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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29

Over the coffee. at the end Of a 81
luncheon, banker, broker and
newspaperman fell to discussing the
deplorable waste which was going on all
over the country. People had gone mad
Men and women who had always lived
the simple life were indulging in lux
uries in fabulous manner. 1t was
most disturbing. What would come Of
it all? There was created cloud of
gloom thicker than the smoke from the
50-cent cigars.
The newspaperman, being little bit
cynical, thought it rather out Of place
to discuss the thriftlessness of others
over such Sybaritic rcpast, and
said so.
ter. They could afford it. Moreover
they had worked hard for ycars-both
were farm products-and practiced self
denial so long they were entitled to
waste little now. To all of which the
newspaperman agreed, though not for
the reasons they supposed.
1t all comes down to the question ::
What is waste?
The banker and broker obviously
thought it meant expenditure for tn gs
not absolutely necessary to existence
by others than themselves.
A dictionary says 1t Is "to spend to
no purpose"
We disagree with both Of them. Man
doesn't live for nccessaries alone, and
we never heard of expenditures "to no
purpose"
In the main, tho so-called waste In
consumption is no waste at all, and the
really important waste-the waste from
which we are suffering to-day-is non
production.
Suppose an impossible thing-that
by governmental decree the production
and consumption Of everything but the
necessaries of life were stopped. What
would happen?
Progress would be Immediately halted.
There would not even be an increase in
the production of necessaries, for there
is already enough of them produced
to satisfy the needs Of all but q few
sluggards and unfortunates, who would
fare thinly in any circumstances, and
the incentive to produce more than just
enough would be wholly lacking. Why
work when nothing could be gained but
moro of the things of which plenty was
already possessed? We should presently
sink back to the plano Of living that
was unsatisfactory to our remote an
cestors. We know it was unsatisfactory
to them because they helped evolve a
better one
The plain fact is that it Is the de-
sire for what are esteemed better
things, for more leisure and the luxu-
ries and pleasures which are still step
beyond our reach, that is the jack screw
that lifts up.
And as long as people work hard for
luxuries they won't get soft in the
enjoyment Of them. 1t is unlikely that
people will ever have too much leisure
except for very limited period. Too
much leisure provides it's own remedy,
for it cannot continue beyond the point
where accumulated goods and services
have been consumed. When that point
is reached we have to begin all over
again to store up for the future, and
the period Of intensive effort always Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
For the Slogan Contest

prom Ths Louisville Courter-Jo.rnaD
In the Mckinley period the slogan Of
the G. Q. P. was full dinner pail for
tho wage-earner. What's bothering the
wage-earner now is that neither party
has adopted the slogan: A full gasoline
tank for the workingman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
A Fisherman 8 Story

tFro, Today
IN WATERS deep and dim
The fishes glance and glide.
Or by the lakes green rim
Meath roots of rushes hide.
They rise to snatch fly;
Ihey leap into the air;
The ripples fade and die
And are not anywhere.
I steal my fingers in;
touch cleaning seals,
A swift elusive fin,
The flicker of a tall.
Sometimes (more luck than skin,
bring live fish out;
My happy fingers thrill
With goldfish or with trout
But oh, the fish lose!
The silver scales and eoldl
The thousands in tbs ooze
For every one I hold,
THEODORE MAYNARD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
The Usual Effect

(From Tho Philadelphia InQurcr)
The Attorney General Is once more GO
ing to bring the coal barons to terms,
which pleases us, unless, as usual, it
the consumer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Carson and Conquest
The Tribune has received the fol-
lOuri cr Lotto

The Tribune has received the fol-
lowing letter:
"Replying to your editorial In to-
days Tribune, let me ask who are
they in Ireland that don't want Sim
Fem? Why, of course, nobody else
but Carson and his fanatic Orange
men. The elections proved that. And
who Is Carson? Why, he is the man
who encouraged the Kaiser to start
war by procuring from him 10000
rifles with which to start civil war
in Ireland If his government tried to
give home rule to the majority.
GAMES NEALE.
"Norwalk, Conn"
With respect to Carson, we do not
differ much from our correspondent.
A fanatic is a fanatic; Sim
Feiner is a Sim Feiner, whether he
wears green or orange.
But why concentrate attention on
Carson while ignoring those who
out Carson him? If Iceland is to be
helped, then it must be by those not
controlled on either side by the Car
son spirit.
Is it not true that for the time be-
ing there are two nations, not one,
in Ireland? What argument for the
Differentiation Of one is inappli-
cable to the other? Is it not a fact
that the Sim Fein leaders, reject
ing all offers Of compromise, insist
on imposing their will on the un-
willing?
If it is, and such seems the case,
why should q people who have a high
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Far From the Madding Crowd

(From The Cincinnati InQuirer)
There is a little inn over in England
with this inscription on it: Give miles
from anywhere-no hurry" That's our
idea of an ideal place for the Third
party's headquarters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
vrnsSs OF 1Hs ASSOCIATED PRES,

n. As,oc atsd Press Is exclusively entitled TO tho
ua 70. republication Of all dispatches credited
=. q Q. rot o.uerwiss credited iii this pxpsr. and
,se the local news OF spontaneous origin pubiished
sxsE-
issa reseryed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
A Slender Straw

(From The Kansas City JournaD
The extremity of Poland is indicated
by the announcement that the main re-
lance Of that country Is on the League
Of NationA
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The Old Man

from Ererybodvs hooasfne)
A SHADOW lost In autumn shadows
He sits and dreams the dreams that
old men dream:
His dusk-tilled window frames a lamn-
posts CLEAN
Beneath which lads their lasses seek and
find.
But he-he does not see; his rusted
Is rummaging among a pile Of old
And WORKOUT memories, thinned
threads of gold,
All that was his, ere sight had made
him blind.
He does not see the miracle Of Youth
Wiring from the autumn, yearning of
the spring,
Wrench from the dusk the dawn's wild
coloring-
He dreams of dead desire and costly
Outside Youths laughter peals its
many bells.
Blind eyes are blind even to miracles,
OSCAR C. WILLIAMS.
Ellen Chester
tFron, Tho English Reuic,c)
"A FTER working all day at the tam
pits,
With strong hands tanned horny and
hard,
And stained by the bark brown as
leather,
He would come every night from IN.
yard.
And from my work at the laundry,
With hands souse6 in suds clean and
white
And soft to the touch as old linen.
Would meet him halfway every night:
I'd met him halfway every evening.
Though always l shuddered to feel
Those hari fingers gripping my fingers,
And crushing my soft hands like steel.
But now I'm forgot and forsaken:
And eagerly waiting he stands
For girl coming home from the gar
dens
With weathered and grubby red hands.
AS unseen in the dark of a doorway
l watch him alone and apart,
My cold fingers tumble my bosom
To loosen his clutch on my heart
WILFRID WILSON GIBSON.
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GUARANTY
vss ess purchase merchandise advertised in THE
,tIBUNE with absolute ssfeS-for II dlssatIyfac
"a, rmuits In any case TIE TRIBUNE guarantees
sS your money back upon request. No red tars.
i, euibhilns. We make seod promptly II the
..s-,ssr does not.
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usscsrrr1oN HATESBy nan ,nc,uain
GUARANTY

s,r,d II the rosto,ncs at New York as ssecnd
Class Mail Natter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
WE SUPPOSE THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE HOME AND
LIE DETERMINATION OF MOTHER ARE LIKELY
10 TAKE PLACE ANY MINUTE

Copyright, 1920 New York Tribune Inc
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
FRENCH TROOPS
READY TO ADVANCE
land to Be in Readiness to Enforce
Terms of the Treaty.
(By Associated Press)

Paris.-French military measures
destined to force the German govern
ment to withdraw it's troops from the
Ruhr basin are now entirely in the
hands of Marshal Foch, it was said at
the foreign Office today. It is advanced
in some well informed quarters that
occupation of Frankfort, Darmstadt,
Hamburg and Hanau is unlikely to ex-
ercise sufficient pressure upon the
Germans, since they may we'll argue
that this occupation is distasteful to
the French as we'll as to themselves,
and cannot be continued definitely. On
the other hand, the expense of the
operation comes up as vital ques-
ton in the present state Of French
finances. The newspapers recall war
tributes imposed by German troops
upon French and Belgian cities and
suggest similar measures being ap-
piled to German cities occupied by
French troops. Dispatches from Wies-
baden saying that General DeGoutte's
forces are under "alert" orders are
explained as not necessarily meaning
an immediate advance, but complete
readiness to move forward unless Ber-
lin promptly recalls the troops which
have entered the Ruhr district against
protests from France.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
BADGER STATE
EXPECTS GAINS
Wisconsin Expected to
Take Big Jump in the
1920 Census Lists.
WATCH FOR KENOSHA

Speculation is rife in Wisconsin
over the states present population as
it will be shown in the 1920 census
compilations.
According to indications, the new
government figures when completed
will reveal that the Badger state is
considerably greater in size than it
was in 1910 when the population was
officially placed at 2.333.860.
1t has been conservatively estimated
that the increase between 1910 and
1920 will be nearly twice as great as
the gain recorded between 1900 and
1910.
Wisconsin has already been given a
"peep" at what the complete returns
will disclose in population totals of
Milwaukee, Madison, Oshkosh, Sheboy-
gan, Waupaca, Stevens Point, Grand
Rapids and several other places.
Madison Shows Big Gain.
Gains registered thus far have
ranged from less than 10 in some
communities to as high as 5000 in
the case of Madison, Population fig
ures for Wisconsin since 1910 are as
follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
Methodist I 90 3o,.
Called by Death
Frederick William Stein Dies Monday
Afternoon Aften an Illness
of Six Months.

Frederick William Stein, aged 81
years, prominent resident of Kenoshs
and for many years one of the mos
active leaders of the congregation OF
the Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal
Church, died at his residence. 619 Wesi
street, at three o'clock Monday after
noon following six months Hines:
from complication of diseases.
Mr.. Stein was native of Germany
where he was born January s, 1855
He came to this country as a youns
man and had spent most of his life il
Kenosha. On April 10, 1890 he wa.
married to Pauline Meyer, who witt
six children survive him.
The deceased was one of the mos.
active leaders of the work Of Tho
church in Kenosha and for many year
he served as superintendent of tht
Sunday school. He has been active a,
worker in all movem ents for the ad
vancement of the moral interests o
the city and his work was of craa
value in the betterment of condition.
here.
The surviving children are Mrs. Gil
bert Petzke. Mrs. William Petzke. vii
liam. Paul, Charles and Hattie Stein
al of Kenosha. He is also survived
bv one grandchild, Virginia, and fou
brothers and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at tn,
Tvnranuel Church at two o'clock o.
Thursday afternoon and the ramain'
will be laid at rest at the family plo'
at Green Ridge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
Exit Vincent Award
Enter Vincent Nc Call
Well Known Manufacturing Company
of Kenosha Announces Changes
ia Its Firm Name Today.

Announcement is made today of the
change in the firm name of one of the
Kenosha industries. Formal amend
ments have, been filed with the secre-
tary Of state at Madison changing the
name of the Vincent-Alward company
to the Vincent-McCall company. The
company has made this change on ac-
count Of the fact that v. L. Award,
who was formerly a leading partici-
pant in the business Of the company,
has retired from it and his place has
been taken by A. B. Mccall. w. w.
Vincent remains the senior stock
holder of the company. Under the
formal notice published the change in
the name is effective from today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
THIRTY TEACHERB TO CLOSE D
TO FILL UP FORCE FOR SCHOOL |

President Jay Glerum of the board
of education this morning called spe-
cial meeting of the board to be held
this evening at which time final action
viii be taken on the purchase of lands
for additions to the grounds of the
Washington school The plan proposes
the purchase of four pieces of prop
erty fronting on Bronson street and
adjoining the buildings. The price set
in options taken is in the neighborhood
of $4,000. All Of the property owners
have now signed the options for the
sale of the land and it is expected that
the members of the board will vote
without division FOR the purchase OF
the property at the meeting this even
ing
Aid CHICAGO Street 0pening.
The city council has agreed with the
members of the board to furnish the
money necessary for the purchase Of
the land and in return the board will
make everv possible concession to the
city to aid in the ouening of Chicago
street if the council decides to take
IN the matter AGAIN. It is expected
that the question of the opening OF
the street will again be taken up on
next Nondav evening and that til
m onnhers of the present council viii
make an effort to reach soma final de-
cision in the matter. The nrrchase OF
tho lend win insure tho WASHINGTON
school ono of the best school grounds
in tho city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
Mexicans to Have
Passenger Airplanes

Galveston, Tex-Airpiane freight
and passenger service throughout Mexi-
co is assured within three months,
dispatches to Mexican Consul Meade
Fierro here state. Huge multi-engine
planes, operating in four distinct air
routes, will fly between the Mexican
capital and the cities of 'rampico, Vera
Cruz, Nuevo Laredo and 81 paso. Two
machines will operate daily each way,
British and Mexican capitals, it is
reported, are backing the new venture
which will inaugurate service under
the names of Mexican Air Corporation
Sixteen British made planes, each
having carrying capacity of fourteen
passengers and three tons Of freight
have been purchased as initial equip
ment. More will be added, it is stated
as the service is extended
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
LANDS
BIG CONTRACT

Alfred w. Lawson, president of the
Lawson Air-Liner company. the cor
poration which is considering the es-
tablishing of its assembling plant in
Kenosha, in a communication to E. G.
Eckhardt. the representative Of the
company in Kenosha, announced that
the company had recently landed con-
tract for the consideration of ten air
liners of the Lawson type for a total
of $500,00000. These machines are to
be constructed at the main office of
the factory in Milwaukee and are to
be used in the air transit lines in
this county.
The landing of the contract is taken
by the company as evidence that the
feasibility of the airliner has been
successfully demonstrated and that the
experimental period is passed.
Three Months Contract.
The large contract consists of three
orders to be delivered as follows: four
Airplanes during the month of June;
three Airplanes during the month of
July, and three during the month of
August. Besides this contract the
companies have had many inquiries
from great many of air transporta-
ton companies and government off
Gals in various parts of the world,
wanting to know the price and the
chances for quick delivery on liners.
Mr.. Lawson declares that he is sure
that orders for one hundred liners
could be placed in the current year
on the condition that the could be
built and delivered quickly. The land
ing of this large order will open the
way for the immediate pushing of the
plans of the company
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08

Although the industrial cities are
known to have enioved tremendous
growth, it is believed that in many
rural communities and in the older
farming sections the increase will be
very slight.
Exodus to Cities.
The exodus of farm workers to the
citv is expected to have a substantial
effect on census returns from the agri-
cultural regions. This may be offset,
however, by the gain in the newly col
onized farm sections in northern Wis
consin which have largely been popu-
lated during the last ten years.
Oshkosh has made the poorest show
ing of any of the larger Wisconsin
cities reported thus far. The increase
in population since 1910 was exactly
100. This represents a gain of $3.50,
Oshkoshs population was computed at
S3,162. The growth at Princeton was
caused by a farmer and his family
moving into the city.
Racine and SUPERIOR Close.
Federal returns announced thus far
for cities of more than $500 popula-
ton follow:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
KENOSHA PLAN
HIGHLY PRAISED
n. E. A. Man Investigates
and Praises the Kenosha
Housing Plan.
CITES ONE BLACKSMITH

A blacksmith in a Kenosha factory
didn't have a cent four years ago.
Wages all went for rent and food for
his family. Yet he was able to buy
home. He scraped together 500 and
began paying for it in installments of
SIS a month. 1t will have cost him
$4,000 when he finishes the payments.
ANY day he wishes he can sell the
home for $4,000. The blacksmith's
house on Elmhurst avenue is one Of
PA homes built through the co0pera-
ton of twelve manufacturing compan-
les in Kenosha.
Told for the n. E. A.
This is the story that was found
several days ago by a representative
of the National Educational Associa-
ton, news service which reaches
thousands of the papers of this coun-
try. He was sent to this city especially
to look up the housing plan used here
and after an investigation sent out
this report, praising the plan which is
used here. The N. E. A. service is one
of the three news services used by the
Kenosha Evening News and the Off
cial story reached these offices this
morning. The story continues to tell
of the organization of the plan,
story which is familiar to most Keno
shans but which will be of interest in
the retelling.
War Times Stopped Building.
Wartime cessation of building halt
ed the movement after Ia homes had
been built for employees. Houses with
lots then cost from $1,000 to $4,000.
Last summer operations were re-
sumed by the Kenosha Homes COM
pany, the joint stock company the
manufacturers organized. Ninety more
homes have just been completed. They
were sold in ninety days. Minimum
payments now are 5000 down and $40
a month.
Milton L. Dowse, manager of the
Homes company, in a recent address
before the Wisconsin Lambermen's as
ISOLATION in Milwaukee. urged support
for the Calder-Nolan bills before con-
gress, proposing federal reserve bank
aid in taking up first mortgages.
Kenosha industrial homes are not of
the standardized "barrack" type. Ten
different models have been built with
an eye for architectural harmony. All
houses have electric lights and other
modern equipment. Lots are large
enough for flower and vegetable gar
dens.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
Swimmers Practice
at Elks Tank
Elks Juniors Have Lively Frolic in a
Practice for Big Swimming
Contest Friday.

The Elks Juniors are getting into
practice for the big swimming contests
which are to be staged for them next
Friday evening at the Elks Club tank.
Each evening is marked by lively con-
tests at the tanks in practice for the
real prize races to be run on Friday
evening. On Monday afternoon Vern-
on Simons cut five seconds off the 100
yard record for the tank. doing it in
minute and 80 seconds. William
Schroeder, Jr., was close second in
this race. Peter Fisher. Dan Smith.
Horace Mellum and Prescott Price
swan the Coward distance on 104, 106.
1.06 and 1.07 respectively. The most
interesting swim Of the evening was
between little John Fisher and his
father, District Attorney Peter Fisher
which ended with the youth only few
strokes behind.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
City Schools Gets Many APP
plications but Contracts
Are Not Yet Signed.
SEND SPECIAL HELP

The schools Of Kenosha need thirty
new teachers to fill up the ranks for
the opening of the new school year
but-this is not an invitation for APP
plications. Supt. Bradford declared
this morning that teachers are now
hunting Kenosha and that the trouble
is to decide on the merits of the vast
amount of material offered, More
than two hundred applications have
been received from grade and high
school teachers who are willing to ac-
cept contracts with the city for the
new year. Teachers all over the state
like the new scale of wages offered in
at the business end of contract to
teach here. The thirty vacancies will
probably be filled within the next two
weeks, but only after the teachers
have met with all the requirements of
the Kenosha regulations. Experienced
teachers are demanded for the Keno
sha schools and none other will be
employed.
Shortage of Special Workers.
''The only worry we have is to Sc
cure the proper kind of teachers for
the manual arts and the physical train
ing work and for a few of the other
special departments" said Mrs. Brad
ford this morning Gwen for these
positions we have many applications,
but the stock offered is in many cases
not up to the standard which we have
required and no employment will be
made until the teachers are up to that
standard. For the grade and high
school work we have great sufficiancy
of applications. Many excellent teach
ers want to come to Kenosha and some
of them are coming. We are not rush
ing the work of closing up the con
tracts because we feel that we are
eetting the pick of the teachef OF
Wisconsin and we are going to do the
best we can for the schools of the
city. I have no fear but that we will
fill every place in few weeks"
It is stated that every one of the
Kenosha teachers who had not re.
SIGNED previous to the announcement
Of the new election and who was re.
elected bv the board has accepted con-
tract for the new year.