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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

saloons of the section, and many daring
thefts and brutal murders were planned
over their bars.
Chatham Square, whose marshy and
sluggish streams were covered from the
eye, was a breeding place for fever and
ague, and unhealthy bodies fostered
minds proportonately warped. At the
time these places were cleaned out, one
block alone was found to contain over
one thousand cases of tuberculosis, and
the record of foul deeds committed here
is intermlnable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
First Settlement
BE g an w ork
Eighty-fve Years
Ago and Persisted
Since in Most Dis
reputable Part of
City
By Natalie McCloskey

TINE old Five Points Mission, at
heart a home-loving institution.
never nomadically inclined, has
yet made four moves in the course OF
slxty-eight years existence, and now is
ence more forced TO pack it's lares and
penates. assemble its desks and black
boards. hymn books and monthly re-
ports and migrate from the first floor
OF the Hotel de Gink, And this fifth
exodus Is taking the mission across
Park Row to the corner of Madison and
Catharine streets-virtually out Of the
Five Points section.
Not that the sponsors of the institu-
non would have chosen this exact site
had all things been equal and the
Aaiser dead, but the government has
decided tc take over the present quar-
ess' and since the cost Of labor, ma
eriais and the sundry factors to be
considered IN the erection of a new
eIieing are soaring far beyond the
reach OF the missions balance in hand
u became necessary for the board of
directors 10 consider, with due expedi-
eaey. some new location which should
% temporarily permanent" - large
'noogh TO accomm OF date the classes and
'aee' the varied needs Of the people Of
'ae mission, and incorporate some, at
'sss'' Of the advantages they had hoped
" gain through the erection Of new
sna Permanent home. DR.. Belcher and
"'s assistants looked around, elimi-
lated the undesirable possibilities and
A'0nd themselves with the Madison and
"'hsrine streets location-~or none.
"- buildings already on the site being
'"a'eaua'e, architects are already
wiring on plans for remodelling and
's"pSa'ing, incident to making the new
sA~f'ers thoroughly up TO date and ad-
ssua4.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
What Draws Canada
And Australia

What draws Canada to the Unit
ed States is, from the severely
practical standpoint, finance. Aus
tralia is chiefly exercised over the
future Of the Pacific islands and the
security of ocean routes. Ameri-
cans will realize, | am sure, that
Britain is suDordinating her just
pride Of empire to the hope of a
wider freedom still. She has put
her army of millions under the
brilliant command of France. She
has encouraged her dominions to
talk with the United States face to
face. She is proposing for India a
vast scheme Of political liberation
Now Englishmen of my own type,
who have lived for liberalism ard
level i'll the rough-and tumble of
democracy, understand "shirt-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

70 be brought into the courts. hopeless
drunkards and already adept and hard
ened criminals. The "groggeries" that
lined the streets were the meeting
places for we'll known and infamous
men ard women, who practised their
crimes in broad daylight. and often
aided by the police of the vicinity.
Pawnshops and saloons - the latter
known as "morcues,' because their
commodity was used both for imbibing
and embalming further rem
devious.
Steve Brodie's and Patsy Egan's
places are two of the best known
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

is useful. 1t educates. 1t uncovers
pitfalls. But the real questions are
settled day by day, not according
to elaborate rules, but according TO
good faith. The United States may
rot have signed the Pact of London,
but we all know that she intends to
go through with this business to
the end. Russia did sign the pact
and it was treated by Lenine and
Trotzky as scrap of paper.
Still, l am sure that our French
end Italian friends will realize that
the very process of adapting the
british Empire to the new outlook
on the world must lead England, a
country which speaks for others be-
sides herself, to seek counsel from a
statesman so detached and far.
sighted as President Wilson. Irish
N.ationalists and Ulster men have
alike laid their case before the
White House. Canada has her rep.
resentative there accredited. Aus
ITALIA is considering some such ap-
pointment on her own behalf. The
visits of Sir Robert Borden and Mr..
Hughes-Dominion and Common
wealth prime ministers-are full of
significance.
No modification of British sover-
eighty is suggested. No declara-
ton of independence from England
IS conceivable. But the British
crown exists, not as a barrier be
tween democracies, but as an assist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
The Prime Object
OF Getting Together

AtS AiAA4C ~OJCCk
Of Getting Together
For what is the object of all our
getting together? Why are we
fighting this war? It is to increase
the sum total of human happiness
all over the world. In 1914 therss
we're l,5o0,o00,0oo of human beings
on this planet of ours. OF thoseS
people 500,000,000, or one-third,
were more or less civilized in the
modern sense. The other 1000
100000 were still lacking in what
we consider to be the essentials of
a noble life.
When the Founder of Christian
ity visited us He noticed two fail
ures in the Roman Empire. First,
the sick were neglected, and, Sec
ondly, no attention was paid to the
children. Let US apply those two
tests to reconstruction after the
wax. If the more backward nations
are to have the same medical at
tention as the average English city
before the war, we shall need an
army of half a million doctors, with
a million and half nurses, for
foreign service.
If these backward nations are to
have education in our sense, we
must build at least 100000 schools
and send out 100000 teacher.
For the war after the war, there
fore--the war against ignorance
and disease-we shall require a
highly trained army of four mill
ions, and our entire surplus re-
sources will be needed to maintain
it In that kind of social service
We shall find the real guarantee fo.
the stability of league of nations.
In such movement to uplift hui
rianity France, with her clear-cut
altruism, the land of Saint Louis
and of Joan of Arc, will supply a
splendid inspiration. In thinking
and planning for others we our
selves should be drawn into closer
association. 1t is along these prac-
teal lines, therefore, that we should
look for the hope of the future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

mission moved into a new building
which had been erected, and stayed
there forty-one years.
Much of the degeneration of the sec,
ton was due to the cheap lodging
houses, where men and women could
get nights accommodations for from
3 to 25 cents. Vice in every form ex-
listed in these establishments, and the
children of the mission grew up in such
surroundings. accustomed to the most
degrading sights, often participants in
the proceedings.
1t was no uncommon thing for small
children from five to eight years of age
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
A New Venturc
In Pal adise Park

Into the very heart Of such a Five
Points, namely, at Paradise Park, the
junction formed by the crossing Of
Little Water, Cross, Ambrose, Orange
and Mulberry streets now Park,
Worth and Baxter came the mission
ia 1850. Although known even then as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Dickens Gave the
rive Points a Write-Up

'ae change OF locality IL sudden
s' out The development In the char
''' o, the mission mas been gradual
so married. Originally established for
purpose If redecming and rcg~n-
'hg what was known ~ the most
SINUS and degenerate section OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Energies Used in
Confidential Diplomacy

When Lord Bryce was at Wash
irgton he held a high position, with
a larger popular prestige, possibly,
than that of Lord Reading. Lord
Brce had written on America, and
had time and freedom to travel over
and speak on America. Lord Read
ing presides over the British En-
hassy at a far more strenuous and
critical time. On the one hand, his
energies are absorbed by confiden-
tial diplomacy, by finance, organize
ton and military cooperation. On
the other hand, he has to be eau
tjous Of the chance word. In his
public utterances he cannot afford
70 be misunderstood, and he plays,
therefore, for safety.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

American Correspondents OF
~URING their visit to London
Lord Reading and Mr..
- Lloyd George will have
..nv matters to talk over. When
~ consider how frequently the
..+ssnen of France. Italy and
o~;tsin have met in person during
=. war our only surprise will be
lot the Administration at Wash
:..ton manages so excellently
through ambassadors situated three
,sousand miles away 1t is always
.ssier to arrange delicate affairs by
interview than by letter, and in this
zoe every letter and cablegram
INST pass through several hands,
.usn if coded, and, of course, records
must be kept
Hence, l do not see any reason
.or assuming that Lord Readings
.v,ursion means more than a gen
.ral desire to clear up loose ends at
. time when the Imperial War Cab,
;,et is sitting. The British domin-s
inns are represented on that coun-
Ill and so is India; obviously the
American view should be stated.
Speaking for myself and for mill
inns of other Englishmen, / should
Welcome the presence Of an Ameri-
ran statesman as guest at that
,ouncil; but that would be too great
an innovation at the moment. Also
il is unnecessary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

keev@ diplomacy and, perhaps, I
may add, "shirt-sleeve" journalism.
Englishmen of the old official school
army officers, civil servants and
the hKe-are sometimes startled by
the candor displayed, nor do they
realize that the very journal which
may "score" us one day will praise
us the next, where we deserve
praise, and often where we do not.
How much we owe to the American
press is seen by the simple fact that
recently one article by Mr.. Louis
Tracy on Britain's four years AZ
war was accorded 1900 columns of
publicity. l am sending to England
Il most moving little poem on that
country, by Mr.. Edward Fuller,
which appeared in "The Philadel-
phia Public Ledger" and was quoted
in "The New York Sun" These
tributes help to keep people in
cheerful temper who may be feel
ing that Britain will come out of
the war much poorer in life, money.
mercantile marine and imperial
prestige. | think they are wrong.
Spiritual Values
Greatest Gain
am certain that we shall gain
In spiritual values what we lose in
material values. But American
writers will doubtless have becomc
conscious that they are no. longer
read only by their particular sui.
scribers in one particular area. ALI
American newspapers are now I'M
der careful scrutiny by trained
agents OF every country in the
world. The staff of the British War
Mission alone numbers nearly five
thousand. What they read deter
mines what they think, and what
they think is what they say when
they move to and fro across the
ocean
Some of them do not understand
American life and institutions. All
Of them are honestly endeavoring
to bring their habits of thought into
touch with this country. My own
experience has been that the cor
diality of the Americans | meet,
their hospitality, genuine kindness
and tact, are rather in excess of
what would appear from the formal
! announcements of more political
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

"Ihe London Dailu Ne1vs."
1t is, of course, the indiscreton,
the epigram, the witticism, that
makes speeches interesting and quot
able. Lord Reading, who speaks the
same language as the President,
which is not true in so full meas
ure of any other ambassador
though all these diplomatists are
excellent masters of the Anglo-Sax-
or tongue-must avoid all appear
ance of restating the policy which
has been fully stated by Woodrow
Wilson. And as American and
British policy are now interdepen.
dent, none can discuss the one with
out abiding to the other. While,
therefore, Lord Reading observes a
wise reticence, it must not be as
sumed that he has failed to make
his influence felt. On the contrary,
he appears little in public because
he is much occupied in private.
Among the great financial authori-
ties of the United States he has
won, so I am told, a high reputa-
ton as a keen, courteous and fair
minded judge Of what is equitable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Some Problems
o Be Settled

Some of these problems are high
~ complex. To what extent, if at
all, should the United States pay
for the transport of her troops in
British ships? How far should
submarine risks be shared between
the growing American and the
shrinking British mercantile ma
rine? At what rate Of exchange
should the American dollar stand
against the British sovereign? How
far is it possible to support Euro
pean credit by placing American
orders for equipment in London,
Paris and Rome? Will such orders
unduly strain the depleted indus
trial man power of the Allies?
These and thousand other ques-
tons have engaged diplomacy at
Washington, and no British ambas-
sador has had SO many occasions
as Lord Reading for coming into
contact with an American Presl-
dent. This intimacy has been cord
ial and frank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
ALLIANCE

or Journalistic kind. Ones diti-
Guilty is to lei England know how
great has been the recent change
here !. h67 favee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
THE GREAT UNWRITTFN 4
By p. w. Wilson

American Correspondent of "The London Daily News"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-27
WE MUST HANG TOGETHER
(By THEoDosiA GARRISON of the
Vigilantes)


Said BENJAMIN Franklin Of Pennsyl-
vanla, putting down the pen with which
he had just signed the Declaration OF
independence:
Gentlemen, we must all hang to-
gether or assuredly we shall all hang
separately"
In a single phrase he combined an
epigram, warning, a declaration OF
faith and, incidentally framed motto
for the present generation.
The value of team work for the ma
tional good Is unquestloned; the value
of the individual beyond the share ne
contributes to the general power is neg
ligible. This undenied fact. acknowl'
edged by everybody and more often
quoted than applied, waited to be dem
onstrated in its entirety by the Imper,
lal German government, who, after its
fashion, lost no time In claiming 1t as
personal discovery, marking 1t with
the "Made In Germany" stamp and
promptly christening 1t efficiency"
Mind you, 1t Is the German govern
ment that has made Its people efficient,
and that by the simple and direct
method of the brutal overseer who
dashed a gang Of slaves into the per-
feet workmen that produced the 100
per cent result he desired
The individual who with all his heart
wishes a certain thing accomplished
doesn't have to be whipped into his
work, and the difference between slav-
cry and freedom, between autocracy
and democracy, lies in that individual
himself.
"The nation says President Wilson
"needs all men, but 1t needs each man
not In the field that will most pleasure
him. but in the endeavor that will best
serve the common good"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-27
WHAT A NEWSPAPER MEANS
Some Truths That the Average Man
May Not Have Realized, but
Here They Are.

What does the newspaper mean to
you?
There is so much news no enc can
carry all of IT, Someone must make
selection. Do you appreciate how
much depends upon this selection7
Upon the selection and emphasis of
the news depends the picture of the
world upon which your judgments are
based.
II a business man, your decision In
business Is affected by the newspaper
you read,
In politics your opinions as O voter
aresswayed by them.
By what your wife reads you can
see the trend of many of her interests
and needs.
You have your thought turned In
q new channel perhaps by what you
read, and, when you find others con-
cerned as you are and that the idea
has been followed In their brains as
in yours, you possibly discover how
you can do collectively what you alone
never could accomplish.
The newspaper enlarges the view
point OF life for your boy In his college
years. Stories Of high purpose OF
achievement strengthen and uplift his
standards. The great world of life
which he has not touched exists to
him only as presented by the news
paper.--New York Evening Mail.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-27

Reason Why Citizens OF Lima, Peru,
Do Not Seek to Evade Their
Street Car Obligations.

III fare registers were to be placed
In the street cars of Lima, Peru, there
would be loud protest. This Ia not
because II Is easier to dodge the con-
ductor under the prevailing system.
On the contrary, the travellers of Lima
are willing, even anxious, to pay their
fares. Perhaps that doesn't seem hui
man, but the explanation Is that upon
receipt of the fare numbered ticket
is presented to the passenger, and 1t
Is valuable lottery ticket.
The car lines are divided into four
sections for the monthly and semi
monthly drawings conducted by tho
railway company. In the three impor-
tant sections q cash prize Of $3.50 Is
offered. The fourth section offers
prize of $50.
Does the public approve Of the lot
terry? Does IT. Well 2S,500,000 per-
sons rode last year.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-27

my. I was tired out. and using my
shrapnel-proof helmet lsnrapnel proof
until a piece OF shrapnel hits it), or
tin hat, for a pillow, lay down in the
straw, and was soon fast asleep. /
must have slept about two hours, when
awoke with prlckling sensation all
over me. AS I thought, the straw had
worked through my uniform. ] woke
up the fellow lying on my left, who had
been up the line before, and asked
him:
"Does the straw bother you. mater
It's worked through my uniform and
can't Sleep"
In a sleepy voice he answered,
"That amt straw, them's Coolies"
From that time on my friends the.
"cooties" were constantly with me.
"Cooties," or body lice, are the bane
of Tommy's existence.
The aristocracy of the trenches very
seldom call them "cooties," they speak
of them as fleas.
10 I'LL AlutlIIdn uCA iACuA5 q SiAuls
insect armed with a bayonet, who Is
wont to jab it into you and then hop
skip and jump to the next place to be
attacked. There is an advantage in
having fieas on you instead Of "cooties"
In that In one of his extended jumps
said flea Is liable to land on the fell
low next to you; he has the typical
energy and push Of the American
while the "cootie" has the bulldog
tenacity of the Englishman; he holds
on and consolidates or digs In until
his meal is finished.
There is no way to get rid of them
permanently. No matter how often
you battle, and that Is not very often,
or how many times you change your
underwear, your friends the "cooties"
are always in evidence. The billets are
infested with them, especially SO Ii
there is straw on the floor.
/ have taken a bath and put on
brand-new underwear; in fact, a COM
plete change of uniform, and then
turned In for the night. The next morn
ing my shirt would be full of them. II
is common sight to see eight or ten
soldiers sitting under tree with their
shirts over their knees engaging In
"shirt hunt"
At night about half an hour before
flights out" you can see the Tommies
grouped around candle, trying, In its
dim light, to rid their underwear OF
the vermin. A popular and very quick
method is to take your shirt and draw
ers and run the seams back and for
ward In the flame from a candle and
burn them out. This practice is dam
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-27
THE GREAT WAR HAS MADE
CIGARETTES A NECESSITY.

"Our boys must have their
smokes. Send them cigarettes"
This Is familiar appeal now to
all of us.
Among those most In demand is
the now famous toasted" ciga-
rette-LUCKY STRIKE. Thou
sands Of this favorite brand have
been shipped to France. There
is something homelike and friend
ly to the boys in the sight of the
familiar green packages with the
red circle.
This homelike, appetizing quail
ity of the LUCKY STRIKE ciga-
rette is largely due to the fact
that the Burley tobacco used In
making it has been toasted. Its
toasted" was the SLOGAN" that
made a great success of LUCKY
STRIKE In less than year. Now
the American Tobacco Co. is maxi
ing Is million LUCKY STRIKE
Cigarettes a day.
A good part of this immense
production Is making its way
across the water to cheer our
boys.--Adv.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-27

gerous, because you are liable to burn
holes in the garments IL you are not
careful.
Recruits generally sent to Blighty
for a brand of insect powder adver-
tised as "Good for body lice" The adj
vertisement is quite right; the powder
is good for "cooties;" they simply
thrive on 1t.
The older men Of our battalion were
wiser and made scratchers out Of
wood. These were rubbed smooth with
q bit of stone or sand to prevent splin-
tiers. They were about eighteen inches
long, and Tommy guarantees that a
scratcher of this length will reach
any part of the body which may be at
tackled. Some of the fellows were lazy
and only made their scratchers twelve
inches, but many night when on
guard, looking over the top from the
fire step of the front-line trench, they
would have given thousand "quid
for the other six inches.
once while we were IN rest Dlilets an
Irish Hussar regiment camped In an
open field opposite our billet. After
they had picketed and fed their horses,
general shirt hunt took place. The
troopers ignored the call Dinner up"
and kept on with their search for big
game. They had a curious method OF
procedure. They hung their shirts over
hedge and beat them with their en-
trenchng tool handles.
I asked one of them why hey didn't
pick them off by hand, ald he an
swered, 1--WE haven't had bath for
nine weeks or change of clabber Ii
tried to pick the Coolies off my shirt,
| would be here for duration of war"
After taking close look at his shirt, l
agreed with him; it was alive.