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THE SUNDAY OKiSGONIATf. PORTLAND, JUNE 9, 1918. ir ' I ( Winged Warfare, by Major W. A. Bishop, of the British Royal Flying Corps. George x. Lforao company, New York City. It was contact with English mud and lots of it that disgusted Major Bishop, and because of this disgust he became an aviator and fought Germans in cloudland. Our author was an officer of a Cana dian cavalry regiment, training in Eng. land, when he made his momentous de cision to be an airman. His book is modestly and entertainingly written. He must bear a charmed life, as he passed through enough dangers to kill three ordinary men. Major Bishop surely loves danger for danger's sake. His greatest air victory was won when be thought that his ma chine was broken. It was then in the air about 15 feet from the German troops, and to all purposes it had ap parently balked. It was falling, fall ing. Suddenly one of its nine engines spoke, and away to his home base flew Major Bishop. The comparatively recent deaths of Ball, the wonderful little English air man, and Guynemer, the daredevil French "ace." left Bishop, in a sense, alone in the air. He and Ball, in friend ly rivalry, were flying almost wing to wing in the British service until Ball one day, roaming far over the German lines and reveling, as usual, in a one sided battle with three enemy planes, met the "unlucky bullet" that sent him crashing to an untimely death at 20. Major Bishop flew over three months after this, and his score of victories con tinued to amount until he held undis- jjuiea sway ana naa run credit tor 47 German machines actually destroyed. In addition he had also successfully attacked and burned two enemy obser vation balloons. Major Bishop was winner in perhaps 100 other fights in that strange high air where the duel ists of the clouds meet and die win ner in the sense that the German planes were driven from the air. com pelled by wounds or fear to break off the battle and dash for the safety of the terrain far behind their infantry lines. Major Bishop, possessor of the most coveted of war honors, the only living airman with the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order, twice won, and the Military Cross, is now a veteran of 23. The most amazing fea ture of the wonderful record he made above the lines in France and Flanders is that he attained the flying honors of the world in a single fighting season. Here is our author's frank confession that he is a fighter and likes It: When I left for my leave to England I was not very keen on going. The excite ment of the chase had a tight hold on my heartstrings, and I felt that the only thins 1 wanted was to stay right at It and fight, and fight and fight in the air. I don't think 1 was ever happier in my life. It seemed that I had found the one thing I loved above all others. To me it was a business or a profession, but Just a wonderful game. To bring down a machine did not seem to me to be killing a man; it was more as if I was Just, destroying a mechanical target, with no human being In It. Once or twice the idea that a live man had been piloting the machine would occur and recur to me. and it would worry me a bit. My sleep would be spoiled perhaps for a night. I did not relish the idea even of killing Germans, yet, when in a combat In the air, it eeemed more like any other kind of sport and to shoot down a machine was much the same as if one were shooting down clay pigeons. One had the great satisfaction of feeling that he had hit the target and brown it down; that one was victorious again. Here Is a stirring account of a chase after the enemy machine, and flying at the rate of 200 miles per hour: I had a quick impulse and followed it. I flew straight at the attacking machine from a position where he could not see me and opened fire. My "tracer" bullets bullets that show a spark and a thin little trail of smoke as they speed through the air began at once to hit the enemy machine. A moment later the Hun turned over on his back and seemed to fall out of control. This was Just at the time that the Germans were doing some of their fa mous falling stunts. Their machines seem to be built to stand extraordinary strains in that respect. They would go spinning down from great heights and Just as you thought they were sure to crash they would suddenly come under control, flatten out jiho cuiicb ijnts WBiLiuii nnu ilihk lor the rear of their lines with every ounce of horsepower Imprisoned in their engines. When my man fell from his upside-down position into a spinning nose dive I dived after him. Down he went for a full thou sand feet and then regained control. Z had forgotten caution and everything else Jn my wild desire to destroy this thing that for the time being represented all of Ger many to mi. I could not hsve been more than 40 yards behind the Hun when he flattened out and again I opened fire. It made my heart leap to see my smoking bul lets hitting the machine Just where the closely-hooded pilot was sitting. Again the Hun went Into a dive and shot away from me vertically toward the earth. Suspecting another ruse and still tin mindful of what might be happening to my companions In their set-to with the other Huns, I went into a wild dive after my particular opponent with my engine full on. With a machine capable of doing 310 to 120 miles an hour on the level. I must have attained 180 to 200 miles In that wrathful plunge. Meteor-like as was my descent, however, the Hun seemed to be falling faster still and got farther and far ther away from me. When 1 was still about 1500 feet up he crashed into the ground be low me. For a long time I heard pilots speaking of "crashing" enemy machines, but I never fully appreciated the full sig nificance of "crashed' untu now. There is no other word for It. fiurirron Grow: An American In the Rnsr elan j-lgnting, oy Malcolm (J. crow, il lustrated. $1..'.0. Fred A. Stokes tc Co. Tsew York City. It was a self-denying, perilous work that Dr. Grow, American surgeon, un dertook to do in Russia to care for and dress the wounds of Russian sol diers caught in the maelstrom of bat tle. The recital is grim and nerve-rack ing and shows that Russia entered the war thoroughly unprepared to fight Germany. Russian groft and contempt for the foe ruined Russia's chances for military success. It was Dr. Edward Egbert, of Wash ington. D. C., who persuaded Dr. Grow to proceed to work in Russian mili tary hospitals, as thousands of wound ed soldiers were then dying in Russia for want 01 medical attention. This is the personal story of an American "fighting physician" who served with the Russians in three great campaigns. He was part of the "strong arm" of Brusiloff that hurled back the Hun in the early days of the war and he stuck till the last feeble spurt of energy under Kerensky. Dr. Grow left his practice in this country and went to Russia in 1915, becoming 1 Lieutenant-Colonel in the medical dl vision. The account of what happened to him Is almost a wonder tale. His vivid story of men without arms, guns without shells, doctors without helper's or ambulances or medicine and yet winning battles against the world's greatest war machine helps us to un derstand the confusion following the revolution. The WarWhirl In Washington (D. C), by Frank ward u Mai ley. 1.5u. Illustrated. The Century Co., New York City. Washington (D. C.) is becoming a smart, business city, quite different from the city of easy-going diplomacy of old days. Blame it on the war. Yes, the war has caused the change. Mr. O'Malley mirrors this new Wash Ington (D. C.) in a book of witty, good natured humor. He shows that since the day when America entered actively Into the war our National capital has become in many ways a boom town with a new set of manners and cus toma mingling with the old. The capi i . NEWER IN JURE AFRIENDIF YOU D0,Y0U WILLLIVE-TO REPENT a : P erf x- & l. x A W lis-" 1 tal is not only doing great thing; -it is doing funny things. Mr. O'Malley. of the New York Sun newspaper, was the man to see and report this humorous aspect of the staid old city on the Potomac, with its sud den stimulation of new peoples, new work, new idlenesses. How Washington ID. C.) is taking care of the sudden influx of men and women who are fill ing positions and attempting to fill po sitions and just talking about filling positions; how the capital has accom modated itself to an enforced abstem iousness; what is talked about by the numberless visitors in the hotel lob bies and the corridors of the Govern ment buildings; character sketches of outstanding personalities; indeed, all Washington (D. C.) whirling in the new storm. Is the subject of this enter taining book. "The War-Whirl in Washington (D. C.)" is Illustrated with IS drawings by Tpny Sarg. Mr. O'Malley writes as an nonest merchant engaged in the wool-spong ing business in lower Broadway, iNew York City. He takes his wife to see the sights of the war city or Wash ington (D. C.) The sight-seeing wire is a woman who speaks out with disconcerting frankness. She criticises the head lines in the newspapers: Khurks! starting out to capture Berlin. and the whole darn country can't dish up enough unity ot action in two weens 01 ei- fort to carry one Quart or coal three- quarters of a mile across the Hudson River to our flat. Oh. husn yourseit: & couia see th loaded coal cars. I tell you. on the Jersey side of the river from the windows ef pa's apartment on the drive. Looklt this newspaper headline here: "Mrs. Macgllli- cuddys-Reeks. einn rem tieaaer, Mceivm at White House." Sickening! This Is a fine time for the President to encourage German propaganda by 0-0-0-0-o-oh. I will not hush up! This Sinn Fein person Is vlolent- y pro-German; says so In eflect irom plat forms; so are all her little group of co workers. I'd like to see her and her crowd ring the doorbell down at oyster ijay, that's all. They have the Impudence to stand up In halls paid for out of German funds, admission free, in New York. Mil waukee, Chicago, everywhere, with a lot of Germans tilling the Iront seats, ana tne whole crowd, even while our boys are fight ing Germany in France, cheering wildly every time a speaker tells of German vic tories. Less than a month ago this same woman who was "received at the White House" yesterday was the star speaker at a pro-German meeting in Terrace Garden. back home, where a countrywoman of hers had girls pass the bat through tne aisles tor "silver bullets." as she called the collection. to be fired against our most powerful ally. They want our biggest ally crushed, smashed by Germany, which means that our Amer ican boys fighting beslds the Temmles would have to be smashed too; leaving us. with England gone, to fight It out with Germany and her allies single-handed, or be crushed and smashed ourselves. Our tourists are somewhat excited when they behold the Capitol, where our Federal laws are made: There was little to attract attention when the wife and I arrived on a level with the corridor entrances to the Family Circle tier of seats in the House. Almost nothing was going on except that Billy Sunday was open ing the session with prayer, and House stenographers were breaking leadpencils and finger-nails and fountain-pens trying to keen abreast of BUiys prayer, and women 1 Btandeea were bulging outward into the cor ridors all the way round the string 01 Family Circle entrances. Back of these was an overflow of still more women clamoring ot get In as madly as If Doug Fairbanks and Charley Chaplin were chatting on the floor of the House with Mary Plckford and Tbeda Bars, and Speak er Champ Clark was flashing, for the first time a new pearl-gray suit decorated at the lapel with a rose of saffron hue In honor of the occasion. Outside House attendants had taken all the beaded knitting-bags away from the women who had arrived early enough in the earliest morning to find seats Inside, and the knitting bags had been heaped In plies waist-high in the corridors, because It's against the law to carry any bundles or packages or bombs into the House during war times. Sculptor Gutson Borglum. after wandering accidentally Into the Statuary Hall of the Capitol and getting one quick glimpse ot the Sculptural Chamber of Hor rors, was fleeing with wild screams of terror through the corridors, and even louder than the Borglum yells arose distant thunderings of oratorical tmpresslveness as various rep resentatives hit the high spots of forensic fervor, and a gavel was banging and banging afar off, and somebody was Intoning ter rifically about the "b-r-r-r-road and ah boeunteous paralrees. gen-tul-mun, of thee great-tuh gulorias State-tuh which I have thee honor to repreesent-tuh in thls-ah dis-Ung-wished uh-sembludge," A reporter cub padding along behind us hurriedly was balling a metaphor all up by asking his companion, "Who's the old goat braying on the floor now, Larry?" and someone was banging and hollering. "The Chair reck-eh-nlzea thee gnlmn from Mlz zooree." A large lady whose black hair was un decided was shoving along on tiptoe and panting. "I'm suf f ickating, Emmy, but I'll go to my grave happy if I can only get Just a glimpse of Jeanette Rankin." Th ' newspaper telegraph Instruments. down the corridor toward the Press Gallery were senaing tne news to tne sistem in iar - away slates amid a chorus of clicking like III i ' 1 ..si Av--:;j: : 8 ;: HAUING DONE SO" 1 - t. ?-' If f Tf - the seven-year plague of crickets, and the gavel was banging again, and someone was shouting dramatically In purest South Bostonese. "This democracy cawnnot exist hawf free- awnd hawf female." A woman fainted In the crush and was laid out across one of the piles of knltttng bags, and somebody arrived with ice-water for the fainting lady just as we had biffed our way close enough to a door to hear a logically Intensive bit of debate that ran: "Does the genelmn from Cuhnetcut ob ject r "I rnh-zerve the right te obJecV' "But does the genelmn from Cuhnetcut object?" "I rub-peat, I ruh-zerve the right te objec'." "But does the genelmn object or does he not object?" "I ruh-peat again. I ruh-zerre the right." "Will the genelmn answer yes or no, docs he object V "Iruh-zerve the "Does the genelmn 99 "I ruh-zerve" "Does the "I run " "Does " "I Et ceterah-rah-rah! But, listen to the soothing syrup of the Congressional Record, and all is well: Do I understand that the gentleman's re quest for unanimous consent goes to the ex tent of ordering the previous question on the rule, so as to cut out the offering of the amendment to the rule?" "It does." "Then I object." "The gentleman from Florida objects." "I move the previous question on the resolution." "If the gentleman from Illinois controls the time for the rule and the gentleman from Tennessee controls the time against It, this side of the House la without time." "May I ask If the gentle man will yield seme of his time to this side of the house?" "Certainly: I had made promises for more time, but I will see that that side gets an equal division of the time." "Will the gentleman yield ten minutes to this side?" "Yes." "Mr. Speaker. I under stand that It Is settled now that I have 20 minutes under my control. Is that correct?" "I do not understand that the proposition was that the gentleman from Tennessee should have 20 minutes." "I am entitled to that time under the general rule." "For what purpose does the gentleman from Vir ginia riser' "To see what has becomo of my time." 'It has gone." "I had three mtnotes left." "I know the nntlaman amilil have three minutes left If it was not for the cioca. -now, wnat does the gentleman from Virginia want?" "I Just wanted my umc. ifroiongea laugnter.) Tropical Town And Othrr Poems, by Solo mon Do La Selva. 1.2S. John Lane Co New York City. Nearly 70 poems of a "different" sort. reflecting "My Nicaragua." "In New England." "In War Time" and "The Tale From Faerieland." Solomon de la Selva Is a Latin American, with Indian, Spanish and English blood In his veins, and his verse has strong IndividuaWty. It I best when the tropics are deoicted. Our author is 24 years old. and was Born in Leon, Nicaragua, Central Amer lea. He comes from a family distin guished In politics and literature. His ancestry counts Indian chiefs and Spanish conquistadores, and one of his grandmothers was an English woman of noble blood. The young poet has studied In his native land. In Europe and In the United States. In this conn try he has lectured on modern poetry at Columbia University and taught ro mance languages at Williams Collasre. iie is a corresponding member of the Hispanic Society of America and also belongs to a number of other literary associations and academies here and in SI, h?".?!. J". p.-nish' ,and " frequent contributor to Spanish as well as to American magazines, he Is re garded as the foremost poet of his gen eration in Latin-America. In 1910. on the death of his father, the Nicaraguan Congress decreed to adopt him as the ward of the nation. Since then he has been more and more looked upon by his people as their special singer. Some of these poems are "tropical." Llrge On the March, by Glenna L. Blgelow. $1. John Lane Co.. New York City. Quite a war thriller. In days when books about the war are many. We are presented with an American girl's experiences when the Germans came through Belgium in August. 1914. For a time she was virtually a prisoner in the hands of the Germans. Consid erable anxiety was felt as to her. safety, as no communication was possible with the outside world durintr those three months of internment. Therefore her journal was faithfully kept for the benefit of her family, and depicts the luxurious life of those days preceding August, 1914, the shock of the declara tion of war. the terrific battle of Sar tilmont, three kilometers from the chateau, which entailed directly the death of her host. Monsieur X. It also Includes the bombardment of Liege, which lasted 12 days; the care of sol diers burned In the forts, the capture 01 tne city by tne Prussians, their bru tal shooting of civilians, the burniner of i pr ui nm iy w 11 aiiu ine taxing or citizens as hostages. It ends with her attempted withdrawal to Brussels, her final escape to Holland and her journey from Flushing to Paris. The Business of War. by Isaac V. Marcosson. $1.50. Illustrated. John Lane Co., New York City. Mr. Marcosson is called "America's foremost reporter." He is a busy in dustrial bee. and he has been so suc cessful in business that his life reads like a romance. This book is the big business exposi tion of the war. and shows principally the business facts connected with the war facts that the eager American reader wants to know about. We are told about the feeding, transporting- and supplying of the British armies, the production and distribution of shells, the miracle of the motor in war. The best chapters are those which mirror Sir Douglas Halg, Viscount Northcllffe and Sir Erie Geddes. The World War and What Was Behind It. by L. P. Benexet. Illustrated. Bcott, Foresmen A Co.. Chicago. Toung people especially will find In this book the friend in print that they have been looking for. It tells in con densed, graphic style the various causes which have led to the great Eu ropean war. caused particularly by Germany's greed for what is not her own. One of the strongest chapters Is that on "Europe as it should be." The au thor says that his mesage Is the re suit of interest shown by pupils, teach ers and the general public In a series of war talks he gave in the Fall of 1914. His message Is of informing, educative Interest- And Is splendidly and fairly presented. Mr. Benezet is superintendent of schools, Evansville, Ind. Josta of Are. by C. M. Stevens. 1 90. Illus trated. Cupples Leon Co.. New York City. "Joan of Aro was the first great war rior for the freedom of nations. Sh was the first leader of armies to make war solely against war." Such are the first significant words of this splendid book, giving a search lng yet highly appreciative picture of the life of the greatest woman of old France Joan of Arc The book is a revelation of the greatest of woman interests, the greatest of religious in terests, and the greatest of patriotio Interests. Fore, by Charles E. Van Loan. $1.53. George H. Doran Co., New York City. Our English friends, when they are disposed to praise a worthy actton, say "That cricket." If we are to believe Mr. Van Loan that golf is essentially a. game reflecting the honor of the in dividual, we must In measuring fair ness and on the same ratio as our Eng lish cousins, say: "That's golf." The number of golfers is large and here is a Joyous book of golf stories that will surely warm their hearts. "Fore" consists of nine admirable short stories, novelettes, with plenty of bright conversation and lots of fun. War Gardens, by Montague Free. 50 cents. Harper and Brothers, Mew York City. In the space of 114 pages we are pre sented with a handy pocket guide for home vegetable-growers the hardy, sensible folk who have war gardens at tneir nomcs ana wrn iim-iu ai tueiu. One of the significant chapters Is that on "Community Gardens," and an other is on "The Value of Backyard and Vacant-lot Gardening." This little book is a helpful asset at the present time in showing a man how he can at home reduce the cost of living by growing food. The German Pirate, by AJax. 60 centa George H. Doran Co., New York City. The only place In the world where this book will be unpopular is Ger many. The book, in paper covers, is a sensational exposure of the brutal acts of the German Navy on the high seas in attacking enemies and neutrals alike, iu destroying the brotherhood of the sea and horrifying civilized beings. It Is stated that the accounts given of German submarine exploits have been compiled from British Admiralty docu ments and aworn statements of sur vivors. The Girl In His House, by Harold MaeGrath. Illustrated. 91.25. Harper a: Brothers, New York City. Written with that high, entertaining quality so noticeable In Mr. MacGrath's novels. "The Girl in His House" will make pleasant Summer reading. James Armitage hurries from the wilds of China to find part of his fortune em bezzled by his "faithful" agent and his house occupied by a strange girl whom he loves. Armitage becomes a burglar for ner sake and several other sensa tions follow. The Amazing Interlude, by Mrs. Mary Rob ebts Rlnehart. SI. 40. George 11. Doran Co., New York City. This readable and live story was re viewed - in The Oregonian of May 1 the heroine. Miss Sara Lee Kennedy. of Pennsylvania, lives a placid, self satisfied and well-fed existence until the conviction grows that she must be come a worker in helping to decide the war. As a war nurse In France, Sara Lee gazes on actualities with new vision. Public Library Notes. AMONG the "old" things which the needs of the war have given re birth, sphagnum moss for surgical dressings Instead of absorbent cotton is an interesting "find" of particular moment to this Coast, from which the Red Cross has asked a half million pads to be made at once. That it has been used by the allies for some time and was known to a few long before the war is the statement of Professor A. R. Sweetser, head of the department of botany at the University of Oregon. He cites the Indian practice of cover ings wounds with the moss, and its usefulness to the squaws in swaddling their infants, an old custom. Professor Sweetser says: "Oakum Is expensive and needed for ships; cotton is valuable for explosives and other purposes, while the moss Is plentiful and cheaply gathered, and needs only to be thoroughly dried for use. It is very clean and light, and has an ab I cotton." He adds further that great InteresteJs being shown all along the Coast, and many specimens sent, but only the sphagnum which is found In marsh bogs is wanted. Some specimens of sphagnum from Florence, Seaside. Brandon and Ilwaco are shown in the exhibit case at the library in the circulation department, with Professor Sweetser's article on the subject as published in the Eugene Morning Register of April 28 The following is Dr. Waldo's list of books to read for the week of June 9: 266 B38. Brown, "Why and How of alls sions In the Sunday School." 266 D73e, Doughty, "Efficiency Points. 266 F26. Faunce, "Social Aspects of For eign Missions." 209 JTT, Jones. "Modern Missionary Chal lenge." 266 M39, Mason, "World Missions and World Peace." 266 MT8. Montgomery. "King's Highway. 266 S742C, 6peer. "Christianity and the Nations." Entrance examinations for the train ing class for librarians, conducted yearly by the Library Association of Portland, will be held on June 17 at the Central Library. The examinations will cover histpry and current events, and literature and general Information. Ap plicants must have had at least a high school education and should preferably be between the ages of 20 and 35. Any one desiring to take these examina tions should see the director of the training class at the Central Library, Tenth and Yamhill streets, and file an application as soon as possible. MEN PROMINENT IN WORLD EVENTS APPEAR BEFORE CAMERA FOR OREGONIAN READERS Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, Is Diligent Worker Admiral Tyrwhitt Leads Naval Raid on Zeebrugge. John Philip Sousa, Veteran Bandmaster, Does- Valiant Service. I '"' ' ' v '.-- -""-T- ; 1;" 1. ;s I ' f .. - .. , K i vi , -v . ' ....J.T1Wt .jtWlrf j tounayuMUlMCOvIK I J ff"e.ct &ozcAe Arret 'JZsv&tjzc Jfkc JQ&x33p trrrp U.A ft I f . .. I 1 J . ONE department of the Government at Washington upon which de volves a tremendous amount of work growing out of the war. of which the general public hears little. Is the Department of State. As head of the diplomatic service and the branch of the Government most closely Identified with all of the international relations of America, it is a most active agency in the functioning of the Government. Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, is a diligent worker, of whom the public hears whenever some new angle de velops in diplomatic events. John Philip Sousa, veteran bandmas ter and one of the most widely known and popular American musicians, en listed in the Navy early in the war and is directing bands for the United States Government. During the recent drives of the third liberty loan and Red Cross the famous bandmaster with his musi cians did valiant service. e To Admiral Sir Reginald T. Tyrwhitt, D. S. C, fell the honor of leading the British forces that covered the daring Novelty Stand Is Convenient for Woman Who Knits. Ball of Yam Revolves oa ITorlght Receptacle for Needles. A CHARMING little gift for the wom an who knits Is this stand of pol ished white metal. The ball of yarn re volves on the upright that rises from a weighted base; and into the hollow up right the knitting needles may be thrust when not in use. The contriv- For Busy Knitter. ance makes an attractive ornament for the boudoir or porch table and white or delicate colored worsted will be kept in better condition than when a knit ting ball rolls about, often on the floor. The Unquenchable Spirit of France. Margaret Deland says in the June Woman's Home Companion: "It seems as if I were leaving the French men out of this 'appreciation" but it is they who show the women how to be brave! I know a poor fel low who wears on his breast the rroix de guerre (war cross) and the medaille mllitalre (military medal). He is so crippled that all he can do is to run a shaky elevator in this dismal old hotel. I . . U .W. MjJ UH...... ULII ISM.I - if Uf i ' I - 1 i j! Ml H -.''if'? P 1 - IfcS", - -' ,- '- .L . . -," ".. .... A' -. x .-3 ; i l .. .: , . : :wv tox-. .. x if X : ' V : - - . . ii. - - ' fv . V i aataV.' . ih.-. . .-OA Was il -w - I - "wsBSSSSSSsaBsi - up naval raid on the submarine bases of Zeebrugge and Ostend. The raid was one of the most brilliant achievements of the war and resulted In complete bottling up of the former port. The Admiral has been commander of the destroyer flotilla of the British first fleet and has earned renown for his work during the war. In Serbia it la the custom ot the country for a father to allow his beard to grow as a sign of mourning for the death of a son. King Peter, in keeping with this custom, has allowed his beard to grow, and the appearance of the monarch who formerly wore mustache and imperial is much changed thereby. Recently there was a meeting of two chums of college days at a most un expected time and place. It was at Camp Funston, Kan., to which two French soldiers who had served with distinction at the front were sent to act as instructors, and when Alfred Bou chet and Fernand Reich met at the big cantonment, not far from the geo graphical center of the United States, it was a gratifying surprise to both. A week ago there came a dark morn- ng. but nothing much was said except by Americans. One of these Ameri cans bubbled over to the man in the lift. 'Oh, monsieur, are the allies to De defeated, after all? Will the Germans win?" The man stared at her with widenlnsr eyes: Hoo! Hool What? Germany win? Non! Mon Dleu! Non! not In my lifetime snail oermany Deat us. He paused, drew himself up and added: 'Madame, so; sooner than have that, I he struck ls breast with a hand that bad only two fingers, and rolled a ferocious eye at his questioner 'sooner ahan have that. I will return to the trenches!' " How They Make Looking Glass. Primitive man used the quiet pool for his mirror and highly-polished metal mirrors have been found In most of the ancient ruins. For many gener ations mirrors have been made of glass. mercury or quicksilver films being the favored substance for the reflecting medium. The older process is fully described in many places. It was attended by uncertainty and was objectionable for several reasons. The more modern method is that of depositing metallic silver itself upon the glass, which must be clean if an even, homogeneous film is to be the result. Silver in certain solutions is easily displaced by other substances and being no longer held in solution. It Is thrown down upon all available sur faces. The problem Is to have It de posited at a rate that may be con trolled and in a manner to give a uni form, continuous film free from de fects. A large percentage of the sil ver must bo deposited from the solu tion if losses are to be avoided. Some recent work at the University of Pittsburg has shown that alcohol added to the solution increases the ef ficiency of tho process and that sugar is an excellent retarding agent, making It possible to control the rate of deposi tion. Formaldehyde is used as the re ducing solution. A writer In the Scientific American estimates that by the use of these methods serviceable films can be made at a cost of material not exceeding a few cents per square foot of surface. Newsy News" for Soldiers. In the June Woman's Home Com panion one woman tells how her little town keeps in touch with Its soldier boys: " The Folks at Home' have formed an association known as "Our Ladies' Welfare Association, which meets every two weeks, and whose purpose is to keep In close touch with all the boys, rendering them such services as may seem necessary from time to time. About 70 lads to date have answered Uncle Sam's calL "The one great thing the association is doing is publishing once each week a local paper known as "The Newsy News.' which is chuck-full of local hap penings and 'most everyone In the village considers himself or herself a part of the editorial staff. This 'Newsy News' contains all the divisions of a regular newspaper which include local photographs and local cartoons. This paper is gotten up on a duplicat ing machine, which makes the "Newsy News' seem like a personal letter from the folks at home. "There Is scarcely a day goes by but that a letter Is received from some of these 70 boys, telling of their great appreciation of this paper, which en ables them to know Just what is going on back home." Sosse Tips on Clothes Paris tailor-mades are simple and smart, and one in black with a faint white line forming a check and a lining of white shows In a very narrow piping around the eklrt and around the coat. Jfttr-Z&sr.s-j'rry. it. "--'" - j tf. . . 1 if . -.4 ' - T " ' ' " " ni 1 1 a.r In 1 e i v- Jrr. , - - -1' f;? bndarivood 6t j sMa..t, Vl inaarw0oalYV 1. - r - - -: !M 2ZZ1 ZSSSEZ Black Lace Dinner Frocks Are Latest Craze. 17. S. Army Hats Have Resemblance to Red Cross Head Dress. THE loveliest dinner frocks ot black lace at under (40 are a wonderful bargain In wartime. One such frock, of fine, allover black lace Is dropped over a slip of thin black satin, the slip sleeveless and supported by shoulder straps. The lace bodice Is very simple. In surplice style, with V neck and Ions? sleeves. A black satin sash separates It from the skirt, which has a deep flounco of Imitation Chantilly dropped below a shirred band of black satin ribbon at the hip. This full flounce of lace falls over a scanter flounce which edges the skirt beneath. Black dinner frocks are the craze now for restaurant wear and with them aro worn airy black hats of tulle or lace. U. S. A. hats for every woman have a captivating resemblance to the Red Cross headdress worn by a favored few women. Ono model, of pearl gray faille silk has a broad, upturned brim from which sweeps a long veil of navy blue georgette. A small star, wrought with blue beads, decorates the turned back brim. Another style is of sand colored satin in mushroom shape with a dark blue georgette veil around the high crown and streaming down tho back. The resemblance to the Red Cross headdress is in line only but It is a silhouette that appeals mightily to feminine fancy and these small hats with their long veils, are proving ex tremely popular. oe Tarn embroidery is much used on Summer dresses of cotton voile ratine, and even of georgette crepe. Exqui site shades In worsted are blended Irt these embroideries, which are done in the simplest stitches; in long-and-short stitch, yarning stitch, buttonhole stitch, and the like, with most excellent ef fect. A white batiste frock embroid ered in pale blue worsted is charming; so is a linen crash sport frock with conventional designs in orange d yellow. Black and white worsted em broidery gives a distinctive note to a frock of black and white checked ging ham. Scalloped Cabbage One small cabbage, one egg, milk or soup stock, seasoning. Cut up a small cabbage into quarters and boll until tender in salted water. Set aside to cool, chop and season with salt, pepper and butter. Stir In a beaten egg and moisten with a little sweet milk or soup stock. Put in a casserole and sprinkle crumbs of victory bread over top. Bake for 30 minutes in a moderate oven. - t --- j r :i . f .' - r t il u. !v , i ... - 1 j v.- A ft