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New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
By rOducts of War
BY MAY BOSNIAN

w JAR does strange things to men. 1t
~ makes many one better than ever
he was in the old days, when we
thought another great war could not come to a
world as civilized as ours--better in mind and
soul and body. Take the Of Lance Cor
poral Vernon Rawcliffc, of the British army.
In civil life Rawchffe is miner. He was
born and reared in the shadows of the colieries
in Accrngton, Worcestershire, England and
went to work in them when he still only a
Ittle boy Undoubtedly his whole existence
had been sooty and hard, up to the moment
wan broke out, and if the hell Of war plunged
men into brute depths, matter of course
surely a man like Rawciiifc would be the first
to sink,
lie drives motor lorry Somewhere in
France These Tommes who carry munitions
up to the firing line are a tough, mud-cakcd
crew, and they know mighty little about the
beautiful things of life. For the most part,
they were not born in circles where light and
color abound and nature shows them only a
biackened, ruined face in this part of France
h"Wchtte, as far IS any one knows, cared
nothing for horticulture in Accrington, but he
mas developed passion for it at the front He
has cultivated a wonderful flower garden on his
motor lorry. For two years now he has plant
ed and tended a variety of blossoms in boxes
he built upon his wagon, and when he brings
shot and shell to the first line trenches he quite
literally brings them embedded in flowers
u have panses, forget-me-nots, prinroses.
and d few other plants and flowers" he wrote
his wife in 1917 next summer am going
to plant more kinds"
His lorry flower beds were not planted for
selfish pleasure War has stirred great depths
of love and pity in the hearts of more than
one fellow like Rawchffe. During all the hell
OF last summers fighting he tended and culled
MS flowers with infinite care, whenever he WAS
off duty, and then, no matter how tired he was
ne managed to carry bouquet almost daily
three miles to casualty clearing station in
th'a section Of the lighting zone, and he did it
mat the le, Wounded and dying might be cheyed
NV a little freshness and fraprance and heal1fvl
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Parcel Post S Pitfalls
By MARY ALLEN

AEElAPS the present generation which
is being-as it werc-born into the
midst of parcel post service will find
1t less difficult to comprehend Tran DO we older
ones who first met it in adult years. | frankly
confess that it seems to me complicated-and
am not without my honors in university
math.' Certain fairly-t be reied-upon charac-
teristics have disentangled from its perpleX-
lng personality, and those ] like to introduce
casually into general conversation when others
are showing off their knowledge of European
situations No one ever knows enough to cor
rect me.
My requirements are based on three posses
sions, not beyond the reach of any one. Being
New ENGLAND bred, l possess a twinc closet
neatly filled with folded wrapping paper and
twists Of string. The postmaster has in
structed me that the wrapping must be strong
enough to protect the contents from the weight
OF other mail. Hats in pasteboard boxes should
be also Grated
Breakable articles must be carefully packed
IN strong containers in such manner as to
Withstand jar and marked "Fragile" Sharp
pointed tools must have their edges and points
protected. Perlshable articles. like butter fish
eggs and garden truck must be packed on the
do-unto-other-mall-no l-no-injury principle in case
they arc delayed ON the way. Each article
must be wrapped so that it can be opened at
the ofce--it wont's be, bat it might be. Valu-
able articles may be insured:
You can't send anything more than eighty
four inches in length and eirth combined; that
L. the greatest length between the two ends
lbut not around the parcel lengthwise) plus
the distance round it at its thckest part NAV
not be over eighty-four inches.
My second help-to- parcel posting is a scale
1t was bought for preserving, but doesn't mind
the additional work. Parcels are limited to
hfty pounds in the first and second zones and
twenty pounds outside those zones
After the package is packed and weighed
comes the awful figuring of the amount of
postage Here one must have the help of the
'aird trplet. At the General Postoffice one
uo'alnS literature the subiect-a Parcel
rost Guide and Zone Key for So cents and a
map Tor 20 cents. For the calculations you
W." heed qulre Of paper, dozen pencils an
s'"Sef and perhaps mechanical calculating
n'"ch'he. And when you have finished your
"euring' pasted on the stamps and taken the
pa'cei 10 the postoffice, the man behind the
,SouhIer ,SaiIer viii tell you it's all wrong. Whom
tnat .tat happens don't be chagrined. bnt don,t ON
rh WIZ oIher hand, answer him back Ask hin,
nnt 't ~ ne would like in the way of stamps and
'' tue extra on. 1t is never less
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Bundle Trundlino
By JEANETTE YOUNG NORTON

no YOU carry home YOUR own bundlese
If you do not you should; that is, all
within reason as to size and weight.
1t IS one OF the many small ways to help win
the war When We stop to realize how manv
men and boys are employed in wrapping, pack
ing and delivering our purchases it would be a
mighty patriotic thing to do if women would
organize themselves into a understanding
association; object, the favorng of women
bundle wrappers, the taking home of their own
bundles and the acceptance of two heavy pack
age deliveries week made at the firms con-
venience, thus releasing numbers of men and
boys for Uncle Sans service
People are willing to carry bundles at hol
day time that they would scorn to carry at
other seasons. Why not make the sacrifice
and do it all the time, as a war measure. will
lngy before we are forced to? This is a time
OF social equality. 1t is fine if one has an auto
mobile to carry bundles in, but, if not, the pub
llc conVeyances do not object to them But
ooht forget that the rich soldier, who has left
an automobile for his wife's convenience, is no
dearer to Uncle Sam than the poor soldier.
whose wife must bring her bundles home in the
pubic conveyance.
The doing away with c. O. D. accounts cuts
out extra bookkeeping and releases more men
~ '-Ni 'iNN -no 81 Ndi-odNiilp TeQlco telephone
bllls by going for what you want, paying for
1t and bringing it home. Cash customers save
bookkeeping expense for small tradesmen and
allow them to shade prices if they are the
rlght sort and appreciative of the delivery saw
ng Many big firms are carrying a weekly
payroll Of deaGheads, as far as help goes rep
fesentlng their former clerks now at the front.
Ihln1 what this means to the soldiers fami-
lies. We are not helping that sort of patriot
ISM a bit when we complain Of rotten service.
Yet women expect, under the present war con-
ditions, these same patriotic firms to deliver
on time small and often very inexpensive pack
ages, and quarrel if it is not done
Food and fuel conservation must be learned
waste squeezed out of the petty cash account
and the judicious spending of the main income
IS enough to keep the most of US busy until
we have mastered the subject If we leave
these matters before we have learned them
thoroughly to rush into war work which we
likewise must learn, we accomplish nothing
worth while anywhere. and are not doing our
bit IN way to benefit ourselves or any one
else.
lrund!lng bundles is one way TO help. though
1t may seem a small way to those burning
with desire to lasso a patriotic hobby and
ride 1t INTO the field, of fame where laurel
crowns await the favored few
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

Chevaler himself need not have been ashamed.
and chic little lady's maid brought US a
breath of the boulevards with her rendering
Of Partisan street songs
And such an audience. Rows of faces
agiow with appreciation and intelligence You.
madam, who only see your cook as she bends
reluctantly over her kettles and pans or your
waitress as she moves stoidly about the
dining room with about much expression on
her face as you would find on the countenance
of china doll, you should see these women at
play, all dressed IN their best bibs and fuckers
and drinking it all in with thirsty eyes And
the men. Ny dear madam, if you could see
your dlgnified English butler Che with refer
ences from the highest members of the British
arlstocracy), singing a coster song with one
eye cooked to the ceiling, you would never
be able to preserve Your dignity when next
he passed you the SOUP,
1t was interesting assembly, | assure YOU
and most amusing study of human nature
And class distinctions, my word There was
the naughty cook, who never forgot her dig
nifty, never unbent to waitress or parlor-
maid but whose face became wreathed in smiles
and who glggled like q schoolgirl when the
pompous English butler invited her to dance
There was the dainty little ladys maid in a.
trlg black velvet gown who utterly ignored the
attentions OF footman and butler, but who
f1lrted outrageously with the 'gentleman's
gentleman" in Harris tweed. There was the
rosy-cheeked Swedish maid-of- -all-work with a
sense of humor, who kept a group of under
servants in gales Of mirth over the story of
her experiences in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Newly Wed. 1t was very merry party. and
there is no doubt that the members of the
Social Harmony Club thoroughly enjoy the or
ganization.
Those who do not care for dancing adjourn
at the close Of the entertainment to the big
basement room which is used in the daytime
1or the employment office, but which on club
nights becomes a reading and writing room
Mrs. Julien has planned for a series Of
fifteen-mnute talks on subjects of interest TO
the members Of the club and bearing on their
work The first Of these is to be given by
specialist on the care of the feet, and others on
equally practical subjects will follow from
time to time
10 help to bring about better understand
ing between employer and employee the mis-
tresses of these servants are cordially invited
TO attend at least one meeting of the club and
see 1or themselves what IS being done for their
retalners. And my advice to you nv dear
madam, is "Dont mss it, For, aside from
the moral effect which it will have upon vou
when you see these people not merely as bits
OF domestic machinery but as human beings
like yourself, with intelligence and feelings
AKIN to your own. | can wish you no greater
JOY than to hear "Jeemes," late butler for his
grace, the Duke of Beingham render in his
own lnamltable manner that touching ballad
entitled when Father Pipers the Parlor"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

cooking.
BE thankful that YOU have any one left;
mine all walked out at once Went on a
strike because l insisted that they follow the
wheatlcss and meatless rules in the kitchen
lust as we do upstairs. Jack was perfectly
furious and refused to have any more in the
house and we moved to the hotel. It's much
simpler What happened to Mary?'
Il suggested that she use nut margarine for
cooking instead of butter and she nearly hit
the ceiling I'm have YOU understand said
She that I've always lived in the very best
families and no one iver before insulted me
by AKIN me to putt mutton taller in me cake.
Sure. You'll be akin me to use chalk an water
instead Nv milk next. an layin' it all on Mr..
Hoover. Hoover, is it? | guess | know stin-
ginoss when sees it, an bid Yer good morn
in, madam and she went upstairs and packed
UP her things
It's very comfortable and peaceful at The
Vandeloup; better come and JOIN us. There's
mo use looking for another cook; there isn't
one to be had" And then the curtain went
up and conversation ceased.
1t was simply the old. old problem grown
more-much more-complicate because of
The war for with the munltion works and fac
torres 0HerlNE NlgNef wages ana SnOTlef NOuIS
and the cessation of immigration making it
impossible To get new recruits for domestic
service, the outlook seems pretty hopeless. As
matter of fact, we are absolutely at the
mercy of the servants who have stayed at
their posts and they can demand what wages
they please and do pretty much as they please
for they know very we'll that can't posi-
bly, get along without them.
a really deplorable state of affairs. isn't it?
There is only one thing to be done in crder
TO keep The servants who are left and possibly
cain new recruits to the ranks and that is to
make domestic service as attractive as posi-
bic There are hundreds Of girls working in
torres and sweatshops small salaries who
would much prefer to do houseworl in com
Portable home if they did not feel that this
sort of work was degrading. 1t is up to us
10 show them that it is not degrading by rails
me the status of domestic service. And amy
plan which aims to help along these lines
should have cur most earnest cooperation.
Such q plan has been conceived and is being
pat into working order by woman whose
long experience has given her peculiar in
sight into both sides of the servant question.
and who is therefore eminenty fitted to
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

Another fundamentally sad thing is that
all this training in domestic science is 60
ing mostly to the mistresses, teachers and
demonstrators. The workers aren't get
ting it, and it is only widening the breach
between employer and employe rather than
bridging it,
1t is a fine thing for the mistress TO
know what she wants and how it should
be done. 1t is a solemn thing at any time
to work for a boss who doesn't know what
he wants. Every woman should know the
why's and wherefores and technic OF
housekeeping But that she should have
no trained workers to carry out her plans
is like giving an engineer only unskilled
labor.
More training for domestic servants to
produce both efficiency and interest and
content; true sensing of their fundamen-
tai Importance in the home and some pro-
gressive recognition of faithfulness and
skill; and an improved social status for
those who serve us in home making-these
are surely coming along with other social
istc movements, and to our mind are much
more desirable from everybodys point of
view than any form of cooperative or
community living or catering, however
good it may be.
Mrs. Julien's work seems an effective
opening wedge, recognizing as it does the
needs and wrong and rights of both house
keeper and domestic worker, and so has a
broad general interest as a contribution
to the whole problem of domestic service
that is greater than the interest in the
specific venture itself.
Yours hopefully,
ANNE l.. PIERCE,
Director Tribune Institute
p. S.-Irate and indignant housewives
will please not write. We know that there
is another side to this question, but it is
not the constructive side and we refuse to
discuss it, What's the use?
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Suffrage Notes
By SARAH ADDINGTON REID

w IASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY was cele-
wv brated by portion of the women
of New York City in true political
style-it was registration day for those wonl-
en- living in four districts where Congressman
are to be elected, and marked the first step
toward voting taken by any women in the city
since the great day, November 6. Registra-
ton for the women closed on February %, and
the elections will take place on March s.
Two of the districts are in Brooklyn, one in
Manhattan and one in The Bronx The vacan
cies in Kings arc caused by the resignation of
John j. Fitzgerald, Of the 7th and Daniel
Griffin. of the Sth; in The Bronx the extra poll
is made necessary by the resignation of Henry
Bruckner, of the 22d, and in Manhattan the
place of Murray Hubert, the new Dock Com
missioner, must be filled in the 21st The new
districting plus the unknown clement of the
woman vote has all the politicians guessing as
to the probable outcome
The clubwomen of Idaho are now trying to
place three women in the LEGISLATURE of that
state The State Federation of Women's Clubs
is starting the movement fer women represen-
tatives in the Legislative body.
The American flag which flew from the
House of Representatives flagstaff during the
recent suffrage debate in the House has been
presented to Miss Jeannette Rankin as a SOU
venir of that days victory. TIE presentation
was made by Doorkeeper j. J. Sinnott, a man
of judgment and discernment.
One of the pioneer suffrage leagues of Mas
sachusetts, that of Roxbury, will celebrate its
thirtysecond anniversary in March. Thirty
two years of active work and still at it hard
And they call suffrage a fad
A war relief council has been created bv tie
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association, to
be composed of five commttees-Liberty Loan
Red Cross. Registration, Education and Child
Welfare Pennsylvania has also been having a
series of township borough and county CON
ventions throughout the state. all in line for
an active Federal amendment campaign to be
waged after the Senate has passed the amend
ment
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
AN OPEN LETTER
Dear Housekeepcrs:

Dear Housekeepers:
1t Is never soothing when we are up
against Il difficult situation to be told that
it is our problem, not some one elsc's
That We must change our point of view
and method of procedure and that the
other fellow is having q worse time thar
We are.
Nevertheless, we venture TO state that
it is the mistress who must solve the ser
want problem-if the servant were able to
do it she wouldn't be a servant.
Here is line of work that has called
for no special training and so lacks the
vision and inspiration that goes with know
ing your job: there are no regular hours
Of work and no regular rate of wages
based on skill or time and moreover,
certain social disability so to speak, seems
to attach to domestic service in this coun-
try. Why should such line OF work at
tract a devoted and efficient body of
people?
The wonder is that we have any good
servants, not that there are so few The
conditions have grown up like Topsy-no
one is especially to blame for them; but
the enlightened and trained housekeeper
will be, if she doesn't meet the problem
that is essentially hers.
How many people give their servants
leave with pay? Some do we know, but
how many?
How many raise servants wages vol
unfairly and regularly as reward for
long continued or expert service or in
creased efficiency?
How many appreciate unbroken service
from 6 or a. m. till the same hour or
later at night, until the spoke in the wheel
fails to turn up at the usual time? Ser
wants, like otner everyday necessities, such
as air and water, are only actively appre-
clatcd when there aren't any.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

HO YOU carry home your own bundles
\ If you do not you should; that is. al
within reason as to size and ,,.ainht
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

II ERHAPS the present generation which
is being-as it werc--born into the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
BY ELENE FOSTER

HEY sat behind me at the the
atre knitting away like mad as
they waited for the curtain to
rise.
My Mary left me this morn
ing said one. Il don't know
what am going to do: the
waitress refuses to do a bit of
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

THE SOCIAL HARMONY
Part isolation
grinding mOnofony
I'm ovaLNPS MATILDA JULIEN, serving both mistress
and maid by vocational franjuo on
the hand on the Other
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-03-06
Z PRAC POLSKIEJ
RADY D
& Biura Sekretaryatu Polskiej
Rady Narodowej.)

Spoleczenstwo polskie zaJcte O.
statnimi easy wieSciami nadcho-
dzacymi L Polski, oraz zaabsorbo-
wane przyszloScia Armii Pol
skiej, ME wicle zwaza}o ma fakt
ten, re przeciez i o glodnych nic
nalezy zapominac.
Jedynie ksieza i parafie pol
skic pamietaly Cd czasu do czasu
c ratowaniu g~lodnych w Polscc,
~przesylajqc fundusze ma ten eel
zebrane ma rece Polskiej Rady
N.arodowej, ktora obecnic znowu
sic przypomina Polonii Amery--
kaiskiej i O sk}adki takie prosi.
Polska Rada NarodoWa ME
zwinela swych agend, ale w ogol'
nej piracy narodowej oddaia sic
pod cgida Wydzialu Narodowe--
60 ola systematycznej i bardziej
wydatnej piracy. .Jednak co do
zbierania skladek ma giodnych
Rada ME zrezygnowa}a re swej
piracy i O te skladki zawszc puka-
Ia i puka.
Sprawl Polska jest wiclIa i
swieta i O niej ME wolno ami ma
chwile zapomniet, ale prace ola
Mel wytezyG, lecz pamlec nasza
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-03-06

wstepie naszych uwag wspomnielismy,
do czynu bez zwlok dalszych, u i fl
male" Oczekiwane przybraG moze realne
ksztalty. Powolujac sic rae ~jeszcze ma
ten artykui, pOwiemy, re W takim IA
zie tylko moglibysmy p~Okrzyzowac pla-
ny naszych ~falszywych lub pozornych
przyiaci61 odbudOwania takiej POlski,
kt6faby .,zbyt byia siaba, ably mog3a
swobodnie sic rozwijac, a zbyt dostat-
mia, ably mogla skonaC" W takim ra-
zie spelnilibysmy misye stania sic
,,zbawcami, odnowicielami, wychowaw-
cami miodej ~jeszcze W dziejach ludzko-
Sci Sfowiahszczyzny, pc przez Siowian-
szczyzne zas w~nieslibysmy zorze altru-
izmu W ca}ej Europe"
~
TAX p~isali5my pred trsemo
laty. Powtarzalismy to z ma
seem yCeterum censeo" cd
czasu do czasu; umilkliSmy
wreszcie, odg4osu ME znajdu--
JAG, ale ME zmieniwszy bynaj-
mniej naszych przekonan.
w cudownym dniu zesz1ej
niedzieli, s}owa zywe naszego
opatrznosciowego meza, rozu--
mic sic, re bez por6wnania po-
tezniejsze od naszych, ale tez
W chwili bez porownania waz-
niejszej, anizeli pred trzema
laty, W okamgnieniu dokona1y
tego, co 2 naszej strony Meg
dys syzyfowym tylko by}o wy
siikiem i martwa podowczas IL
terra pozosta4o. Mic dziwnego,
re serca nasze wezbra}y takie-
mi uczuciami wobec materya-
lizowania sic 6wczesnych ma
szych wizyj, IL ME mogliSmy
sic powstrzyma6 cd DANA i'm
ma tenn mie.iscu wyrazu.
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ME bylo togo mega CO ten pomnik
wystawif, ably mysl 0 wielkoscl
ME wymarla w narodzie ale
byli CT sami ludzie. Byli tam ro-
Gotnicy Z fabryk i chlopi cd pluga
/ urzednicy i kupcy, byf ten sam
tfum, ia sauna idea. nNiech zyje
Polska! Mech zyje wolna, Z je-
dnoczona, Z ujSciem do morza!"
Krakow mozc bye dummy, re
lego poczucia narodowcgo mic ME
zlamalo. | mic dziwnego. Wszak
= Krakowa wyszlo zj]ednoczenie
f.okietkowej Polski, wszak W
Krakowie powstafa wielka idea
Uni litewskicj. w Krakowie fla
mana buta pruska klecza}a pred
maiestatem krolewskim. Wszas
Krakow najdluzej Z calej Polski
zachowaf, wprawdzie Glen tylko
niepodlegloSci. L Krakowa wre--
szcie, w czasie obecnej wojny, W
maju zeszlego roku, rozlegi sic o.
krzyk po wszystkich zicmiach da-
wnej Rzeczypospolitej: YWolna
ziednoczona, z ujSciem do mo-
Geese CT vice prastary Grodzie
Polski, Jagiellohska stolico ma
sZa!
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UWAGI.
MATERYALIZUJA
Sic Wye.

Ktokolwiek W ubiegia ME
dziele W Chicago byf $wiad-
klein pamietnych demonstra-
cyl w Coliseum i w hotelu Nor
rison, temu nietylkO pOzostana
one trwale wpamieci ale ME
zawodnie take przepe}nify
serca i mysIi p~rzedmiotami do
czestych r~ozpamietywan / no.
wych marzen i nadziei podnio-
s}ych, tenn drozszych, re wobec
tego, czego byliSmy swiadkami,
przedstawiajq sic one juz ME
jake niedOscignione rOjenia u
roeze, ale fantastyczne, - tyl-
ko jake kOnkretne niejako O.
brazowania niedalekiej pOza-
danei przyszioSci, mozliwej do
oslagnlecla, byIebysmy umlell
i cheieli caiem screen, Gaia du-
sza i caIem naprezeniem wolf i
czynu dazy6 do ich zmateryali-
zowania.
0brazami tymi zasilify i po-
krzepily i energia napeiniiy
dusze nasze gi6wnie wyg}oszo-
ne przem6wienia, a szczegolnie
natchnione slowa tutejszego