The originals of the famous Raemaekers cartoons are to be on exhibition in New York City from November 16 to December 4, in the galleries of White Allom & Co., at 19 East Fiftysecond Street. The cartoons are not for sale, but an admission fee will be charged for seeing them; the proceeds will be devoted to the French Red Cross. These drawings have attracted world-wide recognition as masterpieces of the cartoonist's art. Two of those in the exhibition are reproduced on another page.

In "Gleanings from Old Shaker Journals" some curious precepts as to personal behavior are to be found; for instance: " Always be willing to take your share of disagreeable chores." "Never give a joke, unless you can bear one as keen." "Be careful not to slam doors hard, nor walk heavily up and down stairs." "Never be found a-gazing round and looking over your shoulder, when you are going through a city or village; if necessary to look, then stop and view handsomely." Here is a still more homely in"Never stand on the sides of your junction: feet; it runs down your shoes."

There is still some work to do for the prohibitionists in the West. Mr. Gifford Pinchot writes a note to "Collier's" saying that he started out from his hotel in Indianapolis to get a five-cent box of crackers. He passed fourteen saloons before he came to the first grocery store; he didn't find what he wanted there, and kept on until he had counted thirtyone saloons before he got back to his hotel without the crackers. Indianapolis is not the only city that is "long" on saloons and "short" on grocery stores.

Some American by the name of Washington may have a chance to become "Baron George Washington" of Austria, a daily paper surmises. The Austrian nobleman now holding that title is, it is stated, a childless widower with a castle and a fortune. While he has not advertised for an heir, it is understood that he is considering the adoption of a member of the American branch of the Washington family.

A handsome booklet called "Rambles About Historic Brooklyn" presents many pictures of old-time Brooklyn houses and scenes, with descriptive matter that will prompt many a reader to a tour of investigation. Not the least interesting thing about the pamphlet is that it has been compiled by a private concern-the Brooklyn Trust Company. Here is a hint for other corporations in American cities that have historic backgrounds to inform their customers and the public generally about the interesting things of the town they live in.

The Dixie Highway has had to fight its way through some opposition, according to the

Berea College, which issues the "Quarterly," enrolled 1,668 students last year. It ought to have means for greatly increasing its work this year, its President, Dr. Norman Frost, declares, because the mountain population which it reaches has largely increased in number, while at the same time the mountain districts are being invaded by unfamiliar commercial interests. Through lack of education the inhabitants are unprepared to meet the new conditions. Berea influences a population that is declared to contain a larger percentage of native-born white persons than that of any other section of the United States, but the section as a whole is backward and a large percentage of the people are illiterate.

An advertisement in a Southern paper reads: "For Sale-Registered Mule foots; the hog for the South." Mulefoot, a word not found in the dictionaries, is the name for a hog with feet not cloven as most hogs' feet are, but uncloven like a mule's. Incidentally, does any reader know any reason why a strictly orthodox Jew may not eat the flesh of a mulefoot hog without violating the letter of his religious law?

The variety of shells which one encounters in the neighborhood of Ypres is extraordinary, remarks William Boyd in his book "With a Field Ambulance at Ypres." Tommy Atkins gives the shells odd names. The great highexplosive shells he calls "crumps," from the sound they make when they go off. Another shell is the "whizz-bang ;" another, a little harmless fellow that arouses only mirth if you do not happen to be on the spot where it explodes, is the "pip-squeak." The "woolly bear" is so named because of the pretty effect it makes when bursting in the air. The queerest shell of all is known as "Silent Sue" or "rubber heels." This gives no warning of its approach -it merely arrives, and that is the end of the matter-a tragic end, if you happen to be near.

A boastful golfer, the "Golfers' Magazine" says, met another member of the club whom he knew only casually. "Do you know," he said, "I have made an 85 to-day, something I never hoped to do." "Good!" said the listener; "I am awfully glad to hear that. The information will be useful. I am the new member of the handicap committee, you know!" "Oh, you are?" said the crestfallen boaster. Then, recovering, "You know who I am, don't you? Well, I am the biggest liar in the world."

THE STORY OF THE WAR:
THE INVASION OF RUMANIA

The two German armies under the command of General von Falkenhayn and General von Mackensen made notable progress during the week ending November 29 in their campaign against Rumania. It has been evident ever since the Rumanians were driven back from the territory they had gained in Transylvania and through the mountain passes into their own country that their army was open to attack from several directions. A glance at the map on the next page will show the position clearly.

But

The main advance of Falkenhayn's army was through the Vulcan Pass. By a sudden and startling march he advanced to the capture of Craiova, reported last week, so that the portion of the Rumanian army which was in extreme western Wallachia, often called "Little Wallachia," was cut off. It must now either surrender or fight to the last extremity. Meanwhile Falkenhayn's army poured in from the other passes. the severest blow of all to Rumania's hopes has been the crossing of the Danube by General von Mackensen's troops, which have already reached Alexandria, a Rumanian city of 15,000 people, and the center of the great southern wheat district. It is reported that Mackensen and Falkenhayn are now in touch. Certainly Falkenhayn's forces are now to the east of the river Alt, which river and its valley play an important part in this campaign.

Military observers predict a wide Teuton sweep eastward through Wallachia. This already threatens Bucharest; and, indeed. as we write it is reported that the Rumanian civil and governmental authorities have abandoned Bucharest and have gone to Jassy, which is about two hundred miles northeast. Unquestionably the only large line of retreat for the Rumanian forces is now out of Wallachia and into northern Rumania, which, through Moldavia, forms the line of connection with Russia. That aid to Rumania can under the

present conditions be extended immediately only by Russia is perfectly evident. General Sarrail will, no doubt, in due time advance up the Vardar directly or through his advanced left wing, now at Monastir, but to expect him to conduct and complete the advance and to capture Nish in a few days, or even a few weeks, would be to ask the impossible.

The mystery of what seems now the exceeding unwisdom of the Rumanian campaign remains unsolved. As we have said before, it certainly displayed a total lack of " team work" among the Allies in the Balkans. Whether Rumania acted independently and without the approval of her allies in her invasion of Transylvania, which left her own southern and western frontiers exposed to the enemy; whether in doing so she relied too optimistically upon immediate support from Russia; whether the Allies' leaders did not believe that Germany could quickly mass together an army adequate for the instant invasion of Rumania; or whether Russia undertook to play the part of guardian of Rumania and failed to get her forces on the ground in time-all this is now open for discussion, but the facts upon which to decide the question of responsibility are lacking.

Rumania's plight, it should be remembered, does not by any means involve or imply the defeat of the Allies in the Balkans. In a certain sense they stand where they did before Rumania entered the contest, with the advantage that Germany must have expended a great deal of force and munitions in the attack upon Rumania, and that the eastern section of Rumania is still open for the advance southward of Russian armies.

SUBMARINES, MINES

AND ZEPPELINS

Another American war question arose last week when news came that the American steamship Chemung had been sunk by a submarine off the coast of Andalusia in Spain. Accounts differ as to whether the submarine was German or Austrian. The crew were

The Rumanian situation, described in The Story of the War, is here graphically shown. Wallachia and the Dobrudja make up southern Rumania, while
Moldavia and territory to the north make up northern Rumania. Little Wallachia is the western section of southern Rumania. Note on the Danube
Zimnitza (where Mackensen crossed, advancing to Alexandria) and Cernavoda, where he holds the railway bridge. Note also what an important part rivers,
especially the Alt, and railways play in this campaign. The key map in the corner shows Rumania's relations to her neighbors