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TO POPULATE FRANCE
Nation Faces s Serious Prob
lem Due to Low, Birth Rate
and Deaths in 'War,
By Henry Wood. t
- Paris, March 13 By Mail to New
Tork). Th Academy o Moral and
Political Science haa asked th French
' government to take op at onc Its most
arious probleta that will result from
the war that of th population of
Europe.
The academy points out that when
the war ends a minimum of 2. 000,000
men at the very least will have been
killed. The crisis which Europe will
then face for Its repopulation will be
without a parallel In the world's his
tory, -
The academy has already .pledged
to the government Its most profound
snd exhaustive study' of the situation.
While It is the Intention of the mem
bers eventually to take up the problem
In its application to all the countries
stricken by the war, they for the mo
ment will confine their efforts to the
problem as It is presented in France,
: Franc races Serious problem.
That France vlll be the country that
will face the most serious phase of
the situation Is already recognized.
For year before the war France"s
birth rate had decreased to a point
where it was exceeded by the deaths.
Now, with hundreds of thousands of
her men most capable of ' reproducing
their kind being killed, the situation
la recognized to have been aggravated
to a degree where only the most radi
cal, unanimous and exhaustive meas
ures on the part not only of the
French government, but-of the entife
French people,, are going to be neces
sary to order, in Insure the continuity
ot the French race.
As ye the academy has suggested
no measures to the government except
the immediate revision of all legisla
tion oh tha subject. The (academy,
however, from the superficial glance
it has .already given to the subject,
declares that the minimum motto
-which-France can adopt and hope to
prevent the gradual obliteration from
th face of the earth of the French
people, is "three children for every
family.' The condition entailed by the
war renders this an imperative neces
sity. Childrem Cost Too BCnoh.
.The academy also has asked the gov.
eminent to effect a complete change
in, the Policy of its laws on this sub
ject. Instead of enacting measures
with the end in view of- forcing fami
lies to have children, it is urged that
'the laws tend rather to make ' it pos
sible for parents to have children by
reducing for them th economic burden
of bringing them up.
As the laws . now stand, it is as
serted that the larger a man's family
is "the more taxes, duties and other
contributions he is obliged to pay to
the state. -The academy asks the re
versal of this. -
- It asks also the immediate revival
of an old law which was suppressed in
1885. It provided that every family
with seven children had the right to
have at least one of these brought np
at the expense of the state. The acad
emy insists that even a larger applica.
Uon of this law would be justifiable
;under the present conditions. .
' . Ehiployment for rather.
The academy also asks that all em
ployment - under .the government ' be
given on a graded scale to the fathers
of the largest families. Scholarships
and other help from the state is urged
on behalf of the children.
In making these suggestions to the
French government, the academy ad
mits that these are merely the first
fruits of the most superficial, glance
over the situation. The situation,
however, is so serious that it declares
the government must begin at once
seizing upon every possible straw that
can help to save' it.
: Later ' the academy - proposes ; to
evolve measures on a much broader
basis, that will be applicable not only
Jo France, but to the other countries
that will have been depopulated by the
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Misery Widespread
In Russian Empire
Rosy Beports of Conditions In Czar's
Country Are Declared to Be Far
Trom the Truth.
By Francis Lavelle Murray.
Petrograd, March 27. Rosy reports
of conditions n Russia are constantly
finding their way abroad. One would
almost believe on reading these stories
by correspondents of English birth and
pro-British prejudices, that Russia' is
better off now than in peace time!
This is a mistake. The war burdens
are bitter hard on the lower classed
in the empire. Misery is widespread.
It is true that prohibition of the
use of vodka has' done something to
alleviate the situation. But the effects
are not as great as has been heralded
abroad. What would bo called "blind
tigers" in the United States are spring
ing up like mushrooms. Their special
ty is "tchantchl," said to be an imita
tion of a drink by the Chinese. It is
much more potent than brandy or
vodka.
Everywhere one hears complaints
about the rising prices of the neces?
sarles of life, in aditidon the taxes are
almost - beyond endurance and hit the
peasants especially hard.
The use of horse flesh for food is
Increasing. The government has re
duced the freight charges on horse
flesh, recognizing that it is now the
food of the very poor.
In the Polish provinces conditions
are infinitely worse than in the in
terior. The most alarming reports
come from the small towns, where
dire poverty prevails. There is a lack
of coal, due to the German occupation
of the mines of Jagleble. This- has
necessitated the closing down of fac
tories and industrial establishments
and has consequently impoverished
hundreds of thousands of Polish work
ing men. In Warsaw fuel is so high
that" four-fifths of the inhabitants go
without it. Candles have taken the
place of kerosene - lamps.
Of all classes the Jews are suffering
most. They are Bubject to pogroms as
in the past, in addition to their other
troubles, ajid many have beep, put to
death. - -
New Anti-Toxin Is
Used by the Fjench
Consider Their Discovery of th Great
est Talu and likely to Supplant
th Ordinary Antiseptics.
Paris, March 27. What is described
as the greatest surgical discovery
since Listers antiseptic is now at the
service of the French wounded. It is
an anti-toxin discovered by the well
known bacteriologists. Professors La
Chalncheand and Vallee, and it is like
ly to supplant other antiseptics in
preventing infection of wounds.
Antiseptics, though killing tha dis
ease., also weaken and benumb tissues,
thus delaying cicatrization of the
wound, whereas the new serum called
"polyvalent," because It is effective
against all malignant germs actually
stimulates the tissue surrounding the
wound and promotes rapid healing.
The discoverers, who are in charge
of the Alfort National Veterinary
school, have 25 horses tinder treat
ment from which to get 40,000 five-cublo-centlmeter
doses monthly. Ex
tensive experiments show - a decrease
in pain and fever in a few hours after
the injection accompanied by a rapid
cessation of inflammation and Suppura
tion. Where the injection is made be
fore the infection develops th wounds
heal without complication. A writer
in the Petit; Journal declares: "It is
incomparably the most precious dis
covery of curative surgery."
FRENCH MAYOR IN A DUEL
Paris, March 27. A duel with
swords, resulting from a dispute about
official business, was fought by M.
Chapron, prefect of the department of
the Marne, and Maurice Pol Roger,
mayor of Epernay, in the park of a
country hose. . Chapron was wounded
in the left arm and Roger in the right
wrist after a long and furious en
counter. The adversaries refused to
be reconciled after their combat.
Americans In Dresden Protest.
-Dresden, March 27. The American
club, of Dresden, has prepared ao ap
teal against the shipment of arms and
ammunition to the nations at war. It
will be distributed throughout th
United Stt
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Left to right The hunting palace of Czar Nicholas at Sklermlerl.ee, Poland, now used by the general
corps as headquarters. A general view of the Golden Horn at Constantinople with the German
the Turkish cruiser Hamidleh. The Breslau with the Goeben was chased into the Dardanelles last
Says Cinderella
Wore Fur Slippers
XTpt Mad of Glass, Declares French
"Woman lecturer who Spoils a Tra
dition of Xiong Standing.
London, March 27. Cinderella never
wore glass slippers. The slipper that
the prince fitted to her small foot and
which her two ugly, mean and schem
ing sisters tried in vain to get into
was not glass. It was made of squir
rel skin.
This blow to a tradition dear to
childhood was delivered by Cecil Hu
gon, lecturer in French literature, to
the Oxford Society for Women's Edu
cation, in a paper oh the subject of
fairy tales. When the Cinderella story
was turned from French into English
the translator mistook a word.
Perrault, who wrote the tale dn
French, described the slipper not as
"soulied de verre." but as "soulied
de vair." Verre and vair sound alike
in French, but verre means glaaB,
while vair means the fur of the squir
rel. '
Mies Hugon suggests that the slip
pers might have been of gray, with a
dainty trimming of squirrel about the
top. Otherwise, they might have been
all fur top. But in no case did Cin
derella receive a pair of glass slip
pers from - her fairy godmother and
drop one in the ballroom for the prince
to find. 1
POLAND ESTABLISHED
BEFORE WAR STARTED
Russian Blames Carelessness
of Officials for Permitting
Vast Land Holdings.
By Frederick Werner.
Berlin. March 27. Visiting the
other day ! one of the places where
Russian officers are kept prisoners, I
had the opportunity of a long conver
sation wjth a high Russian officer.
When I asked this , highly cultured
Russian how he explained why the Ger
mans had stayed for so many months
in Polish territory he smiled and said
that the carelessness of Russian offi
cials In the past was the cause.
"At the beginning of the war," he
said, "Novo Vremya published a map
showing Russian soil in th hands of
German proprietors. It was like an
immense black ribbon encircling all
European Russia from the shore of
the Baltic, along the Austian frontier
and even along Turkey to th Cau
casus. "If the Germans have stayed so long
in Poland Instead of concentrating in
the west and breaking through to
Paris before the large British rein
forcements arrive, it Is not ; merely
from strategic reasons, but as much
because they wanted to settle down
permanently in a district which they
have long considered a new East Prus
sia. '
"Everywhere the Germans are mas
ters and the Russians are their slaves,
mere 'Russenknechts' and 'Rusaen
maegde.' The people speak nothing
but German; their habits and customs
are German, and their sympathies ar
with Berlin.
"Before the war their German mili
tary bodies openly paraded every
where on German national 'holidays
and loudly affirmed their loyalty to
the kaiser, while our easy going Rus
sian officials did not consider it worth
while to Interfere.
"Then the war came and it became
too dangerousoglorify the 'Deutsche
heimath." 5 OurTiussian papers talked
of sweeping the frontier, clear of these
obnoxious guests, of forcing" them to
eell-the estates of which they had
robbed the childlike -Russian peasants,
and sending them back to the vater
land forever. ? . ;
"But everywhere the portraits of
the kaiser had disappeared as If "by
magic and the Russian colors were
flying everywhere over th German
settlements. In every village bills
were posted forbidding the use of the
German language and town criers went
through the streets loudly proclaiming
GERMAN INFLUENCE IN
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Jv....-awr-sp:;
OF LONDON IS
SENDING MEN TO THE
Says Britons Are Fighting to
Make Christianity World's
Dominant Religion.
By Philip ; Everett.
London, March 27. Th war has
wrought wonderful changes in the as
pects of London daily life. Our suf
fragettes have become as peaceful as
cooing doves, and the bishop of Lon
don is as. often as not seen in khaki
making warlike speeches in his capac
ity as chaplain to the London rifle
brigade.
The bishop sees in the present cata
clysm not only a war for peace and
freedom, but a step toward the estab
lishment of a great brotherhood of all
nations. "We are fighting." he says,
"so that Christianity may continue to
be the dominant religion of the world."
There is no more eager recruiting
sergeant in the country than this same
bishop of London and the number of
men he has sent to the colors during
the last three months runs Into many
hundreds. His favorite argument is
that no young unmarried Englishman
who is physically fit ought to neglect
this chance of being ' present at the
second and greater battle of Waterloo,
which he feels sure will' be fought
within the next six months and which
will decide the fate of the world for
the next century.
While the., war office still main
tains silence concerning plans for the
use of Kitchener's army at the front,
there are many signs that Important
events are due to happen in the next
few weeks. The chief surgeon at one
of the many large military hospitals
established near London told me the
other day that he expected every bed
in the institutions under his care to be
filled within a week.
When I expressed my surprise at
this, because we have been told of no
Important actions in which English
troops have taken part, he smiled and
said that the expected ' patients were
not men who had just been wounded,
but Englishmen and Belgians who un
til now have been in French hospitals.
"Every hospital near the front and
throughout northern France." he said,
"had been ordered to be cleared, and
the men who are not well enough to
return to the fighting line are to he
cared for in England or- in south
western France."
When I asked him if this could mean
anything but that a general attack on
th German -lines was planned to take
place in the middle of this month, he
smilingly said that the war office had
not taken him into its confidence, but
that one might draw his own conclu
sion. An exhibition of extraordinary in
terest is about to be opened hereunder
the auspices of Prince Alexins,, Kara
georgeviteh of Serbia, who has arrived
in London, bringing with him a won
derful collection of relics and photo
graphs from Serbian battlefields,
which will show in a conclusive man
ner the violence of the fights in Which
th Serbian armies defeated the picked
troops of Emperor, Francis Joseph.
The prince, who came here to get
aid for his suffering countrymen, who
are In an even worse plight than the
people of Belgium, was greatly inter
ested in my suggestion that he should
extend his tour to America and ap
peal to the generosity of the American
people.
that in three days everybody must
speak Russian. As, however, the wo
men understood not a single word
Russian and the men spoke it badly,
these announcements were made in
German. -- - .v,
"The glorffiers of the vaterland had
suddenly become Russian patriots un
ttl the first German troops crossed the
frontier.: Since then they have helped
the" enemy in every way.
Holland Stops Pork Exports.
The Hague, March 27. The Nether
lands government has issued a decree
prohibiting the exportation of pork in
any form.
BISHOP
COLORS BY HUNDREDS
ITALY IS THREATENED
BY BREAD FAMINE AS
HANDICAP ON PEOPLE
Shortage of Grain Is 600,000
Tons and Prices Are Still
Going Up.
By Alice Rohe.
Rome, March 1 (By Mail to New
York). Th specter of famine has
been stalking through Italy these past
days, overshadowing the sister spec
ters of impending war and of earth
quake terrors. From one end of the
peninsula to the other the people are
crying out in bitter protest against the
rise in the price of bread.
Bread riots strikes are the order
of the day. To these hungry and fran
tic people, driven half crazed by the
recent horrors of the earthquake,
which has added its great demand upon
public charity, and by the continued
rumors of fresh horrors of war, the
assuring figures of economists bring
small comfort. And today these same
economists -are lowering, their voices
of assurance.
Last August, when war started upon
the world, Rome suffered a small bread
riot. People began to lay in supplies
against coming disaster. But econo
mists soon quelled the panic by assur
ing the people that there was more
than enough grain fn Italy to last
until the harvest of 11B.
Bread Frlea Going TJp.
Today it is admitted there is a short
age of 60d,000 tons. The people have
to pay 40 per cent more for their bread
and the agitations and protests are
heard ominously throughout the land.
The economists, rushing forward to
quell the panic, say that there Is a
shortage because last year's harvest
was short everywhere, especially in
Italy. This caused a rise in price,
which was further .augmented by the
expense of transport owing to war and
because speculators are holding grain
for further use, and because the gov
ernment has conserved large stores for
that ever-imminent army which may
at any time be called into action
And to the hungry people food for
thought is handed in this fashions "A
soldier eats twice as much bread as
an ordinary man." But even with
these bits of information, the peo
ple continue to cry for cheaper bread.
Plenty of Unhappy Visitors. s
In Rome, , not only the poorest
classes, but various strata of the la
boring forces, are protesting. Quite
naturally, the lack of foreign tourists
and visitors depletes the exchequers of
Rome. There are plenty of strangers
in Rome, the shopkeepers and cabbies
will tell you 20,000 of them -but they
are the refugees from the earthquake
sone and bring only new expenses - to
Rome and Italy.
In the meantime the price of bread
keeps going onward and upward. TM
people are so agitated in the increased
cost of living that the altercations of
the various parties concerning the war
fail to interest them. To them, war
only means an added horror to suf
fering Italy. It is no longter succu
lent food for conversation. The Re
publicans, however, and a part of the
Socialists are trying for Immediate
war on Austria, and threaten' a revo
lution unless Italy gets in the fray.
. Socialists Threaten Revolution.
Of course the main part of the So
cialists are radically opposed to war;
and on their side threaten revolution
if war is forced upon them. The Na
tionalists want was as a -matter of na
tional responsibility and pride, but are
willing to await the proper time to
enter. Followers of Giolittl have caused
much comment by an avowed beliief
that war may be avoided and a nice
reward as an appreciation of neutral
ity lured from the belligerents. A
very small party believes that Italy
has no need of" entering the. war.
While the government seems anx
ious to avoid war until the hour of
signing peace is in sight, it is making
ever preparation to be ready for the
conflict, however it may be forced
upon it. And the people are in the
meantime wondering how war will
further affect the price of bread.
MARCH 28, 1915
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staff of the ninth German army
cruiser Breslau at the left and
fall by the British fleet.
100,000 Soldiers in
One Big Graveyard
.
Ground Between Warsaw and Slder
niewic Saw Worst Tlgntlag' of th
War, Says Xrondon Correspondent.
London; March 27. There are 100,
000 soldiers buried in a triangle only
a few miles in size, between Warsaw
and Skiernlewice, according to a cor
respondent who has just completed a
trip by automobile over this part ef
the fighting line. "The stretch of
country," he remarks, "in three as
saults on the Polish capital, probably
has seen the bloodiest fighting of the
whole war.
"A bridge near Blonie," writes th
correspondent, "marks the nearest ap
proach which the Germans have thus
far made to, Warsaw. The bones of
11,000 Germans, aneV nobody knows
how many Russians lie here.
"Two miles to the left are the ruins'
of Rokltvo church. The tall spire
stands archlike, completely pierced by
shell fire. The gap made by the shells
is 25 feet deep and 18-feet across, and
the walls of the 'arch are In some
places only- two Inches thick. When
asked to account for the phenomenon
the peasantry, crossing themselves.
Point to the Madonna within,
"Not far away is the skeleton of a
great estate once owned by Prince
Urbetsky, whose death early last year
led to a memorable murder trial.
Twelve acres of the magnificent for
est which surrounded the estate have
gone for fuel already, and an aerial
attack has left : little of the once
stately mansion."
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Barbed-Wire Fence
Keeps Them Out
Germane Post Warning In Alsac to
Bffeot Anyone Coming- within 60
rest of It Will Be Shot.
Berne, via Paris, March 27. -A
barbed wire fence 10 feet high along
which sentries are posted at frequent
intervals now encompasses the entire
zone of German tntlitare An.rattAti. 4 n
Alsace. Notices have been nostnd fat
ing that anyone approaching within 80
feet of the fence or attempting to
smuggle letters will be shot at sight.
All foreigners who have been per
mitted to remain hi the district are
compelled to report dally to the com
mander. .
Travel to Holland
Under Restrictions
Persona Intending to Go Tbr Kurt
Giv British Home Offioe at &stt
Three Bays' Votloe.
London. March 27 Th itrinn
regulations governing the securing of
passports oy persona desiring to travel
from England to France hava been tni.
lowed by the announcement of other
regulations governing travel to Hol
land. Under the new orders no tmr.u, 1
may go to Holland without giving the
home office three days' notice of hJs
intended departure. Travelers must
supply full Information concerning
tneir pians ana me trutn or their state
ments muat be vouched for b twn
responsible British citizens.
MORE SERBIAN SOLDIERS
London, March 27.-rOffieial infer
mation has been received by the
Serbian legation her which, according
to the legation, indicates that the re
ports of the outbreak of typhus in
Serbia have been greatly exaggerated.
The i legation further announces that
the Berbian army haa been strength
ened by the. addition of two fresh
classes and has received new supplies
and equipment. The military authori
ties fare well satisfied with the situ
ation;, the Austrian forces arrayed
against Serbia being merely the rem
nants of those, previously defeated.
: SociaJlist in Berlin Council.
Berlin March 27. The aldermen of
Berlin today elected Xierr Hassenbach,
socialist and secretary of a labor
union, to be a member of the city coun
clL This 1 the first time that a So
cialist ever has been nominated to tms
office. There were 8s affirmative bal
lots, won is ballots were blank.
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Mutiny in India
Urged by. Germans
British Government x Says Pamphlets
Called TTpoa Troops to "Throw Off
Bated Toke and Kill Officers."
London, March 27. rThe India office
announces that documents have reached
the British government showing that
German consular officials In Persia
and agents of German firms have been
engaged in Intrigues, with the object
of facilitating a Turkish- invasion of
Persia and promoting an uprising of
the tribes against Great Britain.
The German consul at BuBhlre, on
the Persian gulf,, who is ndw stationed
at Shi rax, aided by Germans and In
dians from Berlin, has, says the India
office, been circulating' pamphlets ad
dressed to the Indian urmy calling
upon the soldiers to Pthrow off th
hated yoke and rise and kill your of
ficers." '.
A long appeal to the Mussulman sol.
dlers was also found, urging them to
Join in a "Jehad (holy-war). 7
Telegrams are made public by the
India office, which, it says, show that
arms and ammunition consigned to the
German legation at Teheran were re
ceived . through Bush Ire. These sup
plies were to be used to arm the tribes
men, who were to attack Bushire.
The foreign office was advised that
Turkish soldiers recently ran wild in
the Urumlah district of northwestern
Persia and killed several hundred
civilians. The Turks are said to have
burned several villages after looting
them. -
France Will Buy
The Dacias Cargo
But ft SPrlse Court Must Dispose of the
Seised Ship; Transfer. Illegal Under
Preach Statute,
v Paris, March 27. The French for
eign office, it is understood, has de
cided to buy the cargo of cotton of the
steamship Dacia, which was seized bv
a French cruiser and taken into Brest
while on a voyage from the United
States to Rotterdam. The cotton la
valued at about $750,000. and it has
been proposed by the owners " of the
vessel that the French government
purchase the cargo.
The disposition of the shin must h
left to a prize court, but the official
view is clear.. The French law. it la
pointed out, does not permit the trans-
ier or a snip Belonging to a hostile
country to a neutral during war. The
Dacia belonged formerly to the Hamburg-American
line, but she changed
her registry and became an American
ship after the outbreak of hostilities.
Captain George McDonald, th mas
ter of .the Dacia, has arrived in Paris
and- it is his intention to remain here
until tne prize court proceedings are
ended. ,
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Defender of Liege
Refuses a Parole
Says If X 7avs German Prison X
WUX Offer Services to XI Xing, Ac
eordln to Bis Xftr.
Paris, March 27. General Leman.
Belgian defender of Liege, now a pris
oner in .Geemany, has refused to ac
cept his liberty under a parole, which
the Germans have offered him, accord
ing to a letter received by one of his
friends, a major In a Belgian engineer
corps.'
m General Leman replied to the offer
of a parole, be wrote his friend, that
Ms first act on obtaining' freedom
would be to offer his services to Bel
gium and his king. He added that the
wound in his .foot which had troubled
Dim so long naa neaiea.
Brazilians to AldT Allies.
Rio Janiero, March 27. Under the
presiaency ox senator nuy Barbosa,'
member of tha Hkna trlhim.i
league has been formed In behalf of
the allies of the Triple Entente, with
the object of extending to them moral
assistance. -
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GENEROSITY OF U. S.
EXPECTED TO CREATE
ETS IN BELGIUM
People Are Beginning to Like
"Strange" Viands This
Country Has' Sent Them.
. Brussels, March 27. American gen
erosity In Belgium relief is acquaint
ing this city with many American dell
cades that may find a permanent mar
ket here when peace is restored. Juat
now the relief committee here has de
cided to open a store in th heart of
Brussels to sell some of this "strange"
viands which Americans sent over
here to help feed Belgium's poor.
The first of these delicacies so to be
offered are five tons of' maple sugar.
Then come a couple of thousand cans
of sugar corn. At first the committee
did not know what to do with this be
cause none of the Americans her
seemed to have learned how to. prepare
the contents of the cans. They tried
cooking it in all the French and Oer
man ways at their command, but It
wasn't the delicate triumph that
mother used to make. Then by ac
cident an American tourist heard of
their plight. Now little typewritten
slips with each can say:
"Add 20 per cent of milk and boil."
7 Pomaerly Pd to Xorses.
But there are other stews which it
is hoped th- new store will add to
the Belgian bill of fare. For Instance,
there-are two carload of rolled oats,
a food which only recently has suc
ceeded in touching the epicurean pal
ate of th Brussels folk. As with th
corn, they said: "We feed such things
to the horses over here." But thev
have learned bow to prepare them and
it is different now.
Half a carload of canned sweet po
tatoes also is awaiting the maglo
touch of some really competent cook.
Hominy is another delicacy which th
patient committee hopes to introduce
o the Belgian palate.
Baking powder, which arrived in
considerable quantities, also was a
novelty to most of th Belgians, but
it haa made a hit.
Canned salmon seemed a strange
form of provender at first, but th de
mands for this culinary mystery ar
increasing. -
Zdkly to Want Pi Beat,
Earlier in the work 'came a carload
of baked pork and beans. Here was a
real novelty, and a none too popular
one. But suddenly it seemed to strike
the Belgian fancy, and now the com
mittee cannot supply the demand.
Presently these poor Belgians will de
mand pie, and then tbelr American
ization is assured.
The committee Is still doing herolo
work. For virtually all of Belgium is
dependent on the grain and flour sup
ply it can bring in. Four fifths of
the Belgians can and do i pay good
prices for all they get. Ho the prob
lem is to bring in something they can
buy. The profit on this, with contri
butions of twice the amount from the
various communities, enables the com
mittee to feed the other fifth In soup
kitchens, by reduced restaurant tick
ets and by other means.
Ssnrafefo'
- Rub Omega Oil gently over the ach
Ing nerves; then cover with flannel
soaked in the Oil Put apiece of dry
flannel over this and bind tightly
gainst the face. This simple treat
ment has brought peaceful rest ti
people who have suffered agooica.
MARK