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ATLANTA. OA.-
-THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
-THURSDAY. AUGUST 26, 1915.
, SAYS BELLOC
Expert, in Review of First Year on Western
Front, Declares Nothing Since First Three
Weeks of German Invasion Has Overbalanced
That Period in Historic and Military Results.
By HILAIRE BELLOC.
(Fortmoit Military Critic in Europe.)
What number of men per mile, are
the least required with the aid of
prolonged intrenciiment and of mod
ern military machines to hold a cer
tain front in open country is suscepti
ble of endless debate. One hundred
varying factors, from the quality of
troops to the. mere nature of soil,
tome into such guess-work. Twenty
ptood authorities may come to twenty
different figures.
But here again we remain quite
confident, under the conditions of
this war and with the machines it
ttses. that 6,000 men, fully equipped
tend gunned, per mile, will certainly
hold such a line; that anything
much under 3.000 will not.
If the total potential military
power—that is the total power ulti
mately obtainable—of the five great
tnatinna—Germany, A ustrla - Hungary,
■Russia, France and Britain—were
ptlone considered, we should make a
very false estimate of Germany’s plan
»nd of its chances of success.
A NATION’S POTENTIAL
MILITARY RESOURCES.
The potential military resourcss of
•ny nation, though limited at a maxi
mum by the number of adult male*
capable of taking the field at any
moment, vary indifinitely in the num
ber of trained men actually present
at the moment and in the rate at
which even these can be put into the 'by roughly two to one
modern eiege tram against permanent
works. They were right in perceiv
ing the enormous opportunists of au
tomobile transportation. They wore
ma»n|y right in their decision to use
great maisei of heavy artillery in the
field; they were certainly right in pro
viding themselves with luen an enor
mous superiority in machine guna.
They were wrong in their theory of
field artillery, ana here allowed the
French a considerable advantaqe.
They were disastrously wrong i : n their
choice of dsnse tactical formations.
Yet they had in their judgment of
what modern warfare would be a clear
advantage with which their Intelli
gence end foreaight must be credited,
and which gravely added to their
enormous numerical suoerion’ty dur
ing the first month* of th# campaign.
CONSEQUENCES OF
INVASION OF BELGIUM
So much being said by way of in
troduction to our summary, lot uh
proceed to the story of the campaign
and nhow first why Prussia was
tempted to violate the neutrality of
Belgium, and. next, what were the
immediate consequences of that ac
tion.
The German invader, with admira
ble organization and in a few days,
brought up against the Belgian fron
tier of France, never properly forti
fied because protected by treaty, not
nine or ten, but no less than seven
teen army corps. He. therefore, out
numbered the s«»ven and three-fourths
corps of his opponents on This front
field and maintained there.
When we apeak of the ultimate
or potential military power of any
State we further necessarily consider
the factor of time. A State may en
ter war with a military power not a
tenth of that which it will develop
before, say, two years of such war
fare have elapsed, or it may be so
organized that the whole of its po
tential power is developed within a
much shorter time.
Though the combined manhood of
Great Britain and France was far
less numerous than that of the Teu
tons (in proportion of about 8 to 12),
yet the enormous resources In men
of Russia alone was more than
equivalent to all the Teuton’s ulti
mate man power
The industrial resources of the Al
lies, their power of producing arms
and munitions and equipment, were,
Indeed, inferior as a whole to those
of Austria-Hungary and Germany,
would necessarily long remain in
ferior on ac< ount of the imperfect and
backward industrial organization of
Russia.
Of the various States engaged.
Great Britain alone could have com
pared with the Teutons’ opportuni
ties. and even this only after many
months and the transformation of her
national Industries
TEUTONS’ ADVANTAGE
AT START OF WAR.
, It was the number of soldiers, guns
atnd munitions actually present
against France in the first shock of
the campaign—somewhere In the first
four month*—that ought, by all rea
sonable calculation, to determine the
result.
In this concrete piece of calcula
tion. concerned—na potential power
Is not—with real issues, the Austro-
Germans could prove an advantage so
overwhelming that, with all the facts
"before him. an impartial observer
would not have hesitated to prophesv
as certain that complete and swift
victory of the Germanic body and its
dependents over the Allies which the
Government of Berlin took for grant,
ted. and which its commanders had a
full and reasonable right to expect
The advantage the Teutons »'os-
■essed was composed of the follow--
1ng factors:
1— In mere numbers the Austro-
Germans could put Into the field dur
ing the first few weeks of the war
men equipped, officered and trained,
•with their due complement of guns
Mnd munitions, fn the ratio of about
•eight to five as against the Allies.
France alone was fully conscript
and had possessed for a generation
the organization and material plant
required for the putting Into the field
•within a few' months her maximum
total force But France was In pop
ulation not nearly a third of the Teu
tons, while even of men of military
age her proportion was less than a
third.
DIFFICULTIES OF RUSSIA
AND GREAT BRITAIN.
Russia possessed a certain number
t>f troops. organized. officered,
equipped, gunned and the rest, of
equal or superior value, unit for unit.
%o anything the Germans could nut
forward But those numbers were
limited bv the difficulty of discover
ing a trained officer class, by the *oo_
nomic situation of the Russian Em
pire. and by its narrow Industrial op
portunities.
For the supoort in food alone, as in
munitions and in every ether necessi
ty of a great modern armv counted by
m llion* of men. require* imperatively
a ^ood railway system and ample
robing stock.
Great Britain, the third of the Al
lies. though able to exercise increas
ing economic pressure upon the Ger
mans bv her naval superlorltv. had
not envisaged the use in a continental
war of mnrp at the moat than four
ro r n*—say. 160.000 men.
2— Prussia and those whom Prus
sia controlled—a population of 122.-
OOO.OOO. wi f h a total man-oower in
the field of at least 12.000.000 1n the
Jfirst year—was forcing the war at her
own moment after preparation exact
ly calculated for that moment
The advantage riven hv th!* posi
tion can not be exaggerated
GERMAN FORESIGHT
PROVED SUPERIOR.
3— The third advantage which
QPrussia and her allies possessed may
be exaggerated, and has been exag
gerated considerably, but should, nev
ertheless, be noticed in its due propor
tion
The theories with regard to modern
■war which Germany held as against
those held by her rivals were to prove
upon the w'hole superior. The guesses
•which various service* had made as to
the new uses admitted upon new arms
and the new results following upon
new methods of communication and
Observation varied in correctness
Some of the French guesses were
ight, some of the German guesses
ere »rong; but the balance of judg-
ler.tjpl this department lay with the
fSermans.
They were rjght in backing th*
And. upon the top of this, Namur
wholly failed to resist. By the morn
ing of Saturday. August 23. the Junc
tion of the Hambre and the Meuse
and the bridges across these rivers,
all of w hich are contained within the
circle of thr Namur forts, were in
the hands of the Germans, the two
branches of the French force on the
Middle Meuse, the Samhre, were in
full retreat and suffering the pressure
of forces about double their own.
Two moments of peculiar anxiety
to Uie higher command were present
during this retreat.
Th# first was that when the fort •
ress of Maubeuge, offering itself as a
refuge upon the British right, might
have tempted the British field mar
shal to take advantage of ite works
and to have shut his army up within
them. It was the intention of the
Germans to compel this conclusion,
and they undoubtedly believed that
the threat to the exposed flank of th*
British force would load to that con
clusion. it was avoided.
Maubeuge was left to its fate, and,
as the event proved, most wisely. For
it wae destined to fall aftar a resist
ance of loss than a fortnight, and
with it would have disappeared, had
they fallen behind the protection of
its pormanent works, all the British
forces in the field.
BATTLE OF MARNE
WAR’S TURNING POINT.
As it was, these forces maintained
their retreat against the heaviest
pressure, fighting in particular, at Le
t'ateau, a detaining rear-guard ac
tion which at bnce checked the pur
suit and frustrated the German at
tempt at envelopment. This particu
larly brilliant action, fought against
an offensive perhaps fourfold the de
fensive, and certainly In that propor
tion of superiority In guns, was de
cisive in the sense that it saved the
British army.
The decisive action could no longer
take the form of enveloping round by
the west. The Germans would rath
er attempt to pierce the line at one or
more points between the Verdun and
Paris. The line so pierced, its left, or
western, portion would be Isolated and
could be dealt with at leisure and In
detail
The German effort, therefore (from
this decisive date, September 2 to 4.
which marks the end of their great
advance), had for Its task the break
ing of the allied line between Ver
dun and Paris
In the way in which he set about
this task, his blunders In the accom
plishment of it. the corresponding op
portunities seized by the French and
the consequent retirement Imposed
upon the Germans, has turned, prob
ably. the history of the whole war;
certainly that of this, its first year.
It is known to history as "The Battle
of the Marne.’’
It wan discovered that this extreme
right, known to the Hermans as the
First Army (under the command of
Von Kluck) was turning at right an
gles to Its former direction of ad
vance, no longer facing southwest to
ward Paris, but southeast, and was
for the greater part on the march and
in column.
Its object was, combi/ied with the
Second German Army upon its Imme
diate left, to bring at a point about 30
or 40 miles from the Paris end of the
line an overwhelming weight of men
that should there break the line.
This movement upon the part of
Von Kluck and the westernmost army
of the German line obviously Involved
what Is called "a march across the
enemy’s front."
This is always a very dangerous
maneuver, because while one’s men
are on the march they are not ready
for fighting, and if one’s enemy
spreads out parallel to one’s march,
himself ready for fighting, and at
tacks one’s marching columns before
they have time to deploy, those
marching columns would be destroyed.
A vast amount of discussion Has
turnsd upon Von Kluck’a motives or
exeuses for this exceedingly rash ac
tion. Whatevor thoy wore, n* thought
tho risk could be run, ana suffered the
consequences of his miscalculation.
Tho French commander-in-chief at
tacked Von Kluck as ho was passing
by i : n column during tho whole course
of September 6, and the German plan
fell to pieces.
Von Kluck was, of course, himself
bound to precipitate a retreat, which
he conducted with admirable skill and
with comparatively small loss, but
which entailed the corresponding re
treat of every German army in suc-
csssion eastward right away to the
Argonn* and th* pivot point of Ver
dun.
Thr German resistance was suffi
ciently prolonged to enable the First
German Army to retire to the line of
the Aisne.
Along the course of that river and
on across the plain of Ghampagne,
through the middle of the Argonne,
and so to the neighborhood of Verdun,
the German line stretched when, by
the 13th of Sentember. it stood to
check the pursuit. The Germans had
prepared defensive positions along Ihe
line. The>% were chosen, and already
sufficient to afford opportunities for
defense.
From that defensive line the Ger
mans were not dislodged through the
whole of th* remaining period to the
moment of writino these lines.
FIRST THRFF WEEKS
"CAPITAL PERIODS OF WAR."
With this date, the middle of Sep
tember. w'e conclude the first chapter
of the great war, which history will
also probably or certalnlv regard as
the capital period in the whole story.
The succeeding period up to the mo
ment of writing Is nearly twelve times
as long In mere time. It has cost in-
culahlv more In human lives and in
economic values.
Yet It remains true to s#v that all
that he* passed between Reotomber
14, 1914, and August 1, 1915, is no
mere than eouel * 5 n historic value and
military moaning to th* hare three
weeks which saw tho failure of the
German invasion in th* west.
Roughlv spesking. somethin* be
tween nine and ten men had. in the
battle of the Marne, pushed back be
tween sixteen and seventeen oppo
nents. nnd orj the lines of the Aisne
pinned these opponents to the defen
sive.
mow GERMANA
ESCAPED OUTFLANKING.
So successful had been the counter
attack of this minority upon that ma
jority which had blundered that th«
minority even attempted the task of
getting round the extreme western
end of the German defensive line. out.
flanking it. and so threatening 1t with
envelopment and compelling Its fur
ther retreat.
But with numbers so gravely In
ferior. a task which pronerlv belongs
only to considerably superior num
bers was impossible of achievement.
As one French attempt after the
other was thus foiled, as each failed to
net round the end of the increasing
German line, the opposing force* nec
essarily stretched farthar and farther
north until at lar* the see was
rearhed, and aU effort* of either to
outflank the other were forbidden by
thU obstacle.
The battle Mr* so formed «tretoh*s
450 miles from the English Channel to
Switzerland.
(In the next end concluding install
ment of th«* article Mr. Relloe will re.
W*w the first year of th© war on th*
eastern front )
Supreme News Immense Grain
Rests in U.S.
—Bennett
By ARNOLD BENNETT.
(Noted English Novelist.)
LONDON. Aug 26 -The su
preme news will soon come, not
from the east, but the vest. The
question is not whether we shall
get help from the United States
in this war; that question is not
Important, because we do not
need the help of the United
States. The question is. Will the
United States, to whom destiny
for the present has given the cus
tody of the general rights of hu
manity. make the sacrifice which
alone can prove to the world that
she appreciates the greatness of
her rule’* No outstanding ques
tion equals thia in gravity.
The last American note to
Germany said the Government of
the United States would continue
to contend for "that freedom,
from whatever quarter violated,
without compromise and at any
cost."
The note said that "repetitions
by commanders of German naval
vessels of acts in contravention
of thuse rights must be regarded
by the Government of the United
States, when they affect Ameri
can citizens, as deliberately un
friendly."
T!*n l*nguage is plain. The
Gert^Jn reply, which happened to
t • I « the -hape of a torpedo, also
GraftCharged
in France
(By International News Sarvice.)
PARIS. Aug. 26.—Charges of graft
in Government grain contracts
amounting to $400,000 are in the hand*
of the budget committee of the cham
ber of deputies, having been made in
a secret report by Deputy Boret. The
irregularities took place In the pur
chase of wheat for the army, it is
said. Lucian Baumann, one of the
biggest wheat dealers in France,
handled the contracts. Some time
ago M. Baumann was appointed sole
agent for the purchase of American
wheat and oats and was allowed com
missions of $133,000 by the Govern
ment.
According to the allegations of
Deputy Boret the grain agent induced
the military supply department to ac
cept a quotation of $4.70 per hundred
weight for wheat when the market
price was fluctuating around $4. Thia,
according to M. Boret. gave Baumann
a much larger profit than he was en
titled to.
BIG STEAMER TORPEDOED.
(By International New* Service.)
LONDON. Aug. 26.—The British
steamship Windsor. 6,055 tons, has
been sunk by a German submarine.
He r crew was rescued by the Nor
wegian steamer Haytor. and later
transferred to the New Zealand liner
Remuera The Windsor sailed from
• undo’*
Right Will Crush
Knavery .France Is
Told by ex-Queen
(By International New* Service.)
P ARI8, Aug. 2C.—“To doubt
for a tingle instant that wa
will be victorious or contem
plate the crumbling of our nation
would be not only cowardice but
blasphemy," says former Queen
Amelia of Portugal, in a masaage
to the women of France made
public to-day. Queen Amelia ia
now nursing wounded soldiers in
a London hospital.
The message follows:
“Women of France, we have no
right to weep. It is our honor to
auffer silently pending the day
when national victory will avenge
all our sufferings. Our duty is to
hide our woe and to see in our
distress only the sublime will of
God, who renders heroic every
death in this war. It is not pos
sible that right, sustained by cour
age, will not triumph over knavery
even though it is backed by big
guns. It is an honor to French
women that, by their silent grief
they have paved the way to vic
tory. Later, when normal life is
resumed, we can take up the load
of human woe and then only may
we French women give way to
tears.
(By International News Service.)
ATHENS, Aug. 26.—Dispatches re
ceived from Salonika to-day state that
Constantinople advices report that
Turkish mobs have attacked the
American embassy at the Ottoman
capital three times in attempts to
capture Italians who took refuge
there during the outbreaks that fol
lowed Italy's declaration of war.
"Several members of the mobs
were killed by troops sent to the em
bassy at the request of Ambassador
Morgenth&u." said one dispatch. "The
soldiers are still on duty. The Ameri
can ambassador has declared his in
tention of protecting the Italians
while they seek protection under the
stars and stripes."
Racing Entries
AT OTTAWA.
FIRST—Purse; $400; 3-year-olds and
up; selling; mile: £erf Volant 91, Puri
tan Task 92, Divorcee II 94, Duke of
Chester 96. Bed Post 99, Meissen 101,
Our Mabglle 101. Exmoor 107, Ondrame-
da 109, Mausoleus 107.
SECOND—Purse $400; f-year-olds; 5%
furlongs; selling: Filly Delphi* 99, J.
D. Sugg 101, Dorothy Carlin 102, Broom-
corn 10-2. Medea 102. J. Z. Wiggins 102,
Lady of Lynn 103, Marigold 107, Im
mune 107, Greenwood 110, Dr. Sullivan
110. McClelland 110, Barka 111.
THIRD—Steeplechase; 4-year-olds and
up; selling; about 2 miles: Lillian Krapp
130. Joe Gaiety 135, The African 140,
Frog 140, Idle Michael 146, Cynosure 145.
FOURTH—Purse $400 ; 3-year-olds and
up; selling; mile: Last Spark,95, Pepper
Sauce 95. Marlon Gaiety 97, Lady Spend
thrift 100, Froissart 102, Irish Heart 103,
Amphion 106. Prince Rhupert 108.
FIFTH—Purse $400; 3-year-olds and
up; selling; 6** furlongs: Lady Bounti
ful 104, Brandywine 105. Egmont 108,
Water Lily 109, Commensia 104. Boxer
111. Sempsilla 112, Knights Differ 116,
Privet Petal 117.
SIXTH — Purse, $500 ; 3-year-olds and
up; selling; 1 1-16 miles: Freda Johnson
103. Sherlock Holmes 10*. Euterpe 108,
Minda 108, Fastoso 110, Spindle 110,
Stake and Cap 111.
SEVENTH—Selling; 3-year-olds and
up; 1 1-16 miles: Subject 103. The
Rump 105, The Usher 103, Stellata 108,
Beaupere 108, Runway 110, Surpassing
110. Uno4e Ben 110. \
Weather clear. Track sloW.
AT SARATOGA.
P1RST—Seling. 3-ear-olds and up,
furlongs: xDakota 107, Huntress 110,
xBeverly James 10O, Malabar 106, Har
ry 105, Gloaming 108, Ancon 112, xSinai
98, Volus Pa 98, xSan Vega 110, Mamie
K 103, xSanto 103, xRey Oak wood 103,
Jessie Jr. 105.
SECOND—Two-year-olds, 6V4 fur
longs: Hidden Star 110, Startling 111,
Fern Rock 113, Soconv 95, Rochester
112, Blume 98. Sir Vivian 116, Scottish
Knight 100, Landslide 108
THIRD—Mares and geldings, 3-vear-
olds and up, selling, mile: x Wanda
Pitzer 106, Donald MacDonald 109, Am
brose 107. xElla Bryson 110, Mars Cas
sidy 98. xDuke of Dunbar 90, xEastern
Star 104, Lahore 112, Napier 102, Little
Nearer 113. xPolly H. 106.
FOURTH • Handicap, 3-year-olds and
up, mile: Pullux 102, Grumpy 100. Su
perintendent 105, Montressor 109, Sam
McMeekln 106, Eastern Star 92, Charter
Maid 95. Reyburn 103.
FIFTH—Selling, 3-year-olds and up.
mile: Early Morn 108, Orotund 104,
Dartworth 100. G. M. Miller 112. xGold
Crest Boy 106. Counterpart 105. Robi-
netta 107, Thought Reader 105, xAlehan
94. xTow’tonfleld 103, Jesse Jr. 105,
Borgo 106.
SIXTH—Maidens, 2-year-olds. 6 fur
longs: Miss Philbin 105. Rifle Shooter
110, Venture 106, xMadame Heismann
102, In and Out 107, xBelle of the Kitch
en 102. xTatiana 102. Walloon 114, Noll!
112, Spandle Duchess 105.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Clear weather. Slow track.
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New Offensive on Serbia Shifted
to Threaten the Wavering
Balkan Nation.
PARIS, Aug. 26.—Serbia ia re
ported to have given a favorable
reply to the powers of the Quad
ruple Entente relative to the de
mands of Bulgaria for Macedo
nian territory.
Acceptance of Bulgarian de
mands by Serbia is expected to
line up Bulgaria as a friendly
neutral or else bring the Bulgar
kingdom into the war on the s'de
of the Allies.
Exclusive War Dispatches of The, At
lanta Georgian and The Lon
don Times.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 26.—Reports
are arriving from many quartcis of
the concentration of Austro-Geiman
troops along the north bank of the
Danube. Freight traffic between
Roumania ami Austro-Hungary is
completely suspended; passenger
traffic is limited to one train each
way. This is undoubtedly due to the
progress of troops southwest of
Galicia.
The new offensive against Serbia
will, it is stated, be carried out on
a different plan from the last cam
paign. Western Serbia will be avoid
ed; the invading forces will be con
centrated in the northeastern dis
tricts with a view to eventually con
tinuing the advance through Bul
garia via Widin, Pelogradchik and
Sofia.
There is reason to believe the Bul
garian Government has been inform
ed of the intended aggression, ad
monished of the futility of all oppo
sition and invited to co-operate with
the central powers. In case of re
sistance the fate of Belgium awaits
Bulgaria. If she acquiesce* in their
plans she will obtain cart blanche in
dealing with Serbia and exacting
vengeance for the humiliation of
1913.
Whether Bulgaria can be induced
to yield to this temptation, practi
cally repeating the. disastrous policy
of that year will, to a large extent,
depend on the attitude of Roumania.
The Bulgarian Government is wait
ing. Roumania is averse to the idea
of another Balkan conflict, and would
consequently disapprove an attack
upon Serbia but so far there has
been no indication in regard to the
prospective attitude of Roumania in
ca.«e the central powers carry out the
threatened invasion. This would be
practically rendered impossible should
the two Danubian states combine
forces. Together they could put
1,000,000 men in the field.
Atlanta’s Godmother
Celebrates Birthday
Mrs. Martha Lumpkin Compton,
from whom Atlanta got its name
when it was Marthasville, celebrated
her 88th birthday at her home In De
catur Wednesday. A surprise lunch
eon was given in her honor.
When Mrs. Compton was a little
giri and Atlanta but a village, her
father. Governor Lumpkin. was
Georgia’s chief executive, and he
named the village for his daughter.
Mrs. Comntc n has made her home in
Decatur for the last seven years,
moving there from Athens. Ga.
Society Splashes and Gets
Splashed as Diving Venus Is
Crowned by Crowd.
By O. B. KEELER.
j As they would say in the provinces,
j Marietta society now is in the swim.
I This is a crude way to lead off, but
* you ought to have been there Wed-
| nesday evening, at the new swimming
pool, solid concrete, steam-heated,
and entirely al fresco, installed half
a block from the Public Square by
Pierre Cambios and my old friend
Jeems Brumby, from an admixture
of patriotism and business principles.
The Formal Opening was Wednes
day evening, beginning at 7:30 o’clock
and lasting until the large round moon
was right overhead.
The new pool has been the talk of
the populace for some time, barring a
little divertisement last week. And
Marietta’s well-known fondness for
politics and elections broke out like
German measles after a hot bath
when it came to electing a suitable
Queen to boss the opening occasion.
It was a complicated sort of elec
tion. FYom what I could gather last
night between splashes, you bought a
ticket which entitled you to a plunge,
and that entitled you to a vote for the
Diving Venus of the First Night, and
that entitled her to invite a Young
Man to escort her. and that entitled
him to a swim, and that entitled the
Innocent Bystanders to a series of
amazing duckings—as it turned out.
Journalist Gets a Bath.
I did not go in the pool. But I got a
good deal wetter than if I had. If I
had got any wetter than I did this
epoch-making narrative never would
have been written, because I would
have been drowned.
It was a scene of hilarity and High
Jinks. By 8 o’clock you could hear
that swimming pool as far south as
Smyrna Within the magic Inclosure
you could hear a pin drop—if it w f as
a coupling pin dropped from a con
siderable height upon your alleged
dome of thought.
Quite a long time ago I heard a
petite but plump little British vaude-
villian sing a song about "Won't You
Come and Splash Me in the Ocean
Blue?" and I did wish that* smal:
Briton had been at the Crystal Pool
last night. She called in "splosh."
She would have been sploshed, all
right. And I think the stage bathing
suit she wore would have run con
siderably.
Well, I was going on to say that
Miss Esther Maddox got tl)e majority
of the votes, or at least a plurality,
whichever it is; apd she was entitled
to name the pool, which she chris
tened The Crystal, without wasting
any champagne by busting it over the
prow\
Acre of Small Boys.
And it Is a thoroughly good pool-
21 by 60 feet, ranging in depth from
less than a yard to more than eight
feet, holding 48,000 gallons of water
and half an acre of Small Boys—at
least, It did last night.
Splash! Splash! SPLOSH!
That’s the way it sounded, and
every now and then a bucket of tepid
water hitting you in that part of your
Palm Beach anatomy nearest the
breakers. The springboard at the
‘Cussing Is Cussing,’
Says Macon Judge
MACON. Aug. 26.—It Is just as
much a violation of law to curse in a
foreign language on the streets of
Macon as it is to use obscene or pro
fane English.
This w’as held by Recorder Cochran
in fining an Assyrian who. in his na
tive tongue, told one of his country
men to go to a warmer climate, spec
ifying the place.
Postmaster Jones
To Return Sunday
Postmaster Bolling H. Jones, who has
been away on a four week's vacation,
will return Sunday and be at his office
Monday morning.
Mr. Jones has kept his summer re
sort unknown, for he said on leaving
that he did not want any mail to fol
low' him. It is assumed that he went
to the North Carolina mountains, far
from railroads and postoffices.
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Dr. Palmer’s
Skin Whitener
There la no doubt whatever
about Its marvelous whitening
effect upon a dark, sallow com
plexion, and it makes the skin
soft and clear.
Of course you won’t believe
this unless you try it But one
box will show yon how easy it
la to Improve your complexion.
15c postpaid anywhere.
Ooed aeeeta wanted In ev
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Thin Men and Women
Do You Want to Get Fat and Be
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The trouble with most thin folks who
wish to gain weight is that they insist
on drugging their stomach or stuffing it
with greasy food: rubbing on useless
"flesh creams," or following some fool
ish physical culture stunt, while the real
cause of thinness goes untouched. You
can not get fat until your digestive tract
property assimilates the food you eat.
There is a preparation known to re
liable druggists almost everywhere,
which seemingly embodies the missing
elements needed by the digestive organs
to help them convert food jnto rich, fat
laden blood. This preparation is called
Sargol and much remarkable testimony
is given as to its successful use in flesh
building. Sargol. which comes In the
form of a small non-injurious tablet,
taken at meals and mixing with the di
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flesh and muscle-building elements so
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out, hollows about your neck, shoulders
and bust disappearing and your taking
on from 10 to 20 pounds of solid healthy
flesh. Sargol is harmless, inexpensive,
efficient. Jacobs’ Pharmacy and other
leading druggists of this vicinity have it
and are authorized to refund your mon
ey if weight increase is not obtained as
per the guarantee found in each large
package.
NOTE:—Sargol is recommended only
as a flesh-builder, and while excellent
results in cases of nervous indigestion,
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taken about using it unless a gain of
weight is desired.—Advertisement.
BACK
eastern end sprang up and down like
a maternal slipper over the western
side of a refractory youth—that is,
the side the son sets on. The clear
green water was speckled with bob
bing heads and one young woman In
the reddest bathing costume I ever
hope to see, only It looks the same as
the rest in a photograph.
There were four young women in
the pool, and if they did any swim
ming It was while l was blinking the
surf out of my eyes. But they helped
the looks of things amazingly. Bath
ing suits are eminently becoming to
some people. The four were among
that number. It appeared that the
millinery and dressmaking establish
ments has been swamped with orders
for tailored suits, and couldn’t get
them ready in time, or there would
have been a regular Beauty Chorus
on display. Also, the jam of Small
FYy kept numerous Diving Venuses,
or Veni, or whatever the plural is,
out of the surf. At that, they got good
and wet standing on the beach.
Couldn’t Get Full Chorus.
I pleaded with several to line up for
the camera with the Intrepid Four,
who were very kind about it. I want
ed a regular shoal of Youth and
Beauty—the four were fine samples,
but I wanted a regular Follies of 1915
effect.
They wouldn’t. They were obdu
rate They \yere the obduratest bunch
of damsels I ever made speeches to.
They didn’t mind being photographed,
it seemed, but they did hate the trou
ble of dressing—that’s what they
called it. I had one especially pro
tracted squabble with an absolutely
Raving Beauty, although I was doing
the bulk of the raving.
I assured her that we would wait
until daylight to get her in the group,
or would take her solo, or sitting
down, or diving, or she needn’t get
wet. even; but just look as if she
were thinking about it; or September
Morn, or squeezing out her Raven
Tresses, or anything.
And she said that her bathing suit
(which was a pippin) was at home,
and that it would take her half an
hour to get into it, if she had it there,
and even longer to—that she was
going to something else that evening.
And that her Complexion probably
would come off. •
That w’as too many for me. and.
after daring her once or twice. I gave
up. And now I hope the picture of
the other damsqls will be just half as
good looking as they are, so this one
and some others wdll be good and en
vious and break out with Green
Lumps like Gooseberries. which
would be worse for the complexion
than getting it wet.
“Among Those Present.”
Anyway, we had a great old time,
and there were several hundred there,
swimming and spectating, during the
evening. And it is a first-class pool
in every respect, and the water really
is warmed. And among those pres
ent at the opening night were Mrs.
Joseph M. Brown, and Mrs. S. V. San
ford, and Mrs. Pierre Cambios, and
Mrs. H. N. DuPre, and Mrs. Henry
Wyatt. Jr., and a lot more, and the
four Venuses were Miss Ellen Cam
bios, and Miss Esther Maddox—
Queen of the Ball—and Miss Kather
ine Coryew, and Mrs. Sarah Worley;
and there were a lot of men there, too,
cnly it’s too much trouble to recall
them for the space they fill up. And
a pleasant time was had by all, and 1
went home and had myself run
through a Clothes Wringer.
It was a good show.
Sam Stark Is Back
From Eastern Trip
Samuel M. Stark, formerly in
charge of Eiseman Brothers’ tailoring
department, has returned with his
family from New York
L
FDR SUNBURN
Poslam does wonders in clearing com
plexions overnight; soothes inflamed
skin; relieves Sunburn, Ivy-Poisoning,
Mosquito Bites, taking out all sore
ness. The same positive healing power
by w’hich Poslam eradicates worst cases
of stubborn Eczema will serve you, if
you will but employ it, to be rid of any
affection or disordered condition of the
skin. Minor troubles require few ap
plications. Pimples quickly go.
Poslam Soap Is the absolutely safe
soap for tender, sensitive skin—a dally
delight for Toilet and Bath.
For samples, send 4c stamps to Emer
gency Laboratories. 32 West 25th St.,
New York City. Sold by all Druggists.
—Advertisement.
THREE WEEKS
EXPOSITION SPECIAL
September 5th
This tour goes via Chicago, Den
ver, Colorado Springs. Salt Lake
City and San Francisco. Returning
by way of Los Angeles. San Diego,
Williams, Kansas City and St. Louis.
This tour Is personally conducted
and chaperoned. Transportation,
tourist and standard Pullmans, lodg
Ing at high-class hotels and transfer
of hand baggage Included. Arrive at
cost by adding $50 for local trans
portation If an upper Is desired, and
$45 where two use a lower In a tour-
1st Pullman. Standard Pullman $20
extra for a lower and $10 extra for
an upper.
For further Information, map or
folder, write the
McFarland tourist agency,
Atlanta, Ga.
Low Prices—
No matter how low the prices may be,
the customer expects the article bought
from any store to give satisfaction!
A ridiculously low price does not atone
for the disappointment the customer ex
periences in getting stung!
Atlanta’s X-Ray Stores combine good
merchandise with the right prices—and
your comfort and ease while shopping is
assured by competent and up-to-the-min
ute business methods!
Atlanta’s Business X-Ray is the best
guide for you!
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Swollen Ankles or Eyelids Signs
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Swollen or puffy eyelids or ankles,
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headaches are sure signs of weak
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Drink plenty of water. In a day or
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