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New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Discomfort Riuals That
of the Champagne
Cellars in France

which truly deplorable and which have existed
for nearly five years.
Be it resolved, That it is the sense of the Board
Of Education that a site for building for the
Julia Rchman High School should be secured
and building erected thereon as speedily as pos
sibe.
But Mayor Hylan said he did not know
until the girls visited him on May 10 that
such a condition existed in any school in
New York, and agreed that it was deplor-
able.
The Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment during the Mitchell administration was
favorably inclined, and last spring appro-
priated $226,500 for the purpose of remodel
ling an elementary school on the West Side
to accommodate the Julia Richman High
School. After site had been chosen, and
plans drawn and approved, it was thought
that such a project was unwise when an en-
tirely building was needed, and the plan
was withdrawn.
The mothers Of this city are interested in
the children Of the city. If every mother
in New York could see the difference between
the school home Of the Julia Richman girls
and that of the Washington Irving or Wads-
worth girls, for example, she would be ready
to help in the fight.
Helping in the fight means impressing the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment with
the absolute and immediate necessity of ap-
propriating money for a new building. If
that board is really convinced that the peo-
pie Of New York will not stand for dilapidat-
ed, unsanitary old school buildings, they viii
take action it. Mayor Hylan promised to
do all he could after the Pay-As-You-Go law
was renealed IF Won believe that tho Jul;a
Richman girls need and deserve more than
they get, write to us and then write to the
Mayor and the Board Of Estimate about it,
They were put into Office for the purpose Of
carrying out the will of the people.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Items selected from "The In
formation Bulletin for V0ferS,"
issued weekly by the New York
State Woman Suffrage Party
State Commission for
The Predetermined

4
4 STATE COMMISSION for the care of
IA the feeblominded is established by a
new law. The commission is to con-
sist Of three members. The chairman must
be a reputable physician, graduate of an
incorporated medical college with at least ten
years experience in the actual practice of his
profession. The other members are to be
the Secretary of the State Board of Charities
and the fiscal Supervisor Of State Charities
Their powers and duties are: to plan and
take census of all feebleminded persons in
the state; to prepare and keep record of all
feebleminded persons in the state and to
specify conditions for such as require care and
treatment; to prepare and recommend to the
Legislature by February l., 1919, general
commitment lssst for feebeminded persons in
the state; to provide for the establishment and
operation of clinics for the examination and
observation of feeblemnded persons and for
the establishment of farm and industrial colo
nes for them in connection with existing state
institutions; to make rules for the reception,
care, training, parole and discharge of in
mates of state institutions for the feeble
minded to administer generally the law in
relation to the custody, care and treatment of
the feebleminded; and to report annually to
the Legislature its acts and proceedings for
the preceding year.
A feebleminded person is defined as being
any person afflicted with mental effectiveness
from birth, or from any age, to such an extent
that he is incapable of managing himself or
his affairs or Of being taught to do so, who for
his own welfare and for the welfare of others,
or for the welfare Of the community, requires
supervision, control or care, and who is not
insane OK of unsound mind to such an extent
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

Stilled her fretful campaign wailing
Who is this that wants building?
With her bright eyes wants building?
Ewa-yea, my little owlet!'
They are sports because they work hard
and persistently for cause that is slow in
producing results. They write letters patient
ly week after week to the members of the
Board of Education, to the Mayor, to the
Board Of Estimate and Apportionment, to the
newspapers They go in delegations to plead
before the boards
They went to see the Mayor on May 10 and
played whole pageant for him to show what
they need and why. The Mayor told them at
that time to wait until the Pay-As-You-Go
law was repealed and he'd see what he could
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Property for Use as
Community Garden

The Board Of Aldermen referred to the Com
mittee on Finance Alderman Calman's reso-
luton requesting the Commissioner of the
Sinking Fund to turn over to the Department
of Parks in any borough any property which
the Commissioner Of Parks in that borough
may certify available for use as community
gardens, and which in the opinion of the Com
missioner OF the Sinking Fund is not avsilable
for any other city purpose. The resolution is
urged on the ground that every available foot
Of earth should now be used for cultivation.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Bureau of
Venereal Diseases
Regulation of
Infectious Diseases

Wherever the Board Of Health or the health
officer of health district has grounds to be-
heve that any person within it's or his juris-
diction is suffering from an infectious vene-
real disease, the Board of Health or health
officer may order medical examination to be
made. Of the suspected person. person
found to be suffering from such disease may
be required to conform to all the rules and
regulations made by the local Board of Health
or health officer for persons so diseased These
rules must provide, among other things, that
he submit to prescribed course of treatment
by duly licensed physician; and the rules
may also provide isolation and treatment of
persons so affected. Free treatment is pro-
vded for INDECENT persons. Any person con-
ycted of vagrancy, tenement house prostitu-
ton, or of frequentng disorderly houses or
houses of prostitution must be examined for
venereal diseases before being released.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

The Horrors of Peace in New York School

1t may be romantic to 90 to school in the
same building that housed your father. There
is certain flavor about sitting at desk
with Civil War initials carved on it. There
ls real atmosphere about a structure that has
stood the gaff since 1S47 and would still hold
ap its head if only its wood and plaster would
allow it. But after all, going to high school
IS pretty important Job for most girls, and
SO, while the Julia Richman girls bear their
burdens good -humoredy they have neverthe-
less set their minds on a new building, and
this year have launched campaign that will
end only when the cornerstone of the new
building is laid.
Should Temple of Learning Be DAN
gerous and Dark?
Here are some of the reasons why the Julia
Rchman girls need new building:
The $500 girls Of the school, which is !.
commercial high school, are housed not in one
central place, but in seven different locations
all over the city, from the brave old West
Thirteenth Street landmark up to East Eigh-
ty-e nth Street Teachers have to travel
from one branch to another during the day,
supplies have to be transferred, seven Offices
have to be maintained instead of one. pupil
mas W 0tVcI1Q perhaps IOuE ullIcfCIlC UIdlCNcS
before she graduates in order to take advan-
tage Of c..tain courses, sometimes travelling
a long distance from her home.
Continuity of interest and group activity
are much hampered by this shifting and
changing School attachments are made orly
to be broken, and the girls are constantly at
the business of acclmatizng themselves to
new neighborhoods, teachers and friends, all
of which takes time and detracts from the
classroom activities
The main building is squeezed in on West
Thirteenth Street between wholesale houses
which tower over it and glover in at it's win
dows, forbdding sunlight and contributing
ever-varying sounds, and smells that the girls
say would penetrate the most perfect gas
mask" The air is exceedingly poor, and gas
lights high above the desks afford the only
light in some of the rooms.
The halls and stairways are so narrow as
to make rapid exit in case of an emergency
absolutely impossible.
Seats, lockers, and desks, all built for grade
school children, are entirely too small for
high school girls.
The assembly room, "messembly" the girls
call it, is SO small that the girls have to perch
four in seat, the PLATFORM on odd chairs,
piles Of books, and improvised seats, wherever
they can find corner to squeeze into.
There is gymnasium, no lunch room, no
rest room, no library, auditorium. The
girls eat their lunches in the hall or basement,
standing up. They carry their books and
papers all day long because there is no place
to put them. They have outdoor toilets which
freeze in winter and become absolutely USE
less. They have gymnastc exercises in an
ordinary class room with equipment. Some
Of the rooms have been divided into two parts
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Night Court
for Women
City
Additional Funds for
Bellevue Hospital

The Board of Aldermen by an affirmative
vote of 62 adopted the report of the Commit
tee on Finance in favor of the resolution to
authorize an issue of special revenue bonds in
the sum of S238,550 to meet anticipated def
cts for Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

By SARAH ADDINGTON

HE children of France are 60
ing to school in champagne
cellars these days, where
the sunshine never pierces
through, ventilation is largely
sragfnary, and the noise of
the u,lns honrns down To nl,nc-
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Observation Of Women,
Prisoners Made Possible

Another amendment to the Inferior Cr;mi-
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

by cloth curtains through which the buzzing
recitation of one class may be heard by the
other When the girls OF the various annexes
want to get to-ether for play or a Joint
celebration tht5 botake themselves to an ar
mory, nice, big barren armory that has no
advantage lor girli5h activities except that it
will accommodate the entire school.
Protests, Patience and Patriotism Have
Failed
For the above reasons the Julia Richman
girls and their teachers are most anxious to
leave the rheumatic creaky old building, but
there is another reason why the friends of
the Julia Richman girls are anxious for them:
That is that those girls are the best little
sports in the world and deserve all this city
can give them in the way of a sunny, commo-
dious, well-equipped school building.
They are sports because they can laugh at
their own predicanent, serious as they real.
ize it to be. They pretend to be amused at
the scramble for existence there at 60 West
Thirteenth Street. They write parodes on
Longfelow about the "Hut of Julia Richman,"
such as,
"By the shores Of Busting Horses
By the shining Big Sea Business,
Stood the hut Of Julia Rchman,
Daughter Of the old Manhattan
There the wrinkled old Manhattan
Nursed the little Julia Richman,
Rocked her in her stony cradle
Bedded hard in bricks and iron,
Safely bound in rotted timber,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
10 the Editor of The Tribune Institute:

10 the Editor Of The Tribune Institute:
The reason and the necessity for the National
party arise from the fact that the masses of
'he people have gradually been awakening to
d sense of their own responsibilities and are
''siseing upon having a voice in their own gov
erhment. None of the old parties offers an
adequate channel through which this can be
expressed
Inc Republican and Democratic parties are
',opeessly reactionary and have far outlived
aeir usefulness Neither has ever advo-
rated any broad, democratic measures except
when forced to do SO as means of self -preser
's'on' and the reason is that they are not
ssempting to make an appeal by taking a
s'and on fundamental issues, but, to use their
WIN words, simply seeking to devise vehicle
~. party victory" Any passing fancy which
slh catch the attention of the public is suff-
e'ent for this purpose.
Are Socialists Autocrats?
ihe Socialist party, while its programme is
,sty much more progressive and radical, is SO
s.smatlc that thousands of men and women
sao sympathize with it's ideals, but who are
unwilling to toe chalk line, are barred from
'nenaoership The Socialist party, too, is not
sontent to deal with the problems of the imrne-
aase future, even though they are the step
p"g !, g'ssones to its ultimate ideals. 1t insists
saas its members must be 100 per cent Social
~ without giving them an opportunity to
ne Rrsdualy educated along the lines Of
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

nal Courts act gives city magistrate power
to remand woman brought before him for
observation and investigation of her physical
and mental condition for period not to ex-
ceed fourteen days.
Night Court
for Women
The Board of Magistrates in New York CITY
are gwen power If they deem It best for the
public interest,"" to direct that the senarsta
court for women be held either wholly or
partly in the day time
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23

do. The bill repeating that law has been
signed by the Governor since, SO that obstacle
has been removed-but nothing has been done
Most Of all, the Julia Richman girls have
proved their craftsmanship by making a rec
ord in the thing that really counts these days:
war work. Under all the handicaps to their
physical comfort they sold $1,359999 worth
Of Liberty bonds in the second Liberty Loan
campaign, and in the last one they got the
best record of all high schools in the United
States, totalling in all 1870 subscriptions
They lead the city schools in the sale of War
Savings Stamps, and they have fourishng
units for surgical dressings, knitting and Red
Cross work Patriotic, energetic young things
they are, giving everything they have
And what can we do to help them get
new decent quarters?
The Cause Has Godfather, but Needs
Mother
The whole thing is up to the Board of Es-
innate and Apportionnent now. The Board
of Education is heart and soul on the side of
the Julia Rchman girls. Commissioner Jo-
seph Yeska has displayed so much interest
that he has been designated the godfather of
the school, On February 27, 1918, the board
passed the following resolutions:
Whereas, the former Board of Education on July
25 1917 (P. 1881 -s4), considered the matter of
the selection of site for the erection thereon Of
building for the Julia Richman High School
and the recommendation made by Dr. Edward B.
Shallow, then acting superintendent of schools,
that said site should be located between Eightieth
and Ninetieth Streets east of Park Avenue
Whereas, resolution requesting the Board of
Estimate to appropriate funds to the amount of
$2,oo0,O00 for the acquisition Of such site for
the erection of such building laid upon the
table on the motion adopted, to get the committee
on finances to include in the estimate for 1918 a
sum sufficient to erect high school on the site
heretofore acquired at Pennsylvania, Sheffield
and Dumont Avenues. Brooklyn. and
Whereas There is great and urgent necessity
for suitable building for the Julia Richnan
High School owing to the fact that said school
is conducted in several old elementary school
buildings, thus creating conditions for the pupils
New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
City-Sta te-Nation
Summary of State Legislation General Welfare

as to require his commitment to an institution
for the insane.
Bureau of
Venereal Diseases
A Bureau of Venereal Diseases has been
established in the State Department of Health
It is to be under the direction of the State
Commissioner of Health The bureau is au-
thorized to buy, manufacture and dispense
remedies for the treatment of venereal dis
eases, and use whatever other means seem
desirable for the suppression and care of. vene-
real diseases. Thirty thousand dollars is ap-
prcpriated for carrying out this law.
The Washington times., 1918-04-06
A Valuable Precedent.

The plan. which will likely prove
a precedent for other cities to fol-
low. was this: Cards are given to
every retail dealer IN the city SELL
ing food necessities. On each card
10 printed the wholesale price tho
dealer pays, and also the price to be
charged to the consumer. togstus,
with the margin of profit set forth
by the food authorities, so that she
who buys may read. Every dealer
must have these prices plainly Wis
ible or be subject TO proper penalty.
DR.. Jonathan Day. CommIssioner OIL
Food and Markets. In corporation
with the police. inaugurated a sys-
tenn of inspection. by dividing the
city into police precincts, and tho
Mayors Council OF Women on Ma
tional Defense. together with many
adies drawn from women in all
walks OF life. help police the Job
and report all dealers who are
charging more than the rates thus
printed.
CRead the rest Of this interestInr
article In Good Housekeeping for
ADHL)
The Washington times., 1918-04-06
The Angels Bath!

Ernest Young. who went TO Siam
TO organize tho educational svs-
tenn. related at the AIdwych Club
recently some curious belief held by
the children there.
He had difficulty IN teaching
them the rudIments of science.
They believe:
That the earth was nat becau..
the priest told them so.
A big crab went down into the
sea and made the tide dow. and
when the crab came up for fresh
air the tide ebbed
When the gods became angry
rolling thunder was heard. and
when tho angels struck Ere out OF
bricks. Summer lightning flashes
were seen.
When many angels got into tho
same bath at the same time water
ran over the side and II raned.
Directly he entered a school the
children Frustrated themselves be-
fore him, and the only way they
could be induced to abandon this
practice was to tell them that Eng
lish children did not do that. They
would do anything English chill
drsn were said to do.
They were awful liars. but when
told that the English boy-was tTUtha
~ they gave ~ TAp habit -K-i
---.-~ls-MaAGL2 .~IEbL2s
The Washington times., 1918-04-06
Puss in Boots Jr.
A PLEASING GOODNIGHT SERIES

thee. is worth more than a thous-
sand wise menr The Duke then
turned upon his heel and retraced
his steps, followed by the little man
Of the wood.
And Just then an acorn fell on
q tree and hit little Puss Junior on
the nose. and Of course he woke UP
with . start But, would you be-
lievs it7 AZ he rubbed his eyes
with his paw. he naw the Duke and
the little man Of the wood walking
away. Goodness met" cried Puss,
my dream IL trus,- and he Jumped
down and followed them. and by
and by they came to the castle, and
Puss hid IN the garden. for he
thought he might md cut who stole
the beautiful roseL
Well, after = while. when evening
came. the little man OF the wood
Sprinkled all the flowers with snun
powder, and then he hid himself be-
hind = bush And after . while,
when it grew dark. two eourtisrs
came out Of the palace and seeing
NO one near. plueksd dozens and
dozens OF the beautiful roses and
threw them over the garden wall
where 9 man with . great basket
hid them away.
But oh dear me, IN q few min
utss those two eouytisrs began to
sneezs their heads on. for the snufY
powder got Up their noses and In
their sySa. and while they wsrS
Snetzing. the little man of the wood
ran into the castle and called the
DuEA And In the next story you
shall hear what happsned after
that
Copyright rs1s. David cey.
To Ne CsstIaueG.
The Washington times., 1918-04-06
Making Home Pleasant
THE PART THAT PAINT CAN PLAY
Great Step Forward When Kitch-
ems Are Made Agreeable
Places to Work In.

from the company. but IL 10 plnEEed
UP and doesn't work well.
But there's no demand fer
model tsnsments." builders tell me
Then. that's the fault OF the aver
age woman whose job 10 that Of
home selecter and home maker.
In the Slums of . great city q
college girl friend rented q typical
four-room cold = water tenement
Upon agreement to keep the place
three month"; the owner allowed
her to nix it up." II cost her
twenty dollars to put Il In the order
she wanted IL She lived there one
year. 30 many came 70 admire the
experiment" that the owner asked
her 20 removals. some other apart
ments IN the same building. That
was nvs years aga To-day she 10
superintendent d six large model
tensmsnts and has q waiting list OF
desirable tenAntA But just what
did she do TO make these undssir-
able homes pleasant and dssirsolsf
The ideal Kitchen 10 all white. but
the average woman. she realised,
does net want the bother u keeping
. white Kitchen spotlSssly clean
So she chose for the Wails q soft
shade OF lustrsless brown ~Ashabls
paint The woodwork was an oak
fnfsh. There was an oak finished
built-in kitchen cabinet Because
the tenants had to use the kitchen
as q dining-room too. she put In q
table that swung nat aGalnst the
wall when not In use: -
Some Of the kitchens we're done
In soft tone Of gray and the
woodwork nnishsd In . darker gray.
On the dark side Of the house the
kitchens. were done IN . creamy
yellow washable paint and the
woodwork WAS of light oak This
made the kitchen appear lighter
than 10 really was.
The average woman conducts the
greater part Of her household work
IN the kitchen. These are times
when one 10 apt 70 become de-
pressed easily. 30 this year when
you do the regular Spring house,
cleaning. endeavor TO try the psy-
chlogical effect Of an artistic
kitchen.
Unhook the overooats from the
kitchen door. Danish the crayons
to some other room. Trim down the
calendar with thu Impossible pic
turs until Il 10 -Just calendar"
Have the dust collecting clock that
never goes repaired or sell It for
junk
The gas companies have a corps
of men willing TO put the stove
you rented from them into disable
condition II you but seek their aid.
Get rid OF that sx.parfor curtain
that oblitsrates light from the
kitchen and substitute a little
cheess-cloth sash curtain finished
perhaps with ball trimmings.
Root through the post and pans
Have repaired or oonsiEn to the ,
Junk heap those unusabls ones that
are clutterinE MP valuable space.
Make your kitchen q delightful
little workshop and no matter how
modest your means, for the first
time In your life. you'u begin to
enjoy II. enjoy being in and work
ing In your kitchen
The Washington times., 1918-04-06
Plant a War Garden
NOW Is THE TIME TO GET BUSY

group order when heavy frosts are
over and the soil dry enough to
work.
The second group vsgstab lss
killed even By . light frost--ars as
follows:.
Early string beans. late sweet
corn. early tomato plants (which
should be protected by Newspaper.
etc, In sudden chilly weather..
Late Ito be planted only after the
ground has begun to warm up)I
Cuoumbers. melons. squash. lima
beans. tomatoes. egg plant and
peppers.
A good way TO tell when 10 plant
the second group 10 to walt until
the apples blossom. and then 20
ahead.
II you VIII plant your tomatoes,
sgg plant peppers and eaullnowsr
seeds IN indoor boxes, or pots, at the
time you make your earliest out
door paintings. thu plants will be
big enough for manipulating whss
the gssuua z sHR $1,000,
The Washington times., 1918-04-06
$4,000 Families Aided.

Besides this . fund was raised
and coal provided for ssventy-nVs
thousand poor families who. after
investigation. were found to have
neither coal nor coin.
With the salient suffering thus
safely prevented and q sub-commit-
tee put IN charge. the chairman and
her committee turned to washing
ton armed with a life-savinE bulle-
tin for the approval of the man who
made food famous-Hoover.
This man OF the hour hadn't a
minute to spare. but when he heard
Of the arrival Of this small regiment
Of ready recruits whose dynamic
force had already vibrated to the
The Washington times., 1918-04-06

Some garden plants are not in
jursd by light frosts. others are
very susceptible But II Is better
to err on the side Of ovsrcAution.
even II you are q few days late
with your hrEt crops. rather than to
have any of them killed, says the
National War Garden Commission.
OF Washington. BY watching the
season and the weather closely and
comparing with the groups here
given the home food grower can
Determine when II Is perfectly safe
for him 10 set his various groups
into the open ground.
PlAnts not injured by light frosti
Early group: Cabbage. Irish pots-
toes. smooth peas. onion set. salad
groups. such as kals. spinach and
mustard
Later groups; Lettuce, radishss,
pGrsnips. carrots. bsets. wrinklsd
peas, early sweet corn.
The sRsy. nay bs RIaatsa n tas