New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
Too Strong To Be a Soldier,
Plea of Modern English Samson
Music Hall Nut" Clog Dancer and Undertaken, Seeking
Army Exemption, Assert They Are Indispensable
British Bachelors Give Many Excuses.

emption of footman ensloyed az the
Mansion House. The application SAID
10 was in the national interest that
Mansion House arrangements for re-
cruiting the public work generally
should not be disturbed. Sir 7. NeZcy
Strong, the chairman, thought q post
ponement of one month sufficient 20
allow the Lord Mayor 20 make other
arrangements.
Widows Son Gets Respite.
a widow of PENCE obtained a three
months respite for her eligible son on
the ground that be was indispensable
20 the conduct Of her small laundry.
"He calls for and distributes the
laundry" said she, "and does more
ironing than any two women
The tribunals face their greatest
difficulty in dealing with the agri-
cultural districts. Some farmers have
gone 20 the extent Of threatening 20
abandon their farms entirely If not al
lowed sufficient help. The tribunals
now have adopted the policy of allow
ing three men 70 each one hundred
acres of farm land In the meantime
hundreds Of thousands OF women are
being recruited for teamwork.
One young man unnecessarily quot
ed from speech Of the Prime Minister,
Nr. AsQuith. in the House Of Commons.
in seeking exemption on the ground
shat he was the sole support Of Wild
owed mother. lie quoted Mr.. Asquith
TO the effect that the taking away Of
tho sole support Of a widow would be
"monstrous." The application was re-
fused when il was shown there were
other relatives with whom the mother
might live.
Another young man told the tribunal
IL was condemning his mother 20 death
in sending him TO the war.
If | were alone In the world /
should have gone long ago" he added.
u appeared. however, the financial con-
dition of the family was sufficient.
A theatrical manager received three
months grace when he explained that
if there were no amusements "tne
people would have nowhere 20 60
Cartoonist Seeks Exemption.
A cartoonist thought himself 'ndis-
pensable because his drawings amused
the soldiers a. the front THE cham
pion clog dancer Of the world" thought
his supremacy in that art should not
be endangered. "The best violin maker
in England" felt he was needed st
home. a popular Nut" OF the music
halls felt that London's spensahle
revues would be failures without him.
A buyer Of silks. an expert sausage
cutter" warehouse "Samso with
remarkable lifting ability, and a Bible
packer all made pleas, but obtained ex-
emptions for brief periods only.
The plea Of conscientious scrunles
against war is heard infrequently be-
lore the tribunals. The possessor OF
such scruples generally comes In for a
very severe Rri.liug.
The Pail Mall Gazette" says: at is
notorious that the me- yield from the
single classes has been very d.sap-
pointing. Married men and
married women, 100, have shown that
they are prepared 70 discharge 20 the
full every claim that their country
possesses. But they viii not tolerate
a more lenient regime for those who
have lighter responsibilities than
themselves, and the exemptions which
have been granted 70 some bachelors
make one wonder how the tribunals
are going 20 justify themselves IN call
ing up any head Of family for SER
vice"