THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
GERMANY
15
DEATH BEHIND THE GUNS
Of Sand-Colored Wool Crepe
The Man of
God
HE END OF
Dr REV.J.H. RALSTON
Secretary of CorrwpoDdcr.ee Department,
Moody Dibit I intitule of Chicago
Allies Will Have Long Wait
They Hope to Starve
Her Out.
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FROM
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RESOURCES
STAFF OFFICER GIVES FACTS
Chemists Promise Surprise as Qrat
as tho 42a and Submarines Wom
en Are Taking an Important
Part In the War.
By COUNT MOURIK DE BEAUFORT
International News Sorvlcn Correspondent
Berlin. "Tho man who keeps Ger
many eating and. shooting," thus
wan Dr. Walthcr ltathenau, tho son
of the founder of tho A. D. G. (Allege
mclno ElectrlcitaetB Gesellschaft), de
scribed to inc. Doctor ltathenau is
chief of tho raw material department
of the German war odlce.
Doctor ltathenau speaks perfect
English, nnd most of tho conversation
wao carried on ill that language
Of course, tho subjects nearest to
my heart wcro copper, rubber and
petrol. I had found in previous con
versationsor I should bettor say
"attempted conversations," beca'uao I
novor got very far on theso subjects
that they wore extremely delicate
topics, and it wns pointed out to mo
on different occasions that It would bo
moro "tactful" not to touch on them.
Tho monit-nt you bring up tho matter
of German's Bupply of raw matorial
"Ves, it's a very nlco day, isn't It?" or,
ns tho caso might be, "Isn't this
wrotched weather?"
Doctor Rathonau looked at mo for a
moment out of the corner of his eyes,
then got up, and from a drawer of his
desk tho Interview took placo at tho
war olllcc took out a fair-sized book
and, holding it up before my eyes,
gavo mo the opportunity to seo some
thing about "Uohstoffo In Dcutsch
land" (raw materjal In Germany). My
heart began to beat faster. "At last."
I thought, "we'll get somo real au
thentic ilgurcB; lino Btory." Hut tho
truth of tho saying that there is many
a slip 'twixt a Btory In tho war olllco
and flie samo lu tho paper camo truo
onco moro.
Deep Secrets of War.
"This," said Doctor ltathenau, while
patting the wretched llttlo volumo tan
tnllzlngly, "contains overythlng about
every grain of raw, material In this
country, tho means nnd methods of
producing and obtnining moro; in
short, nil you would like to know
about it; but , . . thoso aro deep 'se
crets of war,' and thercforo I cannot
show it to you any further than ou
tho outsido."
That was almost worse than tho
usual replies I hnd recolvod. No
amount of diplomacy, arguments,
wheedling or promises could persuado
tho polito doctor to part with tho lit
tle volume, not oven for a minute.
"All I can tell you," ho said, "Is that
If our enemies nro waiting till wo aro
starved out, till wo aro short of cop
per, well, they'll have u Jolly long
wait."
Then tho subject was changed.
"Why don't you go and tako somo 'of
tho menus In our largo restaurants,
havo photographlo copies taken of
them nnd verified by your consulB?
Send thoso abroad, nnd let people
Judge for themselves how badly wo
nro starving."
"But, aa you wore saying, copper "
"You nro very Insistent," ho llrod
back, "but 111 try to help you a llttlo,
and 1 assure you you nro tho first with
whom I havo discussed this subject
at all. If you tako tho yearly statis
tics you will find that Germany during
tho last llvo years has Jmportod nn
average of over 200,000 tona of copper
a year. With our own productions at
Mansfold, our total supply amounted
close to 250,000 tous. Our exports of
electrical goodB, machinery, etc., In
which copper hns been used, did not ex
ceed 100,000 tons a year, so nearly
ICO.OOO tons of copper has remained
In tho country.
Can Recover Much Copper.
"Much of this haB been combined
with other mctnls, but wo havo ex
perimented and our chemical develop
monto havo reached such a stage of
perfection that over 7C per cent can
uo reuueeu again to puro copper. For
ono, wo havo thousands of toiiB of tele
graph wires which enn bo substituted
with lines of other metal. Then go
juiu some oi uio Uormnn kltnlimiH
There Is hardly a houso whom vmi
will frot find u certain number of cop-
y yum uuu puns in BIlUlInK ulorv
"Look at tho amount of copper that
Is used in every house, every hotel,
uvury uuiiuing. UUr minCB at Muni.
fold havo turned out eloso to 30,000
tons a year, but wo havo been nliln tn
incrcaso tho output by at least CO per
cent. Besides, thoro aro ono or two
sources which our enemies havo not
uBureu on. uno of them Is tho won
derful state of dovolonmont nnr
letry has reached. The host bralua in
mu iuuu uro woruing on a now prod
uct that may rIvo the world tn
eral, and our eaemios in particular
another surprise, as did our 42b and
wu, Duuiunimvg, ixu, wo are not at
tho end of our resources yet. not l.v
a long way. Germany cannot bo de
stroyed.
uoctor naiuenau oxpreesed as his
Serbian gunners on tho frontier of
gun which they woro serving.
opinion that out of this war may, per
haps In tho not too distant future,
arise a "United States of Europe."
"That Is wltat wo need, that Is what
wo should have," ho continued. "What
Is at tho bottom of tills war? I am
leaving out all considerations of neu
trality, of diplomatic bungling, etc.
It's the tariff. ,
Blames the Tariff.
"Each country tried to build a tariff
wall around Itself, and to that you can
traco all our troubles. Instead of
manufacturing everything In ono coun
try, wo should let each country spe-
ciallzo In thoso goods which it can
best nnd most cheaply supply. In
these 'United States of Europe,' mark
woll, economically speaking, Franco
might bo left to supply all the silks
for tho combined countries, Austria
glass, England cloth nnd ships, and
Germany machinery nnd chemicals;
Amorica, for her part, might speclalizo
In supplying tho cotton of tho world.
"But then, terrible ns this war 1b, It
will havo its boncllclnl results as well.
Pcoplo In Europo were beginning to
llvo too enslly, too woll; wo wero be
ginning to bo throatoned with stagna
tion. A man who has eaten his fill
Is no longer crentlvo. Ho wants to
sleep, not work. And after tho war?
Well, wo'll nil havo to llvo together
again. Wo nil need one another, to
what is tho usu of nursing this spirit
of hatred and rancor?"
"Mobilization, of tho kitchen." Slnco
tho crown princess coined this oxpres
Bion tho term has bocomo a regular
Gcrmnn watchword.
At my first coming to Berlin I no
ticed at onoo tho almost entire ah-'
senco of lartlos using the term hero
in its narrower social houso In public
places. Every afternoon, for instance,
jljerjln used to tako tea at tho various
largo hotelB tho KalBorhof, tho Ad
Ion, tho Esplanade, etc.
Woman's Work In War.
I was having tea one afternoon at
tho Knlsorhof with a captain on tho
war oillco Btaff. I asked him: "Will
you toll mo whoro all your ladles aro?
I mean, whero Is Bocloty?"
Ho looked at mo surprised almost
hurt.
"Why," ho anawered, "don't you
know that all our women, our real
German women, aro mobilized, as well
ns our mon? Theso aro tho dayB when
tho girls who hnvo had a practical
'hausfrau' education aro having tholr
Innings. Wo need tho housekeeper
and tho nurso nowadays, not tho
fraculoln professor, doctor, advocate.or
what not."
Ho was absolutely right, aa I found
out Inter. At tho outbreak of tho war
a great many women and girls with
university degrees, stenographers,
bookkeepers, etc., working in oIHccs,
thought that at last their turn had
come. Thoy wcro going to show that
they could roplaco tho men at tho
heads of departments, or at whatovor
rosponslblo duty might havo to bo per
formed. Most of them woro sndly dls
appointed. In tho larger olllccs, tho
heads of firms If thoy woro not called
to tho cc-lora replaced their owu
managers, working doublo time; tho
staffs woro cut down to half, and bo
woro tho salaries.
Helping, the Musicians.
A munbor of womon's clubs havo
been organized for tho purposo of
holplng thoso employed In tho .musical
profession, which 1b suffering greatly
through tho war. A largo hall in tho
rolchstng building has boon placed at
tho disposal of thoso clubs, and there
thoy moot and hoar concorts, aomo-
times two or turoo of them In tho
samo day. Tho woman mombora pay
a contribution of something llko $2.50
a month and, of course, donations are
gladly accepted.
Somo of the concerts tako placo nt
private houses, und tho rulo haB boon
made that absolutely no refreshments
shall bo served on such occasions, ox
copt to tho artlatB. Tho women sit
from throo till six, knitting, talking, or
listening to tho music. For auyono
who knows Germany nnd the German
woman's lovo for lior "kaffeeklatsch,"
which used to bo unthinkable without
cako and coffee, this is ono of tho most
romarknblo effects of tho war.
At whatovor small entertainments
nro given, war pootry and "foldpoat
brlefe" (letters from tho front) aro tho
most popular itoms on tho program
Tho war has hatched an entire now
brood of poets and writers.
1 went to dinner ono night at tho
their land shot down behind tho big
houso of Professor Archenhold, the
director of tho Treptow observntory,
near Berlin. His wife has organized
cinema lectures In ono of thehalls of
tho building for wounded soldiers, foi
tho women and children of tho neigh
borhood, and especially for tho ref
ugees from East Prussia.
The particular quarter in which tho
observatory stands has a largo Social
ist olomont, and tho frau professor
fraternizes with them many hours n
day. I met somo of tho women and
talked to them. Ono of them said to
me:
I have had a letter from my Iiub-
band (In Franco) telling mo not to
send him bo many things, ns thoy aro
well taken care of. Every two weeks
ho sends me some of his pay, and I
am happy to say that I can now write
back to him in tho same way, telling
him that ho need not send us any
money, ns people hero aro taking such
splendid caro of us."
Frau Professor Archenhold im
presses it upon them that thoy should
wrlto nothing but cheerful, pleasant
letters to their husbands in tho field,
and not bother them with tiresome de
tails of difficulties at home. Whether
sucli lectures or advice aro Inspired
from "higher up" I cannot say, but I
know that many of tho better class
women talk to tho working classes in
that strain.
MRS. BERNARD DERNBURG
Frau Dernburg is tho wlfo of Dr.
Bornnrd Dernburg, who la described
as tho kaiser's official mouthpiece In
tho United States.
OILED PIGS CATCH FIRE
Indiana Man Saved From Oversupply
of Roast Pork by Porker's
Bright Idea.
Goshen, Ind: Whllo William Archer
of near Cromwell was endonvorlng to
exterminate llco on his pigs by using
kerpsene a lighted torch fell into tho
pan of oil. Thoro was a IIhbIi, and tho
noxt instant a terrillcd, oll-Boakod
porker dashed for tho open, a mass of
tlamos, Soon a halt dozen hogs were
nblazo. All dashed out and circled tho
ynrd a couplo of times and. returning
to tho pen, sot It on fire. Ono of tho
shoats hit upon a bright Idea and
dashed for a pool of mud and wator.
Tho othors then followed suit and tho
farmer wub saved from nn oversup
ply of roast pork.
Cow Attacks Woman.
Loxlngton, Ky. Mrs. Laura Groon,
wlfo of u farmer, living near here, was
attacked by a cow and narrowly es
caped death, bolng badly gored. Sho
seized tho horns of tho maddened
boast and hold on until her cries at
tracted her husband, who camo to hor
rcsquo.
Guns as Vegetables,
Paris. A Bcalod car of "vegetables"
broken open by n rnilrond accident en
routo from Genoa to Berlin was found
loaded with Maxim guua.
TKXT-Dchold now, there la In this city
a man of C3od. I Samuel 9:16.
It is nuito significant that tho term
"man of God" occurs about forty
times in tho Bi
ble. In tho Old
Testa hi e n t,
Moses, Samuel,
Elijah, David and
many others, wero
so designated. In
tho Now Testa
ment tho term ap
plied to tho young
pastor Timothy,
and in a letter t6
Timothy, tho "man
of God" is urged
to become thor
oughly furnished
unto all good
works.
Tho man of God must bo born of
God, a partaker of tho divine nature,
as the Spirit plainly taught through
Peter, ft la at this point that many
make shipwreck of their faith or doc
trine, not seeing that tho new birth
is absolutely necessary, and forget
the teaching of Jesus that somo men
aro tho children of tho devil. This
last thought is not complimentary to
man, nor is the spirit that man mani
fests in tho oppression of tho weak
by tho strong, nor tho thorough scl-
ilshncss manifested in much commer
cial competition, nor hate, that is il
lustrated in tho present European,
war.
Intercourse With God.
Tho man of God will havo much
Intercourse with God, and this mst
necessarily bo mutual. In olden time
God spoko directly to somo who woro
known as men of God, but in theso
days ho speaks to us by Jesus Christ,
who is only made known to us
through tho Bible. It is, inovitable,
therefore, that a man of God must
Btudy tho Bible, not as an intellectual
stimulus, which it would bo, nor to se
curo tho best codo of ethics over of
fered to man, nor to fortify himself
tor doctrinal debate, but in order that
ho may know God's will. His attitudo
in taking up such studjr should bo
that of tho little Samuel, who is
9poken of in tho text as tho man of
God, and who said, ."Speak, Lord, for
thy servant heareth." Man must also
speak to God, and this is by prayer,
about which much error is held, espe
cially that it is a mystical and mys
terious excrciso that somo timid souls
fear to undertake. Yet to tho man
of God it is tho most natural thing in
tho world. If this mutual Intercourse
Ib Intimate and frequent, tho man will
grow moro and moro Into tho likeness
of God, just as human beings grow
moro and moro like each other be
cause, of lutlmato contact.
Man of God, God's Man.
Tho man of God will bo tho repre
sentative of God, his champion. This
at onco involves tho necessity of cour
age and a good storo of common
sense. In theso days, which aro cer
tainly not altogether regenerate, Uod
needs mon in every walk of life to
bo his representatives. In tho busi
ness world ho wants men of tender
conscienco; in tho political world mon
who make no pledges except to him-
Belf; in tho social world men and
women, too, who despise tho tricks of
social custom; in tho realm of morals
men who stand squarely for temper
ance, Sabbath-keeping, puro language
and clean life. At this point tho man
of Gou must not forget that ho is
humun. Tho only ono to whom tho
term "God-man" may bo properly ap
plied was no less a man than God,
of whom it was rightly Baid, "Behold,
tho man. Ono is not necessarily a
man of God, becauso ho withdraws to
the monastery, tho cavj of tho wilder
noss, or takes such a view of tho
world that ho positively refuses In
any wny to deal with Caesar or tho
rulers that are ordained of God,
Thoro Is no greater honor awaiting
tho truo Christian thnu to compel tho
world to say that ho Is God's man. Ho
may bo n busy farmer, a mechanic,
or a day laborer, a railroad president,
tho head of a great institution, or tho
proaldont of (ho United States.
Recognition by the World.
Tho man of God should bo recog
nized by others as such. Samuel wa3
known to Saul, in whut way wo do
not know cortalnly, as tho man of
God. Tho man of God must let his
light shine, but tlitamust always bo
in recognition of tho fact that light
never makes any noise in Its shlnlug.
In lotting light shine there is moro
likelihood that tho man attracts oppo
sition rather than approbation. Somo
mon hnvo proved that thoy aro men
of God because thoy havo stood alono
or in small companies, protesting
against tho evils that thoy seo tho
majority fostering. Joromlah in Jo-
rusalom, Danlol in Babylon, Paul in
AthenB, Martin Luther in Germany,
John Knox in Scotland, and others,
woro almost alono In their stand foi
God, but In tho ond tho causo for
which they stood triumphed.
An oloctric slgm in tho city of Chi
cngo reads: "Sooner or later you will
trado at tho ," and then say a,
Why not sooner?" Sooner or later
every man will want to bo a man oi
"""d Why not sooner?
Wool crepes are about the most
Worth whllo novelties in dress goods
for summer wear. They fill much the
samo placo a3 wool challio and nun's
veiling, being soft, light In weight and
durable. But tho crepo surfaco Is
prettier than a plain surface. The
crepes come in all colors 'and aro
used for negligees in fancy shades
and for afternoon, evening and home
gowns.
This fabric is really elegant looking.
It runs about forty Inches wide and
Is sold at 75 cents a ynrd, or even less.
It does not tako much reckoning to
find that an ordinary dress requires
less than flvo dollars as an Invest
ment for materials.
The novel afternoon dress shown in
tho picturo is made in ono piece, al
though the bodice and skirt are 'cut
separately and mounted on a light
underbodlco of thin muslin- This
bodice is made separately and fitted
to tho figure, extending below the
waist lino. Tho back portion of tho
crepo bodice is cut to extend over tho
shoulder and is joined to the front
portion several inchs below the
shoulder seam In the underbodlco.
The front portion Is cut out nt. iho
sides In bolero Jacket effect and Is
fulled Into a belt at tho waist line in
front and at tho seams below tho
shoulders. Tho short belt across tho
Tho experienced traveler soon
learns to travel "light" or, in moro ex
plicit terms, to tako along as llttlo
luggage as possible. Going on a sight
seeing journey requires somewhat dif
ferent outfitting from going on a visit.
But ono must be prepared to meet
emergencies In either case. For tho
tourist a hand bag nnd a good-sized
suit caso will carry about all that
the slght-seer needs, unless it is that
everlasting problem, tho extra hat.
And tho parcel post or express com
panies will look nfter that.
Blouses and bodices aro mado of
such sheer materials that a good sup
ply of them takvs up little room.
Wash silk, pongee, und crepo do chlno
blousc3, made in plain tailored styles,
aro to bo relied upon for wear while
traveling. Fancier blouses of chiffon
or laco will bo needed, but ono or
two of them will servo for thoso oc
casions that require something moro
dressy than the tailored blouse.
An elegant, now model In crepo de
chluo is shown in tho illustration,
strictly tailored and suitable for wasli
ailk or pongee. It 1b finished with
a turnover collar and turned back
cuffs. Tho seams aro sot together
with hemstitching, which is a decora
tive feature on waists of this kind. A
llttlo pocket nt tho side and white
buttons with black rims complete tho
smart design. Similnr waists in pon
geo aro brightened with brilliant red
or green buttons, or with buttons bor
dered with black like thoso on tho pic
tured waist.
Besides these, thoro aro tho waists
of plain vollo having small tucks and
a llttlo strong laco UBed In their con
struction. They withstand wear und
OS- as well ca silk fabrics and aro
For the Tourists' Wear I
rr -iirTmi mT sTr in qimhitit i mm mi mi imn unii inim n win iiinrarpsr" mr TnT
front Is braided with soutacho braio,
matching tho crepe in color. A shortl
belt braided In the same way extends!
across tho back.
Tho waist is cut with a V opening,
at tho neck in front and standing turn
over collar at the back. This collar
is faced with black satin, which Is
decorated at the edge with a pattern
put ou with sand-colored soutacho
braid. Guffs of the crepo aro cut with,
a turnover upper edge which Is also
faced with black satin and finished;
at tho edge with tho soutacho braid,
as on the collar. A separate stock of
black satin with Hat bow in front fin
ishes the neck.
Tho dress fastens with flat pearl
buttons down tho front. Covered but
tons made of black satin might b
used to good advantage In placo of
the pearl. A shaped piece set on at
each side carries a llttlo 'pocket.
Machine stitching with silk like the
crepe In color makes a decorative fin
ish at the scams.
It requires about five yards of dou
blo width goods for this 'dress, so that
tho crepe and the satin cost not more
than four dollars, leaving a sufficient
balance to pay for the buttons, braid:
and silk thread, and also for tho bit
of thin muslin that makes tho under-bodice.
excellent for tho tourist.
For a dressy waist n good mode,
mado of net and Bhndow lace, it
shown in tho picture. Tho body is ot
net with border of lace at each side of
tho front, and sleeves of lace. These
are finished with hemstitched cuffs.
A standing collar at the back Is made
of the lace with scalloped edge and1
wired to hold Its position.
Narrow black velvet ribbon Jb used1
in a band about tho neck and nround
tho cuts. At tho neck it fastens at
ono side with hook and eye. Small Jot
buttons complete the design, to which
it- is easy to add a color note by
basting in n figured ribbon below the
lino of tho bust.on tho underside of
tho not.
A littlo garment thnt Is likely to
prove a friend in need is pictured in
the knitted waistcoat of wool yarn. It
is 8leovoless and shaped to fit the fig
ure, reaching to tho waist line at the
back and a llttlo below In front. It ia,
in fact, a vest to bo worn under the
suit coat when tho weather demands
it. Ite-cnforccd with this cozy llttlo, af
fair tho suit coat will do duty for a.
henvler ono and lighten the tourist's'
baggage by that much.
JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
Flattened Flowers.
Flowers that look as If they had'
been pressed as wo used to press'
flowers and leaves when wo wore
childron trim all tho newest bato.
They are placed between layers of
chiffon or crepe which form tho
brims of hats, or aro applied flat
against tho Bides of the crown, but
whfrover thoy aro found they are
most effective. In all the paste
shades aro they to be had.