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NIGHT CLUBSOF LONDON British Metropolis Not So Slow and There's Always Ragtime and Tangoing After 12:30 A. M., Y’ Know. From the London Time*. There Is not so much truth as peo ple are apt to Imagine in the idea that Might clubs belong to the list of things which they do better in Paris, not to apeak of Berlin, Vienna and New York. In spite of our worship of convention and our inelastic laws the lights of London are not all turned off at half past 12, and people who want to sup and dance and dance and sup from midnight to morning In more or less Bohemian surroundings need not go to Montmartre In search of these diver sions. In gilded hall or subterranean cellar they can find all that they want within a two-minute drive of the memorial to the late Lord Shaftesbury in Plccadilly drcus. Except for occasional brief in terludes there have always been night clubs In that part of the town, and there are nights club today. But with this 4ifference. There happens Just now to fee on unusually large supply of them; and It is beginning to bo the fashion to look upon them as the last word in tospectabiltty. That is, of course, an exaggeration. They are not yet as se nate as the modem music hall. But Pome of them are moving in that direc tion. Others are not. Thirty Years Ago. Thirty years ago, In the pre-Consular -Pays of Plancus, Just about the time when he came down from tlio university with (or without) his pass degree, things were rather different. There were not so many of these clubs, and even the least disreputable were only spoken mt with bated breath by the femalo members of the Plancus family. Their existence was preparious and short lived. They were at the mercy of any cross-grained neighbor who chose to complain of them as a noisy nuisance. At eny moment they were liable to be raided by the police, either because they fell into the bad habit of electing too many members on the doorstep or for ether reasons, such as disturbances In side the club. When the bolt fell young Plancus gave a false name, and for a time spent disconsolate nights seeking late suppers and dancing and finding none. Somewhere In the early ’90s his plight during these recurring Intervals was described by a Punch rhymester In the following lines; He never dances since the law shut up His native haunt, where he could really go It, And romp the pas-de-quatre, and shout and sup— (Of course the Mayfair mothers did not know it). The New Fashion. Today, in some of the clubs &U this Is changed. The pas-de-quatre has given place to the tango. Middle aged and portly. Mr. Plancus not only pays oc caalonal visits to the successors of the Gardenia, the old Corinthian, the Alsa tians, and the rest, but takes his wife and even his daughters with him, or, If he is lazily inclined, has no objection to their being escorted there by some one else. There are three chief reasons for the i .. l ! FIRST RIVER BORN. * FYom the Youth’s Companion, ry to think of a time when the h was covered by a mass of water, steaming and often tremendously urbed by the throes of a globe ba th tt that was shrinking, because It becoming cooler. As the globe ink. every particle of the outside naturally pulled In toward the cen and the hardening crust which id not be packed any more solidly l tt was, had to wrinkle, sinking n here and bulging up somewhere . After a time, certain of theso fig wrinkles, or folds, the thicker, firmer, parts of the earth’s crust, id the strain, and became perma t ridges. The oldest of them that loglsts know, and apparently the t that bulged up above the unlver ocean and remained high and dry, the broad mass on which Canada ’ rests. It is a part of the original it of the earth, und we can see it ly, wherever it is not covered by ■er rocks or soil, Just as It crystal i and cooled out of the primeval ten material. his mass formed a broad V from irador down to Lake Huron, and ice northwestward to Alaska; oh sunt of its shape, geologists call it Canadian Shield. It is the oldest 1 known, and apparently the strong for there are no signs of any ex ilve changes in it (except the wear away of the surface) since it firBt ed the ocean off its shoulders. tt the eastern coast of this priml i continent lay a chain of lofty nds, about on the lino of the Blue go, the White mountains, the Maine st and Nova Scotia. Between tiiese nds and the mainland was a trough space that ran from eastern Que southwestward to Ohio. It was two hree hundred miles wide and filled h a shallow sea; and Just outside island chain was the great hollow t held the Atlantic ocean, ime went on. For ages the strain and cracking of the shrinking ie. earthquakes, sun and frost, nding surf, running water, blowing as, etc.—all labored to tear down mountains and carry the wreckage ■ocks and dust away into the valleys i seas. In this way vast masses of k, in layers of shales, sandstones and tt not. were laid down in that nar f, trough-like sea between the chain stands and the continent. All these itmentary” rocks were soft and Ik. as compared with the solid old nttes deeply rooted on either side of n, and the trough itself, a sagging I, was a line of weakness In the st. As the load of deposits became :vler and heavier, the floor of this ugh slowly yielded, and as it sank iard the heated region below, the ler side melted, and grew thinner I thinner. 'hat could not go on forever and n the continual shrinking of the be and the enormous pressure of the tght of the ocean became irresistible. » Canadian Shield was Immovable, the rock lb the trough began to bulge crumple sal along Its length. Grad ly. not all at once, but by slow and yfng movements, those folds were leezed up, which in th&ir broken and m down form, we know as the Ap achtan mountains. Yiward the south there was room for ■ action to be rather gentle and ular, but in the far northeast the ugh was narrow, and the soft rocks re Bet on edge, overturned and intered against the solid continent, ry early in the struggle a great frac e of the earth’s crust occurred here ng a curving northeast and south »t line* It left a deep and broad s£h between the crushed and dis ced rocks of the trough and the aiite shore of the Canadian Shield, o this trench rushed all the interior ters of the continent draining away the sea aril the St, Lawrence river new fashion—the objection to being turned out of the restaurants at 12:30, the desire to do something that ap pears to be dashing, and the revival which has taken place In the art ol daneing in the last few years. A large number of the regular frequenters of the Four Hundred, Murray's, and the Lotus go to these places partly because they like dancing, as well as supping, and dance really well. All the mem bers of the Four Hundred are not a» graceful Tango dancers as Oscar and Susette, who every now and then get up and give an exhibition turn In the cleared space between the supper tables and tho band. But as a body they are better performers than are to be seen in any ordinary ball room, and their ragtime and Boston dancing Is uniformly good. At all three of these clubs. Just now the most talked of ragtime (which practically consists of very slow go-as-you-please walking skilfully executed to very fast music) is the favorite step. In tho cool white and gilt room at the Four Hundred (where the standard of daneing Is highest) it Is comparatively smooth and restrained. At Murray's, especial ly under tho spell of the negro band, it is wilder and more barbaric. In keeping with the strong rod glow, re flected on the floor from the pink and led lights, which is typical of the general atmosphere. The rattle of the drums, the clash of the cymbals, the occasional weird cries with which band and dancers accompany and accentu ate the music, are all part of the exotic excitement which it Is the general aim to produce or affect during tho dances. The same rather feverish and some times labored appearance of enjoyment characterizes the company at the Lof tus, where, however, they are not as a rule such good dancers. Soma Reflections. At all three places, certain reflec tions on this curious phase of modern amusement inevitably suggest them selves. It is all very friendly and in clined to be self conscious. Nobody wears gloves. There is no sitting out In dark corners. The dancing is prac tically continuous. Sometimes the floor—in no case a big one—is crowded; sometimes one couple have It to themselves. When the dancers have had enough for the time being they sit down at the little tables, with which the room Is closely packed, and eat or drink and talk and laugh in social groups. There is a notable scarcity of very young men, and more than a sprinkling of the middle aged and almost elderly. Otherwise, on the surface, there is little to distinguish the proceedings from what the visitor from outside, who gets himself intro duced by a member as a curious on looker, is accustomed to in his ordi nary surroundings. He (or she) will even find the prevailing respectability punctuated by a good deal of the dull ness to which all dances are liable. He will come home feeling that, hav ing gone out to see life, he has learned a thing or two about the tango. was born? There, no doubt, it will re main as long as the earth keeps its present form. At that time there was no Gulf of St. Lawrence. The land extended out to a coast line that stretched unbroken from Nova Scotia to Labrador. The present gulf ts the result of a sinking of the coast region. Most of it is very shallow, but a chart of soundings shows the ancient river bed as a channel winding out between Newfoundland and Cape Breton to the deep ocean. Explaining Accent. From Tit-Bits. At a trial between two London music publishers before the court of King’s bench in 1813, the matter In dispute be ing a violation of the copyright in the song of "The Old English Gentleman,” Thomas Cooke, a composer of some note In his day, was subpoenaed as an expert witness. On cross-examination, Sir James Scarlett questioned him as follows; "Now, sir. you say that the two melo dies are the same, but different. What do you mean by that?” Tom promptly answered: “I said that the notes In the two copies were alike, but with different accent, the one being in common time, the other in six-eight time, and conse quently the position of the accented notes was different.” “Now, pray, sir, don’t beat about the bush, but explain to the jury, who are supposed to know nothing about music, the meaning of what you call accent.” "Certainly,” said Cooke. "Accent in music is the stress laid upon a particu lar note, in the same manner as you would lay stress upon a word, for the purpose of being understood. Thus, If I were to say, ’You are an ass,’ it rests on ass; but if I were to say, ‘You are an ass,’ it rests on you, Sir James.” Shouts of laughter followed this ex planation, Silence at length having been obtained, the judge, with much gravity, inquired: “Are you satisfied. Sir James?” Sir James, who had become scarlet in more than name, in a great huff, re plied: "The witness may stand down.” A close analogue to this story is re corded by the ltev. K. Arvine, in his "Dictionary of Anecdotes”: A clergyman, on reading the 13th verse of the 13th chapter of First Kings, placed the emphasis on the words denoted by italics, rendering the verse an absurdity: "And he said un to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him ” Reform of Divorce Procedure. Mary Austin In Harper’s Weekly. What ts necessary to establish the so cial criterion of divorce, is a revision of our whole way of looking at it. It Is assumed now as an infringement of a code; it is undertaken in the same spirit and before the same tribunal as a crim inal offense. What it should be is an inquiry Into the advisability of two peo ple continuing to live together. Instead of a judge to render decisions in accord ance with law, there should be a com mission of marital welfare. Divorce is an evidence of failure to which society is an accessory, and often more culpable than either of the unhappy p£rtl,e,8*, lt is important that society should be fully informed, should not be allowed to escape complete knowledge of the cause and occasion of such failure. Social conditions tending widely to dis rupt families deserve at least as much | social consideration as the hookworm or ! the city sewers. For this reason alone, divorce should be simple, stripped of every inducement to conceal the true grounds in favor of a particular legal quibble which the par ties have agreed upon will get them oft safest with the court. Dr. Beatrice M. Victory of Philadel phia, is the first woman to win the de gree of doctor of philosophy in Ger manic at the University of Pennsyl vania^ German labor unions report an In crease in membeesnip of more than 150.000 within toe last year MOTION PICTURES SHOW REPTILES IN COMBA1 New York.—Merry comedy and acro batics of small animals, large and smal' Insects and reptiles form a remarkablf feature of motion pictures prepared by Mr. Raymond L. Ditmars, of the New York Zoological park, and shown by him at a special view in the Mecca building. The pictures will be shown first publicly at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Pome of the strange actors in this “Theater of Nature,” as the picture; are called—including vaudeville and a regular circus—play somewhat tragic but usual roles. They are eaten by others. Some of the things pictured are: | A fly seated In a chair on a crawling turtle's back, the fly balancing a com paratively huge dumb bell: a family of toads Jumping up on toadstools to watch the circus, treotoads perform ing on the horizontal bar and a king snake killing a venomous moccasin inch by inch. Dr. Ditmars explained that the king snake is by nature a sort of policeman among reptiles. Tho bite of a poisonous snake does not bother it. No motion pictures of such snake inci dents have ever been successfully taken before, and Mr. Ditmars tried it for two years before a snake would lie still and eat in the light. The circus was broken up by the ar rival of the well known polecat, from which every insect and animal fled in | terror. A film contributed by Peter Gruber, of Rochester, known as “Rattlesnake Pete,” was shown. It depicted inci dents of a rattlesnake hunt conducted by Pete, who makes a business of catching these reptiles. DISCONTENTED WIVES. (Copyright, 1314, by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) Love Is such a mystery I cannot find It out. When I think I’m best resolved, I then am most In doubt. What a pity It Is that some women do not know when they are well off. Their pood husbands provide comfortable homes; they are not stilted In their bill of fare. Their raiment Is as costly as his purse can afford. But for all that, their faces wear a discontented frown. The welcome kiss of the honeymoon days Is lacking. Sharp retorts are on the lips which once uttered only words of love. The husband wonders why, Instead of being happy as the day Is long, they are fretful, down right unhappy. The trouble with such women Is they have too much leisure time In which to fret and fume. The little housewife who rises with the dawn, filling In every hour of her time with hustling about her work, la the one who sings, Is light hearted and happy no matter how hard the tasks which she has to accomplish. The woman who Is discontented without good reason should put In a day. at least, studying the misfortunes of less fortunate women. Even the smallest villages, as well as cities, houso the miserable poor—wives who are the mothers of the houseful of children who are like the birds of the am—knowing not where the next food Is to come from. Let the discontented wife view the other woman's surroundings—the room or two which she keeps from being squalid, by delving from morning till night. The tat tered rags which cover the children and herself are at least clean. She has not an Instant to mourn over her lot or dream how the fine folk live who have cool, airy rooms, sweet, fresh clothing and bath tubs of cooling water, to re fresh their fevered bodies, airy verandas, a table loaded with appetizing food, with no fear of that gaunt specter starvation lurking about the door or the labor which Is the prlco of a crust of bread. Privation and want make the poor man's heart heavy. He sees the woman who loved and wedded him fade day by day—the burden of want and woe grow heavier. She misses his smile, but she does not add to his burdens by complaln | tng. After visiting a few homes of this kind, the discontented wife who has sc much to give her happiness must realize that she Is bringing on her own unhappi ness and causing her husband to drift from her. The man marries for sunshine and happiness. If he cannot find it at home, where on earth Is he to look for ltl For long years of happiness, wives should look on the bright side of life, allowing discontent no foothold. I -- I he oertmon oysiem. Writing In the New York Evening Post, a correspondent, well acquainted with the late Alphonse Bertlllon, draws attention to the fact that the fingei print identification scheme was no! the invention of M. Bertlllon, but, as far as its employment in police work Is concerned, was lirst used by the London police, who In turn adopted it from a similar system long employed In India. The first success of the Ber tlllon system, known as “Bertillonage,” attracted the attention of Scotland Yard, but after a trial It was discarded as being impracticable, and the Lon don police developed the finger prini system so carefully that M. Bertilior recognized its value and later embodied It In his system, making duo acknowl edgement of his debt to his English contemporaries. To Bertillon’s years of research, and patient Investigation however, must be attributed much ol the enllghtment which has proved oi such great value to the new scienct of identification. Beginning on the theory that no twc persons are Identical in every respect he set about the task of reducing tht dimensions and peculiarities which va ried with the greatest consistency t( the least possible number. Situated as he was In Paris, with every facility at his command, he realized that ii the system were to be made generally useful It would have to be reducec to such simplicity that police heads In the most remote villages could un , dorstand and apply It. The photograpl i played an important part in his searcl ■ for simplicity, and though he realiz.ee that it involved complications whict Increased the expense of the system he retained it, but depended on it as little as possible. By the process o eliminating measurements which ex pe. iment proved the least essential noting all marks of Individual slgnitl canee, such as scars, moles, deform! ties and other permanent peculiarities and then recording the 10 linger print of each subject, he brought the systen to its present state of perfection. The measurements which he tinall; adopted as essential were seven: Th length of the head from back ti front: the breadth of the head; th horizontal span of the arms extended from fingertip to fingertip; the heigh when sitting, from chair to top o head; the length of the middle finger the length from the elbow to the ti of the middle linger, and the lengt of the left foot. The color of the eye and hair, the complexion and man other details are also entered on th card, together with two photograph of the subject. Later theories of .V Bertlllon, notably tlie one deallns wit the diversity of form found In th folds and lobes of the outer ear of va rious persons and Its probable value a an aid In especially difficult case; have as yet noi Sieen embodied In th present system is It stands, howeve the Bertlllon system la an tnvaluab] aid In the luialneas of rounding u m—^ ■■■mi * lawbreaker*, and It* success ha# been such that many authorities look upon It as infallible. How Dad’s Money Spoiled His Boy. By C. F. Morris. Another gilded youth who deserted his wife and baby to run away with a silly young woman has recently come to grier at the hands of the law. “When I left college,” he explained. "I didn't have to work. Dad gave me all the money I needed. Naturally, X drifted Into had company.” If this man’s father had made him get out and go to work and earn his living, hustle his clothes and get something to take up his time, he wouldn’t be In the fix he’s In. Here and there you run across a young ster who Is Inherently strong to stand up under the handicap of too much money. They are very much like hen’s teeth. And physiologists say they have none. To my mind unequal distribution of wealth curses society at both extremes. It Is quite as much the duty of our age to prevent the ignorant rich from spoiling their offspring by a surfeit of riches as to lift from the very poor the burdens which withhold so many of their children from a hopeful start lri life. Money Is a good thing to have and it buys a great many comforts which we oil need but to hand it out in wads to the average young man to make him Idle, foolish end no good is very wrong. I once talked with John D. Rocke feller, Jr., and he told me so many of his schoolmates had gono wrong and wasted ; their lives because their fathers were ] rich and gave them too much money, i Don’t be foolish but be wise as we need all the good men we can get and be sure and Bpread out your cash In a careful way. Experience is an asset that no man can bequeath to his son. Be careful with the boys. The War’s Lessons For America. Prof. A. B. Hart, of Harvard university, is another man who has reflected on the war in Its hearings on the United States, and who has come to the conclusion that this country must adopt a new policy. : The war, ho points out, has proved that politeness, consideration and a willing ness to listen to explanations have no place In the modern military world, and that the most peaceful nation may sud denly ttnd Itself menaced by a powerful enemy. As for neutrality, It depends on the ability of a nation to defend itself. A , failure to provide for the future in na- 1 tional defense would mean ruin In the event of an attack by a strong nation. Professor Hart even goes so far as to suggest that a great war forced on the United States in its present state of un readiness would mean that “the day ol our great democracy will pass.” These and similar reflections are to be found in his new book. "The War In Eu rope.” Tt would he foolish to Ignore such con siderations. The day of Isolation Is past and whether It will or no, the United States is part of the so-called “civilized world.” It can not trade with Europe, adopt tariffs affecting Europe, hold to the Monroe doctrine In the face of European opposition, without being involved In the current of European life. The uncertain ties of that life have just been demon strated on a frightful scale. Of course, If the United States Is de cently prepared for war it will never be attacked. Nobody tries to crowd the big fellow off the sidewalk. Nobody disre gards his right. He doesn’t have to light to keep from being tramped on. But this country will not be safe from European aggression within the next 10 years unless its preparations for self de fense are regarded by the great military nations as something better "than a Joke. Some Wrong Assumptions. The assumption that the American laborer today stands where the French laborer stood before the revolution, where the English laborer stood before the passing of the first reform bill and the repeal of the corn laws, shows a lack of historical perspective. The assumption that all strikes represent an agonized protest against tyranny, an agonized appeal for injustice, is a per version of truth. The assumption that child labor in the United States is the blot upon civilization that it was in England 70 years ago, denies the duty of comparison. If the people’who write verses about "Labor Crucified” would make a table of the wages paid to skilled and unskilled workmen, from the Chicago carpenter to the Philadelphia street cleaner, they might sing in a more cheerful strain. If the people who today echo the bitterest lines of Mrs. Browning's “Cry of the Children” would ascertain and bear in mind the proportion of little hoys and girls who are going to school in the United States how many years they average, and how much the country pays for their educa tion, they migh spare us some violent invectives. Even Mrs. Robert Hunter permits himself the use of the word “cannibalism” when speaking of child workers, and this In the face of legisla tion which every year extends Its area, and grows more stringently protective. i ' “ The Refuqees. (Copyright, 1914, by Hermann Hagedorn). What cries, what crashes in the street? What riotous madness in the square? Oh, frightened heart and flying feet, Weeping mother of babes, be fleet! Flee like the doe, flee like the hare! The terrible hunter is out to slay. War, the hunter, with flaming gun! His blighting shadow la over the sun. To cover, to cover, yo hunted, run! Mother and maiden, babe and nun, Out of the house and the streets, and away! Mother, draw close the babe to your bos om. Close, close! Hide him well in your shawl! For the battle blight is on bud and blos som, And the fairest and frailest are first to fall. Father, hold fast you little son’s hand. Sister, hold fast to the sheltering arm! War, the hunter, stalks over the land. And his breath is thunder and storm. And trample of hoofs and murder and pill age, Savage eyes and the ruthless blade, A roaring forge Is the friendly village. And hands of hell are the hills where you played. Mother, hold dose the babe to your breast, And flee, flee! For the cannon are loud. Cannon to east, cannon to west! Look! Falling walls, and a cloud Of dust for a shroud O’er some one’s dearest and best. Look! Falling walls, and a spire Crumbling to earth! Look! Falling walls, and the Are, Roaring red mirth. Falling walls, Withered dreams! Cries and calls And screams! And hither and thither, stricken and bowed, [ I The surging and wailing crowd. 1 This way, that way, this way for flight! All that the years have laid on your heart i Through toil and passion and dear delight, ) Crowd on vour market-cart. ) And out, out, out of the terrible town. Out. from the smoke and the crying, I Out from the dear walls, crashing down p Over the living, the dying. r Out! And turn not for father or child. Lost in tho dark and tho ravage. > Out! Ere the golden bowl be defiled l With the thirsty lips of a savage! * Out, with your cart-load of despair, Out, with your shards of faith! 3 Out, with your old dame in her chair, * Moaning, and crying for death. * Out, out, out! and whither? Who cares? * Life is ended. Death is come. a Vain are your lifted hands, and your prayers. 3 God is fallen, God Is dumb. And we. we! We are dead. And the roads Where the neighbors go with their cart* 0 Are the roads of the ghosts In hell, and ’» the loads e They push are their broken hearta p | —Hermann Hagedorn in The Outlook TEUTONS REFUSE TO i GIVE UP SHAKESPEARE England May Give Up Wagner But Deutschland Will Always Retain Poet. New York—Codes of the Berliner Tageblatt. received in the last mall from Europe contain reports of a dis cussion In Berlin regarding whether Shakespeare’s works should be per formed there this season, in view of a report that France and England had barred the compositions of Wagner and other German composers and dramat ists. The question was raised by Max Reinhard, manager of the Deutsches theater, whose “Miracle’’ was to have been presented In New York this sea son had not the war intervened. The unanimous opinion of the prominent men consulted was that the presentation of Shakesperian plays, which have long been popular In Ger many, should be continued, and this accordingly is to be done. The present Chancellor. Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, wrote in answer to the Inquiry: “Shakespeare belongs to the whole world.” Herr von Bethmann Hollweg’s pre decessor, Prince Buelow, wrote: “Certainly In these days of awaken ing national consciousness the German theater must fulfill Its task. Kleist's ’Hermannschlacht’ (‘Battle of Her mann’), Hlbel’s ’Nizelungin,’ 'Goethe’s Goetz’ and Schiller’s ‘Wallenstein" shall have the first call and are closer to the heart sentiments of the German people. But we do not wish to give up Shakespeare. He belongs to the oldest and most beautiful conquests of the German Gelst, which, like our other mental and material possessions, we wish to uphold against the whole world. We have long annexed Shakes peare and we will not give him up. Let us leave It to our opponents to im poverish and make themselves ridicu lous by their banishment of Wagner, Goethe, Beethoven and Schiller from their countries.” Professor Max Liebermann, painter, expressed the opinion: "Shakespeare belongs to the world and you should play his works.” Professor Adolf von Harnack, mem ber of the Prussian academy of science and noted scholar of modern theology, answered: “If only all theatrical questions could be answered easily as the one you pre sented to me! Why. of course, Shakes- j peare shall he continued to be per formed and also be played now. Surely we will not renounce the great pro genitor of our German Kultur." - * -- • -- ♦ VON HINDENBURG, > ♦ GERMAN CINCINNATUS A -f -f In the German army is one general who enjoys popularity throughout the empire. He enjoys also the confidence and the best good will of men of hla own class. He is Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, General Oberst, com manderinchief of the German forces in East Prussia. If Joffre is the French Fablus of this war, Hindenburg is the German Cin cinnatus. He was at the plow when the war trumpet sounded on August 1; not literally, perhaps, but figuratively. In 1911 ho was retired at the age of 64, and for three years after had lived without military responsibility on his estate in Posen, near where he was born. Then, when the principal German armies were rushing into Belgium to ward the plains of France, there came a call to the obscure little village where General Hindenburg lived. He was or dered to take command of the kaiser’s armies appointed to meet the forces of the czar. Born in 1847, Hindenburg entered the Third regiment of foot guards as a sub altern in 1866. In the war against Aus tria he commanded a company alter the death of the captain, who was his immediate superior. At the battle of Koniggratz, with about 40 men, he took an Austrian bat tery. A few days later the emperor con ferred on him the order of the Red Eagle, wth Crossed Swords. This or der is ordinarily conferred only on ma jors or officers of higher rank. In the Franco-Prussian war Hinden burg was a captain, and took part in the storming of St. Prevat, near Metz, one of the bloodiest engagements of 1 the war, in which the German loss was | 40 per cent of those engaged. That was on August 18. Twelve days later ho was in the battle of Sedan, where he led his company in a charge. At the close of that battle Captain Hindenburg was decorated by the emperor with the order of the Iron Cross. The other day, after the battle of East Prussia. Hindenburg received his third decoration direct from the hands of the emperor. This was also an Iron Cross, but different from the one given him 44 years ago. That was made of the metal of captured French cannon and bore the figures ’70. This will bo I made of captured Russian cannon and will bear the figures T4. In 1885 he became a major and in | 1893 colonel of the Ninety-first regiment I of infantry. In 1900 he was created a major general and made commander of the Twenty-eighth division, headquar ters at Karlsruhe. In 1903 he was made a lieutenant general and placed in command of the Fourth army corps, headquarters in Madgeburg. In 1911 he was retired by the war council and the emperor. With his recent appoint ment to lend the German troops against the Russians he was advanced to the rank of general oberst (over general), a rank between that of general and field marshal. Evolution of Modern Trade. From the National Magazine. In a jewelry store more than 50 years ago, John Wanamaker was buying a present for his mother with a few dol lars of his earnings. “I’ll take that,” he said, pointing to a dainty Jewel, and handing out the cash a little proud ly. As he spoke, he saw another shiny something that pleased him still more, even though it came higher. “I think I’ll change my mind and take that one Instead,” he said to the man, who had not yet wrapped up the first selection. “It’s too late now,” snapped the Jew eler. “You’ve bought this and you must keep it.” Doubtless it had been in stock a long time and the salesman felt proud that he had worked it off. It was an affront to the young purchaser, but it was the inception of one of the basic policies in the Wanamaker sys tem. The jeweler's attitude reflected trade conditions prior to ’61, but all this was reversed in the Wanamaker Idea, whose creator has lived to see his con victions adopted as business axioms. One price for goods and the return of purchases has revolutionized retail trade not only in Philadelphia, where it met with bitter opposition, but In all parts of the country. John Wanamak er was one of the first merchants to recognize the province of the American woman to change her mind. 1 Pelvic Catarrh j I Would Not Do Without Peruna. Miss Emelie A. Haberkorn, 2 2 6 1 Gravols Ave., St. Louis, Mo., writes: 'For over two years I was troubled with ■ catarrh of the ! pelvic organs. I heard of Or. H a rtman’i book, The Ilia of Life.’ I read It and wrote to the doctor, who answered my letter promptly. I began taking treatment afi soon as possible. Tongue cannot express how I suffered. I feel grate ful for what the doctor has done for me, and would not do without Peruna. I now enjdy as good health as ever. I find it has improved my health so much that I will recommend it to any one cheerfully.” CAR GOES 28.7 MILES ON GALLON OF GASOLINE Red Crown Shows Remarkable Test. Judged by C. A. C. Committee. Surprising results were obtained Tuesday in Chicago, when, in a dis tance test on the boulevards, a 1915 big six went 28.< miles on a gallon of Red Crown gasoline. The test was made to demonstrate the fuel economy of high test gasoline, by the technical committee of the Chicago Automobile Club. Red Crown gasoline, 58 test, was de cided upon by the judges and drivers ae the best gasoline to be used. All through the trip the clutch was not slipped, except when traffic congestion made it necessary. The dash adjust ment on the carburetor was discon nected, and in order that the test be a fair one, the fan was in operation throughout the run. Next came the acceleration test. With the earburetor adjustment the same as during the economy run, the car was driven from standing start to thirty miles an hour in 12 4-5 seconds. The flexibility test saw the car run at four miles an hour, then speeded up to forty-four. The test proves that the six is not an excessive fuel consumer, where the best gasoline is used. No Excuse for Plainness. A young lady, by no means beauti ful, was introduced to a gentleman who was endowed with good looks but not manners. During the course of their conversation the gentleman asked: “Are there many more ladies like you in the Potteries?” The young lady replied: “Oh, yes. We are all good-looking there. You see, we make our own mugs." Time to Go. “Right in the midst of the advice you were giving him you broke off and hurried away.” "That's what I did!" “But he was listening deferentially to all you had to say.” "You bet he was. I never had a man listen to me that deferentially that he didn’t try to touch me for five dollars before I got away.” A Mistake. Wife—James, you are going out without your muffler. Autoist—I cut it out. A full-grown elephant yields 120 pounds of ivory, worth $300. DOCTOR KNEW Had Tried It Himself. The doctor who has tried Postum knows that it is an easy, certain, and pleasant way out of the coffee habit and all of the ails following and he prescribes it for his patients as did a physician of Prospertown, N. J. I One of his patients says: | “During the summer just past I suf fered terribly with a heavy feeling at the pit of my stomach and dizzy feel ings in my head and then a blindness would come over my eyes so 1 would have to sit down. I would get so nerv ous I could hardly control my feelings. j “Finally I spoke to our family physi cian about it and he asked if I drank much coffee and mother told him that I did. He told me to immediately stop , drinking coffee and drink Postum in its place, as he and his family had used Postum and found it a powerful . rebullder and delicious food-drink. “I hesitated for a time, disliking the idea of having to give up my coffee, but finally X got a package and found it to be all the doctor said. | “Since drinking Postum in place of coffee my dizziness, blindness and nervousness are all gone, my bowels are regular and I am well and strong. That is a short statement of what Postum has done for me.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Well ville,” in pkgs. I Postum comes in two forms: I Regular Postum —must be well boiled. 15c and 25c packages. instant Postum—is a soluble pow der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious bever age Instantly. 30c and 50c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same. t “There's a Reason” for Postum. -—sold by Grocers.