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Kipling Finds Another “Finger of the Fleet”
Doing an Unusual Duty, Forced by Modern
War, in Manner That Compels Wonder.
gunner rushed forward and made
other signs that they were “on
charge,” and must be tallied and ac
counted for. He, too, was trained in
a strict school. Upon which the leu
tenant, but that he was busy, would
have killed the gunner for refusing
orders in action. Afterwards he
wanted him shot by court-martial
But everyone wasg voiceless then, and
could only mouth and croak at each
other till somebody laughed and the
pedantic gunner was spared.
They Were All Right,
‘“Well, that's what you might fairly
call a naval crux,” sald my friend
among the stores. “The lootenant was
right. Mustn't refuse orders in ac
tion. The gunner was right. Empty
Cases are on charge. No one ought to
chuck ‘em away that way, but * * *
Damn it, they were ALL of 'em right!
It ought to ha' been a marine. Then
they could have killed him and pre
served discipline at the same time ' |
Phe problem of this coast resolves |
itself into keeping touch with the!
enemy’'s movements, in preparing |
matters to trap and hinder him when
he moves, and in so entertaining him
that he shall not have time to dr;a“,
clear before a blow descends on him |
from another quarter. There are then
three lines of defense; the outer, the |
Ihner and the home waters The |
traffic and fishing ure always with us |
The blackboard idea of it is always
to have stronger forces more imme
diately avallable everywhere than
those the enemy can send. X Ger
man submarines draw A English de
stroyers. Then X calls X plus Y o
deal with A, who, in turn, calls up
B, a scowt, and possibly 2 A's, with
fair chance that if X plus Y plus Z
(a Zeppelin) carry on they will run
into 2 A's plus B jilus C (cruisers).
sAt this point phe equation generally
stops; i€ W continued, It would end
mathematically in the whole of the
German fleet coming out, Then an
other factor, which we (-ak’uw Grand
Fleet, would come from andther place.
Grand Fleet a “Strong Left.,”
To change the comparisons: The
Grand Fleet is the “sirong left” ready
to give the knockout blow on the
point of the chin when the head is
thrown up, - The other fleets and oth
er arrangements threaten the enemy's
solar plexus and stomach. |
SBomeéwhere in relation to the Grand
Fleet lies the “blockading” cordon
which examines neutral traffic. It
could be drawn as tight as a Turkish
bowstring, but for reasons which we
may arrive at after the war, it does
::t‘m 1o have been so drawn, up to
The enemy lies up behind his
mines and ours, raids our cousts when
he sees a chance and kills seagoing
clvillans at sight or guess with in
mo terrify. Most sallor men are
up with a woman or two. a
fair pnrmnuqrv of them have secn
men drown. hey realize what it Is
when women go down choking in hor
rible tangles and heavings of dr.-
peries. -
To say that the enemy has cut
himself from the fellowshlp of al
who use the seas s ruther understat
ing the case. Asx a man observed
thoughtfully: “You can't look at any
water now without seelng Lusitania
wlin' all across it. And Just think
these words, ‘North German
* ‘Hamburg-America’ and such
m in the time to come. They
mustn't be™
Trawler's New Duty,
He was an elderly trawler, respect
able as they make them, who, after
=l7 years of fishing, had discovered
Teal vocation,
"} mever thought I'd lNke killin'
men"” he reflected. “Never seemel
20 be any o' my duty. But it ls—
and I do!"
A great dea! of the east coast work
concerns mine flelds —ours and the
snemy’'s—both of which shift as o>
casion requires. We search for and
Yoot out the enemy's mines: they do
3. like by us. It ix a perpetual game
finding, springing and laying trans
on the legst as well as the most ke~
1y runways that ships use—such sea
snaring and wirlng as the world nevor
dreamed of. We are hampered In th's
because the navy respects neutrals
And spends a great deal of {ie time in
making thelr path safe for them. Tha
“00-y! My Cor-n!” |
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“Gels-It”
H-m, Use “Gets-It"!
Then You'll Have No Corns to
Bump! Your Corns Will Come
“Clean ON.” Quick!
DI you ever see a ' peal off after
you've used ““Uets.] on it W e 'e
& moving ploeture nd
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enemy does not. He blows them up, |
because that cows and impresses
them, and 8o adds to his prestige,
The easlest way of finding a mine
field is to steam into it on the edge
of night for choice, with a steep sea
running, for that brings the hows
down like a chopper on the detonat
ing horns. Some boats have enjoyed
this experience and still live,
There was one destroyer (and there
| may have been others since) who
| came through 24 hours of highly comn
| pressed life SBhe had an idea that
| there was & mine fleld somewhere
about, and left her companions be
nind while she explored. The weather
| was dead calm and she walked deil
| cately.
! Saw Nenutrals Blown Up.
| She spaw one Scandinavian steamor
! biow up a couple of miles away, res
cued the skipper and some hands;
saw another neutral, which sghe could
not reach till all was over, skied in
! another direction: and be{ween her
[life-saving efforts and her natural cu
| riosity got Therself as thoroughly
mixed up with the fleld as a camel
| among tent ropes.
i A destroyer's bows are very fine
| and her sides are very straight. This
| causes her to cleave the wave with
the minimum of disturbance, and this
| beat had no desire to cleave anything
| else.
| None the less, from time to time
ishe heard a mine grate or tinkle or
(I could not arrive at the precise note
5:: strikes, but they say it 1s unpleas
f,mn on her plates. Sometimes she
| would be free of them for a long
| time, and began to hope she was clear.
At other times they were numerous,
but wheh at last ghe seemed to have
worried out of the danger zone lieu
tenant and sub. together lefit the
bridge for a cup of tea. (“In those
days we took mines very seriously,
yvou know.")
As they were in act to drink they
heard the hateful sound again just
outglde the wardroom. Bgth put their
cups down with extreme care, little
fingers extended (“We felt as |lf
they might blow up, too') and tip
toed on deck, where they met the
foc'sle also on tiptoe,
They pulled themselves together
and asked severely what the foc'sle
thought it was doing.
“Beg pardon, sir, but there's an
other of those blighters tap-tapping
alongside our end.”
They all waited and listened to their
common coffin being nalled by Death
himself. But the things bumped
away.
At this roln! they thought it only
decent to invite the rescued skipper,
warm and blanketed in one of their
bunks, to step up and do his further
perishing in the open’
“No, thank you,” said he. “Last
time 1 was blown_up in my bunk, too.
That was all right. So I think, now,
{too, 1 stay in my bunk here. It is
cold upstairs.”
Somehow oy other they got out of
them, after all. “Yer, we used to take
mines awfully seriously in those days.
One comfort ik, Fritz'll take them
seriously when he comes out. Frite
don't like mines.”
“Who does?” 1 wanted to know,
Brings Big Mine to Port.
“If you'd been here a little while
ago you'd seen a commander comin’
in with a blg 'un ¢lung under his
counter. He brought the beastly
thing in to analyze. The rest of his
squadron followed at two knots inter
vals, and everythirg In the harbor
that had steam up scattered.”
Presently 1 had the honor to meet a
lertenant commander admiral who
had retired trom the service, but, like
others, had turned out ng-in at the
first clash of the guns, and now com
mands—~he who had great ships
erupting at his least signal—a squad.
ron of trawlers for the protection of
the Dogger Bank Fleet. At present
! prices —let alone the chance of the
prying submarine —men would fish in
much warmer places,
His tlugship s & multimillionalre's
privafe yacht. In her mixture of
stark, carpetless, curtainless, carbol
ished present, with her voluptuously
curved, broad-decked. easy stair
wayed past, she might be Queen Qui
nevere in the convent at Ameshury,
Leads Crew of Hard Men.
And the leutenant commander,
most eareful to pay all due compli
ments to admirals who were midship
men when he was & commander, leads
a congregation of very hard men in
deecd,
They do precisely what he tells
them to, and with him go through
srange experiences, because they
' love him and because his language is
vileanic and wonderful—what you
might oall Popoeatapocalyptic.
I saw the Old Navy making ready
to lead out the New under a gray sky
urd a falling glass—the vb‘m and
cunning of the old man backed up by
the passion and power of the younger
breed. and the discipline which had
been his soul for half a century bind
ing them all
“What'll he do this time?" 1 asked
as one who might know,
“Hel' crulse between Two and
Three East, but {f you'll tell me what
he won't do ilt 'mx be more to the
point! He's mine hunting, 1 expect,
Just pow "
Praises Dispateh Riders.
Here s a digression suggested by
the sight of a man 1 had known in
other scenes, dispateh-riding round a
fleet in & patro! lannch,
There are many of nm yachts
men of sovts accust to take
chances, who do not hold master's
cortificates and can not be given sea
£o ng commands
Like my friend. they do meneral
utility, often in their own boats. This
I# & wame of good material. Nobody
wants amateur navigtaors—the trafe
lanes are none too wide as it s,
But these gentiemen ought to be
distriblited among the trawler fleet as
strictly combatant oMicers. A trawler
skipper may be an excellent seaman,
but slow with submarine shelling and
diving, or in cutting out snemy's
| trawlers. The ymml cnes, who can
master Q F. work in a short
time would--though tbm'nll be
| frction, a court-martial or two, and
| ;:h.hahly losses at first—pay for their
‘ op
| Even ® hundred or wo of them, more
or less controlled by thelr squadron
commanders, would make & happy be
| Einning, wnd they would all be ex
tremely grateful
‘Lionel Harvard May
Go Into the TrenoheS{
ancondant of the Founder of Uni
versity Awaiting Call to
‘ Flanders.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS,, Dec. 4—Lionel
De Jersey Harvard, coilateral I‘.9s\"«!\\l-3
ant of the founder of Harvard Univer- |
sity, is awaiting the bugle call that will
summon him to the trenches in Flan
ders. £
I Harvard, with his university degree
tucked away, left America in June, and,
on arriving in London, enlisted. He
joined the Inns of Court Officers’ Traln»_
ihg Corps for the British army. With
his aprenticeship concluded, the young
Englishmpan was married to his boy-~
hood sweetheart, Miss Mae Barker.
Shortly” afterwards he received a com-'
misslon In thé Grenadler Guards. Four
(of its battalions are already fighting
| in Flanders, :
The fifth, Battalon B, to which Har
vargd 18 attached, is still in England,
ir»«-dlng the others whenever gaps have
to be filled. Harvard has written col
lege associates here that he expects to
be In the thick 6f the fighting before
' Christmas,
Sink Kitchex%er Ship
Submarine Plot by Teutons Said to
Have Been Frustrated by Con
voying Fleet.
ROME, Dec. 4.—Recent activities of
submarines in the Aegean Bea were
due to an effort to sink the steamer
which was conveying Lord Kitchener,
the British Secrétary of State for
War, according to a dispatch to The
Glornale d'ltalia from its Cairo corre
spondent,
The dispatch adds that the fact that
the ship was convoyed by numerous
torpedo boats probably was responsi
ble for the frustration of the German
efforts.
Lord Kitchener reached Rome from
Naples, and went at once to the Brit
ish Embassy.
._._..__i.fi.n_.‘ ——
War Will End Waste,
CLEVELAND, Dec. 4—The waste
of the war and the rigid economy
which must follow was the basis of
discussion of “The Dawn of a Bright
er Day"” by Edward James Cattell ve
fore the Cleveland Advertising Cluo.
“Peace will come,” sald the speaker,
“with cessation of manufacture and
use of articles that ‘dle’ in use and are
a full waste of labor and time: with
settied and modern governmental reg
ulation after the war of countries
heretofore undeveloped because can
ital would not enter a country in
which there is no legal protectior,
nd with the development of Ameri
can sales abroad.”
M |
ore Secrecy Sought |
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Congress
probably will be asked to hroaden the
‘m‘upe of the national defense act of
1911 %0 as to safeguard more adequate
ly milltary secrets with reference to
torpedoes, guns or other navy devices
| designed by the Navy Department and
turned over to private contractors for
use In connection with Government ves
sels they have under construction
~ In nils annual report, Solicitor Eg
erton, of the Department, calls atten
tion to litigation with the F. W. Bliss
Company in connection with Its con-
Aracts for manufacturing torpedoes un
ider Government designs.
| A —————
New $50,000,000
Concern for Allies
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Dec. 4 -
A new ammunition plant, backed by
$50,000,000, which will compete with
the Remington Arms Union Metallic
Cartridge Company, will soon be es
tablished In this city, according to a
report current here.
The company, It is reported, has
already accepted several enormous
contracts from the Allies. Willlam R.
Brown, who resigned from a high po
sitlon In the Remington Armse 1. M.
C. Company, is reported to be general
manager,
AT
Marries, Expecting
~ BAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 4. “Colone!
and Mrs, W, H. Delaney, of Quebec,
Canada, have just arrived here on their
’vodmn; trip. The colonel. who is on
the staff of the R. A. M. C.. the famous
lflrlll!h Roya! Army Medical Corps, and
who is assistant director of medical
service at Quebec, expects to be culled
to the front almost any time
“Most of us are being sent to Bu.
rope, so | thought 1 had better hurry
my wedding on before my turn came,”
the colone! says
War Secrets Pasted
On Women's Backs
PARIE, Dec. 4 AmMAazing ruses are
being omplo'!od by women sples along
the Austro-Swiss frontler, acconding to
A Geneva dispatch. The Austrians are
now fon'n’\j all women to disrobe and
be search Frequently pleces of pa
per on which military Information |s
written are found stuck on women's
back and concealed bLeneath venecer or
conmetics.
Arabs Raise Holy War
Cry Against French
BERLIN, Dec. 4 (by wireless to Say
ville) ~The Overseas News Agency
says
"It is reported from Constantinople
that Ameer Abdul Malik, grandson of
the famous Abdul Kadir, Ameer of Al-
Klers, has called on all Arad tribes to
take up the holy war against the
French
“A large number of chieftalns, with
thelr tribea. responded to the call The
Keneral opinton s that Abdul Malik will
obtain the participation of all tribes
there.”
— 4.Mfi_.v; - h
16,389 Total Britis
Officers Slain in War
LONDON, Dec. §-Officers’ casualty
lists for 'nrm*rn show losses In the
Britieh army of 358 Kiled, 800 wounded
and S 0 missing -a total of 1,004
‘ Nince the heginning of the war the
vmmh-b: killed .muum-lli':”lui. wmu:.t
led 11561, and missing 1,752, & gross to
tal of 20.7%02
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1915.
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Although Serbia Is Crushed, Fierce Winter Cam
. y: Le TS o y arec (s
paign Will Center in Balkans, Declares Cap
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tain Fortescue—Suez and India Threatened.
Captain Fortesque “in his strategic articles analyzes and discusses
the movements of the mighty armics of Furope with the nonpartisan
spirit of un expert. No other war correspondent has actually seen as much
of thiz war as this erpert officer of the United States army and former
military aide at the White House under Theodore Roosevcit.
By CAPTAIN GRANVILLE FORTESCUE.
Chief Military Writer of The Sunday American.
With Serbia overrun and the road
to Turkey secured to the Teumns“
where will the German armies next
strike? This question is being de
bated in the headquarters of every
division, corpgs and army of the far
reaching entente line, From the
opening of hostilities, except during
the fighting on the Marne, the Ger
man general staff has predetermined
each theater of operations., It has al
ways held the initiative. Still hold-
Ing this advantage, let usg try to dis
cover the point of the next Teuton of
fensive.
Will the entente Ilnaugurate a cam
paign in Macedonia? Obviously, if an
army competent to the task is thrown
into the Serbian war zone, the next
German attack will be directed
against such an army.
In my opinlon, the German great
general staff devoutly prays to the
war gods for such a denouement.
Should it fall out so, the French and
English would for the most part be
pitted against Bulgars and Turks,
with a corps or 8o of Teutons, and
thus the burden of casualties which
has been bearing heavily on the Ger
mans would be lightened at the ex
pense of theiy opponents.
Cnm*ign Would Fail,
To throw in an army to the aid of
the Serbe at this stage of the opera
tions would be against the soundest
prineiples of strategy. What with the
equivocal position of Greece, the ex
tended line of communications to be
maintained, the absence of a sufficient
military objective, such a plan would
almost be suicidal.
Unless Germany suffers from gome
vital weakness, which is certainly not
apparent, an entente invasion of
Macedonia now would invite fallure.
With the Dardanelles campaign be
fore them as an example of defective
strategy badly carried out, it hardly
seems possible that the Entente Al
liea will repeat the mistake of an un
supported force resting on an inse
cure base,
But we must remember that these
handicaps would disappear if Greece
were to espouse the cause of England |
and France. |
Greece Would Be Big Aid. |
Then a large entente army could be
assembled in safety, having only the
depredations of the submarines to
contend with on its way to the theater
of operations, and the Greek army
would form a strong line of reserve,
We muit keep In view also the pos
sibility of Roumania espousing one
side or the other. This contingency 1
regard as unlikely,
Roumania, unless assured of some
large advantage consequent upon the
| slightest risk, will oppose war,
Elminating these contingencles, ls!
the present German move, the first
stage of operations having Suez as an
objective. The boldness of such al
plan appeals to the imagination.
Could it be accomplished and a force
thrown across the canal, It would
mean the end of the British Deminion
in India.
An Effective Plan.
There iz no doubt any objective that
included such a blow at Britain's sov
erelgnty would find many supporters
among Germany's military advisers,
It would be a blow at the vitals of
England. In the light of world strat
egy. Germany can adopt no more ef
fective plan. Let us examine its
feasibility.
The map shows ue that the best de
fense of the Suez ("fanal is the Syrian
deasert,
To transport troops over such a
waterless waste would imply a per
fection of communications and organ
ization such as evep Germany can not
quickly bring into being.
And to extend her lines into the
wilds of Asia Minor would be an un
dertaking of the mcst hazardous na
ture. Just what rallway connections,
If any, exist now between Bagdad
and the Alevpo-Rayak-Damascus line
it is Impossible to say.
The British Mesopotamian force
has been making one of the old-sash.
foned kind of campalgns across this
country and recent reports state they
have arrived a short distance from
Bagdad
Move Anticipated.
From the little data at hand It
seems this force has been fighting
splendidly under the most adverse
conditions. In any event, It would be
In a position to oppose any advance
on Suez,
It must be presumed that the Fng-
War’s End Will Bring Plans
For Another, Says Alfonso
BERNE, Dec, 4--The Argentine
historian, Roberto Leviller, now in
Switzeriand, has given an account of
A recent conversation with the King
of Spain, which took place at Madrid.
King Alfonso, who discissed severa!
questions connected with the war
with great freeJom, sald:
“long bdefore hostilities began it
wis easy to foresee the Inevitabllity
of the war, but It is impossible to
form any opinion regarding 118 term!.
nation. Do not imagire that there
will be anyvthing ke disarmament
alter the war. On the contrary, when
this war i& over preparations for an
other war will be carried on more ac
tively than ever.
“1 do not think that the Socialists
and the working classes of the differ.
ent countries will bring such pressure
to bear on thelr Governments that
the latter will be unable to create new
armaments. My opinion is that the
Soclalists of all countries will become
more and more friendly with their
Governments, and that their legiti
mate aspirations will be satisfied as a
matter of gfl business policy. They
will also elop. and they will real.
fse that some of their leaders, who
have preached universal peace, have
deluded and misled them. After the
events of this war the Socialists of all
countrien will Le obliged to under.
stand that so long as human beings
retain thelr human instincts there
“an be no hetter protection for a
country than the creation of arma-
lish have anticipated attacke from
this direction ever since the Afrst
Turkish attempt last year.
With a base at Cairo, the defense of
the canal is a simple problem.
On the other hand, the German-
Turkish base must be located some
where beyond the desert—somewhere
where there is abundant water. I
have seen it stated that a pipe line is
in construction over the route where
the supposed line of German march
will proceed. To count on taking
care of several army corps by this
method would be the supreme rigk. I
lay stress on the matter of water, but
the same difficulties lie in the way of
supplying such a force.
Serb Campaign a Duty,
The evacuation of the wounded, the
Treplenishing of reserves, the unend
ing train of ammunition cars—these
are a logistic problem beyond the
Herculean efforts of Germany,
The present campaign directed
agalnst Serbia I regard in the nature
of a clean-up. It Is a duty to Austria
demanded by their alllance that Ger
many help chastise the Serbs. At the
same time effecting a reconciliation
between Bulgaria and Turkey has the
double result of giving the Central
Confederacy the ascendancy in the
Balkans and opening the ammunition
route from Berlin to Constantinople.
The pla makes the long dreamed of
Berlin to Bagdad a fact.
Berldes these future advantages,
the German occupation of Constanti
nople agsures a fresh supply of men
for further operations. If an expedi
tion against Suez would insure engag
ing a sufficient number of English,
and if it could be undertaken by Turk
igh troops directed by a German staff,
we may look for a new campaign
here,
Germans to Take Defensive,
But it is reasonable to expect the
Germans to maintain only a defensive
campaign this winter and to prepare
for the great effort in the spring. Al
ways it must be remembered that a
defensive campaign might involve an
attack wherever the objective de
manded such a maneuver, -
A feint might be inaugurated in
Russia, or, if the Allles weakened any
part of their line, you may be sure the
Germans would take rapid advantage
\uf such disposition.
‘ On the whole, It seems that the
coming winter will find Germany re
organizing for the coming struggle of
next spring, and at the same time,
when she finds herself holding the
predominant military advantages, in
viting peace proposals.
Lot us ask ourselves what would
have been the effect if six months ago
the All'es had landed a great army at
Saloniki, instead of attacking the
Dardanelles. Then would not the pres
ent defeat of the Allles in Mnce(fcl:nlu
have been impossible?
There are a great many objections
that could have been raised had the
entente alliance taken a sirong posi
tion in the negotiations with the sev
eral Balkan States.
Missed an Oppertunity.
On the ground of expediency, how
ever, It would seem that they could
have thrown an army into the Balkan
theater of operations last summer and
also strengthened their position as to
preclude any possibility of over
whelming Serb'a. Such a movement
was dictated by the best strategy.
Granting that operations on the east
ern and western fronts were at a
standstill, it became necessary for the
Allles to anticipate any German in
itiative,
When it was evident that no Balkan
nation could be relied upon, it became
imperative for the Allies to occupy
Macedonia, first as a support to Ser
bia, and, second, In order to effective
ly destroy all communication between
Constantinople and Berlin,
Undoubtedly the entente will try to
rectify their errors bv landing a con
s'derable force at Saloniki within the
near future, Every effort will be made
to Induce Italy to co-operate in tho‘
new theater of war, while undoubted-
Iy Russia will, as soon as rifles and
munitions are avallabie, bring pres
sure on Roumania.
The irreconcilable differences of the
Palkan States make it almost impos
#ble to predict what each will do,
During the coming winter we may ex
pect the focup of world fighting to
center in the F{flhfll
ments which enable 1t to use organ
ized force In self-defense. And that
organized force must be always
ready. Facts are facte, and this earth
will never become Utopla.™
Discussing the effects of the war,
King Alfonso sald:
“Very bad times wil! come for
South America. There will be a rush
of Russians, Italians, French and Ger
mans now living In South America,
back to their home lands to help in
building %'whm the war has de
stroyed, re will be no emigration
from Europe for some time to come.
Many Spaniards who would other
wise have gone to South America will
‘ find employment in France and Italy.”
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Drinkers in England
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| BOSTON, Dec. 4.—Cornellus J. Ma
[hnm-y‘ of Salem, released from the
}nrm-h army through the intercession
of Ambassador Page, says, in discuss.
’lnv his experiences:
“If you get drunk on the strest over
i(horfl. it's the firing lins for yours aft.
,rr that.”
~ He declares he and & number of
}Mhor Americans went into & barroom
in Aristol, “got sociable,” and woke “p
the next morning in khaki uniforms.
Berlin Women Reject
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Truly German’ Gown
Dress Reformers Led by the Crown
Princess Find Themselves in
a Minority. .
BERLIN (via London), Dec. 4_~—A|
well attended meeting called by women ;
reformers of fashion was held under the}
patronagé of the Crown Princess. Thei
purpose of the meeting was to appeal |
to the patriotic women of Germany to |
cast off French and other foreign fash
ions and to wear hereafter only a trulyl
German style of dress which, it was
stated, should at the same time be |
beautiful and dignified, but free from
fripperies.
The speakers at the meeting illus
trated the proposed fashions and con
‘demned high-heeled shoes and pumps,
- gauzy stockings, foreign fabrics and
cosmetics. Space had been reserved in
the program of the evening for an oppo
sition epeaker, who produced a number
of the latest models of gowns which
ran counter to most of the patriotic
theories the reforiners had expounded.
The dismayed reformers soon found that
a majority of the audience had de
serted them and was applauding enthu
giastically each new gown and drowning
out the disapproval of the little minori
ty that favored the truly German modes.
‘Princess War Nurse
BERLIN (via Sayville), Dec. 4Thel
engagement of the da.ughter of Arch
duke Frederick of Austria, now a Red
Cross nurse, to Professor Albreacht, a
Vienna physician, i 8 announced.
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the observer a Prussian. They imme.
diately landed, accused each other,
quareled and finally fought to the great
amazement of their captors.
« Robert Loraine is one of the many
romantic fighting birdmen which th,
war has produced. He joined the Royal
Flying Corps as a second lieutenant He
was shot a_year ago while flying at
height of 4,800 feet, but returned to the
British lines with the shrapnel huiler
which hit him caught in his clothes. A
month later he returned to the front
Before the war Loraine was we
known in this country as an actor. li.
played the part of John Tanner i,
Bernard Shaw's ‘““Man and Supermar.
He was formerly the husband of juii
Opp, now the wife of Willilam Fave:
sham. It was rumored that he w.:
later to wed Marie Lohr, the Englic,
actress, but that the engagement wu.
broken because Loraine would not give
up flying.
Other officers gazetted for the milita;
cross are Lieutenant J. G. Anderson,
of the Fifth Canadian Infantry, and
Lieutenant A. W. Northover, of the
Twenty-eighth Canadian Infantry.