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Connecticut western news., 1919-07-03
DEPARTMENT ADVISES ON
 PLUMBING AND CURTAINS
New Bureau Opens in Y. w. C.
 A. Overseas Office.

new department of finance has been organized by the Y. W. O. A. for its work in France. Miss Constance Clark of Pasadena, Cal, is the execu- tive. Miss Clark before her recent coming to France was director of the big Y. w. c. A. Hostess House at Camp Lewis, Washington.
 All contracts, leases and rentals for new buildings will be handled by Miss Edith Austin of New York City, on experienced architect and builder, who will work through this newly ere ated section. .
 Plans for remodeling and decorat- ing rooms, clubs and hostess houses taken over by the Y. w. O. A. will be in the hands of Miss Mary Buchanan, an interior decorator, who comes orig inally from Scotland, but who has been working in France for the American Y. W. c. A. since the beginning of its war work there.
 In addition, the department is con- piling lists, suggestions and general shopping guides for all the buying of the Association in France, including all kinds of building equipment from cretonne curtains to plumbing SUD- plies.
 A cafeteria expert will have a place in the department to act as general ad- visor on restaurant and cafeteria proj- ects of the Association throughout France.
 In short, the department is to be more than finance alone. It Is to be a kind of general advisory department and clearing house for all other de- partments in the French association a department where dollars will be measured up against deeds and needs.
Connecticut western news., 1919-07-03
PROHIBITION TO BRING
 COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE
Hazel Maokaye Advises Using Build Ings as centers for Drama, Com munlty Sings and Enter
 tainments. ... s..

Why not turn the corner saloon into a community playhouse when the law effects the closing of these gathering places, asks Miss Hazel MacKaye, di- rector of the Department of Pageantry and Drama of the Rational Young Wo- mems Christian Associationl t...
 Il went over on the West Side of New York one night recently to attend a community drama meeting" Miss MacKaye says In explaining her theo- ", 'and as was riding along noticed how many saloons there were-one on every corner and another in the mid dle of the block. 1t seemed, all just blazing with lights. Those lights ought not to go out with prohibition. They ought to shine for something worth while to all of the people, and what better than community drama and sings7"
 Miss MacKaye feels that the war has given a great impetus to popular interest in drama and that through pageantry and drama great deal in the way of Americanization can be ef- fected. et sit ' t1.tt &aA
 InrOugn the community center, IT IL be in district populated largely of one foreign nationality, these people could present pageants of the life in their mother countries, translating them into English, so that Americans and also the younger English speaking members of their household could un- derstand and appreciate their tradi- tions. American art would be greatly enriched thus through the drama of all of the nations whose peoples have esettled in this country. On the other hand American ideals, American his tory and American festivals, even laws such as child labor and minimum wage could be interpreted to these people by means of pageantry.
 People have been learning not only to work together, but to play togeth- er," Miss MacKaye says, particularly since the war, when the people stood together in drives and large patriotic community entertainments. The op- portunity to build up great commu- nifty organization is now at hand, and the time is ripe for it. Why not utilize the corner saloonw
Connecticut western news., 1919-07-03
A GeoruIa Philosopher.

We're all great on sayin' "The dew IFS to pay" an never payin' him. A feller wouldn't have to walk across the street to settle with him, as he's always close enough to give us a dig in the ribs, or pat us on the back, an, tell us we're the finest he ever madei Atlanta Constitution.
Connecticut western news., 1919-07-03
Y. w. c. A. WORKER
 .. IS DECORATED.

[ Miss Marion Porter of New [ York City was decorated the other day in the name of the [ Chaplain General of the Ameri- [ can army with the Church War [ Cross. [ Her citation was for her moral | and spiritual contribution to the [ war.
 [ For more than a year Miss
 | Porter has been at a hospital
 | center in Vittel, France, as a
 | representative of the Y. W. 0. A.
 in charge of a nurses club there.
Evening star., 1919-05-25

of greater human happiness and
greater human satisfaction.
America will be saved, not by those
who have only contempt and despite
for her founders and her history. but
by those who look with respect and
reverence upon the great series of
happenings extending from the voy-
age of the Mayffower to the achieve
ments of the American armies on the
soil of France, and upon that long
succession of statesmen, orators. men
of letters and men of affairs who have
themselves been both the product and
the highest promise Of American life
and American opportunity. The Dec
laration of Independence rings as true
today as it did in 1776. The Constitu-
ton remains the surest and safest
Foundation for a free government that
the wit Of man has yet devised. Faith
ful adherence to these strong and en-
during foundations and a high pur-
pose to apply the fundamental prin-
ciples of American life with sympa-
thy and open -mindedness to each new
problem that presents Itself will give
us a people increasingly prosperous.
Increasingly happy and increasingly
secure.
Evening star., 1919-05-25
ALASKAN CARIBOU ADD /
..5s sc Z
TO FOOD AND LEATHER
Stefansson's Talk to Canadians
Focuses Attention Of Econo-
mists on Supply. II

Vilhjalmur Stefansson's recent ads
dress before the Canadian senate and
house has focused the attention of
economists anew upon the possfbili-
ties as a source of meat and leather
supply of the immense herds OF carl
bou in the northern wilds.
Especially impressive was the arctic
explorers description of the devel-
opment of the reindeer herds. intro
duced into Alaska by the United
States government for the benefit Of
the Eskimos. The 1880 reindeer i'm
ported from Lapland into Alaska
twenty years ago have increased 10
more than 10000. Alaskan rsip-
deer meat sold in the American
market last winter for to Is cents
pound. Mr.. Stefansson said arctic
would have 100000 reindeer that
would produce as much meat as Ia
900, 900 sheep or seven times the pres
ent mutton production of all CANADA.
Canada has been unable in the past
to utilize the caribou herds as na-
moteness of the animars' habitat from
railways. This win be remedied by
the completion this year of the Hud-
son Bay road connecting the Pas with
Port Nelson at tidewater. The carl
bou country begins about 100 miles
nOrln OIL Ine tTdHSCoHtlicutAt INC "
the Canadian National railway and
extends to the actic ocean. Chester,
field Inlet, an arm of Hudson bay.
penetrates the heart of it,. f-t' -
With the opening of the Hudson
Bay road it will be possible to ship
out caribou carcasses In wholesA1e
quantities. There are, according TO
estimate, between thirty and sixty
million caribou in northern Canada.
and the number slaughtered yearly
will depend on market conditions. The
meat of the animal has the flavor OF
venison and it's hide yields dne
...::. of chamois leather.
Evening star., 1919-05-25

rience studies the job and makes his
report Then experts frame ques-
tions that test the fitness Of the ap-
plicant for that job. The applicant an
swers the questions. He tells where
he has been employed; what expe-
rience he has had; gives his age; an
examination by physician tells his
physical fitness. He gives references
as to his character. and the commits
sion always looks into the replies
from the references. With that rec
ord before them it is plain that they
can tell more intelligently the job
that man can fill than the sharpest
foremen that hire and fire" appli-
cants.
But the commission urges that If
this system is best for the govern
ment. it also is best for state gov
ernments.. Only four nave adopted it.
1t is best for public services. but only
few have adopted 1t. 1t Is best for
industrial concerns. Thus far, but
few have adopted it; but they are
recognizing its value: and more and
more are making the practical appli-
cation to their own operations.
Evening star., 1919-05-25
REPUBLICANS ARDENT
IN WOO|NG OF women
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
It's all right; you may not see it. but
it sounds well for your offspring.
President Wilson's message to Con-
eress suggested the desirability of
doing some-
MEASURES TO AID THE thing for
WORKING CLASSES. the laboring
classes. Re-
publicans criticised the message for
it's lack, as they said. Of definite
recommendations.
The progressive republicans in Con-
gress have some definite plans for
the amelioration of labor conditions,
and a series of bills to carry them
into effect have been introduced by
Senator Kenyon Of Iowa The prop
osition include enlargement of the
Department Of Labor's> bureau of
boards Of mediation; a federal en-
ployment service and cooperation
with state bureaus; public works
commission to provide labor in times
of emergency; home building assist
ance for persons Of moderate means;
surance; extension of vocational
training; minimum wage fixing; land
settlement after the Australian plan.
X X \
Tomorrow the republicans Of the
Senate will go into caucus conference
on tn
CAUCUS TO PICK com mittee
SENATE COMMITTEES. list made
up by the
committee on committees, in which
the differences between the progress
sives and their colleagues over the
chairmanship of finance and appro-
priations committees will come to
settlement. The committee on COM
mittees assigned Senator Penrose to
finance and Senator Warren to ap-
propriations. following the general
practice of recognizing length of
service, and will urge ratification of
it's work.
If sufficient number of captured
German cannon. authorized by pend
ing bills, to be distributed to Ameri-
can municipalities, are to be sup
piled, it is estimated that another
war with Germany will have to be
waged.
Evening star., 1919-05-25
MAY EXERCISE OPTION.

A requirement that men enlisted in
the Regular Army prior to April 2, 1917,
could re-enlist only for the three-year
term has been revoked by the War De-
partment. These men. however. now
may be re-enlisted for one or three
years. at the option Of the applicant.
Orders will be issued also annulling
the requirement that seven-year men
serve their full time in the reserve and
authorizing their immediate re-enlist-
ment for a new three-year. period after
they have completed one such period In
active service.
Evening star., 1919-05-25
COUNTRY BEGINNING TO FEEL !.
''AFTER-WAR" READJUSTMENTS
Industrial Relations on Revised Lines
Conforming to Policy Long Enforced
by Civil Service Commission.

139 were discharged for cause. The
total turnover Of labor in the plant
e1s the o about W1s - sen hea
pay was the prevailing wage of
similar labor in the vicinity; and the
working conditions were approx
mately the same. There is no claim
that these workmen were more skill
ity of work done by these employees.
selected in a scientific manner, was
excellent. Figures for factories do
ing the same class of work elsewhere
turn around. in Industrial concerns.
where the "hire-and- system pre-
vailed, was 242. or more than. Ave
times as great as that where the civil
service selective methods prevailed.
Result of Another Fair Trial.
/ Another instance where the civil
service method had a fair trial was
several years ago in the post Office.
The railway mail service was placed
under the Civil Service Commission,
which applied its selecave system to
picking out and assigning to jobs men
who had the training and experience
fitting them to a~particular part of
the work in the railroad postal. serv-
ice. The following years report
showed a saving of millions Of dollars,
which was worth while, and a so per
cent decrease in errors, which was
far more worth while.
In recent address George r. Wales.
one of the commissioners, claimed
that, after twenty-five years connec-
ton with the service. the principle of
a selective system on behalf of the
government. which is the greatest
employer in the world. had been
tn ho 10 40 "a 10
of the automobile industry Of Detroit.
believed to have reached a high stand
ard Of efficiency. Yet in the forty
seven plants of that city the annual
turnover of labor had been 252 per
cent-that is, to maintain the force up
to strength, more than two and half
times the total number had been
"hired and fred
During this period there were more
| than 100000 persons in the competi-
tive classified service of the United
States. A turnover Of 252 per cent
would mean the annual employment.
with all the attendant loss. of 756,0OO
new persons. The actual number of
new appointments made in the corre-
spending period was 10000. The
statement of the fact is the only ar
gument that is needed to show the
merits of the two systems compared.
Commissioner Wales also said:
1.-THE average successful business
man prides himself on his ability to
select employees. In most cases he
will tell you I would not give a snap
of finger for what an applicant may
put on paper He wants to see the
man he is considering; and then he
can tell. so he says. whether the man
is any good for the work to be done.
This is the rock on which the COM
mission split with successful business
war activities. Yet the result Of the
two systems in operation showed,
J whenever a comparison was possible.
that the selective method of the COM
mission was the way of efficiency"
Evening star., 1919-05-25
Other Mineral Deposits.

There is considerable coal found in
a number of sections. The fields are
well located to take advantage of
the market facilities, which are rap
idly becoming more available. es-
pecially SO since the opening of the
Panama canal. The quality of the
Colombia coal is declared TO be ex-
cellent This also is true of the pc
trofeum deposits. The latter product
is said to resemble closely the oil
from the Beaumont (Tex.) fields. Nu-
merous refineries have been estab-
lished for the elaboration of gasoline.
benzine, paraffin and the other by
products from crude petroleum.
In several sections of the interior
territory iron ore is abundant. Copper
:- c1a.t:sut s;,.t
Evening star., 1919-05-25
Some Hope.

From the Boston Transcript.
"Cholly. do you ever intend to quit
smoking cigarettes"
"Deah boy. why should I?'
Because II you don't they win Kill
you
well. when they do, deah boy. III
quit"
Evening star., 1919-05-25
selective System Not a Mystery.

There is nothing mysterious about
the selective system. It involves an
estimate Of the job. to ascertain what
sort of man can make good in it;
and ,an analysis of the man who ap-
plies for the job to determine whether
he is. the right sort Of man to be put
on that job. In the practical applica-
ton of the, system a man of expe-
Evening star., 1919-05-25
Retail Sales Tax Proposed.

AS a substitute for all these nag
ging taxes. and, indeed. a substitute
for other parts of the revenue, it has
been suggested that there be levied
uniform tax on all retail sales.
Such a tax, it is contended, would be
much more fair than levying a tax
on the sale of limited number of
articles. Luxuries-most of them are
high -priced-would have to bear their
burden Of taxation under such a plan.
If a tax of only 1 per cent was adopt
ed it would bring in a huge amount
of revenue. and the argument is made
that it would be so generally dis
tributed the people would not feel it
SO much as they do the present taxes.
Under such a taxi per cent-no
sale under a dollar would pay a tax
One big source of revenue-the in
ternal revenue tax on alcoholic bev-
erages-is scheduled to disappear
after July 1, under the wartime pro-
hibition act, and permanently after
January 16 of next year, under the
constitutional amendment for prohi-
bition. This has to be borne in mind
by the republicans in their revision
Of the revenue laws.
Evening star., 1919-05-25
leasing OF TAX BURDEN
IA HARD NUT FOR c. 0. P.
Continued from First Page

ject to the Inconvenience which is
placed upon them by the payment of
the luxury taxes and other minor
taxes under the existineprevenue law
The luxury taxes compel the pur-
chaser to pay 10 per cent op the ex-
cess price Of certain articles. in
cluding boots, shoes, caps, carpets
rugs. hats, stockings, underclothes,
umbrellas. etc. The dealers have to
keep track of all these tax payments
and make returns to the government
The taxes on soda water and other
soft drinks, on patent medicines. tooth
paste and cosmetics are all irritating
to the public. But if the money is
not derived from these taxes, then
it must be obtained from some other
source. for the government must have
the money. AS it is, it probably will
be necessary to put through another
government bond issue to obtain
money to pay all the expenses of
the government this year. There is
still very large Army abroad to
care for.
Evening star., 1919-05-25
Plentiful Supply of Platinum.

Platinum, too. is plentiful in this
promising southern land. 1t is nat
ural for this metal to be abundant in
Colombia, inasmuch as it is most
generally found mixed with gold de-
posits. The platinum output of the
country exceeds all others with the
exception of Russia. The main
source of Colombia's platinum lies in
the grayels of the Choco district.
principally adjacent to the Platina
river region. The San Juan and the
Atrato rivers also are rich with the
metal
Evening star., 1919-05-25
What New Americanism Offers.


That which the American of today
opposes to socialist autocracy is not
the crude competitive individualism
| of the old-fashioned economist, but
cooperative individualism with
moral purpose 1t must not be for
gotten that on the existence Of pri-
vate capital which is only another
name for private savings. depend the
virtues of thrift. of liberality and of
sacrifice. The observation that lib
erality consists in the use which is
made of property is as old as Aris-
totle.
Under modern conditions private
capital is much more highly and more
freely cooperative than any system
of socialist organization could pos
sibly be. The corporation. with its
provision for the limited liability of
the individual participant, is only a
means of bringing about the Coop
Grafton of many individuals for a
common cause. and is one of the
, greatest and most beneficent develop
ments of the past century. 1t links
together in a common enterprise the
joint labors or joint savings of hun
dreds, thousands. even tens of thou
sands. of men and women, who to that
extent are organized as a single eco
nOmlc unit, interested III promoting
efficient production and entitled to
divide among themselves the common
product. Under the system of private
capital all this individual co-opera-
ton is free. Under any socialist sys-
| TEN. whatever cooperation existed
would be imposed by rule and en-
forced by the power of the majority
or ruling group. Under the system OF
private capital the individual COOP
Grating. whether investor or work.
man, comes and goes as he chooses.
| He is free to make what disposition
he will Of his own savings or of his
own labor. Under any socialist sys-
| tenn all this would be regulated for
him and directed by public authority.
! His freedom would be wholly gone.
America Worth Saving.
| America is worth saving. not only
as land in which men and women
may be free and increasingly pros
porous, but as a land and a govern
want npdar ,,,bio, con he
Evening star., 1919-05-25

TIME inevitable readjustment in
industrial relations after the
war is beginning to be felt
fhro,,ohouf tho country One
Evening star., 1919-05-25

NOT Natlon or Glasses.
Here in America We know full well
that there are no permanent and
conflicting economic classes. for the
wage-worker of today is the employer
of few years hence. With us the
son of farmer may be the leader
of a learned profession in a distant
city, and he who begins self-support
as signalman or telegraph operator
may easily find himself in a few
short years the directing head of a
great railway system. Not long ago
public attention was called to the
fact that no fewer than nineteen of
the men who then directed the great
transportation systems of the United
States had in every case begun their
careers as wage-workers in the serv-
ice Of one or another of the railway
companies.
We know. too. that the fundamental
doctrine of American citizenship alb
solutely excludes the notion that men
gain or lose anything by reason of
16siE occupation Here every man
Evening star., 1919-05-25
America Worth Saving.

America is worth saving. not only
as a land in which men and women
may be free and increasingly pros
porous, but as a land and a govern
ment under which character can be
built, individual capacity given op-
portunity for free exercise, and CO.
operation on the widest scale pro-
NOTED not only for private advantage
but for the public good. AS men be-
come increasingly moral and increas-
ingly intelligent, their personal ac-
tivities will be increasingly impressed
with a public interest. Their citizen
ship will not exhaust itself in the
formal exercise Of political rights or
in merely political activity. 1t will
show itself in ways that are economic,
social and ethical. Throughout this
land there are thousands, hundreds of
thousands, of men and women who
illustrate this fact. Neither America
nor mankind in general is likely to
attain absolute perfection; but under
the influence and guidance of those
principles and ideals which are his
torically and truly American there is
every reason to believe that each sue
ceeding generation will see new and
increasing progress toward the goal
, 1919-11-10

tV, died this morning from the WOunds.Le-
ceived on October 9Th, when he was shot
three times as he was entering the
Reichstag Building, His a3sailant, an
Austrian, fired three shots, all OF which
took effect. Repeated operations had
been performed in an effort 70 save his
life, eliminating with the amputatlon on
October 9th Of his right leg The at
tack is attributed generally to have been
the outcome OF personal motives OF re-
venge.
Washington. Nov. 7th.-H. R. H. the
Prince of Wales is expected to reach
Washington on Tuesday next, Armistice
Day. He will be coming by special train
from the Canadian Border direct to the
Caoital. He will be met by the Vice
President on his arrival here, acting for
the President, Secretary Of State Lam
sing will meet the arty at the Border
and the train will make a direct run
here. The programme for His Royal
Highness entertainment will include a
visit to the Naval Academy and a trip TO
Mount Vernon on the "Mayfower.
Vienna, Nov. 7th. According to des-
patch received here, it is stated that the
spirit of war is adam2 in Jugo-Slavia,
and that additional classes of troops are
being called to the colors and a military
dictatorship has been virtually establi h
cd. An ultimatum to Italy is expected
to be sent shortly.
Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 7th-As a result of
a big fire Which occurred in the Wilson
Hotel here edrly1oiay, ar least hree per
sons nave been killed and nearly a score in.
iured. as far as is known up to he pre-
sent time. Scores Of persons we're res
cued from the flames by firemen, but
one woman leaped to death before the
fire brigade arrived on the scene, The
cause Of the fire is still unknown.
Washington Nov. 7th:-A man who
said he was Joseph Koran OF New York
attempted to join with the Senate today
in their debate on the Peace Treaty. The
guards reached him as he starred to ad.
dress the House from the gallery. He ex-
plaif ed to the Police that he had received
divine instructions to tell the Senate con
Germ ne the treaty. He was arrested
and will be detained for futher inVesti-
cation.
Omsk, Nov. 7th. Owing to the men
acing advance of the Bolsheviki forces
Admiral Kolchak has ordered the preli-
minary evacuation Of Omsk by the Amer
lean hospital and such Government De-
partmants as are not directly n ces-
sary. 1t is believed that the seat Of Govt.
may be moved eastward. The situation
is regarded as grave, but not C. itlcal, IN
we'll informed circles.
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