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DAILY EAST OKEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1613. TACT. SEVEN IDA PORTRAI1 OF THE T;SA TO f AT HISTORIC LIBERTY MEETING IN PETROGRAD TWELVE PAGES t iiv . - u.nv .. ' " : " - - AMERICAN FLAG H U -Vlr. SproUl, irt' This' Article Quotes Macaulay to Make the Point That "Freedom Is the Only Cure for the Evils "Which ftewly Acquired Freedom Produces) v He Then Points to the Duty of America by Describing the Great Duma Meeting: He Attended "and at Which the Stars and Stripes Covered the Picture of Nicholas Romanoff-Surely, Mr. Sproul Believes, America Cannot Turn a Deaf Ear to the Call from Russia, Now so Emphatic and -so Clear. By Arthur Elliot Sproul. I X tt previous artirli I said that til l(u tiuns. having by the revolution of 'Ml moit wonderfully achieved their lib erty, were so over- come by the tremendous change thus wrought In their lived that they became, ta It were, Intoxicated ; nnd I added tl:lt 11 this seemed so natural to me despite Its surface results of robbery and other forma of apparent lawlessness that I was moved by my deep sympathy with the essential righteousness of the great move' ment itself rather to pity them than too deeply to condemn. Bn fnr'nag, 1 have been struck by the way la wtilt-'u Macaulny put this very (bkfcC long ago, in hia "Essay on Milton." S-iid he: Tne final and permanent fruiu oi liberty ar wisdom, moderation, nnd tr.erry. Its Immediate effects are often atrocious crimes, conflicting errors, scepticism on points the most clear, dogmatism on points the most mys terious. It Is -Just at this. crisis that Its enemies love to exhibit It. They pu down the scaffolding from the half finished edifice; they point to the flying fust, the fulling bricks, the comfortless rooms, the frightful Irreg ularity of the whole appearance; and then ask In scorn where the promised splendor and comfort Is to bs found. If sucb miserable sophisms were to prevail there would never be a good house or a- good government In the world. Thero ia only owe car for fee et-iis teste newly acquired frrrdotn produces; and .At euro is freedom. To Some Americans, I have sometime found those, ill in formed and short sighted people who had only curses for the Russians who round ly condemned them for "quitting" on their war front who reviled them for every undoubted infraction of law and order committed on their soil and who expressed themselves aa wishing that they might receive only the most severe retribution therefor. It Is to these, therefore, that I bow commend Lord Mncnulnj's distinc tion between liberty' altogether admir able "final and permanent traits" and its far leas amiable "Immediate effects." It la them latter of which the Russia of to-day is surely giving to the world ao lamentable an example ; but no student of history no open eyed friend of all true democracy can for one moment doubt, that this same Russia 1 yet to exhibit. In it government, that "wisdom, modera tion and mercy" whicti shall serve not only to give the Russian people real free dom, bnt also to make their nation. In its greatness, a good neighbor to all the rest of the liberty loving world. Let Ameri cans, therefore, consider the great English essayist's words, that I have quoted, pre cisely as if written this very day, with Russia sa their subject. In that way. and In that way only, may we get accurate - vision ss to the real meaning of events so vastly important to mankind that only the great world war Itself can overshadow them. - ,! a , ' vfoer enthusiastic vre.s Russian aentt Vent when word cams that America had entered the war! Well do I recnll the great meeting in the Dome at Petrogrnd, in Apt-1- of Inst eart tba.. was called to make fi'ting celebration of the rent. Ba the merest accident business had taken r e Ut Petrograd from Moscow on the aiming of the very day when this his toric event was to take i.'aee. Present ing myself at the American Embassy, I Irst learned of the coming event from kmbassndor Francis, and on my express ing (Trent interest In the meeting he picked np hia own "Invitation and Ticket" from hi desk and handed it to me, remarking, with dry hnmor, "Here this will give you two front seats. I. hardly expect that 1 shall really need a ticket!" And, Indeed, . as he wss to be the first speaker of the evening, ss representing the first gov ernment to give formal recognition to the revolutionary government, it seemed hardly likely thst more than his mere presence would be needed In order thst sll doors shonld open to America's highest diplomatic representative in Russia I T A Striking Scene. '' I was an early arrival, nnd my "two front seats" were awaltingme and my aa- iatant While the great audience filed ' ta that before the opening hour was to ' crowd the capacious apartment to its nt- '.snost I had leisure to -observe one or two striking things. Perhaps the first of those was to M found in the scan on the wan that bowed wrhere the arms of the Russian Kmperor and of -ttetmnenoffs once bed been proudly displayed. Behind the 'speakers' platform. a targe American flag ' had been hung. Appropriate, you will ay, but not "striking." Wait a mo ment. What was behind the flag, de yon think ? A portrait of the lately deposed Tioroo firmly affixed to the wall that tt had not then been taken down, and ' which had first been shrouded in white doth snd then -covered that is to say, displaced iA dserioss tap j Was there an omen in thisT Did It eabsdow.a-dv or -Bosnia when Amer- lea should reveal herself as the leader n great movement of allied democracy to hint forever from sight the malevolaut misdeeds of Russian autocracy? Many of v.h believe so though, as this is written. the day of absolute fruition is not jet here. At this day I need not attempt even u rfaump of this great meeting. Already it is history. It lusted until niidniicht Klithusiusin well, that word was put inbi the dictionary fur just such occasions. bi-Iicve me! Hnron Huseu presided, aud Mpnke now in Russian nnd now in Ents luih god, b-cI) anil wisely in both. Am-, bftesadnr J'rancis received an ovation rtireoted (jt be bimm-lf well said) nor ulowe nt himself but cbi'fly jtlven by way of tribute to the ereut imtiou for which he stood. He spoke to Kntlisb, and he mndc ,"rnllliiig" speech. . , , ,j Mitiukoff was these and spoke both ill ItnsMaa nnd in Knglish. . And what en-1 thuslastie plaudits greeted him as he entered,! Auothcr man was speakina a prominent IlusMan aheii suddenly .we all board a rising murmur of appuiuse at the liai of the liulL lien we saw the speaker pause in his remarks then h own face lighted up with a new ei thusiasm and then he brought his own hands together as a participant iu the lpplause with which the great ball then rang. And it was because of the romine jof Miliukoffl The latter had been de tained, but bis appearance at the back at the auditorium was instantly noted by the great assemblage, which struggled to give him free passage to the pbitfurm. Arriv ing there be was greeted first by Bnmn Rosen, then by the interrupted speaker. I hen by the American Ambassador; and then, seating himself, Ire awaited his own turn to make an address. Assuredly it Wss s great occasion. - ; Cry of the Press. But it was not alone in such meetings as this thst Russia evidenced her deep appreciation of America's entrance into the war. Almost on thia very day of the Duma "hands across the sea" gathering mere waa puunsuea a lending editorial In the Bourse Gazette of I'atrogrd (the leauurg unancial publication of Russia) wnicn is so true to-day, and so accurately meosurea the best Russian opinion as to the high value of America in loading Rus sia Into better things, that It is well worthy tbe lilwral quotations that I shall here make from it more espariajlv as I doubt whether any part of the article has ever seen the light of day in this country. It was headed "Russian-American Finan. eial and Economic. Rapprochement." and it contained these striking paragraphs so singularly appropriate to international conditions as they now exist that they might have been written yesterday , AMEPHHAKCHOE ' '. -rEHEPAfibHOE KOHCylbQTBO ,MO'CKBA, ' y X O 00 S p Hi Ns IflL: 191.1-. i - ., ' " 'y Csf wacTos4peTC, via - KPM-MWWTMa. CAPO Ay-yt .sCAjjnnA, glmtA- AscpaMiHORis) fpuciainattXhrlatslft Aipit)faHoiflvv uioH&tbHuS p&onopr sa H'o feZf , HaxoAaro no( rioKpoiMTaio?orflk 8amsiTo AMepiMRaROKftPo rnepBJiMrL' ro KoHcyxfr v J.'okb, Eoao1 HspKivueBOKift . AwppMKBHaHoe renepaamoe KoKoyjibOTBO poouri. oooTBftrctBYBiHl Baoxa paapiswHTb BHnftOHa- ' "BHHOty fliuy cbocJo-wkS ii-!oxo;? opaaarb 8iy na ; yieoSxoaasy-iOi na.jiy oor.'oncTBie. . - Sa AsfflpHKfiHcitaro reMfpfta&Kpo Hoacyai "Thf rfrnt ftnirulnm nt A mortnan financial srrotitMi indicatini? -K'iIlnirnpM tn civ Kumtta financial support are brinxinff forth favnrahh comment In thia country Tht tendrncy nf A people t tn rriVomc the prtjtiQn a evidence that demo vntic America i mint err 1y drjirou of hem if of pennins offfnr to ?, the F?usiom nation and Us 4ndutrie od commrrce "While due importnuoe in being at faohii to AnifriraD capita yet th? har arterintlca of the American financier and: captains of fndimtrien are paramount in: the ttyen of the ItH8nian hijinnsa world. Aaieiican capital coupled with Ajaoricau initiative, determination to obtain result, fnlptif far orsrnnijtation nnd nast exner!-! ence should work wonders with Hussia'a inQtifftriPs and ner tnexuauMible natural rcaourcea. With 'changea in all laws, pertinent to nationality and reliaiona re- ! ' Cxm paaptfancTCri rrpea-triBifTtJiD oero 6 nponiTCTBetrHoa nposaxoMis m tsjio coot t ?o"f Eyjoaj-t) pecm;pflvKia nsn oHasaifia airy HtQ6xwiva1i n&kjtvu. LbcxBAs H0H(5p 1917 r. (Kussia many months ihereafter tliislthe windows of my hotel sbont oeloe lirare little sheet (edited by a I'niiadel- one moonlignt Digbt: ana it ("'' ,1'hinn but owned by Englishmen) surely! when the thought suddenly csnM to ess did its bit" in telling the English spesk-"Yoa a rent in Kussia Bow, you ss ing population of Russia that "Uncle Englanir that I began to realise am" was not in the wares s nicnlc but .1 there wss "something doing, i ia fcassia to use the vernacular "with both feet :" I f should have kent on with the retiring nnd nobody on this side the wster cap (proceedings in which I wss esgaged) and realize the deep, deep satisfaction that it I have gone calmly to sleep, leaving "whort was to the little knot of ns Americans lit might concern" to shoot it out M tn yes, and r.nglish in Russia to know, and streets near by to their heart content. to have everybody else know, that such But in London it wss different dot Jded'y- was the fact! " Personal safety from direct individual In June as soon as' it was mechsn-Imsuit became, however, in Russia, a ically possible for it to do so sfter oar en-1 hare said, a matter of some interest trance into the war Uie Kovoe Vremya, I onder the earlv rule of the Bolshevikl, of I'etrograd. issued a sBecisI; "America iiaBJ English friend and myself gBt immticr- with a ooloned cover. 'XbeUur respective Consulate General to. sea front page was filleifl wl a really beau-lai,out j, A. . nmit each of us was tiful reproduction of the American flag-1 given two documents, on to t pkeed having an excellent fsc -simile of Gilbert L tne .. door t the house where we Mnarta portrait -of Washington i-i jointly lived and one to be carried ia centre of it. There were also well exe- ,... In tbi article sppear a fae- cuted engravings of Abraham Lincoln, . .. , tb. nonal -safe conduct" t-resiitent usoa ana nu udibm, lD'- that was given to me, which will bw fbonOl n uite nouse. vise Americas -amoassnuur , ,h,r K-i. interest because of toe and hia staff. New York's familiar StatueLrownce npon it in the lower right ban of liberty, the" Capitol at W ashington.! ntr of ofCci(,i Bolshevik eal- Hellilencm steel worse, mo .avei so- ,,. hlibd in America. usory Board, tne Jew lorn venrn iHm k a tr,ngjaaon of this doenment : marcillUg tip rum irunc I'asi, aw uiy-i lie Library, . number of clararteristicp" New York city, view, n good not at r-wnvtirir tv. -l Can rrinoiorn's M-ritoi- frrtnt fllm UPTPTfll I Thli 4a n forDfv UuU. th BdSttre Of thfV battle ship and military scenes. It wss Xt&osVSrT a highly creditable production, especially under the core and guardlanabip o( tn so considering the very special diffi- 2n"-'S-."eSiJ".iwM,!SB';' .iiltlM thnt attended even the slmnlest! t-l nr sort of newspsper prortnetion in Russia M u Vnnl at thst time: but to mo it waa ana la rrt artnrA him evrv ssslstanoe and chiefly valuable as sn indication of a de I guardianship of which be may stand la sire to. "do something" to show tnat is.j For the Amer. Consul Omerat. visibly to evidence the deep satisfac-1 s Slsnefl A. n. thoibo.. tion in the best sort of Russian hearts a h EiiSJt sSfoui. : over Americas sction in putting ks iisii iseau . . ,i--1 . I . ainHr. Of,.-.. , t'Tl up in tront or ivaiaer nuiw Herewith the bearer Is permitted to "paaa jd then punning t to team wain $nwt iwitnout lec or nmaranoe ana in nc- him An v aTuarfiianahlo of which & tmar Aa a result of the roIabeTik uprising Moscow, 6-lfl Nov. 1917. ? 1 f Sal 1 last October I found myself momentarily of the Military ReToJuUonary aCominiit-- nomeiess iu wusw- ",uj soldiers lJeputies. 1 , J C K mass ns laaa rmmfnn Ml I 1 UaU il VtlJ WIIU iuuie -a , - ... - the Hotel Metropole, but the violent five- a lnl" " j. ' h,wtl rirtiisllv ml " t J l .m . - fmnf Arr f h. Vn.tl, lw. liWin coeditions there un possible, uow- . - - - n Kinlinir. Is (and " s went to lire after at Wotet shai be madei another story. Metropole shooUng-np: , t A C.,,f;,I, r-. I American Consulate General, -i I m v.f.w. i AloCOW, t-19 Kov 1917. No. S. Hospitable English doors quickly 1 opened to me, however, an I becama the! I s i. V CERTIFICATE. This Is' to certify that Arthur Kit tot . Personal "Safe Conduct9 granted t o Mr. Sproul by the Bolahevik . government, . having the seal of the latter in the lowor right hand comer. The other seal is that of the .American Consulate General in Moscow. strlctions a wide field of operation will; e open to tne Americans. It must not be overlooked that Amer ican Capital in Kussia is unusually desir- ame necause its investment nere is flevoia of political aii!, as was unfortunately the case with capital invested in Russia by other countries heretofore. In the devel opment of the industries of the country Americans should direct their main efforts toward the manufacture of iroducta which heretofore wre heinjc imported to a con siderable extent from abroad. 'The conditions in Kussia at the i res ent time are analogons to those existing in tne t'njt states during the civil war, vrhen the Vnited States fought for its national existence as is the case with, RuRsia now. The Lnited States came out of the war with an immense national indebtedness, hut not withstanding this1 condition of affaim the resources of the country and the pluck and diligence of cue people resulted in tne expansion or its industries to their present and what some consider fabulous proportions. "The ffround for future HrtrnmniouM work riA the Vnited States in olreadjt prepared. An alliance cilk the United States will be of utmost benefit :o vs. Through circumstances the Cnitcd State is playing an important role in tlte unan- rl 1 nifltf fr nf nor A Hit, hut', in nil likelihood will continue mtikinff an effort to extend the rnintions already neenn with us and thus briii our country much srood by building with its free capital railroads, canals, improving our ports, irrigating arid lands, &c. Welcome Harmon)." I have put in italics three of the most significant sentences in the foregoing. They speak of "welcome" anl of "har niouy." They are as true to-day aa they were then. Suffering Iiussia'a arms art at this moment outstretched to ns and to our allies. ' Perhaps nothing can better illuatratt the nbsurbuiff interest felt at the news oi America's declaration of war upon 'Ger many than the space given to it is the tiuy nnglish-lnuguase newspaper in Pctrograd the Private Xews Letter, nuidc up of traiisiatious from Hussion pa pers uud "primed' by a reproduction of typewriting. Its issue for tiS-10 April , .... . i . j..:- .K-JSproul, American citizen, possessmr ef na- snarer iu m ."1(S uWu uu.us j tfonal passport No. 43S, livca So - this remainder oi my stay in cue iumuus uiuiapnment wnicn u unaer tne irti&raian f.vrit caoitaL Naturally, in the ex - :J" I !. Amer. Cofwiit General In i . . . ..- . t (Moscow, uoisaoi -i cnerniSiiexxsKy Btttny- tremely disturbed condiUons then exist-jiok. No. g. rT . ing-with burglaries, highway robberies ,oi MrtL. and murders of daily occurrence the 1 ry Buardianshin of the Etronartv of Lha question of one's personal safety, whether neraon mentioned above. indoors or upon the streets, became one ueATHOJa of high importance. One gets a ecus- rsfeall Amer. ConsnL tomed to facing danger, howerer 1 &ZtSm, . founJ, and I am ready to confess that it that the apartment of Mr. Arthur Ellk,t was not so much through personsl conr- Sproul, Amer. citizen, resident Bouvosof r age as through that familiarity that I, m,. inr)0able and that aearehes cu "breeds contempt' that I was able toj!e niade only In the presencs of ths Amer. w , , . . l i ... , - (iiiu i v.ewrai or roemoers or tne Asner. Wace with calmness not only then bnt at consulate OeneraJ. supplied ssith Uvi other times in Rnssia conditions that, as I necessary full powers. t now look back npon them, seemed filled li.in.r, 'rol Wliu naar. . . ! i jnwiii. sovieis OI norUDeB and For example. I would frequently go tcr""" Joyous Lines of Humor From a Fighting Man "THE LAST STRAW." ' A Senrica Man's Lament. I've been bonin' on this lingo. But ss help me Bob! By Jingo i Iff the hardest nut I fever tried to crack. And it's proved to me that college French is only half baked knowledge Of a language we are putting on the rack. Mes amis," we lacerate it Every time we strive to atute it: Do you wonder that they wear a pnzzled look? If you see "veau" on a menu. Watch your step! It's eight to ten you May get calves' brains and a grievance for the cook. ; So I soon became quits wary ' And I bought a dictionary, To develop a vocabulary. - The.. My pronunciation shivered, 1 My enunciation flivvcred. I delivered only sounds and tried again. Soma one told me conversation Was my weak point, and salvation Could be had in talking frequently with folks.' All the Poilus grinned and snickered, But my lamp of hope ne'er flickered, For I found a fern me who understood my iokes. i I could talk to HER ; and let m , Tell you. Buddy, she could get me. And I never knew the reason till to-aay ; She confided tn me, blushin', She's not ' French. , V f odsf die's Russian ! Tin Derbies give promise of being the faahlonfthls'SpTing !oaJairr-Ui8 trench boulevards. Gas masks are also being worn with becoming grace by many dodging debutantes, who are gambling at a shell game, which seems to become more popular as the summer boarders arrive General Debility has opened bis bungalow rather early this year in anticipation of entertaining extensively. A busy corps of landscape gardeners have improved the golf course en No Man's Land, and sev eral very sporty holes have been added in the last fortnight AU the "guests" who have arrived seemed to be "olive" with pleasurable anticipation (and, more exasperating, cooties), which leads one to believe that aquatic snorts will be very well patronized dnring the coming sea son. Mmc. uuiiyoeef was tne nosiess at a reception recently tendered to our friends, the enemy, on which occasion the famous French tenor, M. Soixsnte-quinze, rendered several striking solos. So much for the social news. Some day I hope to be sble to tell you some really inter esting facts. We are in the middle of what promises to be a decisive struggle of the war, and though the sitnation is critical we believe the Allies will be able to more than meet the emergency. The engineers' set govs a progressive bridge party last evening. It was noted thst spades, polite profanity and per spiration predominated throughout the evening. Mme. Doughboy tendered a moat elab orate lawn party in honor of har protege Mile. Rookie. Appropriate rackets' were presented as souvenirs -of the. occasion. The casualty list included many promi nent Germans who were forced to leave early in-order to attend a reception the Kaiser was giving to his friend Gott ... The Hon, Leather-Xeck, if. C, who New Weapons for France's Infantrymen Some interesting photographs and sketches In the Psris Illustration of Feb ruary 2 and March 30 depict the meta morphosis of the French infantryman or the line into a specialist of some particu lar form of attack or defence conducted j with some special weapon with the use Of which he is trained to become expert. In a French infantry company to-day the voltigeur appears to be the sole remain ing representative of the old-time (light) infantry- He protects on the niarca, either in the open or in trench warfare. the grenadier a main, and on occasion the grenadier-fusilier, the grenadier Viven-Besieres, the fusilier-mitraillear and the csnonnier de 37 mm. With the grenadier-fusilier and grenadier-Viven- Bexieres the grenade ia projected by "meana of an apparatus fitted to the Lebel rifle. The lusil-mitrsilleur is a handy auto matic weapon which would seem to super sede the light machine gun for asssult. Welshing less than twenty pounds! it can easily be carried for short distances by one msn. It shoots low snd can fire sixty rounds a minute. The more nervous the man, the lower It shoots. It is of the greatest use in repelling counter attack after successful assault, - - - Sundsy church service in I'etrograd I That these doenment wem hr sa when street sbootin? could be plainly 1 means merely formal, bat wen et r rheard not far away, let n was "all tn decided value and importance, fa shnsni 1117, consisted of but six closely type- the day's work." Later, on the occasion! by the following experience.- Otto fan. written foolscap pages, of which five werelof my first air raid experience in Lon-lmton the lady of the honss man devoted to the "big news" from the United don, I thought nothing of the quirk fn-lslender but abundantly (....ii States! Aid so long as I remained in Unlade, of shooting that sbusided through J woman of .American parentage though oorn in Kussia was told by on of ht-r servants that a Bolshevik officer had en tered the lower floor of the aaka am! was asking some questions aaasst tts) la mates, slecpiag accommodatioea. tta. JV scending to the kitceen whe Mas na was, she asked him his business. (is d d not remove hi cap, showed hat ao Aef. erence in manner and Mated that the Kevolnttosary Committee" (L a, the. Bol- haa achieved quite refutation through ois original discoveries, having passed the winter on his house boat, the "Mud r-srk," has reopened his Boat House, ap propriately named by some clever cootie "lhe-first-to-fight." On arriving Mr. Leatber-Xeck remarked that he had ac quired the habit of eating eggs with shells, sll of which is quite droll, since it would seem that "slumming" is fiH popu lar in the best of families. Automobiling continues to be quite popular with the older set, generally speaking. There is one make of car that gives promise of living up to its name when the Boche begin to punctuate the road. Certain of the lighter machines, when sufficiently provoked, have assumed the roles of hydroplanes and have thus qualified their chauffeurs for pilots' licenses. ... Frofessor Avion has expressed the In tention to spend most of the summer travelling in Kt norland. He has recently returned from Belgium, where he was not inactive in promoting the contributions of certain Boche to the law of gravity The Frofessor agrees with his companion. Dr. Lewis, that it is Open season for Albatross. ... Lord and Lady Cootie have bees most sttentive and solicitous with regard to the entertainment of the younger set A shirt wsist dance was given by them in their spacious ballroom, an erent which all the younger Cooties were permitted to attend. A collation wss served on the back porch following the dance. knexrc to -cut one's toot badly one day. Wonder not! All of the shops in Qusrtermsster Row are exhibiting a new style of spring mil- sbeviki) proposed to quarter two or mo- linery. It ia not quite aa rakish as the I mea in the house at the r ,h. "rav. wi.nn rouia aawio any- inmates snd that he wax ascertaining man, irrespective of beauty or elf-re-Jtne number of possible sleeoins Bn.rM 1 v ' " . micttuct. uvw IS aoi arailanle roe sneh mni.hnM 1.. . H-. il I . " . . " ... . , .urUpon now many should be sent tiers! iu uib.c puuuic leci cuorougniy xerocious. I Uff iln Ha Lao. There is a movement on foot, sponsored hr the Societv tnr Harassed Offleer. nl . o adopt for immediate nse an automatic " " aoeumems soluter, which could be popularized at . . " "" aoot Tours. Chsumont and other nleasnr. -u v unwelcome TISltOC Had not ' ' onlttmril Sa aaka 1 LI a.T . si.t. whAM . ... Ka.n n I au iu iiuu.r l.wirn preralent of late, i you ,not. to f n uch fou ctys-asK va. J-uio uvuofl EMI tUl .US An alanninr .niii.nh r i. pants are nnder tne special protaetiotLor preading throughout the country snd has M"1 5 A.mri'B ,nd Briti gavern. given impetus to the habit of rampant ments." Very little impressed ay.fSi saluting. IJke omelettes on, any respec'ta- fttement the Bolshevik eoDtinood h bit French menu, majors differ in degree, ,numc " to lpujg accommodatieos, lot not in kind. whereupon the Udy said to hinu "Com ... upsuurs ana see for yourself. ' , Sho sd On of the lstest adjuncts to the divi- nim through the upper rooms, end on sion, on his wsy through Psris, inquired P88'" through the outer door dleected as to the best hotel in the town to which his attention to the doormeata tacked he had been assigned. He wss informed npon ie- Turning quickly aboat L saw tnat tne Hotel de Viile would afford him """ i"eir oiuciai seals gleamiag redly tne nest xscuities. t ro 'atest reports, be asks for no more advi,- .iud ha turned over a new leaf. '', Bathing is not at all popular this sea son. Artillery sharks have been sighted on several occasions snd the shells are too plentiful on the beach. One has been Lottie T.M.C.A., whose canteen geaer- esity hss kept many s ma from the harmful effects of reseating, si with as again, the proud possessor of a becoming complexion and a pack of "generously jad" cigarette for every sixth msn. Lot tie delights to be called the "Daughter of the Regiment,' and threatens to smoke one of the cigars she sells for "real money," if those horrid Boche make her sneeze arsis. upon bis sigtit. instantly off casta hi cap a courtesy be had not paid to th lady herself. Holding his cap ia hi kiad, he read both the doenment easefalLr. Then, turning to th lady hia j quite altered from on of brasqae etoTt ness to marked deference hs sid, sj respectful tons: "Madam. I Aid know of this, or I should not bar trou bled you. I will report to my superiors. wish yon. goooj oy. And that was the last of the matter! Great protectors, the America tad British governments, snd especlsUr sraaa travelling ia double harness t , 4- f