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CURRENT EVENTS LECTURE 
The last of the course of lectures 
by Miss Jennie Cole of Beverly was 
given at the Chapel Wednesday 
evening under the auspices of the 
Manchester Woman’s club to the 
largest attendance of the season. 
Miss Cole, who has been a favorite 
with Manchester audiences for 
some time was at her best Wednes- 
day evening and many pronounced 
the lecture the finest of her course 
here this winter. The greatest part 
of the lecture dealt with the ever 
interesting topic of the European 
war and the rest of the time was 
civen to cousideration of scientific 
and political facts here in the 
United States. 
Miss Cole spoke of the resources 
of England and of the success 
which she has had raising troops. 
The play, ‘‘England Expects,’’ 
which has been produced in Eng- 
land, particularly in London, has 
been a powerful factor in the re- 
eruiting of soldiers and Lord Kitch- 
ener is able to send 15,000 men to 
Europe each day. The present war is 
notable in the great wars of history 
because of the large scale of every- 
thing; Russia’s battle line is 2000 
miles long—the longest battle-line 
in history; the suffering is greater 
and more intense than ever before. 
Germany’s plans are still practic- 
able in spite of the reverses with 
which she has met, and of these one 
of the most interesting is the use 
she is making of the 500,000 Russian 
prisoners she has taken. The coun- 
try has been divided into sections 
and agriculturists have examined 
the conditions and the soil in each 
section so that planting may be 
done advantageously. If the plan 
works out, as it seems probable it 
may, Germany will have foodstuffs 
for seven years, so that, even if her 
ports are blockaded, she will be able 
to carry on the war. 
The three great factors in the war 
have been the submarine, the war- 
ship and the aeroplane; and the 
speaker told a little about the 
methods of attack, which have been 
employed with these three dread 
instruments of warfare. 
One of the significant movements. 
“hout which Miss Cole spoke parti- 
cularly, was the progress toward 
Constantinople, and if the city, 
which has been under the regime of 
the sultan for so long, is taken (and 
11 seems almost positive that it will 
be), Russia will gain Constantinople 
and the dream of years will be ful- 
filled. In this event, also, the Black 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Sea will be open to the allies, and 
the great question underlying all 
this horrible controversy will be 
settled. 
Concerning the attitude of offi- 
cials and common people in differ- 
ent countries, Miss Cole had many 
new things to say. A man, who had 
served for many months in the 
trenches, stated under oath that the 
soldiers are not interested in the 
war, that it is a mere matter of 
business to them, and he told of 
one or two instances, which seemed 
to bear out his statement; Lloyd 
George and Winston Churchill have 
expressed the belief that England’s 
resources will not be exhausted 
even if still greater demands are 
made upon them, but that England 
must stick to the position she has 
taken, even if starvation follows: 
the German-Americans are loyal to 
the good things of Germany but 
hate Prussian militarism; the Prus- 
sians are divided in their opinion. 
some believing that the war will 
drag on too long and the others 
professing amusement at the de- 
feats of the allies; the French de- 
clare they will not lay down their 
arms until Alsasce and Lorraine 
have been regained and Belgian is 
again free; and there are 220,000,- 
000 people maintaining a neutral 
stand. 
A concise and accurate resume of 
the disturbing points in the neutral- 
ity of the United States was given 
and mention was made of the sug- 
gestion that nations on this side o¢ 
the -water take definite steps to 
decide what the rights of ships of 
foreign countries shall be. That the 
rights of the American people have 
been treated rather carelessly by 
yreat Britain and Germany seems 
to be an indisputable fact, and with 
a few figures about the inadequate 
defenses of the United States, Miss 
Cole brought the war topic of her 
lecture to a close. 
In a brief review of political eon- 
ditions in our own country, the 
speaker said that the last session of 
Congress had béen a record breaker 
in the matter of appropriations 
made and legislation carried 
through. Miss Cole told a little 
something about some of the bills 
which have become laws, and then 
passed on to the consideration of 
the strides, which are being made 
here in science even in_ these 
troubled’ times. The wireless con- 
trol of submarines, as advanced by 
John Hays Hammond. are Ista topic 
worthy of thought and one which is 
especially interesting to those, who 
CAN YOU SPELL? 
At Kokomo, Indiana, a few days 
ago the superintendent of the 
schools held a spelling contest. Every 
person of the city was eligible, and 
600 took the test. Of that number 
only 52 made a perfect score. 
Newspaper men, doctors, lawyers, 
merchants, teachers and _ scholars 
submitted lists of 20 words -each, 
and from that total 20 words were 
selected. The complete list with the 
number of times each word as mis- 
spelled follows: Miscellaneous, 364; 
calendar, 324; parallel, 273; privi- 
lege, 270; superintendent, 248; 
principle, 242; niece, 223; lose, 201; 
separate, 196; disappoint, 177; dis- 
ease, 164; principal, 142; necessary, 
137; business, 1380; relieve, 125; re- 
ceive, 109; truly, 85; government, 
S54: grammar, 79; believe, 73. 
One woman, who made a perfect 
score, had been a servant for 63 
years and had had only eight 
weeks’ schooling. A county official, 
who had been in business all his life, 
missed every word. Another man 
only got one right. One ~woman 
missed all but three. 
Here are the words, arranged in — 
the form of two sentences. Hand 
this to a friend, ask him to dictate 
the sentences to you, write down the 
words and see how many you “mis- 
spell: 
‘“‘The privilege of separating 90 
miscellaneous calendars, arranged 
in two parallel lines, was against 
the principles of the superintend- 
ent, so his niece, not to disappoimt 
the government, nor cause it to lose 
business, removed the principal 
enlendars and thus relieved “her 
uncle of a strain which might have 
hrought on a disease. Then _she 
believed it had become truly neces- 
sary for her to receive her instruc- 
tion in grammar.”’ 
live on the North Shore and who 
have seen Mr. Hammond’s fascina- 
ting apparatus. The wonderful in- 
ventions, which electricity has 
brought about to enable our Chief 
Executive to press a ‘button at 
Washington, which will have. an 
astonishing result many miles away, 
were cited. The fairs at San Diego 
and San Francisco, as well as the 
stride made in long distance tele- 
phoning were dwelt upon, and Miss 
Cole concluded her lecture by a few 
remarks about the ‘‘jitney.’’ Every- 
one enjoyed the address and many 
made a special effort to meet the 
speaker and to tell her so. 
The Breeze ‘$2 a year ‘postpaid. 
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