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New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Bathocracy
By Emma Bugbee
BY their bathtubs ye shall know tb

BY their bathtubs ye shall know them
America invented the bathtub as one d,
the by-products of it's search for der,o.
racy; of this we are reminded by Katba
rine Fullerton Gerould in the cur,su.
"Harper's."
"The person who profits by the laho.
saving device is the person who does IL.
work." she points out. "The fact +b..
France and England have not kept ns,.
with US in plumbing and tiled kitchens and
electrical appliances does not mean-as ~.
have sometimes fatuously taken it to rnsa,
that they are less civilized than we 7,
means only that personal service has ba.n
with them cheaper and more matter -
course.
"Where prosperous Americans multiOlv
vacuum cleaners and electric washing ma
chimes and garbage incinerators, progpe,.
Gus Europeans multiply their number Of
servants The Englishman really prefer,
q huge tin tub in his bedroom Of morn.
ing We prefer to walk into the bathroom
and turn on the tap. That preference NAV
well have become so natural that we can.
not explain it, But the origin of the pres.
erence is surely that in America only the
very rich could afford d personal servant
whose duty it was to set up the tub, fetch
huge cans Of hot water, and remove all
traces of the bath as soon as it was done
with"
'Awkins and the tin tub however, have
gone the way of many Other perfect Brit.
sh institutions. One hundred thousand
domestic servants, giddy with the JOY of
life in munitions factory have refused
to take up their old positions as carriers Of
hot water and removers of tubs. England.
suddenly servantless, and therefore demo-
cratic, as a result Of the war, is planning
to rebuild its homes around the family
bathroom. We may expect also an ep-
demic of electric toasters and bread mix.
ers and dish washers and hot water boilers
to follow
We are, however, still generation
ahead, and the way is one of increasing
difficulty. That nation which bankers too
much for the bathtubs may find it's clean
liness its undoing At the very moment
when the cables rejoice over the new bath
ocracy which is spreading throughout Eng
land our own country is faced with a
plague of millionaire plumbers, and we
shall be forced to limit our indulgence ia
the sport of democrats or sacrifice our chill
dren's college. We cannot afford both, ac
cording to Cassandra Geroud.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Portugal's Glory

To the Editor of The Tribune.
CNlR: 1t is my privilege to express my
y sncerest thanks for your article on the
disparagng remarks which were made
in the press by Mr.. Kent and which caused
such a feeling of indignation among the
Portuguese living in America
Not always does the caumny leave its
traces, contrary to what Dom Brazilio
says in "The Bar Der of Seville" and this
applies to the remarks in "The Baltimore
Sum- which now in the past. If Mr..
Kent had gone to war, shouldering his rifle,
he might perhaps have made a glorious
name for himself; why should he prefer to
WELD his pen in such an inglorious and
unkind manner?
AS between the opinion of Marshal Haig,
who from near saw the brave behavior Of the
Portuguese soldier on the battlefield, and
the opinion of Mr.. Kent, who was only
far-away spectator, it is reasonable to
suppose that simply the opinion of the
former will live.
Portugal entered this war actuated by an
impulse which is unknown to those who
do not and cannot understand what is dis
interestedness, loyalty and the duty to- be
performed merely for its sake Between
Portugal and Great Britain there has
existed an alliance, stipulated in many
treaties, never rescnded, the first of which
dates far back as 1853 1t was re-
spect for these treaties that led nv coun-
try to enter the war; spontaneously and
enthusiastically. We could have prolonged
our neutrality, but did not. We could even
and without blame, have maintained it, but
we did not. In November 1914, we had al
ready taken part in the conflict now ap-
preaching the very end
While we were making the necessary
preparations we placed at the disposal of
the Allies the greatest and best part of
our supply of rifles and artillery at mo-
ment when their scarcity was more acute
We also placed at the dsposa. of the Allies
all German ships Cover sixty interned In
Portuguese ports, some afterward being
used for the transportation of American
troops to France.
The troops we first could get ready were
sent to reinforce the garrisons in Africa
where, together with the English and Roe,s
routed the enemy.
A large body of the best Portuguesc
workingmen went to the Allied countries to
help in munition factories, and this left the
factories at home extremely handicanned
and while the German ships we aeizoa
were carrying troops our colonial nrod,cts
ready for transportation in docks and
warehouses, were left there to perish. this
causing an increase in the stringcncv Of
the financial conditions in Portugal the
effects of which will be felt for lone
time.
Although the new form of government
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land Perhaps it is just as we'll that it
never did. What is clear now is that our
business men are graphing with these
problems promptly and conscjentiously,
with large views and clear understand
ing. Mr. Knappen in his correspondence
yesterday tells of the very remarkable
spirit that prevailed at the Atlantic City
meeting. He observes that the views
and programmes put forth by the large
employers of labor
were such would have caused the
expulsion of their authors from any en-
poyers' association anywhere in America
few years ago. Here were excited
dcnuncations of organized labor, no per-
fervd announcements that business men
would run their own businesses rs they
saw fit. On the contrary, time and again
was put forth the idea that industry is
partnership of labor and capital and that
it must hcnccforth be conducted through
the participation of both partners in its
councils.
This is evidently the prime considera-
tion at the present time. Mr.. Gompers's
recent statement in behalf of labor was
bristling and hostile, and filled with all
the oldtime spirit of antagonism. 1t
was foolish and regrettable There is
only one way that the business of this
country can be prosperous, and that is
through large buying power at home.
Our foreign trade is a large and growing
item, but it is relatively small compared
with the magnificent commerce developed
people.
If we can keep the mills humming at
good wages, prosperity is assured, for
the world will take all the surplus we
can offer for the next year or two at
least. Full time is vastly more i'm
portant now than the last limit of in
flated wartime wages The swftest foe
OF good times now as ever, would be
strikes and labor troubles 1t is a fine
and hopeful thing that our business men
should see this clearly and should make
their move toward conciliation and mu-
tual understanding. We are sure that
With this big spirit on the part of bust
ness labor and it's leaders will contribute
their share to the same end. 1t is to
their most vital interest. Prosperity,
high wages and full employment are
here. and ours to command, if we will.
No programme of reconstruction" could
have done more
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A Railroads
Personality

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
CTR: Your editorial Of November 30
"The Return of the Railroads" ;" brought
out many points in this complicated
situation so clearly that l hope that you
will permit me to differ with the last
sentence. You say: Nobody will be hurt
until there is evidence enough which
to rest a public judgment for or against
government ownership of railroads.
Desirable as it is to move with caution
wisdom and foresight in dealing with the
railroad problem, l cannot believe that any
of the railroad executives would agree
that nobody will be kurt by continuing
the present arrangement. 1t may be that
enough positive good would result from
continuing this arrangement to justify the
hurt that is being done to individual rail-
road companies, but as to the fact that
there is hurt there can be, it seems to
me, no question
1t is only fair to remember that the
roads not put under the direction OF
Mr.. McAdoo as an experiment in govern
ment operation which would prove whether
or not government ownership was desir-
able. 1t is more than doubtful whether
Congress or the country, as a whole would
have taken such a step as this TO try out
experiment in government ownership.
1t is certain that the representatives Of the
owners of the roads would have felt bound
by their duty to their security holders to
protest vigorously, and, if need be, through
the courts, against any such proceeding
Ina roads we're taken over purely as war
measure, and the legal rights and remedies
of the corporations were, in many cases, Il
not in the majority of cases, waived purely
on the ground of patriotism
Each of the successful railroads of this
country had, through long years of very
able management, created an asset when
was as valuable although not as tangible
as its right of way. The Atchison, Topeka
& Sante Fe, the Southern Pacific, the Bur-
lington, the Pennsylvania, each had an IT.
dlviduality, a standing among shippers ana
travellers, and an esprit de corps OF us
officers and employees which had definite
money value to the extent Of considerable
percentage of the market price of the COM
panies' stock Every day that the present
arrangement is continued each one Of these
companies is losing some of this intang'
bic asset.
If the Administration or the people desire
to make an experiment in government op'
Grafton under unified directorship, ne"
law should be passed stating this purpose
and permitting Joining of issue between
the owners of railroad securities, as rep.
resented by the railroad executives, ana
the advocates of government OWNERSHIP
and the Administration But to use SIT
uation into which railroad executives have
been forced to try an experiment of en'f
nous cost to the railroads is, il seems
me, indefensible and underhand
w. f. HOOPER,
Financial Editor, Railway Age
New York, Nov 80, 1918.
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HURING the past year two great
and memorable reconciliations in

RONllVI tne past yeuf '"o Bic"'
and memorable reconciliations in
the Engish-speaking family have
taken place. On the fields OF France
and Belgium and against a common foe
men of what we once called the North
and South have fought side by side, and
with them have fought men of the Brit
ish Isles and the overseas domnions
The memories of 1861 and of 1775 have
given way to the fact Of 1918; the Brit
ish have claimed a share in the glory Of
Washington; Lee and Lincoln have be-
come the common heritage of all Amer
leans.
And to-day in this country we are to
pay tribute to the British share in the
winning Of this World War. To France
we and the British alike have done
honor on the anniversary Of the Marne,
of the First Marne, since it took two to
break the back of German world amb-
ton. To the soldiers Of First "Wipers,"
of all the battles Of the Somme, to the
victors Of the still recent battle of the
Hindenburg line, to the sailors of Jut-
of honor.
When the German feet came to the
Firth Of Forth to make the most stu
pendous surrender in all the history Of
the seas the world recognized some
part of Britain's contribution. Since
Carthage bowed to Rome there has
been nothing to compare with this spec
tacle, but it was just rather than gen.
erous reward for those who through all
the long, bitter months since August,
1914, have held the seas, have held
them free, for it was the freedom of the
seas which was vindcated when the Ger
man battle fleet, still in being, struck it's
flag.
But almost more moving on the
human side was the arrival of the Brit
ish army on November II, 1918, on the
half forgotten field of Mons, where Sir
John French faced Kluck in August,
1914, and where the great retreat be-
gan. At Mons, four years before, Prus-
sian autocracy had overwhelmed British
democracy, alike by numbers and ma
chimes. But after four years the vic
tory proved but an incident. 1t was only
a skirmish; for British democracy the
real battle was to begin at the Somme
two years later
We have been spared the disappoint-
ments of hope long deferred in this war
we alone of all the nations fighting Ger
many. When we came the hour of vic
tory was merely waiting upon us. For
the British it was otherwise In the
midst of their agony the French had the
splendor of the Marne and Verdun
achievements. But for Kitchener's
armies, the first to arrive, there was
only the glory Of sacrifice. The ex-
peditionary army died upon a field of
victory at Ypres, but after Ypres came
the long years before the body could
overtake the spirit and the new soldiers
fight as they died. We had it all in the
North in the Civil Wharf.-The same years,
beginning with high hopes and ending
IN deepest despair, although then we
New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Chickens in Ogallah
lFrom The Oakley Gragh.el

VII OUKTTV UT0F71--7
stranded pedler fingered long enohs'
IN Ogallah Friday to be convinced that 'A,
Kansas hen is smarter than the Missoun
mule. A Ford car stopped in front Of 'a'
store and was Immediately surrounded py
flock of chickens. eagerly gazing at sa'
radiator. One old hen jumped up on INV
crank as il to read the name plate ana ~, ".
spected the front thoroughly. The pea''
was amazed at the variety of chickens 'a'
ing such an interest until informed by ~
town spokesman that they were looking i0'
grasshoppers caught in the radiator
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The Same Old German

Correspondents with the American
army IN Germany note that the popula-
tion Of the occupied districts is becoming
exceedingly docile and accommodating
in attitude. We quote from a cable dis
patch in yesterdays Evening San: "The
Hun of blood and iron wishes again to
become the peaceful German of the beer
gardens and Christmas trees, and treats
the Americans with civility that is al
most cringing. His house, his barn and
anything else he has are at the disposal
Of the conquerors'
We are told that German officer, the
owner of chateau occupied by Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., telephoned a
cordial message of welcome to his self
invited guest. The next day he tele-
phoned again, effusively thanking the
colonel for having honored the chateau
with his presence.
German colonels who occupied French
chateaus seldom gave the owners there
of occasion for gratitude or thanksgiv-
ing. The pictures, silverware, linen and
other furnishings had way of vanish
ing by parcel post to distant German
towns and cities. And hundreds of
ancient French family seats were burned
or dynamited as we'll as looted
But Fritz is curious animal. He can
not be gentleman himself. Yet he has
an inextinguishable faith in the virtue
of an appeal to the gentlemanly instincts
Of others. He always hopes to receive
more generous consideration than he
ever dreamed of giving. When he has
power he is brutal, harsh and merciless.
When he is beaten he begins to be OBJ
sequious.
Edmond Haraucourt published in the
Petit Journal, OF Paris, last summer
biting study in German psychology. 1t
was the story Of one-eyed feldtoebel,
the tyrant of prison camp, who is sent
hack to the front when German reserves
are running short, and, as captive, en-
counters an escaped French officer whom
he had maltreated. Says the officer who
is telling the experience:
lie recognized me at once perhaps
you believe that the executioner, finding
himself suddenly face to face with his
victim, Strengthened up defiantly? Or
that he f1nched ard begged for mercy? e?
Or, at least, that he showed some sense
Of shame?
Not Mt all. He smiled complacently, as If
he had just met an old comrade. .
He held out his hand to me and gazed at
with his eye. Humble and gentle,
caressing, with hardly a trace of tmidity,
but already affectionate and almost ten
der, his single pupil turned toward the
good patron whom it hasn't seen since
the night before and is charmed to see
became the cafe waiter again.
These fellows know only two kinds of ex-
stence. They are either walters or hang
men.
There is German psychology in all it's
nakedness. The German either terror
ICES or cringes. He is either ferocious
or servile. In Belgium and the invaded
districts Of France the world saw him
in his first mood Our soldiers and the
ether Allied soldiers in Germany are go
ing to see him in his even more disgust
ing second mood.
All his politeness and humility are a
cunning appeal tafthe magnanimity of
his conquerors. But there is no repent
New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Smokes for Youngsters

+. +. V.--As n contemporary of w. N. p.
in this mornings Tribune, l wish to offer
my experiences part Of the Great Corn
silk Controversy.
In my boyhood days, spent in the noun
tains of Virginia, we used full sized corn
cobs for pipes burning out the centre with
a red hot wire or poker, thus producing
the effect of the long cigar and doing away
with the waste of using newspapers fAr
wrappers, for in those days they were
scarce and every one saved them for shelf
covers, carpet Innings, etc.
On one occasion another boy--a would
be tobacco smoker-without my knowledge
filled up my cob with real tobacco, and
after smoking about half of it gave up
(literally) and decided against that form
Of amusement. | reiiled it with cornsilk,
smoked it through, and the resulting up
heaval was true to form
The seed pods to which you refer were
known to us as Monkey Cigars" and un-
less am mistaken are grown on catalpa
trees.
Why has no one mentioned grapevine
1t held its own with "Monkey Cigars" in
match wasting and tongue burning quail
ties, and while it lasted had the appearance
of a real stoge j. R. S.
The "beans" which you and I smoked in
1892 or so were from the catalpa tree (the
ugiest and most useless tree that grows).
If remember rightly, coffee made the
best smoke. Tea bit the tongue; leaves
were a great disappointment.
There were boasts on the part of some
blase boys from Baltimore that they had
smoked cinnamon igars"-whatever they
were-but we Wlmingtonians never sank
low ROBERT GRIMSHAW.
"BUNkens," 7uho is IN the fur business
himself, complains Of the unprotessionot
franA'ness Of q certain firm, aVhich ad-
uertiscs, "Deleted Fur Co., Skins"
The Kaiser wants his own physician
to come to him from Germany, yet we
know of several doctors who would
travel all the way from here to attend
him. free of charge.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Religion Deferred

(Fron, The Emporia (Kan.) Gasetto)
And again we wonder how much time
the average returned soldier will have for
the kind of religion preached by the min
lister who claimed exemption from military
service because he was a theological stu
dent?
New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Summary of Soldier 8 Life

(From The Kansas City stor)
The life Of the soldier is interesting and
varied-recruited at the start, decootied at
the finish.
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Breakfast Is Now Served
fEro,,, The Dvbvo,,c Tcy,n,.,

(From The Dubuque TclegrapID
The Misses Pearl and Margaret Coffee
and Mr.. William Waffle have returned to
their homes in Fort Dodge
New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Stuff World, Folks!

If you say America won the war,
you're suspected Of German propaganda
against the Allies; if you say any one
else won it, you're no patriot.
If you think war is degrading, you're
n pacifst; if you believe it to- be emo
bling, you're a Prussian.
If you enlisted and left your depend
onts fiat you're Irresponsible; if you
waited for the Graft to get you, you're
Stacker if it didn't.
If you sweat blood over your column,
people say "pretty soft for you'll; if
you stall along and do as little as pos
sible, they say it anyway.
"Ncuer mind If your son does look
like you,' says Ha1riettc UnderhW, fat
tercr that she is, "maybc hcW be bright"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
G. SHIPS G.
SEALING WAX
WOULDN'T WE JUST!
We wish we were a Billy goat!
What would we not be giving,
On cobbles and tin cans to dote
And foil the cost of living!

This year aUe aren't trying to do our
Christmas shopping early. We're trying
earnestly to do 1t ut alt.
Who says autocracy is dead when
Ralph Imperator is head of tenants
union in Brooklyn?
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A Sermon on Duty

Each man mustered out at Camp
Funston receives this letter from the
commanding officer:
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"Bulikens," 7uho is IN the fur business
himself, complains Of the unprotessionat
trao1hness Of certain firm, aohich ad-
uertiscs, "Deleted Fur Co., Skins"
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Calendar for the Current Week

SUNDAY-Carnege Hall violin by
Aeolan Hail. by the Symphony Society; Punch
and Judy Theatre, p. m. song recital.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Opera House. Of the
French Samson ct Daia; Aeoian Hail. piano
forte recital by Alfred Cortot; Park Theatre
English.
TUESDAYAeolan Hail. pianoforte recital Ornsen
S15 concert Of chamber the Chamber
Music Society Princess Theatre recital by Julia
Henry Metropolitan Opera House, by John
Mccormack Maggie Teyte jacques Thibaud United War
work Park Theatre, in English; Opera House.
Brooklyn Italian opera, "Madama Butterfly
WEDNESDAYMet Opera House. D. nl opera
Aida Carnegie Hail. S15 concert by the Philharmonic
Society for soldiers and sailors of the United States and As
Aeolan Hail. violin recital by Richard Czerwonky Park
Theatre m. English.
DAY-Metropoltan Opera House, in Italian
La File du Regment' Carnegie Hall, the
Symphony Society; s:15 Of
Society; Aeoan Hail. 815 by Edwin
hughes; Park Theatre p. m. opera
f-etropotan Opera House, Italian Ella
Fora del Destno Carnegie Hall m concert of the
Phiharnonlc Society," Aeoan Hail. Sis by
Lolita Madden; Park Theatre, p. m opera English
DAYMetropotan Opera House, D. M, French opera
Ihais'; Italian popular prices, "Cavaera
Ruscana and "Pagacc"; Carnegie D. m symphony
concert Tor Dung People, 8;15 recital by
Carpl Aeoan Hail. pianoforte Ornsten:
Slo p m, song recital by Nine. Niessen-stone.
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in exile, but whose origin is unknown
to the nobility Of Seville, where the
opera opens, and Donna Leonora, with
whom he is in love. Her father, the
Marquis of Calatrava, has higher in
tentions for his daughter, and Donna
Leonora plans an escape with him. The
marquis surprises them at the critical
moment, and Don Aware, who, to quiet
any suspicion concerning the honor Of
Leonora, throws his pistol to the door
in submission to the fathers will. I'm
fortunately, the pistol goes off and
mortally wounds the marquis. Leo.
nora, horror-stricken, embraces her dy-
ing father, VIII, invokcs q curse upon
her.
The second act begins in a village
inn of Hernacuelos. Don Carlo, the
brother Of Leonora, is travelling in dis
guise as student, seeking vengeance
upon the murderer Of his father.
Donna Leonora. in male attire, comes
upon the scene. During supper Leo
nora discovers the identity Of her
brother, and, escaping, seeks refuge in
monastery, where she confesses all
to the abbot, who allows her to spend
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the remainder of her days in cave.
That she may be protected from intru-
sion the abbot calls his friars about
him and warns them not to approach
the cave under penalty Of being cursed.
The third act reveals Don Alvaro as
q soldier In Italy, enlisted under an as
sumed name. 1t is night. He hears
cries for help, and saves the life of
fellow soldier, who turns out to be
none other than Don Carlo, also under
false name. The incident causes q
sworn friendship, and they go to bat
tie side by side. Don Alvaro is, sup
posedly, MORALLY wounded, whereupon
he confdes valise to his comrade,
making him swear 10 destroy certain
bundle of letters, unopened, in the
event Of his death. Don Carlo broods
over the valise; suspicious have arisen,
but he is bound by honor not to read
the letters. Suddenly he discovers,
among the other contents Of the bag,
a picture of his sister. At the moment
the surgeon enters and predicts the re-
covery of Don Alvaro, and Don Carlo
rejoices in the hope that he may still
avenge his fathers blood. The scene