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New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
By RUSSELL HOLMAN

A S SOON as she entered the
n B. r. T. train at Flatbush
Avenue she spied the little
Cylinder on the floor. She had read
IN the papers that bombs we're
packed with such round things full
:" INT. Too fustered to talk CO.
aefsntiy, she mutely pointed it out
" she conductor and looked around
e1citsdly for a place to 90 from
mere. BE followed her trembling
"hser, grinned, and nonchalantly
''s1eo the little barrel Of metal into
''s compartment near the motor
mans box, as IL that ended the mat
Ter.
Two 1ashionab]y dressed young
sues started az 1t struck the graf
Ss NEAR their feet. Both eyed it
sasaslly. Bombs we're on thei,
minds, too. Maybe, They drew
s'''sf together TO discuss it in ex.
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to ask his name. "Bobby Haskell,
Lock Box 312," was the ready re-
sponse. "Ain't you comm in,
too?"
Bobby had way with him and a
smile that could have wiled a bird
off a limb. Moreover, his fists were
full Of lovely, brilliant marbles. All
my life I have wanted to learn
about marbles. Also he played a
jew's-harp. Nothing could have held
me back after that. I sneaked in,
unhcsitatingly, after him. The big
"cop" who loomed just behind was
positively affable ii. his welcome as
he spied me among the kiddies.
1 caught him bestowing surrepti-
tious pats upon the sand garden
babies heads and tossing them
(the babies) into the air, and SO
diminished did I feel it would not
have seemed amazing had he patted
me and given me a few "once
over' tosses also.
Bobby, Lock Box 312," I soon
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Southern cemeteries-here she had
come to the Court Of the Dead with
pansies for her Southern son who
had fallen under the Stars and
Stripes In France.
She had celebrated her old Me-
mortal Day by consecrating Of her
new one. In her the past and the
future had met and mingled and be-
come one. 1t was something more
than an individual sorrow that she
typifed-something more than a
personal offering for her dead
something bigger than an individual
sacrifice for the nation. Old scenes
had so tugged at her heartstrings
that the Memorial Day of her child
hood could not pass without it's Of
fering to the heroic dead-but the
future, which for her had also be-
come the past when a boy laid down
his life in France-this future had
swept her far forward and beyond
to-day. In her simple deed was
something typifying the new Amer
lea that is being something
strong and fine and generous, some
thing great and single hearted.
And seeing it, one could only pass
+ on, thoughtfully, reverently-with
his own heart washed cleaner and
re-dedicated to the flag for which
North and, South, East and West
have given their dead.
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about $50 month and five-roomed
apartment would rent for $40 a
month, a moderate rental in these
days. The rents were fixed by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation as
being the reasonable amount which
the workmens who receive from So
to SIS a day, could afford to pay.
An interesting experiment was
worked out in the interior decoration
Of these houses. Mrs. Alderman,
the wife of the architect Of the prof.
ect, was put in charge of this part
of the work. Mrs. Alderman
teaches. class Of young women in
interior decorationat Columbia Uni
versity, and she allowed her students
to use this work as practical DEM
onstration of the proper decorating
and furnishing of a small house.
Each Of the students was asked to
submit, either by means of origi-
nal drawings or of illustrations
from magazines, her own Idea of
the ideal home, and it is interesting
to note that every last one chose the
Colonial style Of furnishing, which
accorded perfectly with the archi-
lecture Of the settlement.
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They sit still in the old family car
riage and stare at the passing snow
With grave, round eyes, thankful
to be among those present" "
Should they incline to be fussy the
little mother Glerself but a child Of
fourteen or so) sternly rebukes
thern, and they quickly subside.
Poor 'little mother! Lucky is
she if she snatches a few swings
herself, for she must mind the sleep
ing baby, keep an eye on the kid
sister and admonish the small
brothers, vigorously cutting them
when occasion demands. She is
really a genius of q sort-a care
taker who learns early the bitter
lesson Of remuneration.
Looking about for the clerub;c
Bobby, found him in hot dispute
with another lad. Only the big cor
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
An Oasis Of Joy
For Both Young
And Old

I came at and have only stayed
about fifteen minutes (so it seens)
Bobby waves a fond farewell to
me; Agnes Is being hustled away
by a strenuous, callcus elder sister,
her scant cotton gown reinforced
for the journey home by a big
safety pin cleaning dazzlingly III
the back. But how ! shall long to
return tomorrow to that sunny,
happy bench, with its southern ex-
posure (even in our heavenly man
sions some of us viii doubtless
plead for a southern exposureD.
For I had caught again the lovely,
inlperishable spirit of childhood,
with all its robust optimism and
good cheer. And those lost forty
years-they were as the Good Book
says, "But as yesterday. or as
watch in the nightn'
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War Lessons i'm HOUSING

ME Housing Division of the Emergency Corporation
of which Mr.. Fred K. Alderman of Design, did
work in showing the
Grafton in housing When experiences understood
will do much do with
OF building homes for workngmen When
planned together
economical methods of effect,
designer is able to control the lighting and
units of
of the inhabitants. All of
Of the should be meeting
the STEIN, Secretary of
the Housing Committee.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
By ELEANOR COCHRAN REED
The wind that swept the Avenue

The wind that swept the Avenue
that afternoon was cold and some
how there was something passing
brave in the way the fresh spring
flowers lifted up their soft faces to
meet it--so unafraid of its bitter
ness, SO willing, it seemed, to die
so like those young, young boys who
lie among our dead in France.
Safe to say, not half dozen in
all the passing throng saw the plac-
ing of that little bunch Of flowers
so simply was the little scene en-
acted, SO quietly was it all done that
unless the little group had already
caught the attention the whole pre-
cious thing must have passed unob-
served.
All three of them walked with a
certain unconscious aloofness, as if
in the straining crowd but not of it.
A quiet defniteness Of purpose in
their unhurrying but unhesitating
steps set oddly in the Avenues mad
rushing of feet. The two children
seemed somehow closer to their
mother than the mere holding Of her
hands could explain. Something be-
yond the mere physical seemed
their n+arness to each other and as
they approached closer to the Court
Of the Dead one sensed instantly
that the gold star worn by the
mother was for son who could
have been no more than boy.
Tho sweetly serious eyes Of the
little girl and the straight gaze of
the year-old khaki-clad boy
searched swiftly but carefully the
inscriptions on the state shields be-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

side which still lay the 27th's me-
mortal wreaths. There was such a
poise about even the children that
ones heart WINGED under the
thought of what a price of long
weeping these three must surely
have paid for it. Only a quick up
ward glance at the mother showed
that at last the shield which they
sought had been discovered. TAX
ing from his sister the little bunch
Of pansies, the boy stepped over the
low railing and barring his golden
head, stopped to lay the glowing
flowers beside the shield marked
"South Carolina"
''It is the new memorial" said the
mother softly as the boy rejoined
her and the three passed on, but
not until they had quietly turned
away did the full meaning of it all
flash on the observer.
The woman's voice was the un-
mistakable voice of the South and
that Saturday was April 26, the
Memorial Day of all Southern
states. Through all her childhood
she had doubtless marched each year
in long professions Of school chill
dren laden with flowers for the
graves Of the Confederate dead. To
the grave of her own father she
had possibly brought violets and
pansies-and here, where she was
no longer little girl, but a sorrow
ing mother, here in her new North.
ern home, though bleak winds blew
about her and the rushing of the
crowds seemed strangely far from
the reverent quiet Of those old
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
typical house built at Newbugh, ~ y,
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation

overcome in working out his scheme,
but the result Is most satisfactory,
both from practical and an artis-
tice standpoint.
The first difficulty was that the
settlement is situated on a hill, and
the second was that according to
government orders the architect was
obliged to use half brick and half
wood in the construction of the
houses. The first trouble was par
TALLY overcome by a judicious lay
ing out Of the streets, thus reducing
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Housing Troubles Over There %

men who fought for France, but not
lucrative for property owners.
Worllingrnen and their families
suffer most from the scarcity OF
places for rent. Before the war. a
workingman's fat could be found
for five or six dollars month.
Not nowl If he is lucky poor man
may rent one room for himself and
his family in one of those fats and
pay S12 a month for til Even in
the suburbs Of Paris, where rents
were always lower than in the city
itself, every rental is above the
poor workingman's purse.
No moving is going on in Paris.
If people have a roof over their
heads they are glad enough to stay
under it! And il they haven't a
roof, no roof is to be found. Port
able houses from America and tents
may be in use just outside the city
during the summer months.
In England, Lady Day, or moving
day, was the dul!est in the history
Of the last twenty-five years. There
are literally no vacant flats to be
had IN London, and available houses
are equally scarce.
Indeed, much CT the western civil
lied world must begin 70 bu:la
again if pecalc are 10 Ike decenNy
and within their incomes.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Home Sweet Home'' AS It Is Bu1t-Not Sung

more than compensated for the
small quarters and the lack of SUM-
shine and fresh air. New barracks
went up by the hundreds, not only
in the great cities but in smaller
communities as well, and the apart
ments were rented long before the
buildings were completed.
And now all of a sudden the pen
dulum has swung back, and the small
one-family house either in the city
or the suburbs Is in favor again,
and, needless to say, there are not
enough of these to go around. Con-
sequently, new houses must be built,
and these are going to be built right
aacay, for people are beginning to
realize that there is not the slightest
use in delaying their building opera
tions in the hope that labor and ma
terials will come down in price.
Those who have studied the situation
and have had long experience in
building matters tell us that labor is
never coming down and that ma
terials will not come down to any
appreciable extent for very long
time to come, so there isn't the least
bit Of use in delaying building in the
hope Of better days.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
In the Bomby Days of May

cited undertones, all the time keep
ing an eye upon it. Finally they
changed their seats.
The rocking movement of the train
rolled it under the feet Of the mes
senger boy sitting next to them. Alb
sent-mindedly he pushed it back and
forth under the sole Of his shoe.
Something like gasp escaped one
of the girls, and they shifted quickly
to strategic position near the door.
The stout lady who had started the
fuss made q hccline for the exit at
the next station.
That was too much for the genial
old gentleman in the corner seat who
had been watching the whole pro-
cecdings from over the TOP of his
newspaper. He rose and spoke a
few crisp words to the conductor
That worthy, none too willingly
walked through the car and picked
up tho little roublemaker--a triflf
/ gingcrly, to be sure. He was about
to throw 1t over into Fulton Street
Suddenly he gave it second look
Then he grinncd sheepishly ant
fastened the little metal pencil BY
It's Slip into his top pocket, whence
1t had come.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

IN the distance averted fight. AS
it was, each darlzly muttered his
"opinions' of the other, and no hu-
man language could express what
my father" would "do to you" to-
morrow, etc. Bobby had tempera-
ment-any one could see that. No
pastel shades express him. He needs
the primary colors laid on "thick
and plenty,' and being by nature
irrational and partisan, I sided with
him every time. The boys seem so
anxious, secretly, to win the specta-
tors approval that you realize that
your position is very delicate one,
calling for nice impartiality.
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adaptation Of the Colonial, with
leaning toward the Dutch, which is
particularly appropriate for this dis
trict. There are 1913 single houses
and TS apartments, the latter ar
ranged with three or four to a house,
each having a separate entrance.
Both the houses and the apartments
rent at the rate Of So or SO room,
so that a six-roomed house rents for
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
EXT Friday is Decoration

re- EAI FRIDAY IS Decoration
"a Day. A nation sorrowing
with fresh sorrow will yet
remember to heap high with flowers
the graves Of it's soldiers who fought
fifty years ago.
Just month ago came the Me-
mortal day of the South---celebrated
earlier than that Of the North be-
cause an earlier spring then offers
the full glory Of her flowers for the
graves of the Confederate dead.
Even the dead must feel the new
spirit with which each section
makes it's loving memorial this year.
In so many ways does it show it.
self. In so many unexpected places
are we reminded that the sons OF
these soldiers Of '65 have lain down
together across the fea in blood and
agony and death.
Amy heart that stopped one Sat-
urday afternoon last month to do
reverence before the Court of the
Dead must have leaped at the sight
Of fresh pansies lying on the ever
greens. No other flowers had at
any time appeared on this Altar
Of Supreme Sacrifice, the green
wreaths placed there by the return
ing 9th having lain us the sole
memorial to tho men who had fallen.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

One Of the houses and one Of the
apartments were completely fur
nished as a demonstration of what
can be done even in these expensive
times with a moderate amount of
money. These were thrown open to
the public on several Sundays, and
on the last day between 5000 and
10000 persons passed through the
rooms. Time will show what the
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
A Million Homeless
People in America

A. member of the Reconstruction
Commission recently made the state
ment that there are over a million
people in this country in need of
homes. This being the case, this is
the time to consider the best way Of
housing these people. In other
words, this Is the time to impress
upon the minds Of those who are in
terested the value of the community
idea In building, not only from a
practical standpoint. but from an
aesthetic and ethical point of view as
well.
Do you recall the rest-ul sensation
which you experienced when, after
riding for an hour or more through
settlement after settlement made up
of houses Of motley colors and mot
ley styles of architecture, either scat
tered hit or miss over the landscape
or set in straight little rows on
either side Of straight little streets,
suddenly you caught a glimpse Of
the red roofs and restful grays ana
browns of Forest Hills? You drew
long sigh of relief and sang lit
tie hymn Of praise to Mrs. Russell
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
A Typical Community
Settlement

An example of community set
Element to which the housing divi-
sion OF the Reconstruction Commits
sion, under whose auspices it was
built, points with pride Is that which
was designed and built for the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation at New
burgh-on n-the-Hudson.
The architect of the project, Mr..
Alderman, had several obstacles to
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Where Yellow Dogs and
Grown-ups Are Barred

Outside the public hurries past,
glancing in abstractedly, often
wistfully. A small yellow dog barks
yearningly, but the cop advances
and it sinks away in the sunshine,
stalking flies and exchanging hard
luck stories with q sympathetic
black and tan who approaches.
Six o'clock! l cannot under
stand such a state of affairs, since
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

in The Bronx could
y synpathize with people in
Paris who want to live in
homes they can afford but cannot
find such places. The Bronx strik-
ing tenants might claim, however,
that Paris was nearer the war and
longer in it and landlords there
have more excuse for conditions
which prevail.
Previous to 1914, one could find
a lovely fiat in Paris for $400 a
year. Now the same fat is $50 a
month-when you can get it at all.
and It will probably be very badly
out Of repair at that. Landlords
are not fixing up their properties.
Labor is scarce, material is ex-
orbitant, and the landlord is "get-
ting his" from the government in
a way that would CRAFTY the hearts
of some dwellers in, let US say, The
Bronx. They have had only a per-
centage of their rents from men in
the army. Now that the soldiers
are coming back, the government
permits them to collect only a per
centage of the back rent due to thorn
II IS a iuet arraouemnrf fnr {k,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

beheld grinning rapturously at me
from the heights of a swing. 1t
seems these swings, once you ''get
agoin'," allow you to sail aloft to a
delirious degree. And nobody ever
gets hurt by dropping into the soft
sand below. The little colored chill
dren swung as high IS the rest,
their dusky faces transigurcd with
JOY as they vaulted recklessly
aloft.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
By ELENE FOSTER

Unless all signs fail, we are
u about to see a revival of the
old-fashioned manner of liv-
;rc--in other words, the single, one
family house is once more coming
into its own. 1t is just the psyche
laaical moment for the launching of
.bs "back to the real home" move
csnt. and it is coming just as sure
a. fate and taxes.
All sorts of conditions have COM
b;ned to bring it about. Cafe life
has long been on the wane, and more
and more entertaining is being done
athome; prohibition is near at hand,
and the time is coming when there
will be more truth than poetry in the
saving "Nowhere to go but home."
The men are coming back after
months in the dugouts and trenches
and miserable billets Of Northern
France filled with longing to taste
once more the joy and comfort of
real home life, and on top of it all the
landlord of the apartment or tene-
ment house has raised his rents so
high that only the very rich, who
can afford to pay these exorbitant
rentals, or the very poor, who can't
afford to move, will submit. Whether
the increase is reasonable or not
does not interest you if you simply
haven't got the price!
And so the householders of the
great middle class are looking about
with q view to reducing their ex-
penses and at the same time better
ing their condition of living, and
they are either taking over the small
vacant houses scattered in the side
streets Of the city, which sank into
disfavor with the advent Of the mod
ern apartment house, or they are
moving into the suburban settle
nents within the committing zone.
The Pendulum Swings Back
To the Garden Gate
Time was only few short years
ago when these small houses were
drug in the market and could be
bought for less than the cost of their
building, as the city apartment of
four or five rooms was considered by
the majority of people Of moderate
income as the ideal habitation both
for comfort and economy. The mod
ern conveniences, the steam heat and
janitor's service, in their minds
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

influence Will be on the interior dec
orations and furnishings of the other
houses in that community.
The budget for the furnishing of
the sample houses is given to prove
that practically and beauty may go
hand in hand.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Where Sand Crou's
Crops Of Good
Cheer end Health
By LAURA SIMMONS

Fl sis,a sa''''ss wa. 0"'ss 1os going de, to-
let any such sign as that
keep me out; nothing was said
about children Of a larger growth
with gray hair and tired hearts.
heaven knows that they, too, need
diversion at times, if only by play
'ng IN the cool, clean sand and
dreaming idle dreams to forget
this musing agony of life"
| might have been there yet,
peeplng through the iron grating,
had it not been for a small boy who
arrived most opportunely. So So
cable was his smile that ventured
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Passee Bananas
Digested by the Help of Sand

I sat down to have a heart to
laart chat with stolid, cylindrical
baby Of five, occupied with banana
decidedly passee. Vainly l besought
her to part with her prize. "Let
me get you another, baby" I i'm
plored. "My name ith Agonieth,"
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the grade as much as possible, and
the second was handled ingeniously
by building the houses on the outer
edge of the settlement of brick and
those in the inner circle, so to speak,
of wood, thus avoiding the motley
effect that might have resulted by
combining two materials.
AS the community is practically in
the town of Newburgh and within
easy access to schools and churches,
1t was not necessary to include either
of these institutions in the project,
but little block of stores was built
for the accommodation Of the house.
keepers who couldn't take the time to
market in the Newburgh shops.
The houses of the settlement are
placed in irregular blocks SO as to
get the greatest amount of sun.
This arrangement gives much
more artistic effect also, and affords
space for gardens both in front and
at the back of the houses.
Architecture and Interior
Decoration Get Together
The buildinps are all of tho csvoo
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Budget for Furnishing a
Seven-Room House

Dining Room
Suite of furniture COM
prising buffet, dining
table, china closet, serv-
ing table and six chairs,
mahogany, style of VIII
liam and Mary. Chairs
upholstered in blue
leather =. -. 80. $4,000
Seamless chenille rug
9x12 feet t.M........ $500
Draperies ........-.... 27.00
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25

*Total ..-..........S1,133.5
*To this must be added china.
silver, bed linen, table linen and
glassware.
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Architecture and Interior
Decoration Get Together

The buildings are all Of the same
style of architecture, practical
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
BY JANE GRAY

NNENANTS in The Bronx could
\ sympathize with people in
por;e who won't 70 I've =,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
Living Room
Hall

Mirror fitted with hooks
for hats and coats. .....
Umbrella stand ......s.
rug ss.s~ss esessses
Chairs 90 sxu.. ..-.~s.s~s
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-12
A CHILD DOESN'T
LAUGH AND PLAY
If CONST|PATED
If Peevish, Feverish And Sick
Give California Syrup
OF Figs

Motherl Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See if tongue is
coated; this is sure sign its little
stomach, liver and bowels need q
cleansing at once
When listless, pale, feverish, full of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn Z
eat, sleep or act naturally, gentle
liver and bowel cleansing should al
ways be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals California Syrup Of
Figs" for ehildren's ills; give tea
spoonful, and in few hours all the
foul waste, sour bile and fementing
food which is clogged in the bowels
passes out of the system, and you have
a well and playful child again. All
children love this harmless, delicious
ssfruit laxative" and it never fails
to effect good "inside" cleansing.
Directions for babies, children Of all
ages and grown-ups are plainly on the
bottle.
Keep it handy in your home. A lit
tie given today saves sick child to
morrow. but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for bottle Of "California
Syrup of Ngs'' then look and see that
IL is made by the "California Fig Sy'
up Company"