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in THE Brooklyn Society Mary Caroline Pratt's Wedding: on Glen Cove Lawns Yesterday. Miss Mary Caroline Pratt, known as May Carrie Pratt as a little girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Pratt and sister of Charles Pratt and Miss Helen Pratt, is now Mrs. Christian Archibald Herter and has married Into the diplomatic field.

As the Soelety Columi. of last night's Eagle told in some detail, she was wedded to Mr. Herter on the lawn of her parents' country home, Poplar Hill, Dosoris, Glen Cove, in the heart of the estate, at 5 o'clock, yesterday, several hundred people coming train and motor to witness the unusual ceremony, to sup on yet another lawn of the house at small tables under ly colored umbrellas and to dance later in the Pratt house. The weather gods were good to this Brooklyn girl of Clinton avenue, who the past year or so has made herself one the leading young women ures of the borough. Friday was I stormy; yesterday morning was some of the time lowering and even as late as noon were many clouds in the sky.

the time late afternoon Buthere came it was a sun-lit day and the plans, that had many artistic effects about them, were all carried through. Yesterday afternoon's account in The Eagle told much of this wedding's news. It did not picture it as a whole, however. Today the rull story awaits the telling, and the unique decorative features made it one of real interest. Poplar Hill has several lawns.

That facing to the west, at the right of the nouse, fronting on the setting sun, was selected as the scene of the ceremony. Ushers, bridesmaids, maid of honor, bride, the bridal party complete, came out of the house's main entrance, turned to the left, then to the left again. They walked on a blue velvet carpet (from the house) into an inclosure hedge up to a Pompeian temple. there "Here were two Doric columns, eight to ten feet high each, surmounted by tripods filled with white larkspur and smilax that fell in cascades. There was a canopy and a background of smilax and larkspur and in front of this temple a forecourt of Pompeian garden columns placed behind marble garden urns brought by Mrs.

Pratt from Italy, filled with hydrangeas in blue. Here the wedding party stood, here under this temple canopy, the actual ceremony took place, the bridegroom, his best man (his brother, Everit Herter) and the officiating clergyman, the Rev. Dr. L. Mason Clarke of Brooklyn, awaiting the bride and her attendants as they came along their footpath of blue velvet.

Into this forecourt the guests came later to offer their congratulations. This lawn was perfectly flat, and thus each detail of the ceremony could be readily seen by the several hundred present. The eastern lawn was where supper was served, its decorative features being an Italian pergola, with oak leaves. Many score tables were scattered about this lawn, each with 1 its covering umbrella, of yellow and white, all striped, presenting the most brilliant of open pictures. American country weddings have often been spoken of.

They are much admired by foreigners. This was one long to be remembered. Its perfect effects will be recalled with pleasure. It proved one of the most distinguished New York fashionable life has known. As will be seen from the above the wedding's color scheme was hydrangea blue.

This was carried out in the gowns of the seven attendant girls. They wore hydranga blue chiffon, with broad silk sashes made over silk foundations, and had hydrangea blue hats of chiffon. They carried blue and yellow delphiniums and larkspur. Miss Pratt's wedding gown was of white tulle and satin, trimmed with lace belonging to her maternal grandmother, the late Mrs. William Ladd of Portland, Ore.

The lace was arranged in flounces on skirt and was also fashioned on bodice. The the court train of satin was embroidered in pearls, and over it fell the full folds of her tulle wedding veil. She had a bouquet of lilies of. the valley and white orchids. Mrs.

Pratt, her mother, was in heliotrope shades of chiffon, with a hat of the same tones. The wedding party, in addition to Everit Herter, best man, comprised Miss Helen Pratt, maid of honor; Mrs. Charles Pratt (the former Catherine Mumford, Miss Pratt's sister-in-law); Miss Lydia Babbott, her cousin; Mrs. Everit Herter: Miss Laura Parsons of Manhattan; Miss Eleanor Baker, and Miss Margaret Cutler of Boston. bridesmaids; Charles Pratt, the bride's brother; Watson M.

Washburn, Robert Storrow, Roland Redmond of Coleman Jennings of Washington, D. Henry Parkman, Sherman Thorndyke of Boston, and Day Kimball of Providence, R. ushers. Mr. Herter is a son of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Herter of 180 Bast. Sixty-seventh street, Manhattan. is a Harvard man, and until recently was an attache at Berlin. Wedding of Miss Dorothy Rose Hothorn at Succasunna, N.

J. There was wedding of Brooklyn society moment yesterday afternoon. It was that of Miss Dorothy Rose Hothorn, daughter of Mr. 'and Mrs. E.

G. Hothorn of 470 Ocean avenue, and Walter Schultze of 280 Garfield place, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Schultze, and, like Miss Pratt's, was solemnized from the country home of the bride, at Succasunna, N. J.

This wedding hour was 3:30 o'clock. Miss Hothorn had attending her her sister, Miss Esther Hothorn (in blue) as maid of honor, and Miss Grace Finlay and Miss Helen Bracker (in pink) bridesmaids. The bride's gown was of white satin. She carried lilies of the valley and wore a tulle veil in coronet effect. The bridesmaids' gowns were of organdie, worn with Leghorn hats, with pink velvet streamers and pink ruffled organdie.

They had old-fashioned bouquets. The maid of honor had also an old fashioned bouquet and a gown of blue organdie with ruffles, and with a fichu, together with a Leghorn hat with blue organdie and blue streamers. Miss Alice Marie McCook to Marry Frederic George Rita. Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas F. McCook gave a dinner at their home, 156 Barbey Street, Friday evening, announcing the engagement of their daughter, Miss Alice Marie McCook, who has well known figure in the so- BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, ese songs, closing with a new number with its words a translation of a Japanese poem, entitled "A Nipponese Sword It was introduced by the playing of the Japanese national anthem and a demonstration in favor of Japan by the audience. Later, and as a part of the entertainment, there was feature dancing, four duo dances, two in the concert room and two on the lawn, the artistes being the Misses Concannon.

The lawn diaries, "The attractive. Pipes o' The Pan," artistes proved were de- barefoot, in gossamer white with floating draperies, and artificial moonlight fell upon them as they glided out from the pines, over the grass, only, finally, to vanish again among the trees and reappear beneath the branches against a dark blue, starlit sky. The evening closed with general dancing. In connection with the concert a tennis tournament was held at the Merriewold Club, all its proceeds going to work the Red Cross. There was excellent the done in this tournament by players of the younger set, but erick Alexander (now in Red Cross work), William Clark (now in France) and William de Mille (now on the Pacific Coast) were much missed.

Miss Chardavoyne's Wedding Day. Miss Edith May Chardavoyne and Donald Ely Elliot are to be married at noon on Tuesday. The Rev. Andrew Chapman, the former rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church at the corner of Clinton avenue and Carroll street, will come from Cleveland to perform the ceremony.

Miss Chardavoyne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Chardavoyne of 14 First place and was graduated from Erasmus Hall a year ago. 0.

Mr. Elliot, who is a graduate of Polytechnic Institute, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Randolph Elliot of 926 St. Mark's avenue.

He expects to enter a military training camp in the near future. The wedding is to be a very quiet one owing to a recent death in the bride's family. Weddings of Interest GIBSON-KAMPFE. A wedding of wide interest in Brooklyn at noon August 15, at the Kampfe estate at Bloomingdale, N. was that of Miss Flora A.

Kampfe, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Kampfe, and Robert Gibson of Washington, D. formerly a resident of Brooklyn.

The Rev. N. J. M. Van Deyne of Christ Church, at Pompton Lakes, N.

performed the ceremony under an arch of ferns and flowers, which had been erected in the large stone-pillared pergola near the house. The bride wore a gown of beaded Georgette crepe and carried a shower bouquet of Queen Anne lace flowers, gathered from the grounds. Following the ceremony a dainty wedding breakfast was served. Owing to the recent death of the bride's mother, the immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present. The bride is a former Brooklyn girl, having lived at 670 Putnam avenue, but for several years past has made her winter home in Washington, C.

The summer at Bloomingdale comprises an estate of 400 acres, with a large lake and stately house and is one of the show places of the section. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson are taking a two months wedding trip via the Great Lakes to California and the Northwestern States, returning thence to their future home in Washington, D. where they will be at home after December 1.

Those present were Mrs. Mary Spettel, Mrs. Helen Weber, Mrs. Katherine Kampfe and Mrs. Arthur Kern of Brooklyn; Joseph Gibson, Mrs.

John Gibson, Miss Margaret Gibson and Edward Yewell of Washington, D. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A Haag and their daughter, Miss Marion Haag, of Mountain Lakes, N. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Dvorak. of WoodG. Crane of Hempstead, L. haven, L.

and Mr. and Mira. Arthur BIGGS TOBIN. Miss Mary B. Tobin, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. James Tobin, of 251 East Fifth street, was married yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, to Walter C. Biggs, son of Mrs. Margaret Biggs of the Bronx. The bride, gowned in white Georgette with a hat of Georgette, and a shower bouquet of bride's roses, was attended by her sister, Miss Agnes C.

Tobin, in pale pink Georgette with a large picture hat of black velvet. The bridemaid's flowers were pale pink asters. The best man was Walter A. Peterson. Only relatives and a very few friends were present at the wedding breakfast at the home of the bride.

Mr. and Mrs. Biggs left for Portland, where they will remain until mid September. They will then make their home in Brooklyn. The bride is a graduate Erasmus Hall, Teachers' Training School, taught at Public School 153.

Mr. Biggs is a Harvard graduate. SMITH- WARD. The marriage of Miss Helen Ward, daughter of Mrs. Edwin Carrington Ward of Brooklyn and Lieutenant Philip Durant Smith, son of 'Mr.

and Mrs. George William Smith also of Brooklyn, was an event at Lake Mohonk, N. last Thursday at noon. The Rev. Dr.

W. H. P. Faunce, president of Brown University, officiated. The bride's sister, Miss Winifred Ward, was the maid of honor.

Kenneth Ward, her brother, was Lieutenant Smith's best man, and the ushers were Thomas Crawford, Perry Faunce, Pierrepont Prentice, John V. Craven Coates Landell and Henry Todd. The marriage took place in the garden of the Lake Mohonk Mountain Hotel, which is unique for its beauty. The wedding party passed through a rosecovered pergola to a summer house at the end where the ceremony was performed. Simplicity was the keynote and the charm of the wedding.

Lieutenant Smith, a graduate of Dartmouth, '15, and a member of the Aviation Corps, U. S. had a short leave of absence and the date of the wedding was advanced for that rea- son. Miss Peterson to Marry. Next Wednesday has been announced as the wedding day of Miss.

Harriet E. Peterson, daughter of Mrs. Laura Peterson of 769 St. John's place and Frank G. de Vigne, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Frank de Vigne of 6 Hancock street. It 1s expected that the Rev. John L. Belford will officiate at the ceremony at the home of the bride, at noon.

Miss Conkright Engaged. The engagement of Miss Edith M. Cronkright, graduate of Erasmus Hall. class of 1916, and Frederick J. Treiber of Manhattan, has been announced.

Miss Cronkright is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Cronkright of 23 Maple Court, Flatbush. Mr.

Treiber is secretary of the Nautilus Boat Club of Bensonhurst. FLOWER SHOW AT PARK. One of the most interesting points in Prospect Park at this time of year is the Old-Fashioned Flower Garden. Thousands of persons have visited it recently. August is the month of yellow flow.

ers. such as the Russian sunflower, with their turning heads; Russian golden rod, some of which are 6 feet tall; golden glow, marigold, dahlias and many other 1917. Saving of Part of Alsace-Lorraine Is Peace Problem Now Facing Germany By HENRY SUYDAM. "If the French could be brought to renounce their claim to the unrestricted possession of Alsace-Lorraine, the Germans would necessarily be compelled to accept a compromise, for that would be the only way to an early end of the war -Dr. Alfred H.

Fried, Austro-German pacifist, in Neue Zuricher Zeitung. It is generally recognized that, from the standpoint of a settlement between Germany and France, the question of Alsace-Lorraine presents one of the gravest problems of the war. The reclamation of Alsace-Lorraine has come to represent, to French people, the embodiment of the broader and more abstract war aims of French democracy, and one can understand the uncompromising attitude of the French Government in refusing to consider anything less than complete and absolute restoration. Pope Benedict's suggestion that Alsace-Lorraine should be settled by agreement found no favor in France. The German case has been doc- trenches and ruins had not deprived us of our claim to be regarded sonable beings whose actions, prompted by logical considerations, we should try and find our way out of the dilemma through a compromise, which would take into account the rights of the people of Alsace-Lorraine, and would grant to neither of the warring nations the possession of the provinces at least, not the unrestricted possession of the mboth.

This would be a settlement allowing neither of the two nations to pose as conqueror, and It would enable them both to put a stop to unparalleled sacrifices for the sake of Alsace-Lorraine has governed European policies since 1870 and that of chimera. "The majority of the French people and the population of Alsace-Lorraine agreed with us, before the war, that the problem of AlsaceLorraine could not be removed by force. Even now this view of the matter has not lost any of its truth. If the French could be brought to renounce their claim to the unrestricted possession of Alsace-Lorraine, the Germans be compelled necessarily to accept a compromise, for this would be the only way to an early end to the war." Dr. Fried then shows that the German expectation that the submarine KREUZNACH LUXEMB BENSHEIM 5 KAISERSLAUTERN MANNHE1M SAARLOUIS 0 SPIRES BLOCHEN SAAG EMUND CARLSRUHE PFORZHEIM NANCY STEIN BURG RASTATT LUNEVILLE.

BAdEN STRASS BURG EPFIG BIBERACH GE6WEILER BREISACH FREIBURG 0 BARENTH MULHAUSEN BELFORT SCHAFFHAUSEN. BASE WITZERLAND trinaire to an extreme. German statesmen have been unable to point, either in the mode of acquisition in 1871, or in the methods of treatment since that time, to anything that might morally sanction their continued domination of the two provinces. They have quoted the Treaty of Westphalia, in 1648, when Alsace was ceded to France; the Peace of Ryswick, in 1697, which gave Strassburg to France, and a convention signed after the revolutionary wars of 1789, when Mulhausen became French. Otherwise, the German Government has been unable to say anything except that Alsace-Lorraine was taken by the force of German arms and must remain German.

No Delusions in Berlin. No delucions exist in Berlin now regarding the future of those two digtricts. Alsace-Lorraine is one of the prime factors in permanent peace in Europe, and the German Government knows that Germany has lost enough of the war to make the retention of those provinces quite beyond possibility. They must, therefore, be surrendered in greater or less degree, and the problem of Alsace-Lorraine 1s thus, for the German Government, the problem of saving as much territory as possible, and of relinquishing little as will satisfy France. The German Government is committed in principle, therefore, to the plebiscite.

The French Chamber of Deputies have passed a resolution, on the other hand, placing the question of AlsaceLorraine outside the realm of arbitration or argument. It is now possible to make a fair statement of the German case in the most favorable light, and the significance of such a statement, at a time when the German Government is con- sidering the reply to Pope Benedict's program, is obvious and need not be emphasized. This statement is made by Dr. A Alfred H. Fried, in an article entitled "The War for raine," contributed to the Neue Zuricher Zeltung of June 24.

Dr. Fried 1g one of the most determined and consistent of German pacifists. He born in Vienna and has high Austrian connections, has won a Nobel prize and, since 1891, hag worked for the pacifist cause in Germany, with more than sixty books and pamphlets on peace to his credit. Dr. Fried 1s a pacifist by convictions of long and honored standing, and not a pacifist of expediency, Dr.

Fried's Views Authoritative. Dr. Fried'8 views on Alsace-Lor- raine may be accepted as current in lin and Rome, for the Vossiche Zeiauthoritative quarters in Vienna, Bertung admitted in a telegram from Zurich a few days ago that the Neue Zuricher Zeltung was in close touch with the Vatican. The Neue Zuricher is one of the famous propagandist organs of the German Government, although published in Switzerland. What Dr.

Fried says about Alsace-Lorraine may, therefore, be regarded as indicative of both the views of the German Government and of the Vatican. Upon pointing out that the problem the war is an actual continuation of these policies, Dr. Fried states that the problem of Alsace-Lorraine must be definitely settled at the end of the war. The solution that would be most acceptable for the French--the return of both provinces to France--would prolong the war at least two years. That solution would, moreover, arouse a spirit of revenge in Germany which would make it doubtful whether the settlement could be permanent.

Dr. Frid then explains how the combat for the possession of the few square miles of territory in AlsaceLorraine has made it likely that the acquisition of these two provinces will be regarded, in both France and many, as one criterion, if not the terion, of victory. That notion, Dr. Fried thinks, will lengthen the period of struggle. The Crux of the Situation.

The matter is summed up by Dr. Fried thus: "If a three year's war for Trials of War Unknown To First Cavalry Men cie'y world, and Frederic George Rita. At the dinner, besides the new fiancee and fiance, were: Mrs. George Rita, Mrs. Mary A.

Rita, Mrs. Annie R. Connell. Mr. and Mrs.

Maxwell M. Gloin. Miss Mary Nunan, Miss Kathryn Nunan, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A.

McGoldrick, Miss Margaret McCook. Miss Cecelia McCook, Lieutenant Joseph F. McCook. Miss Mary Alice McGloin, John P. MeGloin, Frederic Schlosstein.

Miss McCook is a St. Mary's Junior Auxiliary girl and was graduated from St. Francis Xavier. She has been prominent in the activities of Alpha Phi Sigma. Her brother, Joseph T.

McCook (a man) has just been commissioned lieutenant Poly, in the Engineering Corps Officers Re. serve. Mr. is a son of Mrs. George Rita Classon Avenue, is Ritas a practicing attorney and a Fordham man of 1914.

He has received an appointment to Plattsburg, and left I for that training camp after the nouncement dinner Friday night. Miss Debora Soich Monday's Bride; Now Mrs. Green. The many men and girls that have been meeting for a year or so past at a great number of the dances at the Knickerbocker Field Club and the Hotel St. George Miss Debora Briggs Soich, daughter Mr.

and Mrs. mond A. Soich of 170 Macon street, will be interested in knowing that this well-known Brooklyn girl is a bride. She was married Monday of this past week at Hastings-on-theHudson and is now Mrs. Donald Green.

Miss Soich and Mr. Green did not exactly elope, but it was a very quickly-decided-upon wedding. Bride and bridegroom are now in Brooklyn with the bride's parents. hothe ceremony, took young place Mrs. from Green's the friends in Hastings, Miss Dorothy Bauer, and was at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

The former Miss Soich wore a gown of white silk with a white hat and carried white roses. Mr. is a son of Mr. and Geroe Green of Coxsackie, Greene County. Mrs.

Grace Canavello Became Mrs. Edwin B. Strout on July 19. War strangely responsible for many things. One unusual circumstance that may be charged up to this is the fact that a well-known Brooklyn woman was married on July 19 and the news has only just come to hand, five weeks later.

Plattsburg figures in this little wedding incident, as it has so many times before this summer. The bridegroom has just received his commission as a captain ed of reserves. Mrs. Grace C. Canavello is this bride of July 19, widow of the late Benjamin J.

Canavello and now residing at 79 Woodruff avenue. She will be especially recalled as the mother of the former Miss Grace Canavello, named after her, who married Edward C. Persike, was a notable society figure of several years ago and now makes her home at 1145 President street. Mrs. Canavello was married in the Church of the Ascension, hattan, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a luncheon following at the RitzCarlton.

Her bridegroom was Edwin B. Strout of 15 Arlington place, formerly a captain in the Twenty-third Regiment. Belle Terre Cabaret and Dance for the Red Cross. Last night there was a cabaret and dance at the Belle Terre Club for the Red Cross, with Judge Robert H. Roy as master of ceremonies, Mrs.

Amelia Gray-Clarke directing the program and Mrs. William Youngs, Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs. Ann Luckley (in costume, singing old French and old English songs) and Miss Christine Meyer and Miss Helen Meyer (in dances) among performers. Among the confectionery girls of the evening were Miss Ruth Moore, Miss Rhona Woody, Miss Edna Lyons and the Misses Riecks, the committee comprising Mrs.

Cord Meyer, Mrs. Harry A. Fitch, Mrs. Herbert Cornell, Mrs. F.

C. McMillin, Harry E. Robinson and Mrs. Gray-Clarke. Mrs.

Cord Meyer's Children's Fete for the Red Cross. An artistic entertainment for the Red Cross was given by the children of Belle Terre bungalow colony, at residence of Mrs. Cord Meyer, the on Friday evening. The program consisted of group of dances -'The Wood Nymph" (Miss Agnes Meyer), "Cupid" (Miss Jane Fitch), "Minuet" (Miss Christine Meyer); a "War Drama," arranged by the Misses Meyer and Miss Eugenia and Miss Florence Tellings, comprising tableaux and descriptive dances, "Peace," "Call to Arms," "Desolation" and "Victory." "Peace," Miss Eugenia Tellenings; "Call to Arms," Miss Florence Tellenings," dressed in French colors; "Des. olation," Miss Helen Meyer, in gray; "Victory," Miss Christine Meyer, with "Hail Columbia" music and the Stars and Stripes featured.

Entertaining at Westhampton, At Westhampton the recent hostesses have included Mrs. Jonathan Peterson, Mrs. Eugene G. Blackford and Mrs. Charles Sayre, who have entertained at very charming bridges and luncheons, their guests having included Mrs.

Charles Armstrong, Mrs. Lewis E. Pierson, Mrs. John McClement, Mrs. Henry L.

O'Brien, Mrs. Maillard M. Canda, Mrs. Joseph B. Cousins, Mrs.

William Wallace Marshall, Mrs. Irving T. Smith, Mrs. E. Ward Olney, Mrs.

Joseph H. Colyer, Mrs. Rodney A. Ward, Mrs. William Pohlman Pool, Mrs.

Jesse T. L. Hopkins, and Mrs. William B. Jourdan.

Red Cross Contest at Merriewold Park. A concert and dance in behalf of the Red Cross that proved most ites cessful was and given attracted recently many (a week BrooklynFriday night), at Merriewold Park, Sullivan County, the home of Mrs. Jokichi Takamine, Sho-Fu-Den, being its scene. All the cottagers and clubhouse guests attended and made a pleasing picture on the wide Japanese veranda, against a background of green lawn and giant pines starred with colored Oriental lanterns. The concert itself was in the central gold room of this quaint Japanese house with its Japanese frescoes of maple and pine.

The program in its entirely was taken from the compositions of Miss Fay Foster, Miss Foster herself playing the accompaniments and the numbers being given by George Reinher and Miss Tydeman. Following this was a group of Japan- Members of Troop A Perfectly Contented in Their UpState Camp- All in 1 Excellent Health. Strict Military Rule in Force. Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Realizing the keen interest and real affection you have always shown toward the many Brooklyn boys now serving their country in the various camps protecting important works in our State, I am writing to you, for I fancy there are many homes in our beloved city where from lonely, or about their absent boys might prove of real comfort. I am staying on a farm, only a quarter of a mile from the camp of the First N.

Y. Cavalry, Troop A. As I sit here writing I can see, even count, the khaki tops of their tents. At a little distance a number of the cavalry horses are quietly grazingquite as unconcerned as the farmer's cow in the next field--for "wars and rumors of wars" are quite unknown to them. The tents of the cavalry are pitched in orderly rows on either side of the Aqueduct which they are faithfully guarding and patrolling for some distance both north and south.

To the right of the tents are woods, green and restful in the heat of this hot summer, to the left lies a stretch of fields of grain--now ripe for harvest--and far beyond, the blue tops of the wooded hills. Near the camp a small pond of refreshingly cool water proves a blessing to the men A8 they return, hot, tired and dirty from their various duties. If "cleanliness is next to Godliness," our troopers should be blessed indeed--for one cannot visit among them and not admire their efforts to keep themselves, their tents, and all about them in such splendid order as only a gentleman aim for. All 1s Peaceful in Camp. Coming from the city, where the air is filled with only the echo of the horrors over the sea, and the Red Cross is silently waving its message from every church and store, it seems to us here a horrible and impossible dream.

All is peaceful here--the troopers work hard at their round of duties, and impress you with three sterling traits: first, their health and splendid manhood; second, the courage on each face, and last but certainly not least, their cheerfulness! Never in my life have I seen 80 many radiant smiles. Are all soldiers 80 gifted--or is Troop A especially blessed with a "smiling face?" Not one of them from the newest recruit to those of border days seems to worry where they will be sent next, or what their work shall all in the game," they say, "and when our call comes, no matter where, Uncle Sammie will find every trooper ready and eager to go." As you enter the camp, having been properly passed by the guard, your eye is first attracted by an Army kitchen. A wooden shack with wire screened sides. The stove is the "Sibly Field Range" type, which is a wonder for cooking everything, even though it is so simple in construction. Beside the range are the large pots for heating water and boiling vegetables.

I have peeped into these ovens and pots and enjoyed a taste of the food being prepared and returned to our farm table green with envy, for the cook is a butcher by trade, and knows good meat and gets it, too. So if any of the boys' mothers are picturing their particular son hungry and underfed let me assure you, though they may eat from a mess kit and on rough boards, and each man must wash his own dishes, no man needs go hungry, as there are plenty of "seconds." Line Up With Own Mess Kits. Next to the kitchen comes the "mess fly" with covered top and open sides. The long pine table makes one think of the Sunday school picnic in small New England towns. It's a jolly sight when the bugle calls "mess" to see the men line up with their own "mess kits," for hard labor in God's great outdoors gives a man a brave heart and a good appetite.

The troop is more than rich in wit. The men come from all walks a and professions in life, even the stage has its share and the screen, and as in the days of peace these men gave themselves to amuse the public, so now, on a small stage with military setting, they give to the less-jolly brother a chance to have a real life-giving laugh. I think the man who can make u9 smile these trying times should have a special "crown of glory." From the mess tents on either side run the rows of tents, where the boys uncomplainingly fit into small space and a new life. The army cot seems now "the to only bed." In the tents the men show they are not entirely weaned from homes of ease and arrange their worldly goods in boxes or army lockers, and above their cots have built shelves for small belongings, and when off duty near each soldier is his own supply of deadly weapons, the only reminders of grim war and death. These form an unlovely contrast to the peace about.

There is many a phonograph- and even a piano--in camp, and, ag the boys say, "they work overtime." What if the dust of the country roads does turn the machine into a milltary hue, and an open tent cannot hold the sound, surely the old familiar tunes never sounded sweeter than in the tents of Troop A. Far away the trooper wanders in fanoy till some rough hand shakes him, "Wake up, Jack, staples!" and he sighs, "'Twas only a cavalryman dream." Must Groom Own Horses. To the southeast of the tents 11es the "picket line," and if you have the good luck to be in camp when "stables" calls, you will see every man busy at his horse carefully grooming him, and if he is a "slacker" he 19 "out of luck." The faithful care of a horse is a serious duty, as in the cavalry the horse comes first! After morning mess the troop, led by their officers, drill in the nearby fields. It is a sight to make the red blood in one tingle and if one is blessed with one of his own in the ranks they kind of feel their heads held up a bit higher and a set expression about the Jaw, for surely our New York cavalry are men to be proud of. As they patrol up and down the aqueduct one 1s impressed with their case In the saddle, but, remembering that many of them had long and severe training in Texas, we can understand.

The troop is in charge of Captain Donaldson, a man trained for fifteen years in military life. The best compliment I can give him 1s to quote one of men who has served under in the trying days, and sees both tine stern military side and his kindness of heart, "If I've got to cross the sea and march into real war, and face the horrors, I would rather follow Captain Donaldson than any man I know!" Strict Military Rule in Force. The camp is governed by strict war would lead to an early termination of hostilities has proved vain, and that the prospect of strong American support for the Entente might be for Germany. War Began Through Alsace-Lorraine. He concludes: "'The war, began through Alsace-Lorraine, and, in a way, it is being continued only for the sake of Alsace-Lorraine.

Brute force will never remove this cause of conflict. Therefore, a compromise is the only possible way out, and the sooner it 19 achieved, the more human lives and products of civilization it will be able to save." Such is Dr. Fried's statement of the German position. The French position, while it may appear to be unequivocal and dogmatic, presents many reasons why a compromise, from the French viewpoint, is not to be considered. The French claim that a plebiscite 1g not adequate, Inasmuch 88 45,000 French people refused to befor France.

They refuse to regard the come Germans in 1872, and departed fact that 85 per cent. of the present population of Alsace-Lorraine speak German as their mother tongue a8 conclusive, because French language has been discouraged and banned. French Territorial Aspirations. The Germans, on the other hand, point to the numbers of French people who did not leave in 1872, for one reason or another, and they ask whetner the governance of AlsaceLorraine is to be decided by the population as formed today, or as formed in 1870. The French answer to that point is that Alsace-Lorraine was ripped from France by force, and that any developments or tendenciey since 1870 cannot be regarded as logical, fair or consistent, as applying to the question.

French public opinion 1s more violent and bitter on that topic than Americans can casually recognize. Alsace- from any strategic or economic considerations-has become the romantic, 1 material embodiment of triumph of Prussianism. There was a body of public opinion In France as recently as one year ago that demanded extensive annexations in Western Germany. These people, who have been characterized as NeoImperialists, regard the whole left bank of the Rhine as the natural frontier of France, and they will continue to regard the Rhine as such, no matter how restricted the chances of such an advance appear from a military standpoint. The fortresses of Muehlhausen, Strassburg and Metzall in Alsace-Lorraine do not appeal to these thinkers as any protection against a future German menace.

That body of opinion, however, 19 extreme and has been somewhat modifled, in view of the military situation and the new axiom of "no annexations and no indemnities." The French nation, as a whole, cannot be said to favor the dismemberment of Western Germany, although they would concur in what that dismemberment would signify. France is 60 weary of war, now and forever, France has one aspiration--the attainment of permanent peace, with Alsace-Lorraine in French hands. France will be satisfied with that, but nothing less. TO AID DRUG ADDICTS' CASE Free municipal treatment for drug addicts can now be obtained without the formality of by a magistrate to a city institution, Health Commissioner Emerson has announced. All the victims of narcotic drugs need do is to report to a local health board to be sent to a hospital for treatment.

Dr. Emerson is acting an mended section of the public health laws. Other city departments are cooperating with the Health Commissioner, and Commissioner of Correction Burdette G. Lewis has already arranged to place several hundred beds in the correction hospital at the disposal of the Department of Health for this purpose. After the acute stage of the treatment is over the patients will be transferred to the municipal farm for convalescents.

Similar assistance will be afforded by the Department of Charities, the Bellevue and Allied Hospitals and the Board of Inebriety, military rule. It is both wise and necessary, and the strength and salvation of the troop. Only by faithful obedience to these rules can a soldier keep well physically or morally, or advance in military esteem. One could write on endlessly, for it's an ever -ending scene, always full of new interest. I wish I could send him a copy of the picture before me; it's unspeakably peaceful and beautiful.

There is a wonderful sunset tonight and the west is filled with glorious tints of gold and crimson, and here and there a touch of violet or deep purple; across three fields of wheat comes the rays of the setting sun, leaving a cloud or glory behind and resting upon the tents of the cavalry, turning them into crimson, and It seems a message, a call, from the battlefelds of blood, and one shudders with dread for the boys we own and love better than life. But lo! even as one gazes in horror the light changes to a burnished gold and glorifles the khaki tents. A soldier's carefree laugh floats over the felds, the camp piano bravely plays "The Sunshine of Your Smile." and our hearts cry out, "God's in His Heaven, all's well with the world!" Quietly the twilight deepens into night and the trooper off on pleasure hurries home, for to be happy in the Army one must be "home early." Over the tents spread the he heavens, and one by one "blossom the stars, the forget of the Out stillness comes the plaintive sound of the bugler's "taps" and as it fades away we send back to each faithful soldier 8 "Good night and God keep you!" A TROOPER'S MOTHER. Somewhere in New York, August 25, 1917. Want to Make Try Raising Honey Bees Now that the war and the food profiteers have joined hands to make economy the great American pastime.

how about keeping bees to decrease the high cost of living and bring a few pennies into the family exchequer? If you don't belleve it can be done, read the following account of what happened to one Brooklynite a number of years ago. The authenticity of the story is vouched for by The Eagle's correspondent, who lives at Quogue, L. and is now over 70 years of age. After reading of this man's experience perhaps you will want to do the same thing yourself. Here is the story as told by the resident of Quogue: "About the year 1896 a friend of the writer's, on leaving his place of business in Brooklyn one afternoon, noticed a large crowd gathering.

On going over to see the cause for SO much tumult he saw that a swarm of bees had lighted on the sign of Hyde Behman's Theater, at Adams street. As this man was raised in the country and knew something about bees he became interested at once. He asked the crowd if anybody wanted those bees. Of course they did not, and I doubt if many of them knew what they were, anyway. Going to a nearby grocery he procured a box and sheet and proceeded to push the bees into it, much to the dismay of the older ones in the crowd and to the great delight of the small boys who expected every minute to see him stung.

Taking this bundle of bees with him on the street car he finally got them to his home in Division avenue. Hastily making a hive he got them into it and was rewarded the next morning for his effort by seeing them busily at work in their new quarters. Two Hives in Back Yard. "From this swarm came another during the summer, 80 he had two hives. Standing in his kitchen one day, by an open window, a curious thing happened.

His wife, coming into room, exclaimed: 'O, Henry, don't move; the bees have swarmed on your Not the least disturbed he carefully removed his coat and soon had them transferred to their new hive in the backyard. "The following year the family moved to East New York, where there was a larger lot, and more flowers for the bees to work on. The third year he had over two hundred pounds of honey. For want of space he could not keep more than thirty hives at one time. Still he had over a thousand pounds of honey to sell as well as extra swarms for the season.

"One day he had taken several pounds of honey from the hives and stored it in a vacant room. The next morning the family were awakened by a terrible roaring. Going to the room, on opening the door, they found it full of bees, and those bees certainly held the fort, for the family were obliged to stay outside that door until every drop of honey was carried back to their hive. I believe that window was never forgotten to be closed again. Now I can hear some readers exclaim: Excuse me from having anything to do with but there may be others who would care to try the experiment, which is not so dangerous after all.

In these days when all food is high, and especially sugar, it would add to the humblest of fares real luxury at the small cost of a in beginning. "Honey has rightly been called 'the balm of a thousand the bees getting their own material out of them for making it. Surely, a unique way of getting 100 per cent. profit as well A8 having a very interesting study of the honey bee." SUES FORD FOR $1,500,000 The Hotel Review announces that suit for $1,500,000 against the Ford Motor Company of Detroit has been started in the Federal Court there by Thomas D. Green, proprietor of the Hotel Woodward, Broadway and Fifty.

fifth street, Manhattan, who is also president of the Hotel Association of New York, for breach of contract. "The suit is the result of the recent decision by the Ford Company that It would not erect a 300-room extension to the hotel," says the Hotel Review. The agreement, as stated in the complaint, was made between the company and Mr. Green in the early part of 1916." DINNER FOR CAPTAIN O'SHEA. A testimonal theater party will be given at the Empire Theater next Tuesday night In honor of Captain Daniel B.

O'Shea of the Home Defense League. A dinner will be held at Schumacher's Empire Hall, Broadway and Lexington avenue, following the theater party. Captain O'Shea la severing his connection with the 154th Precinct Company, over which he presided as commander for nearly fifteen months. He has moved from the district.