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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Edith Wharton's New War Charity

Inc splendid work which Mrs. Whar-
ton and her associates have been DOING
tor the tuberculous soldiers of France
IS, we imagine, we'll known to most of
our readers. Practically since the be-
ginning of the war Mrs. Wharton has
dropped her literary activities, except
those which would aid directly in tho
work she has undertaken, and given her
full time to the Allied cause.
Mrs. Wharton now cables that there
is urgent need for the establishment If
new chidren's emergency hospital for
the refugees who are pouring into Paris
since the present drive began. She saws
that the need is desperate and that the
French government will assist if her
committee can provide a building.
The Red Cross has taken over part If
Mrs. Wharton's work in France. bnt
these hospitals are supported entirely
by voluntary contributions.
Mrs. Mary Cadwalader Jones. of q
East Eleventh Street, has issued an an
peal for subscriptions, and we hope that
the response will be commensurate with
American generosity and with Mrs.
Wharton's own unselfsh devotion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
AS Preposterous as

'fron' The Cincinnati Timcs-Storf
upon the advice of Captain A. Wells
ingram OF London, New Workers have de-
clded not to minimize the danger of an air
rad on their city, Doctors, nurses and
police officials already have held a meeting
to prepare for relief work.
ms seems absurd. Thousands of miles
oi acr'ai ~hvel over the Atlantic Ocean.
ana no nope OF return if the raid should
other"'se De successful! Why it is pre-
posterous-as prepcsterous> az whom +ho+
gun first spoke in the forest of St Cob.;n
ana It's she'll exploded within the confines
OF taris, after travelling scvcnty-six miles.
a Hight of almost four times the distance
heretofore known to experts in ordnance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Wagner's Message
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: am sorry to read your editorial al.
vising the Punishment of Wagner's works
from our concert halls. You base vour
argument on the claim that the German
spirit is expressed through his music.
Inc editorial impresses me especjallv
coming as 1t does on Good Friday. a dav
which has been set apart at the Metronoli-
tan IN the past for the representation Of
"Parsfal.' I happened to be ar the Nor
romance last Good Friday, the very day
war was declared. At that time | could
not help but feel the marked contrast be-
tween the present German spirit and that
which pervades Wagner's dramas.
"Parsifal" deals with the futiltv and no.
dcmption Of sin. 1t sets before Nc vow,
poignantly the ideal of self-sacrifcs and
service to the noble things in life. Moth
ing further from present day Germany can
be imagined. The whole idea of the "Bior',
is that the remuneration of moral law -
satisfy personal Cor NATIONALLY gain is
punishable by death and destruction
Wagner wrote of it: at has passed like
a breath, this race Of the gods; the treas
ure of my sacred knowledge | leave to the
world; 1t IS no longer goods, gold or sacred
pomp, houses, courts lordly marni6cencc
nor the deceitful ties of dark treaties. nor
the harsh law of hypocritical manners. but
only one single thing, which in good as
IN eVli days makes us happy-love."
AS you say, ms mature music superb as
IL IS carries message no less powerful
because uttered through strings and braxscs
instead of the human voice" But the mes
sage at this time is thoroughly wholesome
ana anu herman. JACK M.vGILL.
Orange. N. j.. March 20, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

It IS unfortunate that "they shall not
By Haywood Broun

4 A0 unfortunate LnAC CNcy SNall not
pass" has been so generally accepted
here as the equivalent Of "or, ne
passe pos" for the translation fails to
catch the spirit of the French battle cry.
There is a note of high resolve in "they
shall not pass" but also suggestion of
desperation. 1t is the cry Of Thermop-
yl@ rather than Verdun.
ION ne passe pas" is stronger than
that. 1t is a phrase picked out of the
worl-a-day world. The words are used
on signs indicating that roads are under
repair, and the strength of the slogan lies
in the fact that it is entirely casual. This
quality adds fnality to the phrase The
possibility of challenge is simply thrust
aside. Of course the tense adds not a
little to the effect. The future can never
convey the same sense of surety us the
present. Even the awkward literal
translation zone does not pass" is little
better than "they shall not pass" but as
matter of fact we have phrase which
approximates the French closely. mo
thoroughfare," is what the poius said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Give the Oldsters a Show

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: There are thousands of men beyond
inc heht'ng age (forty-five ycars) thor
oushiy capable of doing Office and clerical
wo'h' ohly 100 anxious to do their bit, who
~. mouio DC happy to find place to serve
'"e'r country and thereby release for active
service the corresponding number Of vonno.
swivel chair warriors. N"e
Let us older men push the pen while our
younger men push the automatics.
A As-YEAR-YOuNG AMERICAN
hoston, Mass, Aprl 3, 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
The Bulwark Of Kultur
nErom The phiiadelphin jvo,i..,,

fFrom The Philadelphia inouirc,9
Not only North America, but tho whole of
America must become n buwark of Ger
manic kultur, perhaps the strongest fortress
or the Germanc races. That il every ones
nope who has freed himself from his own
local European pride and who places the
race feeling above his love for home. Also
South America must and can easily become
habitntion for German or Germanod
rhees! Klaus Wagner, "Kricg," 1906 pages
l65-l66
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

Commercial flying, In solidly built
planes, doing not over eighty or ninety
miles an hour, would probably show a
remarkably small rate of accidents. The
war has shown an astonishingly low
mortality in aeroplanes. We do not see
why taxi service between the larger
cities should not soon be put on a COM
mercial basis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
The Modesty of Greatness
(From The Washington Star,

Hfom The WASHINGTON starr
vi course you don't believe everything
you rcad?"
NO." replied Senator Sorghum. "Motestv
would forbid me to indorse fully everything
my publicity experts PIT out abou. me dur.
ing campaign time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

KIT BELIEVE that the time has come
when we should give serious con-
slderation to the education of those
who cannot read write in the United
States. The war has brought facts to our
attention that are almost unbelievable and
that are in themselves accusatory There
are in the United States Cor were when the
census was taken in 1910) 5,516,163 persons
over ten years of age who were unable to
read or write in any language. There are
now nearly 100000 men of draft age in the
United States who arc, | presume, regis
tered who cannot read or write in English
or in any other language
Over 100000 of the iliterates in this
country were twenty years of age or more.
This figure equals the total population of
the states of California, Oregon, Washing
ton, Montana Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and
Delaware. The percentage of illiterates
varies in the several states from ~ per
cent in Iowa to 20 per cent in Louisiana.
More than 10 per cent of it was in thirteen
states Half of the llitcrates were between
twenty and forty-iive years Of age. 1t has
been estimated by one of those concerned
with this problem that if these five million
and half illiterate persons were stretched
IN double line of march at intervals of
three feet and were to march past the White
House at the rate of twenty-five miles day
1t would require more than two months for
them to pass. Over SO per cent are white
persons, and Of these 100000 are native
born whites.
The Economic Loss
Il beg you to consider the economic loss
arising out of this condition. If the pro-
ductivc labor value of an iliterate is less
by only so cents day than that of an cdu-
Gated man or woman the country is losing
So2oo00,o00 year through iliteracy. This
estimate is no doubt under rather than over
the real loss. The Federal government and
the states spend millions of dollars in try
ing to give information to the people in
rural districts about farming and home
making. Yet 100000, or 10 per cent. of
our country folk cannot read or write a
word They cannot read bulletin on agri-
culture, farm paper, food pledge card,
a Liberty Loan appeal, a newspaper the
Constitution of the United States or their
Bibles, nor can they keep personal or bust
ness accounts. An uniformed democracy
is not . democracy. A people who cannot
have means of access to the mediums of
public opinion and to the messages of the
President and the acts of Congress can
hardly be expected to understand the full
meaning OF this war, to which they all must
contribute IN llfc or property or labor.
1T would seem to be almost automatic
that illiterate man cannot make a. rood
soldier in modern warfare Until last April
the regular army would not enlist litter
ates, yet in the first draft between 10000
and 10000 illiterates were brought into the
army and approximately as many near-illit-
crates.
"Thcy cannot sign their names.
"lhey cannot read their orders posted
daily on bulletin boards in camp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
War Woodwork Troublesome

ffom The Washington starr
c speaking OF the war;" remarked Senator
ooreh"m' IA great deal of the trouble
seems to be with the woodwork"
"Thc woodwork ?"
"Ycs. Too many mahogany dcsks md
not enough ships"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Her Sacrifice for Arts Sake
From The Fioridn 7,l,oo.-,t,,a,.

N'om The Fioridn Tinos Union)
mere was young maid in Dcs Moincs
Whose father had oceans of concY
But she pincd for the stage
And to be all The sngc
so she's doing u vaudeville tonnes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
1917 4. d.
Reroiuttou


Peroiution
Dawn comes out Of the east,
Dawn with tumult Of flying horses;
White clouds of springtimc,
Careering, galloping
Stallion on stallion charging
Westward, to the horizon;
But in the midst OF them
Rides Liberty unbound.
Her tossing, golden hair
Is mingled with the sea of names;
Her voice cries, "On, you wild ones,
Stop not nor falter."
Ont Of ten thousand trenchc,
A million weary eyes
Shall see her pass across the plains,
And cry, Come fastcr!'
million starving ones
Shall smile at her,
Shall stretch out their cold hands to her
Before they die.
million broken ones
Shall make their bodies
The pathway for her feet
a million eager ones
Shall leap forth from their trenches
To follow her command. IS
Lake the great flame of noon
She shall spread out her wings,
With song of victory.
Like the great flame of noon,
She shall spread out her wings;
And grant us all we longcd for. could Y
find
The peace SURPRISING human understanes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Who Goes There?

Franklin K. Secretary folocing
to the President Hoke
Seers, choimem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

'They cannot read their manual of arms.
"They cannot read their letters or write
home.
"They cannot understand the signals or
follow the Signal Corps in time of battle.
"There are 100000 men who cannot read
or write who may be dAfted within our
army within the next year or two. Training
camps for soldiers not equipped for
school work, and the burden of teaching
men to read the simplest English should
not be cast upon the officers or others in
the camps. We should give some education
to all our men before they enter the army.
There is even larger problem than this
that challenges our attention, and that is
teaching of the English tongue to millions
of our population. DR.. John H. Finley, pres
ident of the University of the State of New
York. in recent speech presented this
picture WHICH he found iii one of the can
comments:
The Struggling Sentry
How practical is the need of language
in this country common to all tongues is
illustrated by what l saw in one of the great
csHtonments few nights ago. In the mess
h;si, where | had sat an hour before with a
co:crany of the men OF the National Army
few small groups were gathered along the
tables learning English under the tuition Of
some OF their comrades, one of whom had
been district supervisor in neighboring
state and another theological student In
one of those groups one of the exercises for
the evening consisted in practising the
challenge when on sentry duty Each pupil
OF the group (there We're four of Italian
and two of Slavic birth) shouldered in turn
the long-handlcd stove shovel and aimed it
1T the teacher, who along the side of
the room as if to evade the guard The
pupil called out in broken speech. "Halt.
Who goes there?" The answer came from
the teacher, "Friend." And then, in as vet
unlntelligible English (the voices Of innu-
merable ancestors struggling in their
threats to pronounce it,, the words, "Ad-
vance and give the countersign." So are
those of confused tongues learning to speak
the language of the land they have been
summoned to defend. What commentary
upon our educational shortcomings that in
the days of peace had not taught these
men, who have been here long enough to be
citizens (and' tens of thousands of their
brothers with them), to know the language
in which our history and laws are written
and in which the commands of defence must
now be given! May the end of this decade,
though so near, find every citizen of our
state prepared to challenge in one tongue
and heart the purposes of all who come with
the cry, "Who goes there ?"'
What ] have said here leads to a re-
spectful request that you give early consid-
Grafton to House bill 6,49o, which provides
for modest appropriation for the Bureau
Of Education to begin and conduct vigor-
Gus and systematic campaign for the eradi-
cation of adult illiteracy. If the bill can be
passed soon specia! attention can be given
to teaching illiterate men of draft age and
especially those who are classified in
Glass A."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07
Russia
By John Gould Fletcher
From "Poetry''

(These are tho last three ports ~
aarrctave poem IN the April numb,
Of "Poetry.")
The Troublous Times" -As
Darkness broods over the east.
Over the plain, that land of horses;
Darkness and wintry silence
And death.
Far away to the west
Hangs a great crimson fire;
1t is the sunlight departing
Over the plain.
Rise Of the House Of Romanor:
Peter the Great 16e9-1725
Out of the west there rides
The horseman Of the twilight,
The great pale horseman
Whose name is Death.
And he carries in his hand
lash Of thongs;
And he has power to slay
With hunger
And the eagles of the west
Pass after him;
Sea-eagles, unsated,
Fan with their dark wings his face.
Darkness settles faster
Upon the plain;
But the man on the gaunt gray horse
Rides on.
On to the north
Where blue-white light family glimmers
Over the black pinc-f forests,
Over the frozen seas.
Founding Of Pet,ograd,
The third capital Of Russia
Two cities have long ago fallen,
But there is one city to found yet
city of dreary phantoms,
A city of death.
AT the edges of the north,
At the borders of the locked sea,
The pale horse rears
And stands.
Darkness, total darkness!
And in the darkness
Furiously from east to west
The winds go forth to battle.
Oppressive rule-stirri,,gs Of revolt
But the souls of them that we're slain
And buried beneath the granite
Rise up again at midnight
And cry their final cry:
How long, how long the darkness,
How long wilt not avenge us?
For here our blood is written
On every inch of soil;
For here our cause is crushed
Under the hoofs of proud horsemcn
For here our cause is forgotten,
Dead in the utter darkness"
SO they cry all together,
And only the silence answers;
But the power of that silence
Has given them power to live
And they go out to the streets of the city
To speak to all hearts at midnight,
How the last seal will be loosened,
The final trumpet blown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

Entered at tho Pc,toifce New Second Class
Mail Matter
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
ATLANTIC CITY GETS NEXT SEES
SION OF BUSINESS LEAGUE.

Tuskegee, Alabama, Jan. 26.-Em-
nett ]. Scott, secretary of the Nation.
al Business League, has been author
lied by the Hon. j. c. Napier, presi-
dent, and DR.. Robert r. Motion, cahir-
man of the Executive Committee, to
announce that it has been decided to
hold the next melting of the National
Negro Business League at Atlantic
City, New Jersey, August 21-22-2S,
1918.
During the meeting at Chattanooga,
Tennessee, 1917, invitations were read
from various cities including Atlantic
City, and it was decided then to leave
ing place for 1918 to a special com-
mittee consisting of the President,
Chairman of Executive Committee and
the Secretary of the League.
In the telegram which came from
the Mayor of Atlantic City to the Sec
rotary of the League, he said: 1--WE
cordially extend you invitation and Of
fer the city keys and unequalled hos
pitality for next meeting of National
Negro Business League" A commit
tee consisting of some of the officers
of the Local Negro Business League
at Atlantic City went to Washington
recently and conferred with Mr.. Scott
the Secretary of he League. where he
is temporarily located as Special AS
sistant to the Secretary of War. They
outlined their plans for the entertain,
ment of the guests, and he outlook
is most promising for a good and help
full meeting. The meeting will afford
an unusual opportunity for combining
business and pleasure, Atlantic City
being known as the worlds play
ground"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
MAYHuE.ARNoLp WEDDING.

The marriage of Miss Libbie Arnold
and Mr.. ]. w. Mayhue was solemnized
Thursday night, January "a, at 1880
O'Clock at the residence of Mr.. May
hue, 1419 e 22nd street. Rev. Rich
ard Davis officiated. The bride wore
a gown of white G%eorgette crepe, a
string of pearls, pearl earrings and
carried a bridal bouquet. The groom
o the conventional black. The
bride was given in marriage by her
mother, Mrs. Mariah Arnold. Mr.. Nc
Smith, an uncle, Mr.. Walter Arnold,
brother, Gwendola Mayhue, daughter,
and Mrs. Carrie Ward foster, mother,
witnessed the ceremony. The we'd
ding march was played by Mrs. Jessie
e. Smith. After a delightful evening
of music, the wedding dinner was
served. The table was decorated with
carnations, ferns and candles. The
dinner consisted of dressed turkey,
creamed potatoes, lettuce with may
onnaise dressing, olives, white bread
and assorted cakes and candies.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
IN MEMORIAM,

In memory of our loving sister,
Aunt and cousin, Mrs. Julia Peterson,
who departed this life one year ago,
January 81, 1917.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we love is stilled;
A place is vacant in her home,
Which never can be filled.
A year has passed,
We miss you more,
Since you were called
To the heavenly shore,
Your vacant sea- we cannot fill;
The calling home was at Gods will
Mrs. X. Cummings, sister,
Mrs. Cordelia Waters and
Mrs. Maggie Harris, nieces,
Mrs. Mamie Jones, Cousin.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02

Browning died at her home on the
twenty-sixth and was buried on the
twenty-eighth Mr.. r. c. Jamison is
a very sick man at this writing ....
The %Saxophone Orchestra that made
its first appearance in public at the
Ebenezer Church, Tuesday evening,
was well attended and the indications
are very bright for them Mr.. Rob
ert Bibbs is very sick at this writing.
. Mrs. Mana Martin, who was oper-
ated on a few weeks ago, will be
moved to her home . Mrs. r. McKis-
sick has been i'll with la grippe. .
Mr.. j. r. A. Grassland, Jr., left last
Thursday for Kansas City en- route to
his post of duty in the Base Hospital
at Camp Funston. He spent a few
days in the city visiting his father
and nan friends. ..... Mr.. Sherman
Thai of Oregon, Mo-, and Miss Maine
Lincoln Of st. Joseph, Mo-, were quiet
ly married at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. S. NJ. Crews. Rev. Nathaniel
Sawyers, an aged and well known min
lister in this state, is a patient at the
State Hospital Miss Carrie Wilson
is very sick at this writing . The
S. Anna Armstrong Open-door Gospel
Mission will have services every Sun
day at 3 p. m, al 1880 p. m. and
every Thursday evening.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
By Mrs. Anna Mcmillan.


Rev. G. w. Hart began a series of
meetings at Calvary Baptist Church,
January 13, despite the inclement
weather, which is now prevailing in
II city. A very large audience greet
ed the pastor, morning and evening.
His subject, Resurrection and the
coming of Christ" was well delivered.
.... Miss Beatrice Hudson. of East 3rd
street, vas very seriously injured by
a fall Tuesday morning on the pave
ment. Mr.. Chas. A. Johnson and
Mrs. Mary Cartwright were quietly
married January 8 by Rev. Daniel
Jones at the A. NJ. E. parsonage. They
are a well known couple. Mr.. John
son has been a waiter at the Utah"
for many years. The happy pair will
reside at 1925 S. East 2nd. We en-
tend many congratulations go. .Amity
Red Cross meets each Friday from 10
to 5 p. m. at the home Of Mrs. Matte
Hatfield, chairman. The unit has a
sewing anG Knitting class. The Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year: Douglas Mcmillan, Pres: Mrs.
Pearl j. Nance, Sec; NJ. B. Brown,
Treas. Cupid is very busy in Salt
Lake. At this writing we receive the
announcement of the engagement of
Miss Thelma Bradshaw TO Mr.. Dewey
Washington in the early spring.
Any one wishing copies of the Sun
call Hyland 2346-W. 49,. Thornton
Jackson, only s years of age, by per-
mission from his parents, has enlisted
with the U. S. A. and expects to leave
for one of the environments soon ....
Eight girls and boys of East and West
High School have organized a club
and expect to take up RELIEF work
among the boys at the front" fam
lilies. The club met at the home of
Miss Anetta Patterson, Tuesday, Jan
uary Is.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-02
SENTIM ENTAIL.

The world seems to move on to that
harsh state where sweet and noble
sentiment becomes the subject of ri.
dicule rather than admiration or warm
welcome. Take away this beautiful
thing and you have a blank world.
What beauty, lofty spirit of Fine Art
we may boast of, we largely owe to
that which we are led to style the
Sentimental Sentiment"-Treasures
peoples and Fine Feeling of the Soul"
Sweet impulses, joys and Sorrows of
the heart!
The thought which moves the hid
den springs of love, whether it be hui
man, inanimate object, time or place,
all are touched by the quickening spir-
it which makes the Sentimentalist
gloat over the glorious past, for what
it has been, the Sweet Present, for
what it is an dthe Hopeful Future, for
what it can be.
We are a warm hearted people,
emotionally inclined and yet we are
not sufficiently demonstrative of this
finer sentiment. We sadly lack this
beautiful trait and we rather despise
any shown tendency to acquire a deli.
cacy to cultivate and express it, still,
nothing is more important in the shap-
ing of noble character.
Is it expecting too much of a peo-
pie only fifty years removed from a
state of The Dead; to look more to
the sentiment and turn of Mind which
Culture and Refinement will bring to
any one?