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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
She Began
With Suffrage

Until very short time ago
Mrs. Smith was known to the pub
lie only as Congressman Smiths
wife" and with that classification
she was happy to help her husband
with details at Washington, enter
tanning no personal ambitions. AS
far back as twenty years ago, how
ever, Mrs. Smith was active in suf-
frage and always lent n helping
hand in the forwarding of the great
movement for women's votes.
Sooner or later she knew her hus-
band would not be returned to Con
gress--it happens to every Repre-
sentative sooner or later; even Joe
Cannon did not prove immune-and
last fall when the thread which held
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

been invaluable in instilling an ide.
OF the necessity for the vote %
means of accomplishing the reforms
tc whose need women have hoo.
awakened.
The efforts of the association
have been spent thus far in "Amer-
icanizing" American women befor.
extending the work to fore;c,.
women.
The demand for citizenship lect.
ures has so increased that Mrs
Schoonmaker is no longer able to
fill all her engagements and is now
training several assistants to taxa.
over the actual teaching in ordo,
that she may give her own time ia
further upbuilding of the depart.
ment.
e
On the first of May Mrs. scboon-
maker began a three-weeks' lecture
tour through Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Missouri, to explain the Con.
necticut idea to various women,s
organizations.
Judging from popular results.
then, the Connecticut idea has de,
veloped from an embryonic posi-
blllty to successful actuality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Truth and
Political Parties

During last winter the scope of
the citizenship department widened
to include classes at normal and
preparatory schools, colleges, clubs
and associations of all sorts. In all
the classes care has been taken that
the course should be straight in
struction in citizenship, free from
suffrage propaganda.
AS matter of fact, the Connecti-
cut women believe the work has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

swamped as it was with the tru-
ent problem, was able TO secure
their return to school.
(e) In one hundred cases the
investigator could obtain no IN
formation from the school as 70
the whereabouts of the child:
This points clearly to the need OF
an annual revision in the school
census-the best known means
of discovering '.lost children.
90 A wider extension of vo-
cational guidance work. If the
principle of the Stay in Schooi
drive is to become of permanent
value to school children they must
have chance early in their
school life-through expert coun-
sel-not only to learn the con-
crete advantages of education, but
the lines of industrial and com
mercial opportunities opening be-
fore them if they pursue thef
educational advantages to me
furthest possible extent.
Respectfully submitted,
JEANNE MINOR.
n. Y. Child Labor Conn l., -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

are probably those on political
Parties and Elections and New
Problems That Await U.s." Reviews
of her book have characterized her
treatment Of political parties as
rather bold" perhaps because she
has pointed out that the principles
which the parties have professed
have not been adhered to. AS an
example, she points out that the
Republican party, when out of
power, stands for states rights, and
that the Democratic party in power
supports Federal control,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

important to begin our political
and civic education and activity
now, before the vote is won. This,
we believe, will serve a double
purpose:
= 81. 1t will give proof of our
ability and will allay the fears of
those conservatives who honestly
believe that women are too igno-
rant for political activity.
SO. 1t will, by placing accurate
information in the hands of
women, prepare them to take, i'm
mediately after the vote is grant
ed, an intelligent part in their
government"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Is Commissioners Of
Examinations

Immediately afterward her name
was sent to the Senate to be ratified
and as a result Oh April 8 she be-
came the official holder of position
held by woman for the first time
IN the history of the commission.
MIS-. Smith S coworkers are Colonel
William Gorham Rice, Of Albany.
who is chairman, and Judge Clark,
of New York City.
There has been a new division
OF the work, and to Mrs. Smith has
fallen the branch which is unof-
tlclally known as the Commission of
Examinations. This entails the OBJ
tanning of information necessary to
make the applicant for certain
KIND Of position most effective.
1t does away with the slightest dan
ger Of unfairness. Along with this
special branch of the work there
goes, OF course, the regular work
designed for the commission. This
includes the all-important work of
providing the material for civil ser
vice positions. Mrs. Smith is sue
cessor to Willard D. McKinistry, of
/ " e~VSi W W II, WIZ resigned.
When Mrs. Smith met Governor
Smith in Albany on April 2, in
reference to the appointment, she
told him that to her all this was
very new and that she was entirely
inexperienced in the workings Of
the system.
To this the Governor made only
one answer:
"We're not worrying about that
Mrs. Smith. There is only one is.
sue of real Importance, and that is
that you bear in mind | am anxious
to bring the civil service in this
state to the point of the highest
efficiency
To that point Mrs. Smith is
STRIVING. bending all her efforts to
the work, in which she says the
commission is being backed bv the
state. The officials find that the
greatest burden of their work
comes from efforts on the part of
many persons to place competitive
offices in the exempt classes. In
some cases-especially those where
the job entails much confidential
work-this is really advisable, but
on the whole it is deemed wiser to
keep all positions in the competitive
class based on the merit system.
Woman's ambition, like Juliet's
love, is boundless as the sea-and
as deep. An organization formed
of New York women members of
the civil service is agitating to
present to President Wilson the ad-
Instability of appointing a woman on
the United States Civil Service
Commission, but, as Mrs. Smith
said:
The President has his hands
quite full at present, and it's a
little early to push that move
ment."
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Where do they live?"

Where do they live?"
i don't know, sir" said the lone
~ one, shifting to the other foot.
But these are the least of the
problems. At the overseas head.
quarters of the X. of C. they have
found positions for $4,000 boys.
10 carry on their work the
knights of Columbus themselves
contributed $1,000,000 before thew
made any appeal to the public for
funds.
Every one Of these huts for the
soldiers is silent appeal to every
woman who passes to do her share
and to do it now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
No Good Textbook
On Government

The first step necessary, there
fore, under such a plan, was to give
specific information to the women
as to the prescribed processes by
which laws are made and carried out
and required changes are brought
about.
When attempting to obtain such
data for the subject matter of her
lectures, Mrs. Schoonmaker discov-
cred that no adequate textbook on
the government of Connecticut had
ever been published.
Consequently, she set about COL
lecting, arranging, sitting and veri-
flying the needed material. The proc
ess of unifying and making coher-
ent the scattered facts which she
was able to collect was a long and
tedious one, for the general statutes
were found to be full of errors. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
NHE New York City Back-to-
School Drive Committee, or
l. gained in November, 1918,
under the Children'S Yea1,

Il gained in November, 1918
under the Children's Year
Committee, has just made its final
report to Dr.. S. Josephine Baker
head of the Bureau of Child Hygiene
of the City Health Board and chair
man of the New York branch of the
Children's Year Committee 1t
undertook as its special task an in
vestigation of the causes which led
1000 children to procure vacation
employment certificates last summer,
under the new law permitting chill
dren of fourteen to apply for such
certificates, whatever their school
grades.
A part of it's report follows:
MY dear DR.. Baker: The ex-
piraton Of the children's year this
month, 1919, has brought to close
the work of the back to school drive
committee.
Zone hundred thousand dodgers
were distributed, bringing home to
parents in the simplest terms the
dangers of industry to children and
the advantages not only to the child
but to the nation Of giving to these
children the maximum of education.
Another line of attack has been ad-
dressing parents meetings, teachers
conferences and children's assem-
blies in the schools in every Dor
ough except Richmond.
''Tho most detailed plan Of action,
however, has been the investigation
of group of children who secured
vacation permits in Manhattan in
the summer of 1913 and whose vaca-
ton permits had not been returned
TO the Board of HEALTH as required
by law.
"a bout one thousand blanks were
distributed for investigation among
the various agencies associated with
the back to school drive Some eight
hundred cases out Of the one thou
sand distributed were investigated,
and in most cases the investigation
covered both the home and school
life of the child.
"The ages of the children ranged
from fourteen to sixteen years, as
the qualifications for vacation per
mits arc the same as those for en-
ployment certificates, except that
the question of school grade is
waived in the former Yet the
tabulation of these eight hundred
cases show only ninety-fve out of
eight hundred below the sixth
grade, figures which do not bear
out the arguments of people who
urged the passage of the law, be-
cause summer occupation would af-
ford physical and mental outlet for
children big enough to go to work
but not able to reach the sixth
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worker to give her entire time to the
work
This has not only interested
women throughout the state in the
machinery of state government, but
has even secured the interest and
support of the political parties of
the state. Furthermore, the Con-
necticut citizenship work, say the
suffragists, has attracted such wide
attention in New England that the
chairman of the department has
been called to Maine and Massachu-
sets to present her theories. Now
the Middle Western women are ask
ing her to come to explain to them
the workings of the government I'M
der which they live.
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need of an intelligent electorate.
'That it rests with the people,
through their vote and their legis-
lation, to crystalline and secure
the, principles Of democracy for
which our soldiers have been
fighting.
"That with the spread of de-
mocracy all over the world, re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
The Lady
Who Started 1t

Here it is necessary to introduce
the lady who is so much in demand.
1t is true that the idea for a citizen
ship department originated with the
executive board of the Connecticut
Woman Suffrage Association, but,
having originated the idea, it was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

Mrs. Nancy NJ. Schoonmaker
sulting IN the enfranchisement of
women in every continent, the
women of Connecticut may hope
to have this new badge of service
very soon conferred upon them
also.
1T seems, therefore, wise and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
A Woman Civil Service Commissioner

even then knowing Just what was
to happen. And it was a rather
nervous, pink-cheeked lady who ap-
peared before the Governor next
morning and heard of her appoint
mcnt to the position.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

WEN in this day of compare
~ tive enlightenment, when "a
~ woman in politics" is men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
BY WINIFRED DUNCAN WARD

"HE Knights of Columbus
yes, of course, you know,
and it's just splendid-but
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
CHAPTER v.
A Game of Checkers,

The uneasy mood of the desert, the
wind-blown sand, drove people indoors
the next morning. Richard was served
n substantial, indifferently cooked
breakfast in the dining room of the
Desert hotel, whose limitations were
as conspicuous to the newcomer as
they were nonexistent to the other
men. They were finding 1t soft con-
trast to sand-blown tents, to life In the
open.
Later he wandered through the
group Of staring idlers In the office.
past the popular soda stand and the
few chair-tilters on the sidewalk, go
Ing on, as II without purpose, to the
railroad sheds, and then on, down to
the Offices Of the Desert Reclamation
company. He discovered It to be the
one engaging spot In the hastily
thrown-togcther town. There were
oleanders. rose apd white, blooming In
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CHAPTER Iv-continued.

bath right across the hall. Only
room left in the house." The proprietor
awarded him the valley stare. "Going
to be here long?' He passed the last
key on the rack to the darky stagger-
ing under motley of bags and suit
cases. Rickard recognized his, and fol-
lowed.
II may get you another room tomor-
row." called the proprietor after him
as he climbed the dusty stairs.
The signals of a new town were
waving in the dining room. The ma
jority of the citizens displayed their
shirt sleeves and unblushing suspend
ers. One large table was surrounded
by men in khaki; the desert soldiers,
engineers. The full blown Mattresses,
elaborately pompadoured, were push
Ing through the swing-doors, carrying
heavy trays. Coquetry appeared to be
their occupation, rather than neal
serving, the diners accepting both, varie-
ties of attention with appreciation. The
supremacy Of those superior maidens
was menaced only by two other wom-
en- who sat at table near the door.
Rickard did not see them at first. The
room was as masculine as restaurant
In new mining town.
Rickard left his indoor view to look
through the French windows opening
on a side street. He noticed slender
but regular procession. All the men
passing fell in the same direction.
Cocktail route" explained one Of
his neighbors, his mouth full Of boiled
beef.
"Oyster cocktail?" smiled the new
comet
.'The real thing! Calexico's dry, like
the whole valley, that is. the county,
See that ditch? That Is Mexico. on
the other side. Those sheds you can
see are in Mexicali, Calexico's twin
sister. That painted adobe is the Gus.
tom house. Mexicali's not dry, even In
summer! You can bet your life on
that. You can get all the bad whisky
and stale beer you've the money to
buy. We work In Calexico, and drink
in Mexicali. The temperance pledge Is
kept better In this town than any other
town in the valley. But you can see
this procession every night"
The Amazon with handkerchief
apron brought Rlckard his soup. he
was raising his first spoonful to his
mouth when he saw the face, carefully
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
hrMA
IGMG
He Saw the Face, Carefully Averted.

averted, Of the girl he haG met at the
Marshalls' table, Innes Hardin. His
eyes jumped to her companions, the
man a stranger, and then, Gerty
Holmes. At least, Mrs. Hardin Some
how, 1t surprised him to find her pretty.
She had achieved a variety OF dis
tinction, preserving, moreover. the
clear-cut babylsh chin which had made
It's early appeal to him. There was the
same fluffy hair, its ringlets bit arti-
flcial to his more sophisticated eyes,
the same well-turned nose. = He had
been wondering about this meeting; he
found that he had been expecting some
sort of shock-who said that the love
of today Is the jest of tomorrow The
discovery that Gerty was not a jest
brought the surprised qualification
which we award a letter or composition
written In our youth. Were we as
clever ns that, 30 complete at eighteen
Or twenty-one2 Could we, now, with
all our experience. do any better, or In
deed as wen7 Tint particular SEN
tence with vingsl Gould We mako II
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might say. adjusted ~ Il now Il. than
II did before"
II heard that they had sent a man
from the Tucson office to represent
Mr.. Marshall"
did you hear his namei" stanl-
mered Ogilvle. 10
"Rickard."
The auditor recovered himself. II
would have heard Of 1t were 1t true.
l am In close touch with the Los An
geles Office" -
"It is true" Y
"How do you know?" Ogilvie's dis
may was too sudden; the fabby facial
muscles betrayed him.
"rm Rickard" The new general
manager took the swivel chair behind
the flat-top desk. "Sit down. I'd like
to have talk with you"
"If you will excuse me,"-Ogilvies
bluff was as anenic as his crushed ap-
pearance. "I-I am busy this morn
ing. Might trouble you--for q
few mlnutesi My papers are In this
desk"
Rickard now knew his man to the
shallow depths of his white-c0pus-
| cled soul. "If won't be in your way
I'll hang around here. I've the day to
kill"
His sarcasm was lost In transit.
| Ogilvie said that Mr.. Ricknrd would
not be In his way. He would move
his papers into the next room tomor>
row.
The engineer moved to the French
windows that opened on the alfaifa
lawn. A vigorous growth of willows
marked the course Of New river,
which had cut so perilously near the
towns. A letter 3D." picked out In
quick river vegetation, told the story
of the flood. The old channel-ther"
it was, the curved arm of the 3D." one
could tell that by the tall willows-had
been too tortuous. too slow for those
sweeping waters. The flow had di-
vided, cutting the stem OF the letter,
carrying the flood waters swifter
down grade. The flow had divided
hm divided perhaps the danger too!
An idea In that! He would see that
better from the water tower he'd spied
at entering. Another flood, and
gamble whether Mexican or Caloxico
would get the wors, Of 1t. Unless one
was ready. A leves--west Of tho
American towni
Excuse me, sir-do you need meT
He turned back into the room. He
could see that MacLean was aching to
get out of the room. Ogilvie had d-vis-
IDLY withered. A blight seemed to fall
on him as his white, blue-veined I'm
gers made bluff among his papers.
"Thank YOU" Rickard nodded at
MacLean, who burst into the outer Of.
fee.
4 "It's the new general manager from
Tucson-Rickard' his name" His
whisper ran around the walls Of the
room, where other arrivals were tilt
ing their chairs. "The new general
managerl Ogilvie woozled for moth
ing. You should have seen his face !"
did anyone know that he wan COM
ing" Silent, the tanned giant. spoke.
That's Marshall all over" said
Wooster, bright-eyed and wiry. re-
moving his pipe. "He likes to more In
mysterious way his wonders to per-
form. (Used to sing that when was
kidd No announcement. Simply.
Enter Rlckard.'"
more like this" said Silent. exit
Hardin. Enter Ogilvie. Enter Rick
, ard"
"And exit Ogllvie," cried MacLean.
"It's a-d-d shame" burst out
Wooster. No one asked him what he
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04

Offices with morning-glories! Was 1t
the gracious quiet influence Of a wife,
Gerty Hardin? The festive build
ing he was approaching was as unex-
pected-as Captain Brandon! Richard
walked on, smiling.
He was fairly blown into the outer
room, the door banging behind him.
Every one looked up at the noisy inter
ruption. There were several men In
the long room. Among them two alert,
clean-faced youths, college graduates,
or students out on furlough, the kind
Of stuff In his class at Lawrence. Three
of the seasoned, road-coached type
were leaning their chairs against the
cool thick walls. One was putting at
cigar. The other, big, shy giant,
was drawing clouds Of comfort from a
pipe. There was telegraph operator
at work in one end of the room, her
instrument rapidly clicking. In an op-
posite corner was telephone ex-
change. A girl with metal band
around her forehead was punching
connections between the valley towns.
Rickard lost the feeling Of having
gone into a remote and isolated re-
glon. The twin towns were on the
map.
One Of the older men returned his
nod. The young men returned their
hastily withdrawn attention to their
game Of checkers. The other smoker
was watching with cross-eyed absorp-
tion the rings his cigar was sending
into the air. Rickard might not have
been there.
One of the checker players looked
up.
Anything / can do for you? Do you
want to see anyone In particularT
"No," 1t was admitted. "No one In
particular. I was just looking round"
"It's the show place of Calexico. I'll
take you around. 1t Is the only place
In town that Is comfortable when it's
hot, or when the wind blows, and
that's the program oil summer. Take
my place, Pete"
Pete. the young giant, with the face
of his infancy enlarged rather than
matured, slipped into the vacant chair.
He had been the first to discover the
strnnger, but he had evaded the re-
sponsibllity. The game Immediately
absorbed him.
"It's nice here" repeated the young
fellow, leading the way. They were
! followed by few idle glances.
Rickard looked with approval at the
tan slim figure which was assuming
the courtesy of the towns. The fine
handsome face was almost too girlish,
the muscles of the mouth too sensitive
yet for manly beauty, but he liked the
type. 1.-the as young desert-reared
Indian, his manner and carriage told
of careful home and rigid school dis
cipline.
He was ushered into n large cool
room. The furnishings he inventoried
a few stiff chairs. long table and a
typewriter desk, closed for the Sab
bath.
"The stenogrnphcr's ROOM" an.
nounced the lad superfiuously.
| "Whose stenographer"
General property now. Everyone
has a right to use her time. She used
10 be HardIn's, the general managers
She IL his still, IN q way. But Ogilvit
keeps her busy most of the time"
Rickard had not heard Of Ogilvie
He made a mental register.
"when did Hardin % outT n
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04

the patch Of purple blooming alfalfa
that stood for lawn. Morning-glories
clambered over the supports of the
veranda, and on over the roof. Rick
ards deductions led him to the Har-
dins.
What school of experience had so
changed the awkward country fellow?
He had resented his rivalry, not that
he was rival, but that he was boor.
His kisses still warm on her lips, and
she had turned to welcome, to coquet
with Tom Hardin! The woman who
was to be his wife must be steadier
than that! 1t had cooled his fever.
Not for him the aspen who could
shake and bend her pretty boughs to
each rough breeze that blew!
Men tossed into desert, fighting to
keep a foothold. do not garland their
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
ooIIvIe's oIsmay was Too Sudden.

meant. Every man In the room wau
thinking of Hardin, whose shadow this
reclamation work was.
whats Rickard doingT' asked tho
infantile Hercules at the checkerboard.
The force called him Pete, which was
a short cut to Frederick Augustus
Bodefeldt.
taking Ogilvie's measure"-this
from MacLean.
"Then he's doing something else by
this time. That wouldn't take him FIVE
minutes unless he's gull," snapped
Wooster, who hated OgIlvie as rat
does snake. ,s
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04

Riokard moves to cave the
valley In what seems to him the
only possible way. His views do
not coincide with those Of Har-
din. The next lustaIlment tendS
TO Justify tho forebodInas. with
which Rlckard undertook hIs
great task. Do not fall TO read Il
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
HOW WILL HARDIN AND HIS WIFE RECEIVE HIM?-RIcKARD
IS NOT LEFT LONG IN DOUBT.

SynopsisK c. Rlckard the Pacific
road called the Office President Marshall While
waiting Richard reads Colorado
despite the efforts of Thomas Hardin
Hardin had been student Rickard
lege had married Gery Holmes
Marshall tells Richard the
the Imperial valley wishes
Richard declines
Hardin but is Rickard
learns much about Hardin MS