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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
To Dudley Field Malone

Some men believe in suffrage
In peculiar way,
They think it just and fair and Eight
Or so they always say
They think that it is coming fast
But should not come to-day.
And others work and speak for it,
And yet you'll sometimes find
Behind their little suffrage speech
A little axe to grind.
They put their Party interests first,
And suffrage well behind.
Of men who care supremacy
That justice should be shown,
Who do not balk at sacrifice,
And make the cause their own,
/ know, think, of only one,
That's Dudley Field Malone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Translated from the French by William L. Mcpherson

Translated from the French by William L. McPherson
story of Stacker pho not slccke IL pictures the
himself "emJusque spite Of the
military authorities hare rejected him physical grounds
sensitive imagination He suffers all the
rhh suffer- but which unfortunately the real
because nes and apathy hare deadened
his Of duty.
being "enbsq much matter than,
NTH French public opinion extremely noerant
anything military service The wrter
story situation hnorou
sympathy rightly extended to the ung eremp
boycong the real Stacker problem whch soon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

HONEYCOMB

Tn goia' back o-lookin for the honepcomb
Back to the jungle, fray back home
The honeycomb that's CROWN in the holes o. trees
An YOU reach by a-scrabbn up with both your knees
While you whistle bout yo baby TO keep away the bees
I'm ooiu tchcre the honey crdckles in the mouth.
Back to the Jungle 'cdy back Soath-
For Southern comb is sweeter'n Northern chewn gum
An when you call the yallerbirds, they always come
An if they the honey, they ask you for some
=
Back there IN the jungle, ',vdy back home,
I'm goin to spend my old oge eotn' honeycomb-
Bananas an watermelons pineapples an fruit
An all the birds O paradise Twin man can shoot,
An I'll eat 'em while a-eanin' on a mangrove-root.
An ichen Tee had plenty 'icdy back South,
There's goin TO angel an kiss the mouth
A angel with a big wing both sides her head
The front feathers white an the hind feathers red,
It'll be the kiss o heaven thatE make glad I'm dead
An I 'front.' hare TO hl,nt 10 mo- back home,
with a angel on each side o me-briagh' honcycomb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
his Fart down there among the glo-
rious youth Of France. But his wish
had been denied.
All His Comrades
We're at the Front

He suffered n humiliation and a de-
spair which time did not allay. All his
comrades were at the front. That was
what caused MIN the keenest pangs.
To his fancee alone he contided that,
not being able to write letters with
out shame or date them from a point
so far distant from the scene Of &C
ton, he had dropped all other CORE
spondence. She assumed bantering
attitude at first. She refused to take
his scruples seriously. That was the
worst thing she could do. Presently
he avowed to her that he doubted
whether he would have the courage
to show himself again in her house.
She being the daughter of an officer,
and her three brothers having gone TO
the war Zone of them fallen in the
first campaign and the other two con-
tinually exposed, he felt himself un-
worthy to enter her family. So ne
offered to release her from her promise,
whatever suffering that release might
cost him.
Her answer came, prompt and COM
forting. FRANCHISE told him that she
appreciated his delicacy of feeling
and his regrets, which she shared
with him. But to condemn him, that
would be foolish. He Stacker? Moth
ing of the kind. One must distinguish
between those who could not go and
those who didn't want to 60. In con-
clusion, she asked him land her invita-
ton was both urgent and affectionate)
to cross the Mediterranean when his
next vacation came. They would see
each other; they would come to a
clearer understanding.
So he had come.
"The Stacker. the Stacker at the rear
1t is he who makes you persecute
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
CHANGE
Little white hearse

Little white hearse
Gone down the street,
If on his bright and unbruiSed feet
He should come back
With life still sweet,
Only to change to a different hack,
The little white hearse
Grown big and black
Would it be worse?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

in spirit, lend me your minds eyes
and sec for yourselves something oil
what modern war really is.
Behold, then, a stretch Of country
. sea Of mud far as the eye can reach;
a grim, desolate cxpansc, It's surface
ploughed and churned by thousands OF
high explosive shells into ugly holes
and tortured heaps. like muddy waves
struck motionless upon this muddy sea.
The guns are silent, the cheers and
frenzied shouts, the screams and
groans, have long since died away and
no sound is heard save the noise Of my
own going.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
POPLARS

Poplars against a mountain
Seem frequently to me
To be little-windowed cities
And sun-waves on the sea.
Perhaps dead men remember
Those beckonings of fire,
Waves that have often crumbled
And windows of desire.
Another year and some one,
Standing where | now stand,
Shall watch my tree rekindle,
From ancient sea and land,
The reckoning of an ocean,
The reckoning of a town,
Til the suns behind the mountain
And the wind dies down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
MERCY

He took your coat away!
Then 90 and fold
Your cloak around him, too
Lest he be cold.
And if he took from you
Your daily bread,
Offer your heart to him
That he be fed.
And if you gave him all
Your life could give,
Give him your death as we'll
That he may live.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
NO MANS CLERK

Perhans tomorrow he will work
Listlessly again
This evening he was no mans clerk,
He was a king Of men.
An unheroic, homely boy,
Sallow and under size,
He passed me, bearing all the Joy
Of history in his eyes.
| saw him then. / see him yet
The funny little churl,
In his mouth a cigarette,
In his eyes--a girl.
'WITTEJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Stumbles Among
Wreckage of Battle

The sun shone palely and ftful
wind swept across the waste, q nox-
ious wind, cold and dank, that chilled
me with sudden dread even while the
sweat ran from me. | walked amid
shell cratcrs sometimes knee deep in
mud, and stumbled over rifles half
buried in the slime, on muddy KNAPP
sacks, over muddy bags half full Of
rusty bombs, and 60 upon the body Of
dead German soldier. With arms
wide flung and WRITTEN legs grotesque-
ly twisted he lay there beneath my
boot, his head half buried in the mud.
So there he lay, this dead Boche, skull
cleaning under shrunken scalp. an
awful, cye!ess thing that seemed to
start, to stir and SILVER as the cold
wind stirred his muddy clothing. Then
nausea and a deadly faintness seized
me. but I shook it of, and shivering,
sweating, forced myself to stoop and
touch that awful thing, and, with the
touch, horror and faintness passed and
in their place I felt a deep and pas
sionate pity, for all he was a Boche.
and with pity in my heart turned and
went away.
But now, wherever looked were other
shapes that lay in attitudes frightfully
contorted. grotesque and awful. Here
the battle had ragged desperately. l
stood in a very charnel house of dead.
From mound Of earth uphung by
bursting shell a clenched fist. weather
bleached and pallid, seemed to threaten
me; from another emerged pair OF
crossed legs with knees updrawn. very
like the legs of one who dozes gently
on hot day. Hard by a pair Of Ger
man knee boots topped she'll crater,
and drawing near saw the gray-green
brooches belt and pouches and beyond
nothing but unspeakable corruption.
I started back in horror and stepped
on something that yielded underfoot-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Sentemhcr Q. 1911

September 0, 1917
"Woman suffrage is for the mo-
ment a slight, negligible thing
Editorial New York Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
A PLAYMATE

His little arms are out,
He runs to US.
We open ours.
He laughs, he is not there.
We hold a candle by his bed
To look at him asleep,
And when we move it near his lips
Out it goes!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

The zouave stopped talking. Pres
emily. shifting in his seat, he mani
tested signs Of impotence. His idea
gripped Jean. His own valise had
been shipped by FRANCHISE under the
seat. Maybe it Inconvenience the
man? He. lifted his eyes. The other
glared at him insolently. Apparently
an outburst was imminent. lie, grew
red. What should he answer If at
tackled? His tongue already froze TO
the roof of his mouth.
Jean shuddered 1t was coming.
The zouave stood up and came toward
him. He already addressed him:
Monsieur"
The heavy brows of the man, ex-
posed under his bandage, exaggerated
the menacing expression of his face;
The scandal which Jean had dreaded
so much was about 10 be prccipitated.
Non Dieu, how he regretted having
made his voyage to Paris! How he
wished himself buried deep under the
earth,
And the poilu, bending over him,
fairly shouted at him:
I'm order to accommodate the little
lady, will change places with you, II
you wish
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
THE pEATHBED OF A CERTAIN RICH MAN

"Wbere thew have left me cold upon the bed,
am not breathing, but | am not dead
Blind. | see the thons upon head,
Motionless, | travel, inward bound,
Deaf, hear penetrating sound
OF voices risen from the silent ground
His voice, the Nazarene's, in theirs renewed
Speaks and encircles me, multitude,
we are the Christ you never understood
We gave YOU all the love there is, to do
Our work with, but you boarded 1t and knew
Only yourself not us, and lived untrue
To your great privilege. Now when you lie
So still that you can hear us-tell us why
o Christ, thought you were only one. oie'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
The Great Majority

Last of New York land this month there are
mor there were who had said
their signatures that they wanted the VOTE
This by hundreds of thousands than the enrolment OF
either the Democratic Republican party in this state.
than voted for President wilson 1919
and about 100000 voted for him in 1916 in this state
II about 45O 600 more than number of who voted in
favor of suffrage during the last campaign New York. and about
100000 than voted against suffrage.
1t is indisputable evidence:
First that wYorkwo do want the vote;
Second me- did not represent women at the polls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
yourself" she scolded him gently
Forget him!"
He Told Her Again
OF His Inquietudes

In q low voice he thanked her
pressing her hands. But he began to
tell her again Of his inquietudes-ot
the sense Of shame which always pur-
sued him. He questioned whether he
could risk making some visits during
his stay in Paris, for fear of being
indifferently received. Might it not
happen that women in the street would
point their fingers at him? Or might
they not abuse him, civilian OF his
age wearing neither ribbon nor a
brassard? And they would be right.
A useless Frenchmsn! A true parasite
on the nation,
Jean seemed 70 shrink and shrivel,
and his look indicated fear of the mob
or of robust poilus shouldering him off
TO the manifest delight of the public.
"Oh, be quiet" repeated FRANCHISE
She tried TO deny, for his sake, that
public opinion was unjust and cruel TO
that extent. But she did not convince
him.
The trunks were identified and they
were ready to leave the station. Nom
non, always devoted, volunteered to see
the baggage safe home. They two, who
had a detour to make Che was going
first to greet his mother, decided to
take the metro.
Even in the first class sections seats
were scarce at this hour. They boarded
the train in a crush and could find no
places. They were even separated.
Jean found himself crowded against a
zouave who wore a military medal. He
had his arm in sling and his face
encircled with bandages. Thrown
against him by sudden jerk OF the
car, Jean muttered some excuses, which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

Soldiers, thank you for that letter,
No one could have put it better;
No one has, to speak sincerely,
Ever put it half as clearly.
All, you men who risk your lives,
Know for what your country strives,
That democracy to-day
Is not just word to say,
But living issue, more
Than all else worth fighting for,
Fighting for with all our powers,
And you know that fight is ours,
And you know, while life endures,
That our cause is one with yours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

The Times rather angry for asking any one TO con
slider their enfranchement during
years The Times much angr at our asking
to question considered during the passage currency DILL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Bv ALICE DUER MILLER
To Certain Soldiers

(we going forth to fight for democracy! you
ladies going fight against it, II this war
s democracy oneha OF citizens dis
nd Ler from some Pennsylvania National
men Association which bad offered them hs)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
A Stacker With a Soul

the zouave answered only with deep
growl.
Stations succeeded one another.
Passengers alighted. There was seat
free. Some one motioned to the
wounded man. Jean made way for the
other to pass. But in doing so he
dropped his cane, over which the
zouave stumbled. A general murmur
Of disapprobation arose. The zouave
sank heavily into the seat.
The compartment gradually emptied.
FRANCHISE, in her turn, was able to get
a place beside the wounded man. Jean
propped himself against door,
fatigued by his long trip. Another
vacant seat. He looked around to see
if there was not poilu, a woman or
an old man to whom to offer it. There
was none. Discreetly he slipped into 1t.
All the interest of the passengers
centred in the wounded soldier. A
neighbor ventured to engage him in
conversation. And he, in a hoarse
voice, told about his double wound
about his arm, which ne could no
longer use, and his cheek, shattered by
a bullet.
Jean lowered his eyes. He thought,
during the recital, that he discerned
something in the attitude of the listen
ers which was intended as reproach
TO him-even as a challenge. Francolse,
separated from him, vainly attempted
10 reassure him by her smiles. Now
the poilu grew more excited. lie talked
of the risks which he had run, OF the
duty to his country which he had ful-
filed. He used one bitter phrase: An,
if all the rest had only done what he
had done Jean felt himself crushed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

The British made the discovery that cook;
and that they economically than There more
than 900 cooks England alone The Associated
Press dispatch describes the idea revolutionary
The York State Military Census did not even ask women II
they knew how to cook
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

T have not at anv from Russia expressed to
anv one any opinion voting fighting Russia where is
none of nv business Mr. Root reported have written to the Ma
onal Association Opposed Suffrage Presumably Mr. Root thinks
prevent only the women of his own state from getting
what they want
Il have changed opinion at ALL he adds This if we re-
member right makes just since Mr. Root has consdes the
suffrage question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
The Trend of the Times
February Z. 1915

February Z. 1915
"The grant of the suffrage to
women is repugnant to instincts
that strike their roots deep in the
order of nature. Ii runs counter
to human reason. it fouts the
teachings of experience. and the
admonitions of common sense. =
Editorial New York Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

gone beside I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

The Ants we article of their presidents, have
yen up speaking they refer to the hated sex
almost entirely "the female of the species
Naggng notice also, from the article the indirect IN
Auence applied by with whom the ants disagree
If women New Jersey and did not vote California what
would draw from comparison of the high
WAYS But is suppose, to cricse the New
Jersey roads or attribute failure masculine efficiency would
be to display the darkest sexantagonsm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

We must always regret seeing Governor under indictment
glad who made the most con-
spicuous suffrage speech at his party convention
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
The Zouave s Idea
Gripped Jean

had done,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-01
XII.
capper Plays His Cards.

r TlR. BILLY CAPPER, who had,
lM in truth, telephoned to Gov
eminent House and secured
~ the privilege of an interview
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-01
Continued from last week
SYNOPSIS

Just previous to the outbreak Of the Eu-
yopean war n Gerson, buyer for a New
York house, meets a Captain Woodhouse
on a train for Paris. He tells her he Is en-
route for Egypt.
Louisa, a spy, meets Billy Capper. an
other spy, In Berlin. h promises him a
Job and a number with the Wilhelm
strasse. Then Woodhouse meets Louisa
and Is observed by some American tour
lists, Henry Sherman and family.
Woodhouse (the name Is assumed) is in
a plot with Louisa to impersonate an Eng
lish officer of that name. who is to be
transferred from Wady Halfa to tax
charge of the signal tower at Gibraltar.
Woodhouse, by agreement. purloins Cap
per's Wilhelmstrasse number.
Woodhouse proceeds to Alexandria and
in Ramleh seeks DR.. Koch, a German spy.
He shows him the number. Capper APP
pears and makes trouble.
Woodhouse allays Koch's suspicious.
Capper s~ecretes himself in a n%eighboring
garden and spies on DIR. Koch.
Capper sees the real Woodhouse borne
out unconscious from DR.. Koch's house
and follows the pseudo Woodhouse to Gil
braltar. The latter stops overnight with
Joseph Almer, proprietor Of the Hotel
~Splendide. n a German SPY. Louisa is
at Gibraltar in disguise.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-01
a.sA

let you go if nothing happens mean
while to make me change my mind"
He beamed good humor on her.
"Bless you, g%eneral,' she cried. Hill
debrand's will mention you in it's adj
vertisements."
Heaven forbidl'' General Crandall
cried in real perturbation.
Jane turned to Lady Crandall and
took both her hands.
"Come to my room," she urged, with
IN air of mystery. you know that
evening gown-the n in blue? It's
yours, Lady Crandall. I'd give another
to the general if he'd wear it. Now one
fitting and
Her voice was drowned by Lady
Crandalls You dear!"
"Be at the dock 1t 5 a.. m. Friday to
see you and the others off, Miss Ger
son." Reynolds called after her. Must
go Woodworking crowd of busted citi-
zens waiting at the consulate to be
fed. Ta-ta!' Reynolds collided with
Jaimihr Khan at the double doors.
"a young man who wishes to see
you, General Sahib. He will give no
name, but he says a promise you made
to see him-by telephone an hour ago."
"Show Mr.. Reynolds out, Jaimihr!"
the general ordered. "Then you may
bring the young man in"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-01

him. The general appeared to be pom
dering. He turned abruptly on the spy.
"a few drinks and you might talk"
he challenged.
Capper grinned depreeatingly. 81
don't know, general might" he
murmured. 1--WE been away from
the drink so long that
Where do you want to got" Cen
eral Crandall cut him off. "Of course
you don't want to stay here indef-
nitely."
"Well-if 1 had a bit of money
they tell me everybody's broke In
Paris-millionaires and everybody, you
know. You can get any hotel room
for the asking. That would be heav-
en- for me-if I had something In my
pocket"
you want to go to Paris, eh?' Cen
eral Crandall stepped closer to Cap
per, and his eyes narrowed in scorn.
IF it could be arranged, yes, gen.
eral." Capper was spinning the brim
of his bowler between nervous fingers.
He did not dare meet the others
glance.
"Demmit, Capper, you come here
to blackmail mel I've met your kind
before! l know how to deal with
your ilkr!'
$50 help me, general, / came here
to tell You the truth. l want to go to
Paris-or anywhere away from here.
I'll admit that. But that had nothing
-. ID rri4I rx- .1-os1. Ill H.
here from Alexandria-spending my
last guinea on a steamer ticket-to
warn you of your danger. I'm an
Englishman and-loyal!' Capper was
pleading now. All hope of reward
had sped, and the vision of a cell with
subsequent Investigations into his own
record appalled, him. General Gran
dali sat down at his desk and began
to write.
II don't know-at any rate, l can't
have you talking around here. You're
going to Paris"
Capper dropped his hat. At the tap
of the bell Jaimihr Khan appeared at
the doors so suddenly that one might
have said he was right behind them all
the time. General Crandall directed
that his orderly be summoned. When
the subaltern appeared the general
handed him a sealed note.
"Orderly, turn this gentleman over to
Sergeant Crosby at once" he COM
manded, land give the sergeant thid
note Then to Capper: You will eros,
to Algeciras, where you will be put on
a train for Madrid. You will have a
ticket for Paris and 90 shillings for ex-
pense en- route. You will be allowed
to talk to no one alone before you leave
Gibraltar, and under no circumstances
viii you be allowed to return, not while
l am governor general at least"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-01
ITO Be Continued.)
PERILS OF PEARL DIVERS.
Dangers That Beset Native Workers In
the Persian Gulf.


The lot of the native pearlers of the
-Pepsiea sslf 10 a hs.Id Une;,-4E all run
the risk of getting scuryy from the
lack of fresh food. Ice, of course, Is
unknown in the feet, and the impure
water breeds worms. The boiling and
fltering Of water do not appeal to orr
entail people as yet. The saibs, or rope
pullers, get palms as hard and cracked
as an ancient Bedouin's heel. They
could prevent this by wearing gloves,
but that would be a sign of effeminacy
and bring ridicule upon them.
The exposure in the water gives
many Of the divers weak hearts and
tuberculosis, and many of them be-
come deaf because the weight Of the
water breaks their ear drums. Sharks
abound In the gulf, and many divers
have had q hand bitten off. One young
Arab was brought to the American dis
pensary at Kuweit with his whole side
laid open by a shark that had got a
wide mouth hold upon him. The boy
survived. We asked him if he would
give up diving now.
NO" lie said. II will go back next
year. l have to-"
The danger of drowning is great, for
sometimes a strong current carries the
diver far away from his boat, and be-
fore the rope puller can bring him back
he is drowned. The Arabs have no pull
motors, and they are not efficient in
giving first aid" If u mar remains
too long under the water it was writ
ten on his forehead" and that is all
there is to it.-E. q. Calverley in Scien-
tifc American.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-01
coIors In EIans.

Red is ny far the most predominant
color in the flags of the world. There
is only one flag in Europe that does not
contain red, and that is the standard
of Greece. After red, blue takes pride
Of place, but many flags are entirely
red except for minor devices. Egypt,
Morocco, Austria Hungary and Japan
possess all red flags. No fewer than
forty-two other countries display red
freely in their banners. and the color
is, in a natural sense, typical of valor
and bravery. Blue in flags represents
justice; white stands for purity.-Ex-
change.