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VIEW AT PA RAN AQ UC ^ MRS LOR1L1.ARD SPENCER recently made an extended visit to the Philippines and became intensely interested In the natives and their future. Writing in the New York Tribune, she says: You say you would like an account of my stay in Jolo, a description of my friends the Moros, and, above all, as my small nephew puts it, "the most exciting thing that happened to you," but unfortunately I am so absorbed by the great issue at stake, the destiny of a nation, held as it were in the hand of the American people, that wonderful as those days were in that little far away island, with its mountains, and fertile valleys, it3 palms, its silver beaches, lined with coral and shells. Its rainbow tinted lish and many colored birds, its wonderful stars and radiant moonlight, I find myself forgetting all else in the great longing to make every citizen of these United States aDDreciate the nrlvileee which lies In his power?the gift that he may either give or withhold. Remember, please, that I am speaking of the Moros, not the Filipinos, and In order to understand the great gulf which separates the two you must bear in mind first and last that the Filipinos are Roman Catholics and the Moros Mohammedans, and. of equal importance, the fact that the Filipinos do not want Americans to remain in the islands and the Moros are begging us not to leave them. The Moro hates the Filipino, with good cause, and the Filipino, with good cause, is deadly afraid of the Moro. It is well known that Just before I left the islands a paper published as a joke the following: "Suggested, that a Filipino governor be appointed to govern Jolo, his official residence being in Manila"? which is 500 miles away, and quite frankly it?would be a very brave man (Filipino) who would try it at closer range. I agree with those whose solution is to keep the province of Mindanao and Sulu for a generation at least and let the Filipino have his longed for independence. He has freedom now if he could appreciate it, but like many other blessings he will not recognize it till it takeB flight. Housekeeping in Jolo. There is one man, however, who always believed that the Moros would respond to kindness. He is Charles H. Brent, Episcopal bishop of the Philippine Islands. He longed to give them a chance of proving that they would not reject a hand held out in helpful kindness. That reminds me of something a man said when I told him before sailing that all I hoped to do was to hold out a hand. His reply was that if I did they would cut it off. All I can say is it. was hold out and his prophecy did not come true. On the contrary, my experience of the last year has made me realize as never before thai love can win where hate spells death. We started. Deaconess Young and myself, from New York on December 6, reaching .lolo January 28. We stopped there only a day and went on to Zamboango, where we remained nearly a week collecting furniture and so forth for the only available house we could get in Jolo. It was unfortunately situated in the middle of the town, surrounded by sweatshops and over a pearl exchange, which sounds very pretty and smells very bad. I do not. however, wish to take up your time with details that simply have to do with comfort or discomfort; because, no matter how great the discomfort, it was more than made up for by the wonderful success of the venture. And after all, the discomfort was not sc great, for we had ordered our beds, mosquito nets, etc., sent from New York, and w^re fortunate in finding them waiting for us at the customhouse. That reminds mo of my surprise when we were obliged to pay duty on anything made outside of the United States, in spite of the fact that duty had already been collected in the United States. Were in Real Danger. At first the natives quite ignored us. I mean those we met In the streets of Jolo, for we were not at first allowed [to go outside the gates (you know Jolo r ffikniiMSnT '" :$S :,'-. ' . ; ' ' s / . . ... ..... . >.-: ....;. .. . . *? ^ v .-r < :"* . . .: ... V. > is the smallest walled town in thu world), as there existed a strong feeling that we were in very grave danger I owing to the fact that it had been herj aided we had come to proselytize. Some Mohammedans in San Francisco had written to a high dignitary that we might be expected and they hoped every possible obstacle would be put in our way, and as the Moro's idea of an obstacle seldom falls short of death you can see the danger was very real. The first day we did go out, accompanied by the bishop and an armed escort, we took the precaution to leave a note of instruction with Mr. EHIb, the banker, telling what should be done in case we did not return. Yet we did go out and nothing happened. And after a few weeks both Miss Young and myself went out quite alone. When Miss Katherine Buffum, also a volunteer, joined us, she took charge of our industrial class, which was a great success, and Mrs. Tryon, the trained nurse, started in with a will to assist Mr. Thompson, who had charge of the dispensary, supervis? d j by Col. Charles C.ynch. By the way, we were told before it started that we ! would be lucky if we had three patients during a month. The first 90 duys we treated nearly six hundred, i many coming from the other side of the Island. This pleased us very much, as it meant we had gained the confidence and were getting hold of the ; mountain people, who are quite dlffer1 ent and much more difficult to get at than the natives of Tulay. To cut a long story short, with the exception of Miss Young's illness and return to the I'nited States after a few months of very real work, during ] which she and the bishop (he was with us the first few weeks) laid the foun dation of that which has been in the providence of God a most wonderful exhibition of what the Golden Rule can accomplish, the work progressed gratifyingly; but even the Golden Rule might have failed if we had not been able to call into play that other rule, without which no real sympathy can be given. I mean?to put yourselt in tho other man's place, trying to see things as he sees them and not as we think he ought to see them. Considerate Thief. Mill Plain. N. J.?A thief, after | stealing F. Lingley's gold watch, presentee him with a cheap silver one he had stolen elsewhere. GETTING NEWS OF T1 p^f^' :mm For the information of the Geri ! zone bulletins telling of the progrei Are posted In Polish villages. A I in I ttHf i ? ft ?-, fPES W OESTH Bearer of War Dispatches in Constant Peril. Letter From French SolcMcr Kelatca Narrow Escapes of Friend Who Makes Frequent Trips to the Trcnchcc. New York.?The danger undergone by a messenger carrying dispatches I from the war ofllce to the front Is told j in a letter received by Robert Stovold I of this city froin his brother in the French army. The letter says, in part: "George aiid the duke are also in the army now as interpreters. They 1 are with General French and the Enc ; llsh army all of the time. Harry is engaged to take officers with dis patches from the war office to the front three and four times a week ! He sees George often. "Three times a week George has to take dispatches up to the firing line This is a pretty risky job and he has had several narrow escapes. Once he had to jump out of his automobile and lie down for several hours while shells and bullets went whistling bv over him. Another time as he was driving along with his automobile some Germans hiding in the wood' "red at him. Fortunately thev missed him but several of the bullets struck tlie automobile. "Another time a shell burst t went yard from b'm. but by a miracle 1-" was not touched. He was enveloped in smoke, however, the fumes of tht shell 'king him feel sick and giddy C 'orge. however, se; nis to think i* great sport. "flarry Collinrd in the trenches alshas been in some of the thickest o1 tile fighting. He Is fighting there da> and night. Although he has been in many of tho bayonet charges, he ha? so far escaped unscathed. Let's hope it will always be thus. Hob's hrothei has not been so fortunate. He was wounded in the head by shrapnel and picked up on the battlefield insensible He found himself In the hospital when ho recovered. Hi Is nearly well now, though, and hopes to return soon tc have another smack at those Ger mans. "What a terrible war this is, Rob Several of my very dear friends have been killed, a few others wounded and one is now a prisoner in Germany. If it were not for the wonder ful fighting of the English we would have suffered more. Rut by the time you get this letter you will be readinp that the Germans are in full retreat." Alter relating the sufferings of the wounded and the hardships undergone the writer closes with the words, "1 should just like to have the job ol shooting that kaiser." PAYS FOR TURKEY HE STOLE Out It Took Him Twenty-Seven Yeara to Discover That the Act Was Sinful. Atkin, Ark.?A. D. Stubbs of Carder Rottom, six miles south of here, re ceived from the post oftlce there a dol lar and the following letter of ex planation: "A. D. Stubbs?Dear friend: Please find enclosed $1 for one turkey I killed of yours twenty-seven yeara ago in the woods near the mouth of Petit Jear river. This turkey was taken tt George Shoemake's and we cooked it and ate it. I am serving God. Will you please forgive me for this sinfu! act? L. R. Eagan." The letter was mailed at Kansat City. Mr. Stubbs remembers Eagai wrii, Din was noi aware or the killing of the turkey. Mr. Stubbs at once applied the dol lar to the cause of foreign missions iE WAR IN THE WEST 1m mmm Iipi |;8F ttiiidr*---?v/"* man troops fighting in the eastern wa is of the struggle in the western son I iou 01 ilie army museum in lie Austrian . nells. J PARIS AIR RAIDER (U PERIL Zeppelin Was Struck by Shell, Sa> : ! the Matin, and Enciped by Throwing Over Ballast. Paris.- The Matin says ono cf tb Zeppelins which llcw over Paris i? I : s. id to have been struck by a -;heil a 'I nns almost compelled to descend. The capt'lin threw over ballast and a tank of petrol, wliioh were found near the Helloy railway station. The Matin offers a prize of 25,o.'0 francs ($5,000) for the l'rrt aviator who brings down a Zeppelin in tlio i Paris intrenched camp, ij Six bombs were dropped on Dun. kirk and one on Calais by German aviators There was no property ! damage and no one was hurt The I aviators used monoplanes. ' MANY STUDENTS AT FRONT 1 Austro-Hungarirn Universities Lose Hundreds of Scholars and Professc rs. 1 Vienna.?According to the Prager ' Tagblatt, statistics show that of the 19,335 students entered in the Austrian universities last semester 8,271 had enrolled for military service, while of the 5,070 students of the Aus; | tro-Hungarian technical schools, 2,474 : were with the army. Of the 2,781 students ot Hungarian universities, 1.208 were in the Held, and 250 university ,1 professors and 6t professors in tho technical schools had enlisted. 65-Year-Old Too Frivolous. ; Philadelphia Pa. Mrs. Kmma MeEvoy, seventy says she left nor sixtyi five-year-old husband because he was too frivolous. 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No sooner had the needs of the soldiers In tho field become known la this country last autumn than Mrs. Marie Seger, who Is In charge of the dining services at -Whlttler hall, devised a scheme to improve the few leisure minutes the waitresses had and also to nssisft the warriors. With generous contributions of money made by the young woman students, Mrs. Sdger bought a large quantity of gray wool and knitting needles. She gave a quantity to each of the waitresses, hinting that wficn tlioy had nothing to do?which frequently occurs when some of the girls miss their meals or come late to them?they might knit leg-warmers or mufflers. The waitresses heartily fell In v Ith 'the idea and the quantity turned out was an < xcellent tribute to tlvir nimble handiwork and tlie fine srlrit with which, they accepted the suggestion. When the goods were being packed for shipment, someone jocosely remarked that they might send nlong a note or two to cliccr up the soldiers. Mrs. Seger saw no objection to this and half a dozen of the waitresses penned brief notes "to whom our presents are given," enclosing their names. It was around Christmas that the first shipment was made. Now the thanks off the wounded are coming In with both serious and flippant replies to the notes of tho girls. Some of the letters from the soldiers are written In Glasgow, some In Edinburg, but most of them are from St. Andrew's hospital, Dundee. Most of the knit goods containing the letters were distributed there, hence the Interesting notes. One of them read: Dear Fannie : Your note came Just in time to make me change my mind. When I got shot on the Alsne I was reported dead. My old girl, hearing of this, up and married a lad that was not man enough to go to war. First I wanted to eat a big enough bullet to make me croak. Then I got mad because I thought if she didn't care for any more of a man than she married she must have thought I was a fine snicker, too. So now, I want to write to you a lot. Send me your picture when you write again. JOHN ." Another read: .. m "Dear Maggie : From your name I think you nre Irish. From your wit I know you are. From your tone I know you are a nice girl. I am lrisn ana i am marriea, dui i am going to hunt up a nice Irish lad for you and make him write. And I will make him tell the truth, too. "PATRICK Still another, brief but explicit, ran: Dear Jennie : I would like to marry you, but have two Scotch lassies and three laddies in their kilts awaiting me home. What's more, there's a wee wife, and then sometimes I drink too much Scotch, and nice girls like you can't beat me like my wife can. SANDY No engagement rings have been received as yet, but then all sorts of romances are woven around Whlttier hall, and the maids now are talking of trips abroad to hunt up their soldier boys when the war is over. ENGLISH ROOSTER AT WAR German in St. Louis Is Badly Wounded in Encounter With English Chicken. St. 1 .ouis.?Henry Hoehn. of Herman descent, has some bad wounds on his face as the result of an encounter with an English chicken, a Plymouth Rock, raised by an Englishman. The cock had been sold to a meat market where Hoehn worked, and Hoehn was selecting some pullets from a pen in which the cock was imprisoned. The cock, after seeing Hoehn cut off the heads of several pullets with a cleaver, leaped at him and struck him in the face with his spurs. Two Ion* Hashes were made. When Hoehn recovered from his surprise he threw the cleaver at the fowl and killed it. SON TO DISPOSSESS FATHER 8tsrnly Insists In Court That Par* snt Must Pay Rant or Movs. Yonkers, N. Y.?Joseph Olllert, thirty, had his father, Paul Olllert, fifty-six, In court for nonpayment of rent and asked that he be dlspos- f| sessed. The son owns the apartment house at 26 Croton terrace. His father occupies three rooms there. Judge Fteall asked young Olllert to be lenient with his father, but the son said thnt If his father could not pay his rent he would have to move. All perrjasion failed to shake the younger Oillert. The court had to order the father to pay rent or move.