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New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

chainlhg Germany and her accomplices
and no pro- German taint is about him.
But, nevertheless, he holds that the terms
imposed are harsh and comes close to
saying Germany will be justified in har-
boring resentment.
The Senator should have particular
ized. What provisions Of the peace
treaty are thus Objectionable? Would he
have compelled Poles, Danes and French
men to remain under a hated Prussian
dominion? Does he think Germany
should be allowed to rearm? The repara-
tion principle adopted is that Ger
many must restore stolen goods and
repair damages to the limits of her
ability. Is this either cruel or unjust?
Is 1t not fact that the chief economic
victims of the war are Frenchmen, not
Germans? Should Germany's so-called
colonies have been restored to her?
Should we send a message, Get out!"
to the freemen of Australia and South
Africa, who don't like bad neighbors any
more than we do?
Germany would have complained of any,
thing short of complete escape from the
consequences of her crime. Her present
rulers hold that the world should have
been satisfied with the mere departure
of the Kaiser, though he was free to
come back. She was sure to neglect no
chance to create a counter league
could only be deferred from entering
on such a policy by realization of it's
hopelessness. 1t is not agreeable to have
it possible for Germany, as she labors
to create sympathy for herself, to be able
to quote the words of one Of our best
American public men in support of her
claim of mistreatment.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Youth
oFron. Hoyp-rs aoaai,,

From. Horp>r's aoafhfyf
Who passes by this way I see the grasses
Still quiver and the laurel branches sway.
Swift and sure-footed. whosoeecr passes,
For where the wild rose spreads her tangled
masses,
Not one pink petal falls Who passed this
way
Our secret path, that leads down to the
Down through the fields down from the
sun-swept hills
Sacred and sealed to our two hearts forever.
AZ whose fleet footsteps do its grasses quiser'
Whose light touch in ITS laurel branches
thrills?
Irespass who dares amongst cur blosscmins
closes,
Winding our ways shade hidden to tss
shore?
What cruel chance to alien eyes exposes
Our dear. adventurous road beneath the rcse
Oh, child. all ages passed this way before.
CAROLINE DrER
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
The Old Road

Road like a vein,
Tell me, where will you tske m.
Beyond the broad plain.
Will you mend me and make me
The merry eyed, cherry-lipped gypsy again
Who followed your turning
Through the jovial patter Of rain
Or the suns ruddy burning?
Will you give me your cloud -rnottled hiil,
Where the wheat mods and billows:
The brook that a shallow pool stills
At the feet of the willows
And show me the meadows that dane.
Mid the music of bees,
Or the shadows that hover and glance
To the laughter of trees
Will you give me the longing for home
When the dark comes 10 daunt me-
The urge to go forward and roam
When the moon comes to haunt mel
The ricks in the gloom by the barn,
And the smell of the cattle.
The carriers that pause for a yarn
Or go by with rattle;
The hail and the halt. the goodwill
That they toss TO the stranger
The keen stabbing JOY Of the thrill
At the coming OF danger
Road like a warm living vein .
Tell me where will you take ne
Beyond the broad plain
Will you mend me. and make me
The merry-eyed, cherry-lipped gy psy again,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

ton. They distrust the intentions Of
the map makers at Paris, however be-
nevolent those intentions may be.
American diplomacy kept out Of the
Balkans while >the war lasted. 1t has
now plunged into the whirlpool.
But every new development in that
region Of perennial unrest challenges
the wisdom of our change of attitude.
Getting involved in Balkan controversies
is to buy into a wrangle without end
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
A Week of Verse
Three Poems
tFrons Contemporary vyss,
Walking at Night

Ny face is wet with the rain
But my heart is warm to the co,.
For / follow at will again
The road that loved of yore;
And the dim trees bea. .he dark
And the swelling bitches moan.
But my heart is singing, soaring H..
For trave! the road alone.
Alone in the living night
Away from the babble Of tongues;
Alone with the old delight
OF the night wind in MY lungs:
And the wet air on my cheeks
And the warm blood in my seins
Alone with the Joy he knows who s..,.
The thrcsh of the young spr.ng raj
With the smell of the pelted earth
The fearful drip OF the trees
Making him dream OF the sound of w..
That comes with the clearing breeze
'Tis rare and wondrous sign.
To tramp the wet awhile
And watch the SLOW deheh,
OF the suns first pallid smile
And hear the meadows breathe aga,n
And see the far woods turn green
Drunk with the glory Of wind and raj,
And the suns warm smile between,
have made me vagrant song,
For my heart is warm 20 the sore
And I'm glad, o glad that the night is lon,
For travel the road once more
And the dim trees beat the dark
And the swelling bitches moan.
With the JOY of the singing. soaring ls,.
l travel the road. alone
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

handling is wrong she is given an opportu-
nifty to explain why, and what should have
been done.
Good service is SO largely q matter Of
trained fingers that special attention is
given to this, and especially to the girls
who are a little slow. On the real boards
q girl has before her 10000 plug holes.
30 small and so closely packed that the
numbers are almost invisible, because the
Eixk has to be able to reach them all with
out rising from her chair To learn to
pick out the particular one of that 10000
without having to stop to read the tiny
numbers is a feat. On the real boards the
girls do it at the rate Of three or four
minute, including all other movements To
give the learners start at this dexterity
the school has dummy board where those
VINO are slow at picking Plugs" as the
phrase goes, are given q special course
From the school the pupil is sent first
to reserve, and then to a board which is
known to be slow. usually at night Grad
ually she takes over more difficult positions.
She is considered Experienced" in three
months, but not Seasoned" and entirely
competent till she has been on the lob for
year But she continues to improve
through as many years as she stays.
Only about one girl in three has the
physical qualities of nerve, eye, ear and
temper to fit her to be q central operator.
even under the present lowered standards.
and there was time when only seventeen
in hundred passed. A girl must have at
least grammar school education, must be
overe five feet tall, because of having to
reach the whole Of the big switchboards:
she must be neat, quick and sweet-tempered
oh! very sweet-tempered! Boys will not
do at all for the work. 1t has been tried.
and they give much poorer service because
their minds are on baseball scores and the
like. but especially they give much moro
sass Of the girls that do pass the phys
ical tests only 81 per cent are ever grad
uated from the schools. That means that
only about one girl in three is ever able
to qualify "Voice With a Smile"
The old fear that lightning will follow
the wires in and kill tho operators ba.
been dissipated by modern science. but
there is another trouble The phone wires
like moisture. and moisture likes them.
and when the two get together the wires
quit work, and form unholy alliances
known as "crossed wires," fail to carry siz-
nails and sabotage things generally. During
the recent heavy St. Swithining, when the
whole city was dripping, the big central
switchboard got full Of moisture and be-
gan to act up. There was only one thing
to do-turn on the steam!
Telephone girls get married But until
recently the loss to the service ON thay
account was not heavy. In the last thre.
months OF last year, for instance. tber.
were seveaty-six out of force of about
S.000-fewer than one in hundred and
only one in eleven out of all the girls that
quit.
But by the first three months of this
year the soldiers had begun to come home
and one out Of every seven girls that ou;t
set up housekeeping
by the second quarter the number had
risen to one out of four
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
wv 7ITH all New York railing at the
w telephone service, the Public Ser

wv 7ITH all New York railing at the
w telephone service, the Public Ser
vice Commission held public hear
ing to receive complaints.
There we're three complaining witnesses.
The operating head of the company told
at length Of the troubles it Is having and
the efforts it is making.
The hearing was adjourned. No date
was set for continuing the investigation.
There were reporters present.
There were s14,O45 telephones In New
York on July 81 this year-one for every
eight men, women and children in the
city.
On these phones there made an aver
age of 100000 calls day-more than one
for every two persons in the city.
There are more phones here than in Chicago
Boston and Buffalo combined; more than
in all the states south of Mason and Dixon's
line and west Of the Mississippi.
The telephone company has invested $1O3,-
100000 in its plant here, and will spend
$26000,000 more by the first of next July.
Each new telephone installed costs the
company $235.5S.
The cost of operating the cty's vast
nervous system is about $3O,OO0,OOO year
$4,000 an hour.
The telephone girls are the first to know
it when New York gets nervous. Then the
big centrals light up like Christmas trees.
1t becomes impossible to keep up with the
sudden demands For instance, in "Rec-
tor" in November, last year, the average
daily traffic was s1,804 calls, but on the day
OF the Malbone tunnel wreck the B. r. r.
there were 101,775; On the day of the
Morgan explosion, October s, 1918, there
was jump from 99,921 to 1851 and on
the day the Lusitania was sunk the jump was
from 1926 to 92,055.
There are other things that show in the
little signal lights. A shower keeps peopl.
off the streets and increases the phone
does the same. The B. R. T, strike ran
the business up nearly 100000 daily A fire
or an explosion may suddenly light almost
every lamp in the nearby centrals, as the
whole neighhorhood demands information st
once
A telephone ear" is one that will under
stand the first time the number that SUBJ
scriber calls for. 1t is worth about $500
to the telephone company to educate girls
ear. 1t takes three months, usually, to COM
plete the training, and some girls never
make it,
One of the first things girl is taught
at the telephone school is to speak more
clearly and to trill the number g. Tho
school switchboard is just like the big ones
at centrals. dozen instructors keen de-
manding numbers all day long, and tho
girls answer them under the direction NJ
more instructors, who correct mistakes
and, everlastingly, explain what is han
penlng. The next step is to give experience
as near like the real thing as possible. For
this an ingenious arrangement has bean
contrived by which the school board can
be switched in on one of the big exchanues
and the girl can watch real work. In c.a.
OF trouble she can hear how tho aetna,
operator handles the situation, and - th.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
His Own Worst Enemv
From The Hartford Courou,

IT rom INe Hartford CouroutJ
Ultimate Consumer incautiously gets IN
the way at every turn. Not onlv is h. ~.
victim of high prices, but, according n ..~-
tain experts, he is the cause of them ~
is careless cuss' paying any sort of price
i0r ~nat he thinks he wants, although he
may loudly complain about it afterward He
nightly hates to deny himself anythine
and SO he gets it in the neck quite hard and
quite frequently.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Outside and In

All the night long
A fine small snow was drifting.
Cropping and sitting.
And the winds song
Tore past. lamenting,
Lsshing the frenzied trees until they rsved
The grass behaved
More wisely. and was soon cortenting
Beneath a silence white,
Hearing no fury of the mdrights mood
Where the trees stood
In seeming fright,
Flinging into the air
The burden that the angry say seemed bent.
With fixed intent,
On forcing them to bear.
Inside the house
Things moved as though maze restless by the
storm.
The hearth, still warm,
Enticed mouse
The chmney's moan
joined with uneasy creakings evcryshers,
Where some tense chair
Made itself known
But when I rose TO pull the window shut
l found no harm, save scattered or the floor
Beside the door
The countless paper dolls the children cut
AMORY HARE.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

NO person phone calls
whole habits that telephone
whole
Wall
a
calls hour bottom less than
the
the Mrs N
about dinner when she is fixing evening date
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Diverting the II. c. OF /.

'Fro'" The c'cueland PIasn Deoier,
Eat more vegetables and less meat to
reduce the high cost of living" adviser DR..
Aionzo E. Taylor. And if you are q vega
tartan already, the only thing You car 4, =.
70 eat less vegetables
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Captives

From Ansesteon Poetry sa0atssso
Night holds you captive. Moon and stsfst
Chained in her lowered sky.
Are you not sick Of Il. crowded there
Watching the years drag by'
Life holds me captive. Moon ard Stsrss
Captive with every breath
But ! have a lover will set me free; ID
Know you my lover-Death7
JOHN r. c. pEYrok
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Rightol
tFrorn The Log Annr,

tFrorn The Los Anoees T,nss1
comeoooy promises to cure the tobacco
naDi' TOT 20, but man can get a box Of
cigars Tor that money, and then he'd rather
take q licking than quit
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
A Hint of the Future

Ffom Tho Rocky Aountoin News,
lhe very best way for the Unofficial citizen
Of this country to help the official citizens
reduce the high cost of living is to stop
spending his money like drunken sailor
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
MEA,BER OF THE AssorrA7

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled 10 tho SO
Tor republication OF Ali dispatches credited to of
no otherwise credited in this and also the local
oews of Spontaneous origin published herein
AN rights Of republication Of all othor matter herein
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Rebellious Texas

(From The Fargo Courier-Ncws)
It's a sign of Texas democracy's statu.
that down there Wilson is considered dan
gerously progressive.
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ysu purchase erohandse advertised In THe
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IS FURNISHED APARTMENTS
AND FLATS

WANTED - RELIABLE FAMILY
with no small children 60 share
our modern home, rent free Tor
mothers services. share other
household expenses with ua. Phone
Mrs smith. Advertising depart
m~nt Main SEQ. between 1850 and
~ o'clock or between q and 20.
OF call ASA i1th ". after or
Etfuf.W
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u. S. Capital to
Take Hun Business

can capital plans TO take over Ger
man interests in Venezuela. Colon.
hia and Central America. according
to Latin-American diplomatic ad.
vices today.
German trading concerns. banks
and development enterprises In sew.
eral cases are willing to sell out 10
interests from the United States, IL
Is announced. while other concerns
confiscated by some OF the govern.
ments that entered the war would
be turned over TO the Americans BY
those governments. M
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81 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

GET BUSY TINS ~ A GOOD ONF
For Sale or Exchange Price 3z.bs9
a fruli. riTnrr. soft drink ana fe
cream emporium. with three pyci
tables iu rear The fixtures afe
worth 81 500 black walnut ff-
lures. rDda fountain. numerors
show cases FOR candies and ciRarAH
fof drink mlAer. the only pop-
rofn machine In the city. thres|
National cash reRiHteTa, one raffs.
one r0li-fup desk. ice cream tables.
and building be- Z5E75. with f1u
basement. rent $50 per month.
This lH on main street ~ focur
d'At"ne CITY Idaho. near Cpeur|
d'Atrne lake. where the summefa'
are delightful Now. if you WISH
90 buy. this can be bought for
81 600 down. or will trade for any
kind ~ paying busineHH IN hentil ~
roouinE house. hotel or "A bunny
similar 20 the only advertins
here.
SECURITIES INVESTMENT co.
2iz Securities Bldg Elliott 1919
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ACREAGE
AcrrAnn

low IL the time 10 think seriously
about making start toward R't-
ting home. TAX ~ over with
your wife Then MAKE thu
BTAHT. ~ you want o. few Bcrfr
of many acres. come 90 our otflre
and thiig with IA. W. cnu maxi O.
terms 20 suit We make HprelHt
offer ana terms - actual settlers.
We have an offer which We thiuL
you viii admit tH the best you
have heard II. can or write for
particulars
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ACREAGE

" hen a firm makes nine contracts.
each for 40 acres ~ land. during
three days time. " signifies that
the land Co. right ana the price ia
right We are proud 20 state that
We have made several families
happy and started them on the
road % success ana a future home
May Ne talk with you about som"
~ the best land. on the best terms
you ever heard or
one party " on the land now and
beat Of all. has Job IN near BY
uiil. Another moves on e. his
future home this week, Come and
uce Us and let uH explain the full
details YOU viii be satisfied 10
you want good land. on terms that
viii be IA aurpriHv a. you
4. ~ REID a co.
ait-giT New York Block
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KNOW WHAT rM TALKING


ABOUT
know that o cay man can develop
a country homo and make u pay.
know this because I'm doing a.
I niKu know the strong feeling ~
satisfaction that No matter what
happens. I'm sure ~ good Nv
ing from few acres which have
been Improved during spare hours.
Why don't You look at Maple
wood Gardens No matter how
disappointed you have been IN
your search Tor land. see this
Ideal location, tho broad eKpanHa
OF level rich land. loss than an
hour from Nchttios business dis
tfict and you viii agree with me
that for price. terms and location.
u has them OIL backed off the
map. Land FOR every purpose.
from poultry raising and fruit
growing 20 Intensive market gar
deninE. at FROM 800 60 5000 an
acre. Eaay terms. Oscar Jsnncn.
with
JONES a PIIiSNEY. INC
si7 second Ave- Ground Floor
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H. n REID n co
3Itagt7 New YORK Block

b ACHES. NORTH OF CITY
fine tract ~ level loan noil high
and slightly. with uuobhtructsd
Wow Of At Rainier. tho DiympifH
and Cascades. easy walatnE dlH-
lance from the lutrfufbnn. Have
your own COW. chickens. garden
and fruit away from tho high
cost ~ living. YOU can wnfh 10
the city Give the Riddles q
chance These large b.arrr tracts
1850. 100 ensh. ti5 per month.
Make your selection at once.
! 4. LIND
Elliott bG1i 1903 Firnt Ave.
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IL SITUATIONS wA>ri;p -MNIE

= -
uoNoRAnLN btsCttANGEp Not-
dier with no years experience as
"a merchandise salesman, Wishes a
position on the road or city Y N.
G. a. Room $40. city
NoUNU MARRIED. MAN WANTS
employment Understand motofn,
VIII do anything once ieHttimato
tn United states 90 foreign, Al
dress q y. tik Hotel n SECOND.
.pIsCliAltG ED SOLDIER EN-
pcrienccd Erocery man, wholesale
and retail salesman OF shipping
clerk Phone Main go6N room go.
DISCHARGED SOLDIER WANTS
position. handy with all kinds %
tools y ThnmpaUn Sass Alkt
ave. city Phone West iotiW
WANTED. BY DISCHARGED ARMY
officer. position ia ethical dental
office. Am graduate registered IN
another state Address A-ss. star
RECENTLY DISCHARGED SOL
dtcr. Is. wants position lea auto 70
palr shop. Some experience. Nd
dress Asa star
plSCHARGEp SOLDIER WANTS
position where hard work viii
hiring advancement Address A-Nh
star
RETURNED SOLDIER. WITH pE
pcudcnta Wishes work. Address
A-at star.
RETURNED SAILOR WANTS Jon
WIN consider anything. ballard
gEt
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HONoRARLY DISCHARGED ARMY
officer desires executive position.
Experience auto and auto body
port and export trade in Central
America Speaks Spanish. Henry
Patton. ss7t Meridian.
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PORK MAY go UP"

SANTA ANA, Cal. Feb. 2S.-rorS
may soar higher. hog men predict,
Il. c. Baxter offers fine fat pig to-
army boys at san Diego II they'll
take it to camp by airplane.
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ron sAIE-HEAL ESTATE
CLOSE ~. NEW uuNGALOW
$500 CASH

We have brand new bungalows ~ o
aud . rooms located at ibth ave.
aud Jefferson It, They are butt
the way You would build a home
Finished In French gray
throughout. indirect lighting fiK-
lures. white snameied lighting
fixtures Ia the bedrooms fire.
place. nHk floors. hot air heating.
breakfast nook" "a kitchen. etc. ,
lot tOki20, with all assessments
paid. including street paving re
member. this ta close IN, walking
distance property. aud ~ Few
years tho ground alone should De
very valuable for apartment hulld-
ing site Remember. Ne are not
asking YOU 10 go over 90 West Ne-
attic or out North, an hours street
car ride. where they are asking hH
much as Ne are Tor these close IN
homes.
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Ins1 Am EnIfNn

WATCH. oN hLACk
roh So saOS69o ilampdcn max e,
Tuesday rNcntug. cali Main tsbe,
local 4. rinsa Reward
G.OST-9xl2 RUG on STONE WAY.
near tgrd. about o'clock Tuesday
evening Reward Phone North
sfl iasS \ ttth.
LOST YOUNG MALE FON TER
rtcr. with collar aud chain Re-
ward lfvaean f0Nk
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STOCKS AND BosDs

WILL BUY
Liberty Bonds. Ali Issues. SPOT ash
New iorh stock Exch1nge PRICES
Central building i50nda n
~ ran Motnf. MINI.
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900 idaho o. . u e.
WILL SELL
80 Aero Alarm. Common .flbb0
go Dklhhoml Texas =. a r. zoo
Gov paving ~ nor cent on tZsgy
3 FruFinud on ...-s..-s Etd
] 500 Alaska Pet A. coal .s+. slIB
800 ALASKA Endlc0tf ...... Bld
200 pac Elec. Wctdsr. ...s .g5
1000 Conservation Ofl ...s.s ~
1000 Trojan DI. CHllf...sss wv
: 600 NofthweHtrrn Petroleum ~
300 Wslin Wafin Oh ...... ~
g. j BTEEPLE
lis Cherry Street Main Ses3
20 Years in the business
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EnR RENr--RnOMs
WANTEn-.-I,OARDER

rs IFoUR FURNISHED ROOMS ION
an rent ON phinney ridge. No chill
drgn North 1895
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SECURITIES INVESTMENT 60.
~ Securities Bldg Elliott 1913