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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

sent. They landed in oxcarts, spent
three months learning Spanish, and then
were sent even to remote country dis
tricts to organize schools, teach every
thing that was taught in them, preach
sanitation, fight cholera and do all the
other odd jobs of the community, single
handed and unchaperoned Those Of
them who are still living have been re-
tired and are pensioned by the govern
ment. And they aren't the least re.
spected of all the people in the ArgeIl-
tine, either.)
So now it is up to the womanhood Of
North America again to point the way.
The women of the other America have
felt our coldness. They are waiting fo,
US to extend a hand. They need US, for
they will be in peril if they are not
helped.
For only when its womanhood wakes
up will Latin America be greao.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
It's Up to Us
Other Americana

Womanhood in South Amerca is wal
ing up, and it is the JOB of North Americs
to light it's way. 1t was George Wash.
ington who pointed out the wav to free
dom for San Martin, who led the A.
gentine revolution against the Old World
dominion thirty-fve years after ours and
became the Washington of the Argentine
Republic. And it was to the United
States that ex-President Sarmiento an
pealed about 1880 for teachers 10
establish public school system similar
to ours down there. (And, by the way.
fourteen young American women com,
prised the force of teachers that were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Women Lawyers
In Paraguay

In Paraguay women are being used
to great extent in farm work They
are admitted to institutions of higher
learning, and practise law, medicine and
teaching. There are several rather nota-
BILE women lawyers, among them Sera-
tina Davalos, director also of COM
mercial school which gives courses in
accounting, bookkeeping, mercantile
expertness' and translation. Women
also are present in the business world
as stenographers, saleswomen, buyers
and cashiers.
This is unusual activity for the de-
scendants of Spaniards--but the. con-
sul's letter adds an explanation: "By
way Of general information l would
merely say that during and following
the long war that occurred in the
SOS in which the male population of
Paraguay was almost wiped out, the
women took up and carried on every
form of activity, all the men being in
the army until they were victims of the
war"
There is no suffrage movement, how
ever, in Paraguay
IT, NI1l~>~sS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
The "Joker"
In Venezuela

Venezuelan women theoretically are
admitted to institutions of higher learn
ing and permitted to practise the pro-
LESSONS which they learn--but there is
Joker" in this generous provision for
their advancement, since, apparently, no
schools exist where they can be pre-
pared to enter such institutions! There
is, however, manual training school at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

children and was organized under the
Mitchell administration. 1t was widely
heralded as one Of the most enlightened
the view of the leading representatives
of all the religious faiths, who recog
nized that it would supplement and not
impair the work of children's institu-
tions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

Caracas, and business schools-although
so far, apparently, few women have
gone into business. There is no record
of the employment Of women in industry.
They are, however, being used on farms.
And there is no suffrage movement
The data on the Republic of Peru arc
too interesting to quote except directly,
just as they were written, to one whose
lack Of feminine modesty and whole
some "fear of ridculc' we're amply
demonstrated by the very circumstances
in which she wrote for information, as
one who had usurped the divine right of
men by working on a newspaper:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

tered by his predecessors. If public an
templated the abolition of this bureau I
know there would have been a storm of
protest from every woman's organiza-
ton with which | am familiar. | OBJ
serve that Miss Tinney, Mr.. Coler's as
sistant, refers to the conclusions of
conference Of the heads of institutions
as justification for the abolition of the
bureau This conference seems to have
been made up Of representatives of or
CARNATIONS to which the activities of the
city's bureau might easily at times have
been competitive. 1t is not surprising
if such a conference should have been
adverse to the bureau.
"To cut out this bureau is to return to
the old discarded methods and to for
sake energetic and progressive develop
ment of the policy of family home care
for dependent children.
Institutions Have
Their Special Function
There is no religious question in it
CIlcIc Is ITO dllCl-lllSClSuIlUu SplElC III II.
The institution will always be needed
for children who are defective and sub
normal, for temporary care, and for chill
dren for whom suitable homes cannot
be found. | observe what Father Lud-
low says about some boarding homes. l
agree with him, but they are the excep-
ton and not the rule.
II have recently interviewed Mrs.
Baylor, of Boston, who was loaned by
famous Massachusetts charity society to
aid in establishing the New York bureau.
She says there are just as many good
foster homes in New York as in Mas
sachusetts.
Il went to Boston recently to study
the Massachusetts boarding out system.
Father Seaman, director of the Catholic
Charitable Bureau, said to me: in the
placing of children in foster homes
rather than in institutions Massachu-
sets follows a method that meets with
general acceptance nowadays. The re-
ligious as we'll as the temporal welfare
of the children is properly protected. I
have often been asked what | think of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
You Never Can
Tell About Fashion

When one realizes how impossible such
situation would be in another country
one does not wonder that Englshwomen
when they first began going to Argentina
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

the Massachusetts placing out system.
AS system it worked exceedingly well.
One alternative would be institutional
care, but it is very generally agreed now
that the institution seems best for TEN
porary care of children who, after hay
ing been brought into shape and htted
for normal life, are placed with private
families. Every one comedies the family
is the normal place for the normal chllo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

there are many we'll educated men and
women. Some of these have come to the
southern states to live as refugees, be-
cause they have become impoverished or
have failed to agree with some changing
administration. Their women are now
for the first time leaving their homes to
work in shops and Offices, and it is very
difficult for them. But they want to
progress; they are anxious to learn.
There is a great opportunity for the
women of this country to teach them
lesson in democracy, to guide them and
sympathize with them and set them an
example.
"They have been an easy prey to Ger
man propaganda. They have been made
to believe that the United States is sim
ply waiting for the chance to swallow
Mexico, to devour her wealth and de-
prive her of her freedom If the women
Of this country would make definite
effort to understand and intelligently
combat this propaganda--if they would
try to be warm and friendly toward Mex
lean women instead of holding aloof-it
would accomplish more than any other
one thing that could be done to promote
good feeling between the two nations
and to prove to Mexico how magnificent
the United States really Is"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Where Is There a
Place for Them?

So serious has this dearth Of suitable
homes become that the several institu-
tions that have done the boarding out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

When gentlemen of the flower of the
aristocracy had been dragged into court
and deprived of their fifty pesos for so
much as admifing too loudly the color Of
some senorita's eyes, and topical songs
sung in musical comedies bringing in
their honored names and ending with the
refrain, "Cuidado con los cincuenta Pr
Look out for the ffty"-it ceased to be
fashionable to ogle women on the streets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

work on a large scale are considering
the advisability of disseminating it, tenn
porarily, at least, until conditions be-
come more normal.
But what a tragedy this will mean
for the thousands of little ones who are
now in private homes and who would, if
this happened, be returned to the dis
NAL routine and feelingless system Of
institutional life!
Surely in all our rush and worry of
war work we are not going to forget
the love and cherishing that is due these
loveless little unfortunates!
Are there not many women who read
this page who could, if not permanently
adopt one of them, at least give it
temporary home?
Think it over.
MARY E. MCCORMACK.
When the foregoing statement was
shown yesterday to Mrs. Richard B. AID
croft, chairman of the committee on
charities of the Women's Municipal
League, she said:
"The people of New York generally
will, | think, be amazed at Mr.. Coler's
disclosure that he has abolished the
children's home bureau in the Depart
ment Of Public Charities. This bureau
was for the boarding out of dependent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
What the "Y" Did
In Buenos Ayres

In 1906 the Y. w. C. A. established a
branch in Buenos Ayres. At that time
it was only for English speaking foreign
women there, chiefly teachers and COVER
nesses, who sorely needed a refuge where
they could find little of the freedom to
which they had been used at home. The
work was so successful that few years
later the wife of an Argentine physician,
Rogue Lanoid, conceived the idea of ex-
tending it among the native girls. So
in 1911 a request came for a Spanish
speaking secretary to go from the United
States.
Miss Elisa Cortez was the one chosen.
She found that for the first time native
Argentine girls were venturing into the
business world. They were taking posi-
lions as clerks, cashiers in banks and
railroad offices, stenographers and physi-
clans attendants. Moreover, the desire
for education had inspired them, and
families in the provinces, in Brazil and
in Chile, were sending, a little timidly
their daughters to study in Buenos Ayres.
Young Women's Christian Association
headquarters in the land of Upside Down
we're inaugurated along the same lines
that prevail here. There was a travel
lers' aid, a lunchroom, an employment
department, a boarding home, monthly
social lectures, Sunday meetings for any
and all denominations. At first the work
was restricted to the girls themselves;
and then the triumph Of triumphs was
achieved in that land Of chaperons. when
joint social meetings with the Y. NJ. c. A.
were effected, and nobody was Mortified!
"Do you realize" says Miss Cortez,
"that the ~ was the only place in the
Argentine Republic where girls and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
"Woman's Position"
In Argentina

The writer has spent many months in
IA rgentina-thc country of Upside Down,
where the north wind is hot and the
south wind cold, where summer comes
in December and winter in July The
"postion" of women then did not exist
and it was not SO many years ago;
they had no position as members of the
human race. 1t seemed as if being a
woman were something rather ridiculous.
A woman Of any age never went
out on foot, and never without a chape-
ron, or, for escort, either her husband or
her father. 1t was a subject for debate
whether on the narrow streets q young
married woman, accompanied, say, by
both her mother-in-law and an aunt,
should walk behind the two older ladies
AS a mark of Difference, or in front of
them So that they might watch her. Yet
she was brought up to expect that
groups of young gallants who made a
practice of standing on street corners
should call out compliments to her as
she passed-remark upon her beauty,
her lovely eyes, her figure or her clothes
and, far from considering it an insult
to be thus addressed, she felt sighted
if no one spoke to her. Of course, she
never made any response, nor even
raised her eyes
Let her do one Of these things-let her
do anything out Of the ordinary-and
she was literally lost.
A woman few years ago appeared
on Gale Florida, the fashionable, mar
row street of Buenos Ayres, with it's
restaurants, tea-rooms, jewelry and
clothing shops, where all but foot traffic
is suspended from to T. in order to let
the brilliantly dressed throng swarm
from curb to curb. She wore clothes
that seemed foreign in some way to the
prevailing Argentine fashion-so the
mob that gathered, jeering, at her
frightened heels considered her fair prey
for it's sense of humor And it's sense
Of humor expressed itself in pinching
her as she hurried on, trying to find
some shelter.
Her dress had been torn to shreds by
the time shopkeeper awoke to her real
danger and let her into his shop, which
had been closed for the day, and dropped
the heavy iron shutter behind her to
keep out the mob
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
H0iC North America
Sets the Pace of
Progress
BY MARIE DE MONTALVO
Editor The Neac Cstixen's Page

n yEW ZEALAND began it--this
Vi business of care Women Peo-
- ple?"--f you except Pompeii,
where there was said to be an in
tensive campaign under way in favor
Of woman suffrage when Vesuvius put
AT end to politics.
It is said that the same idea was first
introduced in New Zealand in 1S43. It
was not acted upon until the word
male" was omitted from bill giving
the power to elect district school commit
tees in 1872. Full suffrage was granted
to women there in 1898. Australia fol-
lowed with full suffrage in 1908, England
in 1918. Canada in 1918.
Canada, moreover, passed the measure
quietly-it was a government bill-and
with no such "niggardy provision" as
that in England, where men vote on
coming of age and women not until they
are thirty. 1t is, in fact, more COM
prehensive reform than our own pro-
posed Federal amendment and takes eff
feet more promptly.
This brings it to our own shores. We
may follow Canada's example very
shortly with the passing of the bill by
our Legislature in Washington. And
that will settle the woman problem
to certain extent in North America
But what of the position, social. economic
and political, of all the other American
women in the Western hemisphere? We
tried to find out a little while ago by
writing to consuls from all the Latin
American republics. Some of them an
Swered; some did not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24

there is an equal suffrage organization
among them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-24
Where They Stand in
Ecuador and Uruguay

We learned that in Ecuador women
are admitted to - 0ns of higher
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29
RETRIBU N.

Several weeks ago the Germans
after. elaborate preparations started
their boosted peace Storm" a tre-
mendous assault which was to cleave
the Allied forces in twain below the
Marine and carry the invaders in tri
umph to Paris. At the end of the
first week they had been thrown
back across the river. At the end
of the second week they were in full
retreat, the great undertaking con
fesstd failure. And at the third
week they were battling desperately
to keep their shattered line intact
while they withdrew it TO the start
ing point Of the offensive 10 weeks
ago. There his been no such CON-
plete reverse since the battles in >the
same region in SCI TENDER 1914,
when the invaders were clouted back
from the gates Of the capital.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29
TWICE PROVEN !!

If you suffer backache, sleepless
nights. tired, dull days and distress
ing u1iuary disorders, don't expert
ment. Read this twice told testi
mony. It's High Point evidence
doubly proven.
Mrs. r, B. Atkins, 500 Willow.
brook ST.. says: Il regret Ididn't use
DoaD's Kidney Pills sooner as I
would have been spared great deal
of suffering and expense. A few
boxes of this medicine restored any
kidneys to a healthy condition and
relieved the backache and head
aches.
OVER THREE YEARS LATER
Mrs. Atkins added: ] am glad te-
confirm my form er endorsement of
Doan's Kidney Pills. I still have
great faith in them
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney PiIls-the same
that Mrs.. Atkins had. Foster-Mil
burn Co.. Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. L.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29
WHY U. Sis NOW CALLED ON
FOR MORE MEN.

That Great Military Asset The Of
fensiVe, is Now with the Allies and
We Have the Enemy Guessing. So
Strike Hard.
Washington,-"Th is the time for
the greatest effort to keep the
enemy running.
General March, chief of staff, sum-
married. thus to newspaper men the
situation in France. Standing before
the great military maps at the war
department that showed clearly just
where the Germa mis- being beaten
back, he pointed out that the great
battle front was rapidly being straight
ened out from Rheims to the sea.
..'They have not yet" he said, "got-
ten back to the original Hindenburg
line where the German made his adj
vances this year, still we have some
territory to gain SO when statements
appear that indicate that the war is
over at this point discourage it.
This is the time for the greatest
effort to keep the enemy running.
That is the reason the United States
is being called upon for increased
man-power, that is the reason we want
the age limits for the draft lowered
and raised to get more men.
NoW's The Time to Hit Hard.
1t IS no time to talk about the war
being over. 1t is time to hit hard
The greatest advantage of the
whole thing has been the change Of
the Allies from the defensive to the
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29
STRENGTH OF MILITARY UNITS

Most persons are said to be familiar
with the most outstanding facts about
a military company or battalion, but
how many know the number of men
in each of those units or the number
of an infantry brigade, for instance?
In time of war, it will probably be of
interest to many to learn the numer-
ical strength of the various units Of
which our army as whole is COM
posed.
According to the July number of
the Army Recruiter, a monthly maya
zine published by the publicity depart
ment of the United States army and
the general recruiting service, the
names of the units and their strength
are as follows:
An army corps is $4,000 men.
An infantry division is 10000.
An infantry brigade is 1000 men.
A regiment OF, infantry is 5000 men.
A battalion is 1000 men.
A company is $50 men.
"A platoon is so men.
A corporals squad is II men.
A firing squad is 20 men.
A supply train has 283 men.
A machine gun battalion 260 men.
An engineers regiment zoos men.
An ambulance company has sc men.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29
A swlNpLER-Look OUT!

Look out for this woman swindler.
She is working in the state OF I'LL
nois. But she may visit your state.
Better warn your merchants and De
watchful yourselves.
This is the scheme.
The woman pretends to be getting
out a church directory. She sollclts
business men for advertising. Then
she goes to the local publisher and
places an order for printing the d1rec-
tories. She pays deposit and prom
ises to return to get the directories,
which she says she needs to make her
collections.
She collects all she can from the
business men, and then like the ARAB
folds her tent and silently steals
awav-with the coin. LOOK OUT!
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29
QUEER THINGS IN FRANCE.
Lieut.. George r. Shaw Tells Of Some

u
Of MarveIs Of Transportation.
American soldiers in France are
seeing many phases of life among the
/ natives that have never come under
| the observation OF the tourist. Like
all other countries, France has its pow
serty, it's sqnalor and its Ignorance. A
| letter from Lieut.. George F. Shaw, OF
the Signal Corps, to his father, the
Rev. Dr. Wilfred w. Shaw, OF Mount
Washington, reveals some unpleasant
characteristics. of backwards" life in
France. Lieutenant Shaw has cover
ed about 500 miles of France by au-
tomobile- and. telling of his travels.
says:
II have been in all sorts of out-of-
the-way places as well as in big cities,
so am getting a fair knowledge of the
people as well as of the country. The
methods of transportation down on
the road this minute are interesting.
Two dogs pulling an old woman in
small box on four wheels, two oxen
and a two-wheeled cart of hay, two
horses, in tandem, with four wheeled
load of wood, one of our own ubiqui-
tous Fords (Hope he makes the SEN
ate), two-cylinder FL. d. motorcycle,
one of our, big trucks, and bringing
up the rear, an old man with load
of garden products carried in bas-
ket strapped to his back. while over
head an aeroplane glides by Quite
a miscellaneous conglomeration of
movies
"The houses here are no works of
one-third house, two
thirds barnard one entrance is ap-
sufficient to the home. TO
get to my bedroom I have to go
through the dining room and kitchen,
which are the same, and several other
rooms. They (the natives) keep the |
windows closed all day and night, and
an abbatoir has nothing on many |
homes here when it comes to malodor-
0us intensity.
cam kept mighty busy making ar
'angements for bil1ets for troops Ran |
nto an old Princeton classmate a few
lays ago, so we had quite a confab
Two Eastern Shore boys are here,
Tilghman and Lieutenant
Sinclair, and we chatted over Balti-
more and its doings for time"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29

pair of leather shoes. George Eliot
never saw movie.
Fine
But what has given to the common
people more palatabIe food and drink
than Shakespeare? What enables the
people to travel IN greater ease on
land and sea than did Napoleon?
What gives the people the personal
touch with their fellows that Lincoln
never had? Why are the books denied
to Michael Angelo the common prop
erty of hundred millions of Amer
cans? What has brought the velvet
gown to grace our Womankind, the
shoe of kid to make her feet look pref
ty and feel comfortable? Why can all
the world go to the movies ?" What
has brought all this about? ADVER-
TISINGi
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-08-29
"WHEN YOU GET THE ENEMY CO.
ING KEEP HIM GOING"

hington.-Marsha1 Foch is fol-
lowing the sound military principle of
hitting without relaxation, said Gen
eral March today. when you get the
enemy going, keep him going"
Any suggestion that the end of the
war is at hand should be discouraged,
the chief of staff said, but the time has
come to keep the enemy running and
to hit him hard.
The greatest advantage to the AL
lies is that they have taken the often
sive and can keep the enemy guessing
instead of guessing ourselves"