Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1917 — Page 3

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STIRS HATRED IN ALSACE-LORRAINE

German Misrule on Conquered Provinces Fosters ProFrench Spirit. DRASTIC MEASURES ADOPTED Newspapers Held to Most Severe Code of Laws—Cartoonists Arouse Fury of Berlin Officials and Are Thrown Into Prison. Washington. —Observers are studying with increased interest the political history of Alsace-Lorraine. The course of this Reichland’s history is recognized as one of the most significant in the story of the world. Through a multitude of other causes of the holocaust in Europe, the case of AlsaceLorraine presents itself with a* growing significance. It is here that Prussia Initiated her grand mistake and, through the forcible cession of this state, engineered the hatreds and “Welt-Politlk” for which she is paying now with all that humankind hold most dear and precious. In 1872, when the German confederation was formed, this booty land was considered as a prize of the confederation as a whole, with the regulative powers vested in the king of Prussia. The state was permitted to send delegates to the reichstag, but could not be represented in the bundesrat, the real power in governmental Germany. With the usual asininity of German officialdom, the assimilation of the people was hurried, and hurried by most unwise and impossible measures. The idea seems to have been that an assimilation could take in one, or, nt /the most, two generations, and that it could be effected while the people paid Prussian tuxes and were not granted representation in the laying of said taxes. As a necessary vent to human nature, the result was the failure of Prussian poHce methods all during the first thirty years of the occupation. What happened after that in Metz, Colmer, Strassbourg and Mulhouse we shall see.

Prussian Misrule. The year 1910 marks the new period of Prussian misrule. The use of Freech was stringently forbidden on tombstones, In courts of justice, In the schools and In public gatherings. Indeed, severe punishment has been meted out for the use of the French language In certain private and semiprivate gatherings. German Immigrants shipped into the Reichsland bred children, only to have them take sides with the Indigenous population in their clamor for annexation to Germany on an equal basis with the other German states. This latter point, contrary to general belief, was actually just what the Alsatians agitated for. French, culture and ideals began to have their effect when nil importunities and pleadings for a relaxation of Prussian oppressive methods and a representation in the government failed. Prussian rule remained inflexible. Guarantees and alterations were promised and seemingly complied with, only to have the people discover, when the smoke of Prussian bland duplicity cleared away, that they were bound more helplessly than ever. <- In the spring of 1912 the Prussians further showed their disapproval of the agitation engendered by attempting to ruin the Alsatian factories at Grafenstndeff, bear Strassbourg, by withdrawing 1 ' ,all ordefs for locomotives for the Prussian railways. In the month of May, in this same year, the popular indignation, already Inflamed, was fanned to fever heat by the remarks of the German emperor to the mayor of Strassbourg, during an imperial visit to the city. He is , reported to have said: "Listen. Up to here you have only known the good side of me. Things cannot continue as they are. If this situation lasts, we will suppress your •constitution’ and annex you to Prussia.” Alsatian newspapers w-*re held to a narrow course by a most severe code of laws, but suspensions were taking - place every day. To be profitable, a Journal could do naught else, but sup-

port the Berlin policies. A school of cartoonists came to the fore, and, by a series of caustic and meaning cartoons, indicted Berlin till the officials in their fury, began placing prison sentences indiscriminately among cartoonists and journalists. And so, France, who had represented to the heroes of 1793 the beau-ideal of democracy, came gradually to the fore as' the influence in Alsace-Lor-raine. Her cfalture.her Ideals and her citizenship became valued dreaiws of loyal Alsatians. But far off dreams they seemed; and the Alsatians, iu their growing love for the republic, could not harbor the thought that France should suffer the throes of a war with remorseless Prussia for their sake. But the war was coming, and to Alsatians it means as all observers agree, a reunion with France. But, queer enough, the world begins to see that the treaty of Frankfortwas the germ of the present holocaust, and that it leads to the utter destruction of Prussian autocracy and world autocracy—that Alsace-Lorraine had been picked to bear the cross —to suffer that the world might he relieved from the burden on the shoulders of all humans, from Herod down to Wilhelm.

BROTHERS KNIT FOR BROTHER IN FRANCE

Columbus. O. Lieut. Col. Charles Gates Dawes, the Chicago banker who is serving with the United States engineers somewhere In France, is going to have a sweater and also a scarf provided his brothers do not drop to many stitches. For several weeks tales have been drifting around of a man seen knitting Industriously. In Pullman smoking compartments, on Atlantic City hotel verandas, In taxicabs, etc. In a train going out of Columbus one night recentl y he was Identified as former Congressman Beman Gates Dawes of Ohio, a brother of the Chicago banker. Beman knits and knits the while he discusses oil and electric railways, In which he is Interested, with his fellow passengers In the smoking compartment. “Darn it. there I’ve dropped another stitch,” . Beman exclaimed, as he pointed an argument on oil prices. “Well, brother Charley won’t mind another hole In this sweater. If I can keep out or arguments on the state of the union I reckon I ought to finish my knitting in about nine months.” Beman also contributed the Information that Rufus Dawes of Chicago Is knitting a scarf for brother Charley. “Mother taught all of us boys tn knit," Beman said, “and this is certainly the time for all good knitters to come to the aid of” their country.”

UNWASHED REIGN IN PARIS

Hot Baths a Luxury—Cleanliness Is Uncommon In the French Capital. Paris. —Parisians were never prone to indulge in hot baths—-Indeed, the criticism of first visitors to Paris was often most loudly voiced in connection with the primitive facilities found in /Paris apartments and many hotels, they were, as a rule, always clean rind neiyt and took pride in their personal appearance. Whether it is due to the war directing their thoughts to higher things or to the municipal edict that decrees water shall be heated only Saturdays and Sundays, the fact remains that the Parisian today Is rather contemptuous of the old adage that “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” ~ This is particularly noticeable tn the subway, where all classes of the city’s population can be observed. The proportion of unkempt, dusty, unwashed persons with doubtfully clean ears-and black-rimmed fingernails Is: verylrirge.

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GROW FAT ON WAR BREAD

Men, Women and Children Seen on Streets Seem to Be Better Nourished Than Ever. London. —The English appear to be growing fat on war bread. An English newspaper publisheattrefollowipjE t “Although I hate It?* writes a correspondent in Surrey, “war bread seems to fatten me, and my weight has Increased by several pounds. Yet lam eating not much more than half the bread I used to eat before the war, and also less of other foods. - A doctor explained that this may be quite true. “Anyone who keeps his eyes open in the streets will notice that men, women and children are clearly better nourished than ever. No doubt,” he said, “there is a good deal of indigestion from bad bread, but even people who digest it badly, and dislike it, too, grow fatter and physically stronger. This is especially noticeable in spare men of middle age. Possibly the explanation is that we were eating more bread before than we could digest. Perhaps, too, the mixture of grains in bread Is proving more nourishing than the pure w’heaten loaf; Ihe stomach likes variety, and the people who do the best Intellectual work are those who feed on all available foodstuffs.

400-YEAR-OLD CLOCK STOPS

Famous Timepiece in Hampton Court Palace, London, Last Repaired in 1880. London. —The celebrated clock of Hampton court palace that was provided with a dial to give astronomical changes but never did so, has stopped once more. It is believed to have been constructed by a German way back in 1540, but as a matter of fact history falls to record the name of Its maker. The celebrated clockmaker Vulliamy reconstructed' it in 1799, but he gave up the astronomical dial portion on the ground that it never could have worked with the machinery provided, relegating that portion of the works to the store cupboard. A Croydon firm of clockmakers set the whole thing going again in 1880, and it has run satisfactorily until now. Workmen are busy getting up the scaffolding necessary to reach the dial, and after a thorough cleaning-and certain repairs to the dial it is expected to run for another quarter of a century with little attentions from time to time.

BEAT HIGH FOOD PRICES

Ad Club at Portland, Ore., Is ConductIng Fresh Fish Market, Selling at Cost Portland, Ore.—Cutting the high cost of living in a practical manner is the task essayed by the Portland Ad club, which is conducting a fresh fish market here and selling sea food at cost. So popular Is the market that the first day it opened three tons of fish were sold. Sable fish, groupers, ling, cod and smelt are sold for five to seven cents a pound, while other fish markets are asking twelve to twenty cents for the same kinds of fish. On the opening day a crowd of'women, with market baskets, stood before the doors waiting for the first fish to be" placed on sale. From that time on sales continued brisk, and the Ad club, co-operating w-lth the city administration, has under way a plan for a permanent fish market where all kinds of sea food will be sold at actual cost, The Ad club points out that 11 people eat fish the fishing industry will be promoted and other foods capable of being shipped long distances will be released to help win the war.

GROWS NEW “WOOL COTTON”

Product Is Easy to Pick and Immune From the Dreaded 801 l / Weevils. Waycrosse, Ga. —The first “wool cotton” ever seen in Waycross was shown here by Roan Meeks of Nichols. This cotton was grown by Dave Anderson on his farm near Nichols and has attracted a great deal of attention. The cotton grows in from three to four locks to the boll and these locks measure about five or six inches in length. Expert cotton growers claim that one man can pick from 700 -to 1,000 pounds per day of this variety. The plant Is very similar In appearance to the long staple and grows to be from five to six feet high—the fiber of the dotton, however, is short and looks very much like wool, hence its name. It is claimed for this variety of cotton that it is practically immune from the boll weeV|l and in support of this it Is claimed that not any trace of the boll weevil has been found in the small field of this variety grown by Mr. Anderson, while in the nearby fields of the regular variety the weevils were numerous.

Five Sons In Army.

Pittsburgh.—Testimony before the State Workmen’s Compensation board brought but the fact that Mrs. Catherine Conlin, a widow, of Homestead, has five sons in the new National army. Two other sons are pnder the draft age. ?.

Dare Ended in Boy's Death.

Scranton.Pn — While playing around railroad tracks, George Alexander, aged 12 years, was dared by playmates to climb a pole ahd touch an electric w&e. On reaching the top he grasped a carrying 2,000 volts and his dead body fell to the ground.

IT’S GREAT TO BE A CANNING CLUB GIRL

The picture shows Mrs. Mina C. Van Winkle of Newark, N. J., in the uniform of the food administration, some of the products of a war garden, and, on the blackboard, the song of the canning club girl.

Mother’s Cook Book.

The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ' Ail one’s self is music, if one touches the notes rightly and in tune.—Ruskin. Meatless Meals. As we are asked to observe Tuesday as a meatless day, which all patriotic women will be glad to do, it behooves us to look over our cook books and keep enough recipes for meatless dishes on file to escape monotony. Lima Bean Salad. x Over a pint of cold cooked Lima beans pour three or four tablespoonfuls of olive oil, two tablespoonfuls of cider vinegar, one teaspoonful of grated onion, half a teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoonful of paprika. Toss and mix; serve with chopped pickle. Peanut butter added to baked beans instead of pork is a change which is liked by peanut lovers.

Onions and Cheese. A most satisfying and wholesome dish Is onions and cheese. Cook the onions until tender, then place a layer In a baking dish, then a layer of good rich white sauce and a thick, layer of grated cheese, cover with another layer of onions and white sauce and finish the top with buttered crumbs. Bake until well heated and the crumbs well browned. Hard cooked eggs may be cut up and added to onions in place of the cheese if desired. Nut Roast. Take a cupful of finely chopped nut meats, add two cupfuls of bread crumbs, a minced onion, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, salt and pepper, two beaten eggs and enough milk to moisten. Form into a long roll, place In a greased baking dish and cover with waxed paper. Bake forty minutes in a hot oven, basting two br three times with hot water and butter. Fresh or canned mushrooms may be used for the sauce. Celery Soup. Cook the outside stalks of celery till tender with enough water to cover', add a small onion, a slice of carrot and a bay leaf. When tender rub through a sieve. Blend two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour and add to a pint of hot milk, cook with the celery pulp, season and serve hot with croutons.

Over 4,000 Languages Now; May Be Only Four Century Hence, Authorities Think

If you are asked how many languages there -are In the world, can you give anything like an accurate answer? The average person’s knowledge or ability to speak languages rarely exceeds two besides his native tongue. The late Emperor Francis Josepji, when visiting a Red Cross hospital, spoke with the patients tn their own languages, which showed that the aged emperor* was a master of six. It may appear strange, but It Is nevertheless true, says an exchange, that there are over 4,000 languages spoken by mankind, while the number of dialects exceeds this. There are more than 60 vocabularies In Brazil, and In Mexico the Nahua is broken up into some 700 dialects. There are hundreds In Borneo, while in Australia there Is no classifying the complexities. Assuming that 50 dialects, om an average, belong to each language, gives the colossal total of a quarter of a million linguistic abilities. Some authorities think'that a century hence there will be only four languages of Importance in the world. Central Europe may produce a newer and more straightforward German lan* guage, imperial English may rslgn alone over the North American continent,and a more businesslike Spanish will be used in South American states, while Russian may take on some more rich Slavonic dialect, which will blend

the races of eastern Europe and central Asia into a harmonious federation. So that in the future these four languages Util enter into what may be a never-ending competition.

Wise and Otherwise.

The life worx of some men seems to be criticizing others. A rural contributor says that cider is the spirit of the press. The less a woman has to complain about the more she complains. A cynic Is a man who must be unhappy in order to appear happy. A man is‘apt to be suspicious if his wife isn’t jealous of him. —— It isn’t what your grandfather was but what you are that counts. The man who marries an orphan can’t blame his troubles on his wife’s mother.

Country to See Greatest Athletic Activity During The Next Twelve Months

Dt. Joseph E. Raycrott, director of the department of physical science at Princeton, predicts a year of unusual athletic activity among the army training camps. He says: “There will be more real and widespread athletic activity in this country during the next twelve months than ever before in our lifetime.”

Doctor Raycroft is a member of the war department’s commission on training camp activities. “That the colleges have abandoned athletics is entirely a false notion that has attained too general circulation and acceptance,” says Doctor Raycroft. “The colleges have not and will not abandon athletics; what some of them did abandon was Intercollegiate competition. “Take Princeton, for example. Of our student body of some 1,600 young men, nearly 800 promptly enlisted for war service and at once began training for it. It left them neither time nor opportunity to engage in competition with other college athletes, and we therefore made a virtue of necessity.” Doctor Raycroft disagrees with the

Gathered Smiles

Not Caught Napping. “William.” snapped the dear lady, viciously, “didn’t I hear the clock strike two as you came in?” “You did, my dear. It started to strike ten, but I stopped it to keep from waking you up.” Depends What You Take. The riddle fiend

and family are left” Relative Values. “You make fuss about losing a nlckel than I’d make about losing a irtfndred dollars.” “Boss,” said the boy, “you’ve got the wrong idea. The chances arA you’ve got another hundred. But this was my last nickel., Tain’t what you lose that makes the difference. It’s what you’ve got left” ■ ■

announced: “If I take two letters • from •money’ ‘one’ will be left. Curious, Isn’t itr “Very,” drawled the bored friend, “but I can tell you something more curious.” “What's that!” “A friend of mine took money from two letters, and now his wife

popular notion that American expertness In baseball throwing will prove' a distinct advantage in the hurlin' of bombs. Trench experience, he stares, has demonstrated that the most effective results with those deadly little missiles is obtained by a forward and thrusting throw, as in shot-putting or the short-armed bowling throw which prevails in cricket. Information obtained from those who have had experience with bombs and grenades on the battlefields and tn the Canadian camps' Indicate that the free overhand baseball throw is too prone to overshoot the mark to be of such pronounced advantage, as most American* have fancied must prove the case. Practically every branch of sport will be encouraged In the training camps, but It Is probable that boxing will play a leading part.

Stenographer on Limited Trains Has Difficult Job

One of the most difficult stenographic jobs in the world is- said to be that of stenographer on the limited trains between New York and Chicago. A recent writer says of the work: “You have to take dictation In any old way—on your sleeve, sitting down, standing up, bending over to hear the words distinctly; in any position and on any kind of paper and at any and all times. The stuff you take down covers about every range of human endeavor and human thought. I’ve taken dictation from men in pretty nearly every profession I ever heard of —from surgeons to shoemakers. I’ve written wills for lawyers, taken down confessions from criminals handcuffed to detectives, shorthanded editorials for big New York newspaper editors, taken medical opinions for doctors, handled the correspondence of dozens of bank presidents and big financiers, written letters for men who have killed themselves twenty-four hours later, drafted, telegrams for elopers begging forgiveness—if there is any kind of stenographic work that I haven’t had a hand in since I’ve been a train stenographer, I can’t imagine what it could be.”

Worries of a Housewife.

Women are given to worry more than are men. When anything threatens to worry a man, he finds solace in the little brown jug, says Ztm in Cartoons Magazine. But women cannot look adversity In the face with such calm abandon. They are not built that way. As near as I can make out, it is a difference in temperament Woman Is more highly organized than man. Her nervous system is much better developed. If you notice a look of worry on your wife’s face and ask, “Weill What’s up today?” she sighs and says, “Oh, dear, dear! Everything’s up. We’re getting old and shabby and the house is becoming dreadfully dilapidated, and now to cap the climax I’ve broken my mop stick 1”

Fixed the Verdict

One of the shortest summings up on record is believed to be that by the late Commissioner Kerr at the Old Bailey in a case where a man was charged with being In the unlawful possession of a gold watch and chain. The appearance of the prisoner certainly did not correspond with the legitimate possession of such costly ornaments, but he asserted his Innocence of the charge, and declared that he had found the watch and chain on the pavement. The judge looked at the man In the dock and then at the men In the box. “Gentlemen of the jury,” he said, “I have walked over the pavements of London during the last forty years, and I’ve never found a gold watch and chain there yet. Consider your verdict And the verdict was “Guilty.”—London Tit-Bits.

What Puzzled Him.

Mr. Easterly— The banging gardens of Babylon must have been a wonderful sight Woolsey West —Yes; I’ve heard of ’em. And I’ve often wondered why they provided such elaborate accommodations for lynching parties.

Home Censorship. “Do you remember the story of David and Goliath?” “Yes. But I don’t encourage my boys to read it I have trouble enough now to keep them from throwing stones.” Varied Activities. “I see now why you call your yacht the Flirt.” “Why do you think I call her so?” “Because I notice she is either Idea* ing the waves or hugging the shore.’”' His Idea of Fighting. "It’s not the money, it’s the principle of the thing he’s fighting for.” “They all say that.” “I know, but In this case it must he. He has hired a SIO,OOO lawyer to defend him in a SSOO law suit.”