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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06

lid Wer0en ole 6fugmoicbinen nod
nidt bolo merocu."
Der glrtitel giebt Oann peiter oen
ShIgmoiAincu au6 ais &erfebrSmit.
iel cine uenig uerbciBunospoae 9Srog.
noie. 9la1 Ger @littbeihmg, ooB in
6ronfrei1 idon Elm aapitol BON 100
Wiiaionen Sronfen in 6lugmoidjinen
onoelegt moroelI iei, iblieBt er nit
Nem idoneu @irnide nWloge es ie-
oensreiG pirfenl~
@tiinOlider wnO rai1er i'll uo6l
cine Eropbe5eiuug ME oementirt nor
0en, ais eo no9 niht einmal bier
SSo6rcn init Oem 9luSbruh Oes arie-
eeS nit Oieier uwiiienidaitli6en~
Slugmaidinentritit geide6eu it,
llnO oieie murOen meiilenS audi
sic tiidtieilen @ioniere meI6e ole
critic Hei1c Der lpeitpdrtS logernOen
Siooten 6eieoelteu inO cine iciic
0IrlnOloge fir Oeu 8ortidritt un0
fir oas @eoci6cn i6rer g}ahtommen
iduien. Gs iei ioaleic6 6in5ugeiiiat
OoB man ooiieIbe BON uielen Dor
maligen Soloateu OeS giirqertrie
ges iagen FAINT iuelhe Die Grobe
RING oes g9ciienS iortiebten aller-
OiuaS auA imteritiibt BON 9loiien
neuer 3iponoercr 9l6er audi oie
ieuigen Siirecrtricg.&eteranen mel
dc mdt oIS 9Siouiere in ben ierne-
rem @eilen 5oaen. BADEN ih aller
meiiienS inn biiraerIicben 9c6en uad
her gut 6eipa6rt. mo minOeitens
nidt idled,ter ais 5upor Sbre fol
Ootihen Griobrmacn iheincu i'm.
merbin uielen pon i6uen 6ciiere
&oritellrnaeu BON @iiultlihfeit unn
SMueIligfcit mtf alien @ebicten Ser
9lr6cit 6cige6radt 81 baben.
Se6r m0Glid6 olleroingS, OoB oic
Griabrunaen ser 9lmerifouer nit ID
rem arieaspeteroncn iidj sum glten
Ebcil onOerS oeitoItet b6tten mena
ni6t oieieS iungc 2anO nod 10 picIc
rcihe 9et66tigungS.Seloer iiir ioloa
tiide Gneraie i'm portlihen unO i'm
bil0lideu Slime ee6oten 6dtte So-
oar 0dmpic nit @oiicn ao6 eS &c
fauntid an scr .welilidcn @rcnjc"
nod mouAc 81 6eit6ell.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06
Sin IdlIcdlter lSroShet.

Gic oeitidc 3eitibriit Timber
ium" pu6Ii5irte om %. September
1910 einen 9lrtifel nuom iliegeuOcu
Meni6en", ser ims beute. i'm oritten
Su6r ocS @eltfrigeS, gon5 porimt.
ilu6tlid onmilt6et, 10 ie6r bat ser
6Iieeertrieg Sic 9lnibnmlugcu, sic
man nod bier So6re oor oenl &rieo
bolte, bon @runo ous 5erItort. Ter
9lrtifeI beridtet 5un1t6it BON Dem
aebut1eigen Stumbling ourd Dit
Sranfreidl, ser i'm g(uglilt 1910 liatt.
iano, unO pirit Damn Oie 5rage oui
luie peit weroen sic bobflicgenoen
SrGlrme Sronfrei6'S, no man ibon
cine &eriirngim9 Ger arieqSfunIt
Our1 Die SGmaOroncn ser Quit er.
wortct iirb eriiiaen2 ,5ranfreidl,
miro in ocm 9lrtifcl geioQt, perIprebe
lid groBe Giuge Oaoou-
Sic oentihe llcbcrlegen6et in
&rcu3crn ioll peridpinOcu Dor ser
@otfc bon 6luemoidinen. nit 0enen
fiinitig 6rantreid ieine Seiuoe ii6er'
iAiiitcn miro. 9l6er tr0itlib Mrs
nm ioiort beigefiigt. ,Nlit Dem PIN.
grifi Der 9Ieroplane onrh 9omben.
mcricu lit cS nod ni6ts. Ser ghneri.
fouer GurtiB bat olleroingS NIT on.
acblibem Griolg Elm &riegSihiii
lnii Sronden bonl6orOirt, a6er 0ic
2icoerbohmg Oes &criiitbS nit
iducren @egeniiauoen iie6t nod
fern,
IS 1T In @irflidteit icbr ibwcr,
cin @uri9clboB bon betrdhtlidcnt
@cmidjt aus elmer 6lugmaibine olt
mcrielL oGnc lie aus Dem @lci1gc.
ipirbt 81 bringed oamol pem ser
Geriud mebrmols in roider 6olge
micOerbolt lucroen ioIl. lln0 oas mG.
re notbia oenn man miro aus gr0.
Bercn Soben idncr einell Greffer er'
5clcn. 9ie bisbcrigcu @eriuHc, iclbit
aus 20-50 @}eter Sobc(D iinO iebr
cntmllt6iGcno. SSm GrnitioIl uber
miiBte man aus 0obcu bon cinigcn
buuoert Nletcrn werfcn. S9ubr.
ic5cinIicb lpiirocn oie @loiAinen fri.
bcr Netroifcn ols lic icIbit Sreffcr
cr5lcIcn f0nucn. Sbrc oroBe Gigen.
ocihm'noiofeit mocbt oos Greiien ei-
hrs t'cf urtr ibncn 6eiiuoIiheu 0jc.
gcniIouOls icDr icDmcr. Sllio gciaby.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06
SaliOml'5 @Ortc.
0rgen SSricOcn.
Die ireicn 9iesiernugcu 6ierOurdl
bcOru6t. - Gr ipradJ seitcrn OOr
Ocm 9icprdicutauten6anS,
9SrdiiOcut anf @aacric.

FlWVUCNl uNI VWutIlC.
@aibiugtom 5. @loi. Ger
Sefretdr oeS 9hlSlpdrtigeu 9lmteS
SaIfour, peI6er beutc elmer Ginla-
Dung, Dor Dem &eprGientanten6auie
81 ipre6en nodgefomme nmor, iaate
in ieiner 9IuiprnGe, OaB Die @elt iett
onfdngt 5u erfeuueI ooB 6rieoen
mO materielle Gipiliiotion Die groBte
@cia5r iiir ireie 9iegerungen in iic3
birgt.
Iie @orte OeS 6ritildcn StaotS-
mannes purOen bon pielen ieiuer
3ub0rer oo6in auSgelegt OoB oieiel-
ben cine @orning gegen einen irii6-
5eitigeu ,SriepensihhiB iinO. Gie
ii6erfiilte @ollerie 6ra6 Del ieinen
S9orten in toienOen Behalf aus. llu-
ter oen- SeiiollipenOerI Die iid III
Den 9ogen mo inn Sailie 6eionOen
por Erdiiocnt @ilioM Scr iib llubc,
merit in ole @nllerie aei6li6en bat.
tc, INN bic 9ieoe 5u 6oren
6crr 9oliolr, ser critic 6ritil6c 9e,
ante, welcber offijiell in oeu Sollcn
oeS GongreiieS iprab, iiber6rarbte Sic
6er5li6iten @riiBe oes 6ritii6en Bar.
Ianienis mo rief groBGn 9eifoll I'M.
ter ben 3lb0rern Ourdl Die @orte.
o0emofraiie miro iicaeu" berDor
)tad Der 9luiprade 6ielt 6err Bal
iOur Circle IN Der Solle OcS Sauies,
unO ordngten iiA 0ic &eprGientonten
Dem Serrn oie Sano 81 0riiden.
j iir Crnppen @ntien0ung
GnalauO irat oiii3iell Sronfreid al
Oie Seitc, iuOcnI es oic Sofinung
nIsiprod, OaB in &iir3e cine ameri.
foniide GrpeOitionstruppc uaG @i,-
ropo gciln0t miro, nm an 0Cr peItli.
den 6ront 81 fdmpien
perr 9olionr t6cilte Dem )Qtion0l-
Gcri6eioiglngsratb nit, OaB Oic 9ri'
ten iebr ent5iidt iein miiroeu, cinc
ameritoniidbe Gruppc III 6ranfrcih
6cgriiBcH 81 NiiriclL mo cine irii6c
GnticnonnA circu grobei GinOrid
oIi Die gllliirtet ais and duf 0ic
lSeinOe 6obcn piiroc.
3iun criien Ninle conicrirtcn sic
britiibcn iuO omcrifnniibun Mlili.
tdr6e60roen 5riannen unO murOc
bic allgemeiue Sihlotion ais oud)
Die 0ilniiions., Niaterial- unO Soipi.
tal.5rage bcipro1en.
Sroboeni feline oiii5iellen 9lo1rid-
ten befonnt gcnudt muroen, 6o6nt
Iib ocnnoh bic 9lnna6me einen Meq
ooB beidIoiien mur0e. io6olO pic
m0glidb cine on1erifoniide 9lrmec oHf
Der lueiilicben 6ront cri eincu SIT
loiien.
gei ser Gntienoling ser Iruppen
piirOc cS iid notiirlicb Oarum ban
Oeln, Of Die 9IlIiirten oie 6icrju no.
t6igen S6iiie ieIlen f6nneu, imO auf
0en ,Snlport bon 9e6enSnlitteln etc.
Uer5idltel pollen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06
GbOMtan geeBrt.
SJOfirc INN |ibiani.
gci i6rcm gcInd in G6ieasU.
Wluridaa SOffrc Ser Nlittclpnuft
grOFcr COatiuncn. IT Sans
Chicago anf BEN Seiueu.

G6icogo, 3. @lai. Soiep6
Soffre, @3ari6all bon 6runfreih,
uno &ene @ipioni, ole SSiibrer Der &C.
Itern bier cinaetroifeuen fron50iii6en
N1iiiion, merOen, 100 iie iib auh 5ei-
gen oOer ipre6en, bon elmer entbu-
foItiiden Menge 6cgriiBt. Gle @lit-
glieOcr Der W}iiiion pcrbro6ten 0ic
9lad5t I'M Seim bon 81. Z. Gorrol, ir,
no geitern 9l6cnO @ioioni bel cinem
Gnpiuug einen SooIt ouf Oen &rGii-
Oenten @ilion ols6ro1te lno ieine
&rieaSproflamotion nit 6ereoteu
@orten ais Elm groBeS Gofument ser
Gemofrotie ieierte. Gr ipro1 bon
ben GSronfrei9 itGrfenOen SDmpa-
t6ien 9lmerifas Dor ser &rieaSerflG4
ring mo BON Dem 9roBeu @inOrld,
mel6en Die &riegserflGrlng icl6it IN
Sranfreid gcmoAt Bat BON Oem
&f ser Gemofratic gegcn Oic g(u-
tofrotie ino bon 0cm Sieg Ser I'M
ols6lei6lid lei.
Scute untcrno6men sic @Gite cine
9luotomobiltour our1 bic Sta0t be.
iu6ten Ous &unitiniiitut unS nab
men cine militGriiHe @ora0e o6. 81
mem Gmpfang in ser llniperiitdt
iolgtc om 9tahmittag cine Nloiicn-
Oeriammhmg in oen Stod g)orOS, IN
mel6er Gelcgoiionen bon Gbicaao'5
Ginpanocrern aus oQer Serren 2dn-
Der Die Gommiiiion in i6ren beimi-
icben 1radten begriiBten. 9lm 9l6cnO
iiI6r Die Goumiiiiou nod Ganios Gi-
tp ueiter.
Sic &oraOe. melde Ourd bic SiaOt
ging purOe bon Maridall Soiirc,
Gr-@remier 9ibioni lmO an0eren
@litglieOern Der fraB6ijiben Cont
miiiion mgefii6rt. Iic @dite puroen
onOauernO nit Sodruicn bcgriiBt.
Sn Der Earooe fiel Gin 5rommler-
lmO @ieiier-GorpS aus &eteroueu
oeS 9iiroerfrieaes 6eitcbcnO, oui. 9Sn
Ser N}ciaon-9lpe. ourCb meIdc iiA
oie FaraOe 6cmegte, fonntc fem
9lpiel 5ur @roe iollen, uno waren
icl6it Die Seitcnlirabeu BON glcugic-
rigen iiberiiiQt.
Gas @obcIirii6liiid pur0c in Scr
Chicago llniueriit0t eingcnoumeu.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06

Inter onoerem iteute er mir Die !
iboniten @feroe 5ur @eriiieiwg. Ea-
riiber bari i9 piellei6t bier ein flei
ncs llrtbeil einiAalten. S9 babe |
iecbs peridieOeue Bieroe geritten inO |
ionO, nit elmer 9llsnabme, oaB Gle |
nod 10 irii6 waren ols morcn lie &c.
itern crit ms 6eIO geiprengt. S6mmi
lid itapoen lie uor5iiglid in 6utter.
9tur ie6r menig aranfbeiten, oie
Moufe i6ou our9 Die beit0noige
8eu6tigfeit mSgeiAloiien. mr gele-
eentli6 Golf. Gauu iino Die &ieroe
leiOer, leiOer, leiOer webrloS gegen
WaSon9riiie. 9ln leeten Ulorgeu
mar 6eiteres, imgemein iibtigeS @et.
fer. GaS Oiimmite lit nun oaeroingS,
6oB man geroOe, wem Die Some
lo6t aus Dem llnteritanoe ni6t Der
aus oarf wGbrenO man in ibweremL
giitigem 9iebel ii4 gerubig, luenu
olD ni6t gerooe init 0er3ensluit err
Gcben fam. Sd ging cine ShmOe 5u
SUB iiber oen 9liidliherueiie idmob
aefrorenen Sebm uno botte Damn
Slid. Gritens mar i1 3ui6nier Ell
ner 6liegerihlo6t, nobel 5mei ans
9Ioroen ber9eilogene Gnel6noer bon
orei Oeutihen 2uitp0geln in ole 6ludt
gei6Iagen wur0en, mo ionO Oann
cinen lieutenant nit 5mei foitliHen
Gieroen BON oenen i9 ems ertlim.
men mo oamit in OaS StanOquortier
5uriidretcn Olrite.
Ger. Gonman0eur, Elm nnlntcrer,
iomoier S6lciicr, Der iriiber ieIbit
cin @eitiit bate, bielt IN ieinem gou.
sen 9iegilneut aui quite FierOe.
Ga i6 gum eriteunol OrauBen mar.
mogen einige oIlgeneiue 9etrabhm.
qcn peritattet fem. 9}aboem i'd 5mci.
cinpierteI So6r nit Gem groBten 9ln.
t6eil ale 9ladri6ten aus oenl 5eloe
Oeriolgt bate, iano i6, oaB man iid
Don Dem &riege BOD ihle6teroings
ridbt entiernt cine @oriteQlmg oa.
6cim MAIDEN fonn. Die 9lnitrengln.
cen uno @ntbe6rungen in oen Dor
ccritcn Qinien iin0 oub pieI groBer,
ais mnher obnt.
Qogegcn lit oic 5timmmg wcit
bciier, itclenmciic geraOe3u luiiiaer
ais man Oodbte. Gou3 Oor5iialib lit
Die ManreSJiclt, lie it Im0craleib.
lid piel itrdumer. ais am Stodus
oocr @otSoamcr &lat. %cmiB, cS
gi6t 2cutc, Die iid 6cim ic6ncu, cher
Oiele 61ngen an Dem farbi9en az
pccbslnqSrcic6cn &riegSlcbcn nit
aQeu 6aiern lnO 3aieru. Gllrdj tie
9mf b6rte idj, ooB OoS ,Sliegcrmcien
cine imncr itcigcnOe 9cOcuhmg be.
anpridt lno 0oB eS iid bel inns
blenOcnO cntpidelt bat. SSu Scr 9lr.
tiaeric limo ums 5wnr oic 6cinoc 3ab.
lenmdBig iiberleeen, aber oieicn @or-
iprne madt ole Site rmiercS Matcs
riolS uno @enariafeit OeS SdicBcnS
Der 9(rtiIleric mebr ais mctt. Iic
cn9liIbe lit a1erOinaS ie6r 5oblreib.
cher lie lit cr6c6liA ihIc6tcr, ais oia
iran56iiibe.
Ger 9eridt mare impollitdn0ig,
rcnn i'd niAt nod crud6nte, ooB iN
eincn iberols onregenOen 9l6cnO bel
@ronprin3 9iuppredt Derle6en orritc.
gtlbre6t S9irt6.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06
CiimiaeM iiM am Oluntan.

&ai6inqtom 5. Wiai. - Sm
Saus milr0e 6eute Elm llebereinfon-
men qetroiien, am @loutog Die @eio.
hltion inter 9erot6ung 81 5ie6en
nel6e oen 9Srdiioenten ermddtiaen
ipIl, sic beiAlaeno6mten Oeiitiben
Shiffe I'M 0ienIt 81 Iteaen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06

ilt Elm 9ataillons GommonOeur unO
Elm anoerer Elm 9co6adhlnes.
Der 2lrtillerie.
SiiooItlid BON 9errp-ol-9oc per-
iuAteu bic 0eutideu gcitern 9l6euO
in einem itorfen |oriioB Die SteIIlm-
gen 0itliH BON Dem Siigel 10S 5u er.
obern Sic iuiirOen nod ihorienl
Sample 5uriidgemieien uno mir 6c-
6nliptcten lniere 2inie intaft.
1ie Jet eingetroiiencn 9cribte be-
weiien OoB nab luiercm oeitrigcn
@oritoB norOtpeitIirb bon &eims Der
6einO lpu6tige @e9enangriiie inter
ua6m 6ei oenen er groBe Srllppeu-
moiien ms 6elO ianOtc. PIN 9l6euO
wuroen itorfe Oeuti1e 9leierben in
Ben &ompf 9Nuoricn oic pon 9l9uil-
court ans por5uOringen iuAten, o6er
obne Griolg. llniere l6peren @e-
idiibe im0 Standardization 6ro6ten
Ocn 9lnoriif 5unt Stillltono, ilno Der
6einO botte idper 5u leiOen g9ir
bo6en 5pei neue GiOiiionen auf Die
lem I6eile Der iSront iOentiii5irt. Iie
geliern in Oicier @egen0 Don ms gc.
modten oe5d6lten @ciaugcneiL iua-
rem mebr ais 700.
SSu Der @bumpogne truQ li1 ge-
tern 9(6enO nod beitigcn 9lrtillerie-
9lftionen cin 6lutigeS @eieCbt in Der
@egcno OeS Mont Gormillet 81. gSir
mQdten 0itlib bon Oieier Sobe Sort.
ihritte mo audi an 0en 9(66dngen
nor0licb pom @lont 9lonO. Ger
6eino modte me6rere cnerQilhc 9lu-
qriiie nit 5luei iriihen Gioilioneh
mel6e crit gol5 tii3lib al oieier
6ront eintraien. Gieie &orit6Bc
mrrOcn ourrb uuicr 6euer gum Still
ItanO gcbro1t lmO 100 @efangcne,
Oorumter ieds Siii5ierc, per6Iieben
in lmiercn Sdnoen.
GieS 6ringt Die 3a6l Der gciiern
5lpiihen 9luberipc lmO oem 9toporin-
@e60it BON ms gemo6ten @eianae-
men ailf me6r ais 1000, lnO bier PM
Nriiie Oes SScin0cS 6radten ibm
feinerlei Griolg~
@eitcrcr @riten Sort.
i@ritt,
Sonoon 3. Wlai. ~ 2out oem
6cnte 9lodmitto9 ouSee6cnen omili-
dcu SeriNt BON scr Sront in 5ranf-
reid 6oben Die 9riten u0rOlidj oeS
Suorincourt @ilOeS uno in ser 9t1be
oes Turies ,Sresnop mcitere Sort
iAritte gemdht.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06
edlaaiertia

Eouriit. sag Sie nal. bier nc0n
IN oc Bud Dob 1T oicics Berg 5000
SUB bod uno Sic ipred, oaB cr 1T
45OO SUB. 5iibrcr pSCb iebc oaB
Sbr 9ae0etcr idon 5e6n Sabre alt iit
oo it es tein SSunoer Dab ole 3oblcu
uidt mcbr itimmcn gSie piel 4lilIio'
ncn bon Sbreu 2onoSIclltcn iiu0 in
oieier 3eit nidt oaeiu sen Nerg bcr.
auigetlettert uuo Oa icoer idl elm
Selsitiid 5lm 9ln0enten mitninnt
10 ldBt lid Ole Gifiereu5 pom 500 sSnB
ia flor nabmeiien oicie alcnigfcit
6ot ooS Reiieplblifum in ieinen Ia.
Idlcn aQmd6Iicb oauon aetraaenl7
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-05-06

9lbUnncnfcm, Dle ben =, Scntidjen Gorlvs
ipunDcniru~ mi6jt phnitlidj obcr unrre~Is
mahin erhGlteu, iiio gfbetei, per Gh,ee
,aubr Ocr IrIepben uerr iAnllllA Wib,
.pgtlauJ az n1amen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
02SMX xIssNs #%&%zA&3tN------
BOOKS, COMMON AND PREFERRED

The books were given by the Rockefeller
Foundation and distributed by the Y. NJ.
c. A. They were mostly modern fiction
of masculine variety and poetry of the
type produced notably by Robert W.
Service and Berton Braley. The books
were literally worn to tatterS.
The short timers over in the peniten-
tiary on Blackwell's Island are great
readers. 1t is evident that they patron
ize the travelling libraries more than
the policemen who arrest them, but
they have more time on their hands, es
pecially on Sundays and rainy days. 1t
is perhaps natural that these petty Of
tenders and failures who have been I'M
able to achieve even the doubtful dis
tinction of larger crime that would land
them in Sing Sing. should turn prin-
cipally to romances of magnificent adj
venture. Alexandra Dumas is the top
liner of all literature for sojourners in
the workhouse and the pen. Long ro-
mances of the "Quo Vadis" type are
taken up eagerly. Short stories are not
popular, and detective tales are left to
grow dusty on the shelves. Policemen
also have natural aversion to the anna
teur sleuth of fiction.
Apparently, the dream of the average
fireman is for a little house presumably
of concrete construction somewhere in
the country, far from the clamor of
bells. Books on farming and vegetable
gardening form the chief literary de-
mand in the firehouse libraries.
About third of the books circulated
in the branch libraries throughout the
city are taken out by children. In the
main the youngsters are more conserva-
tive in their literary tastes than their
elders. They never tire of the old
friends The girls wear out copy after
copy of Louisa NJ. Alcott's Little
Women" and the boys clamor continu-
ally for Stevenson's Treasure Island"
These are the two most popular books
on the shelves. Most of the favorites of
,ur childhood are still going strong
Robinson Crusoe," THE Arabian
Nights" "Huck Finn" Dana's great sea
story, the tales of Hans Andersen and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

on the chassis of some motor trucks
for France Two aeroplanes were to be
loaded on her after deck.
If you want to get the full, queer feel
of this iumbled time go aboard a
freighter like the Mongolia.
Way down in the stokeholds YOU go
three flights of ladder stairs below
the water line Already the furnaces
are going, and there the men have
taken their places for their four hours
shifts of hell
How can they ever get out of this if
the mine, or the torpedo, or the big
shell hits" You wish to ask this ques-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

America has now her chance to re-
create a seamen's race. She can win
her young men back to the sea. She
needs American merchant mariners as
recruiting reserves for her navy. She
cannot safely intrust her conquest Of
the seas. for trade or for war, to men Of
other allegiance; surely not to inferior
men of inferior races. But she cannot
build up an American race of seamen if
she leaves them open to the competition
of coolies and Lascars and Filipinos,
through the low wages and hard treat.
ment that drove the earlier generation
Of Americans from the sea. She can
not play fair and pay partly in the coin
of romance and habit and the lure OF
the sea.
Unromantic and unmindful of their
heroism as the bOs'n and the able sea-
men may be, the service they are giving
is instinct with courage and devotion
And how valuable it is! The treasure
of the sea is their contribution TO
America.
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masts and spars of the schooners, most
beautiful of ships. hurried here, new.
born from shipyards of Maine or rcsur.
rected from old "boneyards" and fitted
reckIessly for few more voyages till
they make, in last staggering plunge.
the port of missing ships"
There was a beautiful 2,30O-ton
schooner. the Percy r. Pyne, Second,
maiden new to her bridegroom, the sea,
that slipped down here from the for
ests Of Maine the other day-four Of the
forest trees were her masts and "the
heart of an ancient wood" was in her
sides-and soon after slipped out for
the long. long trail to South Africa.
She was one of the hundreds, or the
thousands. of the ships that are carry
ing the American flag to all the Seven
Seas. They and the sailors that man
them are mighty actors in a mighty
drama of the sea. The ships and the
sailors-comrades of the sea-are con-
ouering the world for American trade.
They are building new markets, linking
new continents of commerce to the
mines and fields and factories of the
United States. And now these vessels
of trade are as we'll the scout ships of
the navy, and these sailors are the ad-
vance fighters Of the navy, on whom
falls the brunt of war as Of winds and
waves.
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curiosity seems to be much stronger
down where the other half lives than
anywhere else in town, and 1li!l-
fedged graduate of the East Side Is
likely to be a better-read person than
any of the great majority OF us VINO
went through the rather mechanical
process of acquiring a scrap OF parch-
ment signed by a college president.
Among those new New Workers many
are to be found who, to paraphrase Pro-
lessor Morris r. Cohen, have had the
Illuminating experience of life that
makes a man become Pilgrim himself,
instead of being proud, like some OF us
older Americans, that his ancestors
were Pilgrims.
1t is the downtown folk that devour
huge quantities of books on sociology
and literature" in the latter partlcu-
larly dramatic works, and they set the
pace in the solder varieties of fiction.
Gasworthy is persistently best clrcu-
lator on the East Side. Roman Rol-
lands monumental novel, "Jean-Chrls-
tophe," has had a great run. The most
popular book to-day is Martin Anderson
Nexo's labor story, "Pelle the Con-
queror," the fourth volume of which has
recently appeared in translation.
Throughout the city there has been a
great slump in the demand for war
books. Apparently our entry into the
conflict did not revive the interest that
was so strong during the first eighteen
months of the war. The literary war
babies lie neglected on the shelves.
The library maintains nearly thou
sand stations for what are called travel
ling libraries. There is one Of these IN
each police station and fire house, one
each in the penitentiary and the work
house. About half the large depart
ment stores in the city have stations,
and many factories. Not few of the
department stores give their clerks fiji.
teen minutes or so each day to browse in
the library or select books for home
reading Books on silk growing, cotton
raising and manufactures of various
sorts are greatly in demand and line
of good novels is maintained.
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greatest harvest Of the sea-so many
of them being reaped in deadly har-
vest. He had heard Brown. the Sea
mems agent. say that probably 100000
merchant mariners of all nations had
been drowned or killed some way since
the war began.
Us it the lure of the sea? The ro-
nance
Norman Duncan and Joseph Conrad
were in the back of the visitors head
with Captain Marryatt and Bliss Car
men somewhere in his mental Ofiing.
Brown broke in and beat the bos'n to
the answer.
Mister the romance Of the sea IS IN
the mind of the man that stays on
shore. It's hard work, with small pay.
and now it's damned dangerous work,
though the pay is better. It's $40
month as minimum now, with % per
cent added as bonus, and 500 to pay for
YOUR clothes and your truck if the ship
goes down and your small boat gets
ashore-and if you amt scalded to death
i'm the stokehold when the cold water
runs in where the torpedo busted
through"
Then the bos'n took a turn at an
swering, most matter of fact. Il get
$3.50 now" he said, land when our
ship gets into the naval auxiliary re-
serve. as she's agoin' to soon, I'll get
$50 month" The bosn had folded his
arms and was chewing toothpick and
looked, as he implied, most unromantic.
And yet he didn't, either. You did
not and you could not take his words at
their face value--nOr Browns. You did
not and you could not account for the
miracle wholly by habit the habit
that Professor William James says
keeps men in their allotted places and
keeps the world always moving along
about so.
The wrists and what you could see OF
Browns forearms were tattooed OF the
sea. And as to the bos'n-for all the
visitors inland lubberism he could see
that gales and salt water and mysteri-
Gus ocean symphonies and all the rest
of it had got into the bos'n's blood
Once upon time, maybe, livery stable
or a plough or fire truck would have
satisfied the bos'ns warnings. But
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The stevedores and longeshoremen OF
all nationalities were washing the Mon
golia's decks, painting her cabins and
sides. filling her hold with coal for the
bunkers and ammunition for the guns,
and with stuff of all varieties for her
cargo. One derrick swung over some
boxes of honey and another was taking