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Show i 'Lacking. The king ordered all the men to take the field. The chancellor tremblingly approached the throne and whispered something, but his majesty shook his , head impatiently. j "Let, the publicity end be taken care of by the women and children !" he exclaimed. ex-claimed. "But the women and children.," ventured ven-tured the chancellor, "will have all they can do to till the soil, operate the factories, keep the bourses open and so forth !" "Then let the publicity take care of i itself!" the king insisted, stubbornly. I The result was about what you 1 might expect. The war was fought with valor and brilliancy, but when it passed into history it did so with j almost a total lack of anything like j distinction. St. Louis Globe Democrat. |