On the eve of the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the Battle of the Marne, Major Henri Corre publishes a summary of recent ut-terences by German military writers fon the first photo of the great war. They all agree that General von Moltke was unequal to the situ tion, and they do justice to Marshal Joffre, to decry whom has become the fashion among a certain sec-ion of French opinion. The contrast between the French and German feaders in the first part of the campaign was very striking. Herr von Helfferich, who went to general headquarters on September 4, 1914, found, to his great surprise, that Von Moltke was distinctly depressed. He described the situation in a discouraged sort of way, and said that victory had exeaped his grasp and that the hardest part of the work still remained to be done.
Thus, while the whole German army was flushed with anticipations of victory, its head was pessimistic.
What a contrast to Joffre, who retained his fortitude under all cumstances, and never showed the tightest uneasiness or discourage ment! Every officer and man who was in contact with Joffre during this most anxious period was influenced by his wonderful steadfast ness and force of character. M.
Millerand, then War Minister, who went to the French G. H. Q. at the end of August, 1914, was so struck by the calmness of Joffre in such tical circumstances that sudaned his customary restrain and embraced Joffre fervently, in token of admiration for the strength of purpose that held out hope of ultimate victory and was a constant source of confidence.
"Papa Joffre" as he is affectionately called, is still seen from time to time at public ceremonies. He is building himself a small house at Louveciennes, between St. Germain and Vereailles, in which to spend his declining years.
The Children's Paradise The season at Deauville is nearly over, and some of its patrons are preparing to make the-five-day trip by motor coach to the south of France, thus avoiding the discomforts of the railway journey. Deauville has brought together, as usual, a great many celebrities and has attracted a vast amount of money. The State has benefited by its percentage on the gambling at dustries have received their usual stimulus. It is quite possible that bolshevism, too, has been stimulated by the spectacle of so much luxury, extravagance and wastefulness concentrated in one small town, but this possibility i one of the "imponderable elements," and, if there were no Deauville we might have something worse.
Another of. these elements is the influence exercised on the rising generation of the moneyed classes. One of the secrets of the success of the Deauville organization is that everything possible is done to amuse the children of wealthy parents. The latter are thereby encouraged to go to the Casino (and incidental ly to lose their money at chemin de for) because they know that their children can begin their apprenticeship to social life, minus the gamble ing. Deauville is children, and it is in the hall of the Casino of an afternoon that one sees them in their element, when the stage entertainment is over and the band strikes wp dance music. The children are "all there." They have been waiting impatiently for this minute, and, as soon as the signal la given, they fly to seize their partners and take the floor. Like their elders, they prefer to dance with the same partner over and over ay Boys of 10 can be seen kissing the hand gracefully held out to them by a maiden of the same age. The children dance beautifully, having clearly had excellent teaching, and they go through each step with perfect assurance. Their self-possession is remarkable, They pay no attention to lookers-on and skate skilfully round grown-up couples who revolve about them in the charmed circle between the tea-tables.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.