4 'BABYLON--THEN AND 'NOW. er ert oe apm -- : | nN! EN I | Hf the Gefmans, as some military; 'experts think iikely, "direct their next IN NCHES AND BILLETS AND. «reat military effort to the Balkans sae and atl Salonica, big fighting HOSPITALS. i | of Babylonia, in which 'neighborhood ! ithe British are none too strongly es- Interest May Again € Centre in Marvel- lous City of -- the Seldier Likes a Yurn That "Takes tablished, Him: "y the Dis-_ There js-magtesin-- "the name of cpa aie dpe ames Babylonia. If it had been a "dry" comforts of Warfare. ; ; 4 Whatever horrors and hardships our i #nd the whole course of history in, firtting men have to facc, they still the Near Exst would have been of waiting for Mr. have plenty of time for books, In- Changed. waiting does seem ong 'ved, as one of them, who has spent, bylen, when the army of Cyrus iver two years at the Front, said to St down before ihe writer, "1 don't know what we; for twenty years. It is by "far the 'should do without them, 1 myself ™¢st formidzble fortified city of an- have read over two hundred volumes "quity, being surrounded by a wall in France and Flanders, often with the 'fifty-five miles long, 250 feet high and sheiis crashing all round me; and 'i&bty-seven feet thick. Half a dozen they have been the greatest com! fort. four-horse chariots could be driven to Lo e! abreast along the top of the 'wall for Wh , tocs Tomm 'the entire circuit of the metropolis, read 3 fcaag Pxtiiets aed hos} whose inhabitants numbered 2,000,000. They Jaughed at Cyrus. But, un- ' rel th Naturally, novels are in the fortunately they felt too secure. On greatest demand; and the more ex- A : citing the plot aes more popular. the # certain memorable night the whole tory. "A "bool te hold: the. attention lity went on a spree. The guards de- of soldiers," says one of them, "ought serted their posts and in the great. to go like a moving picture all palace of King Belshazzar a drunken through"; aud the call for these °€y reigned. "ouick- sation stories," full of plot and' Now, the banks of the Euphrates sensational incidents, is almost uni-. where it ran directly through the city versil. , were defended by walls corresponding That is why Jack London's and Nat, 9 be'ght and thickness to that which Gould's books are in' such- big de- encircled Babylon, They were pierced mand. Nat Gould, in fact, heads the 2t Suitable intervals (where streets list of Tommy's favorite authors, with *?" parallel across the town) for ferry Jack London as a close second, and a Stes. which were massive affairs of hig guif between the two of their "TOn2e- nearest rivals, Rudyard -- Kipling, ,, The river however, stands high in the fehting- Umits, was pay iInan's favor; and Conan Doyle, Rider "esirer. as had happened when: huge Haggard, Dumas ial Stevenson, i ouayas Sere built, the Ruphrates colt tie order given, count their admirers b¢ tsrned out ef its course, its waters nds: while shiek heme diverted into an artificial reser- pitals? bottom, within the city paved with brick. For if flenry, the <0 us. the short story writers, O. American writer, who has sprung side the walls. This engineeriug ex- rapidly into fame, is supreme even Pédient, in fact, had made it prac- with our own soldiers. ticable to pave the bottom. di . | On the night of the most famous Not Conservative. jamboree in history, Cyrus, being A list of the bouks recently asked helped by spies within the walls. Ly the patients in a London hos-, turned*the Euphrates out of its course pital throws an interesting light on #nd marched his army over the dry: the soldier's taste in reading, In it, Tiver bed into the city, entering Nat Gould's "Regiments at the Front", thrcugh one or more river gates which ruhs shoulders with Burns' pocms, and had been left open. The royal palace, u book on "Bivd-Life." Three more of @ Vast structure on the west bank, Nat Gould's novels are sandwiched be- "85 quickly captured; Belshazzar, tween "A Tale of Two Cities." "Gil Sword in hand, was slain, and the city Blas," and Tolstoy's "Resurrection." belonged to Cyrus. "Handy Andy," "freasure Island," for ' He did not destroy it; but, consing aud Haggard's "Dawn" share com. te be a center of dominion, it shrank. pany with Macaulay's Essays, and "4 large part of the population mi- volumes on radiography, herse-break- Stated, deserting Babylon, whose huge , ing, and high explosives; and "The walls and gigantic buildings (includ- "Scarlet Pimpernel" has for compan- ing the Tower of Babel and the fam-! ions Milton's pocms and a beok on ous Hanging Gardens, built by Nebu- | ' rose-growing. ;chadnezzar for the enjoyment of his' In fact, the British soldier's read-' Wife Amytis) soon fell" to pieces. | ) aho ing covers just the same wide range; There is no stone whatever in that/in this energetic but pst potnt-| as the civilian's. The ranks to-day 'region, where the land is a mere allu- | include almost every grade of men, Vial deposit, and all the great strue- from the pact and philosopher to the tures of Babylon. erected by the labor factory operator and farm laborer, Of Myriads of slaves taken in war, One private knowa to the writer has Were of sun-dried brick faced with for companion in the trenche. Horacy ¢ urned brick, und Hemer: and another declares thi is the reason why subylon to- is ims read hi: recket Shiche peare dy i represc nted hy nothing more mes frum rever io ¢ ttn the ' wounds of debris, i: which * Tanck tes fring-Mae. archeolagists dig for In urnté lay hooks In all the war zones. too. ther and other treasures. constant dem stientite | * BLOTTERS, Various Means of Drying Ink on the Written Page. ~ Raven to-day there are ai few old- ' Vea~di lites : I ise sat j '\; sane oi he. in ane oo Pans dedevene La peeple who use "tnd in- a 5 ster blotth: ig paper, Stationers af ' 2h ' "3 omeoina while 'Gna Acvall for oa a TiN, ; , : : 7 , 1 low," seid ' yf 1 OG ® . 2 " ; . ; id 1 and box is a very ancient cone eyttisa', rho <i ss ¢ ony ine Kn bs tnteved ane af all! "ice It somewhat resembles a - , fr . pepper bes, but he So CONMENe Tap, When th and has been sprinkied x frechty written page ta edry the . t Pee verphis is turned back into \n cid ! bo Ssevegiv-btve wavstesnitickes? bs rece plinctes re doesnt fe lene 'The meched is prouitive. dat ot mast og ' 'oe cabl that sun does the wark oa Yeu Yin tiple af } P rl rete dat inet than much of the i ie Weitong pay + btay The intter Orv the for } ' he of collon pags, but Shi a | Powe: ma tine wtertal is wood pulp. m ! i hoe tot serhent quality. Aaned Sele ; , } 1 Went out of .tise at ka edit: Ware ae BACHE. tleat the same time asthe quill pen. _ oul tines, far the purpose, there He wel tepeclat demand fora fine black j FS t ial img my vain that «ame from i I ool Be aa ae | ( ! York State. J: th 4 { ' ive made of a I at her rage formed of sedi- Wish a ' ' ry plates, t springs of a Ana. x} , ' triad} Weight it seulis prs up than any bibule uy ? ' ~ ¢ ? H he mineral blot- : ers ou well that it is tal Ci ' : as me word of «come into . ere Olle iN - n col mion use, { hand th weed her . 2 nz France alive! She'd Walk. nd what if her force had faile r And wi force had failed her, Voit trish lady thought she would Her fires withheld their breath? Like The wails of freedom, the gates of know per. st of her funeral would be, as what the probable ex- she desired to arrange for it, thus ve all trouble'to her heirs. "Ther old Jady, who stuttered, sent for i Mr. Blank (the 1 undertaker), and said te him: i "Mr. Blank, what would your charge Outworn she lies, and shattered, for a Siragal 3 T don't w-w-want! -But she had her splendid chance, | plumes and all s-s-s-sorts of grand And she did her best for you and me 'hings, "but a nice, piain hearse with. rope, Tlad all crashed down to death. ane Hats of€ to the old Defender, The famous "Seventy-five"! Hats off to the sou! behind 'her, The hand that let her drive! On the fighting line of.,France. pout any. D-Pn-n-tongense." : } "Ten pounds." replied the funeral} we age ' furnisher. "Ten pounds!" said the old lady. | Keep a box of sifted soil, ihacgaand: "Th-thank you, I'd I'd rather watk." and leaf mould rubbed up fine for r use | -- i in drills in seed sowing and germina-' ~'There is nothing the body suffers tion will be very much hetter, particu- | that the soul may not profit arls in besvy soil. j George Meredith. would be likely to follow on the ata! itown Cyrus could not have captured. it, was provisioned. oir 160 miles in circumference out. 'Yeady ) semination HOW JACK TAR FAORITE PASTIMES OF THE TISH SAILOR. -- What Men of the Grand (Fleet De eas While Waiting for the Gers _mans to Appear. self in a variety of ways. Grand Fleet the recreation rod looked after as carefully as ders of the day. Concerts, agreeable frequency. concerts are of a decidedly classieal , combat. Rea a ei ha - FROZEN IN MID-AIR. 2 Incident in the | Life of a Tussian Observer. The Russian Sikorsky ioe were of immense value while Russia was , Still in the war, and it was to ole of ithese craft that the incident eile: that Mr. Clarence Winchester relate: in Flying Men and Their Machines. tae A eteuitaeds dreadnaught, as it ér the German | ES a4 a peouting flight when the air | other or- boxing- and, although in matches, gymkhanas, are held With Mans were superior, none of the mono- : : Some of these . planes seemed eager to engage bent, and I, who pretend to a knowl- ¢ edge of the masters, felt quite at sea WHS returned, and the very first Ger- gtelock, a man shot pierced one of the of in "explaining" a programme concert held recently 'cruiser, Boxing-matches are ments offer an opportunity for and sundry in the vicinity to make @ "evening of it." That is, of course, if the enemy and other exigencies of | earth. I, in particular, the Service permit. have been unfortunate spect. aw cohwert, match has watch! in this a sale of work, a boxing- as Jack does--any little pleasure that the Russian siant craft. His: They had offers itself in odd moments. on a battle- p- serve supply. mendously popular, and the tournma- 'same German gidnner ventured near- tention all n 'he participated, for the next moment On every ovcdsion upon which witnessing their brother take his fatal been held I have been on DY @uy means spasmoilic. So that one has to snateh-- bullets rattled through the slaves of | scheme is to organize impromptu sing- ' with soeags. Some fellow--anybody leaks , ten fingers will do--'accompanies" on Te! leaked out rapidiy. Soon there: 'three German' was clear of enemy craft. {in the distance rose ' : - interim 'scouting monoplanes, all fast and rel The British aelet eo ke ted with autematic guns. him- they climbed to higher altitudes, all' the After the one prey---the Russian si-! on is korsky giant zeroplane. The Russian,' Rapidly | however, continued his reconnaissaace, numbers the Ger- in The Sikorsky was well afm- ed, and opened the attack. The fire petrol fortunately one that heid a re- Thus encouraged, the tanks, er; but. this fight was the last in which is craft was diving headlong to There were still two Germans to be dealt with. They were careful after leap, but even so their fire winiee not A hail of Then ping! hit the main tank. Ping! Another -wel!- placed shot by the Ger- mans, and again in the fuel tank. Pet- The danger a sort of piano. and somebody else of fire and the risk of failing te get with _pler ity of bark does the "yap- ees s ping,' Let it not he only far imagined that enres rag-times songs, the best applause is often given Jack selves before the crew of the Stker or comic Phe observer knew as well to the Russian lines through ex- istion of petre! presented them- the as At some of these sing-songs | Pilot did that the tank must nie empty , to e of itself; and so he stood up, o the "straight" singer---i.e., the chanter , the cabin, placed both hands tightly (of sentimental or serious songs. A. over the builet holes and thus pre- song with a bit of love in it goes a' Yen! éd a further lexkage of fuel from long way with Jack, Eastern Dignity. My particular duties necessitate my €4 his leg. B "making the round of the Fleet on al-. perilous position, ternate days, and I have been therefore, to watch Jack recreating. tevse, and On numbed some of the Liggest battleships, I ob- he was entirely oblivious of his posi- projects of interest to served that skipping was the favorite. tion. I watched a matelot double- iia temperature had affected him. Often he umuses himself alone. pastime. skipping for what seemed _to me to be an interminable time. watching a sailor at this deck. was perorrosati of less manner. After skipping and Swedish exercises. net get enough of this pastime! return, still at his "y Another himself by walking on his hands, The boxing enthusiasts I have al- mentioned spend every able heur in training. I have dozens of men dancing reund the de ck, lunging eut at their own shadows. Vor the most part, however, Jack afloat employs his leisure aa sometimes dancing to the mer: strains of the excellent Marine bands. who were chaffing him, ale Mais, or nothing about it. The chief in- semana anaes gredient of the substitutes is colton, According to the Textile Journal, the TRENCH FEVER AND SHOCK. | base is a roll of cotten cloth, varying ----- !from thin muslin to drills and even Pwo of the Wars Most Difficult MedI- heavier materials. The cotton eloth cal Problems. is covered with a paste that varies in Trench fever and shelleshock are °¥ert factory, but that requires gun- an ashoc are aye ; A the two nvost ij ii problems that Cotton, oil, acetanilide, load colors and os 1 srohlems = tha J igeablie this war has pretented to medical Other chemicals. On the top of that i- thts Ww has "entes abo ov te . ) cle: - ; ecopdinge to 4 ort 18 put a vs tin celluluid dressing, and ; 7108, accoruimny uo repor as P » ' by a British-Ameri medic alae when the artificial ither js complet- a Britis merivan medic: " . maivaion which ve thas been ed it is put throt stvel rollers that Mis ) y as : . : os : " impress a grain upon it tings dn fon C trench f oe ene whatever kind of rathe rit 2 a.es { techen Tever were € : ed from Fra ently & 1915. : ; to- represent. The finished material a | MM PFYanee &8 Cary as wa . * . the d . : ta . ontin : gets about three ae of its weight > base Ss reer con Gu . e . " ? r ' tte Ss the articte studied ever since, but the organism mais ie ia arith 'a Meat : oe . é ° , ar telat les i which causes it has not been discov- enih ered, ner he been fou fer its si atment, The : American } ve tt ; 'a a 7 1's bet faney loather poods and sweathends hey hav s thlished that poy hats. It is al iin} i vench fever i ammunicated by a ie BSG uses nt Doo hin- badly nek - ir ing. Shee factories have taken il up ody lick has bech lon. alt . , Ye pe hy the although substitutes i ¥ the ind mast othr shee th e disease ds gre : a I ; per EPS . & stage. But th @ durere-t ot is found ing mere prevalent. and is spreadir r . - from the trenches te the back are: In automobile facterics and ch cap rur- is also noted in the venort * 'the Uiture factories for upholstery. The t i e Th a! angeursplion of len ther substitutes , original cases were all amony troops ; ba has so far been chiefly are but 'in the trenches hut the disease is ' : exports are increasing. Although the now prevalent on various lines of 1 mace resent scarcity of leather has no communication and at the bases. Even hospital orderlies and nurses are «4 vasional victims, The actual crux of the discussion seems to be whether trench fever is a disease of man transmitted by the) louse, or some disease among lice themselves which is transmisible to' men. If the latter, the cure would seem io be the eradication of lice, a xigantic and almost hopeless task in 'wartime. If the former, the of the disease down tg a control of the human car- riers, And is probably an easier task. | The commission recommends energetic action in the direction of greater per- sonal cleanliness, which will also con-j| is no wind). by.-- eae greatly to the general com- pied the other side of the trees. Don't | fort and health of the Hope: x swimming,! Russian machine; and so As if Jack does headed for home with the 1 still holding the tank. watched a man swinging a pair of In- energies gave way and he collapsed pers of State importance dian clubs in the late noon on my way on the lower plane, out to the Queen Elizabeth. 'On my_ til the huge craft landed at swinging the clubs, and grinning been sent. man amidships Was amusing could eee the dine si al, avail- -ven Manufacture in singing, ; | dis-| school for vacation, "when the first comes | Man started to spell 'psalm' with a' | B get the feaped their shots the main tank. The enemy now made.a special mark lof the brave aviater and a hall graz- But he hung on in his thousands «af feet able, above the earth. The cold was in- the man seen became almost to death. Presently The dizzy height and the ex- flow he managed to keep his hands Ons' IL saw an over the bullet holes was a miracle, Indian, sitting silently in the shadow, for the machine swayed and turned back at the palace, if the inspection form of , steeply in its amusement on a deserted part of the ceaseless fire from the It was a strange picture, and J: planes. But he did bang on, although | documents that come flowing to the wondered what the pinged East he Cpa that was going hy 'palace; for his Majesty's mail reaches an the aero-_ to avoid other efforts He was 'still a good "Huns, but luckily he es- | Nothing more "cout be done by the the pilot observer At last his where he Iny un- its hase two hours later, the man was* With the information for which it had The observer was resusci- h> tated, but it some weeks befcre ARTIF ICLAL LF: WHER. of Buletitaten Made Vast Strides of Late. Within the last ten years the manu- facture of substitutes for leather has become an important indusiry, al- though the general pullin knows li ae e _ doubt helped to promote the industry, "the low price of the substitute is tend- ing to expand the use of it. Leather to-day costs ahout twice as much as cost two years ago. Imitation lea- ther sells for about a third as much ;as real leather. oS W ould Have Saved Trouble. i "Mamma," said Edgh, home from j why didn't he seratch it out and start over?" mone = &- - a Spray with the wind, (or when there When the wind changes, attempt to spray against the wind. l cite one instance, every list of promo- "per cent, | pilgrim trains had each a mosque at- ONE YEAR'S "WAR FACTS GENERAL SURVEY OF 1917 WAI ACTIVITIES IH. M. THE KING-- WAR WORKER 1S HARDEST WORKED MAN IN sREAT BRITAIN. "Arduous and 'Kixlous Duties U iabaten- cated Carried Out by the ~ King Daily. What duties has this war brougist Recently issued by the Biitish We Cabinet Cuntains These Astanish- ing Details. loaned £1, L865. G00.080 to be Devember, Pritain to King George V.? In the firat place, alties i e (ASI, an jhis deily Rrogramme sounds like the fb75,.000 athe LD pnons. The manufacture of beer has bes daily progwfumme of any great usi- ' ness man. It is a rigid, Spartan day, reduced from 36,000 wil': no ceremony and surprisingly Jit 14.006,000 barvel It is estimated hae ' Hi barrels tle of formality: | at When the King is at Buckingham tem of cou) distribus a Palace he is up so early in the morn-; equiv alent cf 700,000,000 tons boiny ing that he is through his new spapers Cart ried a nie. i and ready for his secretaries by 8.30 | The War Cabinet held 409 meeting- Althosgh his morning mail | 1! a_year is gone through at high pressure, itis) There are 7,600,000 men in the _ usually 10.30 o'clock before his morn- British Armies. ; ing engagements come on for his at-; Only one ship in 200 of convoyes luncheon, i Vessels has been lost. The German submarine has a sur- fave speed up to I8sknots, and a sab- They usually begin with an Investi- | mer ged speed of 10 to 1i kpots. She ture, if there he one on the marning's , 'carries from 15 to 20 torpedoes; she programme. And these Investitures ; pean travel 100 niles completely sub are quiie invariably the King's first, merged; and she can remain uinter canvern. i water, sitting on the bottom, us to 4 Simple and Unassuming. hones, ; a si . : | The range of a German torped: i: Then come the first of his audiences. : 5 flea: and the speed 40 knots. Phere is no Vee to the sort of pet) chase the beginning of the wa: th ple whom the King receives in his! Admiralty believe that between 40 an- study, except the limit fixed by at- 54 per cent. of German submarine: tiinment. His Majesiy's callers are operating in home waters have bec: those who have done something of captured, sunk, or otherwise destrey- merit. Fronr all worlds they come--) 497 the political world, the war wo;id, the ia eee Jeena: Lavi diplomatic world) anen uf all soris oly. ot destroyers in home waters personal attaili ament entities them ed more that 1,000,600 aales, whee special recognition, ides greeted very nuxiliary patrol services steamed simply at these audiences: imore than 6,000,000 miles. Luncheon and dinner sre very "l -"Geoat Britain hag 7.700 miles dom events of a ceremonial nature | const ta defend. . uring war time. Both meals a acevery) The Royal Naval Air Service sum- ee family affairs. It is, of course, per 46,009 men, 176 airships and kite 'ell known that all in the royal resi- 'balloons, and well ences are rigidly rationed in wero "lei These ast until and are so nicely erdered that not a! quarter of an hour goes to waste. ' sv of over | planes and Sepa These Rgures ; } ( "s . ance with the Food Controle: re-/ ore constantly increasing. (guirements, i Tn one ipa the alreraft patrol No Escape. round the British Isles Mies 20.0% Between three and five o'clock his! mites. Majesty, frequently accompanied by} Of 13-060,000 men transported over- the Queen, is engaged in inspection of | sea, only about 3,500 have bees los:. the realm munitions plants, war hospitals, pub- lic projects, and military and establishments of all serts. Between five-thirty and eight he is supplies and OT, and of) tied plosives and army 600,006 tons of coal! shipped overseas Overy 7,000 men hand $0,000 tons agpplies are sent daily to Prance. About 567 steamers are continually supplied in carrying troops and. army supplie There are 420,000 men in the Bri ish Navy. Derae 1917 we tock on sll fronts 115,000 prisoners and 781 guns. Military hospitals in the United 'ingdom number 2,000 naval of has not taken him out of the London area, and busy with the hundreds' of docu- To asteunding valume. State menis of all sorts come to him. tions has to be signed with his own hand. Even during dinner, which is served! More than 17,000 women are em punctually at 8.30 o'clock, other pa-) ployed as mil itary nurses and 28,004 reach the) others are employed in varigus work palace, and these-require*te be gone; at military hospitals. over before the King may retire, }. In the -Lrightget maonlight iv is al- When his Majesty is away from! most impossihf to see an seropiang Londen-~and always it is his effort! fying at 19.600-15,000 fect. to be in London throughout an air! 'There are 2,922,000 men end THe0! _raid---messengers follow him d Women Cubed on. munitivns, with despatches to be read and pape Liuce the beginning. of 1917 the out- to be signed, Wherever he goes he is putefhigh explosiveshas nore than the Sovereign of the itealm, and the met eur own duniminds, enuited as ta y responsibilities that devolve. hn Pe large stocks, and sipply our 1 him as such follow him. Even : during what are intended to be his Se me 9,000. tractors amd otensier- periods of recreation at Windsor -- or hs have been ordered j at The number of articles handle: pe hy week by the central stoves brea the Minis stry of Av000,000 If we had paid the spre price ion in IO sacig: ope beet woul hiv Sand: bai m, Where he enjoys what litte n he is able to secure, the same routine frequently into his day. King George V. has never sought to become the instructcr-of generals in var tactics, of statesmen in. politics, of painters in art, and of scholars in learning. It-is not the British way. A Slegrer. hreaks gun animus the inercast £43,050,608, Faueluding. officers, non-e¢ ed prea and: invel: iry fome 3 sible that has accam- 0" o" Seen For this reason it is pos the work which the King plished during the war But, as the said recentiy, "there js one is working 2s hard as hard; worked man in this country, ard he ; - the Sovereign of the. Reais" r $ -- EACH RAIN HAD A MOSQUE, Sh rvall, man ne a ee ------ arsor ¢ eo: SVE West recentivy German Buili "Holy" Raitread Was. Pinanced by Turkish Government. TY ~ n Pdjaz Raihway, reeently cap- 2 1, tured Gereral -Alle inby, Was j n. ned by Abdul Hamid and con true ; by German engineers. purpose "rail conveyance of pi is to Medina stv Mecea was proclaimed all over Moha nine a an world, und huge SMS were sent to Abdul Hamid towards i eost by Moslems of all nation The ofici is of the Turkish G ment: were compelled to contribute their quota by means of an annual 10 levy on their it was being built. Galy ; dans were permitted to work on sections within the sacred zones 'Medina and Mecea, and Turkish gineers were especially trained the Germans for this purpose. Mohamme-! the = en-| A good indica is ornumenial, and as it tempers the wiid it helps keep the boat in the coal bin and ligh- ens the work of the fireman who has 'the furnace to attend in scvere Country -- schools and it jtached, but probably they have ail ibeen converted into munition waggons ¢ince General a began his ad- vance from B Seersishy weather. ; churches should be well protected" by ; trees properly planted to afford shel- I ter in cold weather and shade in hot Brightening a 2 Dingy Rug. | weather. In planning windbreaks After a rug has been well cleaned | plant on the side toward the prevail- and aired, if it still remains dull and! ing winds, and arrange the trees in dingy, go over it with a.cleth wrung! groups of mixed species. Have sey- lightly out of strong vinegar and hot' eral rows of trees, aes oe over- ater. A spoonful of ammonia will! greens, to shut off the wind a help the brightening effect. _ pletciy as possible. 2 Up to August 25,000,000 tons af ex- +