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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-23
Listy do Folski. \

WczoraJ ogfosliisiny rozpo-
Zarzadu Poczt Ame--
rykanskich, jake re otwar-
ia zostaje 2 powrotem wy
MANA pocztowa q Rzecza Pospo-
lita Polska j wolno bedzie posy-
lac listy j wszelide posyiki klasy
I. do wsxystkich ziem Polski.
Rozporzadzenie to napelni
wielka radoscia wszystkich ma
szych tutejszyoh rodak6w! Me
ehyba prawie domu, niema
kt}ra ME wyczekiwaia z
utessnieniem tego otwarcia poczt
do Poiski!. -. DO przecie wszy-
soy tam kogos NANNY, krewnych,
przyiaei&, znaiomyeh, wszyscy
pragniemy dowiedziec sic - co
sic z mimi dzieje, czy ably iyja,
czy przebiedowali jake ~najstrasz-
niejsze lata wojenne, cry dada
sobie rade j W iad spos6b, czy j
czem moaemy i'm stad dopo-
m6dz!i.. Aoh a made
wszystko wiesci - wieSci SIAM
tad spragnieni jestesmy wszyscy
JAZZ kama deszczu!
Cd zawarcia zawieszenia broni
i faktyczhego zakohczenia dzia--
IAN wojennych Czytelnicy nasi
zasypywali nasza Redakcye a "a
i wszystkie inne zapytania
czy juz pisae wolno do Polski,
tez - kiedy bedzie wotno.
ZaspakaiahSmy ts spragniona Gle
kawose - jak sic daio, lecz cier-
pliwosc nasza IA daugie jeszcze
mrsiaia bye wystawiona i
pare j~eszcze uplyneio miesiecy,
nareszcie / ma mas kolei ma
re nam do swoich pisac
wolno, zanim i my Cd mich wiesci
spodziewac sic bedziem mogli.
Stale sic to zreszta nawet pre-
dzej - nizesmy sic sami spodzie-
liczylismy bowiem, il po-
cztowa komunikscya z Polska
z~ostanie otwarta dopiero wtedy,
cry grantee panstwa Polskiego ze
stron wszystkich zostana wyzna-
czone i u~regulowane, a czynniki
zaczna w tych grant,
each dziaIac sprawnie i systema-
tycznie- Tymczasem otwieraja
pocztowa wymiane, aczkolwiek
tylko ograniczona narazie do
.ajwazniejszej klasy Lei, - juz
kiedy pahstwo polskie "a
Iedwie silly swe organizuje, sku-
pia, dobiera, a grantee jego. zw}a-
SEGA cd wschodu - bynajmniel
ME So jeszcze zawar.e. Wsrod
wiesci o spra-
wach naszych, jake ostatnimi
easy ma mas spadaja ia jest
rodzaju pociecha i choe
ulgi da troche W poszcze
pragnieniach, gdy Z VIE
IT spolecznych qragnien naszych
MISUNDERSTANDING trzeba
nam rezygnowac....
Jak r~zeklismy, narazie tylko
iedna kiasa ~wymiany pocztowej
zostaje otwarta: klasa I-sza, obej
mujaca listy zwyczajne i poleco=
ne ACKNOWLEDGMENT oraz kartki
pocztowki ftp; klasy
a przedewszystkiem kla-
sa druga - posylek gazetowych,
opaskowych ftp. j~eszcze ME 20
staia otworzona; rowniez ME be-
die jeszcze funkcyonowa}a pocz-
ia pakietowa (parcel-post), kto--
rel otwarcia take z u~pragnie--
Eiem czekamy, gdyz PREY jej po-
mocy wielu pragnie swoim do
poslae stad. rzeczy rozmaite
XII wsparciu i ~zapomodze doraz--
mel, ME zdajac sic ma to, co sic
do Ojczyzny masowo =
skiadkowo, jak mp. W ostatnim
,.drajwie" zebrane rzeczy. Ma te
posyikowa poetic jeszcze nam
zaczekac trzeba Gas jakis,. lecz
spodziewac sic nalezy, re teraz
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-23

do polityki wziely i umyslily agi-
towat "a pozyczka W ten spos6b,
re wydaiy pamflety W roznych
!jezykach, polecajsce kupowanie
bond6w. Widzielismy TAXI pam
flet polski - dobrze. re ma MIN
rapisano, il to on polski, body
s1ny myself, re - ~zydowski! Pol
szczyzna tam TAXA wstretna,
p~rzekretna, taxa licha! z}e wyra-
zenia, tekstu angielskiego marne
tiumaczenie, bledow drukarskich
w dodatku lyle, re ME zliczyc! -
Otto patrz, jak wiele sobie owe
danny zadaly piracy, azeby porza-
dny text polski poszykat! A pre-
Gle w komitetach sprawy omawia-
mel ME brak Polakow - takze pis
~miennych nawet! Albo jak to
wydane? Ma lichym swistku KEEP
skiego papieru - tax ciasno, re
ledwie zmiesci sic tam to wszy-
stko, a niekt6re litery i s}owa to
juz i ME znalazfy miejsca wido--
cznie, DO pozostaly poza margi--
nesem tel yfajnej' publikacyi.
Ola porownania i uznania lepsze-
60 naszych utyskiwah - por6-
wnalbys Czytelniku ow .polski''
pamflet z - niemieckim Ha -
~znowubyS }ape W piest zacisnq4!
Niemiecki' pamflecik - zgrabny,
elegancki, ia glansownym papie-
RE, dobrze tiumaczony tekst, pie
knie rozmieszczony, - ziamane
jak sic nalezy pc drukarsku - ar
tystycznie prawie..: TAX to
Niemcom - widzisz - tax tym,
co naleza do narodowosci wro-
giej swiadcza, ale nam, cosmy
re sprzymierzehc6w nam ia ia
kicf ceregieli ME potrza, boz.
ola Polakow wszystko ujdzie.
,.any thing is good enough for
the Poles "...
Ha - raz nam dogryzlo i dole
chalo,. ... musieliSmy to wylac
ma papier i podzielit sic re wspol-
czujacymi Czytelnikami!
Fl - ra~dzibySmy pogadaG z
tymi, co to sprawek takich, jak
diva powyzej opisane przyklady,
So majstrami -. Jestesmy pew
hi. zebysmy ich argumentami ma
szynni nalezycie .,przekonali" -
"a takie narodowosci naszej pos
ponowanie.
'Kupujcie, Bracia bondy
wolnosciowe kupujcie ME ola u
znania, ME ola zachet kiepskich
re strony ludzi giupich, co ME do
ceniaja mas i sprawy naszej, Ct mas
~raczej jeno obrazic zdolni! - ale
kupujcie - r6bcie co mozecie ola
zaspokojenia waszego sumienia
patryotycznego, z poczucia obo-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-23
Rsqd ndyodu prses ndn6d dId
Ndrodu, ME sDinte"R poDisEzchnt
meMi
- Abraham Lincoln

MeSoUEs stdnu Uszsdste zvd-
dzoiq sic I'd sddntu, Se HlRsf tst-
nice zjedaocsoRo, niesuIeEno I
eGnoZzQdnG PoESkd.
- Woodrow Wilson.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-23

Inny Przykiad podobnego mas
traktowania daily nam danny re
znanej organizacyi YWoman's
Foreign Language Division: tie
matrony takze sic rychio VEGAS
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-23

A zatem = pisae Rodacy: juz
MONA! Swoja droga = radzimy
wszystkim pisac krotko, listy
zwyczajnej wielkosci, ME zbyt
CRUDE, dobrze opakowane i zam-
.knione, DO kto vie, jake ie W
drodze jeszcze koleje czekac be-
da. adresowac wyraznie, o lie
moznoSci = do osob znanych, in
stytucyi, o ktorych mieiscu po--
zostawania, adresie, vie sic z Gala
pewnoscia a dopiero tie misty
tucye, czy osoby prosic o dore--
genie listu osobom, do kt6rych
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-23


nasze uznanie sic upominaja, ale
-mniejsza o to, my do takich
przedstawicieli many juz dawno
s~zczescie kulawe, vice ME pier
wszyzna nam podobne potrakto-
wanie. Ale-co uchodziio dawniej,
kiedy sic o Polske niewolna Mkt
ME potroszczyl, to ME uchodzi
teraz, kiedy ia Polska jest takiem
dobrem Panstwem - Swojem,
Wlasnem, jak tutejsza Republi-
ka, jak wszystkie inne, a i lep-.
SEEN cd wielu, ktorych chora.
giewki dis powiewaja ma mie-
scie: wiec powinpi sic nasi pred
stawiciele ujac Ia Mani, "a Polska.
warto / trzeba sic ujac, ably matt
czyc moresu tych, co tn wine po-
nosze przypadkiem, czy ma
umyslnie: p~rzykazac i'm, re ME o
ludzi tn idzie, lecz o wielka Re-
publike, 0 siostre pc duchu ma
szej wlasnej Republiki tutejszej.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05
All Bottom

mi BOTTOM
Quarter section best alfalfa land, ad-
Joining town OF I 900 people; 10 acres
now In alfalfa, fenced hog proof: bal
ancc In corn and wheat; good 6-room
fouse with gas good barn. garage,
chicken house. we'll and windmill; good
water Price only 6,bOe.
Ask us before buying. We can surely
suit you from our large listing
The Ross Crandall Co.
Maple 9ae ':i5 Liberty Bldg.
so ACRES In Washington county.
Ark. near Winslow. Groom house.
good spring: price, $1,000. Clear 10
trade for lots In Oklahoma Guy. own
er. Walnut 4Sas.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05
RANOIA

Well No. I. westiof Hanger Ii the best
well drilled IN during the week. ls<e
Saturday night. The days run was re.
ported b.200 barrels II you wish 70
bay or sell some other stock. Gtt my
prices before you trade. Clyde Kelly
chlckasla, Okla.
MUST SELL AT ONCE, 100 shnres Of
4 /Amy OH h Refining, t30e n sHAro.
c. l.. Van hniwerp. Edmond OILY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05
PAID IS PERCENT CASH pqvI.
-

PAID IS PERCENT CASH pqvI-
DENDS.
ALL OIL HOLDINGS IN FEE
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DRILLING NOW ON PROVEN
TRACTS.
There are four reasons Why this
stock Is 4 sensible. profitable invest
mept At West Columbia We have pro-
ducinG well ana now drilling In 800
At Humble we have production and
nre down $500 feet on well within 1000
feet OF TEXAS Co., 1000 barrel well.
Production on either means sharp ad-
vance In prices OF shares; get In now
on this limited issue at 80 (par). Act
Immediately.
INTERSTATE SECURITIES CoN
PANT.
SIS Chrqpicle Bldg.
Houstdn. Texas.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05
Hughes County

We have three separate tracts OF
on hundred and sixty scres In sec
tions i0-it and N township . range
10 east at $3.50 per acre, on top OF
structure and well located.
The Gladys Bell we'll making 81.
900 900 feet Of gas 10 In section H. Ths
Okla Ark Depositors are drilling In
Sec; 10. with another test OF the GLADYS
is real buy.
Wire NJ ten percent Of pArchase
price and pay balance upon approval
Of abstract OF fitls within five days.
Commercial lcade.
The Ratiff COmHanv
S2s Security Bdlr Walnut 1881
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05
Investment Co.
oUT-or-TOwN REAL ESTATE.

70 TO - acres tine orchard near Beth
any on ~ Reno car line. 7l2 Wot
l'th 81 Mamie Tq5
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05

FOR QUICK SALE, several farms In
Latlmer county well located and
choice tracts. Write for list N. j.
Guest. BOX 1856. Wilburton. Okla.
FOR SALE-l60 acres. S miles south
west Oklahoma City. northwest QUAR-
ter. section IS. town II. range 4. I05
acres In. balance pasture. will sell this
worth the money or take so acres IN
trade. J. NJ. Dever. Clay Center. Kan.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05
NOW'S YOUR CHANCE
LISTEN TO THIS" :

a zeal s-room home close IN ,,,,,
East 9TH nj sisS0co. Very attractive
~ NJ MicHAELs.
1901 ffsvskousoa -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05

1-9 INTEREST In a drilling well and
all OF 20-acre lease near the well,
$3.50, surrounded on 3 sides by produc.
ing and drilling wells, near good field
and refinery: send for blue-prints and
full description. an unusual opportun-
isy. Room 9, McI,raycr Bldg. Nkmul-
gee. Okla.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05
Kansas.
Michigan

GOOD LAND CHEAP
Raises fins grain. fruit and truck.
Michigans best counties. SIS 10 $40
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first five years No swamps or stones.
10 to $50 acres. Best land offer in
Y. g. from largest company. Free
booklet Swigart Land CD. T-l25s
First National Bank Building, Chicago,
Illinois.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-05
e. S. Mathews

FARM LAND DEPT.
X T. STUART a co
West Main. Maple 70
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EOR SALE

FOR SALE.
Improved farm. l6O ncres. w miles
northwest OF city limits: can raise al
most anything, on small creek. Will sell
chear, for cash. 5. T.. Flood. l2l 8.
Broadway
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
MANY FEATURES
 IN CHAUTAUQUA
Lectures This Year Sure to Please Audience-Gowds
 EXpectsd.

Two among the many features of the coming Chautauqua assembly in the High school auditorium March 24- -2S, are sure to please the people in
 this city because they are so well known here.
 These are MT. B. R. Baumgardt, who will open the course Monday evening with his Romance of Hu- man Progress" and Dr. Henry R.
 Rose, who will speak at the ? o'clock
 session Tuesday upon ''Washington's House of Dreams
 Baumgardt has been termed the
 different lecturer, and this is a fair estimate of his unusual charm. His pictures are beautiful, but his dis course is eloquent, and fascinating. Best of all his lecture is the 'rRo- nance of Human Progress which sets forth the historic fact that hu-
 man progress of today is but a rep etition upon a vaster scale Of some earlier period.
 Baumgardt shows the audiences between the revolving steam engine of Hero of 2,000 years ago, and the | of today So with the long step from i Euclid's geometry to Newton's math- erna tics Galileo'S two inch telescope to the Mt. Wilson giant reflector 90, coo times more powerful than the human eye, from the triremes of Rome to the modern steamship, from the the ancient courier to the Twentieth Cen
 tury Limited.
 Dr. Henry R. Rose, well known as a lecturer before the Art League and the Library, brother of Rev. MT Rose of the Church of the Redeemer, brings his inspirational lecture upon The House of Dreams"
 This is a lecture along an entirely new line. It is based upon the Li- brary of Congress in Washington, but is not a lecture upon the architecture or any other technical feature. l It uses the Library as a. background in order to bring out and Illuminate ei ght very remarkable quotations l from Bacon. Lowell, Milton, Hooker David, Micah, North and Tennyson which are found in the Rotunda Reading room,
 ] These eight inscriptions, represent ing American ideals of commerce, art, philosophy, poetry, religion. law, sci ence and history, lend themselves to
 a stirring and inspirational address. Dr. Rose understands the popular
 appeal and his lecture brims with
 wit. humor, anecdote, patriotism and optimism.
 Tickets may be procured by mail this year. Money or the reserved ! seat receipt can be sent to Rev. Ralph White, Wood avenue, and seats will be assigned reasonably soon after the
 public drawing March IS at the First GN Ta ho mail order to cover registered letter. Tickets are on sale at the churches and also at Chamberlain & Shrop- shire's, stationers, on Cannon street.
 Reserved seat season ticket, 150. Unreserved season ticket, s1.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
NOT ARDENT WORDS OF LOVE
At First, Though, 1t Would Seem That Salesman Was Addressing
 His Adored One.

"No one ever loved you half as well as I do," he said to her.
 She made no answer.
 How did you come to love me?" he pleaded. Still the girl refused to speak, although she smiled encour- agingly at this.
 Your name is written on my heart. The world is dark without you. I've built a bungalow for you and me. Let us fly to an isle in the tropic sea. The kiss you gave me set my heart on fire"
 The girl was not offended. She scowIed little, but not at him. She seemed in deep thought. Suddenly she looked into his pleading orbs.
 'No." she said. Nothing like that"
 My Oola-loola girl. When"
 The girl shook her head and left the counter.
 The young salesman had been nam ing the latest popular songs. Doesn't sound like national anthem cpl demic, does 1t?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
HIGH-CLASS WOMEN WRITERS
Place in Literature, and In the Production of Plays.

Further signs of the Emancipation of women are seen on the covers of new books and magazines. The names of women authors, except in the case of war books, where the women are at a disadvantage, seem to Outnumber the men. In no class of writing are the women unrepresented. For many years women have been writing nov els and doing a good job of 1t more than occasionally, as readers of Jane Austen, George Eliot, the BrOntes and others less known wiH bear witness. Among contemporaries there are per haps as many women novelists from whom a slliIlful and high-class work can be expected as there are men.
 Until n few years ago the woman playwright was more or less q rar- fly. Looking back over the history of the theater it will be difficult for the average person to recall single fem mine name that stands out promi- nently through connection with the making of plays. Last year several of the most stimulating and interest 1 ing plays seen were by women writers. Names of women dramatists on Broad way theater signs are almost as com mon as those of men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

of the palace and being aughty in the land expects all to bow to him and do him honor The cOurtiers bow, but Mordecai ignores him. Haman becomes enraged and asks the cour- tiers who he is. He then decided to have all the Jews in the land destroy-. ed.
 Haman leaves hastily and Mordecai and the courtiers leave shortly after. The king and attendants appear in the hall and as one of his attendants reads to him from the Chronicles. he learns that Mordecai saved the life of the king at one time and had never receiveod a reward. Haman then enters and asks to have permission granted that all the Jews be killed. The king presents Haman with the royal signet with which to stamp the legal dOcument and asks him to honor a certain man, not mentioning any name. Haman thinks the man none other than himself, and when the king says it Is Mordecaf Haman's anger is multiplied and he then and there decides that no matter what happens Mordecai, too, must die with all the Jews.
 But soon Esther learns of the tragedy that is to befau the Jewish nation and Mordecai urges her to beg the king to withdraw the order Esther complies with his wishes and invites the king and Haman to come to her banquet that day. At the party the king asks Esther why she has prepared a banquet and she then pleads with him for her people. The king then learns that she is Jewess and that she, too, must be killed, if the order is to be carried out. Haman is then convicted of treason and sen tenced to be hung. and the Jews are saved. Mordecai is presented with the signet ring when the king finds out that he is Esther's uncle
 The characters in the play are Bertram Qutnt as Ahassuerus, the king of Persia; Louis Stein, Eaman; his favorite, Edward Reich, Mordecaj, a Jew; MurieI Schwartz, Esther, his niece; Sadie Landes, Miriam, her handmaiden; Milton Susman and Ruth WalderRuth Walder, the kings atendants; Harold Burstein and Ed win Simons, the kings courtiers; Marion Buechler, the court dancer and Alfred Gilman. the kings mes senger. The music will be furnished by the school orchestra under the di- rection of J. Gilman.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
SABBATH SCHOOL TO PRESENT PLAY
 ON DAY OF HEBREW FESTIVAL

As fitting memory of the great Purim celebration observed by the Jewish nation throughout the land the members of the Park Avenue Temple Sabbath school will present a play in five acts entitled The Star of Judah" written by E C Enrich. and staged and directed by Miss Bertha Taft at the M H A hall. 181 State street, on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, March l6 The cast includes talented young juveniles and the cos tunes, loaned by N1me. Ali Kiamos. the worlds greatest exponent of ancient and modern Greek dancing, together with the special scenery and music will tend to make it a success not only as a PUrim entertainment but also as an amateur production
 Miss Taft, who is a graduate of the Bridgeport High school, class of 1917. has been connected with many dra- matical triumphs in her school career and appeared in the part of Esther in The House Next Door" the class play presented by the senior men bers of the High school in 1917. She has spared no efforts to make the Purim play a huge success and un- der her able direction there is no SIOubL huL I-iet- tLlt' pay VIII De pre- sented to perfection.
 The story of the play is very in teresting and the following synopsis will give a general idea of what will be witnessed on Sunday at the per formanCe.
 Since the death of Ssther's mother. she lives in the home of NIordecai. her mothers brother. He guards and cherishes her. Miriam is Esthers companion and handmaid and they are very much devoted to each other. One day the kings messenger comes to the house bidding Esther to ac- company him to the king as the lat ter summons all the fair maidens of the land to him that he might choose the fairest for his queen.
 Esther hesitates, but finally con sents and with Miriam goes to the king. There she is chosen queen; but MOrdecai who is there at the time does not say he is Esther's uncle. The courtiers sheer at him and he sits down a short distance from them and hopes Esther will pass by. He has not seen her since she. was made queen and waits there in the hope of having a word with her
 Haman. the kings favOrite enters at the time Mordecai Is in the hall
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
Was It a caveman Rarebit7

Exploration of caves in South Berk- shire, Conn.,, resulting in the discovery of stalactites and stalagmites, big white spiders weaving their webs, bats incrusted in the crystals and subma- rine brook, made Jack Newboy of LenOxdale recall the day that he went rabbit hunting in the Patterson woods.
 Newboy's dog chased a rabbit into q cave. Jack waited outside for results. He waited two hours, called the dog and, getting no results, went home. He found the dog was at home and had the rabbit. Pat, his brother, explained ::
 ''I was fishing on lake not far from the shore when I heard q commotton in the water nearby and was surprised to see a rabbit in the water. As l watched the dog came to the surface, swan after the rabbit and captured him."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
GERMANY WAS
 BACK OF AUSTRIA
Cipher Dispatches Show Hun Attitude Toward
 Serbia.

Paris, Wednesday, March 1.-Two despatches sent in cipher by Count von Szogyeny-March, Austrian am bassador at Berlin before the war, to the Hungarian foreign minis try, showing that Germany was back ing Austria in her war-like attitude toward Serbia. have been made pub lie by NJ. R. Vesnitch, Serbian minis ter to France. As printed in the Journal Des de Bates, the messages read:
 Berlin, July 9, 1914.---It is gener- ally supposed here that a negative re- ply from Serbia will be followed or our part by an immediate declaration of war and military operations. Any adjournment Of military operations would be considered here as very dangerous on account of intervention by other powers. We are counselled with the greatest insistence to pass immediately to action and thus put the world in face of an accomplished fact"
 The second despatch, marked strictly secret" says:
 Berlin, July 27, 1914-The secre- tary of state has just declared to me positively, but under the seal of most strict secrecy, that very soon eventua propositions of mediation from Eng land will be brought to the knowl- edge of your excelIency. The Ger man government assures me in the most convincing manner that it in no way identifies itself with these propo- sitions that it is absolutely against their being taken into consideration. and that it will only transmit them to us to give effect to the English re- quest"
 Minister Venitch then quotes the message sent on July 30. 1914, from Sir Edwrd Grey, the British foreign minister, to Ambassador Goschen, at Berlin. offering, if the crisis passed, to take the initiative in an arrange nlent satisfactory to Germany. The minister says that neither Sir Ed ward Grey, Foreign Minister Sazonoff of Russia, nor Premier Viviani of France then knew positively that Ger many wanted war. The minister con- cludes:
 If any one is incredulous, let him mediate upon the foregoing docu- ments''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13
Cure Bent Backs by Suggestion.

Suggestion plays a great part in the cure of physical ills of soldiers. Ac- cording to Lieut.. Col. A. F. Hurst, all men suffering from bent backs can be cured by persuasion and re-educa- ton.
 The patient is told that his posture is bad habit formed when his back was painful. He is asked to stand with his back to a wall, with his heels touching it. His shoulders are then gently pushed back till they touch the wall.
 In most instances the soldier finds that in few minutes he can stand erect without support, and after walk ing few times in the same posture his cure Is complete.