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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
k(THERE's no use," said I to
/ Henry. my husband; 1.-The

s. VIA HNI no uSe," said to
Henry. my husband; 1.-The
thing can't be got. I've
been to ten jewelry stores; I've been
to the upholstery department Of
eight Fifth Avenue shops. One
would think that such simple thing
as brass chain might exist in this
annoying city"
'Why brass?" said Henry. vawn-
ing and unfolding the latest edition
of the "Stock Brokers' Friend {"
"Why not gold?"
Because" said I, YEARLY, chat
particular dress demands a brass
.}scklace.'
"Nonsense" said Henry. 81 SUP
pose you know that the female YOU
invited to lunch has been downstairs
waiting for two hours"
Now, as matter of fact. althouoh
she is one of my dearest friends.
had IN the stress of shopping for
gotten all about Loretta, and it was
just like Henry to let her sit there.
Henry Dear" said I. in that lev
tone peculiar to a wife and mother,
twill you please cease calling her
'fema e'?"
wv ell, then, why does she act like
one all the time?" said Henry, who
needed his luncheon.
Don't be prude," said I, ring
ing for the footman, for the truth
If the matter is that Loretta, who
has taken up birth control as life
work. causes Henry electric shocks
whenever she opens her mouth,
which she does continually.
1t was just my luck that ha
should select this day to come home
to lunch. However. there was moth
ing to do but see it through.
MY dear, what do you Think"
said Loretta, lifting her pretty chin
out of her furs. and pulling off the
mos immaculate of white kid GLOW s
we're all going down to Washington
next week to see the Senator's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
The Simplest Way Is
Unconstitutional

"Now, that just shows" said
Henry, waving his fat hand, chow
impractical you women are. Instead
of getting down to the meat of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

Henry, starting in a confused man.
ner.
But" continued Loretta, 'is it
possible that you do not know that
the Constitution expressly forbids
me to go down into the slums and
give those poor people the informa
ton they should have?"
Nonsense" said Henry, mo such
thing"
YES" said Loretta, sadly, thanks
your friend, Anthony Comstock,
here is a whole clause in the Con-
tltution making it a penal offence,
punishable by Imprisonment, to tell
hose poor, ignorant people how they
IAN limit their families. Now do
you see why we are going to Wash
ngton to get the Constitution
changed?"
You are not going to discuss
birth control with our United States
Senators, trust" said Henry, now
deeply shocked.
eve are going to discuss" said
Loretta, coldy, "anything which will
cad to the repeal of that law for the
good Of humanity"
There was solemn silence, for
Loretta has a way, in spite of her
curls and tilted nose, of making you
feel that you are vulgar if you don't
agree with her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
The Senator'S
Dear Cid Codgers

(Which Senators?' said Henry,
coldly.
"Al of them," replied Loretta,
lighting a cigarette, "the dear o d
dodgers. We're going to get them to
change the Constitution"
"Bodgetts, serve lunch" said
Henry, and have the Rolls-Royce
ready for me Immediately after"
ooh, Loretta!' cried. "a new fad
already? Why, you'd just got started
on birth control and now you've
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

r Asst winter l left an editorial
position, happy to be able to
@ devote all of my time to my
home and my two little girls. There
were many things l wanted to do
for them and with them, but felt
dreadfu.ly hampercd by a lack of
funds. My first reaction from this
feeling was when we went for after
noon walks through old New York,
Il trip free to all who have eyes to
see. We lived in the old Greenwich
Village section SO that we had not
far to go to see many old houses,
homes at one time Of the Dutch and
the English. We enjoyed the find
ing of q quaint doorway and learned
to distinguish between those of
Dutch and of English origin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
Discoverie. Reported BY LAURA GATES sYxonA-

/ what IS remembered about them and
repeated when the children some
other day play what they cali the
Museum game" In this two lead
ers are appointed who choose sides
One side describes picture or takes
the pose Of a picture, and if the
other gide is unable to guess it they
lose member and the winning side
scores one, but if they guess the
picture but are unable to name the
painter or sculptor they lose with
out losing a member. The one who
gains the most members and points
of course wins.
"Acting CUT
Tie Stories
The game children most love,
however, is that of acting out the
stories. Each child is given char
acter, for instance in the story of
King Lear and His Daughters"
which was one of the recent stories
told, one child was King Lear, an
other his jester, and an elfish little
lester she was, three other little
girls took the parts of the three sis
ters, and the biggest girl and the
l.ttest boy were respectively the
Duke of Burgundy and the King of
France
In their own words they ex-
pressed the sentiments of the char
acters they were portraying, many
of them remembering almost the ex- .
act wording of the story. They wer :
not altogether unconscious, but en-
joyed themselves with serious in
.entness. Occasionally suppresse
giggle or a mischievous poke from
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Immensely from the time we have
spent at the museum. They are, or
rather I should say the eight-year-
old is, familiar with the names of
most Of the we'll known painters and
sculptors and can give some ex-
ampes of their work.
Free Swimming
Lessons
During the summer I was very
anxious for the children to learn to
swim, SO | took them, with fear and
trembling. must confess, to one of
the public baths. The matrons were
very nice and told me how often the
water was changed, what mornings
it was fresh and what days the in
structress was there. watched the
children as they came in. A matron
examines their bathing suits and
their towels, and if they have forgot
zen soap back home they go. They
battle themselves and put on their
suits and are again examined and
they are not allowed to enter the
pool if they cannot pass the inspec-
ton of another matron who stands
by the door So it is a spotless,
wholesome looking lot of lite girls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
Enter the
Brass Necklace

Henry" said /, filling in the
breach with that tact peculiar. it is
said, to wife and mother, Henry,
I've simply got to go down to the
Russian quarter after that necklace.
You know the Bigelow-Breeze's re-
ceptlon is tomorrow and won't
have another chance-suppose we
run along with you now in the car"
very WE'LL" said Henry, strug-
cling into his fur coat. "Miss Loretta
will excuse you, I'm sure"
ooh, that's all right" said Lo-
retta, "1'm coming with you. We
have a meeting this afternoon of the
Bowery branch of the Women's
Auxiliary Of the League for Volun-
tary"--
"Parenthood,' said Henry, wea-
rily.
And so we set out. The morning
had been dull, and now a steady
drizz'e had set in, which seemed to
grow duller and steadier as we left
the shining asphalt ard turned into
the poorer districts of the city.
Inc chauffeur, who had never
heard of the Russian quarter, and
didn't like this excursion anyway,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09
To Be Had
For the Taking

My four-year-old needed q GOOD
kindergarten or Montessori school
and the compan;onship of other chill
dren and needed time for writing
The schools within convenient dis
lance we're all impossibly costly.
"Why don't you send her over to
the Montessori school at the Green
wich HouAe?' asAel a friend. "The
en- ldren there are not different from
those in the public schools, and you
Will find the teacher in charge just
the kind of woman you would like
to have your little girl with"
The next day visited the little
school. The Two rooms were large
and airy with golden yellow cur
tains at the windows, growing
plants, an old fashioned grand piano
with an older fashioned log cabin
quilt thrown over ia room where
children could be at home. And
they seemed to be happy, busily
polishing brass, feeding the fish and
busting the chairs. Some were spot
less, others not quite so, but looked
as though an attempt at cleanliness
had been made.
My Jean became a pupil there
and enjoyed every minute of her
tine. Moreover, l was never made
10 feel that was accepting any
thing but what was my right. The
whole spirit was democratic in the
broad sense Of the word.
One day when Bob and Jean and
were walking about an old Dutch
mouse we had seen, it seemed to me
that up at the Metropolitan Museum
there must be examples Of old Eng
lish and Dutch furniture. SO we
decided to go there and play that
we were furnishing one of the old
houses. The children were delighted
and we had very pleasant after
noon roaming among the old furni-
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fares down in Washington" said
Loretta.
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ture. The guards are, most of
hem, able to tell you about the
things in their particular division.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Irish Threaten to
Defeat League in
u. s. if Denied Plea

PARIS, March (By The Associated
Press If the Irish question is not
settled by the peace conference, friends
OF Ireland will stop ratification Of the
league Of nations in the American Con-
gress, Sean O'Cealaigh John O'Kelly),
the delegate Of the provisional Irish
republic 10 the peace conference, de-
clared in statement to-day. He ex-
pressed doubt that any league Of ma
tions could be formed. and said that
the Irish "have spoken gently" TO
President Wilson long enough.
"Wc can stop ratification Of this
ssague Of nations in Congress if the
Jsish question is not settled" the Irish
delegate declared at is my opinion
that there Will be no league of nations
~ at any rate. there viii be no peace in
Europe, because ireland viii fight, and
the world knows that ireland can fight
We believe We are powerful enough
IN America 10 make President Wilson
enforce the principles outlined in his
D1aee plan concerning the rights of ma
lions - diSposs of themselves We
have pleaded aad spoken gently TO him
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Threatened Break
With Enemy Depends
Largely on Wilson
Neic York Tribune
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Copyright 1919 New York Tribune Incl
PARIS, March THE general ex-
citement here regarding the German
refusal TO hand over to the Allies the
German merchant fleet unless a guar
antee is given by the Allies to send
food to Germany has been mscon-
strued as meaning the breaking off OF
the aymistice negotiations.
7 he fact Is that the Entente repre-
sentatives quit Spa because they could
not decide such an important question
without reference to the Council Of
Ten, which accordingly will take up
the matter tomorrow, when iord Rob
ert Cecil will present q plal | under
stand there is no intentio to carry
matters in a high hand a. that Lord
Roberts plan VIII seek compromise
between the demands the yictors could
impose and those which Germany could
accept.
The Americans and British are in ac-
cord in their belief that the Germans
are not eNaggerating the terrible food
conditions in their country, and, al
though the French are skeptical, they
are willing TO follow the lead of Eng
land and America.
Germany needs 100000 tons of food,
valued at Sl00,0OO,00O, monthly. until
the next harvest, and payment for
this VIII be eNacted probably largely
in the form OF coal, potash and other
commodities. The urgency of the food
question is exemplfied in the fact
that the Council Of Ten was occupied
entirely to-day with the question of
feeding Austria Hungary, which has
been finally arranged and placed in
charge OF Herbert Hoover, Lord Rob
ert Cecil and NJ. Clementel, with Mr..
Hoover as directing head.
Three thousand tons are needed
daily and the work viii begin at once.
Trieste, Fiume and other means of
entry to the territory needing assist
ance VIII be used. | understand that
the only impedimcnt to feeding the
countries formerly contained within
The Austro- hungarian Empire was the
attitude Of Italy.
The Italians anxiety in the matter
was based upon the desire that moth
sng should possibly interfere with the
settlement in their favor Of the Jugo-
Slav question. This, however must
await the return Of President Wilson
who, notwithstanding the fact he is
not an official arbiter in the matter
can as the head Of the American gov
eminent corapel compliance on both
\ sides 10 such a solution as he thinks
Y proper
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Farmers ASK Paris
Congress TO Adopt
Prutectiue Scheme

PARIS, March IA memorandum
asking the adoption by the Peace Con-
ference of programme calculated to
protect the interests of farmers in all
countries was presented to the Ameri-
can delegation to-day by Charles S.
Barrett, national president of the
Farmers Union Of the United States.
The memorandum asks the inclusion in
the league of nations Of special BODY
having directly In charge the interests
of international agriculture
Extension and Improvement of the
international Agricultural Institute of
Rome is asked, and the suggestion is
made that uniform system of crop
estimating be adopted 1t is also urged
that principles providing for interna-
tional conservation Of agriculture. uni
versal free education Of farm children
and the extension of the benefits of
civilization to the open country be
adopted.
The memorandum demands that the
farmVs have the right to bargain col
lectively, that farm tenantcy BE abol-
ished gradually and that each nation
have the right to withhold the export
OF supplies essential to agriculture.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
THE MGrch Sales
Came iHs Like a Lion

That's what it does this
time every year. It's a tri-
umphal entrance Of china
and glass and pots and pans
and electrical devices and
household helps and sanitary
refrigerators-just one right
after another.
If you've been wanting to
invest in a good reliable and
altogether satisfactory sew
ing machine or if you need a
new coffee urn, or if the
humble washboiler needs re-
plenishing, you can simply
90 into the Housewares
Sale or the China Sale and
relieve your mind of all these
purchases at once. At the
same time relieving your
pocketbook of-comparative-
ly-hardly anything at all.
There's really nothing IN
the way of a Small Con-
vcnience Around the House
that the Housewares Sale
doesn't present.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Busy W eek
Faces Wilson
At Conference
Preliminary Draft of Peace
Treaty Will Be Ready
When He Reaches Paris
Receives Reports at Sea
Complete Text of Military,
Naval and Aerial Terms
Given Him by Wireless

PARIS, March 7 (By The Associated
Press ).-President Wilson is being
kept fully advised daily by wireless
of the developments of the peace CON
gress. The complete military, naval
and aerial terms Of the peace treaty
were sent to him tcxtually by the
American military and naval advisers
with notations and reservations.
The present plan is to complete the
peace treaty March 20.
Brigadier General William w. Harts,
former military attache at the White
House, has been given charge Of the
Presidents arrival and stay in Paris
The plans for the Presidents coming
are much the same as those for his
former visit, except for formality and
public demonstrations.
Officials to Meet Him
The French government will send a
special train to Brest to meet the
Presidential party. On it will go scv-
eral Cabinet officers, probably Foreign
Minister Pichon, Minister of Marine
Leygucs, Captain Andre Tardieu, of the
French peace delegation, and others.
Colonel Edward Nj. House and a num-
Der of members of the American dele
CATION also probably will be on board
the train
The George Washington on which
the President is coming, is timed to
arrive 1T Brest about $3.50 o'clock on
the afternoon of March 13, accompanied
by an armorcd cruiser and four tor
pcdoboat destroyers. The Presidential
train will leave Brest for Paris at 5
o'clock in the evening, arriving in Paris
at II o'clock on the morning of the
ldth.
French and American officials will
meet the Presidential party at the
railway station and accompany Pres
ldcnt Wilson to II handsome mansion
in the Place dcs t,tats Unia which the
French government has placed at his
disposal. and where he again will be
the gucat Of the French nation.
Wanted TO BE Citizen
II was said his personal desire
was that his second Wait should
be AS n private American citizen and
that he might select his own quar-
ters and meet his own expenses, but
the courtesy of the French authorities
relieves hlm OF all such private ar
rangcmcnts.
The week following the Presidents
arrival promises to be the most siren
uous period of the conference. All
committees have been ordered to have
their resports in so that besides the
military, naval, aerial and peace terms
now before the Council of the Great
Powers there will be ready the ar
ticles of the treaty on the re-
sponsibilty of the former German
Emperor and others for the starting Of
the war; reparation for war damages;
Germanys western frontier, and all
financial and economic questions.
These will be coordinated into the
first draft of the treaty by the time
President Wilson arrives. 1t is this
draft which will be subjected to final
revision and decision during the event
full week.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
House, Cicmenceau
And George frying to
Settle NauaI issue

PARIS, March 7 (By The Associated
Press).- Notice of the interruption of
the negotiations at Spa with respect
to the surrender Of the German NOR
chant fleet was received by tho Su-
preme Council at its meeting to-day.
The official statement dealing with
to-day's session says
"Thc supreme Council met to-
day nt 3 p. m
Conformation was given aa TO tho
interruption Of the negotiations ut
Spa regarding the aurrcndcr Of the
German merchant fleet, and Mr. Lam
sing submitted II proposal IN regard
to the German cables
at the request Of the Italian dol
ceatcs it was decided to appoint nm
intcr-allicd military commission to
inquire into the incidents at Lai-
bach Cthirty-iiye miles northeast of
TRIESTE.
"The discussion of revictualling
the states formerly included in Aus
tra-Hungary was continued and COM
pleted.
"Mr. Lloyd George addressed the
council in regard to the military
terms of preliminaries of peace with
Germany
"The next meeting will take place
tomorrow at 3 p. M"
Premier Lloyd George, Premier
Clemenceau and Colonel E. NJ. House
conferred for an hour before the meet
ing in an effort to try to iron out the
differences of the three nations over
the military, naval and economic ques-
tions connected with the preliminary
peace terms. Army and navy experts
of the several countries, it is said,
have been unable to agree on the
terms.
The question of Dutch Limburg has
not yet been considered by the peace
conference commission on Belgian
claims, Andre Tardieu Informed news
paper men Thursday.
He added that no military zone would
be created in Schleswig, because the
Danish government had declared that
the presence of Allied warships az
tlensburg would suffive to prevent
German Interference with the plebis-
cite regarding eli-determination.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Ship Seisure Likely
If Germany Persists
In Refusing Surrender
Ncic York Tribune
va sii5f0fO,. B,frcou

WASHINGTON, March THE re-
fusal of the German delegates to the
conference at Spa to agree to the
handing over of German shipping to
the Allies except on condition of the
delivery of 2,50O,00 tons of food
stuffs to Germany. if persisted in,
viii not improbably lead to the fore
ible seizure of the ships by British
snd American naval forces This
Ntatement is made on the authority of
\ high government official. There is
! great shortage Of shipping now, and
She Allies need the German. ships and
need them soon
The Germans really agreed last
January to deliver all their shipping
for the time being in return for 75,-
600 tons of fats and 100000 tons of
cereals, though no promises were
made by the Allies as to the time of de-
livery of the food. At that time there
was an abundance of cargo shipping,
and all that the Allies we're urgently
IN need of was the early possession
of 100000 tons OF German passenger
ships.
Insist On Own Conditions
Though few of these passenger
ships are believed to have been de
livered at British ports, it is the un-
derstanding here that the German
delegates have included them as a
whole in the tonnage they now refuse
TO give up except on their own condi-
lions. If this be the case, plans for
repatriating American and British
colonial troops viii be upset, and for
that reason. as we'll as because the
great demands upon cargo shipping
for the transport of foodstufs to
Europe have reduced Accommodations
for other goods the Allies are in no
mood to temporize, but Will take the
ships out of the German harbors.
The official from whom this informa-
ton was received has been in Europe
and is familiar with the situation in
Germany. He said the shortage Of
foodstutfs for the German cities was
40 great that the German delegates
would not dare now to subscribe to
any agreement regarding the release
of their ships except in return for
promises to deliver food speedily and
steadily and in large quantities.
Fear Wrath of People
They would prefer to have the
Allies tnko the ships without any
agreement rather than face their
people without insurance of food in
return for the vc8aola
Aside form the food question. the
Gormnua arc AnNloua to have the
Allies allow their nhipa to be manned
with German inatcnd of Nrtiah and
American crewa. Thus would give en-
Iloymont to nbout 10000 men who are
now actively engaged in BoaheVik
or sparticun tumults and agtations
and get them out Of the country.
The above mentioned official sad
that there rs no question now that the
getting of foodstutfs into Germany at
fhe earliest possible moment is indis-
pensAble to the success Of the efforts
TO check the spread OF Bolshevism.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Italy Expected to Lift
Ban on Food Shipments
70 Jugo-Slaus Monday

PARIS, March (By The Associated
Press "A member of the Italian
peace mission said to-day the Jugo-
Slav frontier would probably be opened
on Monday, thus permitting the imme
date revictualling of Serbia, Monte
negro and Albania. Negotiations are
now being conducted between Serbia
and Italy, he asserted. to adjust the
differences which led to the clash at
Laibach and the discontinuance of the
railway service.
The Italian government, acc ording to
the speaker, expects that tie Serbian
government will disclaim re- onsibility
for the affronts offered ItalT, and will
declare that the situation as purely
local and not controlled by ne Serbian
government"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

problem devolving upon the finance
commission, which will soon take up
that question.
Unable to find anything in interna-
tonal law to sanction or supply
precedent for the punishment of the
former Kaiser as the primary author
of the war, the peace conference com
mission of jurists has, it is understood,
decided to recommend the creation Of
special international court.
Plan to Try War Lords
The commission recognizes the uni
versal demand for the punishment of
William Hohenzollern, and is said to
feel that that demand cannot be salts
fed except through the creation of a
nov tribunal with wider scope and
powers than any heretofore contem-
plated.
This court would be part of the
machinery of the league of nations, and
through it not only the Kaiser but
those considered to be his accomplices
could be brought to justice
If the recommendation for the estab
lishment of such court for interna-
tional criminals does not meet the favor
Of the peace conference, it is held in
authoritative quarters that the league
of nations covenant as it stands to-day
would permit the establishment of
tribunal equal to the demands of the
present unprecedented situation.
"1n any case" said member of the
commission to-day, 81 believe | can as
sure you that the worlds expectation
that drastic punishment shah be meted
out will not be disappointed.