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GUADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRO, GEORGIA.
PADEREWSKIS WORKING FOR POLAND
Ignaco Paderewski, the famous pianist, and his wife photographed on
, their arrival In this country, where they are carrying on a campaign for the
raising of funds to relieve the distressed people of Poland.
CAPTAIN’S Ml
OUT! NOT TO
LEADJJHARGE
Keeping Men Cheered Up Is the
Vital Point, as French
Officer Tells It.
(SOME “SOCIAL EVENINGS”
Artillery Lieutenant Ventures to Say
the Famous “75" Is “of Little Use"
—Fire Is Too Direct—Surprise
Ahead for the Germans.
By GABRIEL DELAGARDE.
(Correspondent Chicago Dally News.)
Amiens, Prance.—He Is a captain
,who conies to Amiens from time to
itime for a few days of rest. Here
>he has comfortable quarters, where
his wife Impatiently awaits him; in
the small village near Albert all he
has to go to is a subterranean cabin,
the celling of which 1b of earth.
This, his permanent residence, 1b
on a crest 500 yards from the enemy.
Tho narrow space, with its wall of
clay, measures perhaps four yards
in length by one In width. < Entering
and seeing the owner of the place, his
back to the wall, a shapeless bundle
of animals' skins, one might Imagine,
were it not for a telephone in the
corner, that one had been carried back
to prehistoric timeB.
Sleeps, Eats, Works In Cave.
It is here the captain sleeps, eats,
.writes and gives and receives his or
ders. It is here that, through the em
brasure whloh overlooks the plain, he
constantly surveys the little wood to
the left, and, in the distance, those
narrow lines of yellow earth, the
enemy's trenches. It is from this cave
that he regulates the firing of the
French batteries so that their shells
.will hit the real trenches ailed with
men, not the counterfeit ones which
are masses of earth.
A narrow, zigzag passage connects
the small' hut with the arst line
trenches. Three or four times a day
the captain splashes through it. In
spite of the trunkB of trees', with
which the bottom is covered, the wet
clay is slippery.
"This Is why my coat is so thread
bare," he says. “Constant brushing of
the mud wears away the cloth. And
what is more annoying even than fall
ing aat in the clay is being splashed
on the head by wet earth hurled by
a shell.”
Thus slowly and cautiously one ar
rives at the advanced trenohes.
Real Duty of a Leader.
"Do you know the most difficult part
of a chief’s duty?” the captain asked
me. “It Is not so much directing a
combat. At times attacks are rare,
we have not had a single one for two
months. The real duty of the chief
1b to sustain the morale of his men;
watch over them; talk to them famill
arly of their families, their affairs, as
it is that which Interests them most.
It Is to improve the quality of their
food, prepare what I hardly dare call
a social evening, when they can drink
a cup of tea and eat a few cakes or
dered from Amiens. In short, one
must be constantly watching them
talking to them, encouraging them.
"For Instance, recently, one of our
Bentlnels at tho entrance to a small
wood was killed one night. Our patrol
found him at the foot of a tree with
his throat cut. A second sentinel met
the same fate. A third likewise.
Captain Called to Calm Men.
"At once my men became uneasy.
What was to be done? No one had
heard anything. Sentinels are sta
tioned there at night only, to prevent
a surprise in the trenches. They are
stationed near an isolated oak, whence
they survey the path which Is the
only outlet practicable through the
growth of shrubs In which the shells
have hollowed out unapproachable
quagmires and so entangled the
branches that even In a high wlnd.it
would be Impossible to pass through
without making a noise loud enough
to attract attention.
"I was sent for. To place several
sentinels there would be all right but,
on the other hand, for these three
deaths we were determined to exact
payment from the slayer, who prob
ably would not dare attack two or
three men at a time.
Refuse to Let Captain Go.
"I listened, then said I would go as
sentinel. Not one of the men vol
unteered. They looked at one an
other s'earchlngly. It was evident
they did not wish me to risk my life.
Finally they must have cast lots,
“Chance selected u sergeant. He
departed at night. I had a search
light Bet up, ready to operate, so that
he should have light and assistance
at the slightest attack. He surround
ed himself with a wire nottlng, mount
ed on small stakes to which bells
were attached. Our lines were a lit
tle way back of it This was how he
discovered the 'boche,' who had prob
ably arrived by a fox track, prepar
ing his way during the day, and,
when all was ready, cutting the
throats of our sentinels.
‘‘Next day his cap was raffled off.
which Is never permissible, but there
are times when a rule may be in
fringed. I had the sergeant proposed
for the rank of adjutant.”
The captain was thus conversing
with me in a cafe when his orderly
entered and asked to speak to him.
“Excuse me,” the captain said, after,
getting the message, “I have to go.”.
As he departed, his subordinate, a
robust, blue-eyed Breton, whose child
ish figure contrasted with his strong,
almost fierce appearance, exclaimed:
"For him we would willingly die. Ah,
monsieur, the ‘bodies' nmy do their
best; they have no chiefs like ours.”
As a matter of fact, I think one
could not have gained a better idea
of the beBt type of French officers
than from this captain, so full of en
ergy and courage, Intolerant of any
serious breach of discipline; unforgiv
ing toward cowards certainly, but at
the same time thoroughly understand
ing and ready to excuse certain weak
nesses, and constantly endeavoring
to lessen them by being the friend of
his men as v'ejl as their leader. And
Is It not a slight but sure proof > of
his influence that he is dressed as
they are, neglecting the prestige of
his uniform, just as he eats, sleeps
and dirties himself as they do?
202 Days Without Undressing.
An artillery lieutenant, with whom
I talked, mingled most interesting
speculative reflections with amusing
recollections of his life at the front.
After having explained to me the
difference between percussion shells,
which explode on striking an obstacle,
and fuse shells, whloh burst in the
air at regulated distances, he con
fessed to me while consulting a small
calendar that he wsb much pleased
when shower baths were finally In
stalled near his trench. They were
wonderful subterranean establish
ments, ho said.
“And I assure you," he added, “they
seemed very comfortable, as I had
been exactly 202 days without un
dressing once, sleeping always in'the
same barn, in my same hole in the
hay."
Dares to Criticize the Famous 75.
Suddenly- he changed the subject.
And as a variation from the usual
French attitude, he actually criticized
the famous 75-railllmeter guns.
“Much trouble has been taken for
nothing," he said. “The 76 is a good
cannon, but it was created too exclu
sively for direct firing. In fact, in
this war, where one has to hit men
hidden behind obstacles, it is of little
use. What Is needed is a means of
throwing projectiles which, after de
scribing a widely curved trajeotory,
will fall on the heads of the occupants
of the trenches, without first striking
the trench walls. .
“That .is why we have bomb slin
gers, which do not carry farther than
200 or 300 yards at most, and the how
itzers and mortar pieces, which must
not be confused with the cannon. The
cannon uro long and narrow and al
most horizontal when firing. The
howitzers, which lire at angles of
more than 30 degrocB, and the mortar
pieces, which at even greater angles
lire heavy projectiles loaded with
enormous explosives Intended to cruBh
such things as cupolas of forts, are
short and massive and stand almost'
vertically. .
Why Some Guna Are Short.
"By the way, do you know the rea
son for the difference in the lengths
of artillery pieces? For instance, the
305-mllIlmeter Austrian howitzer, a
very short gun, fires a greater charge
of powdor than tho French marine
gun of equal caliber, which is 12
yards long?"
I lmd never tried to find the reason
of this difference.
“And yet it is very simple,” the
lieutenant said. “The marine gun is
designed to lire the shell at Its maxi
mum speed, so the combustion of the
powder must be complete before the
projectile loaves the barrel. This re
quires a fraction of a second, during
which the shell covers exactly 12
yards—the length of the piece. This
will give you an Idea of how difficult
it Is to make tho exact calculations
necessary In the operating of these de
structive machines. Thus, when the
combustion Is complete, the pressuro
developed by the gases Is also maxi
mum. As a long trajectory Is not re
quired of the howitzer and mortar
piece, It is not ^necessary to have a
barrel of this length, which Is incon
venient.
Surprise Ahead for Germans.
"The largest mortar, aB you know,
is the famous 42-centimeter. The
huge guns of this caliber have all the
same drawback; they are difficult to
handlo. It is almost useless to think
of transporting them by anything but
rail.
“And I may tell you, we have no
longer any reason to envy the Ger
mans. Right now, In France, we have
achieved the construction of mortar
pieces still more powerful, which, for
our adversaries, will be a cruel reve
lation the day they are brought out
ready to fire.”
As the officer did not wish to tell
me more on this subject, I spoke to
him again of his life in the trenches,
and he humorously related how, on
the parapet facing the enemy, his boI-
diers had planted radishes, which
grew very well.
“Come and pay us a visit," he Bald,
‘and you can gather them under the
noses of the ‘bodies.’ And you will
see that the presence of the Germans
gives them a very special,flavor."
SUPPLIES FOR BRITISH ARMY
Scene at Southampton, Eng., where-
supplies are being rushed to Kitchen,
or's army in France. The picture-
shows the hoisting of an ambulance
and fodder aboard a steamer.
RED GUM FOR GUN STOCKS
British Agents Seek Estimate of
Available Supply In the
South.
Memphis, Tenn.—Owing to the
scarcity of Circassian walnut from
Russia since the outbreak of the Euro
pean war, the British government is
making tests of quarter-sawed red
gum for gun stocks.
The gun lumber manufacturers’ as
sociation of Memphis has been asked
by English agents to estimate the
total available supply of dry two inch,
two and a quarter inch and two and
a half Inch first and second quarter-
sawed red gum in the southern field.
In the event the test proves satis
factory tho greater part of the avail
able supply will, be bought outright
by the British government: Memplili
manufacturers of red guir. lumber are
preparing to give the prospective or
der immediate attention.
WOMEN AS CAR CONDUCTORS
Glasgow Tries an Experiment to Re
lease Men—Will Get Same Pay
as Men.
Glasgow. — Woman street-car con
ductors are being tried in Glasgow
The uniform includes a neat blue skirt
and coat, edged with gold braid, if
the trial squad of woman conductors
proves efficient, a considerable uum-
her will be employed at once. For
the present the woman fare-collectors
work only four hours a day, running
between . University and Dumbreck.
They will be paid the same wages as
men—$6.25 to $9 a week.
NEED FOR CITY PLANNING
Many Intelligent Men Do Not 8eem to
Understand What Is Meant
by the Term.
Mr. J. Horace McFarland, president
of the American Civic association,
took as the subject of his annual ad
dress at the convention of the associa
tion in Washington, "Wanted—Ameri
can Gity Planning for American
Cities.” By way of introduction, he
said; “It may truthfully be said that
to the average intelligent American,
be he mechanic or business man, doc
tor or professor, preacher or politician,
the words ‘city planning’ at once re
fer themselves bb part of a vague
propaganda for ‘the city beautiful,'
having to do with permanent or tempo
rary courts of honor, extra Illumina
tions, and other forms of municipal
frippery. It is a serious fuct that this
complete misunderstanding existB to
such large extent among the many
excellent people who call themselves
'practical,' and who really try to be
good citizens. This fundamental error
of conception prevents these good peo
ple, most essentially necessary to the
efficient progress of orderly city mak
ing, from realizing that city planning
which is at all worth while Is con
cerned, first, with means of inter
communication, with transportation,
with markets and house siteB and fac
tory locations, with water and sewer
age, with parks and playgrounds, and
all the other factors of prosperity, ef
ficiency and convenience, rather than
with appearance or ornament as es
sentials. When we Bhall have estab
lished in the minds of these unknow
ing citizens the plain fundamentals of
that larger use of architectural and
economic principles which have to do
with the community efficient, there
will be far lesB' trouble in bringing
about the use, of common sense in
those municipal operations concerned
in the framework and structural de
tails of our towns and cities."
REAL TRUTH IN THESE LINES
One Might Criticize Them as Poetry,
But They Contain a Lesson
Worth Heeding.
A Quincy traveling salesman, who
keeps open a most observant eye In
his travelB around the country, notic
ing the influences which affect a city’s
prosperity, sends to the Herald what
he terms a “good piece of poetry."
The poetry may be open to question,
J)ut the sentiment is one which every
Quincyan should have deeply Im
pressed upon his mind, and hence it
is worth repeating. It is as follows:
“If you want to live in the kind of
a town like the kind of a town you
like, you needn’t slip your clothes in
a grip and start on a long, long hike.
You’ll only find what you left behind,
for there’s nothing that’s really new.
It’s a knock at yourself, when you
knock your town. It isn't tho town
—it’s you. Real towns are not made
by men afraid lest somebody else gets
ahead. When everyone works and no
body shirks, you can raise a town
from the dead. And if while you
make your personal stake, your neigh
bors can make one, too, your town
will be what,you want to see. It Isn’t,
thq town—itjs you.”
The Quincy man further says in his
-letter: “It will be a good thing to
put in the paper for Quincy people
who go to Chicago and St. Louis to
buy their goods.” For these very per
sona it is here reprinted.—Quincy Her
ald.
Making Gardens.
A Chicago man has given $1,000 to
buy seed for gardens to be made in
the vacant lots of the city. There is
help to a noble municipal enterprise.
There is nothing that will so enhance
the beauty of a city as well-made gar
dens. A garden is the workshop of
the soul. It not only-awakens the bet
ter natures of men', but it crowns the
table with vegetable delights that
make good blood where greater spir
its dwell. There is nothing that re
flects more joy than a well-made gar
den. It conduces to good citizenship.
It drives away selfishness, meanness,
grief, disappointment and fills the
heart with beautiful impulses. Every
vacant lot given over to waste is
wasted opportunity, and indicates a
lack of true enterprise in the citizen
ship. There ought'to be an organiza
tion in every city to make the vacant
spots blossom as the rose. Talk about
education—here is a chance for the
best that can be had.
Plant Shapdragons.
Have a bed of snapdragons for the'
garden. These old-fashioned weeds,
as. they are sometimes called, have
become very popular. As a table
flower they surpass most any other.
Sow the seed inside in pots, or out
side when weather permits, broadcast.
When the plants are five inches tall
set them in rows two inches apart
each way. Close growth gives the.
best effect and bloom. All colors and
both tall and dwarf are consistent
bloomers.
City Gardens.
A movement has been started to
make Chicago a city of gardens. That
is an example which ought to spread
to every city and town in the country.
ALUMET
MG POWDER
The cook is happy, the
other members of the family
are happy—appetites sharpen, things
brighten up generally. And Calumet
Baking Powder is responsible for it alL
For Calumet never fails. Its
wonderful leavening qualities insure
perfectly shortened, fuultlessly raised
bakings.
Cannot be compared with
other baking powders, which promise
without performing.
Even a beginner in cooking
gets delightful results with this never-
failing Calumet Baking Powder. Your
grocer knows. Ask him.
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS
World's Pure Food Exposition* Chicago, QL
Pori* Exposition, France* March* 1912*
Naturally. Finis.
‘‘Mill life is .hard, isn’t it?” 1 “I suppose you want to hear both
“Weil, in Us nature it is a life of Bides of the war question?"
grinding toil." “No, the finish of it."
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. 50 cents. Adv.
Optimism and Pessimism.
“Do you see that cheerful chap over
there just lighting a cigar?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Well, he’s a six-months man, while
the sour-looking individual talking to
him is a two-year man.”
“What dd you mean by those
terms?”
“One thinks the war will end in six
months and the other thinks it wllil
last at least two years longer."
BABY LOVES HIS BATH
With Cutlcura Soap Because So Sooth
ing When His Skin Is Hat.
These fragrant supercreamy emol
lients are a comfort to children. The
Soap to cleanse and purify, the Oint
ment to soothe and heal rashes, itch-
ings, chafings, etc. Nothing more ef
fective. May be used from the hour
of birth, with absolute confidence.
Sample each free by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Wise Fool.
One day Solomon and a fool were
walking together.
“Solomon," said the fool, “why is it
you never talk?”
“Fool,” said Solomon, “that I may
listen to other people's wisdom.”
And then after' a pause, “But why
is it you always talk?”
“That other people, I suppose,”
quoth the fool, “may listen to my wis
dom.”
Whereat Solomon held his tongue,
and went home thoughtfully.
Building Up Her Words.
A certain little Columbus schoolgirl
is learning things, both, at school and
on the street, as a receqt happening
demonstrates. The knowledge she
picked up at sohool; the phrase re
garding the cat she heard either from
some 'other child or from some care
less elder.
“Mother, what does f-a-t spell?” she
asked the other night, on coming
home from school.
“Why, ‘fat,’ my dear,” replied the
mother.
“And what does h-e-r spell?” came
the second inquiry.
“ ‘Her,’ ” again vouchsafed the in
formant.
“Now I knew I was right, and that
old cat of a teacher tried to make me
believe that those letters spelled fa
ther." exclaimed the child with not a
little indignation.—Columbus Dispatch.
Every married man bps a mind of
his own, but the title is seldom per
fect.
ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE tor tho TBOOt'S
Over 100,000 package of Allen's Foot-Ease, the
auttsepttc powder to shake intoroarehoes, are
belug used by the German and. Allied troops at
the Front because It rests the feet, gives in*
stunt relief to Corns and Bunions, hot, swollen
nchiug, tender feet, and makes walking easy.
Sold everywhere, 25c. Try It TODAY. Don't
uecept any substitute. Adv.
Perhaps.
"Pa, who started the saying that a
man's wife is his better half?”
"Some man’s wife, I reckon.”
Somber Possibility.
“Do you think the war will be over
before very long?”
“Yes. What I’m hoping is that tho
peace negotiations won't precipitate
another one.”
A One-Sided Definition.
“What is your idea of neutrality?"
“Neutrality,’’ answered the diplo
mat, “is a state of mlud so disinter
ested and accurate as to permit no
question .that the side of the contro
versy represented by me is entitled to
the, fullest support.”
Cheering Comment.
“That infant of yours kept me
awake half the night,” said the irri
table neighbor.
“Weil, congratulate you," replied
the weary father. “That comes near
er being a kind word than anything
I have heard today. Nobody else
owns up' to getting half a night's
Russian peasant women work In the
fields with the men.
India’s cotton crop is estimated at
4,900,000 bales of 430 pounds each.
Preferred to Laugh.
A little boy waB sitting on one of the
benches of Central park, watching
some of the people ride the donkeys.
An exceedingly fat womala .hired s
donkey and was about to mount when
she saw the small boy and said to
him:
“Little boy, don't you want ine to
hire a donkey for you?"
“No, thank you. I’d rather sit here
and laugh.”—May Young's Magazine.
FIND OUT
Tho Kind of Food that will Keep You
Well.
The true way is to find out what is
best to eat and drink, and then culti
vate a taste for those things instead
of poisoning ourselves with improper,
indigestible food, etc.
A conservative Mass, woman write
"I have used Grape-Nuts 5 years f
the young and for the aged; in bIc
ness and in health; at first follow# 1
directions carefully, lator In a varK
of ways as my taste and judgV*
suggested.
'But its nlost special, persona 1 ‘
efit has been ns a substitute for 0
and served dry with cream when l -
matlo troubles made it 'imporra
me to change diet. , J
“Served in this way " llU ‘j 4 ft
tion of a cup of hot Posts 111 “ 0 '■
fruit it has been used at >
meal for six months, <*“ ,
time my health has !
nerves havo grown aie> ,
gradual decrease in D1 '
weight adds greatly to 1
Name given by Post 1 -
Creek, Mich. Read”Tbf
ville," in pkgs. “There
Ever read tlie nlinv'
one appear-, from 410»
nre genuine, true, «
Interest.
