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New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
Good Morals and Bad Mentals

Among the contributions of $780,
600 to the slush fund of the Com
munist party checks totaling S11, 900
signed by Rose Pastor Stokes are
reported. The name Of the payec
was left blank, and thus no precau-
ton was taken to prevent the money
being used to purchase dynamite or
arms or to hire mercenaries to COM
NIT murder. Nor in the attempt to
conceal the contributions is there
compliance with the spirit of the
statute which requires that gifts to
political committees be reported.
The case Of Mrs. Stokes, not diff
fering much from those whose
names have been withheld, Is illus
trative of a disease that aff1icts
parlor Bolsheviki Why some agi-
tators are busy is no mystery. They
make their living out of agitation
and their ego is such that publicity
and a chance to spout are a sweet
SAVIOR to their nostrils. But why is
there support Of them by secret be-
showers of largess.
1t will be conceded that the mo-
tives of the givers are good-that
they mean benefit, not harm, to their
fellow creatures. Mrs. Stokes, for
example, doubtless wishes to make
the world better. Vanity to some
degree may push her on, but her pur-
pose cannot be rated as selfish
There is heroism in abandoning a
life Of ease to participate in a move
ment which has put her under the
shadow of penitentiary sentence.
She and her class do not conceive of
themselves as enemies of the race.
What, then, is the cause of the
pe,version? Because under modern
conditions a certain number of per-
sons are better educated in their
moralities than in their intellectuals
Members of the human family are
prone to be more cultured in heads
than in hearts-to know better than
they do. Religion struggles to ele-
vate moral natures to the levels of
mental natures-to induce men and
women to obey conscience. But with
some equilibrium swings the other
way, and there is greater willing
ness to yield to inner voices which
appeal to conscience than to ascer-
tain whether the message comes
from God or the devil.
Parlor Bolsheviki are victims, one
may say, of moral hypertrophy, as
ordinary criminals are of moral
atrophy. They suffer from inhar-
monious development. They do not
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
Our. Own Travelogues: Boston

Fewer girls carry umbrellas in Bos-
ton than in New York. They wear
slickers and leather coats and plain
hats.
On Boylston Street, from Arlington
to Copley Square, I saw more woolen
ankles and fiat heels than in Fifth
Avenue from Washington Square to the
Plaza.
The State House grounds are being
plowed.
Ten women and four men we're wait
ing in the rain on the steps for the
Public Library to open at 8 a. m.
Five high school boys in one group
and seven girls in another carried
leather shopping bags, and all the bags
were alike. Older people-profess onal
and business-also carried these bags.
Not green baze "Boston" bag was
to be seen. Times seemed changed.
In the Public Library, third floor. II
woman was explaining to little girl
the meaning of Mr.. Sargents new
murals, "The Synagogue" and "The
Church." She pointed with lorgnette
and I heard the words categorical de-
pictment of unsurpassed power" The
little girl nodded. She looked about
five years old.
When stranger asks a Bostonian
for a direction the Bostonian strains
every nerve to be prompt, polite, and
accurate, and to keep his surprise in
the background. EN- OWE.
If we were q stage director and
wanted to tell an actor to register
Nonchalant Importance, we should tell
him to try to look like q notary public
afixing his seal.
There is talk of building a Home for
INDECENT Colyumists. Our suggestion
for location is Merry Point, Va.
Or Chuckle, N. c.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
Politics as a Duty
Learning by the Example of Theo-
dorc Roosevelt

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The editorial assertion in the
issue Of this morning to the effect that
"there is constant complaint In Amer
lea Of lack Of able and high-minded
men trained to public Office and well
coming it's opportunities" appears to
be particularly timely and of special
interest. The further assertion that
"this would surely not be true II we
trained our youth to understand their
duty as citizens" stimulates specula-
ton concerning practical plan for
overcoming the deficiency.
The question naturally arises as to
whether our national lack of interest
in affairs political is an inherent re-
suit of our governmental system or
whether car'paign Of education would
find its reward in the general elevation
of our politics to a plane more nearly
approximating craftsmanship. Certain
ly 1t is deplorable that the popular
American conception of politics rem
ders the holding of public Office repug-
nant to many of our highes minded
and most able men, placing us, indeed,
much in debt to those Of them who
are willing to assume its obligations;
and it is now evident that there will be
an increasing need Of vision extending
beyond the horizon Of mere party IN
terest and manipulation.
1t would seem that public opinion
would do we'll to weigh the situation
in the balance and determine if some
more practical agency, in addition to
that furnished by our schools and col
leges, may not be instituted for incul-
eating working compromise between
practical politics on the one hand and
a high ideal of citizenship on the
other
The two achievements are not in
compatible, as has been proved by
Theodore Roosevelt. c. B. STONE.
New York, Nov. 81, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
The Problem Of Asia

Optinists who expected from the
peace conference an inauguration
by international protocol of heaven
on earth begin to realize in sorrow
that the disbandment of that august
body, now drawing near, leaves
Europe disorganized.
Yet, grave as are the problems
Of Europe, behind them looms the
gigantic figure Of Asia awakening
from a thousand years of lethargy
eight hundred million peoplc-ar-
ticulating a demand for what little
man with big mustache and big
ger helmet called "a place in the
SUM-"
Europeans and Americans are
wont to consider the problems Of
Asia as number Of items alto
gether uncorrelated except for the
accident of geographical vicinity
There was a "problem of the Near
East" problem of India, seen
mainly as domestic trouble Of Eng
land, as kind Of far-away Ireland
Ulster tangle; then there was a
dim notion of somebody or other
conducting negotiations in and with
Persia. Finally, there was the ques-
ton Of the Far East, visualized for
Europeans chiefly by the catchword,
coined by Kaiser Wilhelm, of the
'yellow peril' and for Americans
by the phrase, less sensational but
more real, about the "policy of the
open door," and involved, also, in
the immigration problem Of our
Pacific Coast.
All these questions appeared
safely isolated from one another in
water-tight compartments, and,
above all, as being too far away
and indefinite to have any actual
bearing on our lives. Even the
colonial problems of Africa, what
with the publicity of events like the
Mahdi rebellion, Fashoda, the Boer
War, and, lately, the Morocco dis
pute, were brought home to the
rewspaper-reading public with an
incomparably clearer emphasis.
Thus it happens that to-day the
nations of Europe and America are
confronted with the tremendous
fact Of an Asiatic revival, spread
ing from Suez to Shanghai, from
the Mongolian desert to Ceylon,
without sign, almost of realization
on their part. There are a great
number of factors converging in this
revival, and the several subdivisions
Of the problem itself exist side by
side without being consciously
linke3 together They include the
n-lslamistic movement Of West
ern Asia, fostercd by the Young
Turks cd their German friends,
with it's local ramifications in
Anatolia, Kurdistan and among the
Tatars of the Caucasus; the Arab
nationalistic renaissance in Syria,
Mesopotamia and the Arab penin-
sula proper; Bolshevism permeating
Turkestan and Mongolia, and infil-
trating even into Persia, Afghan
istan and among the tribes of the
interior; the unrest in India, partly
purely nationalistic, partly con-
nected with the general Mahome-
tan ferment; and the rumbling in
that vast volcano of humanity,
only recently believed extinct,
China.
All these must be recognized be-
fore it is too late as the incipient
phases Of possible upheaval,
caused by factors of utmost diver
sity, yet at bottom akin in their
origin, which is the ineradicable
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
By
Heypood Broun

Woodie hit him in the mouth and made
it bleed, and Archie cried"
| said Tut. tut
81 think it's right" said the nurse. 81
think children ought to stand up for
their rights"
But, after ALL I reminded her, at
was Archic's fire Ell ne"
"Arche's older then Woodie," she
said; hes two and a half and he's big
ger"
THAT sort of Justification" OBJ
jccted, 'if carried far enough, would
lead straight to criminal anarchy. After
all, the bituminous miners might say
that Mr.. Palmer was bigger than they
are"
I'VE didn't think they'd fight" she
said. cleverly dodging the larger impli-
cations of the discussion. "We were
watching them, and all of sudden
Woodie swung his left hand and hit
Archie in the mouth
(Which hand?" | exclaimed
His left hand" she SAID.
Are you sure?" insisted.
"Why, yes, sir. Didn't you ever no
tice Woodie always picks up things
with his left hand?'
Before | had been the cool, impartial
judge, but it was impossible to main
tain that attitude. In d moment had
become again the parent, human and
fallible to emotion. l motioned to the
nurse to leave me. | wanted to be
alone with my problem must face
the fact with as much courage as I
could muster. There seemed to be no
shadow of doubt from which hone
might spring. The thing was estab-
lished. I was the father of southpaw.
The Tribune book page next Satur
day will be an all-fction number. It
viii contain no extraneous matter
about left-handed children. but will be
devoted entirely to literature. A num-
Der of new books Will be reviewed and
some of the earlier ones. We think
that in going back over the season we
ought to take occasion to mention
again such books as John Galswortbv,s
Saints Progress" Somerset Maug~
hams "The Moon and Sixpence," Theo-
dore Dreiser's "Twelve Men" and
From the Life" by Harvey O'Higgins.
Space permitting, we will include re-
views of all these books.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
Use for a U-boat
(F'rom The Philadelphia Inqu;r

F'rom The Philadelphia Tnquirer)
Peace has its drawback no less incon-
venient than war, which leads US to re-
gret that when those Reds" listed for
export are finally at sea there will be
no possibility of German submarine
operating in their line of journey.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24

distrust Of the Asiatic for the Euro
peap, and of the European and his
oversea descendants for the Asiatic.
A way must be found to bring East
and West together.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24

It Is likely now that the wet spell
will last less than month, In which
event you would better reserve your
place in the line at once. We,
for one, intend to purchase a modest
stock Of wines and liquors. A cellar
less man these days never can decline
an invitation to 60 anywhere, for
there is always the hope.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
Cheap at the Price

From The Mlwausee SentineN
However, no good American is going to
kick at the cost of resxporting a lot of
freaks, cranks, bomb artists and no.
litical morons back to dear old Russia,
where thew belong.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
Another Third Party
From The Washin oton Past,

A new labor party is suggested.
Every controversy brings forward the
possibility Of introducing another cam
paign element, but the battles are al
ways fought out by the same old ele-
phant and donkey.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
An Unprecedented Feat
(F-om The Boston HeraM)

Victor Berger has the comfort of
knowing that in one Of the most i'm
portant votes of the session he brought
into perfect agreement 308 Of his 8O9
colleagues
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
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New-York tribune., 1919-11-24

The parlor is an obsolcscent institu-
ton, so the term "parlor Bolshevist"
is a little inept. China shop Bolshevist
more nearly states it.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
Mr,fnrn or rHn Assoc1Arrn ,nrss

Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entitled TO the
for republication CT all dispatches credited
to IL not otherwise credited in this paper, and
Also the local news Of spontaneous origin published
herein.
All rights Of republication Of all Other matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24

You can purchase merchandise advertised In the
TRtHuNE with absolute satety-for II dtssatlsfac.
tien results In any case THE TRiBUNE guarantees
to pay your money back upon request. No red tape.
No aubbitns. We make eoed promptly II the
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
A Well Named PONY

Sir: If you don't go in for the horse
show you haven't noticed that. in Glass A,
polo ponies a seven-year-old black gelding
named Brandy was exhibited by Mr. Bier.
AL
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
The Coming 7'ower
HORACE FLACKHOUSE
Book l, Ode 02
By OUR OWN ED HOWE


Horace Flackhouse has lived in
town all his life. He is seventy-two
years old. He has always paid his
debts and kept single, though there
have been rumors that Horace owed
lot Of money, and, since 1879, he
has been reported engaged on an
average of once year. In 1878,
Horace, who played the guitar, was
courting Lalage Quinn; and as he
was serenading her one night, play
ing "In Old Madrid" Old Man
Quinn's dog looked at him and ran
away.
Horace never married Lalage, but
he says that no matter where he is
he will go on serenading her.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
s
Gotham Gleapings

Bill Irwin has sailed for abroad
again.
Sam Mccoy was pleasant
caller one day last week.
Mrs. James S. O'Nealc dropped
in for a few minutes Thursday
quite cold Thursday on the
streets, also in ye scribe's domicilc.
-Gclett Burgess is on jury duty
and drops in at this sanctum now
and then.
Thanksgiving will be a holiday
here and hercabouts for everybody
but ye scribe.
Saturday was Bill McGeehan's S
birthday, which he celebrated in
Boston, Mass
Mrs. DR.. Rogers, of Pittsford,
VT, was a young visiter at this
sanctum Thursday.
Edna Ferber went to Hacken-
sack last Monday to address the
ladies OF that city.
Louis Untermeyer's new book.
Including Horace" has been reed,
and is highly amusing.
The N. Y. Scottish arc going to
have big party Thanksgiving eve'g
at the 7lst Reg't Armory.
H. B. Bristol the ablest lieuten-
ant who ever managed a 1918 Bas-
tile Day party at Chaumont, FIR,
was pleasant caller Wednesday.
-Bozc Bulgcr has accepted a
position with Geo Lormer on the
Saturday Evening Post. Good luck
DOze say VIC.
1t takes more than a Red Cross Seal
on an envelope to insure publication
Of a contribution in The Coming
Tower, but of two offerings of equal
merit-if such thing can be
preference always will go to the con-
trib who adorns the envelope.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24

Mexico has 15o-foot bridge across
river that is built entirely of ma
ogany.-Evening World.
Probably confusing it with the Wood
River, Wyoming.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24

And in the Army 1t Was the o. d. Vic
How sweet and dear it used to be
To guile our days with edu-de-vie-
Rut now, alas, and also woe
We've got to lead ,ts Dc eau.
YEMUEr.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24

The nurse said that H. third had a
fight in the park with one of his little
playmates and won it. She was proud
and partisan.
"Woodie," she said, using the fearful
nickname which has fastened itself upon
the child, "wanted to play with Archie's
fire engine, and Archie wouldn't let him.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-24
GUARANTEE

Entered at the Postoffce at New York - Second
Class Mail Matter
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-30

General Grant was another of
Mother Bickerdyke's ideal soldiers.
She would never listen to a word in
his disfavOr, and the general liked
well her bluff honesty and her fear
less devotion TO the wounded soldiers.
Mother Bickerdyke at one time hnd
charge Of n hospital boat that con.
veyed the wounded from the battle Of
DOnelson to the hospital. When the
surgeons brought the wounded on
board they found comfortable beds
ready, and tea, coffee. soup, Cruel, and
other foods waiting in great quaint
ties, and Mother Bickerdyke, strong
and sympathetic, ready to help in ev-
cry emergency. II never saw any
body like her." said a surgeon who
was with her on that boat. There
was really nothing for us surgeons TO
do but dress wounds and administer
medicines. She drew out clean shirts
or drawers from some corner when
ever they were needed. Nourishment
was ready for every man as soon as
he was brought on board. Every one
was sponged from blood and frozen
mire Of the battlefield, as far as his
condition allowed. . = . Incessant
cries Of Mother! Mother! Mother!'
rang through the boat. y And
to every man she turned with a heav-
emily tenderness, as If he were indeed
her son. She moved about with q de-
cisive air, and gave directions in such
decided, clarion tones as to insure
prompt obedience. > To every
surgeon who was superior she held
herself subordinate, and was as good
at obeying as at commanding"
But 1t was not only to her boys In
blue" that Mother Bickerdyke gave
her tenderest care. Whenever a
wounded "boy in gray" was picked up
on the battlefield and brought into her
hospital, she looked after him and
comforted him as though he, too, were
her own son. And today veterans Of
both North and South who remember
her faithful, loving service honor the
name Of "the soldiers friend"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-30

up so as TO find out what was under
meath. We were like people who used
to dig for hidden treasures"
yes" said Mr.. Fox Sparrow, land
we were like chickens. hens and roost-
ers, for they dig and scratch the earth
to see what they can find.
"It was such fun to look under the
leaves and to stop to talk owe what
we had found. We did have a fine
winter.
well, what are your plans now?"
"Tm going to build a nest" said
Mrs. Fox Sparrow, "of moss and soft
grass for a lining, and I shall put In
some nice feathers, too, SO 1t will be
comfy when the five little g%reenish-
blue eggs which I shall lay soon turn
into birdlings.
"The eggs will have nice little red.
dish brown spots on them. which
shows that they are to have reddish
brown feathers later on. OF course
that doesn't follow with most birds,
but I like to think Of the dear little
reddish brown birds there will be when
the reddish-brown spots and the green
ish-blue eggs turn into precious little
babies"
All" said Mr.. Fox Sparrow, Iet's
get together some Of u friends and
tell them about our little birdlings
which will come as soon as you lay the
eggs and then hatch them out"
And the other Mrs. Fox Sparrows
will be doing the anne Spring 10 .
busy time Of the year, you know"
said Mrs. Fox Sparrow.
"Yes. they probably will be doing
the same" said Mr.. Fox Sparrow.
Lets call them ALL" said Mrs. Fox
Sparrow.
So Mr.. and Nrs. Fox Sparrow
chirped and they called and soon their
friends same flying over.
Mrs. Fox Sparrow is thinking
about the eggs" said Mr.. Fox Sparrow.
land talking OF what wonderful little
birdlings we will soon have"
And every Mr.. Fox Sparrow said
that all the Mrs. Fox Sparrows were
talking In the same way.
SO they all sang the most glorious
song. for the fox sparrows have beau
tifvl. clear and musical voices.
They sang q song about little bird
lings who would come to the nests
aAd Of how they would teach them to
~ and Eat worms. And they sang 20
beautifully. for they ali loved this
sprtigtims song better than any other
song Ia btrdeaad.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-30
EARNED LOVE OF
ALL HER BOYS"
Mother Bickerdyke Real Angel of
Mercy to the Wounded Soldiers
of the Armies of Both the North
and South.

ww GUILD you like to hear more
MN/ about Mother Bickerdyke,
w W now that you know she was
"the soldiers friend" during
the Civil war? THAT homely figure,
clad in calico, wrapped in a shawl,
and surmounted with a Shaker bon
metz was beloved by the whole Union
army. The soldiers saluted Mother
Bickerdyke as she passed by, and she
was especially hOnOred and respected
by General Sherman, who, in return,
was her ideal Of all that a man and
soldier should be. Here are some
stories told by those who knew her:
At Chattanooga Mother Bickerdyke
had a field hospital where, over huge
log fires in the open air, with the
help of cOnvalescent soldiers, she made
great kettles of soup, tea, coffee and
Cruel, and cooked beef and mutton,
and baked bread. Often the flying
sparks set her dress af1re, and the
soldiers who were helping her would
III ito put her out" as she l~aughingly
expressed it. "The boys were all the
time putting me out" she said, land
a dozen Of 'em were grabbing me
whenever / was cooking by the log
fires, for the fire would snap and my
clothes would CATCH" Now, IL hap
pened that Mother Bickerdyke, clad
in spark-burnt garments-all that she
had-visited Chicago to procure sup
plies for her boys" The ladies Of
the sanitary commission, seeing the
condition that she was in, presented
her with a box Of clothes for her own
use. But they did not know Mother
Bickerdyke! Did she keep those
clothes, when her "boys" were starv-
ing?
No! AS soon as she reached the
South she traded those good garments
for eggs, milk, honey, fruit and but
ter. But not quite all the garments,
for among them were two night
dresses, very elegant, and embroid-
cred and belaced and befrilIed. These
she kept for herself, as they had been
sent to her by friends. But as she
was returning with her load of good
things to eat, she came to a shanty
In which were two soldiers just re-
leased from a hospital. Their wounds
were open and undressed. They were
starving, weak, and completely dis
couraged. and their shirts were dirty
and ragged. Mother Bickerdyke i'm
mediately washed their wounds and,