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WAR'S HORRORS
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HEROISM
Wonderful France! A Nation Calm,
United, Suffering for AIL and for
France Democracy Against Strv
lr3 Feudalism The Republic
Against Absolutism!
(Hy ClinrlcM Kdwnrd HhskcII.)
(Copyridit, 101f by tho Newspaper
Knterprise unsocial ion.)
PAULS, Franco, May 25. On tho
ill-fnted Lusitnniti, coining over, we
hnd the usunl ehnrity coneert. Wom
en snug iiml men marie speeches nnd
it wns nil the etistoimiry tiling until u
French uctress recited the Miirscil-
lnise. She did not sing it; she re
cited it to n subdued ueeompnnimcnt
of violins.
I hnve never Keen nn nudienec more
profoundly nnd genuinely moved. She
jiiki ns nil going, thut is the fact. Not
ni shallowness used to weep when
lie nihil nit played Cmn'illc, hut witli n
solemn emotion, very different. In
Home subtle mngie of voice nnd mnn
iter she luid innnngcd to bring homo
to iir of n sudden the image of n
great nntloii, stricken with unmerited
nnd unprecedented misfortune, nnd
facing it with n snd, stern dignity
ntid boundless heroism of fortitude.
She mude us think, too, nil nt once,
whnt the world owe.s to France nnd
wlm t the world would ho without
France. She overwhelmed us with n
sense of profound pity nnd ndmirn
tiun for n nation that beyond till
(picstinn has clean hnnds in this
dreadful business and is only u vic
tim of a war she tried with patient
earnestness to avoid.
Siulness Knocks nt Your Hen it
Wlmt the actrchS made us feel that
illicit on the steamer the visitor I'ccIh
still more when lie walks these, streets
11 iid looks upon Paris transformed. A
strange, Sunday-like quiet dwells in
the place that used to be so noisily
blithesome. The streets look empty,
inoit of the persons in them are wo
men, most of the women wear black,
one Woman in three is in deep mourn
ing, and the endless procession of
sad, set faces is likely to knock nt
the heurt of the most callous.
(lay Paris I Tim old phnisu jam
horribly now. lit the almost dchcrtcd
cafes a few persons sit and do not
talk and at night the darkened streets
hear hardly a footfall.
There could bo no greater mu
st runner contiast between two na
tions. In London the war seems
homething of a joke. In France it is
u prim, terribly, deadly reality.
Is not this M range eiioiiehf You
Fee here the accepted, traditional
traits of the two races reversed; it is
the (lau! that is silent and i;riiii with
clenched mouth, while the Hritou
laughs, sine; Tipperary and stand,
ns of old, heavily jesting in n the
ater (piene.
In London, life nnd all the amuse
meats clutter on as usual; in Paris
the theaters lire dark, the. cafes close
nt 10 o'clock and nobody eaies to he
amused.
All tho conditions in the two na
tions seem nt sharest contrast.
' Masses Support War U France
lu flreat ltritaiu it is the aristo
crats and tho upner classes that lire
aroused about the war and support
it. In France it is the masses of the
people and the aristocrats where
nre the aristocrats of France? No
body knows nnd nobody cures.
It is a rilling class wnr in Client
Britain; it is n people's wnr in
France.
In Great Uriloin tho government
litis spent one hundred and twenty
Jivo million dollars in appeals to the
people to enlist and indorse the war,
la certain styles of posters alone it
lias spent fifty million dollars. In
France the people, nrpse spontane
oiibly and at once, with one purpose,
one soul nnd one feeling to put their
lives and all in tho hands of their
government.
"Husiness ns usual" was the most
unlucky motto choosen by the com
mereiai elements in Kuglnnd when tne
storm broke. At once it gave forth
the dominating keynote that tho war
was not serious. How could it he
serious if profits were more impor
tant! "Business us usual" hy the
shopkeeper was followed with "then
my job as usual" by lh wage worker.
Pufiness is not as usual in the French
republic, struggling for it life. Fac
tories stopped, stores closed, cuter
prises iibandoned, bii'ine--, profits
nnd all else forgotten, while worker,
nnd proprietor", lawyers find trades
men marched away to fight or to
work for France.
It is really a vniidertnl thin to sec
nnd know and think about. If yoli
Iwvo arcejited 8 tine and typioul
tho oft-pictured Fnniehiwan of the
liottlovftrde, o will Ittive difficulty
in believing me, ami vet I declare to
you 1 do tint oxgerHte.
The whole French tiMtinu live in
Oil jtmojlieie not to be described
otherwise thnn ns one of solemn ex
altation. Sacrifice and suffering
hnc lifted these people to astonish
ing heights. Under the Superficial
gaiety there must always have been
strong, sterling metal, or the peril of
the beloved republic has remade, them.
Take the matter of drink. It hns
bec'n n sore subject in somo other
countries nt wnr, but not here. At
the olivet the government decreed as
ft war measure tho temporary sup
pression of nhsintho making or sell
ing. Tho national assembly, ncting
upon the thought of the country,
made the prohibition permanent. Ab
sinthe is banished forever from
France.
Now the commanders enforce strict
prohibition of all alcohol in tho mili
tary zones. There is talk of more
drastic liquor legislation.
It will hnrdly be needed. Tlje peo
ple nre enforcing temperance upon
themselves. Tho sobriety of their
thoughts is reflected in their hnhits
nnd the drinking of nlcoholic hover
ages has fallen off ninnxiugly.
For the tunc being the typical cit
izen was not thinking of profits or
business, but of France and the com
mon lot. This hns always boon an
individualistic country, almost ns in
dividualistic as our own. It became
now in n way u country given over to
tho spirit of co-operation, the indi
vidual lost sight of before tho obvi
ous needs of the community.
No Xced of Appcul to Worktngmcn
The government had no practical
need of acts enabling it to take over
railroads, factories and property; all
persons expected their government to
take what was wanted. No one ap
pealed to the workiugmen to ho pat
riotic nnd do their best in the muni
tion factories; they would do that
anyway for France.
Vltit t is still more remnrknhle, no
body seemed to havn tiny thought
about glory or jeputatioii. Tho news
papers never mnko mention of nny
act of service; acts of service are
expected of all. The most distin
guished men in France arc doing
humble lubor every day and nobody
notes it. P.mil Loubet, formerly
president of tho republic, almost 80
years old, is serving as u member of
nn obscure committee (hut does no
end of hard work without recognition.
.So is Anniind FailllercH, his' succes
sor in the presidential office.
Service in the army is universal,
but 1 doubt if it can truly be called
compulsory. Judge-for yourself. Yoti
miglit say that tho soldiers servo
without pay; the compensation is
merely nominal; t! cents' n day. Yet,
t)iink I not n word L' complaint' is
ruis'ed on that seoie.
Uecause her soldiers fight gratuit
ously is one reason why Frnilee has
been nblo to mnnnge in the war on so
nodenito an expense.
Then, too, separation allowance for
soldiers' dependents nre very small.
The wife gets but''-') cents a day nnd
10 cents a day for each child, as
against .$11.02 n week for the wife and
from .fl.'JS to fit) cents a week for
each child in Great Hrituin.
Uuidlord (.Vt So Kent lYom Families
Hut tho French government com
mnndeers the houses in which the de
iwiidapfs live, and they pay no rent.
Incredible ns it may seem, I do not
hear that landlords make much com
plaintit is for Franco.
You get no rolls with your break
fast now iu Paris. Guess why unt
il $ a fine reason. Well, here it is:
Hull milking is an ttrt. When the war
came, some of the bakeries lost their
roll artists, w)ui went to the front.
Then the oilier bakers said: "It would
be unfair to take advantage of our
brother bakers that have been ciip
pled thus by the war of Prance. None
of us will mnko any rolls." So the
roll has been aholishcd in Paris.
If thut is not Picnch I know not
what is.
Mourning is widespread and deep;
for so far more than ,'100,000 sons of
France have been killed on the battle
line; 700,000 have been wounded or
taken prisoner, It is an inconceiv
able sorrow. Yet the mourning bus
n certain dignity and reserve, 'and he
would be n poor observer that could
not see what it is that sustains the
mothers nnd wives of France iu the
sacrifice they nre making.
I would not seem ton hnngititic
about all this, hut I do believe that
with it, goe some perception, nt least
among ninny people, thut tho France
for which (hey are giving so much !
not certain leagues of laud, but nu
idea. It is democracy against serv
ing feudalism, the republic against
absolutism. And I do believe iiirther
that when this storm shall have pass
ed the fine spirit that has been de
veloped here will not wholly die. The
thing is too deep nu dthe trail hn
been too Jiery. It is perfectly ct.
dent thut Fienchmuii have been
brought together in a new bond and
the bom t spiritual us well as inn
torH.
No loss an authority than George
riemenceaii, cool, stead , si-n-oned
observer, looks for n trroat forward
movement bv n rescued and I colored
FrmiHce. Thurc is ever- reaon to
believe he i right and that the direc
tion it will take will be toward greater'
dtmiocracy, isditicwl aud imluMriul.
If (but io mi, we miii take hope, for
iu no otbr way can the world pre
vent the return of tin flood of horror.
HEDironD mate tribune,
FIRST illlfli SAYS: "PREVENTATIVE AND
CONSTRUCTIVE WORK ADNIINISfRATION KEYNOTE"
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Mrs. I'slcllc
(Hy (Jortrduc M. Price.)
LOS ANCKLKS, CnL, Juno in. A
woiiiun In tho city prosecutor'R office!
Hotter condition Iu tho Jails.
A municipal farm for rIHr.
I'lilvernnl tranfeiH and tho aboli
tion of all grade crossings.
A free milk station maintained by
the city.
And n well built up Juvenile de
partment lu the potlco court.
Hero are Just n few of the many
civic hopes of ICHtelle l.awton Lind
ner, the first woman ever elected to
a city council In n city of the flrat
class.
"My election Is a tribute and a
victory to women," wilil Mrs. I.lmlsey.
."TImj first thing I want to do after 1
take office In to ostabllsh tho fact
thnt a woman Ih ncapnble of Hitting In
(bo councils of city, county and stntc,
"The next will bo to try and prove
that men and women can cn-operato
and be on a better understanding
tiun over before.
"My first great aspiration nn a
cniincllwomnn wll be to seo n woman
lu tho city prosecutor'!! office, for
tho benefit of women who go there
necking aid, when In distress. This I
believe will he accomplished very
soon, for Mayor-elect KebiiHtalu has
promised that It shall bo done.
"To me one of tho most Important
.mattem before the people of this- city
lit tho existing Jail condition. It
should be Improved. I want to help
Improve It and do so quickly.
"Right along with this, I hope to
nee tho establishment of a municipal
furm, where girls may go and llvo
out under the clear sky and lu tho
good air, building up body nnd soul
at tho same tlmo
"Homewhero along the busy pro
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"The needs of tho people of n great
city nre numerous and varied, And it
Is only a step from the saving of life,
by proventlvo methods on the streets
to the saving of life by prevcntlvo
methods In tho haute. Hy that I
mean caro and nturltlon for tho
young. I am In favor nnd will work
for the establishment of a free milk
station to bo maintained by .tho city.
"Had In band with tho proventlvo
method lu the homo comes" tho ncod
of proevntlvo work and' constructive
work In the courts. I should llkn to
sco the Juvenile department In the
pollco court thorpiiKhly equipped so
thut children without homes may ho
properly looked aftor and dlrectod,
"I am going to study tho problems
of this city as carefully and eotmcon
tlounly as I know how. I am going to
try and work Justly, and to ho mod
era." Mrs. LlndSny Is a woman of Ideas,
tho biggest asset lu the world's mar
ket. And she Is willing to uro them
to further the hettermont of tho oth
er fellow.
Asked what she w do between
now and July 1, when Bhp Is Installed,
the first councllwomnnjcharactcrlstl
cally replied: " .-
"I nm going to cloon hoiiso, mako
some new sheets nnd. mend my hus
band's BOCltfl."
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Little Johnny, on bglug asked by
his school teacher if he knew what
was meant by "at jmr," replied that
"Ma was always at pa when ho camo
homo late "
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CHICAGO, Juno 15. O. Harold
Powell 'of !.os Anegcls addressed a
gathering of sovonty-flvo representa
tives of tho lending newspapers of the
country today In tho offices of Ixird
& Thomas on the subject of market
ing methods nnd business nlms of
tho grent California Fruit Orowers
Rxchange of which ho Is general mnn
nger. Mr. Powell explained tho opera
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business of 'approximately $G0,000,
000 a year without capital and with
out profit, and pointed out tho ad
vantages of tho exchange principle to
both tho grower and the consumer
of California oranges and lemons.
As n result of tho extreme care nnd
scientific methods of handling the
fruit by tho (1500 grower members of
tho exchange, California citrus fruit
reaches tho eostem market houso
wtfo's table as fresh and perfect In
every wny ns when picked from the
trees lu the golden state, the grow
er profiting In his turn because, tho
fruit Is salable and becauso economi
cal handling prevents excesslvo soil
ing costs.
"One thing we believe Is misunder
stood by tho average, consumer," said
Mr. Powell, "and that Is this tho
California orange purchased during
the summer mouths Is not n winter
orange which hns been held In cold
storage, hut Is fresh picked summer
orange. Tho orange known ns tho
Valoncln variety begins to ripen on
the trees about May 1st and Is pick
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every day thereafter until nbout No
vember 1st, when tho nnvol vnrloty
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fore, possible to have fresh picked
California oranges every day tho ycur
round."
"The exchange Is cnrrylng on nn
extensive, advertising campaign for
tho purpose of Increasing tho con
sumption of oranges aud lemons and
wo reel that this campaign Is having
a beneficial effect on tho public
health generally for certainly every
one from babies to old peoplo Is bet
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fruits. Wo nro not trying to switch
people from ono kind of oranges or
lnmoiis to anothor, for that would
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