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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06
From a South Sea Islanders Notebook
"

Her eyes were looking at the problem OF fat
and the struggle for and against fat and her
thoughts were far away from the dainty room
of the white linen and green palms when she
finished her frugal meal and methodically
folded her napkin and carefully stacked her
dishes A wholesome looking young man
doomed in the front door and. recognizing her,
came smilingly forward. Her pleased eyes
dropped for an instant to the table and she
regarded the orderly pile of dishes with knife
and fork laid closely across. and the small
straight lines Of the napkin she had just dis
carded. She looked up again with a sweep of
eyes that changed swiftly from dismay to
challenge and then to happy mischief, as the
young man and the Islander and few others
placed her"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06

last season. but radiant with friendly interest
in humanity.
The Islander drifted into a tea room on
Twenty ninth Street and sat opposite an ample
and motherly person in the late twentes, who
had ordered salad and rye bread with glass
OF water. Don't you hate to eat what's good
for you?" sighed this very successful buyer
for department store not far away, when sho
caught sociable CLEAN in the islanders eye.
DO you know what l really want for my
lunch? Well, its a steak and potatoes au
gratin, and hot rolls with no end OF butter, and
two servings OF chocolate ice cream for
dessert. Isn't it a shsme' And my chum is
peeled beanpole who doesn't dare use lemon
Juice to whiten her hands because acid is sup
posed 10 be an ant-fat"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06
Bv Edward Alden Jewell.

DENITENCE is human urtue-or fan
ina We all grow penitent at some time
or other in our lives. and If thereby
superb plenary indulgence is attained 1t can
scarcely be looked at as other than commend
able investment of emotion.
\ penitential half hour with Peroival Chuoo
director OF Ethical Culture for ST. LOUIS 10
whom other than Percival Chubb should a
representative OF the press go for ehastise-
rnent? Possibly DR.. Felix Adler, only he has
lust publicly recanted certain equally public IN
dictments brought against American news
papers. thereby insuring TO your penitent
mild and half-hearted foggng at best. And
certainly if you deliberately so in search OF
hogging you want Jogging you will cherish
long in the tablets OF memory So it is Perez
val Chubb. And should even Percival Chubb
rccant in connection with any opinion dl-
vulged through this interview, then penitenoe
after all. has been expended in vain.
Stripe one:
Greatest among the sins Of American
newspapers must be recorded the sin Of onis-
sion.
1T is true" declared Mr.. Chubb. that the
things which are excluded reflect more dis
credit upon the press than the things included.
The true life OF the community IS not rejected
because there is upon the one hand preponder-
ance and upon the other hand dearth. realize
that this is the cry Of the minority; but the
minority which defends the culture and ethics
Of a community must be recognized as the
community soul.
To what extent is the cultural lie OF hu'
mainly expressed in the newspapers OF Amer
ca? Alas. the extent is slender enough. Az
ersge men look TO the newspapers for LIES
values. and if the nobler activities of the mind
are not or are with pitiiul paucity recorded,
what will be the calbre Of the values which
these average men evolve for themselves? l
am not in any sense decrying the importance
of news. you must understand. Only the EN-
pire Of news ought to be expanded so as to
embrace. and raise also to more vital dignity,
reports Of those finer and subtler activities
which do not invite lurid verbal investiture
For years I have been voicing the appeal
for a broader journalistic cooperation with
the arts, with education. have contended
that our schools and universities have no ade-
ouate public forum by means of which their
degree of human service may be broadened and
enhanced. Cultural ethical news is es-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06
What the Ford Expedition Taught One Woman
Inez MilhOlland BOissevain Learned the
Futility Of Attempting Group EndeavOr
Without Democratic Organization and
the Uselessness of Tackling the
Peace Problem Unprepared.

rectly traceable to that-even the planlessneSs
that emphasized our lack OF organization Of
any sort, advertised the absurdities of the paci
fists and threw into bold relief the impracti-
oabiliy Of their aims as they were going at
them.
when the Scandinavian newspaper men
boarded the Oscar ii they talked with Nine
Schwimmer four hours without gaining the
slightest inkling of why the Ford party had
come to Europe. All the way across we had
held meetings on every subject but the one
we should have known about, had discussed
every question under the sun but the one fore
most in our minds At the end Of the two
weeks OF the voyage no member of the party
knew any more about its proposed method Of
accomplishing its objects than when we lett
New York. Nine Schwimmer couldn't tell
the newspaper men. l spoke to them for IF
teen minutes. explaining my idea of the neu-
tral conference ! supposed we had come to
establish.
Why said Judge Ben Lindsey to me. 4
had 10 idea that was what we had come for
Governor Hanna expressed similar sur
Prise. There we were, all on that ship for
purpose we knew not what; all eager TO help
for peace, but powerless to lift finger to
begin any action that might bring results.
Those who ventured a mild protest against
the existing order of things brought up against
the expeditions Committee OF Seven How
they Jared is well illustrated by this excerpt
from the committees letter to Mrs Boisse-
vain concerning her resignation:
I'VE do not feel that any good purpose can
Re served by discussing with you the difficult
ties about which you complain. So far as
those difficulties were real they were incidental
10 the nature of the expedition. And it is
clear that your understanding OF the conditions
has been different from our own. You think
that we came together as democratic body
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06

II the life of community, in its fullest sense
is 20 be reflected
Stripe three:
81 condemn that much esteemed process OF
dressing up scandal and crime. 1t would seem
that these things are quite bad enough, ana
quite sensational enough, just in themselves
% escape the necessity of glazing emphasis
And then. there is that insistcnt playing W
of girl stuff. The escapadcs OF chorus girl
and the elopements Of young society consti-
tutc legitimate food for the front page gal
evs. If newspaper can consistently print
girls pictures on the front page it has achieved
real glory. Here is an account OF a great IN
tcrnational issue, and here is another account
of an important civic decision or Crisis Be
tween them is the smiling face Of debutante
or OF the bride who wants divorce. The jux-
opposition is absurd
Nov. then The reader peruses the front
page. which is distinguished by its insistence
upon the most lurid aspects OF whatever news
has been available Then he turns to two big
pages of sports, heavily illustrated. Then ne
turns to two more pages devoted to finance
And so it goes. Culture? He will find that
very slenderly treated This, in general way,
IS a picture OF the American newspaper. There
arc exceptions. There are few papers which
appear honestly to be striving for something
better. But for the most part Our press is
given over TO these excuses
After touching upon the endowed newspa-
per. stating that its influence would always be
an excellent one, Mr.. Chubb delivered
Stripe four:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06
Activities Of Woman Politician Failed to
Impress her Favorabiy, and She Was
Amazed at the General Failure TO
Give Thought TO the Great
Work i'm Hand.

I'VE have Mr. Ford's own word, well as
Nine. Schwimmer's and Mr.. Lochner's at the
meeting before the election" she wrote, that
democratic organization was to be the basis
Of the expedition My understanding then OF
the nature of the expedition comedies with that
of those who organized X To read into il
at this late day any other Interpretation seems
to me little short of Misrepresentation.
Although I am not able to cooperate with
you, owing to what appears 70 me to be your
unsound method of procedure. nevertheless |
believe it is possible and likely that the very
unsound elements of your programme is wha..
together with the fundamental soundness o;
your idea. may carry you through 10 success.
You bring an answer that it is not entirely
logical TO situation that is not entirely logical
For there is very little that is logical about
war. If we lived in world OF philosophers
the Geste Of the Ford expedition would not be
necessary. But then neither would war
am unable to cooperate because am still un-
able to work along lines that are temperament
ally not within my range"
What was there TO be done" Mrs Boisse-
vain demanded Of her interviewer Made
TO teel that we were guests, were sure not
to be rude to our host by suggesting that some
OF the other guests get a move on and &C
complish something. We could have estab-
lished a neutral congressman Of the eft-overs,
but OF the pick of the expedition-by proper
pooling Of group intelligence. By study ard
discussion we could have remedied our defci.
ency in international knowledge But there
was no discussion; there was quarreling. And
it was frank. out and out, every day quarreinl
too; not even parliamentary
Nov it seems to me, instead of offering
what little We had to all exhausted Europe
we have alienated the good opinion of the ma
tons we might have helped. If the seemingly
established principle of the expedition persists
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06

Ut is long and sometimes perilous way TO
Europe and back in these times OF war;
n but Inez M.lholland Boissevain, lawyer,
sufragist and soldier Of democracy, recently
returned with some Of the human fragments
Of the Ford peace expedition, quite frankly ad-
mits she learned lots of things she might havc
missed had she stayed at home. Mrs. Boise
vain resigned as a delegate when she became
convinced the coercion of despotism was re
placing the freedom OF the democracy she had
been led to expect would govern the work OF
the voyagers
First, and perhaps paramount in her view.
she has seen politician at work. The fact
that this politician was woman-Mme. Ros
zika Schwimmer-made If the more interest
ing. Mrs. Boissevain has heard and read and
made great many speeches about politicians
and their too often disingenuous ways. but never
before has she been privileged to analyze one
from close up. That she wasn't favorably i'm
pressed she doesn't hesitate to say
Quite fatty. Mrs Boissevain observes, it was
the accomplishment Of fixed aims Nine
Schwmmer sought by what means it did not
matter Principle she subordinated TO method,
employing distrust as means OF self-deienoe,
and conhding to no one the things she thought
she could do best herself
She planned when she got good and ready"
says Mrs. Boissevain quite simply TO ram
things down our throats.
"She was so afraid her idea would be violated
by precious fools who meant well but didn't
know what they were about" she went on.
that she caused an espionage TO be established
over the newspaper reports that were sent
out by wireless, prepared states for elections
and even drafted members of the business staff
and ladies' maids TO help out with the voting.
The one great fault with the expedition,
however. was its failure TO establish demo
cratic organization Every other flaw is di-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06

the few that are left to do the work can ~
complsh nothing.
"All along the course OF the journey now,
took the trouble to think Wen pour ~
good will they said TO themselves, anu w.
Europe with a kiss and tear Du'
aren't stopped by kisses and tears-a' ''''
not in these days The time IS npe w.
neutral conference built on a solid 'o.a..
ton II might be long tire aceompH''~,
anything, but the very influence OF It's eS'''''
in proper form would be OF moral bene"
Consuuctiveiy, Mrs. Boisseyain oe'ie'''.
she set forth in her letter OF resignation =
the expedition was TO express the group W
ion Of a body Of more or less average n,D.
cans on the need OF ending the war anu
method by which it could best DC cow
gether with the shaping OF plans tor VIC w.
ance of future wars. ri,
II took it for granted" she said tn'. "
rather vague and nebuous opinion OF w .,,
OF DELEGATES would be hammered into CIV.
shape by group action and oonstrle"'e Is
ing throughout the voyage. The on'y "" ..is
possible to get at the collective opln'O" .i,c !,
must be the basis for sound group 49, :.
by the method of democratic orsan'A'"
which spoke. .,.,,o,ly
From the beginning l talked 'n'' . ,ru
about the need for such organizauO" hid
we were to accomplish the purpose ~ ,,,u,a
we Sc, sail. The organization was n0' og,,.
until three days before the end OF tne "a il.
When finally formed it was aooru'e so,ulr
effective. Instead OF being elected I" NJ
nomination i; was elected by "'' an
Lochncr's, or somebody's. appo"''e I'm .
hence reflected not the will OF the s. ~ ioS
a whole. but that of an individual OF "
viduals. ,... slcf
The expedition was failure O1 -rd
Gus one" concluded Mrs. bois'e',Ss
I wouldn't have missed it for the WV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06
Percival ChWbb EMW1merateS Some,
Chieny Omission, Business Office
Domination and the "Dressing
Up" of Scandal Of Which
He DisapprOves.

teemed of Slight or but comparative Importance
by the great mass Of our newspapers. 1t is
not sensational enough Yet it cmbodies the
highest and best aspirations of the people
And Mr.. Chubb by no means omitted from
his arraignment on the score OF omission
the failure Of the press to open its columns TO
labor There is. he declared, an open or tacit
agreement among newspapers that comment OF
any sort upon the activities of labor parties
or associations shall be held down TO d mini
mum. Why this should be Mr.. Chubb ex-
pressed himself incapable Of understanding,
and he addcd:-"especially since the labor
movement is the great. vital movement of the
day
From the sin of omission, and before sd-
dressing himself to the more positive or sctu-
ally committed sins. the ST. Low ethicist at
tackled the machinery OF newspapers
Stripe two:
The conflict between the business and edi-
,orisl departments is deplorablc. 1t restricts
truth to commercial base OF operations and
in every way hampers honest expression. hd-
vertisers must be catered to, and thus the
stamp of the dollar is placed upo- opinion
making it dishonest or BIASED.
And in connection with this curtailment OF
freedom Mr. Chubb denounced also the re
duction Of newspaper reporters from person
alities to hirelings.'
There ought to be more individual license,
he declared Reporters should not be autom-
atoms, but persons. Reform in this connec-
ton would be step toward that catholic lib
Grafton Of the press which must come about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06
MANIFOLD ARE THE SINS OF NEWSPAPERS
Sunday Papers Strike Him as Des.
ecration Of the Sabbath and
Productive of Feverish Men,
tai Turmoil-Comic Supple
ments Inane and Stupid.

Let us have no more Sunday papers, r.
are dissertation Of the Sabbath They ou,..
no. 10 come out Three or four vas, Co..
editions will completely miners. f,-.'
They will fill house to overaowing. II. T..
Of rest and meditation is whipped into
of feverish mental turmoil. | would IL.
see the Sunday papers entirely don. ,x,,
With
But" asked, what about eh. cu,,,.,
ncws3 Could VIC afford to neglec, WIN.
days Chronicles
"Oh, no." he replied quickly We need ~
neglect any news. We need only hold |, Over
TO Monday morning, thus looking upon Sun.
day as a Dies nan. This legal nonexis,.-,.
is applied TO Sunday in England Why shov,.
it not be in America"
Stripe FIVE:
The comic supplement ought TO b. stol.
ished. Or rather it ought 70 be replaced By 4,
supplement presenting humor instead Of il.
anity. The possibilities Of this depar,n.,
are utterly disregarded and the young folks AZ,
surfeited with stupid gambols. Furth.rnc,.
the youth is unnecessarily educated TO
chronic disrespect for age and distress a..
chivslry. Such comic art is not necessary. \
is an evil Of long standing, but one wtia
might be eradicated without any loss Of pres.
tige to the newspapers subscribing to it,
Stripe six:
There ought TO be no study Of the nsvs.
papers in the schools, a practice OF rss,
origin. Newspapers cannot teach school et..
dren much it will do them good to learn l..
less they are first reformed. Lacking cul|.
they might have an effect similar to the pes
ent popular vocational training, which teataa
pupils how to make money, but gives then e
idea of how to spend il intelligently VIE
they get it. Culture should go hand in t,,.
with education of every sort
There were other stripes also, though 1
first and niaio. ones have been exposed. }
ought to be recorded that Mr.. Chubb is !,
kindiest castigator under the sun, for all 4
strokes are neither mild nor halt-hearted. e
is sure OF himself, sure of his ground, sr
that he is right in every criticism. Perh'r
it is this very sureness in Mr.. Chubb who
encourages the even charm Of his rebuhe. NJ
Chubb never once raised his voice above ta
moderate pitch prescribed for conyersaa'
OF the tea table variety. The light OF q.is
sincerity in his eyes never became coudsd y
scorn or malice. He spoke like an Attic P-'
losopher, keenly and without frenzy OF eo''
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06

possessed OF certain natural and inalienable
rights to organize, elect officers and commit
tees, and generally administer and govern We
feel that we came as guests OF Mr.. Ford, with
no more right. previous TO some request from
him, 10 organize and legislate than we should
have ii you personally did us the honor to in
wife TO your home for a weekend visit
This is how We read the invitation we re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-06

ceived from Mr.. Ford: and, having accepted
IT in such spirit. criticism of the conditions
IS not at all 70 our taste"
This was after Ford had started back to the
United States and the committee had been
designated TO act as host in his place. The
letter, signed by Louis P. Lochner as secrc-
tary OF the committee, brought spirited an
swer from Mrs. Boisscvain.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-17
CONRAD HAS FIBRE MILL.

The fibre flax mill has been start
ed this week with full force of so
men, says the Conrad Observer, and
under the able management of Mr..
Pearson, the work is now going alorg
along as smootll. as can be and
much work is Icing lone. TIE mill
has about Go1 tons Of flax straw
On hand. whi-h is expected to keep
the plant in operation until the har-
vcsting of this years crop in the fall.
Liberal contracts are now being
made with all the farmers who care
to grow the flax fibre and it is eX
pected that many farmers will take
advantage Of the liberal offer to in
crease the profits Of the farm.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-17
TO PROBE HAVRE DEATHS.

Dissatisfied with the report made
to them by officials of the Great
Northern railroad with reference to
the accident at Havre, March .,
which resulted in two brakemen los
ing their lives and a third trainman
having his leg cut off, the state rail-
road commission has set March 1S
as the date for a hearing when a
thorough investigation will be made.
The hearing will be held at Havre
and officials of the railroad and all
the surviving members of the crew
will be present.
The accident happened in peculiar
manner, according to the reports
made to the railroad commission. a
freight train, eastbound, and COM
posed of SO cars. all connected up
with an engine, was standing in the
wards at Havre. There were 13 more
ears, with q caboose attached about
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-17

five car length from the first train,
and a part of the first train.
About the time the train was ord
cred out, another freight came in
from the west and the yarl,nastc.' Or
dered the crew of the freight which
had just arrived, to run their train in
or the same track as the f.c>t train
and to couple up the 33 cars with the
- cars.
The engineer of the second train
coupled onto the caboose of the first
and whistled out, but failed to get
a whistle reply from the head engine.
The former proceeded to close up the
gap between the cars of the first
train and in doing so, smashed the
platform of the caboose, instantly
killing Brakemen Mcknight and Pur-
kett, and cutting off the leg of the
third trainman.
A report of the accident was i'm
mediately sent in to the commission,
but it was not satisfactory and the
investigation was ordered.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-17
JIMMIE DIDN'T GET TOUGH

Wednesday morning, short, seedy
looking individual alighted from No.
2 and Immediately inquired for the
county commissioners. He was di-
rected to see Commissioner C. w.
Baylor who listened to his tale of woe.
"Jimmie the Tough he said his
name was, and according to his own
words, he was one real "hard boiled
egg" He stated that he had been in
twenty penitentiaries and that if
there ever was a bad man, he was it.
"Cracking safes and dynamitin'
things is mania with me-" said jim
mie, "in fact, it's got to be a regular
habit. 1t is custom with me to al
ways blow couple of safes and dyna-
mite few buildings in. every town
] visit just for pastime. Talk about
tough. Why Webster didn't know
the meaning of the word.
Jimmie's game was to get enough
money to get out of town and possibly
pie card to tide him over until he
might strike it easy again. However
his tale did not listen good, and he
was told to tell it to somebody who
might believe it, so he went in to SEE
puck" Powell. The Sheriff's office
were not scared in the least by his an
nouncement of his toughness and po
litely informed him that he was wei
come to start operating whenever he
felt like it, that the county was pay
ing them to carry "Colts" for sucl
animals as he.
Seeing he would have to change hi!
tactics, Jimmy finally made the rais1
of meal and decided that Glasgow
was no place for the toughest man OF
earth-that there were some egg!
here that were harder boiled than h,
was.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-17
VICTOR DECKER DIES
IN ST. PAUL HOSPITAL
Attack of Typhoid Cause of Death of
Former Resident.

Word was received here Wednes-
day afternoon of the sudden death of
Victor Decker in St. Paul on March
Is, following a short illness of typhoid
fever.
About year ago "Vic," as he was
known to almost everyone in the city
left for ST. Paul and took a position
with the Twin City Rapid Transit
Co. as conductor. He held this posi-
tion until last fall, when he was stric-
ken with pneumonia and pleurisy Of
the heart He recovered from this
attack and returned to Glasgow to
recuperate. hoping to regain his
strength and return to his old position
as soon as he was strong enough.
About month ago he left again for
st. Paul to resume his duties, but he
fell victim to typhoid, and his con-
dition became so serious that his
folks here were notified and Tuesday
morning Geo. +. Burke left for st.
Paul. and he was at Nic's side when
the end came.
Victor Vivian Decker was born at
Minot, North Dakota, on September
20, 1892 being "a years of age at the
time of his demise. He had been a
resident of Glasgow for many years
and to his many friends here who
remembered seeing him here, hale
and hearty, smiling and good natured,
the news of his death came like a
blow from a clear sky. For number
of years he worked for the Glasgow
Cash Grocery company, and his