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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-03

dO caso aNlNa por leieIOno, nc Va-
va a ser que no pneda rocibirte..
&# -
Y este dialogo que Ell cronista
transcribe, linpia la pluana de to-
da palabra pecaminosa, 10 soste-
nian una tarde en- Ell vestibulO ole
una casa mitad posada y matad
burdel, el que estas lfneas escribe,
v una criatura de no mas de VEIN
te amos: una mujercita de rostro
alei5re y bondadoso, ojcs azul pu-
rfsino, frente pequeiia, limpia de
la mas lcve sombra ,de vanidad o
engaho, y modales de gran sehori-
/, educada en- un colegio religioso
= ari tocratico.
En- la posada nos encontramos.
No sc que cosa buscaba ella ALI ;
caso Ia confdencia de una amiga
rccien llegada a la ciudad. Yo
eaperaba a un camarada, artista y
compatriota, a quien habla dc
lcer un mon6loog escrito expresa-
mente para la noche dc su benc-
ticic.
All conoci a la ''Rubia.
Aqr!ella extrana y mas 7tarde
tristemente celebre "Ru5ia del
Callejon".
Como me place verte ahi sem
tado. Tu cara de hombre cnfer-
mo me ha llamado sicmpre la aten
ci6n. Somos dos amigos que SUI
frimos una misma desventura. :.
-Rubia, ique edad tiene us
ted!
-Veinticuatro anos. Muy vie
ia verdad?.. ). ESQ para ii, pero
no para mis- AMIGOS.
Son muchos?
-iPuaf!... Tn atajo de facine-
rosos con pretenciones de pcrso-
mas decentes. +. hidr6fooos de vi
clio. :. almas elwenenadas. ;.
-Ru5ia, permetame que me aso
me un mGmento a la ventana. !.
va Eel Vi cuando subias ell ca
llej0n. TIE vi un buen ratio fren-
te al balconcillo contemplando mis-
flores. :. te interesaban mas que
su duena. >. Y no creas que ten
go cclos. Bicn visto, son mis-
iAiias. le deben mis- manos la
mita1 de sus vidas...
-Escuche, Rubia, 5donde us
ted nacio?
-Aguardaha esa pregunta. -.
TIE sciorende el POGO parecido, mi
do1emejanza a todas las denas
muJerey.,.. ino?
-Ciertamente: hay en- usted,
una drlzrIra. Nunos moda7u tan
vcrdaderamente senorileS.
Isl aupicras cual cs mi ori-
el!... 10 saldrias en- buen rate
dc. til asornbro. soy la MICA
bastarda en- mi familia. =. Asf y
todo nacida de una union ilfcita,
me cducaron con mucho csmero. :.
Con mucho cuidado mientras pa
pa vivi6. :. Apenas muerto cl po-
bre vicjo Sc echo sobre mi toda la
parentela y me dcjaron abandona-
da en- un asilo de carload publ
ca. :. Fue aquello una repugnan-
te rc1atina, una verdadera turba
de lccos que Sc mordian los unos a
los otros, disputandose el ORC
mic.
-; Braya cata. Rubia!
iEh!~. ialla ellos!... Las
mujeres, locas que no saben nj
luieren arrepentirse. -. Los .hom-
brcs, pura trailla de canallas. :.
Solo que olvidan que yo tambien
oy de la raza, y que no tengo por
me oeultar mis- instinlsos Y mi YER
giienza.
ESQ es casi una amenaza.
-Cuando les muerda en- las en-
tranas, en- Ell mizmo corazon, VI;
te dare asunto para una cron;ca
una novela.. o un folletin.
II Oh, Rubia l.. este puhal. .
ique linda alhajal... idebe haber
rcbado tanto por los siglosl..
G. Il ..lkk -, oeo..1 i I.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-03

do nada... eS que me aDStralgO y
pongo los ojos en- cualquiera CO.
Sa...
ii En- cualquiera cosa?.. ihom
bre!.. muchas graciss..
No sc enfade... no Sc de por
aludida... a veces hablo sin dar-
me cuenita de 10 que digo..
-Esta bien. lc perdono.
me Ihago cargo de sl estado de
amino. !. 5sohaba usted?.. icom
ponia el primer capitulo de uua
novela?
-Quien sabe...
-iNovela de amor?... Jun
ctento trag;co?... iuna entrcvis-
ia imaginaria r..
Nj una cosa nj la otra, seilo-
rita...
Con franqueza. acs que leI
aburro?... lie molcstan mis- pre-
guntas!.:.
-Todo 10 contrario. E. su char
la es muy agradable... es usted
un tipo interesante. :.
-Vaya. ;. ESQ esta mcior..
Siguiendo ese canino lleoarcmos a
ser un buen par de amigos.
Aurque, dicho sea con fran1ueza,
amiga yo 10 soy de ustcd, desde
hace mucho tempo.
-Es curioso.. 5desde Guam
do9...
-Desde que lei, ALA en- mi pue-
bio, su primer trabajo.
-Conocfa usted mi afcioh a es-
cribi,.. -.
. i Tomal.. mo Sc 10 estoy di-
ciendo? Conozco c.a aicion su-
ya.. Y conozco tambien sus
"otras,,' afciones.
-Tanto honor. :.
Honor muy merecido. =. Y, a
prop6sito, iquiere usted sacarmeI
dc una duda?
-Enseguida.
-Lo azada a I'd. mentu.
iverlad?
-lIuchfs;mo.
todo 10 que ustedI
eacribe o1 pura ficcion...
Tai como usted dice.
( Y los pcrsonajes de sus croni--
sas solo hal tenido eEistencia en-
su imaginaci6n..
AID mismo.
Que lastima!.. :. 5Por que no
SC a. reve con la realirad?
Es muy triste...
-AIuy tristc... muy triste.
Els que a los cscritores'la verdad
les asista... Son ustedes. muy
micdosos... 4
:.
Y slhora 81 que lie ccurre ua-
ted algo., sQue mira con tanta
altencion?... jque cosa sorprendcI
u9tcd en- mi fisonomia o cn mi per
soma!
Una pregunta, acaso imper-
tinen.e: ipor que lleva ustcd cl
cabello corto?
- Ay, hijo!... porque los hom-
bres son NIFTY capriehosos. Era
una tarea insufrible que no pudeI
sobrellevar por mucho tempo.
s'ique sueltafc el pelo' =. "ique
te peines de nuevo!'.... "ique
vuelta dc lrenZarte! -. i.queI
10 recojas junto Ian ucal. u
Y nn dfa, sin pensarlo casi, eche
mano de las tijeras Y izasl fucra
,fatno estorbo... Ahcra, el que r.
quicra asf, hien... y cl que no
pues... ique no 10 comprel...
Que no To-. Sc6mo Sc llama
usted, seflorita?
Ii Hombre -. tiene gracia. !.
5no me conoccs?- ). eres muy ino-
cente. soy la rubia. ia "Ru
bia del allejon'
lila auea...
lila Rubia -. ino has dido
biens... No seas tonto... sDi,
cuando vienes a visitarme9... iesI
...=
W " E<C
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
Bishop Burch

Bishop Charles Sumner Burchs elec-
ton as mead of the important Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of New York was de-
scrlbed by one OF the clerical delegates
as "an operation Of divine wisdom.' He
represented no party or faction. And
he announces that he viii be Bishop of
the whole diocese, without respect To
or regard for any churchmanship align
ments. fle says he abhors church roli-
tics, does not understand it and will
have no part in it.
He thinks the care of the sniritual
needs OF the diocese is enough to tax
any mans capacity, and he promises
to uphold the arms Of the dean and the
trustees in the great building project
tor the Cathedral of st. John the Divine.
Ihe new diocesan brings to his task
an unusual equipment. Tie was schooled
IN newspaper work and met "al sorts
and conditions Of men," as the LANGUAGE
OF the Prayer Book puts it. He is
scholarly, as is evidenced from tho
variety Of academic honors that have
been showered upon him. He is human
and he knows human nature. Tie is
gracious and yet firm.
In his worA as diocesan he faces the
task OF administering The largest diocese
IN the United States, composed Of every
school Of Episcopal Churcn Thought.
Also he faces .he task Of tranxatng into
terms of stone the dream of Bishop Pot
ter and Bishop Greer He is in the full
visor Of health at sixty -four. And the
diocese is growing.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19

Irish policy disturbs international con-
cord and threatens peace, then our
American policy of discriminating
against Japanese or Chinese immigrants
might also be held to be a subject for
debate and action in the league council.
Some member of the league might
suggest that the United States ought to
free the Filipinos or the Porto Ricans,
or give an accounting Of it's treatment Of
the Indians or the negroes. The peace
conference has Just compelled Poland
and Czecho- Slovakia to limit their SOW
ercgnty by giving many guarantees con-
corning their domestic policies. 1t is
trying to compel Rumana and Jugo-
Slavia to make the same surrender.
What country great or small, would be
immune from interference with its do
nestle regime were the Interpretation
which Nh Wilson now puts on Article
Ng 70 be accepted by the league Of ma
yl.s!
=. Presidents s reply to the San Fran
cisco la5cr Council makes it more i'm
pcyat.vc than ever to attach to the treaty
the third reservation reported by the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
That reservation expressly withdraws all
questions Of domestic policy from the
jurisdiction Of the league, whate ver may
be their indirect effect on international
relations. No action short Of this will
cure the confusion created by the OBJ
viously conflicting provisions Of Article
X and Article NJ Of the present draft Of
the covenant.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
The Mayors Idea

The citys tax department will not pe;
very far if it makes any attempt to
single out the real estate Of "profiteer-
ing landlords for punitive increases in
assessed valuations. Mayor Hylan wrote
to the president OF the Tax Board q few
months ago suggesting that procedure.
Now the announcement is made that the
appraisers are engaging upon their
annual task with the object in view of
furnishing the protiteer. 1t is perhaps
unnecessary to say that rent gougine
should be stopped and those who practise
1t punished, but the proposed method
does not pretend to offer the victim any
relief, but only pretcnds to attcmpt to
force the protlteerng landlord to nav
higher taxes than others, so that the yent
ne charges may not mean so much uro6t
to him.
.lhe law that requires uniformity of
tie tax rate under Ike conditions also
demands uniformity Of assessed property
values. How far does the Mavor think
he would get in attempting to enforce
special tax rate for rent protiteerso
lhe circumstances, perhaps unfortu-
nately. require justice. even for the
wicked. An attempt to fine rent gougers
IN TINS manner, if successful, might lead
TO punishment inflicted likewise upon
other offenders.
But first the Tax Board must actua],v
determine that plain case of profiteer-
ing has been made out. The tax an
pfalsers are not lawyers OF judges and
the necessary determination presents
df'lcultles. Perhaps the Mayor would
near the cases, sitting as a committing
magistrate.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
When Is a Strike a Crime ::

Public opinion in America is essentially
practical and specific. 1t abhors fore
sight and generalization and elaborate
planning. 1t is at its best before a
specific and sudden issue--n which case
it seldom hesitatcs or blunders. It's
progress is much like the progress Of our
common law, from specific causes to gen
eral rules, growing slowly, cautiously,
sometimes OBVIOUSLY, toward sound and
essentially workable end.
Such is tie state of the national mind
in respect to the strike problems to-day.
The Boston strike settled one essential
part Of the issue for all time. Policemen
cannot be permitted to strixe--or to af-
filiate with striking organizations. Their
relation to the public safety, to the lives
of all, is inescapable and direct. When
the specific issue was presented the an
swer of the city, Of the state, of the MA
ton, was urmistakable.
But the larger issue remains. Gov
ernor Coolidge grounded his reply to
Mr.. Gompcrs On broad and significant
lines when he declared that there was
mo right to strike against the public
safety by anybody, anywhere, any time
lii Boston We have seen a strike begun in
behalf Of real grievances transformed
into problem in which the merits Of
the original question became lnlnateliAl
Because they inperiled thc public safety
the police Of Boston lost ther strike
The merits OF their initial complaint van
ished betore the appalling: consequences
Of their Tactics. Society could not
countcnaMce the attempt to enforce any
claims, however Just, by such & thrust
at the public safety.
May other strikes suffer a similar
transformation? Is there q point at
which & strike Of transportation, Of food
handlers, of fuel handlers, Of the other
basic industries upon which the lives of
all IN modern community depend,
viii cease to be a question Of initial
compaint-of original merit, and be-
come simple issue of class war-
fare upon The safety of all? 1t was
the poorer sections of Boston that suf
tered from the hoodlumism and crime
consequent upon the police strike.
1t was the poorer sections of Winnipcs.
that suffered most from the general
strike. The general public is no abstract
phrase. 1t is a living reality and at a
certain point it must turn and fight for
its life. That point was reached in Bos
ton. Shall we see it reached again in
other strikes, in other places?
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
Superchorgers

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Your article in .his MORNINGS
Tribune "Rohlfs Discovers 'Temperature
LID $4,000 Feet in Air" states: Major
Schroeder used a Lepere biplane cquipDed
with a 400 horsepower Liberty motor. Ills
record climb was of an engine superchargcr,
device which WAS invented during the
war, but which was perfected only re-
Gently"
The airplane engine superchargcr was
invented by Professor A. c. T. Ratcau, of
Paris, before the United States entered
the war. 1t perfected and placed
aboard several airplanes long before the
armistce WAS signed
The supercl>arger fight records were
we'll known to the Airplunc Engineering
Department. inasnluch as I supplied the
Secretary Of Var and the Airplanc En-
gneering Department with full Informal
ton as to the performance OF these na-
chimes during the war
Ful! working drawings OF tha Rateuu s,-
percharSer desi gned and built by h;rl were
IN TIE hands of the War Depa-.mert and Of
the Airp!anc Engineering Department.
The adaptation Of the suporchargcrs TO
existing arpiane engines, was problem
of considerable difficulty. Carbureters, pip
ing, radiators and propelers had TO be
worked out to meet new requirements All
these problems have been entirely solved
by Professor Rateau and the results Of
his experiments were made available to the
United States War Department as soon as
they had been made certain
On August 20, 1919, Army Aviator jacques
Weiss and his mechanic few from Paris
to Lyons in two hours and six minutes
this is to say, at speed OF 1875 miles
an hour and at average attitude OF 49,
74l feet. The machine was Breguet BIZ
plane with 300-horsepower Renault motor
equipped with a Rateau superchargcr.
Two days prior to this trip, in the same
machine, Jacques Weiss, with his machanic,
had reached an altitude of 3O,S32 feet
The speed of the Rateau supercharger
was maintained in the neigh borhood Of So
900 revolutions a minute. Much higher
speeds have been obtained in this machine,
which has operated at speeds IS high as
10000 revolutions & minute.
Several hundred Eateau superchargcrs
have been built or are in course of con-
struction. l.. L. BATTU
New York, Sept. l5, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
Forgotten, Graves
The Letter of Mother Who Sn7c

At tho cemetery Of Choloy, outside Of Toul
(No. so, the place WAS deserted august l.,
and is 50 to-day august 81. We were told
on August I, that, while bodies had been
buried within few weeks, no one had been
in charge for months: flag was fly
ing, there anything to mark the
nationality of the cemetery. There was land
is) no fastening to the gate or to the CORFU
gated iron hut, where all the windows are
broken, the floor Uttered with paint pots,
old boots, spades, barbed wire, etc 3uIn-
Der OF American flags arc rolled up and
stand in corner, and the register liss
upon shelf
The last burial We we're tod by the
French soldiers in charge Of the cemetery
across the road, had been made three weeks
before. That grave and the others in the
same row had not been beaten down. banked
up sodded about the borders These
crosses are already awry, the ground here
cracked and sunkcn, and large hole ap-
pears in one grave. There are about ! 400
buried in this cemetery.
Our son one Of the first officers to
be killed, March IL, 1918, and we have
cral letters, received from the Graves Regis
tration Service. in which we are repeatedly
and emphatcally assured that the bodies Of
dead will be treated with the arealest
tenderness and care
The conditions cannot fail to become
known at home, as relatives are daily visit
ing these cemeteries. 1t is TO be noted that
in tho more central cemeteries great care is
bong given to the appearance of the grounds.
At Menil-laTour, Meurthe .et-Moselle, a
small cemetery, apparently entirely given
over TO the care OF the French, elaborate
wreaths and decorations appear and the
general internal aspect is that o. a French
bdria ground
The French greatly surprised and
shocked by our neglect OF our dead, and
have heard many expressions Of regret that
they are not permitted 20 care for our
cemeteries.
! am sendjn. a copy o. Ills letter to C;cn-
c1ol Pershing, to Genera! ". u. Connor, Ser
vice Of Supplies, and to our Ambassador III
Pars. tie Hon. Hugh Wallace
ELEANOR BRADLEY PETERS.
fMrs. edward Mcclure Peters
Tout, MeUrthe- et- Noscl,c. Franco, Aug. 81,
1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
undevelopment Of their physical strength,
could not safely undertake heavier tasks,
any more than men unNccuStompd To

undevelopment Of their physical strength,
could not safely undertake heavier tasks,
any more than men unaccustomed to
manual labor could stand up under the
strain Of great excrtion.
Among the many Investigations under
taken, along the same line, was one by
Leland Stanford University. to inquire
into the physical powers of college women
with relation to their use in war work.
The universitys Investigators reported
that muscular strength is much more a
matter Of use than of scx, and pointed
out wherein men arc stronger than
"eMcN, cue VICE versa. and why. 1t was
t"un|. fpY ;Msl:,ucH. l!s;.,. women's chest
muscles are less rcwer!ul ,l;n mems
because a the v;o-iiiNt Nhiu, women
veAr. Aaf' N...eA ien9- - Nla'.a / rae-
tore! muscle; atfovi,i,oi. G. t., os..r
h&nQ. :. sso;!.v' AacN ,h;isc'ee #e. tor.
,';.'iT sNna9et Tia" \ uisu'y. .ad e@rtatA
n.Nsc.os q. lcr :lnl> azn Nl,ssler. !os .lc
a.fan'o reaen' th;.t shn IS o'i;~eA = rai.c
Ley i.acds shove her htil =. 1ryo atr.s,y
n arranging hcr ha.Y. l.,e general con
elus:on was THAI scn, is not necessarily q
disability, and that if some method is
found for adjusting work to the indivi-
dual strength, under proper hygienic con-
di'ions. Without reference to sex, there
IS 10 reason why the potential power Of
women may rot be used without DANCER
or !csscning her racial efficiency.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
The Luxury of Insomnia
From IRE London Da.iy Ne,es)

eFrom IRE London Da.ty Neses)
Whether noise really disturbs d nights
rest is mere doubtful than you would sup
pose. Both Bismarck and Pepys found that
it enhanced is value. in rls old age Bismarck
told an interviewer that he could "never sleep
in Berlin at night VIXEN it IS quiet, but as
soon as the noise begins-about a. nj
can sleep little and get my rest for the
day Pepys records III his Dairy. on Sep
tember %, 1861, that he slept at yelling,
and still remember i. Ina. OF al. the nights
that ever slept in my life / never did pass
a night with more epicurisn Of sleep; there
being now and then rosc Of people that
wahcd me, and then it was a very rally
ngh-. and then l was q little weary. that,
what between waking and then sleeping
again, one after another / never had 50 much
content in all my life"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
Ireland and ''Domestic" Questions

Answering questions submitted to him
ny the San Francisco Labor Council.
President Wilson said that Ireland
would have q chance TO make an appea!
for political self-detellnination TO tho
council Of the league Of nations. It iy
admitted that under Article X of tho
covenant each member OF the league NY
dertakes To respect the territorial integ-
i'ty and existing political independence
OF all the other members, as we'll as to
preserve SAID integrity and independence
against external aggression. 1t is also
admitted that in d case like Ireland's an
appeal to the council would have to be
made through some member Of the
league, acting in lreland's behalf. But
any member taking such a step would
apparently violate its engagement to re-
spcct the territorial integrity of the
British Empire. Moreover, Great Brit
am has now & veto vote in the council.
every recommendation of that body re-
curing unanimous consent, except in
the case Of dispute between two mem
bers. And by what argument could q
member presenting Ireland's claim main
tain that it was acting, not as a third
party, but as q principal, IN a dispute
with Great Britain?
Mr.. Wilson doesn't himself see much
hope for Ireland in Article X. But he
told the San Francisco Labor Council,
there is hope in Article XI Of this
he said:
"My position on the subject Of self
determination for Ireland is exnressed IN
Article NI Of the covenant. in wh;ch !
may say was particularly interested be-
cause 1t seemed to nae necessary for the
peace and freedom Of the world that
iornm should DC created 10 which all
peoples could bring any matter which
was likely to affect the peace aud free
dom Of the world"
Article NJ says that "it shall be the
friendly right of each member of the
league mot Of all peoples Of the word)
to bring to the attention of the assembly
or Of the council any circumstance what
ever affecting international relations
winch threatens to disturb international
peace Or the good understanding be-
tween nations upon which peace de-
pends"
This is q broad warrant, laxly drawn.
The political relation of Ireland to the
rest OF the United Kingdom is, legally
speaking. purely domestic question for
the people Of that kingdom. Yet some
one might claim under the language Of
Article NI, that the Irish agitation for
freedom affected the relations between
Great Britain and other members cf the
league. Then lrelands case. according
to the President. would get into the
worlds court
But if this is so. what becomes of Mr..
Wilson'S earnest contention that the
draft Of the covenant which he sub
mltted to the Senate bars the submission
OF domestic questions to the council?
If it is asserted that Great Britain's
New-York tribune., 1919-09-19
70 the Editor Of The Tribune.

o tIe EGltOT OF Inc I'1VN'te.
CTR: Your attention is requested con-
cerning the following conditions in GER
tain cemeteries in Franco where our
soldiers arc buried:
At Thiaucourt Mcurthe ct NJ oselle, a
cemetery containing 1900 graves, ono GER
gcant a very young man, IL the only per-
son in charge. He is alone except for the
companioNship Of two Russians, who, taken
prisoners by the Germans and liberated
when Thiaucourt fell into our hands, have
attached themselves to this young man and
give gratutous care to the resting place OF
our dead The sergeant informed us when
we were there, July 26, that it was three
weeks Since he had received any orders,
rations or pay, and that he thought his
existence had been forgotten.
AS orders had been given thnt no dis
elimination should be made between the
graves, all the wrcaths previously placed
upon them were stacked under the rafters
OF the little shack in which the sergeant
lives. The wreaths which had been or
dcred for our son and which had been
placed upon his grave at Mandres-auX-
Quatre, Tours, in January, 1919, could not
be found. One was Of aluminium, and bore
his full name, rank and date Of death,
while upon our sons cross his initials
alone appear, instead Of Edward Mcclure
Peters, ir We also noticed errors in
three out Of the four names VIC recognized
in the immediate vicinity:
"Francis Hazeltinc" is incorrect; his namo
was Crank Durham Hazctinc."
"Feigl jefferson" is incorrect; his name
was ".TcffcrsOn Eeirl "
"Si. W. Hoover" is incorrect; his name
was "Stuart w. Hoover"
We also noted that, while orders had been
given to make no distinction between graves,
all the officers had been buried together, thus
separating them from their men and from
the companies and regiments to which they
belonged: the most radical distinction that
could be made Tho French officers asked
TO lie with their men, and their requests
have been respected.
The general effect OF the cemetery q.
TMaucourt, with its stony soil and weed
grown graves, is that OF place abandoned
by all, and the rows Of closely packed, white
crosses and the long. bare trenches instead
Of, as with the French, carefully tended in
divdual graves, are painful and Depressing