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New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Child raining at Home
BY Mothers Who Have Been kindergarten Teachers

garten the child was allowed more
freedom to express himself, and his
interests were carefully observed and
fostered.
Another experience had while
teaching was with child who did not
want to come to kindergarten. For
three days I used all my persuasive
powers; he would come as far as the
door and no further. The fourth day
l got him into the room, but he would
not sit down. The next day he took
his chair, and after that, little by little,
he became part Of the kindergarten.
In the end he was one of my most
helpful pupils. When I went to call
over saloon and that both his father
and mother were heavy drinkers. He
had been brought up with whippings,
and that was the reason for his ex-
treme distrust when he first came to
the kindergarten.
From Four to Six
Many persons have said to me all
that children do in kindergarten is TO
play. l always answer by asking if
they have ever been in kindergarten,
and almost always the answer is no.
Then tell them to go and visit one
| and that after that will talk to them.
Of course. children play, in kinder
four to six years Of age do? The play,
however, is SO carefully selected and
guided that throughout it all the chill
dren learn many things. They learn
from pictures, games, blocks, etc. My
Bobby, though only four, knows the
simplest forms and shapes-the
sphere, cube and cylinder, and the cir
Gle, square, oblong and triangle. Direc-
ton is also taught in the kindergarten
| Through plays, pictures and games the
children learn about the various trades
and their benefit to u.s. These are only
a few of the things they learn. and
wish I could go on and tell all. But
even if / had the time I could not do
so, for l do not know ,all myself, each
day bringing forth something new.
The trouble with US as parents is
that we do not play enough. Some
mothers and fathers say to me that it
is undignified. ! answer, never, if car
ried on in the real child-way. Nothing
is undignifed that will help our boys
and girls to be better men and women
Fostering Interest
In closing, let me add that we as
mothers, though we think we are doing
everything possible for our schildren
can always find room for improvement
and the kindergartens will help US
4 every time. The good work we start
they will carry on. Let us never bs
like the mother who said her boy was
not interested in anything. For thu
boys teacher when she called noticed
that he had box which he seemed tt
take great care Of, and it was not Ions
!. before she learned that it was a col
lection Of caterpillars. Yet the mothel
said that her boy was not interested
in nothing. The teacher at once showed
!, her pupil that she, too, was interested
in hfs collection. She learned from tn,
boy a great many things about cater
pillars that she did not know, and il
| turn taught him things he did no
know Teacher and boy became grea
friends; through this common interes
others sprang up, and the boy hange'
, from a sullen. inattentivc boy to
, broad-minded, wide-awake man. II th
, mother could only have shared he
boys interest, how much more helpful
: 4 they would have been to each other.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
By Mrs. Ethel c.. Young

OE0PLE often remark that my chill
dren do not seem to annoy me. OF
course, they do at times. I find,
acxever, that it is the way l feel and
'oE the child's naughtiness that is the
0ase- Do you ever stop to think that
@dsy you scold your child for some-
mug that yesterday passed unnoticed? :?
Asas wise person who said always
e0ans ten before beginning to scold.
mat gives you chance to think who
sil the wrong and how much he is in
'. he wrong.
have just finished reading an arti-
e'eby Thomas L. Mason the subject of
which was "Can Parents and Children
Cet Together ?" This question was an
swered in the few words: eyes, through
.ove and patience" The article showed
snet parents as we'll as children need
bringing up; that the child is not only
xnss he makes himself, but what he
makes himself plus what the parents
naEe themselves. Therefore, parents
1eed TO watch themselves in order to
saosrstand their children better.
Living With Children
,,l,s " say, Come, let us live with our
sa'ioren." Children, without knowing
:. say, Come, let us live with our
afents." Where is the little girl who
wa not want to make cookies like
aesaer, who does not enjoy having an
Tson and cap to put on when she dusts
saefa Is the boy who is not proud to
w ~ box of tools like fathers? Bob
~ 70 me the other day: Mother.
sA can | have collars and neckties
~ ~ oaddy's?' In all things our chill
copy US. What responsibility
"a . great thing to have kinder
sssssa s. IN the public schools, so that
~ an share our responsibility with
Naeners. When we send our chill
Nv MA 70 kindergarten we are placing
iof lew hours each day in the
~ y some one who has been trained
4 3 years Of hard study to give
.s,'A wen mentally, morally and physi-
q; lust what. they need. Perhaps
MA sS.ners do not know how to live
IN. tneir children. 1t is q great
4 shsn that their children can go
sos fgarten and come in touch with
IN ~ one who can live with them.
trained sympathetic teacher will
as,t we .ss Tor child than an unsym.
( ne sse mother. Teachers also have
~ speetiye on child, while moth
4 ..aNa I've only the close view. AS soor
49, osners realize that they can learr
many sources there will be bet
W and girls in the world.
The Gift of Froebel
ssad your children to kindergarten
n. wiii come home and tell yo,
! 81 hey did. Some day the teachel
asS sau on you and invite you to &,
6n.se the children in the kinder
sss Accept the invitation and
sure after spending morning
sslssa you will understand what
~ gift Froebel gave US when h
N, kindergartens.
fssss was teaching mothers woul,
aSs sae ask how John or Lucy be
z hen ! said spiendid!y the.
soat surprised. They could no
snd i, for their child was s,
g home, found that sh'
nostly with the mother. Sh,
yI1patbetic with or intAreste,
n heE bax o. eirl. Ia kinder
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

NAL" repeated the captain. "What do
you call him ?"
"Wotan. He doesn't answer we'll.
But that will come. Isn't that So,
Wotan?"
The dog made no sign. The captain
stretched out his hand prudently.
"Can one pet him."
eyes, yes"
"But he hasn't very friendly air
about him."
"There is no danger. See. I don't
even put muzzle on him. Neverthe-
less, he is terribly armed, this fellow.
Look at his teeth"
"But he ought to be less formidable
than our mastiffs or our sheep dogs"
eyes, I think so. Our dogs are true
fighting dogs. Here they are of a
milder strain"
"Is he a good watchdog?"
"No. The first days, to test him, I
made him sleep in my bedroom. He
didn't growl even when the orderly en-
tered"
"Then why do you keep him?"
"Ah! To divert my mind. When l
am tired Of him it will be different.
Shall we go? Get up, Wotan! We're
off"
The dog stretched himself and got
up. He had strange gait, wearied, in
elastic and dragging. Without any
reason, at the cross roads, before an
open house, he stopped, raised his head
shifted the wind, his ears erect, one
paw lifted like hunting dog who
points, and then started .off again
Little by little he learned to know his
master and to come when whistled for
And as he followed docilely enough
the lieutenant stopped using leash
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Irish Problem
A Different One

The Irish are another distinct ra-
cial group. With them the difficulty
of absorption is not language, but a
sense OF ancient wrong. For Amer
ica they are enthusiastic. I attend
ed the recent meeting of Sim Fem
ers at Madison Square Garden and
noted how the Stars and Stripes
with service flags were decorating
the place in association with Irish
republican colors. The strain comes
when America fights side byside with
England, and my own hope is that
gallant American soldiers of Irish
extraction will in this war see Eng.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
British Observer Sees Far More Than Financial Trumph
IN IN Liberty Loan Success-Ales Determined That This
Country Shall Get Its Moneys Worth for Its Sacrifices

backed by precise information. If
your name is not on the list, there
must be q reason why, and doubt
less you will not mind stating it.
investments
Test of Loyalty
In some workshops there has
been a tendency to persuade men
by those forcible arguments which
they cannot fail to understand,
while, in other places, they tar and
feather the too obviously reluctant.
Speaking for myself only, / prefer
the tenderer tyranny-the more
beautiful Bondage of Fifth Ave-
nue..
But the point here is that Just
as the hammer Of Hindenburg is
welding the nations of Europe into
one solid alliance, so is that same
weapon forging the United States
into a strong girder for the uphold
ing of democracy. Racial sections
are merged in the molten mass-the
young men by the draft and the
rest of the family by the bond.
The other day I heard Colonel
Roosevelt. He referred to the Ger
man population here in terms which
seemed to me to be strictly equita-
BILE. A German must either be-
come a loyal American or he must
get out. One test of loyalty is his
investments. And another is his
language. Americans with whom
l talk are quite determined that
they will never allow the situation
to arise in their country which is
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Ukraine Treaty

w. P.-Can you give me the names Of
the plenipotentiaries Of the Central
Powers at Brest-Litovsk who signed
the treaty with the Ukraine Central
Rada on February 8?
For the imperial German govern
ment, the Foreign Secretary, Baron Won
Kuehlmann; for the joint Austro- Hun
garian government, the Foreign Minis
ter, Count Czernin; for the Bulgarian
government, the Premier, Mr.. Radosla-
vov, and the ENJOYS, Andrea Tosehev.
Ivan Staia Stoyanovitch, the military
plenipotentiary, Colonel Peter Cant
chev and DR.. Theodor Anastassov; for
the imperial Ottoman government, the
Grand Vazier Talaat Pacha. the For
eign Minister, Nessimi Bey, Haiku
Pacha and General lzzet Pacha; for the
government of the Ukrainian Peoples
Republic, Messrs. Alexander SsewrJuk,
Mykola Liubynsjkyi and Mykola
Lewytsikyi. members of the Central
Rada
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Science and Immortality

R. H.--What support, il any, does
science offer to the belief in mans i'm
mortality?
None. for according to science our
personality, in which we are chiefly
Interested and which consists of self
consciousness and memory, vanishes as
soon as the consensus of living cells
has been broken by death. True. sci
ence proclaims the immortality of mat
ter. and that, incessantly revivified by
nitely. 1t also teaches the conservation
of energy, in consequence of which
everything imbued with vital activity
must continue to live forever under
some form of undulation or vibration
which nothing in the limitless space of
the universe can ever destroy.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
MEXICAN UNITY GROWS VISBIY UNDER WAR STRESS


cupied every mind. Such unanim-
ity is q valuable precedent for the
future.
That surely is an event of far
more than merely financial impor-
tance- There was an old lady in
country district who turned pale as
paper when she handed over her
carefully gathered nest egg Of 5000
and thereby trusted her future to
the good faith Of Uncle Sam. The
wageworker, too, who saves one dol
lar week to pay for his bond has
new and increasing stake in the
country. These boys and girls at
school who are putting their pocket
money into stamps will be the less
likely to turn against America in
the years to come. Brilliant artists
have generously drawn cartoons.
Actors and actresses and movie
stars have done their bit, and it was
big one. Great churches have or
ganized impressive services. Sol
oiers and sailors, with their moth
ers, wives and sweethearts, have
marched on parade. Every man
with a voice has worn it out, in
street and theatre, where people
congregate. Even in America there
has been no national effort so Wig
orous, detailed and farreaching as
this. 1t marks an epoch in the evo-
luton Of free and responsible citi-
zenship.
For it means, once for all, that
no one can live, even in this free
country, and take everything with
out giving everything in exchange.
1t is not enough to refrain from dis
loyalty. You must be loyal or YOU
must be an outlaw. There is no
statute compelling a man to buy
Liberty bond. But there is public
opinion, and public opinion is
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

flying, looping the loop, making figure
eights or spirals. In the weeks he has
been at North Island Major Mitchell
has accomplished one big trick that
was not in the prescribed course. He
has won the friendship and admira-
tion Of every one on the island, officers
and privates alike.
Lieutenant Edmund A. Kruss, flight
instructor for Major Mitchell, is New
Yorker also. Lieutenant Kruss lived
in The Bronx and had followed Mayor
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

est city in America or qualifying as a
military aviator; but one must guess
when he received his commission "never
to discuss the army or the work."
With all the energy and enthusiasm
that he put into his political work in
New York, Major Mitchell is master
ing the art Of military flying, whether
it is studying motors in the shops,
where he wears pair of overalls, or
in the more spectacular work of trick
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
he Lusitania sank and the Tuscania

the Lusitania sank and the Tuscania
also.
England must put herself in the
right as regards Ireland. But as
between America and England there
is now larger community of inter
ests-nay, of peril--and an Ireland
exposed to German intrigue might
sever or threaten to sever the link
between America and her own sons
in the field-between America and
France.
Aliens Welded
Into the Government
A third racial section has been
classed, broadly, as Bolshevik. Even
in London we have had to deal with
the alien immigrant who fed to US
from continental militarism and
then objected when conscription
followed him into his adopted home
Our East End rang for time with
the complaint that while British
boys marched to the trenches Rus
slams and Poles remained to take
their jobs. Ultimately an adjust
ment was reached.
Here the Loan drive has brought
into Americanism many of those
classes which have regarded Amer
lea merely as city of refuge from
tyranny. An English minister of
religion, who has lived here for
twenty-five years, said to me the
other day: "At home the govern
ment is something above us-apart
from ourselves. Here the govern.
ment is me. am identified with
it. / put up with all sorts of sud.
den commands and I pay my money
because I am in the business anc
not outside it," The loan extend
ed this sense of solidarity-identi
fication with authority-democratit
patriotism-where no propaganda
has hitherto reached. Subscrip
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Queries and Answers

nection with the attitude of the So
cialists of this country to our war with
Germany. Can you tell me what this
appellation implies. and when and by
whom the word was originated?
A defeatist is a person anarchist,
Socialist or pacifist--who wishes and
works for the defeat of his own coun-
try in order TO further the realization
OF his own Utopian theories
The word is not of so recent forma-
ton as is generally supposed Since
preaching that the salvation Of Russia.
her only hope Of liberation, was to be
found in a ruinous war, in a military
defeat
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

1t was freezing cold that night. The
next morning a peasant who was pass
ing saw the gate open and went into
the garden. The Prussian lieutenant
lay there, stiff and stark, in the blood
stained snow. Crouching over him, his
jaws still ready to bite, Wotan barked
and wagged his tail.
Then the peasant ran away and,
reaching home breathless, said to his
wife:
we thought was lost; Trim, the dog of
M: Langlois; well, he has come back.
have just seen him. He has killed the
German officer who ordered the house
opened. Ah! he had reason, NJ. Lang
lois, to love his dog! He is true
watch dog, don't you think?"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

ton to the loan is definite act.
1t commits the man. 1t commits
his household. And the poorer he
is the more does it commit him
In our factories and workshops the
steady collection of money has IN
the same way stiffened opinion. 1t
is like making the men and women
members Of a club in which they
have a common concern.
Reaction
Inevitable
The policy of Germany has in
evitably assisted this determination
by Americans of alien race. The
Kaiser has backed up tho Turk
against the Armenian and the Jew.
He has robbed and deceived the
Russian. He has brutally NAL
treated the Pole. He has ruthless
ly thrown down the Bolsheviki, the
Socialists, the pacifsts. A reac-
ton is therefore inevitable among
those people, here and in England
whose sympathies are thus tram
pied upon. Public opinion makes
no protest when German newspa-
pers disappear, when religious SER
vices are changed to the national
language, when compulsion to learn
German is dropped in the schools,
and when artists who favor, or
are supposed to favor, Germany
drop from favor. America, as it
seems to a spectator, has to be just
to herself, to her institutions, her
citizenship, before she can be gen.
erous to her enemies.
How far it is necessary to carry
the vigilance to the point of dis
crediting the classical German COM
posers-Beethoven and the rest
tleman the other day argued for
| had to beg him to make an ex-
which has suspected. though not
| SIlCtIely COllNlCCSO, pcuiSIte. NY
own view, for what it is worth, has
been that Bismarck was the enemy
Of Beethoven and Bach-his sys-
tenn made music difficult, and lat
terly impossible, in the old sense,
for Germany. You cannot con-
struct violins out of blood and iron.
This weeks vote in the House of
Commons shows that the British
Parliament and people. are as
united as yourselves-I cannot put
it more strongly than that-on the
war. If twenty million Americans
have put their money into this job
they may reckon that Italy and
France and Britain are out to see
that you get your moneys worth.
Each nation has it's viewpoint. Ours
may not in every detail agree with
yours. And it is the same with all
belligerent allies. 1t must be- For
myself, / am not sorry that the
British viewpoint should have been
clearly stated in the recent discus
sion. Your Liberty Loan has meant
that you are out to win at what
ever cost in men and money It is
due to you and to us that you
should know how completely we
share that resolution.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Pv p w. Wilson
;.rr Correspondent Of Ths
London Daily Meas

OOf Vc PNfeN'
London Daily Meas
mt long ago I happened to be
NI at work in a convenient
y little room overlooking
a...dvay. 1t was midnight, and, by
'. .,;ue;dence, three brass bands, evi-
/ ....sv under unified control, exc
"a . converging movement in all
~ =. their tunes, which agreed to
~ nan. Automobiles hooted, bells
vs. gayly and ships sirened in the
sstsnce, while the orchestra was
,,,. ,,.aDlsted by the soft tones of the
srfted human voice and the equal
= aulcet notes of a Browning gun.
r.hsd heard something of what
s.lonatists call the concert of Eu-
spe, - but the concert of America
md to be even worthier Of COM
uyisou with Psalm ohe-Fifty' and
n.rs was, in addition, the sudden
.,r.arance of charming young
nv "a outside the window, who, as
" " p;lot, evidently preferred a rope
q . ladder to an elevator.
nuripe the festive weeks before
nat night even the most absent
nnded beggar could not entirely
,.reet about the Liberty Loan. My
buker, by letter of characteristic
.urtesy,, secured my first bond. Af-
" that / wore a button, which,
hxsyer, proved to be more Of an
,sraction than a safeguard. On
rfth Avenue the American girls,
,Aan Charles Dana Gibson has
hueht both hemispheres to admire,
0r.sied me with every indication of
mrecuited affection. When I would
hueh at the Biltmore a gracious
Statue of Liberty, pacing like a god
dsss, barred the way to paradise.
Daughters of the Revolution pick
eted the railroad depots. Hardly an
hour passed, either in my own or
ANYBODY else's Office, without some
young citizen popping in his head
and asking in accents of profound
solieitude whether I would buy just
one more bond.
Then the Trift
Stamp Sale
As the festival drew to a climax
thrift stamps cleared out the small
coin which alone remained. Children
sprang from the pavement, showing
no quarter themselves, but an in
sistent readiness to receive quarters
from others. And the end of it all
was that twenty millions Of patri-
otic human beings have backed the
United States with their dollars,
and 50 assisted in the prosecution of
this fateful war. Over a continent
as big as Europe, an elaborate or
ganization focused human effort to
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Dressing for Dinner

II. S.-When, where and by whom
was the custom Of dressing for dinner
originated?
The custom Of dressing for dinner
was handed down TO us from the Ro-
mans, who put on loose robe of light
texture, and generally white, before
going to the most important meal OF
the day. Instances occur where it was
kept in readiness for guests who came
from distance and had had no oppor-
tunity Of dressing before arrival.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Translated by William L. Mcpherson

Here story off the beaten path 1t is the story of
French dogG coUe-vhom1 his ordered to stan be-
hind IN the occupied territory avhen he himself fled before the
Germans.
This dog felt of the seventies the
tio, He received only kudnesses from the nvaders
heart passed to his Like the men, the
and the children he his vay to fact
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
~ ZOU have a beautiful dog
there lieutenant"

NSo, H"VSt1 @0PU31t1s
"What breed is he 2"
"a Beauceron collie-a red stock
ing as the French breeders would call
him. He is still little spiritless. But
he is beginning to perk up. found
him lying at the foot of tree some
two weeks ago, and I believe that if
hadn't picked him up he would have
died of starvation within a few hours"
"a beautiful animal, beautiful ami
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Defeatists

S. D.I searched in vain IN the die
tionaries for the word "defeatist," so
often mentioned in recent time in cqn-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
Packard Truck Sets
Tire Mark With US.
Tredds In Big Test

D. c. Booth. Of the Quick Tire Serv-
ice, has just received a detailed report
on recent test made with a Packard
ton and hah truck on a run be-
tween Detroit and San Antonio. The
test was made to show the real worth
Of the big nobby tread pneumatic
truck tires now being manufactured
by the United States Tire company,
and II was a success in every way.
One Of the big castings made the
round trip without even being off
the wheel There were punctures in
the three others but this is easily ex-
plainable because Of the fact that the
heavily loaded truck broke down a
number of bridges along the route and
in one case fell Is feet. The trip GER
tainly proved the practicability Of the
big Z. S castings on heavy trucks in
long hauls," declares Mr.. Booth.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
May Be Scarce
Despite Big Output, Is
Waning of L. NJ. Cregor

Don't get an idea that trucks are
going to be any too plentiful this
year. just because the Republic plant
announces an expected output Of ga
600 trucks this coming u months
says L N. Cregor, OF the Southern Mo-
tor company. The Republic plans
called for in excess Of 10000 trucks
this year but the difficulty in obtain
ing material and other causes due to
the war has resulted in a revision of
the plans. We viii have a market for
about all the Republics we can get
for the demand is growing steadily all
over the southwest and the wise bust
ness man who wants to increase his
motor fleet will be the one who places
his order wen in advance"
Mr.. Cregor left on Wednesday for
to attend to some bust
ness for his company. He is due home
on Sunday.