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New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
By Ralph Courtney

NeU York Tt-b.r.
London Bureau
RITIsH servants are suffer
ing from war nerves. Off
cials Of the National Fed
Grafton Of Women Workers
say they are unable otherwise to
account for deep feeling Of dis
satisfaction and unrest among the
servant classes. Domestics are not
only dissatisfied with pre-war con-
ditions and wages, but even when
their new demands are granted they
do less work and do it grudgingly.
Before the war British servants
were plentiful and cheap. They
cannot now be obtained for love or
money The suffering in servant
less England is great Even
titled households, which previously
servants would scramble to enter,
cannot obtain sufficient help. Ad-
vertisements appear In the "agony"
columns Of the papers which speak
volumes Of domestic anguish. Lady
Blank, who cannot get a 'between-
maid" says, 1.-TWO in family, eight
servants kept" If Lady Blank, of
Mayfair, cannot get servants, the
helpless plight of Mrs. Smith, of
Upper footing, may be imagined.
Spoiled by Factory Life
Factory life during the war is
said to have spoiled the English girl
Of the working classes for domestic
service. She has had her evenings
free while munitionng and now re-
sents the restrictions involved in
domestic service.
The scarcity OF servants In Brit
ain Is growing into a problem of
national Importance Neither the
Ministry Of Labor's activities nor
the efforts Of private institutions
which are trying to remedy the
situation are meeting with much
success. At the present time it is
calculated there are four vacancies
for every application for work at a
registry Office
The shortage of servants threat
ems to affect the English national
character. Snobbism is said to be
on the decrease since ladies have
been compelled to do their own
housework. Englishmen of all classes
may be seen carrying home parcels
for the house-a thing no Enelish- i
man of the upper middle class liked
to be seen doing before the war.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

This Nep York hotel is decidedly nobby"
The stranger retorted "NeaO York, did vou sou?
Well, acouldnt put it eractly that 1Uoy
It's run By one Johnson
OF Oshkosh, Wisconsin,
IT'S chiefly q joint achere the Badgerftes stop.
TINS isn't Neap York by long shot, old topI'
Jim JORDAN Cent ont
And 1condered about
He found himself standing in Longacre Square.
DN1nfoundod and doe-led OF lights all ogIare
At croqcds and at traffic,
AT ulsdonS Seraphlc
Of beautiful ladies IN WonderfL raiment
He entered grill
Enjoying the thrill
Of 6eang q part Of this life bNt the payment
kracted Of him aUas great that thereafter
ne muttered oloud "Its the home of the qrofter.
ms totc1 Of Nesc York; But chop came along
And sad to our hero, You're fearfaAly scrona.
You really cont Judge us by people like those
Who rob you up here IN the region Of shoaos;
1hey hold you up constantly, Just as yo, sou,
But this amt Nev York-it is only Broodsooyr
And noac as zee folloW the curious quest
~ young Jimmie Jordan, 1oho came from, tho West
10 taslt Ne7o York; ace shall see him orow vered
And puzzled and nettled and greatly perplered
10 learn hoV elusive the thing is he seeks;
IN old Greenwich Village, for instance, he sold:
And bsHss BolsAsvtst3o soAo dont soqsh for epeek-
! Rat aonaehodk aakfsHsred fNoso doma 10 nslsle1
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

reduced the number Of families able
to keep a servant at all. One hears
OF housewives who formerly kept
several, but now keep only one
others who kept one are now doing
their own work. This latter class
II ever in the market for hiring
washwomen, sewing women or
other temporary help; and the de-
mand for such workers Is 50 great
that it cannot be met. Sons women
complain that it is wellnigh impos-
sible to get such help, in spite of the
great number Of unemployed women.
More Severe With Servants
The revolution presented itself to
many a German housewife AZ q most
ominous event. For IN Germany, It
must be said, the relation between
housewife and servant differs great
~ from that In America-just as
throughout German life generally
the relation Of employer and en-
ployed is different, The employer
insists upon his rights more rigor-
ously; is more dictatorial, and keeps
a wider chasm between himself and
his employee than is generally the
case in America. This Is also true
Of the German housewife and her
servants, as German women Of
progressive, liberal spirit have them
selves been pointing out for some
years. OF course, In proportion as
a woman kept the reins tight on her
servants the more she was disturbed
by the revolution
And the fears of such women
have In part been justihed-but
only In part. Only three days after
the revolution the new Socialist
government-the six Peoples Com
missioners-issued a decree abol-
ishing the so-called "Gesindeord-
nungen," or regulations controlling
servants. There are not less than
thirty-nlne Of these "Ordnungen" in
Germany, most Of them dating from
about the middle of the last century
end few even from the eighteenth
century. They were naturally out
OF date In a period where the prog
ress of the laboring classes in other
spheres Of work had been very
marked. For some years before the
war the Socialists had been center
ing their attack upon the "Gesin-
deordnungen" and were introduce
ing resolutions In various legislative
bodies for their reform or abolition.
They were able to point to the fact
that some Of these regulations even
gave the employer the right to In
flict mild corporal punishment. OF
course, that right had nearly every
where fallen into "innocuous desue-
tude,' but 1t was still exercised In
some rural districts It was also
possible in some states to send the
police after a girl who had broken
her contract and to bring her back
TO her mistress.
Along with the Gesindeordnung"
went also the "Gesindebuch," or
service book, kept under the law by
each servant In it was entered q
record Of each Of her employment
periods, with dates Of beginning and
quitting service, and such recon-
mendations as the employer thought
fft TO give. Each such entry was
duly authenticated by the police
stamp. And, In general, the legal
affairs OF servants were looked after
by the police. Such projections as
the girls got came chiefly from the
police, and, per contra, 1t was to
the police that the mistress went to
hold her girls to the terms Of the
rather vague contract that existed
between them.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

The road shoaOs that came to hjm
Boosted its tamae to him;
And all sorts of comers,
The tourists, the d7umn,ers
Who hailed from, Manhattan had told him about st.
He'd heard his acquaintance knock it, or tout it,
And nightly he dreamed
And daily he schemed
Of ways and of naeans-chefy n1eans-for cont7irnq
trip to New York. He achieved it, at last,
And thus ace discover hero arr5ving
At Grand Central Station. The edifce vast
Vas Mrongng rith people. Said James to the "Sn1ok
Who carried his suitcase, Fright tIne-looklng folk
These a0eU-dressod NeaU Yorkers!
The colored man spoke
"Oh. desc amt New Yawkahs, deys only commutohs-
ball team from Boston an some of its rootahs,
Some travelim' tourists an out 90 toa0n buyahs,
An 1lsitahs heah from de toll grass an briahs'
DIS heah is station dot makes people talk,
An though it's aoondah, 1t isn't Ne1o Ya1pk"
James foufd him IN upto1On hotel
place he described with the 1rords, "Pretty sreN
But auhen he remarked to q man in the lobbu
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

NsU York TfIb.s,s
London Bureau
IN RITISH servants are suffer
ing from war nerves. Off.
cials Of the National Fed.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

Ensian6 D suerins fr~ II.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
ITS THE LOWER EAST 81

James Jordan departed the island netropoEs
Hurried back home from the modern Cosmopohs
WHAT DID you think OF Nea0 York;? people queried
And James Jordan par,1ed
Their questions By telling
TAs ta!e Of the farmer, who looked at camel
Ana, etter ms eyes for space had been davelling
On sdoA o. ths hssnps and tho bumps of that mammal
az took Hsse to soon ens o1) -''
261p@ AstG "Hsu-thsys olss't no sioA a,ein.nI~
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
AlWUus Unfinished

In placing wreath on the tomb of Lincoln,
the king of Belgium spoke these appropriate
words: MAY we find in his noble example the
strength and frmness which make ruler
worthy to be dedicated in his country to that
always unfinished work Of progress, welfare
and ideals which this great man has 50 nobly
advanced" Lincoln lived just long enough to
be assured of the triumph of great cause when
not tasted some of the bitter suspense the king
of Belgium experienced when nearly every foot
of his country was in the hands of invaders, and
the blood soaked strip at Ypres was all that re-
NAMED of what had been proudly enterpris-
ing, inoffensive, prosperous state. But Albert
steadfastly fought on, indomitable in patriot
ism, as Lincoln was, and bright future for his
country seems certain. That he survives to be
leader is not because he offered less than the
supreme sacrifice through the four years of
fierce and almost overwhelming assault. He
performed mans full duty, and king who
can say that is fortunate.
He speaks wisely when he refers to the most
essential work of government as always I'M
finished" The problems are continuous. What
ever shape these may take the qualities of Lin
coin are, for all time, pattern wherever free
dom and civilization are most advanced. Lin
coin was strong, he was firm, and yet there was
never kndler, more unselfsh human heart.
n~is for every citizen to realize that work like
his must be carried on through the ages by
true men, and the humblest may aspire to be
that.
The tomb of Lincoln is one Of the worlds
greatest shrines, and so Acknowledgements.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
No Right to Strike Involved

After thanking God that we have country
where men may strike, President John L.
Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America
exclaims:
"May the power of my government never
be used to throttle and crush the efforts OF the
toilers to improve their material welfare and
elevate the standard of their citizenship
The power OF this government has never
been SO used and nobody is now proposing that
il be so used The question at issue in the
scheduled coal miners strike has nothing to do
with the efforts of "the toers" to improve
their material welfare. 1t concerns solely the
efforts of a particular class of toers to ag-
grandize to themselves a power and arbitrarily
10 exercise that power for depressing and de-
stroying the material welfare OF all other
classes of toilers and all the rest of the pop
ulation of the United States.
This is no assertion of the right to strike.
II is the assertion by ridiculously small mi
nority of workers or people of right to sacri-
5ce the welfare of the vast majority of any
measure of material gain which that minority
IS pleased to determine by itself as its own due.
The government that is prepared to concede
any such right as that is prepared to sign its
own death warrant and that of any government
whatsoever. II the coal miners have just
grievances to be redressed they will be willing
to arbitrate the matter. and this is what Mr..
Lewis himself 10 beginning to see under the
SOLDERING influences of the presidents ringing
1selarstsoa II saturday-New York World
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
kindergarten Teacher.
By ELIZABETH NATTER.

The ambition to become a kinder
garten teacher usually comes to a
girl when she is 4 .or 5 years old.
After her mother, her kindergarten
and primary teachers are the most
remarkable women on earth.
As she grows older and has the
care of younger brothers and sisters
on endless Saturdays she may ques-
ton her choice of life work. How
did Miss Flora" have SO much pa
tience and where did she ever find
so many interesting things for the
children to do?
"Miss Flora" like every successful
kindergartener, is real specialist in
child psychology. Part of it she
learned from books and teachers
during her training course, and part
from practical application and test
ing of her theories.
There was day when the middle
aged woman with love for children
could buy a few books Of songs and
games and open small, private kin
dergarten. But the rapid growth Of
public school kindergartens within
recent years has brought demand
for the trained teacher.
A two-year course in an accredited
training school is all that is required
of the high school graduate. If a
girl hopes to become supervisor or
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
7 q D AZ
The Dav We Celebrate.


Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, M p, former
postmaster general of the Dominion, born in
Montreal s. years ago.
Boies Penrose, senior United States senator
from Pennsylvania, born in Philadelphia 50
years ago.
William Hodge, a popular actor of the
American stage, born at Albion, N. Y, as years
ago.
Ri. Rev. NJ. Edward Fawcett, Protestant
Episcopal bishop of Quincy, ILL.,, born at New
Hartford, Ia, 81 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Mrs ]. M. Woolworth and Miss Woolworth
returned from months stay in New York.
Thomas A. Golden and Miss Eaie P. Grant,
daughter of William A. Grant, were married at
the residence of Judge Shields.
Miss Lillian Stadelman is attending a Hal
lowe'en party at Lincoln.
The Opera Norma" beautiful and charm
ing from beginning to end, is being produced
for the first time at Boyds.
Mr.. Charles Collins Of Santiago Cal, form
erly publisher of the Omaha Daily Times, 10
In the city,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
ODD AND INTERESTING.

1t takes only one-tenth of a drop
of the watch in good running order
for a year.
Sweden was the first country to
recognize the equality Of sons and
daughters in the matter OF inherit
ing property.
Fifty-two different varieties OF
oak grow in Asia Minor and half
of these are to be found in no other
parts of the world.
In Mexico the school children are
given daily lessons in politeness and
are taught to utter all manner OF
pretty speeches.
In China every business man has
q shop name and a private name
and among his family and acquant-
ances he is known by the latter.
Cinnamon have five buttons on
their coats to remind them of the
principal moral virtues recon-
mended by Confucius-Human
Justice, order, prudence and recti-
tude.
A Swiss milkmaid with a musical
singing voice obtains better wages
than the one who cannot sing, as q
COW that is soothed with a pleasing
melody during milking will, it is
said, yield one-f1fth more milk.
Snails have remarkable vitality.
A naturalist once revived some
specimens after they had apparent
ly been dead for Is years, and one
that had been glued to a card in q
museum returned to life after being
immersed in warm water.
The word rabbits" on board a
Cornish fishing smack arouses the
anger Of the crew. Should the word
be uttered as the boat is leaving
the harbor, the speaker would stand
chance of being hurled overheard,
as the mere mention of rabbits ID
believed to destroy all chances of a
catch
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
Fault Of the Federal Land Bank.

The suit now being tried at Kansas City in
volving the right of the Federal Land Bank to
issue tax-exempt debentures aims at the foun-
dation Of the institution. Without discussing
the principle, now before the court, it may not
be amss to express an opinion IS to other fea-
lures of the plan, which may be touched upon
in the proceedings.
Chief of all the criticisms leveled against the
bank as constituted is that its operations are
restricted to class of borrowers who would
have little or no difficulty in securing temper
airy or even long-term loans from any money
lending concern. So far, the bank has been of
service only to those who were not in i'm
mediate need OF such assistance, and has not
reached the man who really needs help. That
it has been of value to its patrons Is unques-
toned. Outstanding loans have been funded at
generally lower rate of interest extended over
long term of years, and on basis of repay
ment that lessons the burden of debt materially
In this and in other ways the Federal Land
Bank has assisted those who were so situated
they could take advantage Of its existence.
But the man who Is trying to buy farm
gets little benefit from it, for loans are made
only to the extent of 50 per cent of the ap-
praised value Of unincumbered land This guar
antees the safety of the loan, to be sure, and
may be a very wise provision. If the great
holdings of high-priced farm lands are to be
broken up, and a nationwide group Of small
farmers substituted, the law should be amended
so that the man of small or moderate means
can secure the help he needs to make a start
At present he gets no assistance from the in
stitution, whose benefits are for those who need
them least
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
PershinR on Size of the Army.

Most Americans will concede to General
Pershing right to speak on matters military,
and will also be inclined to follow his advice.
Therefore, his statement to the military COM
mittees of the house and senate that the War
departments estimate of the military needs of
the country contemplates too big an army will
carry much weight. The general gives it as his
opinion that an army OF 275000 is ample for
all our country's needs. A trained citizen army
in reserve will support this, to be provided by
universal military training. Transport and air
service organizations are to be maintained, pro-
viding nucleus for the greater army that will
be called into the field in event of war.
1t is certain General Pershing's views will
go far with the military committees in their
handling of the complicated questions before
them. Requests from the War department have
been made in such variety Of forms, and with
so wide range of purpose, involving the ,po-
mandatory from the League of Nations, that
considerable confusion exists in the public mind
as to just what is the military policy OF the
administration. 1t is possible that the state
ment of General Pershing, resting on his long
experience as an officer of the United States
army, which includes service in the least and
the greatest of our national wars, will aid in
crystalzing what is now decidedly nebulous,
and bringing to definite head the projects
fostered by lot of conflicting interests. Our
military policy should be clear and COM
prehensive, and varying only as accumulated
wisdom suggests improvement.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01

if you are willing and able to stick
with it and work. you will find you
have picked a field in which the
profits will steadily grow as more
and more land is used for garden
ing and other small scale farm
work. a.
To begin as grain farmer you
should have a high school course
and two or three years in an agri-
cultural college. 1t would be best
to go to some school in the great
grain-growing section of the middle
west. You should also have two or
three years Of actual work on a
grain farm. OF course, all this
training is not necessary, but it in
creases by just that much your
chance of success.
You would need some capital
with which to start-from $4,000 to
$4,000 to begin as renter and from
$1,000 up to own your own farm.
But if you use the mortgage you
will be able to get capital in this
business more easily than in most
DINERS.
If you want to find out more
about it write to the agricultural ex-
pertinent station or the agricultural
college of some state like Iowa,
Minnesota, North or South Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri Okla
homa or Texas and ask them for
information. All state experiment
stations issue bulletins from time to
time which would help you. They
could also advise you as to what
agricultural magazines would be
best to take. In addition the De-
partment Of Agriculture Washing
ton, D. C., would be able to send
you bulletins and other information
Of great value.
Next week, "Worker on Mer-
chant Marine.")
Boys and Girls Newspaper Service.
CopyrighS 1919, by J. H. Millar.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
MINERS UNDER THE LAW.

II any purpose looking to 4 revolution were
in the minds Of the leaders OF the miners, they
have their opportunity open now. The federal
court has issued Z temporary mandate. ordering
that the strike be not called. Wakouts In face
ment
Judge Anderson, who issued the order, care
fully distinguishes between the right to strike
under ordinary circumstances and "the right Of
labor during the war to restrict or destroy the
supply of food and fuel" That more than a
mere dispute ~ to wages 10 involved in the
great movement OF the miners 10 becoming ap-
parent. However much the leaders may pro-
test to the contrary, the public believes, and not
without reason, that the strike is unjustihed,
immoral, and aims at something beyond the
settlement of difference As to terms OF en-
ployment
In his telegram to Secretary Wilson, Acting
President Lewis tries to make out 4 case for
his contention that the war is at an end. He
quotes the presidents message vetoing the war
time prohibition act, placing hts own inter-
probation on its language to support his view.
The point is not we'll made; President Wilson
stated the need for wartime prohibition, osten-
sibly intended to conserve food, had passed. 1t
is straining this language considerably to make
it read that the war is at an end to the extent
that the government no longer can exercise its
emergency control over the fuel industry, or
in any other way needed to preserve and pro-
tect the welfare of all the people
The miners will certainly protest vehemently
against the interposition of the court, but as
they obey its mandate they will be measured in
the sincerity of their professions of patriotism
Submission to the courts order for week may
serve to show way out. At least, the govern
ment of the United States has partly shown its
hand
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
No Confiscation or Repudi;


The vote of confidence given Lloyd
Georges government by the House of Com
mons, after the fiscal policy had been thor
oughly debated, was overwhelming Its espe-
cial significance to the world outside the Brit
ish empire lies in the rejection of proposal to
seize a portion Of the capital of the kingdom
that the tax burden might be lessened. This
was to be accomplished in two ways, by pro-
portional horizontal scaling of the war debt,
and by the reversion of private fortunes acct
INFLATED as result of the war. Nothing could
be more repugnant to British ideals than this.
Throughout the empire security of person and
property has always been the first aim of the
government. Seizure of any part of the private
possessions of an individual for public use with
out due compensation disappeared with the
great gathering at Runnymede, and the entire
fabric of British liberties rests on principles
then given stability. John Bull is supporting a
tremendous load of debt and responsibility just
now, but he does not propose to relieve him
self of any part of it through taking the pos
sessions of subject or by repudiating his ad-
mitted debts.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-01
THE COUNTRY OF MYSTERY.

Sometimes we grow tired and weary. tired
Of lfe's anxious quest,
Tired Of life and its sameness, wsaFy
with the hearts unrest.
Burdened with care and sorrow, from
which the soul would be free,
Longing for love and laughter In the
country Of mystery.
From the heights Of that mystic country.
there are reckoning hands that
call,
In the gray, dim dawn Of morning. in
the eve when shadows fall.
And brightly its CLEAN and glory flood
the days that are to be
With light from that magic country, the
country Of mystery.
Over LIES long trail a-windins. We wend
our onward way,
Sometimes with spirits broken, sometimes
with heartsongs gay.
But ever the spirit Of silence lures on In
grief or glee.
Far beyond lifes shrouding shadows, to
the country Of mystery.
So mid our song signing, life 10 ever
wrapped In dream,
Dreams of the days beyond Us, hopes that
with gladness CLEAN,
But the hearts deep, subtle longings shall
be satisfied and free,
When from dreams we awake In His like
ness, in the Country OF Mystery.
Toronto Mail and Empire.