Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1917 — Page 3

MANY AMERICAN WOMEN ARE THE NATION’S ENEMIES BY MARRIAGE

Among the Most Prominent of These Is Gladys Vanderbilt Who Has Been an Angel of Mercy in Austria-Hungary and Who Now Finds Herself Arrayed Against Home —X ■ Land and Family.

London. American women who have been expatriated through their marriage to foreigners have a pathetic rple, indeed, to play during these days that try the souls of humankind. Expatriation, always bitter to the patriot, becomes an overwhelming burden to the American inthese times when their country, the noblest of them all, is about to strike the most tremendous and majestic blow ever struck by a nation at war. Even to be expatriated to a friendly ally may well prove rankling to an American who possesses a full measure of patriotic pride, and to be marooned from the civilized world in the ranks of our enemy is proving as bitter as hemlock to numbers of true Americans at heart. Among .these the most poignant sufferers are the erstwhile American girls, now the wives of enemy aliens, who, in their distress, have, almost to a woman, identified themselves with the Red Cross of their husbands’ countries. They feel that, at least In this one respect, they may conscientiously quiet their broken’hearts with k the thought that they do a work which the great United in its honest myriads of hearts will heartily approve. Among the more prominent of those who suffer thus appears the former Gladys Vanderbilt, who has been an angel of mercy in Austria-Hungary and who now finds herself unwittingly arrayed against her home land and family. * Her husband Is a staff captain with General Dankl in toa£ dangerous Galician region where the Russians once hoped to make the critical drive of the war. Her brother, Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Is now In the field in the United States with the Twenty-second engineers, preparing to seek the European battlefields too, where it is within the realm of possibility that he will find himself directly and personally opposed to the dashing young man who married his sister. So there is a sad young woman over in the far land, laboring for the Red Cross, the wounded and for a cause That Is not that of her family and the friends of her childhood. Indeed, it was the death of her own brother, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, that had as much to do with molding American sentiment against the Teutonic powers as any one incident of the war. Whatever may be the fact of the real cause of the underlying break, the public mind holds most prominently the sinking of the Lusitania as an item of resentment, and the most prominent victim of that ocean disaster was her own brother, sent to a watery grave by a torpedo that came from a U-boat. One brother dead a» a noiicombatant victim of war, another In khaki ready to fight, a couple of nephews wearing the uniform of America and scores of relatives and friends either In the ranks or in the councils of the republic, the position of this unfortunate young woman is Indeed one of the most pathetic stories of the whole cataclysm that Is shaking the world. While she is by reason of these queer international complications the most striking figure in the marital horrors of Cupid, she does not stand alone. A score of titled women, a few hundreds without titles, but still wom--6n with hearts and loves, are in the same boat. And the most pitiful phase of the whole situation is that their adopted countries do not trust them, in spite of any sacrifice they may make. Studying the records of ages,- one finds that time and again some woman of high place and mind has cast to the winds love, personal wishes and even life itself to serve her own land. There is a higher law that is not defined that says to every man and every woman that personal ties are secondary to the grand duty of patrlotism, and it is this higher Jaw that makes the officials of tfk Central military powers fear and distrust any wife whose land is not their own. Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, put the thought into concrete form when he issued an order that no German diplomat In the service of his country might marry a foreigner. The order fell into disregard when the kaiser took the reins completely In his own hands until shortly before the European war, when it was revived. In the meantime there had crept into the German and Austrian diplomatic society a number of brilliant American women who are now under the ban of the old military law and who are alien enemies of their native land without being trusted friends of the one .to which Cupid led them. r , Thus it was Lillian May Langham, a beauty of Louisville, Ky., came to be the bride of the late ambassador to Washington, Speck von Sternburg, and likewise through the hiatus there came to Count Johann Heinrich von Bernshis successor In this country, Jdlsq Jeanne Luckmeyer, one of the fairest of the daughters of New York. And Miss Constance Hoyt was another of the rich Americans whqjyent to the diplomatic court of Gerurany through her wedding to Baron yon Stumin. In many cases American girls with money and without married into the derman army set and into the leading business circles of the country.

Germany, before the war, treated the American woman who came to her arms with great consideration. The touch of business did not rankle at the imperial court because the kaiser himself embarked In trade and was as proud of his pottery as he was of a hewregimetit. ■ But there was a sadly different story to be told in Austria, all of which adds to the predicament of the talented and beautiful women who‘are now forced by love to salute a flag that is arrayed against their own. Under the rules of the Austrian court no person could be presented unless eight generations of nobility could be shown as a condition precedent. Coming from America, where titles of nobility are not recognized, these women found the Imperial gate closed, or half-closed to them, while anything with the required armorial bearings might slide through the chink. Notable among them was the Countess Sigray, who was Miss Harriet Daly, daughter of the late Marcus Daly. Her sister is Mrs, James W. Gerard, wife of the former ambassador of the United States to Germany. She married Count Anton Sigray, who had held many important posts in the service of the empire and whose position at the court was beyond any possible question. Love and the law also took hyr from the land of her birth and from the friends and relatives who are cheering for Old Glory while she nurses the sick and seeks the wounded under the Imperial banner. She has given a private hospital to the Austrian forces, and, with New York enterprise, has seen to It that the government also had a first-class X-ray outfit for the treatment of the wounded. Making up more of the notable list

HOSTAGE ON U-BOAT

Capt. C. M. Crooks of the American bark Christiane, to whom the German U-boat commander who ordered his vessel, destroyed on August 7, gave a receipt for the craft, has arrived in New York and told for the first time the complete story of his experience. Captain Crooks and his 16 men landed at an American port safely. They came from Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, where they landed after the U-boat destroyed their vessel.

GASHOUSE TEST FOR SOLDIERS

Portuguese soldiers waiting their turn at the gas school behind the British lines In France. The men go into thia gashousje wearing their masks to see if they cun endure the poisonous gas, ,

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. IND.

ofrnarooaod Americans there is the beautiful Mabel Wright, now the Countess Zichy. She was one of the most striking beauties of this country and her* face brought her fortune where many rich women of less charm failed. •—“ A famous Italian sculptor used her as the model for a magnificent figure of an angel, and It is said that the Austrian emperor himself bought the work of art. • And among the women who must think of’the Stars'and Stripes as they regard' their noble surroundings Is Nora Iselin, now the Countess Colle-redo-Mansfield. She is the daughter of C. Oliver Iselin, once one of the best-known millionaires In this country. His patronage of yachting and other sports made him famous. Her husband has held the secretarial post at the Rome embassy, one of the places t hat an Austrian nobleman covets most of all. -22. From one of the oldest Virginia families there comes Miss Agnes Carroll, who married Count Anton Heussenstamm. The daughter of the late John A. Stewart, Gladys Virginia Stewart, is the wife of Count Julius Apponyi, who is captain of hussars in the Austrian army. There is the case. Dan Cupid, the traitor, has been convicted of betraying American girls to the enemy. He ought to be shot at sunrise.

SEVEN SONS FIGHTING KAISER

Mrs. Tisdall of New York, One of the Greatest “War Mothers” in Whole United States. New York. —Clicking her knitting needles over a heavy gray sweater In Hoboken, just across the Hudson river, sits Mrs. W. J. Tisdall, one of the greatest “war mothers” in the country. ' T 7 She has seven sons, all married, all • with from two to six children, and all In military service.. Another unusual thing, every one of the seven was an electrical engineer before he heard the call to arms. But this is not all. Mrs. Tisdall has six daughters, two of whom are doing hospital work. “I can only sit home and knit for the army myself,” modestly said Mrs. Tisdall. The seven sons were born in Dublin of Scotch-Irish parents. The eldest son, John, forty, and Elward, tw T enty-seven, having both lived some years in Canada, enlisted in the Canadian forces and have come through many months’ service in France unscathed. Victor, twenty-six, left his home in Hoboken, three months ago to join the gailant Canadian Scots. His wife is studying nursing and hopes to be sent across with a Red Cross unit. Henry Tisdall, thirty-eight, has been in the British army five years and' holds the rank of colonel. Trevor Hastings Tisdall, twentyfive, is a member of the engineer corps of the Eleventh regiment, New York, which has been in France two months. The two remaining sons, William, thirty, and Mark, thirty-four, both residents of Connecticut, were taken in the recent selective draft and have passed physical examinations. Both have families, but will not claim exemption. “My father, Thomas McCurdy, fought in the English army with Wellington at Waterloo, when Napoleon came to such an ignoble end,” said Mrs. Tisdall. “My brother fell in the battle of Aden in Egypt in 1870. My husband was an officer in the British army until his death 16 years .ago. “While I am glad, of course, that my sons have followed the precepts of their forefathers so faithfully, I am proudest of them for having risen by their own efforts to such positions that they are now able to leave their families well provided for; which is, after all, the greatest duty d man owes to his country.”

Learning and Forgetting.

The sad defect about the progress of the human race is that while we are occupied in learning one thing we are almost always engaged in forgetting another.

FROM ALL OVER

There is an opening in Yunnan City, China, for the Introduction of soap. One hundred pounds of beef shrink to 67 pounds after ordinary roasting. Mushrooms contain a considerable proportion of nitrogen, but so do crab shells. Tn Germany wireless waves have been utilized to light and extinguish gas lamps. —— —— - Lack of foreign, competition has created a large market for American shoes In Chile. A dealer In Mexico is seeking a market In this country for salted calf and other skins. Alabama is the fifth state to enfranchise women since 1917 began, making 18 suffrage states. The trade in dried shark meat and fins at Aden, Arabia, has decreased since ths beginning of the war. , __ • , ■, - . .. „ —: There will be a market for agricultural implements in Siam w’hen the irrigation and development of arid districts is completed. The famous GnbeMn tane®tri<*s. still made in a factory owned by the French government, arc woven from the reverse side, a workman watching the design through the web as it is reflected in a morror.

STATISTICAL NOTES

Lake Huron has 300 islands. Uruguay has 27,000,000 sheep. Ulm cathedral spire is 530 feet high. r Guayaquil, Ecuador, hhs 14,309 publicschooLchlldren. Pennsylvania railw’ay now employs 2,360 women and girls. American vacant lot crops this year are valued at $350,000,000. Boston business man recently willed $1,000,000 to 400 employees. Pennsylvania state treasury in six months has received $2,913,837 from auto license fees. New York, owing to price advances, must pay $7,300,000 a year more for milk supply.

THOROUGHBRED CODE

I believe in work. For discontent and labor are not often companions. I believe in a cheerful countenance. For a sour face is the sign of a grouch. I believe in keeping up my courage. For troubles flee before a brave front. I believe in loyalty. For if lam not to others I cannot be true to myself. I believe in holding up my chin. For self-respect commands respect from others. I believe in simple living. For simplicity means health and liealth means happiness. I believe in thrift. For to store up a little, regularly, is to store up character as well. I believe in bracing up my brother. For an encouraging word may save the day for him. I believe in living up to the best that is in me. For to lower the standard is to give up the fight. I believe in leisure and in play. For neither mental nor physical development is possible without them.

JUST THOUGHTS

A fast life usually ends in a slow death. . ' Whatever has became of the muckrakers? A man’s character is an open book in a card game. ’i Bachelors eye with suspicion women who are agreeable to them. Beacon-light of progress grows brighter as it shines through Lens. Some women exercise the right of free speech* only to their detriment. - Rarely does a soldier win a medal on his first engagement, but a little snip of a girl will pull a diamond ring as trophy of her first engagement.

“THE WORLD DO MOVE”

“Meats show Tess shrinkage when rooked by electricity than when cooked by coal. Hygiene is being taught to the leas civilized natives of the Philippines With motion pictures. A fixative for the blue color of many textiles consists of an ounce of sugar of lead to a pall of water. K --

GEMS OF THOUGHT

Bteele—A healttyr old fallow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living. Demophllus—With the wicked, as with a bad dog, silence is more formidable than noise. South —No man ever offended his conscience, but first or last it was re▼engedripon him for It. Shakespeare—l feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. Marcus Aurelius —Look well Into thyself ; there is a source which wllLak, ways spring up if thou wilt always search there. Zimmermann —In all the sallies of badinage, a politeTpol shines f but in gravity he Is as awkward as an elephant disporting. Channing God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs to the spiritual life of past ages. Books are true levelers. Shaftesbury—True courage Is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of brutal bullying insolence; and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free. Lavater —He who comes from the kitchen, smells of its smoke; he who adheres to a sect has something of its cant; the college air pursues the. student, and dry inhumanity him who herds with literary pedants.

CONDENSED PHILOSOPHY

Good flannels and good soldiers do not shrink. New styles are old ones that people have forgotten. Shiftless people are never the ones who worry about it. Too late for the evil of today is the remedy of tomorrow. Every man with a firm will makes the world over to suit himself. Most of our mistakes would never be noticed if we did not call attention to them. A gentleman is a hUrrian being combining a woman’s gentleness and a man’s courage. Don’t refuse to accept crumbs of comfort because they are not whole bakeries of bliss. The rich man who has nothing to do and the poor man who can get nothing to do are to be pitied. When a man goes fishing he may not catch a long string, but he is sure to come home with a long yarn. When a woman plans to do anything out of the ordinary she always wonders what the neighbors will say. Don’t wait for, great opportunities. A' long continuous walk will get you over more ground than a short run.

USES FOR NEWSPAPERS

Place newspaper# in front of the stove when frying. Wrap jars of preserves in newspapers and the color of the fruit will not fade. ——7— — Wrap your furs, winter clothes, etc., in newspapers and the moths will not trouble them. Stuff your porch cushions with finely shredded newspapers. They are clean and economical. To wash lamp chimneys, windows, etc., use first a large wad of wet paper, then polish with dry. Newspaners under the little ones* plates will prevent staining the tablecloth and save laundry bills. Strips of newspapers pasted at the top of kitchen screen doors will help brush away the files when the doors are opened. Use a double thickness of newspapers across your chest when the weather Is particularly cold and windy and save doctors’ bills. When pressing clothes, instead of bothering with a damp cloth, use two thicknesses of newspaper and quite a hot iron. A great time saver.

TRADE BRIEFS OF INTEREST

Brazil will establish labor exchanges. . f Laundry machinery is needed at Drumright, Okla. _ . —TTtW "* Cells and roofing for a jail are in demand at Princeton. VV. Va. There is a market for bathrooms supplies and fixtures at West Point, Va. Prices on supplies for a plant making colled hoops are wanted at Greenville, Miss. “Addresses of manufacturers of clay working machinery are wanted by a drm nt Spartanburg, S. C.

LIFE'SLITTLE

TRUTHFUL. A Quaker had got himself Into trouble with the authorities and the sheriff called to escort him to the lockup. “Is your husband In?” he inquired of the good wife who came to the door. “My busband will see thee,” she replied. “Come in.” The sheriff entered, was bidden to make himself at home and was hospitably entertained for half an hour, but no husband appeared. At last the sheriff grew impatient. “Look here,” he said, “I thought you said your husband would see me!” “He has seen thee,” was the calm reply, “but he did not like thy looks and has gone another w’ay."' A* Strenuous Hint. He had been a reguldr Sunday caller for six months, when one evening he dropped In arrayed in a new* suit of clothes. “That is a lovely wedding suit you have on,” remarked the dear girl. “W-why,” gasped the astonished young man, “t-thls Is a b-business suit!” “Wejl,” rejoined the d. g., calmly, “I mean business; don’t you?” ‘ And th& next day he put up $9.98 Of his hard-earned wealth for a solitaire.

A SUBSTITUTE.

Hook —That gay Mr. Flip who stays , away from home most of the time la always sending gifts to his wife. , Cook —I wonder why? Hook —Perhapk he thinks he can make up for his absence by his presents. —' ? —n Hard Boiled. He ie the tightest yet, by heck. Is Henry Arthur Wheezit. For though he often sees the check He’ll verjr seldom seize it. Commercial Complexities. “Let’s give that motion picture star an interest in the business,’*' said the film manager. “Let’s give her the whole business,” replied the partner, “under agreement that we are to have reasonable compensation. Then she can owe herself her enormous salary.” Almost Human. “Why do you speak of this slot machine as j a scientific marvel? The world Is full of slot machines.” “I know that, but this particular contrivance is so arranged.that when anybody a penny’s worth of chewing gum or candy a phonographic attachment says: Thank you. Call again.* ” Expressions of Genius. “Modern genlns expresses itself in mechanical inventions, such as the submarine,” said the philosopher. “Yes.” replied the statesman. “Sometimes 1 wonder whether it wouldn’t be better to encourage the kind of genius that’s satisfied to sing or play the piano and doesn’t figure on actually killing anybody.” Hard to Avoid. “It must be thrilling to be held up by a-bandit." said the impressionable girl. “I would just love it!" “If you ever have to pay your own repair bills.” growled the man at the steering wheel, “you will enjoy that experience every time you send your car to a garage.” Good Advice Gone Wrong. Judge—-How came a man of your ability to stand here convicted of forgery? Prisoner —It’s all owing to my taking good advice, your honor. When I left school my teacher told me with my talents to go on and forge ahead. May Be for All of Her. “My teacher.says I may be president some day! Do you think I will?” “No. I dou’t think you will. I think you only have yoar teacher’s permla, slou to."