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New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Till Wednesday

New York has failed its Boy Scouts
1t has not contributed it's share, which
was to be 325 900 associate members ana
$1,00O,000 cash. The Scouts are no
really disappointed. They know how
many other things people have to do.
They have extended the time We have
until Wednesday night to make good
with them. And we mast.
The Boy Scout movement is the largest
appeal to boyhood as such, irrespective
of church and school, that has ever been
attempted. Here is an organization
whose chief duty is to direct into happy
and interesting channels the otherwise
aimless hours of playtime of The average
boy. Instead of saying, Don't do this"
and Don't do that" and "Try to be
good" the Boy Scout leaders say, Lets
do this" and then proceed to do the
things that every boy likes to do-that
IS, every boy who knows how to do them.
And the boy who does not know how is
the boy who has never had the chance
TO do them; who does not know what
they are; because they have not entered
into his sphere of life. To give that bow
chance is the object of the Bow Scout
drive. There could be no more important
work IN the world. Perhaps it is more
needed in the cities, where life is crowded
at best and the average boy is crowded
OUT INTO the streets and alleys for his
play. What can he know of clean sports.
of camping and games that develop wide,
free areas? How can he develop into a
broad-minded, honest-thinking citizen?
Everybody pushes him out Of the wav,
and he must push IL he wants any room.
And 50 he becomes selfish and furtive,
and his fun develops into mischief, re-
gardless Of the rights of others, or of
consequences to himself. School is
place to keep away from beeause it re-
stricts, and there is no connection be-
> tween it and his outside life.
The Scout activities take him bevond
the city streets, to the woods, to country
lanes and fields. They show him how
TO get fun out Of life without making
others miserable. He even learns that
there is lot of fun TO be had by making
other people happy. And school begins
to have meaning.
For the country boy one might think
that the Scouts could not do much. To
be sure, he has the space in which to
grow, and the fields and woods to play
an; but very often he does not know how
10 use the opportunities for development
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Fourteen Points
From The Mem Republic.

'TTom 4 ne GNsD bepubiicJ
- RLANDO smiled; and Pichon said
~ "Your fourteen little points are dead"
Not So" the President replied,
"My little points have never died
II caught the voices in the air,
And heard proclaimed an issue there
No man might dare to straddle;
May l not say I first espied
The onward flowing human tide
With Labor in its saddle?
you think Shantung brings me chagriut
No; for Japan it's always been
An economic barrier.
| promised to remove all such
l can't say China likes it much
But all Japan is merrier.
Il said we'd open our debate
And hide no plan for any state,
From Omsk to the Trentino;
And nothings' hid, you must agree,
From Clemenceau or George or me,
Or even old Sonnino.
Lets take the Saar-and there you'll fnd
That France alone made up her mind,
without my consultation
No words Of mine would she embrace
1t was, you see, clear-cut case
OF sef-determnation.
"The freedom of the seven seas
We have secured with perfect ease
Debate IT, if you choose to;
The League of Nations, in its might
Declares the seas have every right
To flow on as they used to.
"Need I say more ?"-"No more!" they
cried.
And straightway to their tasks they HE'D
With all their aids and all their clerks,
Applying Fourteen Points to Turks.
C. NJ
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
A Synagogue in Poland

Grom Tie Nation, Ne,o York)
T STUMBLE, from the foul and noisy
H. street,
Down four flag steps, into the basement
gloom.
Here Rembrandt figures in the bare, bleak
room
Drone from the Talmud. Deep in their
retreat
Blear-eyed old women humble at their
prayers.
A tall swart youth with spirit-haunted eyes
Winds praying shawl about him, while he
stares
Into the dimness, at the forms which rise.
The reader pounds the desk for evening
prayer;
An awful quiet falls. Gods presence ereeps
Upon these swaying bodies bent and spare.
"Out of the depths l CALL" hoarse voie"
wceps
"How long, o Lord? ?" cuts through the ar=
A thrill
A beard droops low, and all again is still.
LEAH RACHEL YoFFIE.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
A Week of Verse
Battin' Flies
(Prom Reeriyys Mi,rorj


from Reefuys M;,rpr,
YES sir. He was one OF the rrsDs...
H. characters s'A"aest
We ever had here.
Come in. I'll show you the room
Thar's his picture on the wall,
Looks exactly like Uncle Sam
Only more quiet like.
This is where he sot-
Right thar,
For more'n forty years.
And his wife dead for more'n +bi~.
AND him not married, or wantin' to he
Just patient and livin' along
He was grand character.
Many's the time seen him sottin' thar,
He hated terbacker,
And Ticker,
And the the-ater
And dances and rowdies.
Here he used to sot
Battin' flies in summer time.
And countin' cracks in winter time
The preacher used to read the Bible 10 him,
Sometimes.
He didn't want no explanations
lie knew what it meant his own self
No, he never got tired of sotting thar
If he did he went to bed-you sec,
He was sanctified-
He told me SO his own self:
He couldn't sin no more.
And while Greenacrg Attcrberrv .
drinkn'
And peto Mr(0na MO, ..;u;.-, -
And rscin',
And Cy Kirby was goin' around
With Anne Gordon,
Here he was, sottin' thar
Livin' good life
He was q grand character.
Hs wac the first prohibitionst
In this here county
Sixty year ago,
He said to me:
Do you mind how they wiped out slavery,
Same thing; just wait
And look at it:
When he dies
He leaves pretty nigh thousand head ~
cattle,
And about five hundred hogs.
And more'n a hundred shoats.
And them ere corn cribs we passed
Full of corn
And money in bank,
And a good name-Yes, sir!
They tell me that over in Europe
They set around at places
In the afternoon, b. gosh,
And smoke and drink and listen 10 music
And read and waste their time
Don't you see? That's what's the matter
with England,
And France and the rest Of EN-.
That's the reason they're behind Ameriky-
They have no grand characters.
Maxim a business of character.
Suppose a feller has no character
Don't you suppose he'd get tired
Battn' flies and countin' cracks.
And want to hoss race,
Or some ethin'?-
OF course he would!
That's the point
That's where character comes in
That's what makes Ameriky greatl
Yes, sir! T-t-t-h T-t-t-h!
EDGAR LEE MASTERS.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
On1sk a Both

About the second week Of March Of this
year. Miss Nancy Babb, who is in charge
of the barracks for the Omsk district. de-
termined that something further should be
done to prevent the spread of disease
namely, the cleaning up Of the barracks and
their dwelers. She secured the use of
large Russian bath and laundry, ordinarily
used by the Austrian prisoners, wheedled
wood, water and disinfecting materials out
OF the city government, bought 500 pounds
Of soap, borrowed 100 blankets, collected
sulphur and kerosene from the Red Cross,
prepared bug-proof costumes for the workers
and was ready for the Job.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Barracks Full of Ver7nin

Two rows of platforms about twelve feet
wide extend down the length of each build
ing, with another tier above. These are
subdivided into compartments about six
feet square, each family occupying one
compartment, and curtaining it off from the
next one with old rags. Sometimes, when
the family is extra large, half of it may
sleep in the compartment above and the
other half on the platform below. Gener-
ally two families occupy each small space.
with five or six persons sleeping on top and
bottom The barracks are heated bv huge
circular Russian stoves extending to the
ceiling, and the refugees have also small
iron stoves for cooking psrposes, which thew
keep IN the aisleways and corners. These
keep the place filled with smoke in a man
ner that completely oblterates any small
amount of ventilation that may have crept
IN through the cracks and doors. From 200
to 800 people live in each barrack. going
back and forth, tracking the snow and dirt,
coughing, expectorating, keeping the place
IN state of filth that is indescribable. They
themselves, living more like animals than
human beings, are not only covered with
dirt, but alive with vermin AS result of
this they have about every disease known to
science-and then some not listed
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Coafskins Disintecfed

1t was next necessary to get the refugees
to part with their "shubas,' or goatskin
coats, for overnight, in order that they might
be sent up to the city disinfection plant A
shuba is dearer to refugee than his very
soul, and he would as soon part with the
same. There were loud cries of protest.
1t was cold-the shubas would be ruined.
But Miss Babb was absolutely firm on that
point The curly fur of the shubas was
alive with heas and body lice. They must
either allow them to be fumigatsd or be "a.
fused the certificate Of disinfection They
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
V o o
(zzOZ11g
The Job Of Miss Nancy Babb Of the american Red Cross

&" O"Sk' Siberia May 5-one of the big
" gest single jobs accomplished by the
American Red Cross in Siberia was
done by the refugee department in the city
of Omsk when it undertook the bathing and
disinfection of 1000 refugees and the scrub
bing and disinfection of the barracks in
which they live. In twelve working days
these 1000 people were cleaned, hathed and
their heads rubbed with kerosene-an aver
age Of 175 persons day. In addition eleven
barracks were disnfected 2,100 articles
furnigated with sulphur, 10000 garments
steriized by dry heat and 200 tons of cloth
ing laundered
In order to comprehend the size of this
task it is necessary to understand how the
"byergenci," or Siberian refugees, live
There are $4,000 of them in Omsk and the
outlying districts. Some of them live in
houses of kind, thousands exist in "zim-
lyankas," or dugouts, beneath the snow,
while the rest make their homes in bar
racks These barracks are long low build
ings made Of logs, most of them formerly
used by the Russians for prison camps. They
are built right on the ground, with mud
floors. The occasional windows are nailed
tight to prevent their being opened, and are
SO covered with dirt, snow and ice as to let
in neither light nor air.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
First the Women, Then the Men

Ine work was carried on a barrack at q
time. The refugees were given several days'
notice and they did what preliminary clean
ing they thought was necessary-generallv.
very little. The women were given soap
and compelled to either wash or send to the
disinfecting plant every article of clothing
bedding or household linen that thew pos
sessed Soap being so expensive and hot
water so rare, they seldom needed much en-
couragement on the laundry question. These
preliminaries having been gone through with
they were then sent over to the bath, while
Austrian prisoners finished the job of clean
ing the barracks and whitewashng the build
ing.
In the bath they were done in lots of
thirty or forty-frst, the women and chill
dren, and then the men, As they entered
the door they were Immediately taken in
hand and their heads rubbed with kerosene.
to kill the vermin. Those who objected to
this and refused to have it done were not
given soap or permission to go into the bath.
And again, unbathed persons were denied
entrance to their barrack With the ther-
mometer at 40 degrees below outside they
soon listened to reason. While they were in
the bath their last remaining clothes we're
put into disinfecting machine and sent
whirling around until the lice on them were
destroyed. 1t sometimes happened that the
bathers had concluded their ablutions before
the clothes were finished. They were then
obliged to sit around as modestIy as thew
could in their birthday suit for anywhere
from fifteen minutes to an hour-accordine
hn rlO hos had
the disinfecting plant-which was small
and very primitive affair. AZ the bathhouss
was heated to an almost uncomfortable degree
for any one except Russian, this was only
minor inconvenience
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Where Typhus Ragged

In these barracks, as in numerous other
places in Russia, the typhus epidemic has
been uncomfortable. This was not surpris-
ing. They had no hospitals, isolation wards.
baths or laundries at their disposal. The
American Red Cross, seeing that something
must be done at once, Immediately set to
work and built q disnfectng plant, a. Rus
sian bath and a number of isolation wards.
in addition to fitting up several HOSPITALS
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New-York tribune., 1919-06-15
Another Kind of Anarchist
(Fro"s Tho Montgomery Adpcrtiser)

Love should be intellectual" saws a
Boston highbrow, which moves "The Hous-
ton Post" to make the following venomops
comment, which we heartily approve:
"lconoclast, wrecker of joy, vandal and
anarchist. When love ceases to raise
bisters on the lips fracture ribs, or to
be glorously silly, it is almost as savorv
as cold Irish potato or stewed carrot"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-15

.MSK, Siberia, May 5.-One Of the big
- gest single jobs accomplished by the
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-07
DIR. b. r. MOTION RETURNS FROM
.% WAR ZONE.

Tuskegee, Ala, Feb. 1.-Dr. R. r.
Motion, principal of Tuskegee Institute,
addressed large audience Of students,
teachers and visitors in the institute
chapel last Sunday evening and told
something Of his experiences and OBJ
servations while in France. Among
other things, he told the following very
touching and significant incident:
.sfs.We rode for about a thousand miles
in the war zone, and everywhere were
graves, razed buildings, fields that had
been plowed up by shells, until it be-
came almost depressing. afterwards
came back down the mountains, riding
in the automobile of the commanding
officer. After a. while this officer told
the chauffeur to stop that we may get
out, and we went over to field where
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was a little graveyard with some fifty
graves Of colored soldiers. The officer.
a colonel from South Carolina and q
West Point man, took off his hat, and
as we stood reverently in silence, he
presently said: 'These men, DR.. Motion,
came over here with thousands Of their
fellowmen to fight for our country; for
democracy. I do not know how much
about democracy they understood, but
to me no Drawer soldiers ever faced an
enemy than is true of these men whose
remains lie here. These men gave their
lives-all they had--for humanity, and
believe that America is going to ac-
cord them, those who go back home, q
fuller measure Of citizenship than they
have ever before received; at least I
think it ought to do it.
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COMMEMORATE LINCOLN AND
DOUGLASS BIRTHDAY.

The birthday anniversary Of Abra-
ham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass,
illustrious Negro statesman and orator,
will be observed Wednesday evening,
February l2, at Union Congregational
church, corner Of Tenth and Park
streets.
The Des Moines Branch Of the Ma
tional Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, under whose auspices
the meeting will be held, has secured
two wonderfully eloquent speakers for
the occasion, the Rev. Charles s. Med
bury, pastor Of the University Church
Of Christ, who will deliver an address
on the subject .fLincoln-The Amer
lean Type and Lieut.. Thomas M.
Gregory Of the One Hundred Sixty
third Depot Brigade, stationed at Camp
Dodge, who will eulogize Douglass. =
A piano selection by Miss Oracle
Fredericks, a group of songs by Mr..
Fred Foss, violin and piano duet by
Mr. Marion Hawk and Mr.. Leonard
Hawk, solo by Mrs. Colleen Jones,
contralto, and an oration by Miss G.
Fredericks will complete the program.
The invocation will be given by the Rev.
8. Bates and the benediction by the
Rev. H. E. King. Elbert r. Hall, pres
ident of the Des Moines Branch, will
preside.
Everyone is invited. Admission free.
The s. Il. Brit Club met Friday p. m.
at the home Of Mrs. Brewer, 933 14th
st. Pl. They will meet next Friday,
Feb. IA, at the parsonage with Mrs. 8.
Il. Brit as hostess
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MACON, MO-, NEWS.

Mr.. Dover Brooks died at his home
Sunday evening at 2 o'clock. He was
sick only day with indigestion. Fu-
neral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at Vine and Broadway Bap-
tist church. Rev. J. w. L. Underwood
will preach. The deceased was mem
Der Of the X. of P. lodge, which will
have charge.
The popular colored show of Nay
Brothers & Co. showed last week in
Macon, had crowded house every
night and was a great success.
Russell Grant is on the sick list Sun
day, taken very suddenly, but is better
as we go to press.
Rev. Coins preached an excellent SER
mon Friday evening. He is the state
training missionary for Western Col
lege.
DR.. Smith was in st. Louis last week
on business.
The body of Harry Majous, who died
in Colorado, was shipped to Macon for
buriel. He died with influenza. Ser
vices were held at the cemetery.
Mrs. Rosa Perkins and Mrs. Majors
were called to Colorado and have re-
turned home last week with the de-
ceased son, Harry. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Clark were IN
st. Louis attending the funeral OF
Mable Reese Clark, who died there fol
lowing an operation. Her husband
Ural Clark, is in France.
Mr.. M. w. Weeks Of Ottumwa was
Sunday evening guest of Miss ..
Naomi Lewis. Mr.. James 5. Hale was
also guest at the B. T. Lewis home.
The Sewing Circle Club met at the
home of Mrs. Geo. H. Hollingsworth on
Monday afternoon. A nice lunch was
served.
Mrs. Hattie Bennings was IN Des
Moines two days of this week.
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ooLoRED MAN rs NO sLAcKER.

:
The black man is no Stacker,
He has not gone to Italy,
Nor neither gone to Rome,
But he hassgone across to France
To bring the bacon home.
So goodbye, Angelina,
Goodbye, Anna Bell, VA.
When we return from over the sea
We III have story to tell.
You know we are race
That has always been kept down,
But if we do as we ought to do,
We will surely wear a crown.
To our country g government
We have never yet said no,
And if they call US across the sea,
III all be ready to 60. $50
We want our boys done right,
We don t want them done wrong,
So wen not get discouraged,
But we II buy some Liberty Bonds.
We know that our boys can not fight
Without some being lost,
So we will do the best we can
To help the good Red Cross.
And when the war is ended,
And the Kaiser is knocked out,
We II rally around the flag, boys,
And all Of us will shout.
Mrs. Matte Gooch, Ottumwa, Ia.
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ToRT DODGE.

The social given by the Seeds Of
Kindness at Rev. Biggs was a success.
They certainly had plenty Of good
things to eat Leave it to Mother
Biggs.
Mrs. Steppe was called to Fremont,
Neb., her grandmother being sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Coleman spent
Sunday in Boone visiting his brother,
who was mustered out at Camp Dix.
The Equal Right Club will have q
mass meeting Tuesday night at the A.
M. +. mission.
Mrs. PETERS of Rockwell City was
visiting friends few days. While here
Mrs. Coffman entertained her with an
opera party.
Mr.. julius Butcher and Miss 3.
Eaten were quietly married Saturday.
We wish for them long and happy
married life.
Mr.. Venable is building a beautiful
bungalow on 18th st.
Mr.. Walden, the tailor, Of Estherville,
is in town this week fitting the boys out
with new spring suits
Mr.. Fred Rogers is in the city this
week attending the Masonic lodge.
Mrs. Thomas Franklin returned home
Saturday from Kansas, where she was
visiting sick sister, who was stricken
with the flu.
Mr.. Earl Southall is suffering from an
injury sustained by rear auto axle
falling on his foot.
Mrs. Villa Coleman, one of Madam
Walkers students, reports good busi-
ness in hair work.
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FORMER IoWAN MAKING GOOD.
Preacher at Abyssinian Re-
1ySxr0y

The Abyssinian Baptist church of
New York City, which is no years old,
closed las. Sunday evening one of the
most remarkable and helpful revivals in
its history. The meeting, which began
watch night, was to have closed on the
17th of January, but the crowds, were
so large, the interest so deep and re-
suits so great that the audience voted
unanimously to run it another week.
People came not only from every part
of Greater New York, but from subur-
ban towns and from Jersey. At many
of the services dozens stood for want of
seats. One hundred and two persons
were added to the church, many joined
other churches and many others were
undecided.
The Rev. r. L. Griffith, pastor of the
Second Baptist church Of Topeka, Kan,
who is here waiting to 60 over seas as
a "Y' worker, assisted the pastor, the
Rev. A. Clayton Powell. DR.. Griffith is
a graduate Of Wayland Seminary and
College, now Virginia Union University,
and spent two years at the Chicago
University. He and DR.. Powell were
old school mates and no two men could
have possibly worked more agreeably
together during the revival DR.. Grit.
fifth did most Of the preaching and it is
the unanimous opinion of the thousands
who heard him that New York has not
listened to stronger preacher and
evangelist. His sermons not only
reached the unconverted and the back
sliders, but greatly strengthened the
members who fiocked to hear him from
all the churches. Not only Abyssinia,
but every colored church in New York,
has higher conception of Christian
living and working because of his min
istry.
Long before 1880 Sunday evening,
when DR.. Griffith was booked to preach
his farewell sermon, every seat and all
standing room had been occupied and
hundreds were being turned away AS
an expression Of appreciation Of his
splendid services, the audience gave him
$232.33. The New York people desire
to thank Kansas for lending them this
great preacher to assist DR.. Powell
New York Age, N. Y.
DR.. Griffith was for many years pas
tor Of Corinthian Baptist church, Des
Moines, and his many old friends will
be glad to know Of his excellent work
in New Y York. ssa',ty7 assr7
DR.. Griffith will leave the United
States for Y. M. G. A. work in France
this week and we wish him God speed
in his work.