THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 12. 1918.
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- Owt1llie Id Ha a. br Lieutenant Pat
CHntn. Slo. illustrates, siaxpwr
Brothers, New Tork cliy.
Think of the lock mod personal
bravery of this alx fet two inches
Irish-American.
Shot down 1009'feet In the air. taken
prisoner as an aviator In the Brltls
army br Germans, escaping from them
Ingle handed, and. after two months
and a half of torture on the road,
walking all night and sleeping mostly
in ditches all day, reaching Holland
and safety.
Surely. O'Brien's Irish blood saved
him. Ills story Is so romantle and
told so naturally that It reads like on
of the best stories of "Arabian Nights.'
On the morning of the night on
which ho was captured. O'Brien says
(page II):
"I may have spent (passed) more
ventful days In my life, but I can I
recall any lust now.
"That morning. In crossing the lln
on early morning patrol. I noticed two
Uertnan balloons. I decided that
soon as my patrol was over I would go
off on my own hook and see what
German balloon looked like at close
Quarters.
"These observation balloons are used
by both sides In conjunction with th
artillery. A man sits np In the balloon
with a wireless apparatus and directs
the firing of the guns. From his poln
of vantage he can follow the work of
his own artillery with a remarkable
degree of accuracy and at the same
time be can observe the enemy a move
merits and report them.
"The Germans are very good at this
work and they use a great number of
these balloons. It was considered
very Important part of our work to
keep them out of the sky.
"There are two ways of going after
a balloon In neachine. One of them
Is to croea the lines at low altitude,
flying so near the ground that the
man with the anti-aircraft gun can't
bother you. Ton fly along until you
get to the level of the ball loon, and If,
the meantime, they have not drawn
the balloon down, you open Are en It
and the bullets you use will set it oo
lire If they laad.
"The other way Is to fly over where
you know the balloons to be. put your
machine In a spin so that they can't
hit you. yet above them, spin over the
balloon, and then open Ore. In going
back over the line you cross at a fe
hundred feet.
"This Is one of the hardest Jobs in
the service. There Is less danger la
attacking an enemy a aircraft.
"Nevertheless. I bad made up my
mind either to get those) balloons or
make them descend, and I only hoped
that they would stay on the Job until
I had a chance at them. -
"When our two hours duty was up.
therefore. I dropped out of the forma
tlon as we crossed the Unas and turned
back again.
"I was at a height of lS.sOe feet,
considerably higher than the balloons.
Fhuttlng my motor off I dropped down
through the clouds, thinking to And the
balloons at about Ave or six miles
behind the German lines." ,
That trip, O Brien managed to de-
wend In his battered machine and wait
in a shell hole until an automobile
rescuing party came. That night be
again ascended, when he was again
shot down when he was "up about
oa tr-t. A bullet went through his
tipper lip. came out of the roof of his
mouth and lodged In his throat. The
nest thing he knew was that he was In
a German hospital, a prisoner of war.
At first, the iluns were fairly polite
to O'Brien as an aviator officer: but
when an order rams that he was to
The moved from the officers prison at
Courtral, Belgium, to Strasaburg. Ger
many. O'Brien began to think of escap
ing. On a train movlnr at the speed
of 39 miles per hour. O'Brien leaped
head first from a window at 4 A. M.
lie was stunned at first, but hobbled
on. swam over a canal and hid.
The brave struggle he made to reach
Holland, and succeeded In November,
HIT. la recorded from page St to page
29. He was often hard pressed for
food, and on one occasion he caught
a cat and stole meat which It was about
to eat. He ate the meat. Instead.
O'Brien was marts much of socially
in London, and had a Sl-mlnate Inter
view with King George. O'Brien was
rejected for further military service,
and Is now. or wss recently, engaged
In lecturing about his remarkable eg'
periences In this country.
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Cesmilul . Illustrated br H. B. Vartla.
SL Dade. Mead a Col. New Tork City.
A humorously. Informing story of
life In a big American National Army
cantonment, written by a drafted man
who did not want to go. but soon be
came fascinated with Army Ufa.
Ho dedicates the book to every
father and mother who spend hours
wondering about the welfare of their
sons. lie assures them that Army lite
contains a measure of real happiness
and develops a sense of humor in the
worst pessimist.
One thing that Mr. Martin wants to
remember more thaa anything else Is
the thrilling effect of singing patriotic
songs. lie says: -Fancy. If you can.
Tower MUL with Its big headquarters
building saut-gled In among the scat
tered and gaunt pines, the tall, un
gainly water tanks propped up on all
too spindly looking stilts.
"On top of this a sing's figure
thrown in bold relief by the golden
yellow light of a big watchfine. beat
ing time with his batoa and below
him, clothing the slopes of the bill,
! men. his chorus, thundering forth
across the starlit night "Columbia, ths
Gem of the Ocean. That -home was
wonderful: that crowd was wonderful:
everything about It was wonderful.
'America' and TMxIe and Maryland
followed, and every one produced Its
thrill sad Its own heartache.
Never was there anything more stir
ring. Never wss there snythlng finer.
Wo sang till our voices were husky
and the great chorus surged loud and
clear across the night, until It must
tilt echoed against the crags of the
Kbtae and caused the Hun to shudder."
fb Child's re4 Cardeu, tv Tea KTTte Kit-
Btn,k I lustra i .a. nana Bees t-e.,
H asera-ee-HedsM. N. T.
Our author Is principal of the Car
lisle School. New Tork City, assigned
to supervision of school and home gar
dens, and president of the School Gar
den Association of America.
This little book Is on that has been
desired for a long time, and it Is well
worth waiting for. It Is designed
specially for the boy or girl who has
a garden at home, or who Is given a
plot In a school garden. There are lots
of Instruction- and advice given, all
told about ia language that la easily
understood.
This book la Intended to be used In
the third grade or in any grade above
the third, even as high as the high
choot. where students are beginning
to make home or school gardens for
the first time. The book Is Intended for
people who have never made gardena
before, it explains ine very nrst steps
n gardsnlng. It contains definite di
rections for work. Every child who
would use this book will be likely to
hsve success with the Brat trial la
making a garden which will mean, of
course, a great deal to the child.
Freea like WecM War. br Lln-
Bl-4-nrmi P.rott FY. .las-Le rm s -
so.. a. tl.. ti. r. Putnam's coa. New
tera CUt
ft la significant that this complacent.
pruud ncjaage is wrlttea by the Utauty
chief of the German imperial staff.
Although he was horn In Russia, he. In
early life, crossed to Prussia and Joined
a Prussian guard regiment. Before the
war he was a valued member of the
General Staff In Berlin, and today la
accepted as the roost distinguished
soldier-writer In' Prussia.
The book Is complacent because our
uthor asaumes that Germany has al
ready won the present war. He, there
fore, views the world ruled In the in
compatible German way. He laughs at
what he calls business pacifism and
emocracy and Insists: "In the future.
ss In the past, the German people will
have to seek firm cohesion In Its
lorlous army and la its belaureled
young fleet."
It Is amusing that these 312 pages
re filled with a vainglorious spirit of
egotism, and that the author Is
swelled Bp" with whst be called the
achievement of German arms.
It Is noteworthy that "Deductions
From the World War was written for
German consumption, and that its ex
port was prohibited. A ,few copies
found their way over the frontier, how
ever, and this Is the result.
Our author insists that "now, as
Iways. it la the sword which decides
In war."
German ambition. The authon pictures
the splendid fighting of Tommy Atkins,
our brother-in-arma, under terrible
conditions. Ho also tells of Ms expe
rlences In hospitals and camps, and
In the city of Bagdad as a representa
tive of the Y. M. C. A.
Arthur Clarke La a member of
Princeton University of the class of
191S. He gave up his college work to
enlist as a member of the Y. M. C. A.
at the beginning; of the wan. He is
now a member of the United States
Aviation Corps.
The Asaasiag leXerlade, by Mary Roberts
lraa Col. Mv Terk City.
Sara Lee Kennedy grew up In
placid, well-fed sort of way la
wealthy city of Pennsylvania. She had
a good home with her aunt, and her un
romantic, well-meaning lover was de
votlon itself. But the early part of Itll
found Sara Lee suddenly dissatisfied.
She wanted to get Into the big war.
and very soon found herself installed
as a nurse In a hospital la Calais. Then
she meets the great love of her life,
and It cornea so suddsaly aa to frighten
her.
Out of these materials and othe
Mrs. Klnehart has written a splendid
novel that will bo eateemed for Its
many entertaining qualities. The break
ing of home ties the book portrays no
doubt will be typical of many changed
bomea In America as long aa the pros
snt war lasts.
Car-tared, by Llntaant J. Ranrer Deuf'aa.
ti jiiastracea. ueorge u. uoraa
.New Terk dir.
Lieutenant Douglas statea that he
never wrote a book In hla life, that
this one wss dictated, but that if he
succeeds la these Its pages to arouse
the minds of many people to under
stand that It la owing to tha "Prus
sian spirit of militarism that out pris
oners of wsr have suffered hardships
the like of which ao human being
should ever be subjected, hla efforts
will not have been fruitless.
Lieutenant Douglas wss a prisoner
of war in Germany for It months. He
gives a true account of what our
missing soldiers experience. He tells
how a prleones la starved. Ill-treated
and biased at; what things prisoners
need, and how to send them.
The book Is finely Illustrated with
photographs by the author.
Feed ta War flaws, by Graham Leak.
to esata w. B. aaaders Ce Fhlladcl
Phi.
Verity, this message la one eminently
for theee Stirling times. We must be
fed. and the cost of food ia increasing
astonishingly.
"Food in War Time tells us from a
scientific basis what we ought to eat.
to secure the best results, and one par
ticular truth told is: "Meat does not
Increase the muscular power. Eat corn
bread, syrup on cereals, fresh fish, fruit
and vegetables.
The three chapters are: A balanced
diet: calories in common life; and rules
of saving and safety.
Our author Is professor of physiology.
Cornell University Medical College,
New York City.
The Taeapo ef a Filai rat. by George
fsersa. 1 1 so, Usargo li. Doran Co..
New lerk City.
Sensational to a degree, this well
written, manly story of 127 pages la
the graphle account of the captura and
IS months" Imprisonment ef Corporal.
bow Sergeant. Edward Edwards, Prin
cess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry,
and hla final escape from a German
Prison camp Into Holland.
Edwards tells of Inoffensive prison
ers being murdered In cold blood. The
living and sick prisoners are bullied,
beaten, starved and abused.
It is a joy to lesrn of Edwards' es
cape. Ha writes this episode with
sparkling; o4 humor.
Te Baa: dad WHh the British, by Arthur Til-
lots jb Clark. 11.40. 1. Appletoa 4k Co..
New Terk City.
A thrilling, first-hand record of the
eeiiure or Bagdad by the British,
showing how thia success placed an
iMuxiiiouAtabla, barrier; Jo, ihe way (
The Adventures ef Arnold Adair, by Law
rence la Touretie Drugs. illus
trated. Little, Brown A Co.. Boston.
When tbo war broke out Arnold
Adair was motoring with his family
in Austria. After a series of sdven
tures they reach Paris, where Arnold
enters the French flying- corps.
The Adair family hailed from New
York and Arnold bad formerly at
tended a boys' school in Switzerland.
Hare be met boys from France, Eng
land and Germany.
When he enters the French flying
corps he takes part In many air fights
on the western front. Arnold and his
fniend Phillipe are successful in an
attack against a Zeppelin, and in one
dramatic fight In the air he meets his
old school friend, who In a pilot In the
German air service. Tho book Is Il
lustrated by drawings and photographs.
The A. K. by Hsrweod Brown. SI. 50.
li. Appletoa A Co.. New York City.
Here Is a book that ought to have a
tremendous sale. It deserves 1L It is
a story of General Pershing's Army in
France, and Its text generally la what
the American troopa are doing there.
Tho author went "over there" with
Pershing and his soldiers, was with
them in the training camp near the
Sorame. saw them enter the trenches,
and was present when they returned,
proud of the knowledge that they had
been under flra and had faced the
enemy bravely. One of the best chap
ters Is that describing the march of the
American troops through Psrls.
Mr. Brown writes in graphic breecy
newspaper style.
girls and parents, and it teaches how
we can win the war for democracy by
conserving- food, planting home gar
dens, saving fuel, thrift, war saving
stamps, etc.; helping the Red Cross;
what democracy means.
Our author Is assistant superintend
ent of schools, Des Moines, Ia. His spe
cial recipes for the victory menus are
of significant Interest Just now.
A "Tempormry Gentleman" In France, with
Introductory chapters, by Captain A. J.
Dawson. SI. 50. O. P. Putnam's Sons.
New York City.
Twenty-six frank, cordial. Interesting
home letters written from tho front by
a British army officer, who prior to
the war was a prosaic clerk in a sub
urban office in England. The message
should appeal strongly to all men in
army training camps who will say
after they make the author's acquaint
ance that he is "hall fellow, well met'
Tell Me Another Wory, by Carolyn Sherwla
Bailey. 11.50. Milton Bradley Co, Spring
field. Masa.
Have you ever told a child a otory
and told the story so successfully that
the child says: "Tell me another one?"
If so, you were well paid.
Here is an admirable collection of
72 selected short stories of Just the
kind children love; and the authors
are representative.
The task of selection is well done
and the material good.
ARTS OF PEACE VIE WITH ARTS OF WAR
IN WINNING ATTENTION OF U. S. PUBLIC
Colonel R. C. Boiling Highest Ranking Officer to Appear on American Casualty List Lieutenant-Colonel Hatch
to Clean Up Philadelphia Boy Violinist Creates Furore.
Tarran and the Jewels of Opar. by Edgar
Rice Burroughs. I1.3J. Illustrated. A. c
iloClurg A Co., Chicago.
Another wonderful story of tha man
who at will becomes an ape called
Tarxan. who in civilised life Is John
Clayton. Lord Greystoke.
The story pictures Jungle life In the
wilds of Africa, and a hunt for lost
treasure. There are plenty of fights
with wild beasts, and the excitement
Is often at galloping point.
Tolstor. by Georre Rapall Noyes. 1.60.
Dufrield A Co.. New York City.
Part of the "Master Spirits of Liter
ature" series. We are furnished with
an admirable, connected view of Tol
stoy's many-sided literary work, ac
companied by the recital of facts re
lating to bis life which shed light on
that work and on tha personality of
Tolstoy as a worker.
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9 OAror-xtvooD r cDritvooo.fy.
G. P.
Creatheart. by Ethel M. Dell, tl.50.
Putnam'a boos. New York City.
A story of absorbing Interest in
which the characters are painted in
charming style. Two elements hold the
readers delighted attention; the giddy
flirtation of a young girl and descrip
Ions of the wonder country of Switz
erland.
11.
Evening Hour, by Emlle Verhaeren.
John Lane Co., xtew l ork City.
Twenty-six of the finely sentimental,
plrltual poems that one would expect
from this gifted Belgian poet. In
them he is in much quieter mood than
n verses he lately sent out, and reflects
the manifold beauties of nature-
Branded, by Francis Lynde. XI SS. Charles
Hcrloner s Sons, New York City.
Mr. Lynde has written a sterling
American story that does him credit.
It s a story of a, young man who be
came a Jailbird to shield others. When
he got out, he was a "branded man."
Some Honeymoon, by Charles Sverett Hall.
SI. 25. George Sully A Co., New York
City.
In a racy, rapid, amusing style, this
tory relates astonishing and unusual
matrimonial experiences. John Ryder,
he husband in the case, continually
gets hla eyes opened.
GasliRht Sonatas, by Fannie Hurst. $1.40.
Harper A Brothers, New York City.
Seven smart, amusing short stories.
mostly reflecting gay. grave and "ex
pensive" life in New York City.
The Store Home, by Gilbert Csnnan. $1.50.
George H Do ran Co., New York City.
An English novel of many admirable
dramatic qualities.
Xelsea's niejtery of the War, by John Bu
chanan. Thomas Itelsoa as Sons, New
York City.
Just the slsa of a book that can be
carried conveniently In one's coat-
pocket and consulted from tlma to
time as opportunity occurs, when one
wanta serloue reeding.
The present book is volume XVII of
the Nelson series and the particular
subject discussed Is the big war from
the uerman overtures for peace to the
American declaration of war. Wo read
about tha Roumanian retreat, the
clearing of Servla. tho fall of Bagdad.
tha Ruaalan revolution, the breaking of
American patience, etc Tha style of
writing is crisp and attractive.
The Dsatlslaa ef the Stars, by grants A
nemua, n. u.. president et the Nobel In
stitute. Stockholm. Sweden, tl.fto. Illu
treted. Translated by J. E. Fries. Q. P.
Futsam s Boas, New York City.
Tt. Arrhenlua received in ItOS the
Nobel prlxe in chemistry. This book
Is tha result of wide research, and Its
chapters include: Origin of Star Wor
ship; Tha Mystery of tha Milky Way
Tha Cllmatio Importance of Water
Vapor; Atmosphere and Physics of the
Stellar Bodies; Tho Chemistry of the
Atmosphere; Tha Planet Mars; and
Mercury, tne Moon and Venus.
Bew to Sell Mere Goods, by H. J. Barrett.
(Lev. Harper Brothers. New York City.
A collection of stories told by sales
men relating their experiences In sell-
ng roods. Many valuable "polntera"
are thua acquired by reading of the
other man's selling method, and It Is
tha writer's hope that the dally prob-
ems or the salesman win be aolved In
these alx chapters: Told In a Pullman
gmoklng-Room; Selling tha Consumer
Direct; Selling the Retail Trade:
Sales Management; Selling Behind the
Counter; Just Selling.
Tbo Irea Hall, by George Abel Schrelner.
t Harper as Brothers. New Tork City.
Attractively Illustrated, this book.
showing tha hunger that gnaws at
Germany' a and Austria's homes and
stomachs, makes really senaatlonal
reading. Tha revelations Mr. Schrlner
makes as to Teutonic pnivaUon and
hunger ara highly significant.
Mr. Schrelner ia a newspaper man. be
knows Germany well and be was a
ighter in the Brltlsh-Boer war. and
fought oa tha Boer side.
Oar reentry's Call te Service, by J. w.
tadebaker. 13 cents. Scott. Foresmaa A
Co.. Chicago. III.
Here we have an appeal to eave. to
give, to aerve for the Nation, through
publlo and private schools. Children
are addreaeed specially.
The little book Is a summons and
a plan of action lor. Ajaeric&a boys.
A Sound Body for Sound Business.
What are the requirements in making
oneself fit for business life?
First: A sound bodily condition such
as will not permit of the breaking
down of any part, because loss of time
through sickness means loss of money.
demoralization of business and lessened
production, not to mention the possible
loss of life.
Second: Strength and endurance in
the form of working capacity. Energy
Is essential in concentration. It is the
factor back of a man's character that
makes him capable of persistence. En
ergy and endurance are- ths vital quali
ties back of Initiative, ambition and
"push."
Third: The ability to endure the
strain and tension of civilized life. This
Is not in the form of exposure to cold
and wet. It Is of a diffirent kind. It
Involves nervous strain, mental strain,
often emotional strain. The execite
ment of business life may be Just as
wearing as the strain of battle. One
never knows when he will meet some
crisis which will tax his system, his
heart, his nerves, his powers of resis
tance generally, to the breaking point.
The first requirement in hardening
and conditioning the body ia exercise.
Remember that It Is not a case of
strengthening the large external mus
cles merely. Exercise is chiefly valua
ble because it builds constitutional
strength, because it means exercise for
the internal organs as well aa for tha
muscles. And because - the constitu
tional strength so built up and the Im
proved quality of the blood so acquired
are the basis of that nervous strength
which is necessary to endure tha strain
of any kind.
No one who Is soft la fit for peace,
any more than for war. And there ia
or.lv one way by which one can build
bodily vigor. An Ideal mental attitude
will not do It, Important aa that may
bo. Good food, sleep, cleanliness, fresh
air and other health factors. Important
as they are. will not make one strong
unless he tskes a certain amount of
exercise. From "Harden Tour Body
for War or Blsiness." by Bernarr Mac
fadden in Physical Culture.
The Healed Ones.
Should I win to Paradise (since even sin
ners enter there).
I shall not aeek the high saints with crown
and aureole.
But I shall find the healed ones, bumble
ones, that center there.
Who followed through all gratitude the
love that made them whole.
He who once waa blind shall tell me of bis
slriht seals.
Tell me of the glory that flooded land
and sea.
When across his opened eyes surged In gold
en llKht atain
The yellow sands, the blue waves, the sun
of Galilee.
I shall not seek the Martyrs, the staunch
soula victorious.
Those who won to ecstacy from faggot
and from rod.
But I aball aeek the simple folk In no fash-
Ion a lorlous.
The broken straws of mankind that proved
the winda of God.
He who once was dumb shall tell me his
first word again;
Be who long waa helpless shall tell his
. joy id iu .
When first his bonds ware broken, and his
bound ltmoa stirred ssain.
He shall tell me of the word and touch
that made him free.
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Never Saint or Martyr, when heaven opened
wlue to him.
Knew a greater joy than these whom I
shall aeek therefore.
And a little lad shall tell me what' first his
mother cried to him
Whan he who limped out slshlng, ran
ahouting through the door.
Theodoaia Garrison, In Good Housekeep
ing
COLONEL RATNAX) C BOLLTNG, In
a late casualty list sent by Gen
eral Pershing, is reported either
captured or missing. He was an ex
pert flyer, and is believed to have
fallen Inside the German lines while
taking part in the great battle of
Plcardy. He was last seen at Amiens
on the night of March 24. He left
there the next day and has not been
heard from since.
Colonel Boiling before tha war was
assistant general counsel for the United
States Steel Corporation, resigning that
position to accept a commission In the
aviation service. He is a member of
the Aero Club of America, and was
sent last year to study aviation and
aircraft production In England, France
and Italy. Long before the war Colonel
Boiling manifested an Interest In mili
tary aeronautics. In the Summer of
1915 he organized the aviation detach
ment of the First Battalion Signal
Corps of the New York National Guard.
He is the highest ranking officer to ap
pear on a casualty list since we entered
the war.
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Lieutenant-Clonel Charles B. Hatch,
of the United States Marine Corps, has
been sent to Philadelphia by Secretary
Daniels to see that the city is cleaned
of all vice in accordance with the wish
es of the Navy Department.
The first step In the clean-up has
been the appointment of Police Cap
tain Mills as acting superintendent
of the Philadelphia Police. He will
work in harmony with Colonel Hatch,
but as the Navy Department has not
taken over the police department will
still be responsible to the Philadelphia
Director of Public Safety.
Revelations made by Bolo Pasha on
the eve of his death concern Senator
Charles Humbert and ex-Premier of
France Calllaux. A final Investigation
was conducted by Captain Bouchardon,
in behalf of the military authorities.
Bolo. through Abbas Hilmi, ex
Khedive of Egypt, and the German
Foreign Minister Gottlieb Jagow, ar
ranged to influence the French press
with $2,500,000.
During the Summer of 1916, Bolo
bought the Paris Journal from Sen
ator Humbert, paying 11,000.000 for the
property. He also influenced other
Journals.
Senator Humbert claims that when
Bolo's activities were made known, he
immediately returned the money and
had the contract made void.
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Mayo Wadler, who promises to rival
the most divine interpreters of the vi
olin, is one of the few child-wonders
to grow into wonder-man, whether his
talent be musical, artistic or Thespian.
Mayo Wadler is an exception. He
tfexz&0jr fJt&T'es Jfusnjbej-i JlseuZsCpf. C. S.
has played in public since he was three
years old. and at the age of eight he
was a soloist at Carnegie HalL and the
promise he gave at that time is now
being- fulfilled. He made his debut In
Boston on March 15 and is appearing
for two weeks in that city.
When he appeared in San Francisco,
he was christened the "Boy-Wonder,"
and he made a tremendous hit. L.
Harris, of New Tork, a trained mus
ician, said of Mayo Wadler, "I believe
that he is ' ndoubtedly the greatest
American violinist of the day. He
is a devotee of art for art's sake. He
is fulfilling the ambition of his father
and following in the footsteps of his
mother's people, who are all musical."
Mayor Wadler is a pupil of Max Ben
dig, formerly a conductor of the Met
ropolitan Opera House, and with Pro
fessor Willie 'Haas, head of the Im
perial Conservatory of Music at Berlin.
Young Mayo has appeared before roy
alty on the continent.
At his debut in New York, when he
played at Aeolian Hall, his Vitali's
Chaeonne, was received with great ap
plause. This is an extremely difficult
piece and it is a tribute to Mr. Wadler's
art. His technique, intonation and in
trepretation of "Fantasy" (Faust), Ser
entana, Nipoletana, Chaeonne and
other difficult pieces are astonishing
for one only 19. His bow and finger
technique are unusual even in this day
of master technicians. What is more
noteworthy is the fact that he has
true musical feeling; and plays inter
estingly and effectively.
For the past six years he has been
a student at the Royal Academies on
the continent and in England. He ia
an artist who is painstaking- and in
telligent, and this, added to his natural
talent, make him the wonder ho is.
e
A new picture of His Grace, tho
Most Reverend Cosmo Gordon Lang,
Lord Archbishop of York, who is in
this country to strengthn the spirit
ual union between the two great Anglo-Saxon
nations, was taken at the
Fish mansion where he is staying.
The Lord Archbishop is the highest
primate of the Church of England ever
to visit this country. In the ancient
rule of precedence in the British House .
of Lords, he ranks fourth below the
King and next only to the Archbishop
of Canterbury and the Lord High Chan
cellor. This Is his first visit to the United
States and he Is the guest of the War
Mission of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of America..
The Archbishop, when asked for tho
subject of his visit stated:
"The first is to be allowed to do
something to cement the ties of friend
ship between the two great govern
ments of the English speaking people.
"The second desire is to tell the coun
try the will of the people is Bet as
strongly aa ever on seeing the struggle
through."
ENGLISH NURSES IN FRANCE ON FEET 72
HOURS WITHOUT PAUSE DURING HUN DRIVE
Miss Edith Lanyon Tells of Letter Written Hurriedly by British Soldier as Hospital Train Is Being Loaded for
Retreat Before Oncoming Germans.
BY EDITH E. LANYON.
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, April
10. A woman I know has Just had
a letter from her husband, who Is
a private In one of the crack regiments
In the regular Army.
He is wounded, having lost an eye
but was able to toelp In a hospital clear
ing station at one of the most advanced
parts of our lines.
This letter was written at the be
ginning of the big German attack. He
writes hurriedly:
"The Germans are upon us twelve to
one. There seems not to be thousands,
but millions of them. Our nurses have
been on their feet 72 hours without a
pause, getting tha wounded ready to
be moved.
"Rather than have these ladles fall
into the hands of the Huns I would
shoot them myself. -
Later he adds In a pencil scrawl:
The British hospital train is in the
station and we are loading the nurses
and the wounded on as fast as we can.
There Is no more time. If you get this
letter you may know that we got the
train off safely. For the rest of us It
Is each man for himself, and I commit
myself into God's keeping."
There was no time for his signature.
The Germans were upon them.
Wife Confident of Escape.
His wife has heard no more of him.
but Is confident that he escaped, as he
did at Mons.
When he was In a hospital in France,
after being wounded, I sent him one
of the comfort bags from Portland
and some cigarettes and he was very
much pleased. No doubt his Portland
friends had a letter from him then.
So I feel sure this letter of his will
be of interest and shall hope to have
good news of him to write next time.
The Sergeant gunner s eldest brother,
another of the men Portland has been
a fairy godmother to, has been severely
wounded and Is back in England now in
a hospital. He wrote to his mother:
"Don't you worry; I'm all right. It's
wonde'rf ul how quickly they got us away
after we were hurt. The doctor says
to me: Tm sorry, old chap, but we've
no more room on this train for stretcher
cases. Do you think you can hobble a
bitr
"I wnanaged to hobble all right, to
get to Blighty, so here I am. I've lost
all my kit and have'nt even got a fag."
I profbptly sent some "fags." His
leg Is severely Injured.
Only two days ago I mounted his
brother's military medal for their
mother. The King sent It to her, as
she did not feel equal to going to Lon
don to receive it.
It hangs upon a plaque of black vel
vet in an ebony miniature frame.
She is very proud of it.
I had a gaudy postcard from one of
toy grateful sailors yesterday to tell
me he was on leave and that it was a
nice change after the North Sea. It
began:
"Dear Nurse: I am in the Pink "! 1
Sailors are entertaining. I do miss
them. Was quite delighted to dis
cover a tattooed man in one of our
wards the other-day. Of course he had
been a sailor, although ha has been a
soldier since.
La At week we had a very strenuous
soldier in for an operation. He told
me that one doctor told him he was
suffering from shell shock, but he quite.
laughed at the Idea. However, as soon
as the anesthetic began to take effect
he shouted: "What's all this bombing
about? Listen! Listen! ! Listen! ! !
Then he began to fight, and be cer
tainly was some fighter. It took four
of us to hold him. I expect he thought
we were Germans.
He was not quite as bad as a boy the
other day who actually kicked my eye
glasses off, and they sailed right over
the surgeons head and into a dirty
dressing bucket. And never broke.
But had to be sterilized before I could
put them on again.
Some Jobs Uavpleasaat.
That happened the same day that the
doctor torpedoed a bottle of Iodine and
ruined our spotless table top, and I
spoiled my scissors by taking off a
"pot leg" with them. In other words.
I used them to remove the plaster of
Paris splint from a sprained ankle. A
nice dusty Job, carefully shunned by all
wise nurses.
Filling a water bed is another unde
sirable occupation, though not at all
a dusty one. The greedy thing swal
lows such an unbelievable amount of
water before it shows any signs of
containing a. single drop. That is the
companion act to dipping out the ocean
with a cockle shell.
One unfortunate woman swallowed
her false teeth on Saturday night and
rushed to the Infirmary for help. She
was to have been X-rayed the next
day, but at tha appointed time she sent
up word that she had found them.
Never, never, could I have believed
that people could have such extraor
dinary accidents If I had not been in
the hospital and seen with my own
eyes and heard with my own ears.
On Monday mornings tne "snow
babies" come. These are not children
out of Grimm's fairy tales, but the
little ones whohave birthmarks re
moved with carbolic snow. One is such
little dear and so beautifully dressed
that I call her the snow queen. They
do not protest much, so I suppose it
does not hurt them.
Our new house surgeon has come,
and he is not a lady after all. The
departing one gave me a splendid let
ter of recommendation. I am making
a collection of them and shall paste
them in an album, I think, for refer
ence in future years.
In these letters I am both ' diiigenV'
and intelligent," besides , lots of other
things, such as "tactful."
I have been having the hay fever
serum injected hypodermically. Have
had two helpings and am to have one
more. The last dose gave me a vio
lent attack of hay fever, so I hopo
it will do some good. Only time will
tell.
Someone told me some wonderful old
fashioned cures (?) for various ail
ments which are still used, so she said.
In rural districts of England, but may
be new to Portland. For Instance, a
roasted mouse is an excellent remedy
for the measles. If a child has whoop
ing cough, it should be pulled back
wards through a thorn hedge. A tar
rope knotted 'round one's neck is a
sure cure for rheumatism.
If I had to choose from those three.
give me the rheumatism and the tar
rope, if it was not tied too tight.
My patients sometimes tell ma of
home remedies quite as queer.
But what they really have perfect
faith in is a good big bottle of strong
medicine with a nasty taste.
I reproved one woman for bringing;
dirty bottle for some mouth wash to
take home with her.
'Oh, nurse," she said, "that bottle Is
not- dirty; It's had good doctor's medi
cine in and there's a little of it left
in the bottom."
She evidently preferred mixed drinks.
I remorselessly emptied it out and
rinsed the bottle.
No doubt she "considered that A
wieked waste in war time.
We are smartening ourselves up in
good time for the victory peace re
joicings.
I could not quite rise to the extrava
gance of a new nurse's coat, but I ac
tually sent to Bond street for a new
uniform hat, hoping it might have
some elusive touch of style unknown to
others of its kind.
Alas, it looks Just as smug and char-
ity-schoolish as if it hailed from the
Old Kent road. I do not believe that
Venus herself could look chic in a V. .
A. D. hat. I have celebrated the com
ing and going of Easter by taking to
white cotton' gloves instead of white
woolen ones. We must surely all do .
our bit to make the world look brighter
now that Spring is here again.
I wish one did not seem to lose one s
personality by wearing a uniform so
constantly always looking exactly
like everyone else seems to make one's
ideas uniform, too. I find it quite a
treat to put on mulftl ("worldlles," aa
some of the nurses call their other
clothes) and think my own thoughts. I
do so every Saturday.
I know a most entertaining story of
one of the doctors who met one of the
nurses out in her worldlles and didn't
know her and what he said to her be
fore he recognized her and after. How
ever this is no place for that story, so
I must not tell it. It was a Joy to ta
other nurses, though.