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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-11
The Tower of Babel
BY BILL ARMSTRONG
FUNNY SIGHTS YOU SEE.

FUNNY SIGHTS YOU SEE.
Abe Livingston, strolling alOng
Michigan street, with stove poker
in his hand.
Grapes and coal seem 10 be the
commodities hardest 20 obtain Just
now. AS you cant make wine out
OF coal, the shortage OF this product
continues TO be something OF mys-
terry 10 us.
Our ole friend Alex Jacobsen is
going TO leave the Chamber OF Com
merce. It's funny, but Alex seems
10 have been dissatisfied ever since
he made such an effort TO locate
the South Bend chautauqUa tent
during the summer.
Frank Aliens mustache, which
has been under intense cultivat ton
for the past several months. is
progressing nicely.
Andy Weisberg SEE his biggest
worry is starting the dancing season
az the oliver was over the pOssibili-
ties o. Dudley Shively and his stew
ard. Cupid" Collins wanting TO
dance at the same time. Mr.. Weis-
berg did not believe that his foun-
dation would stick for il.
A hundred-and-t two year-old party
BY the cuphonious name Of Nc
Carthy
Drank rum every day.
And ne often would say.
But for that ! would be hale and
hearty
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-11
OR SNEEZE TT!

A. L. Weekly tells US about q
florists sign in Mt. Clemens, Mich.
which reads:-"ARTHUR Y A
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Florist
Say II With Flowers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-11

Heatless and Lightness days are
said to be possibilities again for the
coming winter. II this is true, let's
dig up a good war somewhere. and
repeat the whole thing just for a
diversion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-11

Somehow or other that Russian
army reminds US OF John McGraw
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-11
SIX MONTHS |
COULDN'T WORK
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Made Me Strong
and Able to Work. Recon-
mend 1t To All My Friends.

Bayonne, y. il had pains in back
and legs so that I could not stand
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-11
They Always Closed The Bars.
Guess Why.

Will the soda fountains be close
on election DAY after this2
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-11

1 y - oAOh - lON >A-Es-
Abe Livingston. strolling alOng
Michigan street. with a stove poker
in his hand.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-11

Frank Aliens mus,ache, which
has been under intense cultivation
for the past several months. is
progressing nicely.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

ment certificate are being estab-
llshed in Westchester. Through
these sum of money is contributed
to the support of the family and the
maintenance of the child while he
is attending school. Usually the
amount is equal to the wage of the
child if he were earning money in
stead of remaining in school.
A psychologist to conduct classes
for mentally retarded children has
been secured in several of the West
chester districts. The average school
population has from 1 to 8 per
cent of subnormal children, for
which the education law in New
York provides that there shall be
special examinations and classes
wherever there are groups of more
than ten. The enforcement of this
law and the establishment of COM
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

the furniture used by him. A block
away on the Rue de Castiglione is
the Hotel Continental, where. Napo-
Icons consort, the ex-Empress Eu-
genie, stays in rooms overlooking
the Jardins des Tuileries on her
visits to Paris. Edward VII fire.
quently stayed at the Rhin when he
was Prince of Wales, and King AL
bert of Belgium has used it often,
while Bismarck was also a guest
there.
The Rhin was closed during the
war and was reopened only this
spring, a month or two before the
Old Colony Club bought the lease.
The club is now looking for homes
for its members in Liverpool and
Manchester in England, Glasgow in
Scotland and Belfast in Ireland.
On the Continent the plans call for
headquarters in Antwerp, Brussels,
Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiania,
petrograd, Berlin, Lyons, Marseilles
and Rome.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
MRS. GEORGE D. BAR
A'A RON, second rice-p -presi-
dent

one city selling papers, 81 were
under twelve years, and none of the
163 was badged, as is required b.;
law.
An association mother visited the
home of each newsboy who was
violating the law before any action
was taken. She told his mother the
exact provision and explained how it
applied to her son. Then she learned
from his mother whether or rot the
family finances justified her snrll
sons street work. Usually it was en-
unnecessary enterprise, and through
out of the county large percentage
Of boys were found to be working on
the streets at night to the detrimen.
Of lessons next day.
One ambitious small boy learned
that a particular droop of the
shoulders, a pleading look, and
story about q sick mother al
home moved his customers to give
him as much as a dollar for single
newspaper. In Westchester, as ii
other districts, the query you don't
want any change, do you?" from
The newsboy was not at all uncom-
mon, regardless of the denomination
of the coin he had been given. The
Westchester citizen is answering by
an appeal to the older badged news
boy who sells his papers in a busi-
ness-like fashion, and won't tolerate
"scab" when he learns the status
of his unfair competitor. This IS
instilling a sense of equity into the
first business venture of the boy that
will have a decided effect as he
grows older,
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
MRS. v EVERIT MACY, first vice-pvesident of the
- association

health standard. Since 1876 in New
York state these employment GER
tiflcates have been required of every
boy or girl who sought work, and
the employment certificate is the
most carefully guarded possession
of the working child to-day. 1t
must contain his age, school record
and certificate of health. In addi-
tion to this, the Westchester County
people recommend that an applica-
tion from the parent as we'll as from
the child accompany each request
for the blank, that there may be no
child taking his time from school
or play for unnecessary employ
ment.
Child labor scholarships to make
possible the further training of
child in trade school or public school
if he is ineligible for an employ
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
king Westchester the Model County Of the Sta

world, as officers OF the Westchester
Children's Association, have been
active volunteers, aiding other VOL
unteer workers, under the direction
Of Miss Madeline Hunt.
From Yonkers, the largest city, to
White Plains, the smallest; from
Peekskill, the largest village,
through Harrison and Elmsford, the
smallest villages Of the county, the
various Westchester mothers went,
studying conditions for the children
who work and applying remedies.
The school principal welcomed them,
every member of the Parent Teach
ers' Association wanted to JOIN them
and the schoolboy, the. newsboy and
the bootblack were all eager to
"help the ladies find out all about
things"
1t is not merely the return Of
spring that lures the small boy out
for days fishing and keeps down
the school attendance in Westchester
or in New York. In one large vii
lage in the county one child was
found who had been out of school
for an entire year taking care of
his younger brothers and sisters
while his mother worked. His case
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

petent teachers in charge of ~.
opportunity classes" is one Of II.
most vital of the recent accomnl;sb
ments in Westchester.
More than fifty children kent ~
home to bead georgette dresses and
make powder puffs in one distr;st
convinced the members of the Wes.
chester Children's Association that
they must continue the fight against
illegal homework. Perhaps tho
most startling violation thew On
countered was the case Of one ten
year-old Johnnie Doe, who set IN
pins in local bowling alley each
night until 2 o'clock, and was then
"sent home in taxi by the owner,
to escape detection.
Protection for the newsboy is to
be brought about by the enforce.
ment of the law which prohibits bows
under twelve years old and gir.
under sixteen years old from sellinp
newspapers after o'clock in the
evening. Out of 1853 newsboys in
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Women Have Organized to See
That All Children Are
~ Well Cared For

whose guidance they are making
Westchester County the Utopia Of
the child worker.
Westchester's>next-door neignJors,
New York City and Orange, Dutch
ess and the Long Island districts,
basing their work for children upon
Westchester innovations, will soon
set out to rival Westchester for the
honor of being the prize county.
The Workers
Mrs. Herbert W. Mccoy, of Peeks-
kill, president; Mrs. V. Everit Macy.
Of Scarborough, first vice-president;
Mrs. George D. Barron, Of Rye, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. Herbert L.
Baker. of Mount Vernon, secretary,
and Mr.. B. E. Smythe, of Bronxville,
treasurer, although extremely busy
persons in the social and business
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
May Abandon the Passion PLAY

and should see our artistic work.
that alone would help toward remov-
ing differences"
But would the Americans and
other foreigners come now" asked
the correspondent.
II should think so," was the an
swer. "The Mayor and l have al
ready had numerous inquiries from
abroad whether we would plav this
year. You see, when people have
been here once they come again.
Several days ago a great American
company invited me to play in Amer
lea every year at whatever price r
might demand. But I shall not do
1t. do you want to know why? Here
l have lived and here everybody
knows me, but over there | should
be an unrooted tree. At first the
big money offered tempted me, but
now-no, no; I'll stay here, even
though the beautiful play may never
be given again"
"Who is opposing the production
of it?"
We'll, you see, now that striking
has affected everybody it happens
that the enterprise of an entire
community goes on strike. If we
only had the will the thing could
be done. Perhaps it could not be be-
fore next year, 81 next fall; but it
could be done. Of course. we haven't
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

The Place Venlome is very close
to the center of Paris; certainly it
is in the center of Partisan activi-
ties. Five minutes walk to the
northward through the Rue de Ia
Pax is the Place de lOpera. In the
other direction, at the end of the Rue
de Castigione, are the Rue de Rivoli
and the Jardins des Tuileries. The
Hotel du Rhin is at the corner Of the
flace Vendome and the Rue de Cas-
tiglione, while third side is on the
Rue ST. Honore. The Place de la
Concorde, the Louvre and the Palais
Royal are all within a ten-minute
radius, and not much further awav
are the Bourse, the Banque de
France and the Bibliotheque Ma
tiOnal.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

much to eat; but so far as that IS
concerned, when it comes to sup
porting work of world reconciii-
atlon-which the Passion Play GER
tainly is-why, the government
should help US bit. If the play IS
long postponed our famous ensemble
will no longer be able TO perform 1t.
am no longer young and the others
are also growing older; the women
are marrying off, and then they arc
no longer allowed to play. The
Mary, the daughter of Judas
Twink, has married, and We have no
substitute for her yet
But why is nothing being done.
Our parish has no real enterprise
and no one of US can say anything
for we should be turned down as
interested parties. And then there
are real difficulties in the way. Vi
the 1000 beds in the village tas
larger part are occupied by the wage
earners working here and in tn
vicinity. We can't put them Oil
without causing a great row. Be-
sides, the bed linen is worn out.
And our tricots were largely sent
to the army during the war to DC
used as bandages. But everything
could be managed if there were only
a firm determination 1t is pity
that those in authority will do noth-
ing
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
From The Tribune's European Bureau
WNHE Oberammergau Passion
Play" after having been in
existence since the seven

teenth century, seems in q
fair way to be discontinued for good.
The performances, which were Who'll
ly interrupted by the war, were due
to be given this year; but it has been
decided that the times are too un-
favorable, and other circumstances
make it difficult to carry out such
a big undertaking at the little village
this year. Anton Lang, the we'll
known Christus, who took the lead
before the war in bringing out the
play, has been interviewed by a
newspaper correspondent on. the
matter.
"Why are you not giving the play
this year," he was asked.
"There are good reasons against
it, replied Lang. 81 should like
to have the play this year; and the
other actors. or at least four fifths Of
them, also would like to take part.
You know, we should like to do it
If only to help along the fraterniza-
ton of the nations. If they were all
here-the Americans and the others
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

that year there was an ADVERTISE
ment in "The Morning Herald" by
Atkinson Morley's sister, which
read &
"Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross, removed from 25
Cockspur Street. Mrs. HASTE, CRATE
full for the patronage hitherto re-
ceived, informs the nobility and gen.
try that her new and spacious prem
ises are now ready for their re-
ception, and hopes to meet and re-
ceive their future favors"
The control Of the hotel passed
in 1914 to Thomas James, and since
then the management has been in
the hands Of three generations of
the James family In 1914 Nor
ley's had bathroom. The charge
for the use of this unique invention
was shillings. In 1850, at the re-
quest of American patrons, a regis
ter of guests was adopted. 1t was
the fashion at that time for Ameri-
cans IN London to go to Morley's,
and those who could not get rooms
there put their names on the register.
with the addresses at which they
were staying. In more recent times
it has been the most famous of
London's "frst class family hotels"
where country families" regularly
put up on their London visits.
The Old Register
On the first page Of the old reg
lister Of 1850 is the signature of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and a few
lines further down is that of JEFF
ferson Davis. George Francis Train
registered twice in 1859, and in both
cases some of the many who did
not admire him encircled his name
and wrote in the margin, "Ass."
Cyrus Field always stopped at the
Palace when he was laying the first
Atlantic cable, but he just as reg
ularly registered at Morley's.
Probably the most unusual fea-
ture of the old register is that it
carries challenge to a duel. Har-
rison Watts registered from "New
Orleans, La, c. S. A." on August
8, 1862, and few days later an
other guest cut the letter C. from
the page and substituted a U, with
the observation, "There is no such
thing as C. S. A." Watts put in
the c. S. A. again in the margin
in large characters and the note,
"Cut that out again and I am at your
service at II Pail Mall"
Ii the challenge resulted in a duel,
there is no record of it, but all dur
ing the period Of the Civil War the
bitter feeling between the North
and South was reflected in Morley's
register. Practically every time the
pages carried a registry from the
South with the initials C. S. A. the
was cut out and a U substituted.
Buffalo Bill" registered at Nor
ley's in 1887, and in the same year
George Harrison Frazier, Charles
Harrison Frazier, George Wharton
Pepper and Charles Cooper Town
send registered at Morley's with
"Sheol" as their forwarding ad-
dress. There were humorists also
in the ancient days, for Count Blow,
hisnoseoff and Count Shovelsnowski
are registered from Moscow, and
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
~ HE mothers of Westchester
County are making it the
Il model county for the care
of children in the United

States.
Such innovations as visiting teach
ers, opportunity schools for back
ward children and child labor schol-
arships are resulting from six
months systematic investigation of
child labor and school attendance
Just completed by the members of
the Westchester County Chi!dren's
Association.
Last October Westchester women
met and agreed to cast aside indi-
vidual theories on child conditions
in the county. They sent to the
New York Child Labor Committee
for a social service expert. under
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Napoleon iii a Guest

1t was in the Rhin that Napoleon
III, after being elected President of
France, waited while the Elysee Pal
ace was being prepared for his re-
ception. The three-room suite that
he occupied is still preserved. with
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

WORLEY'S HOTEL, IN
the center of the pic
t1re, one of the historic
buildings on Trafalgar
Square, IS to be ON American
club
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

Temple.
For Business Men
Morley's has become an American
club through the expansion of the
Old Colony Club, of New York, to
become worldwide institution.
When the management Of the Old
Colony Club started out to find ac-
commodations for it's members in
Europe after the war it was discov-
cred that there was no such thing
as hotel space. In London, partic-
ularly, so many of the hotels were
in use as government offices that
the best a traveller could 10 was
room "for one night only. There
fore, the solution seemed to be to
secure buildings of their own, and
negotiations were started. in Lon
don for Morley's and in Paris for
the Hotel du Rhin.
Business conditions made it nee
essary to sign both contracts on
the same day, and, as it is eight
hours from London to Paris by the
quickest means Of ordinary travel,
William A. Read, managing director
Of the Old Colony Club, signed the
contract for Morley's in London,
jumped into an aeroplane and four
hours later signed the contract for
the Hotel du Rhin in Paris.
The history of the Hotel du Rhin
runs back hundred years further
than that of Morley's. The Place
Vendome was planned by Mansard
in 1899 by order of Louis XIV and
opened in 1701 as the Place Louis
le Grand. In the center was an
equestrian statue of Louis XIV,
which was replaced by a plain COL
umn in the time Of the Revolution.
A statue of Napoleon in a Roman
toga was put on the column in 1868
by order of Napoleon III. The orig
inal column was overthrown in 1871
to recast the bronze into cannon.
The present column is modern
memorial to the Grand Army of
France and is again surmounted by
statue of Napoleon in the toga.
The Kings Friends
The orders of Louis XIV were to
lay out an octagonal court and to
group around it in uniform archi-
lecture the hotels of his closest
friends among the mobiles of France.
The Rhin occupies the sites of two
of these early palaces. The first was
known in 1928 as the Hotel d'Hain-
aut and in 1887 as the Hotel de
Lambertye. The other was the Hotel
lie Peltier in 1889 and the Hotel
Paulze in 1857. Among those who
occupied the two hotels were Aubert,
Superintendent Of Finances under
Louis XIV, and LIE Peltier de Saint
Fargeau and his daughter, the
Princesse de Chimay, known as La
Dame de Volupte. 1t was about 1910
that the buildings were transformed
from hotels in the French sense of
residences to hotels for travellers.
Under the new regime they became
one under the name of the Hotel
des DEPARTMENTS du Rhin ct de la
Moselle, but this unwieldy name was
soon shortened to Hotel du Rhin.
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New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Into a Trade School

The visiting teacher considered
The child was skillful with his hands
Then the solution came to her. He
was put in trade school, and since
has not missed a day in attendance.
These are the cases of maladiust-
ment from which the children suffer
constantly while they are small and
from which society suffers constant
ly after they are grown.
Foreign children in the Harrison
dlstrlct are enjoying hugely one
development of the watchfulness of
the Westchester mothers. 1t is the
school lunch that is served each
noon IN a classroom reserved for
that purpose. In that school dis
trlct, although the children were in
telllgent as any children in the
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

had not been discovered by the at
tendance officer before his visitor
found him playing about with
watchful eye on the smaller mem,
bers of the family until his mother
would return from the factory that
evening. He had never heard of a
day nursery where his little brothers
and sisters might be cared for while
he went to school at least for a part
of the day
The Officers Big Job
Such cases as this are not due to
the negligence of the attendance Of
ficer. Frequently this overworked
official has between $500 and 5000
children to watch over and keep in
school until they reach the age of
sixteen required by law. In several
places the attendance officer was
found to have as many rs 1000
pupils under his supervision. OBJ
viously personal contact with his
charges is limited.
A visiting teacher, whose methods
would be much the same as those of
visiting nurse, is an experiment
that is being introduced in the White
Plains district of Westchestei Coun-
ty. The visiting teacher instead of
dragging the truant child to the
school room and the parents to court
meets the problem in an entirely diff
ferent fashion. Through personal
contact with the child she learns why
he dislikes school. Sometimes he has
an aversion toward his teacher.
Sometimes he has been placed in the
wrong class in school, and because
he does not learn readily has become
the butt Of his schcolmates.
In one case visiting teacher met
small pupil who had been charged
persistently with nom attendance
since he entered high school. In
ward school his attendance record
had been perfect and his scholastic
record quite satisfactory, showing
pronounced aptitude for drawing.
"You made such good record in
ward school, especially in drawing,"
said the visiting teacher, "why do
you dislike high school so much?"
At first there was no answer. Then
his story came out, for he regarded
the visiting teacher as a friend and
confidant. He wanted to be a
mechanical craftsman. In ward
school he had been put in drawing
class and his teacher had helped him.
tie saw the realization of his future
ambitions. But he finished ward
school and was put in high school.
There in high school there was no
drawing but complicated problems
that he could not grasp.
Into a Trade School
The visiting teacher considered
The child was skillful with his hands
Then the solution came to her. He
was put in trade school, and since
has not missed day in attendance
These are the cases of maladiust-
ment from which the children suffer-
q ~ t1yy Ill
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Insures Better Health

The moving clinic will decrease
materially the number Of young
applicants now refused employment
certificates by insuring better
Evening journal., 1920-03-01
Thief RAIDS
SEVEN HOUSES.
IN SUBURBS
CONTINUED From FIrst page.

time, attending to a young baby in the
home, saw man in the hall. but think
ing It was her son, said nothing. Yes
terday morning she found the thief had
been in the bedroom and turned the
pockets Of Mr.. Tinsman's trousers in
side out, but took nothing.
At the home Of Mr.. Levering moth
Ing was taken and it is thought the
intruder was scared, away.
At Glynrich. which adjoins Richard
son Park, the thief took box from the
plant Of the Glynrich Brass Company
and going across the road, placed it
under the side window Of the home Of
Robert Maxwell, but evidently fund
nothing that ne cared for or was again
scared away, as nothing was missed.
The apartment house of John Pos
Ties was visited, but Mr.. Postles
missed nothing. His tenant, Benjamin
Frankie, however, was not so forum
ate, as he lost a seven-stone diamond
ring, set in platinum, valued at $3.50.
Samuel Caufman, Of Ashley, lost 81 In
money and two trolley tickets, but con-
siders himself fortunate, as the thief
overlooked two 500 Liberty Bonds.
Leaving this home. the thief carried a
woman's handbag and an ovcrcoat Of
Samuel Gaufman, Jr., but dropped them
in the yard.
All of the robberies are supposed to
have occurred between the hours Of
and > O'Clock yesterday morning, and as
this district is outside the citX and has
no police protection at night, the
prowler worked unmolested.
Detective Tinsman was on the job
early yesterday and spent the entire
day in questioning suspects and meas
uring feet, but so Far has secured
nothing but an old hat and foot print
measurements.