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Reasons for .
John Bulls Interest

Apart from any ideal motive,
John Bull is interested for two very
practical reasons. In the first place,
the unemployment dole awarded
war workers thrown out their
jobs at the signing of the armistice
soon will be stopped, and no gov
ernment that isn't Bolshevist can
look on alphabetically while hundreds
of thousands of it's citizens starve.
The erstwhile slaveys have made
1t only too clear that they will
starve before they go back under the
old conditions.
In the second place, John Bull
wants an Al nation. He knows that
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misfortune anticipated the object
for which the money was to be saved
the Vacation Association returned
to the depositor the money and rem
dered assistance in looking for loca-
tions for summer holidays. The
work grew, and finally a clubhouse
was opened at 38 West Thirty-ninth
Street. Later the association opened
several houses where rooms were
rented by the day or week. A cafe
terra was opened at the clubhouse,
and then music hall. Sponsors Of
the organization agreed that what
was needed was an out-of-town
place.
In the will Of Jacob LangeIoth,
who died several years ago, was
provided, among other things, that
his administrators should purchase a
suitable location and establish free
hospital. The trustees accepted
Valerie House, beautiful old coun-
try house on the road between
Peekskill and Harmon. With the
Hudson River in view, the noun
tains in the rear and lakes on the
grounds, the 1000 acres and house
were purchased. After the armistice
was signed Mrs. Langeloth turned it
over, fully equipped, to the Vaca-
ton Association.
Here was summer home worthy
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DROM the Grand Central to
Croton and then by bus to
the Valerie House. The view


the Valerie House. The view
over your shoulder rivals that
in any of the fascinating vacation
trip books put out by hotels and
steamship lines. Keg Mountain
bathes in storybook sunset of too
beautiful-to-be-natural gold. Fresh
air, healthful exercise and merry
play with other girls make such
fairyland seem real.
This is a resume Of its vacation
home for self-supporting girls (and
all for twelve dollars weekly &C
cording to the Vacation Association
Several years ago number OF
New York women organized the Va
cation Association. Its purpose at
the time was only to help the self
supporting woman to enjoy a sum-
mar vacation. To accomplish this,
ARRANGEMENTS were made with all
the large employers Of women IN
tho metropolitan district to estao-
l;sh in their stores, offices or shops
a "station" for the Vacation Asso-
citation. The employe might de-
nosit at this station such q sum Oh
her weekly salary as she felt she
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kept only one maid allowed her every
night off after the dinner dishes had
been washed and gave her two after
Moons off in the week as well, he
was incredulous.
"Who opens the door if there is
a ring" he asked, "and who serves
refreshments if there are guests?"
| know one woman, in compara-
lively moderate circumstances-the
war has left her untouched, Of
course-who rings for her maid if
she wants coal put on the fire,
though the scuttle is directly at hand
and the fire in front of her, and
sne>does not think she is degrading
either herself or the woman she en-
ploys if she rings for the latter to
come and get her a book from the
next room.
A woman war worker, thrown out
of her job by the coming of peace,
thought to have try at domestic
work, and in advertising tackled on
to her ''ad' the simple request to be
allowed to take a bath in the family
tub (many Of the middle class homes
have had antediluvian affairs
installed that go by the name of
tubs!). This simple request brought
forth storms Of protest in the shape
of letters to "The Times" One relic
of bygone day wanted to know
what would become Of the hygiene
OF the family if servants were per-
mitted to use the bathroom! Does
it occur to no one to consider what
the effect is on the family health
when the maid does not battle!
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Killing the Monotony
Of Housework

How is this to be brought about?
That is the question the skeptic,
who knows the amount of snobbery
which is part and parcel of human
nature, is asking.
"By scientific training and by
propaganda" John Bull replies. Il
will educate the servant to be abso-
lutely proficient in her work. Her
very skill will give her status, will
impress upon those mistresses too
blind and prejudiced now to see it
that if they want this superior kind
of domestic helper they will have to
accord her superior treatment.
Moreover, I will provide mainte-
nance grants to the girls in training
so as to enable a parent to allow his
daughter to undertake it,
Therefore, all over England to-day
government-run schools where pros
pective servants are trained in their
work have been established. An all
around education as we'll as tech
nical instruction is included in the
course. On the theory that the more
knowledg e and intelligence that is
brought to housework the less mo-
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the mothers Of the great middle
class are chiefly to be depended upon
to provide it, and he knows, also,
that the modern middle class mother
will not, can not, give him the first
rate future citizens that he wants
to repair wars ravages if she knows
in advance that she will have no one
to help her with her housework, her
cooking, her laundry, her nursing.
Therefore, John Bull, in the guise
of Sir Auckland Geddes, the Minis
ter Of Reconstruction, appointed a
committee of women representative
of all classes, and, as result of the
findings of that committee, all the
old injustices on the slate of domes-
tic service are to be wiped out and
the writing Of new order placed
thereon.
The biggest item on the slate is
this: The domestic worker must have
the same status as any other woman
worker
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for ten cents and ice cream for
ten cents in the gobs' club. And
the navy officer-to-be and the en-
listed seaman sit down together.
While making the world safe for
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looking persons. All their uniforms
lack is the star and stripe on the
sleeve, the distinction Of an ensign.
"Shades of Annapolis and John
Paul." what are these? Unbeliev-
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corner

able as it may seem, they are mid
shipmen on leave after their sum-
mer cruise. While in New York,
while there is yet time-they do not
rank as officers yet--they take ad-
vantage of pie for five cents, meat
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Bodman, vice-presidents; John F.
Archbold, treasurer, and Frazier
Moffatt, secretary. A campaign for
funds to buy a clubhouse and to
equip it has been started. Almost
as soon as the scheme was launched
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cause we have never had any, The
boys themselves take cage Of the
law and order of the club. Once
we had chap stay around for sew
eral days and beat his meal ticket.
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Before the war no one knew or
cared. Those of us who have met
the seamen as result of the war
have learned that the only pre-war
amusement was walking the streets.
They never found a welcome in
places that were clean or respect
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democracy, our own special centre
of naval aristocracy (Annapolis)
seems to have made an attempt to
remove the beam from its own eve.
The permanent Navy Club, as it
has been planned, is a peace meas
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Mrs. Hamilton in speaking of the
reasons for the club "They are
sent to sea or to our receiving ship
at Bay Ridge. When on leave, with
twenty-four or forty-eight hours to
dispose of, where are they to go?
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.,rANoR KINSELLA MCDONNELL

.;,l correspondent. London, England
Lr%HE women of, England have
III determined to solve the ser
want problem. If they can do
/ N a country where q rigid caste
rstenl, in vogue from time imme-
Lsrial, shows sudden signs of break
,s down, and where the majority
\ houses are built so as to necessi-
hte not one but & corps of domes-
l. helpers, the American woman's
kublem, in spite of the restricted
Emigration of the next few years,
|Sould prove as simple as two and
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nineteen hundred gobs themselves
marched up to the clubrooms on
Fifth Avenue and paid their 81
dues to go toward the permanent
project.
"Our enlisted men come from all
parts of the United States," said
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The men of the club watched him
closely and decided that he was un-
desirable. Then they put him out"
Seated at the tables with en-
listed seamen this summer have
been numerous slim young officer
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Effect of Plumbing on
Servant Problem

On the other hand, the women who
have seen the light are in the ratio
Of about a hundred to one. Some
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The Cob and the
.O&cer-TO-Be Sit
Down Together
By HANNAH MITCHELL

BY HANNAH MITCHELL
NHE gentleman with the mega
III phone announced in none too
gentle tones:
will the ladies in the canteen
Please keep quiet! The speakers
pant be heard against the noise"
End really they weren't making
|nuch noise.
However, the announcement, or
request, as it might more tactfully
|'s termed, was typical of "woman's
place" at the Navy Club, where it
vas made. The women and girls
Sho volunteer their services to
COOK and serve and help in various
ways In the kitchen and dining
'p0m Of the club have taken upon
themselves the modest role of ser
Zee without recognition. They are
De seen and not heard" and
rey like it.
Dont get the idea that the t'gobs"
Fsat appreciate these women and
us' who have made the club pos
aSs. The girls who have served
! 'ne canteen for six months or
s'' s'ie have received from the club
l"s gold pins indicating their
.assn OF service. And Mrs. Will
40 d. Hamilton, the mother" of
V eluo' wears q splendid gold
sedal that rivals in makeup the
s'fatons of heroes, which was
'sn 10 her as a token of the
s''s" appreciation.
As Cob.
10 Host. Here
,as something that makes this
~ olnerent from other places
'aets enlisted men are gathered
ss~sr Is that the Navy Club be-
~ ., 70 the men themselves.
~ makes all the difference in the
"a Who the hosts are" said Mrs.
sutton last week. "Here the men
||S.., we hosts. They run things.
i. sA'' What makes the club distinct
|s,.a W. !, hostess houses and welfare
h.. .as Navy Club, at 500 Fifth Ave.
h, = I'VE was the first club to be opened
|1,.' 'a'l0rs and marines. Mrs. Ham.
L.. ~ was the person who first went
|s,,,' sc'ually proposing the club
|I,..; persons thought the club wa.
h su' ss. but she started the wheel.
Id, S0a , IN organizing it early i,
!" summer Of 1917.
L, New Kind of
|ISs'sone for Peace
HIM. ~ " a successful career, tn
|s'y Club ia worL;r g.. L
Hon.. Organization. The day o:
IN. assef . service from the girls i,
sscd .een' !. gifts in the way O
|l.,,,'' sad furniture for the club, il
|lxlss pa. past. although the faithful
On ss'sresses still come to serve
~ sss Of the club are Herber
Il \ sHstles, = president; Mrs. VIII
hamilton and George N
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Hone for English
|slayey Now

In America, Bridget and Olga,
,evly arrived from Erin and
Bohemia, quickly caught the con-
|agon of democracy and free op-
|totunity for all that is so rampant
h our atmosphere. But, until the
|ssr came, the drab English slavey
had no such hope. The war shook
her. even as it had shaken her
Mistress, and Pruett and Perkins
+, book of their caps and aprons and
|hKook the scullery. Four hundred
thousand women left domestic
|syice alone in England-without
. pang, it's a safe wager-and went
ito industry. They worked hard
Ind under tremendous pressure
HE story Of the English munitions
yorker, particularly, is epic but for
|ae first time they learned the
meaning Of independence; for the
| tN time it was vouchsafed them to
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dead mans pockets. He found moth
Ing, however, except a military pass,
signed by General Llnarcs Of the
Spanish forces. authorizing the bearer
to pass through the lines; and, inter
a moments reflection. he decided to
leave It OF the body.
So this man had been tho child's IA
Their, and. apart from her speech, his
coloring showed that he had been an
American. Wallace concluded that he
had been a planter. trapped In Santi-
ago. He raised the body In his arms
and tried to turn 1t over. but let Il
fall when he saw the work that the
bullet had made Of the face. He must
not let the little girl carry away any
thing Of such memory as TINT!
He groped his way outside and
beck0ned to her. "What Is your other
name, E%lennorf" he asked.
The little girl only looked at him ;
It was evident that she did not under
stand the meaning Of his question.
ibid your daddy live In Santiagof'
MY daddy has gone away. l want
him." said the child. beginning to
wh;mper.
Wallace tried her nee more.
"Where is your mammaf' he asked.
But she sud nothing. and he sat
down. propping himself against the
shack. He drew the little girl down
beside him.
"Now listen to me. Eleanor" be
said. "Your daddy has gone awny.
He will be gone for q long time. You
must be good and patient. and soon
somebody will come to take care of
you. Do you UNDERESTIMATE
The chiId's lip quivered, but she did
not cry. She fixed her large gray eyes
unou him
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|lN llHIE IllMlIEAlGIHlT'
WIRELESS GETS RID OF "sTATIc"

An invention which has taken the
static" out Of wireless telegraphy, re-
moving thereby the greatest obstacle
to the clear transmission Of radio
messages. has been perfected by Roy
A. Weagant, chief engineer Of the
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Of America. The invention not only
makes possible the sending Of clear
radio messages regardless Ut atmos-
pheric conditions, but eliminates "in-
reference" thereby making possible
the operation Of innumerable radio
stations without "crossing" messages.
The invention also does away with
the necessity Of constructing huge
wireless towers. Perfect service can
be obtained with the use Of a~ntennae
extending only a few feet from the
ground.
The invention Is said to mark a
new era In world communication and
to be second in Importance in the field
Of radio telegraphy only to Marconi's
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A Romance Of the American Army
Fighting on .ne Battlef1elds Of France
(Coryrisht. By W. q. Chspman.J

You'd the parade ground, and he had
suffered from the young soldiers In
evitnble fear OF fear.
So he resigned himself to his situa-
tion. He emptied his water bottle and.
gripping the end Of his gauze roll with
his teeth, managed to bandage his
wound sufficiently to stop the bleed
Ing. The lnnguor. however. was In
crensing. Sometimes he would coze
for a few moments, awaking with a
start, to wonder where he was, and
what had happened. The alr-was very
still. The shouts had long since died
away, the rifle firing was n distant
crnckllng; the tremulous staccato tap
ping Of the machine guns was like the
roll Of drums far away.
Wallace must have slept for a pro-
longed period, for when next he be-
came conscious he started up to see,
to his intense establishment, a pretty
little girl of three or four years, stand.
Ing In front of him and looking at him.
He rubbed his eyes. expecting her to
disappear. But she was still there, and
just as he was beginning to piece to-
gether q Spanish phrase she spoke to
him In English.
II want my daddy"
Wallace reached out and drew the
child toward him. "Where Is your
dnddyf" he asked. "And who are
you'll"
I'm Eleanor" she answered, "and
won't you please find my daddy fol
met"
She pointed with a grimy little hand
toward the interior OF the shack, and
Wallace, struggling to his feet with O
great effort, made his way inside.
It was almost dark In the hut. and
Wallace could only make out with diff
iculty the form Of a man who lay. face
downward. upon the ground near ths
wall. Presently, however. as his eye'
became more accustomed to the OBJ
security, he saw the bullet wound II
the back Of the head.
He looked up at the child. who stoot
by. uiconcerned. "Go away. Eleanor
he said gently.
The child. too young to know any
thing Of death. went out Of the hu
and began to play In the shaft Of sun
light that filtered through the branche
Of the palms. Wallace searched tn
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foREwoRD

Intrigue, mystery, chivaI-
~, love, feats Of bravery on
the field Of honor-all these
elements are interviewer In
this story, which has been
well described as the first
up-to- minute novel of
America in the great war
for humanity and world
freedom. It Is a gripping
story Of a man who "came
back" and fought on the
battlefields Of France for
the honor Of the army that
had discarded him. Victor
Rousseau has written many
excellent stories but none
that exceIs ".ride of Bat
tle."
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TALKING WITH The BIRDMEN

Col. Clarence G. Culver of WASH
ington is given chief credit by the war
department for the development Of the
new wireless telephone which enabled
allied airmen to give Information and
receive instructions from the ground
while Aging at considerable distances
from their bases. A h~eadpiece like
that worn by oil telephone operators
Is worn beneath the airman's helmet. A
movable speaking tube is constantly
near his mouth. Wires from these
pieces connect with a battery which
gets Its power from the airplane
motor.
at was in August. 1910. that l first
became Interested In the possibility Of
sending messages from airplanes,"
Colonel Culver said. "and commenced
a series of experiments which were 30
far successful that in August, 1916, I
was enabled to send a radio telegraph
message from a plane over Chats
worth, CAL, to San Diego, a distance
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CAPTAIN MoFFET OF GREAT LAKES

Capt. william A. Moffett. COM
mandant at Great Lakes Naval Train
Ing station, has been assigned to the
command Of the new s~uperdread-
naught Mississippi. said to be the I'm
est b~attleship In the United States
navy. After the necessary six months
Of sea service he will be made q rear
admiral.
Captain Moffett came to Great
Lakes as commandant four years age.
From a small naval training station
with a maximum capacity Of 1000
men the station became the greatest
naval training station In the world. On
the day that Captain Moffett goes to
sea he will leave behind him q train.
Ing camp fitted to accommodate IS,
900 men.
His work In transforming into ef.
ncient sailors the recruits who came
to him from the farms and cities of
the middle West made Captain Moffett
onc Of the prOminent American Apuros
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BY VICTOR ROUSSEAU

grimy hands. Her cheek snuggled into
the hollow Of his arm. The Lieutenant
was c~uriously touched by this unconr
scious confidence.
He issued from his ordeal Of pain at
last. when the Bearers hnlted In front
Of the line Of tents that served for .
field hospital. S~tretchers by the dozen
were piled about the ground. and moro
were arriving constantly. Wounded
men, guided by the zound, cume
limping In on the last lap Of their
painful Journeys. Others, who had ar
rived but had o yet been attended
to. sat or lay In front Of the tents. Or
derlies were scurrying to and fro. Ms
jor Howard caught n Of the regi-
mental s'rgeons, who looked Mark
over quickly and then picked the child
out Of the stretchcr.
"Hell0i Who's thisf" he asked.
"Friend Of HIS" said the major, In
dlcating Mnrk.
"She doesn't look like a Cuban young
lady," said the doctor, as he cut away
the sleeve Of the tunic.
"Her fathers dead. Hit by Z shell
on his why from Santiago. think he
was an American" said Mark.
"Giye her to me. l never had one"
said the doctor. suddenly injecting .
h~ypodermic into Marks arm.
"Not after that" said Mark, vino
ing. Besides, Tn thinking Of adopt
Ing her myself"
And he wondered what had made
him say that when the thought had
hardly reached his W conscious
ness
"See here. young mani Let me loob
ut that arm Of yours before you talb
that way. Humi You'll be running
round in a couple Of weeks. a. well a.
ever"
"Thank heaven for that" calculated
Mark fervently. '-Then III BE- In q
the DEATH"
II doubt IT. I won't pass you fos
duty for six months to COME" said the
doctor. grinning. Then. seeing Marks
detected look. be added. more ssrs.
ously:
"You may thank the modern hisA,
power bullet that you ere going to key
your arm. my boy. It's drilled Z uice
little pencil-hole clean througA IN
joint. instead Of shettering Il. md
that's got to b. nllsd In with new
growth. Even ! can't grow bones u
a week. I wish I could. Ten year1
ago your arm would have had to come
of. There's nothing more I Gun do for
you. my son." he added. as he smeared
some sticky stun over the wound and
began adjusting a bandage. Except tie
you up and put you In the hospital to-
night. and send sou down to the base
In the morning"
"Thc devil you will I guess I'm
well enough to stay on the job ~ J
am" .
Here, / haven't any more time u
waste ON you'll" said the doctor.
"Pounce will make you a sling and
you'll 60 into that tent and stay there.
or I'll cashier you. You won't re feel
Ing 80 spry tomorrow morning. 0s>
out 7"
He strobe away. leaving Mark loob
Ing into the ~grinning black face d
johnson.
After the sling had been adjusted
he discovered that the sense Of we'll
being. due to the hypodermic. was a.
ready beginning to leave him. Hia
servant helped him into the tent and
Major Howard brought In the little
girl. who ut once coiled herself up IA
sleep ut WnIlace's side.
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FRAULEIN BAUMER'S DIARY

Entries from the diary Of Fraulein
Gertrud Banner Of Berlin during the
month Of October are Of interest to
In them President Wilson
is referred to as an "arrogant school,
master" and the rage of the German
people ut being forced to accept the
terms communicated to them by this
government Is freely and bitterly ex-
pressed.
Five weeks later Fraulein Banner,
with Alice Solomon. signed the appeal
addressed to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson on
behalf Of the national council Of wom-
en- Of Germany In the hope Of obtain
Ing a modification Of the armistice
terms. Extracts follow:
Tuesday, Oct. 6.-We are to re
pent.' In 80 far as there IL need Of
repentance about the mad battle Of de-
struction Of these four years, let the
whole world repent Of II before the
God to whom It feels itself responsible.
We repent only in this great
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GRO be CoNTINUED.)


"Our national bird, the bald easiA
wild 4 it, native haunts. 10 90 large. ~
majes..c, and fies with nm evidence o.
so enormous strength. that n 10 Inn
pressed with the thought that here 70
the king Of BIRDS" writes T. Gilbert
Pearson Of the Audubon society. SOD
one occasion while eating my lunch ID
the shade Of q little bush on a South
ern prairie. ! saw n carry OF 9
lamb"
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Lieutenant Wallace makes
rome plans for the future Of the
child that had come Into HE
possession % Unexpectedly, but
he 10 stunned by revelations
that are made to him BY HE eom-
mandInu officer, Major Howard.
Read about thIs In the next In
stailment.
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Of 40 miles. In February. 1917, after we had enlisted the assistance of the
foremost American telephone companies and their expert acousucal men, we
succeeded In transmitting vocal messages from a plane to the ground. In
October. 1917, I took the first sets to France and made demonstrations there.
BY August 200 complete sets had been sent to our forces In France"
Colonel Culver says nobody invented anything lew In applying the radio
telephone to military airplanes. What W a done was the adaptation and
adjustment of previously discovered laws to a new field.