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New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

oioer1a two opinions are held, but
ABOUT financial and commercial as
sistance- all are agreed. GERMANY
mas fastened her grip over Moscow
ana Fetrograd, partly by military
pressure but also by purchasing in
oustr1al securities at merely
nominal price. AS the country re-
covers, whether under German or
Allied influence, so will these assets
rise again to their real and in
trlnslc value, which means that
Germany will make an enormous
profit. 1t is, of course, a gamble.
IT the Bolsheviki are consistent
they will repudiate scraps of paper
held by Prussians, just as thew
have repudiated scraps of paper
held by France. In any event. Ger
many is only exchanging paper for
paper, and the bargain may prove
to be illusory. But the moral for
America is that. by means of her
unexhausted resources, which are
more tangible than German paper,
she ought to obtain control without
delay of Russian Industries, at
least in Siberia, working them not
tor private profit but as national
possessions, held in trust for the
Russian people. A revenue bill,
passed by Congress this summer,
would arm the Administration with
weapons the immediate value of
which can only be appreciated by
those who take wide view of the
Russian situation.
Here, perhaps, I may be per-
mitted to indulge in a brief digres-
sion. To Englishmen, there is. I
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weighted, It seemed, with half-sup-
pressed grief.
Months passed. One evening she saw
enter an aid who held, awkwardlv con-
cealed in his hand, a yellow envelope
he declined an invitation to sit down.
Standing erect, his hands held stiffly
to his body, he said: "Madame''-
She understood
Then, as If walled within an ebony
coffin, the melodies had remained i'm
prisoned under the sombrely cleaning
piano top. For whole days she sat mo-
tionless, her eyes wet, her mind wan
dering, her gaze fixed on the reaec-
tions of the dark surface of the instru-
ment, and, like them, her thoughts
wavered and oscillated, now softened
to tears. now lost in gloom.
1T has quieted her, all the same,"
said the neighbors. And Nine. Petit
Mangin ceased to mishandle her kitchen
battery.
But on November 2, All Souls Day,
a prodigious event occurred, fantastic
coup de theatre, which, in the twink
ling of an eye, drew to their doorsteps,
agltated, indignant, startled, the dwell
ers in the main street.
The piano concerts had been resumed.
would you believe it, Nine. Chavas-
sler that creature-she is beginning tc
play again. Out of malice she has
closed the shutters, so that no one may
see her and, shut in her cage, she
plays-and plays-and plays"
"And her husband has been dead only
two months"
"And on All Souls Day!"
"It is too much"
Soon the decision was taken. A "chari-
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Wooden Ships
Would Save Steel

Now, it is undeniable that much of
this criticism is the outgiving of per-
sons interested in wooden shipyards;
but, with all fair discount for self
interest, there remains large margin
demanding prompt and competent in
vestigation. There is apparently dash
Of contradiction, for one thing, between
the preferers Of steel and the wooden
men, on the point of existing stocks of
timber suitable for barge building at
ship or big boat yards in this and
neighboring states. 1t is fatty denied
by several wooden ship yard owners, at
least, that it will be necessary to use
the overworked railways to haul con-
struction timbers from distant wood
yards to the yards offering barge con-
struction. 1t is further urged with
apparent force that every novel order
for steel bodybuilding is, at best,
regrettable diversion from the urgency
for general steel shipbuilding. More
over, 1t Is pointed out that no possible
addition to the stock of transports of
any practical service should be ex-
cluded, passed over in neglect, in view
Of the shocking dearth Of transports
from the West Indies at present and
the imperative calls for the fullest
feasible utilization Of the New York
waterways.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Tangled Obligations of Allies to America Could Be
Considered Common Investment of These States
AS Safeguard Against Future War

suppose, no more interesting phe-
nomenon in this country than the
popularity of Lord Bryce. He was
not one of our greatest orators. AS
Chief Secretary for Ireland, he was
just and capable without being a
favorite. His recent report on the
House of Lords shows that his
liberalism includes much caution.
Yet America extended to him a
respect and affection hardly paral-
leled in the annals Of diplomacy,
this despite the fact that never in
her history had she encountered a
critic of her institutions so fear
less, SO unsparing, so penetrating.
| am amazed at the candor with
which Lord Bryce wrote his famous
book, "The American Common
wealth." am not less struck by
the good temper with which Ameri-
cans recognized his patient and in
quiring spirit and earnest efforts to
be fair in his judgments.
One of his severest chapters
deals with Congressional finance.
There are two respects in which,
perhaps, things have changed since
he formulated his comparison be-
tween the American and the British
method of handling revenue and ex-
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Amazement reigned in the neighbor-
hood. spontaneous resentment re-
united the ancient hates of the last ten
years.
THAT woman, could you believe, it,
amuses herself while we are at war!"
1mpossible! Is it true then-what
they say?"
ut is exactly as l told you. Every
day she plays and sings-romances and
dances. And she never stops"
81, too, am going to make music" de-
clared Nine. Petit Mangin, the fruit
dealer. who lived opposite. And from
that day on, no sooner had the first
arpeggios taken form than Nine. Petit
Mangin, seized with sudden culinary
fervor, thumped the pots and pans,
ratified the tin buckets, shovelled the
ashes from the stove and made other
terrible noises with the kitchen uten-
sils.
The window closed silently and one
heard now only stifed melody,
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sit in Congress, but deal with COM
mittees, Of which one handles taxes
or receipts, while the other handles
payments. Both Congress and Par
lament can bring things to a stand
still by refusing supply, but with
you such action does not force or
permit the President to resign,
while with US, it compels the Prime
Minister to give way to a successor.
1t is obvious that your system
might leave the country with an
irremovable President, bereft Of
money with which to carry on the
administration, and if this never
happens it Is because no party in
the United States ever forces the
Constitution into an impossible
dilemma.
The fact that your Finance Min
lister is not directly responsible for
passing finance bills through Con-
gress makes things little compi-
Gated for the outsider. But as l un-
derstand the position of your first
ten billion dollars, raised during
your participation in the war, about
one fifth, perhaps less, came from
taxes. This is not the whole story,
because the income tax is still rolling
in and will yield, I suppose, three
billions year, all told. But, on the
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w 7HEN she walked, with little
w nervous steps, the shining
pavements of the main street,
window shades were stealthily raised
and glances out of shadowed window
corners were levelled at her with un-
friendly insistence. Then, bending her
neck forward little more, she hurried
on, as If from behind the window panes
she heard the rude comments of the
neighbors.
"There is one who doesn't worry her
self about the war"
"Nor about her husband, you might
add"
He may get killed, but that will not
prevent her from playing her piano."
"The Mayor ought to forbid it,"
"Let her 60 and play in her cellar.
Then, at least, we shall not hear her"
"But don't you see that she does it
all maliciously? Every time she plays
she opens the windows"
Why, mon Dieu, all this malevolence ?
She was not arrogant. Far from it.
She had renounced her poor thread
gloves, all the coquetry of the "petite
bourgeoise." Her red hands, chapped
by the cold, roughened by household
work, attested her humility.
Her happiness did not lie in making
others dissatisfied-a very modest es-
tablishment, husband never more than
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

penditure. First, this country can
now and does impose a legal income
tax. Secondly, it is no longer pos
sible to say that high tariffs pro-
duce an income which, after almost
wiping out the national debt, is diff
ficult to spend. America is con-
fronted to-day by a prospect Of i'm
mense deficits which it will take her
many years to clear off.
There remains, however, one
comment by Lord Bryce that is un-
altered by circumstances. So far
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
By Mrs. Alice Wingate Frary

these are established, however, private
classes fill a real need. Where the
number of pupils does not justify a
kindergarten in establishing a fully
quippd school in a room of her own,
the mothers may meet her half way
Such an arrangement has been success
fully carried on in many localities.
The Spirit Was There
Five mothers in a somewhat isolated
community applied to training school
for Kindergarten to come into their
homes One mother collected the tut
tion, two alternated in giving up their
dining rooms for the class. The din
ing table and chairs were used for the
table work, while each child supplied
his own small chair for the circle.
The piano, in the living-room, was
placed at the kindergartner's disposal.
Conditions were not ideal--low tables
are preferable to high ones; floors
showed the wear from marching and
games; the Kindergarten at times found
suitcase cramped quarters for her
materials. And yet in spite OF all
those drawbacks, children, mothers and
teacer were happy for three years, The
right spirit was there and the children
developed to a marked degree under
its influence.
Singing with the children, playing
with them with an eye to their de-
velopment as we'll as their pleasure.
watching and discussing out-of-door
out of season, stories, stories, will as
sist materially in beginning the kinder
9arten spirit into the home.
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sent avowed and cautious experiment.
ing.
Moreover, not only the plain inferi-
ority in carrying capacity, but the
structure of the old barges, greatly
detracts from their serviceability. It
has been calculated officially by Su-
perintendent Witherspoon and Chief
Engineer Williams that a speed ap-
preaching ten miles an hour may be
attained by the new transports of
their conception on the routes from
Buffalo and Oswego to New York over
the canalized rivers as we'll as the
course of the Hudson.
AS the new system has skilfully as
sured canalized river courses for over
10 per cent. of it's stretches, it is
evident that the old crawling canal
boat was practically counted out in
the plan of equipment. According to
the latest official report, a total of
about $50 old canal boats and barges
is still owned by operators in the lake
ports Of the State in addition to the
stock in Greater New York. But $50
tons is full measure of the carrying
capacity of any of these relics, and it
is yet to be determined how many are
fit for any exacting service Of a tug
through the new water ways.
400 Old Boats
Will Be Used
1t is cheerily observed by the ener-
getic secretary of the New York Board
Of Trade and Transportation that
considerable number of old boats will
be used from the opening of the canal
season in transporting coal. at any rate
from the lake ports to New York har-
Gardner's present anticipation does not
extend much beyond the provision Of
soma four hundred boats for this
urgent requirement.
Now, taking the full net tonnage, or
coal load, of "heet" of four canal
boats hauled by tugboat, there is
clearly only maximum load of a
thousand tons. At three trips a month
each "heet" of this composition will
bring to New York 5000 tons, and in
the seven months Of the usual "open
season." a total of $1,000 tons. A
hundred fleets in service will transport
in this way 100000 tons, q most well
come annex to the severely stinted
supply now in prospect, but far from
utilizing the great transporting power
Of the now admirable waterways.
Moreover. there is a host of naval
engineers and practical canal boatmen
who are frankly incredulous of any
high speed movement of old canal
boats or any rate much exceeding the
old fashioned crawl of four miles an
hour. Only actual trial for a season
can demonstrate the extent of average
service and possibly confute the doubt
ing Thomases. But they still insist
that the excess Of steam power neces.
sarily exhausted in the effort to tow
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n NY mother who wants to can
n learn something of the under
lying principles of the kinder
'A.sen by securing copy Of "Mottoes
sao Commentaries of Froebel's Mother
."y or by subscribing to kinder
sss'en magazine. The latter will be
.Vand especially profitable, the lead
"s articles furnishing solutions to
ssny problems, while the stories and
~ suggestions for handwork and
.s"es will often be as useful for the
ssmes as for kindergarten.
mother can select only one fea-
,s'e OF the kindergarten to use in her
e, surely the storytelling period
.Suid be the best choice. There are
many opportunities for stories at
-'ae. They will serve as oil to the
'sninery Of bathing, dressing. eating,
{ : .se can accompany ironing. the wash
ss the washing Of dishes. hand sew
= and the like. The mother whose
-mo Is we'll stored with good tales
sM not lack for an appreciative audi
Neither mother nor child will
boredom and empty, tired and
lal hours will be transformed into
ses' healthful and tender times.
Frivate Home kindergarten
+ 3, Aanoergarten for the neighborhood
..1. De the aim Of every thoughtful
The public school is usually
place to start kindergarten,
r = most likely to provide COM
~ equipment and well-trained d.
UntiA . sufficient uNmbex OF
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vari" would teach her to observe
the proprieties. To treat her to one all
the gossips armed themselves with
kitchenware, destined to produce a
frightful discord, and slipped into the
garden adjoining her house.
Neighbors Found Her
Weeping Bitterly
The shutters were tightly drawn.
Softening their footsteps, ready to TN
chain their tumult, they advanced tow
ard the windows. Then, peeping
through the cracks. they saw:
Dressed in black, her head thrown
back, her eyes raised toward the photo
graph of her dead husband, placed be-
tween two gas jets, whose reddish yell
low flare flckered amid the shadows,
she sat playing A tender melody arose.
mounting like incense toward the mo-
tionless portrait, and her hands
caressed the pale keys as if they were
touching bloodless, lifeless body.
Thick tears ran down her cheeks, like
the burning drops which fall from a
stick of wax
And before that incoherent spectacle.
feeling obscurely that they were in the
presence of mystery, of which it was
not right to lift the veil, they skunk
AWAY without a word.
They still believe that she is little
deranged. And when, with little, ner-
vous steps, she walks the main street,
the neighbors shake their heads and
tap their foreheads, not knowing that
that derisive gesture also serves to
mark the position Of the unseen star
which is imprinted on the brows of
those who have learned how to subdue
their griefs to harmony.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Hay Fever

A Sufferer-What is the cause and
remedy for hay fever.
Hay fever is a stubborn affection Of
which 1t is difficult to rid ones self.
Cases are cited of people who were af-
ficted with it for six months. Hay
fever. as a rule. demands its victims
in spring. sometimes later. It results
from the pollen in the air coming into
contact with the mucus Of the eye and
through breathing with the respirator
apparatus. The mucous membrane be-
comes irritated, and this results in
coryza. asthma and. in certain compli-
cations, in bronchitis. This affection
can also be provoked by absorption of
the vegetable dust floating in the air.
The French physicians Billiard and
Mallet few years ago published .
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other hand, so are your outlays in
creasing. In March you seem to
have spent we'll over one billion dol
lars, and this was before you went in
for an unlimited army. AS you call
up men, SO do you automatically in
crease the charges for pay, equip
ment and maintenance. AS those
men lay down their lives or sacri-
fee their health and limbs, so will
the charges for pensions and other
compensation accumulate.
America Generous
To Her Soldiers
In these respects America has al
ways shown great generosity to
those who fight her battles, and it
is evident that the canny Scottish
mind of Lord Bryce suspected GER
tain wastefulness in the more recent
disbursement of pensions to the fam
1lles and dependents OF the American
army. The figure has stood at about
$50 million dollars a year, which Is
equal to the cost of the British army
before the war, and almost the cost
of the British navy in the year 1907.
On the whole, the fault, if fault
there has been, was on the right side.
l wish that we in England had a
Memorial Day for soldiers and
sailors who die in our service. The
way in which we allowed our vet
Grams to drift into the workhouse
has been scandal. Happily, we are
putting that matter straight for the
future.
My own conviction is that this war
and the reconstruction afterward
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Queries and Answers

series of interesting researches in this
respect. They injected pollen and veg
etable dust into the peritoneum Of
ducks. They then obtained hay fever
serum that may be employed in the
treatment of asthmatic, arthritic and
even tuberculous patients. The treat
ment Of hay fever is very simple. 1t
suffices to instil drop Of serum into
the corner of the eye once or twice
daily. The results to all appearances
are conclusive. At any rate, the
method may be effective in dimin,s shine
the crises Of coryza and asthma in
predisposed persons, and in these con-
dltlons its employment cannot but be
beneficial.
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as I am aware, there is no Euro
pean country that manages it's
money quite on the American sys-
tenn. In the British Parliament
the budget concerns the House of
Commons alone. In Congress, the
taxes originate in the House of
Representatives, but may be revised
by the Senate. With us one cabinet
presents annually the estimates for
revenue and expenditure, which are
thus under one coordinating au-
thority. With you ministers do not
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
. HE announcement of the opening
of the recreated artificial water

- HE announcement OF the opening
of the recreated artificial water
~ ways of New York not later
than the last week of this month was
given out by Frank S. Gardner, secre-
tary Of the New York Board Of Trade
and Transportation. with the author
ization, as he stated. of the Superin-
tendent of Public Works and the chief
engineer.
This was a highly gratifying re-
joinder to the skeptics who have been
questioning in querulous chorus every
official report on the progress of the
state canals to completion. 1t is
further most distinctly to the credit OF
the guarded assurances of General
Witherspoon, whose latest official bull
letin last year anticipated the compile
ton of the unfinished sections for prac-
tical service on or about July l.
Just credit must be given to the men
in charge and their working force for
pushing past every obstacle the con-
struction of the great new system OF
canals so soon after the usual opening
of navigation on the old waterways.
Here, then, we have at hand the
offered use of a waterway system
directly Joining the immense transpor-
tation over the Great Lakes and the
flow through Lake Champlain with the
mammoth outlet and inlet Of greater
New York, exporting and importing last
year over one-half of the total COM
merce of the United States. This su-
perbly constructed system, costing New
York roundly $154,O0o0o0. and pro-
nounced by impartial experts to be only
comparable in magnitude and impor-
tance with tho Panama and Suez canals,
is now at the service Of the nation and
its allies in the worlds war.
Only Eight Barges
Now Building
What preparation has been made
thus far to use its urgently needed
aid? According to the latest repotts,
gathered by the New York Board Of
Trade and Transportation. only eight
barges are in process Of construction
to date, adapted to the greatly
improved accommodation Of the new
canals and canalized rivers.
Four Of these transports are built
or under way to the order Of Wither-
bee,. Sherman & Co., Of Port Henry, on
Lake Champlain, for the exclusive use
Of this firm of iron ore miners and
shippers in carrying their announced
product of million tons Of iron ore
this year. The other half will be fur
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Papers for Soldier.

l.. F. K.-Can you tell me how to
send papers to soldiers in Francef
II destined to q particular soldier
full postage must be prepaid: II to
the soldiers in general you need only
to affix on the magazine a one-cent
postage stamp and give it to any letter
carrier. who will care for the rest. Thia
holds good only for magazines. As ia
papers, we hear that they are not Hors
warded by the postofice
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
THE ORAT ORIO-A French War Story
Translated by William L. Mcpherson

EtE story aUith touch delicate
III possesses distinction teeling
OF the soul aOhich d0els aooy has pntho
comes to hegtem that ISOLATION instead breaking
becomes dob tragic Many French emphasized the
role OF spiritual
Tat sace of the most natural outlets
other sfernq ith the
sotace of harmony simply umafecedly portrayed
Coparoht hu Tha aTrihun
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to break, dissolve and dissipate itself
in those melodies. naive and supple,
which l love-'La Berceuse,' by Faure,
is one Of them, as you remember. So
if know that at that moment you are
playing, l assure you that shall hear
you. Yes, I shall hear you"
The day on which, after an assault,
her husband had been made q sergeant,
she yielded. Trembling with delight
she had opened the long closed piano.
Hesitatingly, then more rapidly, her
fingers ran over the keys. With light
movement, as if gathering together the
threads Of harmony, they constructed
a suite of sonorous arabesques, and
through the open window, into the still
air outside, the sounds poured, full,
clear and vibrant, like shower of
gold.