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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
CobIenS ON the Rhine
(By Lieut.. Grantland Rice, Third Army, A. E. F.

By Lieut.. Grantland Rice, Third Army, A. E. F.
A soldier of America lay starving in Cobenz;
His government had made him live four months on SO centSi
A comrade stood beside him while his lastt franc ebDed away,
And bent with plying glances to hear what he might say.
Tell my brothers and companions when they crowd around to gee
An earful on this bloody war that left us all in debt,
We didn't mind the fighting job, but, sloggng through the rain,
Full many a bloke was starved to death along the Rhenish plain.
And dropping out the Mayen road were strong men, wan and pale,
The last franc in their dirty grip along the Bitburg trail;
And as faltered forward heard them curse and whine:
For went broke at Coblenz-at Cobenz on the Rhine
Tell my sister not to weep for me, nor sob with dropping head,
When the troops come marching home again with glad and gallant tre@
But to look upon them proudly with a glance that seems to say:
Just say got no D. S. c. for showing lack of fear;
Tell her never lost an arm, or ankle, or an ear;
But on the old Third army staff faced a rougher line,
For | went broke at Coblenz-at Coblenz on the Rhine.
1--WE met no German bullets rs we hiked on through the mist,
Nor yet a quartermaster with a shekel in his fist;
And as we damned him daily, we heard the low winds pine;
He never heard Of Coblenz-of Coblehz on the Rhine
Tell her the last night of my life-(or ere this moon is risen
My body will be out of pain-my soul be out of prison
| dreamed stood with her again in lands beyond all grief,
Where had something else to eat besides the bully beef.
Tell her I yearn to see again the trenches far away,
Where we still had a yen or two, and sometimes drew our pay:
For though have no love for war like any other lout,
I'd rather meet a German shell than German sauerkraut."
The starving soldier faltered in the old Third army zone,
His eyes put on a dying look-he had not strength to groan;
His comrades bent to lift him, as he murmured softly: Tell
That quartermaster when he comes I'll meet him down in hell"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
AFTER WAR PROBLEMS.

The demands Of this war have raised
everything to an unusual height. The
decline will be great In, proportion. The
governments have been the, principal
consuming forces In the world, and In
ceasing to be buyers they should do so
with great regard to the general inter
ests Of their respective peoples.
Confusion and uncertainty must char
a~cterize the transition period In which
business win again seek normal chan
nels and natural markets. Fortunate
will we be If our government settle
ments are speedy--so much OF our bus
mess Is with the goyernment--thus en-
abling business, both small and large.
TO seek Immediately new fields and new
consumers for their output,
Commerce In American bottoms can
never compete with other nations until
our labor and navigation laws are re-
yised In the interest OF making the con-
test equal,
In the light Of this wars experience,
there should be a revision Of our tariff
laws, our economic laws, especial ly with
reference to credit, currency and bank
ing, and our laws with reference to
transportation both on land and sea
In other words, the great problems In
volved In advancing civilization invDly-
ing mans material wants n human
rights, call for REORGANIZATION and re-
adjustment. Not only Will business be
In a state of flux, seeking again to find
itself, but the ego. the homo, In their
interrelations and their relations to
economic and material activities, call
for readjustment. This will require the
highest craftsmanship on the part of
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
DON'T BE A MENTAL PARASITE.

| know q m who Is utterly mis-.
same house with her married daughter,
The woman Ii only middle aged. She
has health, ana wealth, and everything
else she wants except this one thing,
yet she beats upOn her breast and nus
the air with her lamentations, n life
is Cinders, ashes and dust in her teeth
because she can not be with her adored
child every minute Of the day,
why do you wish to live In anoth-
er's house2' inquire her exasperated
friends. "Why don't you establish a
beautiful home Of your own? why
don't you travel2 Why don't you make
your own circle of friends2 Why don't
you live your own life instead OF trying
70 fastch yourself upon your dauga
because" replies the woman, Il
have no life outside OF Maude's,, From
the day she was born have never
had a thought, a. plan nor a desire that
was not centered on her. | have onl,
seen the world through her eyes, and
| have no pleasure In anything of which
she Is not a part. And now that she
has gone and left me | am left DESC
late"
This wonan's case Ia one Of the com
mon tragedies Of motherhood, and It
explains why 80 many women insist on
living with their married children even
though they Know that they are not
wanted by their in-laws, and that they
are a bone OF contention between nus
band and wife that wrecks the happi-
ness OF the home.
We think OF the lack Of money being
the only dire necessity that could pos
sibly drive a woman Into such a hui
initiating position as forcing herself as
An unWelCome Euest In another = house,
but this IA far enough from being the
truth. Poverty that causes the ma
jority Of women to foist themselves
spiritual, They have enough money IN
their poCketbooks to supply their bodily
needs, but they are beggars IN soul.
How many well-to4do widows you
have known who have shut up their
own houses and gone to live With their
ried, In spite Of the fact h a both
MauAe and her husband, like all other
normal Young couples, wanted their
nest to themselves, to enjoy each other
without any third party watching their
billing and cooling, rotereeing their
spats, and. telling them exactly how
Mother had plenty OF money to keep
on In her own house, or to live In a
hotel, boarding house or to travel
around the world, but she didn't have
the courage to live her own life, She
had allowed herself TO become u para.
site OH her daughter, and she felt that
she would die II she were torn from
the young life from which she had
sucked her own interest In life So long
Therefore, when Maudc was niarrieti
she had to burden her husband with
mother, because mother lacked Inc
strength to be independent,
Women account It. unto themselves
for righteousness when they merge their
personality IN their children ana cease
10 he. oXccpt as "A sort of fringe on their
childrcn's lives. They consider that
mis- utter AMUSEMENT Of themselves Is a
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
DID GOOD WORK

Some of the war organizations, particularly the Y. NJ. CA,
recently have come in for criticism that the facts do not war
rant.
Criticism may come from a condition Of affairs as they exist
or from the condition of the liver Of the one who makes the crit
icism.
The temptation is always strong to fall into the habit OF
criticism. There are 50 many faults in the world that cannot
be ignored and SO many virtues that must be icrretcd out it
they are found, that many persons take the easy route.
\. The Y. M. c, A. is a great organization and it has done a
great work in the war, Except for the war it might not have
earned distinction. But, like other organizations and indiVid-
uas, it found its mission in the war, Its representatives per
formed a great service.
Several unfortunate mistakes occurred that might not have
been considered except for the prewar prejudice against the or
ganizahon. 1t was charged that it did not keep in touch with
not know that in order to prevent duplication an agreement
by the Red Cross should confine its attention to the wounded
and the i'll and the Y. NJ, c, A. to the we'll.
1t has been charged that the Y. NJ. c. A, proited by the
operation Of its overseas canteens. The charge is altogether
false. In the outset the y. NJ. c. A. was compelled to pay
transportation and marine insurance, which made its prices in
excess Of the quartermastcris prices. The obstacle was removed
by the war department and the prices were restored to a basis
of actual cost, In the event there had been a profit 1t would
have gone to the men. Instead Of making money from the
canteens. the monthly excess OF cost over selling price amounted
to about $4,000
Some mistakes have been made by the Y. Nj. G. A., but it
is not beyond any organization, operating under conditions never
before experienced, to be confused and fall into error when con
fronted with a situation unexpected and which could not be
anticipated. What is said here in behalf of the Y. NJ. {. A. is
not for the purpose OF minimizing the great work accomplished
by other organizations, but the \. NJ. {. A. is designated be
cause it has been more frequently criticized.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27

proof Of their superior maternal devo-
ton. You will hear a woman say, II
never go anywhere now ! have lost
touch with all my old friends, and 1
haven't been to the theater or opera In
years because | never leave the chill
dren with ervants for an instant"
Or. you will hear a woman say that
she has given up her music, her clubs
and that she doesn't read anything but
Mother Goose" because the children
take up all her time, and she only does
the things they are interested in,
There are homes where the table Is
run on a mush and milk and rice pud-
ding basis because that is the kind Of
food that agrees with the ~infantile
stomach, Nothing lit for a sophisti-
mother's thought Is only OF the chill
dren. And there are plenty. Of women
who never have an original idea OF their
after their first baby is born. Their
conversation is a mohologue about what
Mary OF, Tommy is doing lts stertl-
beaux, marriage, careers and then he
gins all over again on the grandchll-
dren.
such self %abnegating devotion Ia
tragic, for It II bound to end in dis
aster, not only for the woman but to
the child. Tommy. and Mary grow. up
and want to 60 their ways, but they
are doomed to carry mother, like an old
woman OF the sea, on their shoulders
as long as she lives, because she a
not live alone and has no interest in
the world outside Of her children.
Every woman should realize that the
time Ia bound to come when her chill
dren viii leave her, and she should 30
order her life that this will not mean
n day Of total bankruptcy Of happiness
to her. TO do this she must keep her
own interests and occupations going.
and especially she should cultivate re-
sources within herself that will enable
her to live alone.
For a woman to be- absolutely depend
ent on her children for her happiness
10 for her to be a mental parasite upon
them, and a mental and spiritual para
site Ia as weak and contemplate a
figure as n material parasite.
Copyright. 1919, by the Wheeler syn
dipAtc. Incl
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTHS AND CHEER.
Compiled by Jonn c, oulnlus. the
Sunshine Man.

Faith and ridicule-Matthew TX, 1926.
And so one mans faith is more than
a match for many peoples scorn., The
steady trust of the ruler was not shaken
by the rude ~flippancy Of the artificial
mourners, and his daughter was brought
from the dead. This Is the victory that
overcometh even our faith" Every
thing bows. like fragile reeds, before
the march Of a victorious faith, Scorn,
and hatred, and all manner Of deviltry.
and death itself, all lose their power
In the presence Of a belief which re-
mains steady and s~teadfast. Said !
not unto thee that, II thod wouldst be.
lieve,. thou shouldst see the glory OF
God?'
And what an infinite reservoir OF
power is waiting to be tapped by the
hand Of faith! A ruler believes and his
daughter is vitaliEed. A poor woman,
bent and broken, reaches out her thin,
frail hand, and 10! she is erect and
graceful as the pine, And my %suffici-
ency is of Cod" All that may need
Is in the same wonderful reservoir OF
grace. That healing flood Is like the
ocean %fullness, and It will iii every bay,
and cove, and, creek in the wide.
stretching shore of human need.
1.-THE healing Of His seamless dress
Is by our beds OF pain,
We touch Hin in life's throng and
press,
And we are whole again"
Daily Meditation.
DAYTON. Ohio.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27

The tanks helped win the war, and now we are to give them
national prohibition.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
HIS PLIGHT.

How Ia Robert getting on at col
iege ?" asked the minister, who was
being entertained at dinner,
"~Srltndidly," said the proud father,
who then went on to tell Of his sons
various social. athletic and scholastic
successes, ana the minister said II was
a fine thing to be college bred,
That evening little James, who had
been an interested listener, said: Papa,
what did MIR. Brown mean by college
bred"
ooh, that" said papa, who had been
looking over his sons bills, lis a four
80 Itaf,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27

With 50 many American newspaper men on the ground. the
allies did well to abandon all efforts to hold secret sessions
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
HRu1eRSg2d THE NEWS SCIMITAR 7sPn6eBeSeyd
The Public Be SerUed
News Of Memphis
70 Years Ago.
Twice Told Tales
JANUARY a., 1909.

T. H. Tutwiler, president of the Mem
phis Street Railway company, and a
large number Of business men today
made a trip to New South Memphis,
ton mill.
The boarw Of education will request
the legislative council at the Feb
ruary meeting 10 allot not less than
s225. 600 toward maintaining the schools
for another year.
Ground for the new Union station will
be broken some time in February, ac-
cording to President Albert Biggs, Of
the Memphis Terminal company.
Henry Curtis Dewey, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. c. Dewey, 1894 Union avenue,
has been elected secretary-treasurer Of
the freshman class at Harvard college.
Or. Heber Jones has been appointed
president of the state commission
which is waging a statewide fight
against tuberculosis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
News Of Memphis
rs Years Age.
JANUARY n, 1894.

A charter for the New Lyceum the
alter has been filed by c. F, DeGaris'
A. Vaccaro, Z. E. Billlngsley n 5. d:
Kyle. The "inoorporators intend TO erect
a theater and office building on the
southeast corner of Second street and
Court emu
In the case of DR., Bate against the
Citizens Street Railway company a
jury this morning awarded the plaintiff
damages to the amount Of $40 900, one
half Of the amount for which the plalnt-
if sued.
DR.. Matt DePass stated today that
there was absolutely no reason for
Memphians becoming frightened over
the reported epidemic of smallpox, as
there are only a few cases in the city.
Owing to the panic and other causes,
the Tri-State Fair associations assets
will likely be sold, according to the
announcement Of r. G. Craig, presl-
dent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27

Rl6BtNA- UP me- oFftCE
BELLe 10 AO2lDG NE
MISE IKE ,NAO * ALWA44
tAAtxlAG Aeovr AIS SA6u
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27
HABIT.

"Why did you fire the new actor"
the director was asked,
"IIe was on the stage so long that evt
cry time he walked into a set he bowed
to the camera
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27

our rulers, and let us hope that wise
solutions may be had while our people
are still SO closely united and before
Intense Bartisanship again Appears
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-27

Peace Conference May Hear B~oshcvists," - Headline
Which reminds us to ~paraphraSe the Jingle. I'D rather hear
than see one and Id rather see than be one"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-12
Do You Think ?

Do you think that | see humor in this
Frank P. Adams stuff?
Do you think l find his column worth
perusing?
Do you think that I am smitten
With the verse he has written,
Or find his photographic wit amusing?
DO you think buy The Trib to con his
columned cogitations-
To comb his comment for laugh or two :?
Well, BUL-lieve me- this should quell YOU,
For ! surely hope to tell you
That I do!
Yep it's true that once I took fond and
fervent interest
In reading Pepys' pithy. pert palaver:
And with, oh, such sweet claton,
| would orb his odes Horatian,
And Dulcey's dear dffusions Gle should
have herr
Tho in vain, with eager earnestness. I've
scanned his lines for years,
TO find some Lamb NOT in the butcher
biz;
Yet, think you, there still is reason
For to read him this here season .
Sure, there is.
HARRY G. SMITH.
New York, Aug. II, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-12
Do Wages Buy Less?

Collateral evidence as to which climbs
faster, cost of living or wage workers
income, is furnished by the case of the
household worker
Here is an employment wherein the
employer commonly provides food, shell
ter, etc. The employe, speaking gener-
ally, with no expenses except for cloth
ing and personal luxuries, escapes the
horrors which assail others in the market
places.
The compensation Of this worker has
notably advanced, and there is at the
same time a scarcity Of workers. These
facts are significant, for workers do not
get out Of employments that pay cxcep-
tionally we'll. "A leakage from kitchen to
factory means that those most interested
IN Judging rightly think factory working
pays better, despite prices
The informed testify, first, that the
wages Of household workers are up. wav
up and, second, that there is abnormal
scarcity Of help. The intelligence
Offices, 1t appears, have little intelI-
gence to convey except that few appi
cants are listed with them. Nor is it
q secret, though some letter writer's to
The Tribune seem to think it can be
kept one, that a cook or a maid is a
luxury. Narrowing stories are told in
certain circles of the awfulness Of the
awful conditions, and house mistresses
grumble as they put on aprons.
The kitchen thus says that wages are
up more than living expenses. The do
mestic workers are large group. num-
bering 100000, and it is not easv to
see how 1T prospers If other groups do
not. There is. Of course, democratic dis
IKE of servanthood and of the tyranny
.of undetermined hours, but these inf1u-
enees operated befors the war as now.
The aversion to mentality is scarcely
more lively than it was and there is less
confinement than formerly.
In another vocation board end keen is
Incidental to the mployment-nanaelv.
farm laboring. Here also there is
marked absolute wage increase Not
only has the eight-hour day reached the
farms, but wages are up so to 90 per
cent Yet from all parts of the country
New-York tribune., 1919-08-12
~ Everything
Sense and Nonsense
TO the Editor of The Tribune.

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mention of the first lessons in humor
given by the esteemed F. P. A. gives me
courage to write my own testimonial. l, too,
am one of those unfortunate people who
used to take life too seriously and who suf-
fered from latent or perverted sense OF
humor. I tried various remedies, including
a number of theatrical concoctions and
score of books which we're supposed to be
examples of the best humor Of the day None
of these things gave me any relief and the
gloom settled deeper than ever.
Finally l was stirred to more drastic action
by my husbands frequent reference to my
English ancestors and occasional remark that
a woman without a sense of humor was like
life without any spice. | determined to take
a regular course in humor in the following
manner: Morning, at and Immediately after
breakfast, The Coming Tower, by +. P. A.;
Briggs, Ding and Haywood Broun. Evening
before retiring, The Sun Dial, by Don
Marquis. Tuesdays, "Ife."
| continued this treatment for four months
Whenever l did not see the point of a para
graph joke l would rercad it each day
until l found it. Sometimes l have kept clip
pings from the column for days and even
weeks, but in each case / have been rewarded
by discovering the excuse for their publica-
ton. Last lines l have been known to study
for several months.
At the end of four months [ deter
mined to test my progress by writing some
thing of my own. 1t proved to be acceptable
and was subsequently published on The Page
of The Tribune Thus encouraged l made
several other tests. most of which were
successful. In fact, think averaged about
70 per cent. 1t was very gratifying CAL
though not very remuncratve), and l at last
determined to try to make The Column The
second effort proved successful, and monopo-
lized over third of that most coveted
place
My home is now a cheerful one, and hope
to continue the treatment for an indefinite
period. My health is improved (although |
had relapse when +. P A. started his vaca-
ton and Briggs left the last page, and
life seems to have the required amount of
spice. have now determined to read re-
ligiously all of the editorials in The Tribune
and everything that President Wilson and
MI. Ford say, in order to maintain the
proper balance. Thus have planned salts
factory course in sense and nonsense. which
attempts to make The Column in the future
NJ. NJ. S.
Mamaroneck, N. Y, Aug. 6, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-08-12
Andrew CaTneeies

Even Wall Street will have forgotten,
and many Of its present generation will
not have known, that Andrew Carnegie
was once the most formidable single
figure in the realm Of American indus
try Alone he could strike terror to
the heart of finance, and did.
That was when he set out to put
all the upstart steel and iron trusts
In their proper place They had been
springing up like green bay trees, and
Wall Street had been financing them and
selling their securities, and although
they were never SO efficient in steel
making as Carnegie's own trust, they
had an important advantage, namely,
kind of taclt alliance with the rail
roads The same interests we're power
full both in these new steel trusts and
IN the railways serving the steel in
dustry, and this was situation fraught
with danger for Carnegie.
So he resolved at one blow to make
himself independent Of other peoples
railroads and to show some of the new
trusts what Carnegie competition was
really like when it meant blood. He
launched plans for great new steel
plant ON the Great Lakes, he guaranteed
the cost of extending the Could railways
from Pittsburgh to the lakes in return
1or an exclusive tonnage contract, and
then he calmly proposed to build Car
negle railroad from Pittsburgh to the
Atlantic seaboard.
When news Of all this reached Wall
osreel there was an inside panic. The
Isoo steel boom was at its peak; a lot
OF securities remained to be "distrib.
uted-" And here was Carnegie gone
crazy!
Every one appealed to J. P. Morgan.
Carnegie had to be bought out. There
was no other way to save the situa-
ton And this was the genesis OF
the United States Steel Corporation
the trust Of trusts" which first tool,
Carnegle's property in at his own spe-
clal and very fancy price. and then
everybody else
1t is a picturesque and human con-
tradictlon that this Genghis Khan of
the steel industry, all Of whose wealth
and success were the fruits of warfare
and strife, on retiring from the fray
went straightway off in pursuit of a
gentle dreans~-the dream of peace on
earth. He believed in the perfectibiity
Of pugnaclous human nature, and filled
tho world with a worthy and most