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New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
The Perfect Uplift

Inspiring news comes from Atlantic
City. The National Conference Of So
cial Work is in session there, devising
schemes for the general good. Police
women, many of them young and
pretty" are testifying in behalf Of the
Cause. If all they say is true, it is high
time to "view with alarm" the future of
the race. Beset with evil on every hand.
how shall virtue survive?
First, as a delegate from Louisville,
KY, informed her hearers, there is the
dance hall. That this often needs
amending few will deny. But the state
mcnt that Glance hall proprietors are
running their places for the money that
is in it" hardly seems to be very severe
Indictment Most commercial enter
prises are conducted for that purpose.
But the Jeanne dare of the battle
against bunny-hugging-so the lady is
described by an imprcssionable reporter
has other weapons in her armory.
She says that jazz music and decent
dancing do not mix. Those too capt-
waiting strains must ba banished il youth
is to be protected. There is nothing
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07

tie and in the succeeding battle for the
possession Of Belleau Wood ran up to 40
or so per cent But the results accom-
plished we're striking. The German drive
northwest Of Chateau Therry was
brought to an end. The splendid fighting
quality Of the American Expeditionary
Army was established, and all doubts
were set at rest as to its availability for
use at once in an Allied counter offensive.
General Pershing subsequently issued
an order congratulating the I'd Division.
In it he said:
"Slnce the organization Of our sector
lin the Marne region1, in the face Of
strong opposition, you have advanced
your lines two kilometres ON front Of
eight kilometres. You have engaged and
defeated with great loss three German
divisions and have occupied important
strong ponts-Belleau Wood Bouresches
and Vaux. You have taken about 1,400
prisoners, many machine guns and much
other material. All elements Of
the division have worked together as q
we'll trained machine"
The significance Of the American VIC
tory northwest Of Chateau Thierry, so
far as it affected the development of
Ludendorff's campaign and Foch's de-
fence Of Paris, was somewhat exagger-
ated in the first flush Of enthusiasm a
year ago. It did not save Paris. Foch
knew in June, 1918, that Paris was safe.
And he was then more concerned about
meeting German drive against Com
piegne than he was about limiting the
extension of Ludendorff's Marne salient
to the south and southwest The deeper
Ludendorf got into that dangerous
pocket the harder it would be for him to
extricate himself when the time for an
Allied counter stroke arrived Luden-
dorff, in fact, stopped the Marne drive
in the first week in June in order to
launch his fourth offensive, south from
Lassigny.
But the first week of June, 1918, will
remain a brilliant anniversary in Amer
lean history. Our regulars and marines
of the I'd Division proved at Bouresches
and Torcy that they were the equal of
the best veteran divisions which Ger
many had. The German General Staff
had convinced itself that the American
contingent would never count After
June 6 they knew that it would count,
and that, with the American re-
enforcement, fresh, eager, high-spirited
and immensely combative added to the
seasoned troops Of France and Great
Britain, there was no longer reason
able hope of German victory on the
Western front
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
Earnes st FroEckers
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Ny associates and myself who
would suffer the greatest economic mis-
fortune of all classes Of working women by
an Interpretation of the Loclwood-C Caul-
field bin such as has been demanded BY
representatives of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Women's League for Equal Op-
portunity, may be forgiven for viewing
with alarm" any agitation the purpose Of
which IS to force the inclusion Of pro-
fessional women among those against
whom the legislation prohibiting the en-
ployment of women after 10 p. m will be
operative For while such an application
of the law would compel actresses and en-
tertainers in regular theatrical attractions
to cease their labors at comparatively
early hour, we members CT the Ziegfeld
Midnight Frolic company would not be
permitted to appear at all And the sug-
gestion that other professional entertain.
ments produced at an earlier hour offer
US opportunities for service is unsymps-
thetic, to say the least The New Am.
sterdam Theatre Roof is an established in
stitution. sThe Midnight Frolc remains
stationary. Other entertainments stay IN
New York for a while and then are moved
from place to place around the country.
Having earned the distinction Of member
ship in this particular organization we
feel that it would be an injustice to be
forced by statute to give Up the reward
Of our talent and our industry.
incidentally. we feel that the repre-
sentatives Of the B. r. T. " I. fer E. o.
are adopting a dog-in-the- manger attitude.
The granting of their demand could co
them possible good. Further We be-
lieve that their attitude is Influenced By
the impression they may have received
from newspaper stories that the life OF
a Midnight Frolic girl is one of glorious
luxury and ease. They cnvision as
butterflies, having no cares and no re-
sponsibilities, instead of as earnest, srr-
bilious young women devoting most Of our
thoughts and by far the greater part ca
our time, when we are not performing,
to tedious rchcarsing
1t is possible that this picture might
be changed if there were fewer references
IN the newspapers to the RolsRoyce su-
tomobiles, the "world famous" gems and
the furs ''worth q monarch's ransom
which ziegfeld girls are supposed 20 own
Maybe you will be willing TO aid Us IN
spreading the truth by refraining from
characterizing US always as spoiled
darlngs of fortune and to help the B. r. 7.
". l.. for f. o. to realize that the descrr-
tive "working women" is as applicable 10
US as il is to them SYLVIA DAY.
New York, June I, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
4 Diplomatic Stencil

Turkeys right to send and receive diplo-
matte representatives should terminate, for
hereafter she can have few foreign interests
that cannot be dealt with by consuls. For
a quarter of a century I have known Otto
man politics and diplomatists, but seldom
had acquaintance with ambassador. minis
ter or lesser functionary who, beneath the
surface, was not an ardent German propa-
gandist. The Young Turk politician.
brought into being by German schemers> is
nearly always a stencil in the nostrils of
decency. Wilhelm was the god Of these, to
whom they looked for favors when the
guidance of Europe rested in his hands
Confident am l that President Wilson
does not expect Uncle Sam to accept con-
troll at Constantinople, and am positive
that the Senate would make record speed
in voting down a mandate placing America
in the position Of policing the ancient Cant
tai and toiling with an army of American
functionaries to bring order and decencv
out of the Augean stable on the Bosporus
And Uncle Sam never should remain in
Armenia, if he goes there al all, longer than
to make certain that the native administra
ton was properly organized and controlled
by capable men. But this task would take
eight or ten years to complete
FREDERIC COURTLAND PENFIELD.
New York, June 5, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
Returning the Wire Systems

Postmaster General Burleson, with
precipitancy that suggests he keeps track
of proceedings in Congress and knows
whirlwind when he sees one, has ordered
the return of the wire companies to
their owners. The companies, according
to the official statement, are "free to
formulate and put into effect their own
policies, unrestricted by government
control"
But the devolution thus presented as
complete has several heavy strings at
tached to it. The companies are not to
lower rates, are not to decrease wages,
are not to discriminate against unionlsts
in their working forces, are not to alter
their financial arrangements with the
government. A private operation so
qualified is hardly a private operation.
1t may be good for stockholders, but how
the public will share in the better man
agement, except in improved service,
does not appear
The deficit which is to be met out of
the money Of taxpayers and purchasers
OF L!Delly DOlluS Is , ,OcU,OOO. Ill OIuI-
nary times this might be deemed large,
but in viorv Of the gigantic size of the
railway deficit it is small AS deficit
breeder the postal administration has
some amperagc, but nothing compared
to the railway administration.
Mr.. Burlcson has long been loud
champion Of government ownership and
operation. When the opportunity came
TO take something over he did so with
great JOY. Of course he could do better
than knavish and inefficient private
owners who walowed in illegitimate
profits. Now he scuttles out of his ex-
pertinent with no advance warning,
more prudent, if not wiser, man.
Many things, alas! do not work per
plan, and the doctrinaire bumps himself
against impediments whose existence he
clamorously denied.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
Scientific Nonsense

The last Legislature Of Kansas made
the following appropriations:
For the health of hogs, $4,000.
For the health Of bees, $4,000.
For the health Of babies, $1,000.
Not finding the support given to her
department adequate, DR.. Lydia De
Vllb;ss, who for four years has dimin-
ished infant mortality in Kansas, has
resigned. She asked for four field
physicians and funds for an enlarged
office force, but her requests we're de-
MED. So the Kansas Department Of
Child Hygiene loses it's chief and the
babies of Kansas their most effective
friend.
A daughter Of Kansas who sends in
the foregoing information requests men,
tion of it. II want my dear native state
to know" she says, "that such fatal
mistakes as she has made in the case
of 'doctoring kids goes not unnoticed.
So l want the best paper in New York
City to give Kansas little publicity
about her appropriations"
The Tribune, though thus incited will
refrain from ecturing Kansas The
Sunf1oWer State has no monopoly of the
spirit that leads to neglect of conserva-
tion of human life, and it may be
assumed that her mothers and fathers
are as tender of heart as elsewhere. No
commonwealth has monopoly, or an
excess, perhaps, of ignorance and mar
rowness. knowledge grows, but science
fingers. 1t is not easy for many to
think straight when the scientist comes
bothering. He is regarded as pest and
nuisance when he uncovers his facts
and asks what is to be done about them.
His arguments are so good that there is
no resource but to get abusive and talk
about scientific nonsense.
How little we seem to care about the
harm that flows from the sale of poison
foods. We have succeeded IN get
ting whirling machinery screened, and
our milk is pasteurized, but we don't
much believe in the germ, because we
don't see him with unaded eye. No; we
shall not bastinado Kansas-not, at least,
as long as New York is state whose
Legislature refused to establish health
insurance.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
Buried Alive
By Wilbur Forrest

NobLENZ, Germany, May Io.-sv >,
Y 4 time these lines reach New yo-. ~, s
Dalghren, WAGNER, in the S.,
Company, 5lst Pioneer Regiment NIL, 1ppls
ably be on his way home to Tuxedo pars
Olaf IS one of the "alivest" dead r,.n ;.
the Army of Occupation. The War rsr..a II
nent, at Washington, insists that n,ss
dead, but Olaf knows better and ;s g. y
to insist upon his rights 'S
Dalghren belongs to the last coruule., NJ
York unit remaining IN Europe. n. -,
Pioneers, an otfslinot of the old Now v,
National Guard Part of the ree;n,s~.
habits the little village Of Guls. alo,c =,
Moselle River, on the outskirts Of coI.-
This IS how Olaf explained his plight IN a.
reporter Of the official army paper AZ cn,.
to-day:
"Either I'm supposed to be dead 9, A..
act or the War Department is trv,nr - -,
me- He passed an official death not;c, =.
his interview to read: "They have me- d.
from wounds and killed in action and
they are inquiring of my aunt. in New Wi.
If she wants my body sent home for b,r;.,
Last fall the captain called mo n =.
gram from New York asking him N -.
the War Departments casual report .h..
had died Of wounds received while On A.
wrote back and told my aunt thar w..
very much alive dead man and eating ssr..
squares a day
"A few weeks ago I got letter frcr, -.
folks saying that the War Departman. :
sisted that I was killed in action in No,-....
Der, but, OF COURSE, 7 had been writinc =.
thems regularly and they refused to ,vorrr
But this last letter is the 'clincher, r,
be dead when you're alive and TO BE- aI;v.
when the government wants yau dead and
wants to pay your $4,000 insurance ia vh,+
gets me- Here I am, getting about $40
month, with Uncle Sam trying to hand ma
$4,000 more; eating three elbows day and
getting my clothes and room gratis, yha
away up there somewhere in Flanders tbA
cute little poppies are supposed to be droop
ing over a lonely grave Amt it hell"
Olaf intends to drop into Tuxedo Park
soon and refuse Uncle Sans $4,000 IN per-
son, well as settle the question once ana
for all
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
Chateau Thierry

A year ago the country was thrilled by
the news that American troops had dis
tinguished themselves in action north
west of Chateau Thierry. 1t was the
first test Of any large unit of the Ameri-
can army in stubborn open fighting, al
though the capture of Cantigny short
time before had shown that the Ameri-
cans in the front line were already COM
petent to carry through local surprise
operation with dash and thoroughness.
The 1st Division took Cantigny. The
I'd Division, which included the 5th and
9Th regiments Of marines, was occu-
pying support positions in Picardy when,
on May 81, it was ordered to get aboard
camions and hurry southeast to support
the French line in the Ourcq region.
The third Ludendorff offensive was at
that time in its last stage. 1t had been
completely halted on the east side of the
deep salient which the Germans had
driven from the Chemin des Danes
south to the Marne. 1t was also held in
check on the west side, from Scissors
down to the Ourcq. But below that river
1t was still making progress in a south
westerly direction, aiming to reach and
control the highroad on the north bank
of the Marne, leading from Chateau
Thierry through Meaux to Paris
The Sd Division and the 28th National
Army Division Pennsylvania National
Guard had been sent to the front south
Of the Marine, from Chateau Thierry east
to Dornans. But Ludendorff was not so
keen about crossing the Marne as he was
about working down the Ourcq Valley
around the southern edge of the Forest
Of Villers-Cotterets, one of the chief
bastions Of the defence of Paris. The
French had been yielding ground
steadily in this sector, having been
pushed back five or six miles to the south
OF line running through Bourcsches,
Bussiares and Veuilly- la Poterie, south
OF the road running northwest from
Chateau Therry to the Ourcq. On June
the I'd Division relieved the French
on the part Of the line from Bouresches
10 Bussiares. The same afternoon it
halted the German advance Prepara-
tons we're then begun for a counter at
tack on large scale. This was launched
on the afternoon Of June 6, when the
American forces dashed forward on a
two-and-a-haIf-mile line for a gain Of
more than a mile. All the objectives set
were reached-~Bouresches on the right !;
Bussiares, on the left, and Torcy, in the
centre. Beyond Torcy an advance was
made TO the eastern edge Of Beleau
Wood.
The fighting was severe, the attacking
force having To clear out nest after nest
Of enemy machine Vuw. The casualties
IF some Of the American units in this bat
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
The Small Investor and the Bank

Although the small investor was
reached to hitherto unprecedented de-
gree by the various Liberty Loan drives,
it is clear that he still has much to learn
regarding the nature of government Sc
curltles The success which unscrupul-
Gus promoters have had in inducing him
to part with his bonds, even below the
market price, is proof Of that. In many
cases he has not realized that his pur-
chase was an investment. It was money
he gave to the government as a patriotic
duty.
The truth is that there are thousands
of fairly intelligent persons in this coun-
try who have not progressed financially
beyond the stocking. There must be an
enormous amount of money which even
the savings banks cannot get. The Trib-
une's investigation of the dealings of
pawnbrokers and others with sellers of
Liberty bonds revealed the curious fact
that people of this class would not go
to the banks although they were told
they could get higher price there. They
were little awed by the idea. A bank
in their minds was a place where the
rich did business. It's atmosphere was
subdulng, it's routine perplexing. The
pownbroker they knew, but not the bond
clerk.
1t is true that the banks have become
withinlfecent years popular institutions
to an extent once hardly dreamed Of.
They are widely patronized by persons
OF small means who have learned the
value Of personal checking accounts.
This is kind of patronage which for
merly was not much sought, even if it
was not discouraged. But some of the
largest banks in New York have estab-
llshed branches which are practically
neighborhood banks, mainly for the bene-
of householders and tradesmen. 1t is a
sound policy which thus makes the keep
ing of accounts convenient and easy
And it is policy capable of still further
extension.
That there is still need of educating
large masses of people in the use of
banking facilities is undeniabe That
would be one Of the best possible means
VI projecting IileN1 from SharpefS. these
could not "clean up" large communities
in the remoter parts of the country if
the money were kept in the banks, and
If the depositors were accustomed to 70
freely to bank officials for information
and advice. Nor could they even in
large city like New York find so many
investing gudgeons. 1t is a familiar
paradox that money, which is one of the
hardest things in the world to get, is
often the least carefully guarded by
those who have little of it and have
worked hardest to get it.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
Roosevelt's Greatest Victory

The Roosevelt family obeying a self
imposed rule Of good taste, has not been
inclined to talk of it's most distinguished
member. A model of modest self
effacement, it has not sat in the first
row with reAectors to fling back glory.
But Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sister of
Colonel Roosevelt, has been moved to
tell at a semi-private meeting something
about the little boy she knew in nursery
days. Letting her mind run back, she
said:
"a little, dainty, narrow-chested boy
in the nursery, suffering so that he could
hardly breathe and propped up always
with pilows-that was Theodore Roose-
velt. He never said word, never ut
tered a complaint, yet we all knew he
suffered intensely. His asthma tor
mented him every moment, but there he
sat quietly, thinking, writing, smiling.
When he was nine years old my father
built an open porch so that Theodore
could live outdoors, and fitted it up with
all sorts of gymnastc devices You
have got the mind, but you haven't got
the body; you have got to make your
body strong enough to do all that your
mind wants to do he told my brother"
The cxemplar of the strenuous life,
his years crowded with achievement,
fought and won his greatest victory in
boyhood. That which came after was
easy. He forced his tissues to obey and
so doing he performed the greater task
Of hardening his will. Tell it to the
Froebelists, to the Montessorians, to the
Freudians, who hold education consists
in doing as one pleases and that the
sins Of sins is to thwart desires. Out
Of the depths Of his experience Colonel
Roosevelt derived the doctrine he ever
preached: TO york hard, study hard, pay
hard, hit the line hard.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
Battle ship Scholars

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Since the signing OF the agIpist'ee
| have read with a great deal OF interest,"
the many suggestions advanced for the ol9-
position of the enemy warships now IN ta'
possession of the Allies, and would like 20
add mine.
The destruction of these ships would
seem to me a wanton waste Of money io'
believe they could be offered and scid 10
smaller nations, who would, no doubt p'
glad to buy them at reasonable price ..
conservative estimate of the proceeds D.
such sales would, / think, be in the ne'gh-
borhood of $3.50, 900 900. which, placed 81
4 per cent interest. would yield S6,oo0p"
annually. May suggest that this annua.
income might be placed in the hands o.
trustees appointed by the Allies. divided
equally and used for travelling scholarships
Thus the trustees would be in position
to send French and Belgian boys to the
United States and American boys TO France
or England, to finish their education.
c. S. DANlELS0N. 4
Columbia University
New York, Juno 8, 1919. "
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07
|*PLain Words -

Quotations from, statement made
otter the bomb explosions BIZ Victor
Berger, elected to Congress from NIL
arduhee, no1o under tauentu-year
PRISON sentence:
1.-They the capitalists by tyrannical
legislation will invite a cataclvsm such
as the world has never seen before-a
cataclysm in which their class will simnlv
be wiped out in the end A terrible retri-
button will be meted out to the capitalst
class as a class
2.-Just now the plutocrats believe thew
can quell all new ideas by passing special
legislation, by employing spies and by
using all the force available.
3.--And since ideas cannot be excluded
by bayonets and by prisons. the commun-
lists will eventually win, and the present
civilization may be lost entirely. The
good in it will go with the bad.
A-lt is true our capitalist rulers may
form league of nations. 1t will be but
an alliance of plutocratic government
against the communstic nations of Europe.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-07

novel, Of course, in attacks on modern
dancing. Doubtless they are not always
unjustiaed. The discovery Of jazz s.s
the root Of the evil, to be sure, should
settle once and for all difficult problem
Then there is the stage. A reverend
gentleman from Chicago declared that it
was "set for hell" Admitting "a few
worthy exceptions" he went on to say
that it "reeks with moral filth" We
have heard something Of this sort before
from a source nearer home. Unfortu-
nately, this reformer offered no specific
guarantee to work cure. He did not,
like his fellow delegate, put his finger
unerringly upon the origin Of the dis
ease. The young policewomen were
credited with great success in tracing
jazz music to its lair and routing it. But
anything that is "set for help must be
almost past redemption. In this case
the uplifters have their work cut out for
them. AS one witness said, "Our cities
are suffering from panics Of vice and
crime" Who shall stay the contagion?
A dismal picture-and drawn at At
lantic City, Of all places! Perhaps the
uplifters went there to seek the fons ct
orago mails. That exuberant resort has
jazz music and many other Of those mani
festations of the Joy Of living which the
serious deplore. The hand of reform,
though often busy, has touched it but
lightly. Yet if the Jeanne dare of the
battle against bunny-hugging cannot
bring in the perfect uplift, who can?