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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

ONE morning found myself on
1 the second floor of Selfridge's
grocery department in London,
and just as the elevator slid away after
depositing me realized that my errand
didn't lie there at all. The oranges,
when they were any place, occupied a
small area very small area indeed
of the first floor. Oranges in Eng
land are now about of the rarity and
the value o. the Kohinoor diamond
"Huh-h-h," scolded under my
breath. and wheeled-all but thereby
colliding with a young, griefstricken
woman with fair hair, capped by bon
net that hung a dead black mourning
veil Before my eyes settled on her,
however, they had caught one flying
glimpse Of the wizened, white mus
tached clerk behind q far counter, beck
oning ne. l turned again and started
toward him.
"I've got one," he called in excite
ment, while | was yet far out in the
room.
ID lhht IT, dHohtAEu DtAbAS
was within seven feet Of him.
lie reached down un1er the counter
and produced one small, yellow bag
tied round with a string and stuffed.
The name Of the article it contained,
which was the subject of our negotia-
tions. did not pass between us. | knew
and he knew that | knew what ! was
buying. II was the article the pursuit
Of which for two weeks past had led
me 90 the second floor of Selfridge's,
until on this morning had mechani-
cally sought the place from habit, as 8
horse his stall.
We opened the parcel merely to re-
assure ourselves and 20 admire. IL con-
tanned one pound OF dirty looking,
sticky. brown sugar. The clerk ten
derby wrapped 1t up again for ME and
I returned with il in exultation 20 our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Socialism Never
Meant Pacihsm

In America, the old leaders Of So
cialism. the men who were preaching
Socialism when il was not az all as
popular and profitable as IL is to-day.
these men if they are not to-day the
Kaiser's men, are all war Socialists.
And even the kaisers' men who are
parading to-day as pacihsts did not
preach pacfism before the Kaiser in
his note 70 the powers proclaimed him
self a pacifist. When Germany was on
the top, Bernhardi's dream was we'll
nigh 20 run into a world nightmare, we
did not hear Jewish Socialists preach
ing paciism.
There can be TO pacifstic Socialism;
there is 10 such thing as Socialistic
pacifsm. The Socialist Party, as a
revolutionary party. cannot be a pacifs-
tic party. While Socialists are averss
10 violence and force as a principle.
they make no secret of their belief
that the last stages OF the bourgeois
society and the first phases Of the So
cialistic Commonwealth will not avoid
certain kinds OF violence and force.
Force said Karl Marx, us the mid
wife at the birth of every new So
ciety." And Karl Marx Is still the
leader of the Socialist thought and ac-
ton.
And so il is not true that Socialism
gave 70 the East Side its pacifsm.
Then what did?
To answer this question we must
not only plunge into the soul Of the
East Side, but also into the souls Of
the men that gave II its soul.
All nations live IN their present, oc-
casiOnaliy in their past, sometimes
with their future. but mainly in their
present. Not so the Jew. He lives oc-
casionally only in the present, much
more in the past, and all the time with
the future. The famous dictum of the
late John Swinton that America Is not
only a country, but also an idea," fits
better into the life philosophy Of an
East Slider than of any other immi-
grant in this country America for the
jew is an idea more than a country.
His entire future. as he visualizes II
in the light OF his own idealism, has
its roots in America. Even the Jews
who dream Of Palestine as their ulti-
mate home dream of spiritual bridge
between America and Palestine.
But America pictured By the East
Side Jew is not America a. understood
By Americans No foreigners view
America as Americans DO. But then
angles are not so divergent as the
Jewish angle. The Jewish conception
Of America is an America in itself-a
new world in quest Of an explorer
And this is go because the Jewish
form OF faith, his entire method OF
thought. is not the faith and thought
Of the others. The Jew has no eyes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Became Doctor
To Aid Serfs

NV friend went back TO Russia, while
her sister continued at Berne the med
ical studies which were intended TO
improve the health of the former serfs
on the estate Of the man she was 70
marry. During a winter we three spent
together at Dresden Anna Avramotf
was studying Froebel kindergarten, in
order to be able TO supervise the two
women teachers she was taking back
to her estate. II was there, near
Odessa, one of the centres Of revolu-
tionsry propaganda, whence women
20 out TO teach the ignorant moujiks
and artisans the meaning Of freedom,
that | first got an insight, merely as
a spectator, into the working Of the
political unrest which, like a fire, con
sumes most Of the revolutionaries.
In my wanderings through every con-
t!nent and almost each country l have
seen many things and taken part in
many pageants. But never again, as
in my friends house, have l enjoyed
the contact with such high-mindedd,
high-souled men and women. They all
belonged to the privileged class Of posi-
ton and birth. yet they were as I'M
affected as children, unconscious Of all
their advantages, and the women sur
prised me most. Never having lived
before in such an atmosphere, IT
seemed at first unreal and as if ! must
waken from my dream and find women,
lust like others, interested in dress
arusements and the thousand small
pursuits which, as rule, fiji the lives
Of the wealthy. But here were gentle
women who cared for nothing but do
ing good, whose possessions were there
20 serve others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
By Mary Brush Williams

Usually they stopped for coffee in
the lounge. In that after-dinner hour
YOU would see lords and ladies seated
about a rose-tiuted and upholstered
room OF a hotel, nicknamed the little
Ritz, each guest with a greasy bag of
rolls resting near him on the rose-col-
ored upholstery.
When the Australian woman inno-
Gently demanded more bread and was
refused il the expression on her face
denoted establishment beyond words.
That is the expression | think Amerl-
cans would betray II they had notion
of what Il is really like 20 be on ra-
tons; not that il is so horrible, for l.
isn't-not that IL is sOrdId or danger
Gus or disagreeable Il is just unbe-
lievable that such a thing could be on
this rich and fruitful earth.
Two little strips of bacon is YOUR
allowance Of meat for breakfast. This
includes allowance for shrinkage, and
Il you have them cooked crisp they are
scarcely visible on the big English
plates. Five ounces Of meat for lunch j.
con and five for dinner is one persons
portion, including bone and TAT On
the estimate OF hotels, this figures out
as three ounces Of clear meat, wh en- Is
all you get.
One day [ ordered chicken wing and
cold ham. but could not have the COM
bination because the chicken could not
be carved 30 as 10 keep within my al
lowance if was 20 have ham. too. The
English mutton chop is as defunct as
the dodo. T. was overwe ght One
nigh. ~ the Berkeley grill we ordered
two mutton chops such as arc substi-
tuted to-day. We were served with
two lamb chops, the maitre d'hotel hav-
ing mistaken our order.
ooh that's all right we said. Bring
the mutton chops anyway Presently
the waiter appeared with two lamb
chops more.
II couldn't get the mutton chop with
this first order against you because 1t
would give you more than your allow
ance.r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

IT G; WELLS speaking Of thu
Ill. Jews in his novel, "Jono
Bungay," makes the remark
that the Jews are a clever race, but
not sufficiently clever 70 conceal their
cleverness.
Paraphrasing this remark one could
say: the Jewish race is a passionate
race, but not sufficiently passionate to
suppress its passions.
ParadoXical as il may sound, it Is
this lack Of concentrated viii power TO
keep the mind upon the goal Of their
desires, the inability to ride upon the
back of their passions that brought the
Jews of America into a movement akin
TO Russian Bolshevikism which is utter
ly at variance with Jewish character
and thought.
OF all the cherished theories so gen.
erously advanced by Jewish apologists,
from within and without. TO explain the
moodiness of the East Side in this our
war, not one is as far from the fact
as the assertion that Jews are pacifists
because they are pacifsts. That they
are opposed to this war because they
are opposed to all wars
Stupid and false.
The Jew as a historical resultant OF
his religion and traditions on one hand,
and the knocks and jolts of 1000 years
of "goloth" on the other hand, could
cultivate in his soul anything but the
germ of pacifism.
The command Of Moses, "An eye for
an eye, a tooth for a tooth; King
David's psalm, "And the Lord said:
Thou shalt make no peace with the
wicked forms the cornerstone Of
Jewish creed and politics, and this
creed and belief is certainly not con-
ducive for the transportation Of Toll
stoy's theory Of "Non-resistsnce" into
the garden of thorns called practical
politics
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Some Hotels Were
Heavily Fined

Even with supervision some Of the
leading hotels of London have had 20
pay as high as fifty pounds fine for
using more than their app0rtiOnment OF
ratious. They serve their guests with
what has BY the law been allowed for
the servants. with the result that they
have an anemic-looking lot of walters
indeed. When you consider that only
such people can serve as are not avail
able for the army and then reflect that
they have not for months had the
proper quantity of nourishing food in
the right proportions, you can picture
for Yourself what the London grill room
OF the present is in personnel OF staff
But when I started these remarks |
rad meant 70 write only about the sugar
problem. When | see stories column
long in the American papers about what
is going 20 happen 70 Us ! feel con-
strained 70 preach little myself on the
GOSPEL Of economy. Two-sevenths Of
an ounce a meal was the allotment when
I left England. and the statement ought,
10 be accompanied by an illustration 20
carry any weight. II you will remenl-
Der, an English coffee cup is all but az
large as an oatmeal bowl, and two
sevenths Of an ounce Of sugar is all but
so small you cannot see II. IL - about
a third the size of one OF the Domino
Jumps.
Sugar is no longer served in bowls,
but usually in little individual salt
dishes, and what you can hsve-no
more. no less-is handed you with your
order.
In vain you can explain that you do
not take tea and would like your after
noon allotment at breakfast. You take
what you can get. The Carlton hands
YOUR portion graduated and done UP
ike a powder in tiny sealed envelope
with your order.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Yiddish Press
Turns the Scale

The stand the East Side took IN the
war was not a spontaneous explosion
of passionate love for the leutons'
The Austrian Jews we're the nrst 70
raise the colors Of their native couh-
try. The others we're waverlng linen
the Yiddish press, seeming the tren9
of events, turned the scale. In q WHO
scramble for circulation they raised
deutschland Ueber Allies and ere
long the East Side turned into Plus
royalists que le roi lui meme worse
ro-Germans than the Kaiser.
In such mind and mood the country
found the East Side when America
entered the war, and joined the Ailles.
In such mind and mood the East
Side had 20 learn that free Speech
free press. free action may be re-
stricted. ,S
In this mind and mood they learned
+bat a citizen has not only rights, out
also duties. That a nation may not
only give, but take. Id %
lam that thew themselves, their prop
ertv their lives and the lives OF thelr
cbiidren are theirs only as long IS IN.
courtrv does not claim them. Even i
sacrifice il only a debt when the coun-
try is in need OF that sacrlhce. l.
And all the disappointments' ae-
lusions and bitterness accumulated ~
Tine of political strife, the economy
denression added TO the hardsnlps o.
he new conditions of life orougnI
sbout bv the war, the horrible spectre
nj the trench and the submarine anu
he CONCEALED sympathies Tor tne io'
iorr cause of Germany, give blrVn 70
tbat nacifistic monstrosity which N tne
shane of this latest municipal campaign
caussd 40 much bitterness, caused 50
D,ucb genuine despair and consterns,,
.;on among the Jews, who UNDERSTOOD
be.ter and felt deeper the pnyslcai anu
moral forces behind the war.
Rnt there is no such thing as a CON
sistent pacifist, as lasting paeinsm-
Pacifsn. az its best. is only moou'
With the Jews it is even less thah
that. .f..- .br.e
vaars' worship Of the Kaiser 70 smash
Kim overnight. It is a painful process
-oc,,irirr time. but the Jews VIII see
j. through with honor. when tne teal
war will be on, il will hnd the jews
rbere they ought 20 be ~,
The East Side is not co"araIy;;
Treacherv IS not a Jewish tralN any
.bere - not one race In the woorlp
INCH is more capable Of self-sacrlhce
than the Jews.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

N OWN through the dark ages Of
Undertaking brilliantly in
every period CLEANS the hero
ISM Of woman.
No period Of history is without its
heroic women. but this cataclysmic up
heaval has revealed womankind in all
her royal sacrifcial splendor.
King George. on a sunny May after
noon. entered one Of his cars and d.
rected the driver 20 head for Surrey.
Once there he inquired for the resi-
dence Of Mother Hunt"
. Mother Hunt" was sitting in front
OF her humble cottage. swaying 20 and
fro a. she hummed the air Of IA
miliar folksong.
And she stopped only when King
George approached and without ado
pinned on her breast the most dlstin-
guished medallic order that can De
conferred by the British Empire. Then
Mother Hunt" realizing that she was
face 70 fsce with his majesty and that
he was talking with her, broke down
and cried.
Don't cry, my heroine said King
George, "a goodly number Of your
twelve sons will return 70 you-blgger
better and drawer men than when they
went away" And the King stopped and
wiped away her tears.
I'm not crying" said Mother Hunt,
because of my twelve sons, sire; I'm
s-weeping because | have no more 10
givep
Mother Hunt" seventy years old
has lost FIVE sons since 1915. and has
five others at the front. with two more
in training in England. Twelve sons
and she wept because she could do
no more for her King and country.
Mother Hunt" still sits and croons
outside her cottage door, and every day
she waits 70 greet the postman with
his letters from the front. And indeed
no news is good news for her. And
her neighbors say that never yet have
they heard her complain when the let
ter arrives from the War Office saying:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

itors who focked TO my friends home
struck my eager young mind as so
distinguished. refined and altruistic
that l expressed my indignant sur
prise that they were not allowed 70
go back to Russia. but we're con-
demned, as Anna AvramofT told me,
70 live and die in the land Of exile.
lntellectuals Were
Rich in Aims Deeds
At any tale of distress they would
send for their portfolios-large leather
cases with pockets bullying with ruble
notes, which they lavishly distributed
to those in need, often not even count
ing them, as if they were so many
pieces Of paper, while in the same class
in other countries l had been accus-
toned TO see people looking upon the
drawing of a check as matter Of life
and death. These women spoke six or
seven languages perfectly, and knew.
so it seemed 70 me, the literature of
the whole world. At the same time
they would take no end of trouble 10
assure themselves that a poor young
girl clerk, far away in Switzerland, a
revolutionary like themselves, as I
soon understood, had all she needed.
When the cold began they wore the
most costly and beautiful furs, for
which they had sent out hunters them
selves but their dress was simple and
seems not of the least import to them.
And though their home was full Of
treasures Of art, they used all those
lovely things as if conscious that to-
morrow they no longer might exist for
them.
Humble men and women often joined
my friends for mysterious parleys;
"intellectuals" who, through the minds
prerogatives, had risen from the rank
and file and devoted their lives 70 the
people whence they sprang. So diff
ferent in appearance, yet bound by the
common cause, you felt that for both
classes the prejudices Of caste and sex
had disappeared. Mind even seemed TO
have become secondary; they we're
great souls, swayed by the same lofty
aim: Let US suffer, if need be, only
that Russia may become free,'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

Side dubs il, "the alright man" is
enough 20 reassure any one who would
like 70 link the East Side pacifism with
the general tenets Of Socialism.
Socialism is against militarism, but
not for pacifsm The Belgian Social
lists are war Socialists. Four-ifths Of
the German Socialists are war Social
lists. The last fifth OF the German Sc
cial Democracy, known as the Social
list minority" were war Socialists at
the beginning Of the war. The same
applies 20 France, Austria, Italy and
Russia. The same in England and
everywhere where there is a solid So
cialist mOvement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

when Germany declared It's WRITER
guarantee Of Beigium's neutrality as
scrap of paper"
But when Russia, following Germany
and Austria, began to mobilize US
armies. and when France, following
England. made common cause WIZ
Russia, the Jews Of the East SIDE came
out almost 70 man against the A!lies
and for the TeutOns.
The Russian Jews, because or tnelr
hatred for Russia; the Austrian
Jews, because OF their devotion 20 the
late Franz Josef and their hatred for
Russia: the Rumanisn Jews. because
of their hatred for Russia and indlf-
ference TO everything else.
There was no guiding prineiple nor
wisdom in this alignment OF hatred
But the Jews were not the only ones
who lost their heads in the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

This means that 10 lbs. s ozs, mean
and poultry Including bones and fat;
66 lbs. II ozs. -four and lbs. II ozs.
sugar must suffice for so breakfasts.
300 luncheons, 1870 dinners, or Just
about what any prominent New YORK
club might have 70 take care Of daily.
Applied 20 a small boarding house:
Il means that the same quantity OF
meat. -four and sugar would have 70
suffice for one week, il only II Of the
80 boarders ate bacon or ham with their
eggs. IL only Is of them came for
luncheon and the entire 80 turned up
for dinner.
To detect violations the proprietor
or manager must keep books showing
tire actual number of meals served. In
voices must be produced showing the
total quantity Of meat, poultry, -four
and sugar received during the week,
and the amount Of ham is carefully
weighed by the inspector.
The ration Of -four must take care o.
cakes or biscuits, and that OF sugar in
cludes anything used In the kitchen Tor
puddings. preserving. cake baking. etc.
fcoyrsht. 1917. by TIE Tribune Ass'ciaiiNol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
mo Second Helping

To n. sure. for a while few hotels
s+iII nassed loaf sugar in bowls, ou'
tbose we're the ones that served 20 tneir
aatrons the allotment that should nave
gone 20 the staff. r-
Anropos of this point, over az our !,
arartn,ent our little washed-out maid
toId me the story Of how her "nols
be;rg on the day before had demanded
ergar She had a way OF drawing ner--
elf together in a tenseness Wnlch
,,seJ IN fear might snap her. mat was
Ler vav for getting emphasis. felt
as e lust simply had 20 have IL, she
said between her teeth. 80 | stopped
and asked the housekeeper II IN,
couldn't give me Just one little piece
SIC Indicated the size demanded ~
bor thumb and forefnger, which sne
~, on level with her face. IL was
q very small piece, indeed, that she
bagged for. but the housekeeper sala
that she could not have II:
~ felt sick and faint for the need
Of H." the dried up little person ADDED
I gave her bit of ours which some one
AZ the embassy had presented 10 US
and all that day she seemed brighter
and stronger.
think of this little story very often
bsrk here in America, where see 1000
being wasted. A girl at the Shorehani,
IN Washington. the other day, insteao
of breaking a loaf Of sugar IN two ana
taking such portion OF IL as she Wlsneo'
dropned the entire piece into her cup.
When a third OF il had melted or she
fshed the remainder out with her spoon
and laid IL or her saucer. Az that
same dinner a portion OF beef was
served one person which IN England
would be the allotment for one meal
70 four people.
4 distinct sensation which people ex-
nerience when they first enter the Din
ING room on the ocean liner 70 leave
Eng'a is that OF a shock. nearo
one person after another on our boat
sneak Of Il. They are shocked 20 see
the waste Of food More meat is appor-
toned than can be eaten. Il IL cut and
hacked and nibbled so that It is not r.
70 ask any one else 20 eat. Bread
lovely. white bread hat we ate IKE
cake after our diet Of war bread-ls
broken and crumbled and played with.
l. hurts one 20 see that done after
one has been on rations.
Here is the order Of British Ministry
Of Food applying TO hotels. restaurants,
clubs. boarding houses and public eat
ing places:
TIE total auar-itis q neAt. tcgr. bread ana
.,,-s- ,s-f In or hy any public eating place N
~ vr..k shall mo- exoe~i the sr1s. quAntities
ases--.iusf n accordance With Tho following scas
NJ average quantities. pr meal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Woman and the Russian
Revolution
By Marie de Perrot, B. es L.

-gr Russian Revolution has this
in common with the great revo-
linton In France. that It is large
81. 5ue 20 the influence OF woman, OF
y ,o-.s Of women, not only the noble
..nI. whose lives Of self-saerifce are
IN, TOO little known.
Nov that the tragic doings Of the
sat DAYS are a thing Of the past, we
=. beginning 70 realize that this as
..rrding event was due in q certain
-o.srre 20 the ex-Czaritza Alexandra
r.,5o-ovna. who was directly respons-
.h,s for the downfall Of the Roma
As. though the revolution had been
Injected for years by all those who
know and love Russia.
The Russian court was openly d.
,;5sd: On the one side, weak, vaciilat-
,,e timid Nicholas, who, as history
I'll acknowledge some day, would have
s..;red 10 tight Germany to the end
- vss ready 20 make TO the Liberal
,s-+v an necessary concessions.
On the other side was the ex-Czar-
;,-s with her bevy Of women, all OF
.bsm satellites Of the Infamous kas-
,r-in. Nine. VassiltiehkOv, the most
,,tive agent Of the party which, throw
;,g of for one moment its mask
o,snlv elamored for q separate peace
18th Germany; Nine. Vyroubo7, Ras-
,r.in's associate and accomplish, and
farming part Of Alexandra Feodorov-
mas circle; there was also the Grand
duchess Marie Pavlovna. among whose
.orresoondence, since she has been ar
-ssted g letter to her from the Kaiser
has been found, saying that between
uobenzollern and Romanof no enmity
can exist. And, 20 close the procession
- notorious women conspirators, the
,..bsuerina Kchesinsksia takes her
rank. She it was who was chosen by
ne Dowager Empress 70 be her young
wr's "initiator," and her house dur
Ing the war became the centre Of all
he plots hatched by the Russian court
against Russia herself.