THE ARCHBISHOP OF MALINES ADDRESSES AN ENGLISH AUDIENCE AN INGENIOUS ATTEMPT TO NEUTRALIZE THE EFFECT OF These coils of iron wire, photographed in front of the German trenches near Melle, are placed there to break the force A BRITISH WAR AEROPLANE WRECKED The bathing-houses of the celebrated watering-place of Ostend have been put to use as homes for the victims of war in Belgium. While these houses leave much to be desired as habitations, they at least furnish shelter from the weather to the hapless villagers whose houses have been destroyed by the invaders THE RUINS OF TERMONDE The stricken inhabitants of many a town and city of once prosperous Belgium might, in the words of Jeremiah, say concerning the ruler of Germany, He is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant." And they might add, in the words of the author of Chronicles, "If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before Thee, and cry unto Thee in our affliction, and Thou wilt hear and save The Boston "Braves," shown above, have jumped to the first position in the National League, taking this coveted place from the New York "Giants." Excellent work on the part of the manager, George Stallings, is universally ascribed as the principal cause of the remarkable advance of the "Braves." The club has a good chance to win the World's Series soon to be played |