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The picture shows the Senate Chamber of the Belgian Parliament at Brussels as it appeared on a recent Sunday. This fine hall, on the walls of which are portraits of Belgian
kings and princes, is now being used as a church by the invaders. In the front row of the congregation, in the center, is General von Bissing, the Military Governor

of Belgium, surrounded by his attachés, while in the rear seats are a number of Red Cross nurses. The Senate Hall is said to be "without a scratch or mar
to mark the presence of the German barbarians,"" in grateful contrast to the condition of many other of the public buildings of the stricken country

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AMERICAN RED CROSS MEDICAL MISSION FROM BEIRUT

Under the auspices of the Beirut Chapter of the American Red Cross Society, the workers of humanity whose pictures appear above have been sent on
their mission of mercy from the Syrian Protestant College of Beirut, traveling from Damascus to Jerusalem, and thence
to various fields where their services are needed. See "The Story of the War" on another page

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Russian forces are reported to have been compelled to evacuate this city by a superior force of Turks, whose entry upon the district is said to have been accompanied by persecution and massacre of Christians. In the center of the picture is a Kurdish chief; at his right are the Turkish Consul and his staff. The first man at the left, a tribal chief, has a reputation for unsparing cruelty

THE WAR IN THE NEAR EAST

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INDIANS FROM THE CARLISLE SCHOOL WHO ARE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE
AUTOMOBILES IN THE FORD SHOPS

Peter Colac, at the left, standing, is a full-blooded Menominee Indian, who has been captain of the Carlisle football team;
next to him are Everett Ranco and Charles Pratt; then comes Gus Lookaround, also a full blooded Menomi-
nee. Seated, at the left, is Joseph Gillman; at his side is Norman Thompson, a full-blooded Sioux

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ONE OF THE MANY FAMILIES WHO ARE PROSPERING AS NEVER BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE LIBERALITY OF THE FORD PROFIT-SHARING PLAN

SOME BENEFICIARIES OF A GREAT INDUSTRIAL PHILANTHROPY The Ford Motor Car business is in a class by itself as a strikingly successful industry which puts more emphasis on its employees' welfare than on employers' dividends. As such its activities are a matter of news interest which we are glad to present to our readers in the above pictures. See comment elsewhere in this issue

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Though not unknown to concert audiences in America, where a few of his compositions had been heard, Percy Grainger really established his reputation in this country by his present visit. As a pianist he has proved himself an artistic interpreter, and as a composer he has been most congenially employed in the use of the rich musical material to be found in the English, Welsh, and Irish folk songs. See editorial comment

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