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New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

close cooperation with Miss Katherine
Fox, who back home is dean of the
womcn's department. Of Oregon Uuver-
slty and who in France is in charge of
the Y. W: c. A. clubhouse and work for
the telephone girls in this division.
Telling Of the work Of the club telc-
phone girls in France, Miss Snow said:
The work Of the telephone girls
here is much as it is at home The life
IS different We work in seven and
eight hour shifts, according to the time
the work is done. We have no late night
shifts, however, for the work is light
then and the men take it over.
with ninety-nine girls over here. we.
OF course, have many types represented,
but the group is remarkably fine one
1t includes college girls who came be-
cause this offered them the only oppor-
tuNlty to get into war work They were
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

they are the honored guests Of all en-
tertainments, including theatre parties,
Besides, they have an athletic field of
their own, provided by the Y. w. C. A. :.
All the telephone girls in this town
are quartered at the Signal Girls Club
a french hotel taken over by the Y. W.
{. "A. especially for their use.
Their life is not all play, however.
The girls are under military discipline
Each is allowed four passes week
two late and two early. The earlv
passes call for them to return to the
club by 10:30 o'clock. The late passes
allow them to remain out until mid
night. The military authorities have
recognized the presence of the girls and
their value to the army by granting to
enlisted men who take them to dances
the privilege of returning to quarters
torty-flve minutes late in order to take
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Women

ling Of the finances and the choosing of the
party candidates for Parliament The Labor
party Is composite body made up Of U)
trade unionsts; (2) the Independent Labor
party; (3) the Fabian Society, small group
OF middle class intellectuals, mildly radical.
The Independent Labor party claims mem
bcrship of $4,000, but is probably smaller.
Nevertheless, its leaders, mostly pacfists,
manage to control, to an enormous extent,
the entire Labor party. It is a most sin
gular example of the tail wagging the dog;
but the fact exists and must be reckoned
with.
No one of these three political groups
unless it be the Unionist party, has a
majority which could carry the country.
The Liberals, who came into power in 1906
won the election by exchanging votes with
the Labor party. and some such coalition,
some combination Of pacitists and defeat
lists, will undoubtedly be made in the COM
Ing election.
The determined opposite of this defeatist
combination is the Women's party with its
war cry of "Victory, National Security and
Progress and its policy of conclusive
peace
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Women in Wall Street

her banks foreign department. She
sums up her entrance into the financial
world with naive conciseness:
The bank wrote up to college for
some men to undertake the course If
training, and my economics instru tor
sent In my name among the rest They
didn't want woman, but l persuaded
them to change their minds"
The same experiment is being tried by
a few brokerage houses
They also are following the plan Of
transferring the women from one de-
partment to another, so that thew NAV
learn the relation of each to the others
and to the whole, and come to their
work equipped with thorough knowl-
edge OF their organization. A Young
woman who joined one of these broker
age houses few months ago was put to
work IN the card catalogue room. where
sne spent three weeks learning the firms
system Of filing and indexing. Then she
was transferred to the order DEPART
ment, in which she received traininp in
taking orders and giving information
over the phone
AS soon as she became familiar with
the scope Of each department. she was
moved to another, butsshe was looked
upon as a permanent employe of each
"hlle she was with it. Like all the others
who are part of the new movement
thls glri is enthusiastic over the work
ana the opportunities it offers. At COL
lege she was a "]iterary light" and
speclallzed In languages She knew moth
ing at all of practical affairs of finance
before she entered this firm, and had no
conception of the absolute accuracy that
is essential to this kind of work.
But with this training YOU can't holm
learning quickly" she said, "and accu-
racy is drilled into u.s."
racing an even greater necessity now
SINCE the new draft law was passed
IL IS extremely probable that many more
wall Street firms will fal' into line and
accept women on the sam terms as men
IL Is perhaps significant that "The Wall
Street Journal" the best known and
most influential financial newspancr IN
the city, has for the first time a yon,.,
on Its staff. She is not sent out on as-
slgnments, although that NAV come
yet'' say those in authority with a ouiz-
zeal smile; but she does inside work
that heretofore has always been done bv
a man. She, too, is enthusiastic about
her work and the future which the finan-
cial world is holding out to women.
I'm still looked upon as stranee sort
OF beast" she says when asked about the
attitude Of her office. (Shc has heen
there only few months.) "3ut thev,n
get used to me in time, and admit that
l can do a mans work"
There has always been large de-
mand for women clerical workers in
Wall Street; this still persists. But
different, more hopeful trend is BEGIN
ming to make itself fet-a new wi])inr-
ness to train women as formerly bows
were taken in and trained; WILLINGNESS
to open to them any job for which thev
prove themselves fit The dav of the
woman has come in every sphere. Wall
Street is no exception.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Wbv Tbev ARR 15rapc
BY ELIZABETH PORTER wYCKoFF

" SPOKE Of a rouon 'cho keeps
III her husband home from TIE
When God knoms he is needed oper
there.
"Shc is not broye, like you,7 sad my
husband, proudlg
1t lcas the day before he sailed.
laughed.
SHE is not aeise, like me-" sad.
Il could not live with yon II kept you
home"
1t is true. an rise. om calcuIa!-
ing far ahead
He IS nearer now. three thousand Mules
alcay. thar il he ,cerc here, hating
himself and me.
He aciu be nearer, il he should dc,
knoacing that cas "brare
| cannot talk about Whot it wlN 0,eoa
to us lchen he comes back agom.
THIS is Why aconaan sends her h'es'
band to the acar.
She is not brare.
She knows she couid rot bea, II II sc
kept him homc.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Liberals and Labor
Ruled BY Minorities

The Liberal party, or majority of its
MEMBERS are also in favor of war to vic
tory. Unhappily, however, the machinery
Of the Liberal party is largely in the hands
Of persons Of distinctly defeatist tenden-
efes. This strong faction, under the leader-
ship Of Mr.. Asquith. is particularly unsound
on the question Of the economic war against
Germany.
The Labor party is in exactly the same
category. Like the Liberals, the Labor
party members are ruled by minority fac
ton who hold the party machinery i'll their
hands, and will, therefore, have the hand
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Women Are United
For War to Victory

On its record and its published war
programme the Women's Party is prepared
to enter the com ng campaign strong in the
hope that Great Britain will give ear, not
to the pacifst element which would be salts
fed with thinly disguised German victory,
but to its women, who have sacrificed and
will continue to sacrifice everything to bring
about just and lasting peace through vic
tory in the field.
That the pacifist leaders of the Labor
Party would be satisfied with a German
peace is entirely evident from their much
vaunted programme, which | give below
paralleled with the Women's Party war
policy:
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

ure up IN regard to age and character.
Tor only the finest type of telephone girl
IS accepted for service over here,
The army not only adores the girls.
but 1t looks out for them and protects
ehem IN every way. Every night one of
the quickest of the hard-hitting military
policemen of the City of Discomfort
keeps watch and guard over their club
house. He is armed with a nightstick
and revolver. In addition, he is Of Bel
glan descent and speaks French and
rlemlsh perfectly. He is the most en-
wed man in the town.
Miss Mary Snow, Of Lowell. Mass. an
experienced operator of the Bell Tele-
phone Company, is chief operator. She
is also a commanding officer of the girls
ana ISSUES the passes and looks after
them generally. She is a fine type of
, American womanhood. and works in
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Congress of Women

THE cables of August 2s gave only
a faint idea of the inspiration of
the Congress of Allied Women
on War Service held in Paris There
were 1000 of them, all in uniform
French, American, British, Italian, Bel
gian and Serbian. The different delega-
tions, massed together in the Theatre
du Champs Elysees, each rose en- masse
as Lord Derby, the British Minister to
France, who presided, read the rollcall
The Red Cross, the Y NJ. c. A. and
Y. W. c. A. British. American and
French) were called first. and at least
three-fourths of the assembly rose then
the munition workers Of Rouen and
Paris, Queen Mary's army auxiliary
forces, motor transport drivers Of all So
cieties and countries, and then all French
societies, exclusive Of nurses. The
nurses present were called separately
the Scottish Woman's Hospital, the
American, British and French nurses of
all hospitals, the Salvation Army and
then the dozens of smaller societies. One
hundred organizations of women were
represented.
NJ. Pichon. Of the French Cabinet, in
a most eloquent speech told the Allied
women how the French government re-
garded their coming.
Humanity had to be saved" he said.
and you came to save it, At the su-
preme moment of agony came America
and the women Of America, supreme
among the women of the world. Years
ago there were only Sisters of Charity
Tor the sick and wounded of the world.
Now all the women Of the world have
become sisters of charity"
Only four OF the British Waacs we're
present, but they had an ovation all out
OF proportion to their number. Two
"aacs had just been lost in the sink
ing Of hospital ship in the Channel.
Americans will not fail to remember the
story Of Mrs. Long, who, with a foot
taken off by shot from the submarine.
could not be saved, and went down as
bravely as she had lived.
great chorus of women. with Nine
Chereau. of the Opera Comique, for the
solos, led the singing. The programme
had Over There" printed in French and
English, Elgars Land of Hope and
Glory" Mehurs LIE Chant du Depart. ,"
hipling's "Recessional' and for the end
our own Battle Hymn Of the Republic"
TO have heard 1000 women. with the
colored band of the 369th United States
Infantry, unde" Lieutenant James r.
Europe, the co4ored composer. leading
them, singing:
"Gloire, 0, gloire, Alleluia,
Gloire, Q, glore, Aleluia.
Gloire. 0, gloire, Aleluia,
Car Dieu marche en- avant,''
must have been WORT going 5000 miles
to hear I.
No, there was no feminist propa-
ganda.' said Mrs. Janet Wallace En-
rich, of the Y. W. c. A.. who tells about
the meeting
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
BY MINNA LEWINSON
w 7 AR is knocking down the wall
" of Wall Street. And through

" AR is knocking down the wall
" of Wall Street. And through
the aperture, small now, but
growing larger each day, woman is en-
tering in.
Wall Street, the financial Holy Of
Holes, the awesome, the mysterious, the
exclusively masculine, is at last admit
ting the feminine element on an equal
footing-a little grudgingly, perhaps,
but none the less admitting it. And when
women have once obtained foothold
there, they will establish themselves Sc
curely and never drop out. The training
they get will develop them into big
executives, leaders of industries, finan-
ciers as keen and able as the men with
whom they will have to compete.
Soon after our entrance into the war,
banks and brokerage houses realized that
the loss of man power was going to hit
them hard. Their aggressive, far seeing
executives, their quick-witted, resource
rul subordlnates, were just the kind Of
men needed to carry on the nations vast
volume of new business Some of the
more foresighted of these organizations
began laying plans to replace the Young
men VINO were taken from them Women
were IN most cases counted a last
resort, except for clerical positions. The
vast reservoir Of older men or Young
married men with families was regarded
as the logical source of labor But manv
or these enlisted, and others went into
various forms of war production. And
so came the womans chance.
A few other keen, incisive women.
such as Alice Carpenter. encouraged
some of the banks and brokerage houses
to try the experiment of taking in
woman, putting her through the same
course of training they would give a
man, and then opening up to her all the
Jobs, including the big executive posi-
tons, that would be available to man.
The National City Company had al
ready initiated a course to train women
IN bond selling; applications for entrance
Tar outstripped the vacancies Other in
stitutions followed suit. The National
Bank of Commerce recently engaged
several young women just out of COL
lege, who had had no previous business
experience. These recruits will be given
a chance to learn thoroughly the field
and methods of the organization. Thev
are sent from department to department.
staying an average of three weeks in
each, and doing the work of each. no
matter how mechanical it may be- Thus
they become familiar with every cog in
the huge machine, and can see exactly
what part each plays in the work Of the
whole. 1t is just this kind of training
that has produced the capable, far-see
ing bankers for which we as nation
are famous. experts completely CONVEX
SAINT with their own institutions and with
the banking business as whole.
One of the recruits, little quiet girl
with pale blond hair and serious blue
eyes hopes some day to DO big work in
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
GENERAL election In Great Britain
y Is usually an event which excites

a GENERAL election In Great Britain
~ i. usually an event which excite.
attention only among the people OF
the United Kingdom, but the election just
now pending has an interest far wider 1t
vitally affects the people Of America and of
every one of the allied countries in the
world war. For the coming election will
decide, as far as Great Britain is concerned.
the policy Of she war, whether it Is to be
fought relentlessly to victorious conclu-
sion, or whether IL is to end in cowardly
and shameful compromise peace. My object
in writing these articles is to, make this
clear to the American people and to present
TO them the main issues on which the
British general election will be contested.
1t will be the first general election at
which women will vote, and they arc certain
to play q prominent part in the campaign,
since the loss of the Allied cause would be
to them q calamity almost greater than to
men. A peace in which turks the seed Of
more and more disastrous and fatal wars
means to women future devoid of hope,
and unless Germany is completely subju-
gated. made poweress, women would better
be dead. We women who have assisted in
this war, who have seen the fruits of Ger
man victories, know this. The others will
know it later on
Four principal political groups will take
part in the election. OF these the Unionists
Conservatives and Conservative Liberals
are for the most part in favor OF a vigor-
Gus win-the-war policy. Lord Lansdowne
and his small pacifist following are a negli-
gible faction Of the Unionists. They do not
count
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
BY ARTHUR E. HUNGERFORD

BY ARTHUR f. HUNGERFORD
nAR1S, Sept. II (by mail) Amer
lean telephone girls reign in royal
state in France. They are adored
by the French and worshipped by the
Americans, and yet they are not spoiled
Ninetynine are in France. Addi-
tional units are on the way. Those al
ready here are pretty we'll scattered
though there are two or three large
units.
The happiest unit-at least the girls
claim they are the happiest units sta
toned in the City of Discomfort, so
called because it is far behind the bat
tie lines and practically every one there
is anxious to get to the front.
Two dances week are given for the
girls, one by the Y. NJ. c. A. and the
other by the Y. W. c. A. In addition.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

Whatever
may have been the
causes Of the out
break of war, it is
clear that the peo-
pies Of Europe, who
are necessarily the
chief sufferers from
its horrors, had
themselves no hand
in it. Their COM
mon interest is now
SO to conduct the
terrible struggle IN
which they find
themselves engaged
as to bring it, rs
soon as possible, to
an Issue in a secure
and lasting peace
for the world"
League G
" It should be
an essential part Of
the treaty Of peace
itself that there
should be estab-
lishcd a superna-
tional authority, or
League of Nations,
which should not
only be adh cred 10
by all the present
belligerents, b u t
which every other
independent sover-
eign state in the
world should be
pressed to join"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

enter the army and women to prepare them
selves to release fighting men from all kinds
Of industries Long before it became gov
crnment measure the women urged conscrip-
tion. The Womcn's Party pioneered, cam
paigned, agitated for the employment of
women in munition factories, and was main
ly instrumental in securing this great means
of increasing British military strength.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Labor Party Won1en's Party
War ProgranmeWar Programme

"War till victory,
followed by a peace
imposed upon the
Germans and their
allies which, by
ithdrawing subject
populations from
their control and by
reducing their min
eral and other war
like resources, will
make it physically
impossible for the
Germans to wage
another war with
any prospects of
success. The peace
terms to include
those indicated in
the Allies note to
President Wilson"
7 Nations
"The authority Of
Parliament, which is
the only constitu-
tional and effective
re p r e scntation Of
the people, must not
be surrendered in
the sphere of for
cign and interna-
tional politics to any
so-called League or
Council of Nations.
Inevitably any such
league or council
would lie a very i'm
perfect representa-
ton of the people,
and would be far
more subject than is
the national Par
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

o Reparation
under the di-
rection of an inter
national commits
sion" (including the
Central Powers }.
" Payment by
the government. d.
Restoration g.
leaving to the deci-
sion of the Belgian
people the determi-
nation of their own
future policy"
(Plebiscite.)
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Fight B0lsheviSm in Britain

portant part in arousng public opinion ant
causing the overthrow Of that government.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Alsace- Lorraine


Plebiscite, under Restoration >,
the League Of Ma France without an,
tions, including Ger plcbiscitc.
many.
The Balkans
Plebscite, Austria
and Germany in
cluded In represen-
tation.
Other Small Nations
League of Nations
to decide, Germany
part cipating on
equal terms.
We ask Great Britain to exam nne these
two programmes, and ] ask the American
people to examine them in detail and Judge
for themselves which one of the two. If
adopted, would be for the Allied nations
the better guarantee of a Just and lasting
peace.
The industrial programme and The pro
gramme for social reconstruction after the
war of the Womcns Party shall write OF
in future articles.
Editors Note: The next article Of
this series will appear on the New Cjti
zen's Page October en- de NJ
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Labor Party Won,en's Pav,,,
War Programme War Progromn,.

lament to the per
nicious intrigue Of
international finance
and other interna-
tionai agencies
which, as this war
has proved, have be-
come merely the
tools OF Germany
and pan German
ISM"
.ium
The restitution
Of provinces former.
ly torn from the
Allies by force or
against the wish O,
the inhabitants; the
liberation Of the
Italians, also Of the
Slays, Rumanians
and Czecho- Slovaks
from foreign domi-
nation; the setting
free Of the popula-
tions subject to the
bloody tyranny Of
the Turks and the
turning out Of Eu-
rope of the Otto
man Empire as de-
cidedly foreign to
Western ciYiliza-
ton"
-orraine
The Washington herald., 1918-01-26
WHITE SLAYER
GETS tO-YEAR
PRISON TERM
Mary Bolden Conducted Dis,
orderly House IN South
west Washington.

Your offense Is the worst on the
book" said Justice Stafford yester-
day. when he sentenced Mary Bolden,
negro woman, to serve ten years In
the penitentiary for violating the
Mann White Slave Act.
The Bolden woman conducted a dis
orderly house during the wave Of IL
centiousness that swept over south
west Washington last summer. She
was convicted Of enticing 15-year-old
Florence Davis into her house for i'm
moral purposes
Louise A. Smith. a negro domestic.
was sentenced to serve two years
for stealing several hundred dollars
worth Of fine wearing apparel from
her employers.
John E Brunt, former collector for
J. W. Gregg, was sentenced to two
years for railing to turn back to his
employer $5ON which he collected
October 2. last
Robert Price, negro, a housebreaker
must also serve two years for break
ing into the home OF May L, Wynd-
ham and stealing a quantity OF jew
elry December II, 1911
Elias N. David, a Greek, was SEN
fenced to serve one month in Jail fol
receiving stolen property. He was
convicted Of receiving goods. knowing
that they had been stolen. y, 900 pack
ages Of cigarettes, 800 cigars, 30 pounds
OF chewing tobacco and 12O package.
of smoking tobacco, which had been
stolen from William Deiches Sons
wholesale tobacco merchants.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-26
TO Relieve TRAFFIC
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

NS-AA~'OAAD hoh 0Ob ONE.
unnecessary a preliminary crossing
stop by the car. To insure successful
operation of the double-berthing sys-
tenn, traffic officers are asked to pass
two cars on one indication OF the
traffic sign.
mo parking Of autos on New York
avenue between Fourteenth and Fif-
teenth streets, or on Fourteenth street
between New York avenue and H
street.
This is Mr.. Beeler's recommends
ton for alleviation of congestion on
streets which have four tracks.
On Fifteenth street between New
York and Pennsylvania avenues It Is
recommended that parking be per-
mitted only with the vehicle parallel
to and with the wheels against the
curb. No vehicle should be permitted
to stand In the space between the
safety zone and the curb at any time
Mr.. Beeler says considerable delay
occurs in New York avenue at the
termination Of the Chevy Chase line
During the evening peak, according
to figures submitted with the report,
the standing time of a car at the
crossover here average one minute
and tWenty-eight seconds. This oc-
ours nine times each hour. The ac-
tual delay caused amounts to twelve
and one-half minutes. 1t prevents
twenty-three cars from passing
through in the hour. according to
the figures.
The company hopes to relieve this
condition by routing the Chevy Chase
cars across Fifteenth street and con-
tinuing them westward on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and thence to Potomac
Park over the loop now being con-
structed.
A more uniform headway and re-
vision OF schedules is asked for the
reason that uniformity would tend
to relieve overlooking and delay OF
the cars following the larger gaps
Inequalities III headway, according
to Mr.. Beeler. causes serious delay
In the congested district especially
Eight stops to the mile Is advo-
Gated in the "skip-s stop" system
With no increase in the number OF
cars now running, a 20 per cent in.
crease could be made in capacity
says the report. Twenty per cent
more speed would be afforded, and
cars could return more quickly fol
another trip.