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TWO MANY DUTIES OF AN AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AS REOUIREO IN TIMES OE PEACE AND WAR When Country of Which He is Accredited Is at War He is Called Upon to Perform Duties That Range From Telling a Distracted Tourist Where She Can Find a Doctor For a Crying Baby to Serving As a Means of Communication Be tween Two Warring Powers - Keeps Mouth Shut in Times of Peace. London.—To entertain and to keep his mouth shut —these are the duties of an American ambassador In time of peace. But when tho country to which he la accredited la at war he la called upon to do ao many things that only a man of the coolest deposition anil finest ability could make head way against the flood of requests. Hla dutlea range all the way from telling a distracted tourlat where she can find a doctor for a crying baby to •erring aa a meana of communication between two of the great warring powers. From every capital In Kurope come grateful appreciation* of the aplendld work done by thn American represen tatives in thla chaotic lummtr of 1914. Herrick’s Case. Take, for Inatance the case of My ron T. Herrick, ambassador to France. On August 4th, when tho German am bassador to France received hla pass porta, Mr. and Mrs. Herrick were sit ting In their dismantled mansion In the Rue Francois Premier. Their trunks were packed and Mr. Herrick was ready to hand over hla papers to hla successor, Mr. Kharp. They had had a pleasant stay In Faria. It had cost Mr. Herrick some thing Ilk© $160,000 the first year at his peat, when he had to purchase hla furniture and al>out SB,OOO a month the second year. Htlll they had met many Interesting parsons and no rude story about the crudity of American diplomacy had filtered hack to America. L Suddenly an avalanche fell upon them. Thousands of letters, tele grams and cables swept Int Mr. Her rick's office every day. There were panic. -stricken touristh wishing to get home by express train, where there were no express trains, and there were anxious friends In the United States Insistent for Immediate news ©f their friends or relatives Those Private Interviews. Reside* the pleasure-seekers be sieging him night and day there was the resident colony to be thought of, thousands of them craving a private Interview and advice about the heat way to manage their affaire with the sudden threat of a siege. From Switzerland nnd from North ern Italy the cohorts poured Into Paris. They must be given care until they aould be got down to the sea porte and shipped serosa the Atlantic. Hhlpa were lacking nnd there was a general clamoring for the ambassador 10 cable Washington to supply the deficiency. Added to the genuine rases of dis tress were the clever crook* nnd con fidence men and women who look the opportunity to reap a golden harvest. Then, too. there were many Instances of base Ingratitude Women accus tomed to luxury cried curses on the Ambassador's head for falling to keep hem from slight hardships. Graver Duities. Boon there came even graver duties for our hard-pressed ambassador. The United Slates took over the in ternets In Parts of Austria and Ger many. This was delicate business, enough In Itself to keep an envoy at hla wits' ends. Frightened women and children of nations hostile to France must he protected or at least were convinced that they must he. Then there wore questions of state to be handled Mr. Herrick Immediately toek ad vantage of offers of aeslstsncs from American friends In Parle and organ Ised a large force ae best he could. There we e several compilttoea form ed for rattaf work. He and Mrs. Her rick worked day and night. They placed their motor cars In service. They opened their house and refur nished It and here they gave the homeless lodging and supplied food to many. They used large amounts of thatr own money tn their work. Roth fell 111. but kept on working. Finally Mr. Herrick remained the only ambassador In Paris Mr. Sharp and Robert Bacon, a for mer United States ambassador, luck ily arrived In lima to be of assistance. But Mr. Herrick did the principal work and his name will figure In his tory with thst of Washburn*. Ameri can envoy of 1671-18 TI. ths only dl Winter Grain Crops For The South Plant Oats Now and Save the Cotton Crop By K. J. H. DcLOACH, Director Georgia Experiment Station “Via* winter grain •hmiM he sown In tli* Pouih I* now beyond the experi mental elage. Th* only question with th» f>irni«*s la a wise choirs of crop* amt tlia proper preparation of th* lend and th# planting of lha orop Tha crops that can be grown with profit ara wheat oat a, rye. baric. Tha moat common of iheee now grown tn tha South la oata. Oata comoa In almoat every eyetem of rrop roatlon of the South, whether It t>e corn oata and cotton, or corn and oata A few farmers at 111 uae the old rotation of corn and Colton, hut moat of them are getting to the three-crop rotation. Oata When we consider that oata la good for man and braat. we thould make greater efforta to grow It on every farm fn the South. There te no bettor food for man titan oatmeal, and certainly nothing can be better for horace than good freah-grown oata If our horaea had to depend on Southern-grown oata at the present time, they would not get ni>we than two bushels >«ch year ye*. .Inal think what thla meana, Not enough IP feed the horae population of the Honth two weeka ts they had to depend •n Southern-grown •*«» Preparation. !>and that la to ha planted In full .an ahould tie thoroughly broken and har rowed not later than September let and planted the flret good eeaeon after Sep (ember 16th. A twc.-liorse turn or diet plow ahould be used In the breaking, and a dlac harrow for tuirrowlng The land should form a good aeed hetl before planting Farmers must renirmher that •ends will do well when they have a good tied In which to grow, and thev will do vary poorly when they do not have a aeed bet' Planting. Oats ahould !»e a-twn with a regular grain drill, either the eulky etyle or the awjtMm f —■- Sty .a. Tie* larger style | plomatfst of Importance. to brave the terrors of the Paris siege. 45,000 Americans Sailed. The story of Mr. Herrick's work In Purls Is largely that of Walter H. Page hero and of James W. Gerard In Berlin. London probably handled the largest number of tourists. Forty five thousands of Americans sailed for homo from British ports between August Kill and 29th alone. Probably a hundred thousand have left Kurope for America by now. Mr. Gerard has especial difficulties to contend with. When he took up his duties in Jierliit and rented the Bchwahaeh palace at $15,000 a year, besides spending several thousands more In refitting, undoubtedly he had Utile thought for other than magnifi cent receptions and dinners, the usual things Uncle Bam always expects his diplomatists to do and to pay out of their own pockets. But the month of August found this same magnificent home filled with a mob of angry, complaining, frightened tourists, unreasonably demanding the impossible. Mr. Gerard met them with calm patience. He stood in his office day and night constantly It seemed, giving words of advice and cheer. Fever 1 times he, even accom pnnled trainloads of Americans to Rotterdam Just to see that they got through all right. In addition to these duties he had charge of the Interest of England, Russia, Japan, France, Belgium, Servla and Montenegro. Efforts Misunderstood. Tils efforts were misunderstood by a section of the German press, which saw In his assiduity In getting Ameri cans home the threat of war by the United States against Germany. Yet the hulk of Germans watched American efficiency with admiration and Mr. Gerard was acclaimed as a worthy representative of a great neu tral country. In lielghin, Brand Whitlock, our minister, found himself In the actual theater of war operations. First hs had to meet swarm of frightened per sons caught In the rapid advance of the German army and escort them to Antwerp. Then came the occupation of the Helglnn capital. Undoubtedly Mr. Whitlock ahouhl have moat of the credit for preventing scenes of vio lence hi Brussels. He accompanied the Burgomaster, M. Max. to meet the German conquereor, Gen. Saxe von Armln. If he did not actually, ns told In some cabled stories, take Brussels "under American protection" yet he undoubtedly lmd much to do with ar ranging the terms of surrender and In calming the populace. The Brux ellois swear by Mr. Whitlock now. Look Out for Citizens. In Vienna Frederick C. Penfleld, like Mr. Gerard, had to look out for the citizens of Russia, England, Japan, Belgium, France, Servla and Monte negro, as well as his own country men. His beautlful home was con verted to the needs of charity. Henry Van T>yke, minister to Hol land. and Thomns Nelson Page, am bassador to Italy, also felt the heavy strain and acquitted themselves cre ltably. It Is undoubted that one effect of the wnr will be to ralsethe estimation of American diplomats and diplomacy abroad. The peoples of Europe reallxe the heavy debt they all owe to Amer ican representatives. Their debt Is growing, 100. American ambassadors are arranging for the exchange of prisoners of war and already have succeeded In effecting much In the line of sending home non-combatants caught In England and English caught In Germany. And when the lime comes to settle this hug© and dread ful war the nmhnssadors of Washing, ton will have much to do with the difficult tnaks of arranging the terms of peace, "Shirt sleeve diplomacy” Is the nnm# somtlines applied to our brand. This name was Invented by disgusted Americans themselves. It may have been merited long ngo. but today, when diplomatists of Europe saw a war break In a few weeks despite them. American diplomacy Is hound to be the standard for all that Is best In that vocation. »'*•** "“vantage es being contracted an that It will aow about six eight or ten rows m a time. If need l-e It will nlao put out the fertilisers at the time of sowing However, when the .rop te sown It ahould be put In the open [ n .i keep from being killed hv the cild weather In winter It waa almost Impoeathle at one time to keep oata through the winter and tt la rani by fnrniera that ihev did not use to count on getting more than one crop in Ihtpo of fall outi |<y th© op©n fnt** method you nr© vertntn to »**t * «*WH> #v®ry >ei«r. If you hav© food Uad •no rrfwri It pror«*rly for th© crop A ©um l on ©-row <lrt:i will coot attout ft Ort <©• 15.00, and the laris© milky drill • (tout IGT* 00 Th© tatter wit! pay for lfp©if Ih® first yttur on n hundred >*cr© ft©ld of oat*. Vltld.# A «r crop of oAt■ ought to yield at l©a»t ■ Jiuahda p©r acr®. ami mora if th® l*j<« la property prepared ami th© crop f«* tidied Many fanner© in th© South ralss mora than a hundred buthala per acre. On® fanner In a Southern state talaea an average N os a hundred bushels to th© acr® on almoat a hundred A©rer ll© ha® studied th© pon*l bill tie® of valainit outs and van get th© moat from the investment If ©vary fanner could rale© a hundred hueheta |*©r wore, w © H I alt ggling to aupptx the Increasing demamla I- ad© upon t| for grain within ita own bant**'* fir th|» proper at udy and preparation of the ©oil and fertilise!ion. there would be no trouble about getting a hundred bushels to the acre. On and that will make a bale of cotton per mtc a hundred bueh el® of o.ita can he raised pe* nor© TV© h<-\e thouaarda of »ir’‘wUt»j on© bale per ®cr© throughout Ih*- Smith. Whir. Part of the Farm to Put in Oata. imam jj» ©*.® wiU £iuv« alia U to* best crops on the farm we should be willing to put It on good land. It should rank with cotton and corn and there fore be treated the same. Usually farm ers are not willing to spare the best lands for oats They wish to put It In some Irregular hack field where cotton and corn do not grow successfully. It Is of course better to put it there than not to plant It at all. Our first thought should he to plant oats, and then decide where to plant It. In a good crop rota tion system, It would naturally follow the corn, and the corn follow the cot ton. tn this way the oats would take up about one-third the area of the en tire farm and hy moving from one-third tn another would cover the entire farm with stubble every three years. The farmer who once irles this will profit by (lie experience and could not he In duced to go hack lo the old method of putting three-fourths of the Lu*m in cot ton and one-fourth In corn. Ths Problem Is to Make Up Our Minds. The greatMt problem Is to get started In inis method of farming. What we need as farmers Is, Initia tive—-tho willingness to start some kind of a change for the better. We do manage to get a living by planting cotton nnd are Inclined to think if we make any change at alt wo might accidentally mike a fatal mistake and thereby suffer. Over fifty thousand farmers In the Koutern states have tried what has been suggested In this paper and have succeeded. They would not change track to the old method of letting the whole farm he barren looking all winter. They hunger PA* •the green of thn grain field and are not happy without It. They love to hear the singing of the mowing ma chine In spring like some giant Cl - Tho large pile of straw made hy the grain crop nnd heaped up on the edge of the farm is like a mound of goal to them, so useful do theq find It for cattle In winter. An Ost Hay Crop. If for some reason a f irmer wishes to use his land In winter for grain and In summer for cotton, he will find it profit able to plant oats for hay. This will enable him to alive his land from wash ing In winter and he can cut the oats In the rough stage for hay In spring, and then have the land cleared in time for cotton. From the nature of let ters of inquiry from all over the Mouth with reference to diseases of animals, one would Judge that tho animals are not fed right and should have more for age. They would do far better on good forage mixed with grains than on the grain, ns they now get It and a very small amount of forage or roughage. Most farmers feed only a bundle and a half or two bundles of common fodder Per day to horses, which Is not a third enough. Horses ought to have as much of this kind of food ns they win eat. R y«—Bye Is a Winter Cover Crop. It line been otintomarv In the South to' envc the cotton and tobacco lands clear in winter, and consequently the wlntei*" rains wash them, and fill our creeks and rivers with the rich soil so needed in *mrh to rtow our crons Th« ri«ar streams of water are always In those cnnnttlrs where the farmers take care or tn* land It ran not *et away and wash down Into the see. Some have s.ild that an Index lo the prosperity of any country's agriculture Is the looks of the streams of water that flow through that country. Put our Southland to test snd It makes ns blush with shame to see all our brooks, creeks and rivers esrrvlng away tn the mighty orean the very life blood of our fertile lands. Shall we continue this suicidal policy’ Rye s * good rover erop In that |t will hold the land together and enn at the same time he grazed most of the winter, especially where end when the soli Is not too soft No grain erop does very well If the soil Is too packed. If we use rye only fee*.a winter cover crop and for winter grazing. It will pay for the eost Of the grnln nnd the planting many times over. It will save the South millions of tons of good soli now flow nr clown onr strsnms of watsr and will lieln to keep livestock In *oo<l health, and atvs us n bountiful supply of nilTk ths snms thus Prosperity on the fiirm In nlwnys the result of a'diversity ~f inMr.tq nnd the fnrnier who is will'- In* to study his land and keep before him the Possibilities of his farm, will see that his soil remains Intact, that his crops thrive nnd his livestock always show’ *rood keep. One wav to accomp lish ell this is to rover all the land pos sible with winter rye and other like crops. Tim© snd Place of Planting Rye. Rve may be planted between the cot ton rows in enrlv October. If the plnnt liir follows closely the pickers. There will he no cotton to knock out, snd the KValn needs only to iret anchored 1n or der for It to make a Rood crop. A firm soil will make winter Krasin* less In jurious. A pood quick way to plant rye In the fsl! is to disc the corn lnnd or cotton land If the cotton land Is cleared in time or the tobacco land a little further north with a disc hnfrow, and seed It with rye by means of a patent drill. Pertllliers. Farmers do not generally put ferti lizers with rye hut where It has been tried, it h is proven a profitable venture. It should ho fed with proper fertilisers like all other crops. The rye makes a more rapid and vigorous growth nnd forms a better pasture and will fult heavlf. For rye especially If grown for grain. us»» barnyard niamtre when poaaible. but use also as for oats nnd wheat, com plete formulas of acid phosphate, potash and a slowly available nitrogenous fer tiliser. In fact, the great value of fer tilise! s on winter grain crops is now for the first time being tully Realised. EXPORTING COTTON GOODS New York.—More business Is begln | ntng to come along for export In cot* ; ton good*. Th* prospects of selling jin larger quantities than normal are excellent. Up to tha preaent time there have been tunny semi-official and partly speculative Inquiries for duck, but there have also been gome sales made this week again for goods jto take the place of goods hitherto made In England and elsewhere for nrmy purpose* For thla reason, th* ! army duck division of th* market is. better than any other line of cotton i duck. In the past few days substantial sales of cotton towels were mad* to [agent* of foreign buying syndicates. ! possibly working for armies In the field, and the demand could not tie i met from *l>ot slock*. During th* day there was an added demand for 36- ! Inch tobacco cloths that nre used by j converter* of hospital supply mate rial* of cotton and some fairly larg* sales of spots were mad* to supple* ment contract* placed a short time ago. Much of this material will tm | doubtedly be used for foreign hospital ; purposes. There have been some j substantial aales of sheet*, pillow j cases, and other materials of a do mestic character, and the spot sup | plies bought were Insufficient to meet 1 the needs of the purchasers. Some .of,the large manufacturers of cotton blankets and blankets made largely of cotton, are figuring on contract* of ; fared to them In a firm way hy ac credited purchasing agents for foreign government*.' THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Envoys of Whom America Has Reason To Be Proud WONDERFUL WORKERS. Hero are some of the men who have been raising American prestige abroad and giving the people of the nations at war cause for gratitude by their extraordinary efforts in the critical and difficult positions where the great conflict has placed them. Above Is Ambassador James Gerard seeing a train load of American toruists off at the railway station in Berlin. Mr. Gerard even accompanied some parties to Rotterdam. Besides looking out for hordes of excited Americans, Mr. Gerard has the Job of representing in Germany the interests of France, England, Russia, Ser vla, Japan and Montenegro. To the right above is Thomas Nelson Page, our ambassador to Italy: and below (from the left) are Myron T. Herrick, United States ambassador to France; Walter H. Page, ambassador at the Court of St. James; and Brand Whitlock, ambassador to Belgium. These men have performed wonders of organization and hard work in the strain of war. Mr. Whitlock helped to arrange tho terms of uurrender of Brussels and it is to him that much of the credit for the orderly occupation of the Belgian capltoi is due. A Ringing Address Issued By Wright Willingham, President of the Rome Chamber of Commerce Straight Talk From the Shoulder on European War Conditions For more than one hundred years the United States have made trio proud boost that this country could live re gardless of any exigencies that might exist In other parts of the world; that this country, bounded ns It is on the one hand by the Pacific Ocean and on the other by the Atlantic, separated thou sands of miles from the "yellow Peril:” on the other hand separated thousands of miles from the heterogeneous elements of Continental Europe—the rest of the world might go to Hell, if they chose to do so, and still we would be basking un der the sunny skies of America—the land bubbling over with milk and honey and hog and hominy. And now, my fellow citizens. wo have an opportunity to illustrate tlie declara tion made by every hill-billie orator of the last century or more, from tlie mountains of Now Hampshire to the plains of Florida, and yet here we are. the average one of us, going around like s mangy dog, whining about the "The War You can hardly get an audience with a man on any other sub ject and nine-tenths of the people seem u> be under the Impression that some node has flone them or their folks a se rious injury. The question at this hour is not "Who hit Hlllie Patterson?" but arc the Am erican people--the Southern people, a lot of pale fHce molly-coddles, with skimmed goat's milk flowing through their veins, or have they inherited the rich red blood of our American airea who left their bloody foot prints on the frozen valleys of Virginia, when George Washington led them on to a victorious deliverance from the yoke of English royalty? These men v.on because they had sand in their gizzards Instead of grape nuts, and guts in their bellies Instead of tape worms. True, we may have to abandon some of our twentieth century luxuries. it may be necessary for us to adjust our selves to a new basis of living but should we surrender? True It Is some of our folks may have to divert to some extent the stream of gold that has for the last ten years flowed from our vaults and Into the coffers of Mr. Ford, Mr Packard. Mr. ltulck and Mr Saxon, and other esteemed fellow countrymen to the North of ua. but we can still raise mule colts and Jersey bulls and get there somehow, even though It be at a lower rate of speed. True it may be, that our women, folks may have to suspend their suffragette convocations for a brief spell and re sume the monotonous business of look ing after the babies and knitting sox for the men-but this Is the way they used to do and they managed to live through it. True It may be. that our rich Pads won't have quite as much money to spend on their boys in tlie way of Pied mont cigarettes, patent leather shoes, and ice cream clothes, and it may even be possible that the boy will luve to 1 lesrn something about self-denial and physical labor Mil this Is the way they | used to do and several of them man aged to live through it. Take for In- I st., uce Abraham Uncoln and a few fither i cheap skates. True It may be. that eme of our farmers will he driven, against their will, to the production of Hog and Hom iny, Peas and Potatoes anil ilorghum and Cider—but that is the way they used to do in the old days ami some of them managed to live through it. True It may be, that the ineincere polUlciaei Who has been feeding the "Dear 1 People” on glittering generalities and pleasant platitudes may be called upon to deliver the goods instead of hon eyed phrases—but this is tlie way they used to do in the old days and the country managed to survive it. True it may he, that these kind of times serve to show up in the commu nity who is the real man and who is the humbug, but we will have to sub mit if we can't do any better. True it may be. that preachers will be driven to revisiting the sick, the widows and orphans and preaching the gospel instead of politicking around — but that is the way they used to do in the old days and it may even be possi ble for us to survive the conditions of that extreme character at the present time. England's unpreparednoss for this war Is literally astounding; they have been raising milk sope over there Instead of men and suffragettes instead of moth ers. in France they have been intoxicated for a generation or more with an In ordinate love for dress, dissipation in ail forms and a repudiation of Goa. On tlie other hand. Germany has given the world nn object lesson in home making, statesmanship, manufacturing, banking, farming and religion (although they do drink a little beer in the after noon after ependlng « good part of the morning at church.) (It is probably- not necessary. howev<*. for one to drink a little beer in order to be truly religious.) I have not subscribed to Teutonic sup premacy. bccjMise I have believed that there is too much trace of Blsnulrk and Von Moltke'e "Blood and Iron" polity In the German people. On the other hand I say let the best man win, and lets quit whining and go to work. Suppose Germany had our opportuni ties. Suppose German farmers had the same opportunity today that the South ern farmer has within his grasp; he would not only feed his own family but supply produce for families across the seas. Some people say that if the Germane should win over the allied armies that they would then ply their aggressions to the South of tie; and seize the Pan ama Canal and destroy the Monroe Doc trine and dominate the commerce of South America. Suppose all this should happen, which' might merely after all in- the vagary of some mild mannered statesmans imagination, is that any reason why we should go around with % face as long as a lamp poet talking war Instead or work? The American people stultified the Monroe Doctrine when they planted themselves on the Philippine Islands on which the "Yellow Peril" already had one foot. The German people have already taken advantage of our euplneness add practi cally control the commerce of South Am erica. one word In conclusion, and this is with reference to our merchants and bankers. The only criticism I have for either Is that they hive been too good to the people. All this talk to the con trary is nonsense and Ingratitude and the man wlu> indulges in It will wake up before this thing Is over to the fact that he has been making a fool of him self. I.ets ge>, down to Iran* tacks—adjust ourselves to the new conditions—turn our faces to the rising tun—get busy! Yours truly, WRIGHT WII,I,INGHAM, . President, Rome Chamber of CouuMerco, PLAYS TRICK ON MILITARY OFFICER AND HOTEL LANDLORD; LAUGHED OUT London.—A rogue with a sense of humor has played a double trick on a military officer and on the landlord of a workingmen’s hotel at Sheffield, which has made both men the laugh ing stock of Yorkshire.' The officer in command of the Shef field barracks received one day re cently an invitation by telephone to billet 300 recruits at a new working men’s hotel owned by a prominent citizen. The officer was, of course, accepted. The manager of the hotel was then called up by the same voice and ordered to prepare quarters as well as supper for 300 recruits under His Majesty’s transport officer, Rid ley. The men arrived and so did the mysterious "Transport Officer Ridley" who thereupon chose one recruit to shave him, another to clean his boots while a third was placed as sentry at the door with orders to keep absolute quiet in the hall while the comman der slept. Ridley's next order was to post this notice: “This is a military institution, and the men are under the authority of Mr. Ridley, transport officer. If he calls upon any man to perform any action he Is bound to do so, else he will be guilty of a crime against mil itary law, for which he will be punish ed by the military authorities.” Transport Officer Ridley remained several days In unquestioned ’com mand. then he became 111. As he re fused to have a doctor, the manager of the hotel telephoned to the bar racks. A real officer appeared, and to enlighten him, Ridley produced a note purporting to bear a captain's signature. The officer left for further investigation, whereupon Ridley left th* hotel and disappeared. DEPEND ON THE FARMERS Agriculture to Aid Unraveling of Tangle Brought About By the War The Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago, In Its an nual review of business conditions, says that never before has the true worth of the agricultural production of the country been so Impressed upon the mind as a fundamental factor In ,our industrial and financial situation as at the present. Prior to the Inauguration of hostll - ltles In Europe, says the report, busi , nese conditions were slowly righting ! themselves, and the financial situation i was giving unmistakable evidences of strength and Improvement. The bountiful crops with which the coun try has been favored pointed to the 1 building up of a credit balance abroad through the exportation of our aurplus wheat, that would strengthen the ; financial position of this country Im measurably and afford It an opportun ity of recovering from the depression which followed the monetary string ency of a year ago. This stringency is traceable to the hoarding of gold by th* European nations in their ar SUNDAY. OCTOBER 18. HR WILL BRING NEW STYLE IN WHISKERS i \ Men on Firing Line Have Not Time to Shave---The Result Will Be That They Will Leave ’Em on, Come Home and Bo Heroes. New York.—Mlladi should worry! What if this dreadful senseless san guinary war in Europe does shorten crop of Parisian gown. French lin gerie, Austrian kid gloves, Russian blouses, Bulgarian stripes, Cologne perfume and waht not? The women can learn to get along without those things, for the enterprising American business man will soon be able to put out substitutes—"something just as good"—or better. But think of the men! Think of the barbers! This war will produce whiskers. Tt will bring hirsute adornement for male chins, lips and cheeks back lnt® vogue. Whiskers Everywhere. Pretty soon Broadway and Fifth Avenue will be all cluttered up with whiskers. And all because of the war. How is that? Very simple. The soldiers fighting on the other side, Englishmen, Frenchmen and Germans are too busy to shave. It may be that few of the London John nies who enlisted went to the front with a safety razor and a cake of soap, but the majority of the men on the fighting line are entirely too busy to shave. Pretty soon they will have develop- 1 ed considerable beards—enough to make a showing, and they will decide to leave ’em on. Where is the man with not enough vanity that he does not want to wear whiskers? They all do. The only thing between the av erge man and mutton-chops, Gal ways or a Vandyke, is the uncomfort able intermediate period whien his face looks like a stubble field after spring wheat has been cut. There never was a man in the world who was sick long enough, or In the wilds long enough to get a respectabe growth of hair on his face, who did not have a sneaking desire to leave it there. Most of them do. All By Accident. It’s a fact that nine hundred and ninety-nine sets of whiskers to ba seen are the result of accident. But, once the accident has happened, the possessor of the spinach is as proud as Lucifer and wears the beard until his friends or his wife tease him into parting with it. The truth is that all men like whis kers and are always glad of an excuse to wear them. In this war, the gallant lads at the front will be so busy fight ing each other, that they will pretty soon find themselves with full beards. Most of them will be flattered and will leave the whiskers on. When the war is over—that’s an in definite way of putting it, but it is the best we can do—when the war, then, is "over, the soldier boys who did not get shot up will go home and be the heroes of the day, and they will have whiskers. Wants to Be a Hero. Every man wants to be a hero. If he is not a hero he wants to make people think he is? Therefore, when' the real heroes go home with whiskers and corral all the maids, matrons arid spinsters in the neighborhood, those men who did not fight will immed iately grow whiskers. And of course the thing will spread to this side. Such things always do. If the war herods of London are wear ing beards, the Beau Brummels of Broadway and Fifth Avenue will wear whiskers, too. That’ what the war will do for the men. They will have to wear hair on their faces. Soon we will have “burn sides,” Chesterfields, Galways van dykes, “imperials,’’ “fire-escapes" and all the old brands of whiskers and doubtless a lot of new ones Into the bargain. The men of New York soon may be wearing the "Sir John French," the "Joffree” and the “Von Kluck” beards. And what then will become of the barbers? Think of that. With all the men wearing whiskers, thre’ll be no body to shave. The women may have to forswear European clothes and wear New York gowns, New England lingerie and Ar kansas kid gloves, but they will have nothing on the men who have to wear whiskers. HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE PABTE. An inexpensive paste la made of one small potato grated fine. Add boiling water enough to make It clear, and boll five minutes; this Is much better than flour or cornstarch paste for all kinds of pasting.—Woraan’a Home Companion. mament preparation*, and doubtless the curtailment of credit resulting from this concerted action haa had much to do with the slowing down of enterprise the world over. Resourcefulness es Amerioan People. “The best evidence of th* resource fulnees and courage of the American people and the best Indication of the strength of our financial Institutions seem to lie in the fast that, suddenly plunged Into chaos, they were able quickly to bring about some meaaur* of order to evolve methods of carry ing on our domestic business and to provide a means for lntemntirmai credit without seriously imp.Sng “ u n gold reserves. • “The efficiency of the Aldrich -Vree land afct as a measure to tide over and afford some elasticity, pending the putting into operation of the federal reaerve system, ha* been pretty wen demonstrated in the last few weeks there" wfl? rol'* *° ?** ur *' that there will be ample circulating med iuuL for their legltimat©