USE OF CAVALRY IN BATTLE
Roman and Greek Charioteers Were
Formidable Foemen German Tribes
6lsdalned the Saddle.
VUfl'VUI W VIVf MP
In the old days when the Kminns
and Greeks fought furious bnttl'-s, the 1
, l ..I., t , .1..,.,,. In ..II .11. I
lection, hurled their Jnvollns, and hy
the dlu mid clutter of liorsfs and
wheel comnionly throw the rntiks of
tlie enemy Into (Unorder, mid. making
their wny umong the squadrons of the
enemy's cavalry, leaped down from
their chariots and fought on foot. The
charioteers thon withdrew, little hy
little, from the fight, and placed thulr
chariots In sut-fc a way that if they
were hard pressed they could readily
retreat to their q,wn side. Thus In bat
tle they afforded the mobility of cav
alry with the Headless of Infantry.
Dally practice enabled them to pull Up
their horses when going at full speed
on rt steep slope, or run out on the
pole and stand on the yoke, and to get
nimbly back Into the chariot.
With tlio Introduction of cavalry In
the later Iron ago came larger horses,
but their use for this purpose seems to
have been restricted to Isolated areas.
There Is no doubt that the west Ger
man tribes', as late as the campaign of
Caesar In Gaul, used only the shugcy
pony. It Is said In cavalry actions they
held It disgraceful and slothful to use
any kind of saddle, nnd instead of
charging in squadrons they dismounted
and fought on foot. As far as England
Is concerned, the art of riding seems to
have been Introduced by the Normans.
The Saxons appear to have been but
Indifferent horsemen.
EDGAR FLAELLEEand CATHERINE LEXON in tUe
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NOT A FEMININE ATTRIBUTE
Idea That Skirts Especially Pertain to
the Weaker Sex Is Complete
f , ly Misleading.
if there Is one thing presumably cer
tain Uti tills earth, In the opinion of
most of fls, It Is that skirts are essen
tially fefiflfilne, and that the special
feature of masculine attire Is a bifur
cated garment. But nothing Is further
from the truth. To this day the ma
jority of the male efonient of the hu
mini race, so far as ff wears clothes
at all, Is skirted. And' fa' past times,
not so very long ago, n gown down
to the feet was the correct Vv'ertr of re
spectability In civilized JfnYope. An
anecdote told of St. Louis, king of
Prance, Illustrates this well. That
monarch was the stoutest of warriors,
it man wljpm no one knowing anything
about would dream of accusing of be
ing effeminate, hut on one occasion he'
seriously offered to exchange costumes'
with a richly dresseil female relative
who hud blamed him for wearing the
unpretentious garments lie usually af
fected, which she said were unsulted
to a king. Hnt she thought his gown
was too plain for her, so declined the
offer. Now, It Is Impossible to imag
ine a man like Louis even suggesting
such a thing If the dress of men nnd
women hart not been practically lden
1lcal, except tor war and hunting. In
deed a glance tit old pictures confirms
this Impression.
WAR TAUGHT HIM SOMETHING
Returned Doughboy Convinced, Arfldng
Other Things, That There Is Lfttfc
Gained In Kicking.
"There nre thousands of returned'
Holdlers to whom the war was n splr:
ltual university," snjw Maude Knd
ford Warren, In Everybody's. "They
havo won an unddrstnndlng and n
tolerance beyond their years. The best
example I know Is my friend Sidney,
nged twenty-two, and endowed through
tlio hnrd menus of shot and shell with
a maturity beyond his years.
" 'At home,' Sid snld, 'I used to kick
If things didn't go right. Well, sitting
around in the mud over here I have
begun to think n lot about some of
( the older people 1 know. , They take
things Just os they come, I notln:
don't kick much. Life seems to teach
them thnt. . Well, the war strikes ui"
ns Just a lot of concentrated life. It's
been that to mo. nnyhow.. If ever I
kick, It's sort of from force of habit.
I honestly don't want to very much. I
let the bad luck go with a grin, and
If not, with set teeth, and I try uot
to count It at nil. Tlio good luck' I
count ns clear velvet. It may not
ho n logical way of looking at life, but
It's a practical way. Silting here ln
the mud nnd getting old myself, T il;;.
ure that Is about the way the nice
middle-aged people I know at homlc
' . look lit tilings. Being a good sport ls
about as good a tliliig as anyone cah
contribute to the world.'"
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Mauritius.
Mauritius, the home of tho dodoes
In tho political limelight, or so It
would appear from tho announcement
thnt the Bordeaux chamber of com
mcrco has requested tlio French gov
ernment to enter Into parleying with
Britain with a. view to restoring' for
mer Frnfch supremacy. Since the.j.
dodo Is eXtlnct. It "ill be footfe nccu
1 rate- to speri'k of Mauritius A's once
the homo of iMt now almost fanufcrtis I
j creature. MnnYIMtis was onco known"
ns Cerne. u iinirto which It Is snld to
I have derived' from clenns the dodo.
I or, more unroniiintlrnliy. the ground
i pfceon. Portuguese. French. Dutch.
and British have all been connected
with the history of Mnwrftlus. It was
discovered by the Portuguese. It was
French for 100 years and then British.
It became' British In 1814 bnt during
the Frencli' Jferolutlon it had1 served
as a refuge for many emigres to whom
tho Kmerald isle1 of the Indian ocean
was known ns tfio scene of Bcrnadln
do St. Pierre's "Pint! et Vlrglnlo." In
size It equnls nboiif the eighteenth part
of the area of Knglhnd and Wnles.
Detour When Necessary. J
Many people llatly rclitse to. take de
tours. The consequence-' Ik they re
main right where they are. Klthcr
they do not possess the necessary pa
tience anil energv or they have nn In
flated notion Hint they can dlsregnrtl
life's laws. Of course yon can alt i
.down and fossilize wherever you want'
to so long ns you don't IihjkmH' thej
progress of other. But people' whirl
wnnt to get on In life take the detours-j
and make the most of them. They 1
are no fonder of life's grades anil dan-!
gerorw illte'ies than other people, hut
they want to get somewhere. So they
retikc the venture. And when they
leYj the'r eyes and ears open, and
l keep confol of their progress there is
.Utile danger of falling In sale con
duct. Meanwhile they are adntitlng
th omselvos to circumstances and get
tin, ' a grip on the world. They are
leai aing how tho people who always
llve on the detour have to struggle to
gef nlong. The knowledge will Ims
helnft l I" Ihe days that are to be.
How Sardines Are Taken.
Sardines are taken In a peculinr
way. A small-meshed net made of
very Hue blue thread Is dropped Into
the water astern of a rowing boat.
Two men pull the boat steadily along,
-while a, third stands up and throws
bait on each side of the net.
As the sardines try to pass through
rhe meshes to roach the bait they nre
caught by . the gills. Every now and
again the men "haul in." detach the
entangled flsh, then cast out the net
once more. Sometimes nnumy as Ave
or six thousand fishes per day are thus
taken, and tho catch brings Idgh prices.
But the value of tues,e is discounted
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III "so.
by the growing cost of halt. For' riWs"
purpose suited cods' roe Is used, ft
has to he obtained from Norway, and
the price rises continually. The sar
dine does not mind this. Helng some
what of an epicure. It Insists upon
cods' roe or nothing.
Cost him what It may, the Breton
fisher must bait with cods' roe or he
will get no sardines.
ONE OF WAR'S MASTER MINDS
Ants That Plant
A species of tnts living on the seral
arld plains of Texas cultivate areas of
grass about their dwellings. On the
cultivated space-, which may have an
area' of ten to fifteen feet, only one
kind of grass Is allowed to grow, and
It Is said that the seeds of this gross
are planted' by the ants. Uouds are
laid ottf regularly, radliiling from the
bill across the plain, and the shoots
of undesirable plants are promptly
nibbled off as- fast as they appear
among the crops. When the- harvest
of the protected grjss Is ripe the ants
collect the seeds and convey them
aloilg a radiating highway to the little
rooms In their1 hills. Interesting and
wonderful is the economy of these
tiny Insects. They may, when the col
onies n large and numerous enough,
do considerable damage to grain in
Ileitis where their mounds- are reared
nnd the clearings made.
Hope for Poet6..
The world's literary circles are con
siderably wrought up at present over
a Chinese ioet who wrote his verses
3,000 years ago and who; therefore, Is
now a long time dead.
This should encourage- all living
poets. In order to be poets- they must
he poor and suffer the .rebuffs of crude,.
heartless editors, but think of the
linpplness It must be to know that
one will be remembered' 000 years
after one Is dead.
Britain Owes Deep Debt of Gratitude
to Patrick Ouinan,.of Whom
Little fs known.
One of the most vital nnd at the
samo tlm& mysterious figures In the
war on the British side' was Patrick
Quinan, nn American of Irish descent.
Vital because he planned' all' tlie great
munition works which enabled' Great
Britain to supply not only hor' own
but her allies' needs In munitions;
mysterious because his riame was
never allowed to be mentioned during
the war and because he w"ould never
bo Interviewed.
Mr. Quinan reached .England by way
of South Africa. Trained at du Pont's,
he went to the South African Explo
sives compnny at Cape Town, then the'
largest In the British empire, owing to
the demand for explosives for mining
purposes. The vast factories laid out
In England during the war now some
what of a white elephant, ns their
conversion to peace purposes Is still'
unsettled were- all designed by Mr.
Quinan-.
Quinan Js just over 10 years of age.
and sincethe close of the war has dis
appeared. Ills name was never In any
"honor list" which is rather a dis
tinction these times. lie was never
given any public recognition by any
member of the irovernment or the
army. Still no one man did ns much
to hejp win the war as this retiring
Mr. Qulnno.
MISSED THAT DAY OF REST
TOANK KEENAN
Presents 1
"THE WORLD API aftk 'E"
ASS! FV.v SMH'e fn Mrr H-rfSSfc :"de himelf fmOU,
Lost Honors MaQellanWon.
An nstroloirer denrlved ltu.v Fnleiro
the famous Spanish astronomer, of
sharing Joint honors with Ferdinand
Magellan In the discovery of the Pa
clflc ocean nnd the straits of Magel
inn. lie had Joint contract with Ma
gellan from Charles V under whi;h the
twn wore to hnve one-twenty-ilfth of
,the clear profits of tho journey as Well
as governorship of nil the lands dis
covered on the trip, with the rank of
ndelantados. This was to be theirs
for life and Hieji Jutnded down to their
neirs rorever. ueiore me nine w bum
itip friifnlrn hud his horoscono enst
Th(! astrologer said that this told him
the trip would ho fatal, and Falelrn
stayed behind when Magellan and his
five ships sailed from Seville Spain.
Was Variety the Spice of Her Llfe7
Tt is commonly thought that a very
long series of names Is reserved for
kings and the sons and daughters of
kings. We have frequently exclaimed
over the seven names with which King
George's eldest son. Is afflicted, or the
former crown prince, for thnt matter.
But probably the longest name In the
world is nttnchetl to a mero inunury
man's daughter, Sho was born In 18S3
nnd her parents, surely from n sense
of the ludicrous, gnvu her u name for
every letter In tho alphnbet, to-wlt:
Anna Bertha Cecelia Dlann Emllj-
Fanny Gertrudo Hypatla Inez Jane
Kntherlno Louisa Maud Nora Ophelia
Patlenco Quince Rebecca Surah Ter
esa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenoplion
Yetty Zeus Pepper. What will Miss
Pepper do when It comes to finding
new names for her own future fuui
Tim Hllhy Naturally Dissatisfied at
His Loss of That Much-Prized
"Vacation."
"Nnw, I don't think Tlmmy'H bo'
staying long on this new job he's took
up wld" snld Mrs. Ilerllhy. " 'Tls too
Imml fer him. Sure he gets no rlst
nt nil from Monda' mornln' till Satur
da' night, and 'tis not what the man's
used to;."
MHe hns his Sundays to rlst In,"
hazarded the caTfer, boldly.
'An" what o' thnt?" snld Mrs. Her
lihy, "On Sunda's he hns to go to
church, an' takr the- children to their
grandninma's an'' visit wid hls.cooslns
an'' all 'tis no- ristr at alt."
"'T'was wan- day out of Ivery fort
nit he Had' wld'the-ould job, wa'n't It?"
queried the- cnller:
'Tt was," sold Mrs. Ilerllhy, "an
'twas a grand vacation he had. I'd
save ivory bit o' tlie wnshln,' an' he'd
wring It out fine, an' hang It on the
line for me; thin He'd saw n' shpllt
wood enough to last till' the nlxt vaca
tion day, nn' lle'ib bnte- Ivery mat In
tho house- nn'' shine up the faucets
nn' tlie b'ller. an' wash the wtndys,
an' there'd always- be- some llttje ex-
thru help, drlvin' nans- or two use, ne
end give me.
"An' whin he'd' go to his bed nt night
he'd nlver fall to say to me, 'Well
Cella, my vncation day Is over, but I
feel like It's mnde me ready to go
hack to wurrk to-morrer," he'd say."
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