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Show THE GRANT8VILLE Mentality of the Masses Demonstrated by Elementary Amusing Examples. FISH MACE FREE BY TROOPS How Pretty Woman, With Doga and Red Ribbon, Turned Hostility to Enthusiasm Man With Red Umbrella Becomes Per sonage. Paris. Political happenings hare succeeded one another so rapidly In Russia that French correspondents there have had little time to do more than occupy themselves with them, and descriptive articles from those journalists have been few regarding the effect of the revolution on the moss of the people and its results In the provinces and among the peasants. One or two articles, however, have appeared which throw some light on the mentality of the Russians, regarded as so different from that of other Europeans. Robert de Flers, associate editor of the Figaro and now attached to the headquarters staff of the Roumanian army, has had months of study of the Russian troops serving in conjunction with those of Roumanla. Here are some anecdotes from his latest article : There Is a fine lake somewhere in the south of Russia which is connected by a channel with a smaller lake, where huge carp are raised. The channel was barred by nets to prevent the carp from passing into the larger lake, and, as food does not reach the troops In the district too plentifully nor in great variety, the officers were glad to vary their mess with the fish. One day some hundreds of soldiers were gathered in a meeting one of those meetings which have become a regular institution in the Russian army this year plunged in deep discussion. Suddenly there was a rush toward the lakes and, with cries of Sloboda Sloboda I" (Liberty I" Liberty I) , the men began to pull out the barriers and nets and destroy them. The officers wished to prevent the destruction, but the soldiers took little notice of their reprimands beyond crying Sloboda I Sloboda for the fish A noncommissioned officer explained the matter. Fish are God's creatures as men are. Like them, they have the right to liberty. But men can talk and 90 have made the revolution, while fish are dumb and can never make theirs. It Is, therefore, our duty to aid them because it Is contrary to nature to pen them up in order to capture them and easily kill them." ' A Personage and Didn't Know It A middle class functionary, a man who occupied a modest position in one of the offices and who was Imbued with the narrow, bureaucratic, reactionary spirit generally found In that class, chanced to go out one day with a red umbrella u ruler tils arm. A group of mauifestants going to a meeting begged him to open his umbrella. lie willingly complied, and at once found that his bright umbrella red being the revolutions color made him a personage. Women threw him ' flowers, children were lifted up for him to kiss, and he was at once made president of the meeting. When that was over he was conducted in triumph to a banquet, and there, too, he nmde an eloquent speech, having discovered himself an orator without having ever suspected It Finally lie was conducted to his home ut a late hour by several thousands, of his free If not enlightened From that day, after Inscribing his name on the revolutionary committee, lie lias never gone out without his red umbrella, always open. 1 1 fellow-citizen- s. DIVER RECOVERS LOST RING $3,000 Heirloom Belonging to Mrs. Alexander Biddle In Twenty-Fiv- e Feet of Water. Locates Rockland, Me. The palm for finding things" may be handed with propriety to Bob Chase, a Portland diver, who, being shown a point marked on the surface by a buoy, went down into 25 feet of water and in four minutes f NEW8, GRANT8VILLE, treated of the revolution, but, as a matter of fact, it was a History of Buddhism, bought, doubtless, for a nominal sum as a publisher's remainder. One soldier, as he carried away his bargain, was heard to Bay : I cant For months every material, from silk read, but lots of comrades In the barto the commonest doth, colored red, racks can. has been sought for and made Into cockades, flags, streamers, etc. The Before the revolution, bathed smallest fragment of red serves as an naked in the Neva, butpeople outside the excuse for a manifestation. Here Is a town. Now they are bathing, entirely story of a squad of Russian soldiers, a stripped, within the town, and walk pretty woman, a pet dug, and a about on the bridges and quays beof red ribbon. tween the French and British embasThe pretty woman was walking up sies. The men of 1793 were christened and down the platform of a little stasans culotte, (without trousers), the tion crowded with soldiers. The men, men of 1917 are sans calecon," (withwhose opportunities of seeing a pretty out drawers). woman had been limited for many a month, gazed In admiration and were The Petrograd soldiers, anxious to prepared to make a manifestation in Instruct themselves and occupy the her honor. Rut suddenly their feelings leisure that the revolution has given showed a chnnge and cries of discon- them, are great visitors to the mutent began to be heard. A group of sol- seums. Their anxiety to investigate diers went up to the woman and se- everything leads them to pass their verely upbraided her because a bow of hands over the pictures and caress the red ribbon was fastened over the ear statuary, (often marking it with their of her Pomeranian dog. Such a use of nails). Notices have been put up begthe symbol of revolution was shocking, ging comrades to touch nothing. they said, as It showed a wish to ridiThe founder and curator of the Ethcule the great movement. The soldiers nographic Museum recounts that his shouted, shrieked, and jumped about staff, (caretakers, cleaners, etc.), has excitedly, to the utter astonishment of petitioned the government for the supthe pretty woman and of the Pom. pression of his office, on the ground But the woman extricated herself that a curator is useless in a museum, from an embarrassing position with that he does nothing, costs money, and the guile of a true daughter of Eve. is of np service, as they who carry She took the ribbon from her dogs the keys,' wield the feather brooms, head and placed It In her own hair. and clean the floors are the real curaOnce more the crowd changed Its tone, tors. and it was amid enthusiastic cheering that she, and the dog, took the train a How to Be a Civil Engineer. little later. In a manufactory the workmen in a body waited on the dvll engineers to A certain general was suspected by tell them that, the (fid order having his men' of being only lukewarm topassed away, there must be no more ward the new movement, so a delegaslavery. Everyone must work In turn. tion of soldiers waited on him to ask So you will kindly some of you go' him his real opinions. down into the mines, and others fire Ill tell you just what I am, he said the engines. to them, and you can tell it to every And who will do our work? asked one. I look upon my men as my chil- the engineers. dren and so have no reason not to tell Some of us will take turns In your them the whole truth. I am a Maximal- offices. ist anarchist. After that I am sure But what will you do there?" you wont want any further details. The same as you sit around, The men went away delighted. They sharpen pencils, and smoke cigadeclared to the regiment that had sent rettes. them: The general is absolutely all right He Is so tremendously revoluOn Sunday, July 8, M. Naudeau saw tionary that we couldnt even remem- a crowd moving along the Nevsky ber the name that he said. Prospect, carrying banners, half blue, half yellow. That's all right, said a middle-clas- s Logie of Freedom. Revolucitizen to him. Two soldiers had happened to speak tionary red to be going out of to a general and one had used the date." Whenseeing ihe column had apterm, your excellency, as was the proached, it proved to be composed alcustom before the revolution. The most entirely of soldiers, enough to other soldier afterward rebuked his form two or three regiments. Their companion for such a lapse from new banners for the inscription Long Live principles. the Government I which seemed to "You said excellency !" show that it wbs a patriotic manifestaWell, of course I said excellency." tion, but others had Long Live the But don't you know that now you Ukraine I" Long Live Independent Little Russia musn't say excellency?" Long Live the IndeAnd why musnt we say excellency pendent Ukraine and more?" The soldiers belonged to the Petro"What? Why? Because we have grad garrison and were natives of Litmade the revolution, and now we are tle Russia, manifesting their desire to be 'enrolled as soon as possible in the nil free." The first soldier was silent for a purely Ukrainian army that is being formed In the south. No one interfered minutes, and then remarked: But since we "are all free, we are with their separatist demonstration. free to say excellency if we like to. Some soldiers whose bearing was The other soldier, in turn, reflected anything but martial, were taking up for a minute, and then declared: Thats true, after alL The moment too much room in a tramway to please we are free we can do what we like. the female conductor, who rated them Its that, you see thats so difficult to vigorously with all the extraordinary understand. But as that's really so, I nutliorltativeness which women in Russia always display toward men. You, am going to say excellency myself. soldiers I Go on I You only have solThen he added : diers' clothes, tbnt's all! be the all wont it the same, Int, Its a shame to treat a poor woundsame thing ns before. ed man like this, murmured one of Lurlovlc Nadeau 1ms found time to them. send to the Temps some anecdotes You wounded? retorted the conabout events In Petrograd after the ductor. If you ape wounded It must be In the left nostril and by a' cork great revolution: In the early days of tbo revolution a from a bottle! bow-kn- UTAH, COLONIAL TYPES GM Turn to the Early Dwelling Styles of America for Their Inspiration. DUTCH DESIGN Alexander Biddle of Philadel- phia. Mrs. Biddle lost the ring off her sailfinger while launching a small tbe marked sailor spot old An boat with the buoy. Mrs. Biddle despaired of ever finding the heirloom until told of the wonderful skill of Bob Chase. The ring has an amethyst center, encircled by diamonds. The recovery of this small object from 25 feet of water Is called the finest diving feat along the Maine coast in years. , i Crickets Like Binder Twine. Bushvllle, Ind. Binder twine this VERY GOOD symmetrical the facade. This means that a balanced effect Is built right Into the house, regardless of the manner of decorating it The colonial style of architecture has a very decided advantage from the standpoint of Interior arrangement Tills advantage comes .out of the fact that the plan outline of a colonial house Is always plainly rectangular, or very nearly so. Working with such a plan outline, the designs er finds little difficulty In laying out rooms which are d and convenient The central entrance Is at the forward end of a ball which extends back through the house to the small rear porch,. In the plan. Just Inside the entrance there s a large cased opening on either side of the hall. One of these leads Into the living room and tlie other Into the, dining room. The stairway to the second floor Is bnilt In this ball. The small rear porch Is set into the house, being simply a portion of the center strip provided for the hnlL However, this porch does not project under a second floor room, which sometimes produces difficulty in beating. The living room, 13 feet by 25 feet, is almost ideal for a family house such well-lighte- Model Be Described In This Article May Constructed Tastefully In Any 8ection of Country, According to Mr. Radford. Mr. William A. Radford will answer qutstions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, be Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No. UZ7 Prairie avenue, Chicago, I1L, and only enclose two-cestamp for reply.' nt By WILLIAM A. AaDFORD. During the past ten years and at the present time there Is a tendency among home builders to select a type of architecture which descends directly from tbe early bouses of this country. The colonial architecture, In all of Its phases, has been carefully studied by architects specializing in residence design and beautiful dwellings may be found everywhere which possess the characteristics of this style. All of the modern building materials have been used successfully In the adaptation of tbe early style to present needs and desires. Among others there Is the type shown In the accompanying photographic perspective view. This house with Its gambrel roof and central entrance, divided sash windows and shutters is typically, Dutch colonial The walls of the first floor and dinners are finished with stucco and the remaining exterior surface Is covered with shingles. The outside-buichimney is laid of trick. The design Is simple, which is really a characteristic of the style rather than of this particular house. The dominating features of the house, as far as appearance is concerned, are the roof and the windows. The roof surface is large In the Dutch colonial style and a considerable portion of it has such a steep slope that It is used to take lt , Second-Floo- r Plan. as this. In many living rooms It Is necessary to give the effect of length by placing the fireplace in the end. This room, however, is long enough so that it can be arranged to give the Impression of compactness. This Idea is carried out by placing the large brick fireplace along one of the side walls instead of at the end. Such r.n arrangement gives plenty of inside wall space so that some well chosen furniture can be secured to fit In with the An attractive feageneral scheme. ture of the living room is tbe window scheme on either side of the fireplace. ! 1 , strnnge-lookln- g street-se- ll made his ranee on the Nevsky Prospect. As he wore a scarlet cap, a crowd soon gathered. He was offering pamphlets at 50. kopecks apiece, and could hardly hand them out quick enough. The natural Inference would be that the work These Illustrations of Russian temperament are declared to indicate the difficult task Kerensky confronts, to direct such a people and to keep them steadily in the path that he would have them follow. year has a peculiar flavor that crickets like, and as a result the farmers of Rush county have been and are still having much trouble with bundles of wheat falling apart when loaded on the wagon. Salesmen say that the absence of a certain oil, which is usually used in manufacturing the twine, la the reason for the crickets attacking it They declare that crickets do not like tbe taste of this oil, and have never chewed the twine before. believing himself safe, gave battle, oi was expected. Then 500 cans of burning oil burst forth from 'special British engines and enclosed these Huns In their circle of fire. Yells rose for a moment from the sunken road, but the barrage fires redoubled and made all action Impos- npiM-- n tlie place of walls for the second story di two sides of the building. The windows are fitted with shutters which are uhnnst Invariably painted some shade of green. It Is usual to follow a very simple color scheme In the decoration sible. A deadly silence soon fell upon the heap of carbonized humanity. Tlie windows are in sets of three, set out from the walL This places a narrow shelf at a little below shoulder height on either ride of the fireplace an excellent place for ferns or flowers which match with the color scheme adopted for the living room. With the double doors Into the sun porch open, the floor arrangement gives a large unobstructed space along 'this ride of the house. The dining, room, kitchen and pantry occupy tlie first floor space on the other ride of the hall. The dining room Is 13 feet by 15 feet 6 Inches and Is provided with an attractive buffet A bail lends back to tlie kitchen and the pantry Is on this hall. The arrangement Is very convenient In the pantry there is a large, work table, a small case and cupboard. A chimney running up through tbe pantry has a thimble Installed on the kitchen ride for tbe range or gas stove ventilator. The second floor provides two large bedrooms with closets, a small sleeping porch, sewing room and bath. All of these rooms except tbe sleeping porch are accessible from tbe central hall. There are double doors opening between the sleeping porch and one of the bedrooms. Along the rear of tbe hpuse on tbe second floor there Is a large balcony. This balcofiy Is above tbe sun parlor, rear porch and a portion of the kitchen. Plenty of light Is admitted to all of the second-floo- r well-lighte- Vienna Not on Danube. Vienna is popularly misunderstood FIRE KILLS BRIGADE to be on the beautiful blue Danube British Learn Thing or Two From Ger- river, but that mighty stream In Its long course to the Black sea really enmans About Use of Burncircles the city some miles from its ing Oil. A canal winds through the center. First-FloPlan. Paris. The British have learned a heart of the city and connects with the thing or two from the Germans about Danube below the Prater, Vienna's of such a house. The walls are usuthe use of liquid fire or burning oil, as great playground. ally pure white, the chimney Is dark evidenced by the following account in face bride and the roof Is natural shinThe psaltery was a stringed musical gle color, dark red or dark green. In the Journal of a German attack before Instrument to accompany the voice In the design Illustrated, this scheme is Lens: As a German brigade was moving the prayer book version of the Psalms followed with the exception of the forward from its cover two English the Hebrew word is given as lute." upper shingled walls,', which are barrage fires took them on the flank This Instrument resembled the guitar, stained dark brewn. The walls of this and turned them aside into a sunken but was larger with a convex back, re- house are not pure white, but there road. The enemy in dense formation. sembling a gourd. Is just enough color In their surface to produce f slight contrast between rooms, located and brought to the surface the LIQUID $3,000 family heirloom ring lost by Mrs. IH FAVOR Architects ot , them and the pure white of the trim. It will be noticed that the house is about the center line of or d |