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New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Walter Hines Page

1t was an exceedingly unobtrusive
ability that Walter Hines Page brought
TO the field of diplomacy. His success
came gradually, without blare of trum-
pets and in consequence of no, con-
spcuous acts. Personal friendship with
some of Englands greatest minds
played a large part in it. Brought from
private business life, with no previous
experience in public office, Mr.. Page
was called upon to occupy post of
great distinction in an hour of grave
responsibility. 1t was his achievement
to rise to his full opportunity and by
tact and calmness and restraint assist
in maintaining an international friend
ship through the most trying of all
periods, that of an unfortunate and
unpopular neutrality.
In mourning Mr.. Pages death the
country can be grateful that he was
able to continue in his labors through
out the gravest years of the war and
profoundly appreciative of the pluck
and will that held him at his post de-
spite failing health and threatening i'll
ness
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Our Forgotten |. G. c.

The President has nominated, as a
ninth member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, Joseph B. Eastman,
of Massachusetts. Which serves to re-
mind an inattentive public that the In
terstate Commerce Commission still ex-
lists, though for a full year it has had
practically no functions to perform. The
President was given the power to fix
railway rates, and through the Presi-
dent Mr.. McAdoo and the Railway
Administration exercised the power
without the aid or consent of the Com
merce Commission. In the functioning
Of our transportation system it is now
a fifth wheel to the coach, and appar-
emily viii 50 remain until the roads are
returned to their owners or new legisla-
tion is enacted
When the railroads were taken over
it was ignored by sort of common
consent, and has hardly been heard of
since. Yet the largest concrete railroad
problems in the history of the country
now are on the calendar. Obviously, the
Interstate Commerce Commission will
either grow or vanish.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
The Teacher Famine
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In your editorial The Teacher
Famine" you state that in New York "no
class has been left without a dominic" II
you inquire of any principal in the city YOU
will learn that many classes have been left
without teachers, and that at the present
time there are scores, probably hundreds, 0;
classes without teachers in the schools Of
this city
AS an indication that the 44o whose
names are on the eligible list are not seek
ing employment, it is practically mpOs
sible to obtain substitutes for teachers who
are absent or on leave The consequence
of this condition is that classes withou,
teachers are either dismissed or massed in
rooms already crowded beyond the legI
capacity IN defiance of recognized rules Of
health, decency and safety
If no vacan ncies existed in regular teach
ing positions taere would still be the need
Of a lar~e number Of teachers IN excess %
act IS substitutes. Several years ago a
commission appointed BY the late Mayor
Mitchell with Dr Leonard Ayres as chair
nan, found that at that time the average
woman teacher was absent about hours
and % minutes month, somewhat more
than a teaching day Multiply this by the
number of teachers and you will find how
many substitutes would be required under
normal conditions. designations and
fusals TO accept appointment are so COM
mon that they no longer excite comment.
Your analysis of sa aries is equally
Illogical. Comparisons should be made with
other occupations requiring the same
amount of preparation, and some account
should be taken Of the exacting demands Of
life in large city. RUFUS A. VANCE.
Principal Public School 14S.
Brooklyn. Dec 10, 1918.
1T is officially stated at the Board Of
Education that vacancies in the teaching
staff have been filed in the usual way
this year, and that there has been no
shortage on the eligible lists, 440 remain
ing still on the list of holders of License
No. /. Also, the designations and re-
fusals to accept appointment have not
been abnormally large. The point raised
IN the letter that in addition to a per-
manent teacher for each class there
should be a large band of substitute
peripatetic teachers to take the places Of
absentees is separate matter.-ED.l
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
ke-enter The Loafer
To the Editor of The Tribune:

10 the Editor of The Tribune:
Sir: One of the hardest hit ac+iv;+;as
auring the late war was loating In the past
year 1t has become almost lost art but
fortunately for rs natural born idlers +ba
ban is about to be lifted and loafing will
come into its own again Real. genuine
loaiing is only for the chosen few In
order to get the full benefit of it's seductive
charm one has to Be to the manner horn
Few people do it: few have the t;me
The great majority are too busy even to
think about it, except in terms of contemnt
They are the serious, the hard the relen+-
lesS compassion Is to them a thing un-
known. They are the guardians of the
world, and they stand for no foolishnass
others have the inclination but lack tho
courage. For the man who works-and bo
IS the publlc-is sure to frown on The idler
And there is the prospective loafer's w;fa
If she gets wind of it, things NAV not 90
well at home; in fact, he may soon be
minus a homel
AS for myself, 7 like to loaf love to
stand around, reflective like, and watch
other people toll They seem to be able to
DO 1t SO much better than possibly could
furthermore, they enjoy it; or at least
claim that they do. Then why interfere
with mems pleasure? I'm no hand to
quarrel, anyway; I'd rather let them have
their own way And besides, there might
not be enough work to go around, and I'd
have to rob some worthy chap of his share
He might do something rash. No; I'm will
ing to wait. Any sacrifice for quiet life
Personally, l think that the revival of
loafing Is one of the greatest blessings
brought about by the end of the war.
JAS. SHINE.
Billings, Mont, Dec ~, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Christmas by Aeroplane

Science was going to end so many
things in those icy zoos when the CEN
tury of evolution reached its climax! Re-
ligion, faith, hope, charity-it was long
and tragic list that we prepared with
sigh to see dragged into the relentless
glacier Of obsolete wisdom. Naturally
Santa Claus went with the rest How
could a minor and infantile hero stand
when the greatest of gods went crashing!
But the cataclysm never really hap
pened. Any number of queer things
turned up at the last minute to save the
day. That is the way of Science. Just
as she gets life under her microscope for
the final squint, and you think the end
is come, and you look up at the shelves
of books, and your throat goes dry and
dusty the decision slips away Sen
tence is postponed. Another shelf of
books is written, but life is still free.
Mysterious and free. We know more
than we did But what we don't know
has been equally enlarged And every
body, scientist and poet alike, is or should
be happier than ever
For Santa Claus, Science performed a
tender and handsome feat She invented
the aeroplane. Science may be lean
and callous female with horn-rimmed
spectacles. But for this we doubt it. We
think she has been slandered. You can
argue that the war (and not Science)
developed the aeroplane and made it
hummlng reality in every child's sky.
But that is unfair. Science did the lob
IN the beginning and deserves the credit.
If just as reindeers were becoming sus
pect and the whole fairy faith of
Santa Claus trembling in the balance.
beautiful maiden is deserted nose-diving
to the rescue in a Spad, her name is
most certainly Science
The sleigh business was always hard
bite to swallow. The aeroplane makes
the whole thing simple. They are to be
flying over the North Pole soon. Whv
not kamchatka and Punta Arenas in one
Christmas Eve! AS for poetry and
beauty we will back a biplane against
any quadruped. With all due reverence
to the creator of reindeers, the high
soaring wings that a man named Wilb,r
Wright built for humans are far more
wonderful. Santa Claus by aeroplane
is not the twilight of the myths but the
dawn of fresh day for everything
beautiful and mysterious in the most
beautiful and mysterious of worlds.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Curiosity That Hurts

me Red Gross nurse in the army SER
vice who pleaded with the public NOT
TO stare at our wounded soldiers gave
a needed hint that is worth stressing. #
is instructive human nature to turn and
eye any strange looking human BEING.
Anybody who has ever been temporari]v
lamed or injured so as to display a
queer Imp or cons picuous bandage
can testify to the morbid interest such
affllctlon arouses. Ordinarily we do not
realize that this human failing exists.
We do not notice it in our ourselves or
others when the object is some one else
But let the staring, curious circle of
eyes be focused on ourselves and the
sensation will never be forgotten.
1T is not so much lack of sensiblitv
that permits such staring as a lack of
imagination. The starer does not real
lze what acute discomfort he is causing.
That is why the warning with respect
to our soldiers is so valuable and timely
Try to put yourself i'll a manned mans
place He wants your admiration and
H.
pathy, yes But he wants even more
to feel that he is a regular human being
like everybody else, able to work and
play with the crowd. Such is the right
and true point of view, as all our carry
on programmes of physical and men
tai reconstruction hold and inculcate.
10 look at him as a thing peculiar and
awful, Or even gravely different, is to
attack the whole basis of his future. He
is quite right to resent it.
Let US all remember this. Let us
cherish our wounded men, year by year.
Let us do everything we can in small
acts of courtesy and large But let us
make it clear that our Fundamental
feeling is, as it should be, honor, not
pity.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Belgium s Weight

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Caspar Whitney, in his "Who
Won the War;" (The Tribune. December
22), omitted to mention the deeds of the
Belgian army from Liege to the User.
If no one in particular Won this war. Bel
gum assuredly won for herself the prelude
and with no other help than her own pluck
We know that Verdun is a French victory.
the Marine might be French victory, it is
Brltain's, Russia's and Belgium's battle. too.
Belleau Woods Chateau Therry- SCISSORS is
a Franco American advance.
Still, does any one doubt that but for
hlng Albert's men at Liege fighting alone
against Germany and outnumbered bv 20
to l, there could have been another "weight
IN the scale" than Won Kluck's own?
JULES RAUCOURT.
New York, Dec 23, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Ye Ed. Receives a Xmas Gift
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Sabbath School

Dear Ed. Roomc: You and | went to Sun
day school together. Usually enrolled
late in November and vanished for eleven
months on the Sunday after Christmas.
The assurance of eventual, perpetual bliss
could not enlist our attendance for
twelve months on end, yet the trumpery
box of candy we received at the Christmas
Z celebration always regarded as suf-
ticient pay for months presence.
Services were held in the chapel an
hour before church, remember Ed? Miss
Post was our teacher, rest her soul! We
still remember the thwarted yet hopeful
look with which she used to call upon us
for the Golden Text
There was a melodeon at the front Of the
the hail. and map of Palestine and a
set of Bible story Autographs at the rear
of the platform, on which Jabez Onder
donk, our superintendent, used to pace and
beam upon Miss Jacobus who played the
organ Jabcz was a widower.
Remember the complicated scoring sys-
tenn of some sort whereby the class pos
sessing the largest number of members
naming to church reaped some intangible
reward? Mis- Post used to ask us each
Sunday, "Going to stay to church ?" and our
answer was duly recorded thereby putting
g premium on perjury.
Buck Sheridan was our hero. H. used
to distribute the books from the "liberry"
and read off the total collection by classes
at the end of services. We envied Willie
Hall and Charley Wells too. They
"passed the plate' and thus saved the
IL
Sunday for contributions.
We wonder where you are, Ed, and who now
beams upon the melodeon player from the
platform? And we wonder if any ever
found out if Elder Ryerson, who taught the
"Men's Bible Glass" and chewed tobacco,
really carried empty mustard tin in the
inside pocket Of his frock coat was
commonly reported?
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24

dispatches, however, now report that the
government is bringing loyal regiments
in some haste to Berlin for its protec-
ton.
In view Of the clearing up of the stu
alton made by the congress at Berlin
last week it seems now perfectly safe to
predict that the Majority Socialists and
other moderate elements of the popula-
ton, like the rev German Democratic
party, will control the constitutional
convention.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24

destroy whole cities in a night; and
Of the German forces. That is the
wonderful part of the matter-that
against great airplane squadron flying
by night at even fair height there Is
almost no protection possible short of
maintaining an enormous patrol.
Now. consider the other side spoken
of by the French aviator. A great COM
mercial air fleet capable of carrying
large cargoes could be turned into a war
offensive in the space of a few days.
The French ace pleads with his govern
ment not to demobilize the air force, but
to keep it at the highest possible pitch
of efficiency. And there is still another
side. That is that great nation which
manufactures large quantities of chem
icals and fertilizers, as Germany does,
has almost ready-made and at hand all
the explosive materials for tremendous
air bombing offensive. The French press,
inspired by the views of Lieutenant
Fonck, are beginning to demand that
one of the peace terms shall be that
Germany shall for term of years be
debarred from the air and debarred
from building airplanes. In considera-
ton of this question it should be re-
membered that the steel production and
the industrial capacity which would de-
termine ultimate airplane production of
Germany are equal to those Of England,
France and Italy put together
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
War Powers in the Air

There is a phase of the whole peace
discussion which seems almost neglected.
That is the import of the tremendous
development Of airplane fighting and
alrplane offensive in the last few months
of the war Apparently the, struggle
stopped just as the airpane was COM
ing into the fulness of it's possibilities
1t is hardly too much to say that in
another six months the war would lit
orally have been carried into the air
Consider the figures: The total num-
ber of planes at all times which the
American army had at it's disposal in
France was about 6.472 Yet the total
of our air personnel at the front when
the war ended was $4,000. That of
England was 260 200. Only something
like 1900 American made planes had
reached France before the truce. Yet
The total number constructed in this
country exceeded $4,000, and the United
States has now something like 10000
completed airplanes on hand The
total number of completed Liberty
motors, large part of which were de-
livered to the forces Of the other nations
exceeded 10000.
We were on the way to build an air
plane fleet which would alone have over
Whelmed Germany, even if it had been
impossible to overcome her by ordinary
force Of arms This was one of the
big outstanding facts of the situation
which caused Germanys sudden capitu-
lation
In another year we could have mann
factured and delivered to France ner-
haps 10000 completed planes. That is
probably far more than the total num-
Der Of airplanes put into service in the
whole war on both sides. In fact, up
TO the last few months, the largest num-
Der of planes which could be kept in
service at the front on the Allied side
did not much exceed from 1 500 to 1000.
The largest raid organized by Germany
was that on Paris. which was a feet
nun bering 1876 planes. Nothing like
this number ever attacked London.
Yet Germany likewise was entering a
stage of heavy airplane production, and
especially of the huge bombing planes.
The dispatches report that commercial
airplane services are being organized in
Germany, and in retiring from his post
at the head of the Air Ministry in Eng
land Lord Weir predicted that air
planes would soon become the rivals of
trains. Two weeks ago, at Rockawav. a
monster airplane, constructed in this
country, carried load of fifty persons.
or, roughly, nearly three tons of live
weight. A still larger airplane is re-
ported by correspondent of The Lon-
dom ErpresS as completed in a factory
near Berlin. The Capron Company in
Italy is likewise going in for planes of
enormous carrying power, and the highly
optimistic head of that company pre-
diets airplanes in the near future that
will be able to keep in the air for a
week
Lieutenant Rene Fonck, who is called
the French "ace of aces,' declared the
other day that if the armstlce had not
interviewed the French army in the air
would soon have been strong enough to
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
A Public Apology

(Fron The Netoton (io,od) Ne.os)
Warning-A resident of North Newton
went home from work Saturday night and
as he went in the front door man went
out the back door. This party had better
leave town, for know who he is and am
after him.-W. H. Miller
Hron, the Same Pepper. Ttoo Dogs Later
l have since discovered that it was
neighbors dog that bounded out Of the
back door as | came in the front door the
other night. My wife had gone to neigh
bors and left the back door ajar, hence
big dog had no trouble getting INV. H.
Miller
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Fate

LIE WHO had loved such things as DAVIS
Il l. and grasses,
The haunting, solemn chords that ChOpm
dreamed,
October arbors weighed with purple
masses,
Lay huddled where the shrapnel whlz7e'
and screamed.
He who had known those large transcenden'
hours,
Where architectural splendors wes''
their SPELL
Great galleries stretching under fsuties'
towers,
Fought off the showers from dense rsin'
of hell.
He who had felt life as q mighty yearn'ps
Holding a promise always unreveaieo
eternal flame on Youths white altar ouf'
ing),
Watched Deaths slow coming on f''
ders field.
U. S. N. RI
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Playing Safe
From, The E0nsos r,tu

(Fron The Kansas Ctty STAR
Mr.. Brisbane has bought another news
paper. Evidently anxious to secure a news
paper through which no one could suspect
hlm OF dealing with the brewery interests,
Mr.. Brisbane bought one this time in
Milwaukee.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Quantity Production

From The Grand Rapids Press,
We can hardly await the appearance of
uncle Henry Ford's newspaper, which. We
understand, is to be assembled like Ford.
with the sporting editor at one end Of the
runway and the society reporter at the
other
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24

The world is composed of people who
never finish their Christmas shopping
till the last moment and those who run
downtown on Christmas Eve "iust to
buy a few odds and ends"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
SHOES g. SHIPS G.
SEALING WAX
FORGOTTEN!

FOkGOIIEN!
How did he know it was Christmas
morn?
Dear little rogue! Ere the day, new
born,
Had lightened the gloom, where mys-
terious, lay
The bulging stockings, the bundles gay.
But he knew! And every one knew it,
too,
BY the shril tin blast Of his horn that
blew
Its merry message, that seemed to say:
"Wake up, wake up, it is Christmas
Day
Come, everybody, get up and play!
How can you sleeping lie?"
How could he know the day was here,
Poor little waif in his garret drear?
The shivering sunbeams might not seek
A resting place in home SO bleak.
Yet out from his tumbled bed of straw,
He reached foot to the frozen floor,
And, timid, fearful, crept to where
In the chimney corner cold and bare
single ragged stocking hung.
Limp and empty, there it clung-
A strangled sob and one big tear
But no one to see and no one to hear.
FORGOTTEN, the gladdest day Of the
year!
Was it you that forgot? Was it I?
Vida SALVAGE OWENS.
A lot of people are going to sing
Christmas carols this gear a0ith "ercept
Genmamy" added after each verse.
Ye Ed. Receives Xmas Gift
Paeonian Springs, Loudoun Co., Va.
Dear f. F. ": I am sending you by
parcel post Virginia Corn Silk CIGAR.
Yours very truly,
TRISTAN RODNEY LEADAM.
Just for thnt, Iris, 1ue're going to
smoke it, and the things aueU think about
you then viN be yoatr oau7t fault.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
ur,prp or rpr ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated is exclusively entitled to the usc
republication Of all DISPATCHES CREDITED 10 IL or
nol otherwise credited this and also the local
ncws of spont aneous origin published herein
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Isn't Nature Wonderful.

The alligator, as you know
Is just the lowest of the low,
And every time he tries to laugh
He's got to break his face in half
ISOULT
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
CHAR RANTEE

You san purchase merchandise advertised In IHt
TRIBUNE with bsolute safet-tor II dssatlsactlon re-
SUITS any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay yoef
money back upon request No red tame. No auion'in9
". make good promptly II the advertiser does not
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER "a. 1918

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A lot of people are going to sing
Christmas carols this gear aoith "e1cept
Ge1'many" added after each verse.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Peace or the League? :?
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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-12

TWIN BEDS"
Twin Beds" Salisbury Field ana
Margaret Mayo's merry comedy
which has made the whole world
laugh will be the attraction at the
Lyric theatre on Monday the 16th.
Twin Beds" is said TO be the fun
NEST play ever written and to be
as tangled up as ball of yarn with
which IN fsiaaaoooooooi
which the festive kitten has played
but II isn't one of those bewildering
things that make ynur hend ache In
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bring hack health, oppeaite

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RG]2:Ic',il(1rllA
PillA
iarseg, ssic 81 Any Medicine In tho world.
Sold everywhere. In Boxes, l0c.. use.
-
EASING THE CARES
or SOLDIERS FAMILIES
The ten thousand Home Service Sec
lions OF the American Red Cross, In
their work OF looking after the fami-
lies Of the enlisted mon, are doing won.
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URlltD WAX

vEIEkHNN
A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
COMPOSED OF ALL SOL.
DIERs OF ALL WARS
The United War Veterans, Ma
tional .. ganization has been formed
to. include in its active membership
all Veterans of the Civil War and