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@EE Bgck PRIVATE does back
& to FRANCE 4 . 4: "a: 4.

"Avcc dc rhum, madame. Avec
de rhum."
"Voulez-voo promenade, madame ?"
"Non. pas promenade. M'sieur."
"pudquah."
"Ol-la-l la
Jaw, SAMMY fairy ann"
"Mais, n0n."
"Then bring on some vim blink"
If you try cafe au lait madame
will bring it along in two little
pitchers, the au lait in one and
the cafe in the other. And the au
lait will be cold, and so also will
be the cafe. You can try one Of
those well-known omelettcs with
the pOmmes DIES terre all wrapped
up inside. Boy! And you can cut
your bread off the big piece with
your jack-knife, just like any good,
efficient A. f.. +. sold at American
bon camerade should be able to do.
It's a meal. that's all, it's u meal. +,
The mademoiselles peek coyly
out through the curtains Of the
windows as you pass after you've
finished the omelette. Over there
is Yank hemlet on bench-serv-
ing as wash basin---just as it used
to be. You drink from the fountain
in the center of town; without u
cup; just put your face in it, But
the surprise comes when you meet q
youngster of six or seven. He clops
by in his wooden shoes. And shyly
regards you. But he don't put out
q grimy hand and plead:
Cigarette pour papa, m'sieur;
cigarette pour papa"
He was born since the war.
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Gas Masks in Congress-

The other day. in the British house of commons
Commander Kenworthy, world war veteran, asked
the government to supply gas masks to the whole
British population south of the River Tweed, ar
guing that in the next the civilians will need
them more than the soldiers.
He added:
II have mine. | have the one used during the
war"
"Put it on" yelled several members.
"Not here,' said Kenworthy, suavey. 1T would
be quite useless for the kind of gas we get here"
What Kenworthy said about the house Of COM
mons applies with equal force to the kind of gas
that is prevalent in our congress. It's an
asphyxiating gas that does not kill the members
1t puts them to sleep.
And worse still--it often kills measures that are
much needed for the progress and wcll-being OF
the country.
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.JananeSe Honor

The japanese strange race. to us; anu
some Americans fear that some day we shall have
to 90 to war with them.
Here is little story about Japanese, culled
from the press dispatches, that is worth thinking
;bout-not in connection with the possibility of war
between Japan and America, but because it throws
such revealing light on Japanese character.
A few days ago there was much trouble at Nan
king. in China. While British and American war
ships bombared the city to protect their nationals
IL Japanese vessel, firing guns, sent contingent
ashore to rescue the Japanese consul.
This contingent commanded by young
lieutenant named Araki He went unarmed, a
did his followers, determined to avoid bloodshed
His mission successful; he rescued the consul
and neither he nor any of the sailors in his com
mand molested
But when he had returned to his ship he wrot.
to his commander follows:
an order to insure the safety of the japanese
residents at Marking, | endured, from the Chinese
insults which no Japanese tolerate. The lives
Of the japanese refugees could be saved. but | an
ashamed that the honor of the Japanese navy ha
been disgraced in my person"
Having written this he took the one course opel
to a Japanese whose honor has been offended; hi
killed himself.
By no stretch Of the imagination YOU
imagine an American or British naval officer don:
that. Our entire philosophy is different from
Japan's.
And what philosophy that is! 1t is Spartan
ruthless. over heroic. if you wish; yet it is mpos
sibe to read that little story without being con
vinced that there must be something extreme
fine about that maintain such phil
asophy.
A nation with like Lieutenant Araki is GO
ing somewhere--it deserves to- 1t also is natio
worth being friendly with; not only because o
policy, but because it has something to offer u
spiritually.
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Main Street Again

= Hendrix Willem Van Loon. historian and author
Of 1.-THE Story of Mankind" has changed his mind
about European conditions and the so-callei
American Babbttry.
In Berlin last week, Mr.. Van Loon said this.
Europe is poor, her art and literature arc bun.
and all she is thinking of is three square meals
and suit of clothes Europe thinks have
magic formula II is really only that we
live and let live, whereas Europe lives and lets
starve"
In the last few years. throng of writer's ha, c
joined H. L. Mencken in beating the drum and
nOuncing to Americans that they ignoran:
fools and bigots, unable appreciate true art and
Literature. We the crassest Of materiasts
we are told North Dakota has come in for its
calling US country of Little Bethels in the no.
-rnofe-scrub-bus belt"
But what will these writer's do now. with Van
Loon and others telling the truth about Europe
"Old world culture and "od world polish" hav,
been favorite subjects Of these inteectuals. New
world culture. to them, does not exist. They viii
have to range to other fields to gain comparison
which will reflect ON the United States unfavor
ably.
= We have lived peaceably far Mai
sstreets, despite all the ballyhooing We have gon
quietly about the task of building up a new culture
producing new inventions If we Little Beth
els" have at least done better than simila
places the ocean, if Mr.. Van Looms word
to be taken at face value.
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GSai4!t|; t., ~. \ ( ,'i!l!!M!!!cr@

Jim, Junior. and his bride. Fay, in
sisted upon Jim Lanes lunching
with them. 50 that Faith and Bob
were free to lunch alone and to talk
unhampered of Cherry's trial They
had long since tacitly agreed to shun
the subject of the trial and its prob
able outcome when Cherry's diseon-
ISOLATE father was with them.
We'll lunch in our own little tea
room. ch the mo hasn't dis
covered yet. thank heaven Bob told
her compassionate. as they drove
away from the court house. "No. we
don't want Il paper" he shouted If
ritably to a newsboy who had clam
bered upon the running board.
"Wait. Bob" Faith cried. seeing
the headlines. "Your aunt. Mrs. All
bright, has been robbed, Here, SON.
N.Y. She dropped nickel into the
boys dirty hand and took the paper.
"'Cluny's daughter victim of jewel
robbery she read aloud. "She was
robbed on Saturday while she was
attending the trial. dear, and the
loss has just been discovered"
"How much?" Bob asked laconical-
~, but there was rather GIN,
smile on his handsome. tired face.
THE loss is estimated at forty
thousand dollars Faith told him
breathlessly, her eyes jumping down
the column Of type. ut says that
this is the fourth big jewel robbery
! in the last six months. and not a sim
gle arrest has been made yet. The
chief Of police is quoted here rs
saying il looks like the work of one
gang, directed by a master mind. +"
"Old stuff" Bob snorted contempt
uously "Just nice. machine-made
little abb that Morehouse trots out
when he's fallen down on the job
What's that headline about Cherry?'
"'Bates testimony blow to de.
fense.'" Faith read aloud, dispirited.
| ~. "A subhcad says, Cherry lays
blame on Wiley. when confronted by
preacher knew the papers would
seize on Bates testimony as a sor,
of confession. and you can imagine
what they'll do with Anderson's evi
dence about Chcrry's saying, tt
think l got rid Of Ralph Cluny for ;
thing like you!' The late Afternoon
papers will be shrieking that Cherr!
confessed to killing Cluny. Bob!'
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near under the ground. Then fever
ish hubub above ground and echoes
of struggle below. Ambulances ar
rive in squads! Smoke puffs through
cracks and, now and then, 4 line OF
flame is seen to shoot along wires.
A fireman is brought to the sur
face, overcome-then another and
another! Lights flicker in buildings
and elevators feebiy lift themselves,
or halt as though by order of a
magician. Men and women crane
nervous necks from a score of build
ings. The skyscraper buildings be-
come alive with peering faces. AMI
nation overtakes entire blocks and
thousands pour into the street.
Above ground the air is tense with
uncertainty! What is going on down
below the earth? A sweat-soaked
grimly- faced fireman comes up for
air then another and
Down the block excitement spreads
The fire has leaped along wires to
break out in a new place. Great
sacks of sand and cement disappear
below ground.
An entire street suddenly is bar
ricaded to traffic, which is shunted
into the next and the extra burden
chokes this street to limits. We.
hicles travel within fractions Of an
inch OF each other. Drivers curse
them selves and each other Soon an
entire section feels the crush.
And in a hundred buildings busy
men take up telephones only to find
them useless.
How completely at t., mercy OF
mechanical perfection they have be.
come. They swear and growl. They
cannot reach their stock broker.
They cannot phone their appoint
ments nor reach the ears Of their
customers. A little instrument Of
metal and wire has them ut it,
mercy!
Cut the phones of all New York
for day and there would be some.
thing approximating panic.
And sOmewher" off on his quiet
hillside the philosopher can chucklt
at this, and add a few notes to his
dissertations on mans futile strug.
glings.
GILBERT SWAN.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, April 28.-There is no
place more helpless than this be-
hemoth city when helplessness over
takes it.
A heavy snow storm leaves the
giant sm0thered, impotent and al
most inert.
A heavy rain and the rush of
waters jam subways and block
streets.
In a place 90 dense with activity
everything must move with clock.
work precision or chaos results
Let any part of the big parade stop
and the whole soon suffers. 1t is
the old story Of one topping card
that sends the whole pack Hopping.
Just now one entire section has
lost its voice.
A. small fire in the underground
timber where human moles burrow
phones become silent. Giant cables
criss cross beneath the ground, run.
ming limited number Of Trunks
from each central focus. Some OF
these, laid many years 40, were
figured on q basis Of population
growth long since reached and pass
ed. and leaving many pleading FOL
connections.
Nothing is more melodramatic and
imagination stirring than these fires
in the murky bowels Of the city
From a sidewalk edge One may pene
trate a section of the blackness
Suddenly few puffs Of smoke, !
great crowd and. fire engines dash
ing from everywhere. Somehow thu
wooden supports or frameworks hav,
caught fire. The makeshift stree,
Of boards is quickly pried and ont
after another the red helmets disap
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Editorial Comment
Presidential Vacations
(New York Times)

President Coolidge is going about the selection Of
this years summer white house with his usual
sagacty He has always frowned on the notion.
promoted by the Jealous Mr.. Dickinson of Iowa,
that permanent white house should be built some
where west of the Mississippi. That would pro-
mote too many jealousies and tie the president
down too closely. fter-one summer in New Eng
land and another in the Adrondacks, Mr.. Coolidge
is thinking of trying the west. Just how far west
has not yet been decided. only it must be "far
enough to find altitude that will assure cool
ness How could the matter be put discreety?
Iowa need not feel sighted. The heart of the
belt is bit too hot for presidential vacations, par
tcularly on the eve of presidential campaign.
The states ct the west coast would be glad to
welcome the president. But Mr.. Coolidge naturally
hesitates to 60 far away from Washington. Sem
ator Smoot, proud of the scenic wonders of Utah,
would like to have him spend the summer near
Zion National Park If he wants isolation and
privacy, that might be the place to 60. The drive
through the hot desert into that magnificent bit
of molten sunset nearly finished the members of
President Hardings party in 1923. The newspa-
per men who follow the president on these saun-
terings haven't forgotten that experience, and the
mere thought of spending the summer there would
make them faint. The place in the Black Hills
seems more attractive. 1t can't be so very far
from the "isohyet of eight inches" which the COM
mercial biographies say bounds the corn belt ol
the west. The farmers would be vocal there, blu.
not too vocal, and there is plenty Of fishing.
Representative Dickinson long ago urged the
president to breathe the air of the west md come
into closer contact with western sentiment by
establishing a residence west of the Mississippi
That was before the veto of tie McNary- Hauge'
bill. Now it is perhaps more of a challenge thar
an invitation. But the president does we'll to &C
cept it. It will help to give him perspective and
understanding. 1t will make those with grievances
feel that they are not remote from the white
house, after all. When the president can get ava,
from Washington, it is fitting that he should Civ.
the people who live in parts Of the country far re
moved from the capital a chance to see and hea
him. This is particularly true in the case Of
president born and bred in the east, like Mr.. Cool
dge He ought not to fare SO badly, even with thu
embttered farmers. They will find him littl
more than kin-even though less than kind.
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France DiSsentS

Before you allow yourself 10 get too greatly
aroused by the atrocities and kill the foreign
devils" business in connection with the National
lists in China. you might pay little attention to
the official French government reports Of the last
few days.
These reports assert that the British are doing
everything in their power to discrcdit the Canton
in the eyes Of the world; that the British dis
scmnatc "misleadng news, which in no way cor
responds to realities" that many stories Of Chinese
outbreaks are utterly false; and that the Can
toncsc authorities now have the Shanghai situation
well in hand
The French, be it noted, have not joined the
Americans and British in the Smelling of Marking
and the Yangtze river forts; and they insist they
will not. Before get all excited about the
Chinese situation, it might pay us to study the
French attitude and sec if it hasn't some point
which we might copy.
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Editors Note: This is the
Goth chapter in the story of
former doughboy who, going
back to France as an advance
guard of the Second A. f. F."
is reyisiting all Of the scenes he
and his buddies saw during the
war.
CHAPTER Xxx
Maybe you were at Bazoches on
Aug. .. 1913. Maybe you were NJ
Epicds :. Chamery -. Pru-
nay Wcz -. Ste. Meme
hOuld or Juvingy.
II makes little difference: when
you LegiOnnaircs come this Sep
TENDER you will see they all have
changed.
hut the American influence is
easy to recognize.
A peasant gocs past with q leather
jacket he probably purchased for
ten francs and the purchaser prob
ably tried to Out-franc buddy with
the galloping dominoes. And rain
coats! Well, it must be that all
those buckled slickers were left be-
hind for a consideration. This work
Of reconstruction in the devastated
areas could hardly 20 on without
American equipment.
Hob.nailcd mixers, too. Still go.
ing strong.
In the buvettc that wasn't stand.
ing there when you swcated through
with the line of advance you can now
buy cafe au lait, or cafe au rhum.
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BARBS
MANlrAL FOR BEGGARS

A book found in the pocket of a
beggar arrested in Paris was called
"A Manual for the Use Of Bcggars."
There's already movement on foot
in this country among the fathers
of college students to suppress the
volume. What beggars really
need, of course, is not so much a
manual as manual labor. II
the book were introduced in Ameri-
ca the title could be changed to
Manual for Oil Stock Statesmen"
and it would 20 over big. The
strange thing about it\ all is that
they should arrest a beggar in Paris.
We thought they elected all their
besgars foreign plipijters.
Roller skating iss advancing as a
fad among the ladies. Probably they
figure they may as we'll use the
skates as associate with them.
"Make Chicago Hum" is ono of
Mayor Thompson's new slogans. We
had thought the artillery attended
to that.
Tip your hat but let your hand
alone.
The Charleston and Black Bottom
indicate the effect Of the World War
upon the public mind. according to
a dance teacher. The next war prob
ably. will be fought to make the
| world safe to sit out in.
The grammar used ny the "flOat-
ing university" Students, such as "yon
! tell the world,p jarpeN London, says
a dispatch. Leave II TO somebody in
, boat to be spoofing the British.
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Old Masters

We meet meath the sounding rafter,
And the walls around are bare;
As they shout back our peal, oil
laughter
1t seems that the dead are there.
Then stand to your glasses. steady!
We drink in our comrades eyes:
One cup to the dead already
Hurrah for the next that dies!
Not here are the goblets glowing.
Not here is the vintage sweet:
IT'S cold, as our hearts are grow.
ing,
And dark as the doom we meet.
But stand to your glasses. steadyi
And econ shall our pulses rise:
4 cHp to the dead already
Hurrah for the next that dies!
There's a mist on the glass con.
gealing,
'Tis the hurricanes sultry breath:
And thus does the warmth of feel.
ing
Turn ice in the grasp Of death.
But stand to your glasses, steady!
For moment the vapor flies:
Quaff Gun to the dead already
Hurrah for the next that dies!
Bartholomew Bowling: From
"The Revcl: East India"
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Women, to Look Well,
You Must be Well

Rochester, Mimi am always,
glad to speak q good word for DR..
Pierce's remedies. especially the
'Favorite Prescription because I
have taken It and know about Il
from my own experience. My
health was very poor when was
advised to try the Prescription,
and. by the time l had taken three
bottles my health was good. I had
tried several remedies before, but
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
was the only thing to be 81 any
benefit to me. 1t took me safely
through middle life and left me in
good health. which ! still enjoy"
Mrs. Cora Headly. los LIST Ave-.
N. w.
All dealers. Large bottles, liquid
$1.35: Tablets, $1.35 and Csc. Write
DR.. Pierce, President Of the In
valids' Hotel. Buffalo. N. Y. for
free advice.
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Self.made Men

DR.. Edward A. Fitzpatrick dean of the graduate
school of Marquette University. took occasion to
remark the other day that all men-even college
graduates-are "self-made men,"
Education in the last analysis be only Il
process of acknowledgment, where is master
of his fate and the artist creating his life cut
Of the raw materials Ct his experience he says.
That's point worth stressing. In school out
Of it, every man is constantly meeting expert
ences, each of which has certain effect on
/. him. His reaction to these experiences deter
mines what he will be. He is after all, arbiter
Of his own destiny, to that extent at any rate.
We are, DR.. Fitzpatrick says all self-madc
men.
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Ii Doesn't Paw

Fifteen years ago Jesse Sharp, "lifer.' escaped
from the Ohio penitentiary. The other day, old
and broken he came back voluntarily.
The strain of evading police. of fearing con-
stantly that he would be caught, too great, he
said. 1t ruined his health and prevented him from,
getting any enjoyment out of his freedom. So he
came back
A lawbreaker pays for his. crime in ways
than one. This man found out that mans own
conscience punish him more sharply than any
man. made prison.
1t doesn't always pay, after all.
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She dropped the paper to the floor
of the car and laid trembling hand
on his arm. We've got to do some
thing! Do you realize that Churchill
has nothing nothing to combat all
this terrible evidence with. but Cher
rvs own unsupported word? And
when he puts her on the witness
stand Banning will simply tear her
to pieces. We've got to do some
thing. Bob"
"Ive been hoping that Crowell,
Churchills investigator, would turn
up something Bob admitted defect
eddy. Seems = me good detective
could have got hold Of something in
connection with that threatening let
ter, but Churchill says they have run
into a blind alley on that lead"
"Havc you forgotten all about old
Phil. the beggar?' Faith asked, re-
proach creeping into her tired voice.
"No. darling, haven't forgotten
about him. I've got man stationed
to watch Pills corner and to report
to me if the beggar shows IN, and
I've been down in Shantytown-
! Peach Tree hollow-twlce lacey, to
try to trace him. If he's living down
there he's got the whole dirty district
| IN cahOOtS with MIN TO niQc the TACT
Looks to me like somebody's told
him that I'm looking for him and
he's hiding out. Old Kelly. who runs
the news stand, you know, has prom
ised n get word to me the minute
old Phil shows up. Here we are
honey Let's have lunch and try ia
! forget about it all for an hour. II
| breaks my heart to see you looking
SO tired and discouraged. l wish
you'd stay at home one day from the
4 trial and try to get some rest"
"Stay at home when Cherry is
/ fighting for her life?" Faith famed
at him. Bob, l believe you've given
up hope! You're beginning to believe
she did it! And IL you doubt her
No, don't touch me! ] don't want ia
/ be made love to! ! want Cherry to be
free! don't want anything else in
the world"
TOMORROW: Faith discovers tina,
Cherry is tortured by a secret feal
not connected with her trial for muir
der.
/ Copyright, 1927. NEA Service. Inc
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Hone For the Crippled

One of the problems of this efficient industrial
age of ours is the placing of physically afflicted
men in jobs where they can support themselves
The man with poor eyes. bad leg or a twisted
hand is frightfully handicapped nowadays. But
there is ray of hope in report from the welfare
council of New York City.
This report shows that employers more and
finding that physically handicapped men car
be very useful employees. The Ford Motor Co..
the very home of efficiency, employs less than
$4,000 who are physically below normal.