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New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
First Fire Alarm in United
States -

j. w. Gin what city in the United y
States and in what year was the police >
and fire alarm telegraph first used and
was 1t the same as used now?
The first practical trial of a fire
alarm telegraph system was made in
1851 in New York, but the plan was :
much modified in succeeding years, and
as thus changed was fully adopted in .
some of the cities of the Eastern State.
before put in regular use in New York
in 1871. In 1892 alone twenty-four pat
ents relating to fire alarms were is
sued in the United States. Among the
patents hitherto issued have been COM
bined electric fire alarms and call bells.
combined fire alarms and extinguish-s
ers, combined FIRE and burglar alarms.
combined fire alarm and time detec'
tor, combined fire and police alarms wa
combined fire and telephone telegraph
system, etc. The patents include Are
slarm devices of several classes and
and method of operation.
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She no longer bore my name And !
didn't want to take her back, because
the life of the poor little creature had
become ,demoralized by her mothers
influence. But / often saw her and |
found that she had lovable nature. |
expected to take her to live with me
IN a short time. l waited too long; |
was toe, slow in making up my mind.
| defed my instincts. And now they
have killed her. There, in that house.
| recognized her, although she was
crushed under the beams l loved her;
l pltied her. But no, it isn't that so
much. She was my daughter, you un-
derstand-my daughter"
He leaned heavily on my arm.
1T was my youth, my souvenirs, my
revenge, perhaps. I would have rescued
her from her mother And when this
accursed war"--
He stopped short.
"why did they do it? She was so
gentle When she smiled-ah! the as
sassins! You will help me, won't you ?
II | had yielded to my instincts l
should have had her with me long ago.
l don't want to think about it. |
want"-
A last remnant of his pride as a
philosopher forbade his saying that he
wished to avenge her. But he let
me understand that he wanted me to
take him to the Ministry of War, where
he grew irritated when he was received
with somewhat ironical smiles.
In vain he sought to support his re-
guest with the weight of his distin-
guished name. They told him. with
an air of Difference, that it was i'm
possible to send him Immediately to
the front, that the profession of a
soldier must be learned and that he
would have to 20 to the reserve depot
of some regiment and that, also. when
he got there, he would have to have
patience.
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The Language of Fishes

r. P.-Can fishes talk?
DR.. Day, in his Instinct and Emo-e-
tions in Fishes" leaned to the opinion
that some fishes have voices which may. :
express fear, anger, danger and con-
jugal endearments. He tells US that 4'
the Corona, fish found in the Tagus,,
emits sounds resembling the vibrations
OF deep-toned bell, and that other
nshes give out purring noises, which .
can be heard from twenty fathoms un.-
der water. Further, that in the Island
OF Borneo there is a singing fish, which.
sticks to the bottoms of boats and
which regales the occupants with
sounds varying between those of e
Jewsharp and an organ. Matthias
Dunn, in an article in "The Contem--
porary Review" claimed that the fishes 4,
were able to emit sounds which are un.
derstood by their fellows. This aston-s,,
llshlng theory has later been confirmed
By. Professor Kollicker, of the zoologi1"
cal station at Naples. The professor :.
clad IN diving dress, established him
self in an electrically Illuminated IRON.
cage on the bottom of the Mediterv..
ranean and, provided with q sound
ing board and a specially constructed n
phonograph, spied the fishes. He caught.
sounds which probably were the ex-'~
pressions of the surprise with which !,
the scared fishes received the human
intruder. Professor Kollicker estabo'
lished the fact that the sounds emitted f.
by the individual fishes differ from
each other, and has gained the convic- =
tion that the sounds given out by the
fishes may be considered as Ian
guage by which they make themselvosn
understood to one another.
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the public. He makes good deal of
money out of them, yet he lives like
monk. They say that his wife ran
away from him years ago and that he
cherishes a grudge against destiny
grudge which he transforms, through
pride, into a naughty and scornful
commiseration. On every page of his
writings he speaks of generosity.
Every act of his life betrays egotism.
How should it be otherwise? For
these explorers of our thought the
human individual is everything. Is it
not Lecoultre who wrote the cele-
brated letter in which he said that
our epoch resembled the Deluge and
that it was necessary that an elite
should climb into another Noah's
ark? The last time I had met him he
had apostrophized me thus:
"Here you are, taking pride N your
combats! My poor fellow, you are re-
turning to the age Of the cave dwell
ers!"
And when I answered him with a
phrase which I had heard, what does
that matter to me? The cave which l
defend contains the treasures of my
race" he had shrugged his narrow
shoulders:
"Your racel"
He raised simultaneously his blond
eyebrows and his arms. He believed
only in the race of Aryans. And more
than that. He wanted to save civilized
man. And all the pacifsts invoked the
authority Of his glory.
What is it, my dear master?"
We were walking along the avenue
and the great man weighed his words.
'I want"-he hesitated-"I want to en-
list, and right away, you know. So
that l can fight at once and not have
to linger in a training camp"
"You, master? You?"
Then he told me story freighted
with human interest. You see, he was
not hermit; he never had been one.
The eaters Of locusts had communion
with God; they had His real presence
and could boast of the discourses
which they held with Him. Our sa
wants have only the facade Of solitude;
and their very egoism makes them
the more sensitive when they are
wounded through one of the beings
whom they have admitted to share the
love they feel for themselves.
"They have killed her." Lecoultre
said to me. "They have killed my child.
Yes, You didn't know that my wife had
carried her away and that worse things
had come from that bad beginning.
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The Hapsburg Lip

X. Wis it known from whom the
Hapsburgs inherited the thick lower
lip SO characteristic of this dynasty?
There are numerous hypotheses in
regard to the origin of the "Hapsburg
lip" 1t has been traced back to Mar
guerite Maultasch, the last mistress of
Tyrol (died, 1850, from whom, how
ever, the Hapsburgs did not descend at
all. They acquired from her the Tyrol
merely through agreement respecting
claimed that the "Jagelion lin" had
been transmitted to the Hapsburgs by
Anna Jagellona (died 1547), wife Of
Ferdinand I. But Anna Jagellona can
not be the original of the protruding
lower lip, as this is found quite pro
nounced on her brother -in-law. the En-
peror Charles " her husbands brother.
y 0n the other hand, Count Theodor
Alcny, from comparison Of numerous
portraits, came to the conclusion that
the "Hapsburg lip" was derived from
TSo 1%o 10 f1ortuguese great-grandmothers Of
Portugal (died 1880, the wife of King
John II of CASTLE and Leon.
All these Investigators, however.
nave overlooked an almost contem
porary testimony of the French his
torian Brantome (b. 154O, d. 1910.
This historian tells US in his memoirs
that Queen Eleonore Of France, the
sister Of Charles and wife of Fran
CTS |, who on her journey to Dion had
opened the graves Of her Burgundian
ancestors, exclaimed in surprise: 81
thought we had the form of our
mouths from the Austrians, but now
see we have it from Anna OF Burgundy
and our other Burgundian ancestors"
This tradition has received a few
years ago an unexpected support
through the exhibition at Bruges of
collection of portraits, of which a
faithful reproduction has been pub
lished. 1t goes to show that, above all.
Philip the Handsome (died 1506), the
son Of Mary of Burgundy. and father
Of Emperor Charles v and Ferdinand T,
hence the ancestor of the Austrian and
Spanish Hapsburgs, had very thick
lower lip. This characteristic is also
found in his sister Marguerite as we'll
as in Charles the Bold, the father of
Mary of Burgundy, and in Philip the
Kind, her grandfather, both dukes of
Burgundy.
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The Union Of
Paternal Hatred

"What is your age?"'
He straightened up:
~ am still vigorous"
He looked like he might blow away.
Monsieur Lecoultre, we will speak
to the minister. Come back two days
from now"
We went out together. He mur-
INJURED:
"They don't want me. 1 shall 90
alone"
tried to calm him. told him that
he could serve France better with his
mind than with his arms. He ex-
claimed:
"Francel l care nothing for France.
They have killed my child"
Then I attempted to show him that
the union Of all paternal hatreds in a
single tight-bound bundle formed that
sublime image of nation-of father
land-which at this moment it was
necessary to serve humbly, without
pride. with patience, in order to avenge
the dead. He had become-he more
than THE man of the cave dwellers'
period. He wanted his vengeance at
once--to taste the blood Of his hated
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
lntellectuals, Not the
Ignorant, Are Pacihsts

But the entire Society of Friends
has a prestige out of all proportion
to its statistical strength. Through
adult schools and other methods
these people and their adherents
have done much to educate the cream
of the working classes, and with us
1t is not the ignorant worker who
turns Socialist, but the intellectual.
George Bernard Shaw, Philip Snow
den and H. G. Wells are all of them
endowed with genius that has been
recognized, even when disapproved,
throughout the world.
1t SO happens that recently the en-
tire Quaker body, through it's Of
f1clals, has come under the law, be-
cause leaflets were issued by it's
elected committee which dealt with
peace, yet were not submitted to the
censor. I cannot but think that
means might have been found for
avoiding the scene in the Lord Nav
ors Court Of London, where
Friends" during trial, sat quietly
praying while sentences were under
consideration. One Of the defend
ants had refused Lord Mayoralty
Of Birmingham and was actually on
the list for a decoration because of
his services in arranging military
pensions. Anyway, whatever be the
merits of this rather unusual affair.
labor has always been sensitive over
anything that looks like a challenge
to free speech, and-as friend put
1t to me to-day-"sincere people are
much the most dangerous"
Religion Powerful
With British Workers
British labor is not atheist or non-
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enemy. He didn't understand, this
savantt, that in order to conquer there
must be science Of warfare. Shaken
out of his customary thoughts, he yield
ed to the most primitive emotions, for
the cultivation of theological specula
tion leaves the heart virgin and per
mits it to react with extraordinary in
tensity. They had slain his daughter;
he wished also to slay.
1T isn't easy, my dear master. 1
nave been three years at the front,
ever killed a German"
He left me. I have not had leisure
to look him up again. l am going back
to the front, where one does his duty
without cholera. But the last pacifist
(if there is one left in Paris) ought to
think the matter over. When a shell;
KILLS his wife or his daughter he will
find it long time before he will hold
in his eager hands, all warm, that beau
tiful vengeance with which France has
charged her soldiers.
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acquaintance did, GIVE always had such
desire to see strawberry bushes"
children Educate Themselves

desire to see strawberry bushes"
Children Educate Themselves
City children ask, why is there a
II you cannot visit a dairy or a cream
cry buy a gallon of milk and let the
child skim it and churn the cream into
butter with the egg beater. Then, at.
ter he has salted it, let him eat some
on his bread. My country children
ask, "How did the firemen know there
was a fire" Their father took them
to the fire-house to see the alarm bell
and the boots, clothes and brass pole
ready for the night alarm.
When fathers go to the field to see
the oats planted they should take their
five-year,old boy or girl along and tell
the story of the growth of the seed.
On the way for the cows sharp eyes
may, find a badger hole or see some
muskrats in the creek.
IS an this education? The Begin
nlngs OF education are started in and
about the home in the child's attitude
and reaction toward his environment.
All the time he is learning to see and
hear and to think. The child whose
mother and father live with him is sure
to store up experiences and be able to
compare and relate them later, to be
the only remedy for destructiveness)
and 70 be able to express himself as
we'll as TO have something in his mind
to express.
IN play children arc constantly cdu-
eating themselves. They are learning
to direct their attention and their mo-
tions persistently toward a definite
end We can suggest plays and tasks
which Will train the eye to see quickly,
and teach the colors, directions (front,
back, up, down, right, left); the points
of the compass, the time of day and
the days of the week. My little four
me at the sewing machine. She ar
ranges my drawer of thread, learns
the colors and plays game, guessing
which color is gone from a long row
Of spools.
First-Hand Experience
A set of COZ red kindergarten balls,
box of crayons, or later box of
paints, make an excellent Christmas
gift and aid IN color training. Cclored
papers and small pair Of scissors will
occupy many stormy day profitably.
The mother who is at all musical can
train the ear to detect high and low
tones, loud or soft bells, and music for
marching and skipping. Have the child
bounce large Dall to music, or clap
to music. This will help him to gain
motor control Play dominoes with
him. Suggest Hide the Thimble" or
Blind Mans Buff" or "Cobbler." All
these games help to train the eye, the
ear and the hands.
will not dwell upon the moral train
ing of children. for mothers seem to
consider that their duty even though
they may not think it is necessary to
train the mind. My idea of preparing
a child for school is not to teach him
reading and writing unless he is past
the age of six, but to give him many
and frst-hand experiences, which will
train his senses, and make his mind
and body active and able to express his
feelings.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
By Mrs. Winifred c.. McBroom

Nor those who intend to teach
II little children of eour and five
as a profession a training in
kindergarten methods is required by
law in practically every state in the
Union. Why is such training not equal
) ly necessary for those whose future
work will probably be home-making ?
The broad principles underlying kinder
sarten training have been thought out
! !of US by many great educators and
l philosophers of the past and present,
Md these principles will help the indi-
hduAl parent as we'll as the teacher
% interpret his surroundings, to form
wiser attitude toward life and to
love and understand children. Such an
ecucation is almost indispensable to
mothers. But if, as mothers, we can
not have such training or cannot send
sar children to kindergarten let us
pan their early education in the home,
70 thst it will be based as far as pos
hoie upon sound principles of child
itudy.
The child between the aces of three
slo Six is very impressionable, and
sp0n his early experiences must be
sased his whole future education.
therefore, it is important to see that
= receives only right Impressions and
aas only right experiences.
Let Child Live With You
ihe child is and should be constantly
ssndiing objects and constantly inquir-
1s about them. Such inquisitiveness
tne greatest aid to education. How
Iany interesting sights we pass over
tause we lack the keen observation
va child, "He who is interested in
such has in advance a great advantage
"sf the Indifferent person and re-
;.1.ns ;;sans younger even in age; whereas the
ssscinerent becomes old N the seasons
aet the child live with you. This is
IVY easy for busy farmers wife, such
- = am. 1t does not mean, keep out
my way while / mix this bread" 1t
asans, Roll up your sleeves and wash
svur hands. Now dip out four quarts
nour for me-" Perhaps some Of the
Aacy Ue spuico, put Culy ny uS'iiR
se hands will the child learn motor
suntrol. What if the biscuits are not
IS smooth? BY making three rows of
.sa1 ss each, he will be learning valuable
sanber facts.
re child may ask. "Why is the -four
alse! The wheat is not white" This
Isssticn brings out the whole story of
saa. Don't merely tell it.; see it, il
s.eibls--the wheat seed, the growing
b. Nasst field, the resping and thrashing,
sss!ncur -FOUR mill, the bakery. Enrich the
ss.'as ~ experience with pictures, stories
M songs relating TO this subject, and
~ sSssef this slice of bread will be an
cf new interest to the child.
.4sn .4,NMn IN the same way about the
swbesries that he eats with his
! ~ Where do they come from? II
zsf 4 eanaot show him the growing
! y 4, md picture or draw one 90
SsSs g may not say, as . lady Of my
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THE PACIFIST-BY BINET-VAIMER
Translated by William L. Mcpherson

Here 0ich profound TRUTH The pucf has
aacoy assumed attitude of of has
oeem largely 1t has had its
a0amt the touch length He hupuot1
himself into the belief tha the could him. vcn touqh it
might threaten the existence professed nominal
dNegnmce He auoud defend defemdno
meant nothing to him but the pursuit Ito him barren ideal of
patriotism.
But his
simple Gaze Men, eUhn
Ohem the blood stirred By
The heoyist
shrker terrorism nvodes his cn
family CIRCLE
BnetVamer the rier sory citizen ho foxoht
volunteer the French number of
brilliant sketches to the columns of the
by The Tribune
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many cities wrecked by Ger
man savagery, many shattered cathe-
drals and many tottcring clock towers,
! made pilgrimage last week to the
quarters in Paris visited by the long
distance German shells. I stood in a
vast court, inclosed by dingy walls
with all their windows broken; for
the projectile had burst in mansard
roof and the force of the explosion
had been felt in every room in the
house.
1t was not very distressing specta-
Gle. Tho sun shone and one could
hear laughter. The tenants had re-
sumed their ordinary life--a little on
parade before visitors. One could see
children in rooms where privacy had
been abolished. The fireman, with
their beautiful helmets, went about
their business. Women with spring
flowers in their hair told how the
thing had happened. Curious strang-
ers fumbled with their canes among
the heaps Of plaster and old papers.
Have you noticed how scraps of news
papers and old letters abound in the
rubbish of all unfortunates? 1t seems
that the frail substance to which we
commit our frail thought has u
strange power of survival.
I was thinking Of that-of that per-
sistence and that wealth of printed and
written matter, when a hand was
placed on my shoulder.
"The bandits!"
His Face Was
Drawn and Livid
! recognized at once the man who
spoke thus in q voice choked with
emotion, although tho war had separ-
ated us. Denis Lecoultre was standing
alongside me. His unpleasantly thin
face was drawn and livid. His little
eyes, with their Redeemed lids, had lost
their brilliancy and become clouded.
His tall and spare figure tottered and
there was suffering in the expression
of his pinched lips, ordinarily too
spiritual and efeminate. Badly dressed,
ungroomed, he looked, that morning,
even more pathetic than he did
neglected.
Bandits, my dear master? They are
fools. There II neither rhyme nor rea-
son in this bombardment."
I called him "master." He has writ
ten two big volumes Of philosophy, on
the memory and the imagination.
Nevertheless, since 1914 had lost
track of Lecoultre. He didn't go to
the front He held himself apart from
the malee-above it, as he thought.
He bent over and whispered in my
ear;
~ need your assistance. you must
aid me-"
And taking me by the arm, he led
me away.
He is a peculiar man-the type of
the hermit. His books have attracted
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Labor Follows
Lloyd Georges $ Lead

The commanding personality Of
Mr.. Lloyd George holds things to-
gether, but he is regarded as an in
strument of war rather than as a
spokesman for the wage earners. It
was his hand that swept away the
entire fabric IF trade union regula-
tions, which tended to limit the out
put Of munitions.
Even in trade unions there is Of
ficialdom-a vested interest, and the
kind of secretary who attends great
conferences like that held last week
could not be enthusiastic for such a
drastic change. While wages have
risen so also have prices and it is
difficult for many who read these
words to appreciate how vital fac
tor in the mentality of the British
workingmen is the dread Of unem-
ployment and poverty during the in
dustrial reconstruction with which
we shall be threatened when the in
f1ation Of war collapses.
Workers Plan to
Contest Elections
On the whole, then, it is no wonder
that labor has broken the party
truce. May / suggest that you need
not take this decision too seriously
because in the United States you get
on very we'll with the war although
you have no party truce at all in our
English sense? All that labor has
claimed last week is the right to run
candidates at an election just as Re-
publicans and Democrats are run
ming candidates in your contests.
am told that as many as 400 labor
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Cigarmakers' Union

T.. E.-The first union of cigarmakers
OF America was formed early in the
sos, in Baltimore, but it was not until
June %, 1864, that national cigar
makers union was formed, which, at
their convention held in Buffalo in 1867.
was changed into the Cigarmakers' In
ternational Union of America.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Meerschaurr,

W. A.-Meerschaum Is not consofi-
dated seafoam. The word is German
one meaning literally "sea foam" but
the substance is really hydrated SILT
cate of magnesium, occurring in q hnc
white claylike mass. The namc refers
to the lightness and snow white color
of the material.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Left-Handedness

S. Ed What is the cause Of LETT 8
handedness! CD How can it be cured qss
% With the exception Of few rare
cases where ii is the result of injury
to the left half of the brain q Is :,
caused by the habit contracted in
childhood 80.
:, CD By insisting upon the child using, !,
the right hand.
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the Labor machine maintained. or 3 :.
any rate aimed at, independence, and
with this sentiment prevailing so
strongly among the rank and file it,.
Is really remarkable that man like
Mr.. Barnes, who always favored in-n
dependence until the war changed.
everything, should be supported ass
he has been in an office which hex
holds with pronounced Conservatives
like Lord Curzon and Lord Miner.
1t means, of course, that the Con-
servatives of England are ADAPTING.
themselves as they always have done,
to new conditions, and are making
terms with democracy in it's latest
form; but it also means that our
workmen are, after all, British frstr
Behind and beneath all the mechanic
cal arrangements and varied emo
tions which determine political or
ganization there lies a deeper pur-
pose. Questions are agitated up to a
certain point, but not beyond it. An.
invisible line is drawn where it is
recognized that agitation begins to
menace efficiency for war. am pro-
foundly interested in the British
labor movement, but / refuse to be
uneasy about. If.
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Child raining at Home
By Mothers Who Have Been kindergarten Teachers

articles
Bureau Education
Each ten by 0ho has put training into practice
Nth her chdren ebodies
ind this helpful yos them ont and pass them to
der mothers and thu aid Uncle reaching mothers the
msmtry.
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Boycott League

J. W.-To whom may l apply for
membership in the league to boycott
German made goods, ETC.?
Mr.. Davis Strong, secretary, Ameri-
can Guardian Society. Box 40, Station
N, New York City.