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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

The good Offices of clothes are con-
stantly emphasized. By and by, when
the heroine becomes happy bride, the
girl in the audience is again made
conscious of her own impoverished con-
dition and lack of opportunity.
II could look like that, too. if I only
had the Clothes" she signs and notes
again the value Of making every good
line count-something that cannot be
done without one Of those expensive,
simple gowns and just the right ac-
cessories.
The Training of
Shoplifters
Another reason for the increase in
shoplifting Is the coming into exist
ence of female Fagins, who, their in
comes drained by the war, train young
girls to abstract articles from count
ers and boxes while their innocent
young eyes gaze artlessly about the
shop. 1t is indeed a hardened and
cynical store detective who would
dream Of attempting to fasten such a
crime on girl in knee dresses and
Mary Pickford ringlets!
One of these female Fagins was
recently arrested in Brooklyn. She was
found to have three young girls work
ing for her. Having bribed or fright
ened them into doing her bidding, she
sent them out two or three times a
week into the larger stores and ordered
them to get whatever her fancy die
tated for the day. Sometimes it was
something for the kitchen. Again, she
needed bit of lace or bolt Of rib
bon or small clock. At Christmas
time, it was brought out, one of her
pupils had been told to bring home a
set of beaver furs. She did, and re-
ceived praise that was no doubt en-
couraging.
They are getting shoplifting under
control in Brooklyn, where it had be.
come almost as popular as 1t is in
New York. Word has been passed
about among the old offenders that it
is just as we'll to confess at once when
caught and that the tears and Mysteries
are only waste of time. Among the
novices, of course, these are induced
by fright and are genuine. The diff
ference between the fright of the
novice and the willy attempt of a hard
ened professional to excite sympathy Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Creative Spirit in
Their Music Crushed

The man Wagner then cannot be
to US the rock of offence, nor can
the ethical aims Of his creations.
What remains? Only the language
of his vocal music, which has be-
come hateful to US because of the
nation that uses it as a vernacular.
Because of this hatred we have suf-
fered the loss of not only Wagner's
dramas but the music of the songs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
The Dependence
Upon Foreigners

1t is a 1amentable circumstance
that the orchestras of the United
States should seem almost wholly to
be dependent upon foreigners as
conductors, and the fact that some
of these men are now making loud
protestations Of devotion to our
country's ideals offers nothing in the
way of extenuation for their conduct
in the past There are men in every
rank of life and every profession
ready to "crook the pregnant hinges
of the knee" when thrift may fol-
low fawning." Is Mr.. Stock an
American citizen? Is Mr.. Oberhof-
fer? Is Mr.. Hertz? Is Mr.. Bodanz-
ky? The first has been with us
thirty years. All but the last have
lived through a period in which Ger
many conducted an insidious cam
paign to establish imperiun1 IN I'M
pe,'io here; by the federation of
German societies, sending royal
messages, medals and flags to Ger
man military veterans, exchanging
professorships with our universities,
founding Germanistic societies,
establishing museum at Harvard
by direct imperial gift, and finally
by sending the Kaiser's brother as
an imperial ambassador to weld to-
gether all the agencies designed to
disintegrate American nationalisnn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Opera in English
and in Italian

We heard Martha" and "Die
Zauberfote" last season, but they
were sung in Italian; we heard
LISTS Saint Elizabeth" but twas
sung in English; an older genera
ton of opera lovers learned to ad-
mire "Lohengrin," sung in Italian.
Why might not all of Wagner's
dramas and those of other German
composers be saved for US by the
same device? It is simple, and so
long as the German tongue is hate
full to our ears it will suffice. There
is talk at the Metropolitan of reviv-
ing "Oberon," probably because it
can be sung to the English text for
which the music was composed.
Weber will thus be saved from con-
tumely, as Flotow, List and No
Fart were last season; though tho
management will, perhaps, discreet
ly conceal the fact if Wullner's reci-
tatives are used. Spoken dialogue
is not effective in the metropolitan
Opera House.
Putting aside the question of lam
guage, however, it was sound and
sensible, as well as proper and prac-
tical, to put taboo upon enemy
aliens in our opera house for the
simple reason that by retaining and
remunerating them we were putting
money into their hands which will
eventually be turned into aid and
comfort for Germany and her allies
In a sense it is merely a part Of the
commercial warfare which must &C.
company and follow the murderous
struggle now going on in Europe. II
it involves sacrifice of artistic ex-
cellence now, which we do not be-
lieve, it will in the end bring rs
profit in the recognition and devel'
opment of our own resources. The
last season of opera at the Metro.
politan Opera House saw the end o.
the old and the beginning of new
era. The just claims of our native
talent, creative and re-creative, are
to be NEITHER just claims, not the
demands of opinionated arrogance
There is no danger that the supply
OF non-German operas, singers and
orchestral players will be so e1'
hausted that we shall be thrown
back upon blatant and pretentious
mediocrity in any field. No mors
danger than that we shall continus
tc be dependent, or think. we are
dependent, on the music of living
German composers. That also may
righteously pass under taboo. We
ought not to pay royalties to tho
composers who belong to enemy ma.
tons. Neither ought we to stea
their products, for we are not Prus
sianized and, pray God, never sbaa
be. The simple expedient is to ex
ciude from our repositories and con.
cert lists all works which yien
emoluments to German composers @
German publishers. The artistic los
will not be great, for the masters y
German music are dwelling vine"
royalties are unknown and happy
and happily unneeded. But let y
not starve our souls to feed . faus
grudge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

day, little woman with a heart of
gold who served the cause Of humanity
two years without pay and whose sym
pathy and understanding where women
are concerned know no bounds.
"A woman's affections are the strong
est part of her nature and if she loves
a man she naturally wants to look her
best and please his eye at whatever
cost. She will do anything to gain
or to keep his love, even to stealing
small articles of dress. The pity Of
it all is that when she Is caught and
charged with the theft the man denies
ever having heard Of her. He is the
type of man who is another sort OF
case proves an alibi and walks out Of
the courtroom without even glancing
at the girl who sits with her baby
clasped in her arms"
The Lure of the
Silk Stocking
Times change and with them the ar
ticles of finery most coveted by women.
Years ago tragedies were traced to an
irresistible desire for willow plume.
Then came the shirtwaist craze. Could
girl have too many? That she should
possess enough she thought would be
small thing to ask Of life. In these
times silk stockings are the magnet
that lead to indiscretions. What WON
an does not rebel at replacing her van
fishing supply with coarse and clumsy
cotton? Is 1t to be marvelled at that
few women. having spent their former
silk stocking appropriation on food at
1918 prices try to remedy this loss by
appropriating pair or two of the
coveted articles while the saleswoman
Is busy with another customer?
Few helpful influences are at work to
make the woman Of small means con.
tent with her lot and awake to the
stern economy required by war time
Even the numerous thrift stamp poster,
cannot make her oblivious to the shor
windows and the Fifth Avenue fashion
parades.
The actresses she sees on the stage
are dressed in the latest mode. At the
movies she observes how the hero al.
ways makes love to girl with perfect.
ly corseted figure clothed in a well-fit.
ting gown whose dainty skirt swirls
about trim ankles--ankles that are SET
off by the thinnest of silk stockings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

fused to hate France and it's litera-
ture even while Germany was seek
ing to throw off the Napoleonic yoke,
and Of Schiller, who hymned Free
dom in what is now called the lode
to Joy" which Beethoven, hater of
German political institutions and
lover of the British constitution,
helped to make immortal?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

~ HOPLIFTING is an old trade; pos
sibly as old as war; possibly
as old as desire for the raiment
of personal adornment. Some of this
kind of delinquency, Of course, has its
basis in individual moral obliquity, but
in the main it GIBBS and flows with
periods of poverty and comparative af-
fluence. When the counters are richly
spread with temptation, with tho ap-
peal to aesthetic Qualifications deep
desire with women, which superficial
view designates vanity-and the war
broom has swept their men from in
dustry to heroic, If ill-paid. adventures,
those who yield may be written of, at
least, with sympathy
Even department store detectives and
probation officers take somewhat SIM
liar view to this when they give fig
ures to show that the increase of shop
lifting in New York since the war be-
gan is in the ratio of four to thirty,
and at the same time they can attest
in authenticated figures to the dwin-
ding Of the professional shoplifter.
Need, or what is interpreted as need
by young women whose philosophy of
moral and material values is in fux,
is said to be the great determinant in
most cases.
There is an added and a more puz-
cling problem, they assert, the strange
cases of women who, though we'll
dressed and in no apparent want, are
nevertheless impelled to rifle the rich
ly-laden counters.
Cases Off the
Main Track
Some of these women have good
positions. Their weekly pay envelope
contains from SIS to $40. Now and
then woman of superior intelligence
will be found among them, and only
the other day a shoplifting case i'm
plicated one of the finest Greek and
Latin scholars in the country.
Investigations reveal specific causes
Perhaps trained nurse, accustomed
70 the manipulation OF drugs and her
self not averse to occasional indulg.
ence in their use, has entered store
while under the stimulation of the
drug, has stolen, and been caught with
the goods.
Another woman may be in delicate
health. Like the nurse, articles of mer
chandise come into her hands almost
without her knowledge. In both these
cases leniency is shown by store ane
judge-if the women ever reach the
courts.
These cases, however, are the ex
ceptions. The most common cause fol-
temporary lapses Of moral sense among
women who are not professional shop
filters is the prevailing high cost Of
Living, which hits necessities a. vel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

The time for musicians who came to
America to get what their father
lands would not give them to de-
clare their allegiance to the United
States was then; they cannot do it
now without suspicion. Their pur-
pose to hold on to fat contracts and
line their purses is too obvious. If
we cannot have conductors of ma
tive birth let us at least have Brit
ons, Frenchmen, Italians or Bel
gians. The tenure of loyalty in the
other countries, even Russia, is too
unstable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
The Natonalism of Our Orchestra
Conductors a Test of Leadership
Since the Internment of DR.. Muck
Sir Henry Wood Acceptable,
If Willing

ing his naturalization, though it is
more than we have heard about Mr..
Gabrilowitsch, who found hospita-
BILE asylum here after being COM
PEELED to leave his home in Bavaria
after the outbreak of the war.
How much and what kind of
Russian is he? or--what is more to
the purpose in the present crisis
what kind of American is he?
Cincinnati, having seen to it that
the conductor of her orchestra was
informed in Fort Oglethorpe, called
in M. Ysaye, a patriotic Belgian and
sufferer from the war, to succeed
him and thereby set an excellent ex-
ample which might we'll be followed
by other organizations of it's kind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
The Attitude on
Cermanic Music

The question is one of living men
and their national affiliations, not
one Of the source of an art. The
public mind seems to be sadly mud
died as to the attitude which our
concert and operate institutions
ought to adopt toward German
music and German musicians. There
has been little if any effort to differ
entiate between an art and its prac-
titioners, between an expression of
the beautiful, which because Of it's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
The Example
OF Extravaganza

The bad example set by women of the
upper classes who dress with thought
less extravaganza, appearing in the
morning in gowns that would not be
out OF place at an evening entertain
ment, is held responsible for much of
the recent shoplifting among women of
hitherto unblemished character. These
women, their less fortunate sisters. are
tempted to steal, says veteran proba-
TONER, that they may compete in the
sartorial rivalry which among women is
as old as Egypt.
Women whose incomes have been re-
duced in the past three years by the
high cost of living have never been
more 1rritated by the nonchalant af-
f1uence of rich women than thew are
at the present time. Formerly it was
comparatively simple for a woman of
moderate means to appear in a cheap
imitation of an expensive costume. The
reproduction was often complete from
head to foot Even jewelry could be
bought cheaply which showed a marked
resemblance in color and design to ex-
pensive models. But now these things
are no longer within reach of their
purses, for the price of imitation jewels
has SCARED to dizzy and unattainable
heights.
The sort of man who did not want
women to have the ballot delights in
pointing out that women, not men
are the greater offenders in the case
of shoplifting. He does not undeq.
stand, perhaps, that while he is content
with suit of clothes, a clean col.
lar, hat, overcoat and tie, a woman's
needs cannot be enumerated so cas-.
lily.
"A girls longing for pretty clothes
and her willingness to commit crime
to get them are very human after ALL
said probation officer Of the Brooklyn
Court Of Special Sessions the othe,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
WAR STRESS BRINGS NOVICE SHOPLIFTERS
Professional Thefts Dwindle, While Pro-
baton Officers Show Increase of Cases
Since War Began Is as Seven to One

as luxuries. A woman entering a de-
partment store may need four articles
and have only money enough for one.
The result is that before she realizes
what the consequences will be she is
guilty of petit larceny. In the case
of first offenders justice is invaria-
bly, tempered with mercy, for after one
experience of being brought into court
there is little if any desire to repeat
the incident. When it Is possible
sentence is suspended and the woman
put on probation. The total number
of people apprehended for thefts from
New York stores in 1917 was 730. The
stores themselves discharged 5S4 of
these cases. The remaining 146 were
taken to court. The approximate value
of the articles taken by each person
was 1925.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Authorities Puzzled by Strange Instances
of Women in No Apparent Want Who
Pilfer From Department Store Counters

soon distinguished by experienced eyes
and no mistakes are made.
The Kind the
War Has Made
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07
GERMANS PURSUE USUAL
COURSE OF DESTRUCTION

Hy Tho Associated Press
WITU THE NNEHIrtS AENN
O& THE SEDAN FROST Soy -
I'm their retreat east uf the housc,
according 10 r'por'a rrlcnIus Amer
lean headquarters. 'n" Germans or"
destroying property and cutting
down trees along the roadway.
American aviat0rs reported today
that the highway from Stcnay north
ward to CIlly- sur .thlrrs Is blocked
every few yards hy trees across the
road The destruction begins Just
beyond Stcnay and extends north
east and north from ono 10 three
miles
AZ an Indication of the plight ~
the rctreating Germans II is known
that on the entire western front he
enemy has In reserve only one divis-
ion which has been out ~ the bat
tie one month. and four divisions
which have been resting from two
to four weeks.
The Germans, i is believed. have
used an their reserves on the front
opposite TIA" Americans. the last
enemy division in reserve on this
sector having been thrown In In the
desperate effort to stem the Amcri-
can advance.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07
UulgurInnS Cruel.

NY Tho Associated IrrHS.
ATHENS, Nov. q. British prison
ers returning from bulgaria say that
terrible tOrturcs were praCtlcCd by
the bulgarian soldiers upon pris-
oners. some OF whom have been driv-
on insane. Serbian and Rumlninn
prisoners were badly mlStFsatcd and
In one instance a Greek was hung up
by the feet and burned Many har-
rowing reports are told by men who
have been for some time inside the
bulgarian lines
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07

RERNE, Switzerland. Nov, g.
4 manifesto isued by the socialist
marty saws that Philip Schledemann.
tho party leader. with the consent Of
tho party, has asked tbt imperial
chancellor to submit directly to EN-
peror William advice or a request
that he ahdicatc.
Tho socialist manifesto was issued
simultaneously with the govern
mcnt's appeal to 'le German people
and asked the workers not to leave
their wor.. and to abstain from mani
fCstlt!ons
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07

ZURICH, Nov. 6.--Emperor Will
llam's ahd!Cation has become immi-
ueUt, according To Information re
Coivod from Berlin by the Munich
Post The newspaper says that seri-
Owls differences have arisen between
tho Munich and Berlin governments
and adds
Tho IIohen2ollerns and the milf
ta~y party would be making a mis-
take TO play with fire, for the people
are by no means inclined to remain
passive"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07
C,,Ilcs, \hdicatior Drnicd

BASNL SW.'loTIUNI Nov N-"N0-
ports O. the effect that Emperor
Charles intends To abdirate are de-
nicd hv an official dispatch from
Vienna. Another message from the
capital OF the dual monarchy says
that the emperor and empress drove
In the public parks ON SUNDAY and
received cordial salu.uUors from the
NnIU,agG.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07

enough lead had been shot into me
by Russians to free their country OF
bolshevism and everything else ex-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07
ABDICATI0N TALK IS
HEARD IN GERMANY
Moot Question Is III, position Of EIn-
pcror-RCports Persist That His
Fall Must Come Soon.

WASHINGTON Nov. 6-Ahdica-
tion Of the kaiser still is moot
question in Germany, according to
rerorts reaching Washington through
official channels. The military clique
and rro-GCrwans are making des-
pcratc efforts TO save the mouse OF
Hohen2oiICrn, while socialist leaders
and others demand its fall. Off
ciAls expect that events II the near
future will reveal the full extent OF
the critical issues.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07

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official Nord Deutsche AllEem cine
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07

MIR. and Mrs. Clarke n Robinson
(Miss Nancy iounkmanD have taken
"A suite In the Arlington apartments,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07

Mrs n T. Porter has returned
from Marshailiown, Iowa, where she
has been spending the past two
months Mrs lorter was called to
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ness OF her mother,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-07

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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-01-09
Crassie Still Alive.

Fridays mail brought a letter
from G. F. Grassie, one time
land man at Eagle River who
handled the Sanborn Company's
colonies. Grassie is now with
the Evening Journal at Dallas,
Texas. He writes: Fred Morey
sent me a copy of your Christ
mas edition and l must say you
are some guy. 1t done you
proud. That two-page map was
a reminder of some good old
times. Give my regards to
Mickey Haydn and-but l can't
think of the other roughnecks |
used to associate with; also to
any highbrows you possibly
might play with up there"