THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, CU 18, 1918.
frron mho It doing spy work I can
t. II Kimt deteottv. or Sheriff and they
can watch them." After enlarging on
war bread and thrift stamp. Ilttl. Dee
Hut'fclr. ot thi fifth grade, a defend
ant of one of the "Green Mountain
b4.)..- aho. under Kthan Allen. stormed
ai.d raptured Tlronderoga. true both to
her ancestry and th. more romantic
ex. conclude her composition as fol
Ir.ms: "l ran also help win the war by
I rutin. 1 have knit three pair of
nocks for tlie soldier. If one of these
pair of o-k keepa- a soldier eel
sarin and keep him from getting
pneumonia, he mtht fly over the irer
ma n llnea and drop a bomb on the Rai
se r. and thai would speedily end the
war.""
INTEREST CENTERS
IN WAR MEASURES
SWISS REPUBLIC'S
LOT IN WAR HARD
A WORD TO MEN
ABOUT CLOTHES
Week Promises to Be Busy
One in Both Houses
of Congress.
Triumphant Prussia and Free
Switzerland Cannot Exist in
Same Europe, Says Gerard.
RAIL OFFICERS . ELECTED
rpukane Inland Empire Director
DRAFT LEGISLATION COMING
MAJORITY SPEAK IN GERMAN
Hold Annual Mcr-tlng.
Corrnm-nt Reorgant.uit.on
.iim.n. (ration War Finance Cor
poratlon Bill Expected to En
fax Lawmaker Attention.
XV , 1 1 NITo.V, Mm re h I T. A rmy
draft IcfLiUliun. renewal of mntro
my over (.ovrnmtnl rHrtaniullon
And th Atmtntfiration bill fur a
( nanre corporation, will occupy most
f thta wtk at the capital.
fill 1 4 affect Hi operation of th
Irrtlve draft law are pcndinc before
both Senate aii'l House, m uh much
praure for immediate action.
The Senate bill changing the basla
f quota from Plate population to the
number of men In One la on the
llouae calendar, with It opponent In-
ttina npon a aubtttute which would
ha quota upon total recratlon and
ltabtl.tr to wrtlt. Iterate military
committee member: plan to aeck early
conideration of the War lepartment
bill ub)erttna to fsitratiun youths
rearhtns 2 1 cars of as ine June
t. 19 It.
UimMi Mill I C eee I p.
The war ftnanre rorporat ion bill,
upon hhh the Housm tomorrow re
uin drbate. 1 epe-ted to pa 9
withtn a few day and be -nt to con
ference The Army leg i-lation 1
a-duU to fallow.
on side rat ton of the Ot rrmin bill,
ri.tn the I'rcatdrnt blanket reorcan
lAUttion power, will be resumed tomor
row by the Senate Judtctary committee
unrlrr a drcHion to ke-p it constantly
before the mmmltlM until dlpoed of.
Admtiiitratton force apparently are
In control by a mtl marajtn. and they
Irt to brine the bill before the Sen
ate, where the military committee's
btl'-t f-r a war rabme- and munition
director probably will be offered a
ubatltutr.
afrra Hill la at-
Womn nuffrase at.o may oon come ;
before the Senate.
.NrsutuMom are on Uailr and ad- i
nritr4 of the Hou r.ut ion pro
V: dm .r ubmiln of a Kirral Con
stitutional amendment ay they no
lack but lf nte of the two-third
jrce..ary for adoption.
eci?tatton nrceary for the sale of
enemy prorrfy and Ked-ral acquisi
tion of the erman-owned wharve and
dock at Hoboken. N. J . I In confer
ence w ah proaticct of an agreement
thi wrek.
In rr.umme debate on the acrtcul
tural appropriation bill tomorrow the
.benate I espetrd to reject .Senator
ttVore amendment rnpo-tnf htsrher
K uaranteed price for w heat and recu
lation of l meat packers book keep
tur by the Secretary of Acrtculture.
The lfiue Interstate contmrrve com
sniltee will begin hearins alonday on
watrr ptwer l-c illation open lo every
body tntTfjitfj. Secretary Lan t to
be the firl wit ties..
SPOKANK. Wash.. March IT. tSpe-
nd cl"' At ,n "nnual meeting of the
KX-POHTUMI PHTICIAN
V ISS MAJOR'S lUHMISSlUN.
W -r-
EARLY WEDDING RECALLED
ii
crairj at
rdnrr hrre Annl
I ore! ror.
For.KiT f:iK. r. Marvh 17.
Spe-laL At their home In thla city
fr'rtday. pnrrun1'd hr thrlr children
and frtrnrf... Mr. and Mm Nelson tard
Iter quietly pa.ed their lth eddina
anniversary. They nere married at
Keokuk. U. March IV t.
They ram to I'rrion a number of
)r.r aco. Itvtna ri t'olk and Yamhill
eountiea unttt they located in Korent
; In l;. They hae eliiht chil
dren, an fallow.; K. P. ;ar!ner. aiietet
ant lkielma.fer here; A. K. tlardner,
rural mall rarrler out of thla city; Mr.
Sarah I'. Talr. S.tlem; lra. Amantla
K ilvtn. -re.ott. Aria; Mr. Mary T.
Hutler. Kucene; Mre. A. V. Murrtnon.
.v.. Iwrc. and lirrtha O. Itooard. of Ibis
city.
1 a i Tn tm
Dr. J. R. "rt ether bee.
FORT ItlLEY. Kan.. March IT.
.Special.) lr. J. K- Wetherbee.
formerly president of the old
Portland Commercial Club, has
Just been notified of his promo
tion to position of Major in the
Medical officer' Reserve Corp.
This Is Major Wethorbee's second
promotion since he entered the
service eight month ago. H- ha
been for several month In charge
of the headquarters company of
r'teld Hospital No. IS.
Dr. Wetherbee was for several
year a practitioner here and
luring the regime of Joseph
Simon as Mayor was a member of
the Hoard of Health. He also
erred as president of the Com
merrial Club, now the Chamber
of Commerce.
Grratrtt Sympathy for German)
round Among-Military in Swltzcr
land Food Qurfttlon l?oq aires
Delicate Handling- by V. S.
Spokane and Inland Kmplra Railroad
Company yesterday the folio In" of
fleer were elected: I. C. Ctlman. prea
Ident: Waldo O. I'alne. vtce-prealden
and traffic nni(r: W . K. Turne
rtce-prealdent and controller; W. IS.
Lavlon. secretary and treasurer. Trus
tee. 1 C. oilman. W. K. Turner. I'ort
land: K. V. Browjt. Seattle; Ueorce T.
Iteid. Tacoma; Waldo U. i'alne. Aaron
Kuhn and Kred B. Orlnnrll. Spokane.
Annual atatement. ahow that th
frelsht earnings on the interurban lines
decreased I42.n?l SI. or 12 per cent un
der last year's figures. Tha decrease
In tntcrurban freight earnings Is due
almost entirely to the poor grain crop
harvested caused by the unusual condl
lions of a late, cold spring and a hot
dry Summer. The grain traffic han
died was approximately MS.747 bush
el, as compared with 1.290. las bushels
for th. sam. period the previous year.
Kalama Children Tell How
to Help Win War.
I pewit tow Ureal be loadable
ptrlt off Pal rlwCU.
CHURCH HONORS SOLDIERS
Hull of Members In Nation's- Service
I Dedicated.
K A LA MA. Vah.. March IT. tSpe
e-al. Kalam -hoo children might
b able to glvr tnany grown-up Amrrt
ean pointer on war service. ICerently
Ihry were .-keJ to write compositions
on -liw Can Help Win the War."
and their Inspired effort -howrd that
-ith'r their patriotism nor their prac.
tira applu-attoa of It were at fault.
Thrift stamp and war garden. Woo
Vcrtilng and knitting, all were en
Ij rted upon mm be in is way In which
"llitrn cittxen" might h-lp. "Red'
SudUer. a t'-ry young Irish-American
of 14. even co no f-r a to aert "If
tr., re 1 a bv or girl that can afford
to buy a thrift stamp and den not. he
jhouid live under the (it-mun flag."
t.coraie rtrown. the -rar-old son of
th t-tho-iit minixt-r. prove that
.tooth Tarktncton lnrod" ln"t the
otUy boy who long for a drtecttve's
bil. tieorge. after remarktnc "l c:n
do without sugar on my muh and
ctN-r t-t-ir. ib: "tf 1 know of anr
UNION
DENTISTS
fatailesM epeeaiiia-i w ih teeth, a pee
baw y w will k avataa trmtm yswe www eipeei
eww. alwwd hftajvlr Kd HMI WW
the alriinil. If be w ear!. irrMeAlw
we um?mrtlwrU, we will fca flirt paiw.
sew WUl .et Marl If ft lad
Vhtw wawvr.
rrd nn.i'r : of iTrc-s. jw'I t?ie
p4T la r-vrxiii 1 I f.r t Fi lu4rint"4
w.ta :i iue wurk tni iti
taeir . !..
ll"Kr ItlVKR. Or.. Man h 1 7. (Spe
cial. The morning service of the Riv
erwide Congregational Chuivh today
a devoted to a dedication of the roll
of the young men of the church now In
their country's service and to the pres
entation of honor medal to 13 mem
bers of the Hood River Boy Scout,
The name on the church's service
roll are a follows:
Charts CiM. Harold Tlisrkman. I- It. T.
ftettuknerht. Walter Kecneil. Captain George
II. Wilbur. Ir. v. R. Abraham, t ptalu 1.
A tlendenon. Harold Herhner. alalcoim and
A 1 1 n Hut mn. laeu t r. an t H . 0. W. 1 neo.
Kent fhcmak-r. Lieutenant Kdwarrt f.
Frnins, leton Pntley. Kudyard I m hoi a
llMm T. Chaadier. Wlill.m MrOuire. Ir.
J. M. wauarh. Clifford M-tnnaid. Anrui
M( lHnatd. Mark t and Korreet U M
Kraneta '.. Kug-ne R. antt Arthur O. Lewis.
Harold U. InrsH. Carl t. Berry. Fred H.
Reii. Horace R. ik Inner. Raymond Nlrhol
sia. Killott Ptaten. Dayton Lucas. 8ldny
R Carnlne. Ivan W. Dakin. MIlo Frederick
and Walter w. Shay.
STUDENTS DIEIN SERVICE
Three Golden Stars Will Be IHrt on
U. A. C. Banner.
Or.EUO.V AORICULTURAL COLLKOE.
Corvallis. March 17. (Special.) Three
golden stars will be th. first on th.
new service flag, now being prepared
for O. A. C. The big. banner, which Is
sufficiently large for more than 1000
stank will be dedicated late In April.
The golden stars are for men who
have given their lives fr their coun
try. Gerald Barrett. Nerval Carnle and
Verne Branland. Stars m-111 be placed
on the flag for all graduates, under
graduate, members of the board of re
sents and faculty of the college. At the
time of dedication a memorial service
will be held for members who died In
the service.
The girls of the Horn. Kconomlcs
Club will make the flag.
PLATES $7.50
I. f.M.
fweilal. Sllll.a.
K 4
-1-K I.w4d Mriaav.
r.strarfla.
5
1
5
231 i 31orrison. Cor. Second
Kafir wrwer.
Leek fwc the Big laiea Stis.
DEAN WOULD BE CHAPLAIN
V.. II. MeCollioter. of St. Stephen's
rro-l'athc-dral. Announces Purpose
Win K. II. McCollister of St. Ste
phen's l-ro-4'aihedral yesterday an
nounced to hla parishioners that he had
applied for a commission as chaplain
in the army and that It was his ambi
tion and earnest desire to serve bis
country In this may by ministering to
the bos at the front. He asked their
support and Influence in gaining for
him an appointment.
lie ha been dean of the Pro
Cathedral for a year and a half and Is
popular among the young people In his
parish as well as In civic affairs. He
has the distinction of having In his
rongrrcatinu a large percentage of men
at all services.
BT JAUKS W. GERARD.
American Ambasaador at the German Im
perial Court. July s.-t. to February .
lull. Auihor of "My hour Vrars In ;er
rcany." (Copyright, 1017. by Public Ledger
Company.
ARTICLE XXIII.
Free Bwltxerland! You cannot Ima
gine tne feellnK of relief I experienced
as I passed from the l:ind nf the
Hohenioilerns and lUp.-burit to a free
republic
It was February 11. 1517 ' To iro
Into the railroad station restnuruiit
d order an omelet und fried pota
toes without a food caul and with
chocolate on the side seemi-d in it
self a return to ilberlv.
We all know that Switzerland Is a
republic, but even those of us who
have traveled there, probably because
were on a hoildiiy. jtave lit tie
thought to the Swiss political system.
Indeed, before this war we cared little
about the government of any country
except our own.
The present constitution of Switzer
land was adopted in 1.14S and in many
particulars as modeled after that of
the United states.
There ate the same three great Fed
eral powers the Federal Assembly
rf present In the legislative branch; the
rederal Council, representinc the ex
ecutive branch, and the Federal Court,
representing the Judicial branch.
resides! Powers Limited.
The lower chamber made up of
representatives el-etcd directly by the
people and the other chamber of mem
bers elected, as in our Set.ate, two by
each canton or state. The Bunriesrat,
or Federal Couiuil, which ha all the
executive power. Is elected b- the
Ftderal Assembly, and it is th, chair
man or t.n body who Is Known as
he President of Switzerland. In reality
I.e does not possess the powers of our
resident, but It is the Bundsrat as
whole which exercises the powers.
Knch member of this Council Is min
ister or head of some separate depart
ment, such as military. Justice and po-
ice, foreign affairs, posts and rail
ways, etc. The Swiss cantons have
nvtch power, and there Is a di.-tinet
Jealousy by each canton of states'
ri ehts.
It is In Switzerland that we en
counter two little friend, .sponsored
by William Jennings Bryan the ini
tlstiv. and referendum means by
which the Swiss people are tiven a
direct voice In their poverniu nt. By
th. Initiative a certain number bf voters
may propose new leirislat ion. and when
the requisite number sign a petition
the proposed law must then be sub
mitted to popular vote. The rule ap
plies both In the separate cantons and
In the republic as a whole.
Th. referendum, more often n.ed.
provides that if the requisite number
of signers be obtained any law passed
hv a cantonal legislative body or by the
Federal Assembly shall l.e submitted to
the voters. In certain cantons the ref
erendum is obligatory atid every law is
thus submitted to tho people, in prac
tice the referendum has acted as a
check to advanced legislation.
Ked rrus lance Is ufe.
WKSTCAKK. Or.. March 17. (Ppe
rial. The women of the lied Cross of
W.atlake. Or., gave a dance in the dining-room
of tiie Wesxlake Hotel. Marrk
. At midnight a lunch was served,
after nhieh a rake was sold for l.'T.S
Th. proceeds ot the .renins totaled
!.. .
Prussia Clalnia eucbatel.
The Swiss have reasons to fear th'
designs of Prussia. As late as lk.".i!
Prussia and Switzerland were on t dr
edge of war. Irlor to !Mi Xeuchatrl
acknow.dired the King of Irus'ia as its
overlord. The Congress of Vi- nna. how
ever. Included this territory in the
Swiss Confederation as one of the Swiss
cantons. But Prussia, in spite of this
formal arrangement, with its usual dis
regard of treaties, continued to claim
Neuchatel.
In ISIS the revolutionary influence
resulted in more dt-niocratio rule in
Neuchatel, hut the Prussian propagan
dist of that day was at worl:, and in
IS.. Count Fourtales plot was discov
ered and several hundred prisoners
were seized by the Swiss government.
All but a score were released. Freder-
k William IV of Prussia demanded
their Instant pardon and release, and
ordered th. mobilization of his army,
but finally, through the intervention of
Napoleon JIT. the affair was settled, the
prisoners released by way of tranw
and th. Prussian Kinir renounced all
rights over Neuchatel.
The Kulturkampf of Bismnrck. his
contest against the Koman Catholics.
had Its echoes in Switzerland, and it
probably was due also to Ccrman in
fluence that until lSiiti full freedom was
withheld from the Jews.
The Red Cross had Its origin In Swit
zerland. and the Geneva conventions
ave done much to bring about the
doption of better rules of war. Tin
Geneva Cross is the badge of interna
tional charity and help.
Switzerland always has opened her
doors to the politically oppressed. More
han 10.00 revolutionists from Baden
ook refuge In Switzerland in lsl. Aust
ria, in 1&53, as a reprisal for the at
leged actions of Italians in Switzerland
In conspiring against Austria, drove
housands of Swiss citizens from that
part of Italy occupied by Austria. Also
In th. Franco-Prussian war the French
General Bourhaki and his army of near
ly 100.000 men sought an asylum In
wltzerland.
Army One .f I alieraal Service.
Th. army of Switzerland is a true
citizen army an army of universal
servlce and it is due to the existence
f this force that Switzerland remainr
dependent state in the midst ol
Europe.
To stand apart In Kurope Is the verj
essence of life for Switzerland, it u
regrettable, therefore, that Cernian
money and German propaganda and
some sympathy for Germany among
th. officers of the army should have
touched the fine flower of Swiss neu
trality. A triumphant Prussia and a
free Switzerland cannot exist in the
same Iturope.
In Switzerland It Is in the military
that we find that greatest sympathy
for Germany. In lvlf. Swiss olticers
were discovered working out the
cipher of other nations for the benefit
of th. German armies, and the punish
ment given at the ensuing court
martial was not only Incommensurate
with th. ofTense. hut was n plain indi
cation of the early sympathies of the
chiefs of the Swiss staff.
The food question between the t'nited
States and Switzerland requires deli
cate handling. We like the Swiss and
do not wish them to suffer, hut the
Swiss must understand that our food
is our own and that we do not pro
pose It shall go to nourish Germans or
that It shall take the place, in Switzer
land, of Swiss food sold by the Swiss to
our enemies.
The President of Switzerland related
to ma the difficult position la which
V
EXPERIENCE has taught
the public to look with'
suspicion upon clothing
which comes from unknown
and hidden ; origins partic
ularly with wool growing
scarcer prices going higher
the temptation to cheapen
and adulterate becoming
stronger and stronger.
The clothesmaker who has
no reputation at stake no
fixed pledges to bind him
mayjdecide'it is more profit
able to give way to the pres
sure than to resist it.
An unlabeled garment is an
evasion of responsibility.
In affixing their label to a
garment, on the other hand,
the Kirschbaum clothes
makers say,"For this garment
and for every process in its
making, we assume full re
sponsibility. Upon its ability
to satisfy the wearer we stand
or fall." .
No eye not even the eye of
the expert can detect a
slight mixture of cotton in
an unworn fabric. Nor can
it tell from the surface of
the suit whether the inner
and unseen details have been
well or badly done.
Your certain protection, and
ours, is a label which identi
fies the garment as coming
from a maker whose name
is a guarantee of all-wool,
and the excellence of work
manship that belongs with
all-wool the Kirschbaum
label.
Kirsclibaum Clothes in New Spring Styles
Priced at .$20, $25, $30, $35, $40
PHEGLEY & CAVENDER
CORNER FOURTH AND ALDER STREETS
Switzerland found herself. Iron and
coal, necessary to the Industries of
Switzerland, to keep the population
warm anil to cook the food, came, he
said, from Germany, while food was
shipped to the French Mediterranean
port of Cette from America and the
Argentine and transported across part
of France to Switzerland, so that since
the war Switzerland, as tho President
exi'latneri. has been dancing; about, nrst
on one side, then on the other. In the
attempt to get food through France
and coal and iron through Germany,
Swiss Speak German Chiefly.
Kverythinpr in the office of the Presi
dent was the extreme of republican
simplicity, lie questioned me about the
situation in Germany, especially from
the food standpoint. And I learned of
the difficulties of the Swiss. It must
not be forgotten that in Switzerland
about 70 per cent of the people speak
German, 23 per cent French and 7 per
cent Italian. Many of the German
speaking Swiss, of course, sympathize
with Germany. They are the farmers,
dairymen, etc.; but in French-Switzer
land, in the neighborhood of Geneva
and Lausanne, the Industrial popula
tion sides with the allies. Millions of
the delicate fuses used on shells have
been manufactured in that part of
Switzerland for the entente. In re tali a
tion for this the Germans boycotted
Swiss watches.
The usual German-paid propaganda
newspapers operate in the principal
towns. The army officers are the first
to be influenced. It is the same
Switzerland as with the officers of
many armies, solely because of the past
reputation of the German military ma
chine.
We and the civil authorities ot South
America must not forget that Japan
copied German military methods and
lhat the armies of Argentina and Chile
have been trained for years by German
officers sent there on temporary leave
of absence from the German army.
Von Below, a German officer in Ber
lin, who had been In the Argentine,
used to make merry over the Argen
tine soldiers and said that they ob
jected to drilling when it rained. I do
not believe this officer, hut I should
like to have the brave Argentine offi
cers hear pis joKes ana gioes.
Sple. Follow Aaaerlcan.
We left. After three or four days in
Berne, on the evening train for the
French frontier. In the train corridors
outside the compartments spies stood
staring at us. spies pretending-to read
newspapers -came into each compart
ment; police spies, betrayed by heavy
boots: general staff spies, betrayed by
a military stiffness; women spies: spies
assorted and special. And these gentry
had followed me all over Berne for in
the neutral countries of Kurope as well
as the belligerents nre we constanuy
reininded of the Insidious methods or
Kaiserism.
l'aris was indeed a changed Paris
since I had last seen u. in ieiooer 01
1sl3. The pavement in the Place Ven-
ilome. In front of the Hotel Ritz. where
we stopped, was full of holes, but taxi-
calis. almost as extinct as the dodo in
Bcfiin. rushed merrily through the
croSvdcd streets. Tho boulevards were
lively, full of soldiers looking; far more lour friends from Berlin, Jules Cambon,
cheery, far more snappy, than the a former French Ambassador there, and
heavy-footed German soldiers who so I his family, at the La- Rue Restaurant,
i
painfully tramped down Unter den
, Linden.
Many soldiers were to be seen with
out an arm or leg:, something impossi
ble in Germany, where, especially in
Berlin, it has been the policy of the
government- to conceal thoso maimed
by war from the people at home. Al
though constantly walking the streets
in Berlin, I never saw a German soldier
without an arm or leg.
Once motoring near Berlin I came
upon a lonely country house where
through the iron rails of the surround
ing park, numbers of maimed soldiers
peered out, prisoners of the autocratic
government which dared not show Its
victims to the people.
At night in Paris the taxicabs
and autos rushed dangerously through
streets darkened to baffle the Zeppe
lins. In the hotel there was little heat,
only wood fires in one's room. In the
homes a single electric light bulb was
permitted for each room; violation of
this rule meant loss of electric light
from that apartment for three weeks.
Paris Lights Few and Dins.
In the Ritz restaurant there were
lights on the table only. And the
gloomy dining room, where a few
Americans and British officers and
their families conversed in whispers,
resembled but little the gay resort so
often filled before the war with Amer
ican millionaires. Oliver, the head
waiter, appeared only at night, absent
waiter, appeared only at night, absent
during the day on war duties. No lights,
no music, it is hard to think of Paris
without these. Paris which calls itself
the "Ville Lumiere" the City of Light.
On our first Sunday in Paris a grand
concert was held in the Trocadero a
great government-owned auditorium on
the banks of the Seine under Canadian
auspices. When Ambassador Sharp and
entered the center box the vast audi
ence rose and cheered a new sensa
tion for me to be so welcomed after my
war years tn Berlin, where i naa been
harried and growled at, the representa
tive of a hated people, of a people at
once envied for their wealth, hated be
cause they had dared to keep their
rights and treaties and sell goods to
the enemies of Germany, and despised
because the Germans believed them too
rich and cowardly, too fat and degen
erate to fight in the great war for the
mastery of the world.
Compared to Berlin. Paris seemed a
land of abundance. In the restaurant,
however, the customer was limited to
two courses, but with the privilege of a
second helping.
Kaabasay Cola for Want .f Coal.
I called on Lord Bertie, the British
Ambassador, to ask him to convey my
acknowledgments to the Honorable Ar
il ur James Balfour, from whom I had
received a most complimentary com
munication. I found him in th. beauti
ful home of the British Embassy on the
Rue St. Honore, a house so cold for
want of coal that I was compelled to
make my visit short for fear of pneu
monia. .With. ilrs. Gerard wo lunched with
opposite the Madeleine. Cambon seemed
as game as ever, but fatigued.
Briand. who was then Premier, in
vited me to breakfast at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. The other guests
included our Ambassador, Mr. Sharp,
Cambon and the Ambassadors of Brit
ain, Italy. Russia and Japan and several
distinguished Frenchmen.
I did not sit next to Briand, as I
ranked after the Ambassadors accred
ited. to France,, but after lunch I sat
alone with him before the fire in one
of the large and beautiful salons, and
there we had a long talk, as, naturally,
he wanted to know about the situation
in Germany. He impressed me as a
strong man, with the vigor or an orator.
a man of temperament, a man enaowea
by nature to become a leader of the
French as the French were before the
war.
French Government by Old Men.
I was struck. in France by the fact
that the leaders, . civil, military and
naval, seemed older than those in simi
lar positions in other countries.
The present Premier, Clemenceau, Is
an example ot this ionaness 01 ine
French for government by old men.
NO MORE
FOOT MISERY
ICE-MINT
NEW DISCOVERY' STOPS
SORENESS AND CORNS
FALL OFF.
Clemenceau is 76 sears old, but is
vigorous fighter. ."
Mrs. Gerard and I lunched with Ga- ,
briel Hanotaux and his attractive wife
at their home. Cambon was there, and
Ribot, since .become Premier of France, '
a good old man; also the Secretary of '
the Navy and several learned French ,
philosophers and members of the acad- .
emy, and one of the heads of the Credit
Lyonnais, perhaps the greatest financial
institution in France. :'
War, war who could talk of any
thing else? Hanotaux said that in our '
time we had been unusually fortunate,
unusually free from war; that theJ,
was underneath France, underneatlv
even the fair city of Paris, under thd
smiling sunlit fields, another France, a
France of caves and eatacomfcs, exca
vated by the poor people, the plain peo
ple, who, during : the One Hundred1
Yaars' War, had sought in marching ar
mies, the far-riding plunderers and the
depths of the earth refuee from the
harassing camp followers, the roving,,
bands of "White Companies," the robber
barons who, English and French, Gas
con and Norman, harried the. lands or
France.
R up ture Kills
7,000 Annually ,
.Tiist a touch or two with Ice-mint
nd vour corns ana loot trouoies are
ended. It takes the soreness right out,
then the corn or callous shrivels and
lifts off. . , ' .
Kn matter what you have tried or
how many times ySu have been disap
pointed here is a. real neip ior you at
last. .
You will never have to cut a corn
again or bother with bungling tape or
plasters.
Hard corns, soft corns or corns be
tween the toes, just shrivel up and lift
off so easy. It's wonderful. ou leei
nn nain or soreness when applying Ice
mint or afterwards. It doesn't even
irritate the skin.
This new aiscovery maoe irom
Japanese product is certainly magical
the way it draws out inflammation
from a pair of swollen, burning, aching
feet, ice-mint imparts sucn a aeugnt
ful cooling, soothing feeling to the
feet that it just makes you sigh with
relief. It is the real Japanese secret
for fine, healthy little feet. It is great
ly appreciated by women who wear
high-heel shoes. It absolutely prevents
foot odors and keeps them sweet and
comfortable.
It costs little and will give your
poor, tired, suffering, swollen feet the
treat of their lives. Sold and recom
mended by good druggists everywhere.
AdV, . . . .. : ,
Seven thousand persons each year are laid
away the burial certificate being marked -"Rupture."
Why? Because the unfortunate -i
ones had neglected themselves or had been ,
merely taking care of the sign (swelling!
of the affliction and paying no attention to .
the cause. What are youdoing? Are you y
neelectinr vourself by wearing a truss, ap
pliance, or whatever name you choose to rail
it? At best, the truss is only a makeshift
a false prop against a collapsing wall and
cannot be expected to act as more than a .
mere mechanical support. The binding pres
sure retards blood circulation, thus robbing
the weakened muscles of that which they '
need most nourishment.
But science has found a way. and every.,
truss sufferer in the land is invited to make,
a FREE test right In the privacy of their
own home. The PLAPAO method Is unques-.
tionably the most scientific, logicad and suc
cessful self-treatment for rupture the world
has even known.
The PLAPAO PAD when adhering closely
to the body cannot possibly slip or shift out
of place, therefore, cannot chafe or pinch.
Soft as velvet easy to apply Inexpensive,-, ,
To be used whilst you work and whilst ;ou
sleep. No straps, buckles or springs at.,
tached. ,
Learn how to close the hernial opening as
nature Intended so the rupture CAN'T t'
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n ecessary. Adv...
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