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TREAT CAPTIVE GERMANS KINDLY French Generous to Prisoners De spfte Brutal Course of Enemy. ARE GLAD TO BE OUT OF IT Sight of Long American Columns De. stroys Hun Hopes of Victory Live Like Happy Family In Prison Camp. With the American Forces In France. Franco knows that her prisoners In Germany nro treated badly, but Ger wnn prisoners arc trentcd bumnncly nnd even generously In French pris ons just the same, writes Don Martin In the New STork Herald. I nuked nn olllccr In charge of a French prison camp why this Is, nnd he shrugged Ms shoulders and said merely: "Ah 1" Unless one could seo the gesture accompanying the monosyllable he would hnrdly know what meaning to attach to It It really meant: "Oh, what's the uso of being bru tal to Individuals just because sonic ono else Is? We wish we could, but wo can't." I have Inspected several prisons, sonic largo and some small, and In every ono I have found tho Germans treated quite as well as civil prisoners In normal times and In many Instances bettor. Ofllcers are not humiliated In any way. In fact they receive better treatment, a strnngcr would think, than they nro really entitled to. Prisoners Live Happily. On a low bill about 1,000 feet from n mnln road of Franco stands n prison Ave low wooden buildings suEround cd by two barbed wlro fences, with nrtned pickets nlwnys patrolling out side. Hero aro 200 Germans, many of them prisoners taken In the early bat tlo of tho Sommc, but some .taken more recently. They nro nil privates and constitute as happy a family as one could find whero pcrsonnl liberty Is the ono thing desired and denied. Tho Germans stood nt their barbed fences hours nt a time and watched the endless lino of soldiers. When it was tho blue of Franco thnt was mov ing past tho Germans worG not particu larly Interested. They had seen that for years. They know Franco always has had an endless lino of everything needed for war. But when they saw tho khaki of America filing or rolling by for n whole day nnd then for an other, and heard tho muddy shufllo of feet through tho night, there was n chango In tho dull expression of those German eyes. It was at this time that I went to tho prison to lcarn-what they thought of what they had Been. First It should be stated that theso prisoners sea Httlo of recent developments in the war. They must form their opin ions from ruch fragments of conversa tion as they hoar from their keepers READY FOR A CHARGE Theso French grenadiers are pre paring for a rnld on tho German lines. WHY GUYON FIGHTS TMs .French Poilu Is Regular Flfe-Eater. Brit's Taken Prisoner and Horribly Abused by Huns, Escapes to Toll Story. Paris. Guy on's u regular Are-eater, He has been cited six times, no wears b crolx do guerre and a mednlllo d'hon neur, Ho captured a German mitrail leuse single-handed. Ho went out alone tn No Man's Land to bring back .a wounded cbmrado. He's been wounded Wmdelf four times. When he la back of tho lines, off duty, he helps a y, M. 0, A. secretary hand out writing paper to his com rades 7n o, foyer du soldat. But U Jtin't active enough for him, Slnqo August, 1014, ho doesn't seem to need to rest. When ho Isn't In tho trenchos he worlss oft Mn surplus energy cuss ing out tho way the wur Is run be- and from, what they sec, as, for In stance, from the long, long llho of Americans, tho first they had scon. In this particular prison tho new comers had brought the news sltuntlon up to early spring, but as for tho big offensive tho prisoners know only thnt there probably would bo one. Americans Surprise Germans. When I psked If there was a German among the two hundred who could speak English, a good looking young man, with a typical Teutonic mustache, red cheeks, n glow of health, was call ed out. Ho stepped Into my presence tike an automaton, clicked his heels to gether nnd saluted tho French captain. Ho told mo ho was a private; that ho has a home In Lucerne, Switzerland; that he fought eight months, but wns never wounded ; that ho Is In tho whole sale dry goods business In Kerlln, nnd Hint ho does business with John Warm maker, Marshall Field and Stern Brothers. "What do you think of all tho Ameri cans you have Boon pnsr ng here recent ly?" I asked him. "I havo seen many Americans," he BLASTS KAISER'S HOPE OF VICTORY as- Italian Invents Canned Lightning Capable of Destroying Trenches of Enemy. TERRIBLE ENGINE OF DEATH Clalmed Invention Could End War In Thirty Days and Allies Could March Unchallenged Into Berlin. . Tests Prove Its Value. Home. Tho kaiser's dream of vic tory and world supremacy may bo blasted out by "canned lightning," a terriblo death engine Invented by an Italian scientist. Dazzling swords of Jiro, moro ueawy man are niguest ex plosives, followed by annihilating ex plosions, nro capable of destroying en emy trenches with ono blinding Aash, according to his claims. Mine sweep ers equipped with this dovico could Aro mines thousands of! yards distant. On tho land, "canned lightning" could bo used to form a most successful bar rage and could wlpo out tho defenders of Gorman trenches with unerring cer tainty. Tho scientist is credited w(th hav ing discovered a means of concentrat ing and reflecting electric rays In such a manner as to produces the results de scribed. It Is reported that this In ventor has proved to representatives of his government that electric cur rent can bo concentrated and directed In rnys. Testa Held on Banks of Tiber. In describing tho results of theso tests, held on tho banks of tho historic Tiber, F. H. Itandall, writing In the Illustrated World, says that the scientist was asked to burn through n three-Inch plank of hardwood. In nn Instant, the writer says, tho plank wns seared and broken as If It had been broken by lightning. Officials then asked tho scientist to explode two bombs, one hidden along tho bank of tho river and the other In tho bed of tho stream. Within ten minutes tho bomb along the bank ex ploded. It required a much longer lime to explode tho other bomb, but this too, was Anally accomplished. Tho entire outAt used by the Inventor wns placed on a single small barge. An approximate Idea of tho power of tho arcing electricity may lie ob tained by watching an electric furnaco at work. It wlli cut tho hardest steel like putty. To Hash such a llamo through an aeroplane, submarine, bat tleship or a trench would lenve a to tal wreck. Mines placed In the North sen by tho Germans could be elim inated, and mine sweepers could de stroy nu or tnose nwucn terrors of tno. sea located within thousands of yards' of tho ship. In n graphic description, Mr. Band- cause ho Isn't in active service ovory minute. , There aro n lot of nollus like Guyon. Get them ten kilometers back of the front and they growl nnd roar all day. Put them In the trenches and you sim ply can't hold them lu. Probably a story lies back of most of them Just as ono explains Guyon. When the war broke out Guyon hud Just married. Ho nnd his wlfo were living In a Httlo town up near tho Bel glan border. Of courso he was cnlled and left for tho front For more than a year ho did not hear from his wlfo not a word. At last he received a let ter from her, mailed In Paris. . She bad been taken prisoner at the time of tho invasion and deported in to Germany, After a year of horrible suffering nnd abuse, sho escaped into Holland and got back to Franco by way of London, At last sho reached Parh) and went to work In a munitions factory, whero sho Is still working. Guyon told his' story to tho Ameri can Y. M. 0, A. secretary with typical French calmness, nis fury against the Bodies ho puts into action In the front line. said. "I wns surprlecd that you have so ninny In France." Another pririouor, less prepossessing! in appearance than the 3rst, was asiisd aoout things in general. He snoKo English poorly. - "I live in Berlin nnd work in a brink? but was In tho war for two years. When tho war Is over I am go't.jgfo Switzerland .to live. I would go fo! America, but they don't like Germans" over there any more." U,' "Why aro you going to lenvo'.Ger mnny?" ;? '-J", For an answer there was a shrugof. shoulders and n half scowl, half "mile., "Aro you satisiteii nerov , ..... ..... .. . . ' . "its a lot oottcr man uemg ni,,a grave, whero a lof of them arc." , -0-0-0--0-CO0-0-0Q-0-0 TAXICAB DRIVERS KNIT BUT THEY ARE WOMEN Cleveland, O. One of tho least surprising thing to bo seen on tho streets of Cleveland now Is a taxicnb driver calmly sitting In a taxi nt Its stand, purling nnd dropping, while box nnd sweaters develop before your ycs. But the drivers are girls, for Cleveland Is rapidly getting a largo proportion. of its day drivers from tho other sex.'! -o-o-o-o-o-co-o-o-o-o-o-o nil pnlnts a plcturo of what would happen with this machino In nction. Every enemy airplane or any Aect of them would fall to earth, a crumpled wreck. At tho touch of a button, n bolt of electricity would suddenly shoot forward with Incredible speed. A few senrrod parts would bo all that was loft of what had been a soaring airplane c few minutes before. A scout could lurk with his deadly weapons, connected with the goner-' ntors and concentrators behind the lines, In shell holes or craters In "no man's land." When the enemy, charged ho could sweep tho whole lino as It passed, annihilating each succes sive wave of advancing Germans. Mr. IJnndnll says that ho can't say that this has been done or will bo done, but he don't dare to suggest that It cannot bo accomplished. Light, heat and rnys of other kind can bo reflected. , no concludes by saying: "Onco this problem is solved there will bo no war. If tho allies were pos sessed of equipment that would permit tho arcing at a dlstanco of powerful ploctrlc currents, tho war would bo1 won In 80 days and allied troops would bo marching unchallenged into Ber lin" 4 GOT 84 LETTERS FROM HOME They All Came at Once to a United States Soldier Now Serving In France. ' Dallas, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. 1. N, Woods, received a letter from their son, Laird Woods, recently, and In l( ho stated thnt he had Just received his Arst mail since arriving In France. Tholmall consisted of 84 letters nnd six packages. Young Woods together with several other Company L boys ol this city, were left behind in a hospital in Now York when tho Oregon troopi sailed for France, and ho sailed on a Inter date but never caught :up with tho regiment. He wns Anally assigned to a com puny In tho old Montnna Natlona Guard and is serving with that regt ment somewhere near tho Aghtlnj front in France now. "NO CHILDREN"' RULE BANNED Landlords In Seattle Are Appealed tc to Remove Signs From Their Buildings. Senttle, Wash. "No Children Al lowed" signs must be removed by Se attle landlords from their properties, according to J. W. Spanoler, vice pres ident of the Seattle chamber of com merce. He has issued' an appeal to rooming house proprietors, .hotel men nnd owners of rental properties, de claring that owing to the scarcity of quarters for shipyard workers anil others engaged In, war work the situ ation In this city Is becoming alurmlng. keepsakTg Oklahoma Man Gives Up Gold Piece He Has Carried for Thirty Seven Yrs. Tulsa. Okla. "1 have, (11 rl'hwl Mil a gold niece with mo for thirtv .HA Villi years, and I havo resisted huneir .n.i temptation to spend it, nnd have al ways Kept it as a treasure. However. Uncle Sam needs It now, and I willing- !' let It KO SO it Will holn ti hrlm vln- tory to tho American arms," This was tho statement of V. H, Martin of this city as ho deposited a $10 gold plenum the post ofllco win dow and asked for somu baby bonds. 1 Fine Cotton Crop. Now Orlenns, La. Boports from practically overy section of tho South Indicate tho yield of cotton win hA heavy this season. Tho stnplo selling nt around 3Q cents a pound In the seeding season stimulated planting, notwithstanding tho fact that In many localities a plea was made for tlio planting o: moro food and feed crops Practical Garb There are middles, smooks, sweaters and coats for outdooring, that Is, for all sorts of sport and recreation wear. And their comrades are 'skirts, bloom ers or breeches, according to the sort of service to bo required of them. For tennis nnd golf, skirts that will wash again nnd again and come out as fresh and unfnded as when they were new, have not been rivaled as yet by bloom ers or breeches for some other sports, skirts nro a thing of the pnst. With these washable skirts plain blouses are worn nnd swagger little coats made of summer flannel, sergo or other ma terials and, of course, sweater or sweater coats. The coat's tho thing this year, that has almost absorbed tho attention of those who 'specialize In designing sport clothes. And It has been presented In a variety of new styles so that when It Is slipped on over n skirt and blouse It tones up the cos tume, lending It neatness. Sleeveless coats of satin nnd velvet were among these now ldens nnd have proved them selves successful. Among now nrrlvnls Caprices and Conceits in Veils ' Why 'tho vuilV Merely masculine minds will novr figure out the answer although they will havo the rest of time to ponder the question. Veils were and nro and will continue to be. Thoy aro a strictly feminine Institution nnd whether they are wpni to add charm to tho face or to cull attention to charms already there, or for some other reason, these aro mysteries only the veiled lady can solve for us. But they make opportunity for capricious ornamentation and for variety two very good reasons for tho loynlty with which women favor thorn. Now fnco veils this summer tiro near ly all woven with. a largo mesh; the hexagon-shaped mesh appears to bo best liked. Two examples of this par ticular weave aro shown at the left of the picture, They aro circular and float about the face. The veil at the trip Indulges tn the caprice of little and big chenille dots and little pasted-on velvet leaves, all of them dancing In nil the wayward wandering breezes they chance to meet, A few dots splat tered over n lovely chin, mnke us think twice of its delicious curves. A silk scroll wanders In tho most aimless and happy-go-lucky way over (ho veil ,be low, but It Just misses the eyes und Just hits a rery alluring pair of lips, which goes to prove that a veil should ba taken svrbvifily nnd adjusted with euro. At the left appears tho "war bride" voll one of tho small consolations al lowed to the srl whose sweetheart Is away in tho service of Ids country. "It is of navy bluo chiffon and la draped about a jmvy Wuc or uuvy bliio and white turbun. This ono Is finished with a narrow silk fringe, but most of for Outdooring the simple but swagger little coat shown In the picture, need not fear comparison with coats of moro costly goods It has some points of advantngo over them. It Is made of summer flan nel In any of the gay bright colors and touched up with white In pearl buttons, plquo collar and arrow-head flnlsh of pockets. Just tho skirt for this coat Is shown with It. It Is of heavy white plquo and fastens at the middle of the front whero a row of white penrl buttons An Ishes the overlapped seam. There aro any number of sport hats that will top off this practical and pretty out fit. But its youthful wearer has chosen a tarn of white corduroy, ono of the "blue devil" models that embodies much dnsh. Its long tnssel matches the coat In color. Where something more dlgnlAed Is needed, for nn older woman, one of the coconut braids In white embroidered with yarn or silk flowers against the crown, would make' a good choice, nnd there Is the perennial Panama with handsome band or scarf that belongs to nil summers. them are simply hemmed. Thoy aro probably destined to a short-lived pop ulurlty but they are very charming. Veils should bo tried on and selected carefully as hats are, for some faces look best under a plain, close mesh without llgures. Scrolls or dots or oth er figures lu front of tho eyes, nro never pleasing; they look and aro un comfortable. The Isabella' Color. Once a Spanish priucess Vowed not to change her lingerie till a certain war was won, and as that took many months, tho result was that fashion able Spanish ladles of the time, who looked to this princess for leadership In the matter of dress, soon came to adopt a yellowish-brown sort of linen for their 'kerchiefs, tuckers, wimples and other slmllnr apparel, The prin cess' naino was Isabella, and thlo fashionable shade was known as Isa bella color, nnd one occasionally heiirs this name applied In Paris even to this day to a sort of yellowish-brown thnt really does look like linen thnt hail been dedicated to a laundryless existence. Although wo have hud every shade of lingerie, we havo not yet had this color. Tho next thing to it. and. something thnt surely wouldn't appeal to all womankind, Is tho new lingerie of nickel-gray that has been nut on the shelves of ono or two of tho exclusive women's shops. There lu a complete set of this gray under wear In cropo de chine. Salvation a Gift By REV. J. H. RALSTON, D. D. Secretary ot Correspondence Department, Moody Dible Institute, Chicago TEXTAnrt 1 civo unto them etorna," life-John 10:23. Jesus Christ said that ho had comi- Into this world that men might huv- eternal life. Tin bestowal of cter nnl life was therefore, th. purpose of lili coming. , A cer tain young mat . asked, "Good sli what must I dj; to Inherit eterna life?" Christ's dls ciples had eomt conception of eten nal life for thej. said" to Jesus, "Thou hast tlu words of eternn). life." What is eternal life? Jesus himself gave an answeii in his great Intercessory prayer, "And this Is life eternal, that they might know thee, tho only true God, nnd Jesus Christ whom thou hnst ecntl" With the ordinary student of the Bible, the idea of eternal' life Is n llfo of endless- duration, tho word "eternal" being made synonymous with "ever lasting." But eternal life is not alto, gether n question of duration but o quality. The (proper conception on eternal life embraces both quality and quantity. Terms of inherent value and. time measurement must be in mind. The man who possesses eternal Ufa then has something that is far raised above anything that the earth has to offer. It Is a -life that may, be realized this side of death and lias Its thou sands of illustrators In all the world nnd among all classes of persons-wlth- out respect to age, race, pecuniary condition, education or social stand ing. Now the question arises, presuming the mnn does not possess this eternal life. How Is he to get It? The rich, young ruler thought It was by doing something to inherit It, or rather merit it. Probably the vast majority of people have that Idea. It is thought man must do something to win eternal life, ns a kind of trophy of his efforts or mnke himself a worthy recipient of It. "Unfortunntely, the nobility of man. Is often appealed to, as If man had something of merit to offer God. Pre cisely the opposite Is tho situation. Man must come to the place whero ha will see his utter helplessness and ac cept salvation us a gift. Man Is not in a position to have eternal life offered to him, and to ac cept it or reject it, as In any true sense nn equal of the offerer. He Is. not .In a position to deal with God His standing before God Is one of. hopeless need. He stands before GoL as one guilty, unworthy and hell-de serving. The only thing that he can. do Is to look upon God as offering to. him solvation out of his mercy. The comparison of eternal life with what the best man could do to merit It would be ridiculous. Some conclu sion might be readily arrived nt with respect to what eternal life means in. this life, but ns before stated, the value of eternal life beyond is far more than man can calculate. Besides this, there is already an adequate .equivalent to eternal life- presented to man in the Inflnlte mer its of Jesus Christ himself, the Son of God, the Inflnlte one, who lived a' most mnrvelous life and died a most- wonderful death. It would seem to be something almost amounting to di rect Insult to God to make any sug-' gestlon that mnn could merit eternal life, when it is clearly proclaimed in the Word that .tcsUs Christ has al ready merited it, nnd stands offering; It to us. -As the text says, Jesus Christ gives this life, and this hecause he purchased It with a surrender of his own precious life. The Word of God emphatically nnd categorically teaches us that eternal life Is a gift. Support to our text Is. given In that remarkable saying in. Isaiah 55:1: "no, every one thut thlrsteth, come yo to tho waters; yea come, buy wine and milk- without money and without price." Certainly John 8:10, "God so loved alio world thnt he guve his only begotten Sou. that whosoever belleveth on bin? should not perish, but havo everlastlng Hfo" Is In place, as also the words of. Paul, "Tho gift of God is eternnl life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The text Itself says, "I glvo unto them eternal life." And another considera tion Is that tlioso who glvo evidence of possessing eternnl life, are those who concede thnt what they havo has. been the gift of God. This great fact of the Gospel may seem to humiliate man, but nothing Is needed more. Wo arc living in na age when men glory in their fchame. They demand notice on the ground of merit, and nothing is needed more than something to mnke man feel his. absolute dependence upon God; In deed, feel that he Is deserving only of God's wrath and tho visitation of his Judgment. Whether men think It or not, thoy are dally recipients of God's gifts. The atmosphere they breathe the sunshine, tho continuation of life, tho health they possess, are ull the gifts of God, for which man can give nothing In return. '