davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

all modesty), is in the lead, with its own
great Peoples Liberty Chorus, which
during the recent loan campaign has
been singing at the Liberty Altar in Mad
ison Square.
1t is worth going very long way to
hear that great choir of men and women
sing "Keep on Hopin'" and "For Your
Boy and Nine" but the most amazing
feat to me was the manner in which
that chorus of practically unframed
voices took the musical hurdles Of "The
Star-Spangled Banner" We have all
been brought up with the idea that this
is the most difficult of all the national
airs because of it's wide range, and so
it has become q sort of bugbear to us.
We cantcr along quite merrily for the
first few lines, but when it comes to "the
rockets red glare" we shy and cough and
hesitate, and finally drop out Of the race
altogether, with the result that the "red
glare" grows DINNER and DINNER until
the stick falls to the ground in dead
silence.
1t is not like this when the Peoples
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

schools, and the district nurses who arc
IN charge of tubercular children.
The shoes are bought at Wholesale
from one Of the large shoe manufact-
urers, for the most part, but often the
society is able to procure Seconds"
that is, shoes with a slight imperfection.
like an unevenness in the stitching, at a
bargain. The work is all performed by
volunteer labor, so that not a cent is
spent outside of the money paid for the
shoes, except for the wrapping paper
and stamps used for sending them bv
parcel post
There are three grades Of member
ship in the Free Fund for Shoes. A
"donor' pays S. a year, a "patrono
pays So, and an ordinary member pays
81. A donor" or patron" is enti
tied to one pair Of shoes to be given to
any poor child in whom she may be per-
sonally Interested
In the Bureau of Attendance head
quarters OF the truant officers of the
public schools, on East Sixty-eighth
Street, there is room with rows of
boxes neatly arranged on shelves alone
the wall, like a miniature shoe shop,
where every Monday morning the shoes
are packed ready for the post. The or
ders for these shoes are sent in on
Thursday. A slip bearing the name and
address of the child and the size of the
shoes IS placed in each pair, so that there
can be no mistake. Often the child who
IS in need of shoes has no shoes from
which the size can be obtained. and in
that case a diagram of the foot is
drawn and sent instead
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

home because he has none the case is II,
ported to the principal of the school ane;
he gives it to the school nurse to nvestj
gate, and if she finds the case to be
needy one she reports it to us and we
send the shoes. With the price of leather
as 1t Is the number Of our applications
has increased enormously. You see, shoes
are not like any other article of clothing;
they can't be patched up at home or made
over. When they're gone, they're gone,
and that's the end of them. You should
see how the poor mothers try to mend
them with cardboard and heavy tinfoil,
and sometimes even with bits of tin. It's
too pitlful, but you should see the proud
look on the faces of the children who
wear really new shoes for the first time
in their lives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Department Store Choruses
Add Good Cheer to the Stock

The success which this chorus met
gave Mr. Camileri courage to 90 on to
a more difficult task, which was to inter
est the managers of our big department
stores in community singing for their
employees. He offered his services free
to train these men and women, and ex-
planned to the heads of the concerns the
effect which he felt sure that such a move
ment would have on the morale of their
people. He urged community singing
as an economic measure, pointed ont the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

ure of joining the gathering around the
piano where those more fortunate were
wont to lift their voices in song.
Those days, however, are over. A
veritable wave of music has descended
upon the country, deluging it from coast
TO coast and overwhelming rich and poor,
young and old, soldier and civilian alike.
The war is responsible for this, of
course. 1t began four years ago, when
the echoes of the British Tommies' IA
vorite ditty, "Tipperary," were waited
across the seas, but it didn't achieve any
thing like it's present proportions until
our own boys went off to the training
camps to the martial strains of George
NJ. Cohans cover There" From that
time on the wave has been increasing
until to-day everybody is singing, quite
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

tell the tale of the battle sing as they
bring in the German prisoners.
At Liberty Loan meeting the other
evening l heard one of Pershings men
tell of the day that he was shot in the
lung, and how the surgeon had to strap
him to the operating table and remove
the injured lung, as it was impossible to
give him an annsthetic
'But the boys helped lot" said the
soldier. "Those who weren't wounded
so badly sang all the latest songs to keep
up my courage, and it wasn't so bad"
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Is Really Sung
Is it any wonder that, with all this
music in the air, the oldtime singing
school is being revived again, albeit I'M
der the modern guise of "the Community
Chorus or ''the Song Training Camp?
Several of our larger cities have already
established these singing societies, and it
is only question of time before all the
little towns and villages will follow suit.
New York, as usual 1--WE say this with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
These Juniors Are to
Work, Not Beg
BY NANCY WALBURN

KNEE, gettin' money from other
i people is cinch'' The tone
was scornful. "But earnin'
money yourself to give is different. Vic
tory Boys stand for fellers who can
stand on their own feet and earn what
they give to our men in France. Vic
tory Boys amt for fellers who expect
soft snap"
1t was schoolboy who thus gave me
my first introduction to the Victory Boys
and Victory Girls. I had asked him
what his button with an American eagle
stood for.
"Been past our house lately?" he
asked proudly. "Shucks! You ought to
see my service flag. Maybe you have
seen it. 1t is a big poster, and under
the eagle it reads. "A boy from this
home has enrolled in the Victory Boys,
to earn and give to make our fighters
fit"
What was this new patriotic oreaniza-
ton, out for million boys and as
many girls to line UP behind our men
in France, that had already aroused
such pep and loyalty in one boyish
member?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Buy Your Apples
by the Barrel

M THAT do you pay for apples'
y" They are selling on the whole
sale market for 1925 to $3.50
a barrel, Baldwin, Grade 4. two ana
one-half inch. They may go UP or down
little, but that is their price at the
present writing. A barrel of apple
is as wholesome and convenient thing
to have about the house as we know Of
They are an addition TO every meal, from
breakfast to dinner, and they are Just
the thing to hand the small boy or girl
instead of sweets.
When you buy apples at cents a
piece they are costing you about SIS
to SIG a barrel. If you pay Is cents
quart C cents pound( for cooking
apples, they are costing you about SO
a barrel. Plainly, if you could 20 and
get your barrel of apples and take it
home you could get two or three times
as much for your money
The delivery Of so barrels of apples
under semi-retail conditions means
truck and three mems services for at
least day. Putting a barrel or the
sidewalk and putting it in the house
means a great difference in time con
sumed and cost. Probably no more than
fifty barrels could be delivered in one
day unless the deliveries were very close
together.
All this is recorded frankly as mat
ter OF interest to the retail buyer The
cost OF actual food and the cost of ser
vice and delivery should be separated in
peoples minds and paid for separately,
SO that true idea may be gained Of
inc factors entering into rair price.
We, figure that fair price" for a
barrel of first grade eating. and cook
ing apples would be: the wholesale cost
OF the apples, plus 10 per cent (jobbers
commission for handing), plus the ac'
tual cost of delivery. All retail prof.
and overhead Except delivery is saved
Under present conditions this cost
would be $3.50, plus SO cents, plus 60
TO 80 cents, or $500. If the price IS less
d rebate Will be made on delivery. Ths
wholesale price may change, or expense
OF delivery vary with the number and
distribution of the orders.
The Tribune Institute Consumers
Club also handles eggs and butter, beans
etc, but this is an apple party. If you
wish to apply for barrel of apples
under the terms quoted send in the foi-
loving coupon with check to reach Inc
tribune by Wednesday night, and the
order will be filled unless your address
is too far off the route determined o.
the orders received, in which case cheek
Will be returned at once.
This is an experiment in cooperative
buying. Any one in greater New forA
excepting Staten Islandl can take par
in it.
ANNE LEWIS PIERCE
Director Tribune IRsttta's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
A Big Hat and a
Lonesome Sailor
By MAY BOSNIAN

(NHE was 4 lady of achievement and
unending activity The Inexperi-
enced War Worker needed her help
in particular war charity. and she
went to get it,
Did she get it? Did she? The poor
subdued person, with her hands full of
cards belonging to one Of the big lady's
own prize charities-and nothing she
could lay her hands on ABOUT her little
war scheme,
The cards invited to soldiers and
sailors dance and free dinner at very
nice club supported for them, and the
Inexperienced One was instructed to
stand on corners or in subway entrances
or railroad stations and give these tick
sets to ''lonely" looking men in khaki or
blue.
SO she tried to do her duty that day,
as the big lady saw it. She approached
sailors and soldiers who stood singly
and in groups-but always got cold feet
before she quite reached them. She is
not brave
In Grand Central station she sudden
~ took her courage in both hands and
braved two rosy-cheeked young sailors
standing in corner.
care you lonesome?" she began, veso.
lutely, to the one nearest her.
He swung around and caught her arm.
You bet l ann cried he. "Bc good to
me, dearieH'
The station swan around the woman
and the floor came up to meet her. 1t
Vas an awful moment! She stood star
ing at the boy, with opened mouth.
Then, somehow, all at once--it proba-
bly, happened in mnute-she be-
thought herself Of her hat and threw up
her head so that the stations overhead
daylight fell full upon her face
Honesty pays! 1t aons the hat! The
boy dropped her arm, and his jaw fell!
''You see," said the Inexperienced
War Worker gently, "if had son, he
would be as old as you are, and I'd want
some one to treat him nicely if he were
lonesome and going to war. These are
eiNhSCS LUZ d ilCC OfuCC WucIC girls Will
be, and for free dinner next day, Sum-
day. You ought to 60 I've never eaten
the dinner, but anyway, it's free!'
Suddenly, irrepressible youth dubbed
up. The youngster who had not of
Tended had his dinky little hat off and
VAS fumbling it, with dancing eyes.
One on him, lady," he volunteered.
He always was u fresh guy,'
And then he laughed, and the other
abashed one followed him Such laugh
ter! The spirit of youth incarnatc-and
it is going out to die for US.
The woman smiled. but she felt that
her eyes were wet.
Maybe we could help you give away
your tickets" said the guiltless one,
sheepishly. "Gee! we know lot Of fell
lows who'd like free feed and dance
with real girlsv'
And because they looked so fresh and
clean and young, and she had made such
a fizzlc of the job, the inexperienced
War Worker held out both her hands
with all the big lady's tickets in them.
You'll do it so much better" she cried.
Bring a crowdr'
And then-~She fed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Winter Calls for an
Increased Shoe Crop

We had sad case here recently" she
continued, "a poor little tubercular p;rl
TO whom we sent pair of shoes. The
district nurse who was attending her
opened the parcel and put the shoes on
the pillow beside her. The little sick
thing reached out her hand and dyew
them down against her cheek. From
time to time she would pick them ND and
look at them and gently put them back.
Inc nurse said she had never seen any.
thing like the look of JOY that came
into the little white face as she smoothed
them and murmured, Really, truly new
shoes for mel"
Winter is coming on; shoes. even in
the smallest sizes, are expensive. Don't
you want to make some kiddie hapnv
and comfortable at one fine stroke? Mrs.
irving l.. Ernst, or Mrs. Milton Never
lol West Eighty-sixth Street. will he
only too glad to enroll your name among
the members of "The Free Fund for
SHOES. ELENE FOSTER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Join the Song Training Camp
And sSing to VIM"

On two evenings week, on Mondars
and Thursdays, Mr.. Camiheri bol5.
meetings of what he is pleased to call III
"Song Training Camp" in the aud;to
rum of the High School Of Commerce ..
1876 West Sixty-fifth Street. This is froa
to all; the salespeople from the differep,
shops form the nucleus, and any one ubo
cares to drop in is welcome. There 10 No
admission fee, no rollcaIl. II &c ;,,s,.
an informal, free-for-aIl song fost;D. !,
presided over by very talented nm
sicion, who, without using anv technical
terms, without any suggestions abou.
proper placing Of the voice" or con.ro,
of the breath, is teaching these WORKING
people to sing naturally, as the biro.
sing, who dlscourages any but the sim
plest form of vocalization and who !
getting results of which any in1presaro
might well be proud
The Peoples Liberty Chorus is made
up of recruits from the Song TRAINING
Camp; not picked voices, mind you bur
the whole rank and file. Any one who
wishes may join that great choir whose
slogan is s'Sing to Win
Back Of Mr.. Camilieri's work there Is
big idea, an idea which has been ey-
pressed, in letter recently received
from DR.. Henry van Dyke. in this vav:
Il feel that your society is one which
will certainly help to harmonic and
unity the emotions and thoughts of the
people through the influence of music
Upon the existence of such harmony and
unity the happiness and welfare Of our
great democracy an& it's success in this
war depend
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

oblivious, seemingly, of their musical
shortcomings. The result may not al
ways be harmonious from a musical
standpoint, but it certainly makes for
harmony of far more important char
acter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

benefits Of fostering community sr;x;s
and at last Won the. consent OF one or
these men to make the experiment. Tba
employees Of that shop were notified th.s
il they were interested in singing the,
could come to the store half-hour ear
her the next morning and MIR. Camille;
would give them free instruction. Tho
were only handful that availed then,
selves of the privilege that first morn,r.
but the number increased every day. II. >
til now the great majority of the worL
ers III that store assemble every morn;ns,
in the great hall at the top of the bu;d
ing for half hour Of song befor. h.
ginning the days work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

10 the Tribune Institute Consumer
Clubs, 154 Nassau Street, As~
York City.
Enclosed ind check (aaoney order Or
cypress orderJ for 5000 for o',s barre
of Grade A Bcldtcin apples. to be a.
huered 81 the following address uste1
t,0etue days from date, or check TO-
turned. Any change in price from sun
quoted is to be rebatsd or made up o"
delivery.
Name.
address.
.-s'..'
tNo orders received after Wednssos''
October 23)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
By ELENE FOSTER

"HERE was time. not so very long
ago, when the fact that one had
not particularly melodious
voice or was unable to sing on the key
or was not possessed of a proper sense
of rhythm, debarred him from the pleas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Al Street ConUassing
Is Barred

ton and hard work. Thrown upon their
own resources, they must work out q
way OF earning their dues by their own
efforts. 1t is the most stimulating and
constructive form of patriotic work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Shoes Are Hard for
Mother to Mend

There is no red tape in our work."
| was told proudly. IF child comes to
school without decent shoes or stays at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Victory Boys and Girls
Have Come to STAY

When went up to the New York CITY
headquarters of the Victory Boys and
Victory Girls, at $50 Fifth Avenue,
found it to be huge new national Or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

NAN you remember, way back in
the days of your childhood, the
feeling Of pure, unadulterated
JOY which came to you as you looked
down on your feet clad in brand new,
shiny leather shoes? No other garment
ever gave you quite the same thrill did
it? And yet new shoes were quite COM
mon occurrence in your life. How would
you have felt, do you think, if you had
worn "cast-offs'' all your life, and some
body had suddenly presented you with a
brand new pair? The JOY would have
been so great that you couldn't have
borne it. Well, that is just the sort of
happiness that is being distributed by a
society which is called "The Free Fund
for Shoes
From Twelve Members to Six Hun
dred-Rut the Fund Needs You
hG OOJ<CC VI tIIS dSSOCl0tlOD is
furnish shoes-brand new, shiny shoes
fresh from the factory, to all the chill
dren who are obliged to stay away
from school because they have none,
or whose shoes are in such condition
that they are not fit to be worn. This
primarily is the work of the fund, but
it also looks after the shoes for the
tubercular children in the various hos
pital clinics. 1t sounds like pretty use
full work, doesn't it?
The Free Fund for Shoes is four wears
old. 1t started with dozen members
and it now has six hundred It works
in conjunction with the teachers and
nurses and truant officers in the public
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Camilieri Founded Our Liberty
Chorus on a Greek Model
The Victory Boys and Girls Are Here

New York. explained that while the or
ganzaton was being launched as a part
Of the campaign through which the boys
and girls OF New York can assist the
drive, that phase of it is only temporary
for the period Of the drive. THE Vic
tory Boys and Victory Girls is to be a
permanent patriotic organization even
after the war is over. At present we
are out to live up to the Victory motto:
"A million Victory Boys and Victory
Girls behind a million fighters
Constructive Patriotism
Spells "Work''
eve want all boys and girls under
eighteen to line up for direct personal
service to their older brothers in France.
1.-The underlying spirit Of the league
is constructive patriotism. It's founders
want to furnish a vital constructive APP
proach for boys and girls in money rails
ing for war funds. Despite the vigor
with which children have thrown them
selves into street soliciting and canvass
ing for funds and the splendid returns
they have made, there are many people
who feel that the street is not the place
for boys and girls, however laudable the
cause for which they work For this
reason street soliciting and canvassing
by Victory members is to be rgidly
barred. IN fact, the motto Of the Or
ganizaton, TO Earn and Give means
that every penny Of the pledge turned
IN by members must be actually earned
Dy them personally in some way.
in order to appeal to the right sort
OF boy or girl you have to give them
something to do" said Mr.. Van Dis.
who knows what he is talking about
when he talks about boys. He comes
over from Washington, temporarily
loaned from the Boys Working Reserve,
to organize Victory work for greater
New York. "Victory membership an
peals to our American boys and girls
because it arouses a spirit of service
that they can only express through ac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

Liberty Chorus takes the bit in it's teeth.
The rocket burns steadily, "thc bombs
bursting in the air. and the volume of
sound is just as great at the finish as
it was on the first 90, say, can you see"
When asked Mr.. Camilier, the leader
of the Peoples Liberty Chorus, how he
accomplished this musical miracle he
smiled knowingly, shrugged his shoulders
and replied in his quaint broken English:
''There are two reasons. The first is
this: | do not make of that song a
what you call TIA 'bogie.' | do not
say, BE careful, this is very difficult
That is enough to brighten them at the
beginning. | say: This is easy to sing
as l play it, And so it is, for-and
this is my second reason-I play it in
different key from what I have ever
heard it played, so it is easy, like a, b, c."
Camilieri Founded Our Liberty
Chorus on a Greek Model
The Peoples Liberty Chorus owes its
existence to the perseverance and the OPP
timism of Mr.. l.. Camilieri, its founder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

ganization with a network OF machinery
and its own posters, service posters and
emblems. 1t even has an industrial di-
VISION, for the boys and girls employed
IN shops, factories and other centres. 1t
occupies one Of the immense floors of
the offices Of the United War Work Cam
palgn, which is to open November II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

" THAT do you pay for apples.
wv They are selling on the whole.
sale market for eS Ok IN s5 so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

KNEE, gettin' money from other
+ people is cinch' The tone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

CHE was 4 lady of achievement and
y unending activity. The 1nexperi-
enced War Worker needed her help
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-03-29
Death Of Mrs. UhIing.

After many months of suffering
with paralysis and other COM
plants common to old age the
death of Mrs. Henry Uhling oc-
Cured Monday night at her home
near Keuterville and the burial
took place in the cemetery at that
place Wednesday. Her death had
been expected for some time, as
she had been unable to leave her
bed for almost a year. She spent
most of her life in this vicinity,
having come to this country from
Germany when only a child.
Besides the aged husband she is
survived by eight children five
sons and three daughters-all of
whom reside in the Cottonwood
and Keuterville sections. The
sons are Barney, Henry, Herman,
William and Lorenz, and the
daughters are Mrs. Harry Blake,
Mrs. Jess King and Mrs. Gerhard
Karnes.