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YIN An HUN OONAN DO1 LIZ - Il
- History Of the Great War has now
reached its fourth volume, which is de-
voted to the British campaign in France
and Flanders in 1917, eliminating in "the
dramatic twofold battle of Cambria"
Sir Arthur begins this portion of what is
really becoming monumental history"
so far as bulk is concerned, with Hinden-
burg's retreat along the Arras-Soissons
front, the advance of the Fourth and
Fifth armies, the capture of Bapaume
and Perrone, all this leading up to the
battle of Arras of April 9-23, 1917. He
follows along through the operations in
the Arras sectors after the battle proper;
gives chapter TO the battle of Messines
that opened with Plumer's blowing up
of the great mines SO long in the making,
and follows this with four chapters, run
ming TO seventy pages in ali, given to the
third battle of Ypres that began on July
81 and continued until November 10. Two
chapters picturing the battle of Cambria,
where the tanks made their appearance
for the first time in the war, brings this
volume TO its end.
OF this engagement which began so
brilliantly for the British-how the allied
world thrilled at Byng's success in the be-
ginning and ended so lanclv Doyle
writes: so ended the swa,ing fortunes
of this hard fought and dramatic battle,
beginning with a surprise attack of the
British upon the Germans and ending by
an attack Of the Germans upon the Brit
ish, which, if not surprise TO the com
manders, at least produced some surpris-
ing and untoward results
"The balance of these varied actions
was greatly in favor of the British, and
vet it could not be denied that something
Of the glory and satisfaction of Byng's
splendid original victory were dimmed
by this unsatisfactory epilogue, which
was only made less disastrous TO the Brit
ISL cause by the very heavy losses which
their enemy incurred upon the northern
sector" One may well wonder if Brit
ish historian studying this battle fifty
wears from now will take as much com
fort as Doyle does out of those very
heavy losses" that were so little comfort 10
us at the beginning of December 1912
In his scheme OF telling the history of
the war Sir Arthur seecs to have agreed
TO make the western front Of chief I'M
portancc, for in the first chapter of this
volume he gives only a page to summary
ing the work of Gen. Maude in Mesopo-
tamia and of the beginning of the. cam
The sun., 1919-07-06

In commenting upon the Importance of
the Panama Canal to the mastery of the
Pacific, Mr.. Fletcher attributes the OBJ
Stacles which President Roosevelt had 10
overcome largely TO Teutonic intrigue in
the republic of Colombia, just as Ger
many has always been at the bottom of
all the false alarms about war between
Japan and this country, as was pointed
ont by that accomplished American trav-
eler and observer, the late Price Collier,
nearly ten years ago. The prominence
of Panama to-day in the problems of the
Pacific reminds the author that Sir Fran
els Drake, an Englishman, was the first
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
HAD LITTLE USE FOR WATER
Highly Placed Personages of the Past
Evidently Wasted No Time on
Their AbIutions.

The American physician who sends
one time have found many sympa-
thizers among ladies of the English
aristrocracy. When Augustus Hare
was visiting Lady Waterford at High
cliffe in 1873 he heard one of the other
guests, Mrs. Fairholme, remark: MY
grandmother used to say that beauty
went out with open carriages. why,
you are just like men, my dear she
told me, with your brown necks and
your rough skins and your red noses.
In our days it was different; young
ladies never washed their faces. They
covered their faces with powder. then
put cold cream on and wiped it off
with a flannel. That was the way to
have a good complexion
One learns also from contemporary
memoirs that two French kings-Hen-
ry III and Louis IV-were consistent
antiablutionists. The grand monarque
used cold cream in place of soap and
water. Henry III not only Stunned
water, but lay all night with raw veal
chops on his cheeks, with his hands
tied with silk cords to the top of the
bed so as to preserve their whiteness
And Sir Anthony Weldon says OF
James I: His skin was soft as taffets
sarsnet, which felt SO because hee
never wasn't his hands, only rubb'd his
finger ends slightly with the wet ent
of napkin"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Admirers of Burns pleased.

So intimate and personal is the feel
ing that the verses of Robert Burns
inspire in a host of admirers scattered
the world over that the reported dis
covery of a long-overlooked portrait
of the poet will probably arouse more
genuine interest than the recovery of
a Iong-lost likeness of almost any other
writer. Mr.. w. M. Gray of Warwick
shire, England, believes he has found
such q portrait in Dundee, and the dis
coyery is verified by inscriptions on
the original eighteenth century canvas
uncovered with the removal Of the lin
ing which had been added to strength
Ell 1t. According to this evidence the
old-new portrait was painted by Will
liam Anderson and the great number
of readers to whom Burns is still a
very living poet will be interested also
in Mr.. Gray's opinion that, more than
any of the known portraits, this latest
likeness shows him as he was de-
scribed by Sir Walter Scott.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
DELICATE HINT FOR AUNTIES
Little Marian's cIeverIy Conveyed
Reproof to Her Altogether Too
Fastidious Relatives.

The two spinster aunties really did
have very beautiful house, but they
were too particular about it to suit
their small niece and nephew, who had
become tired of, being told to .be care
full" in this room, and don't touch any
thing in that one.
And Marian decided very tactfully to
let them know about it, too. So one
day when she and her brother Billy
were in the presence of their aunties
she began a conversation on the sub
ject of their future careers. After John
had named his as that of a lawyer,
Marian announced that she was going
to be school teacher like her aunties.
"And Billy, since I'm going to be an
old maid, don't 'spect you'd better get
married, either" she told him. "It
would be awful hard on your children
when they came to my house to be
told to be careful so much"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08

Many British veterans of the war
are wearing four chevrons-one red
for the first year, and three blue for
the subsequent years of service.
There are 435 members in the United
States house of representatives, when
there are no vacancies. The Demo-
Gratis have controlled both houses for
the last six years and the lower house
for eight years, ending March 4, 1919
Greek experimenters have succeeded
in making satisfactory automobile
fuel from high-proof turpentine and
ether.
For work above stepladder range a
portable telescope tower has been in
vented, composed of extension ladders
that can be raised 40 feet, carrying
a platform with them.
Fourteen thousand three hundred
pairs of army boots manufactured in
New Zealand were shipped to the Do
minion's soldiers serving at the front.
The imports of condensed milk into
Japan are steadily declining, for there
are now several large manufacturers
of this commodity in Japan, and last
year 100000 cases of Japanese con-
densed milk We're exported to China,
India and the Straits Settlements.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
CONVERSATIONS

Reports from Venice, Italy, an
nounce that the establishment of a new
bank at Trieste with Italian capital is
now under way, resulting from ANAL
gamation of three banks of. that city
having large clientele in the Julian
Veneto and the so-called Tridentina.
The capital of the new organization
will be about 10O,0OO,OO0 lire ($19,300,-
0O0). Private bankers of Genoa, Turin
and Milan are participating in the for
nation of the new bank
The good treatment of their horses
by the British army has left the ami
mails in such excellent condition that
they have been sold for very high
prices, and altogether have realized
$42 100000.
The oridce on the whales ear is
scarcely perceptible, yet it is said that
the whales hearing is so acute that a
ship crossing its track half mile dis
tant will cause it to dive instantly.
The distance from Eastport to Kit
terry, Me, is 226 miles, but the state
has really about $500 miles of sea
coast on account Of the many linden
tatiOns.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
His Burden of Care.

ST guess I'm about the unluckiest fell
low alive" asserted the long, narrow,
mournful looking individual
"What seems to be the trouble?" in
CURED his sympathetic companion, or
Jdering something consoling for them
both
s'I'm jest naturally unlucky-Fate's
got it in fer me. I'll leave it to you if
a guy deserves this kinder luck. A
year ago gets tired o. liVin' in board
in houses an ups an gets married
Now fer home an goodby boarding
house vittels, say I. An before six
months was past my wife opened a
boardin' house to support US. Amt
that fierce? Why couldn't the woman
git some other kind of work to do?"
He brushed his hand across his
eyes lest briny drop might embitter
his beer-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
What Nintnrx Means

We may say that on the first Good
Friday afternoon was completed that
great act by which light conquered
darkness and goodness conquered sin.
That is the wonder of our Savior's
crucifxion. There have been victories
all over the world, but wherever we
look for the victor we expect to find
him with his heel upon the vanquish-
ed-Phillips Brooks.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
A Woman,s Place

Discussing the mooted question, "wo-
mans place is in the home." Repre-
sentative Foster of Ohio said on the
floor of the house the other day:
"Out in my country fellows wife
was taken to hospital for the insane
and her husband called to discuss her
case with a physician. L can't for the
life of me understand what made that
woman crazy the husband said; she
hasn't been out of her own kitchen in
seven years.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08

This is Chunkas Champ Pu La, oil
queen and princess of the Cherokees
Zone of the five civilized Indian tribes).
She hates modern clothes and cannot
wait until she gets back to her Okla
homa ranch to tear off the New York
finery and put on her leather mecca
sins and jumpers. Princess Pu La
loves American music and believes that
it should precede all foreign compost
tions.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08

God lives under US, through the
earth and nature springing from it.
He who lives close to the great
heart of nature lives close to the great
God who. is behind it al, Surely no
man has better opportunity OF gerIIns.
close to nature than the farmer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Biblical Lilies.

The Tilies Of the field" so often
mentioned in the Bible, are thought to
be the red and purple, particularly the
red anemones with black centers.
These anemones grow among the thorn
hedges in the East, which accounts for
the saying, ''lilies among thOrns."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
True wavfarino Christian.

He that can apprehend and consider
vice with all her bats and seeming
pleasures and yet abstain, and yet
distinguish, and yet prefer that which
is truly better, he is the true way
faring Christian.-John Milton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Discarded Sonn

Nobody sings I Won't Go Home
Till Morning any more"
Certainly not" replied Uncle Bill
Bottletop. ''If by any chance there is
any remaining hard liquor available,
home is the only place to look for it,"
Washington Star.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Summer TRAVELLING

Flatbush = Don't you think men
travel more in the summer time than
they do in the winter?
Bensonhurst-Why, sure! Just think
of the number of miles l have to go
with the lawn mower compared to
those 1 have to travel with the snow
shovel !-Yonkers Statesman.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08

author of the
well-known "Notes
on the P e n t a.
teuch. - In an ar
ticle under this
caption he points
out that many
who have been de-
livered from lie.
gality d e S C e n d
into 1evity. From
the one extreme
of living in bond
age to the law
they pass to the
other of turning
the grace of God
into lascivious-
ness" It is about
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
TaIkino of Comfort.

value and usefulness" said Uncle
Eben. don't allus go together. "a dia-
nond stud aim near as much solid
comfort as a f1ve-cent piece of ice."
No young man ever considers his
best girl too good to be true
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Those Dear Girls.

Lillie-Yes, l am engaged to Bobby,
AID he has given me this ring-isn't it
sweet2
Her Best Friend-Charming dear
est; but you'll find when you've worn
it q few days it will leave a black
mark on your finger-it did on mine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Need Both Old and Young.

I have often thought what a mel
ancholy world this would be without
children; and what an inhuman world,
without the aged.-Coleridge.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
HazU AiIiaru

my friend" said the judge, "you
are trifle vague about your home"
81 s'pose that's the result Of being
a vagrant," responded the party Of the
second part.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Worlds Skating Record.

A skater in Stockholm, Sweden, has
established a worlds record by travel
ing 10 miles in 81 minutes 71a seconds,
according to Popular Mechanics Maga-
| zine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Dancer of Sin.

Sin is never at a stay; if we do
not retreat from it, we shall advance
in it; and the further on we go, the
more we have to come back.-Barrow.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Legality and Levity
By REV. L. W. GOSNELL
Assistant Dean. Moody Bible
Institute. Chicago

TEXT-That the righteousness of the
law might be fulfilled in US, who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 6:4.
We have borrowed the above title
from an old writer, G. Fl. Macintosh,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08

Most of US never miss the target
when we begin throwing bouquets at
ourselves.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08

And we know lot of birds who
have capital ideas, with other peoples
capital.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08
Keeninu Counsel
Iivinn Close to God.

Two may keep counsel, putting one
away.-Shakespeare.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-08

DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" is not 'Iozenge"
or syrup" but real old-fashioned dose OF
medicine which cleans out Worms or Tape1
worm with single dose. Adv.
The Washington times., 1919-10-16
HASKIN LETTER
The Bureau Of Missing Persons
By Frederic J. Haskin.

died over $1,000 cases. This is a
great increase over the number
handled the year before, due, the
bureau believes, to the widespread
restlessness occasiOned by the war.
The majority Of these are young
people, IS per cent Of them males,
who ran away from home. New
York not only has q big runaway
problem within its own limits, but
il appears to attract most Of the
wanderlusters from other cities.
It never has less than two thou
sand Of such strangers thrust
upon its streets every year.
These cases the bureau divides
roughly into four groups: The
Willful runaways, who come here
TO escape the consequences Of their
conduct at home, and who consti-
tute a difficult social problem, be-
cause they cannot always be re-
turned. Sometimes the police
women employed by the bureau,
who are really social workers with
police badges, have to decide that
girls and boys Of this class be per-
mitted to remain here and work
out their own complicated desti-
nies.
The second group, a compare
lively small one, contains the fee
ble-minded-adults whose mental
development equals that Of chill
dren six to twelve years old. These
usually end in institutions, how
ever hard their families may try
to make normal men and women
Of them. Persons Of this type
who run away from home are
often more difficult 70 trace than
those of normal mind. because
their conduct is so illogical.
In the third group the officials
Of the bureau place the girls and
boys who leave home because they
find it commonplace compared to
the adventures depicted in the
movies. Their heads are filled with
romantic ideas for which their
home towns provide no outlet, and
so they come TO New York pre-
pared to conquer the world, but
usually TO be sent home completely
conquered by it. Here is the case
of Anna, for instance. Anna, sew
enteen years old and pretty, had
been in New York just three days
when she was brought weeping
into the headquarters of the Bu-
The Washington times., 1919-10-16

important. The bureau has q file
Of cards in its office, which con-
tains the record Of every laundry
mark used in Manhattan.
''See this collar" said one Of the
detectives the other morning, as
the visitor was examining this file.
He held up a sOiled collar, which
contained a few ineXplicable heir
oglyphics IN the center. ''NoW
look here" and he turned to the
same mark In the file.
Whose collar is that?" inquired
the visitor curiOUsly. "a missing
person's?"
Yes, he's missing all right" re-
piled the detective, but they'll
hnd him. It's a bank holdup case"
Besides laundry marks, the bu-
reau also relies extensively on
marks in shoes and upon the num-
bers found on false teeth. Finger
prints also help in many cases.
Unless a man is quickly identi-
ned by other means, his finger
prints are always taken and COM
pared with those on file in the
army, navy and criminal records.
Much to the relief Of the police
department, many criminals are
identified in this manner. Often
a man picked up dead on the side
walk turns out to be a prominent
second-stOry man, who has relied
a trtfle too much on his agility
and has fallen off a roof. One man
killed by a motor-trUck not long
ago turned out to be a notorious
criminal who had Just been re-
leased a few minutes before from
BlackWell's Island.
If we could only have legisla-
tion passed requiring everybody to
nave his finger-prints taken" de-
clared one Of the detectives Of the
bureau, I'VE would have no trouble
Identifying anybody"
DO you know" added one Of
the policeWOmen, "that the aver
age woman cannot tell you what
her child looks like? And that the
average married man coming here
looking for his missing wife can
not tell you what color eyes she
has! We get photographs when
ever possible, because we find that
the average human simply lacks a
power Of description"
During the past year the Bu-
reau OF Missing Persons has han
The Washington times., 1919-10-16

reau Of Missing Persons the other
morning.
Encouraged by the adventures Of
a moving picture heroine, who az
rived penniless in New York and
became a great actress all in a
thousand feet or so Of film, Anna
had left her home in q nearby New
England town, inspired by the
same brilliant ambition, arriving
in Manhattan a trife better Of
than the movie heroine had been,
with SO in her pockets.
For the first two days she wan
dered about the streets, hoping to
be discovered by some admiring
manager or director, which was
what had happened to the movie
heroine, while her money supply
rapidly dWindled. On the third
night, being very much discour-
aged and a trife frightened, she
went again to the movies for sue
cor. There she received another
inspiration. "Take things into
your own hands," was the motto
which saw the movie heroine hap
PLY through her trials this time,
SO Anna decided also to take things
into her own hands.
Going out Of the theater at half
past 10 she went up to the first
well-dressed man in the crowd and
explained her circumstances to
him, asking him to help her find
some cheaper lodgings, as her
money was almost gone. The gen
tleman pleasantly agreed to do so,
and suggested that they take a
taxicab.
Lucky she happened to pick out
one of our men," said the police
woman who told the story. Lucky
for him, too. He had been search
ing for her for the past two days,
and had her photograph in his
pocket. Her people have been
wild"
Last, but not least, are the boys
and girls who leave home because
It is unpleasant. These represent
the majority of the cases and re-
uuire the most delicate handling
on the part of the bureau. In
every case an investigation is
made of the girls or boys home
conditions before the runaway is
returned. Sometimes he is not re-
turned at all, but is placed in an
altogether different environment.
"Our great problem" declared
a policewoman of the bureau, "is
that presented by foreign-born
parents and the American-born
child. The home in this instance
is in process of adjustment, and
seldom does it keep pace with the
progress of the child"
But really all the interesting
things that happen in the Bureau
Of Missing Persons cannot be
crowded into the space Of one short
article. One thing must be added,
however: II you want the bureau
% help you trace a missing men,
beP Of your family, do not write
to 8 direct, but take the matter to
your local police department. It
will get in touch with the bureau,
and yOu viii 90 mueh V'aisl,oB e
ton.
The Washington times., 1919-10-16
T TIT E

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-If you
IN feel that you must run away
from home, don't come to
New York. OF course, If you are
just planning a little trip to spite
the family, it isn't 80 bad, except
that the city usually sees to it that
you end by spiting yourself. But,
If you wish 70 drop completely
and quietly out Of sight, don't come
here. The Bureau Of Missing Per-
sons is certain to find you and re-
port your whereabouts.
The old days when a man could
disappear. as mysteriously in New
York as he could in q quicksand
are gone forever. Now it is the
worst place in the country to hide;
it is so highly organized 70 find
you. Even death Is no longer q
safe means Of losing your identity.
Some one is certain to come along,
investigate the laundry number on
your collar or shirt and succeed
in clearing up the mystery.
About a year ago, for example,
the OOdy of a young Italian was
found in a thick strip of woods on
the outskirts Of the city. It was
obviously q case Of suicide on the
part of a man who obviously wish
ed to conceal his identity. Doubt
less with much trouble he had
succeeded in cutting all tell-tale
marks from his clothing. But one
clue remained-a small grass tag
on a riband, which was turned in
to the Bureau of Missing Persons.
The case was considered closed
when only the other day an Italian
came into the office Of the bureau
hunting for his missing brother.
Some instinct led one Of the detec-
tives to get out the curious brass
tag and show it to the visitor.
That's it." cried the Italian, as
soon as he saw it. THAT Is my
brothers."
But this is an Insignificant eX-
ample Of the Bureaus identihca-
ton talents compared to a case
which happened a couple OF years
ago, which is still the prize exhibit
of the office. This is a wax model
Of a mans face and head built on
the basis Of a few pieces Of skull
which were dug up from beneath
a building. On the skull are TO be
plainly seen the marks left by an
ak. Through this model the Bu-
reau Of Missing Persons succeeded
in Identifying the victim Of a muir
der and in apprehending the muir
derer. The murderer could not be
convicted, however, because Of that
law which provides that the corpse
must be produced as evidence that
murder has been committed. The
few pieces Of skull were not con-
sidered sufficient.
The Identification Of unknown
dead persons, or Of persons picked
I'D unconscious about the city, Of
which there are, on an average,
$50 cases a month, Is so highly
systematized that 1t is now re-
latively easy. The bureau sue
ceeds in 95 per cent Of its cases.
II is not a matter Of scientific de-
duction; It Is merely one Of pa
tiently tracing small articles, Of
which laundry marks ere the most