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It times woriw than nitroglycerine.
They weigh ISO pound each thick
Iron shells, heavier than an ordinary
man and smash through three or four
floors.
"I'd better be In the cellar." says
Madame.
.JS. Poison gas bombs. Whether the
liquefied stuff be chlorine, bromine, ni
trogenous or dtoxyde of sulphur gas. It
Is mo heavy that It seldom rises above
IS feet from the ground, and flows
like water Into trenches or cellars.
"Id better be In my flat!" says
Madame.
4. Finally. the typhoid - cholera
bombs.
"They'd catch me, even In the coun
tryside." says Madame, 'fleeing In the
auto!"
Twilight in Neullly-Taris. Nearer
comes the musical humming. Flap-flap!
I point to the shining aeroplane from
Buc. Madame smiles dubiously, and
strikes up "Tlpperary."
WOMAN OF DISTINCTION
IS MRS. ROBERT LANSING
BT STEKING HEILIG.
, ARIS, July 10. We bought our
masks today.
Six masflts for three persons, at
$3 per person, 99. It is once only. In
a lifetime, and they will be relics. Also
they may save us against death, blind
ness or burnt lungs for life.
Relics of what a period!
We are not soidiers. We are just an
American family living quietly In Paris.
We do not hear the fracas of war
Paris is nowhere near the fighting
zone. Why, we can automobile all
round the countryside to Meaux. Chan
tilly. Fontainebleau. Paris is the same
old "Paris big shops, moving pictures,
cafe terraces, dressmakers, milliners,
art shows, matinees and promenades all
day.
All day, yes; but at night
At night, the night birds!
The Zeppelins.
The other night, when the janitor
came warning: "Zeppelins! Lights
out!" I regretted muchly having wait
ed for the "best" masks. We refused a
copy of the tin-snout German model,
which makes one look, really, too much
like a hog. Yet the tin-snout holds an,
extra Quantity of cotton soaked in
nyposuipmte very boxes under their arms, their corsages
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ASHINGTON. D. C, July J4.
(Special.) To be both wife of a
Secretary of State and daughter
of a Secretary of State Is a singular
distinction, and It may be claimed by
but one American woman Mrs. Robert
Lansing, the wife of President's Wil
son's newly appointed adviser.
Looking back to we see John
Watson Foster occupying the position
of Secretary of State In Benjamin Har- Iorm4l entertaining was done
rison s Cabinet and bis daughter t-iea-nor,
the young bride of Robert Lans
ing, residing with him at his Wash
ington home.
In 1915 this same Robert Lansing,
the unknown lawyer of 33 years ago.
has risen to the highest diplomatic
position In the land, and his wife steps
Into her place as hostess supreme of
the Cabinet, bringing with her an al
most specialised training for her new
position In Washington life.
Mrs. Lansing, being "so fathered and
so husbanded." is therefore by no
means a stranger to Washington so
ciety. Her position In the official
family will be graced with unusual
prestige. In fact, she will enjiy a
kra,H t H of arnuftlntinci and familiarity
In the mid-day rattle of Paris. . .,. hv .,.. f hr hus
band.
The first lady of the Cabinet has
folders. (They were soaked already.)
From the distant air came a musical
buzzing. It grew louder, nearer. We
know the sound of guarding aero
planes.
it is a faint hum. Often we do not
hear it, till we see crowds staring up-
ard. Almost out of sight, the silvery not only had rare social experiences.
speck circles.
Rrrr!
Like a giant bumble bee. tn Noullly
twilight, the avion slides across the
sky from Buc to do its three-hours
bit of guarding Paris. And another.
And another. And another.
Flap-flap!
The planes crackle, a noise like Ve
netian blind slats. They fly quite low.
mounting as they penetrate the suburb.
Mmmm! Far-off, the returning fac-
bat she also has been so closely asso
ciated with the set which she Is now
expected to lead that one might well
believe destiny has given special at
tention to her -guidance.
the clerk said, "chlorine gas notori
ously penetrating- under the edges of
a small mask."
Price 3. I hesitated. .
"For the trenches?" inauired the
clerk amiably. (He had only 10 Boars tla makes for Buc
left, and 15 customers waiting.) "For niht stillness, one may wake
Paris?" No! You don't need masks ny hour and hear them. Rrrr!
like that for Paris! What you want is (Louder.) Rrrrrr! Looking out the
. n.fi. m-v tn rarrv ready soaked, in window, you may see a tiny fan-shaped
a metallic case slap It on and run, 50 white light slip
steDs. out of the zone! Here's the the blackness.
ure or one with whom the Nation
must becomo acquainted.
"However, it does seem odd to me
that such a resemblance should exist
between the season in Washington
when father was Secretary of Slate
and the on Just passed. They were
similar In many respects. Mrs. Harri
son's death had cast a gloom efer the
White House and only the at In-
The
season was a quiet one. with little
gayety no receptions and no state
functions. The atmosphere was much
the same as that of last Winter.
"Before the period of father's secre
taryship he was Minister to Russia and
later to Spain. I accompanied him both
times, though I did not go as far as
Russia with him. I remained In Paris,
where I entered school. When we re
turned to the United States I attended
a seminary here in Washington. Then
we went to Spain and I lived In Madrid
for two years. Upon our return home
I entered Smith College. I made my
debut In Washington, and in 1SS0. two
years before father became Secretary
of State. I married.
a
"Since then I have Interested myself
particularly In my husband's work. We
have no children, and I believe that, a
husband's profession may be a close
bond of sympathy In such a case."
It will be a familiar sight In the early
mornings of the Summer to see Mrs.
Lansing drive her husband to hie office.
She runs her own electric runabout, and
Is usually accompanied on her morning
Jaunts by her only pet. a little white
Cuban poodle.
Besides being an automobllist. for the
Lansings have a large car in addition
German squirters on the fighting line.
bulging .with
11ns sail by night. in
bank-notes, mount the Paris and all France.
silence, over
"No noise, no
Ready Folder, price 11.40.
On the boulevard outside. I met G
the photographer. ,
His pockets bulged.
. "I am out for hyposulphite," he said.
"Need it constantly in my business to
develops plates; but with this rush and
the French war department requisi-
ouvenir of the Alpine "alrm Ilooa OI recsxess ngnt, es- oomos. x ney re aroppmg typnoia germs t,OB,nJS ,t to apray the front, even the ww "r l" stairway,
we were to take last corted by middle-aged husbands, a and cholera culture, . in gelatine cap- Kodaks nmlt eacn purchaser to half a Blessed patrol!
preserve mother's lieutenant on crunches, and the white- sules as big as your fist. They smash pounj. The Paris police, they say. are . , , h-"" ' "
e hunt in trunks and rooustached old pirate of the fourth. on the" ground, and the stuff spreads, ready to spray the air of the streets I
who ti 0 d-1 ontr 1 Tnv lgiirh in i-Mr Th a rlanrar 1st Ti.-, .- . j TAn r:,,- Cnr.lv 1 a nrart cahle. j t r --,
Quick! The old auto mask on the
hallway table i
pass trip which
Summer! It will
eyes. Hastily w
closets, for no matter
goggles. Louise, the, servant, whim- over. The police have just told the man prisoners are found to have been Not even bromine gas rises above 13
pers: "I can hold wet cotton to "my janitor the Zeppelins were .chased vaccinated against cholera set down, feet. It stands like a pale, canary
mouth, but what about my sight!" She back at Chateau-Thierry. plain, in each one's military passbook, colored fog. The police Just squirt Into
mourns: "The poison gas! They say it ."Why didn't you come down? Port That's what they mean when they wag t anii it disappears. Why. no, I've
bums like fire!" wine for gentlemen, and Mme. X their heads and, say: "Wait a month!" got yo mask. What good Is a mask
"Put out that light!" "But I must poured tea!" "Where Is that dog?" Haven't you seen the letters of Camille againlt an 180-pound trinitrotoluol
see to find my shoes!" "You don't "The Zeppelins send regrets detained!" Flammarion and Ramazotti?" bomb, fourteen times as explosive as
need shoes. We stay right in this flat." "Ace, king, jueen. ten. . . " "A Again. ' - ' dynamite? Me for a quiet second
"I'm going to the cellar!" "Shut the table, Carpet and nine chairs, aon in the. days when I hesitated over fioori
windows!" "Open the winaows; ah cner: me cenar Driage-ciuD, new. the tln-Jinout, I inquired at Brown's. tno not afternoon passed in Paris,
the papers say to let me air in: pi)umimeuu, new aiiracuon: Brown is tne fansian aruggist wno
In the darkness of our flat
etreaks of white ngnt squirt. mcu tint urns me icrviau ana iuioc autnority op masits, Because ine p- blinds down.
ias a pocket electric lamp i.u nnngs up tne news, u ne tierman iamuy .pelin raid of June 6 blew up his Lon- on all
aniece and extra hatteries i
J6.20. Crash! Mother has upset the what we get for giving them resi- "The, best mask," said prown. "is the
dictionary stand. dence permits!" 'Nonsense, the man is Hermetic I am taking one home to
I look out into the night. 68. his wife Is French, and their son my wife.' Nickel-steel-net Jaw-piece,
Ah, be sure we listen, waking In
night watches. We know well the
other
Tnggg
flrer and cannon of 75) and then.
Bramm! Bmmm! (from Mount Valerien).
A Zeppelin has got through! The
searchlights sweep. All Paris at the
- ------- " smiling countenance ana a crowning one. ono i invouuuicu
sounds of "Crack! Crack! of trtclan f ,teel-gray hair. Her Kist, and willingly lets it
! Tnggg! (long-distance quick- v.c u oft an(J ,ow and ,he taiks that she takes a firm stai
tween Paris and the front take turns
to cut off the approach.
"Every night the Zeppelins try to
sneak through!"
- So speaks Mme. D , our neighbor
in the adjoining flat, whose husband
Is a Lieutenant at Mont Valerien. who
tells her. which, perhaps, he oughtn't.
"Sometimes they are stopped at Nan.
teull, or St. Just, or Claremont. Just as
with mar nackasea.! took the Neullly ... , . " ..
thin In the morning, the Janitor's wife launched Hakum. He ought to be an ,i.,, hart the heavv y . .. V f
j t - . , . . " " - -turn tan. men, inconsequeniiy.f
(Girl conductors now, tk.ii ,rr, h rt.viiarht
ih linen, train other girls. . , .
tni,l In th, hoot tr.t .1,1.41 'ThoC. j ....r i. . , wnn tneir cioua-maaers:
"Stop smoking at the window! You is at the front!" "Aha! as if that mat- fastens at the back with a shoe-but-
will get accused of lighting signals!" tered!" The Janitor's wife is an ac- toner. Medicated wad in place you
The street is as black as a hat. complished type of icfiot. "There're only need to soak ?V'
Laughter and scuffling feet a late also .French who signaled, Aliez! A Are masks ' necessary ?
party clatters up from the corner; yet flat in' the rue de Chartres was bright "I am no alarmist." says Brown; "I'll
I cannot distinguish a figure. Beyond, lit! As I tell you, madame! Pardle. 'not speak of Paris; but I'll tell you s
a snatch of song: "It's the veal and for their, selfish Bafety!. It is well hetold me a doctor from Hull, who
the ealade." , . known that the Zeppelins never drop blew in here straight from Hull,
Murmurs, whispers, giggles. Behind bombs on a guiding signal!" where, her says, that east coast Zeppe-
i sheet-iron shutters or eacn iiaw - ""'u yu'acj went oier iin raia aiiiea u.
4Vv noon And rumor.
lizht sweeDS across the sky search- terday afternoon.' Twenty persons saw rolled In the street with burnt lungs,
light from Mont-Valerien. It- It dropped a .stream of white and bumped into each -.other, .blinded!"
Darkness;-waiting. Brrr! a guardian powder.- '- 7 The poison, gas, be says, is com-
aeroplane, thank goodness! No, a snore. Four bombs (says. Angele) fell on pressed to a liquid, as thick as molas-
Dewey has fallen asleep In the Mont-Valerien this morning. She knows ses. A quart bomb poisons the air of
dining-room. Peace, oblivion. irom oiaaime jiunrai, - me aress- a sirejet lor an eigain oi a
Wk.f. that? v maicer. wnose
Fracas and laughter on the front bicycling from
..tr T nun) out. The refugees are not m me pap
..n,inr no from the cellars. Elegant cite the people
r. nirttrewne and furs, in Servants' talk?
rt motor-cans, in street My friend Algerm
aJiirU aai linserie blousca, their Jewel- walUi and leisur
while middle-aged mate experts shift Zeppelln cloud-makers new product
about, to help in em. 0f German sclencel (
"Cooler with the blinds down, she BomD8 they are out exploding high
eaid. "and they'll be down for the back ,n the m,r beslde the zeppeiina. dlsen-
trlp Into Paris." (The cars are electric gajrlnK thick, black smoke In Immense
lighted, and the ordinance demands the Quantity. a .black cloud soon surrounds
blinds by twilight.) the airship. Bang! Bang! The cloud
On the parlor mantelpiece I spread BWeus. extends. The Zeppelin navl-
jny purchases. ' - gates. within It. hidden.
Item Three small rubber-and-mlca Kn, dreads air fighting over Paris,
house masks, for the eyes only. (Thoso Pne even dreads their hitting the
Ir pirate. Every time
Her experience with diplomatic and
state circles dates from her childhood.
At the age of 7 she accompanied
her father on his first diplomatic mls
in tA Mxlm. She resided in the
Mexican capital for seven years, and to the electric Mrs. Lansing plays golf,
from that time to the present she has She admits that she is outrivaled by
breathed the atmosphere of official- her hueband. who, it is said, is a suc-
dom in more than one capital of the cessful golfer.
world She is also a devotee of pedestrian-
The wife of the new Secretary of Ism. and makes it a point to get out
State is a charming woman, both as for a walk each day for an hour or
, n-ranalltv and aDDearance. She is more. This exercise, she claims, is a
mysteriously across we)1 polsed COrdial and gracious. She most successful remedy for those in-
has an attractive manner and Is tan cunea to emoonpoint.
and distinguished. with an alert. Of hobbles Mrs. Lansing claims but
amlllna- countenance and a crowning one. She Is a pronounced anti-Suffra-
De anow-n
stand on this
.ri.nar .nrt to the Dolnt. 'de or tno question.
Her home a stately English base- She Is not a clubwoman, but she is a
ment. red brick house in the midst of member of the governing board of the
the embassy settlement In the National Toung Woman's Christian Association.
capital is not only beautiful but well and is active in charitable work in the
adapted for entertaining. Its drawing- Church of the Covenant, where she and
rooms are spacious, and its large din- Mr. Lansing attend, for. like a number
Ing-room. leading from a finely fitted of President Wilson's other advisers,
library, overlooks a garden at the they are member of the Presbyterian
back which is cared for and tended by faith.
Mrs. Lansing herself. Mrs. Lansing devotes her study time
"I am fond of flowers." she said, to foreign languages. She Is a linguist
"and though it is difficult to garden of ability, speaking French and Span
extensively In the city, yet I try to ish fluently. She reads in three Un
make the yard a pleasant bower of guages to a great extent, and has had
Tinea and shrubbery. We seldom leave enviable conversational practice owing
Washington for the Summer, so a gar- to her residence In Paris and Madrid,
den la an almost Indispensable ad- Mr. and Mrs. Lansing have traveled
Junct- extensively over the United States.
1. have found that Washington is They have been twice to the Pacific
not the torrid place during Summer Coast, and are well known in New
months that It Is sometimes painted. York state, where they have lived for
My husband generally finds It Impos- a few seasons.
alble to get away, and we have often
remarked that It Is no hardship to re- HAAD-TO-HAND WARFARE,
'main here, for the season can be made rUring the- Battle of the Marne. at
truly pleasant and comfortable. which the Germans were defeated, the
Mr. and Mrs. Lansing hava a home French General Foch's left wing was
at Henderson Harbor. N. x. It over- forced to give a little ground, but his
looks Lake Ontario, and here Mrs. center held fairly welL It was posted
Lansing Indulges to its utmost her on a aeries of slight elevatlona back
fancy for flowers and gardening. cf the marshes of St. Gond, and here.
particularly about the group of con
It ls with reluctance that Mrs. Lan- nected buildings, known as the Chateau
aing. conaents to apca wi uiec. - o i aonacmont audio vy. tne muji ae-
e a i:ril roYwhu: a;r7;;.rVTf r Pt or; rth. vVP:z air a p. f b,g The... ,.,. .pi
.,a. .n.m.n ,v. , h i.r. at need, to be saturated with. . She dread the contradlc
Item Solutions, in quart bottles, of of the Zeptelm bombs.
D.g conir.vam.es - a.r pirate. r.v.ry t.m. . PP." - envlabl. confidence where p.rate fighting took place. For three
Item Package of hvdrophiie cotton shot down It smashes a lot of house wno nM n , . . .... . .
.. ... aawl si 1 Unilien rf Uiyi 7 VUV U U.i.rrru t It tiuiuilll
i,.-.Hif, ..,.r tremely diffident when asked to air her this position; on the fourth day they
contradictory nature lr""": . ii. r iv. . . v.... .w .v,- r-
hobbles or giv cr "- - ..., .......
, . ...klt mar arknaa m'nrlr ...... I 4 K. kiilMlnv, TT.-n -V.
(a) hyposulphite and water and; (b) . 1 Fire bomba They contain plaque, yast importance, she feeU that tillery mad. the place a perfect helL
bicarbonate of soda and water You of thermite, used In industry tor melt- l ,nter..ted in her. Then the tirailleur, charged, and in
hold th. wet pad to mouth and nose soldering metal. It P-.r.Ui . 8000 de- P1' hat lh. ,mIa to the room, of the chateau a hand-to-
wn- -...... .ni-t -f th f lat if jjl crrceit of heat. Cmtlnrrade. meltinff Its ra li m " . . ... ... . . .
W II XI B guaasssasn w w.- - . - '
whlla VlinniTlH- out, Ua lUO a - a a ai v a . a 0 . --- ----- . i a . a i a . J a S J
..... ... kMMk iiMMta it. wav through iron girder, and cement tell about mysell. sne a.a. an.r m. nana . """ " c" 1
young orotner met a hoy Naturally. I nurnea to .vtruuam. sa - it it interviewer prevailed upon ner to where the rme ana Dayonei couio not
Surenes. Of course, it's sporting goods concern for the H" ' "'V 1 goV. right through a houae. from top change her viewpoint In this particular be used and men fought with short I
era. xt s iorDiaaen iq ex- metica. -xney preierrea tne t- ." v - -t have lived In wasnington an iron oar. tney naa touna in an out-
! gant adaptation of the German arti- Item aieajcateo toiler maa.. . . ,if. with th. exception of trips house. The number of killed was ap- I
Walt. de. alL soft rubber and mlca.-coverlng talllc cases, to aeep tnero wc ..,. .v,.rt In m, girlhood, and I do not pslling for eo small a space. The cell- I
on Anglo-Saxon of face, head., neck and shoulders like a for the pocket and tne street. - v k. 7..i t ajn in any eas a new tlx- ln eiripped blowi. Worid'a Work. . I
o know, that Zeppe- shawl. : "It isolate, the entire nut." Thoughtfully 1 .onus we meaicawo. " " - ' I