storm said: Each deafening
peal Of thunder was followed by a
vivid fash of lightning"
They abolished 'lightless nights
many months ago. but the people
seem to have been kept in the dark
ever since.
once there was a man who de-
ceived his wife," is the way one mag.
azine story starts.
We read no farther. Judging by
the opening sentence. the whole story
Is manifestly impossible.
The Restaurateur's Shortest Poem,
Can't pay the rent
With 2 per cent.
Just when we thought there was
never going to be another war. the
London town corporation presented
General Pershing with a new sword.
It Is a wise galoot who knows
enough to stay of the witness stand.
AS diplomat and philosopher Uncle
Henry Is a great little old automobile
manufacturer.
1t Is rumored that the man in the
postal airplane accidentally dropped
somebody's love-letter overheard the
other day, and the thing was so
much lighter than air that 1t foated
upward out of sight and was never re-
covered.