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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Everybody To Smile on
Mondays

TNVER since the custom was inaugurated
r. for men and women to begin their
weeks work on Monday, that day has
been universally acknowledged "blue, and'
Ike the proverba dog with the bad name,
Il has been totally unsuccessful IN rlddlng
itself of that unpleasant characterlzatloh'
Clerks and saleswomen, errand boys ana pahA
presidents stenographers and street cleaners
all are expected and supposed to nave
crouch on Blue Monday And the custom mas
grown so universally that any one who IS
found whistling or smiling on that unhappy
lay is deemed bit odd
And now, suddenly, in the midst OF TINS
accepted state of affairs, the combination OF
various events-nanely, q war. d freezing tenn
perature and fuel shortage-has shaken
our routine Millions of men and women
throughout the country who have gradually
come not only to accept, but even rather
eloomily to enjoy, Blue Monday are unex-
Doctedlv brought face to face with the reall-
zation that Monday has suddenly become
wcrlless.
The first break has been made. Work,
labor. drudgery have suddenly been knocked
cut of Monday, and that day has become
aav ever before experienced. It's neither
Sunday, with its best clothes and church actlvl-
Ties nor festive Saturday, when may go
shopping and spend in ten minutes the hard
earned salary of week It's new, odd sort
of day, and men and women still wonder
ing whether they shall laugh or weep.
The women of the Brooklyn Y. w. c. A.
say that people must smile. Now that the
traditional characteristic of Monday has been
broken, they are determined that the day shall
be completely transformed into the jolliest
day Of the week. And they are rallying all
the girls of the city to this slogan, "Well
knock the blue out of Monday! eff you cant
work on Monday" they say, "dont sit at
home and NOPE. Here's a holiday suddenly
forced upon us, whether we like 1T or not. And
since it's here, why not make the most OF IT
Come on down to the Brooklyn Y. w. {. a.,
either the Central Building, at Flatbush Ave
nue. and Schermerhorn Street or the Eastern
District Branch, at Bedford Avenue and keap
Street, and have a good time
For this campaign against Blue Monday
they have planned diversified and jolly pro-
gramme In the afternoon there is to be a
Ked Cross workroom, where girls can come
and do their bit of service in making
oandages and surgical dressings and scrap
books for the wounded soldiers. And in the
evening there to be games and music
ana there are even whispers of refreshments
ne women who are planning these parties
refuse to give details. "Let the girls come
and see for themselves" they say. And they
add, "All the girls of the city are welcome.
ana the only admission fee is smile.'
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

pressed DR.. Gregory, who was connected with a
military hospital in this district during the
year 1915. In the hospital with which she was
connected there were five hundred beds, only
fouref which were set apart for the use of civil
ians. For four years the people of this region
have had little or no medical attention. The vii
lage doctor, of course, called to the front in
the early part Of the war and the only med-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Where other
Plans have Failed
Practical Flaws in Other CO=0per-
afive Buying Schemes.

Practical Flaws i'm Other C0=0per-
afive Buying Schemes.
attempts 7cere made to run retail
store. The retailer 7cas not eliminated
Im inexperienced retailer mas substituted
for one 7cho hne7c the business, and no
economic results folloncd.
Much. Of the sauimg zcas effected by
getting uoluntecrs to zcorh for nothing.
This neuer "zoorhs" very long or vcry
7ccW.
Enthusiasts and idealists zccre in charge
Of the centuries, but they lacked practical
experience in buying and selling IN 7cholc
sale quantities and had no contracts 7,ith
the market.
Co-operatiue buying zcns attempted for
nearly cuery hind Of commodities or foods
at once. Reformers usually bite off more
IN their enthusiasm than they can chcse
and digest in their sober moments.
Most cooperative schemes required the
members to carry home their goods, often
setting time for the buying. This 7cas
inconuemiem and mecessitatcd small pur-
chaScS.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Why this
Plan Will Succeed
How The Consumers Clubs Plan
Profits by Past Mistakes.

How The Consumers Clubs Plan
Profits by Past Mistakes.
We hare no retail store. DetlUcry must
be IN 1s9 dozen lots and at stated interrals
The consumer cannot eat his cake and haze
it, too--at loucr price!
We employ the most efficient and er-
perienccd help zoe can find, but by sa0'ng
the "Lost motion" IN distribution zee render
the scruicc at the lo7cest possible price per
unit.
Our organizer is an enthusiast--plus
tzcelve gears Of the hardest and most
thorough experience IN buyino and selling
food
We are conser1atiuely Offering only eggs
and butter-zchich zee hno7g zoe can handie
Other foods 7cHI be offered only zcith
caution and after u careful study Of market
conditions.
We deliver by motor direct to the apart
mcnt or bloch zchere the CLUB members
hue.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Teaching theNew Voter
Howto Vote
By SARAH ADDINGTON REID

PART of the clty-Wide carnpaic-n 10
~ provide for the civic education Of the
women voters, Assembly district lead
ers affiliated with the New York CITY Woman
Suffrage party are starting their group classes
in citizenship, under the direction of the Wom-
an Voters Council, Of which Miss Mary Gar
rett Hay is the chairman. The women of a.
number OF election districts, within an Assem-
bly, district, under this plan combine to form
classes to which both men and women are in.
vted. Suffrage leaders in Brooklyn, The
Bronx, Queens and Richmond, besides those in
Manhattan, are active in forming and con-
ductng citizenship schools
In Manhattan classes in full swing. In
the 1st Assembly District Mrs. Margaret Fay.
the leader, is holding sessions at her home at
222 Spring Street, Friday evenings In the
I'd district Tuesday evening Is lesson night, at
the University Settlement, Eldridge Street
In the I'd, which began the instruction of it's
women the week after election under the able
guidance OF Mrs. Catherine Cunningham.
Thursday Is the regular evening at the
district headquarters, at 321 West Four
teenth Street, for class work. Here the classes
are so we'll attended that the district is pIan-
ming to have larger headquarters in the near
future.
In the 5th District Miss Rose Bohan has
selected Hartley House and Friday for her
classes, which have already commenced. In
the 11th, Mrs. Robert T. Oliver leader, a series
Of lectures by Mrs Marion Booth Kelley are
being given at the home of Mrs. f. Chlds, 762
Riverside Drive. In the 18th Miss Edith
Morgan and her workers are arranging for
classes to be held at the Lenox Hill Theatre
with Mrs. Raymond Brown as one Of the first
instructors. In the 18th Mrs Emily Wes-
berg will start her classes next Monday at the
Young Women's Hebrew Association Mrs
Weisherg, Miss Florence Bruning and Others
will conduct the courses. In the 18th A. d.
Mlss Lima Gano is lecturing at the Union Set
tlement, 237 East 104th Street, on Thursday
evenings. In the 10Th Miss Annie Mathews is
holding her classes at the Harlem Library >
West l24th Street, OH Monday evenings.
The suffragists sending many speakers
to ready-made audiences, such as to girls' clubs
connected with churches, to clubs in settle
ments, TO mothers organizations connected
with schools and to church societies. The Col
lege Settlement at 81 First Street will have
classes regularly on Wednesday evenings, the
Girls Club at ST. Barthoomews on MONDAYS.
the Y. W. c. A. at Fiftieth Street and Tenth
Avenue on Thursday and the United Club at
243 East Thirty-fourth Street on FRIDAYS.
Women sewing for the Red Cross are to listen
to lectures girls their enforced workless
Mondays Will be taught in settlement classes
and all through the city wherever foreign or
English speaking women can be gathered to-
gether, the campaign of education will reach
them until, as Mrs. Margaret Fay says, Every
women voter in the city Will be caught some
where in network of classes and helped to
become an intelligent addition to the electorate
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

cal care which the peasants have had has
come from the army nurses surgeons who
might be passing that way. In cases of ex-
treme need the relatives Of the sick person
would sometimes walk ten miles or more to
the nearest military hospital to consult one of
the army doctors, often carrying the patient
with them in rude hand cart.
DR.. Finley's cablegrams sent since her arri
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
What the Plan Is

You form club of four order eggs IL dozen lots
and amount OF butter pound paage devey regular
'nterTal that suits you; payments cash on deirery
We deuer the order By motor collect payment you
No. product at so7ing Of 1870 to $780, the choesac
plus three ccns being cent profit and ovehead
expenses
The plan simple, and nonemsaioun 1t is based ON
sound economies md experience
IS not to be Grpeed that The producers distributors
he 7oNy interested IN song the probc The
sumeS should get together organise and look for
interests just as the producers and distributors d.
No one 7cN tahc interest you, troubles than you do
yo"se hs pan offers the simplest possible form fo co-opcra-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
H0W the PLuu Saves u1d What

LABOR Tweny girls devey do the zcorh of
one hundred men behind
Saves on RENT-N0 stores.
Saves on BUSINESS GETTING-No high reus electric
qns charge accounts to cnhcc trade 1T 1es
pubLcitY and se1ice gro7c
sopes on MIDDLEMEN'S PROFITS Consumers Clubs buy
from shipper his paid ageut and SAGE from 15f u7oods
zczolesalers' and jobbers' profts
sauex on RETAILERS PROF1TSl cent dozen or pound
means profit for the C. AGENT Most retailers need
from 20@ margin overhead losses from spogc de-
E7rru charq6s small orders and their profit
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17


might imagine, these arc
mostly the very old or the
very young, with possibly
a few women whom the
Germans saw fit to leave
behind and a scattering of
soldiers, either temporari-
ly or permanently disabled
back from the front.
The need for medical
care and attendance for
these people deeply i'm
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

The four momen ply
sicians Of the Nezo York
Infrmary for Women and
Children zCho hare been
prime n1OUers "OUer there'
as zCeU as here I'M the
founding of our first
american Women's Hos
pitol Oucrseos.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
Trouble springs from idleness, and grew
Gus toll from needless ease.-Ben Franklin.
INCOME TAX AND FARMERS.

Many Iowa farmers, it is said are not aware
that the new income tax law applies to them,
and will make no returns This is an erroneous
opinion, as the law applies to farmers and all
others whose incomes are within range of the
laws provisions. Neglect to report will result
not only in the payment of the tax, but in addi-
ton the imposition Of severe penalty. Few
farmers keep books and it is going to be diff
cult for some Of them to find out the exact ex-
tent of their income. It is well to remember
however, that the government requires the pro-
ceeds Of all sales be counted as income, wheth-
er the farmer trades his products for groceries
Z or other goods, or sells his produce for cash
Living expenses are not deducted, so all tran
sactions must be figured in the annual returns
Rents are income whether paid in cash or
share of crops There are exemptions which
will free many farmers from the necessity of
paying an income tax and the tax will fall light
~ on all except a few farmers whose incomes
are very large; but if the farmer is a single
man and has an income of one thousand dollars
or a married man with a wo-thousand- dollar
income he must report before March one There
will be an income tax man representing the
government in every county. one who will as
sist in making out these reports without
charge. Farmers and all others will do we'll to
spend some time investigating and studying the
income tax law.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
USING THE RIVERS.

Davenport Democrat: 1t could
have been easily demonstrated az
any time for many years past, but
the hostility which wafer transporta.
ton has had to combat has made II
impossible now to get hearing for
the statement that goods moving
fifteen miles an hour by water ON
boat or barges are beating a loaded
freight car stalled somewhere for a
week by congested rail traffic.
1t seems strange that we couldn't
have seen this for years, and not
nave come into the war just as I'M
prepared for using our rivers as high
ways OF commerce as we were in 80
many other ways. But the dedica-
ton by the shipping board of $780,.
600 OF its shi3building fund for the
building Of twenty.four barges and
four tugs for use on the Mississippi
this year seems to show an awaken
Ing to the fact that one OF our great
national assets has been lying un.
utilized.
Let's hope that the shipping board
viii speed up its work on this fleet
just as earnestly as 1t works for the
creation of a fleet to be put on tar
high seas. Coal and ore that now
help tie up the railroads of the coun.
try can be moved on these barges IN
great quantities, and by the time the
war needs are met we shall have had
a demonstration of the feasibility OF
handling lot Of traffic on the river
that will make 1t an act of evident
iolly TO ever leave the rivers unused
again.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
A CONFESSION.

Rose Pastor Stokes in Century.
am socialist, and, OF course, an
internationalist; but l have miscon.
ceived in the past both my socialism
and my internationalism, as tens OF
thousands of socialists In this country
are doing today.
Socialism recognizes democratic
rule, and 1t recognizes, by enunciat.
ing the principles OF international
ism, the existence, and the need for
the existence, Of nationalism: yet
have been taught in the socialist
movement, as ! suppose many OF you
have been, that internationalism re-
pudiates the national idea. l have
come to recognize this as an abso-
lutely fictitious doctrine, and one
that the socialist movement, II 1t
would be true to its own principles,
must at once discard.
It was my very internationalism
that made nationalist Of me. When
President Wilson uttered the great
watchword Of the struggle-the word
that sent a thrill through the very
heart OF every democratic nation in
the world, I became an American.
No narrow nationalism could have
moved me one inch from my old
position. It was only when our pres
ident, and the American people BE-
hind, stood where the socialist party
OF this country should have stood
that / became an American.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
AN ENDURING TALE

Christian Science Monitor: dit
erature for the sake of Iitara tire"
stands 2arlous chance for a hearing
In these stirring days. Notwithgtand.
ing this fact, an Italian translation M
Edward Everett Hale's famous Amor.
lean short story, THE Man Without
Country" has been presented to ey.
cry soldier on the italian front. Pre-
snmably because there is no bit of
writing better calculated To rousa
real patriotism and further heroic
self-sacrifice than this sublime old
story, which reads like flreside
anecdote, as though Hale were ner.
fectiy unconscious that he was tell.
ing 2 tale universal in it's appeal and
significance. Did he really ever
dream that It would become an in.
spring school classic? The Diessin >
OF having country that needs them
and wants them has always hSan
taken for granted by Americans
and now Edward Everett Hale's nm.
dying voice is heard in the trenches
OF far-off Italy telling the warriors
OF the Venetian plains that II ia q
very real blessing, even in wartimef
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

plausible that he realizes the impossibility OF
saving his dynasty and the old regime ana IS
resolved to fight on to the inevitable doWillali
he foresees. ),
In his latest address to his army he calls up.
on his enemies to yield and offer terms OF
peace or he will destroy them with his IRON
fist and shining sword. Considering the
situation that exists in Europe, his impotence
to carry out his threat and how such lunatlc
rawlings can have no other effect except to nerve
his enemies to conquer him at whatever cost,
what else can it be held to indicate except that
he is a prey to the delusion of his invlnclbllity
with God as his "avowed ally as he declares
and that he has decided to go down IN the
wreck of his empire carrying as many with
him. subjects and enemies, as he can?
1t is well worth while to consider 1t the Ger
man people will follow much further ruler SO
manifestly mad. When such men reach this
stage something is near to happening. what II
will be, whether mental breakdown, straight
Jacket, deposition, suicide, we can only wait
and see
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
TEACHING PROBLEMS.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer. School
authorities throughout the land are
confronted with the problem of how to
OBTAIN an adequate supply of men
teachers. The war has made a heavy
drain upon the male teaching force
seven per cent. of the men teachers
IN the high schools OF Seattle for ex.
ample, have entered the country's serv.
ice by enlistment or draft since last
June. or the present staff of high
school teachers, 293, only 10 are mon
Besides the call of war, business on.
portunities have taken anappreciabie
percentage of teachers from class.
rooms. And fewer men are TODAY nre.
pairing themselves in universities for
the profession of teaching than ever
before.
IL the high schools are to maintain
their high standard, they must still
have the influence of men teachers
This fact is recognized by the school
authorities and school patrons alike
New conditions are increasing. not dc.
creasing, the need OF men teachers
one OF the causes of the present situa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
Letter in the Humboldt Republi-

Letter in the Humboldt Republi-
can:
FRANCE, Nov. 6, 1917 Tonight
there was huge mail. One man
had a whole mail sack full OF pack
ages. He had wool socks, candy,
cigars, boots, tobacco-a remarkable
collection-but being tightwad he
did not pass anything around, as is
the custom. One other man had
some fudge which he was kind
enough to pass around. Another had
a big boz of gum. 1t also was good.
The most interesting package was a
box of summer underwear that
was mailed in June. i sup
pose next April he will get box
of nice fleece lined, heavy, frost
proof winter weights.
1t is amusing to watch the prison
ers who are in camp. They prefer
to work at making roads, etc, rather
than stagnate in some camp. They
are friendly enough, grinning at the
American boys and scrupulously
saluting all the officers. One huge
rawboned youth-about 6 feet
inches-wears a bright green over
coat. His face is formed like the
front of an iron teakettle He has
white hair, or rather straw colored
hair, bright red cheeks and blue
eyes. His look of simplicity and
youth combined with his odd fea-
lures makes him amazing to look at.
But these Fritzes are safe, having
enoufh to eat and something to 90
Nlln their time. They should worry
about the outcome of affairs Such
people as these are happier in these
times than we who think and feel
our sense of obligation. They have
only to do as they are told, while we
poor devils must use our heads as
well as our hands.
Today we had some diversion in
running down a mouse. There were
about twenty young aviators who are
learning to kill Germans, all after
one poor trembling little mouse.
Some had shoes, one had a bayonet,
others had boards. 1t was some ar
mament. And at that you would be-
lieve that the mouse got away? 1t
went tearing down the barrack with
shoes and boards hailing around it
until you would have marveled that
it could escape. 1t reminded me of
the young fox we had in the ambul-
ance. 1t would sleep by day and
come into the dugout at night. Then
he would crawl over our faces and
creep under the sheets. Soon the
boots began to fly and old fox would
pick up pair of socks and retreat
behind a barrel. Then Hack would
crawl out, pick UP the smelly thing
and put it in a box with string to
keep it from wandering. He would
Groom to it, calling: 10000 little
woxum fovum, did UNI hit UNI with
boot - Then one night the fox
stole everybody's socks and Mac
tried to save the fox from murder.
But someone hit Mac with a rubber
boot and started fight. After that
the chief had the animal shot be-
cause it was causing too much
trouble in camp.
Yesterday afternoon we had mar
velous surprise at dinner. Instead
of boiled food we had beefsteak and
| French fried potatoes. 1t was GER
tainly a treat. When the boys saw
what was coming they let out shout
that might have been heard a mile
away. And how they did fall to.
In a soldiers mess it is everyone for
himself, you know, and let the devil
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
CAMP LIFE IN FRANCE

take care of the hindermost. Ihere
is no exception to this at our mess.
Woe to the laggard who waits TOO
long after the bell rings. Inc one
or two pigs whot sit at my table
will rush in and grab half the Jam
or nuts or whatever delicacy may
have been provided for the meal.
White walnuts seem plentiful mere
and often are put on the table In
large basin. So Mr.. Pig waits at the
door, rushes in and grabs twice ms
share before the others get In. sun,
there are no runts among US ana
most of us can put up pretty goou
squeal Everyone has had pretty
good start, it seems. | WONDER,
though, what kind of preliminary
table training this is for those VINO
are to represent our nation among
this people where commissions seem
the entree to society. Already one
can hear air castles OF what the
boys will do at Paris or Biarritz or
some other resort of the fashlonaple
when they go on permission. IL is
amusing to hear them and to thlnk
how lonely they will be unless they
have friends to introduce them.
l had an amusing experience few
days ago when l had bad colo
which caused me to visit the camp
dispensary. Good care was given me.
The doctor presented pills and put
me in bed in the small emergency
hospital ward. The bed wasn't any
more comfortable than my own, but
there was an Animate Ga cross be-
tween a Chinaman and Malayan)
who hustled him a handful of cop
per which amounted to about ten
cents in our money. He put so many
blankets over me that l could scarce
ly hold up their weight and built
fire In the little stove near me, caus-
ing such blast of heat that l was
ready to rush for the north pole. l
managed to fall asleep finally. In
the night | awoke to find that he
was sleeping in the bed next to mine.
He was peaceable enough, so l turn
ed over and went to sleep again. IL
the morning he was up early, build
ing anew the fire in the tiny stove.
My faithful servant began grinning
and bowling. while he asked me in
good French how matters went with
me- He seemed pleased as a nurse
when he saw me get up and dress.
Every time that he crosses my path
when l go about the camp / see the
same shining teeth and broad grin
that spreads his yellow brown face
all over the landscape. These little
fellows come from half way round
the world to work behind the lines
for France. 1t is certainly an indi-
cation of the faithfulness of the
French colonies.
Have l told you of the women OF
France who volunteered to do
auxiliary work in shops, hangers,
etc? Here there are couple of
dozen of them, l judge. who wear
trousers and blouses for their work
in the motor shop or construction
shops I have a photo of some of
them You will be amused when you
see it, am sure. One especially is
picturesque. Her figure is one that
does not leave much to the magma
ton when draped in this peculiar
uniform They do not stand any
trifiing from those who work with
them, however saw one of them
slap a mechanic so hard one day that
he never got over the surprise
MAX BALFOUR.
Dept. Signal Corps, u s. Air Ser
vice, A. Z. F., France.